Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of Comorbid Depression on Serial Position Effects in Alzheimer’s Disease

Hippocampal dysfunction and deficits in episodic memory have been reported for both Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Primacy performance has been associated with hippocampus-dependent episodic memory, while recency may reflect working memory performance. In this study, serial position profiles were examined in a total of 73 patients with MDD, AD, both AD and MDD, and healthy controls (HC) by means of CERAD-NP word list memory. Primacy performance was most impaired in AD with comorbid MDD, followed by AD, MDD, and HC. Recency performance, on the other hand, was comparable across groups. These findings indicate that primacy in AD is impaired in the presence of comorbid MDD, suggesting additive performance decrements in this specific episodic memory function.
Adventure and the Gender Gap: Acknowledging Diversity of Experience

Abstract Traditionally, descriptions of adventure recreation have tended to incorporate a limited range of physically isolated and challenging activities (Attarian, 1991; Ewert, 1986). More recently, the concept of adventure has been used quite broadly within the leisure field (e.g. the ‘adventure’ of visiting nature; tourist promotions of ‘adventurous’ fun), but popular media portrayals of adventure continue to promote the extreme and remote. While these latter risk-laden portrayals reflect the experiences of a few, it is the premise of the authors that a broader perception and experience of adventure can be found in more everyday events and activities. In support of recent feminist research (Collins, 2000; Humberstone, 2000), this paper describes women’s perceptions and experiences of adventure and suggests that adventure recreation has wider parameters than previously acknowledged. Based on results of semi-structured in-depth interviews with eighty two women participants in adventure activities (e.g. solo travel, white water kayaking), the findings show that women struggle to identify with popular media presentations of adventure, but they do experience individual adventure in multiple ways. Through personal challenges and newness, adventure can be experienced without the requisite of extreme physical challenge or exclusive remoteness. Subsequently, we suggest that broader social and professional meanings of adventure need to be acknowledged, allowing people to identify with adventure and the benefits to be gained from adventure recreation.
Investigating the Dimensionality of Counterproductive Work Behavior

The study investigated the dimensionality of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) by examining the relationships between various counterproductive behaviors. Utilizing a university alumni sample (N = 343), data was collected through both self-report and direct judgments of the likelihood of co-occurrence. Eleven categories of CWB were examined: (1) Theft and Related Behavior; (2) Destruction of Property; (3) Misuse of Information; (4) Misuse of Time and Resources; (5) Unsafe Behavior; (6) Poor Attendance; (7) Poor Quality Work; (8) Alcohol Use; (9) Drug Use; (10) Inappropriate Verbal Actions; and (11) Inappropriate Physical Actions. CWB items and categories were generally positively related. Multidimensional scaling analysis suggests that the CWB categories vary on two dimensions: an Interpersonal-Organizational dimension and a Task Relevance dimension.
From ‘Sport for All’ to Not About ‘Sport’ at All?: Interrogating Sport Policy Interventions in the United Kingdom

Abstract This article provides a critical account of the ways in which the funding for, and political justifications underlying, sport policy in the United Kingdom have shifted from concerns to provide ‘Sport for All’ opportunities for the generality of the population, and at various times for targeted groups in particular, to a peculiarly sharp twofold focus. Namely: (i) the promotion of the ‘active citizen’ through social investment strategies that have children and young people as their principal target; and (ii) a ‘no compromise’ approach to winning (Olympic) medals and trophies on the international stage. In utilizing the theoretical perspectives of ‘policy as discourse’ and ‘storylines’, the analysis thus interrogates, and goes some way towards answering, questions raised in the literature regarding the ‘demise’ of Sport for All related programmes and activities. The conclusions consider some of the potential ramifications of this sharpened twofold policy focus for sport policymakers, management professionals and practitioners alike.
Outage analysis of cooperative Space-Time codes with network coding

With the increasing demand of reliable communications on move, cooperative communications has proved to be an efficient solution to reduce the effects of unreliable nature of wireless channel. In this paper, we study the Space-Time (ST) cooperative communications aided by a fixed relay, forwarding network coded bits to the destination. We present the performance analysis in terms of outage probability. With analytical results, we show that the investigated scheme outperforms the cooperative transmission based on ST codes only. To be specific, the analytical results show that ST codes with the help of dedicated relay forwarding network coding can achieve diversity order of 3 while ST codes based cooperative communications, without use of network coding, only offers diversity order of 2.
Distinguishing Microsite and Competition Processes in Tree Growth Dynamics: An A Priori Spatial Modeling Approach

