Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prospector Leading the Search for Creative Educational Gold: An Interview With Ronald A. Beghetto

Dr. Ronald Beghetto is an international expert on creativity in educational settings. He serves as Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the faculty at UConn, Dr. Beghetto served as the College of Education’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Education Studies at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on infusing creativity in teaching and learning and he has extensive experience providing professional development to teachers and instructional leaders in an effort to help them develop new and transformative possibilities for classroom teaching, learning, and assessment in K–12 and higher education settings. He has published numerous books, scholarly articles, and book chapters on creativity and education. Dr. Beghetto is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Creative Behavior and serves on the editorial board for several creativity and education journals. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (Div. 10, APA). Dr. Beghetto has received numerous awards for excellence in research and teaching. In Spring 2006 he received the University of Oregon’s highest teaching award for early career faculty (Ersted Crystal Apple Award). Dr. Beghetto can be reached via e-mail at ronald. beghetto@uconn.edu and more information about his work can be found on his website: www.ronaldbeghetto. com
New Guidelines Help Health Professionals Recognize and Manage Late Complications

for years. The mainstay approach was only supportive care. A malaise settled all around. This issue presents a transcript of a symposium that addresses the topic of new therapies for myelodysplastic syndrome. This symposium was presented at the 2006 BMT Tandem Meetings in Honolulu, Hawaii. In the first presentation, Dr. Lewis R. Silverman describes the various types of myelodysplastic syndrome and provides insight into pathophysiology and therapeutic implications that research in recent years has uncovered. In the second presentation, Dr. Vinod Parameswaran notes that while allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation is curative, the obstacles in the path to transplantation are many. In the third presentation, Drs. Richard Champlin and Marcos de Lima describe new transplantation strategies with reduced-intensity preparative regimens and exploratory posttransplantation therapies in patients at high risk for relapse. Today there are new Food and Drug Administration–cleared therapies, and novel agents are on the horizon. True progress has been small to date, but with the number of new therapies and new classes of agents undergoing study, the future is hopeful. Will the malaise of myelodysplasia abate? Only time will tell. For now, there is considerably more hope than in the past. R E V I E W S
Mentalising, executive planning and disengagement in schizophrenia

Introduction: Poor mentalising has been linked to particular psychotic symptoms (e.g., paranoia) and attributed to selective disruption of a mentalising module. Mentalising, executive planning, and disengagement were tested in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls in order to evaluate this view against nonmodular accounts that attribute poor mentalising to generalised difficulty entertaining any hypothetical state of affairs and/or difficulty inhibiting salient misleading information. Method. Mentalising and disengagement were tested in a picture-sequencing task using false-belief and capture stories - the former require inferences of mental states; the latter test ability to inhibit salient misleading cues. Executive planning was tested using the Tower of London task. Results. Whereas patients as a whole showed impairments of mentalising, executive planning and disengagement, false-belief picture sequencing ability significantly predicted the odds of being a patient, after adjusting for all other task measures. No evidence was found linking poor mentalising to positive symptoms. Conclusions. Our findings support the existence of a mentalising module, which is selectively disrupted in some patients with schizophrenia. Null results concerning the links between poor mentalising and positive symptoms are discussed in relation to current views on whether poor mentalising is best conceptualised as a state or trait marker of psychosis.
Criminal Victimization During One's Life Course: The Effects of Previous Victimization and Patterns of Routine Activities

This study focuses on the effects of previous victimization and patterns of routine activities on the risk of falling victim to seven types of crime: sexual offense, assault, threat, burglary, personal larceny, car theft and bicycle theft. To examine these effects' individual life-course data on marital, fertility, residential, educational, employment and criminal histories were related to histories of criminal victimization. These data derived from a nationally representative survey administered in the Netherlands in 1996 to 1,939 individuals age 15 years or older. Logistic multilevel models were used in the analysis of the data. The results of the analyses suggest that individuals who have once been victims suffer a substantial higher risk of subsequent victimization. This effect of previous victimization can partly be explained by a real effect of previous victimization (state dependence), but more largely by the effects of patterns of routine activities (heterogeneity in the population).
Position paper: accessible human-robot interaction (AHRI)

Assistive robots that address different impairments and continuously changing capabilities by providing manifold interactions based on profiles are not targeted in current research. Substantiated by a survey of human-robot interaction for assistive systems, we claim the need for establishing the innovative research topic of Accessible Human-Robot Interaction (AHRI). It is shown that limitations or loss of motoric, sensory, and mental capabilities as well as multiple impairments and resulting barriers regarding interaction, communication and perception are not sufficiently incorporated in designs of assistive robots. To achieve a design for all, fundamental research on varying needs, capabilities, and preferences along with derivation of profiles and developments of new adaptive and adaptable interaction concepts is necessary.
Less efficient pattern separation may contribute to age-related spatial memory deficits

