Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Doctor-office collaborative care for pediatric behavioral problems: a preliminary clinical trial.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility and clinical benefits of an integrated mental health intervention (doctor-office collaborative care [DOCC]) vs enhanced usual care (EUC) for children with behavioral problems. DESIGN Cases were assigned to DOCC and EUC using a 2:1 randomization schedule that resulted in 55 DOCC and 23 EUC cases. SETTING Preassessment was conducted in 4 pediatric primary care practices. Postassessment was conducted in the pediatric or research office. Doctor-office collaborative care was provided in the practice; EUC was initiated in the office but involved a facilitated referral to a local mental health specialist. PARTICIPANTS Of 125 referrals (age range, 5-12 years), 78 children participated. INTERVENTIONS Children and their parents were assigned to receive DOCC or EUC. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Preassessment diagnostic status was evaluated using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-aged Children. Preassessment and 6-month postassessment ratings of behavioral and emotional problems were collected from parents using the Vanderbilt Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale, as well as individualized goal achievement ratings forms. At discharge, care managers and a diagnostic evaluator completed the Clinical Global Impression Scale, and pediatricians and parents completed satisfaction and study feedback measures. RESULTS Group comparisons found significant improvements for DOCC over EUC in service use and completion, behavioral and emotional problems, individualized behavioral goals, and overall clinical response. Pediatricians and parents were highly satisfied with DOCC. CONCLUSION The feasibility and clinical benefits of DOCC for behavioral problems support the integration of collaborative mental health services for common mental disorders in primary care.
Stochastic EMI sources localization algorithm based on time domain planar near-field scanning

Localization algorithm for stochastic EMI sources based on time domain planar near-field scanning of tangential electromagnetic field components emitted by a complex radiated structure is presented. The main theory aspects of the field reconstruction in the object plane as well as the main limitations for scanning parameters are also discussed for the proposed localization procedure. The autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions obtained by using the two-point planar scanning system are used for the characterization of stochastic field distribution. An example of point sources localization both in frequency and spatial domain is presented based on the modeling and measurement results.
Coordination of electric thermal systems for distributed demand-side management: A gossip-based cooperative approach

In this paper we propose a distributed and cooperative approach to address the problem of coordinating the electric power demand of electric thermal systems in an urban environment. We model the network of electric thermal systems as a multi-agent system where each agent has only access to local information and ignores any global data such as the state of the whole network or its topology. Furthermore, no central coordinator or aggregator of information is assumed to exist. The proposed method is based on the design of a randomized and asynchronous gossip-based local interaction policy among heterogeneous devices interconnected by a communication peer-to-peer network over the internet. We provide preliminary formal results on the convergence properties of the approach and numerical simulations to validate the performance of the proposed method.
Cell Viability and Protein Composition in Cryopreserved Cartilage

Chondrocyte survival in frozen-stored osteochondral allografts is low. We analyzed different storage conditions to determine the best for maintenance or storage for preserving cartilage. We hypothesized cell viability and extracellular protein content could be improved with better cryopreservation. Articular cartilage from nine sheep femoral condyles were stored at 4°C, −80°C, and −196°C with and without cryopreservative agents for 1 month. We determined cell viability and performed Western blot analysis for TGF-β, IGF-1, and MMP-2, 9, and 13. We observed decreases in viability in cartilage stored at 4°C: 36.2% viability when stored without solution, 40.4% in phosphate-buffered saline, and 48.1% in culture medium. TGF-β and IGF-1 decreased in the first week in all groups. The groups stored at −80°C and −196°C contained less protease in the last 2 weeks. In the groups stored at 4°C in phosphate-buffered saline, we detected no increase in the levels of MMPs. Our data discourage the use of frozen cartilage because of the decrease of cell viability and elevation in MMPs. However, modifying the freezing conditions might moderate these changes and improve the state of preserved cartilage.
MAKING ENGLISH A “ HABIT ” : INCREASING CONFIDENCE , MOTIVATION , AND ABILITY OF EFL STUDENTS THROUGH CROSS-CULTURAL , COMPUTER-ASSISTED INTERACTION

This study examines the relationships among the three essential language-related components -motivation, confidence, and ability -following a series of live videoconference interactions between Taiwanese EFL students and a native speaker. 227 students enrolled in the five advanced conversation classes at a private technical university in central Taiwan participated in this study. Based on quantitative evaluation of student perceptions, the major findings were (1) motivation, confidence, and ability correlated directly, but motivation of the students increased the most as a result of strong videoconference instructional design; and (2) confidence in interacting with native speakers was the best predictor of students’ perceived ability. All data supported the benefits of EFL classroom teachers providing their students authentic experiences interacting with native speakers, and the value of Internet videoconferencing for this interaction. These findings provide a valuable framework for instructors in any foreign language to build a global, cross-cultural classroom.
Librarians' attitudes towards marketing library services

