Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Financial and Non-Financial Support to Formal and Informal Out-of-Home Carers

This report explores the supports and services available to formal and informal out-of-home carers (foster, grandparent and kinship carers). In conjunction with existing qualitative evidence from carers, it analyses current gaps in support to build an understanding of carers’ needs and priorities and the barriers to undertaking a caring role.
Phosphorylation of Rat Liver Mitochondrial Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase-I

Hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-IL) isolated from mitochondrial outer membranes obtained in the presence of protein phosphatase inhibitors is readily recognized by phosphoamino acid antibodies. Mass spectrometric analysis of CPT-IL tryptic digests revealed the presence of three phosphopeptides including one with a protein kinase CKII (CKII) consensus site. Incubation of dephosphorylated outer membranes with protein kinases and [γ-32P]ATP resulted in radiolabeling of CPT-I only by CKII. Using mass spectrometry, only one region of phosphorylation was detected in CPT-I isolated from CKII-treated mitochondria. The sequence of the peptide and position of phosphorylated amino acids have been determined unequivocally as FpSSPETDpSHRFGK (residues 740-752). Furthermore, incubation of dephosphorylated outer membranes with CKII and unlabeled ATP led to increased catalytic activity and rendered malonyl-CoA inhibition of CPT-I from competitive to uncompetitive. These observations identify a new mechanism for regulation of hepatic CPT-I by phosphorylation.
USING LARGE SCALE DEEP LEARNING METHOD TO PREDICT PUNCTUATIONS IN TELUGU LANGUAGE

Punctuation performs an important role in language processing. However, automated speech recognization systems only output plain terms sequences. It really is then appealing to predict punctuations on simple word sequences. Earlier works are focused on using lexical features or prosodic cues captured from small corpus to predictable simple punctuations. When compared with simple punctuations, rich punctuation provides more meaningful information and are more challenging to predict. In this paper, LSDL model is suggested to predict rich punctuations on large-scale corpora. Experiments are performed on both in-domain and out-of-domain datasets for prediction of punctuations. The result of the Experiments shown that LSDL can significantly outperform the original CRF-based model. Furthermore, large-scale corpora are demonstrated to bring large improvement, and presenting POS tags and Chunking information in LSDL model on small corpus to improve performance.
Evidences of Reactive-Ion-Etching-Induced Damages to the Ferromagnet of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

To minimize the R-H loop shift of a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (p-MTJ), a stop-on-tunnel-barrier etch is required to pattern the reference layer such that it is wider than the free layer. Our experiments show that reactive ion etching can induce penetrating damages to the ferromagnetic layers beyond the etched surface. Sufficient sacrificial layer atop the tunnel barrier must be kept to prevent both free and reference layers from damage, which forms a magnetic “step” in the reference layer and results in the R-H loop shift. The optimized p-MTJs revealed an average offset field of 1.4 Oe and also exhibited steady switching behaviors with one-sigma switching voltage distributions less than 6% for both resistance states. A low switching current density of 1.63 × 106 A/cm2 of an 80-nm p-MTJ was measured with a 10-μs pulse at zero external offset field.
The Application of Stereological Methods for Estimating Structural Parameters in the Human Heart

This study describes and exemplifies generally applicable design‐based stereological methods for obtaining quantitative estimates of the numbers and sizes of capillaries, cardiomyocytes, and cardiomyocyte nuclei in immersion‐fixed human left ventricles (N = 6). The design‐based stereological methods are valid in all cardiac investigations onto quantifying changes in structure and function as seen under various conditions such as during development, aging, hypertrophy, and following ischemia/reperfusion. The applied principles of unbiased stereology were as follows: 1) uniform random sampling was taken at all levels, also in respect to orientations, for estimates of length and mean sizes. 2) All global structural quantities were estimated as total quantity = density × volume of the left ventricle. As an example, the left ventricle contains 1.5 × 109 capillaries with a total length of just below 200 km. 3) Stereological methods were used for estimating the volume density, surface area density, and length density of capillaries and cardiomyocytes. The numerical density of cardiomyocyte nuclei and capillaries was estimated, using the optical and physical disector, respectively. 4) In all local quantities, “size” was estimated either directly, using unbiased estimators to obtain the average individual size and size distribution parameters, or indirectly, using the relationship that: average size = total quantity/total number. In the six hearts constituting this study, we observed the anticipated correlation between left ventricular volume and global estimates such as total number of capillaries. There were no correlation between local quantities and total left ventricular volume (e.g., average star volume of individual cardiomyocytes). Anat Rec, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Phenolic acids and flavonoids of Theobroma cacao L.; separation and identification by paper chromatography.

