Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Arguing Online: Case Studies of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Online Tools in Supporting the Learning of Arguments

Argumentation as a form of scientific discourse has been advocated as a fruitful method in science teaching. Information and communication technology (ICT) has been proposed as a vehicle to achieve pedagogic objectives in scientific argumentation. However, ICT as a new tool is likely to be ineffective when other factors are not taken into consideration. The empirical study described in this paper aims to investigate the use of ICT to support teaching and learning of argumentation from the users’ perspectives. Four science pre-service teachers training as teachers at a postgraduate certificate in education programme in England have been introduced to a computer software called Belvedere 4.1, a tool designed particularly for supporting argumentation. The participants were tasked to produce a concept map with Belvedere 4.1, and subsequently they were invited to comment on the utility of Belvedere. Interviews with the participants explored their personal factors, pedagogic beliefs and experiences of using ICT in general in their teaching practice. The results indicate that the external conditions will limit the possibility of the use of ICT to improve teaching and learning of argumentation. Both the design and the structure of Belvedere, as well as the participants’ personal factors contribute to the usability of the tool.
POORLY CONTROLLED DIABETES

Dana March, PhD; Jasmine Williams, BA; Shayla Wells, BA; Joseph P. Eimicke, MS; Jeanne A. Teresi, PhD, EdD; Casandra Almonte, MD; Bruce G. Link, PhD; Sally E. Findley, PhD; Walter Palmas, MD; Olveen Carrasquillo, MD; José A. Luchsinger, MD Objectives: We had three objectives for our study: 1) to describe the prevalence and burden of experiences of discrimination among Hispanics with poorly controlled diabetes; 2) to evaluate associations among discrimination experiences and their burden with comorbid depression among Hispanics with poorly controlled diabetes; and 3) to evaluate whether discrimination encountered in the health care context itself was associated with comorbid depression for Hispanic adults with diabetes.
The Efficiency Cost of Asset Taxation in the U.S. After Accounting for Intangible Assets

This paper comprehensively calculates corporate intangible assets by industry from 1998 to 2009, and evaluates the impact of expensing intangible assets on the cost of capital, the METR, and the welfare cost of inter-asset taxation, under current law and alternative tax policy including recent policy proposals. It also estimates the welfare cost of 'leveling the playing field’. I find that capitalizing intangible assets can reduce the METR by up to 28 percentage points in finance. The intangible-inclusive welfare cost of inter-asset taxation is twice as large as a conventional measure under current law, and can be much larger than the tax revenue loss of alternative policy. Leveling the playing field may reduce or increase the deadweight loss of inter-asset taxation. The results provide a valuable input for research estimating the impact of investment tax incentives.
Decoding Privacy – An Anthropological Study of the Privacy Concept in Mobile Software Development

It is part of ATLAS.ti User Conference 2013 : Fostering Dialog on Qualitative Methods Editor: Susanne Friese Berlin: Universitatsverlag der TU Berlin, 2014 ISBN 978-3-7983-2692-7 (composite publication) URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:83-opus4-51577 [http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:83-opus4-51577]
Synergetic use of Sentinel‐1 and Sentinel‐2 for assessments of heathland conservation status

