Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A reális és irreális testsúlycélok motivációs szerepe a fogyásban A kognitív viselkedésterápiás testsúlycsökkentő programok tapasztalatai

Bevezetés: Az elhízás korunk egyik legnagyobb kihívása, hiszen a többletsúly számos krónikus betegség kockázati té-nyezője, és fontos pszichés és szociális következményei vannak. A kezelésben bizonyítottan hatékony a kognitív viselkedésterápiás testsúlycsökkentő program, amelynek során alapvető fontosságú a reális célsúly meghatározása, ugyan-is az irreális elvárások megakadályozhatják a hosszú távú sikeres testsúlykontrollt. Célkitűzés: Prospektív kutatásunk kérdése, hogy az elérhető fogyást milyen mértékben befolyásolják a testsúlycélok a kognitív viselkedésterápiás testsúlycsökkentő program során. Feltételeztük, hogy a testsúlycsökkentő csoport résztvevői irreális fogyási elvárásokkal érkeznek, melyek azonban reálisabbá válnak a program végére, és megmaradnak Results: According to the results, the program is effective, since nearly 90% of the participants reached at least 5–10% weight loss as expected by professional weight loss methods. Besides weight loss there were positive changes in the participants’ eating behavior; weight targets became more realistic. Weight loss was inversely related to the difference between actual and dream, actual and desired as well as between actual and acceptable weight. Conclusion: Our results in accordance with previous studies show that cognitive behavioral weight loss programs can be effective; however, setting up realistic weight targets can be crucial in successful weight loss.
Analysis of the Maritime Inspection Regimes - Are ships over-inspected?

The lack of trust in the maritime industry between all the industry organizations and regulators has created an inspection industry which is heavily controlled by oil majors in order to limit their liability. This report is an introductory part of a PhD project called "The Econometrics of Maritime Safety – Recommendations to Enhance Safety at Sea" which is based on 183,000 port state control inspections1 and 11,700 casualties from various data sources. Its overall objective is to provide recommendations to improve safety at sea. This part identifies all inspections that are performed in the name of safety onboard vessels, their estimated costs and frequencies and brings them in relation with insurance claim costs from P&I Clubs. The probability of casualty is analyzed per frequency of inspection and detention. The results reveal that certain ships are inspected frequently and that over-inspection does not necessarily decrease the probability of having a casualty but can rather increase it.
An Efficient Nonlinear Acoustic Echo Canceller for Low-Cost Audio Devices

One of the most challenging problem to address in the modelling of acoustic channel is the presence of nonlinearities generated by loudspeakers. This problem has become even more widespread due to the growing availability of low-cost devices, which introduce a larger amount of distortions and decrease the quality of hands-free speech communication. In order to reduce the effect of loudspeaker nonlinearities on the speech quality, nonlinear acoustic echo cancellers are adopted. In this paper we present a new adaptive filtering structure for the reduction of nonlinearities in the acoustic path, based on a nonlinear transformation of the input audio signal by means of functional links. We use such nonlinear model in conjunction of a linear adaptive filter providing a nonlinear adaptive architecture for acoustic applications. Experimental results prove the effectiveness of the proposed model in reducing loudspeaker nonlinearities affecting speech signals.
PROSTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS: A CASE REPORT AN INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF SECTIONAL DENTURES

Prosthetic rehabilitation of microstomia patients due to oral submucous fibrosis presents difficulties at all stages as the maximal oral opening is smaller than the size of a complete denture. Several techniques have been described for use when either standard impression trays or the denture itself becomes too difficult to place and remove from the mouth. This article describes a different design for the fabrication of maxillary and mandibular sectional trays to enable easier and efficient impression making in a patient with limited oral opening.
Mid-Range Planning of Survivable Telecommunications Networks: Joint Optimal Synthesis of Base and Spare Network Capacities

In this paper, we discuss the optimal design of telecommunications networks prone to failure. The problem concerns mid-range planning objectives. The purpose of the model is to give insight on the cost of protecting the network against failures by balancing the choice of a base routing of the demands and the investment in spare capacity to protect the routings against elementary breakdowns. The problem is formulated as a large linear programming model.
Variability in the identification and reporting of overuse injuries among sports injury surveillance data collectors.

