Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modelling of induction motor for simulation of internal faults

Accurate and flexible computer model of an induction motor is a very important tool for diagnostic and fault protection algorithms investigation. This paper considers modelling of an internal faults in stator windings of an induction motor. General approach to inter-turn faults modelling in such machines is discussed and implementation of the model in ATP-EMTP program in a form of Type-94 element is presented. Included examples demonstrate basic characteristics of the proposed model and its application for internal fault analysis in the complex system included motor, load and a supplying network.
HRIS implementation and deployment: a conceptual framework of the new roles, responsibilities and competences for HR professionals

In many organisations, computer Information Systems (ISs) affect every aspect of business operations (Harrison, 2003). The widespread use of Human Resources Information Systems (HRISs) and web-based applications in global business raises the question regarding the new competencies required for Human Resources (HR) professionals. HRISs are now viewed as sustaining the competitive advantage of the firm (Lado and Wilson, 1994). In this paper, we first elaborate on the evolution of the roles and responsibilities of HR professionals from a traditional perspective to a new strategic perspective. Second, we highlight the new competencies that are required from the strategic perspective – in other words, their contribution to the firm's strategy. Then, from the Information Technology (IT) perspective, we review how the introduction of new technologies in the organisation affect the way HR professionals accomplish their tasks not only within the HR department, but also with the rest of the organisation. Another main output of the present article is to propose a conceptual framework to illustrate the relations between IT systems, Human Resource Management (HRM) organisational design and the competencies of HR professionals. Finally, we recommend some HRIS research questions and the methodological orientation that should prevail in the context of complexity that characterises the introduction of HRISs in organisations and the new roles assigned to HR professionals.
The NeuroPage system for children and adolescents with neurological deficits

Objective: Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of a paging system, NeuroPage, in helping survivors of brain injury compensate for everyday memory and planning problems. This study examines the effectiveness of the paging system in the sub-group of 12 children and adolescents with neurological deficits who took part in a larger study. Methods: Twelve participants aged 8–17 years took part in a randomized controlled crossover trial in which their completion of everyday goals was monitored prior to and during use of the NeuroPage system, where participants were sent reminder messages regarding tasks they should complete. Results: All 12 young people showed significant improvements in carrying out everyday tasks between the baseline and treatment phases. Conclusions: The NeuroPage system can be successfully used by children and adolescents with neurological deficits and can alleviate some of the everyday difficulties caused by their memory and planning difficulties.
The Hybrid Credit Scoring Strategies Based on KNN Classifier

The development of credit scoring model has been regarded as a critical topic. This study proposed four approaches combining with the KNN (K-Nearest Neighbor) classifier for features selection that retains sufficient information for classification purpose. Two UCI data sets and different models combined with KNN classifier were constructed by selecting features. KNN classifier combines with conventional statistical LDA, Decision tree, Rough set and F-score approaches as features preprocessing step to optimize feature space by removing both irrelevant and redundant features. The procedure of the proposed algorithm is described first and then evaluated by their performances. The results are compared in combination with KNN classifier and nonparametric Wilcoxon signed rank test will be held to show if there has any significant difference between these approaches. Our results suggest that hybrid credit scoring models are robust and effective in finding optimal subsets and the compound procedure is a promising method to the fields of data mining.
Development and evaluation of a moral distress scale.

AIM OF THE STUDY This methodological research developed and evaluated the moral distress scale from 1994 to 1997. BACKGROUND/RATIONALE Although nurses confront moral questions in their practice daily, few instruments are available to measure moral concepts. The methodological design used a convenience sample consisted of 214 nurses from several Unites States hospitals. The framework guiding the development of the moral distress scale (MDS) included Jameton's conceptualization of moral distress, House and Rizzo's role conflict theory, and Rokeach's value theory. Items for the MDS were developed from research on the moral problems that nurses confront in hospital practice. The MDS consists of 32 items in a 7-point Likert format; a higher score reflects a higher level of normal distress. RESULTS Mean scores on each item ranged from 3.9 to 5.5, indicating moderately high levels of moral distress. The item with the highest mean score (M=5.47) was working where the number of staff is so low that care is inadequate. Factor analysis yielded three factors: individual responsibility, not in the patient's best interest, and deception. No demographic or professional variables were related to moral distress. Fifteen percent of the nurses had resigned a position in the past because of moral distress. CONCLUSION The results support the reliability and validity of the MDS.
Efficacy of Ivabradine in a Case of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia and Ventricular Dysfunction

