Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Images of Other People in Consciousness of Respondents: a Diagnostic Model of Implicit Aspects of Young People Socialization

―The article presents an original model for diagnosing implicit aspects of personality socialization. The methodology of model building is based on the author’s concept of the social world image as a representation of the social situation of personality development, on A.V. Petrovsky’s model of the “significant other”, it uses and radicalizes the principles of Q-methodology in “subjectivity” diagnostics. The model includes three units. The “Data Collection Procedure” Unit is based on describing the totality of images of other people that the respondent freely reproduces. Each image of another person and their totality in the individual consciousness is a carrier of integral multi-parameter implicit information about the social relations of the respondent. The respondents create individual combinations of “other people”, categorize them, define attributes and give assessment on an ungraded scale, using individual criteria and assessment measures. The data analysis procedure includes semantic categorization techniques, frequency analysis of categories and analysis of relations among categories, as well as interpretation of the obtained indicators. The Unit for the resulting indicators reflects two levels of data analysis. The first level of the resulting data is based on an assessment of relative frequency of paired categories and reflects the respondent's selective orientation to social agents, the values content, and the evaluative perception peculiarities. The second level of the resulting data includes an assessment of relationships between categories. These relationships reflect reflecting: the composition of social agents that actualize a certain value; “value potential” of a social agent for the respondent; social portraits of "ideals", "such as myself", "anti-ideals"; terminal and instrumental personal values, etc. This model is designed for student socialization online monitoring in the Kurgan region. The fundamental condition for its implementation is automation and computerization of the entire procedure.
Server Traffic Prediction Using Machine Learning for Optical Circuit Switching Scheduling

This work presents the performance analysis of nonlinear autoregressive neural networks applied in server traffic prediction and dedicated to hybrid intra-data center networks. This technique offers a high potential for accurate forecasting of heavy traffic streams, which allows for an a priori scheduling and allocation of optical switching circuits for offloading of intensive flows in data center applications. Just as with the artificial data sets carrying the machine-generated traffic characteristics used in our previous work, the nonlinear autoregressive neural networks show a high performance of the prediction mechanism applied to real server traffic.
Global canopy rainfall interception loss derived from satellite earth observations

Information on global canopy rainfall interception loss is essential for understanding the dynamics of land surface processes and the water cycle. In addition, large uncertainty remains regarding the global variation in this factor. The development of satellite earth observations has provided a great opportunity for the estimation of global rainfall interception loss to reveal the spatiotemporal variations. In the current study, the analytical Gash model was adapted and applied to estimate global rainfall interception loss from 2001 to 2015 on the basis of satellite remote‐sensing products, for example, gross rainfall amount and rate and leaf area index. The Dalton‐type equation was adopted to estimate the wet canopy evaporation rate in the revised Gash model. The estimation on the basis of the Dalton‐type equation showed better agreement with the ground observations than the classical Penman–Monteith equation in terms of estimated rainfall interception loss and its ratio to gross rainfall. Large spatial variations in global rainfall interception loss were found, and high values appeared in the regions with dense vegetation cover and high gross rainfall amounts, for example, tropical rainforests, whereas high rainfall interception to gross rainfall ratios occurred in the regions with low rain rates and high vegetation cover. This study constitutes a significant step forward in understanding global hydrological cycle on the basis of earth observation products.
Aesthetic automata: synthesis and simulation of aesthetic behaviour in cellular automata

This thesis addresses the computational notion of aesthetics in the framework of multistate two-dimensional cellular automata (2D CA). The measure of complexity is a core concept in computational approaches to aesthetics. Shannon's information theory provided an objective measure of complexity, which led to the emergence of various informational theories of aesthetics. However, entropy fails to take into account the spatial characteristics of 2D patterns; these characteristics are fundamental in addressing the aesthetic problem, in general, and of CA-generated patterns, in particular. This thesis proposes two empirically evaluated alternative measures of complexity, taking into account the spatial characteristics of 2D patterns and experimental studies on human aesthetic perception in the visual domain. The measures are extended to robustly quantify the complexity of multi-state 2D CA-generated patterns. The first model, spatial complexity, is based on the probabilistic spatial distribution of homogeneous/heterogeneous neighbouring cells over the lattice of a multi-state 2D cellular automaton. The second model is based on algorithmic information theory (Kolmogorov complexity) which is extended to estimate the complexity of 2D patterns. The spatial complexity measure presents performance advantage over information-theoretic models, specifically in discriminating symmetries and the orientation in CA-generated patterns, enabling more accurate measurement of complexity in relation to aesthetic evaluations of 2D patterns. A series of experimental stimuli with various structural characteristics and levels of complexity were generated by seeding 3-state 2D CA with different initial configurations for psychological experiments. The results of experimentation demonstrate the presence of correlation between spatial complexity measures and aesthetic judgements of experimental stimuli. The same results were obtained for the estimations of Kolmogorov complexity of experimental stimuli.
Typische Probleme und Fehler im radiologischen Nachtdienst

