Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quantum Catwalk

Quantum physics inspires me, especially as an artist who uses math and computation. In 2015 I received an Ontario Arts Council Chalmers Arts Fellowship research grant to learn about quantum physics from Dr. Raymond Laflamme, founding Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo, Ontario. I asked him about random walks to gain more insight into how quantum differs from classical and another way to contextualize quantum phenomena. He explained a onedimensional discrete time random walk of an object and how it is depicted. The object randomly moves one position left or right over time. With the origin at the centre top, for each time interval the number of possible positions increases by one to the left and right of the vertical time axis, branching into a triangle of space-time locations. The classical randomwalk is analogous to beads individually travelling down a Galton’s board from the centre position where there is a 50/50 chance of moving left or right of each pin encountered until settling into a Gaussian distribution with the highest probability being at the initial zero position after passing through all the rows of pins [1]. The pin operation can be replaced by other randomizing events such as a coin-flip that decides which direction the bead goes. Quantumwalks are different from classical ones. The classical randomwalk is described by probabilities that can only take values between 0 and 1. The quantum random walk is described by amplitudes, complex numbers that lead to self-interference. The probability can be obtained by squaring the amplitude. With the quantum random walk, for each time-increment there is a quantum coin that decides in which direction the quantum bead will go. A quantum coin operation can produce a superposition (a simultaneous up AND down state) leading to a superposition of positions that can interfere constructively or destructively. This modifies the probability distribution away from the initial position faster than in the classical case. As the quantumwalk evolves, the position of the quantumbead and the quantum coin become more entangled (the property of a system that cannot be described by only knowing its components) through time. The space-time triangle starts with an initial state followed by checkered quantum coin and quantum bead results. Interference Pattern of Quantum Random Walk (Figure 1), my source image for QuantumCatwalk (Figure 2), is based on a quantumwalk with an initial state of plus down using
Self‐Assembly of Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with Rigid and Flexible Multifunctional Linkers

The interparticle spacing of carboxyl functionalized gold nanoparticles (Au–COOH) was mediated by rigid cross‐linkers, octa(3‐aminopropyl)octasilsesquioxane (POSS–NH3 +) and poly(amidoamine) dendrimer terminated with hydroxyl groups (PAMAM–OH), and a flexible polymeric linker, poly(hexanyl viologen) (6‐VP). Regular interparticle spacing was achieved by utilizing POSS–NH3 + and PAMAM–OH dendrimer as cross‐linkers, whereas size growth of Au–COOH was observed featuring no interparticle spacing by utilizing 6‐VP as the cross‐linker.
Leadership views on corporate chaplains: business, sociocultural, and spiritual justifications

Spirituality in the workplace continues to garner growing scholarly and popular attention as evidenced by increased interdisciplinary scholarship, media reports, corporate interest, and employee activity. Workplace chaplaincy, an expression of the faith at work movement has received attention from media and practitioners; however, there remains a dearth of scholarly research. This paper, part of a wider study on workplace chaplaincy, fills that scholarly void by explicating the business reasoning, sociocultural explanations, and spiritual imperatives behind organizational leaders’ decisions to incorporate workplace chaplains into their employee benefit programs. Through interviews with CEOs and C-Suite leaders, this study found that workplace chaplains offer a unique kind of care for employees’ otherwise unmet in other benefit programs, and appears to contribute positively to organizational commitment, employee well-being, reduced operational costs, reduced turnover/increased retention, and an overall positive, welcoming organizational culture. The paper ends with implications for future studies in areas such as; potential challenges associated with corporate chaplaincy, perceptions of employees and other constituents, and metrics for evaluating chaplaincy programs.
Becoming American

Abstract This study explored how a cohort of Asian Indians who migrated to the U.S. nearly 40 years ago have become acculturated to the U.S. by watching American television when they first arrived. The study used two concepts of the integrative communication theory: enculturation and acculturation. The study described how these Asian Indians did not grow up watching television in India. Hence, they became enculturated into American television. This cohort also watched television to learn how to act “American,” and thus became acculturated to the U.S. Furthermore, the study created linkage between the uses and gratifications theoretical perspective and the need for acculturation.
Polyblend Compatibilization

After an introduction regarding polymer blends, this review shows how the enhancement of the degree of compatibility between the constituent components of a polyblend can be made by using different reactive or additive compatibilizers. It also discusses how their presence affects the morphology and the properties of the polyblends. The compatibilization strategy is focusing on applications such as the recycling of post‐consumer plastics without sorting, production of multi‐layer films, packaging products, as well as the development of new materials based on plastic/plastic, elastomer/elastomer or plastic/elastomer blends.
Sexually Dimorphic Cytochrome P450 Gene Expression in Wildtype and CYP2C18/CYP2C19 Transgenic Mice

