Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Diagnostic Stability in dual Diagnosis Study on a Sample of Patients with Opiate Addiction

It is known that in psychiatry, despite the introduction of standardized system, there is still a portion of diagnostic instability. This study aims to evaluate the stability of psychiatric diagnoses in a cohort of patients with dual diagnosis, under treatment of the Dependence Department of the Local Health Unit n.8 Veneto, Italy. 34 patients with opioid dependence, in treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, have been evaluated. They had participated to a previous study in 2006, in which psychiatric comorbidity was documented. These 34 patients have been retested with some of the tests already used in 2006: M.I. N.I. (for Axis I) and S.C. I.D. II (for Axis II). The preceding evaluations and those current have been compared to assess the stability of psychiatric diagnosis. Almost all patients (95%) had at least a change of diagnosis. Psychoses are the most stable diagnoses. Also the substance use disorder is quite stable (80%). Neuroses are more unstable. Personality disorders showed greater variability. Personality disorders appear more unstable in dual diagnosis. The diagnosis of personality disorder based on DSM, common in drug addicts, requires caution. Anyway, the longitudinal observation is important for a correct diagnosis.
A power series identity and Bessel-type integrals over unitary groups

In 2008, Lehner, Wettig, Guhr and Wei conjectured a power series identity and showed that it implied a determinantal formula for a Bessel-type integral over the unitary supergroup. The integral is the supersymmetric extension of Bessel-type integrals over the unitary group appearing as partition functions in quantum chromodynamics. The identity is proved by interpreting both sides as the same unitary integral, which can be computed using the Cartan decomposition. An equivalent identity of Schur functions is also given and interpreted probabilistically.
Segmenting soccer spectators by attachment levels: a psychographic profile based on team self-expression and involvement

The present study aimed to use attachment as a segmentation criterion of soccer spectators and further describe these spectator segments based on self-expression and team involvement. The sample of the study included 280 (N=280) Greek soccer spectators. Cluster analysis was employed to categorize spectators into high and low attachment groups, and discriminant analysis using team self-expression and involvement to describe the two segments of attached spectators. The cluster analysis revealed two clear groups of spectators, who had significant different scores in their attachment levels (high and low). Furthermore, high attached spectators were shown to have higher scores in the self-expression and team involvement variables than the low attached spectators. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed, and future research directions are provided.
Performance Efficacy Using A Comparison Of Commerical And In-house Y-str Multiplex Systems For Operational Use

It is routine for the forensic scientist to obtain a genetic profile of an individual from DNA recovered from a biological stain deposited at a crime scene. In contrast, only a limited number of laboratories in the United States have the capability of performing Y-STR analysis in casework. In order to aid in facilitating the transfer of Y-STR technology to the crime laboratory community for operational use, a comparison between commercial products from three main vendors (Applied Biosystems AmpFlSTR® YfilerTM PCR Amplification Kit, Promega PowerPlex – Y System, Reliagene Y-PLEXTM 12) and two in-house Y-STR multiplexes (MPI and MPB) commenced. The main intention for this comparison was to ascertain whether commercial Y-STR kits are able to obtain a male profile from difficult samples which have been accomplished with our in-house Y-STR multiplexes; such as mixtures, post coital specimens, and environmental insults. To aid the crime laboratory community an in depth comparison of the three main commercial Y-STR kits began in hopes to glean information in circumstances where Y chromosome polymorphisms may need to be employed. For example, the ability to provide investigators with the numbers of semen donors in multiple rape cases, identification of the genetic profile of the male component in a male/female mixture, and identification of the genetic profile of the male component in an extended interval post-coital sample. The capability of typing Y-STR loci by the crime laboratory community could dramatically affect the admissibility of Y-STR evidence. Therefore, the comparison of commercially available kits is an imperative process by which the scientific community acquires the necessary information to assess the ability of a procedure to obtain reliable results, determine
Dams and displacement: Raising the standards and broadening the research agenda

The World Commission on Dams provided an analytical overview of the cumulative effects of years of dam development. A lack of commitment or capacity to cope with displacement or to consider the civil rights of, or risks to, displaced people led to the impoverishment and suffering of tens of millions and growing opposition to dams by affected communities worldwide. However, after the WCD, little has changed for the better in terms of resettlement policies. In fact, the standards of key agencies, like the Asian Development Bank, have been lowered and diluted compared to prior policies. Dam-induced development and displacement are stifled by a 'managerialist' approach to planning, in which solutions are sought internally and subordinated to the economics that underpins the existence of the project. The aim of successful resettlement is to prevent impoverishment and to enable displaced people to share in the project’s benefits. Within the field of dam-induced resettlement, this is a lofty goal rarely achieved. However, in other fields of resettlement, such as refugee studies and adaptation to environmental change, such a goal is regarded as a minimum standard. In this paper we seek to broaden the research agenda on dam-induced resettlement and to raise the standards of development projects that entail resettlement. We do this by importing some of the considerations and concerns from practice and research from the fields of refugee studies and adaptation to environmental change.
Preparation of PAN-based carbon nanofibers by hot-stretching

