Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Shaping the energy of mechanical systems without solving partial differential equations

Control of underactuated mechanical systems via energy shaping is a well-established, robust design technique. Unfortunately, its application is often stymied by the need to solve partial differential equations (PDEs). In this paper a new, fully constructive, procedure to shape the energy for a class of mechanical systems that obviates the solution of PDEs is proposed. The control law consists of a first stage of partial feedback linearization followed by a simple proportional plus integral controller acting on two new passive outputs. The class of systems for which the procedure is applicable is identified imposing some (directly verifiable) conditions on the systems inertia matrix and its potential energy function. It is shown that these conditions are satisfied by three benchmark examples.
Extremely low-noise amplification with cryogenic FETs and HFETs: 1970-2004

This is a review of developments and milestones in the FET and HFET field, including experimental results compared to model predictions. The noise performance of cryogenic FETs and HFETs has made tremendous progress over the last several decades. The most rapid advances seem to have occurred between 1980 and 1995. Three different generations of HFETs were proposed and reduced to practice during that period. Since 1995, no significant new ground has been broken in device technology. However, InP HFET technology has matured and allowed construction of extremely low-noise amplifiers. These amplifiers were used in the construction of several instruments for the investigation of the physics of the early universe.
Seizures, enhanced excitation, and increased vesicle number in Lis1 mutant mice

In humans, abnormal neuronal migration and severe neuronal disorganization resulting from Lis1 (lissencephaly) haploinsufficiency contributes to cognitive impairment and seizures early in life. In Lis1 heterozygotic mice, severe hippocampal disorganization and cognitive impairment have also been reported. Using this mouse model, we examined the functional impact of LIS1 deficiency with particular focus on excitatory glutamate‐mediated synaptic transmission.
Results of Further Diagnostic Procedures Among Patients with Cytological Characteristics of Minor Changes on Pap Smears.

BACKGROUND Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) are the two most common results of positive Pap smears. AIM The aim of this study was to compare the management of patients with ASCUS and LSIL. PATIENTS AND METHODS All procedures were performed between 2003 and 2014 in an outpatient clinic affiliated to a tertiary referral center, and included Pap smears, colposcopy, histology and invasive treatment. RESULTS There were 131 patients in the ASCUS group and 84 in the LSIL group. Further negative cytological results were obtained more frequently among the ASCUS group than the LSIL group [relative risk (RR)=1.18, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.33-2.40; p<0.001]. Histological results revealed higher occurrence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III or invasive squamous cancer in the LSIL group than the ASCUS group [RR=6.8 (95% CI=0.95-144.63), p=0.033]. Patients from the LSIL group more frequently required invasive treatment [RR=2.53, 95% CI=1.40-4.67, p=0.001]. CONCLUSION Diagnosis of ASCUS is associated with more frequent cases of total remission in follow-up Pap smears and requires for less-invasive management.
Childhood abuse and mental health indicators among ethnically diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults.

OBJECTIVE Prior research has established that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people experience higher rates of childhood abuse than heterosexuals. However, there has been little research on the mental health impact of these experiences or how race/ethnicity might influence prevalence and mental health impact of childhood abuse in this population. The study's objective was to examine the relationships between race/ethnicity, childhood abuse, and mental health indicators in a national sample of LGB adults. METHOD Participants were recruited via the Internet through snowball and targeted sampling methods. Six hundred and sixty-nine LGB adults, 21% of whom were people of color, participated in an online survey. Participants completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist-Civilian Version, and the Perceived Stress Scale-Short Form. RESULTS Latina/o and Asian American participants reported the highest levels of physical abuse (p < .01), and Latina/o and African American participants reported the highest levels of sexual abuse (p < .01). Childhood emotional abuse was the strongest predictor of psychopathology symptoms for all participants (ps < .01). Relative to White participants, emotional abuse showed a stronger relationship with PTSD and anxiety symptoms for African American participants (ps < .01), and physical abuse showed a stronger relationship with PTSD and anxiety symptoms for Latina/o participants (ps < .05). CONCLUSIONS Race/ethnicity may be an important factor when examining childhood abuse and mental health correlates among LGB populations.
Do Conservative Governments Make a Difference in Fiscal Policy? Evidence from the U.S. and the U.K.

