Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adult Age Differences in Divided Attention: Effects of Elaboration During Memory Encoding

The present study used attention operating characteristics (AOCs) to examine whether age differences existed in divided attention (DA) performance when both primary (cued recall) and secondary tasks (letter recall) were analyzed simultaneously. Additionally, to determine if age differences in DA might depend on the amount of elaborative processing required at study, participants either read (low elaboration) or generated (high elaboration) target words. AOC analyses indicated that performance was disrupted most when attention was divided at encoding versus retrieval, and dividing attention had a greater negative impact on older adults’ performance relative to younger adults’. Furthermore, the high elaboration condition was less affected by DA than the low elaboration condition for both age groups. The results indicate that although the ability to divide attention declines with age, some elaborative study strategies may be more resistant to DA effects for both younger and older adults.
Study of “Hot” Executive Functions in a Sample of Parents Who Have Been Accused of Physical Abuse or Neglect

The objective of this study was to offer a description of certain “hot” executive functions in abusive and neglectful parents. A group of 14 parents accused of physical abuse and 18 parents accused of neglect were compared with 17 parents who had not been subject to accusations of this type. Only the physical abuse group showed a significant difference from the control group in decision making (in the last of the five blocks only) and cognitive empathy (for “perspective taking” only). Although it was not possible to confirm based on these results, the group of neglectful parents often seemed to fall between the two groups.
Civicness in the governance and delivery of social services

In Civicness in the Governance and Delivery of Social Services, the editors show that the state, the market and the third sector have all been heralded as breeding grounds for civicness and civility, as well as decried as sources of vice. Thus, this book focuses on the processes and institutions that promote the virtues of civicness and the challenges thereof, covering both the levels of service delivery and governance. The editors have compiled case studies from Europe, organised into five thematic sections. The cases highlight different dimensions and mixes of civicness, civility and governance influenced by marketisation and Europeanisation ideals. While the cases are largely unique, readers will recognise the influence of neo-liberalism, globalisation, statism and social movement theories in shaping the arguments. Section one explores the concept of civicness. In Chapter one, the editors introduce the concept of civicness, discuss its basic dimensions, and apply it to the area of social services. The remaining two chapters explore the concepts of civicness in detail. Section two analyses the concept of civicness in more specific contexts. Taco Brandsen explores the meaning of civicness within organisations, focusing on the relationship between professionals and managers who deliver services in increasingly complex networks that lead to clashes in values. The author concludes that the civil quality of an organisation is important in dealing with the tensions that arise between its members and in achieving a high level of integration. Evelien Tonkens analyses the relationship between civicness and citizen participation in social services, by creatively looking at the reverse—how citizen participation contributes to civicness. The author emphasises that structured participation and training enhance civicness as citizens are equipped with the capacity to exert influence. Victor Pestoff looks at civicness and the co-production of social services in Sweden. He argues that the greater citizen and third-sector participation in the provision and
Equation of state in finite-temperature QCD with two flavors of improved Wilson quarks

We present the results of a first study of the equation of state in finite-temperature QCD with two flavors of Wilson-type quarks. The simulations are made on lattices with a temporal size ${N}_{t}=4$ and 6, using a renormalization-group-improved action for the gluon sector and a mean-field-improved clover action for the quark sector. The lines of constant physics corresponding to fixed values of the ratio ${m}_{\mathrm{PS}}{/m}_{\mathrm{V}}$ of the pseudoscalar to vector meson masses at zero temperature are determined, and the beta functions which describe the renormalization-group flow along these lines are calculated. Using these results, the energy density and the pressure are calculated as functions of temperature along the lines of constant physics in the range ${m}_{\mathrm{PS}}{/m}_{\mathrm{V}}=0.65\char21{}0.95. $ The quark mass dependence in the equation of state is found to be small for ${m}_{\mathrm{PS}}{/m}_{\mathrm{V}}\ensuremath{\lesssim}0.8. $ A comparison of the results for ${N}_{t}=4$ and ${N}_{t}=6$ lattices shows a significant scaling violation present in the ${N}_{t}=4$ results. At high temperatures the results for ${N}_{t}=6$ are quite close to the continuum Stefan-Boltzmann limit, suggesting the possibility of a precise continuum extrapolation of thermodynamic quantities from simulations at ${N}_{t}\ensuremath{\gtrsim}6. $
Gene Expression in Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Applications to Diagnostic Pathology

It seems that, lately, every pathology journal has three or four articles documenting the discovery of another genetic alteration or describing global gene expression in a series of cancers. Although these discoveries provide insight into the biology of neoplasia, it is less clear how they can be quickly and efficiently translated to patient care. This review will use neoplasms of the pancreas as a model and show how recent discoveries of genetic alterations and gene expression patterns can have a significant impact on the diagnosis and even treatment of tumors. Emphasis will be placed on applications that are practical and useful to the daily practice of pathology.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP): Changing Points of View

