Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone during Pregnancy Is Associated with Infant Temperament Elysia

During pregnancy corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is released into maternal and fetal circulation from the placenta. Elevated concentrations of placental CRH are associated with spontaneous preterm birth, but the consequences for infant development, independent of birth outcome, are unknown. In this study, the effects of placental CRH on infant temperament were examined in a sample of 248 full-term infants. Maternal blood samples were collected at 19, 25 and 31 weeks of gestation for CRH analysis. Infant temperament was assessed with measures of fear and distress at 2 months of age. Infants of mothers with low CRH at 25 weeks of gestation scored lower in fear and distress at 2 months. CRH at 19 and 31 weeks’ gestation was not signifi cantly associated with measures of infant temperament, suggesting the possibility that there is a sensitive period for its effects. These data suggest that prenatal exposure to CRH may exert infl uences that persist into the postnatal period. Copyright © 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel Received: July 23, 2004 Accepted: January 9, 2005
A Facile Method Using a Flux to Improve Quantum Efficiency of Submicron Particle Sized Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting Applications

This work successfully verified that the addition of a flux (NH4F, NH4Cl, and H3BO3) during synthesis has an impact on the crystallite size and quantum efficiency of submicron-sized particles of CaMgSi2O6:Eu2+ phosphors. The addition of NH4F or NH4Cl increased the crystallite size in the submicron-sized particles, yielding an increase in emission intensity and quantum efficiency. On the other hand, the use of the H3BO3 flux crystallized a secondary phase, SiO2, and changed the lattice parameters, which degraded the luminescent properties. In addition, an excessive amount of NH4Cl was examined, resulting in nucleation of a secondary phase, CaSiO3, which changed the lattice parameters with no improvement in luminescent properties. These results demonstrate that the addition of a flux could be a method to improve the quantum efficiency of submicron-sized particles composed of nanocrystallites; however, a judicious choice of the flux composition and amount has to be carefully considered.
An evolutionary path for a European Monetary Fund ? A comparative perspective External

Eurozone reformers are looking to the United States and other federations as they seek to craft a more sustainable architecture for the Euro. This paper first extracts lessons about mechanisms of intra-regional insurance and redistribution, and then turns attention to related debates about moral hazard and fiscal discipline. In the United States, intra-regional fiscal stabilization is achieved through a progressive income tax. Contrary to common wisdom, federal direct expenditures and grants are targeted neither to states suffering from short-term asymmetric negative shocks nor to relatively poor states in the long term. Fiscal policies of state and local governments are highly pro-cyclical, and partially undermine the stabilizing role of the system of federal taxes and transfers. Thus the U.S. experience suggests a number of design challenges facing any future Eurozone stabilization mechanism. The paper also places proposals for even stronger top-down surveillance and correction mechanisms of Eurozone member states’ fiscal policies in comparative perspective, arguing that such powers are not found in unions of sovereigns like the United States, Canada, and Switzerland. Moreover, there are reasons for concern about the credibility of such efforts in the Eurozone as currently structured. Unless political will can be found for extraordinary political and fiscal centralization, reformers should assume that member states will continue as sovereigns, and hence will be disciplined (or not) by voters and credit markets rather than European regulators. Thus it might be useful to consider policies that would make the “no-bail out clause” credible.
Informationally Robust Optimal Auction Design December 2016

A single unit of a good is to be sold by auction to one of two buyers. The good has either a high value or a low value, with known prior probabilities. The designer of the auction knows the prior over values but is uncertain about the correct model of the buyers' beliefs. The designer evaluates a given auction design by the lowest expected revenue that would be generated across all models of buyers' information that are consistent with the common prior and across all Bayesian equilibria. An optimal auction for such a seller is constructed, as is a worst-case model of buyers' information. The theory generates upper bounds on the seller's optimal payo for general manyplayer and common-value models.
Letters and Comments

We hope this section will become an area of lively debate and commentary by means of letters to the journal. We see it has where readers take over the agenda. Given that this is the ® rst issue, we include a comment by strategic planner Alan WenbanSmith, of MVA Ltd, on a book which has stimulated his reading and thinking over the years. Alan, who has worked in local authorities and consultancies in England, selects a particular book, but also illustrates the ways that academic material has provided useful inputs in challenging practice situations.
Strategic Manipulation in Representative Institutions