Drugs on the market continuously improve and target directed drugs become more and more common. Animal models are used to predict effects and side effects that may occur when drugs are administered to humans. The use of mice within medical testing is steadily increasing and the use of transgenic mouse models is also expanding. In this thesis, both traditional mouse strains, and a humanized CYP2C18/CYP2C19 transgenic mouse model is investigated. Initially, we found that cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes in the liver of traditional mouse strains are expressed with large strain and sex differences in both protein levels and metabolic activity. These differences contribute to the difficulties when extrapolating data to man from tests performed on animals. The CYP2C18/CYP2C19 transgenic mouse model investigated contains, in addition to the murine Cyp2c enzymes, the human CYP2C18 and CYP2C19 enzymes. Heterozygous CYP2C18/CYP2C19 transgenic mice were healthy animals, without obvious adverse phenotypic characteristics and were determined to possess approximately 12 tandem copies of the inserted CYP2C18/CYP2C19 gene segment. The inserted gene was translated into CYP2C18 and CYP2C19 mRNA and CYP2C19 protein more efficiently in male than in female mice livers, whereas no sex differences were found in small intestine, lung or brain. The enzymatic activity of CYP2C19 is also higher in males than in females. The sexually dimorphic, male predominant, CYP2C18 and CYP2C19 gene expressions, as well as the expression of female predominant, endogenous, mouse Cyp2c37, Cyp2c38, Cyp2c39 and Cyp2c40 genes were found to be dependent on androgens and the release pattern of growth hormone. In summary, large strain– and sex differences in CYP expression occur in mice. Sex differences in expression of CYP2C18 and CYP2C19 are evident in a transgenic mouse model containing human CYP2C18 and CYP2C19 genes. The sex dependent differences in expression are affected by gonadal hormones and growth hormone. The transgenic mouse model, may serve as a model for investigation of human CYP2C18 and CYP2C19 gene regulation.
Visitor Communities

ABSTRACT The current paper extends the concept of brand community–a compelling form of relationship marketing-to the hospitality firms and destinations of the tourism sector by introducing the notion of “visitor communities. ” The authors argue that destinations and hospitality firms can enhance their marketing efforts by following the lead of sophisticated consumer product firms which have successfully fostered brand communities. By attracting and developing preformed and temporal/situational visitor communities, tourism destinations and their partners can benefit from increased visitor satisfaction and ultimately, higher levels of repeat visitation and positive referrals.
Attitude Toward Risk of Time Loss in Travel Activity and Air Route Choices

This article develops a disaggregate discret-choice model for risky travel alternatives, considering travel time as a random variable. The theory of rank-dependent expected utility is used to describe traveler behavior. It disentangles attitude toward risk of travel time loss (perception of time distributions) from attitude toward wealth (perception of time outcomes). The key assumption is that decision makers formulate their own beliefs on probability distributions whenever information is public knowledge. The concept of travel-time reliability premium is then defined. It generalizes the notion of value of travel time savings by proposing a measure of the willingness-to-pay to get another time distribution. An application to air route choice is demonstrated by using a sample of regular business passengers who belong to an airline loyalty program. The empirical approach relies on estimating a Box-Cox Logit model.
Social Work, Marriage, and Ethnicity: Policy and Practice

This article provides a discussion about marriage with regard to social work policy and practice with cultural groups that experience life differently from predominantly White America. Marriage is influenced by culture, tradition, and economic reality supporting or hindering the success of marriages. Often, parenting is influenced by marriage, as roles are shared and meted through the resources provided by marriage. As an introduction, this article explains the unique contribution of each article in the special issue, showing the need for social work to respond more critically, urgently, and in threefold systemic fashion to create change in the lives of historically vulnerable populations in U.S. society.
FROM THE EDITOR

Objective: To find out the most common local side effects caused by inhalers in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), treated in the pulmonary clinic in King Hussein Medical Center (KHMC). The effect of regular mouth rinsing with water after inhaler use in preventing these side effects was also evaluated. Method: Descriptive study of 127 patients diagnosed to have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) between January 2015 and January 2017 , treated in the pulmonary clinic in King Hussein Medical Center (KHMC). The rates of different local side effects of inhalers used in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) were assessed in patients using inhalers regularly for more than 6 months, during their regular visit to the pulmonary clinic, using a questionnaire. The rates of regular mouth rinsing after inhaler use were evaluated as well. Results: Of the 127 patients enrolled in our study, 93 patients (73%) were males. The mean(±SD) age was 68.0±7.6 years. The ages ranged between (4779) years. 102 patients (80%) reported at least one adverse local side effect of inhalers . The most common local side effect was sore throat, affecting 29 patients (23%). Other side effects included dysphonia (18%), mouth ulcers (2%), oral candidiasis (5%), thirst (17%) and dry throat (21%). Out of the 102 patients who reported having local side effects of inhalers, 82 patients (80%) admitted that they don’t rinse their mouth after inhaler use. Out of the 25 patients who didn’t have adverse local side effects from the inhalers, only 2 patients (8%) admitted that they don’t rinse their mouth regularly after inhaler use. Conclusion: Local side effects of inhalers are common among COPD patients treated in KHMC. The most common side effects are throat and vocal complaints. Failure to adhere to mouth rinsing with water after inhaler use plays a major role in increasing the rates of these side effects.
The Regulation of Neuropeptide Corazonin and Its Functional Analyses in Drosophila Melanogaster

