Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Personal skills development in the accounting curriculum

Today's challenging economic situation means that it is no longer sufficient for a new graduate to have knowledge of an academic subject; increasingly it is necessary for students to gain those skills which will enhance their prospects of employment. For over a decade, a number of employers have been sounding warnings to the higher education sector that a ‘skills gap’ was emerging at the employer/graduate interface. This paper highlights one strategy that attempts to facilitate the development of transferable and managerial skills in an undergraduate accounting degree. Using a stakeholder approach the adequacy of current in-house provision, and a comparison of this with best practice in the sector, was undertaken. Analysis of the findings resulted in the conclusion that skills development using an embedded delivery approach was insufficient. Likewise, a dedicated skills module in Year 1 was also inadequate and an appropriate course needed to be developed and incorporated as a core module in Year 2 of the programme. The result of this has been the creation of a module entitled Business Enterprise Skills.
Impact of passive stiffness variation on stability and mobility of a hexapod robot

This paper presents a biologically inspired approach to simulation design for a walking hexapod robot with focus on the parameter selection of critical values (e.g. joint stiffness) for robot performance. The fundamental aim is to mimic key aspects within a dynamic simulation environment to develop a clearer picture of the tradeoffs that biological systems naturally regulate. Although the importance of compliance in locomotion and disturbance rejection is well established in robotics, the actual design selection of system parameters involving tradeoffs between active movement, passive disturbance rejection, and energy minimization remain a challenging design task for mobile robots. We present initial work aimed at resolving this issue for the design optimization of a 20:1 scale Blaberus discoidalis cockroach robot through a simulation environment where complex interactions between passive stabilization and active walking may be examined in detail with respect to energy consumption and robotic performance.
Positive Aging By ROBERT D. HILL New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005, $US 27.95 Hardback, 256 pp. ISBN 0 393 70453 X

chapter on genetic counseling offers a good overview of the process and that on ethical dilemmas is an excellent complementary chapter, based on short vignettes, which really does place the patient and his/her family center stage. This would make an excellent starting point for seminars or teaching sessions as the ethical dilemmas raised are defined most clearly by neurogenetics but in many instances are common to other clinical situations. The remainder of the book is largely composed of disease-based chapters that are as good a summary as you are likely to see of the clinical appearance and molecular genetics of most of the inherited neurological conditions. Some, but not all, of these can be encountered by psychogeriatricians: Alzheimer’s disease and the fronto-temporal dementias most obviously, but also others encountered occasionally, if only in grand rounds. Indeed, a quick mugging up on the leukodystrophies, for example – if you know this is coming up in a clinical case conference – would do the reputation of our profession no end of good in the eyes of our colleagues. So, overall, this really is a very good book, which, for the most part, is well written by authoritative authors who succinctly describe their disease of interest and its molecular basis. It is sad that the huge body of research that has led to the content of this book has resulted in so few clinical advances but one hopes that by the time this reaches a second or third edition the clinical advances sections will be longer.
Precompetition Weight Loss and Changes in Vascular Fluid Volume in NCAA Division I College Wrestlers

This study examined the effect of pattern of weight loss on plasma volume in NCAA Div. I college wrestlers preparing for a tournament. Twelve subjects lost an average of 6% body weight (BW) by thermal and exercise-induced dehydration, but at varying rates during the week of the experiment. After 15 hrs of rehydration, BW was still below baseline, indicating that the wrestlers did not replace all BW loss during the night after a weigh-in. Subjects were grouped into gradual (G), moderate (M), and rapid (R) weight loss patterns by their change in BW from Days 1 to 6. G, M, and R had -1.77, -0.54, and 1.05% Δ in BW, respectively. There was a significant (p ≤ 0.05) correlation between pattern of weight loss and total %Δ BW, with G incurring greater loss in BW. Status of vascular fluid was assessed by measuring blood volume (BV), plasma volume (PV), red cell volume, osmolality, and total protein concentration ([TP]). Weight loss had no effect on precompetition osmolality or [TP], but significantly reduced pre-weigh-in BV and PV for all 3 groups. All 3 groups had a similar reduction in PV (∼400–500 ml; 11%) following dehydration. Differing weight loss patterns compromise PV equally; thus the rate of weight reduction the week prior to weigh-in has little effect on an elite college wrestler's BV and PV. Yet the negative effects of weight loss practices remain.
Evaluation of ST13 gene expression in colorectal cancer patients

