Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mqol: experiences of the 'mobile communications and computing for quality of life' living lab

Widespread acceptance and use of personalized mobile devices facilitates the provision of the ubiquitous mobile communications and computing applications that enable the human Quality of Life (QoL) improvement. However, there are multiple human factors influencing these applications, stemming from their users' needs, expectations, and ways of maximizing their experience and the impact on their QoL. For a successful adoption of these applications, our mobile technologies lab, mQoL, employs an iterative, user-centric, Living Lab approach for the applications' design and evaluation. This paper introduces the concept of mobile technologies for QoL specifically aiming to first understand the individual's QoL from information available in mobile devices, i.e., assess physical, psychological, social or environmental aspects of a daily life of an individual, and, based on this understanding, provide services to improve this individual's QoL. This paper also explains the methodological aspects of our research, including transdisciplinarity aspects, and delineates the research challenges for a Living Lab approach at large.
An Observation About Passphrases: Syntax vs Entropy

On the premise that we are using passwords composed of multiple English words, we argue that using syntactically correct passphrases has no significant impact on the security in comparison to randomly arranged collections of words. We only analyze the contribution of the syntax itself. A comparison to the other kinds of passwords is out of the scope.
Psychotherapy via videoconferencing: a review

ABSTRACT Research into the use of videoconferencing for clinical purposes, in particular psychotherapy, is gradually expanding. A number of case studies and case series have suggested that videoconferencing can be clinically effective and acceptable to patients. Nevertheless, there is a lack of methodologically rigorous studies with adequate sample sizes from which we can draw any generalisable conclusions and a dearth of randomised controlled studies. Many of the preliminary projects in this area have been feasibility studies with minimal focus on outcome and even less on process issues in psychotherapy. Few studies have explored the cost-effectiveness of this compared with other modes of therapy delivery. This paper aims to review the work that has been done to date within this field, and to explore the issues which need to be addressed if videoconferencing is to be taken seriously in the future as a legitimate and reliable means of delivering psychotherapy services.
Competences: Dialogue without a Plot? Providing Context through Business Diagnostics

Examines the role that competences have played in recent years. While it is acknowledged that competences have helped integrate human resource activity, expresses concerns about the capability of competences to help organizations deliver business success. Specifically, the Competency Movement has failed to make the linkages between the requirements of different business strategies and associated management challenges and demands. As such, competences are like a novel with dialogue but no plot. Provides a context for competences from research in business diagnostics.
Congener-specific levels of dioxins and dibenzofurans in U.S. food and estimated daily dioxin toxic equivalent intake.

Food, especially meat, milk, and fish, is the immediate source of almost all polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxinlike compounds in the general population. To estimate intake of these highly toxic compounds, we performed congener-specific dioxin analyses for the first time on U.S. food for 18 dairy meat, and fish samples from a supermarket in upstate New York. 2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD, "dioxin") toxic equivalents (TEqs) on a wet weight basis for the dairy products ranged for 0.04 to 0.7 ppt, meat TEqs ranged from 0.03 to 1.5 ppt, and fish TEqs ranged from 0.02 to 0.13 ppt. Previous human breast milk and infant formula analyses were used with the current preliminary food data to estimate a range of dioxin intake for Americans. Average daily food intake of TEqs for an adult weighing 65 kg was estimated to be between 0.3 and 3.0 pg/kg body weight, for a total of 18-192 pg TEq, using 1986 American consumption rates. Due to the relatively high level of PCDDs and PCDFs commonly found in human breast milk from American women and from women in other industrial countries, a nursing infant may consume an average of 35-53 pg TEq/kg body weight/day in its first year of life. This may be compared with the current U.S. EPA virtually safe dose of 0.006 pg TCDD/kg body weight per day over a 70-year lifetime based on an upper limit cancer risk of 10(-6), or the 10 pg/kg/day used by some European government agencies.
‘This is home for us’: questioning banishment from the ground up

Banishment is an increasingly common tool for urban social control. In Seattle and other cities, new tools give the police stronger authority to create and enforce zones of exclusion. Deployed most commonly in neighborhoods populated by homeless people and members of other disadvantaged populations, banishment orders seek to coerce individuals to relocate. As an attempt to reduce crime and disorder, however, we suggest that banishment fails. We demonstrate this by drawing on interviews with forty-one Seattle residents who live with at least one exclusion order to ascertain how their strong connections to place make compliance with banishment an oppressive burden. Even if banishment increases the authority of the police, and thereby helps them to respond to public concern about ‘disorder’, it makes everyday life more perilous for the socially-marginalized. This suggests that banishment's increased popularity deserves robust contestation.
Differences in Rat Dorsal Striatal NMDA and AMPA Receptors following Acute and Repeated Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Activation

