Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Examining Models of Mental Health Service Delivery in the Emergency Department

The purpose of the present paper was to review the current models of mental health service delivery used in the emergency department (ED) setting. A search was conducted of the nursing and medical literature from 1990 to 2007 for relevant articles and reports. Consideration was also given to the global and local context influencing contemporary mental health services. Wider sociopolitical and socioeconomic influences and systemic changes in health-care delivery have dictated a considerable shift in attention for mental health services worldwide. The ED is a topical location that has attracted interest and necessitated a response. The mental health liaison nurse (MHLN) role embedded within the ED structure has demonstrated the most positive outcomes to date. This model aims to raise mental health awareness and address concerns over patient-focused outcomes such as reduced waiting times, therapeutic intervention and more efficient coordination of care and follow up for individuals presenting to the ED in psychological distress. Further research is required into all methods of mental health service delivery to the ED. The MHLN role is a cost-effective approach that has gained widespread approval from ED staff and mental health patients and is consistent with national and international expectations for mental health services to become fully integrated within general health care. The mental health nurse practitioner role situated within the ED represents a potentially promising alternative for enhanced public access to specialized mental health care.
Increased Regulatory versus Effector T Cell Development Is Associated with Thymus Atrophy in Mouse Models of Multiple Myeloma1

CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a central role in cancer tolerance. However, mechanisms leading to their accumulation in cancer remain unknown. Although the thymus is the main site of Treg development, thymic contribution to Treg expansion in cancer has not been directly examined. Herein, we used two murine models of multiple myeloma (MM), 5T2 MM and 5T33 MM, to examine Treg accumulation in peripheral lymphoid organs, including spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, and blood, and to explore thymic Treg development during malignancy. We found that peripheral ratios of suppressive-functional Tregs increased in both models of MM-inflicted mice. We found that thymic ratios of Treg development in MM increased, in strong association with thymus atrophy and altered developmental processes in the thymus. The CD4+CD8+ double-positive population, normally the largest thymocyte subset, is significantly decreased, whereas the CD4−CD8− double-negative population is increased. Administration of thymocytes from MM-inflicted mice compared with control thymocytes resulted in increased progression of the disease, and this effect was shown to be mediated by Tregs in the thymus of MM-inflicted mice. Our data suggest that increased ratios of Treg development in the thymus may contribute to disease progression in MM-inflicted mice.
The SAPASI Is Valid and Responsive to Psoriasis Disease Severity Changes in a Multi‐Center Clinical Trial

We developed a structured Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI)‐like instrument, the Self‐administered PASI (SAPASI), that allows subjects to assess accurately the severity of their psoriasis. The major limitation of our previous SAPASI validity studies is that all were performed in a single academic center, raising questions about the generalizability of the instrument. We administered the SAPASI to 182 subjects in a 12‐week, multicenter, double‐blind clinical trial of topical tazarotene for psoriasis. On the same day, investigators blind to the SAPASI rating determined the degree of erythema, induration, scale, body surface area (BSA) affected, and overall lesion severity of the subjects' psoriasis. Using these data, we calculated an investigator PASI‐Equivalent. Correlation analysis shows that for both initial and final assessments of psoriasis severity, the SAPASI score reflects the PASI‐Equivalent score in a significant way (p=.000l), although the correlation is a modest one (r=0.3 to 0.5). Significant (p=.0001), modest correlations were found between the subjects' reported BSAs and the investigators' reported BSAs. To assess responsiveness, the proportional changes of the SAPASI and PASI‐Equivalent were found to be modestly signficantly correlated (r=0.2, p=.QA). The results of this study support the general validity of the SAPASI and demonstrate that the SAPASI can detect changes in disease severity in a clinical trial. Significant correlations were also observed between SAPASI components and their investigator‐reported counterparts in this multicenter trial. To the best of our knowledge, the current study represents the first multicenter validity study performed on a psoriasis severity instrument, and clearly demonstrates the value of this instrument in assessing the psoriasis severity in a population.
Double closed-loop NCSs modeling for security control and a defense framework design

This paper presents the design of double closed-loop security control structure. This structure is divided into two parts. First of all, sensor-controller-actuator loop completes the transmission of control signal output and measurement signal feedback. During the transmission process, the effects of uncertainties, perturbations, faults and attacks are coupled. Further, controller-detector loop is adopted to detect the faults and attacks due to their actual effect on NCSs. In addition, a novel anti-attack framework is proposed based-on the adversary's behavior and effects on NCSs. By this framework, system security conditions are obtained, and two algorithms are design to determine the attacks during the output and feedback channels, flow charts of algorithms are presented as well.
An experiment to enhance awareness of the power of information: The social information science concept and individual empowerment in Israeli high schools

