Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of Client Attachment and Gender on Therapy Transfers: A Multilevel Examination

Transferring psychotherapy clients from one clinician to another has been a common practice in most psychological training facilities (Clark et al., 2011; Flowers & Booraem, 1995). Despite this practice, very little empirical research has examined the impact of this process on psychotherapy retention and client outcomes. In the current study, we examined symptom changes over the course of 4 pretransfer and 4 posttransfer sessions in a sample of 35 adult clients receiving psychotherapy services from master’s- and doctoral-level trainees in a psychology training clinic. At intake, clients completed a measure of adult attachment orientation and for each session, clients completed a measure of their overall psychological distress for the week preceding the session. Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that client attachment orientations and gender were significantly associated with transfer-related therapy outcomes. Clients with increasing levels of distress pretransfer were most at-risk for not following through with treatment posttransfer. Also, for those who did follow through, clients with more anxious attachment orientations were likely to report higher levels of psychological distress posttransfer than were those with less anxious orientations. Future work should examine whether such increased distress levels persist or are ultimately reduced through additional treatment sessions. Results suggest several issues that should be considered by supervisors and clients during the process of transferring clients to a new therapist.
Resource management methods for multi-access networks: emulation results for GSM

The Ambient Networks project aims at designing a future networking environment where today's networks (cellular, wireless and fixed) are seamlessly integrated offering a richer and smarter networking experience to applications and users. Main characteristics include dynamic composition and establishment of inter-network agreements, multi-access, multi- operator and multi-hop operations, mobility and security support. Efficient resource management methods need to deal with the different characteristics of the heterogeneous access technologies: the access resources of each technology need to be abstracted up to a level of operation for resource management, this level being as much as possible technology independent. The work involves the definition of suitable resource abstractions, but also the definition of related algorithms for the respective abstraction layers and access selection modules. This paper presents two opposite methods for resource management in multi-access environments, contextualizing them on GSM specific access resources. Respective performance figures are then evaluated and compared through emulation.
[Reflections on the impact factor].

Scientometric indicators, and particularly journal impact factor, are widely misunderstood and often used inappropriately. This reflection serves as the starting point for this paper on both the nature of journal impact factor and on international bibliographic indexes. Beyond doubt, the year 2001 was a landmark in the history of ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGÍA because of our journal’s inclusion in the main indexes maintained by the Institute for the Scientific Information (ISI), namely Science Citation Index (SCI) Expanded, ISI Alerting Services and Current
Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

Evidence suggests engaging in regular physical activity (PA) can have beneficial outcomes for adults with type 2 diabetes (TD2), including weight loss, reduction of medication usage and improvements in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)/fasting glucose. While a number of clinical-based PA interventions exist, community-based approaches are limited. The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review with meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of community-based PA interventions for the treatment of TD2 in adult populations. A search of peer-reviewed publications from 2002 to June 2012 was conducted across several electronic databases to identify interventions evaluated in community settings. Twenty-two studies were identified, and 11 studies reporting HbA1c as an outcome measure were pooled in the meta-analysis. Risk of bias assessment was also conducted. The findings demonstrate community-based PA interventions can be effective in producing increases in PA. Meta-analysis revealed a lowering of HbA1c levels by −0.32% [95% CI −0.65, 0.01], which approached statistical significance (p < 0.06). Our findings can guide future PA community-based interventions in adult populations diagnosed with TD2.
Effects of Naltrexone Sustained- Release/Bupropion Sustained-Release Combination Therapy on Body Weight and Glycemic Parameters in Overweight and Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of 32 mg naltrexone sustained-release (SR)/360 mg bupropion SR (NB) in overweight/obese individuals with type 2 diabetes with or without background oral antidiabetes drugs. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a 56-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in which 505 patients received standardized lifestyle intervention and were randomized 2:1 to NB or placebo. Coprimary end points were percent weight change and achievement of ≥5% weight loss. Secondary end points included achievement of HbA1c <7% (53 mmol/mol), achievement of weight loss ≥10%, and change in HbA1c, waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, and lipids. RESULTS In the modified intent-to-treat population (54% female, 80% Caucasian, and mean age 54 years, weight 106 kg, BMI 37 kg/m2, and HbA1c 8.0% [64 mmol/mol]), NB resulted in significantly greater weight reduction (−5.0 vs. −1.8%; P < 0.001) and proportion of patients achieving ≥5% weight loss (44.5 vs. 18.9%, P < 0.001) compared with placebo. NB also resulted in significantly greater HbA1c reduction (−0.6 vs. −0.1% [6.6 vs. 1.1 mmol/mol]; P < 0.001), percent of patients achieving HbA1c <7% (53 mmol/mol) (44.1 vs. 26.3%; P < 0.001), and improvement in triglycerides and HDL cholesterol compared with placebo. NB was associated with higher incidence of nausea (42.3 vs. 7.1%), constipation (17.7 vs. 7.1%), and vomiting (18.3 vs. 3.6%). No difference was observed between groups in the incidence of depression, suicidal ideation, or hypoglycemia. CONCLUSIONS NB therapy in overweight/obese patients with type 2 diabetes induced weight loss, which was associated with improvements in glycemic control and select cardiovascular risk factors and was generally well tolerated with a safety profile similar to that in patients without diabetes.
Cinejack: using live music to control narrative visuals