Changing the point of view from which a memory is viewed has a profound impact on a person’s understanding and emotional response to the content of the image. A variety of specific ways of changing visual perspective are presented, including the important distinction between associated images (seeing out of your own eyes) and dissociated images (seeing from an outside point of view). The therapeutic usefulness of these understandings in the treatment of phobias and couple and family problems is indicated.
Amacrine cells, displaced amacrine cells and interplexiform cells in the retina of the rat

The amacrine cells in the retina of the rat are described in Golgi-stained whole-mounted retinae. Nine morphologically distinct types of cell were found: one type of diffuse cell, five types of unistratified cell, two types of bistratified cell, and one type of stratified diffuse cell. Measurements show that the largest unistratified cells have a dendritic field 2 mm across. One type of interplexiform cell is also described. Wide-field diffuse amacrine cells and unistratified amacrine cells were found with their somata located in either the inner nuclear layer or the ganglion cell layer. It is clear that there may be an amacrine cell system in the ganglion cell layer of the rat retina.
Challenges for 5G transport networks

5G mobile communications is seen as the enabler for the networked society where connectivity will be available anywhere and anytime to anyone and anything. The details of 5G are the subject to ongoing research and debate, mostly focused on understanding radio technologies that can enable the 5G vision. So far, less work has been dedicated to the challenges that 5G will pose to the transport network. This paper provides a first analysis of the key challenges to 5G transport in terms of capacity, flexibility and costs, for example. Different use cases are discussed as well as technology options and control plane concepts.
A 2.6V Silicon-on Sapphire CMOS current imbalance sensing circuit for neurostimulation applications

The occurrence of charge imbalance during the electrical stimulation of neurons has potential for destroying electrodes and damaging cells, which may lead ultimately to the stimulator explantation. In a measurement approach, imbalance can be treated as a DC component of the stimulation current. In this paper, we introduce a circuit solution suitable for measuring DC components associated with stimulation imbalances when voltage swings over three or more times the maximum voltage supply for the technology (3.3V). The proposed topology uses a current mirror connected in series to the stimulator to charge sampling capacitors, isolating the readout input from the high voltage (HV) stimulator output. The circuit was designed for Silanna Silicon-on-Sapphire 0. 5μm/FC process, and has two operation modes: continuous integration (or charge sensing, for low stimulation currents), or instant error sampling. Simulation results indicates that the technique is suitable for detecting imbalances <;100nA for a milliampere stimulation current.
On the performance of a persymmetric adaptive matched filter

We examine the adaptive detection problem in the presence of colored noise with an unknown covariance matrix, by exploiting a persymmetric structure in the received signal. The persymmetric adaptive matched filter (PS-AMF) is used to address this problem, which can significantly alleviate the requirement of secondary data. In G. Pailloux et al. “Persymmetric adaptive radar detectors,” (2011) the probability of false alarm of the PS-AMF has been obtained in terms of the Gaussian hypergeometric function. In this paper, finite-sum expressions for the probability of false alarm of the PS-AMF are derived, which are more convenient to use in calculating the detection threshold. Moreover, the detection probabilities of the PS-AMF for both nonfluctuating and fluctuating target models are derived. In the fluctuating model, the amplitude of the target echoes is described by a generalized Chi distribution that involves the Rayleigh distribution as a special case. These theoretical results are all confirmed using Monte Carlo (MC) simulations.
A Preliminary Study of Serious Game Effect Model based on Construal-Level Theory

ABSTRACT Many of recent studies have suggested various positive outcomes of serious games. However, relatively little emphasis has been placed on the roles of user-centered factors from a psychological perspective. One of the main goals of serious games is the change of the user’s perception and behavior towards a positive direction. To achieve this goal, psychological factors should be applied to the user's playing process in serious games. Inspired by construal-level theory(CLT), we propose a CLT applied model (CLT in process-outcome serious games model) considering psychological factors on the player's decision making The model will be useful not only to game developers or designers but also to game researchers as a valuable tool in persuasion and learning for serious game users. Keywords : Serious games(기능성게임), Construal level theory(해석수준이론), Psychological distance(심리적 거리) Received: Jul. 04, 2014 Accepted: Jul. 29, 2014First auther: Lee, Hye Rim(Konkuk University) Corresponding Author: Jeong, Eui Jun(Konkuk University)E-mail: jeong12@konkuk,ac.krISSN: 1598-4540 / eISSN: 2287-8211Ⓒ The Korea Game Society. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.otg/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Recognition of planar objects in 3-D space from single perspective views using cross ratio