Previous investigations on the phenolic constituents of Theobroma cacao L. have been largely limited to studies on the polyphenols of the ripe bean (Forsyth, 1952, 1955; Forsyth & Quesnel, 1957), which have been shown to be of major importance in determining the taste characteristics of processed cacao. Studies are now being pursued in this Laboratory on the nature of the factors determining the chemical composition of the bean at maturity with particular reference to the phenolic constituents of the cotyledons. The physical and biochemical factors determining the level of polyphenols other than anthocyanins in vegetative and reproductive organs of the green plant are largely unknown, although it has recently been shown by Hillis & Swain (1957) that illumination is an important factor in the formation of the leaf leucocyanidins of Prunus domastica var. victoria. Other of our current investigations are concerned with the possible role of the phenols in the mechanism of disease resistance of T. cacao, evidence having been obtained of an intense metabolic activity involving the host polyphenols of T. cacao tissue after invasion by Mara8mius pernicio8u (L. A. Griffiths, unpublished work). For both these projects a systematic investigation of the phenolic constituents of both vegetative and reproductive tissues was a necessary preliminary and the results obtained are presented in this paper. Although there are many reports in the literature describing the sporadic occurrence of phenolic compounds in various plant materials, a study of the distribution and interrelations of this class of compound throughout the vegetative and reproductive structures of a single species of green plant does not appear to have been previously undertaken. In this survey of the phenolic constituents of T. cacao, both methanolic and acid-hydrolysed extracts have been examined by paper chromatography.
Business intelligence and NoSQL databases

NoSQL databases become more and more popular, not only in typical Internet applications. They allow to store large volumes of data (so called big data), while ensuring fast retrieving and fast appending. The main disadvantage of NoSQL databases is that they do not use relational model of data and usually do not offer any declarative query language similar to SQL. This raises the question how NoSQL databases can be used for OLAP processing and other Business Intelligence tasks. In the paper the author presents the most common types of NoSQL databases, describes MapReduce paradigm and discusses models of OLAP processing for such databases. Finally some preliminary results of aggregation performance in non-relational environment are presented.
Key determinants of consumer satisfaction with general practice.

Consumer satisfaction is an increasingly important issue, both in the evaluation and the shaping of health care, yet the relationship between specific criteria of health care and overall levels of consumer satisfaction with primary care is rarely addressed. The study reported here, based upon the results of a postal questionnaire of a random sample of adults in the south east of England (response rate 62%, n = 454), attempts to address this issue. Whilst general levels of satisfaction were high (95%), questions of a more detailed and specific nature revealed greater levels of dissatisfaction (e.g. 38% felt unable to discuss personal problems with their GP, 26% expressed dissatisfaction with the level of information they received, and 25% were dissatisfied with the length of time spent in consultation). Key dimensions such as communication (0.64; p less than 0.001), the nature and quality of the doctor-patient relationship (0.61; p less than 0.001) and the GP's professional skills (0.58; p less than 0.001)--vis-a-vis issues such as access, availability and type of service provision--were found to be the criteria which were most strongly associated with overall levels of satisfaction with general practice. The policy implications of these findings in the light of the recent Government White Papers, Promoting Better Health and Working for Patients, are discussed.
Are TrueFISP images T2/T1‐weighted?

Images acquired using the TrueFISP technique (true fast imaging with steady‐state precession) are generally believed to exhibit T2/T1‐weighting. In this study, it is demonstrated that with the widely used half‐flip‐angle preparation scheme, approaching the steady state requires a time length comparable to the scan time such that the transient‐state response may dominate the TrueFISP image contrast. Two‐dimensional images of the human brain were obtained using various phase‐encoding matrices to investigate the transient‐state signal behavior. Contrast between gray and white matter was found to change significantly from proton‐density‐ to T2/T1‐weighted as the phase‐encoding matrix size increased, which was in good agreement with theoretical predictions. It is concluded that TrueFISP images in general exhibit T2/T1‐contrast, but should be more appropriately regarded as exhibiting a transient‐state combination of proton‐density and T2/T1 contrast under particular imaging conditions. Interpretation of tissue characteristics from TrueFISP images in clinical practice thus needs to be exercised with caution. Magn Reson Med 48:684–688, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
The Influence of Metaphor on Sense-impression in English

This paper discusses metaphor as a figure of speech first, and then talks about metaphor and synaesthesia from a cognitive perspective. In order to explain the metaphorical use of sense-impression in English, it borrows examples from some literary works. Finally, it draws the conclusion that metaphor has exerted a great influence on sense-impression in English.
High-G drop impact response and failure analysis of a chip packaged printed circuit board

