Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Connection of depression, anxiety and impulsivity with the way of using modern mobile phones among students

Introduction: There is growing evidence that confirms the addictive nature of using a smartphone. Also, there is evidence that shows the correlation between different psychopathological manifestations and tendencies with the addictive usage of smartphones. Aim: Within this research we are investigating effects of anxiety, depression and impulsivity in relation to addictive usage of smartphones. This research has three goals: 1) Researching the level of correlation between these personality characteristics, individual anxiety, depression and impulsivity and addictive usage of smartphones; 2) Detecting the ways in which anxiety, depression, and impulsiveness predict the addictive usage of smartphones. 3) Researching the total effect of these personality characteristics in relation to addictive usage of smartphones. Material and methods: Sample is composed of 482 students from University of Belgrade, 55.4% female. The research method is correlating and non-experimental. The data was collected by questionnaire method. For the anxiety was used questionnaire STAI-Y, for the depression - DL, for the impulsivity - BIS11 and for the addictive usage of smartphones -SABAS. Results: 1) All three personality characteristics are correlating on a statistically significant level with the addictive usage of smartphones, correlation ranging from 0.30 to 0.32; 2) Depression and impulsivity appeared as significant and independent predictors of addictive usage of smartphones, while the anxiety showed the redundant effect on prediction. Correlation between the anxiety and addictive usage is completely explained by the connection of two other predictors with criteria variable. 3) The research showed that the subjects who simultaneously have two or more enhanced characteristics are more inclined to addictive usage of smartphone. Conclusion: The research results implicate that the depression and impulsiveness represent significant predisposing factors for addictive usage of smartphones. More research is needed within the given subject with the goal of determining the causes and ways the given personality characteristics correlate.
Phase I Clinical Trial of Recombinant Oncolytic Newcastle Disease Virus for Intracranial Meningioma

Academic) Meningioma is one of the most commonly diagnosed intracranial tumors in dogs and humans. Treatment failures resulting in local recurrence and death remain common in tumors of high grade, prompting a need for additional therapeutic options that are both effective and affordable. Genetic modification of the LaSota strain of Newcastle Disease Virus (rLAS) has allowed the virus’ fusion protein cleavage site to be replaced with that belonging to urokinase plasminogen activator (rLAS-uPA). This site is cleavable exclusively by the uPA receptor (uPAR), which is overexpressed in canine meningioma. The rLAS-uPA represents a targeted therapy that has the potential to be efficacious against meningioma when administered systemically. A Phase I clinical trial was designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of rLAS-uPA administered to dogs with presumptive intracranial meningioma. The primary endpoint was to define the safety of rLAS-uPA, as determined by serial clinical and laboratory assessments during and after viral administration, using standard toxicity metrics defined by the Veterinary Cooperative Oncology Group (VCOG). Secondary end-points included anti-tumor activity quantified by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment of tumor size, and characterization of immune responses to the rLAS-uPA. Four dogs completed the trial without significant toxicity. No objective tumor responses were noted on MRI from any dog. All dogs produced antiviral antibodies and increased circulating cytokines during the course of treatment. No virus was recovered from plasma, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid. These results indicate that further investigation into the rLAS-uPA dose intensity and interval are required to further develop this therapy. Phase I Clinical Trial of Recombinant Oncolytic Newcastle Disease Virus for Intracranial Meningioma
PRINCIPALES APLICACIONES DE LAS PROTEÍNAS DE FASE AGUDA EN LA CLÍNICA CANINA

The term acute phase proteins reflects all the changes that occur in the organism after a tissue injury with the purpose of restoring its homeostasis. During this response there is a change in the concentration of some plasma proteins collectively known as acute phase proteins. Some of these proteins are haptoglobin, C reactive protein, serum amyloid A and ceruloplasmin. Healthy dogs have negligible or low levels of these proteins, however their concentrations increase quickly in response to infection or inflammatory conditions. Therefore the appearance of a high result of some of these proteins in a dog would be indicative that this animal it is not healthy and that a secondary detailed diagnostic study should be made. In addition acute phase proteins have an important application in the monitoring of the response to treatment, and they could be an aid to determine the effectiveness of the therapy and to predict possible relapses.
Autonomous Navigation of UAVs in Large-Scale Complex Environments: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