In a recent paper, Ott, Belova, and Dolgopolov (2003) examined the effects of partisan politics on monetary policy for the United States and the United Kingdom (UK). They actually tested Secretary Simon's (1980) question "Do conservative governments make a difference in monetary policy! "l In his speech before the Mont Pelerin Society, William E. Simon developed his vision for the future of the nation in a program he called "An Action Program to Achieve National Goals. " In this program, Simon elaborated on the use of monetary and fiscal policy to achieve the nation's goals (i.e., price stability, employment opportunity, economic and export growth and strong dollar). The program he put forth was quite comprehensive, one that required the coordination of national economic policies. Simon's action program consisted of five recommendations referred to as "rules. " Rules 1, 2 and 3 were fiscal rules for addressing budget posture, the level of federal spending in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), and the tax burden. Rule 4 was the money rule, setting the growth rate of money, while rule 5 dealt with the scope of federal regulation. Simon's rule 4 was the focus of an Ott, Belova, and Dolgopolov (2003) paper. Simon's rules 1, 2, 3 and 5 are the focus of this paper. More specifically, we try to answer the question: "Do conservative governments make a difference in fiscal policy! " The next part of the paper offers a theoretical and empirical overview of the effects of partisan politics on fiscal policy along the lines of political cycles research. Section three formulates the. testable hypothesis and discusses data and methodology, while the fourth section presents the empirical results. The final section offers some concluding remarks.
Classification of fusing SAR and multispectral image via deep bimodal autoencoders

Classification of multisensor data provides potential advantages over a single sensor in accuracy. In this paper, deep bimodal autoencoders are proposed for classification of fusing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multispectral images. The proposed deep network based on autoencoders is trained to discover both independencies of each modality and correlations across the modalities. Specifically, the sparse encoding layers in the front are applied to learn features of each modality, then shared representation layers in the middle are developed to learn fused features of two modalities, finally softmax classifier in the top is adopted for classification. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed network is able to yield superior classification performance compared with some related networks.
70-GHz Effective Sampling Time-Base On-Chip Oscilloscope in CMOS

This paper examines a time-base measurement system for on-chip digitization. Undersampling, combined with single-path time-domain amplification and processing, is used to perform the embedded measurement in a time-efficient manner. The proposed system relies on simple circuit components while performing high-speed measurements. Additionally, ease of calibration with minimal silicon area overhead renders the system attractive from a design-for-test perspective. The circuit was implemented in a 0.18-mum standard digital CMOS process using a single 1.8-V supply. On-chip interconnect crosstalk generation with variable strength is included on chip for characterization, and successfully measured using the prototype chip. An effective 70-GHz sampling rate is experimentally obtained from the implemented on-chip oscilloscope, with a voltage resolution of 4 mV. The estimated static power dissipation is ~3.5 mW, with a total active area of 0.45 mm2 taken up by the associated test and calibration vehicles.
The Giant Crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa

New fossils of the giant African crocodyliform Sarcosuchus imperator clarify its skeletal anatomy, growth patterns, size, longevity, and phylogenetic position. The skull has an expansive narial bulla and elongate jaws studded with stout, smooth crowns that do not interlock. The jaw form suggests a generalized diet of large vertebrates, including fish and dinosaurs. S. imperator is estimated to have grown to a maximum body length of at least 11 to 12 meters and body weight of about 8 metric tons over a life-span of 50 to 60 years. Unlike its closest relatives, which lived as specialized piscivores in marginal marine habitats, S. imperator thrived in fluvial environments.
The Choice of Local Food Products by Young Consumers: The Importance of Public and Private Attributes

In this paper, we propose an explicative model for the effective purchase of various brands of local products, incorporating private and public motivations into a causal chain and considering product availability as a possible moderator of the effects of these purchase factors on local products. The results obtained by applying conditional process analysis and a Tobit model to the responses of 195 young consumers show that local identity can have direct and/or indirect effects on the effective purchase of four different brands of local, traditional, and nontraditional products. Furthermore, for two of these brands, perceived product availability moderates the relationship between product valuation and effective purchase. [EconLit citations: C51, Q13].
Combination chemotherapy with adriamycin (NSC-123127) and dimethyl triazeno imidazole carboxamide (DTIC) (NSC-45388) in children with metastatic solid tumors

Combination chemotherapy with adriamycin and DTIC was used in 102 evaluable patients under 15 years of age who had previously treated metastatic solid tumors. Responses, defined as 50% or more reduction in all tumor masses, occurred in 10 out of 27 patients with neuroblastoma, 3 out of 8 patients with Wilms tumor, 7 out of 15 patients with Ewing sarcoma, 2 out of 6 patients with osteosarcoma, 5 out of 13 patients with rhabdomyosarcoma, and 15 out of 33 patients with miscellaneous tumors which included a patient who had a complete regression of an extensive juvenile angiofibroma. Response rate to combination chemotherapy with adriamycin and DTIC in patients with Ewing sarcoma was significantly superior to the response rate obtained with adriamycin alone in another Southwest Oncology Group Study. Major toxicity included nausea, vomiting, myelosuppression, high incidence of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (5 patients) and congestive heart failure (4 patients). There were 7 drug-associated deaths due to sepsis (1), pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (4), and congestive heart failure (2).
The Causal Effects of Survivors’ Benefits on Health Status and Poverty of Widows in Turkey: Evidence from Bayesian Networks

