Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
LOCALIZATION OF LYSOZYME IN NORMAL RAT TISSUES BY AN IMMUNOPEROXIDASE METHOD

The immoperoxidase-immunoglobulin bridge technique has been utilized for the localization of lysozyme (LZM) in the cells and tissue of the normal rat. Specific LZM staining was found in the proximal tubules of the kidney, Paneth cells of the small intestine and alveolar macrophages. LZM staining was also demonstrated in macrophages in the perifollicular sinusoids of an activated lymph node. The immunoperoxidase method appears to have significant advantages over previously described methods for LZM localization, and it should also be adaptable to electron microscopic studies.
Does higher education expenditure generate higher learner achievement? A study of historically disadvantaged schools in Gauteng

There is a growing body of research that examines the relationship between learner achievement and the resource characteristics of educators. To help policy-makers and researchers use and build on this body of knowledge, I analyse the relationship between six measures of educator and educator-related characteristics: learner-educator ratios, per learner personnel costs, average educator costs, educator qualifications, educator years of experience, and percentage of temporary teachers in a school, using two years of data (1999 and 2002) in the province of Gauteng. The implications of the indeterminate findings in the light of the limitation of the study are detailed and directions for future research are proposed. South African Journal of Education Vol.24(4) 2004: 264-269
Fear of Losing in Dynamic Auctions: An Experimental Study

We analyze the implications of different pricing rules in discrete clock auctions. The two most common pricing rules are highest-rejected bid (HRB) and lowest-accepted bid (LAB). Under HRB, the winners pay the lowest price that clears the market; under LAB, the winners pay the highest price that clears the market. This pricing difference creates stronger incentives for bid shading under LAB. When bidders seek to maximize profits, the HRB auction maximizes revenues and is fully efficient. Because of the bid shading under LAB, a bidder may lose at an affordable price. Bidders who fear losing may limit bid shading, causing the LAB auction to achieve higher revenues than the HRB auction. Our experiments confirm that this is the case. The LAB auction achieves higher revenues. This also is the case in a version of the clock auction with provisional winners that is commonly used in spectrum auctions. This revenue result may explain the frequent use of LAB pricing despite the efficiency and simplicity advantages of HRB pricing.
Intrinsic Images for Shadow Removal

The purpose of this report is to summarize the work done by a number of researchers over the course of a number of years related to creating illumination invariant images for the purpose of shadow removal. We will also discuss the experiments that were implemented in order to test the algorithm on consumer-grade digital cameras, and the results of these experiments.
A Method for Selecting the Bin Size of a Time Histogram

Abstract The time histogram method is the most basic tool for capturing a time dependent rate of neuronal spikes. Generally in the neurophysiological literature, the bin size that critically determines the goodness of the fit of the time histogram to the underlying spike rate has been subjectively selected by individual researchers. Here, we propose a method for objectively selecting the bin size from the spike count statistics alone, so that the resulting bar or line graph time histogram best represents the unknown underlying spike rate. For a small number of spike sequences generated from a modestly fluctuating rate, the optimal bin size may diverge, indicating that any time histogram is likely to capture a spurious rate. Given a paucity of data, the method presented here can nevertheless suggest how many experimental trials should be added in order to obtain a meaningful time-dependent histogram with the required accuracy.
Modified Therapeutic Community Treatment for Offenders with Co-Occurring Disorders

Abstract This paper examines outcomes 12 months post-prison release for offenders with co-occurring disorders (n = 185) randomly assigned to either a mental health control treatment (C) or a modified therapeutic community (E). Significant between-group differences were not found for mental health measures, although improvements were observed for each group. Reductions in criminal behavior were associated more with substance use than improvements in mental health symptoms, supporting the primacy of substance abuse treatment in affecting recidivism. Additional study of this population is needed to describe the relationships among diagnostic subgroups, as well as change in substance use and in mental health symptoms.
Electrically driven monolithic subwavelength plasmonic interconnect circuits

Here, we experimentally demonstrate a monolithic, subwavelength plasmonic interconnect circuit. In the post-Moore era, an electrically driven monolithic optoelectronic integrated circuit (OEIC) fabricated from a single material is pursued globally to enable the construction of wafer-scale compact computing systems with powerful processing capabilities and low-power consumption. We report a monolithic plasmonic interconnect circuit (PIC) consisting of a photovoltaic (PV) cascading detector, Au-strip waveguides, and electrically driven surface plasmon polariton (SPP) sources. These components are fabricated from carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)–compatible doping-free technique in the same feature size, which can be reduced to deep-subwavelength scale (~λ/7 to λ/95, λ = 1340 nm) compared with the 14-nm technique node. An OEIC could potentially be configured as a repeater for data transport because of its “photovoltaic” operation mode to transform SPP energy directly into electricity to drive subsequent electronic circuits. Moreover, chip-scale throughput capability has also been demonstrated by fabricating a 20 × 20 PIC array on a 10 mm × 10 mm wafer. Tailoring photonics for monolithic integration with electronics beyond the diffraction limit opens a new era of chip-level nanoscale electronic-photonic systems, introducing a new path to innovate toward much faster, smaller, and cheaper computing frameworks.
Application of the Caprini risk assessment model in evaluation of non-venous thromboembolism complications in plastic and reconstructive surgery patients.

