Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Motivational interviewing in health care: Helping patients change behavior

AUTHORS Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, Christopher C. Butler PUBLISHER Guilford Press, 72 Spring St, New York, NY 10012, USA TELEPHONE 800 365-7006 FAX 212 966-6708 WEBSITE [www.guilford. com][1] PUBLISHED 2008/210 pp/$32.50 ! [Figure][2] OVERALL RATING Good STRENGTHS Presents both
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CRITICAL FACTORS IMPEDING THE DELIVERY OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA

This paper presents findings on the critical factors which affect the delivery of low-income housing in South Africa and the effect of these factors on the residents’ satisfaction with their housing units. Data used in the study was obtained through a Delphi Study, where the views of housing experts were solicited on the critical factors which affect low-income housing delivery in South Africa. Since panellists form the cornerstone of the Delphi Technique, clear inclusion criteria were applied and also as a means of evaluating the results and establishing the study’s potential relevance to other settings and populations. Hence, each expert was required to meet at least five benchmarks. These include the length of residency in South Africa, educational background amongst others. Results emanating from the study revealed that seven factors were considered critical by the experts after consensus was achieved. Amongst these include: limited budget (dwindling tax base) and the lack of appropriate policy to handle informal settlement upgrading, etc. The study contributes to the body of knowledge on the subject where no consensus has been reached pertaining to the critical factors affecting the delivery of low-income housing in South Africa. A limitation of the study was the reliance on a structured questionnaire survey in the three iterative rounds of Delphi technique to reach consensus and experts were not allowed to add any more indicators.
Isolation, DNase-cross-Coagulase test and antimicrobial resistance test on Staphylococcus along beef abattoir line in Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Staphylococci are responsible for foodborne infection and intoxication with the spread of antibiotic resistance. The aims of the study were to investigate beef abattoir line contamination with Staphylococcal , to evaluate DNase test for alternative of the tube coagulase test, and to assess isolates drug resistance in Ethiopia. A total of 169 samples from slaughter environment, raw beef at inspection and at public supply along Addis Ababa Abattoir Enterprise line were examined for Staphylococci . The isolates were tested against DNase, tube plasma coagulase, and eight medicinal drugs. A total proportion of 35.5% (60/169) isolates with 13.6% S. aureus and 21.9% coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CNS) were observed. All sampling locations were found positive for Staphylococcus environmental samples ranged from 18.2% - 46.2% with no difference (p > 0.05) among locations. In raw beef, it was 23.5% at abattoir and 52.9% at butchers. Three (1.9%), 13 (7.7%) and 23 (13.6%) of locations were positive for S. aureus only, CNS only and both as a mixed, respectively. Of all 60 Staphylococci isolates, the DNase test and coagulase tests were in agreement for 56 isolates (21 for positive, 35 for negative) showing DNase test was strong agreement with the gold standard test (coagulase tests), kappa=0.86)). S. aureus was 38.3% but CNS was 61.7%. Resistant isolates were observed for trimethoprim (35.0%), polymyxin-B (33.7%), oxytetracycline (31.7%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (20.0%), chloramphenicol (8.3%), oxacillin (6.7%), and gentamycin (5.0%) but not for tetracycline. Thirty-one (51.7%) isolates were resistant for at least one drug with multiple drugs resistance (MDR) of three to six in 17 isolates. Contamination of all sampling locations with Staphylococcus including with resistant isolate to medically used drugs warrants the application of good hygienic practices along the abattoir line. Due to availability and cost effectiveness, DNase can be used as alternative to the gold standard, coagulase test, for diagnosis of Staphylococcus . Keywords: Abattoir line; beef; drug resistance; foodborne intoxication; Staphylococci
Echo State Incremental Gaussian Mixture Network for Spatio-Temporal Pattern Processing