Partially aligned and oriented polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers were electrospun from PAN solution in dimethylformamide (DMF) for the preparation of carbon nanofibers. The as-spun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers were hot-stretched by weighing metal in a temperature controlled oven to improve its crystallinity and molecular orientation. Then they were stabilized at 250°C under stress, and carbonized at 1000°C in N2 atmosphere by fixing the length of the stabilized nanofibers to convert them into carbon nanofibers. The result showed that the average diameter of the carbon nanofibers was 140 nm. The degree of crystallinity of the stretched fibers confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis was enhanced 4-fold in comparison with that of as-spun fibers. The improved fiber alignment and crystallinity resulted in the increased modulus and tensile strength of the nanofibers as much as 5.7-fold and 4.7-fold, respectively. The modulus and tensile strength the of carbon nanofiber increased up to 2243 ± 120 MPa and 170 ± 15.8 GPa, respectively. Thus, the hot-stretched nanofiber can be used as a potential precursor to produce high-performance carbon composites.
Structural Analysis of Reproductive Development in Pistillate Flowers of Laurus nobilis L.

In Laurus nobilis L. (Lauraceae) the development of female flowers (pistillate), between floral meristem differentiation and fruit formation was inspected through histological sections and SEM techniques. The reproductive development of the female flower starts when the apical meristem converts into a floral meristem. Four tepals, four stamens and a carpel are developed from the floral meristem in turn. Filaments emerge however, anther development is arrested, and stamens become nonfunctional staminodes. The stigma is of the dry type. The solid style being short and thick consists of an epidermis, a cortex, a vascular bundle and a core of transmitting tissue composed of elongated cells. In the style a funnel-shaped zone extending from within the stigma to the stylar base is visible. The presence of high amounts of sugars and lipid substances within and around the vascular bundles are identified by histochemical techniques. The ovary contains an anatropous, bitegmic and crassinucellate ovule. Starch grains are present throughout the development of nucellar tissue. The chalazal region of nuclear endosperm forms a short haustorium. Endosperm does not exist in mature seed; the cotyledons are piled with considerably large starch grains. Idioblasts are observed in all stages of development.
Characterizing lateral diffusion of EGFR using advanced fluorescence spatial correlation functions

Author(s): Kalassery, Jim Jacob | Advisor(s): Digman, Michelle | Abstract: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has various functionalities in the cell cycle and also plays an important role in cellular transport. EGFR is found to be localized on the cell membrane before its activation. Although, there are numerous studies that focus on the transport and signaling mechanism of EGFR mediated cellular transport, only few studies have been done in the area characterizing its lateral diffusion. In our work, we focus on characterizing EGFR lateral diffusion prior to and after activation of the receptor by epidermal growth factor using Total Internal Fluorescence Reflection Microscopy (TIRF). TIRF microscopy uses camera based data collection and novel pixel based correlation methods enable us to analyze and study a diffusing population. One can record whole cell, and analyze and decipher the predominant diffusion mechanisms presented in the cell using the techniques like pair-correlation function, image mean square displacement, number and brightness, etc. This thesis presents the very first trial to correlate EGFR movement within a cell using these techniques.
An analysis of supply response of rapeseed-mustard in different regions of Uttar Pradesh

The continuing imbalance between increasing demand and slow growth in supply of oilseeds is a major concern which needs to be addressed seriously. The increase in the production of oilseed has to come through increase in acreage and /or productivity of the oilseeds. Uttar Pradesh is a very important state in the country from agricultural point of view, which occupying second position in rapeseed-mustard production. In Uttar Pradesh, an attempt was made to examine the economic factors on supply response of rapeseedmustard in different regions, and at aggregate level. The present study evaluated the impact of price and selected non-price factors on the area of rapeseed-mustard, and to analyse the short and long-run price elasticities.
Food System Dynamics 6 ( 1 ) , 2015 , 50-61 50 Moving towards Sustainability in Food Chains : Dealing with Costs and Benefits

