Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Disembodied Language in Early-Onset Schizophrenia

A recent view on schizophrenia phenomenology underlines the impaired relations between the mind and the body. An aberrant feeling of ipseity may be the real source of suffering of the patients from psychosis and impacts general symptomatology. The disturbed connection between thinking processes and environmental stimuli may lead to language disembodiment. In the study, we aimed to experimentally test the presence of disembodied language and investigate its association with symptoms of psychosis in adolescents diagnosed with early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Assessment of language embodiment was conducted using the Zabór Verbal Task (ZVT) with concurrent linguistic and clinical assessment using the Thought, Language, and Communication Scale (TLCS) and Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS). The study group of patients (n = 31) aged 11–18 years, with the diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) criteria, was compared with a sex- and age-matched healthy control sample (n = 31). Patients with psychosis made more errors in ZVT than healthy controls (p = 0.01) and this parameter did not improve after 6–8 weeks of standard treatment (p = 0.55). A higher number of errors in ZVT were associated with the presence of auditory hallucinations (odds ratio [OR] 1.14; 95% CI 1.02–1.26). ZVT errors coincided with perception disorders, alternatively to the TLCS scores where we observed association with abnormal beliefs. The results of these preliminary studies indicate the value of the phenomenological approach in the diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum and suggest a potential involvement of language disembodiment in symptomatology.
ANÁLISIS DE LA RELACIÓN ENTRE LA VALORACIÓN DE UN DESTINO “TODO INCLUIDO” Y LA SATISFACCIÓN DEL TURISTA

El turismo se esta convirtiendo en un pilar importante para el desarrollo socioeconomico de las islas. Una de las principales ofertas turistica se basa en la modalidad de turismo “todo incluido”. En este sentido, en esta investigacion se presenta una investigacion realizada en Republica Dominicana, en concreto, en uno de los principales polos turisticos de sol y playa del pais: Puerto Plata. La metodologia ha consistido en un estudio cuantitativo dirigido a los turistas que se alojan en hoteles resort en la modalidad de “todo incluido”. Los principales resultados de esta investigacion muestran que los turistas tienen unas valoraciones altas hacia los diferentes aspectos del viaje y el destino, asi como una buena satisfaccion y lealtad con el destino Puerto Plata.
Prognostic Role of TMED3 in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Multi-Cohort Analysis

Transmembrane p24 trafficking protein 3 (TMED3) is a metastatic suppressor in colon cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. However, its function in the progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is unknown. Here, we report that TMED3 could be a new prognostic marker for ccRCC. Patient data were extracted from cohorts in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC). Differential expression of TMED3 was observed between the low stage (Stage I and II) and high stage (Stage III and IV) patients in the TCGA and ICGC cohorts and between the low grade (Grade I and II) and high grade (Grade III and IV) patients in the TCGA cohort. Further, we evaluated TMED3 expression as a prognostic gene using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, multivariate analysis, the time-dependent area under the curve (AUC) of Uno’s C-index, and the AUC of the receiver operating characteristics at 5 years. The Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that TMED3 overexpression was associated with poor prognosis for ccRCC patients. Analysis of the C-indices and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve further supported this. Multivariate analysis confirmed the prognostic significance of TMED3 expression levels (P = 0.005 and 0.006 for TCGA and ICGC, respectively). Taken together, these findings demonstrate that TMED3 is a potential prognostic factor for ccRCC.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO GRANULOMÉTRICA E HIDRODINÂMICA DOS SEDIMENTOS DEPOSITADOS NA LAGOA DO PONTAL, PIRAPORA-MG.

O trabalho apresenta a caracterizacao granulometrica dos sedimentos depositados na Lagoa do Pontal e sua relacao com a hidrodinâmica do Rio Sao Francisco. Foram coletados testemunhos e identificadas 28 camadas sedimentares cujas fracoes granulometricas foram determinadas em Analisador de Particulas por difratometria. Os resultados indicam a predominância de sedimentos finos, depositados em ambiente de baixa energia intercalados por camadas arenosas associadas a eventos de mais alta energia.
cient data allocation for frequency domain experiments (

Frequency domain experiments are e cient screening procedures for identifying important factors in simulation models. An empirical investigation involving a simple autoregressive system and a complex queueing system shows that allocating data unequally among the signal and noise runs may be more e ective when the total data collection e ort is limited. c © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Mesh Simplification Based on Shading Characteristic

