Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Handbook of assessment and treatment planning for psychological disorders.

Part I: Principles and Practice of Evidence-based Assessment. Hunsley, Mash, The Role of Assessment in Evidence-based Practice. Ayearst, Bagby, Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of Psychological Measures. Bufka, Camp, Brief Measures for Screening and Measuring Mental Health Outcomes. Summerfeldt, Kloosterman, Antony, Structured and Semistructured Diagnostic Interviews. Part II: Approaches for Specific Psychological Problems. Morissette, Bitran, Barlow, Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. McCabe, Ashbaugh, Antony, Specific and Social Phobia. Campbell-Sills, Brown, Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Taylow, Abramowitz, McKay, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Steenkamp, McLean, Arditte, Litz, Exposure to Trauma in Adults. Dozois, Dobson, Depression. Craighead, Smith, Obesity and Eating Disorders. Abbott, Snyder, Couple Distress. Pratt, Mueser, Schizophrenia. Tucker, Murphy, Kertesz, Substance Use Disorders. Widiger, Lowe, Personality Disorders. Tolin, Morrison, Impulse Control Disorders. Josee, Savard, Morin, Insomnia.
Intergroup threat gates social attention in humans

Humans shift their attention to follow another person's gaze direction, a phenomenon called gaze cueing. This study examined whether a particular social factor, intergroup threat, modulates gaze cueing. As expected, stronger responses of a particular in-group to a threatening out-group were observed when the in-group, conditioned to perceive threat from one of two out-groups, was presented with facial stimuli from the threatening and non-threatening out-groups. These results suggest that intergroup threat plays an important role in shaping social attention. Furthermore, larger gaze-cueing effects were found for threatening out-group faces than for in-group faces only at the 200 ms but not the 800 ms stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA); the specificity of the gaze-cueing effects at the short SOA suggests that threat cues modulate the involuntary component of gaze cueing.
Salivary lactate dehydrogenase as a prognostic marker in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients following surgical therapy.

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to assay the salivary levels of lactate dehydrogenase in patients with OSCC in comparison to healthy controls and to assess the changes in salivary levels of lactate dehydrogenase as prognostic markers of surgical therapy in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients. A case control study was undertaken comprising of 20 patients who were clinically diagnosed and histopathologically proven with oral squamous cell carcinoma and compared with 20 age and gender matched controls. Unstimulated whole saliva (2 ml) was collected by the spit method from every subject. The salivary LDH levels were analysed before surgery (baseline value) and compared with the control group. One month following surgical therapy, the salivary LDH levels were measured again and compared with the baseline values. The results obtained were subjected to statistical analysis using one way ANOVA and Pearson's correlation. The results of the present study showed that the mean salivary LDH levels in the study and control group were 457.06 ± 88.93 IU/L and 178.35 ± 120.54 IU/L respectively, the difference of which was statistically significant (p<0.001). Comparison of salivary LDH levels before surgery and 1 month after surgery showed that there was a decrease of salivary LDH levels, one month after surgical therapy, the difference of which was statistically significant (p<0.001). The study concluded that salivary lactate dehydrogenase levels could be used not only as a diagnostic marker but it could also be a valuable prognostic biomarker in patients treated surgically for OSCC.
Genetic and phylogenetic divergence of feline immunodeficiency virus in the puma (Puma concolor)