This work introduces a novel neural network algorithm for online spatio-temporal pattern processing, called Echo State Incremental Gaussian Mixture Network (ESIGMN). The proposed algorithm is a hybrid of two stateof-the-art algorithms: the Echo State Network (ESN), used for spatio-temporal pattern processing, and the Incremental Gaussian Mixture Network (IGMN), applied to aggressive learning in online tasks. The algorithm is compared against the conventional ESN in order to highlight the advantages of the IGMN approach as a supervised output layer. Resumo. Este trabalho introduz um novo algoritmo de redes neurais para processamento online de padrões espaço-temporais, chamado Echo State Incremental Gaussian Mixture Network (ESIGMN). O algoritmo proposto é um hı́brido de dois algoritmos estado-da-arte: a Echo State Network (ESN), usada para processamento de padrões espaço-temporais, e a Incremental Gaussian Mixture Network (IGMN), aplicada ao aprendizado agressivo em tarefas online. O algoritmo é comparado com a ESN convencional a fim de destacar as vantagens da abordagem IGMN como camada supervisionada de saı́da.
Study of relationship between institutional ownership and accounting conservatism in accepted Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange

One of the more effective concepts in financial reporting of companies is conservatism, that its influence has longer history in accounting. Accounting trends of conservatism have been prevented managers from opportunistic behavior and excess optimistic in profitability. With regards to importance of accounting conservatism, aim of this study is reviewing relationship between institutional ownership and accounting conservatism in accepted companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to do this study, it was selected and examined sample consists of 85 companies in Tehran Stock Exchange in 5 years (2007-2011). It was used linear regression model in 95% confidence level by using Excel and SPSS software to test hypothesis and review relationship between institutional ownership (independent variable) and accounting conservatism (dependent variable). Results indicated that there is direct (positive) relationship between institutional ownership level and accounting conservatism and there is reversed (negative) relationship between institutional ownership concentration and accounting conservatism. [Nekounam J, Sotudeh R, Kohandel Z, Seyed Mohseni SA. Study of relationship between institutional ownership and accounting conservatism in accepted Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. Life Sci J 2013;10(2s):79-84] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 13
Adaptation to room acoustics and its effect of speech understanding

Effective sound transmission between source and receiver is essential for good communication and sound quality in learning spaces. Of course, sound transmission can be significantly affected by the acoustics of the space. Under many circumstances, however, these acoustical effects have relatively minor perceptual consequences. This may be explained, in part, by listener adaptation to the acoustics of the listening environment. Here, evidence that room adaptation improves speech understanding is summarized. The adaptation, is rapid (around 1 second), strongest for rooms with reverberation times between 0.4 and 1 second, and observable for a variety of speech materials. It also appears to depend critically on the amplitude modulation characteristic of the signal reaching the ear. A better understanding of room adaptation effects can inform and contribute to methods for improving speech understanding and sound quality in rooms for both normally-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners.
Chaining JSON Blocks for Secure Transmission of Mobile Data Sequences

- JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) has evolved as a de-facto standard data format between servers and clients. As mobile applications send/receive large volumes of data to/from remote data sources over extended periods of time, the security of JSON data becomes compromised and vulnerable to cyberattacks. Several approaches have been proposed, e.g., JSON files encryption. However, typical JSON encryption techniques alone may not be satisfactory in part because they can’t handle long-duration JSON data and because once sniffed, the entire file is compromised. This paper proposes a cryptographic hash technique by chaining JSON blocks to ensure JSON data transmission for mobile devices. The contribution of this paper explores 1) the integrity of JSON block sequence transmission; and 2) detection of JSON block data spoofing.
Employment Characteristics, Educational Histories, and Pedagogical Training of Educators in CAATE-Accredited Athletic Training Education Programs