This research set out to explore the attitudes of school, academic and public librarians towards marketing libraries. The main question that was examined is whether personality characteristics such as empowerment, extroversion and resistance to change influence librarians' attitudes towards the marketing of libraries. One hundred and fifty-six participants took part in this study. The research tools included: a personal details questionnaire, extroversion/ introversion questionnaire, attitudes towards marketing a library questionnaire, a resistance to change questionnaire and an empowerment questionnaire. The most important finding of this research was the positive correlation between personal characteristics: empowerment, extroversion and resistance to change and attitudes towards marketing libraries. The results of the current research emphasize the idea that librarians of all branches should be exposed to marketing concepts in order to maintain their central position as information providers despite — and within — the new technologies.
Memory sources of dreams: the incorporation of autobiographical rather than episodic experiences

The present study aimed to explore autobiographical memories (long‐lasting memories about the self) and episodic memories (memories about discrete episodes or events) within dream content. We adapted earlier episodic memory study paradigms and reinvestigated the incorporation of episodic memory sources into dreams, operationalizing episodic memory as featuring autonoetic consciousness, which is the feeling of truly re‐experiencing or reliving a past event. Participants (n = 32) recorded daily diaries and dream diaries, and reported on wake–dream relations for 2 weeks. Using a new scale, dreams were rated for their episodic richness, which categorized memory sources of dreams as being truly episodic (featuring autonoetic consciousness), autobiographical (containing segregated features of experiences that pertained to waking life) or otherwise. Only one dream (0.5%) was found to contain an episodic memory. However, the majority of dreams (>80%) were found to contain low to moderate incorporations of autobiographical memory features. These findings demonstrate the inactivity of intact episodic memories, and emphasize the activity of autobiographical memory and processing within dreams. Taken together, this suggests that memories for personal experiences are experienced fragmentarily and selectively during dreaming, perhaps in order to assimilate these memories into the autobiographical memory schema.
The Continuing Case of the Florida Dentist

The subject of the analysis of viral DNA fingerprinting associated with the alleged human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of a number of dental patients in Florida is scrutinized. Reference is made to the recent findings of Ou et al. which are published in this same issue of Science. Scientific and ethical issues are examined as well as the issue of what determines an appropriate level of statistical and scientific reliability for public policy or judicial review. The significance for a resolution of reliability questions is that in the absence of a medical position others unfamiliar will draw conclusions. The public is amenable to changing life styles without necessarily strong statistical evidence. There is agreement among nations however that the HIV-1 evidence is strong enough to recommend use of condoms and medical gloves and invest in research. Legal action mandates the highest statistical significance in the determination of verdicts without a reasonable doubt. In the Florida dental case data a manuscript and the review process became entangled in legal machinations. Out et al. and other scientists involved in legal action have a responsibility to decide in advance appropriate statistical criteria. The difficulties that arise from studies of the transmission of the HIV 1 virus are represented either in Ou et al. and the C2-V3 domain of transmission from dentist to patient or from the Wolinsky study of transmission from infected women to unborn children. The Ou et al. study of the 7 infected dental patients and the 35 local controls (LC) is questioned on the randomness of the LC sample the process of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the statistical tests of significance used (Wilcoxon rand sum statistic the distinction between cloned sequences and direct sequences the appropriateness of the bootstrapping procedure). The phylogenetic relationships among variants varies with modes of transmission and tree building is a difficult art and science. The Ou et al. study is considered a pioneering effort in the use of DNA typing to resolve individual viral transmission events but the issue is complex and statistical flaws have already occurred in the Wilson et al. hypothesis of African Eve.
Uncertainty Avoidance and Consumer Perceptions of Global e-Commerce Sites: A Multi-Level Model

Online purchasing is a decision-making process that involves inherent uncertainty. Yet consumer tolerance for uncertainty differs across cultures, requiring e-vendors to decide whether to adapt websites to different cultures when operating globally. We examine the effect of Hofstede’s cultural dimension of uncertainty avoidance (UA) on consumer perceptions of e-loyalty. Viewing information quality, trust, and system quality as uncertainty reduction mechanisms, UA is hypothesized to moderate relationships involving these constructs in a recognized model of IS success. Specifically, we posit that relationships involving these constructs will be stronger for consumers from high UA cultures. Using data drawn from over 3,500 actual consumers from 38 different countries, and controlling for the impact of other cultural dimensions, results suggest that UA moderates the effects of information quality on perceived usefulness, and of trust on e-loyalty, but not system quality relationships. We discuss practical implications of our research, in regard to designing websites intended for global use.
Long-term effects of physical training on aerobic capacity: controlled study of former elite athletes.

