Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mining Correlated Pairs of Patterns in Multidimensional Structured Databases

Structured data is becoming increasingly abundant in many application domains recently. In this paper, as one of the correlation mining, we propose new data mining problems of finding frequent and correlated pairs of patterns in structured databases. First, we consider the problem of finding all frequent and correlated pattern pairs in two dimensional structured databases. Then, two kinds of top-k mining problems are studied. To solve these problems efficiently, we develop a series of algorithms having powerful pruning capabilities. We also discuss the applicability of the proposed algorithms to the discovery of pattern pairs in single and multidimensional structured databases. The effectiveness of proposed algorithms is assessed through the experiments with synthetic and real world datasets.
Magic land: play therapy on interactive tabletops

We describe an ongoing study that explores the introduction of digital technology into play therapy. While digital technologies are increasingly used in educational and directive therapeutic contexts with older children, they are largely missing from non-directive play therapy settings with younger children. Based on the play therapy research and practice literature we describe the design and ongoing evaluation of Magic Land, a set of digital play activities for interactive tabletops used in non-directive play therapy with younger children.
Perception Through Action

The Visual Brain in Action by Milner and Goodale provides a new conceptual account of how the brain processes visual information. Milner and Goodale (1995) make two major points: (1) The dorsal stream processes visual information for motor purposes; (2) Action and perception are two completely separate domains, the latter being an exclusive property of the ventral stream. In the first part of this review we will summarize some recent neurophysiological data shedding new light on the "pragmatic" role of the visual information processed in the dorsal stream, and thus corroborating the theoretical views of Milner and Goodale (1995). In the second part we will discuss some recent neurophysiological, neuropsychological and brain imaging studies suggesting that the dichotomy proposed by Milner and Goodale between action and perception is probably too rigid.
TSIRM: A Two-Stage Iteration with Least-Squares Residual Minimization Algorithm to Solve Large Sparse Linear Systems

In this article, a two-stage iterative algorithm is proposed to improve the convergence of Krylov based iterative methods, typically those of GMRES variants. The principle of the proposed approach is to build an external iteration over the Krylov method, and to frequently store its current residual (at each GMRES restart for instance). After a given number of outer iterations, a least-squares minimization step is applied on the matrix composed by the saved residuals, in order to compute a better solution and to make new iterations if required. It is proven that the proposal has the same convergence properties than the inner embedded method itself. Experiments using up to 16,394 cores also show that the proposed algorithm runs around 5 or 7 times faster than GMRES.
Improved SPICE model for Phase Change Memory cell

This paper presents an LTSpice model for a Phase Change Memory (PCM) cell that accurately simulate the temperature profile, the crystalline fraction and the resistance of the cell as a function of the programming pulse based on physical theories. The model is able to generate the I-V characteristics of a PCM cell, and precisely simulate the drift phenomenon of resistance and threshold voltage at the amorphous phase. The parameters in the model are calibrated with experimental data, and the exact duration of the programming pulse and OFF time are calculated to accurately assess the impact of time. The simulation results of the proposed PCM model are in close agreement with experimental results.
O papel da oração como coping religioso positivo em redução do estresse / The role of prayer as positive religious coping in stress reduction

O objetivo deste artigo de atualizacao e descrever suscintamente o papel da espiritualidade na pratica da psicoterapia, principalmente atraves da compreensao da oracao pessoal como coping religioso positivo na eliciacao da resposta de relaxamento psicofisiologico em reducao do estresse. Descritores : Espiritualidade, Psicoterapia, Religiosidade e psicologia, Adaptacao psicologica, Estresse psicologico
Transition of Keys in XML Data Transformation

Transformation of a source schema to a target schema is an important activity in data integration. In XML data transformation for data integration purposes, when an XML source schema with its conforming data is transformed to the target XML schema, one of the important XML constraints, XML keys that are defined on the source schema for expressive semantics can also be transformed. Thus, whether keys should be transformed and preserved, and if not preserved, whether keys can be captured in another form of XML constraints are important questions. To answer these questions, first, we define XML keys and XML functional dependencies(XFD) on document type definition (DTD). Second, we show key preservation in transformation. If keys are not preserved, we then show how to capture them as XFDs. We term this as key transition. Our research about the XML key preservation and transition is towards handling the issues of integrity constraints in XML data integration.
Deoxycorticosterone Acetate-Salt Mice Exhibit Blood Pressure–Independent Sexual Dimorphism

