Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
To regain participation in occupations through human encounters – narratives from women with spinal cord injury

Purpose. To gain an understanding of how women with spinal cord injury (SCI) experienced human encounters in occupations and how these influenced their participation. Method. The data were collected through two or three in-depth interviews with 13 women (age 25 – 61 years) with SCI. Data analysis was carried out by using a paradigmatic analysis of narrative data, followed by an interpretation based on a narrative theory. Results. The results showed a complexity where the women's experiences and acting in human encounters changed over time. In these human encounters the women struggled with conflicts, supported other persons that were insecure and revaluated their apprehension about persons in their social network. These multidimensional human encounters thereby enabled them to regain participation in occupations. Conclusions. This shows that human encounters are important for persons with disabilities so they can restructure their occupational identity and their needs for participation in occupations. The study also showed that the use of narratives as a tool within rehabilitation could lead to an increased understanding of the subjective changes that occur over time for a person with a disability.
High Fidelity DEM Generation Based on LiDAR Data

With favorable penetrability to vegetation, LiDAR data is an important data source to generate high precision DEM for reconnaissance and design of railway. To avoid the limitation of the LiDAR data-processing in keeping terrain feature and to satisfy the demand of the reconnaissance and design, this paper presents a high fidelity DEM production method, which successively uses the specialized software and the variety photogrammetry technology. The large scale results of production have proved that the method is feasible and useable.
Proteinuria in Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites With NIDDM

Mexican Americans have a threefold greater prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) than non-Hispanic Whites as found in the San Antonio Heart Study, a population-based study of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition, Mexican-American d a etic subjects have higher levels of glycemia than non-Hispanic White diabetic subjects. We therefore hypothesized that the prevalence of clinical proteinuria would be greater among Mexican-American diabetic subjects (n = 317) than among non-Hispanic White diabetic subjects (n = 67). Clinical proteinuria, defined as ≥1 + on the Ames Albustix test, was 2.82 times more prevalent in Mexican-American diabetic subjects compared with non-Hispanic White diabetic subjects adjusting for age and duration (95% confidence interval [Cl] = 1.05, 7.55; P = .039). After controlling for other possible confounding variables (i.e., glycemia, systolic b ood pressure, smoking, and insulin use), the excess of proteinuria in Mexican-American diabetic subjects was only slightly attenuated, although the statistical significance became borderline (odds ratio [OR] = 2.59, 95% Cl = 0.91, 7.32; P = .072). The prevalence of microalbuminuria (>30 mg/L) was also significantly higher in Mexican-American diabetic subjects than in non-Hispanic White diabetic subjects (OR = 3.54, 95% Cl = 1.28, 9.81; P = .015). We also compared previously diagnosed Mexican-American diabetic subjects (n = 243) from San Antonio with previously diagnosed non-Hispanic White diabetic subjects in Wisconsin (n = 476). After controlling for age and duration of diabetes, Mexican-American diabetic subjects had a significantly higher prevalence of clinical proteinuria than the Wisconsin diabetic subjects (Mantel-Haenszel OR = 1.58, 95% Cl = 1.05, 2.40; P = .017). Our data indicate that Mexican-American diabetic ubjects have a higher prevalence of clinical proteinuria and microalbuminuria than non-Hispanic White diabetic subjects.
Evaluation of Object Oriented Programming Skills of Students with respect to Trait Emotional Intelligence based on Students Performance

Data Mining is the exploration and analysis of large quantities of data in order to discover meaningful, trends, relationships and rules. The objective of this study is to evaluate the students‟ object oriented programming skills and the trait emotional intelligence („TEI‟) based on the performance of the individual, this study also engages how skilled a student is in programming in accordance to the factors like academics, locality and gender. The student‟s character was divided into five trait emotional intelligence variables using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue). These variables are wellbeing, self-control, emotionality, sociability and global trait EI. Likert scale was used to measure the TEI factors. Two Data mining techniques were applied in the resultant data set, (i) Association Rule Mining and (ii) Multilayer Perceptron. In this experiment the programming skills of the students were very strong of those who scored high in self-control, sociability and wellbeing and male students from rural areas, whereas female students who had scored high in sociability achieved first class in the same. This analysis can be used to improve the students‟ programming skills. They know about their levels and what could be done to improve themselves.
The Role of ICT in Education: Focus on University Undergraduates taking Mathematics as a Course

This paper examines the role of ICT in education with focus on university undergraduates taking mathematics as a course. The study was conducted at the Federal University of Technology Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. 150 questionnaires were administered to the first year students offering MA112 which was completed and returned in the lecture hall. According to the study ICT usage shows that majority (32.7%) use technology once or more in a day. Again the majority of the respondents (35%) said that the greatest barrier to using ICT is technical. The survey shows that there is significant correlation between the students and the use of ICT in their studies. However difficulties facing ICT usage is highly significant also. This shows that students have negative attitudes towards using ICT in their academic work. This is a foundational problem which cannot be over emphasized. Most of the students have never practice using ICT in their primary and secondary schools. Recommendations were made, that the government should develop ICT policies and guidelines to support all levels of education from primary schools to university. ICT tools should be made more accessible to both academic staff and students.
Lithium Therapy for Borderline Patients: Preliminary Findings