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus which causes an AIDS-like disease in domestic cats (Felis catus). A number of other felid species, including the puma (Puma concolor), carry a virus closely related to domestic cat FIV. Serological testing revealed the presence of antibodies to FIV in 22% of 434 samples from throughout the geographic range of the puma. FIV-Pco pol gene sequences isolated from pumas revealed extensive sequence diversity, greater than has been documented in the domestic cat. The puma sequences formed two highly divergent groups, analogous to the clades which have been defined for domestic cat and lion (Panthera leo) FIV. The puma clade A was made up of samples from Florida and California, whereas clade B consisted of samples from other parts of North America, Central America, and Brazil. The difference between these two groups was as great as that reported among three lion FIV clades. Within puma clades, sequence variation is large, comparable to between-clade differences seen for domestic cat clades, allowing recognition of 15 phylogenetic lineages (subclades) among puma FIV-Pco. Large sequence divergence among isolates, nearly complete species monophyly, and widespread geographic distribution suggest that FIV-Pco has evolved within the puma species for a long period. The sequence data provided evidence for vertical transmission of FIV-Pco from mothers to their kittens, for coinfection of individuals by two different viral strains, and for cross-species transmission of FIV from a domestic cat to a puma. These factors may all be important for understanding the epidemiology and natural history of FIV in the puma.
Associated systems theory : a systematic approach to cognitive representations of persons

Contents: D.E. Carlston, Associated Systems Theory: A Systematic Approach to Cognitive Representations of Persons. C. Martindale, Thinking About Things and People. S. Van Manen, S.T. Fiske, Fishing with the Right Associative Net: Appreciation and Apprehension Regarding Associated Systems Theory. R.S. Wyer, Jr., Some Ruminations About Associated Systems. K. Fiedler, Some Metasystematic Thoughts on a Systematic Approach to Social Cognition. G.A. Radvansky, Mental Systems, Representation, and Process. M.B. Brewer, Associated Systems Theory: If You Buy Two Representational Systems, Why Not Many? G.V. Bodenhausen, C.N. Macrae, Coherence Versus Ambivalence in Cognitive Representations of Persons. R.H. Fazio, Attitudes in Associated Systems Theory. D.E. Carlston, C.W. Sparks, AST Revisited: On the Many Facets of Impressions and Theories.
Diurnal Variation of Stature in Three Adults and One Child

Abstract Stature is considered as a reliable measure of physical growth and development and its medico-legal significance is obvious in forensic examinations. The present study reports diurnal variation of stature in three adults and one child. The measurements of stature were recorded four times in a day for 56 days in all the subjects i.e. at 0600 hours, 0800 hours, 1800 hours and at 2200 hours. Significant diurnal variation in stature is observed in all the subjects and stature begins to decrease immediately after rising in the morning. A very rapid decrease in stature occurs within first two hours of the day and further loss continues throughout the day in small amounts. The effect of napping, short term lying down and other postural changes, is discussed. A maximum mean daytime loss of stature up to 2.81 cm is observed. The age and body weight seem to affect the diurnal variation in stature to some extent. The results have important implications regarding current practice in the study of growth, development and nutrition as well as in personal identification.
Evidence for Leptin Binding to Proteins in Serum of Rodents and Humans: Modulation With Obesity

Many hormones circulate bound to serum proteins that modulate ligand bioactivity and bioavailability. To understand the biology of leptin action, we investigated the presence of leptin binding proteins in serum. 125I-labeled leptin binds competitively to at least three serum macromolecules with molecular masses of ∼ 85, ∼ 176, and ∼240 kDa in rodents and ∼176 and ∼240 kDa in humans. The ability to bind appears to involve sulfhydryl/disulfide interactions because it is inhibited under reducing conditions. When serum is added to recombinant 125I-leptin, there is a shift in sedimentation of 125I-leptin as analyzed by sucrose gradient centrifugation from ∼ S1.9 to ∼ S4.3. This shift is markedly attenuated in serum from obese mice (ob/ob, db/db, brown-fat ablated, gold-thioglucose treated, high-fat fed) compared with that from nonobese controls. The size distribution of endogenous serum leptin as determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) after sucrose gradient centrifugation is also consistent with saturation of binding in hyperleptinemic obesity. In humans, free leptin increases with BMI. Thus, in lean rodents and humans a large proportion of leptin circulates bound to several serum proteins. Free leptin is increased in serum of obese subjects, which may alter leptin bioactivity, transport, and/or clearance.
Changes in gluteal pressure and pelvic inclination angles after continuous cross-legged sitting.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the changes in left and right gluteal pressures and posterior inclination angles between the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) on both sides after continuous cross-legged sitting. METHODS AND PARTICIPANTS Fourteen young adults (nine males and five females) were recruited. The statistical significance of differences in parameters between before and after continuous cross-legged sitting was tested by paired t-tests. RESULTS After sitting in a right-crossed-leg position for 10 minutes and then returning to a upright sitting posture, the subjects' right gluteal pressure increased significantly compared to before cross-legged sitting (p< 0.05). After sitting in a right-crossed-leg position and then returning to an upright standing posture, the posterior inclination between the right ASIS and PSIS increased significantly compared to before cross-legged sitting (p< 0.05). CONCLUSION These results indicate that continuous cross-legged sitting may cause malalignment of the pelvis after the cross-legged sitting period.
A new dynamic HMM model for speech recognition