Habitat quality assessments often demand wall‐to‐wall information about the state of vegetation. Remote sensing can provide this information by capturing optical and structural attributes of plant communities. Although active and passive remote sensing approaches are considered as complementary techniques, they have been rarely combined for conservation mapping. Here, we combined spaceborne multispectral Sentinel‐2 and Sentinel‐1 SAR data for a remote sensing‐based habitat quality assessment of dwarf shrub heathland, which was inspired by nature conservation field guidelines. Therefore, three earlier proposed quality layers representing (1) the coverage of the key dwarf shrub species, (2) stand structural diversity and (3) an index reflecting co‐occurring vegetation were mapped via linking in situ data and remote sensing imagery. These layers were combined in an RGB‐representation depicting varying stand attributes, which afterwards allowed for a rule‐based derivation of pixel‐wise habitat quality classes. The links between field observations and remote sensing data reached correlations between 0.70 and 0.94 for modeling the single quality layers. The spatial patterns shown in the quality layers and the map of discrete quality classes were in line with the field observations. The remote sensing‐based mapping of heathland conservation status showed an overall agreement of 76% with field data. Transferring the approach in time (applying a second set of Sentinel‐1 and ‐2 data) caused a decrease in accuracy to 73%. Our findings suggest that Sentinel‐1 SAR contains information about vegetation structure that is complimentary to optical data and therefore relevant for nature conservation. While we think that rule‐based approaches for quality assessments offer the possibility for gaining acceptance in both communities applied conservation and remote sensing, there is still need for developing more robust and transferable methods.
Constructing an Annotated Resource for Part-Of-Speech Tagging of Mishnaic Hebrew

English. This paper introduces the research in Part-Of-Speech tagging of mishnaic Hebrew carried out within the Babylonian Talmud Translation Project. Since no tagged resource was available to train a stochastic POS tagger, a portion of the Mishna of the Babylonian Talmud has been morphologically annotated using an ad hoc developed tool connected with the DB containing the talmudic text being translated. The final aim of this research is to add a linguistic support to the Translation Memory System of Traduco, the Computer-Assisted Translation tool developed and used within the Project. Italiano. In questo articolo è introdotta la ricerca nel Part-OfSpeech tagging dell’Ebraico mishnaico condotta nell’ambito del Progetto Traduzione Talmud Babilonese. Data l’indisponibilità di risorse annotate necessarie per l’addestramento di un POS tagger stocastico, una porzione di Mishnà del Talmud Babilonese è stata annotata morfologicamente utilizzando uno strumento sviluppato ad hoc collegato al DB dove risiede il testo talmudico in traduzione. L’obiettivo finale di questa ricerca è lo sviluppo di un supporto linguistico al sistema di Memoria di Traduzione di Traduco, lo strumento di traduzione assistita utilizzato nell’ambito del Progetto.
DEUTERIUM DEPLETION INDUCES ANXIOLYTIC-LIKE EFFECTS IN RATS

Deuterium-depleted water (DDW) has a concentration of deuterium 6-7 times lower than naturally occurring water (20-25 ppm vs. 150 ppm). When administered for a longer period, it can reduce the concentration of deuterium throughout the body, activating cellular mechanisms that depend on protons. The aim of the present work was to investi- gate the influence of chronic DDW administration on anxiety-related processes in Wistar rats when compared to a control group that received distilled water, as studied in an elevated plus maze behavioral test. Our results describe a possible anxiolytic-like effect of DDW administration on rats, as shown by the increase in the percentage of time and number of entries in the open arms of the elevated plus maze. The administration of DDW also resulted in stimulated head-dipping behavior in the open arms, which is a behavioral change that characterizes the exploratory behavior and decreased inhibi- tion/fear in an unfamiliar environment. We conclude that the change in this balance may have important consequences for many biological mechanisms. A deuterium desaturation treatment with DDW might have a use in anxiety disorders.
Propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario de Autoconcepto AF5

: Psychometric Properties of AF5 Self-Concept Questionnaire. Abstract: The aim of this research has been to analyze the psychometric properties of the questionnaire AF5 (García and Musitu, 2001) by means of exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis in a population of the Basque Country. The sample is composed by 1259 participants between the 12 and 84 years divided in 702 (55.8 %) females and 557 (44.2 %) males. The exploratory factorial analysis was realised by the statistical package SPSS 17.0 and for the confirmatory factorial analysis we used the program LISREL 8.3. The results indicate that the AF5 questionnaire offers higher reliability indexes to = . 71. As for the factoriality, so much the analysis factorial exploratory as the analysis factorial confirmatory they indicate that the results do not adjust to the model pentafactorial origi-nally. The model who better adjusts has been one compound for six fac- tors, in which the physical dimension divides in two factors ( attractiveness and physical condition ). words
On the Fredholm alternative for nonlinear functional equations in Banach spaces