Sprague-Dawley rats can be classified as low or high cocaine responders (LCRs or HCRs, respectively) based on their locomotor activity induced by an acute low dose of cocaine. Upon repeated cocaine exposure, LCRs display greater locomotor sensitization, reward, and reinforcement than HCRs. Altered glutamate receptor expression in the brain reward pathway has been linked to locomotor sensitization and addiction. To determine if such changes contribute to the differential development of locomotor sensitization, we examined protein levels of total, phosphorylated, and cell surface glutamate N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) receptors (Rs) following acute or repeated cocaine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) in LCRs, HCRs and saline controls. Three areas involved in the development and expression of locomotor sensitization were investigated: the ventral tegmental area (VTA), nucleus accumbens (NAc) and dorsal striatum (dSTR). Our results revealed differences only in the dSTR, where we found that after acute cocaine, GluN2BTyr-1472 phosphorylation was significantly greater in LCRs, compared to HCRs and controls. Additionally in dSTR, after repeated cocaine, we observed significant increases in total GluA1, phosphorylated GluA1Ser-845, and cell surface GluA1 in all cocaine-treated animals vs. controls. The acute cocaine-induced increases in NMDARs in dSTR of LCRs may help to explain the more ready development of locomotor sensitization and susceptibility to addiction-like behaviors in rats that initially exhibit little or no cocaine-induced activation, whereas the AMPAR increases after repeated cocaine may relate to recruitment of more dorsal striatal circuits and maintenance of the marked cocaine-induced locomotor activation observed in all of the rats.
Age Differences in Working Memory Tasks: The Role of Secondary Memory and the Central Executive System

Two experiments are reported in which age differences in working memory performance are explored. In the first study, young and older adults held 2, 3, 4, or 5 unrelated words in mind while verifying a single or complex sentence. An age-related decrement was found in subsequent serial recall of the words, and this decrement was larger with longer word lists. Experiment 2 confirmed the interaction between age and list length, using list lengths of 4, 6, and 8 words and a free-recall procedure. There was no interaction between age and divided attention in either experiment. Surprisingly, sentence complexity had a greater detrimental effect on recall in the younger group. The results are discussed in terms of articulatory rehearsal being augmented by using secondary memory in the case of younger subjects.
Training Your Emotional Brain: From Science Fiction to Neuroscience

Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field (psychology, biology, physics, and chemistry), which aims to study the nervous system including the brain. Our neuroscience research project begins with a science fiction story: in the future, androids (robots made of flesh and bones) become virtually identical to humans, except that they lack deep emotions, such as empathy (the ability to understand what others are feeling). What if, in real life, we could find a way to tell if someone was having empathic feelings just by measuring brain activity? And, even more, what if people could boost their feelings of love, tenderness, or affection using information from their own brain activity? This was our goal – to make people change their own brain function while receiving information about their brains. We asked 24 volunteers to enter in a magnetic resonance imaging scanner that measures brain activity. Inside the machine, they were asked to think about important people in their lives while looking at their own brain activity on a monitor – a process called “neurofeedback. ” The volunteers receiving this feedback were able to increase the activity of their brain activity that RevIewed by:
The Revised International Phonetic Alphabet.