Purpose – The paper's purpose is to study the effects of enhancing the awareness of the power of information among adolescents by developing a “social information section” in the library.Design/methodology/approach – During the experiment the library's structure was modified to include a “social information section” that presented information on subjects relevant to the students such as: adolescence, family relationships, drugs, sex, disabilities and death. The “social information section” included books, newspapers and access to the internet as well as talks and lectures on the subjects covered in the section. The study combines quantitative and qualitative methods: questionnaires, interviews and observations.Findings – Findings show that the exposure of students to information relevant to their social needs in a novel way heightened their awareness of the importance of using information in managing their life.Originality/value – This study presents an innovative example of a creative new approach to the.
Takayasu's Arteritis: Clinical Report of Eighty‐four Cases and Immunological Studies of Seven Cases

The manifestations of Takayasu's arteritis of the aorta were studied in 84 patients. The extent of the involvement of the aorta was classified on aortographic examination in 54 patients and from the clinical manifestations in 30. Involvement of the aorta was classified as: (1) arch type in 47 cases; (2) extensive type (whole aorta and its branches involved) in 27 cases; and (3) descending thoracic and abdominal type (only descending thoracic and abdominal aortas involved) in 10 cases. The three types resembled one another in clinical manifestations and laboratory findings except for ischemic signs which varied with the type of lesion and a slight difference in the ratio of male to female patients. Generalized, cardiac and pulmonary symptoms were noted by about two thirds of the patients in the early stage. About one third complained of local pain. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein were high values during the active stage of this disease. The hemagglutination test using tannic acid-treated erythrocytes was positive in five of seven cases. It is not clear yet that circulating anti-arterial antibodies are the direct cause of Takayasu's arteritis.
Pyroelectric Arrays Using Ceramics and Thin Films Integrated Radiation Collectors: Design Fabrication and Testing

Pyroelectric infra-red detectors have been of-interest for many years because of their wide wavelength response, good sensitivity and lack of need for cooling. Arrays of such detectors, comprising a pyroelectric material interfaced to an application specific integrated circuit for signal amplification and read out, provide an attractive solution to the problem of collecting spatial information on the IR distribution in a scene. Sol gel deposition provides an excellent technique for the growth of ferroelectric thin films and Mn-doped PZT30/70 films can be grown at 560°C with F D = 3.85 × 10−5 Pa−1/2 . A new concept is presented here: the use of arrays of thin film pyroelectric detector elements with integrated radiation collectors designed to enhance the intensity of the radiation falling on the element. Two collector designs are presented, one based on the use of wet-chemically-etched pyramidal cavities, the second based on the Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC). Approximations to truncated CPC structures were SF 6 -dry-etched into a silicon wafer, upon which had been defined pyroelectric IR sensors with low thermal conductance (spiral leg structure) fabricated in a high sensitivity PZT thin film. First experimental assessment of the performance of these structures is presented.
Fire - Extending Racer by an Engine for SWRL Rules

In this paper we propose the Fire system, a prototype rule engine for reasoning with SWRL (Semantic Web Rules Language) [5] rules and OWL (Ontology Web Language) ontologies. This system is intended as an extension to the reasoning services of the RACER system [3]. For ease of implementation, support is currently provided for SWRL rules that are restricted as follows: (i) Rules must be atomic (single atom in the rule consequent); (ii) Rules must have tree-shaped antecedents; (iii) Rules must be ‘strictly Horn’ (predicates of rule atoms may only be ‘name’ of property or class); (iv) SWRL built-ins, sameAs, differentFrom or OWL DatatypeProperty may not be used for predicates in rule atoms. The Fire system is implemented in Java in the following way; Rules defined in the ontology are extracted using Protege’s SWRL API [6]. Facts asserted in and entailed by the ontology are obtained from RACER. The RETE algorithm [1, 2] is implemented for ‘pattern matching’ these facts with patterns in rule antecedents. Materialization of rules for which instantiations/bindings are provided by the pattern matcher, is done by synchronizing with RACER’s inferences. Simple ‘random selection’ strategy is applied in resolving the conflict when more than one ‘new’ rule instantiation is provided at the same time. The reasoning process terminates when no ‘new’ inference is found compared to the already ‘known’ facts (asserted, entailed or new inferences from rules materialized earlier). Reasoning is offered in two modes, based on the number of rule instantiations considered during materialization for a given state of the knowledge base; (i) One-at-a-time mode: ‘one’ rule instantiation for an applicable rule at a time, and (ii) Batch mode: ‘all’ rule instantiations for all applicable rules at once in a batch. Our initial results of Fire’s performance over example SWRL ontologies have been very encouraging. We are currently working on several open issues to optimize Fire’s performance and extend its services: (i) Extend support for use of OWLDatatypeProperty, sameAs and differentFrom predicates in rules; (ii) Optimize construction of the RETE pattern network by exploiting the common predicates generally existing among different rules; (iii) Use the publish-subscribe mechanism from RACER to efficiently learn about the changes (newly asserted/inferred instantiations) made to any concept in the ontology that is relevant for rule reasoning; (iv) Provide Fire as a plug-in support for Protege’s SWRL Tab; (v) Integrate an optimized version of Fire as a rule engine for nRQL (new Racer Query Language) rules [4] into the RACER system.
Semantic alignment of documents with 3D city models

