Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
VAC Medi+board: Analysing Vaccine Rumours in News and Social Media

Digital health has revolutionised healthcare, with implications for understanding public reactions to health emergencies and interventions, while real-time analysis provides a new opportunity for rapidly detecting changes in public confidence in vaccines. Medi+board implements tools for infectious disease surveillance and outbreak management, and the novel aim of the VAC medi+board is to design an interactive visualisation framework integrating heterogeneous real-time data streams with social network data, to meet information needs as articulated by the LSHTM Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP) investigators.
Plant immunity

Two layers of plant immune systems are used by plants to defend against phytopathogens. The first layer is pathogen-associate molecular patterns (PAMPs)-triggered immunity (PTI), which is activated by plant cell-surface pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) upon perception of microbe general elicitors. The second layer is effector-triggered immunity (ETI), which is initiated by specific recognition of pathogen type III secreted effectors (T3SEs) with plant intracellular resistance (R) proteins. Current opinions agree that ETI was evolved from PTI, and the impetus for the evolution of plant immunity is pathogen T3SEs, which exhibit virulence functions through blocking PTI, but show avirulence functions for triggering ETI. A Decoy Model was put forward and explained that the avirulence targets of pathogen T3SEs were evolved as decoys to compete with the virulence targets for binding with pathogen T3SEs. However, little direct evidence for the evolutionary mode has been offered. Here, we reviewed the recent progresses about Pto, PBS1, and RIN4 to present our viewpoints about the evolution of plant immunity.
Control of artificial human finger using wearable device and adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system

This paper demonstrates a new approach for the use of multiple strain sensors on a wearable flexible finger band to measure the posture and movement of a human finger accurately. The system is further developed to repeat the human finger motion on a robotic finger. Here, we used adaptive network-based fuzzy interface system (ANFIS) to relate the strain sensor readings to human finger posture and motion. The input and output measurements used to train ANFIS are obtained from the strain sensors of the wearable platform and a 3 degree of freedom (DOF) exoskeleton testbed, respectively. The ANFIS model is then used to predict human finger posture and motion directly from the strain sensors installed on the finger band. We made additional experiments and generated testing data using the exoskeleton testbed to verify the ANFIS model. Finally, we demonstrate that the robotic finger closely follows the human finger motion by reading the wearable finger band output and calculating the posture and motion parameters in real time.
Contribution A L'Étude Des Comportements Dysfonctionnels Des Auditeurs Seniors : Une Approche Managériale (Le Cas Français)

This study develops and empirically tests a model in order to study the dysfunctional behaviors of senior auditors in the French context. The related literature is then reviewed in the first section. The next section identifies the factors influencing the dysfunctional behaviors. The variables are then defined before a presentation of the empirical tests. Finally, the summary and the conclusion are presented. The results show that the two dimensions of Leader Member-Exchange (LMX), namely affection and contribution have a significant effect on the reduction of adaptive behaviors (Quality-Threatening Behaviour :QTB and mismanagement of the audit team :MGE). Also, results highlight under the effect of mimetic, managerial behaviors adopted by a superior have been shown to reduce the MGE, but also QTB and CNP (unprofessional behaviors). Finally,the analysis confirm the results of previous research concerning the impact of the style assessment based on technical criteria, affective commitment and budget and the pressure of time on such types of behavior.
Multi Fault Laser Attacks on Protected CRT-RSA

Since the first publication of a successful practical two-fault attack on protected CRT-RSA surprisingly little attention was given by the research community to an ensuing new challenge. The reason for it seems to be two-fold. One is that generic higher order fault attacks are very difficult to model and thus finding robust countermeasures is also difficult. Another reason may be that the published experiment was carried out on an outdated 8 bit microcontroller and thus was not perceived as a serious threat to create a sense of urgency in addressing this new menace. In this paper we describe two-fault attacks on protected CRT-RSA implementations running on an advanced 32 bit ARM Cortex M3 core. To our knowledge, this is the first practical result of two fault laser attacks on a protected cryptographic application. Considering that laser attacks are much more accurate in targeting a particular variable, the significance of our result cannot be overlooked.
Asymmetric formation of coated pits on dorsal and ventral surfaces at the leading edges of motile cells and on protrusions of immobile cells

High-resolution, real-time, three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy imaging shows the absence of clathrin-coated pits and vesicles at the ventral surfaces of lamellipodia and lamellae at the front of migrating cells. In addition, the data support the model invoking net membrane deposition at the cell front of migrating cells due to an imbalance between endocytic and exocytic membrane flow.
Hybridisation or ousterisation? The case of local accountability policy in Finnish early childhood education