Mesh simplification is a key research area in scientific visualization and virtual reality. The paper presents a new method of polyhedral model simplification based on vision characteristic and edge collapse. This method determines model ’s vision characteristic by computing the maximum product of angle between normal of vertex and adjacent triangles with area of these triangles. It can achieve a high decimation rate, while keeping the details of vision. This algorithm can also be extended to triangle decimation criterion easily.
Maternal Grandmothers Do Go the Extra Mile: Factoring Distance and Lineage into Differential Contact with Grandchildren

Several studies conducted from an evolutionary perspective have documented differential investment in grandchildren by lineage. The majority of these studies have used retrospective ratings by grandchildren, but only a fraction of these studies have examined actual grandparental behavior. Here we focus on the interaction between distance and lineage on face-to-face contact with a (random) grandchild in a large scale sample. Our main prediction is that maternal grandparents are significantly more willing to travel in order to see their grandchild. While controlling for initiative of contact, urbanization, sex and age of the grandchild, educational attainment, marital status and age we found a significant interaction between distance and grandparent type on frequency of contact with a grandchild. Maternal grandmothers were significantly more inclined than paternal grandfathers and grandmothers to maintain frequent face-to-face contact, as distance between grandparent and grandchild increased. The results are discussed with reference to evolutionary theories of grandparental investment.
Detection performance of power‐law processors for random signals of unknown location, structure, extent, and strength

A signal (if present) is located somewhere in a band of frequencies characterized by a total of N search bins. The signal occupies an arbitrary set of M_ of these bins, where not only is M_ unknown, but also, the locations of the particular M_ occupied bins are unknown. Also, the signal strength is unknown. A class of processors, called the power‐law processors, is investigated, in which the available data is raised to the ν‐th power prior to summation over all data values. The receiver operating characteristics have been determined for values of power ν=1, 2, 2.5, 3, ∞ for a wide range of values of M_. These results allow for accurate extraction of required signal‐to‐noise ratios to achieve a specified level of performance, as measured by the false alarm and detection probabilities, Pf and Pd. One of the most surprising and useful results of this study is the discovery that the power‐law processor with ν=2.4 performs near the absolute optimum, even without any knowledge of the number of occupied bins M_ .
Predictive Modeling with Longitudinal Data

Abstract The recent development and availability of sophisticated computer software has facilitated the use of predictive modeling by actuaries and other financial analysts. Predictive modeling has been used for several applications in both the health and property and casualty sectors. Often these applications employ extensions of industry-specific techniques and do not make full use of information contained in the data. In contrast, we employ fundamental statistical methods for predictive modeling that can be used in a variety of disciplines. As demonstrated in this article, this methodology permits a disciplined approach to model building, including model development and validation phases. This article is intended as a tutorial for the analyst interested in using predictive modeling by making the process more transparent. This article illustrates the predictive modeling process using State of Wisconsin nursing home cost reports. We examine utilization of approximately 400 nursing homes from 1989 to 2001. Because the data vary both in the cross section and over time, we employ longitudinal models. This article demonstrates many of the common difficulties that analysts face in analyzing longitudinal health care data, as well as techniques for addressing these difficulties. We find that longitudinal methods, which use historical trend information, significantly outperform regression models that do not take advantage of historical trends.
United States Patent ( 19 ) rie 54 MURINE MONOCLONAL ANTI-IDIOTYPE ANTBODES 75 ) Inventor :

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Többsávos, zajtűrő beszédfelismerés mély neuronhálóval

Kivonat Miközben az automatikus beszédfelismerés terén jelentős előrelépések történtek az elmúlt években, a beszédfelismerő rendszerek eredményessége spontán vagy zajjal szennyezett beszéd esetén továbbra sem kielégítő. Ezen probléma kiküszöbölésére számos módszert javasoltak, melyek közül több jól kiegészíti egymást. Jelen cikkünkben három ilyen módszer, az ARMA spektrogram, a neuronháló-tanítással egyidejűleg optimalizált spektro-temporális jellemzőkinyerés, és a többsávos feldolgozás kombinációját vizsgáljuk az Aurora-4 beszédfelismerési feladaton.
Psychologische Versorgung chronisch körperlich Kranker

Der Verein chronischkrank.ch ortet Lucken und Handlungsbedarf in der psychologischen Versorgung chronisch korperlich Kranker. Die Unterversorgung ist umso stossender, als wissenschaftlich fundiertes psychologisches Know-how zur Verfugung steht, um einen gunstigen Krankheitsverarbeitungsprozess zu unterstutzen und die Lebenssituation chronisch korperlich Kranker entscheidend zu verbessern. Der Verein chronischkrank.ch will diesem Missstand entgegen wirken. Der vorliegende Artikel gibt einen Uberblick uber die Bedeutung und psychosoziale Dimension chronisch korperlicher Erkrankungen sowie das Potential der psychologischen Arbeit mit Betroffenen.
ExoMol molecular line lists – XXVI: spectra of SH and NS