This study examines the effects of survivor benefits on health status and wealth in households of widowed mothers. The analysis relies on the cross-sectional Income and Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) in Turkey over the period 2006–2012. We apply Ordered Logit and Probit models, and we propose the Bayesian Network (BN) framework to explore the causal effects of survivor benefits using observational data. The results show that the widowed mothers who receive the benefits are more likely to report higher levels of health status by 0.11 units on a scale between 1–5. In addition, their wealth is improved. For the sample of the survivor benefit claimants, the effects of the benefits are positive, and they improve health status by about 6 per cent.
How Can the Adaptation Behavior of IT Project Managers, within the Dutch Government, Be Explained in Situations of Political Involvement?

The public sector has a questionable reputation on their ability to complete large IT projects on time and within budget. At the Dutch government, unclear benefits and incomplete requirements, driven by political considerations instead of sound economic drivers, are often seen as the fail factors (Algemene Rekenkamer, 2007 and 2008). The IT project managers will have to deal with the entanglement of political, IT and organizational factors, whilst managing an IT project. In this document a subset of the entanglement is addressed. Particularly, the influence of political involvement to project managers‟ adaptive behavior. To address this problem the following research question has been formulated; how can adaptation behavior of IT project managers, within the Dutch government, be explained in situations of political involvement? The research question has been broken down in to three parts; political involvement, adaptive behavior of project managers and the Dutch government. Each part is explained within the theoretical background and their relationship to each other is tested by means of the Coping Model of Project Managers Adaptation (CMPMA). This model, – derived from Beaudry and Pinsonneault (2005) – provides insight into the adaptive behavior of IT project managers. The model represents the IT project managers‟ appraisals tp political involvement, combined with their adaptation strategy and its associated outcome. The adaptive behavior is grouped in to four general adaptation strategies: benefits maximizing, benefits satisfying, disturbance handling and self-preservation strategy. The CMPMA is subject to four projects within the Dutch government that have a large IT component. For each project, the project manager served as unit of analysis and in total the four cases yielded seventeen observations. All projects have a project maturity of several years and have been analyzed qualitatively. After analyses it became clear that, whenever political involvement leaded to an outcome, the project managers‟ adaptive behavior and their associated outcomes could be explained with the CMPMA. The model opens the black box of IT project management – within the Dutch government – and can be used as an instrument, by civil servants, for managing project to political involvement.
Melatonin suppression by light in euthymic bipolar and unipolar patients.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that bipolar patients are supersensitive to light suppression of melatonin and that this may be a trait marker for genetic vulnerability. The present study was an attempt to replicate and extend this observation. Propranolol hydrochloride effects were compared with light effects because of the documented influence of beta-adrenergic receptors on melatonin production. Nighttime levels of corticotropin and cortisol were also examined as potential trait vulnerability markers. METHODS Melatonin levels in euthymic bipolar patients (n= 29) were tested before and after 500-lux light was administered between 2 and 4 AM and on a separate night in the dark. Results were compared with those of a group of patients with unipolar depression (n= 24) and with those of a group of non-psychiatrically ill control subjects (n= 50). Lithium effects and propranolol effects were tested in subgroups. RESULTS No group differences were seen in light suppression among bipolar patients, unipolar patients, and controls; an analysis of the whole group did not reveal differences in propranolol effect, differences in corticotropin or cortisol levels, or evidence for a lithium effect. However, patients with bipolar I affective disorder showed the following: (1) significantly lower melatonin levels on the light night, at baseline and following light exposure; and (2) a later peak time for melatonin on the dark night. CONCLUSIONS The general hypothesis of increased light sensitivity in bipolar patients was not supported. However, melatonin secretion abnormalities were confirmed in the subgroup with bipolar I disorder. Further assessments of circadian rhythm disruption as a vulnerability marker in bipolar illness are indicated.
Quantitative estimation of mouse mammary tumor virus (MTV) antigens by radioimmunoassay