Drawing on the analytic concept of imaginary, this study investigates policy hybridisation in the Finnish early childhood education. Specifically, it illuminates how the interplay between different imaginaries enabled the neoliberal imaginary to oust the social-democratic imaginary through a tripartite process in a case of local productivity policy in the early childhood education sector. The confrontation of the historical trajectories and analyses of a localised hybridisation process suggests that even though historical trajectories play an important role in defining future policy solutions, hybridisations may have the power to transform their direction. We suggest that focusing on both discursive features of policy deliberation and material-technical ways of governing policy directions provide valuable information concerning policy reforms.
The Yeast Shu Complex Utilizes Homologous Recombination Machinery for Error-free Lesion Bypass via Physical Interaction with a Rad51 Paralogue

DNA-damage tolerance (DDT) is defined as a mechanism by which eukaryotic cells resume DNA synthesis to fill the single-stranded DNA gaps left by replication-blocking lesions. Eukaryotic cells employ two different means of DDT, namely translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) and template switching, both of which are coordinately regulated through sequential ubiquitination of PCNA at the K164 residue. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same PCNA-K164 residue can also be sumoylated, which recruits the Srs2 helicase to prevent undesired homologous recombination (HR). While the mediation of TLS by PCNA monoubiquitination has been extensively characterized, the method by which K63-linked PCNA polyubiquitination leads to template switching remains unclear. We recently identified a yeast heterotetrameric Shu complex that couples error-free DDT to HR as a critical step of template switching. Here we report that the Csm2 subunit of Shu physically interacts with Rad55, an accessory protein involved in HR. Rad55 and Rad57 are Rad51 paralogues and form a heterodimer to promote Rad51-ssDNA filament formation by antagonizing Srs2 activity. Although Rad55-Rad57 and Shu function in the same pathway and both act to inhibit Srs2 activity, Shu appears to be dedicated to error-free DDT while the Rad55-Rad57 complex is also involved in double-strand break repair. This study reveals the detailed steps of error-free lesion bypass and also brings to light an intrinsic interplay between error-free DDT and Srs2-mediated inhibition of HR.
Qualidade de vida e sintomatologia psicopatológica em pais de crianças com diagnóstico de deficiência/anomalia congénita: A importância das características de resiliência

O objetivo do presente estudo consistiu em avaliar a adaptacao parental, em termos de sintomatologia psicopatologica e qualidade de vida (QdV), bem como avaliar a influencia das caracteristicas de resiliencia parental na sua adaptacao, bem como na adaptacao do(a) parceiro(a). A amostra foi constituida por 90 participantes (45 casais), pais de criancas com um diagnostico de deficiencia/AC. O protocolo de avaliacao incluiu a Escala de Resiliencia para Adultos (ERA), o Inventario de Sintomas Psicopatologicos (BSI-18) e o instrumento de avaliacao de QdV da Organizacao Mundial de Saude, WHOQOL-Bref. Os resultados mostraram que as maes apresentaram valores mais elevados na dimensao ansiedade (p<.01), no indice geral de gravidade (p<.01) e pior QdV psicologica (p<.05). As maes apresentaram valores mais elevados de resiliencia, em particular de coesao familiar (p<.05). Em ambos os pais, a resiliencia mostrou-se associada a menor sintomatologia psicopatologica e a resultados mais elevados de QdV. A resiliencia materna nao se mostrou significativamente associada a adaptacao paterna mas, constatou-se que niveis elevados de resiliencia paterna se associaram a menor sintomatologia psicopatologica e melhor QdV materna. Os resultados deste estudo evidenciam o papel protetor da resiliencia na adaptacao parental ao diagnostico de anomalia congenita da crianca. Adicionalmente, estes resultados enfatizam a necessidade de avaliar e promover os recursos parentais. Por fim, ressalta-se a necessidade de avaliacao do casal como unidade de analise e os potenciais efeitos cruzados no desenho de intervencoes terapeuticas, reforcando-se o papel da relacao conjugal e do contexto interpessoal em que esta problematica ocorre. Palavras-chave: Deficiencia, Qualidade de vida, Resiliencia, Sintomatologia psicopatologica.
The psychology of religion and coping : theory, research, practice

An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion and Coping. Part I: A Perspective on Religion. The Sacred and the Search for Significance. Religious Pathways and Religious Destinations. Part II: A Perspective on Coping. An Introduction to the Concept of Coping. The Flow of Coping. Part III: The Religion and Coping Connection. When People Turn to Religion. When They Turn Away. The Many Faces of Religion in Coping. Religion and the Mechanisms of Coping - The Transformation of Significance. Part IV: Evaluative and Practical Implications. Does it Work? Religion and the Outcomes of Coping. When Religion Fails - Problems of Integration in the Process of Coping. Putting Religion into Practice.
Building Strategies, a Year Later

