Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The effect of active video gaming on physical activity levels of students with developmental disabilities

THE EFFECT OF ACTIVE VIDEO GAMING ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS OF STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES by David Richard Schillo January 2014 Director of Thesis: James T. Decker, Ph.D. Major Department: Kinesiology The purpose was to examine differences in physical activity levels of children (N = 24) with developmental disabilities in traditional adapted physical education activities compared with Nintendo Wii Fit active video gaming activities. Students’ physical activity levels were monitored for one adapted physical education practicum session. Physical activity was measured via ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer. An dependent groups t-test was used to compare mean accelerometer activity counts per minute between the traditional adapted physical education activities condition and the Nintendo Wii Fit active video gaming condition. Cohen’s delta (d) was calculated to provide an estimate of the size of the difference between groups. The difference between physical activity levels of children in traditional adapted physical education activities (8,958 ± 3,580 activity counts per minute) and active video gaming activities (8,834 ± 3,609 activity counts per minute) was not statistically significant (p > 0.05), and the size of the difference was small (d = 0.03).
Dexmedetomidine for awake intubation and an opioid-free general anesthesia in a superobese patient with suspected difficult intubation

Super-obese patients (body mass index [BMI] >50 kg/m2) are at a particularly high risk of anesthesia-related complications during postoperative period, eg, critical respiratory events including respiratory arrest, and over-sedation leading to problems with maintaining airway open, hypoxia and hypercapnia. In this paper authors present a case of a 39-year-old super-obese (BMI 62.3 kg/m2) female patient who was admitted for surgical treatment of obesity. Preanesthesia evaluation revealed hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) as comorbidities as well as potential for a difficult intubation– neck circumference of 46 cm, reduced neck mobility and DM type 2. Patient was intubated using “awake intubation” method using topical anesthesia and dexmedetomidine infusion. General anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane and dexmedetomidine infusion instead of opioid administration in “opioid-free anesthesia method”.
KISS: Stochastic Packet Inspection Classifier for UDP Traffic

This paper proposes KISS, a novel Internet classification engine. Motivated by the expected raise of UDP traffic, which stems from the momentum of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) streaming applications, we propose a novel classification framework that leverages on statistical characterization of payload. Statistical signatures are derived by the means of a Chi-Square (χ2)-like test, which extracts the protocol “format,” but ignores the protocol “semantic” and “synchronization” rules. The signatures feed a decision process based either on the geometric distance among samples, or on Support Vector Machines. KISS is very accurate, and its signatures are intrinsically robust to packet sampling, reordering, and flow asymmetry, so that it can be used on almost any network. KISS is tested in different scenarios, considering traditional client-server protocols, VoIP, and both traditional and new P2P Internet applications. Results are astonishing. The average True Positive percentage is 99.6%, with the worst case equal to 98.1,% while results are almost perfect when dealing with new P2P streaming applications.
Tagged Up/Down Sorter - A Hardware Priority Queue

We present a hardware oriented priority queue algorithm requiring n/2 comparators and swappers to maintain an n item queue. It supports two operations, insert and extract minimum (or alternatively, extract maximum), both of which operate in a single cycle. Thus, sorting time is O(n). Records with identical keys are always extracted in FIFO order of insertion. A formal proof of correctness of these sorting and FIFO characteristics is presented.
Potential level-lowering for GSp(4)

Abstract In this article, we explore a beautiful idea of Skinner and Wiles in the context of GSp(4) over a totally real field. The main result provides congruences between automorphic forms which are Iwahori-spherical at a certain place ω, and forms with a tamely ramified principal series at ω, Thus, after base change to a finite solvable totally real extension, one can often lower the level at ω. For the proof, we first establish an analogue of the Jacquet–Langlands correspondence, using the stable trace formula. The congruences are then obtained on inner forms, which are compact at infinity modulo the centre, and split at all the finite places. The crucial ingredient allowing us to do so, is an important result of Roche on types for principal series representations of split reductive groups.
Evaluation of costs and effects of epidural analgesia and patient-controlled intravenous analgesia after major abdominal surgery.