The well-known Fredholm alternative theorem for compact linear operators is carried over to a class of noncompact, asymptotically linear mappings of monotone type of a real reflexive Banach space into its dual. An application to a nonlinear elliptic boundary value problem is given. Introduction. Let X be a Banach space, X* its conjugate space, and let (w, u) denote the value of the functional weX* at ueX. For C a compact linear operator of X into itself, C*: X*-X* its adjoint operator, the following ("Fredholm alternative") is well known: (i) The dimensions of the nullspaces K(IC) and K(IC*) are finite and equal; (ii) the equation (I-C)u=f is solvable for given feX if and only if feK(IC*) 1. Here K(I-C*) ={ueX: (w, u) =O for wceK(I-C*)}. In the recent paper [5] Kacurovskii carries over this Fredholm theory to nonlinear equations of the form (ID)u =f with D compact and asymptotically linear, and gives applications to integral equations of Hammerstein and Urysohn type as well as to ordinary differential equations. His result is in general however not applicable to nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems. It is our purpose in the present note to prove an extension of Kacurovskil's result to the class of mappings of type (S) of a real reflexive Banach space X into X*, which admits applications to boundary value problems. Mappings of type (S) have grown increasingly important in the study of elliptic equations and solvability criterions involving homotopy arguments (cf. [1], [3], [4]). We use the symbols "" and "-" to denote strong and weak convergence, respectively. Received by the editors March 29, 1971 and, in revised form, August 2, 1971. AMS 1969 subject class ilcations. Primary 4780; Secondary 4610, 3545.
Validation of Electronic Food Frequency Questionnaires as a Dietary Intake Assessment Method: A Review

Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) have been widely used in various studies assessing dietary intake. Application of technological advancements in FFQs is increasing with the aim of enhancing accuracy and decreasing the respondent and researcher burden. The objective of this review was to explore the validity of various electronic FFQs (eFFQs) as a dietary intake assessment method. A total of 23 studies were finalised for qualitative data analysis after screening of various electronic databases and hand searching. The results showed that most of the eFFQs were self-administered, web-based, used food photographs for food portion size estimation and assessed intake of both macro-and micronutrients. Validity of eFFQs was assessed by comparing nutrient intake with reference methods in terms of association (correlation coefficients) and agreement at group level (paired t-test or Wilcoxon signed rank test). Overall, the association of nutrient intake with the reference method was observed to be acceptable in most studies especially with food records. Only few studies showed good agreement of nutrient intake with the reference method. In case of micronutrients, correlation coefficients >0.20 for all vitamins and minerals were observed in nine studies. The findings highlighted some advantages of eFFQs such as less missing data, convenience, automated data entry and analysis, additional features (audio, photographs, prompts etc.) and less cost than paper. Hence, it can be concluded that eFFQs could be an ideal choice for studies assessing usual dietary intake especially with large sample size and limited resources.
NANO-VESICLES OF SALBUTAMOL SULPHATE IN METERED DOSE INHALERS: FORMULATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND IN VITRO EVALUATION