After participating in last year's CLEF IP (2009) evalua- tion benchmark, our scores were rather low. The CLEF IP 2010 PAC task enabled us to correct some experiments and obtain better results, basically using the same techniques (almost the same BM25-category strategy as used last year) and improved strategy builder software, and less computing hardware at our disposal. The results are now compara- ble with other participants. Similar to last year, no feature extraction techniques have been applied; and queries only used the structural infor- mation provided in the XML-format of the patent-documents. Further- more we participated in the new CLS task, which, although scores were rather low, shows again the exibility of our approach. The low scores can be explained by the straight-forward method applied searching the patent-document collection using keywords from the topic-patent, and using the IPCR-classicatio ns extracted from the documents as results.
The powerset algebra as a result of adding programming constructs to the nested relational algebra

In this paper, we discuss augmentations of the nested relational algebra with programming constructs, such as while-loops and for-loops. We show that the algebras obtained in this way are equivalent to a slight extension of the powerset algebra, thus emphasizing both the strength and the naturalness of the powerset algebra as a tool to manipulate nested relations, and, at the same time, indicating more direct ways to implement this algebra.
Finding Relationships between Socio-Technical Aspects and Personality Traits by Mining Developer E-mails

Personality traits influence most, if not all, of the human activities, from those as natural as the way people walk, talk, dress and write to those most complex as the way they interact with others. Most importantly, personality influences the way people make decisions including, in the case of developers, the criteria they consider when selecting a software project they want to participate. Most of the works that study the influence of social, technical and human factors in software development projects have been focused on the impact of communications in software quality. For instance, on identifying predictors to detect files that may contain bugs before releasing an enhanced version of a software product. Only a few of these works focus on the analysis of personality traits of developers with commit permissions (committers) in Free/Libre and Open-Source Software projects and their relationship with the software artifacts they interact with. This paper presents an approach, based on the automatic recognition of personality traits from e-mails sent by committers in FLOSS projects, to uncover relationships between the social and technical aspects that occur during the software development process. Our experimental results suggest the existence of some relationships among personality traits projected by the committers through their e-mails and the social (communication) and technical activities they undertake. This work is a preliminary study aimed at supporting the setting up of efficient work teams in software development projects based on an appropriate mix of stakeholders taking into account their personality traits.
Dilemmas of pluralist development and democratization in China

This article argues that the Western concept of pluralism, with some qualifications, can be applied to Chinese cultural, economic and political development, analyses the dilemmas of the reform process so far, and evaluates future possibilities. It examines the formation and limitations of cultural and economic pluralism, and their significance for party pluralism in China. The new ‘arts of rule’ that have been employed by the Chinese government to reconcile diversity and plurality with unity and stability, are also outlined.
RGB-D Scene Labeling with Multimodal Recurrent Neural Networks

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are able to capture context in an image by modeling long-range semantic dependencies among image units. However, existing methods only utilize RNNs to model dependencies of a single modality (e.g., RGB) for labeling. In this work we extend this single-modal RNNs to multimodal RNNs (MM-RNNs) and apply it to RGB-D scene labeling. Our MM-RNNs are capable of seamlessly modeling dependencies of both RGB and depth modalities, and allow 'memory' sharing across modalities. By sharing 'memory', each modality possesses multiple properties of itself and other modalities, and becomes more discriminative to distinguish pixels. Moreover, we also analyse two simple extensions of single-modal RNNs and demonstrate that our MM-RNNs perform better than both of them. Integrating with convolutional neural networks (CNNs), we build an end-to-end network for RGB-D scene labeling. Extensive experiments on NYU depth V1 and V2 demonstrate the effectiveness of MM-RNNs.
Impact of aspect-orientation on the reliability of decentralized multi-agent system

Aspect oriented programming (AOP) provides separation of concerns and encapsulates crosscutting concerns into separate modules called 'aspects', thereby enhancing the software quality. This paper presents the impacts of aspect-orientation on the reliability of a decentralized multi agent system (MAS). We compared aspect-oriented and object-oriented versions of the same application in order to explore to what extent each implementation provides a reliable system. We evaluated both versions of the system and found that the aspect-oriented design is more reliable as it has brought a loosely coupled and less complex system.
Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History

