Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Power of Implicit Motion: "It Goes Straight Through"

This communication aims to show how a working alliance of psychoanalysis and art can be mutually fruitful. Movement is of central importance to both art and psyche. Drawing on this realization enables me, in my capacity as a psychoanalytic aesthetician, to propose a theory of (1) how aesthetic responsiveness takes place, and (2) sometimes has therapeutic efficacy. In The Survival of Images (2001), Louis Rose examines a small circle of art historians and psychoanalysts in the first half of the twentieth century who explored images of movement. This group of cultural scientists consisted, on the one hand, of Aby Warburg and his successors Fritz Saxl and E. H. Gombrich and, on the other, of Freud and his disciple Ernst Kris, himself trained as an art historian and the student of Emanuel Loewy. Freud never referred to Warburg, and the latter opposed Freud’s sexual theory. Yet, Rose argues, whether the link in question was between ancient culture and modern life or between the infant and the adult, “the object of cultural study common to the psychoanalyst and art historian [was] the image of movement” (22). And though the repository of images for art historians was the public archives, while for psychoanalysts it was the private stock of any individual’s dreams, both “placed image-making at the center of their researches, exploring how visual pictures and scenes gained qualities of immediacy and living movement. According to both, those qualities of pictures and performances resulted from dramatic fragments of the past coming into renewed contact with the present” (26). I would like to utilize Rose’s research as a springboard to reflect on the temporary therapeutic miracles that music and art can sometimes accomplish with victims of neurological devastation. For example, listening to music, performing it, or just imagining it can restore motor ability, emotional range, and psychological identity for a period extending from moments to hours. This may be accompanied by a revival of normal EEG patterns.
Understanding co-evolution in large multi-relational social networks

Understanding dynamics of evolution in large social networks is an important problem. In this paper, we characterize evolution in large multi-relational social networks. The proliferation of online media such as Twitter, Facebook, Orkut and MMORPGs1 have created social networking data at an unprecedented scale. Sony's Everquest II is one such example. We used game multi-relational networks to reveal the dynamics of evolution in a multi-relational setting by macroscopic study of the game network. Macroscopic analysis involves fragmenting the network into smaller portions for studying the dynamics within these sub-networks, referred to as `communities'. From an evolutionary perspective of multi-relational network analysis, we have made the following contributions. Specifically, we formulated and analyzed various metrics to capture evolutionary properties of networks. We find that co-evolution rates in trust based `communities' are approximately 60% higher than the trade based `communities'. We also find that the trust and trade connections within the `communities' reduce as their size increases. Finally, we study the interrelation between the dynamics of trade and trust within `communities' and find interesting results about the precursor relationship between the trade and the trust dynamics within the `communities'.
Blur-Aware Disparity Estimation from Defocus Stereo Images

Defocus blur usually causes performance degradation in establishing the visual correspondence between stereo images. We propose a blur-aware disparity estimation method that is robust to the mismatch of focus in stereo images. The relative blur resulting from the mismatch of focus between stereo images is approximated as the difference of the square diameters of the blur kernels. Based on the defocus and stereo model, we propose the relative blur versus disparity (RBD) model that characterizes the relative blur as a second-order polynomial function of disparity. Our method alternates between RBD model update and disparity update in each iteration. The RBD model in return refines the disparity estimation by updating the matching cost and aggregation weight to compensate the mismatch of focus. Experiments using both synthesized and real datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm.
Clinical Effect of Endovascular Treatment on Blood Pressure and Kidney Function for Hypertensive Patients with Renal Artery Stenosis

The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of endovascular treatment on postoperative blood pressure (BP) control and kidney function of hypertensive patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS). Between January 2004 and December 2011, RAS was diagnosed in 120 renal arteries from 115 hypertensive patients. Preoperative and postoperative BPs and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were monitored. Postoperative oral antiplatelet and antihypertensive agents were administered. Clinical follow-up was available for all patients for at least 6 months. Balloon angioplasty was performed successfully in 110 patients, and stents were deployed in 94 renal arteries from 89 patients. Hypertension was cured and lessened in 19 and 61 patients, respectively. Blood pressure was stable and worsened in 26 and 9 patients, respectively. The renal function was improved and stable in 23 patients and 57 patients, respectively. Deterioration of renal function was observed in 11 patients. Doppler ultrasound after discharge revealed 87 patent renal arteries and fixed stents in 82 patients 6 months after procedure. Balloon angioplasty and stent deployment are effective and feasible procedures for patients with RAS that help in controlling BP and improving renal function moderately.
‘Activity choice’ and physical education in England and Wales