Spatially oriented studies have examined the role of competition on plant populations and communities but not the combined effects of microsite heterogeneity and competition. The aim of this study was threefold: first, to apply and test a common geostatistical tool (semivariograms) to disentangle competition and microsite effects; second, to assess the results of this methodology against a generalized early stand development model for tree populations; and third, to examine the role and timing of microsite and competition processes in early population stages. We mapped and measured annual relative growth rates of trees in three different‐aged ponderosa pine stands in Patagonia, Chile. We tested the relative support of five a priori semivariogram‐based hypotheses and showed that through stand development, many sites followed our expected sequence of semivariogram models. These translated to initial spatially random growth followed by microsite‐dominated, mixed microsite and competition, and finally pure competition effects on growth. Our approach will have many and diverse applications wherever processes differ in the type of spatial pattern they exhibit as well as in spatial scale. We emphasize that this methodology works best when there is strong a priori support for the hypotheses being tested but the timing, strength, and occurrence of processes are not known.
New Pivot Selection for Sparse Symmetric Indefinite Factorization

We propose a new pivot selection technique for symmetric indefinite factorization of sparse matrices. Such factorization should maintain both sparsity and numerical stability of the factors, both of which depend solely on the choices of the pivots. Our method is based on the minimum degree algorithm and also considers the stability of the factors at the same time. Our experiments show that our method produces factors that are sparser than the factors computed by MA57 and are stable.
Grief, salutogenesis, rituals and counselling: a multidimensional framework for working with the bereaved

In the present paper, the author attempts to introduce a clear theoretical framework regarding the work with the bereaved. In particular, a theoretical outline is being formulated which postulates that through the combination of certain elements from Antonovsky’s (1979) salutogenic model of health promotion, the object relations theory and the implementation of grief rituals, an integrative perspective emerges which attributes an more individualistic and client-centred character to modern grief work. It is suggested that such an approach could be embedded into contemporary practice and act as a supplement to already existing psychotherapeutic modalities, specifically for cases of traumatic grief.
Differences in Contractile Function of Myofibrils within Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes vs. Adult Ventricular Myofibrils Are Related to Distinct Sarcomeric Protein Isoforms

Characterizing the contractile function of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) is key for advancing their utility for cellular disease models, promoting cell based heart repair, or developing novel pharmacological interventions targeting cardiac diseases. The aim of the present study was to understand whether steady-state and kinetic force parameters of β-myosin heavy chain (βMyHC) isoform-expressing myofibrils within human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) differentiated in vitro resemble those of human ventricular myofibrils (hvMFs) isolated from adult donor hearts. Contractile parameters were determined using the same micromechanical method and experimental conditions for both types of myofibrils. We identified isoforms and phosphorylation of main sarcomeric proteins involved in the modulation of force generation of both, chemically demembranated hESC-CMs (d-hESC-CMs) and hvMFs. Our results indicate that at saturating Ca2+ concentration, both human-derived contractile systems developed forces with similar rate constants (0.66 and 0.68 s−1), reaching maximum isometric force that was significantly smaller for d-hESC-CMs (42 kPa) than for hvMFs (94 kPa). At submaximal Ca2+-activation, where intact cardiomyocytes normally operate, contractile parameters of d-hESC-CMs and hvMFs exhibited differences. Ca2+ sensitivity of force was higher for d-hESC-CMs (pCa50 = 6.04) than for hvMFs (pCa50 = 5.80). At half-maximum activation, the rate constant for force redevelopment was significantly faster for d-hESC-CMs (0.51 s−1) than for hvMFs (0.28 s−1). During myofibril relaxation, kinetics of the slow force decay phase were significantly faster for d-hESC-CMs (0.26 s−1) than for hvMFs (0.21 s−1), while kinetics of the fast force decay were similar and ~20x faster. Protein analysis revealed that hESC-CMs had essentially no cardiac troponin-I, and partially non-ventricular isoforms of some other sarcomeric proteins, explaining the functional discrepancies. The sarcomeric protein isoform pattern of hESC-CMs had features of human cardiomyocytes at an early developmental stage. The study indicates that morphological and ultrastructural maturation of βMyHC isoform-expressing hESC-CMs is not necessarily accompanied by ventricular-like expression of all sarcomeric proteins. Our data suggest that hPSC-CMs could provide useful tools for investigating inherited cardiac diseases affecting contractile function during early developmental stages.
Exploring Important Influences on the Healthfulness of Prostate Cancer Survivors’ Diets