We studied 15-yr changes in physical training, subcutaneous fat, and maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) in male former elite athletes (27 long-distance runners and 9 bobsledders) and in a control group of 23 normal men. In 1973, elite athletes all trained vigorously, whereas in 1988 there was a great interindividual variation in physical training. In the lowest tertile of runners' training activity in 1988 (n = 9), the rate of decline in VO2max during the 15 yr was 1.11 +/- 0.15 (SE) ml.kg-1.min-1.yr-1, or 16% per decade, whereas the most active quintile of runners (n = 5) tended to increase VO2max (NS). The remaining 13 runners showed a rate of decline in VO2max of 0.54 +/- 0.14 ml.kg-1.min-1.yr-1, or 7% per decade. The rates of decline were 0.22 +/- 0.12 and 0.56 +/- 0.10 ml.kg-1.min-1.yr-1, or 5 and 11% per decade, in bobsledders and controls, respectively. When normalized for lean body mass instead of body weight, VO2max showed a reduced variability in the rate of decline, with values ranging from 0.00 +/- 0.27 (most active runners) to 0.69 +/- 0.15 ml.kg lean body mass-1.min-1.yr-1 (least active runners). In multiple linear regression analysis, 15-yr changes in mileage, running pace, and truncal fat together explained 51% of variance in the 15-yr change of VO2max normalized for body weight in runners and 41% in all study men. In runners, change in truncal fat was dependent on changes in both mileage and running pace. In the presence of physical training and anthropometric variables in the regression equation, the 15-yr decrease in maximum heart rate was only modestly predictive of the change in VO2max. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Smooth constrained block matching criterion for motion estimation

In this paper, a novel and efficient criterion for block matching motion estimation is presented. The proposed criterion is to enhance the conventional mean absolute difference (MAD) scheme with a new smoothness constraint on the residue block. The objective is to reduce the bit rate for encoding the residue image without any degradation of the reconstructed image quality. Simulation results show that by applying the new criterion in motion estimation, both the improvement in peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and the reduction in bit rate up to 4.3% can be achieved compared to MAD.
Clinical and Translational Challenges in Gene Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the most prevalent life-threatening clinical problem and is a major cause of disability and economic burden worldwide [1]. Despite extensive phar‐ macotherapies, there remain many vascular conditions for which pharmacological inter‐ ventions are either non-existent or largely ineffective. CV gene therapy offers the benefit of sustained and/or controlled expression of desired proteins in cell types, which makes it more beneficial in providing durable clinical benefits [2]. The therapeutic gene works by either over-expressing therapeutically beneficial proteins, replacing a deficient gene or its expression proteins, or silencing a particular gene whose expression is not beneficial in the clinical scenario [3]. In addition, success of gene therapy also depends on the choice of the vector and the delivery approach. Blood vessels are among the most feasible tar‐ gets for gene therapy because of ease of access using a catheter or by systemic delivery. The new genetic material should enter the cells in the vasculature overcoming the ana‐ tomical, cellular and physiological barriers and induce the expression of the transfected gene in the target tissue. The target cells in the arteries are endothelial cells (EC), smooth muscle cells (SMC) and fibroblasts, which constitute the intimal, medial and adventitial layers, respectively [4]. In the case of atherosclerotic lesions, macrophages also become a target cell. For the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, gene therapy strategies have been designed to enhance re-endothelialization and EC function to reduce thrombosis, inhibit SMC proliferation and migration to prevent neointimal hyperplasia, and to improve ther‐ apeutic neo-vascularization to counteract ischemia.
On Convergence Property of MINRES Method for Solving a Complex Shifted Hermitian Linear System Guiding Gu and

We discuss the convergence property of the minimum residual (MINRES) method for the solution of complex shifted Hermitian system (αI + H)x = f . Our convergence analysis shows that the method has a faster convergence than that for real shifted Hermitian system (Re(α)I +H)x = f under the condition Re(α) + λmin(H) > 0, and a larger imaginary part of the shift α has a better convergence property. Numerical experiments show such convergence properties. Keywords—complex shifted linear system, Hermitian matrix, MINRES method.
Compression of the Spinal Cord Due to Destructive Spondyloarthropathy of the Atlanto-Axial Joints. A Case Report*