We present Cinejack, a system for directing narrative video through live musical performance. Cinejack interprets high-level musical content from live instruments and translates it into cinematographic actions such as edits, framings and simulated camera movements. We describe Cinejack's technical development in terms of a novel and highly pragmatic approach to interface design, where the affordances of users' own musical instruments are used as controllers through an interpretive interaction scheme.
An approximate solution to the optimal coordination problem for autonomous vehicles at intersections

In this paper, we address the problem of optimal and safe coordination of autonomous vehicles through a traffic intersection. We state the problem as a finite time, constrained optimal control problem, a combinatorial optimization problem that is difficult to solve in real-time. A low complexity computational scheme is proposed, based on a hierarchical decomposition of the original optimal control formulation, where a central coordination problem is solved together with a number of local optimal control problems for each vehicle. We show how the proposed decomposition allows a reduction of the complexity of the central problem, provided that approximated parametric solutions of the local problems are available beforehand. We derive conditions for the construction of the parametric approximations and demonstrate the method with a numerical example.
A Plane-Parallel Wind Solution for Testing Numerical Simulations of Photoevaporation

Abstract Here, we derive a Parker-wind-like solution for a stratified, plane-parallel atmosphere undergoing photoionisation. The difference compared to the standard Parker solar wind is that the sonic point is crossed only at infinity. The simplicity of the analytic solution makes it a convenient test problem for numerical simulations of photoevaporation in protoplanetary discs.
Peripheral nerve injury induces Schwann cells to express two macrophage phenotypes: phagocytosis and the galactose-specific lectin MAC-2

In N mice, peripheral nerve injury is followed by the normal rapid progression of Wallerian degeneration: Schwann cells proliferate and lose their myelin, which is phagocytized and metabolized by blood-borne macrophages. The role of Schwann cells in myelin phagocytosis is debated. Additionally, the molecular mechanisms underlying myelin phagocytosis by the two cell types are not well understood. To elucidate the role of Schwann cells as phagocytes we studied, electron microscopically, in vivo and in vitro degenerating, frozen, and neuroma nerve segments. The major cell types composing these tissues differed: Schwann and macrophages in in vivo degenerating; Schwann in in vitro degenerating; macrophages in frozen; Schwann, macrophages, and fibroblasts in neuroma nerve segments. Both macrophages and Schwann cells phagocytized myelin. We further studied, by immunocytochemistry and immunoblot analysis, the expression of molecules that are characteristically displayed by inflammatory and mature murine macrophages: MAC-1 (the C3b complement receptor), MAC-2 (a galactose- specific lectin), the Fc receptor, and the F4/80 antigen. All were detected in the macrophage-rich, in vivo degenerating, frozen, and neuroma nerve segments. Surprisingly, MAC-2 was also expressed in the macrophage-scarce, Schwann-rich, in vitro degenerating nerve. Immunocytochemistry and immunoblot analysis of isolated non-neuronal cells revealed that both macrophages and Schwann cells displayed MAC-2 on their surface and in their cytoplasm. Morphometry unveiled that galactose and lactose specifically inhibited myelin phagocytosis, as predicted if MAC-2 was mediating myelin phagocytosis by lectinophagocytosis (lectin-mediated phagocytosis). The role of MAC-2 in mediating myelin phagocytosis was further supported by two observations made in W mice that display very slow progression of Wallerian degeneration. First, the failure to degenerate in vivo was associated with deficient MAC-2 production. Second, degeneration that occurred in vitro was associated with MAC-2 production. Furthermore, a strong positive correlation between levels of MAC-2 expression and the extent of myelin destruction by phagocytosis was observed over a wide range of values.
A Technique for Detecting Web Spam from a Densely Connected Directed Graph of Sites