This preliminary report of a double-blind random-order placebo control cross-over trial of lithium carbonate and desipramine in borderline personality disorder (BPD) addresses two questions. (1) Is desipramine or lithium more effective than placebo in reducing the affective symptoms in BPD? (2) What are the perceptions of the patients and therapist regarding the usefulness of desipramine or lithium versus placebo? The patients received, in random order, either placebo, lithium, or desipramine for 6-week intervals with a 2-week washout between each arm. Seventeen consenting patients have completed involvement with the trial, 2 (11.8%) dropped out prior to receiving medication, 5 (29.4%) dropped out after completion of one arm, and 10 (58.8%) completed two or more arms. Responses based on the Hamilton Depression Scale and the Carroll Scale for Depression indicated no significant differences between lithium versus placebo and desipramine versus placebo. Regarding anger and suicidal symptoms, 8/11 patients on.
Conflict and Coercion in Dependent States

This paper puts forward an action-reaction model of the interaction between civil conflict and state coercion in nations undergoing dependent development. Using graphical techniques and dynamic analysis of difference equations, the conflict-coercion relationship is explored analytically and its implications drawn out. The primary findings are twofold: (1) the intensity with which both state and opposition react to each other is of vital importance, and (2) the external system plays a significant role in accounting for differences in national time paths.
An Eye for an I

This article offers reflections and insights on Management Communication Quarterly from a younger scholar in the field of organizational communication. After providing a brief history of the journal, topics of internationality, interdisciplinarity, and identity are explored. This is followed by a discussion among other “emerging scholars” in the field of organizational communication about these topics. The article concludes with a discussion about the role and format of Management Communication Quarterly in the digital age.
Structural Modeling of Variables Related to Parental Support in Mexican Children's Perfomance on Reading and Writing.

This paper aims at analysing the structural relationships among some latent and observed variables related to the assessment of written language performance in 139 fourth grade students of Elementary School selected from nine public schools of the northwest of Mexico. Questionnaires were also applied to the children’s parents and teachers. The resulting model confirmed the structure of five latent variables: Parents´ educational level, parents´ support perceived by the children, parents´ support perceived by the parents, parents´ support perceived by the teachers, and written language performance. Good convergent construct validity was obtained in each one of these variables. It was also found that the latent variable “parents´ support perceived by the children” and “parents´ support perceived by the teachers”, were significantly explaining the latent variable “performance in written language” (regression coefficients = 0.40 and 0.23). Furthermore, students’ performance in written language was explained in a significant way by the teacher´ self - evaluation about their knowledge and about teaching according to the Spanish language curriculum in fourth grade (agreement). No significant relationship between parents’ educational level and written language performance was found. Key words: Parental support, reading, writing, structural Modeling, teachers.
First-line crizotinib versus chemotherapy in ALK-positive lung cancer.

BACKGROUND The efficacy of the ALK inhibitor crizotinib as compared with standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unknown. METHODS We conducted an open-label, phase 3 trial comparing crizotinib with chemotherapy in 343 patients with advanced ALK-positive nonsquamous NSCLC who had received no previous systemic treatment for advanced disease. Patients were randomly assigned to receive oral crizotinib at a dose of 250 mg twice daily or to receive intravenous chemotherapy (pemetrexed, 500 mg per square meter of body-surface area, plus either cisplatin, 75 mg per square meter, or carboplatin, target area under the curve of 5 to 6 mg per milliliter per minute) every 3 weeks for up to six cycles. Crossover to crizotinib treatment after disease progression was permitted for patients receiving chemotherapy. The primary end point was progression-free survival as assessed by independent radiologic review. RESULTS Progression-free survival was significantly longer with crizotinib than with chemotherapy (median, 10.9 months vs. 7.0 months; hazard ratio for progression or death with crizotinib, 0.45; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.35 to 0.60; P<0.001). Objective response rates were 74% and 45%, respectively (P<0.001). Median overall survival was not reached in either group (hazard ratio for death with crizotinib, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.54 to 1.26; P=0.36); the probability of 1-year survival was 84% with crizotinib and 79% with chemotherapy. The most common adverse events with crizotinib were vision disorders, diarrhea, nausea, and edema, and the most common events with chemotherapy were nausea, fatigue, vomiting, and decreased appetite. As compared with chemotherapy, crizotinib was associated with greater reduction in lung cancer symptoms and greater improvement in quality of life. CONCLUSIONS Crizotinib was superior to standard first-line pemetrexed-plus-platinum chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated advanced ALK-positive NSCLC. (Funded by Pfizer; PROFILE 1014 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01154140.).
Draft Genome Sequence of Botryosphaeria dothidea, the Pathogen of Apple Ring Rot