In this paper, we propose a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based method that allows unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to execute navigation tasks in large-scale complex environments. This technique is important for many applications such as goods delivery and remote surveillance. The problem is formulated as a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) and solved by a novel online DRL algorithm designed based on two strictly proved policy gradient theorems within the actor-critic framework. In contrast to conventional simultaneous localization and mapping-based or sensing and avoidance-based approaches, our method directly maps UAVs’ raw sensory measurements into control signals for navigation. Experiment results demonstrate that our method can enable UAVs to autonomously perform navigation in a virtual large-scale complex environment and can be generalized to more complex, larger-scale, and three-dimensional environments. Besides, the proposed online DRL algorithm addressing POMDPs outperforms the state-of-the-art.
Um Sistema Android para Reconhecimento Automático do Número de Cartão de Crédito usando Template Matching

There was an increase in purchases via credit card via smartphones with the growth of electronic commerce. It becomes more convenient and faster to just scan the image of the credit card than to enter the data of the card. In this work, a mobile system is presented that digitizes the credit card number and generates the recognized digits. The system, when scanning the data printed on the face of the credit card, applies digital image processing techniques for image enhancement and performs image digit recognition through the Template Matching technique. Using a test database containing 50 different credit card templates, a 75% hit rate was achieved on recognition.
The Formation of False Memories

For most of this century, experimental psychologists have been interested in how and why memory fails. As Greene2 has aptly noted, memories do not exist in a vacuum. Rather, they continually disrupt each other, through a mechanism that we call "interference. " Literally thousands of studies have documented how our memories can be disrupted by things that we experienced earlier (proactive interference) or things that we experienced later (retroactive interference).
Neurologic Music Therapy: A Scientific Paradigm for Clinical Practice

Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) is an evidence-based approach to research and clinical practice that is based in neuroscience models of treatment and rehabilitation (Thaut, 2005a). The ability to perceive music and to engage in musical experiences is often still intact even when the central nervous system is damaged by injury or disease. Thus, NMT techniques produce specific and functional outcomes for patients with neurologically based deficits. To give a comprehensive description of the entire NMT clinical taxonomy in one article is not possible. Rather, the descriptions that follow are intended to clarify the underlying neuro- logic mechanisms and functional outcomes for certain techniques that may be most useful as part of neurorehabilitation. These techniques include Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation in gait training, Vocal Intonation Therapy to enhance speech production, and Musical Neglect Training for redirection of spatial awareness.
How the mind works: an exercise in pragmatism

This article follows the tradition of pragmatism, understanding cognition as "a guide to appropriate action", and deriving cognitive models from the considerations of performance efficiency. Pragmatic approach has received recent development in applying nonlinear dynamics to modeling brain processes. The article concerns the method of resource allocation exploited in the human brain. The suggestions given stem from a belief that examining methods for solving the problem in a changing environment in which resource use and allocation consumes energy can provide hints on how the mind operates and what went on in the nervous systems of the early humans that made possible evolutionary successes by far surpassing those attained by the other species. In the course of this research, biology inspired applications while mathematics helped to articulate hypotheses about biological control.
Changes in Extracellular Matrix Components Metabolism in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis on the Background of Obesity and Comorbidity with Chronic Kidney Disease

The purpose of the study was to find out the features of the state of carbohydrate-protein components of the connective tissue of the liver and kidneys extracellular matrix in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with obesity of the 1 degree and chronic kidney disease of the І–ІІ stages. We examined 140 patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with comorbid obesity of the 1 degree and chronic kidney disease of the I–II stages. Patients were divided into 2 groups that were randomized according to age, sex, degree of obesity, and stage of chronic kidney disease (chronic uncomplicated pyelonephritis with latent course in the phase of retinal exacerbation). The control group consisted of 30 practically healthy persons of the corresponding age and sex. As a result of studies, it was found out that a significant increase in the synthesis of collagen and glycosaminoglycans was observed in patients with non -alcoholic steatohepatitis that arose on the background of obesity. It was accompanied by ineffective resorption of newly formed collagen due to inhibition of the collagenolytic activity of blood plasma, due to significant activation of proteinase inhibitors, significant imbalance in the system metabolism of connective tissue. Under the conditions of comorbidity of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and chronic kidney disease, the synthesis and resorption of collagen are activated. In spite of compensatory activation of collagenolysis, the anabolism processes predominated with a significant hyperproduction of actinic-phase proteins, fibronectin, glycosaminoglycans, fibroblast growth factor, and led to progressive fibrosis of the liver and disturbance of its functions.
Temporal Stability of Smartphone Use Data: Determining Fundamental Time Unit and Independent Cycle