Spatial memory deficits have been well-documented in older adults and may serve as an early indicator of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) in some individuals. Pattern separation is a critical mechanism for reducing potential interference among similar memory representations to enhance memory accuracy. A small but growing literature indicates that spatial pattern separation may become less efficient as a result of normal aging, possibly due to age-related changes in subregions of the hippocampus. This decreased efficiency in spatial pattern separation may be a critical processing deficit that could be a contributing factor to spatial memory deficits and episodic memory impairment associated with aging. The present paper will review recently published studies in humans, non-human primates, and rodents that have examined age-related changes in spatial pattern separation. The potential basic science, translational, and clinical implications from these studies are discussed to illustrate the need for future research to further examine the relationship between spatial pattern separation and brain changes associated with aging and neurodegenerative disease.
Molecular characterization of strains of fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Schwarzengrund carrying multidrug resistance isolated from imported foods.

OBJECTIVES To determine the fluoroquinolone resistance determinants in Salmonella enterica serovar Schwarzengrund from imported foods. METHODS Antibiotic susceptibility of Salmonella Schwarzengrund to 16 antibiotics was examined using disc agar diffusion and Etest. Quinolone resistance determinants were examined by sequence analysis of gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE, PCR amplification of qnrA, qnrB and qnrS, and expression of acrB, ramA, marA, soxS and rob using quantitative RT-PCR. The contribution of efflux pump activities to antibiotic resistance was determined by the addition of carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP). The effect of ramR deletion on ciprofloxacin resistance was determined by complementing with wild-type ramR. RESULTS Salmonella strains 30 and 487 were susceptible to ciprofloxacin and had a single mutation in gyrA as compared with strain 75, which was highly resistant to ciprofloxacin and had a double mutation in gyrA. Increased expression of ramA was associated with high resistance to ciprofloxacin. Strain 75 had a deletion of 315 bp in the ramR gene, which regulates ramA expression. Overexpression of ramA was possibly related to a loss of ramR. Introduction of ramR decreased the MIC of ciprofloxacin from 48 to 24 mg/L. The addition of CCCP did not reduce antibiotic resistance. To our knowledge, this study reports for the first time the natural deletion of ramR in Salmonella Schwarzengrund. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella are prevalent in imported food. Double mutations in gyrA and a loss of ramR were associated with high-level quinolone resistance in multidrug-resistant Salmonella Schwarzengrund strain 75.
Brand Placement in Movies: The Effect of Film Genre on Viewer Recognition

This study investigates viewer recognition of brands placed in films, according to film genre, gender, and previous viewing experience. A sample of 137 moviegoers watched 12 film clips representing three popular genres (action, comedy, and drama) and reported their recognition of brand placements. Results suggest that brand recognition is more common in drama films. Previous viewing experience and gender did not make significant differences in brand recognition. It is suggested that brand placements require more public relations research.
A retrospective audit of clinicopathological attributes and treatment outcomes of adolescent and young adult non-Hodgkin lymphomas from a tertiary care center

Abstract Background: The uniqueness of adolescent and young adult (AYA) non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) with respect to biology and treatment have largely remained unanswered due to marked heterogeneity in treatment, paucity of prospective, or retrospective studies and poor representation of AYA in clinical trials. This audit attempts to put forward the clinicopathological attributes and treatment outcomes of AYA NHL treated with both pediatric and adult protocols from a single centre in a developing country. Patients and Methods: Hospital records of all consecutive NHL patients registered in lymphoma clinic from January 2007 to May 2010 were reviewed for information on demography, clinical features, histology subtype, staging, treatment regimen, response rates, toxicities, and follow up. Two-year progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were calculated with Kaplan-Meier method. Results: AYA NHL constituted 4% of all lymphomas. Diffuse large B-cell (DLBL) was the most frequent subtype. Following were the 2-year PFS and OS - DLBL 64%, 76.9%, Burkitt′s lymphoma: 56%, 56%, lymphoblastic lymphoma: 33.2%, 44%. Our results did not show any improvement in outcome of DLBL with the use of Burkitt′s lymphoma like regimen. Conclusions: This study highlights some of the key features of AYA NHL occurring in developing world.
Distance Estimation with Night Vision Goggles: A Little Feedback Goes a Long Way