ABSTRACT Botryosphaeria dothidea is a destructive pathogen infecting apple (Malus domestica) on the fruit and stem. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of B. dothidea (strain LW030101) using Illumina sequencing. The draft genome sequence provides useful information and acts as a platform for further research on the pathogen.
The Prediction of Life Satisfaction based on Psychological Tenacity and Dimensions of Perfectionism in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

This study aimed to predict life satisfaction based on psychological tenacity and dimensions of perfectionism in patients with coronary heart disease. To achieve the purpose of this study and testing its hypotheses, 200 people with coronary heart disease refered to Golsar hospital of Rasht, during the summer and fall of 2015 were selected.The metohd used in this study for sampling was available Sampling and then data were collected and analyzed. The methodology was designed and set based on the principles of corrolation. For collecting the data, the Positive and Negative Perfectionism questionnare, life satisfaction and Ahvaz psychological tenacity questionnares were used. In inferential analysis part, Pearson parametric statistics and multivariate regression were used. The findings showed that, there was a significant relationship between tenacity and life satisfaction in patients with coronary heart disease.There was a relationship between positive and negative perfectionism and life satisfaction in patients with coronary heart disease. On the other hand, the share of dimensions of perfectionism in predicting life satisfaction in patients with coronary heart disease is 0.122 for positive perfectionism is and -0.109 for negative perfectionism respectively.
On the Evaluation of DisCSP Algorithms ?

Not every research paper in DisCSP evaluates algorithms in t he same way. Motivated by this fact, we revise some elements of the ar ea of distributed algorithms as well as distributed constraints, which can he lp to develop a wellfounded methodology for evaluation of DisCSP algorithms. A lthough preliminary, we suggest a number of points which should be considere d in such method-
On Proving the Equivalence of Concurrency Primitives

Various concurrency primitives have been added to sequential programming languages, in order to turn them concurrent. Prominent examples are concurrent buffers for Haskell, channels in Concurrent ML, joins in JoCaml, and handled futures in Alice ML. Even though one might conjecture that all these primitives provide the same expressiveness, proving this equivalence is an open challenge in the area of program semantics. In this paper, we establish a first instance of this conjecture. We show that concurrent buffers can be encoded in the lambda calculus with futures underlying Alice ML. Our correctness proof results from a systematic method, based on observational semantics with respect to may and must convergence.
Growth factor control of skeletal muscle differentiation: commitment to terminal differentiation occurs in G1 phase and is repressed by fibroblast growth factor

Analysis of MM14 mouse myoblasts demonstrates that terminal differentiation is repressed by pure preparations of both acidic and basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF). Basic FGF is approximately 30- fold more potent than acidic FGF and it exhibits half maximal activity in clonal assays at 0.03 ng/ml (2 pM). FGF repression occurs only during the G1 phase of the cell cycle by a mechanism that appears to be independent of ongoing cell proliferation. When exponentially growing myoblasts are deprived of FGF, cells become postmitotic within 2-3 h, express muscle-specific proteins within 6-7 h, and commence fusion within 12-14 h. Although expression of these three terminal differentiation phenotypes occurs at different times, all are initiated by a single regulatory "commitment" event in G1. The entire population commits to terminal differentiation within 12.5 h of FGF removal as all cells complete the cell cycle and move into G1. Differentiation does not require a new round of DNA synthesis. Comparison of MM14 behavior with other myoblast types suggests a general model for skeletal muscle development in which specific growth factors serve the dual role of stimulating myoblast proliferation and directly repressing terminal differentiation.
Why mama and papa?: The development of social labels.

BROOKS-GuNN, JEANNE, and LEWIS, MICHAEL. "Why Mama and Papa? " The Development of Social Labels. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1979, 50, 1203-1206. Young verbal children's use of social labels, especially the labels "mommy" and "daddy," was examined. 71 infants who ranged in age from 9 to 24 months of age were shown colored slides of their mothers and fathers and unfamiliar adults and children. The pictures of parents were much more likely to be labeled than the pictures of strangers. Infants were more likely to label pictures of their father than their mother and to use the label "daddy" than the label "mommy" across all conditions. Overgeneralization of the labels "mommy" and "daddy" did occur, with overgeneralization being more likely to occur with "daddy" than "mommy. " Interesting age trends were found, as generalization did not occur at 15 months of age, was quite prevalent at 18 months of age, and declined thereafter.
A Symbolic Analysis Method to Ideal Soft Switching Circuit System