Ivabradine in IST. We present a case of a 49‐year‐old man with inappropriate sinus tachycardia and ventricular dysfunction. The conventional treatment (ace‐inhibitor and beta‐blockers) was not well tolerated by the patient, so Ivabradine, a specific inhibitor of If current in the sinus node, was started. After 3 months of using this medication, we observed an improvement of ejection fraction and quality of life. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. pp. 815‐817, July 2010)
Economic Growth and Advertising Expenditures in Different Media in Different Countries

Newspaper advertising expenditures depend more strongly on economic development than advertising spent in other media. Gross domestic product (GDP), therefore, predicts ad spending better in countries where newspapers are an important advertising medium. GDP also predicts ad spending better in countries where a larger proportion of GDP is spent on advertising. Intermedia competition, on the other hand, has little impact. In conclusion, the authors propose to distinguish three advertising cultures where ad spending follows economic development in different ways.
Depression and Quality of Life in Women After a Myocardial Infarction

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of mortality and morbidity among women in the United States, resulting in 25,000 deaths annually. Despite this high mortality figure, most women survive. Although evidence suggests that depression is common after myocardial infarction (MI), there are limited data on how depression impacts women's recovery after their first event. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between depression and quality of life in women after a first MI. Method: A convenience sample of 27 women (mean age = 60.7 years) with first MI completed the study. Depression was measured using the Beck Depression Inventory, and quality of life was measured using the Short Form-36. Results: The mean (SD) depression score was 9.4 (5.5), indicating mild to moderate depression. Depression had a significant negative correlation with the mental component summary of the Short Form-36 (r = −0.72, P = .0005) but not the physical component summary (r = −0.191, P = .360). In addition, subjects reported lower scores on 3 of the 8 Short Form-36 subscales when compared with national norms of persons experiencing a recent MI. Implications: Many women continue to report mild to severe depression after MI, and depression seems to be related to some aspects of quality of life. Screening for depression and treating if symptoms are significant is one intervention for improving quality of life after MI.
Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins/Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), and Organochlorine Pesticides in Human Blood of Pregnant Women from Germany

Blood samples from 226 pregnant women aged between 19 and 41 yr, living in an industrialized area of Germany (Duisburg birth cohort study), were collected between September 2000 and November 2002 and analyzed for their content of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were in the range of 4.34–97.3 pg WHO 1998 TEq/glipid base (median: 25.96) or 3.77–63.56 pg WHO 2005 TEq/glipid base (median: 19.38), respectively. Whole blood volume-based concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and their metabolites were 0.036–0.53 μg/L (median: 0.15) hexachlorobenzene (HCB), 4.5–1300 ng/L (median: 67) β-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), 0.6–520 ng/L (median: 18) 4,4′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and 0.1–9.1 μg/L (median: 0.54) 4,4′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (DDE). Parameters influencing the POP levels in human blood were examined using multiple regression models. Levels and the levels scatter widths of most PCDD/F and PCB congeners and HCB increased significantly with age. Within the multiple regression model a weak age dependence was also found for β-HCH and DDT, whereas blood levels of α- and γ- HCH and DDE were not age dependent. The total lactation period for earlier born children decreased most POP blood levels, except for α- and γ-HCH. Over the study period of 27 mo only a low decreasing effect on human POP blood levels was observed. The body mass index had in general no or a low positive influence on contaminant levels. Because exposure to PCDD/F and PCB is higher in most industrialized countries in comparison to less industrialized ones, lower levels of these substances were detected in blood samples of women who had lived outside Western Europe for a longer period. In contrast, these women showed higher blood levels of organochlorine pesticides, indicating that these chemicals are still in use outside Western Europe.
Measuring adherence to medications: Are complex methods superior to simple ones?

In this issue, Pai et al. (1) present information about the use of an integrated method to assess medication adherence (‘‘SIAM’’) in a small sample of children who had a kidney transplant. The method includes both an objective measure of medication blood level fluctuation, obtained through calculating the standard deviation (SD) of consecutive blood levels, and a self-report tool. The study was designed to assess whether differential weighing of each of those variables could ultimately produce one integrated adherence measure that is highly correlated with another method of assessing adherence. The independent method used to assess adherence in this study was electronic monitoring (EM): medication bottles with a special cap that registers each opening of the medication bottle, assuming that opening the bottle is closely related to taking the actual pill. This study adds substantial information to the existing literature on measurement of non-adherence. It replicated other studies that show that the SD of medication blood levels can be used to measure adherence post-transplant, and extends the finding to kidney transplant recipients. Furthermore, it examines the SD method in patients who use sirolimus. But perhaps most importantly, it is one of the very few studies that tried to evaluate the use of a combined method (as opposed to one objective method) to measure adherence. The study found that a combined method, given specificweighting of the data,might bemore highly correlatedwithEM inpatientswho receive tacrolimus, but not in patients who receive sirolimus. As would be expected of a pilot investigation, the results are mixed and leave some important questions unanswered. The pilot study by Pai et al. (1) has several technical methodological limitations, most of which are entirely understandable in the context of a pilot investigation. In addition to the limitations that are acknowledged by the authors, the readers may wish to consider the following ones:
The histochemical differentiation of types of cholinesterases and their localizations in tissues of the cat.