We tested the hypothesis that female and male mice differ in terms of cardiac hypertrophy after deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)+salt hypertension (uninephrectomy and 1% saline in drinking water) and focused on calcineurin signaling. We excluded confounding effects of blood pressure elevation or sex-related blood pressure differences by treating DOCA-salt mice with hydralazine (250 mg/L in drinking water). We found that directly measured mean arterial blood pressure was lowered to control values with hydralazine and corroborated this finding in separate mouse groups with radiotelemetry. Male mice were more responsive to DOCA-salt–related effects. They developed more left ventricular hypertrophy and more renal hypertrophy after 6 weeks of DOCA-salt+hydralazine compared with female mice. In hearts, transcripts for calcineurin A&bgr; and for myocyte-enriched calcineurin interacting protein 1 were upregulated in male but not in female mice. Enhanced activity of calcineurin A&bgr;, as indicated by diminished phosphorylation of NFATc2 in male mice, accounted for this sex-specific difference. Stretch-related, inflammatory, and profibrotic responses were also accentuated in male mice, as shown by higher transcript levels of atrial natriuretic peptide, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and transforming growth factor-&bgr;. Our results support sex-specific regulation of the calcineurin pathway in response to largely blood pressure–independent mineralocorticoid action. We suggest that sex-specific calcineurin activation determines the maladaptive cardiac and renal hypertrophic responses and accompanying organ injury in male mice.
Quantitative Evaluation of Two Dimensional Vector Field Visualization Techniques

Arguably, one goal of scientific visualization is to represent physical quantities for interpretation without biasing what is inferred from the data by the particular choice of the visualization method. In experimental sciences, great care is taken when determining where data is to be sampled so that incorrect inferences are not made concerning the nature of the data. Must these same types of considerations be made in visualization? Questions of this type have been brought up in the works of Tufte 1, Cleveland2 and more recently Ware3. In all three cases, much advice is given from a qualitative, or anecdotal perspective; user-studies pertaining to the questions raised are still very limited in both their number and their scope. Problem Statement
Timed Petri net modeling and optimization with heuristic search for flexible manufacturing workstations

This paper presents an approach to model and optimize the activities of a manufacturing workstation based on a Petri structure. To model the workstation activities, a comprehensive hierarchical task decomposition consistent with manufacturing control requirements is followed. We also introduce the concept of time-state equations for tracking and optimization purposes. In order to optimize the flow of parts through the physical workstation, a method that combines the heuristic A* search algorithm with limited marking expansion, a new heuristic function and a "non-delay" branching scheme is presented. The output of the algorithm is a near-optimal solution to the part scheduling problem under the makespan criterion. A comparison against previous work shows promising results.
Onabotulinumtoxin A Treatment of Drooling in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Prospective, Longitudinal Open-Label Study

The aim of this prospective open-label study was to treat disabling drooling in children with cerebral palsy (CP) with onabotulinumtoxin A (A/Ona, Botox®) into submandibular and parotid glands and find the lowest effective dosage and least invasive method. A/Ona was injected in 14 children, Mean age 9 years, SD 3 years, under ultrasonic guidance in six successive Series, with at least six months between injections. Doses and gland involvement increased from Series A to F (units (U) per submandibular/parotid gland: A, 10/0; B, 15/0; C, 20/0; D, 20/20; E, 30/20; and F, 30/30). The effect was assessed 2, 4, 8, 12, and 20 weeks after A/Ona (drooling problems (VAS), impact (0–7), treatment effect (0–5), unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) flow and composition)) and analyzed by two-way ANOVA. The effect was unchanged–moderate in A to moderate–marked in F. Changes in all parameters were significant in E and F, but with swallowing problems ≤5 weeks in 3 of 28 treatments. F had largest VAS and UWS reduction (64% and 49%). We recommend: Start with dose D A/Ona (both submandibular and parotid glands and a total of 80 U) and increase to E and eventually F (total 120 U) without sufficient response.
Health, Inequality, and Economic Development

I explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. I discuss a range of mechanisms, including nonlinear income effects, credit restrictions, nutritional traps, public goods provision, and relative deprivation. I review the evidence on the effects of income inequality on the rate of decline of mortality over time, on geographical pattens of mortality, and on individual-level mortality. Much of the literature needs to be treated skeptically, if only because of the low quality of much of the data on income inequality. Although there are many puzzles that remain, I conclude that there is no direct link from income inequality to ill-health; individuals are no more likely to die if they live in more unequal places. The raw correlations that are sometimes found are likely the result of factors other than income inequality, some of which are intimately linked to broader notions of inequality and unfairness. That income inequality itself is not a health risk does not deny the importance for health of other inequalities, nor of the social environment. Whether income redistribution can improve population health does not depend on a direct effect of income inequality and remains an open question.
Diferencias personales en el perdón en universitarios españoles en función del sexo / Personal differences in forgiveness in Spanish university students according to sex