BACKGROUND The outcome of different treatment strategies for postoperative pain has been an issue of controversy. Apart from efficacy and effectiveness a policy decision should also consider cost-effectiveness. Since economic analyses on postoperative pain treatment are rare we developed a decision model in a pilot cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) comparing epidural analgesia (EDA) and patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) after major abdominal surgery in routine care. METHODS Using a decision-tree model, treatment with EDA (ropivacaine and morphine) was compared with PCIA (morphine). Effects and costs of treatment were established. The number of pain-free days at rest (pain intensity <30 using visual analogue scale 1-100 mm) was the primary measure of effect. An incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was calculated as the difference in direct costs divided by the difference in effect. A database on 644 patients collected for the purpose of quality control during the period of 1997 to 1999 was the main data source. Sensitivity analysis was used to test uncertain data. RESULTS EDA was more effective in terms of pain-free days but more expensive. The additional cost for each pain-free day was 5652 Euros. CONCLUSION It is a judgement of value if the additional cost is reasonable. When the cost of around 55,000 Euros per gained life-year with full health for other interventions is debated, our result indicates poor cost-effectiveness for EDA. Before any conclusion can be drawn concerning policy recommendations the difference in costs has to be related to other outcome measures as length of hospital stay, morbidity and mortality are required.
FENO and polymorphisms in the NOS genes SNP- and haplotype-based association analyses

LIST OF PAPERS This thesis is based on the following papers, referred to in the text by their Roman numerals. I. Dahgam S, Nyberg F, Modig L, Naluai AT, Olin AC. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the NOS2 and NOS3 genes are associated with exhaled nitric oxide. J Med Genet 2012;49(3):200-5 II. Dahgam S, Modig L, Naluai AT, Olin AC, Nyberg F. Haplotypes of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) gene are strongly associated with exhaled nitric oxide levels in adults. (Manuscript).
The management of chronic myeloid leukaemia--a case history.

Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder characterised by the presence of a chromosomal marker, the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph), which is the result of a reciprocal exchange of genetic material between the long arms of chromosome 9 and 22, t(9;22)(q34;qll). The juxtaposition of the 3' sequences of the Abelson protoncogene from chromosome 9 (abl) with the 5' sequences of the breakpoint cluster region on chromosome 22 (bcr) results in a new chimerical bcr/abl gene located on the Ph chromosome (Figure 1). This is usually expressed as a 210 kD protein (p210) with tyrosine kinase activity greater than that of the normal abl gene derived 145 kd product (pl45). CML accounts for approximately 20% of cases of leukaemia.
Ecosystem services and agriculture: tradeoffs and synergies

Agricultural ecosystems provide humans with food, forage, bioenergy and pharmaceuticals and are essential to human wellbeing. These systems rely on ecosystem services provided by natural ecosystems, including pollination, biological pest control, maintenance of soil structure and fertility, nutrient cycling and hydrological services. Preliminary assessments indicate that the value of these ecosystem services to agriculture is enormous and often underappreciated. Agroecosystems also produce a variety of ecosystem services, such as regulation of soil and water quality, carbon sequestration, support for biodiversity and cultural services. Depending on management practices, agriculture can also be the source of numerous disservices, including loss of wildlife habitat, nutrient runoff, sedimentation of waterways, greenhouse gas emissions, and pesticide poisoning of humans and non-target species. The tradeoffs that may occur between provisioning services and other ecosystem services and disservices should be evaluated in terms of spatial scale, temporal scale and reversibility. As more effective methods for valuing ecosystem services become available, the potential for ‘win–win’ scenarios increases. Under all scenarios, appropriate agricultural management practices are critical to realizing the benefits of ecosystem services and reducing disservices from agricultural activities.
ANALYSIS OF A TWO-SCALE CAHN-HILLIARD MODEL FOR IMAGE INPAINTING

Image inpainting is the process of filling in missing parts of damaged images based on information gleaned from surrounding areas. We consider a model for inpainting binary images using a modified Cahn-Hilliard equation. We prove for the steady state problem that the isophote directions are matched at the boundary of inpainting regions. Our model has two scales, the diffuse interface scale, ε, on which it can accomplish topological transitions, and the feature scale of the image. We show via simulations that a dynamic two step method involving the diffuse interface scale allows us to connect regions across larger inpainting domains. For the model problem of stripe inpainting, we show that this issue is related to a bifurcation structure with respect to the scale ε.
Cortisol shifts financial risk preferences

Significance Many influential models in economics, finance, and neurobiology assume risk preferences are a stable trait. In this study we find they are not. We examine the effects of chronic stress on financial risk taking by raising cortisol levels in volunteers over an 8-d period using individually tailored hydrocortisone regimens. We find that they become more risk-averse and that the overweighting of small probabilities becomes more exaggerated among men relative to women. We designed our protocol to maintain ecological validity: The increase in cortisol among participants replicated levels we had previously observed in real traders when faced with uncertainty and market volatility. Physiology-induced shifts in risk preferences may thus be a cause of market instability that has been hitherto overlooked by economists, risk managers, and central bankers. Risk taking is central to human activity. Consequently, it lies at the focal point of behavioral sciences such as neuroscience, economics, and finance. Many influential models from these sciences assume that financial risk preferences form a stable trait. Is this assumption justified and, if not, what causes the appetite for risk to fluctuate? We have previously found that traders experience a sustained increase in the stress hormone cortisol when the amount of uncertainty, in the form of market volatility, increases. Here we ask whether these elevated cortisol levels shift risk preferences. Using a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over protocol we raised cortisol levels in volunteers over 8 d to the same extent previously observed in traders. We then tested for the utility and probability weighting functions underlying their risk taking and found that participants became more risk-averse. We also observed that the weighting of probabilities became more distorted among men relative to women. These results suggest that risk preferences are highly dynamic. Specifically, the stress response calibrates risk taking to our circumstances, reducing it in times of prolonged uncertainty, such as a financial crisis. Physiology-induced shifts in risk preferences may thus be an underappreciated cause of market instability.
Reciprocal and dynamic control of CD8 T cell homing by dendritic cells from skin- and gut-associated lymphoid tissues