This paper draws on data from a broader study, the central object of which was to explore the place of sport and physical activity in young people's lives. More particularly, the paper reports the findings of 24 focus groups conducted with 153 15–16 year olds in north-west England and north-east Wales in order to examine young people's views towards activity choice in physical education (PE). In this regard, it is suggested that despite their deep-seated preferences for ‘traditional’, games-dominated PE curricula and the constraints imposed upon them from the existence of a national curriculum for PE and government policy over the past two decades, PE teachers continue to provide young people with a degree of activity choice in the later secondary school years. The 15–16 year olds in this study considered activity choice to be a very positive feature of their experience of PE at key stage 4 and viewed it as a vehicle for greater enjoyment of and engagement with PE. It was also the case that the 15–16 year olds appeared to attach a great deal of importance to the ways in which the activities provided them with the opportunity to engage in activities within PE that they also do in their leisure-time, and which they are likely to do in the future. At the same time, however, many young people expressed dissatisfaction with what they perceived as unnecessary and undesirable limitations on the number and range of activities made available to them. Restrictions on choice were particularly felt among girls and those from lower social class backgrounds who were evidently dissatisfied with what they saw as the over-representation of a small number of traditional team sports and activities in PE. It is concluded that if PE teachers and policy-makers want to increase their impact upon young people's participation in PE and ‘modernise’ further the curricula provided for pupils, then they need to appreciate more adequately the significance of the twin processes of democratisation and informalisation, since both processes help explain young people's growing preference for choice in PE and in other social contexts.
Identification of the patterns of Chinese character recognition in students with learning disabilities requiring Tier-2 support: a Rasch analysis

This study investigates the Chinese reading patterns of students with learning disabilities (LD). The performances of students with LD in reading the three categories of Chinese characters were particularly analysed: regular, irregular, and pseudo-characters. Fifty-three students with LD in reading and 44 students without LD of Year 4 were selected from five Hong Kong primary schools. Their abilities for reading Chinese characters were measured using Rasch analysis. Both types of students found regular characters as the easiest to read. Students without LD showed better performance in reading irregular characters than pseudo-characters, whereas students with LD exhibited no significant performance difference in reading these two categories. The implication of these results is that the students without LD might rely on using the orthographic processing than that of phonological processing to read. On the other hand, students with LD might not have the preference of using the orthographic processing.
On multiuser secrecy rate in flat fading channel

We consider a physical layer security based on the wiretap channel for wireless communication systems in which there are one transmitter and multiple receivers/users who report their channel state information (CSI) to the transmitter. This scenario is practically useful since it models the forward link of cellular systems where the systems can take advantage of the multiuser diversity. We are curious about the role of the multiuser diversity in the secure communication under the wiretap channel framework. Although it is well known that fixed transmit power is not optimal when CSI is available to the transmitter, to get useful insights, we consider a fixed transmit power case. In return, we can have some of important performance measures such as outage probability, average secrecy rate, failure rate, and average wait time in closed forms. The analysis interestingly shows that the multiuser diversity becomes always disadvantageous for the secure communications. We substantiate our claims with the analytic results and numerical evaluations.
Modeling Approaches for Large-Scale Reconfigurable Engineering Systems

This paper reviews various approaches that have been used for the modeling and simulation of large-scale engineering systems and determines their appropriateness in the development of a RICS modeling and simulation tool. Bond graphs, linear graphs, block diagrams, differential and difference equations, modeling languages, cellular automata and agents are reviewed. This tool should be based on linear graph representation and supports symbolic programming, functional programming, the development of noncausal models and the incorporation of decentralized approaches. Keywords—Interdisciplinary, dynamic, functional programming, object-oriented.
Artemisinin Induces Calcium-Dependent Protein Secretion in the Protozoan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