1. The rates of hydrolysis of several choline esters and their thio-analogues have been studied, using purified enzymes and homogenates of cat tissue. The effects of DFP, Nu 683 and Nu 1250 on specific and non-specific ChE's of the cat have been compared. 2. Based on the findings, a histochemical procedure for localizing ChE activity has been modified to permit the individual localizations of the two types of enzyme in cat tissues. The pH of the original incubation solution has been buffered to 6.4 to obtain sharper localization than was obtained previously. 3. Sites of specific ChE activity were stained by incubating tissues in 10-6 M DFP, followed by incubation in a medium containing AThCh. BuThCh was used as the substrate for localizing non-specific ChE. 4. Sites of activity of the two types of enzymes in several tissues are described and illustrated. In general, regions of the central nervous system examined, skeletal muscle and smooth muscle in some regions were found to contain specific ChE almost exclusively, whereas the reverse was true in sensory ganglia, the adrenal pericapsular ganglia, the hepatic cells, the carotid body and smooth muscle from other sites. Both types of enzyme were revealed in most autonomic ganglia and effector cells. 5. Present results indicate that non-specific ChE plays a role in synaptic transmission similar to that of specific ChE at certain sites in the cat. Previous work which suggests this conclusion is reviewed. 6. Findings are discussed in relation to the older literature and to recent histological and physiological studies. 7. A statement is made concerning the possible pharmacological application of the present technique.
Structural organization of poliovirus RNA replication is mediated by viral proteins of the P2 genomic region

Transcriptionally active replication complexes bound to smooth membrane vesicles were isolated from poliovirus-infected cells. In electron microscopic, negatively stained preparations, the replication complex appeared as an irregularly shaped, oblong structure attached to several virus-induced vesicles of a rosettelike arrangement. Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry of such preparations demonstrated that the poliovirus replication complex contains the proteins coded by the P2 genomic region (P2 proteins) in a membrane-associated form. In addition, the P2 proteins are also associated with viral RNA, and they can be cross-linked to viral RNA by UV irradiation. Guanidine hydrochloride prevented the P2 proteins from becoming membrane bound but did not change their association with viral RNA. The findings allow the conclusion that the protein 2C or 2C-containing precursor(s) is responsible for the attachment of the viral RNA to the vesicular membrane and for the spatial organization of the replication complex necessary for its proper functioning in viral transcription. A model for the structure of the viral replication complex and for the function of the 2C-containing P2 protein(s) and the vesicular membranes is proposed.
High-bandwidth force and impedance control for industrial robots

Common geared industrial robots call for force control methods with special properties such as good rejection of frictional disturbances, smoothness of corrective motions, and more. A new method is presented which meets these requirements and provides a high control bandwidth. In the manner of hybrid control, directions of a task frame can be selected to be force, impedance or position controlled. A joint-based inner position loop and a superimposed predictive force controller are used. Practical results include data from a robotic grinding facility. Here, the controller proved robustness and good performance under rough conditions.
Arithmetic cryptography protocol for secure multi-party computation

In this paper, we propose a cryptographic solution for secure multi-party computation (SMC). SMC is also called secure function evaluation, which is extensively studied in classical cryptography. SMC protocol allows n participants p1.pn to compute an n-input data through trusted third party (TTP) without revealing the information of the parties. All the parties may perform secure communication with TTP for computation. During the computation, TTP may undesirably extract data of all the parties for misuse. It may be risky if the data is sent out.
Effector-Invariant Movement Encoding in the Human Motor System