We identified a novel gene ST13 from a subtractive cDNA library of normal intestinal mucosa in 1993, more studies showed that ST13 was a co-chaperone of Hsp70s. Recently we detected the ST13 gene expression in tumor tissue and adjacent normal tissue of the same colorectal cancer patient and investigated if the ST13 gene expression might have any prognostic value. Analysis was performed at molecular level by reverse transcription-PCR using real-time detection method. We measured two genes simultaneously, ST13 as the target gene and glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as a reference gene, in primary colorectal tumor specimens and tumor-adjacent normal mucosa specimens from 50 colorectal cancer patients. The expression levels of the ST13 gene were significantly decreased in primary tumors compared with adjacent mucosa (P<0.05). But there were no significant differences in the expression of ST13 as compared with different Dukes’ stage, tumor differentiation grade, invasion depth, lymph node metastasis and disease-specific survival.
Archform Comparisons between Skeletal Class II and III Malocclusions

The purpose of this cross-sectional research was to explore the relationship of the mandibular dental and basal bone archforms between severe Skeletal Class II (SC2) and Skeletal Class III (SC3) malocclusions. We also compared intercanine and intermolar widths in these two malocclusion types. Thirty-three virtual pretreatment mandibular models (Skeletal Class III group) and Thirty-five Skeletal Class II group pretreatment models were created with a laser scanning system. FA (the midpoint of the facial axis of the clinical crown)and WALA points (the most prominent point on the soft-tissue ridge)were employed to produce dental and basal bone archforms, respectively. Gained scatter diagrams of the samples were processed by nonlinear regression analysis via SPSS 17.0. The mandibular dental and basal bone intercanine and intermolar widths were significantly greater in the Skeletal Class III group compared to the Skeletal Class II group. In both groups, a moderate correlation existed between dental and basal bone arch widths in the canine region, and a high correlation existed between dental and basal bone arch widths in the molar region. The coefficient of correlation of the Skeletal Class III group was greater than the Skeletal Class II group. Fourth degree, even order power functions were used as best-fit functions to fit the scatter plots. The radius of curvature was larger in Skeletal Class III malocclusions compared to Skeletal Class II malocclusions (rWALA3>rWALA2>rFA3>rFA2). In conclusion, mandibular dental and basal intercanine and intermolar widths were significantly different between the two groups. Compared with Skeletal Class II subjects, the mandibular archform was more flat for Skeletal Class III subjects.
Petrous apex vascular malformation.

A 49-year-old woman with chronic headaches presented with complaints of dysphagia, malaise, anxiety, and tachycardia. She displayed no cranial nerve deficits. Her vocal fold motion and audiogram were normal. Her primary care provider had ordered magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain for persistent headaches, which showed an avidly enhancing intraosseous, 2.1-cm mass of the left anterior petrous apex with extension to the jugular foramen (Fig. 1A). On fat-saturated T2-weighted sequences, the lesion displayed high-intensity lobules (Fig. 1B). Osseous erosion of the superior portion of the jugular foramen and involvement of mesotympanum was seen on computed tomographic imaging (Fig. 1C). The patient underwent subtotal, elective resection of the lesion via a postauricular retrofacial infralabyrinthine approach to obtain a tissue sample for confirmation of diagnosis. Intraoperatively, the mass seemed red and compressible; its margin easily separated from the petrous bone and carotid artery, but it was firmly adherent to the jugular bulb. Pathologic findings were of benign-appearing vascular spaces, consistent with a venous malformation. Cranial nerve function remained intact, and the patient was doing well at her one-month follow-up appointment.
Latent Inhibition and Conditioned Attention Theory

