Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EVALUACIÓN DEL APEGO ADULTO: ANÁLISIS DE LA CONVERGENCIA ENTRE DIFERENTES INSTRUMENTOS.

Este trabajo se centra en la evaluacion del apego adulto. Presentamos una panoramica de los instrumentos utilizados en espanol para evaluar el apego adulto, con especial incidencia en dos cuestionarios de autoinforme traducidos al castellano, el RQ o Cuestionario de Relacion (Bartholomew y Horowitz, 1991) y el CRP, Cuestionario de relaciones de Pareja (Brennan, Clark y Shaver, 1998). Asimismo, hemos realizado nuestra pequena aportacion a la polemica actual sobre la similitud o diferencia entre los instrumentos que evaluan el apego analizando la convergencia entre estos dos instrumentos. Los resultados muestran diferencias debidas a la estructura de los instrumentos, correlaciones moderadamente altas entre los estilos de apego y correlaciones bastante elevadas entre las dimensiones de ansiedad y evitacion evaluadas con ambos instrumentos. Finalmente, hemos encontrado bajas correlaciones entre los resultados de ambos instrumentos y Deseabilidad Social.This work focuses on the evaluation of adult attachment. We present an overview of the instruments used in Spanish to assess adult attachment, with special emphasis on two self-report questionnaires that we translated into Spanish: the RQ, Relationship Questionnaire (Bartholomew y Horowitz, 1991) and the ECR, Experience in Close Relationships (Brennan, Clark y Shaver, 1998). We have also made our small contribution to the debate about the similarity or difference between the instruments that assess attachment analyzing the convergence between these two instruments. The results show differences due to the structure of the instruments, moderately high correlations between attachment styles and fairly high correlations between the anxiety and avoidance dimensions assessed with both instruments. Finally, we found low correlations between the results of both instruments and Social Desirability.
Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase Expression in Tobacco Following Recovery from Gene Silencing

Abstract Introduction of a bean phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) transgene into tobacco plants results in epigenetic post-transcriptional gene silencing which is unstable, such that after self-pollination first generation progeny may become PAL over-expressors. The change from gene silencing to PAL over-expression is accompanied by a loss of cytosine methylation of the PAL transgene and reduced methylation of the endogenous tobacco PAL2 gene, but not the PAL1 gene. These changes are associated with the appearance of high levels of bean PAL and tobacco PAL2 transcripts in the total RNA fraction from PAL over-expressing plants. However, tobacco PAL2 transcripts are inefficiently recruited into polysomes, and tobacco PAL2 protein is not detected in leaves of PAL over-expressing or wild-type lines. Thus, in spite of the post-transcriptionally controlled increase in tobacco PAL2 transcripts in PAL over-expressors, the increased PAL activity is primarily the result of the increase in bean PAL transcripts and corresponding enzymatic activity. These results reveal a complex cross-talk between expression of the PAL transgene and the corresponding endogenous PAL genes at the levels of transcription, transcript stability and polysomal recruitment during sense transgene-mediated silencing and subsequent over-expresson of PAL in tobacco.
Comparison of alternative methods for scaling dialysis dose.