Ipsilateral motor areas of cerebral cortex are active during arm movements and even reliably predict movement direction. Is coding similar during ipsilateral and contralateral movements? If so, is it in extrinsic (world-centered) or intrinsic (joint-configuration) coordinates? We addressed these questions by examining the similarity of multivoxel fMRI patterns in visuomotor cortical regions during unilateral reaching movements with both arms. The results of three complementary analyses revealed that fMRI response patterns were similar across right and left arm movements to identical targets (extrinsic coordinates) in visual cortices, and across movements with equivalent joint-angles (intrinsic coordinates) in motor cortices. We interpret this as evidence for the existence of distributed neural populations in multiple motor system areas that encode ipsilateral and contralateral movements in a similar manner: according to their intrinsic/joint coordinates. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Cortical motor control exhibits clear lateralization: each hemisphere controls the motor output of the contralateral body. Nevertheless, neural populations in ipsilateral areas across the visuomotor hierarchy are active during unilateral movements. We show that fMRI response patterns in the motor cortices are similar for both arms if the movement direction is mirror-reversed across the midline. This suggests that in both ipsilateral and contralateral motor cortices, neural populations have effector-invariant coding of movements in intrinsic coordinates. This not only affects our understanding of motor control, it may serve in the development of brain machine interfaces that also use ipsilateral neural activity.
Simian virus‐40 sequences are a negative prognostic cofactor in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Simian virus-40 sequences are a negative prognostic cofactor in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 29:173–179. The correct affiliation of Dr. Riccardo Puntoni and Dr. Vincenso Fontana is Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National Cancer Institute (IST), Genova, Italy. The authors regret this error. GENES, CHROMOSOMES & CANCER 30:111 (2001)
Evidence for pulmonary vasoconstriction during hypercapnia in the toad Bufo marinus.

In this study, a photoelectric plethysmographic technique, in which the amplitude of the pulse wave obtained is decreased during vasoconstriction, was used to indicate changes in pulmonary vasomotor tone in response to hypercapnia in the toad Bufo marinus. Unilateral pulmonary ventilation with 1–5% CO2 in air produced a marked decrease in the pulsatile signal in both lungs, along with systemic hypertension and a slight bradycardia. The pulmonary response was prevented by either muscarinic blockade or pulmonary denervation and therefore involved the well-known vagal cholinergic constrictor innervation of the pulmonary artery. It has previously been shown that the cutaneous artery of B. marinus is not innervated by cholinergic constrictor fibres. Thus, in the present experiments, especially with a systemic hypertension, it is likely that CO2 would effect a shift of pulmocutaneous blood flow away from the lungs and towards the skin. Such a redirection of flow would be appropriate to the function of the skin .
Volume reduction in meningiomas after gamma knife surgery.

OBJECT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the volume-reducing effects of gamma knife surgery (GKS) of meningiomas with and without previous surgical treatment. METHODS A group of 127 patients with a mean age of 57.1 years (range 9-81 years) with 142 meningiomas (128 World Health Organization Grade I and 14 Grade II) were included in this study. The management strategy reduces tumor volume with surgery when necessary (81 patients). Stereotactic GKS with a Gamma Knife model C was performed in all tumors of suitable size. Magnetic resonance imaging follow-up examinations with volumetric tumor analysis was performed 6 months after treatment and annually thereafter. The mean tumor volume was 5.9 cm3 (range < 5 to > 40 cm3). The mean follow-up time after GKS was 29.3 months (range 11-61 months). The mean prescription dose was 13.8 Gy (range 10-18 Gy). A reduction in volume occurred in 117 (82.4%) of all tumors, and in 20 tumors (14.1%) growth ceased. The overall tumor control rate of 96.4%. The mean volume reduction achieved with GKS was more than 46.1%. Only five tumors (3.5%) showed a volume increase. CONCLUSIONS Gamma knife surgery was effective in reducing meningioma volume at short-term follow up. Further studies are needed to examine the development of these findings over a longer period.
A IEEE 802.21 Handover design with QOS provision across WLAN and WMAN

The seamless internetworking among multiple heterogeneous networks is in demand to provide ldquoalways-onrdquo connectivity services with QoS provision quality, anywhere, anytime. The hybrid networks of WLAN and WMAN can provide high data rate and enhanced multimedia services, but it is challenging to obtain optimized handover decision based dynamic QoS information. The IEEE 802.21 aims at providing a framework that defines media independent handover (MIH) mechanism that supports seamless handover across heterogeneous networks. In this paper, we propose a MADM handover decision algorithm with QOS provision across WLAN and WMAN. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm provides smaller handover times and lower dropping rate than basic vertical handover methods.
Decision Factors for the Adoption of E-Finance and other E-Commerce Systems

The development of e-commerce relies upon customer usage intentions, and IS researchers have examined usage intentions toward various online e-commerce systems. However, these systems have been studied in prior works independently rather than comprehensively. In order to pursue better measures for predicting and explaining B2C e-finance and some other major e-commerce adoptions for customers, we conducted a comparison analysis across different online systems to advance the understanding of the adoption factors and their linkage to customer behavior. Refining from Perceived Risk Theory and existing studies, specific risk facets, customer characteristics and system characteristics were operationalized and integrated within the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) resulting in a proposed e-finance and other e-commerce system adoption model.