Context: With the rapid expansion of ATEPs in the last decade, the demand for doctoral-trained athletic training educators has increased exponentially. As more athletic training educators enter higher education, it is important to fully understand how well prepared these educators are for life in academe. Objective: To describe employment characteristics, educational histories, and pedagogical training of athletic training educators. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Entry-level undergraduate and graduate ATEPs Patients or Other Participants: The Demographic and Educational History Questionnaire (DEHQ) was distributed to 338 program directors (PDs) of CAATE accredited ATEPs. Twenty-four potential respondents were eliminated from the study due to incomplete responses. Thirty percent of PDs (n=102) completed the survey in its entirety. PDs were also asked to forward the DEHQ to other educators in their respective ATEPs, which resulted in the inclusion of 72 additional individuals, for a total of 174 parti.
The Foundations of Entrepreneurial Strategy

Motivated by a significant disconnect between research, teaching and practice regarding the role of strategy in entrepreneurial ventures, this paper develops an integrated framework that defines and delineates the scope of entrepreneurial strategy, clarifies the choices and complementarities that shape entrepreneurial strategy, and proposes a choice-oriented process for implementing entrepreneurial strategy. We take an axiomatic approach, highlighting four interrelated premises: (i) Freedom: there is more than one alternative path by which value can be created and captured from a given idea; (ii) Constraint: resource and strategic constraints prevent the entrepreneur from pursuing more than one of these alternatives at once; (iii) Uncertainty: even after undertaking cost-benefit analysis to deselect some alternatives, there is unresolved uncertainty preventing a ranking of at least two alternatives, and (iv) Learning by Commitment: partial movement down a path to learn more about an option changes both the value of and the information available about alternative paths. Together, these conditions give rise to our central organizing insight, the paradox of entrepreneurship: choosing between equally viable alternative strategic commitments requires knowledge that can only be gained through experimentation and learning of the type that inevitably results in (at least some level) of commitment that forecloses particular strategic options. Entrepreneurial strategy is a choice-oriented approach to overcoming the paradox of entrepreneurship. Specifically, entrepreneurial strategy is the set (or sequence) of choices founders (and their teams) make in order to test a value creation and value capture hypothesis when entrepreneurial experimentation requires partial commitment. This approach yields three principles of entrepreneurial strategy. First, Choice Matters: when learning requires partial commitment, start-ups will not simply be able to optimize by identifying a best approach, but will instead be required to select an alternative that results in leaving equally viable yet conflicting alternatives behind. Second, These Choice Matter: there are specific choices start-ups face – Customers, Technology, Identity, and Competition – where the interplay between experimentation and commitment are salient; a choiceoriented approach yields a reconceptualization of traditional frameworks endemic to teaching and research in these domains. Finally, These Choices Matter Together: structured complementarities and interdependencies among these choices results in the identification of four alternative strategic directions for a given idea. Together, these principles motivate a new class of choice-oriented decisionmaking tools for entrepreneurs. We highlight one new tool – Test Two, Choose One – that offers a novel approach for how to undertake entrepreneurial decision-making under uncertainty.
QM and IR : Another Perspective * Extended

Quantum Mechanics is a surprising conceptual framework, and a growing number of researchers know something about it through the notions of “entanglement” or “quantum weirdness. ” However, the relation between QM and the world that it describes includes some other puzzling characteristics, which distinguish it from both classical Physics and classical probability theory. This note explores some possible ways in which the QM theory of measurement might be of use in axiomatizing the processes by which a person gains information from the system and vice versa. The key innovation is to propose both a model, as seen by the system, of the discontinuous change of the state of the user, and a coupled representation of the states of the user and the system, which might ultimately be used to guide the selection of materials to be presented to the user.
DUALITIES AND DIMENSIONS OF IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS OF PARABOLIC SUBGROUPS OF LOW DEGREES

Let GLn1,. ,nr be a parabolic subgroup of the general linear group GLn over the prime field Fp of p elements. A complete set of distinct irreducible modules for Fp[GLn1,. ,nr ] was explicitly constructed in [7]. In this paper, we use this construction to determine the contragredient dual module of each Fp[GLn1,. ,nr ]-irreducible module and prove that its dimension can be computed via the dimensions of some Fp[GLni ]-irreducible modules.
A P ] 3 O ct 2 01 9 Bernstein inequalities via the heat semigroup