An approach for recognition of a planar polygon from a single 2-D perspective projection using the basic viewpoint invariant cross-ratio (CR) is presented. The shape CR-descriptor of a spatial planar polygon, i.e. the CR sequence extracted from its single projective image, is proposed. The minimum mean square error is used as the matching criterion. Examples are given. The approach can be directly applied to the recognition and motion analysis of 3-D objects that contain planar polygons. >
The specific architecture of the anterior stroma accounts for maintenance of corneal curvature

AIM To analyse the human corneal stroma in extreme hydration to discover if its structure is responsible for corneal stability. METHODS Corneas in several hydration states were used: postmortem control corneas (PM; n=3), corneas left for 1 day in phosphate buffered saline (PBS; n=4), and corneas left for 1 day (n=4), 2 days (n=4), 3 days (n=2), and 4 days (n=4) in deionised water. All corneas were fixed under standardised conditions and processed for light and electron microscopy. In addition, two fresh corneas from the operating theatre were studied which were processed 6 months after storage in sodium cacodylate buffer. RESULTS After 1 day in deionised water maximal stromal swelling was reached which did not change up to 4 days. The stroma of deionised water corneas (1400 μm) was much thicker than that of PBS corneas (650 μm) and PM corneas (450 μm). Deionised water treatment led to disappearance of all keratocytes leaving only remnants of nuclei and large interlamellar spaces. In these specimens the distance between the collagen fibres had increased significantly, but the diameter of the collagen fibres did not seem to be affected. A remarkable observation was that the most anterior part of the stroma (100–120 μm) in all deionised water specimens and those stored for 6 months in buffer was not swollen, indicating that the tightly interwoven anterior lamellae are resistant to extreme non-physiological hydration states. CONCLUSIONS The rigidity of the most anterior part of the corneal stroma in extreme hydration states points to an important role in maintenance of corneal curvature. Since a large part of this rigid anterior part of the stroma is either removed (PRK) or intersected (LASIK), it is possible that in the long run patients who underwent refractive surgery may be confronted with optical problems.
Relevance feedback-based image retrieval interface incorporating region and feature saliency patterns as visualizable image similarity criteria

Region and feature saliency pattern (RFSP) is proposed as: (1) a new image similarity model; and (2) a new, visualizable representation of the image similarity criteria. RFSP, coupled with the proposed genetic-algorithm (GA)-based relevance feedback mechanism, is incorporated in the image retrieval interface. By capturing the two fundamental properties of the human visual system-region and feature saliencies-in a context-dependent sense, RFSP more accurately approximates the human similarity perception. By representing the image similarity criteria as a "pattern of feature combinations distributed over the image regions, each having a different importance," RFSP enables the visualization-in a concise form-of the complex, low-level similarity criteria associated with each query image. None of the representative image similarity models captures both region and feature saliencies in a context-dependent sense. Furthermore, very few of the representative works-dealing with the relevance feedback in image retrieval-consider the visualization of the similarity criteria, as a user interface aspect. Also, this paper presents one of the first applications of GAs to the relevance feedback mechanism in the image retrieval field. The retrieval performance of the RFSP, coupled with the proposed GA-based relevance feedback mechanism, is evaluated on five test databases, with around 2500 images, covering 62 semantic categories. Compared with 11 of the representative image similarity models, including three which employ relevance feedback, RFSP brings in average between 6%-30% increase in the retrieval precision. The relevance feedback-based retrieval interface incorporating RFSP is demonstrated as well. Experiment results suggest that: (1) capturing the region and feature saliencies in a context-dependent sense improves the retrieval performance; whereas (2) visualizing the similarity criteria makes the relevance feedback-based image retrieval interface more user friendly, aiding the user in the understanding and expression of the information needs.
Atrial natriuretic peptide in non-modulating essential hypertension.

To evaluate the atrial natriuretic peptide response to angiotensin II (Ang II) infusion in non-modulating hypertension, we studied 31 men with essential hypertension. These patients were subdivided into groups of low renin patients (n = 8), non-modulators (n = 11), and modulators (n = 12) according to their renin profile and ability to modulate renin and aldosterone responses to a graded infusion of Ang II (1.0 and 3.0 ng/kg per minute) on a low Na+ intake (10 mmol Na+ per day). During basal conditions, plasma atrial natriuretic peptide was higher (p < 0.05) in low renin patients (16.34 +/- 2.67 fmol/mL) than in both modulators (10.59 +/- 4.29 fmol/mL) and non-modulators (9.85 +/- 2.64 fmol/mL). During Ang II infusion, plasma atrial natriuretic peptide significantly increased in both low renin (27.67 +/- 2.61 fmol/mL at 60 minutes, p < 0.01) and modulating (20.36 +/- 3.07 fmol/mL at 60 minutes, p < 0.05) patients, whereas it did not change in non-modulators (13.94 +/- 4.39 fmol/mL, NS). After 5 days on a high sodium intake (200 mmol Na+ per day), plasma atrial natriuretic peptide rose in modulating (20.61 +/- 2.31 fmol/mL, p < 0.01 versus low sodium intake), non-modulating (20.11 +/- 6.48 fmol/mL, p < 0.01 versus low sodium intake), and low renin (26.13 +/- 3.81 fmol/mL, p < 0.001 versus low sodium intake) hypertensive patients. When the Ang II infusion was repeated with a high sodium intake, plasma atrial natriuretic peptide increased again in low renin and modulating patients, whereas it did not change in non-modulators. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
The wildness pleases: The origins of Romanticism