Zusammenfassung Außerhalb der Regelarbeitszeit wird der Präsenzdienst in den meisten Krankenhäusern von Weiterbildungsassistenten geleistet. Sie sind gut beraten, einerseits die wichtigsten Krankheitsbilder zu kennen, die in dieser Übersichtsarbeit dargestellt werden, und andererseits die Fälle, die sie nicht lösen können, an ihren Hintergrund weiterzuleiten.
The Effects of Electroconvulsive Collicular Auditory Potential Shock on the

The induction of generalized seizure activity (GSA) by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains the most effective treatment for severe depressive illness, being superior to antidepressant medication in its rapidity and efficacy of action and in its comparative lack of side effects (Weiner 1984; Crowe 1984; Potter and Rudorfer 1993). What is particularly lacking and is essential to an understanding of its mode of action is a knowledge of its acute neurophysiological effects (Fraser 1982). Sensory evoked potentials (EPs) have the capacity to provide discrete snapshots of cerebral activity during the ictal and immediate postictal period. By recording EPs from different sensory systems and from different locations within a sensory pathway, it should be possible to construct a model of the physiology of acute seizure activity, which should ultimately provide insights into the mechanisms and site of action of ECT. The brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) is a measure of activity from the cochlea to the lateral lemniscus (Hall 1992). When the BAEP has been recorded from patients undergoing ECT, it was found that the waveform remained intact even during the acute ictal phase (Weiner et al 1981; Small et al 1981). More rigorously controlled animal experiments have confirmed this finding (Shaw 1986a); however, no attempt appears to have been made to assess the impact of ECT on activity generated in more central parts of the auditory pathway such as the inferior colliculus. Although the inferior colliculus is an important way
Exhaustive Modal Analysis of Large-Scale Interconnected Power Systems With High Power Electronics Penetration

Eigencalculation is a challenging task in large-scale power systems with high power electronics penetration for at least two reasons. First, the well-known inter-area modes are no longer the only coupling modes as such couplings may involve also power converters. Next, it is difficult to find all coupling modes without a priori knowledge about them (frequency or path of oscillation). In this paper we propose a new method to overcome these difficulties. It is fully analytic, i.e., does not need operator manipulations like dynamic simulations, and it is exhaustive in the sense that makes a full scan of the system for coupling modes. The approach involves concepts from matrix computation and dynamic systems analysis which hold in large-scale and need no hypothesis (like the one about large inertia generators usually associated to inter-area modes) or knowledge about the structure of the power system. Validations on several models are presented, including realistic large-scale model (more than 1000 generators/dynamic devices) of the European power system.
The Aural Nature of Atmosphere in a Retail Setting

The potential influence of music in eliciting organic reactions has been appreciated since ancient times. Knowing that consumers typically receive exposure to many hours of music each day, scientists and marketers have recognized its potential in consumer behaviour and decision making. Literature suggests that customers like hearing music when they shop, and feel that the retailer providing music cares about them. Retailers have to work diligently to keep their stores favourable in the mind of consumers. Both practitioners and researchers supported the argument that music is a beneficial element in the use of atmospherics in business. Based on the empirical research this chapter provides an insight into the role of music as an important element in retail store atmosphere. The chapter explains the complex character of music, its classifications and key variables, and interaction with other atmospheric cues. The chapter concludes that music has a significant influence on consumer behavior, and that retailers must ensure that they are playing music that their target markets like in their stores.
Feed Utilisation of Chlorella Vulgaris Cultivated with Aquaculture Effluent

The combination of aquaculture and microalgae cultivation with aquaculture effluent is a promising strategy, being economically and ecologically sustainable. This study explored the growth of Chlorella vulgaris and unintentionally cultivated microalgae with and without CO 2 injection. The microalgae were cultivated with aquaculture effluent at the rearing temperature of coho salmon (18.5°C). In ad -dition, we conducted batch and semi-continuous cultivations with unsterilized aquaculture effluent, demonstrating the dominance of C. vulgaris . Carbon was the limiting factor for microalgal growth in the effluent, and CO 2 injection effectively enhanced the C. vulgaris growth. The highest percentage of C. vulgaris (over 99% of the total microalgal cells) was achieved by batch mode, by inoculating dif ferent amounts of C. vulgaris cells. This abundance resulted in the complete consumption of PO 4 3− in the effluent. A dominant semi-continuous cultivation of C. vulgaris , containing 82 mg/L of suspended solids, was achieved in 23 days. However, the occurrence of zooplankton grazing resulted in a sharp decrease of C. vulgaris . The cultivated C. vulgaris presented a high total content of amino acids, and the amino acid composition suggested that they could be efficiently used as protein sources for coho salmon.
The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type