Purpose This study examined variability in identifying and reporting overuse injuries among Certified Athletic Trainers (ATs). Methods This cross-sectional study of ATs participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Injury Surveillance Program, utilized a novel online-only survey, consisting of seven hypothetical clinical scenarios representing various clinical presentations including overuse and acute elements. Participants reported clinical opinions regarding the role overuse played in each scenario (major contributor, not a major contributor, not enough information) and probability (0-100%) of classifying each scenario as having an overuse injury mechanism, then completed open-ended questions addressing their decision-making process. Results 74 ATs (25%) completed the survey. Six of the seven scenarios generated discordance in responses among the participating ATs. Variability in AT decisions involved: the progression of injury, duration of symptoms, and activity at time of injury. Conclusion Developing a formalized definition of overuse injury may improve consistency and standardize methods for identifying and reporting overuse injuries within injury research.
Malware: Fighting Malicious Code

Reveals how attackers install malicious code and how they evade detection Shows how you can defeat their schemes and keep your computers and network safe! Details viruses, worms, backdoors, Trojan horses, RootKits, and other threats Explains how to handle today's threats, with an eye on handling the threats to comeKeep control of your systems out of the hands of unknown attackersIgnoring the threat of malware is one of the most reckless things you can do in today's increasingly hostile computing environment. Malware is malicious code planted on your computer, and it can give the attacker a truly alarming degree of control over your system, network, and data-all without your knowledge! Written for computer pros and savvy home users by computer security expert Edward Skoudis, Malware: Fighting Malicious Code covers everything you need to know about malware, and how to defeat it! This book devotes a full chapter to each type of malware-viruses, worms, malicious code delivered through Web browsers and e-mail clients, backdoors, Trojan horses, user-level RootKits, and kernel-level manipulation. You'll learn about the characteristics and methods of attack, evolutionary trends, and how to defend against each type of attack. Real-world examples of malware attacks help you translate thought into action, and a special defender's toolbox chapter shows how to build your own inexpensive code analysis lab to investigate new malware specimens on your own. Throughout, Skoudis' clear, engaging style makes the material approachable and enjoyable to learn. This book includes: Solutions and examples that cover both UNIX® and Windows® Practical, time-tested, real-world actions you can take to secure your systems Instructions for building your own inexpensive malware code analysis lab so you can get familiar with attack and defensive tools harmlessly! Malware: Fighting Malicious Code is intended for system administrators, network personnel, security personnel, savvy home computer users, and anyone else interested in keeping their systems safe from attackers.
Reduction of Harmonics of a Three Level Indirect Matrix Converter using Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Technique- A Simulation Study

Variable voltage and variable frequency AC dri ves are widely used in commercial applications in order to control motion, improve efficiency of an Induction Motor. Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) Technique has become the most popular and important PWM techniques for three phase Voltage Source Inverters for the control of AC Induction mo tor. The major disadvantage of traditional AC-DC-AC power converter is the need for a bulky and limited lifetime energy storage electrolytic capacitor in t he DC link. Alternatively, a matrix converter can be used , which is a forced-commutated AC-AC power converter topology that directly converts energy from an AC source to an AC load without the usage of an energy storage element. Three level-Indirect Matrix Conver ter is the most performing topology from the family of matrix Converters that can synthesize three-level voltage to improve the output performance in terms of reduced harmonic contents. Simulation results prove the ability of this converter topology to produce b tter output voltages. This paper also presents compariso n of SPWM and SVPWM techniques when implemented on three level indirect matrix converter.
Study on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm in Dynamic Multi-Paths Route Guidance System

The traditional Dynamic Route Guidance System (DRGS) provides only the optimal path to the travelers, which may easily lead to aggregative response of the travelers and overcrowding drift. This paper presents an approach based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) for solving the k-shortest paths problem in DRGS. In order to improve the convergence rate, the basic ACO is improved by introducing direction function the weight coefficient of which can be adjusted to vary state transition rule and standardized transformation to eliminate the influence of the size and dimension of pheromone and heuristic information. Compared with basic ACO, simulation experiments indicate that the improved ACO is more effective and efficient.
IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM KOMUNIKASI KOOPERATIF PADA MODUL WIRELESS OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH PLATFORM (WARP)