BACKGROUND The Caprini Risk Assessment Model is used to categorize patient risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) events; its predictive associations have been repeatedly corroborated. Calculating scores involves consideration of systemic factors that may predict other postoperative complications. OBJECTIVE This study investigates whether Caprini scores can be applied to non-VTE complications. METHODS The authors undertook a retrospective chart review of 1598 encounters for a series of complex reconstructive and body contouring operations at an academic medical institution. Input variables included Caprini score components, patient comorbidities, and prophylactic use of antithrombotic drugs. Output variables were postoperative complications. Tests for proportions were performed on percentile data. Nonpercentile data were treated with comparison of means (t test). Odds ratios for complications were calculated for stratified risk groups and compared. RESULTS The overall complication rate was 28.03%. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) incidence was 1.50%. Differences in age, body mass index (BMI), operation time, hypertension, diabetes, renal disease, and cancer were statistically significant between patients who experienced complications and those who did not. For DVT versus DVT-free patients, differences in sex, BMI, operation time, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, and prior DVT were significant. Caprini scores identified 628 encounters as low risk (0-4) and 970 as high risk (>5). Dehiscence, infection, necrosis, seroma, hematoma, and overall complication rate significantly increased the incidence for the high-risk group. CONCLUSIONS Caprini scores can be used as valuable predictors for some non-VTE postoperative complications (dehiscence, infection, seroma, hematoma, and necrosis). In addition to VTE events, clinicians should pay special attention to clinical signs indicative of the complications listed above when dealing with high-risk, high-Caprini score patients.
Academic anxiety – a growing concern among urban mid adolescent school children

Adolescence, being the developmental phase with enormous challenges of life situations coupled with pressure for fulfilment of parental expectations, is marked by definite noticeable anxieties. A careful study of mid adolescence can reveal the existing scenario for timely and appropriate interventions leading to minimization of undesirable losses, temporary & permanent, to the families and communities. This cross sectional study, conducted on 410 school students in mid adolescent age group, based its findings as per the Bisht Battery Scale based questionnaire and related categorization. The observance of mild, moderate and severe academic anxiety in majority of students shows high pressures for academic performance and therefore related anxiety levels. Thus, the study concludes that the provision of counselling facilities for students and parents shall go a long way in not only relieving the students from the undesirable levels of academic anxieties, but will also help them to cope up with the academic challenges thereby avoiding possibilities of taking extreme steps like suicides.
Reproductions Supplied by Edrs Are the Best That Can Be Made * * from the Original Document. toward a Self-evaluation Maintenance Model of Social Behavior*

1 This paper describes a SelfEvaluation Maintenance (SEM) model of social behavior. The model consists of three variables, the psychological closeness of anc,her, the relative performance of that other, and the relevance of the performance dimension to one's self definition. Thest. variables are hypothesized to interact to affect one another. Evidence for the model is reviewed. The systemic character of the model and the interactive nature of the predictions are commented on. Finally, the role of affect/emotion in the working of these piocesses is explored.
LiDAR based vehicle detection in urban environment

In this paper, a LiDAR based vehicle detection approach is proposed with the goal of utilizing range information. The proposed approach is based on two phases: a hypothesis generation phase to generate the potential regions and a hypothesis verification phase to recognize the corresponding vehicles. In contrast to appearance based vehicle detection systems, the proposed approach solely relies on the range information and achieves a close performance to the state-of-art. Furthermore, the proposed approach is adaptable to the environment constrains in contrast to vision based techniques, e.g. light intensity and fields of view. Performance of the proposed approach is evaluated on a large public dataset in urban environment.
The sirtuins, oxidative stress and aging: an emerging link