BACKGROUND Kt/Vurea was established as an index of haemodialysis (HD) adequacy. The use of Vurea as a normalizing factor has been questioned, and alternative parameters such as body weight(0.67) (W(0.67)), body surface area (BSA), resting energy expenditure (REE), high metabolic rate organ (HMRO) mass, liver size (LV) and more recently, bioelectrical resistance (R), an independent and directly measurable biological parameter, were proposed as alternative methods for scaling dialysis dose. METHODS The present study aimed to prospectively evaluate the predictive power of some demographic, anthropometric, bioelectrical (BIA) and biochemical parameters, of seven scaling parameters, namely Vurea, as derived from the Watson et al. formulae, W(0.67), BSA, REE, HMRO, LV and R and of eight HD adequacy indices [single-pool variable-volume Kt/Vurea, computed using the Daugirdas equation, its rescaled equivalents (Kt/W(0.67), Kt/BSA, Kt/REE, Kt/HMRO, Kt/LV and Kt/R) and Kt] on long-term survival of a cohort of 328 incident white HD patients. All individuals underwent periodical (every 3 months) biochemical evaluations and single-frequency BIA measurements, injecting 800 microA at 50 kHz alternating sinusoidal current with a standard tetrapolar technique. RESULTS A first Cox regression analysis, testing the predictive power of some demographic, anthropometric, BIA and biochemical parameters, and of the eight HD adequacy indices on long-term survival of the patients, showed that only higher serum creatinine (Scr) levels (P < 0.0001) and lower Kt/R values (P < 0.04) were significant outcome predictors. As Kt was shown not to be an outcome predictor, a second Cox regression analysis, testing the predictive power of the same demographic, anthropometric, BIA and biochemical parameters, and of the seven scaling parameters on long-term survival of the patients, was built. It showed that only higher Scr levels (P < 0.0001) and higher R values (P < 0.04) were significant outcome predictors. Kaplan-Meier survival analyses of the patients stratified into two groups, respectively, according to the first quartile of R values (0.0-467.8 Ohm), the fourth quartile of Kt/R values (98-106 ml/Ohm) and the first quartile of Scr levels (0.0-11.6 mg/dl) showed a significantly higher long-term survival in the groups of patients having R values above the first quartile (P < 0.04), Kt/R values below the fourth quartile (P < 0.03) and Scr levels above the first quartile (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Kt/R, R and Scr were independent significant predictors of long-term-survival in incident HD patients: R is related to the fluid status, whereas Scr, which reflects the lean body mass, seems to suggest that body composition is more important than body weight and/or body mass index. Further work is required to develop these concepts and to translate them into rigorous outcome-based adequacy targets suitable for clinical usage.
The Geometry of Fractional D 1-branes

We find explicit solutions of Type IIB string theory on R/Z2 corresponding to the classical geometry of fractional D1-branes. From the supergravity solution obtained, we capture perturbative information about the running of the coupling constant and the metric on the moduli space of N = 4, D = 2 Super Yang Mills.
100-Percenting It: Videogame Play Through the Eyes of Devoted Gamers1

We describe salient aspects of the idioculture of videogame play, based on interviews conducted with 20 devoted videogame players and several hours of observation of small-group game play. We explore the meaningfulness of videogame play for participants, specifically through an examination of the social quality of play, interaction during play, the enactment of status differences in and through play, and players’ desire to play games perfectly and/or completely. We elicit players’ comments about acceptable and unacceptable forms of cheating, and we explore their management of the stigma attached to playing violent games and playing excessively. We conclude by highlighting game players’ penchant for finding moral content in their favorite games and game characters.
Social Support and Psychiatric Disorder: LESSONS FROM SELECTED OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES

Preface List of contributors 1. Social support and psychiatric disorder: overview of evidence Traolach S. Brugha Part 1. Concepts and Origins of Social Support: 2. Understanding social support within the context of theory and research on the relationship of life stress and mental health Camille Lloyd 3. A developmental perspective on social support networks Lorna Champion 4. Cognitive aspects of social support processes Chris R. Brewin 5. Attachment, co-operation and rank: the evolution of the need for status and social support Paul Gilbert Part II. Lessons from Selected Observational Studies: 6. Social support as a high-risk condition for depression in women Hans O. F. Veiel 7. The importance of context: who needs and who does not need social support among college students? Patrick McC. Miller 8. Teenage peer networks in the community as sources of social problems: a sociological perspective Deirdre Kirke Part III. Lessons from Intervention Studies: 9. Social network and mental health: an intervention study Odd Steffen Dalgard, Trine Anstorp, Kirsten Benum and Tom Sorensen 10. A test of the social support hypothesis Bryanne Barnett and Gordon Parker 11. Case management and network enhancement of the long-term mentally ill Graham Thornicroft, William R. Breakey and Annelle B. Primm 12. Expressed emotion: measurement, intervention and training issues Liz Kuipers Part IV. Intervention Principles and Recommendation: 13. Social support processes and cognitive therapy Glenys Parry 14. Social support and psychiatric disorder: recommendations for clinical practice and research Traolach S. Brugha Index.
THE TECHNIQUE OF UNILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY.