In August 1989 the International Phonetic Association held a convention in Kiel, Germany, in order to revise the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The principal product of the meeting was the chart accompanying this note, together with the report published in the Association's Journal (International Phonetic Association 1989). The purpose of this note is not to argue for or against different aspects of the new chart. It was quite clear to everybody at the Kiel convention that this is not the best possible chart; but it was also clear that we could not agree on how it should be improved. My own opinions on its current failings and possible future revisions are appearing elsewhere (Ladefoged 1990). Here I simply wish to urge linguists to abandon idiosyncratic systems of phonetic representation, and to adopt the new international standard. There are three points concerning the IPA that should encourage linguists to regard it as suitable for their needs. The first is that the Association has made it evident that the chart has a linguistic basis, rather than being a general phonetic notation scheme. As the report notes: 'The IPA is intended to be a set of symbols for representing all the possible sounds of the world's languages. ' It goes on to make it clear that by 'possible sounds' it means phonologically contrastive elements within a language, stating that 'the sounds that are represented are primarily those that distinguish one word from another. ' The second point that is of interest to linguists is that the Association recognizes that the symbols can be taken to represent what linguists would call distinctive feature combinations. The new IPA chart does not actually use the term 'features'; it retains the names of the traditional phonetic categories for the row and column headings. But the linguistic basis for these phonetic categories is made evident by statements in the report (which will eventually become part of an official Handbook of the IPA) such as: 'The categories define a number of natural classes of sounds that operate in phonological rules and historical sound changes. The symbols of the IPA are shorthand ways of indicating certain intersections of these categories. Thus [p] is a shorthand way of designating the intersection of the categories voiceless, bilabial, and plosive; [m] is the intersection of the categories voiced, bilabial, and nasal; and so on. ' Most linguists should find little difficulty in regarding what are here called categories as equivalent to what are elsewhere called features. Of course the Association nowhere suggests that these categories are either the sole or the best set of features for linguistic purposes. They simply make evident the linguistic underpinnings of the IPA chart. The final point to be noted here is that the chart is an attempt to provide a summary of agreed phonetic knowledge on a single page. Of course, the pho550
THE ROLE OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT TEAMS IN CULTIVATING MORAL PURPOSE IN LIMPOPO SECONDARY SCHOOLS

In the twenty-first century, South African education system embraced a new educational paradigm that utilised school management teams (SMTs) to lead schools. Reflecting on this movement, I explore the capacity of these management teams to cultivate moral purpose in Limpopo secondary schools. Using qualitative paradigm, I investigated the school managers’ perceptions of moral purpose and how it can be nourished and translated into practice. Moral purpose was conceived as a relatively new concept to the majority of SMTs. Generally, those who were fully aware of their moral purpose understood it as a concept directed towards raising the level of learner achievement and improving school leadership. Such moral purpose is realised when the SMTs articulate the values of commitment, discipline and responsibility. The findings also enumerated a lack of parent involvement, learners’ discipline, and teachers’ lack of commitment to moral purpose as crucial factors that inhibit the sharing of moral purpose in schools. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015. v6n2p633
Factors Affecting the Length of Time a Jury Deliberates: Case Characteristics and Jury Composition

We examine the time it takes to reach a verdict (deliberation time) using a unique dataset on the deliberation times of actual juries in criminal and civil cases. Duration model results indicate that case complexity, the unanimity of verdicts and the process of voir dire affect deliberation times, whereas jury size, prior juror experience and the gender composition of juries are not significant correlates. The results shed empirical light on an important correlate of trial accuracy using real-world data, in contrast to previous research that employed mock jury data.
Cross-lingual acoustic model adaptation based on transfer vector field smoothing with MAP

We propose a method to adapt acoustic models for robust speech recognition in real environments using data from other languages. In real-world speech recognition systems, we can effectively adapt acoustic models using the speech data logged by the system. However, when developing a system for a new language, this step is impossible since we have no such speech data for it. Assuming that similar Gaussians of each language have similar transfer vectors, in our proposed method, we estimate the transfer vectors of each Gaussian of the language for acoustic model adaptation by the transfer vectors of the other language. We evaluated the performance of Indonesian acoustic models that were adapted using the transfer vectors estimated from Japanese transfer vectors. Our proposed method achieved a relative error reduction rate of 10.6% for real environmental speech data.
Sexual restraints: A comparison of perceived and self‐reported reasons for college students∗

In this study we examined and compared both personal reasons for not engaging in sexual intercourse, and students' conceptions of which reasons were most important for other men and women. We have both practical and theoretical reasons for studying students' sex role conceptions in this area. To the extent that there are significant errors in perception, it is possible that the data may help to identify problems in communication and understanding between the sexes, problems which may be dealt with once recognized. In addition, accounting for such errors or inaccurate stereotypes, makes use of role interaction and learning processes. Misperceptions of sex role related characteristics have been found in other studies focusing on how men and women see each other, and what they think each wants and expects from the other in their interpersonal interactions. Kirkendall (1961) states in his book on premarital interpersonal relations that it is easier to engage in actual intercourse than it is to refer to it openly. The results of this lack of communication are dealt with in the present study. METHOD
Rubrics as assessment guides