We extend the classical Bernstein inequality to a general setting including Schrödinger operators and divergence form elliptic operators on Riemannian manifolds or domains. Moreover, we prove a new reverse inequality that can be seen as the dual of the Bernstein inequality. The heat kernel will be the backbone of our approach but we also develop new techniques such as semi-classical Bernstein inequalities, weak factorization of smooth functions à la Dixmier-Malliavin and BMO − L∞ multiplier results (in contrast to the usual L∞ − BMO ones). Also, our approach reveals a link between the L-Bernstein inequality and the boundedness on L of the Riesz transform. The later being an important subject in harmonic analysis. 2010 Mathematics Subject Classifications: 35P20, 58J50, 42B37 and 47F05.
Literature Review: Using music to learn a second language

This is a literature review on the latest research in finding the possible role of music when used to learn a second language. The neural system transformation as well as the motivation obtained when using music are detailed. The possible future research in each of these areas is also presented. The way songs should be appropriately chosen to support learning is also discussed later.
How Socio-Economic Differences Between Farmers Affect Forest Degradation in Western Mexico

Many forests under community use in tropical countries become degraded and lose carbon stocks as a result of agricultural activities such as shifting cultivation and cattle grazing, although these processes rarely result in deforestation. A better understanding of processes specifically causing forest degradation may be of interest to policy makers concerned with the design of programs to conserve forests, for example under international policy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). On the basis of data from a farmer survey carried out in the western Pacific area of Mexico, this study uses a cross-sectional regression model to identify the variables that explain variations between groups of farmers in the amounts of land temporarily cleared for shifting cultivation, which results in decreasing the density of forest biomass. We found that, contrary to common perception about shifting cultivation, within each community, many farmers, both richer and poorer, carry out shifting cultivation. Moreover, it is the wealthier farmers that are making more temporary clearances for such activities when compared with those with less resources. We conclude that, for effectiveness in the design of national programs for REDD+, intra-community differences in farmer status should be taken into account. Moreover, REDD+ interventions should consider the impacts of this program on farmers without rights to land.
TRAJECTORY QUALITY ASSESSMENT BASED ON MOVEMENT FEATURE STABILITY

Assessing the quality of trajectory data is an important preprocessing procedure in many data-driven research as it can significantly influence the knowledge derived such as travel time, traffic flow and route choice, etc. Designing an effective trajectory quality assessment method to handle different kinds of noise and outliers in trajectory data is a challenge. To alleviate this problem, this paper develops a trajectory scoring algorithm by firstly extracting different kinds of movement features then evaluating the quality of each point based on the local feature stability. Preliminary results on a real-world taxi GPS dataset are reported.
Statistical Characterization of the Observed Cold Wake Induced by North Atlantic Hurricanes

This work quantifies the magnitude, spatial structure, and temporal evolution of the cold wake left by North Atlantic hurricanes. To this end we composited the sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) induced by hurricane observations from 2002 to 2018 derived from the international best track archive for climate stewardship (IBTrACS). Cold wake characteristics were distinguished by a set of hurricane and oceanic properties: Hurricane translation speed and intensity, and the characteristics of the upper ocean stratification represented by two barrier layer metrics: Barrier layer thickness (BLT) and barrier layer potential energy (BLPE). The contribution of the above properties to the amplitude of the cold wake was analyzed individually and in combination. The mean magnitude of the hurricane-induced cooling was of 1.7 °C when all hurricanes without any distinction were considered, and the largest cooling was found for slow-moving, strong hurricanes passing over thinner barrier layers, with a cooling above 3.5 °C with respect to pre-storm sea surface temperature (SST) conditions. On average the cold wake needed about 60 days to disappear and experienced a strong decay in the first 20 days, when the magnitude of the cold wake had decreased by 80%. Differences between the cold wakes yielded by mostly infrared and merged infrared and microwave remote sensed SST data were also evaluated, with an overall relative underestimation of the hurricane-induced cooling of about 0.4 °C for infrared-mostly data.
A Case of Postoperative Neuropathic Pain Management after Thyroidectomy