Abstract Neuropeptides regulate diverse physiological processes, including homeostatic metabolism, behavior, reproduction, and development. The neuropeptide Corazonin ( Crz ), was first isolated from American cockroach, P. americana , as a potent cardioactive substance, and has been shown to exert diverse functions in different insects. In Drosophila , Crz expression is limited to three groups of neurons; totaling only 26 neurons out of ~10,000 neurons in a third instar larval central nervous system (CNS). In adults, Crz is expressed in 6-8 pairs of protocerebral neurons and 2 pairs of male specific abdominal ganglion. To gain insight into such tight regulatory mechanisms of Crz gene transcription, Crz promoter activity was dissected in vivo . The promoter bashing experiments yielding various 5‘-upstream sequences show that there are separate cis -acting elements that are highly conserved phylogenetically, which speaks to its functional significance in the activation of Crz transcription. In larval stage, a 504-bp upstream region is sufficient to activate
A REVERSED-PHASE HPLC ASSAY FOR PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS

ACTIVASE® is the recombinant form of human tissue-type plasminogen activator (r-tPA), used in the management of acute myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism. ACTIVASE® is also now approved for treating ischemic stroke. It is produced by expressing the complementary DNA (cDNA) for natural human tPA in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. TNK-tPA is a genetically engineered variant of r-tPA with enhanced efficacy and lower incidence of bleeding compared with activase. It was created by three site-directed mutations (T103N, N117Q and KHRR296-299AAAA) and, is also cloned and expressed in CHO cells. CHO cells biosynthesize endogenous hamster tPA called CHO-PA. The amino acid sequence of CHO-PA is highly homologous (80% identical) to that of r-tPA. All three thrombolytic proteins exist as heterogeneous isoforms, mainly due to proteolysis/hydrolysis and differential glycosylation. In this report, a reversed-phase HPLC method was developed to support manufacturing process development. This method not only has the ability to resolve the three plasminogen activators from each other, but also is capable of identifying and quantifying different isoforms of each molecule.
Developmental Expression ofRatTransforming Growth Factor-ot mRNA

Expression ofthegene encoding transforming growth factor-a (TGFa)was examined indeveloping rat embryos byusing acloned TGFocDNAasahybridization probe. Northern blotanalysis ofRNA isolated from whole fetuses revealed that TGFaLmRNA was present atrelatively highlevels in8-through 10-day-old embryos andthendeclined totheloworundetectable level, whichischaracteristic ofadult tissues before birth. Thelevel ofTGFccmRNA present during early gestation was similar tothatpresent inretrovirus-transformed cellsin culture, suggesting thatTGFa expression isnothighly localized intheembryo. Theseobservations are consistent withthehypothesis thatTGFatplays a role indevelopment, possibly asa fetal growth factor.
Why Do People Choose the Shopping Malls? The Attraction Theory Revisited

Abstract The goal of this study is to examine the factors which influence the consumers' attraction to shopping malls, and attempt to predict the consumers' behavior in choosing a shopping mall for their retail needs. The gravitational approaches and linear regression models, which are commonly used in this research area, cannot sufficiently explain the impact of factors on the choice of shopping centers; therefore, a review of these approaches and an empirical application of them is considered. The purpose is to construct a model of consumer attraction to malls, through distance and retail image, using a Conditional Logit Model.
Autoportrait

[Haworth co-indexing entry note]: “Autoportrait. ” Kimberly, Aaron. Co-published simultaneously in Journal of Homosexuality (Harrington Park Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol. 43, No. 3/4, 2002, pp. 319-320; and: The Drag King Anthology (ed: Donna Troka, Kathleen LeBesco, and Jean Bobby Noble) Harrington Park Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc., 2002, pp. 319-320. Single or multiple copies of this article are available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service [1-800-HAWORTH, 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. (EST). E-mail address: docdelivery@haworthpress.com].
Vertically Segregated Polymer Blends: Their Use in Organic Electronics