Resumen Desde el punto de vista de la Psicologia Positiva y del estudio de la memoria se considera el perdon como la capacidad reconstructiva de la memoria y una fortaleza al servicio de la felicidad y el bienestar. El presente estudio supone una investigacion acerca de este constructo para conocer su conceptualizacion, los factores que intervienen en el proceso de perdonar, los componentes del mismo y las actitudes hacia el perdon en un grupo de 979 universitarios espanoles de titulaciones de distintas areas de conocimiento y de distintas universidades. Los resultados muestran que no existen diferencias entre los sexos en relacion con la conceptualizacion del perdon. En la eleccion de los factores facilitadores se han encontrado diferencias significativas en dos de los cuatro factores. De los cinco componentes del perdon tan solo en Control de situaciones y sentimientos/pensamientos negativos se ha encontrado diferencias significativas, siendo los hombres quienes puntuan mas alto. Y en las actitudes hacia el agresor hay diferencias significativas en las subescalas Evitacion y Venganza, siendo las mujeres las que ofrecen mayor puntuacion que los hombres. Palabras clave : Perdon, memoria, universitarios, Psicologia Positiva, bienestar, felicidad. Abstract From the point of view of Positive Psychology and the study of memory, forgiveness is considered as a process that is part of the reconstructive capacity of memory and strength at the service of happiness and well-being. The present study supposes an investigation about this construct in order to know its conceptualization, the factors that intervene in the process of forgiveness, their components and the attitudes towards the forgiveness in a group of 983 Spanish university students of degrees from different areas of knowledge and from different universities. The results show that there are no differences between the sexes in relation to the conceptualization of forgiveness. Regarding the choice of facilitating factors, both sexes coincide in the order in which they classify their importance, finding significant differences in two of the four factors. In only one of the five components of forgiveness (Control situations and feelings/negative thoughts) significant differences have been found, with men who score higher. And in the attitudes towards the aggressor there are significant differences in the subscales Avoidance and Revenge, being women the ones that offer higher score than men. Keywords : Forgiveness, memory, university students, Positive Psychology, well-being, happiness. Ma Nieves Barahona Esteban. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2291-4597 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-4256.13. 175
Role of Inflammation in Endophthalmitis

Inflammation originating from infection of the vitreous cavity is called endophthalmitis. Attention has been focused on the epidemiologic, microbiologic reports, and treatment options; unfortunately, the role of the host immune reaction in the visual function damage is still not well understood. Endophthalmitis occurs most frequently after cataract surgery. In this paper we review the published literature regarding inflammatory mediators and apoptosis during the course of endophthalmitis. Toll-like receptors, cytokines, high-mobility group box 1 proteins, aB-crystallin and apoptosis have been studied during clinical and experimental cases of endophthalmitis. Further understanding of the host-immune reaction to vitreous infection is essential for the development of new therapies. The use of intravitreal antibiotics and corticosteroids, vitrectomy and systemic antibiotics for the preservation of visual function is still discouraging.
Linked Social Service: Connecting Isolated Services into a Global Social Service Network

It is considered that Web services have had a tremendous impact on the Web as a potential silver bullet for supporting a distributed service-based economy on a global scale. However, despite the outstanding progress, their uptake on a Web scale has been significantly less than initially anticipated. The reasons are: first, the existing Web service frameworks such as gtraditionalh Web services, semantic Web services, and Web APIs have had a limited impact, second, isolated service islands without links to related services have hampered service discovery and composition. In this paper, we propose a methodology to drive innovation from isolated service islands into the global social service network to connect the islands. First, we propose Linked social service-specific principles based on Linked Data principles for publishing services on the open Web as linked social services using our new service model, and suggest a new platform for constructing a global social service network. Then, an approach is proposed to enable exploitation of a global social service network, providing Linked social service as a service. Finally, experimental results show that the Linked social service can solve the service discovery problem by enabling exploring service to service based on the global social service network.
Brain Tumor Pathology: Current Diagnostic Hotspots and Pitfalls

Introduction Chapter 1: The origin of gliomas in relation with the histological diagnosis Chapter 2: Molecular genetics outline of brain tumors Chapter 3: General remarks Chapter 4: Astrocytic Tumors I Chapter 5: Astrocytic Tumors II Chapter 6: Oligodendroglian Tumors Chapter 7: Ependymal Tumors Chapter 8: Neuronal and \Mixed Glio-neural Tumors I Chapter 9: Neuronal and \Mixed Glio-neural Tumors II Chapter 10: Peculiar Tumors Chapter 11: Cell Migration and Invasion Chapter 12: Apoptosis Chapter 13: The Ubiquitin-proteasome System Chapter 14: Angiogenesis Chapter 15: Meningiomas
Renal excretory responses produced by central administration of opioid agonists in ketamine and xylazine-anesthetized rats.