Rationale: We experienced report a case of the persistent neuropathic pain and allodynia after thyroidectomy. Case Report: An 84-year-old woman presented with chronic neck pain one year after thyroidectomy. Her symptoms were a hypoesthesia around the right neck scar, and a continuous and spiking pain with allodynia in the right neck and arm. NSAIDs and duloxetine was not effective for these symptoms. The combination with of nortriptyline 10 mg per day and pregabalin 25 mg per day improved the neuropathic pain and allodynia gradually after two weeks of intake. With nortriptyline 25 mg and pregabalin 100 mg, the patient only experienced discomfort around the neck was remained at two years after surgery. Discussion: The mediation Treatment with nortriptyline and pregabalin improved the neuropathic pain and allodynia significantly even one year after the surgery, without causing any severe side effects.
Crop model calibration for assessing climate change impacts on Mediterranean staple crops

Purpose In the last century the Mediterranean basin experienced a generalized decrease of precipitation (Sousa et al., 2011; Norrant and Douguédroit, 2006), a significant annual warming trend (+0.75°C) especially during winter and summer (Vautard et al., 2007) and an increase in climate extremes (Kostopoulou and Jones, 2005; Zolina et al., 2008; Kyselý, 2009; Ulbrich et al., 2013) which have negatively affected the whole agricultural sector. Despite uncertainties, the majority of climate models predict a worsening of climate pattern in the future over the Mediterranean basin which is expected to exacerbate its impacts on and vulnerability of staple crops. The use of crop models, can enable evaluating impacts of future climatic scenarios and also assess benefits provided by the adoption of adaptation strategies compared to the current management. This paper describes the models (namely CropSyst, OLIVE.model CNR and UNIFI.GrapeML) calibration procedures used for simulating growth and development of the main staple crops cultivated in the three islands targeted by the LIFE ADAPT2CLIMA project, (namely wheat, barley, olive tree, grapevine) so as to assess climate change impacts and suggest adaptation strategies in the Mediterranean agriculture.
Effect of Treatment with Interferon-γ Alone in Visceral Leishmaniasis

Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) enhances the therapeutic response to pentavalent antimony in patients with visceral leishmaniasis. To determine the effect of cytokine immunotherapy alone, 9 patients with kala-azar were treated with IFN-γ before receiving antimony. After 20 days of IFN-γ therapy, 4 patients showed no parasitologic response; in the remaining 5 patients, however, splenic aspirate parasite scores declined from 4.2 ±: 0.2 to 1.2 ±: 0.5 (mean ±: SE). These results indicate that treatment with IFN-γ alone can induce visceral antileishmanial activity. However, the limited efficacy in this uncontrolled pilot trial suggests that the therapeutic role of IFN-γ in kala-azar is that of an adjunct to conventional antimony treatment.
Chromium (VI) removal from effluents using zeolite

This study focused on evaluating the removal of Cr (VI) from effluents using natural zeolite. The results indicated that zeolite can adsorb Cr (III) cations, but not Cr (VI) anions (HCrO4−, CrO42− and Cr2O72−). To increase the adsorption of Cr (VI), di5erent surface modi6cation methods were evaluated. The best results were obtained using zeolite modi6ed with 100 mmol Fe (III) for 24 hours. Treatment of solutions containing 20 mg/L Cr (VI) in columns packed with modi6ed zeolite resulted in solutions containing <0.02 mg/L Cr (VI), which meets the WHO and South African effluent discharge limits of 0.05ppm.