Separate electrodes, firm pressure by steadying the patient's head, and adequate washing with a conducting solution of the parietal area are the 3 vital factors in achieving adequate unilateral electroconvulsive therapy. By attending to these points it has been found that in every case a convulsion could be produced with the same voltages and timing that were used with bilateral treatments.
Proximal alternating-direction message-passing for MAP LP relaxation

Linear programming (LP) relaxation for MAP inference over (factor) graphic models is one of the fundamental problems in machine learning. In this paper, we propose a new message-passing algorithm for the MAP LP-relaxation by using the proximal alternating-direction method of multipliers (PADMM). At each iteration, the new algorithm performs two layers of optimization, that is node-oriented optimization and factor-oriented optimization. On the other hand, the recently proposed augmented primal LP (APLP) algorithm, based on the ADMM, has to perform three layers of optimization. Our algorithm simplifies the APLP algorithm by removing one layer of optimization, thus reducing the computational complexities and further accelerating the convergence rate. We refer to our new algorithm as the proximal alternating-direction (PAD) algorithm. Experimental results confirm that the PAD algorithm indeed converges faster than the APLP method.
small arms survey 2005

El Small Arms Survey 2009: Sombras de la Guerra presenta dos secciones temáticas. En la primera, se destacan los desafíos existentes para garantizar la seguridad después del fin de una guerra, gracias a un capítulo general que examina la violencia armada en períodos postconflicto, las nuevas estrategias para contrarrestarla, así como tres estudios de casos en Aceh, Afganistán y el Sur del Líbano. En la segunda sección, se exploran distintos aspectos de las transferencias de armas pequeñas, incluyendo el valor del comercio autorizado, los controles nacionales de exportación, así como el rastreo de armas y municiones. Asimismo, la presente edición incluye capítulos sobre los recientes logros de la agenda de las Naciones Unidas en materia de armas pequeñas, los programas civiles, estatales y no estatales implementados en la actualidad, y las consecuencias de la violencia armada en niños y adolescentes. El Small Arms Survey es una publicación anual realizada por un equipo de investigadores de Ginebra, Suiza, y una red internacional de investigadores en varios países. Para los responsables del diseño de políticas, diplomáticos y organizaciones no gubernamentales, esta publicación se ha convertido en un recurso esencial para la identificación de problemas en materia de armas pequeñas así como de estrategias de reducción de la violencia. Elogios de Martti Ahtisaari, exPresidente de Finlandia y Premio Nobel de la Paz de 2008, sobre el Survey :
Multiple roles of Activin/Nodal, bone morphogenetic protein, fibroblast growth factor and Wnt/β-catenin signalling in the anterior neural patterning of adherent human embryonic stem cell cultures

Several studies have successfully produced a variety of neural cell types from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), but there has been limited systematic analysis of how different regional identities are established using well-defined differentiation conditions. We have used adherent, chemically defined cultures to analyse the roles of Activin/Nodal, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and Wnt/β-catenin signalling in neural induction, anteroposterior patterning and eye field specification in hESCs. We show that either BMP inhibition or activation of FGF signalling is required for effective neural induction, but these two pathways have distinct outcomes on rostrocaudal patterning. While BMP inhibition leads to specification of forebrain/midbrain positional identities, FGF-dependent neural induction is associated with strong posteriorization towards hindbrain/spinal cord fates. We also demonstrate that Wnt/β-catenin signalling is activated during neural induction and promotes acquisition of neural fates posterior to forebrain. Therefore, inhibition of this pathway is needed for efficient forebrain specification. Finally, we provide evidence that the levels of Activin/Nodal and BMP signalling have a marked influence on further forebrain patterning and that constitutive inhibition of these pathways represses expression of eye field genes. These results show that the key mechanisms controlling neural patterning in model vertebrate species are preserved in adherent, chemically defined hESC cultures and reveal new insights into the signals regulating eye field specification.
Trace Theorems for a Class of Ramified Domains with Self-Similar Fractal Boundaries