Objective : The present work was aimed to prepare niosomes entrapping salbutamol sulphate (SS) using reversed phase evaporation method (REV). Methods: Niosomes were prepared by mixing span 60 and cholesterol in 1:1 molar ratio in chloroform, SS in water was then added to organic phase to form niosomal SS. Formulations after evaporation of chloroform, freeze centrifuged then lyophilized, were evaluated for particles size, polydispersity index (Pdi), zeta-potential, morphology, entrapment efficiency (EE%) and in vitro release. For pulmonary delivery; metered dose inhalers (MDI) were prepared by suspending SS niosomes equivalent to 20 mg SS in hydrofluoroalkane (HFA). The metered valve was investigated for leakage rate, the total number of puffs/canister, weight/puff, dose uniformity and particle size. Results: The results showed spherical niosomes with 400-451 nm particles that entrapped 66.19% of SS. 76.54±0.132% SS release from niosomes that showed a controlled release profile for 8h. The leakage test was not exceeding 4 mg/3 d, the number of puffs were up to 200puffs/canister, the dose delivered/puff was 0.1 mg and 0.64-4. 51μm niosomal aerosol. Conclusion: The results indicate an encouraging strategy to formulate a controlled drug delivery by entrapping (SS) in niosomes which could be packaged into (MDI) that met the requirements of (USP) aerosols guidelines which offering a novel approach to respiratory delivery.
A study of the optimality of approximate maximum likelihood estimation

Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) is widely utilized in the computer vision literature as a means of solving parameter estimation problems assuming a Gaussian noise model for the measurement data. In order to solve a MLE problem it is necessary to have knowledge of the true parameters of the Gaussian noise model. Since this knowledge is unobtainable in practical setting approximate MLE has become a popular alternative. The theory behind the approximate MLE framework is presented and an analysis of the bias characteristics of the method for noisy data is performed. Several experiments are performed to ascertain the optimality of approximate MLE solutions and to determine whether or not there is a correlation between the degree and dimension of the algebraic hypersurface and optimality of the error metric.
Automorphisms of simple algebras

simple (finite-dimensional) algebras. Since the meaning of the designation "Galois theory" has begun to change quite considerably, it may be appropriate to point out that we study the relationships between certain subalgebras of an algebra A on the one hand, and certain groups of automorphisms of A on the other. The ordinary theory of central simple algebras covers the case of subalgebras containing the center of A. Another special case, in which the subalgebras are subfields of the center, has been discussed from a somewhat different point of view by Teichmueller [7] and by Eilenberg and MacLane [4](1). Some of the recent generalizations of Galois theory to far more general rings-in particular J. Dieudonne's [3]-are concerned chiefly with Galois correspondences between certain subrings of a given ring A on the one hand, and certain rings of endomorphisms on the other. These rings of endomorphisms are intimately related to groups of automorphisms of A in the case of division rings, but in the general case this theory is quite far removed from a theory of automorphisms of A. The theory given here resembles the Galois theory for division rings as given by H. Cartan [2] and N. Jacobson [6], and covers the special case of division algebras in the same way. Some of our results are related also to those of Dieudonne [3]. However, our method is independent of the new techniques and consists simply in combining the well known results of the theory of simple algebras with those of the ordinary Galois theory for fields, a knowledge of which we shall assume(2). 1. Auxiliary results.
Diel and tidal migrations of the sand-burrowing mysids, Archaeomysis kokuboi, A. japonica and Iiella ohshimai, in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan

Diel and tidal changes in distributions of the 3 species of sand-burrowing mysids, . Archaeomysis kokuboi Ii, A. japonica Hanamura, Jo & Murano and Iiella ohshimai (Ii), were studied during summer on a sandy beach in Otsuchi Bay, on the P a c ~ f ~ c coast of northeastern Honshu, mainland Japan. During the day A. kokubol, the closest dweller to the shoreline, showed remarkable tidal migratlons that differed among the developmental stages and sexes. D u r ~ n g the daytime, intraspecific zonatlon of A. kokuboi relative to the shoreline was maintained during the habitat shift with tide. However at night A. kokuboi emerged from the sand and swam in the water column. The swimming activities became progressively less with growth through juveniles, ~nlmatures, mature males, non-brooding females to brooding females. A. japonica, which occurred just below the intertidal zone, showed no tidal migration, but also emerged into the water column a t night. Its swimming activities differed among developmental stages, i.e. adults were inactive, while immatures and juveniles swam into the water column to expand their horizontal distribution offshore. Likewise, I. ohshimai, mostly juveniles or ~mmatures <3.0 mm standard length, showed no tidal migration, but emerged into the water column a t night. The spatiotemporal distr~bution patterns of the 3 mysid species of various developmental stages showed very little overlap. The daytime behaviors of sand-burrowing mysids, such a s tidal migration or burrowing, are unique among mysidaceans, and may be adaptations to avoid visual predators. O n the other hand distribution patterns of the different species and stages a t night seem well adapted to ensurIng feeding or reproduction.
Revisiting Multi-Task Learning with ROCK: a Deep Residual Auxiliary Block for Visual Detection