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Latent inhibition testing procedures 3. Variables affecting latent inhibition 4. Organismic variables affecting latent inhibition 5. Associative learning tests of the effects of stimulus preexposure in children and adults 6. Neural substrates of latent inhibition 7. Theories and explanations of latent inhibition in animals 8. Conditioned attention theory of latent inhibition 9. Conditioned attention theory as applied to latent inhibition in humans 10. Some applications of conditioned attention theory: learned helplessness and schizophrenia Notes References Author index Subject index.
The epitranscriptome in modulating spatiotemporal RNA translation in neuronal post-synaptic function

The application of next-generation-sequencing based methods has recently allowed the sequence-specific occurrence of RNA modifications to be investigated in transcriptome-wide settings. This has led to the emergence of a new field of molecular genetics research termed “epitranscriptomics. ” Investigations have shown that these modifications can exert control over protein synthesis via various mechanisms, and particularly when occurring on messenger RNAs, can be dynamically regulated. Here, we propose that RNA modifications may be a critical regulator over the spatiotemporal control of protein-synthesis in neurons, which is supported by our finding that the RNA methylase NSun2 colocalizes with the translational-repressor FMRP at neuronal dendrites. We also observe that NSun2 commonly methylates mRNAs which encode components of the postsynaptic proteome, and further find that NSun2 and FMRP likely share a common subset of mRNA targets which include those that are known to be translated at dendrites in an activity-dependent manner. We consider potential roles for RNA modifications in space- time- and activity-dependent regulation of protein synthesis in neuronal physiology, with a particular focus on synaptic plasticity modulation.
Student performance–university preference model: a framework for helping students choose the right A‐level subjects

Every year, many students in the UK fail to achieve a place at their preferred university because they take the wrong A‐level subjects. This study aims to suggest a framework for helping students choose the right subjects. Data on student achievement in A‐level examinations were obtained from a UK sixth form college over a four‐year period. Statistical techniques were employed to support our hypothesis that a student’s choice of A‐level subjects should be based on both the student’s ability and a university’s preference for particular subjects and grades. Despite the limitation of small sample size, a model has been created that will maximise a student’s chance of achieving a place at his/her university of choice. The model presented could easily be extended in future to incorporate more levels in each of the attributes considered, and in this way it could provide the optimal choice of subjects for each individual student given his/her particular aspirations.
CONFIDENTIALITY ASSURANCES IN SURVEYS: REASSURANCE OR THREAT?

Over the last three decades, the public's willingness to take part in surveys has gradually declined, and the decline has been attributed in part to increasing concern about the confidentiality of the data requested. This paper reviews the early literature bearing on confidentiality assurances and willingness to respond, and then reports on three experiments designed to investigate the effects of confidentiality on the expectations of respondents and on their willingness to take part in a survey. The results of all three experiments confirm our expectation that confidentiality assurances are not always perceived as reassuring, and do not necessarily increase the public's willingness to respond. I N T R O D U C T I O N The most important requirement for representative sample surveys is a willingness on the part of the public to be interviewed. Over the last three decades, that willingness has gradually declined (Steeh, 1981; Groves, 1989). Especially in Germany and other European countries, but also in the United States, that decline has been attributed in part to increasing public concern about the confidentiality of the data requested. Survey researchers are, thus, faced with the problem of how best to deal with these concerns. On the one hand, assurances of confidentiality may put public concerns to rest. On the other hand, mention of confidentiality may call attention to problems respondents would not otherwise have thought of. In this paper, we first review the early literature bearing on assurances of confidentiality and willingness to respond, and then report on three experiments designed to investigate the effects of assurances of confidentiality on the expectations of respondents and on their willingness to take part in a survey. © World Association for Public Opinion Research 1991 at U niersity of B th L irary & L eaning C etre on July 9, 2015 http://ijpoordjournals.org/ D ow nladed from
Authentication tests