A cancer diagnosis is often conceptualized as a teachable moment when individuals might be motivated to make lifestyle changes. Many prostate cancer survivors, however, do not adhere to dietary guidelines. In this article, we explore how cancer affected prostate cancer survivors’ diets and identify important influences on diet. Twenty prostate cancer survivors completed three 24-hour dietary recalls and an in-depth dietary interview. We analyzed interviews using a constant comparison approach, and dietary recall data quantitatively to assess quality and qualitatively to identify food choice patterns. Most men reported not making dietary changes following their cancer diagnosis but did express an interest in healthy eating, primarily to facilitate weight loss. Men portrayed barriers to healthy eating that often outweighed their motivation to eat healthy. Public health programs should consider alternative ways of framing healthy eating programs for prostate cancer survivors that might be more effective than a cancer-specific focus.
In their words: student feedback on an international project collaboration

In this paper, we describe a collaborative course experience between students from universities in the USA and Turkey. Student teams worked together on a software engineering project for a non-profit organization based in Turkey. The students learned valuable skills in team-work, collaboration-facilitating software tools and working with peers from a different culture and a different time-zone. At the end of the course, in a focus group, students were asked for feedback regarding the course and its outcomes. In this paper, we describe the course from the student perspective. From this, and the instructor's experiences we provide a list of guidelines.
School Power Cultures under Economic Constraint.

Abstract This article explores the cultures of management in schools, focusing particularly on schools operating in contexts of stringency such as the Third World. It uses gender cultures as a specific example of a power base to school processes. It argues that there are major taken‐for‐granted themes which underpin contemporary schooling in most parts of the world: hierarchies; competition; individuation of success and failure; scarcity of resources; and control. The continued gendering of schools is one result of participants’ struggle for power and status conditioned by these themes. A script analysis is used to identify common typescripts for managers and teachers, and their links with wider cultures of power are explored. It is argued that women's undervaluation in administration derives in part from the domination of school management by a particular version of masculinity which is competitive, over‐confident, sporting, career‐oriented and status‐conscious. The degree of gendering of an institution .
A BDI Agent-Based Software Process

Agent-based programming comes us as a next generation programming paradigm. However, we have not been ready yet to fully use it without having sound and concrete software engineering methods and tools to facilitate agent-based software development. In this paper we propose a new software engineering process based on the BDI agent concept. We have refined and extend substantially our previous work, Agent-based Modeling Technique (AMT) and Agent-based Software Development Process (ASP), so that a systematic and realistic process has been born to construct BDI agent-based software. This paper introduces our new approach to the BDI agent-based software development process. The Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) model has been proved as a dominant view in contemporary philosophy of human mind and action. We utilize BDI as a tool to analyze agents’ environments, goals, and behaviors. Use cases have been proved as a useful tool for requirement analysis. However, use cases cannot be neither agent-oriented nor object-oriented even though it has been used as a tool for analysis for a while. We have extended the existing use cases, and use a new sort of use cases to identify BDIs of agents in the real-world problem. We use external use cases to get the basic behaviors (intentions) needed to provide the services in the system. We use then internal use cases to define goals (desires) of the system and to discover more specified behaviors (intentions) to achieve the goals. By analyzing the behaviors (intentions) for each goal (desire), we can obtain environments (beliefs) on which the system behaves to perform the goal. The goal of this paper is to provide a very practical and systematic way to analyze and design the agent software based on the BDI concepts. We have started by using the existing proven tools and methods such as the use case approach, however, we have made a substantial modifications and improvements to these existing techniques so that we can analyze and design the system very realistically based on the BDI agent concept. This paper provides a systematic and seamless approach to the BDI agent-based software development. The way we suggest here to find BDI agents through requirements analysis is a unique and novel approach. This technique suggests a new way of thinking for BDI agent-based modeling.
Relationship of childhood weight status to morbidity in adults.

A cohort of white males who had attended elementary schools in Hagerstown, Md. , between 1923 and 1928, and whose height-weight records for those years were available, was examined during 1961-63. A study of their childhood relative weight at ages 9-13, and of their adult relative weight 35-40 years later, was made in relation to selected physiological variables and diagnosed morbidity.Essential findings were as follows: Childhood relative weight at ages 9-13 had no significant relationship to adult levels of fasting blood sugar, serum cholesterol, beta-lipoprotein, or blood pressure, or to cardiovascular renal disease.Childhood relative weight at ages 9-13 was significantly related to hypertensive vascular disease. The below average weight group experienced a higher prevalence than observed in either average or moderately overweight childhood groups.Approximately 30 percent of the below average weight children became average weight adults and 21 percent became overweight adults. Of the average weight children, approximately 40 percent became overweight adults. Overweight children tended to remain overweight as adults.Adult relative weight of the same cohort, viewed 35-40 years later, was significantly associated with fasting blood sugar, beta-lipoprotein, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Elevated levels of each of these variables occurred with greater frequency in the overweight child.Adult relative weight was significantly associated with hypertensive vascular disease and cardiovascular renal disease; the higher prevalence occurred in the overweight adults.The highest risk for hypertensive vascular and cardiovascular renal disease was associated with the persons who acquired their overweight status as adults. The higher prevalence of these diseases among the overweight adults was largely attributable to the adults who moved from a below average childhood weight category to an overweight adult group. The moderately or markedly overweight adults who was similarly classified as a child did not appear to be at greater risk than the average weight adult who had been an average weight child.
Survey of Security Issues in Cognitive Radio Networks