T cell activation by intestinal dendritic cells (DC) induces gut-tropism. We show that, reciprocally, DC from peripheral lymph nodes (PLN-DC) induce homing receptors promoting CD8 T cell accumulation in inflamed skin, particularly ligands for P- and E-selectin. Differential imprinting of tissue-tropism was independent of Th1/Th2 cytokines and not restricted to particular DC subsets. Fixed PLN-DC retained the capacity to induce selectin ligands on T cells, which was suppressed by addition of live intestinal DC. By contrast, fixed intestinal DC failed to promote gut-tropism and instead induced skin-homing receptors. Moreover, the induction of selectin ligands driven by antigen-pulsed PLN-DC could be suppressed “in trans” by adding live intestinal DC, but PLN-DC did not suppress gut-homing receptors induced by intestinal DC. Reactivation of tissue-committed memory cells modified their tissue-tropism according to the last activating DC's origin. Thus, CD8 T cells activated by DC acquire selectin ligands by default unless they encounter fixation-sensitive signal(s) for gut-tropism from intestinal DC. Memory T cells remain responsive to these signals, allowing for dynamic migratory reprogramming by skin- and gut-associated DC.
Enhanced Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Responses following Toll-Like-Receptor Ligation in Schistosoma haematobium-Infected Schoolchildren from Rural Gabon

Background Schistosoma infection is thought to lead to down-regulation of the host's immune response. This has been shown for adaptive immune responses, but the effect on innate immunity, that initiates and shapes the adaptive response, has not been extensively studied. In a first study to characterize these responses, we investigated the effect of Schistosoma haematobium infection on cytokine responses of Gabonese schoolchildren to a number of Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands. Methodology Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected from S. haematobium-infected and uninfected schoolchildren from the rural area of Zilé in Gabon. PBMCs were incubated for 24 h and 72 h with various TLR ligands, as well as schistosomal egg antigen (SEA) and adult worm antigen (AWA). Pro-inflammatory TNF-α and anti-inflammatory/regulatory IL-10 cytokine concentrations were determined in culture supernatants. Principal Findings Infected children produced higher adaptive IL-10 responses than uninfected children against schistosomal antigens (72 h incubation). On the other hand, infected children had higher TNF-α responses than uninfected children and significantly higher TNF-α to IL-10 ratios in response to FSL-1 and Pam3, ligands of TLR2/6 and TLR2/1 respectively. A similar trend was observed for the TLR4 ligand LPS while Poly(I:C) (Mda5/TLR3 ligand) did not induce substantial cytokine responses (24 h incubation). Conclusions This pilot study shows that Schistosoma-infected children develop a more pro-inflammatory TLR2-mediated response in the face of a more anti-inflammatory adaptive immune response. This suggests that S. haematobium infection does not suppress the host's innate immune system in the context of single TLR ligation.
Écrire le Néonaticide Maternel dans Le Cimetière des poupées de Mazarine Pingeot

Laissant de côté la polémique très médiatisée que Le Cimetière des poupées a soulevée au cours de l'été 2007 du fait de certains parallèles dans ce récit fictif avec l'affaire Véronique Courjault, alors en cours de jugement, l'article examine diverses stratégies narratives choisies pour mettre en mots une subjectivité et une expérience maternelles hors normes, et contrecarrer les discours des médias et de la Loi qui travaillent à définir et circonscrire le féminin et le maternel. Il s'agit ce faisant de considérer la signification à donner à la posture de révolte que revendique la narratrice envers divers discours qui font autorité, avant de déterminer jusqu'à quel point elle parvient à asseoir son statut non seulement de sujet mais aussi d'agent, cette qualité dont les discours dominants privent les mères qui tuent leur/s enfant/s, et que tout le récit explore sur les plans événementiel, discursif et scriptural.
Social signals, their function, and automatic analysis: a survey