This paper considers environments in which individual pref er nces are single-peaked with respect to an unspecified ordering of the alternative space. We show t at in these environments, any institution that is coalitionally strategy-proof must be dictatorial. Thus, any non-dictatorial institutional environment that does not explicitly utilize an a priori ordering over alternatives in order to render a collective decision is necessarily prone to the strategic misrepresen tatio of preferences by an individual or group. Accordingly, insincere behavior is inherent to the vast maj ority of real-world lawmaking systems, even when the policy space is unidimensional and the core is nonem pty. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for claims about the political represen tation of interests within real-world political institutions. Assistant Professor, Department of Government & Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. Emai l: epenn@gov.harvard. edu. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Uni vers ty of California, Berkeley. Email: gailmard@berkele y.edu. Assistant Professor, Department of Government & Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. Emai l: jpatty@gov.harvard. edu.
LiDAR-Based Wildfire Prevention in WUI: The Automatic Detection, Measurement and Evaluation of Forest Fuels

This paper describes a methodology using LiDAR point clouds with an ultra-high resolution in the characterization of forest fuels for further wildfire prevention and management. Biomass management strips were defined in three case studies using a particular Spanish framework. The data were acquired through a UAV platform. The proposed methodology allows for the detection, measurement and characterization of individual trees, as well as the analysis of shrubs. The individual tree segmentation process employed a canopy height model, and shrub cover LiDAR-derived models were used to characterize the vegetation in the strips. This way, the verification of the geometric legal restrictions was performed automatically and objectively using decision trees and GIS tools. As a result, priority areas, where wildfire prevention efforts should be concentrated in order to control wildfires, can be identified.
Believing in the Patient's Capacity to Know His Mind: A Psychoanalytic Case Study of Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is currently viewed as a disorder of pain and stress processing in the central nervous system. Various stressors in combination with constitutional and genetic factors can trigger the syndrome, and the way the brain processes stress has been linked to early relationship experiences. The author discusses the relationship between fibromyalgia and attachment dynamics in the context of a clinical analysis, and draws inferences about the intrapsychic origins of functional brain abnormalities seen in neuroimaging studies. The patient had core deficits in his capacity to mentalize and self-soothe, and catastrophized somatic sensory information. Because his capacity for self-reflective mentalization was so limited, interpretation of underlying conflict-ridden affect at first did little good. The analyst's most productive intervention was a consistent meta-communication of belief in the patient's capacity to know his own mind.
Creating New Ways of Being and Relating

The therapeutic action of psychoanalysis has been broadened beyond interpretation to the creation of new ways of being and relating. The concept of analysis as including both understanding and creation is rooted in two major analytic traditions: the British Independent school and the relational movement. It is proposed that central concepts from each tradition can be combined to form a theory of technique that is focused creating new ways of being to replace the patient's historical patterns. The clinical strategy advocated here is aimed toward bringing dissociated self states to consciousness and then using the now conscious conflicting states to create new self-world relationship patterns. A theory of technique is suggested that combines the relational concepts of dissociated patterns of interaction with Winnicott's theory of potential space for the purpose of transforming latent psychic capacities into new forms of being. Specific criteria are proposed for identifying new potentially authentic ways of being, and a technique for facilitating their evolution from nascent dispositions to new ways of being is delineated. Two cases are used to illustrate how the technical strategy can be used to create ways of being from previously dormant psychic potential.
The antecedents and outcomes of identifiability in online brand communities

User generated content is a fundamental aspect of an online brand community (OBC), therefore facilitating the continuance of knowledge sharing and social interaction is imperative to the success of the community. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of perceived identifiability on the factors that encourage ongoing participation in OBCs. Results indicate that perceived identifiability has a significant positive influence on an OBC members’ participative behaviour and sense of belonging. Whilst network ties have a significant positive influence on perceived identifiability and a sense of belonging all of which are factors shown to be critical to the ongoing success and sustainability of OBCs.
Winter 12-6-2018 Big data values deliverance : OSS model

Open source software (OSS) repositories, like GitHub, conjointly build numerous big data projects. GitHub developers and/or its responders extend/enhance a project’s software capabilities. Over time, GitHub’s repositories are mined for new knowledge and capabilities. This study’s values-deliverance staging system data mines, isolates, collates and incorporates relevant GitHub text into values deliverance model constructs. This suggests differential construct effects influence a project’s activities levels. The study suggests OSS big data platforms can be software data mined to isolate and assess the values embedded. This also elucidates pathways where behavioral values deliverance improvements to GitHub can likely be most beneficial.
EVALUATION OF PHYTOCHEMICALS AND IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF SOME SELECTED INDIAN MEDICINAL FRUITS FROM KANNUR CITY, KERALA