Sustainability concerns are receiving increasingly attention by society and in turn, the food sector and consumers as the food sector’s final customers. Investments towards improvements in sus tainability along the chain are usually not evenly distributed along the chain which affects the balance in the distribution of costs and returns. Transparency is a means for supporting an appropriate link between costs and returns. Various alternatives ar e being discussed. The chapter utilizes a case study approach for elaborating on the possibilities of regaining costs through price premiums, the communication of sustainability to consumers and the cooperation through horizontal and vertical networking alternatives that could support developments towards sustainability through gains in efficiency and concerted engagements in dealing with sustainability, costs and returns along the chain
Studies on Santilli’s Isonumber Theory

Beginning with studies in the 1980s at the Department of Mathematics of Harvard University, the Italian-American scientist R. M. Santilli discovered new realizations of the abstract axioms of numeric fields with characteristic zero, based on an axiom-preserving generalization of conventional associative product and consequential positive-definite generalization of the multiplicative unit, today known as Santilli isonumbers [1], and the resulting novel numeric fields are known as Santilli isofields . By remembering that 20th century mathematics was formulated on numeric fields, their generalization into isofields stimulated a corresponding generalization of all of 20th century mathematics and its application to mechanics, today known as Santilli isomatheatics and isomechanics , respectively, which is used for the representation of extended-deformable particles moving within physical media under Hamiltonian as well as contact non-Hamiltoian interactions. Additionally, Santilli discovered a second realization of the abstract axioms of a numeric field, this time with arbitrary (non-singular) negative definite generalized unit and related multiplication, today known as Santilli isodual isonumber [1] that have stimulated a second covering of 20th century mathematics and mechanics known as Santilli isodual isomathematics and isodual isomechanics . The latter methods are used for the classical as well as operator form of antimatter in full democracy with the study of matter. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of Santilli's epoch making discoveries of isonumbers and their isoduals along with their application to isomechanics and its isodual for matter and antimatter, respectively.
Creatr, a genergtic graphical distributed debugger with language support for application interfacing

High level debugging tools which can model system-level views of programs have proven very useful to developers of distributed systems. Unlike source-level debuggers, system-level debugger allow programmers to quickly gain an understanding of how the various parts of a system are interacting by displaying information at a higher granularity. Traditionally, such tools have received limited use due to target dependencies. When the application changed, existing tools were unable to handle the new context, thus requiring the development of new tools, or major rewrites of existing tools. This thesis introduces Creatr, a tool for debugging EventFlow systems. Creatr targets a specific programming model, EventFlow, but makes limited assumptions about how various systems make use of this model. Instead, Creatr provides linguistic support to allow the user to define how a given target application maps to the general model. By providing a hook library, users can quickly interface Creatr to a wide range of applications. Creatr also provides support for user-defined data visualization and information filtering. By abstracting out target dependencies, Creatr provides a more flexible and reusable solution to system-level debugging than has been previously available. Thesis Supervisor: John Wroclawski Title: Research Scientist, MIT Department of EECS Thesis Supervisor: Jay Thomas Title: Hardware Tools and CBX Hardware/Firmware Manager, ROLM
Internationalization of Product-Service Systems: Global, Regional or National Strategy?

Highly dynamic market environment, knowledge creation, and technology advancement demands that producers/providers be more efficient and effective in meeting existing and future consumer needs and expectations. In this regard, companies strive as far as possible to diversify a range of proposed products as well as commercialization strategies. Using the case of the music industry, this paper explores the validity of national, regional or global strategies in the provision of a product service system. The authors surveyed over 70,000 respondents from 15 geographically spread countries which account for more than 85% of the industry’s global revenues. The analysis of the survey results identified a homogeneous group of so-called ‘Out of Touch’ consumers characterized by a shared attitude: they are interested in and have the money to purchase music, but no longer do so. The authors attempt to ascertain if and how re-engaging the group in music purchase would achieve a significant sales increase. The analysis explores how potential consumers might respond to, or are able to be influenced by, value offerings in 15 different countries. The findings suggest that firms may employ global strategies for supplying products and services, but regional strategies are required to define the appropriate bundles to re-engage ‘Out of Touch’ consumers.
A Conceptual Framework for Technology-Enhanced Problem-Based Learn- ing in Construction Engineering and Management Education

Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) education in the higher education system has been considered necessary nowadays. How to provide a better quality of education to students has come to be a more important issue. Today’s students use technology, such as social networking, social media, texting, and digital games, in their daily life and expect the same for their education. However, most higher education environments are contrary to student expectations of a high-technology learning environment. For these students, the educator should raise questions about how to improve the quality of student learning, how to improve the effectiveness of teaching, and how to do both affordably and efficiently. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a valid pedagogical strategy and continues to arouse interest because the learning approach addresses several major concerns related to improving student learning. It also might be helpful to use current or emerging technologies to draw students’ active engagement. This paper examines PBL from the pedagogical perspective; explores a perspective of CEM students on using technology for their learning; investigates the role of technology in PBL; and discusses strategies for implementing technology-enhanced PBL in construction education. The findings of this study will provide construction educators with the knowledge of instructional strategies when designing a technology-enhanced PBL module. Therefore, the educators can take the benefits of both PBL and learning technology for construction education.
Intent Search and Centralized Sybil Defence Mechanism for Social Network