Background Assessing human behaviors via smartphone for monitoring the pattern of daily behaviors has become a crucial issue in this century. Thus, a more accurate and structured methodology is needed for smartphone use research. Objective The study aimed to investigate the duration of data collection needed to establish a reliable pattern of use, how long a smartphone use cycle could perpetuate by assessing maximum time intervals between 2 smartphone periods, and to validate smartphone use and use/nonuse reciprocity parameters. Methods Using the Know Addiction database, we selected 33 participants and passively recorded their smartphone usage patterns for at least 8 weeks. We generated 4 parameters on the basis of smartphone use episodes, including total use frequency, total use duration, proactive use frequency, and proactive use duration. A total of 3 additional parameters (root mean square of successive differences, Control Index, and Similarity Index) were calculated to reflect impaired control and compulsive use. Results Our findings included (1) proactive use duration correlated with subjective smartphone addiction scores, (2) a 2-week period of data collection is required to infer a 2-month period of smartphone use, and (3) smartphone use cycles with a time gap of 4 weeks between them are highly likely independent cycles. Conclusions This study validated temporal stability for smartphone use patterns recorded by a mobile app. The results may provide researchers an opportunity to investigate human behaviors with more structured methods.
The effects of sleep dysregulation and adiponectin on immunity in older adults

Short sleep duration and poor sleep continuity have been related to adverse health outcomes. Sleep disturbances are more frequent among older people, who also experience a reduction in immune function (immunosenescence). This thesis tested the hypothesis that sleep disruption in old age contributes to immunosenescence. 93 healthy older subjects had their sleep recorded by actigraphy and immunological parameters were assessed. The data indicated that sleep continuity and duration in older adults does not influence innate immune function but was associated with changes in blood cell numbers, in particular an increase in the granulocyte:lymphocyte ratio. Differences in serum IL-4 and adiponectin were associated with long sleep duration and poor sleep continuity was also associated with raised serum cortisol. However, preliminary data obtained from a small pilot study of partial sleep deprivation in young and old adults did not show similar changes therefore causality was not confirmed. In vitro experiments were performed to evaluate whether adiponectin, whose levels change with age, affected neutrophil apoptosis and phagocytosis. Adiponectin extended lifespan of neutrophils and inhibited bacterial phagocytosis. The findings suggest that sleep dysregulation does not contribute to immunosenescence and in vitro studies add weight to the literature showing immunomodulatory roles for adiponectin.
Effect of Inquiry Lab Teaching Method on the Development of Scientific Skills Through the Teaching of Biology in Pakistan

================================================================== Abstract The aim of this study is to compare the inquiry teaching method with the traditional lab method for teaching of some selected biology topics to 9 th grade students. Also the effect of inquiry lab teaching method on students" science process skills was investigated. For this purpose, students were divided into two groups: control and experimental groups. Scientific process skill scale was administered to students of both the groups. After the pre- test, the experimental group was taught with inquiry lab teaching method and the control group was taught with traditional lab method for a period of 30 days. After treatment, science process skill scale was used again as a post-test. Statistical technique of t-test was used for analysis of data. It was observed that the students taught through inquiry lab teaching method showed more performance in scientific process skill than the students of the control group taught through the traditional lab teaching method. Results showed that the inquiry lab teaching method is more effective in developing scientific process skill among secondary school science students of biology.
Phoma exigua Desm. and its varieties

Because of its growth features in vitro, pathogenicity and host relation, together with the ubiquitous wound- and weak-parasitic strains of Phoma exigua Desm. var. exigua, three more specialized pathogenic varieties of this species are distinguished: var. linicola (Naoum. & Vass.) Maas on flax, var. foveata (Foister) Boerema on potato, and var. sambuci-nigrae (Sacc.) comb. nov. on elder. The synonymy and the collective and differential diagnostic characteristics are discussed.
Stimulating or Reinforcing Political Interest: Using Panel Data to Examine Reciprocal Effects Between News Media and Political Interest