Immediate feedback was given to correct observers' estimates of distance in an experiment in which those estimates were made outdoors at night while observers wore night vision goggles (NVGs). Initially observers made unguided estimates of distances between marked positions in an open field. Those distances ranged from 7.6 m (25 ft) to 64 m (210 ft). Later the same observers made more estimates. After each of these they were told the measured distance between the positions. During this training, the observers' height from the ground plane was either at a standing position or at an elevated position raised 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) from standing position. After the training -- either immediately after, a week later, or at both times -- observers made unguided estimates of distance for a second time. These latter estimates of ground distance made with the NVGs were improved. Average improvement of the observers' estimates persisted for at least one week after training. This training can be applied to improve clearance estimates and estimates of hover height for pilots of rotarywing aircraft.
Low-Resolution Face Tracker Robust to Illumination Variations

In many practical video surveillance applications, the faces acquired by outdoor cameras are of low resolution and are affected by uncontrolled illumination. Although significant efforts have been made to facilitate face tracking or illumination normalization in unconstrained videos, the approaches developed may not be effective in video surveillance applications. This is because: 1) a low-resolution face contains limited information, and 2) major changes in illumination on a small region of the face make the tracking ineffective. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes to perform tracking in an illumination-insensitive feature space, called the gradient logarithm field (GLF) feature space. The GLF feature mainly depends on the intrinsic characteristics of a face and is only marginally affected by the lighting source. In addition, the GLF feature is a global feature and does not depend on a specific face model, and thus is effective in tracking low-resolution faces. Experimental results show that the proposed GLF-based tracker works well under significant illumination changes and outperforms many state-of-the-art tracking algorithms.
Using Natural Language Processing to Classify Suicide Notes

We hypothesize that machine-learning algorithms (MLA) could classify completer and ideator suicide notes as well a mental health professionals (MHP). Five MHPs classified 66 notes as either ideator or completer; machine learning algorithms (MLA) were used for the same task. Results: MHPs were accurate 71% of the time; the SMO algorithm was accurate 79% of the time. This is an important first step in developing an evidence based suicide predictor for emergency department use. Language: en
Prognostic Value of Serum Creatinine and Effect of Treatment of Hypertension on Renal Function: Results From the Hypertension Detection and Follow‐up Program

The Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program followed up 10,940 persons for 5 years in a community-based, randomized, controlled trial of treatment for hypertension. Participants were randomized to one of two treatment groups, stepped care and referred care. The primary end point of the study was all-cause mortality, with morbid events involving the heart, brain, and kidney as secondary end points. Loss of renal function, ascertained by a change in serum creatinine, was among these secondary events. Baseline serum creatinine concentration had a significant prognostic value for 8-year mortality. For persons with a serum creatinine concentration greater than or equal to 1.7 mg/dl, 8-year mortality was more than three times that of all other participants. The estimated 5-year incidence of substantial decline in renal function was 21.7/1,000 in the stepped-care group and 24.6/1,000 in the referred-care group. Among persons with a baseline serum creatinine level between 1.5 and 1.7 mg/dl, the 5-year incidence of decline was 113.3/1,000 (stepped care) and 226.6/1,000 (referred care) (p<0.01). The incidence of decline in renal function was greater in men, blacks, and older adults, as well as in those with higher entry diastolic blood pressure. Among persons with a baseline serum creatinine level greater than or equal to 1.7 mg/dl, serum creatinine concentration declined by 25% or more in 28.6% of stepped-care and 25.2% of referred-care participants. Although the incidence of clinically significant hypercreatininemia in a hypertensive population is low, an elevated serum creatinine concentration is a very potent independent risk factor for mortality. The slightly lower rate of development of hypercreatininemia and the higher rate of improvement in stepped-care compared with referred-care participants is consistent with the belief that aggressive treatment of hypertension may reduce renal damage and the associated increased risk of death.
Multimodal Machine Learning: Integrating Language, Vision and Speech

Multimodal machine learning is a vibrant multi-disciplinary research field which addresses some of the original goals of artificial intelligence by integrating and modeling multiple communicative modalities, including linguistic, acoustic and visual messages. With the initial research on audio-visual speech recognition and more recently with image and video captioning projects, this research field brings some unique challenges for multimodal researchers given the heterogeneity of the data and the contingency often found between modalities. This tutorial builds upon a recent course taught at Carnegie Mellon University during the Spring 2016 semester (CMU course 11-777) and two tutorials presented at CVPR 2016 and ICMI 2016. The present tutorial will review fundamental concepts of machine learning and deep neural networks before describing the five main challenges in multimodal machine learning: (1) multimodal representation learning, (2) translation & mapping, (3) modality alignment, (4) multimodal fusion and (5) co-learning. The tutorial will also present state-of-the-art algorithms that were recently proposed to solve multimodal applications such as image captioning, video descriptions and visual question-answer. We will also discuss the current and upcoming challenges.
Expression of p16INK4a in peripheral blood T‐cells is a biomarker of human aging