Christopher Thacker eludes the usual categories. He is a Europeanist who gives no allegiance to any European intellectual tradition, an academic who eschews footnotes and adopts a brisk, colloquial style ("dear chevaliers., how d'you do it? . the dreary Sartre"), and a garden historian sufficiently versed in literary and intellectual history to attempt a general study oftaste. We approach this account of the eighteenth-century cult of wildness, then, expecting a fresh and original work.
Prophecies of power : motivational implications of social power for behavioral confirmation

The effects of relative social power on social motivation and behavioral confirmation were assessed. Participants, randomly assigned to the roles of perceiver and target, conversed over an intercom system as a prelude to choosing partners for an ostensibly subsequent reward-laden game. Relative power was manipulated by giving 1 participant the power to choose a partner for the game. Also, perceivers received a game-related target expectation. Participants' motives and trait-based impression of their partners were assessed. High-power participants were more concerned with learning about their partners than low-power participants, who were generally more concerned with facilitating favorable interaction outcomes. Furthermore, whereas high-power perceivers effected behavioral confirmation from their targets, low-power perceivers did not
Using Demographic Risk Factors to Explain Variations in the Incidence of Violence Against Women

This article offers statistical support for the contention that demographic risk factors influence the incidence of some women's experiencing violence more than others. Our results were generated using a binary probit model and 6,332 observations from the 1996 Australian Women's Safety Survey. For purposes of comparison, we identified a set of benchmark demographic characteristics as those occurring most frequently in the data set and estimated that if a woman were to have all of these characteristics, the probability she would have experienced violence in the past 12 months was 6.7%. We found that the risk varied with levels of postschool education, income, ethnic background, number and age of children, marital status, and age. Employment status, school-leaving age, and socioeconomic status had no statistically significant effect on the risk of experiencing violence once other factors were considered. This analysis may provide a basis for violence reduction and prevention programs.
Framing Effects on Privacy Concerns About a Home Telepresence Robot

Privacy-sensitive robotics is an emerging area of HRI research. Judgments about privacy would seem to be context-dependent, but none of the promising work on contextual “frames” has focused on privacy concerns. This work studies the impact of contextual “frames” on local users' privacy judgments in a home telepresence setting. Our methodology consists of using an online questionnaire to collect responses to animated videos of a telepresence robot after framing people with an introductory paragraph. The results of four studies indicate a large effect of manipulating the robot operator's identity between a stranger and a close confidante. It also appears that this framing effect persists throughout several videos. These findings serve to caution HRI researchers that a change in frame could cause their results to fail to replicate or generalize. We also recommend that robots be designed to encourage or discourage certain frames.
Capability Coordination with Option-Contract Based on Leader-Follower Game

Logistics Service Supply Chain (LSSC) is different from finished goods inventory supply chain, in which supplier-buyer coordination is approached only through logistics capability adjustment and optimization. A kind of coordination mechanism by options contract on logistics capability based on leader-follower game is developed to increase the parties' expected profit in this paper. Results show that the negative linear relationship exists between option price and option execute price, and the value of option price must be located in a certain scope as the core element of contract parameters under channel coordination. The effectiveness of coordination mechanism and the proposed mechanism for the allocation of surplus system expected profit is verified through a numerical study finally.
The Tavistock and Group-Analytic approaches to group psychotherapy: A trainee's perspective

SUMMARY This paper examines some issues related to the Tavistock (Bionian) and Group-Analytic (Foulkesian) approaches to group therapy, in the context of an out-patient group which met weekly over thirty-two months. Reference is made to theories and models within the frameworks of Psychoanalysis and Group-Analysis. To conduct this group was a part of the author's training at the Institute of Group Analysis; although the group met at the Tavistock Clinic (‘next door’). The author had previously trained for four years in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Tavistock; and he negotiated this unusual set-up with the Tavistock Clinic's management, becoming the first Institute trainee to run such a group at the Tavistock. The author had two supervisors simultaneously; hence there was a constant tension between the two theories throughout the history of the group. The Tavistock's supervisor played an active part in the early stages, especially during the process of setting-up the group; his role progressively ch.