Suppose a principal in a cryptographic protocol creates and transmits a message containing a new value v, which it later receives back in cryptographically altered form. It can conclude that some principal possessing the relevant key has transformed the message containing v. In some circumstances, this must be a regular participant of the protocol, not the penetrator. An inference of this kind is an authentication test. We introduce two main kinds of authentication test. An outgoing test is one in which the new value v is transmitted in encrypted form, and only a regular participant can extract it from that form. An incoming test is one in which v is received back in encrypted form, and only a regular participant can put it in that form. We combine these two tests with a supplementary idea, the unsolicited test, and a related method for checking that certain values remain secret. Together they determine what authentication properties are achieved by a wide range of cryptographic protocols. We introduce authentication tests and illustrate their power giving new and straightforward proofs of security goals for several protocols. We also illustrate how to use the authentication tests as a heuristic for finding attacks against incorrect protocols. Finally we suggest a protocol design process. We express these ideas in the strand space formalism and prove them correct elsewhere (Gullman and Thayer Fabrega, 2000).
Segmentation and Denoising of Noisy Satellite Images based on Modified Fuzzy C Means Clustering and Discrete Wavelet Transform for Information Retrieval

Image segmentation is one of the vital steps in satellite image processing for gathering information from the satellite images. Most of the satellite images suffer from noise and other disturbances. Sometimes noise pixels may be considered as image pixels resulting poor images. In this paper, to study the effectiveness of noise in the satellite images, different types of noises like Gaussian, poisson, salt & pepper and speckle noise are added to the original image. The discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and Bayes Shrink soft thresholding is then applied for the removal of noisy pixels and smoothen the image. In the final stage, the fuzzy based modified FCM clustering is performed on the denoised images to produce clusters or segmented result. This approach has been applied on the satellite images of various resolutions. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is efficient for providing robustness to noisy images. Keyword- Image Segmentation, Fuzzy-C-Means Clustering, Noise, Denoising, DWT, Threshoding
The Conservative Party and European Integration 1988-95

The 1995 Conservative leadership contest provided further evidence of the growth of factionalism within the party on the European issue. The article shows that European integration has led to unprecedented parliamentary dissidence. It contextualizes Europe within an older tradition of Tory conflicts over foreign economic policy. The article provides a detailed typology of Tory Party divisions. It shows that the European issue combines conflicts over the Anglo-American alliance, the future of Thatcherite economic policy and Tory conceptions of British nationhood. The creation of a single European currency could be the trigger for a Conservative split.
The relation of family functioning to violence among inner-city minority youths.

The relationship between family influences and participation in violent and nonviolent delinquent behavior was examined among a sample of 362 African American and Latino male adolescents living in the inner city. Participants were classified into three groups: (a) nonoffenders, (b) nonviolent offenders, and (c) violent offenders. Families in the violent delinquent group reported poorer discipline, less cohesion, and less involvement than the other two groups. These results were consistent across ethnic groups. However, the factor Beliefs About Family related to violence risk in opposite directions for African American and Latino families. These results highlight the need to look at ethnic group differences when constructing models of risk.
The SPRAWL distributed stream dissemination system