In urban semantic digital libraries, users need to access heterogeneous types of resources in order to achieve a given task. Contextualisation is known to increase the understanding of documents. With the use of 3D city models, we propose an alignment model that correlates, using the semantic annotations, the different resources of the repository with the different objects contained in the 3D model. The result of the application of the algorithm, will then allow the user to picture the relation of the documents with the city objects but also the relation they have between each other, as a whole, and with this contextualisation, increase its understanding of the resources.
sdm: a reproducible and extensible R platform for species distribution modelling

sdm is an object-oriented, reproducible and extensible, platform for species distribution modelling. It uses individual species and community-based approaches, enabling ensembles of models to be fitted and evaluated, to project species potential distributions in space and time. It provides a standardized and unified structure for handling species distributions data and modelling techniques, and supports markedly different modelling approaches, including correlative, process-based (mechanistic), agent-based, and cellular automata. The object-oriented design of software is such that scientists can modify existing methods, extend the framework by developing new methods or modelling procedures, and share them to be reproduced by other scientists. sdm can handle spatial and temporal data for single or multiple species and uses high performance computing solutions to speed up modelling and simulations. The framework is implemented in R, providing a flexible and easy-to-use GUI interface.
NFC-enabled attack on cyber physical systems: A practical case study

Automated fare collection (AFC) systems have been widely applied to practical transportation due to their convenience. Although there are many potential threats of NFC such as eavesdropping, data modification, and relay attacks, NFC based AFC systems are considered secure, due to the limited 10cm communication distance. Nevertheless, the proliferation of NFC-equipped mobile phones make such system venerable. We introduce and implement an attack on AFC cards that permits an attacker to top up his smart card and get a refund. We also propose possible countermeasures to defend against these attacks.
HISTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF CATECHOLAMINES IN FRESH FROZEN SECTIONS

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Kalman filter and semi-blind technique-based channel estimation for coded STBC multi-antenna set-ups in faded wireless channels

Alamouti's space-time block coding STBC with diversity gains provide improved performance in faded channels. Alamouti's transmit diversity scheme, however, relies on the availability of accurate channel state information CSI. If the assistance of channel estimation is considered, the overall performance can be further enhanced. In this work, we report the performance of three separate approaches to deal with coded multi-antenna setups. These are STBC Coded MISO-MIMO Set-up with BPSK and QPSK, pilot assisted channel estimation with Walsh-Hadamard code and semi-blind channel estimation using Kalman filter KF. The first two proposed techniques are able to obtain an error performance closer to a known CSI in severely faded channel. The semi-blind estimation technique using KF with Walsh-Hadamard coded pilot symbols incorporates orthogonality to facilitate decoupling of multiple data blocks after STBC decoding. The simulated results prove the effectiveness of the channel estimators in time varying Rayleigh faded channel.
Granularly-pipelined CORDIC processors for sine and cosine generators

The CORDIC algorithm is a powerful tool for computing trigonometric functions (sine and cosine) and some transcendental functions (hyperbolic sine and cosine) at a circuit complexity suited for physical implementation by using VLSI technologies. In this paper, we propose a family of architectures for high-throughput applications based on computation pipelining. The granularity of pipelining can be varied to increase the throughput at a cost of increased circuit complexity. The wide variety of solutions allows optimizing the trade-off between performance and circuit complexity, by taking into account the specific requirements and constraints of the application. The evaluations and the designer guidelines an also given.
Breakfast and performance in schoolchildren

