Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Basking in Reflected Glory: Three (Football) Field Studies

The tendency to "bask in reflected glory" (BIRG) by publicly announcing one's associations with successful others was investigated in three field experiments. All three studies showed this effect to occur even though the person striving to bask in the glory of a successful source was not involved in the cause of the source's success. Experiment 1 demonstrated the BIRG phenomenon by showing a greater tendency for university students to wear schoolidentifying apparel after their school's football team had been victorious than nonvictorious. Experiments 2 and 3 replicated this effect by showing that students used the pronoun tee more when describing a victory than a nonvktory of their school's football team. A model was developed asserting that the BIRG response represents an attempt to enhance one's public image. Experiments 2 and 3 indicated, in support of this assertion, that the tendency to proclaim a connection with a positive source was strongest when one's publk image was threatened.
Tissue thyroid hormone levels in critical illness.

CONTEXT Pronounced alterations in serum thyroid hormone levels occur during critical illness. T3 decreases and rT3 increases, the magnitudes of which are related to the severity of disease. It is unclear whether these changes are associated with decreased tissue T3 concentrations and, thus, reduced thyroid hormone bioactivity. PATIENTS AND STUDY QUESTIONS: We therefore investigated, in 79 patients who died after intensive care and who did or did not receive thyroid hormone treatment, whether total serum thyroid hormone levels correspond to tissue levels in liver and muscle. Furthermore, we investigated the relationship between tissue thyroid hormone levels, deiodinase activities, and monocarboxylate transporter 8 expression. RESULTS Tissue iodothyronine levels were positively correlated with serum levels, indicating that the decrease in serum T3 during illness is associated with decreased levels of tissue T3. Higher serum T3 levels in patients who received thyroid hormone treatment were accompanied by higher levels of liver and muscle T3, with evidence for tissue-specific regulation. Tissue rT3 and the T3/rT3 ratio were correlated with tissue deiodinase activities. Monocarboxylate transporter 8 expression was not related to the ratio of the serum over tissue concentration of the different iodothyronines. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that, in addition to changes in the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, tissue-specific mechanisms are involved in the reduced supply of bioactive thyroid hormone in critical illness.
Interpersonal Rejection as a Determinant of Anger and Aggression

This article reviews the literature on the relationship between interpersonal rejection and aggression. Four bodies of research are summarized: laboratory experiments that manipulate rejection, rejection among adults in everyday life, rejection in childhood, and individual differences that may moderate the relationship. The theoretical mechanisms behind the effect are then explored. Possible explanations for why rejection leads to anger and aggression include: rejection as a source of pain, rejection as a source of frustration, rejection as a threat to self-esteem, mood improvementfollowing aggression, aggression as social influence, aggression as a means of reestablishing control, retribution, disinhibition, and loss of self-control.
Remission of Anxiety-Related Disorders

F a decade ago to develop definitions for terms such as treatment response and remission, as well as relapse and recurrence of illness. 4 The development of such concepts has allowed the field to focus on the important notion of achieving and maintaining full symptomatic (i.e., “syndromal”) response in depression. In the intervening period, there has been an increased recognition that depressive disorders often do not completely remit with typical singlemodality interventions and, therefore, that enhancing or augmenting strategies are frequently needed. The same cannot be said for anxiety disorders. Although the various anxiety disorders are common and can produce serious functional impairment, they have not achieved the same degree of scrutiny. The goals of treatment with anxiety disorders may, at times, be unclear and the endpoints uncertain. The goals of this supplement will be to define the nature of anxiety and depressive disorders, characterize the mechanism of action of some commonly used treatments, and define response characteristics in the various anxiety populations. We hope that, as with the depressive disorders, increased scrutiny of anxiety disorders will lead to improved recognition and treatment, including treating them aggressively to remission, if possible. Is treatment to remission even possible? Further, how will we know if we have achieved symptomatic improvement or remission? Specifically, how do we know when to stop making changes in treatment? This supplement will begin with an article by Dr. James C. Ballenger, who will focus on a definition of response and remission in anxiety disorders. Dr. Ballenger’s comments will highlight not only research definitions, but also procedures for assessing response in clinical practice. Further, he will shed light on the difference between symptomatic improvement and recovery of function. In the next article, Dr. Laurel L. Brown and I will discuss the mechanism of action of antianxiety drugs, with a special focus on antidepressants. We will relate this topic to the dimensional nature of depressive and anxiety disorders and hypothesize that antidepressant drugs may be acting on a limited set of common mechanisms that relate to the symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders, which may explain their broad spectrum of effects. We have posited that there are both shared and unique features to these disorders and that antidepressants may be producing their effects on a shared set of physiologic targets and resulting symptoms. The role of serotonin in anxiety disorders has been amply demonstrated. 5‐9 However, antidepressant drugs produce their effects on both serotonin and norepinephrine. Dr. Alan Frazer will discuss the special roles for both serotonin and norepinephrine in the treatment response of anxiety disorders. In particular, norepinephrine may have a special role when anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder are comorbid with depression.
The relationship between mucosal immunity, nasopharyngeal carriage, asymptomatic transmission and the resurgence of Bordetella pertussis