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a family of compounds that can oxidatively damage cellular macromolecules and may influence lifespan. Sirtuins are a conserved family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent protein deacetylases that regulate lifespan in many model organisms including yeast and mice. Recent work suggests that sirtuins can modulate ROS levels notably during a dietary regimen known as calorie restriction which enhances lifespan for several organisms. Although both sirtuins and ROS have been implicated in the aging process, their precise roles remain unknown. In this review, we summarize current thinking about the oxidative stress theory of aging, discuss some of the compelling data linking the sirtuins to ROS and aging, and propose a conceptual model placing the sirtuins into an ROS-driven mitochondria-mediated hormetic response.
Printed Humidity Sensor With Memory Functionality for Passive RFID Tags

This paper presents a printed UHF radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor solution that indicates whether a passive RFID tag has been exposed to a certain degree of humidity. The printed sensor operates as a write-once read-many-times resistive memory as it permanently changes its resistance from about 2 <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">${\rm k}\Omega$</tex></formula> to less than 50 <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$\Omega$</tex></formula> after exposure to humidity or water. The change of the sensor resistance is used to modulate the properties of a UHF RFID tag antenna by changing antenna input impedance and also introducing or removing ohmic losses in the antenna structure. The final result is reflected in the change of the minimum transmit power required to power-up the RFID tag. Both the sensor and the tag antenna are printed horizontally on a paper substrate. Different geometric combinations of sensor and antenna structures are investigated. Typical applications include noninvasive methods for detecting wetness or humidity levels in hidden locations, such as within construction structures. The sensor setup can also serve to provide information as to whether a package sent over a supply chain has exceeded a certain level of humidity during its route.
The cost model for fragmented XML streams

The cost-model for XML stream is the theory foundation in the research of XML stream dissemination, fragmentation and evaluation. According to the matching operations in fragmented XML stream system, this paper analyzes the features of the system overhead on client, network and server, and brings in the cost model for fragmented XML stream based on Hole-Filler model. Based on the cost model, this paper illustrates the influence of the fragmentation policy on XML dissemination system by an application and proposes a series of selection policies for XML stream fragmentation to improve the system efficiency, adaptivity and scalability.
A Review on Cuprate Based Superconducting Materials Including Characteristics and Applications

A general review on cuprate based superconducting materials has been made. The special features of cuprate based high-temperature superconductors have been explained from the material side and the physical properties side. The present statuses on applications of cuprate based high-temperature superconductors have been included. In this paper, all characteristics of cuprate based superconductors depending upon the recent discoveries and applications of those compounds have been included and explained so that a researcher can get a good idea about this field easily. The article gives a summary of the prevailing arguments of researchers to relate the material to cuprates and also the comparative features of many families of superconductors. The existing challenges, such as flux pinning, inter-grain Josephson losses due to population of voids and attempts towards the solution of these problems have been made by researcher have also been discussed. Since the high temperature superconductivity was discovered in La2-xBaxCuO4 in 1986, many research works have been done on this topic, but in this review paper we emphasis cuprate based material and we noted all properties in dividing many section and also made a comparison between different materials.
Stalking: Perspectives on Victims and Perpetrators

At what point does following a person, or trying to intimidate him or her into accepting one's advances, become "stalking"? How is stalking related to gender? Who is the stalker? What are the long-term effects of stalking? These are among the many issues explored in this groundbreaking empirical investigation. This book based on two special issues of the journal "Violence & Victims" presents in-depth findings on both victim and perpetrator, and includes a new understanding of the categories of stalking behavior: simple obsessional, love obsessional, and erotomaniac.
Replication of adeno-associated virus in cells irradiated with UV light at 254 nm

Irradiation of simian virus 40 (ori mutant)-transformed Chinese hamster embryo cells (OD4 line) with UV light induced a cellular capacity which supported a full cycle of helper-independent adeno-associated virus replication. Monochromatic UV light at 254 nm was about 1,000-fold more effective than UV light at 313 nm, indicating that cellular nucleic acid is the primary chromophore in the UV-induced process leading to permissiveness for adeno-associated virus replication. The UV irradiation and the infection could be separated for up to 12 h without substantial loss of permissiveness. During this time interval, the induction process was partly sensitive to cycloheximide, suggesting a requirement for de novo protein synthesis.
Reusing Service Process Fragments with a Linguistic Approach for User Qualitative Preferences

Prevailing research trend is to use Web services for data publishing and sharing among organizations, but existing works often fall short of service reuse, let alone do they take reusing arbitrary granularities of Service Process Fragments (SPFs) into account. As a matter of fact, SPF reuse can not only improve the efficiency of software development, but also can economize on human and material resources. To reuse SPFs effectively, in this paper, we present an integrated approach, which gets the advantage of the extended Cocke-Kasami-Younger (CKY) algorithm into a marriage of Trade off-enhanced Conditional Preference Network (TCP-net) and the fuzzy linguistic approach. As a result, our method of SPF reuse not only takes the user's functional requirements into account, but also considers the user's qualitative preferences over non-functional properties of Web services. Through a set of experiments, the effectiveness and robustness of our approach are evaluated, where the dataset is constructed by the Web Service Challenge Testset Generator1 (CTG).
Stimulus Equivalence: An Approach for Teaching Beginning Reading Skills to Young Children.