In this paper, we describe a new method to perform speech recognition based on Dynamic HMM architecture. Pitch values are treated as hidden layer and used to modify the parameters of observation probability functions. The results show that the new model achieves approximately 10 percent relative error reductions both in base-syllable recognition task and tonal syllable recognition task. The new method can be used compatibly with conventional HMM based EM training algorithm and Viterbi decoding algorithm.
TIC et conditions de travail. Les enseignements de l'enquête COI

Le debat social a questionne recemment le role des TIC (technologies de l'information et de la communication) dans la souffrance au travail. En replacant les conditions de travail dans le contexte de l'entreprise, le dispositif d'enquetes couplees COI (Changements organisationnels et Informatisation) permet d'aborder de maniere inedite les liens entre TIC et conditions de travail. Ces technologies emblematiques de l'economie de la connaissance regroupent un ensemble vaste d'outils qui permettent de traiter des informations et/ou de communiquer. On distingue d'une part, l'equipement de l'entreprise, en identifiant l'existence de materiels ou de logiciels specifiques : technologies de reseau (LAN ou Intranet, Extranet ou EDI), ERP, outils de modelisation des processus (workflow), de travail collaboratifs (groupware), ou de tracabilite (RFID) et centre d'appel. On examine d'autre part, l'equipement et les usages des salaries, en distinguant les usages fortement " connectes " des usages plus routiniers qui ne sont pas ou peu "connectes". Les traitements statistiques realises analysent les conditions de travail des salaries selon leurs usages et le contexte d'equipement de leur entreprise. Ils incluent un ensemble de variables de controle pour tenir compte d'effets de structure lies aux salaries (âge, diplome, etc.) et a leurs entreprises (taille, secteur, etc.). Au total, l'analyse statistique revele deux regimes principaux de mobilisation de la main-d'oeuvre en lien avec les TIC. Les technologies connectees, utilisees par un salariat de confiance, souvent cadre ou profession intermediaire dans de grandes entreprises, sont associees a un vecu marque par l'intensite du travail et le debordement dans la sphere privee mais aussi par de l'autonomie et un certain bonheur professionnel, c'est-a-dire un bien-etre lie au sentiment que le travail est reconnu a sa juste valeur. A l'oppose, les utilisateurs de technologies pas ou peu connectees et les salaries des entreprises equipees d'outils logiciels transversaux (ERP, modelisation des processus, outils de tracabilite) ou d'un centre d'appel ont non seulement un travail intense en termes de cadences ou de demandes internes, mais aussi peu de marges de manoeuvre pour y repondre, la prescription s'etendant parfois jusqu'aux modes operatoires. De plus, leur travail est controle, voire sous surveillance, alors meme qu'ils peuvent devoir faire face a des injonctions peu claires ou contradictoires. Enfin, les non utilisateurs, de moins en moins nombreux, font face a la fracture numerique : ils ont un travail moins intense mais appauvri, isole et peu satisfaisant. Les risques generes par les TIC sont donc etroitement lies au contexte organisationnel dans lequel elles s'inscrivent et aux decisions des entreprises sur la maniere dont l'informatique vient assister l'activite de management. Plutot que d'imputer un role deterministe aux TIC, il faudrait donc raisonner en termes de risques associes a des configurations de contextes et d'usages.
Alcohol Intoxication Impairs Memory and Increases Suggestibility for a Mock Crime: A Field Study