Objective: To investigate the phytochemicals and antioxidant properties of different solvent extracts of the fruits of Caryota urens L. , Chassalia curviflora Thw. Zizyphus oenoplia Mill. and Clerodendrum infortunatum L. Materials and Methods: Quantitative phytochemical analysis and in vitro antioxidant properties were evaluated by using reducing power assay, DPPH • , NO • , metal chelating and ABTS •+ scavenging activity, β carotene bleaching assay and antihemolytic activity. Results: Acetone fractions of Caryota urens fruit registered significantly high amount of secondary metabolites and it also effectively scavenged off the free radicals in a concentration dependent manner. Similarly, Zizyphus oenoplia fruit extracts also exhibited significant activity than the other said plant samples. Conclusion: In the present study, the fruit extracts of C. urens exhibited appreciably high antioxidant activity. Furthermore the present study validates the therapeutic benefits of the plant in medicine.
C 3 AD : Leveraging Existing Cellular Infrastructure for Charging and Control of Autonomous Drones

Unmanned drones show potential for many useful civilian applications, especially in delivery services such as book, food or medicine shipment. However, existent battery technology highly constrains the range of these systems, which reveals the need for intermediate charging stations. In addition, telemetry is often achieved using point-to-point links that barely reach farther than line-of-sight. However, deploying a custom communications infrastructure would be cost prohibitive. In essence, there is a need to control and charge drones over large areas to enable future applications. In this paper, we propose Cellular Control and Charging for Autonomous Drones (CAD), a network architecture that allows autonomous drones to be recharged and controlled across wide geographical areas. This paper discusses some of these challenges and shows how to leverage the existing cellular infrastructure to unify drones’ control and charging needs. Furthermore, our system will allow for dynamic improvement of drones’ paths based on different factors like climate conditions or load at charging stations. Through simulation, we show that our system can achieve improvements of up to 3X.
Distribution of Baltic seals Key Message

This core indicator evaluates the state of the marine environment using distribution of the three species of seals that occur in the Baltic Sea. The core indicator has three components for each species: distribution of haul-out sites, breeding sites and foraging areas. Good status is achieved when the distribution of seals is close to pristine conditions (e.g. 100 years ago), or where appropriate when currently available haul-out sites are occupied (modern baseline), and when no decrease in area of occupation occurs. The current evaluation covers the assessment period 2011-2015.
CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS IN PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME

Abstract The relationship between causal attributions and symptoms was investigated with self-report inventories in patients with premenstrual syndrome (n=38) and controls (n=26) during the premenstrual as well as the intermenstrual phase of the cycle. Patients with prospectively confirmed premenstrual exacerbations of physical and psychological symptoms more frequently attributed their complaints during premenstruum to the cycle than was the case during the intermenstrual period. Controls showed no differences in types of explanations for complaints in either phase of the cycle. It appeared that patients used not only the menstrual cycle, but also psychological distress and physical exertion, more often then controls as an explanation for complaints during both phases of the cycle. Implications of the finding that patients used medical as well as non-medical explanations for complaints during the cycle are discussed with regard to treatment strategies for PMS.
The contribution of dissolving star clusters to the population of ultra faint objects in the outer halo of the Milky Way

In the last decade, several ultra faint objects (UFOs, MV −3.5) have been discovered in the outer halo of the Milky Way. For some of these objects, it is not clear whether they are star clusters or (ultra faint) dwarf galaxies. In this work, we quantify the contribution of star clusters to the population of UFOs. We extrapolated the mass and Galactocentric radius distribution of the globular clusters using a population model, finding that the Milky Way contains about 3.3+7.3 −1.6 star clusters with MV −3.5 and Galactocentric radius ≥20 kpc. To understand whether dissolving clusters can appear as UFOs, we run a suite of direct N-body models, varying the orbit, the Galactic potential, the binary fraction and the black hole (BH) natal kick velocities. In the analyses, we consider observational biases such as luminosity limit, field stars and line-of-sight projection. We find that star clusters contribute to both the compact and the extended population of UFOs: clusters without BHs appear compact with radii ∼5 pc, while clusters that retain their BHs after formation have radii 20 pc. The properties of the extended clusters are remarkably similar to those of dwarf galaxies: high-inferred mass-to-light ratios due to binaries, binary properties mildly affected by dynamical evolution, no observable mass segregation and flattened stellar mass function. We conclude that the slope of the stellar mass function as a function of Galactocentric radius and the presence/absence of cold streams can discriminate between dark matter-free and dark matter-dominated UFOs.
Gas hydrate pingoes: Deep seafloor evidence of focused fluid flow on continental margins