Multi-Task Learning (MTL) is appealing for deep learning regularization. In this paper, we tackle a specific MTL context denoted as primary MTL, where the ultimate goal is to improve the performance of a given primary task by leveraging several other auxiliary tasks. Our main methodological contribution is to introduce ROCK, a new generic multi-modal fusion block for deep learning tailored to the primary MTL context. ROCK architecture is based on a residual connection, which makes forward prediction explicitly impacted by the intermediate auxiliary representations. The auxiliary predictor's architecture is also specifically designed to our primary MTL context, by incorporating intensive pooling operators for maximizing complementarity of intermediate representations. Extensive experiments on NYUv2 dataset (object detection with scene classification, depth prediction, and surface normal estimation as auxiliary tasks) validate the relevance of the approach and its superiority to flat MTL approaches. Our method outperforms state-of-the-art object detection models on NYUv2 by a large margin, and is also able to handle large-scale heterogeneous inputs (real and synthetic images) and missing annotation modalities.
Demonstration of the potential of Hibiscus cannabinus Linn. flowers to manage oxidative stress, bone related disorders and free-radical induced DNA damage

Hibiscus cannabinus Linn. flowers (HCF) were investigated for free-radical scavenging properties in vitro, capacity to protect DNA from oxidative damage and inhibiting gelatinolytic activity of collagenase type I and II. For this purpose, flowers extracted with methanol and water and subjected to DPPH free radical scavenging assay, calculation of IC 50 values, using vitamin C as a standard, reducing power assay, DNA damage protection assay and inhibition of gelatinolytic activity of collagenase type I and II. The DPPH free radical scavenging activity ranged from 440 to 700μg/ml for different extracts vis-à-vis 39 μg/ml for standard vitamin C. A similar trend was visible in reducing power activity. Both activities reflected a strong anti-oxidant potential of HCF and in turn against stress. Further, both extracts at 100 μg/ml (i) were efficient in protecting DNA against oxidative damage and (ii) exhibited inhibition of gelatinolytic activity of collagenase type I up to 87% and type II up to 65%. Cumulatively, the present data on H. cannabinus flower extracts indicated for the first time that they can be used as a (i) potent functional food to control oxidative stress, (ii) free radicalinduced DNA damage and (iii) bone related disorders like osteoarthritis.
Evolution at the Solid Electrolyte/Gold Electrode Interface during Lithium Deposition and Stripping

Quasi-binary thiophosphate-based solid electrolytes (SEs) are attracting substantial interest for lithium batteries due to their outstanding room temperature ionic conductivities. This work describes reactions occurring at the solid electrolyte (SE)/Au interface during Li deposition and stripping for two exemplary SE materials: β-Li3PS4 (β-LPS) and Li10GeP2S12 (LGPS). We used in situ Raman spectroscopy, along with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to evaluate potential-dependent changes in the chemistry of these materials at active electrode interfaces. For β-LPS, a partially reversible conversion of PS43– to P2S64– was found along with the formation of Li2S during Li deposition and stripping. In contrast, LGPS exhibited only irreversible changes at potentials below 0.7 V vs Li+/Li. The different behaviors likely relate to differences in the structures of the two SE materials and the availability of easily bridged anion components in close proximity. The work sh.