inroads – The SIGCSE Bulletin 17 Volume 35, Number 4, 2003 December However, every PhD student needs more than a question, which leads us into the realm of 3OI. The Committee on Scientific Principles for Education Research [4] offers six guiding scientific principles: (1) pose significant questions that can be investigated empirically; (2) link research to relevant theory; (3) use methods that permit direct investigation of the question; (4) provide a coherent and explicit chain of reasoning; (5) replicate and generalize across studies; and (6) disclose research to encourage professional scrutiny and critique. Most of us in computer science education are in a state of 3OI. We lack a research paradigm, a process for finding out what we do not know. I do not think any of us can escape 3OI by simply reading a book. We have to learn education research by apprenticeship, just as many of us acquired our PhDs in some non-educational aspect of computer science. During 2002 and 2003, I was such an apprentice, one of around twenty students in the “Bootstrap” project [5]. We were introduced to aspects of education research by Sally Fincher and Marian Petre. Bootstrap has been succeeded by Sally and Marian’s second class “Scaffolding” [6]. Hopefully, there will be more such master classes.
THE CYTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIAL PATHOLOGY USING A UTERINE ASPIRATION TECHNIQUE

Seventy patients were studied using a new negative pressure uterine aspiration technique to obtain samples for endometrial cytology. Normal cytological findings were associated with a normal endometrium in all cases. There was difficulty in precise diagnosis when the cytology was abnormal, and the reasons for this are discussed. Nevertheless the method may well be of value in the early diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma.
Dual-axis solar tracking system based on fuzzy logic control and Light Dependent Resistors as feedback path elements

The power generated by solar panels is mainly influenced by the intensity of solar irradiance. This project utilized dual-axis solar tracking based on light intensity comparison with a fuzzy logic intelligent method. The hardware system consists of an Arduino UNO microcontroller as the main controller and four Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) sensors for sensing the maximum incident intensity of solar irradiance. Initially, two power window motors (one for the horizontal axis and the other for the vertical axis) coordinate and alternately rotate to scan the position of the sun. The mechanism of each axis movement is based on a power window motor which is controlled by a fuzzy logic controller system that moves according to the inputs received from the LDR sensors. The fuzzy logic controller helps the microcontroller to give the best inference concerning the direction to which the solar PV panel should rotate and the position in which it should stay. In conclusion, the solar tracking system delivers high efficiency of output power with a low power intake while it operates.
Measuring disorders of sexual frequency and control: The garos sexual behavior index

Abstract The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) provides diagnostic criteria for sexual disorders and dysfunctions. However, debates continue regarding the conceptualization and classification of excessive sexual behavior. The Garos Sexual Behavior Index was developed to measure constructs associated with disorders of sexual frequency and control. Factor analyses resulted in four clearly defined factors: Discordance, Sexual Obsession, Permissiveness, and Sexual Stimulation. Methods and results of item selection, factor analysis, reliability analyses, and establishment of factorial validity are presented and discussed. Though additional studies are needed to evaluate the full utility and validity of the measure, its viability for use in future research has clearly been established.
Is e-mail addictive?

The thirtieth anniversary of the first e‐mail was celebrated recently, but no one knows the exact date or what the original message was. This lack of certainty is typical of research on e‐mail – there is now a substantial body of knowledge, but little attempt has been made to co‐ordinate it. This article looks at the origins and features of e‐mail and brings together findings on such issues as information overload, aggression and unsolicited commercial e‐mail (“spam”). Information storage and retrieval issues are covered, as are the results of user‐impact studies. The article identifies scope for further research on human‐computer interaction.
Identi fi cation in CLL of circulating intraclonal subgroups with varying B-cell receptor expression and function

Haematology Oncology Group, Molecular Oncology Group, Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville, Spain; Medical Oncology, University Hospital Southampton National Health Service Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom; Biomedical Research Centre of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; Molecular Immunology Group, Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, United Kingdom; and Haematology Department, University Hospital Southampton National Health Service Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
Influence Control for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Data Flow Systems

Influence control is a very challenging issue in dynamic reconfiguration and still not well addressed in the literature. This paper argues that dynamic reconfiguration influences system execution in four ways: functional update, functional side-effect, logical influence on performance and physical influence on performance. Methods including version control, transaction tracing, switching reconfiguration plan, and reconfiguration scheduling have been proposed for controlling the influence. These methods are integrated into the Reconfigurable Data Flow (RDF) model, which is designed to support the dynamic reconfiguration of stateless data flow systems. The RDF platform is an implementation of the RDF model on Java platform. The RDF platform is implemented as an open frame for different reconfiguration planning algorithms and scheduling policies to be simulated and their influence to be quantitatively compared on a single platform. Using the Data Encryption and Digital Signature System as a case study, tests have been done on the RDF platform to examine the influence of different reconfiguration planning algorithms and scheduling policies. Experimental results show that the methods proposed in this paper is effective in controlling the influence of dynamic reconfigurations.