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of a stimulus equivalence procedure in teaching beginning reading skills to young children. Two preschool aged children received a preassessment on six matching-to-sample tasks. Results of the preassessment indicated that both children could match dictated picture names with pictures and pictures with oral names. However, neither child could match: 1) dictated picture names with printed words, 2) pictures with printed words, 3) printed words with pictures, or 4) printed words with oral names. Following the preassessment, each child received training in one matching-to-sample task: dictated picture names with printed words. After 17 sessions, a post-assessment was administered. Despite having received instruction on only one task, both children attained high scores on all remaining matching-to-sample tasks. Of particular importance was the fact that both children learned to read words as a by-product of the instruction. Thus, stimulus equivalence appears to be a promising technique for teaching beginning reading skills and may serve as a model for teaching reading and other verbal behavior skills.
The Nuclear Receptors of Biomphalaria glabrata and Lottia gigantea: Implications for Developing New Model Organisms

Nuclear receptors (NRs) are transcription regulators involved in an array of diverse physiological functions including key roles in endocrine and metabolic function. The aim of this study was to identify nuclear receptors in the fully sequenced genome of the gastropod snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni and compare these to known vertebrate NRs, with a view to assessing the snail's potential as a invertebrate model organism for endocrine function, both as a prospective new test organism and to elucidate the fundamental genetic and mechanistic causes of disease. For comparative purposes, the genome of a second gastropod, the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea was also investigated for nuclear receptors. Thirty-nine and thirty-three putative NRs were identified from the B. glabrata and L. gigantea genomes respectively, based on the presence of a conserved DNA-binding domain and/or ligand-binding domain. Nuclear receptor transcript expression was confirmed and sequences were subjected to a comparative phylogenetic analysis, which demonstrated that these molluscs have representatives of all the major NR subfamilies (1-6). Many of the identified NRs are conserved between vertebrates and invertebrates, however differences exist, most notably, the absence of receptors of Group 3C, which includes some of the vertebrate endocrine hormone targets. The mollusc genomes also contain NR homologues that are present in insects and nematodes but not in vertebrates, such as Group 1J (HR48/DAF12/HR96). The identification of many shared receptors between humans and molluscs indicates the potential for molluscs as model organisms; however the absence of several steroid hormone receptors indicates snail endocrine systems are fundamentally different.
Conceptions of Giftedness: The Scientific Study of Giftedness

As you look at the crisp night sky, you see that one star stands out – brighter than all others. Perhaps, so it is with giftedness: As you look into a classroom, you see that one student stands out – brighter than all others. Although astrophysicists can explain the nature of an extraordinary star, psychologists continue to struggle with how to conceptualize giftedness. Conceptions of Giftedness provides an up-to-date and diverse collection of ideas about what giftedness is and how gifted students should be educated. There are many ways to conceptualize giftedness, ranging from practical conceptualizations based on years of experience in working with gifted students to political conceptualizations based on moral principles. However, the distinguishing feature of the scientific study of giftedness is that theories are tested against evidence that has been collected using sound methodologies. The theme of this chapter is that there is value in the scientific study of giftedness, that is, in using an evidence-based approach to assessing the usefulness of various theories of giftedness and in assessing the effects of various academic programs for gifted students.
Human pre‐mRNA cleavage factor IIm contains homologs of yeast proteins and bridges two other cleavage factors

Six different protein factors are required in vitro for 3′ end formation of mammalian pre‐mRNAs by endonucleolytic cleavage and polyadenylation. Five of the factors have been purified and most of their components cloned, but cleavage factor IIm (CF IIm) remained uncharacterized. We have purified CF IIm from HeLa cell nuclear extract by several chromatographic steps. During purification, CF IIm activity separated into two components, one essential (CF IIAm) and one stimulatory (CF IIBm) for the cleavage reaction. CF IIAm fractions contain the human homologs of two yeast 3′ end processing factors, Pcf11p and Clp1p, as well as cleavage factor Im (CF Im) and several splicing and transcription factors. We report the cloning of hClp1 and show that it is a genuine subunit of CF IIAm. Antibodies directed against hClp1 deplete cleavage activity, but not polyadenylation activity from HeLa cell nuclear extract. hClp1 interacts with CF Im and the cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor CPSF, suggesting that it bridges these two 3′ end processing factors within the cleavage complex.