Is the news media merely a tool for those already interested in politics, or can the news media stimulate interest in politics? While the news media likely serve both functions, little research has examined these dual functions and how television, print, and online news media differ in their performance of these functions. I use simultaneous equation modeling of 3-wave panel data from the American National Election Study (2008–2009) to examine the roles of different media in both stimulating and reinforcing political interest. The findings demonstrate that television news is a tool for those with prior interest in politics, more than a mechanism to influence levels of political interest. In contrast, online and print news can stimulate political interest to a greater degree than these media serve those with prior political interest. These differing relationships to political interest are explained in terms of the effort and attention required to use these news sources, their information-sharing capabilities, and their diversity of content.
PLANAR PENTAGONAL WIDE BAND ANTENNA

The area of focus in this thesis is to design a flexible antenna that removes the need for antenna designs with exact shape. The main content would be designing an antenna that would not only be used in harsh environments but also as biosensors with better performance as compared to the other metal antennas This paper proposes to design a planar pentagonal wideband microwave frequency antenna with PDMS as the substrate and liquid as conducting medium. This antenna can be folded and stretched in any direction without any damage to the antenna. The antenna is manufactured with a process in which conductors are realized by injecting room temperature liquid metal alloy into micro- structured channels in an elastic dielectric material. (18)The presented antenna has return loss better than 10dB within 8-11GHz. This antenna is useful for body-centric wireless network and in applications in harsh environments where mechanical flexibility helps improve durabilty. (1)
Researchers and the Wealth of Nations Matias Cabello

Despite the repeated claim by eminent students of economic growth that scientists and inventors have contributed to economic development, no study has yet quantified this effect using the rich historical record of great minds. Introducing a novel database of per capita researchers, we show that the history of research activity (corrected for geographical biases) predicts economic growth over the long run better than any other established growth predictor, and that this predictive power, while subject to swings, has been consistently increasing through time over the long run. These conclusions are drawn after presenting a number of facts suggesting that forces exogenous to income and population growth have determined how intensively countries have engaged in research. In contrast to a large body of literature, we find that property rights and schooling have been of minor importance for research and for economic growth through modern history. Our estimated dynamic impact of researcher densities on economic growth are very consistent through a variety of samples and regressions, based either on cross-sectional or on time-series variance. Permanently doubling the number of researchers per capita had barely an impact in 1800, but today its impact might be an increase of annualized economic growth rates of almost 1% in a 20-years span.
The lattice of ordinable topologies

We demonstrate that the ordinable topologies for a set X are precisely those that occupy the upper part of the lattice of topologies for X, and that they determine a lattice, not always complete or distributive. We also found the amount of complements, and principal complements, for certain ordinable topologies, generalizing a known result of P. S. Schnare.
A review of big data in health care: challenges and opportunities

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II-1 HYDROUS , LOW-CARBON MELTING OF GARNET PERIDOTITE

The presence of volatile species in Earth’s upper mantle drives the formation of low-degree melts at pressures and temperatures where volatile-free mantle rocks would be subsolidus. The two most abundant volatile species, given the oxidation state of the Earth’s upper mantle, are carbon dioxide and water. Understanding the influence of these species, separately and together, on melting processes requires well-controlled data on pure volatile systems as well as mixed-volatile experiments at the conditions of interest where these species have the most influence. We present experimental melting results from 3 GPa and 1375°C on hydrous systems with controlled water contents and rigorously minimized carbon contamination in order to analyze the effect of water on the melting of fertile peridotite KLB-1 in the garnet field. Compared to anhydrous experiments at this pressure, the addition of water to the peridotite produces a melt with an increased SiO2 content relative to MgO and FeO. This effect is tantamount to an increase in the stability of olivine at the solidus relative to the other crystalline phases. There is also a substantial change in the composition of clinopyroxene in equilibrium with the melt; the clinopyroxene field contracts when water is added to the system, producing clinopyroxenes with higher CaO than typically found at these pressures. The contraction of the clinopyroxene field decreases the bulk partition coefficients of TiO2 and Na2O, which are less compatible in a hydrous system than an anhydrous system. We present an analysis of the remaining oxides and their behavior during hydrous melting, and compare our liquid composition to anhydrous experiments and modeled liquid compositions at similar pressures. The contraction of the clinopyroxene field during hydrous melting has important implications for melting of the mantle, including possibly II-3 decreasing the bulk partition coefficient for water during melting and pushing the initiation of hydrous melting deeper into the garnet field.