Summary Defendants and witnesses are often intoxicated by alcohol. We investigated whether memory and resistance to suggestive cues are undermined at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) that were (close to) zero (MBAC = 0.01%), moderate (MBAC = 0.06%), or high (MBAC = 0.16%). Participants (N = 67) were approached in bars and instructed to commit a mock crime. Immediately after this, their memory and susceptibility to suggestive questions were tested, and these were re-tested during a sober follow-up 3–5 days later. Compared with sober participants, moderate and severe intoxication was associated with lower levels of correctly recalled crime details during both test sessions (i.e. intoxicated and sober). Also, during both sessions, severely intoxicated participants displayed a greater tendency to go along with suggestive cues compared with sober participants. Thus, intoxication impaired memory and increased suggestibility during an immediate interview, and both effects persisted when sober again. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
REDES DE PRODUÇÃO DE CONHECIMENTO TECNOLÓGICO: UM PROJETO GOVERNAMENTAL BRASILEIRO

Este artigo apresenta resultados de pesquisa realizada a respeito de um projeto governamental brasileiro voltado para a formacao de uma rede de producao compartilhada de software publico, conceito este desenvolvido pelos proprios autores do projeto. Os preceitos teoricos da Escola de Analise de Redes Sociais (WASSERMAN; FAUST, 1994) foram referencias para a obtencao e avaliacao dos resultados. Conceitos contemporâneos associados ao contexto da economia da informacao em rede (BENKLER, 2006) sao discutidos criticamente quando relacionados aos dados obtidos. O principal objetivo da pesquisa foi investigar as implicacoes economicas, politicas e sociais da rede que constitui o projeto. Foram analisadas as caracteristicas dos seus atores, suas praticas, relacoes, normas e formas especifi cas de apropriacao de capital social e capital tecnologico-informacional na Rede do Portal do Software Publico Brasileiro.
Cryptol: high assurance, retargetable crypto development and validation

As cryptography becomes more vital to the infrastructure of computing systems, it becomes increasingly vital to be able to rapidly and correctly produce new implementations of cryptographic algorithms. To address these challenges, we introduce a new, formal methods-based approach to the specification and implementation of cryptography, present a number of scenarios of use, an overview of the language, and present part of a specification of the advanced encryption standard.
Report Success Probability/Battery Liftime Analysis of Dense IEEE 802.15.4-Based Metering Networks With Hidden Nodes

IEEE 802.15. 4 and its amendments are among the leading candidates as enabling wireless technologies for metering networks. In a typical IEEE 802.15. 4-based metering network, thousands of meter transceivers utilize CSMA/CA to send their metered data to a base station collector. With such enormous scale of devices competing for medium access, it becomes inevitable that meters might occasionally fail in reporting their data successfully. This could be attributed to consistent failure to grab access to the highly loaded shared medium or due to packet collision at the base station collector. Collisions occur due to synchronized channel access from meters within the same collision domain or due to hidden nodes across different collision domains. In this paper, a simple analytical model to evaluate the report success probability as well as meters’ battery lifetime within IEEE 802.15. 4-based metering networks is introduced. The model quantifies the hidden node problem in terms of the average percentage of hidden transceivers with respect to each meter device within the network. Comparison with an OMNET++ simulation model shows that the presented analysis behaves as an upper bound on the report success probability. The model is then utilized for proper configuration of the IEEE 802.15. 4 network given a target report success probability performance. It is shown that the expected battery lifetime of meters could be optimized by controlling the percentage of hidden nodes combined with proper setting of the maximum number of allowable backoff attempts by each meter.
A practice theoretical exploration of information sharing and trust in a dispersed community of design scholars