The incidence of whooping cough in the US has been rising slowly since the 1970s, but the pace of this has accelerated sharply since acellular pertussis vaccines replaced the earlier whole cell vaccines in the late 1990s. A similar trend occurred in many other countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Spain, following the switch to acellular vaccines. The key question is why. Two leading theories (short duration of protective immunologic persistence and evolutionary shifts in the pathogen to evade the vaccine) explain some but not all of these shifts, suggesting that other factors may also be important. In this synthesis, we argue that sterilizing mucosal immunity that blocks or abbreviates the duration of nasopharyngeal carriage of Bordetella pertussis and impedes person-to-person transmission (including between asymptomatically infected individuals) is a critical factor in this dynamic. Moreover, we argue that the ability to induce such mucosal immunity is fundamentally what distinguishes whole cell and acellular pertussis vaccines and may be pivotal to understanding much of the resurgence of this disease in many countries that adopted acellular vaccines. Additionally, we offer the hypothesis that observed herd effects generated by acellular vaccines may reflect a modification of disease presentation leading to reduced potential for transmission by those already infected, as opposed to inducing resistance to infection among those who have been exposed.
Caregiver recall and understanding of paediatric diagnostic information and assessment feedback

Abstract Objective: Providing appropriate feedback to caregivers is an important part of the paediatric audiological assessment. This preliminary study explored caregiver recall and understanding of audiological diagnostic information subsequent to an initial paediatric diagnostic assessment. Design: A qualitative study was conducted at an audiology clinic at a hospital in South Africa. Data collection included observation and video-recording of assessment and feedback sessions as well as post-session semi-structured interviews with the audiologists and caregivers. Recorded sessions were analysed using sociolinguistic methods and a transcription-less approach. Interviews were analysed via content analysis. Study sample: Participants included four audiologists and five caregivers whose children had been referred for an initial audiological assessment. Results: Feedback sessions included explanations of the hearing mechanism, tests, audiogram, diagnosis and recommendations. Most caregivers were able to recall the final diagnosis and recommendations, but demonstrated poor recall and understanding of explanations of the audiogram and hearing mechanism. Conclusions: Results highlight the importance of tailoring information towards specific caregiver needs during feedback sessions and acknowledging the goals and agenda of the caregiver. There is a need for a greater focus on information counselling in curricula and training programmes, and several suggestions are made in this regard.
Borel-Weil Theory for Root Graded Banach-Lie groups

In this paper we introduce (weakly) root graded Banach--Lie algebras and corresponding Lie groups as natural generalizations of group like $\GL_n(A)$ for a Banach algebra $A$ or groups like $C(X,K)$ of continuous maps of a compact space $X$ into a complex semisimple Lie group $K$. We study holomorphic induction from holomorphic Banach representations of so-called parabolic subgroups $P$ to representations of $G$ on holomorphic sections of homogeneous vector bundles over $G/P$. One of our main results is an algebraic characterization of the space of sections which is used to show that this space actually carries a natural Banach structure, a result generalizing the finite dimensionality of spaces of sections of holomorphic bundles over compact complex manifolds. We also give a geometric realization of any irreducible holomorphic representation of a (weakly) root graded Banach--Lie group $G$ and show that all holomorphic functions on the spaces $G/P$ are constant.
Fuzzy Preference Based Feature Selection and Semisupervised SVM for Cancer Classification

DNA microarray data now permit scientists to screen thousand of genes simultaneously and determine whether those genes are active or silent in normal and cancerous tissues. With the advancement of microarray technology, new analytical methods must be developed to find out whether microarray data have discriminative signatures of gene expression over normal or cancerous tissues. In this paper, we attempt a prediction scheme that combines fuzzy preference based rough set (FPRS) method for feature (gene) selection with semisupervised SVMs. To show the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we compare the performance of this technique with the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and consistency based feature selection (CBFS) methods. Using six benchmark gene microarray datasets (including both binary and multi-class classification problems), we demonstrate experimentally that our proposed scheme can achieve significant empirical success and is biologically relevant for cancer diagnosis and drug discovery.
Morphology of lymphatic cells and of their derived tumours.