Many large financial, news, and social media companies process and stream large quantities of data to customers, either through the public Internet or on their own internal networks. These customers often depend on that data being delivered in a timely and resource-efficient manner. In addition, many customers subscribe to the same or similar data products (e.g., particular types of financial feeds, or feeds of specific social media users). A naive implementation of a data dissemination network like this will cause redundant data to be processed and delivered repeatedly, wasting CPU and bandwidth, increasing network delays, and driving up costs. In this dissertation, we present SPRAWL, a distributed stream processing layer to address the wide-area data processing and dissemination problem. SPRAWL provides two key functions. First, it is able to generate a shared and distributed multi-query plan that transmits records through the network just once, and shares the computation of streaming operators that operate on the same subset of data. Second, it is able to compute an in-network placement of complex queries (each with dozens of operators) in wide-area networks (consisting of thousands of nodes). This placement is optimal within polynomial time and memory complexity when there are no resource (CPU, bandwidth) or query (latency) constraints. In addition, we develop several heuristics to guarantee the placement is near optimal when constraints are violated, and experimentally evaluate the performance of our algorithms versus an exhausting algorithm. We also design and implement a distributed version of the SPRAWL placement algorithm in order to support wide-area networks consisting of thousands of nodes, which centralized algorithms cannot handle. Finally, we show that SPRAWL can make complex query placement decisions on wide-area networks within seconds, and the placement can increase throughput by up to a factor of 5 and reduce dollar costs by a factor of 6 on a financial data stream processing task. Thesis Supervisor: Samuel R. Madden Title: Professor
Un ethnographe face à la colonisation : Arnold Van Gennep en Algérie (1911-1912)

Dans les annees 1910, Arnold Van Gennep defend une ethnographie emancipee de la tutelle de l’anthropologie physique et qui applique a toutes les populations humaines les memes procedures d’enquete. Il est aussi tres proche des reseaux d’erudition coloniale qui participent au renouveau institutionnel de la science de l’homme en France. Ses relations coloniales lui permettent de se lancer dans une enquete en Algerie dont il veut faire un modele d’enquete de terrain. Il espere aussi que cette experience posera les premiers jalons d’une expertise ethnographique venant eclairer la domination coloniale. Mais les ecrits qu’il rapporte d’Algerie montrent que les realites algeriennes bousculent son projet sur plusieurs plans. L’enquete algerienne de Van Gennep nous invite donc a examiner d’un peu plus pres ce qu’un ethnographe peut comprendre en 1911-1912 de la domination coloniale. De meme, elle alimente un discours plus complexe que prevu et franchement ambivalent dont il faut analyser les enjeux epistemologiques et politiques. Elle constitue ainsi un episode singulier mais significatif de l’histoire des relations entre sciences de l’homme et colonisation en France dans la premiere moitie du XXeme siecle.
Genes but Not Genomes Reveal Bacterial Domestication of Lactococcus Lactis

Background The population structure and diversity of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, a major industrial bacterium involved in milk fermentation, was determined at both gene and genome level. Seventy-six lactococcal isolates of various origins were studied by different genotyping methods and thirty-six strains displaying unique macrorestriction fingerprints were analyzed by a new multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme. This gene-based analysis was compared to genomic characteristics determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Methodology/Principal Findings The MLST analysis revealed that L. lactis subsp. lactis is essentially clonal with infrequent intra- and intergenic recombination; also, despite its taxonomical classification as a subspecies, it displays a genetic diversity as substantial as that within several other bacterial species. Genome-based analysis revealed a genome size variability of 20%, a value typical of bacteria inhabiting different ecological niches, and that suggests a large pan-genome for this subspecies. However, the genomic characteristics (macrorestriction pattern, genome or chromosome size, plasmid content) did not correlate to the MLST-based phylogeny, with strains from the same sequence type (ST) differing by up to 230 kb in genome size. Conclusion/Significance The gene-based phylogeny was not fully consistent with the traditional classification into dairy and non-dairy strains but supported a new classification based on ecological separation between “environmental” strains, the main contributors to the genetic diversity within the subspecies, and “domesticated” strains, subject to recent genetic bottlenecks. Comparison between gene- and genome-based analyses revealed little relationship between core and dispensable genome phylogenies, indicating that clonal diversification and phenotypic variability of the “domesticated” strains essentially arose through substantial genomic flux within the dispensable genome.