1. The results from two studies are reported of the effects on mental performance of omitting breakfast. The objective of the first study was to compare the performances of schoolchildren who habitually ate or did not eat breakfast. In the second study the effectsof omitting breakfast by those accustomed to eating the morning meal were investigated. 2. Mental performance was assessed by two short-term memory tests (a simple cancellation test in which paired letters were marked on a page of random letters) and a memory-search test in which tines containing a group of specified fetters were marked, a series of numerical additions, and an attention-demanding test (in which specified statements had to be verified). 3. Neither study revealed differences attributable to the omission or consumption of breakfast.
Pattern-based integer sample motion search strategies in the context of HEVC

The H.265/MPEG-H High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard provides a significant increase in coding efficiency compared to its predecessor, the H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) standard, which however comes at the cost of a high computational burden for a compliant encoder. Motion estimation (ME), which is a part of the inter-picture prediction process, typically consumes a high amount of computational resources, while significantly increasing the coding efficiency. In spite of the fact that both H.265/MPEG-H HEVC and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standards allow processing motion information on a fractional sample level, the motion search algorithms based on the integer sample level remain to be an integral part of ME. In this paper, a flexible integer sample ME framework is proposed, thereby allowing to trade off significant reduction of ME computation time versus coding efficiency penalty in terms of bit rate overhead. As a result, through extensive experimentation, an integer sample ME algorithm that provides a good trade-off is derived, incorporating a combination and optimization of known predictive, pattern-based and early termination techniques. The proposed ME framework is implemented on a basis of the HEVC Test Model (HM) reference software, further being compared to the state-of-the-art fast search algorithm, which is a native part of HM. It is observed that for high resolution sequences, the integer sample ME process can be speed-up by factors varying from 3.2 to 7.6, resulting in the bit-rate overhead of 1.5% and 0.6% for Random Access (RA) and Low Delay P (LDP) configurations, respectively. In addition, the similar speed-up is observed for sequences with mainly Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) content while trading off the bit rate overhead of up to 5.2%.
The intonation of right-dislocated constituents in French

In French, the intonation of post-focus items is not clearly determined. Traditional descriptions claim that post-focus intonation entirely depends on that of the focus via a process of tonal copy; other accounts argue for either autonomous patterns or a binary independent choice between a high and a low tone. To clarify this issue, this paper investigates the melodic patterns of right-dislocated constituents after eight different contours associated with the focus. Results confirm that post-focus phrases are characterized by an iterative and reduced copy of the focal tones; it is also shown that a mid or downstepped high tone is needed to describe intonation in French and that we must posit contours that constitute single complex units.
Spontaneous Eye Movements During Visual Imagery Reflect the Content of the Visual Scene

In nine nave subjects eye movements were recorded while subjects viewed and visualized four irregularly-checkered diagrams. Scanpaths, defined as repetitive sequences of fixations and saccades were found during visual imagery and viewing. Positions of fixations were distributed according to the spatial arrangement of subfeatures in the diagrams. For a particular imagined diagrammatic picture, eye movements were closely correlated with the eye movements recorded while viewing the same picture. Thus eye movements during imagery are not random but reflect the content of the visualized scene. The question is discussed whether scanpath eye movements play a significant functional role in the process of visual imagery.
Enhancing Soil Quality and Plant Health Through Suppressive Organic Amendments

The practice of adding organic amendments to crop soils is undergoing resurgence as an efficient way to restore soil organic matter content and to improve soil quality. The quantity and quality of the organic matter inputs affect soil physicochemical properties and soil microbiota, influencing different parameters such as microbial biomass and diversity, community structure and microbial activities or functions. The influence of organic amendments on soil quality has also effects on crop production and plant health. The enhancement of soil suppressiveness using organic amendments has been widely described, especially for soil-borne diseases. However, there is great variability in the effectiveness of suppression depending on the nature of the amendment, the crop, the pathogen, and the environmental conditions. Although the effects of organic amendments on soil properties have been widely studied, relationships between these properties and soil suppressiveness are not still well understood. Changes in soil physicochemical parameters may modulate the efficacy of suppression. However, the parameters more frequently associated to disease suppression appear to be related to soil microbiota, such as microbial biomass and activity, the abundance of specific microbial groups and some hydrolytic activities. This review focuses on the effect of organic amendments on soil microbial populations, diversity and activities; their ability to enhance plant health through disease suppression; and which of the parameters affected by the organic amendments are potentially involved in soil suppressiveness.