A radioimmunoassay for the antigens of the mouse mammary tumour virus has been developed. 125Iodine‐labelling of intact virus [derived from mammary tumours of (C3H × 020) F1 mice] followed by ether extraction and separation of the ether and water layers resulted in a separation of the labelled material into two main groups of antigenic components. The intact labelled material from each group was separated from viral debris and other possible contaminants by affinity chromatography. The antigens of the ether phase were proved to belong mainly to the viral nucleoid whereas the water phase contained mainly envelope antigens. No type‐specific antigens could be demonstrated in either of the phases. Radioimmunological assessment of plasma revealed that in the plasma of MTV‐S‐ and MTV‐P‐positive animals viral antigens were only measurable when palpable mammary tumours were present, whereas in MTV‐L‐positive tumour‐bearing animals some negative samples were found. In milk of individual nontumour‐bearing mice a close correlation was found between the expression of viral antigens and the generally accepted presence of virus in the strain of mice. In milk, viral antigen levels tend to increase with parity with a possible decrease after a finite number of pregnancies. In a pilot study the presence of MTV antigens could also be demonstrated in epididymis extracts of male GRS/A mice. Genetical analysis of the low‐virulent MTV‐L by radioimmunoassay of milk is in progress.
“Moving Toward Healthy”

This study utilized participatory and potentially empowering qualitative research methods of photo-elicitation and face-to-face interviews to investigate food choices of mothers living with their children in a residential substance use disorder recovery program. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with nine women (25–40 years) living in a residential substance use disorder recovery program in the Southeastern United States. Each audio recorded and transcribed interview was coded individually before collectively developing a consensual version of the codebook and identifying themes. The recovering women in this study expressed a new or renewed desire to “eat healthy” and voiced concerns about the nutritional value of foods. Food choices were influenced by their children’s nutritional needs and food preferences, their own food preferences and habits, the financial resources available to them, their personal food preparation self-efficacy and skills, and the limitations inherent in residential recovery. Understanding food choices benefits both recovering parents and their children.
Profiling system for depressive disorder patient using web based approaches

This paper presents the work of design, development and implementation of profiling system for depressive disorder patience. Using a web based approach; the proposed system offers medical organizations that diagnose and treat mental disorders patients to begin the implementation of its automated medical record. The work presented here will replace the existing manual patient profiling. It has profound implications for future records of valuable information about the patient profile, pharmacy activities, and accurate medication history to the concerned health care professionals more quickly and efficiently.
Improving Democratic Values in Civic Education Learning through Grouped-Discussion Method for the Students in Higher Education Institution

ABSTRACT: This study was aimed at improving the students’ democratic values among the students in higher education institution through a grouped-discussion method. This was trigerred by a lack of understanding on democratic values among the students in the uniersity level. They also indicated less-democratic attitudes and behavior. This was an action reseach study following the model of Stephen Kemmis & Robin McTaggart (1988) . The subject of the research was the fourth-semester students at the Study Program of Indonesia and Local Languages Education, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training UMP (Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto) in Central Java, Indonesia. There were 60 students. The action (treatment) given was an application of grouped-discussion in the Civic Education courses. The data collection was through observation from which the results was noted in an observation guide. In addition, it was also done through testing of essay questions and an interview. Two types of data were collected, i.e. qualitative data from document, results of observation, and recorded interview; and the quantitative data were from testing of pre- and post-test. Based on the analysis, it was proved that the democratic values among the students can be improved through grouped-discussion method applied in Civic Education course. Their average learning score was 63.75 before the treatment and it increased to 72.77 after the first cycle. At the end of the second cycle, it became 80.68. Besides, another increase was indicated from their democratic attitude and behavior. They acknowledged that every individual has a freedom of giving his/her opinion, of making a group of organization, and participating in any organization, appreciating citizen and gender equity, and respecting other people’s opinion. KEY WORDS : Democratic values, grouped-discussion, civic education, students, democratic attitude and behavior, and good citizen of Indonesia. About the Author: Eko Priyanto is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training UMP (Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto), Jalan Raya Dukuhwaluh, Purwokerto City, Central Java, Indonesia. E-mail: ahmadump@yahoo.co.id How to cite this article? Priyanto, Eko. (2014). “Improving Democratic Values in Civic Education Learning through Grouped-Discussion Method for the Students in Higher Education Institution” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies , Vol.6(2) February, pp.179-188. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI in Bandung, West Java; and FKIP UMP in Purwokerto, Central Java, ISSN 1979-7877. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (December11, 2013); Revised (January 13, 2014); and Published (February17, 2014).
Reduced Candida glabrata Susceptibility Secondary to an FKS1 Mutation Developed during Candidemia Treatment

ABSTRACT We describe a case of recurring Candida glabrata infection in a 68-year-old African-American female on caspofungin therapy. The initial isolate was susceptible, but isolates recovered during following relapses were not. All isolates were clonal, and high-MIC strains contained a mutation in the highly conserved hot spot 1 region of Fks1p.