This is an in-depth study of premodern Chinese strategic thought that has implications for contemporary international relations theory. The book sets out to answer two empirical questions: is there a substantive consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture? If so, to what extent has it influenced China's approaches to security? The focus of the study is the Ming dynasty's grand strategy against the Mongols (1368-1644). The book first examines ancient military texts as sources of Chinese strategic culture, using cognitive mapping, symbolic analysis and congruence tests to determine whether there is a consistent grand strategic preference ranking across texts that consitutes a single strategtic culture. Then, similar techniques are applied to determine the effect on the strategic preferences of the Ming decision-makers. Finally, the book assesses the effect of these preferences on Ming policies towards the Mongol "threat".
Buspirone treatment of anxious alcoholics. A placebo-controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Symptoms of anxiety are common in alcoholics and may contribute to relapse following initiation of abstinence. Buspirone hydrochloride, a serotonin1A partial agonist, has a pharmacologic profile that may be particularly suited to the treatment of anxious alcoholics. METHODS We conducted a randomized, 12-week, placebo-controlled trial of buspirone in 61 anxious alcoholics, all of whom also received weekly relapse prevention psychotherapy. Outcomes were measured at the end of treatment and at a 6-month follow-up evaluation. RESULTS Buspirone therapy was associated with greater retention in the 12-week treatment trial, reduced anxiety, a slower return to heavy alcohol consumption, and fewer drinking days during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS Buspirone appears to have a useful role in the treatment of anxious alcoholics. Further research is needed to clarify which patient characteristics and concomitant treatments result in optimal response to buspirone therapy.
Burnout in European family doctors: the EGPRN study.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnout, and of associated factors, amongst family doctors (FDs) in European countries. Methodology. A cross-sectional survey of FDs was conducted using a custom-designed and validated questionnaire which incorporated the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) as well as questions about demographic factors, working experience, health, lifestyle and job satisfaction. MBI-HSS scores were analysed in the three dimensions of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and personal accomplishment (PA). RESULTS Almost 3500 questionnaires were distributed in 12 European countries, and 1393 were returned to give a response rate of 41%. In terms of burnout, 43% of respondents scored high for EE burnout, 35% for DP and 32% for PA, with 12% scoring high burnout in all three dimensions. Just over one-third of doctors did not score high for burnout in any dimension. High burnout was found to be strongly associated with several of the variables under study, especially those relative to respondents' country of residence and European region, job satisfaction, intention to change job, sick leave utilization, the (ab)use of alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic medication, younger age and male sex. CONCLUSIONS Burnout seems to be a common problem in FDs across Europe and is associated with personal and workload indicators, and especially job satisfaction, intention to change job and the (ab)use of alcohol, tobacco and medication. The study questionnaire appears to be a valid tool to measure burnout in FDs. Recommendations for employment conditions of FDs and future research are made, and suggestions for improving the instrument are listed.
Oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction

Summary This review focuses on the role of vascular oxidative stress in the development and progression of endothelial dysfunction. We discuss different sources of oxidative stress in the vessel wall, oxidative stress and coagulation, the role of oxidative stress and vascular function in arteries and veins, the flow-dependent regulation of reactive oxygen species, the putative impact of oxidative stress on atherosclerosis, the interaction of angiotensin II, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction, and clinical implications.
Temperament and friendship in preschool-aged children

The influence of three components of temperament (activity level, impulsivity, and soothability) on children's friendships was investigated. Children (40 girls, 35 boys) aged 43 to 69 months responded to a sociometric interview and teachers provided temperament ratings. The probability of children choosing particular classmates as friends was evaluated based on the genders and temperaments of the dyad. A logistic choice model revealed that the choice of friends is highly influenced by gender, high impulsivity, and high soothability. Furthermore, the gender of the chooser and the activity level of the friend interacted such that girls chose low activity level friends and boys chose high activity level friends. In addition, the likelihood of a child being chosen as a friend based on gender and temperament was significantly correlated with popularity for girls, but not for boys.
Thin and flexible airborne ultrasound phased array for tactile display

This paper proposes a method to realize a thin and flexible airborne ultrasound tactile display (AUTD). AUTDs generate tactile sensation by utilizing acoustic radiation pressure without wearing devices. The sheet-like device is achieved by developing a thin electrostatic-force-driven ultrasound transducers. In contrast to AUTDs using piezoelectric ceramic transducers, the proposed structure can achieve flexibility and transparency. These unique features will enable new applications of airborne ultrasound tactile display including a portable mid-air tactile display. In addition, the fabrication cost can be reduced, because the transducer array can be fabricated based on the flexible printed circuit technology. In this paper, we fabricated an 8 × 8 phased array prototype and conducted an experiment to confirm whether the device can make a focal point. The experimental result suggested it could make a focal point as we supposed.