The morphological description of diseases of the lymphatic and reticulum cells, and the classification of neoplasms derived from these cells, are in a state of some confusionwhich arises, in part at least, from the different approaches and terminology used by histopathologists and by cytologically orientated haematologists. The addition of electron microscopy, of enzyme histochemistry, and of immunological methods for cell typing has not entirely resolved the differences. The subject is still in a state of rapid development but an analysis of current knowledge is needed to promote mutual understanding among histopathologists, haematologists, immunologists, and many others who may be concerned. Whereas attempts to classify neoplastic disorders of the haemopoietic system have largely succeeded because the derivation of the tumour cells from the normal cells could be inferred from morphological study of marrow and blood cells, we have had to wait much longer for a comparable classification of lymphoreticular neoplasms-with the possible exception of Hodgkin's disease. In non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma (ML) a major advance was made by Rappaport (1966; Rappaport et al., 1956), who moved from a popular terminology (lymphosarcoma, reticular cell sarcoma, and giant follicular lymphoma) to one based on lymph node structure, but the first step in the direction of a cytological analysis of the variety of ML was the use of haematological staining techniques applied to tissue sections in order to bridge the gap between histological findings and haematocytological data. For this purpose the use of the Giemsa stain was proposed by Lennert (1957, 1961). The major indications were, on the one hand, the morphological specificity of germinal centre cells and the comparability with them of the cells of follicular lymphomas and, on the other hand, the fact that
Anxiolytic Effect Evaluation of Methanol Extract of Ceplukan Leaves in the Elevated Plus Maze Test through IL-6 Level Changes in Ovariectomized Rat

Ceplukan (Physalis minima L.) has long been used to treat various conditions in traditional medicine. This study aims to demonstrate the anxiolytic effects of Methanol Extract of Ceplukan Leaves (MECL) in the Ele vated Plus Maze (EPM) test and correlate to IL-6 level of ovariectomized rat brain. Total of 24 Wistar rats were divided into six groups: one normal group, one group of 1 month ovariectomized (ovx), one group of 2 months ovx, three groups of 2 months ovx (each given with MECL 500; 1500 and 2500 mg/kg doses for 1 month). The anxiety-like behavior level was measured by EPM test. After EPM test, the brain was removed to measure level of IL-6 by ELISA. The data were processed and analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation. We found that the MECL-treated rats enter the opened-arm higher than the control rats. It indicates that the MECL-treated rats are less anxious than the control rats. The results also show the decreased of IL-6 level in MECL-treated rats.
A distinct modulating domain in glucocorticoid receptor monomers in the repression of activity of the transcription factor AP‐1.

Steroid receptors activate and repress genes. An important class of genes that they repress is controlled by the transcription factor AP‐1. The activity of AP‐1 is inhibited by the receptor, a mechanism exploited for the therapy of various forms of pathological hyperproliferation in humans. We show here by point mutations in the DNA binding domain and by the choice of steroid ligands that repression of AP‐1 activity and transactivation functions of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) are separable entities. While DNA binding and activation of glucocorticoid‐regulated promoters require GR dimerization, we present data that suggest that repression is a function of GR monomers.
Modulation of the asymmetry of sea urchin sperm flagellar bending by calmodulin

Sea urchin spermatozoa demembranated with Triton X-100 in the presence of EGTA, termed potentially asymmetric, generate asymmetric bending waves in reactivation solutions containing EGTA. After they are converted to the potentially symmetric condition by extraction with Triton and millimolar Ca++, they generate symmetric bending waves in reactivation solutions containing EGTA. In the presence of EGTA, their asymmetry can be restored by addition of brain calmodulin or the concentrated supernatant obtained from extraction with Triton and millimolar Ca++. These extracts contain calmodulin, as assayed by gel electrophoresis, radioimmunoassay, activation of brain phosphodiesterase, and Ca++-dependent binding of asymmetry-restoring activity to a trifluorophenothiazine-affinity resin. Conversion to the potentially symmetric condition can also be achieved with trifluoperazine substituted for Triton during the exposure to millimolar Ca++, which suggests that the calmodulin-binding activity of Triton is important for this conversion. These observations suggest that the conversion to the potentially symmetric condition is the result of removal of some of the axonemal calmodulin and provide additional evidence for axonemal calmodulin as a mediator of the effect of Ca++ on the asymmetry of flagellar bending.
Assessing Business Scholarship: The Difficulties in Moving Beyond the Rigor-Relevance Paradigm Trap