This work deals with trace theorems for a class of ramified bidimensional domains $\Omega$ with a self-similar fractal boundary $\Gamma^\infty$. The fractal boundary $\Gamma^\infty$ is supplied with a probability measure $\mu$ called the self-similar measure. Emphasis is put on the case when the domain is not an $\epsilon$-$\delta$ domain as defined by Jones and the fractal set is not totally disconnected. In this case, the classical trace results cannot be used. Here, the Lipschitz spaces with jumps recently introduced by Jonsson play a crucial role. Indeed, it is proved in particular that if the Hausdorff dimension d of $\Gamma^\infty$ is not smaller than one, then the space of the traces of functions in $W^{m+1,q}(\Omega)$, $m\in\mathbb{N}$, $1<q<\infty$, is $JLip(m+1-\frac{2-d}{q},q,q;m;\Gamma^\infty)$. The proof is elementary; a main step is a strengthened trace inequality in the norm $L^q_\mu(\Gamma^\infty)$.
nduction of steroid sulfatase expression in PC-3 human prostate ancer cells by insulin-like growth factor II hul

Human steroid sulfatase (STS) plays an important role in regulating the formation of biologically active estrogens and may be a promising target for treating estrogen-mediated carcinogenesis. The molecular mechanism of STS gene expression, however, is still not clear. Growth factors are known to increase STS activity but the changes in STS expression have not been completely understood. To determine whether insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II can induce STS gene expression, the effects of IGF-II on STS expression were studied in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells. RT-PCR and Western blot analysis showed that IGF-II treatment significantly increased the expression of STS mRNA and protein in concentrationand time-dependent manners. To understand the signaling pathway by which IGF-II induces STS gene expression, the effects of specific PI3-kinase/Akt and NFB inhibitors were determined. When the cells were treated with IGF-II and PI3-kinase/Akt inhibitors, such as LY294002, wortmannin, or Akt inhibitor IV, STS expression induced by IGF-II was significantly blocked. Moreover, we found that NFB inhibitors, such as MG-132, bortezomib, Bay 11-7082 or Nemo binding domain (NBD) binding peptide, also strongly prevented IGF-II from inducing STS gene expression. We assessed whether IGF-II activates STS promoter activity using transient transfection with a luciferase reporter. IGF-II significantly stimulated STS reporter activity. Furthermore, IGF-II induced expression of 17 -hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) 1 and 3, whereas it reduced estrone sulfotransferase (EST) gene expression, causing enhanced estrone and estradiol production. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that IGF-II induces STS expression via a PI3-kinase/Akt–NFB signaling pathway in PC-3 cells and may induce estrogen production and ogen estrogen-mediated carcin
Large Graph Models: A Review

Large graphs can be found in a wide array of scientific fields ranging from sociology and biology to scientometrics and computer science. Their analysis is by no means a trivial task due to their sheer size and complex structure. Such structure encompasses features so diverse as diameter shrinking, power law degree distribution and self similarity, edge interdependence, and communities. When the adjacency matrix of a graph is considered, then new, spectral properties arise such as primary eigenvalue component decay function, eigenvalue decay function, eigenvalue sign alternation around zero, and spectral gap. Graph mining is the scientific field which attempts to extract information and knowledge from graphs through their structural and spectral properties. Graph modeling is the associated field of generating synthetic graphs with properties similar to those of real graphs in order to simulate the latter. Such simulations may be desirable because of privacy concerns, cost, or lack of access to real data. Pivotal to simulation are low- and high-level software packages offering graph analysis and visualization capabilities. This survey outlines the most important structural and spectral graph properties, a considerable number of graph models, as well the most common graph mining and graph learning tools.
C REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A MARKER OF ASTHMA CONTROL