Adanya multipath fading menyebabkan kinerja dari sistem komunikasi nirkabel menurun. Untuk mengatasi multipath fading, digunakan teknik diversity salah satunya adalah multiple antena (MIMO). Beberapa perangkat nirkabel memiliki keterbatasan ukuran, biaya, dan kompleksitas perangkat keras sehingga kita tidak dapat mengimplementasikan multiple antena . Maka dikembangkan teknik baru untuk mengatasi keterbatasan tersebut, yaitu menggunakan sistem komunikasi kooperatif. Meskipun sistem komunikasi kooperatif telah banyak dipelajari, namun masih sedikit penelitian yang mengimplementasikan sistem tersebut. Oleh karena itu pada penelitian ini dilakukan simulasi dan implementasi sistem komunikasi kooperatif pada modul Wireless Open Access Research Platform (WARP) dengan menggunakan relay Demodulate and Forward dan teknik Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) dan Selection Combining (SC). Pada penelitian ini akan dibandingkan kinerja dari sistem komunikasi kooperatif dengan sistem komunikasi yang lebih sederhana, yaitu SISO dan multihop dengan melihat nilai BER fungsi daya pancar dan fungsi jarak. Pada saat pengukuran BER fungsi daya pancar, jarak antara source dan destination dibuat tetap yaitu 6 meter dengan letak relay tepat berada di tengah. Sedangkan daya pancar diubah-ubah mulai dari -39.67 dBm hingga -11.47 dBm. Untuk BER fungsi nilai daya pancar dibuat tetap yaitu -39.67 dBm dan jarak antara source dan destination diubah-ubah mulai dari 1 meter hingga 6 meter. Hasilnya Sistem komunikasi kooperatif (MRC) pada modul WARP lebih baik dari sistem komunikasi SISO, multihop, dan sistem komunikasi kooperatif dengan SC . Semakin besar nilai daya pancar maka nilai BER semakin kecil sedangkan semakin jauh jarak antara source dan destination maka semakin besar nilai BER-nya.
NSD 2 overexpression drives clustered chromatin and transcriptional changes in insulated domains

1Dept. of Pathology, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; 2Dept. of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10003, USA; 3Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; 4School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; 5Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. * Equal contribution. # Corresponding author Correspondence: Jane.Skok@nyulangone.org Running title: NSD2 overexpression drives 3D genome reorganization
TRANSIMS: TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION SYSTEM

This paper summarizes the TRansportation ANalysis and SIMulation System (TRANSIMS) Project, the system`s major modules, and the project`s near-term plans. TRANSIMS will employ advanced computational and analytical techniques to create an integrated regional transportation systems analysis environment. The simulation environment will include a regional population of individual travelers and freight loads with travel activities and plans, whose individual interactions will be simulated on the transportation system, and whose environmental impact will be determined. We will develop an interim operational capability (IOC) for each major TRANSIMS module during the five-year program. When the IOC is ready, we will complete a specific case study to confirm the IOC features, applicability, and readiness.
Performance of terry towel

In this paper, a critical review of the evolved theories and mechanisms of water absorption in terry fabric has been reported along with the key factors to improve the water absorption. Critical analysis of all the information helps to understand and choose the most realistic theory and mechanism of water absorption of terry fabric which will be helpful in designing the most absorbent terry fabric. Both dynamic and static water absorbency along with the initial time lag immerse to be the equally important attributes of the water absorbency performance of terry fabrics. High loop shape factor is the key to improve the absorbency behaviour of the terry fabric. Study of cross-section images of different fabric is the original work of the authors for supporting the concluding theory, mechanism and results.
Coupled rotor/airframe vibration prediction methods

The problems of airframe structural dynamic representation and effects of coupled rotor/airframe vibration are discussed. Several finite element computer programs (including NASTRAN) and methods for idealization and computation of airframe natural modes and frequencies and forced response are reviewed. Methods for obtaining a simultaneous rotor and fuselage vibratory response, determining effectiveness of vibration control devices, and energy methods for structural optimization are also discussed. Application of these methods is shown for the vibration prediction of the model 347 helicopter.
IDENTIFIKASI NEED ASSESSMENT: STUDI AWAL MODEL PENGEMBANGAN BANK SOAL BERBASIS GURU DI PROVINSI DIY

The study was aimed at identifying the necessity of developing teacher-based test item banks in the province of Yogyakarta. The identification of field conditions to become input for further studies contained: the definition of teacher-based test item banks, characteristics of teacher-based test kit, and equalization analyses of test item characteristics among different places. Using the survey design, the study collected data through questionnaires, interviews, and focus group discussion. The subjects included 42 teachers of physical sciences, mathematics, English and Indonesian, 5 school principals, and 5 office staff members. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Findings showed that (1) no item test bank existed in the province nor in the district; (2) analyses of test item characteristics were conducted by a small number of teachers (3) use of evaluation results for learning washback effects was not yet conducted. In relation to the existence of the teachers association and principals association and the carrying out of the final semester test unison, a model of test-item bank development can be developed through item test construction by the teachers association and principals association
Radio Frequency Identification Sensor Chips with Anticollision Algorithm for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple DNA Targets