I enter this dialogue regarding the challenges of scholarship assessment systems identified by Adler and Harzing (this issue) from the point of view of someone who has published in top-tier management journals and who is currently dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. While certainly I do not speak for other administrators, I have had experiences as a management department chairperson, an associate dean, and dean at a wide variety of business schools, ranging from primarily undergraduatefocused to doctoral-granting and research-intensive. Regardless of the prominence of the research mix in terms of a particular business school's mission, the old joke about the ability of a dean to assess faculty research is nearly universal: "The Dean may not know very much about research, but at least she or he can count. " There is much truth here, for indeed, we do consider the quantity of published works when evaluating faculty performance. From where we sit, however, performance is viewed as being much more multidimensional. Our colleges have significant teaching, service, and outreach expectations in addition to research goals. For our colleges to thrive, in addition to being judged favorably on the research dimension, we must also be positively viewed by our internal university constituents and senior administrators on campus, and we must be effective boundary spanners with our alumni, employers, business communities, and donors. To get all this done requires significant faculty cooperation and involvement. For most tenured or tenure-track faculty, however, the major coin of the realm is research. It is primarily one's research potential that strengthens initial job opportunities and one's subsequent research performance that drives advancement and career mobility. Junior faculty and research-productive continuing faculty thus often tend to be much more cosmopolitan than local in their orientations (Gouldner, 1957). That is, they may act more in accordance with broader research professional discipline norms than in response to the teaching and service needs of their particular employing organizations. Research skills and interests also tend to vary both within and between faculty members over time. This would appear to give administrators an opportunity to better address organizational needs beyond research, but it is often very difficult given both financial and cultural constraints to develop a supportive environment and incentive system that is more team focused. This is a tremendous
Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Remains Treatment of Last Resort in Structural Heart Disease: Argument for Earlier Intervention

VT Ablation Treatment of Last Resort. Introduction: Despite advances in ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT), recognized toxicity of amiodarone, and potential harm of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shocks, there appears to be reluctance to pursue catheter ablation.
Detection and Prevention of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks in VANETs

Vehicular adhoc networks are becoming a popular and promising technology in the modern intelligent transportation world. As per the safety applications of VANETs any information circulating through the network can be life crucial. So the integrity of the information is a critical need. The mobility of the nodes and the volatile nature of the connections in the network has made VANET vulnerable to many security threats. One of the major attack that exhausts the network by illegitimately using all of its resources is DDOS attack. In this type of attack an attacker fakes multiple identities of nodes i-e uses spoofed IP addresses to exhaust the network by circulating bogus messages and making it deny to cater to legitimate requests for services. So before the proper deployment of this network practically its security needs must be met. In this paper a DDOS attack detection and then prevention scheme is proposed. The basic principle is keeping a check on the number of packets being injected into the network. The proposed structure of this scheme causes almost no overhead on the network resources.
Heuristic Filtering and 3 D Feature Extraction from Lidar Data

The need for a fast, efficient and low cost algorithm for extracting 3D features in urban areas is increasing. Consequently, research in feature extraction has intensified. In this paper we present a new technique to reconstruct buildings and other 3D features in urban areas using LIDAR data only. We have tried to show that dense LIDAR (Light detection and ranging) data is very suitable for 3D reconstruction of urban features such as buildings. This concept is based on local statistical interpretations of fitting surfaces over small windows of LIDAR derived points. The consistency of the data with surfaces determines how they will be modeled. Initially, the data has been filtered to remove extraneous objects such as trees and undesired small features. Then, boundaries will be extracted for each facet using statistical information from the surface fitting procedure, and using inferences about the dominant direction. Building features extracted from actual dense LIDAR collected over the Purdue campus are presented in the paper.
Improving results of mixture model based graph clustering methods using evolutionary algorithms

In the recent years there has been an interest within the physics community in the properties of networks of many types. Graph clustering is the process of identifying the network structure in terms of grouping the vertices of a graph into clusters taking into consideration the edge structure of the graph that in such a way there should be many edges within each cluster and relatively few between the clusters. Based on high computational cost, the classical algorithms will slow much since data size in real application increases rapidly. In such a situation, model based graph clustering algorithms are an efficient alternative to classical ones. The performance of the model based graph clustering algorithms depends on the correct initial parameter setting. We areproposedan evolutionary algorithm to find proper values for the model based graph clustering algorithms. The proposed method is tested on both simulated and real data sets and gave improving results in comparison with random parameter setting.
Dessin de la main et habiletés numériques chez des enfants d’âge préscolaire.

This study aims at studying the relationship between manual and digital representations and numerical skills through the drawing of a hand. Sixty-two children (ages from 4 years old to 5 years and 6 months old) were asked to draw a hand and to carry out 2 numerical tasks: first to produce 2 equivalent collections and then to use the order-irrelevance principle. The statistical implicative analysis shows that more elaborated graphic strategies more strongly imply success producing 2 equivalent collections