Soft switching circuits (SSC) are strongly nonlinear system. In their analysis, Ideal switch module (ISM) is often used to improve simulation efficiency and assess the design quality, but Dirac impulse may appear. Conventional numerical circuit simulators have difficulty handling this problem and also have convergence and precision problems. Symbolic analysis method not only overcomes these problems, but also provides avenues to get insight to fundamental circuit behaviors. This paper, based on Matlab/Maple, presents a symbolic method for SSC analysis. This method regards switched elements as linear resistances and obtains the general symbolic circuit solutions expression in s-domain by solving the equations once only. Performing limit computation and inverse Laplace transformation to this expression with appropriate algorithm, the closed-form piecewise to time analytical solutions as well as the SSC' working topology transitions can be obtained. Hence, these results can make the circuit evaluation and auto-design more effectively.
Satellite Estimation of Chlorophyll-$a$ Concentration Using the Red and NIR Bands of MERIS—The Azov Sea Case Study

We present here the results of calibrating and validating a three-band model and, its special case, a two-band model, which use MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) reflectances in the red and near-infrared spectral regions for estimating chlorophyll-a (chl- a) concentration in inland, estuarine, and coastal turbid productive waters. During four data collection campaigns in 2008 and one campaign in 2009 in the Taganrog Bay and the Azov Sea, Russia, water samples were collected, and concentrations of chl-a and total suspended solids were measured in the laboratory. The data collected in 2008 were used for model calibration, and the data collected in 2009 were used for model validation. The models were applied to MERIS images acquired within two days from the date of in situ data collection. Two different atmospheric correction procedures were considered for processing the MERIS images. The results illustrate the high potential of the models to estimate chl-a concentration in turbid productive (Case II) waters in real time from satellite data, which will be of immense value to scientists, natural resource managers, and decision makers involved in managing the inland and coastal aquatic ecosystems.
Design of Bufferless On-Chip Routers Providing In-Order Packet Delivery

Previous bufferless router designs require to drop and retransmit packets or deflect them each time a network channe l get conflicted. These approaches, unfortunately, make data pac kets and even their flits arrive at destinations out-of-order. In this wor k, we present a new bufferless router architecture that provides in-order packet delivery. The key idea is to utilize pipeline registers at channel links as storage elements that allow the router to operate as a wormhole route r without physical buffers. The router employs a dimension-ordered d eterministic routing policy without packet dropping. To obtain higher performance, we also propose a new flow control technique called Express Fl ow Control (EFC) that allows all flits of an in-flight packet to synchronously forward each time its head flit wins the output port arbitration. Experimental results show that both proposed router architectures guarantee in-order packet delivery. BufferlessEFC routers are 23% less latenc y and 60% greater throughput than bufferless routers while have 2.5%smaller area and 4.7% lower power.
Stem Cell Metabolism in Cancer and Healthy Tissues: Pyruvate in the Limelight

Normal and cancer stem cells (CSCs) share the remarkable potential to self-renew and differentiate into many distinct cell types. Although most of the stem cells remain under quiescence to maintain their undifferentiated state, they can also undergo cell divisions as required to regulate tissue homeostasis. There is now a growing evidence that cell fate determination from stem cells implies a fine-tuned regulation of their energy balance and metabolic status. Stem cells can shift their metabolic substrate utilization, between glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, during specification and/or differentiation, as well as in order to adapt their microenvironmental niche. Pyruvate appears as a key metabolite since it is at the crossroads of cytoplasmic glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. This Review describes how metabolic reprogramming, focusing on pyruvate utilization, drives the fate of normal and CSCs by modulating their capacity for self-renewal, clonal expansion/differentiation, as well as metastatic potential and treatment resistance in cancer. This Review also explores potential therapeutic strategies to restore or manipulate stem cell function through the use of small molecules targeting the pyruvate metabolism.
Development and Validation of High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Determination of Levetiracetam in Human Plasma by Electospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry

A rapid, specific and accurate high performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of levetiracetam in K2EDTA human plasma using trazadone as internal standard was developed and validated using an Electrospray Ionization (ESI)-mass spectrometry detection. The extraction process involved a liquid-liquid extraction using a mixture of methyl-t-butyl ether and dichloromethane. Both levetiracetam and the internal standard were eluted under isocratic mode using a Ascentis 50 X 4.6 mm i.d, 5 µm column. The mobile phase composed a mixture of 10:90 % v/v 0.2% formic acid solution and acetonitrile at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/minute. A 50:50 splitter is used to reduce the solvent entering into the ESI. The injection volume is 5 µL. The runtime of the method is 2 minutes. The method showed good linearity in the range of 0.25 – 35.06 µg/mL. The mean recovery of levetiracetam from all the quality control samples is 45.29 % with a % coefficient of variation of of 7.5 % and recovery of internal standard was 74.28% with a % coefficient of variation of of 1.4 %. Matrix effects were not observed. The method is validated as per ICH guidelines