This paper is concerned with constructing a high-G drop impact test condition for investigating the impact induced failure phenomenon of the solder ball array located in the chip packaged printed circuit board. An impact environment satisfying the JEDEC B service conditions was constructed using an instrumented drop tower tester. Fifteen wafer-level CSP chips were installed on a standard printed circuit board (PCB) with a dimension of 132 times 77 times 1 mm3. A number of these chip packaged PCB bonded with four different compositions of solder joints with or without lead using the surface mounted technology were studied. During the drop impact tests, the chip packaged PCB circuit was monitored using the multi-event detector system (ETAC) to examine whether circuit fails or not. In addition, the drop impact dynamic response of the PCB and the acceleration at the prescribed location of the drop table were recorded. Transient stress responses in the solder joints were provided using the LS-DYNA explicit code. Numerically predicted failure locations of the solder joints are close to those observed from actual drop impact experiments
Does accounting conservatism affect firm investment efficiency in an emerging market? Evidence from Tunisian context

Accounting conservatism is one of the most pervasive characteristics of financial reporting and one of the most influential accounting principles. At the same time, the efficiency of investment is a key to the existence and development of a firm. Therefore, how the conservative accounting policy influences the efficiency of a firm’s investment deserves deep research. Prior studies have shown that accounting conservatism acts as a governance mechanism that increase capital allocation efficiency by facilitating the monitoring of managers’ investment decisions and improving a firm’s information environment and its access to external financing at lower cost, thereby prevents firms’ overinvestment and underinvestment. These studies use predominantly US data. Thus, it is worth to question if the results can be extended to an emerging economy. Focusing on the case of Tunisia, we argue that particularities of governance system of an emerging economy, could constrain the monitoring and the informational roles of conservatism. Consisting with our prediction, we find that conservatism has no significant effect on firms’ investment efficiency in Tunisian market.
ADAPT Centre Cone Team at IJCNLP-2017 Task 5: A Similarity-Based Logistic Regression Approach to Multi-choice Question Answering in an Examinations Shared Task

We describe the work of a team from the ADAPT Centre in Ireland in addressing automatic answer selection for the Multi-choice Question Answering in Examinations shared task. The system is based on a logistic regression over the string similarities between question, answer, and additional text. We obtain the highest grade out of six systems: 48.7% accuracy on a validation set (vs. a baseline of 29.45%) and 45.6% on a test set.
Movement of potassium between muscle and blood in response to respiratory acidosis.

Experiments have been performed on anesthetized dogs in order to study 1 ) the movement of potassium between the gastrocnemius muscle and blood during and following 2 hr of respiratory acidosis produced by breathing 30% CO 2 in O 2 , and 2 ) the differences between skeletal and cardiac muscle with respect to potassium movement during the first 10 min of breathing CO 2 and after return to air breathing. Plasma potassium concentrations were determined in blood samples drawn simultaneously from an artery and from either the vein draining the vascular bed of the skeletal muscle or the coronary sinus. It was found that skeletal muscle lost potassium during hypercapnia. The loss was evident much earlier and was greater if the muscle was stimulated to intermittent contraction than if it was resting. The heart began to gain potassium a few minutes after CO 2 breathing began and lost potassium shortly after return to air breathing following 11 min of hypercapnia. There was no evidence for a contribution of skeletal muscle to the high transient elevation of the arterial potassium concentrations in the early posthypercapnic period.
A WiFi-based software for indoor localization

Indoor localization is increasingly required for applications like deployment of rescue teams in emergency situations, proactive care for the elders, and so on. The quick growing of coverage of WiFi networks makes WiFi technology a very promising choice for indoor localization. But, this localization should be linked to a map to be useful. This work presents an open-access software designed for that purpose. It is composed of two different applications, a desktop software for research purposes and an Android application for user friendly localization. We address the localization task as a high dimensional classification problem. So far, we have developed classifiers based on the classic Nearest Neighbour, Support Vector Machines (SVM) and fuzzy rule-based classifiers. This work is made in the context of the ABSYNTHE project which is aimed at creating human-robot teams. We show a use case of the new software in one of the scenarios of the ABSYNTHE project.
The anterior insula shows heightened interictal intrinsic connectivity in migraine without aura

Objective: We sought to explore whether patients with migraine show heightened interictal intrinsic connectivity within primary sensory networks, the salience network, and a network anchored by the dorsal pons, a region known to be active during migraine attacks. Methods: Using task-free fMRI and a region-of-interest analysis, we compared intrinsic connectivity patterns in 15 migraineurs without aura to 15 age- and sex-matched healthy controls, focusing on networks anchored by the calcarine cortex, Heschl gyrus, right anterior insula, and dorsal pons, a region active during migraine attacks. We also examined the relationship between network connectivity, migraine frequency, and sensory sensitivity symptoms. Results: Migraineurs showed increased connectivity between primary visual and auditory cortices and the right dorsal anterior insula, between the dorsal pons and the bilateral anterior insulae, and between the right and left ventral anterior insulae. Increased connectivity showed no clinical correlation with migraine frequency or sensory sensitivity. Conclusions: Patients with migraine display interictal changes in the topology of intrinsic connections, with greater connectivity between primary sensory cortices, the pons, and the anterior insula, a region involved in representing and coordinating responses to emotional salience.
Hake fish bone as a calcium source for efficient bone mineralization