Gas hydrates in the shallow subsurface form one of the largest reservoirs of methane in the global organic carbon cycle. Seafloor seeps and associated features represent the venting points of methane released from the shallow lithosphere to the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Here we document the discovery of seep-related seafloor mounds in the Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola, and employ high-resolution three-dimensional seismic analysis to unravel the subsurface plumbing system and the origin of mounds. Mounds with distinct morphologies and geophysical signatures illustrate different development stages associated with the formation and dissociation of shallow gas hydrate, linked to thermogenic fluid migration along salt diapir flanks draining deeply buried salt minibasins. The mounds are more than an order of magnitude larger than previously described submarine hydrate pingoes, and comparable to hydraulic pingoes commonly found in terrestrial periglacial environments, suggesting hydrate volumes of individual mounds up to 1.1 × 106 m3 (equivalent to 2.0 × 108 m3 of methane gas). The interpretation of seismically well-defined seep-related seafloor mounds brings new insight to the occurrence and development of concentrated near-surface gas hydrate accumulations and their relationship with thermogenic fluid migration and host sediment properties along continental margins.
Fabrication of Rough Polymer Surfaces Exhibiting Anti-reflective Properties

We have demonstrated some facile ways to fabricate the large area polymer surfaces with varying roughness followed by studying their anti-reflective properties. One of the approaches is based on electrospun nanofibers deposited on a substrate in an uneven non-woven matrix. This electrospun fabric was used as a master template to fabricate the negative replica of the fibers by soft lithography generating the roughness in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces. The second approach is based on biomimicking of flower petals. Petals are used as a master template to transfer surface features with hierarchical roughness over PDMS surface using replica moulding. As fabricated polymer surfaces with varied roughness have then tested for their anti-reflective properties using UV-VIS spectroscopy over a wide range of wavelengths and angles of incidence of light. These measurements show near zero reflection of patterned PDMS surfaces as compared to planar PDMS. This omnidirectional broadband anti-reflection behaviour of polymer surfaces can be used in wide variety of engineering applications including in solar cells.
A Fitted-Q Algorithm for Budgeted MDPs Nicolas Carrara

We address the problem of budgeted reinforcement learning, in continuous state-space, using a batch of transitions. To this extend, we introduce a novel algorithm called Budgeted Fitted-Q (BFTQ). Benchmarks show that BFTQ performs as well as a regular Fitted-Q algorithm in a continuous 2-D world but also allows one to choose the right amount of budget that fits to a given task without the need of engineering the rewards. We believe that the general principles used to design BFTQ can be applied to extend others classical reinforcement learning algorithms for budgeted oriented applications.
Monetary policy responses amid credit and asset booms and busts

This paper examines the conduct of monetary policy in the presence of credit and asset booms and busts. Conventional wisdom is for the central bank to respond to asset prices and other financial indicators insofar as these factors affect the forecasts of inflation. This paper finds that such strategy is far from being optimal. This paper derives optimal policy under commitment in a standard financial accelerator model and finds that in the optimal equilibrium, the central bank responds to a rise in productivity growth by making a credible commitment to keep the rate of return on capital below the trend. This causes net worth to be countercyclical, which is the key mechanism that allows the central bank to successfully stabilize the economy. The countercyclicality of net worth is consistent with what can be found in the data on the periods following the Volcker chairmanship of the FOMC.
Review of Challenges and Research Opportunities for Voltage Control in Smart Grids

In this paper, we review the emerging challenges and research opportunities for voltage control in smart grids. For transmission grids, the voltage control for accommodating wind and solar power, fault-induced delayed voltage recovery, and measurement-based Thévenin equivalent for voltage stability analysis are reviewed. For distribution grids, the impact of high penetration of distributed energy resources is analyzed, typical control strategies are reviewed, and the challenges for local inverter Volt–Var control is discussed. In addition, the motivation, state-of-the-art, and future directions of the coordination of transmission system operators (TSO) and distribution system operators (DSO) are also thoroughly discussed.