In this paper results on the formation and stability of vertically segregated polymer blend structures applied to organic‐based electronic devices are reviewed. In all examples illustrated here, phase separation in a direction normal to the substrate was obtained by a combination of surface treatment, viscosity, solvent evaporation, and blend composition control. It is found that vertically segregated blends form the optimized structure for photovoltaic devices, in which exciton dissociation is enhanced by the composition of the phases and transport of charges is improved by the position of the phases relative to the electrodes. Vertical segregation is shown to reduce leakage current and enhance charge injection and recombination in light emitting diodes resulting in highly luminescent devices. In addition, film composition and morphology analysis together with device characteristics show that the environmental stability of bottom gate polymer‐based TFTs is greatly enhanced by a self‐encapsulation method achieved with the use of a semiconductor/insulator polymer blend.
Twirling sculptures

In this article, I outline a method for constructing aesthetically pleasing sculptures containing spiral shapes. Since every face of an orientable manifold mesh can be given a consistent edge rotation ordering, if one applies an extrusion operator to each face of an orientable manifold mesh using the same rotation and scaling factors, each edge in the original mesh will be converted to an S-shaped region that consists of two spiral arms. The twirling nature of my sculptures results from these S-shaped regions. The final sculptures are obtained by smoothing the resulting shapes with a subdivision scheme. I discuss several methods for visually emphasizing the twirling nature of S-shaped regions. All the models and virtual sculptures in this article are created using the Topological Mesh Modelling system TopMod.
Non-intubated awake uniportal VATS: how to start?

The history of thoracoscopic surgery started more than 100 years ago when Hans Christian Jacobaeus, a Swedish internist, performed and described in 1910 a procedure to treat pleural adhesions and tuberculosis. After the 1950s with the success of the medical treatment against tuberculosis, the “Jacobaeus operation” was gradually abandoned until the 1970s when some pulmonologists became the reference persons for the thoracoscopy, especially in Continental Europe.
Evaluation of the patient with patellar instability

Patellofemoral instability is a result of medial retinacular deficiency in combination with insufficient bony constraint. It is a multifactorial entity that must be critically evaluated prior to undergoing operative intervention. We advocate evaluating patients based on whether they have experienced a first dislocation event, recurrent dislocations, or have recurrent dislocations after failed surgical management. Evaluation of all the above groups of patients involves evaluating all potential contributors (patella alta, trochlear dysplasia, generalize laxity). As with most orthopaedic diagnoses, history and physical exam provide much of the information needed to make a treatment decision. Imaging modalities can be used to assess factors contributing to instability and determine which interventions might be most beneficial.
Indigenous Youth Graduating from Intercultural Universities: Capability Building Through Intercultural Higher Education in Veracruz, Mexico

ABSTRACT Intercultural higher education in Mexico aims at creating new, culturally and linguistically appropriate, professional career opportunities that empower indigenous youth and their communities. In this paper, empirical results are presented from a research project which ethnographically accompanies graduates from an intercultural university, the Universidad Veracruzana Intercultural (UVI), located in four indigenous regions of the South Eastern Mexican Gulf coast. After briefly describing the way this university operates by opening up alternative kinds of knowledge, the features of the new indigenous professionals who graduated from this institution are analysed. In the second half of the article, the graduates’ professional and community development related capacities to link diverse sources of academic and non-academic knowledge are empirically studied; finally their emergent political broker capabilities and community roles are explored.
Lesbian Stepmothers

ABSTRACT This study details a grounded theory research project that examined the lived experiences of 29 lesbians who partnered and cohabited with the biological, custodial mothers of children from previous heterosexual relationships. Participants' experiences within their familial relationships were explored and responses were coded. Categories emerged from the coding, and a core concept of navigating visibility and claiming place was identified. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
The futuristic model for physical activity and exercise: active video games

Physical inactivity is one of the main causes of noncommunicable diseases worldwide. In addition, obesity worldwide is increasing day by day due to insufficient energy expenditure, which is the result of physical inactivity. This review aimed to examine the physiological effects of active video games (AVGs) systems and tried to define whether the AVGs could be suggested as an alternative exercise model considering the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) criteria. This review was based on the physiological responses of the different AVGs that were discussed in previous studies. It was revealed that AVGs significantly increased the energy expenditure and metabolic equivalent according to resting state. The majority of AVGs were found to achieve physical activity levels of moderate intensity which meet ACSM criteria for health and fitness (3-6 MET). Especially, AVGs can be considered as an alternative exercise model that is integrated with fun and technology in everyday use of individuals, reducing obesity prevalence and improving physical activity level with the ever-evolving modern and sophisticated AVGs systems. AVGs can actually be considered among the exercise models for the future, with the increasing use of active video game systems around the world.