Expression of the p16INK4a tumor suppressor sharply increases with age in most mammalian tissues, and contributes to an age‐induced functional decline of certain self‐renewing compartments. These observations have suggested that p16INK4a expression could be a biomarker of mammalian aging. To translate this notion to human use, we determined p16INK4a expression in cellular fractions of human whole blood, and found highest expression in peripheral blood T‐lymphocytes (PBTL). We then measured INK4/ARF transcript expression in PBTL from two independent cohorts of healthy humans (170 donors total), and analyzed their relationship with donor characteristics. Expression of p16INK4a, but not other INK4/ARF transcripts, appeared to exponentially increase with donor chronologic age. Importantly, p16INK4a expression did not independently correlate with gender or body‐mass index, but was significantly associated with tobacco use and physical inactivity. In addition, p16INK4a expression was associated with plasma interleukin‐6 concentration, a marker of human frailty. These data suggest that p16INK4a expression in PBTL is an easily measured, peripheral blood biomarker of molecular age.
'Natural' methods of family planning.

There are currently signs that more women are considering the natural family planning methods as an alternative to medical contraception. In response to this revival of interest, the World Health Organization is now conducting field work on 'natural' family planning methods in New Zealand, the Philippines, India, California, and Columbia and is also preparing a teaching package to be pilot tested in several countries. The natural methods of family planning are all based on the woman correctly ascertaining the pattern of her natural menstrual cycle and abstaining from sexual intercourse during the fertile time. In most women this means that there are 2 "safe periods" - at the beginning of the 28-day cycle until a few days before ovulation and at the end of the cycle from 3 or 4 days after ovulation has occurred. Originally, the "safe period" was taught by the calendar method, which involved a woman carefully plotting her menstrual cycle over a period of six months to a year and making calculations as to the shortest possible and longest possible cycle length, and thus the likely time of ovulation. A more accurate measure is to actually find out the point of ovulation by measuring basal body temperature. With this method the woman must take her temperature every morning immediately upon waking, before rising, smoking, eating or drinking. The Billings' ovulation method is the method now becoming increasingly popular. The method involves noticing the natural changes in the body over the whole menstrual cycle, particularly the quantity and quality of the cervical mucous. 1 new aid for pinpointing the exact time of ovulation is the Ovutime Fertility Detection System developed at Harvard University Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the long-term, the rhythm method is unlikely to prove the answer to the problem of fertility regulation for the modern woman.
Toxicology of Rebaudioside A : A Review his review of safety data regarding high-purity rebaudioside

The authors and reviewers do not have any financial conflicts of interest related to manufacturers of rebaudioside A, stevia, and other caloric and non-caloric sweeteners or other segments of the food industry. his review of safety data regarding high-purity rebaudioside A (rebiana), the subject of two GRAS (generally recognized as safe) notifications, 3 All the rebiana used in the studies published in that supplement met all current specifications for steviol glycosides set by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (Carakostas et al., 2008 and JECFA, 2007). The research described in this supplement was peer reviewed and said to be conducted in compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Good Clinical Practices (GCP) requirements.
Studies of Coherent Velocity Phase Space Structures in Traveling-Wave Tubes and their Impact on Transmitter Performance

Summary form given only. A study has been undertaken to investigate the real-time evolution of cold electron beam velocities from the small signal regime to well beyond saturation in a vacuum microwave radiation source. A classic and readily available Lagrangian 1-dimensional particle-in-cell code has been modified to allow for the study of multi-carrier excitation and feedback oscillation conditions. Examples from amplifier and forced non-linear oscillator configurations are presented. The generation of coherent structures in the electron-beam transport is studied. These structures show similar properties to those investigated in other classes of beam-plasma systems. The relationship between these structures, the signal voltage fidelity, electron beam density, energy distribution function and space charge field are explored in the context of vacuum amplifier/transmitter applications. By analysis and trending of the electron velocity phase space diagrams we have observed the onset of wave-breaking, followed by turbulent behavior and chaotic transport in the various source configurations of interest.
An initial study of topical poetry segmentation

This work performs some basic research upon topical poetry segmentation in a pilot study designed to test some initial assumptions and methodologies. Nine segmentations of the poem titled Kubla Khan (Coleridge, 1816, pp. 55-58) are collected and analysed, producing low but comparable inter-coder agreement. Analyses and discussions of these codings focus upon how to improve agreement and outline some initial results on the nature of topics in this poem.