Destructive spondyloarthropathy was apparently first described by Kuntz et al. in 1984 and has become increasingly recognized in patients who have been managed with long-term hemodialysis. Radiographically evident lesions are located predominantly in the cervical spine. The fifth and sixth and the sixth and seventh cervical intervertebral discs are most frequently involved13. Although destructive spondyloarthropathy affecting the occipitocervical articulation and the cephalad part of the cervical spine has been reported2,5,6,8,12,14, we are not aware of any previous reports of acute compression of the spinal cord attributed to these lesions. We report the case of a patient who had quadriplegia and dyspnea that were due to destructive spondyloarthropathy of the cephalad part of the cervical spine. Immediate reduction of the atlanto-axial dislocation and posterior arthrodesis of the atlanto-axial joint resulted in remarkable improvement. A forty-five-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital in June 1994 because of progressive quadriplegia and dyspnea, which had begun twelve hours earlier. A nephrotic syndrome had developed when the patient was forty-two years old. The disease resulted in progressive deterioration of renal function requiring hemodialysis. Beginning in May 1991, the patient had received dialysis three times a week for three years. Pain and arthralgia became apparent for the first time in September 1993. The patient reported having pain in the shoulders, elbows, and thighs. In February 1994, pain developed in the posterior part of the neck and rapidly became severe. The diagnosis was destructive spondyloarthropathy at the level of the fifth and sixth cervical intervertebral disc. On June 30, 1994, the patient's husband raised the cephalad part of her trunk, while she was in bed, in order to alleviate the nuchal pain. The patient suddenly became quadriplegic with shooting pains from the nuchal …
Fast Fingerprint Classification with Deep Neural Networks

: Reducing the number of comparisons in automated ﬁngerprint identiﬁcation systems is essential when dealing with a large database. Fingerprint classiﬁcation allows to achieve this goal by dividing ﬁngerprints into several categories, but it presents still some challenges due to the large intra-class variations and the small inter-class variations. The vast majority of the previous methods uses global characteristics, in particular the orientation image, as features of a classiﬁer. This makes the feature extraction stage highly dependent on preprocessing techniques and usually computationally expensive. In this work we evaluate the performance of two pre-trained convolutional neural networks ﬁne-tuned on the NIST SD4 benchmark database. The obtained results show that this approach is comparable with other results in the literature, with the advantage of a fast feature extraction stage.
Adhesion between cerebroside bilayers.

The structure, hydration properties, and adhesion energy of the membrane glycolipid galactosylceramide (GalCer) were studied by osmotic stress/X-ray diffraction analysis. (1) Fully hydrated GalCer gave a repeat period of 67 A, which decreased less than 2 A with application of applied osmotic pressures as large as 1.6 x 10(9) dyn/cm(2). These results, along with the invariance of GalCer structure obtained by a Fourier analysis of the X-ray data, indicated that there was an extremely narrow fluid space (less than the diameter of a single water molecule) between fully hydrated cerebroside bilayers. Electron density profiles showed that the hydrocarbon chains from apposing GalCer monolayers partially interdigitated in the center of the bilayer. To obtain information on the adhesive properties of GalCer bilayers, we incorporated into the bilayer various mole ratios of the negatively charged lipid dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) to provide known electrostatic repulsion between the bilayers. Although 17 and 20 mol % DPPG swelled (disjoined) the GalCer bilayers by an amount predictable from electrostatic double-layer theory, 5, 10, 13, and 15 mol % DPPG did not disjoin the bilayers. By calculating the magnitude of the electrostatic pressure necessary to disjoin the bilayers, we estimated the adhesion energy for GalCer bilayers to be about -1.5 erg/cm(2), a much larger value than that previously measured for phosphatidylcholine bilayers. The observed discontinuous disjoining with increased electrostatic pressure and this relatively large value for adhesion energy indicated the presence of an attractive interaction, in addition to van der Waals attraction, between cerebroside bilayers. Possible attractive interactions are hydrogen bond formation and hydrophobic interactions between the galactose headgroups of apposing GalCer bilayers.
Long-range glider localization using broadband acoustic signals and a linearized model of glider motion

Broadband acoustic source transmissions recorded on Seagliders at ranges up to 700 km are used to estimate subsurface glider position. Because the sources transmitted at 9-minute intervals the glider moved appreciably between source receptions. Source-glider ranges estimated from acoustic arrivals were combined using least-squares analysis to estimate a single glider position and velocity offset during the reception period. The analysis was applied to 387 sets of source transmissions and resulted in data residuals of 73 m rms. The estimated offsets were 845 m rms and 16.6 cm/s rms with a posteriori error estimates of 106 m rms and 11.7 cm/s rms, respectively. Overall glider speed is estimated at 21.1 cm/s rms.