ABSTRACT Intracellular calcium controls several crucial cellular events in apicomplexan parasites, including protein secretion, motility, and invasion into and egress from host cells. The plant compound thapsigargin inhibits the sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA), resulting in elevated calcium and induction of protein secretion in Toxoplasma gondii. Artemisinins are natural products that show potent and selective activity against parasites, making them useful for the treatment of malaria. While the mechanism of action is uncertain, previous studies have suggested that artemisinin may inhibit SERCA, thus disrupting calcium homeostasis. We cloned the single-copy gene encoding SERCA in T. gondii (TgSERCA) and demonstrate that the protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum in the parasite. In extracellular parasites, TgSERCA partially relocalized to the apical pole, a highly active site for regulated secretion of micronemes. TgSERCA complemented a calcium ATPase-defective yeast mutant, and this activity was inhibited by either thapsigargin or artemisinin. Treatment of T. gondii with artemisinin triggered calcium-dependent secretion of microneme proteins, similar to the SERCA inhibitor thapsigargin. Artemisinin treatment also altered intracellular calcium in parasites by increasing the periodicity of calcium oscillations and inducing recurrent, strong calcium spikes, as imaged using Fluo-4 labeling. Collectively, these results demonstrate that artemisinin perturbs calcium homeostasis in T. gondii, supporting the idea that Ca2+-ATPases are potential drug targets in parasites.
Highlights of Ai History—from Gödel to 2006

When Kurt Gödel layed the foundations of theoretical compu ter science in 1931, he also introduced essential concepts of the theory of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Although much of subsequent AI research has focused on heuristics, which still play a major role in many practical AI applications, in the new millennium AI theory has finally become a full-fledged formal science, with important optimality results for embodied agents living in unknown environments , obtained through a combination of theorỳa la Gödel and probability theory. Here we look back at important milestones of AI history, mention essential rece nt r sults, and speculate about what we may expect from the next 25 years, emphasizing t he significance of the ongoing dramatic hardware speedups, and discussing G ödel-inspired, selfreferential, self-improving universal problem solvers. 1 Highlights of AI History—From G ödel to 2006 Gödel and Lilienfeld. In 1931, 75 years ago and just a few years after Julius Lilienfeld patented the transistor, Kurt Gödel layed the foundat ions of theoretical computer science (CS) with his work on universal formal languages and the limits of proof and computation [5]. He constructed formal systems allowing fo r self-referential statements that talk about themselves, in particular, about whet her they can be derived from a set of given axioms through a computational theorem provin g procedure. Gödel went on to construct statements that claim their own unprovabili ty, to demonstrate that traditional math is either flawed in a certain algorithmic sense or contains unprovable but true statements. Gödel’s incompleteness result is widely regarded as the mo st remarkable achievement of 20th century mathematics, although some mathematic ians say it is logic, not math, and others call it the fundamental result of theoretic al computer science, a discipline that did not yet officially exist back then but was eff ectively created through Invited contribution to the Proceedings of the “50th Annive rsary Summit of Artificial Intelligence” at Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, 9-14 July 2006 (variant ccepted for Springer’s LNAI series)
An overview on analysis tools for software product lines

A software product line is a set of different software products that share commonalities. For a selection of features, specialized products of one domain can be generated automatically from domain artifacts. However, analyses of software product lines need to handle a large number of products that can be exponential in the number of features. In the last decade, many approaches have been proposed to analyze software product lines efficiently. For some of these approaches tool support is available. Based on a recent survey on analysis for software product lines, we provide a first overview on such tools. While our discussion is limited to analysis tools, we provide an accompanying website covering further tools for product-line development. We compare tools according to their analysis and implementation strategy to identify underrepresented areas. In addition, we want to ease the reuse of existing tools for researchers and students, and to simplify research transfer to practice.
Dimensions of Plan Performance for Sick and Healthy Members on the Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Study 2.0 Survey