Sybil attacks are the major problems occurred in the distributed systems without trusted identities. It occur when the one-to-one relationship between a node and its identity is violated. This is occurred by an attacker creates multiple pseudonymous identities and pretends to be multiple, distinct nodes in the system. Intent search is another important function in social network. It mostly depends on surrounding text features which leads to noisy search result. In this paper a new Sybil defence mechanism is introduced that is Sybil protector, in order to defend against attacks in social networks. It is efficient and scalable to large social network. Network topologies are used by the Sybil protector to defend against Sybil attacks in social networks. It can effectively identify the Sybil nodes and detect the Sybil community around a Sybil node. And also limits the number of attack edges in online social networks. Here also included a novel internet image search which only requires one-click user feedback. For that expanded keywords are used to create positive example images and to include more relevant images it enlarge the image pool. It consist of four steps.1) Adaptive similarity.2) Keyword expansion. 3) Visual query expansion. Intent image search is very effective because it has extremely simple user interface. IndexTerms: Sybil attack, Sybil identity, social networks, attack edge, keyword expansion.
Organophosphorous Pesticides Metabolite Reduces Human T CD8 Homeostasis and Proliferation by Inducing Cellular Death

Background: We have previously shown that Diethyldithiophosphate (DEDTP), a metabolite of Organophosphorous (OP) compounds biotransformation with longer half life than its parental compound, can modulate T CD4 lymphocyte functions. To explore if DEDTP can also alter T CD8 homeostasis and proliferation we evaluated cellular viability and proliferation by propidium iodide (PI) incorporation and carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) assay by flow cytometry, respectively, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and T CD8 cells from healthy male donors. Results: In vitro exposure to 1-50 µM DEDTP decreased T CD4 vs. T CD8 proportion on resting T CD3 lymphocytes. DEDTP decreased T CD8 viability in a dose-dependent manner after 24 h without affecting the rest of T CD3 lymphocytes. DEDTP also decreases CFSE dilution in T CD8 cells stimulated with anti-CD3/CD28 by arresting cells at the first round of division (M1). Decrease in cell proliferation was not only due to cellular arrest, but also to a consequence of cell death. Although cell death and cell cycle arrest were observed in the majority of the T CD8 cells, some particular T CD8 subset clones presented a high proliferative rate in the presence of DEDTP. Conclusion: DEDTP showed higher toxicity and cytostaticity in T CD8 cells than in T CD4 lymphocytes. This is relevant in exposed individuals as their ability to deal with viral infections and cancer cells could be limited by exposure to OP pesticides.
Object Recognition Using a Smart Camera

This paper presents a general approach regarding computer vision and object recognition importance. The most utilized methods and the most common application which involves object recognition are also described. In this context an application it is created for identifying a few types of objects using Vision Builder for Automated Inspection software and a smart camera. The used method can be implemented in a further research for automated assembly operations with industrial robots.
Identification of human fall events from using RGB-D videos

Fall detection and identification is essential for elderly care applications. In this thesis, video analysis techniques are investigated for detection of falls using RGB-D sensor. The focus is to detect the human object from videos and study the contribution of different features in fall classification. Speeded Up Robust Features detection by thresholding the difference image is used to locate the key points of the human. The key points are used to define the region of interest from which features are extracted. The spatio-temporal features studied are Histogram of Oriented Gradients, optical flow and shape analysis. The extracted features are tested using SVM classifier to distinguish fall and lying down events. The experiments are conducted on 800 RGB-D videos performed by 19 subjects. The results obtained are good for almost all features (about 95% classification rate).
School Community Engaging with Immigrant Youth: Incorporating Personal/Social Development and Ethnic Identity Development.

It has been projected that 33% of all school children will be from immigrant households by the year 2040 (Suarez-Orozco et al., 2010). For school personnel (e.g., administrators, counselors, teachers) working with immigrant youth and adolescents, understanding ethnic identity development is an essential cultural competency. In this essay, the authors outline how the family, peer, and school contexts can influence a student’s ethnic identity, along with suggested activities that utilize ethnic identity development to enhance student personal/social development. Greater personal/social development of individual students and greater integration of marginalized ethnic groups can contribute to a healthier school community. Informal methods of evaluating outcomes are also identified.