This study examined the renal excretory responses produced by the intravenous (i.v.) infusion of the alpha-2 agonist, xylazine, in ketamine-anesthetized rats. In addition, the renal responses produced by the intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of opioid agonists were also examined with use of this anesthetic paradigm. In male Sprague-Dawley rats, the i.v. infusion of isotonic saline (55 microl/min) containing ketamine alone (1.0 mg/kg/min) produced low levels of urine flow rate (6.3 +/- 1.3 microl/min/gkw) and urinary sodium excretion (0.28 +/- 0.08 microeq/min/gkw). However, after adding xylazine (50 microg/kg/min) to the ketamine infusate, these renal excretory responses were significantly augmented. Steady-state levels of urine flow rate and urinary sodium excretion were attained approximately 120 min after starting the xylazine infusion and were similar in magnitude to the levels of water and sodium excretion previously observed in untreated, conscious rats. In ketamine/xylazine-anesthetized rats, the i.c. v. injection of the mu opioid agonist, dermorphin (0.1 nmol/kg), or the kappa opioid agonist, U-50488H (1 microg total), produced profound and concurrent diuretic and antinatriuretic responses. The pattern (direction and magnitude) of these opioid-induced renal excretory responses was similar to those previously reported in conscious rats. Together, these results indicate that the i.v. infusion of xylazine enhances the renal excretion of water and sodium in ketamine-anesthetized rats. Moreover, the renal responses produced by i.c. v. administration of opioids are similar in ketamine/xylazine-anesthetized and conscious rats. Thus, it appears that the ketamine/xylazine infusion protocol may provide a valid and useful approach to investigate various aspects of the central opioid control of renal function in rats during experimental procedures that require anesthesia.
Computational power of neural networks: a characterization in terms of Kolmogorov complexity

The computational power of recurrent neural networks is shown to depend ultimately on the complexity of the real constants (weights) of the network. The complexity, or information contents, of the weights is measured by a variant of resource-bounded Kolmogorov (1965) complexity, taking into account the time required for constructing the numbers. In particular, we reveal a full and proper hierarchy of nonuniform complexity classes associated with networks having weights of increasing Kolmogorov complexity.
Investigating the Problems that Result of Using Homophones and Homographs among Students of the College of Languages

This study aimed at investigating the problems that students facing when they use the homophones and homographs in written texts.The researcher used the descriptive analytical method. The researcher used teachers’ questionnaire and a test for students to collect the data. The samples of the study are ten teachers and thirty students drawn from Sudan University of Science and Technology, College of Languages, English Department, the data were analyzed by using the statistical package for social science program (SPSS). The analysis of data showed that there was weakness in using and understanding homophones and homographs. Finally, the researcher presented some recommendations; more attention should be paid to the use of homophones and homographs in designing syllabus and teaching them (homophones and homographs). Moreover, students of second year undergraduate should receive more practice in the use of homophones and homographs at university level.
Mindreading in the Animal Kingdom: Philosophical Controversies

The central issue in the debate on animal minds is the issue of mindreading. This complicated cognitive ability belongs to the key elements of social cognition—as a form of adapting to specific circumstances connected with living in groups, it enables the reading of the mental states of other individuals, e.g. intentions, desires, and beliefs as well as the adaptation of one’s own behavior to this information. The primary purpose of the article is to present the main philosophical controversies which arise in the discussion of whether this ability can be attributed to animals; if so, then to what extent. Philosophical discussions concentrate on methodological issues: alternative interpretational models of animal behavior (mindreading vs reading behavior), anthropomorphism, experimental protocols, and gradeability of mindreading as well as the nature of the mind (thinking).
High Dimensional Spaces and Modelling in the task of Speaker Recognition

The automatic speaker recognition made a signi cant progress in the last two decades. Huge speech corpora containing thousands of speakers recorded on several channels are at hand, and methods utilizing as much information as possible were developed. Nowadays state-of-the-art methods are based on Gaussian mixture models used to estimate relevant statistics from feature vectors extracted from the speech of a speaker, which are further concatenated into a high dimensional vector supervector. Methods concerning the extraction of high dimensional supervectors along with techniques capable to build a speaker model in such a high dimensional space are described in depth and links between these methods are found. The main emphasize is laid on the analysis of these methods and an e cient implementation in order to process huge amounts of development data to train the speaker recognition system. Also the in uence of development corpora on the recognition performance is experimentally tested.