In this paper, we propose a technique for detecting link spam sites in the Web. Link spam sites attempt to deceive link-based ranking algorithms of search engines by building densely connected structure between sites. Our method detects densely connected sets of sites from a directed graph of sites based on several patterns of directed connections, such as cycles and co-citations. We discuss which patterns are useful for detecting link spam, and show results of experiments on our Japanese web archive.
DNA Transposons: Nature and Applications in Genomics

Repeated DNA makes up a large fraction of a typical mammalian genome, and some repetitive elements are able to move within the genome (transposons and retrotransposons). DNA transposons move from one genomic location to another by a cut-and-paste mechanism. They are powerful forces of genetic change and have played a significant role in the evolution of many genomes. As genetic tools, DNA transposons can be used to introduce a piece of foreign DNA into a genome. Indeed, they have been used for transgenesis and insertional mutagenesis in different organisms, since these elements are not generally dependent on host factors to mediate their mobility. Thus, DNA transposons are useful tools to analyze the regulatory genome, study embryonic development, identify genes and pathways implicated in disease or pathogenesis of pathogens, and even contribute to gene therapy. In this review, we will describe the nature of these elements and discuss recent advances in this field of research, as well as our evolving knowledge of the DNA transposons most widely used in these studies.
Biodegradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE-209) by Crude Enzyme Extract from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The biodegradation effect and mechanism of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) by crude enzyme extract from Pseudomonas aeruginosa were investigated. The results demonstrated that crude enzyme extract exhibited obviously higher degradation efficiency and shorter biodegradation time than Pseudomonas aeruginosa itself. Under the optimum conditions of pH 9.0, 35 °C and protein content of 2000 mg/L, 92.77% of the initial BDE-209 (20 mg/L) was degraded after 5 h. A BDE-209 biodegradation pathway was proposed on the basis of the biodegradation products identified by GC-MS analysis. The biodegradation mechanism showed that crude enzyme extract degraded BDE-209 into lower brominated PBDEs and OH-PBDEs through debromination and hydroxylation of the aromatic rings.
Unconscious perception of affective information and its impact on personality trait judgment

Dans cette etude, nous examinons l'effet de facilitation ou d'inhibition de differentes types d'amorces subliminales sur le temps de decision concernant la connotation positive ou negative de traits de personnalite. La tâche des participants etait de decider le plus rapidement possible si des traits (cibles) avaient une connotation positive ou negative. Avant la presentation de chaque cible, une amorce etait presentee brievement a l'oeil non dominant. Cette amorce etait simultanement masquee selon un procede dichoptique par la presentation d'un masque a l'oeil dominant. Trois types d'amorces etaient presentes : des traits de personnalite (e.g., honnete), des mots non-traits (e.g., cadeau), et une amorce composee d'un trait de personnalite et d'un mot non trait opposes evaluativement (e.g., sincere et maladie). Conformement au modele de memoire en reseau affectif de Bower (1981, 1991), les resultats indiquent (1) que les decisions concernant la valence de traits de personnalite sont influencees par la connotation de traits et de mots non-traits prealablement presentes en amorce, (2) qu'aucun d'effet d'amorcage ne se produit suite a la presentation d'une amorce composee.
A cancer-prone case with a background of methylation of p16 tumor suppressor gene.

PURPOSE AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN To date, the presence of p16 gene promoter methylation associated with loss of protein expression has been demonstrated frequently in digestive tract cancers. In this study, we tested for the methylation status of p16 promoter in normal tissue specimens using the methylation-specific PCR technique to examine whether p16 methylation already existed in the background of tumors. RESULTS Aberrant promoter methylation of p16 gene was detected in 1 of 40 esophageal and 1 of 69 gastric and no colorectal epithelium specimens, and these 2 specimens were derived from the same patient. We also found the same methylation change in both tumor and blood cell DNA. CONCLUSION These results suggested that the p16 gene was inactivated by methylation in normal background cells of this patient and that other additional factors may promote tumor development in his esophageal and gastric tissues.
Interactive information crowdsourcing for disaster management using SMS and Twitter: A research prototype

When a crisis or a disaster occurs, first responders, news agencies and the victims often use social media to disseminate situational information. However, authorities involved in disaster management are still not comfortable in using social media data to take decision, since right kind of situational information in a consistent manner is difficult to extract from the unstructured and often unreliable social media posts. To get meaningful data from people at disaster site, we propose a system framework and a research prototype that uses interactive crowdsourcing using SMS and Twitter to collect data form the "crowd" at disaster site. We define crowdsourcing in this context as an adaptive process that relies on an interactive dialogue between our system and each member of the crowd (disaster victims/ volunteers/ first responders) willing to contribute consistent information that would help the system to build a structured repository of information. The same repository can be used to take decision and answer users' queries on specific issues related to that disaster. Experiments have been performed using both SMS and Twitter in the context of recent earthquake at Nepal to validate our system and demonstrate that interactive crowdsourcing is helpful in decision making to manage disaster.
KernelInterceptor: automating GPU kernel verification by intercepting kernels and their parameters