CRP is a marker of inflammation and increased levels have been associated with aging, smoking, cardiovascular diseases, connective tissue disorders and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Asthma is defined as a state of chronic inflammation where various cellular elements are involved. It is reasonable to expect elevated CRP levels in this chronic inflammatory disease. Hs-CRP assays are capable of detecting low grade inflammation that is not possible by the standard CRP kits. Elevated CRP has been associated with acute exacerbation, deteriorating pulmonary function parameters and increased sputum eosinophil levels in asthma. We hope to explore the role of CRP in asthma in detail. Understanding the interplay between CRP and asthma may allow us to predict future exacerbation and better monitoring of asthma.
Assessing the factors that affect adoption of social research network site for collaboration by researchers using multicriteria approach

Collaboration in research continuously gains importance. Recent developments in online collaboration technology, namely social research network sites (SRNS), specifically aim to support research collaboration. SRNS allow researchers to present themselves, to network, to communicate, and to collaborate. Acceptance of this technology by researchers has received little academic attention. Understanding the relationships between a user's intention and the utilization of SRNS is an essential step in engaging the SRNS as an educational tool. Previous research focused on explaining user adoption from technology perceptions such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, interactivity, and relative advantage. However, current research models for technology acceptance can hardly explain the impact on the intention of using SRNS from the perspective of technology fit due to the lack of social constructs. However, users' adoption is determined not only by their perception of the technology but also by the task technology fit. In other words, even though a technology may be perceived as being advanced, if it does not fit users' task requirements, they may not adopt it. This study examines the impact of Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, social influence, facilitating condition, user resistance, individual, technology, task and social characteristics on users' intentions in using SRNS by integrating the unified theory of acceptance and usage of technology (UTAUT), task-technology fit (TTF) model and social capital theory. In addition, we applied the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) for ranking aforementioned factors. The TOPSIS, one of the multi-criteria decision making methods (MCDM), is developed to solve real-world decision problems that has continued to work satisfactorily across different application areas. Accordingly, we develop a new hierarchy model for TOPSIS using the aforementioned factors to assess their importance on adoption of social research network site for collaboration by researchers.
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Early development and molecular plasticity in the Mediterranean sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus exposed to CO2-driven acidification

SUMMARY Ocean acidification is predicted to have significant effects on benthic calcifying invertebrates, in particular on their early developmental stages. Echinoderm larvae could be particularly vulnerable to decreased pH, with major consequences for adult populations. The objective of this study was to understand how ocean acidification would affect the initial life stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus, a common species that is widely distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and the NE Atlantic. The effects of decreased pH (elevated PCO2) were investigated through physiological and molecular analyses on both embryonic and larval stages. Eggs and larvae were reared in Mediterranean seawater at six pH levels, i.e. pHT 8.1, 7.9, 7.7, 7.5, 7.25 and 7.0. Fertilization success, survival, growth and calcification rates were monitored over a 3 day period. The expression of genes coding for key proteins involved in development and biomineralization was also monitored. Paracentrotus lividus appears to be extremely resistant to low pH, with no effect on fertilization success or larval survival. Larval growth was slowed when exposed to low pH but with no direct impact on relative larval morphology or calcification down to pHT 7.25. Consequently, at a given time, larvae exposed to low pH were present at a normal but delayed larval stage. More surprisingly, candidate genes involved in development and biomineralization were upregulated by factors of up to 26 at low pH. Our results revealed plasticity at the gene expression level that allows a normal, but delayed, development under low pH conditions.