Social Signal Processing (SSP) aims at the analysis of social behaviour in both Human-Human and Human-Computer interactions. SSP revolves around automatic sensing and interpretation of social signals, complex aggregates of nonverbal behaviours through which individuals express their attitudes towards other human (and virtual) participants in the current social context. As such, SSP integrates both engineering (speech analysis, computer vision, etc.) and human sciences (social psychology, anthropology, etc.) as it requires multimodal and multidisciplinary approaches. As of today, SSP is still in its early infancy, but the domain is quickly developing, and a growing number of works is appearing in the literature. This paper provides an introduction to nonverbal behaviour involved in social signals and a survey of the main results obtained so far in SSP. It also outlines possibilities and challenges that SSP is expected to face in the next years if it is to reach its full maturity.
Bilateral assignment and optimal desegregation

We develop a model of bilateral assignment under capacity constraints, under the relevant version of the celebrated Consistency axiom: every submatrix of an optimal assignment matrix must be optimal as well. When the unconstrained proportional assignment is the ideal assignment, the only consistent approximation under our constraints minimizes the entropy of the assignment matrix; exactly like the Mutual Information index of segregation ([9]). More general consistent assignment rules minimize a common additive welfare function over the entries of the matrix. Acknowledgments: cricital comments by Francois Maniquet, Peyton Young, and seminar participants at the U of Glasgow, Oxford, and University of Vienna have been very helpful.
Yin and yang, or peas in a pod? Individual-sport versus team-sport athletes and altitude training

The question of whether altitude training can enhance subsequent sea-level performance has been well investigated over many decades. However, research on this topic has focused on athletes from individual or endurance sports, with scant number of studies on team-sport athletes. Questions that need to be answered include whether this type of training may enhance team-sport athlete performance, when success in team-sport is often more based on technical and tactical ability rather than physical capacity per se. This review will contrast and compare athletes from two sports representative of endurance (cycling) and team-sports (soccer). Specifically, we draw on the respective competition schedules, physiological capacities, activity profiles and energetics of each sport to compare the similarities between athletes from these sports and discuss the relative merits of altitude training for these athletes. The application of conventional live-high, train-high; live-high, train-low; and intermittent hypoxic training for team-sport athletes in the context of the above will be presented. When the above points are considered, we will conclude that dependent on resources and training objectives, altitude training can be seen as an attractive proposition to enhance the physical performance of team-sport athletes without the need for an obvious increase in training load.
Copper thick-film substrates for power electronic applications

Substrates for high power electronic systems are dominated by DCB-technology. Recently, new copper thick-film pastes have been proposed for use as high power substrates. They are compatible with Al2O3- and pre-oxised AlN-substrates. This paper investigates production processes to build up highly reliable power modules and explores basis electrical and thermal properties of thick-film copper substrates. Fired copper film thicknesses of 300 μm have been produced by subsequent print-dry-fire cycles. Smooth surfaces and copper films with a density of about 70 % of bulk copper have been produced. A power module comprising of 650 V IGBTs, diodes and an intelligent hall sensor with copper traces and spaces of 200 μm is presented. Wire bonding processes on copper thick-films with 500 μm aluminium wire and 400 μm copper wire are discussed. Test units with a 1200 V IGBT were built up. The IGBT was attached at 250 °C and a pressure of 15 MPa using a novel silver sinter paste. This paste can be directly used on copper. The current-carrying capacity of the thick-film test samples was found to be reduced by 10% in comparison to the DCB test device. No significant difference was found in the performance of both technologies in active power pulse tests lasting a few seconds. The number of cycles for test devices with sintered chips, bonded with 400 μm copper wire bonds exceeded 450,000 cycles in a cycles from 25 °C up to 150 °C.
Treatment of Wilms tumor relapsing after initial treatment with vincristine, actinomycin D, and doxorubicin. A report from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group

We evaluated the use of alternating cycles of cyclophosphamide/etoposide and carboplatin/etoposide in children entered on National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS)‐5 who were diagnosed between August 1, 1995 and May 31, 2002 and who relapsed after chemotherapy with vincristine, actinomycin D, and doxorubicin (VAD) and radiation therapy (DD‐4A).
Quantitative Diagnostics of Multilayered Composite Structures with Ultrasonic Guided Waves

The main objective of the current work is to develop a practical nondestructive inspection methodology for a highly sound absorbing composite structural system consisting of polymeric and metallic materials. Due to constraints in geometrical shapes and thicknesses of the composite system used in this work, ultrasonic guided wave approach has been chosen. Since the polymer coatings have high damping properties, less energy is dissipated into the adjacent media in the presence of interface delaminations. Experimental measurements performed on a targeted composite system, whether it has an aluminum, carbon-fiber-composite, or steel outer casing, show promising results.