Cognitive Radio (CR) is a novel technology that promises to solve the spectrum shortage problem by allowing secondary users to coexist with primary users without causing interference to their communication. Although the operational aspects of CR are being explored vigorously, its security aspects have gained little attention. In this paper, a brief overview of the CR technology is provided followed by a detailed analysis of the security attacks targeting Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) along with the corresponding mitigation techniques. We categorize the attacks with respect to the layer they target starting from the physical layer and moving up to the transport layer. An evaluation of the suggested countermeasures is presented along with other solutions and augmentations to achieve a secure and trusted CRN.
It's Not a Wedding, It's a Gayla: Queer Resistance and Normative Recuperation

The possibilities of performance to move audience/participants into challenging, resistant, and self-reflexive spaces is wrought with complications, notably, the complex ways dominant discourses quickly recuperate acts of resistance. This essay documents and theorizes our weekend-long Gayla celebration: a political performance project of love, community, protest, and activism that enacted a series of performative rituals reconfiguring notions of family, kinship, and patriarchy. Initially conceived as a ritualized celebration of our relations, both with each other and with our multiple families, we later made the decision to craft this self-reflective essay to examine and theorize the socio-political stakes, potentials, and shortcomings of the Gayla as a form of queer performance protest. We theorize queer utopian performance through the concepts of wander and futurity, examining moments of queer potentiality, queer imaginary, and discursive rupture, while also exploring how the performance event was audienced, negotiated, and recuperated through dominant discursive frames.
A novel call admission control in multi-service wireless LANs

A call admission control algorithm must try to admit as many calls as possible provided that their quality of service (QoS) requirements can be met without violating those of previously admitted calls. In this paper, we propose a simple and effective call admission control algorithm and its associated resource allocation mechanism ,referred to as the flexible call admission control, for recently proposed multi-pattern (MP) wireless local area networks (WLANs). The proposed flexible call admission control effectively takes the advantages of flexible pattern assignment in MP WLANs and the rate-adaptive feature of multimedia services to support multiple classes of traffic with diverse QoS requirements and priority levels. With the use of an innovative performance estimation mechanism, the proposed flexible call admission control and resource allocation algorithm has considerably lower complexity than that of the existing schemes. Simulation results have demonstrated that the use of MP FAC provides much higher system throughput and lower call blocking probability. It should be emphasized that the proposed FAC, although designed for MP WLANs, also works well with existing standard WLANs.
Efficacy and tolerability of blonanserin in 48 patients with intractable schizophrenia

Takaki M, Okahisa Y, Kodama M, Mizuki Y, Sakamoto S, Ujike H, Uchitomi Y. Efficacy and tolerability of blonanserin in 48 patients with intractable schizophrenia. Background: Blonanserin is effective for the treatment of schizophrenia in Korea and Japan. Methods: We administered blonanserin to 48 Japanese patients with schizophrenia for whom other atypical antipsychotics were not sufficiently effective or tolerated. Results: Previous antipsychotics were replaced with blonanserin because of its effectiveness (54.2%; 26/48) or tolerability (45.8%; 22/48). Blonanserin was more effective in 65.4% (17/26) of the and better tolerated in 95.5% (21/22) of the patients. Of 48 patients, 33 continued blonanserin for 1 year. The mean Clinical Global Impression of Severity scores improved from 4.60 to 2.48. The mean Global Assessment of Functioning score improved from 29.8 to 51.7. Nineteen patients (39.6%; 19/48) had a social role. The reasons for discontinuation of blonanserin were ineffectiveness against psychosis (27.1%; 13/48) or intolerability (4.2%; 2/48). The ratio of discontinuation for intolerability versus ineffectiveness was 0.15, which was the lowest among atypical psychotics. Conclusions: Blonanserin may be effective and safe for the treatment of intractable schizophrenia.