Introduction. This paper presents an exploration of information sharing and trust in a geographically dispersed network of design scholars. Method. The study used a practice theory approach to identify aspects of trust in relation to information sharing. The empirical material consists of 15 in-depth interviews with design scholars from four Nordic countries and field notes from workplace visits. Analysis. The interview transcripts and field notes were categorised in accordance with three themes derived in synergy from practice theory and the empirical material. Results. A number of strategies for assessing and creating trust in relation to information sharing were identified. Depending on the dimension of practice in analytical focus, different aspects of trust emerge. Conclusions. Trust issues connected to information sharing appear in relation to the information to be shared, the people involved, the tools used for sharing, and the place where information sharing occurs. The practice-theoretical perspective has proven effective in order to identify and capture the elusive phenomenon of trust in connection to information sharing.
Role of Systemic Enzymes in Infections Corresponding

Enzymes are complex macromolecules of amino-acids which bio-catalyse various body processes. Adequate concentrations of enzymes are essential for optimal functioning of the immune system. During infections, body’s enzymatic system is attacked and hence the immune system is also likely to derange. This may be detrimental for the host’s well-being and existence. Along with appropriate antimicrobial therapy, administration of enzymes externally could plausibly help to stabilise this disturbed immune system and thus assist the body to overcome the infections. This would especially be useful in multi-drug resistant and severe nosocomial infections. Enzymes have been studied and found to play a supplementary role in control of these infections. They also seem to help in control of difficult to manage viral infections. Besides, their use has been found to be beneficial in prevention of various common infections such as flu and cold. In spite of their potential, they have remained largely underestimated and underexploited. This review on oral enzymes attempts to highlight the role and safety of enzymes as adjunctive therapy in infections.
Effect of Breast and Formula Feeding on Gut Microbiota Shaping in Newborns

The gastrointestinal microbiota is a complex and dynamic ecosystem consisting of several hundreds of different microbes, mainly bacteria (1011–12 bacteria/g of colonic content, forming 60% of total fecal mass; Eckburg et al., 2005; O’Hara and Shanahan, 2006). Total number of bacteria exceeds 10 times the number of human cells, and the collection of microbial genome (microbiome) contains 100 times more genes than the human genome (Vael and Desager, 2009). Gut microbiota influence the growth and differentiation of gut epithelial cells, and play pivotal nutritive, metabolic, immunological, and protective functions (O’Hara and Shanahan, 2006). Its deregulation is involved in the pathogenesis of immunological, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases (Hammer, 2011; Maslowski and MacKay, 2011; Harris et al., 2012). The investigation on microbiota composition started in 1900 (Tissier, 1900) and has been performed by culturing methods since the recent advent of DNA sequence-based methods, that, thanks to their ability to identify a large number of species that cannot be cultivated, have allowed a more complete and rapid assessment of the gastrointestinal ecosystem (Palmer et al., 2007; Adlerberth and Wold, 2009). On the basis of 16S ribosomial – RNA encoding gene, more than 7000 distinct phylotypes have been detected in the human distal gut (Vael and Desager, 2009), with high inter-individual and age variability, but belonging to a limited number of broad taxonomic divisions (mainly the anaerobes Bacteroides, Eubacterium, Clostridium; Hayashi et al., 2002; Eckburg et al., 2005; Zoetendal et al., 2008). In a very recent study, Arumugam et al. (2011), by combining fecal metagenomes of individuals from different countries, identified three different enterotypes (with the prevalence of Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Ruminococcus species, respectively) that are not nation or continent specific, and showed that intestinal microbiota variation is stratified, not continuous, indicating further the existence of a limited number of well-balanced host-microbial symbiotic states. These enterotypes do not seem to differ in functional richness and apparently do not correlate with nationality, gender, age, or body mass index; at the same time, they seem to characterize and be quite stable in individuals, so that they can be restored after perturbations. Gut microbiota composition and concentration physiologically varies throughout the gastrointestinal tract (increasing gradient from the stomach to the colon and characteristic gut-compartment distribution of microflora) and life stages, progressing from the newborn sterility to the extremely variable and dense colonization of adult gut, under the influence of various internal host-related and external factors (Mackie et al., 1999; Palmer et al., 2007).