A newly developed DNA measurement method for multiple single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) typing using a radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensor chip was demonstrated. The RFID sensor chip monolithically integrates a sensor, amplifier, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a passive wireless communication interface for receiving commands and transmitting data on a 2.5×2.5 mm2 silicon chip. For the simultaneous multitarget measurement, anticollision control and peak-power suppression are essential. To assign a unique identification number (UID) for the identification of multiple sensor chips, a reproducible random number generator circuit (RRG) was designed and installed on the chip. Peak-power consumption was reduced to 1018 µW by a clock gating of functional circuit blocks. Multiple SNP typing was carried out by simultaneously operating five RFID sensor chips (four with photosensors and one with a temperature sensor). The target DNA was captured on the sensor chips, and SNPs were detected by observing bioluminescence. Finally, the observed data were wirelessly transmitted to the reader.
A Theory of the Soft-Budget Constraint

This paper studies the soft budget constraint problem in a principal-agent model. The agent screens projects of and makes initial investment in the projects that have passed the screening. He then finds the types of the funded projects and decides to close some of the ex post inefficient ones among them. Closing projects sends an unfavorable signal about the agent's screening effort. Under the ex ante efficient contract, the agent has incentive to refinance some of the ex post inefficient projects.
Signals from human resource (HR) job advertisements in New Zealand

Human resource (HR) competencies for HR professionals have been implicated as an indicator of organisations' pursuit of human resource management (HRM). Utilising Signalling Theory, this paper evaluates the literature on HR competencies and contrasts these with the signals given by organisations in the recruitment of HR professionals in New Zealand. Using Leximancer and frequency analysis, we contrast the academic literature with the signals that organisations recruiting HR professionals give in their job advertisements. Findings indicate that the literature has progressed to more strategic concerns and focused on the management of competencies by organisations. In contrast, signals by organisations appear to emphasise functional rather than strategic competencies. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Power Conversion Performance and the Suitability of Z-Source Inverter of PMSG Based WECS at Variable Wind Speed Conditions

This paper presents a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) based wind energy conversion system with Z-source inverter. The output voltage of a Z-source inverter remains constant so long as the wind speed remains constant. Unfortunately, wind speed keeps changing and hence the output voltage at the inverter outlet. This poses a problem in getting the inverter connected to the grid. Recognizing the fact that the output voltage level at the inverter depends on the shoot through period, the authors propose a varying shoot through period depending on the wind velocity which enables the voltage level remain constant at the inverter output. A neural network is trained and made use of to predict the required shoot through period depending on the current wind velocity.
Differential Diagnoses That Final-Year Medical Students Need to Consider: A Modified Delphi Study

Background: Contrastive learning is known to be effective in teaching medical students how to generate diagnostic hypotheses in clinical reasoning. However, there is no consensus on comprehensive lists of differential diagnoses across different medical disciplines regarding the common symptoms that should be learned as part of the undergraduate medical curriculum. In Japan, the national model core curriculum for undergraduate medical education was revised in 2016, and lists of differential diagnoses for 37 common symptoms were introduced into the curriculum. This study aimed to validate the list of items based on expert consensus for use as a reference worldwide.Methods: The authors used a modified Delphi method to develop consensus among a panel of 23 expert physician-teachers in clinical reasoning from across Japan. The panel evaluated the items on a 5-point Likert scale, based on whether a disease should be hypothesized by final-year medical students considering a given symptom. They also added other diseases that should be hypothesized. A positive consensus was defined as both a 75% rate of panel agreement and a mean of 4 or higher with a standard deviation of less than 1 on the 5-point scale. The study was conducted between September 2017 and March 2018. Results: This modified Delphi study identified 275 essential and 67 supplemental items corresponding to the differential diagnoses for 37 common symptoms that Japanese medical students should master before graduation. Conclusions: The lists developed in the study can be useful for teaching and learning how to generate initial hypotheses by encouraging students’ contrastive learning. Although the lists may be specific to the Japanese context, the lists and process of validation are generalizable to other countries for building national consensus on the content of medical education curricula.