The present study aimed to advance the current understanding of the relation between disability and subjective well-being by examining the extent to which different facets of subjective well-being (life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) change before and after disability onset, and the extent to which age and type of disability moderate such changes. Multiphase growth-curve models to prospective longitudinal survey data from Waves 1-16 of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey (N = 3,795; mean age = 50.22; age range: 16-99; 51% women). On average, life satisfaction remained relatively stable across the disability transition, whereas positive affect declined and negative affect increased the year surrounding disability onset; in the years thereafter, neither positive affect nor negative affect returned to pre-onset levels. Individuals who acquired disability in old age were more likely to report sustained declines in subjective well-being than were individuals who became disabled in midlife or young adulthood. Psychological disability was associated with the strongest declines across each indicator of subjective well-being at disability onset but also greater adaptation in the years thereafter. The findings provide further evidence against the set-point theory of hedonic adaptation and for a more moderate viewpoint that allows for processes of adaptation to vary based on the outcome examined, the type of stressor, and individual characteristics. The discussion focuses on possible mechanisms underlying the moderating roles of age and type of disability.
Biomarkers in stage II colorectal cancer

The risk of recurrence of stage II colorectal cancer is difficult to predict. A part of recurrences take place among patients without any of the known high-risk factors such as lymphovascular invasion or preoperative obstruction. In addition, microsatellite instability status and tumour budding have been included to risk stratification of colorectal cancer patients. The aim of this study is to find new biomarkers and their combinations, which could more efficiently identify high risk stage II colorectal cancer patients. For this purpose, a cohort of 232 stage II colorectal cancer patients treated at Turku University Hospital has been collected and a tissue microarray has been constructed from their paraffin-embedded tumour material. Ezrin is a cytoskeleton-associated protein that participates in cellular signaling, cell survival, proliferation and migration. High protein expression of ezrin in cancer cells has been linked to poor outcome in many cancer types. The diminished protein expression of transcription factor CDX2 has been associated with inferior outcome in stage II and III colorectal cancer. The association of high tumour budding with poor outcome in colorectal cancer has been well documented, but the molecular biological mechanisms behind this are poorly known. There is evidence that tumour budding is associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) but the exact molecular biological mechanism of this has not been properly studied. In this study, the protein expression of ezrin, CDX2 and EMT markers integrin 4 beta, E-cadherin and ZO-1 have been studied in relation to clinicopathological variables and survival. The main results of the studies showed high ezrin protein expression and CDX2 loss in patients with microsatellite stable tumours to be independent risk factors of poor disease-specific survival in stage II colorectal cancer. High expression of EMT-marker integrin 4 beta in tumour buds analysed with digital image analysis correlates with visual tumor budding analysis, and it proved to be an independent risk factors of poor disease-specific survival. In conclusion, high ezrin protein expression, CDX2 loss and EMT-marker integrin 4 beta are new promising biomarkers in risk stratification of stage II colorectal cancer patients.
Classification and Categorization: Linguistic and Cultural Conceptualization of Time in the YiJing

This paper investigates how concepts of time in the YiJing (here易经 YiJing refers to the 经文Jing text in the ancient Chinese work The Book of Changes) are organized and expressed in terms of language structure and cultural practice, especially with regard to the lexicalization of time intervals and temporal landmarks. The way in which time is conceptualized in the YiJing is very special. The purpose of this study is to explore the cognitive and cultural construals of time with the language of real-world experience. With reference to the Cognition-Culture interface, the YiJing text has been used as a corpus to investigate the encoding of time, and the following categories of temporal conceptualization are found according to the different kinds of usages: 1. Metaphoric temporal usage, which is a metaphoric expression of time, such as “a long time” or “quasi-calendar time”; 2. Concepts of time, involving quantification of time: for example, the processes of waxing, waning, declining and growing of the moon that illustrate the quality of alteration associated with time; 3. Event-based intervals, such as “巳日 Siri Day Si” “先甲三日three days before Day Jia and 后甲三日three days after Day Jia”; 4. The propitious or opportune time, which is the notion of time as the right time to do something, or the right time which gives a chance to engage in the activity at the right time once it brings good luck. What is more interesting is that from all of these examples in the YiJing, the concepts of time are directly or indirectly linked with either metaphor or the event-based time concept, such as celestial bodies (the sun, moon and stars) or the ritual system, which is specific to a particular culture of the YiJing in ancient China.
The angiographie definitions of the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation

BackgroundThe Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) is a multicenter, randomized clinical trial assessing balloon angioplasty versus coronary surgery in patients with multivessel coronary disease. Angiography from 19 clinical sites is interpreted at a central radiographie laboratory (CRL) to ensure consistency and reproducibility. MethodsAngiographie definitions were based on formats used in prior revascularization trials, particularly the Coronary Artery Surgery Study. New definitions and concepts were implemented that focus on assessing revascularization. The relative size of left ventricular myocardial territories is derived from the distribution of their coronary blood supply, which is subdivided into anterior, lateral, and inferoposterior regions. Based on 50% threshold for lesion severity, the amount of jeopardized left ventricular myocardium is estimated. Lesion severity is graded by a combination of continuous and categoric scales. Lesion suitability for angioplasty is assessed using a standard, three-level categorization. A distributed angio-acquisition computer collects data entered by clinical site angiographers. A duplicate system is used by CRL angiographers for primary analysis and adjudication of interpretive differences between clinical sites and the CRL. ResultsAngiographie criteria are detailed that define coronary artery segmentation; left ventricular myocardial territories and distribution of coronary vessels; lesion identification, location, and severity assessment; lesion classification; distal flow through native vessels; collaterals and grafts; lesion importance and suitability for revascularization; post-percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) descriptors; and postcoronary graft surgery descriptors and categories of lesion change. ConclusionsCriteria for defining multiple angiographie aspects of coronary disease, vessel distribution, PTCA, and coronary surgery are provided. An anatomically flexible, menu-driven, computer-assisted data entry system is used to provide convenient means for data acquisition. We believe the criteria used in BARI will be useful in other studies of coronary revascularization and in providing standardized nomenclature and definitions.
Experiencing the Detection of Radicalized Criminals on Facebook Social Network and Data-related Issues

Online social networks (OSNs) represent powerful digital tools to communicate and quickly disseminate information in a unofficial way. As they are freely accessible and easy to use, criminals abuse of them for achieving their purposes, for example, by spreading propaganda and radicalising people. Unfortunately, due to their vast usage, it is not always trivial to identify criminals using them unlawfully. Machine learning techniques have shown benefits in problem solving belonging to different application domains, when, due to the huge dimension in terms of data and variables to consider, it is not feasible their manual assessment. However, since the OSNs domain is relatively young, a variety of issues related to data availability makes it difficult to apply and immediately benefit from such techniques, in supporting the detection of criminals on OSNs. In this perspective, this paper wants to share the experience conducted in using a public dataset containing information related to criminals in order to both (i) extract specific features and to build a model for the detection of terrorists on Facebook social network, and (ii) to highlight the current limits. The research methodology as well as the gathered results are fully presented and then the data-related issues, emerged from this experience, are discussed ().
ANÁLISE EXPLORATÓRIA DOS DADOS CLIMÁTICOS E SUA INFLUÊNCIA NO Aedes aegypti, NO MUNICÍPIO DE CHAPECÓ/SC: RESULTADOS PARCIAIS

A dengue é uma doença viral que vem colocando em risco parte da população do mundo. O vírus é transmitido pelo Aedes aegypti, também transmissor do zika vírus e da febre chikungunya. O número de A. aegypti é significativo em Santa Catarina ao longo dos anos. As variações climáticas contribuem para o aumento do vetor, porém as condições socioeconômicas da população e a ação antrópica também influenciam. O objetivo deste estudo é uma análise exploratória das variáveis climáticas e possíveis correlações com o aumento de número de mosquitos em Chapecó/SC. Para isto, foi realizado modelagem estatística do número de A. aegypti, disponibilizados pela Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica de Santa Catarina (DIVE), com distribuição da precipitação, médias de temperatura mínimas e máximas com recorte diário, entre 2010 e 2017, fornecidos por Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis For Research and Applications (MERRA2) da NASA. A pesquisa se mostrou promissora, os dados de MERRA2, trazem uma escala temporal que possibilitaram o estudo do clima com a proliferação do mosquito, tendo em vista que nem toda cidade conta com estação meteorológica. Este trabalho apresenta resultados parciais da pesquisa ainda em desenvolvimento, no programa de mestrado profissional Clima e Ambiente do Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC).
Análise da curva ângulo-tempo no desempenho ótimo do arremesso de dardo de salão

O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a curva ângulo-tempo das tentativas corretas na tarefa de arremesso de dardo de salao. Um estudante universitario executou 250 tentativas de pratica. Foram selecionadas apenas as tentativas corretas em que se obteve a pontuacao maxima no centro do alvo, que resultou em 13 tentativas. A analise cinematica foi realizada por meio do programa computacional Simi Motion. Uma analise hierarquica de Cluster mostrou que as tentativas apresentaram padrao semelhante, mas nao identicos. Mesmo com a pontuacao maxima, a curva ângulo-tempo exibiu alguma variabilidade mostrando uma das caracteristicas da habilidade motora denominada “uniqueness”. Entretanto, novos estudos precisam ser conduzidos procurando ampliar a amostra.