GPUVerify is a static analysis tool for verifying that GPU kernels are free from data races and barrier divergence. It is intended as an automatic tool, but its usability is impaired by the fact that the user must explicitly supply the kernel source code, the number of work items and work groups, and preconditions on key kernel arguments. Extracting this information from non-trivial OpenCL applications is laborious and error-prone. We describe an extension to GPUVerify, called KernelInterceptor, that automates the extraction of this information from a given OpenCL application. After recompiling the application having included an additional header file, and linking with an additional library, KernelInterceptor is able to detect each dynamic kernel launch and record the values of the various parameters in a series of log files. GPUVerify can then be invoked to examine these log files and verify each kernel instance. We explain how the interception mechanism works, and comment on the extent to which it improves the usability of GPUVerify.
Bayesian Learning on Graphs for Reasoning on Image Time-Series

Satellite image time‐series (SITS) are multidimensional signals of high complexity. Their main characteristics are spatio‐temporal patterns which describes the scene dynamics. The information contained in SITS was coded using Bayesian methods, resulting in a graph representation.This paper further presents a concept of interactive learning for semantic labeling of spatio‐temporal patterns present in SITS. It enables the recognition and the probabilistic retrieval of similar events. Graphs are attached to statistical models for spatio‐temporal processes, which at their turn describe physical changes in the observed scene. Therefore, user‐specific semantics attached to spatio‐temporal events are modeled using combinations of parameters of a distance model between sub‐graphs. Thus, the learning step is performed by the incremental definition of a spatio‐temporal event type via user‐provided positive and negative sub‐graph examples. From these examples we infer probabilities of the Bayesian network, based on .
Maternal health care utilization among HIV-positive female adolescents in Kenya.

CONTEXT Given the health risks of HIV/AIDS and the risks of teenage pregnancy in general, pregnant HIV-positive adolescents in Kenya need maternal health care services that account for their HIV status. However, research on their access to and use of these services is scant. METHODS To examine maternal health care utilization, pregnancy history data collected in 2009 on 506 pregnancies among 393 HIV-positive female adolescents aged 15-19 enrolled in HIV/AIDS programs in Kenya were analyzed. Multilevel logit models were used to identify the variables associated with use of prenatal care, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, skilled attendance at pregnancy outcomes and postnatal/postabortion care. RESULTS Use of PMTCT services was less common than use of prenatal care services among HIV-positive female adolescents (67% of pregnancies vs. 84%). These adolescents made four or more prenatal care visits in only 45% of pregnancies. In addition, use of skilled care during or after abortion or miscarriage was low (20%). The odds of receiving PMTCT services and skilled assistance were higher in Nairobi than in other regions (odds ratios, 3.8 and 2.7, respectively). HIV-positive adolescents were less likely to use maternal health care services for higher-order pregnancies than for lower-order pregnancies (0.4-0.6). They were, however, more likely to receive prenatal care and PMTCT services when their husband rather than someone else was responsible for the pregnancy (3.7 and 4.9, respectively). CONCLUSION Pregnant, HIV-positive adolescents need maternal health care services--including PMTCT care--that take into account parity, paternity dynamics and regional variations in use.
Skill rating method in multiplayer online battle arena

Skill rating is one of major issues in the world of sport, and even also in competitive games, which are being considered as a type of sport. However, to keep players engaged with the games, we have to match them against other player whose skill is close to theirs, the question is how can we rate skills of a player. We designed a novel method which is suitable for rating skill of players in Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). The MOBA is the one of many games in which groups of players randomly meet and play as a team to win the game. We hence propose a new method to measure the individual skill level from several key factors. We analyze factors team's performance and show that it is better than the standard method.
Study of the control system for an unmanned surface vehicle

A control system architecture is designed for an unmanned surface vehicle. The composing and function of the modules of the control system architecture are detailed. A module for the mixing control mode, which alters between manual control and auto control, is implemented based on real-time communication to make the vehicle be steered directly by users with its autonomous capacity retained. Trials on the sea are carried out to validate that this architecture could fulfill the basic functional requirements for travel.