Abstract Calcium is recognized as an essential nutritional factor for bone health. An adequate intake is important to achieve or maintain optimal bone mass in particular during growth and old age. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of hake fish bone (HBF) as a calcium source for bone mineralization: in vitro on osteosarcoma SaOS-2 cells, cultured in Ca-free osteogenic medium (OM) and in vivo on young growing rats fed a low-calcium diet. Lithotame (L), a Ca supplement derived from Lithothamnium calcareum, was used as control. In vitro experiments showed that HBF supplementation provided bone mineralization similar to standard OM, whereas L supplementation showed lower activity. In vivo low-Ca HBF-added and L-added diet similarly affected bone deposition. Physico-chemical parameters concerning bone mineralization, such as femur breaking force, tibia density and calcium/phosphorus mineral content, had beneficial effects from both Ca supplementations, in the absence of any evident adverse effect. We conclude HBF derived from by-product from the fish industry is a good calcium supplier with comparable efficacy to L.
An ontology-supported transaction formalism protocol in infrastructure management

Infrastructure organizations use diversified information systems to exchange data (transaction). Presently, data exchange in the area of infrastructure management is accomplished in a manual and ad hoc basis. The growing trend is to transform these manual data exchanges to a computer-to-computer based exchange of information. “How to formalize these data exchanges or transactions? ” is the core research question, which was dealt with developing and applying an ontology-supported Transaction Formalism Protocol (TFP). The proposed solution is composed of two parts: ontology and protocol. Two ontologies, the Transaction Domain Ontology and Tangible Capital Asset ontology, were developed using an eleven-step methodology to represent transaction knowledge and Tangible Capital Asset knowledge respectively to support the design and implementation of transactions in infrastructure management. The proposed TFP is an eight-step procedure developed using a four-step methodology from two perspectives: the TFP Specification modelled each step of the protocol as a function for which inputs, controls, mechanisms, tools/techniques, and outputs were defined, whereas the TFP Tool includes a set of forms and guidance developed for specific steps of the protocol. The TFP was applied to develop transaction specifications for the Asset Inventory and Condition Assessment Reporting/Tangible Capital Asset (AI&CAR/TCA) Reporting, which was implemented in the Asset Information Integrator System for the exchange of Tangible Capital Asset information between the municipal and provincial governments. The main contributions of this research work include the development of the two ontologies, protocol, and Asset Integrator Information System.
Relationship marketing in consumer markets – Rhetoric or reality?

Relationship marketing (RM) was conceived as an approach to industrial and service markets, and was considered inappropriate in other marketing contexts. Recently, however, the domain of RM has been extended to incorporate innovative applications in mass consumer markets. Much has changed in a few short years. Recent applications of RM in consumer markets have been facilitated by developments in direct and database marketing within an increasingly competitive and fragmented marketplace. This paper presents a critical review of the history of RM in consumer markets, and incorporates important conceptual, practical, empirical and popular contributions. A number of critical issues which remain unresolved are identified in the paper. These form the basis of ten research propositions which are crucial to justifying and advancing the domain extension into consumer markets.
THE FLOW OF THE DIGESTA THROUGH THE DUODENUM AND THE ILEUM OF THE CONSCIOUS SHEEP WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TOTAL NITROGEN AND HEXOSAMINE.

In fully conscious sheep the rates of flow of the digesta in the duodenum as observed 25 cm. posterior to the entry of the common bile and pancreatic ducts on grass, hay and hay plus concentrates feeds, were found to be 436 ml. , 343 ml. and 453 ml. /hr. respectively when fed at 12-hourly intervals. The rates of flow in the distal portion of the ileum were respectively 91 ml. and 203 ml. /hr. in the sheep kept on grass and hay. No significant hour to hour variations were observed in the percentages of total N and total hexosamine in the dry matter of the digesta passing through the duodenum and ileum at these points. By the time the digesta reached this part of the duodenum the dry matter of the feeds had apparently disappeared to the extent of 46 percent, 42 per cent and 50 per cent respectively in the case of the hay, the hay plus concentrates, and the grass feeds. A further disappearance of dry matter took place between the duodenum and ileum, namely 23 per cent for grass and 10 per cent for hay. On the grass diet less N was found to pass along the duodenum than was eaten but in the case of the hay + concentrates the same amount of N passed as was eaten, and on the hay considerably more N passed. There was a very marked increase-some eightfold-in total hexosamine passing along the duodenum over the small amount ingested by the sheep fed on grass. In the case of the other feeds there was a threefold increase. In the ileal contents hexosamine still persisted at these same levels. It is considered that the hexosamine found at these locations is partly of rmuninal microbial origin but mainly derived from the mucoproteins of the digestive tract.