Background. The quality of health plan care may differ for members in good and poor health. Objective. To determine whether reports from sick and healthy members reflect distinct aspects of plan performance. Research Design. Mean health plan scores were analyzed on the 1998 and 1999 Medicare Managed Care (MMC) Consumer Assessments of Health Plans (CAHPS) surveys, treating responses from sick and healthy members as separate plan measures. Alternative definitions of health were compared and the one that defined groups with the most distinct experiences was selected. Using factor analysis, composites of report items defined for these groups were identified. Mean ratings were regressed on these composites. Subjects. Two hundred ninety thousand seven hundred thirty-nine Medicare managed care beneficiaries from 381 health plan-reporting units. Measures. MMC-CAHPS survey responses, including four overall ratings and 30 specific report items. Results. A question about general health status best defined subgroups with distinct experiences. Report items grouped into eight factors: care for healthy members, care for sick members, finding and communicating with a doctor for sick members, plan customer service, plan-provided medical services and equipment, vaccinations, prescriptions, and smoking cessation advice. Ratings by each subgroup were generally most strongly predicted by reports on care for the same subgroup and by customer service and plan-provided services (for ratings of plan) and access to doctors. Conclusions. Reports from sick and healthy members measure distinct dimensions of health plan quality, especially in the domain of patient care. Distinguishing these dimensions might help in informing consumers and targeting quality improvement efforts.
Literacy Tests for Trainee Teachers: Shadows across the secondary classroom?

This paper examines the models of literacy implicit in two recent cross-curricular policy initiatives that concern secondary ITE providers and trainee teachers in the UK. Taking the QTS Skills Tests in literacy as a starting-point, the paper seeks to explore the literacy practices and perceptions of a small volunteer sample of trainees, focussing on punctuation and grammar. Drawing on models from adult literacy, the findings suggest that undergraduates and postgraduates can benefit from the presentation of literacy as an evolving and contested set of cultural practices, within which individual trainees can develop and articulate their preferred style of writing.
Global Activity Motivation and Activities of Older People

Measures of global motivation to be active might help to explain the overall activity patterns late in life that, in turn, might help us to better understand the nature of successful and productive aging. We report on a study in which we developed a measure of global activity motivation and examined its relationship to four activities: working, volunteering, exercising, and taking classes. An opportunity sample of 193 persons age 55 and older from eastern Massachusetts responded to a self-administered questionnaire on types of activity and motivations for engaging in these activities. The data show that a four-item global activity motivation measure is present and that it is positively associated with participation in a count of the four activities and two of the specific activities: working and volunteering. This analysis demonstrates that global activity motivation is helpful in understanding patterns of activity among older people beyond the contribution of motivation for specific activities. We offer suggestions on how activity organizers can make use of the global activity motivation concept to encourage older people to engage in activities.
Incidence and prognosis of angina pectoris in South Asians and Whites: 18 years of follow-up over seven phases in the Whitehall-II prospective cohort study.

BACKGROUND Whether the higher coronary mortality in South Asians compared with White populations is due to a higher incidence of disease is not known. This study assessed cumulative incidence of chest pain in South Asians and Whites, and prognosis of chest pain. METHODS Over seven phases of 18-year follow-up of the Whitehall-II study (9,775 civil servants: 9,195 White, 580 South Asian), chest pain was assessed using the Rose questionnaire. Coronary death/non-fatal myocardial infarction was examined comparing those with chest pain to those with no chest pain at baseline. RESULTS South Asians had higher cumulative frequencies of typical angina by Phase 7 (17.0 versus 11.3%, P < 0.001) and exertional chest pain (15.4 versus 8.5%, P < 0.001) compared with Whites. Typical angina and exertional chest pain at baseline were associated with a worse prognosis compared with those with no chest pain in both groups (typical angina, South Asians: HR, 4.67 and 95% CI, 2.12-0.30; Whites: HR, 3.56 95% CI, 2.59-4.88). Baseline non-exertional chest pain did not confer a worse prognosis. Across all types of pain, prognosis was worse in South Asians. CONCLUSION South Asians had higher cumulative incidence of angina than Whites. In both, typical angina and exertional chest pain were associated with worse prognosis compared with those with no chest pain.
Understanding entrepreneurial learning: a question of how?

The paper aims to stimulate debate among researchers and practitioners on the use of narrative methodology as a constructive means of inquiry in developing the understanding and the practice of entrepreneurship. It argues that narrative interpretation is a valid method in researching the human learning and cultural development of entrepreneurship. Drawing on the author’s fieldwork in researching entrepreneurial learning through life stories, it demonstrates the rich insights which can be gained from discursive life story research. A conceptual model of the significant themes in entrepreneurial learning is proposed for further development and application in education and research. The paper proposes that the “living theory” of entrepreneurship is a cultural, discursive resource which may be discovered and interpreted through the narrative medium.