Line lists for the sulphur-containing molecules SH (the mercapto radical) and NS are computed as part of the ExoMol project. These line lists consider transitions within the X2Π ground state for 32SH, 33SH, 34SH,36SH and, 32SD, and 14N32S, 14N33S, 14N34S, 14N36S, and 15N32S. Ab initio potential energy (PEC) and spin-orbit coupling (SOC) curves are computed and then improved by fitting to experimentally observed transitions. Fully ab initio dipole moment curves (DMCs) computed at high level of theory are used to produce the final line lists. For SH, our fit gives a root-mean-square (rms) error of 0.03 cm−1 between the observed (⁠vmax = 4, Jmax = 34.5) and calculated transitions wavenumbers; this is extrapolated such that all X2Π rotational-vibrational-electronic (rovibronic) bound states are considered. For 32SH the resulting line list contains about 81 000 transitions and 2300 rovibronic states, considering levels up to vmax = 14 and Jmax = 60.5. For NS the refinement used a combination of experimentally determined frequencies and energy levels and led to an rms-fitting error of 0.002 cm−1. Each NS-calculated line list includes around 2.8 million transitions and 31 000 rovibronic states with a vibrational range up to v = 53 and rotational range up to J = 235.5, which covers up to 23 000 cm−1. Both line lists should be complete for temperatures up to 5000 K. Example spectra simulated using this line list are shown and comparisons made to the existing data in the CDMS data base. The line lists are available from the CDS (http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr) and ExoMol (www.exomol.com) data bases.
Strings in flat space and plane waves from N = 4 super Yang Mills

We explain how the string spectrum in flat space and plane waves arises from the large N limit of U(N) N = 4 super Yang Mills. We reproduce the spectrum by summing a subset of the planar Feynman diagrams. We also describe some other aspects of string propagation on plane wave backgrounds. This talk is based on [40].
Theories and methods in the scientific study of consciousness.

The scientific study of consciousness has gained much interest over the past several decades. Here, we provide a primer on the topic by introducing the most commonly used concepts, the most prominent scientific theories, and an overview of broadly used methods of studying consciousness. With a focus on visual perception, we discuss the distinction between phenomenology and cognitive accessibility in the context of the different consciousness theories and highlight elements in which these theories are either complementary or more or less in agreement.
he Role of the Headgear in Growth odification

A review of the literature reveals that the use of a cervical facebow headgear can modify growth of the maxilla. Orthopedic forces that may be employed with headgears not only distalize the molars but may have a restraining effect on growth at the maxillary sutures. Short-term use of the headgear may not produce a sustained growth modification. There is also the “catch-up effect ” once the headgear has been discontinued. Our research has shown that the negative effects attributed to the cervical headgear, such as the downward tipping of the palatal, occlusal, and mandibular planes that may increase the facial convexity and lower anterior facial height, may be avoided or attenuated if the outer facebow is adjusted alternately up and down in relation to the occlusal plane during the treatment. In the treatment of Class II malocclusions, the use of cervical pull headgear deserves special consideration because when used appropriately, it is a reliable method of molar distalization and restraining of maxillary growth without collateral negative effects. However, patient cooperation is an important issue that requires both patient motivation and parental involvement. (Semin Orthod 2006;12:25-33.) © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The Articulatory Function of the Larynx and the Origins of Speech

The ‘laryngeal articulator,’ consisting of the glottal mechanism, the supraglottic tube, the pharyngeal/epiglottal mechanism, and including three levels of folds: the vocal folds, the ventricular folds, and the aryepiglottic folds, is shown to be responsible for the generation of multiple source vibrations and for the complex modification of the pharyngeal resonating chamber that accounts for a wide range of contrastive auditory qualities. These qualities are observed in a surprisingly large number of the languages of the world, both linguistically and paralinguistically, and they account for sounds which have been labeled as ‘pharyngeal,’ as ‘epiglottal,’ and as various phonation types. They reflect an expanding range of what have been known as the ‘states of the glottis’ and which may be more properly termed ‘states of the larynx. ’ It has also been observed that infants, in their first months of life, produce a range of qualities, reflecting both phonatory possibilities and stricture types, that can also be attributed to the laryngeal articulator mechanism. Systematic observation of infants’ early speech production reveals that the control of articulatory detail in the pharynx is mastered during the first year of life. Understanding and control of manner of articulation in the pharynx appears to be a prerequisite for expanding articulatory control into the oral vocal tract. Taking the pharynx as a starting point for the ontogenetic learning of the speech production capacity offers fruitful insights into the phylogenetic development of speech.
UESTION A NSWERING S YSTEM FOR A RABIC L ANGUAGE

Question Answering (QA) systems are gaining great importance due to the increasing amount of web content and the high demand for digital information that regular information retrieval techniques cannot satisfy. A question answering system enables users to have a natural language dialog with the machine, which is required for virtually all emerging online service systems on the Internet. The need for such systems is higher in the context of the Arabic language. This is because of the scarcity of Arabic QA systems, which can be attributed to the great challenges they present to the research community, including the particularities of Arabic, such as short vowels, absence of capital letters, complex morphology, etc. In this paper, we report the design and implementation of an Arabic web-based question answering system, which we called “JAWEB”, the Arabic word for the verb “answer”. Unlike all Arabic questionanswering systems, JAWEB is a web-based application, so it can be accessed at any time and from anywhere. Evaluating JAWEB showed when compared to ask.com, the well-established web-based QA system, JAWEB provided 15-20% higher recall. These promising results give clear evidence that JAWEB has great potential as a QA platform and is much needed by Arabicspeaking Internet users across the world.
Total Phenolics and Flavonoids in Selected Justicia Species

The phenolics and Flavonoids content of six Justicia species were determined in the present study. The phenolic content was determined by using Folin-Ciocalteu assay. The total flavonoids were measured spectrophotometrically by using the aluminum chloride colorimetric assay. The results showed that the different parts of selected Justicia species contain significant amount phenolics and flavonoids. The highest phenolic content was showed by leaf of J. adhatoda (38.75 mg GAE) and the least phenolics were observed for root of J. beddomei (22.65 mg GAE). In the case of flavonoids, maximum value was obtained for leaf of J. betonica (2.86 mg QE) and least flavonoid content was showed by root of J. adhatoda (1.25 mg QE).
Higher Education The Rise of the Blended Professional in Higher Education : A Comparison between the United Kingdom , Australia and the United States

This paper builds on earlier work by the author to explore the international dimensions of a study of the changing roles and identities of professional staff in higher education (Whitchurch 2008a and b). It further develops the concept of the blended professional, characterising individuals with identities drawn from both professional and academic domains, and examines the institutional spaces, knowledges, relationships and legitimacies that they construct. Comparisons between the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States are used to provide indicators of possible futures for this group of staff, including their positioning in the university community, the challenges they face, and the potentials that they offer to their institutions.
Discussion Papers No . 549 , June 2008 Statistics Norway , Research Department Torstein Bye and Annegrete Bruvoll Multiple instruments to change energy behaviour : The emperor ’ s new clothes ?

Over the last few decades, several instruments have evolved to deal with similar energy and environmental challenges. For instance, the economic literature prescribes separate tax or cap-andtrade systems to internalize negative environmental externalities and subsidies to internalize positive externalities such as R&D. However, policy is not straightforward because of the influence on cost and competition and concerns for regional employment, economic activity within certain industries, and any distributional effects. Tax discrimination, subsidies and regulations then undermine the efficiency of energy instruments. To balance any environmental concerns, other instruments, including green and white certificates, have been created. While innovative, these work as simple combinations of taxes and subsidies. While the extant literature thoroughly analyzes the partial effects of these instruments, there has been little focus on their basics and the effects of aggregate taxes and subsidies. This complexity calls for research on the efficiency of each instrument, including the administration and transaction costs associated with holding a large set of instruments. We should consider the coordination and simplification of policy tools before complicating the system further by introducing new, primarily equivalent, instruments.
Different Intensities of BrdU labeling in Thymus vs . Spleen and LN

On the basis of their surface markers, T lymphocytes are divided into subsets of "naive" and "memory cells". We have defined the interrelationship and relative life spans of naive and memory T cells by examining the surface markers on murine T cells incorporating bromodeoxyuridine, a DNA precursor, given in the drinking water. Three findings are reported. First, using a new method we show that the release of newly formed naive T cells from the unmanipulated thymus is very low (confirming the findings of others with surgical approaches). Second, in thymectomized mice, T cells with a naive phenotype remain in interphase for prolonged periods; however, some of these cells divide and retain (or regain) their "naive" markers. Third, most T cells with a memory phenotype divide rapidly, but others remain in interphase for many weeks. Collectively, the data indicate that long-lived T cells have multiple phenotypes and contain a mixture of memory cells, naive (virgin) cells, and memory cells masquerading as naive cells.