Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Aggressive Behavior in Male Offenders: Preliminary Analyses of Self-Regulatory Functions in a Sample of Criminals

The functional role of self-regulation in aggressive and violent behavior continues to be an important problem in the forensic field. Theoretically, self-regulatory functions should influence other dimensions known to be related to aggressive behavior, but as of yet there is no empirical test of this assumption. Emotional self-regulation, conflict behavior, behavioral resources, and personality disorders were examined in a sample of 70 offenders with respect to the role that self-regulatory variables play in aggressive behavior. Although substantial correlations between self-regulator functions and aggressive behavior were found, these variables did not predict aggression in a subsequent regression analysis. Implications of the findings are discussed and put into relation with treatment issues of aggressive offenders.
Protocols for simultaneous signing contracts

Signing electronic messages authentication is an issue of significant importance for computer and telecommunication systems. To solve efficiently some special practical problems the multisignature protocols are applied. New multisignature protocols based on the elliptic curves and discrete logarithm problem in finite groups are proposed to solve the problem of simultaneous signing contracts. The protocols provide simultaneous generation of the collective digital signature. There are considered the following two cases: 1) a group of signers are signing simultaneously one document and 2) several different groups of signers are signing several different documents. The signature verification is performed using collective public key computed from the whole set of individual public keys as the some convolution of this set.
Cytologic and autoradiographic studies of the micronucleus at meiotic prophase in Tetrahymena pyriformis.

SYNOPSIS Micronuclear changes of variety 1 of Tetrahymena pyriformis during meiotic prophase have been observed by the light microscope. Morphologic changes in the micronucleus are divided into 6 stages. In stage I, chromatin begins to polarize; in stage II, the micronucleus becomes spindle shaped; and in stage III, one end of the micronucleus protrudes to form a “neck. ” In stage IV, where the micronucleus elongates to maximal length, the whole micronucleus consists of 2 chromatin threads pairing longitudinally. One thread probably contains one genome. In stage V, the elongated thread becomes shorter and thicker. Finally, in stage VI, separate chromosomes appear and enter into metaphase. To discover the role of the elongation of the micronucleus, called crescent formation, autoradiographic analysis of RNA and DNA synthesis were undertaken using [3H]uridine and [3H]thymidine. Pulse label and chase experiments show that the crescent in stages II and III is actively synthesizing RNA. Though no remarkable DNA synthesis was observed during meiosis, a small amount of DNA synthesis occurred during the 1st and 2nd prezygotic divisions.
Motivation-focused thinking: Buffering against stress-related physical symptoms and depressive symptomology

Developmental transitions are experienced throughout the life course and necessitate adapting to consequential and unpredictable changes that can undermine health. Our six-month study (n = 239) explored whether selective secondary control striving (motivation-focused thinking) protects against the elevated levels of stress and depressive symptoms increasingly common to young adults navigating the challenging school-to-university transition. Path analyses supplemented with tests of moderated mediation revealed that, for young adults who face challenging obstacles to goal attainment, selective secondary control indirectly reduced long-term stress-related physical and depressive symptoms through selective primary control and previously unexamined measures of discrete emotions. Results advance the existing literature by demonstrating that (a) selective secondary control has health benefits for vulnerable young adults and (b) these benefits are largely a consequence of the process variables proposed in Heckhausen et al.’s (2010) theory.
BrainStorm: a psychosocial game suite design for non-invasive cross-generational cognitive capabilities data collection

Abstract Currently available traditional as well as videogame-based cognitive assessment techniques are inappropriate due to several reasons. This paper presents a novel psychosocial game suite, BrainStorm, for non-invasive cross-generational cognitive capabilities data collection, which additionally provides cross-generational social support. A motivation behind the development of presented game suite is to provide an entertaining and exciting platform for its target users in order to collect gameplay-based cognitive capabilities data in a non-invasive manner. An extensive evaluation of the presented game suite demonstrated high acceptability and attraction for its target users. Besides, the data collection process is successfully reported as transparent and non-invasive.
Technology Readiness of School Teachers: An Empirical Study of Measurement and Segmentation

The Technology Readiness Index (TRI) developed by Parasuraman (2000) was adapted to measure the technology readiness of public school teachers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The study aims at better understanding the factors (mostly demographics) that affect such readiness levels. In addition, Abu Dhabi teachers are segmented into five main groups, with the highest percentage being “laggards” and “explorers”. The findings of this study suggest that the TRI could also be considered a cross-culturally valid measurement scale for Abu Dhabi teachers. The study sample consisted of 796 teachers in 105 different public schools. The teachers’ overall mean technology-readiness level was 3.5767. With regard to TRI self-perception, there are no significant differences among teachers across subject areas and the grade levels they teach. There are significant differences with regard to the teachers’ gender, backgrounds (nationality), and the number of students a teacher is responsible for. Other variables, such as teachers’ ages, experience, education, and work location, had partial effects.
Purification and Properties of Neurospora crassa Laccase

Extracellular Neurospora laccase (p-diphenol:oxygen oxidoreductase; EC 1.10.3.2) has been purified to apparent homogeneity by classical purification techniques. The enzyme, which consists of mainly one form, has a molecular weight of 64,800 and contains 11% carbohydrate. The ultraviolet, visible, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectra indicate that both type I and type II copper are present, as described for the Polyporus versicolor enzyme. With the exception of phloroglucinol, only para- and ortho-diphenols serve as effective substrates for the enzyme. Like the extracellular form, intracellular laccase is a glycoprotein as shown by its ability to bind to Concanavalin A Sepharose. Other studies, including gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography, revealed no differences between the intracellular and extracellular enzymes, suggesting that intracellular laccase is destined for excretion by the cell.
Use of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Inhibitors in Patients With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Translating Clinical Trial Experience Into Clinical Practice

As a growing number of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have access to antiretroviral therapy and achieve virologic suppression, the focus of clinical care is shifting from treating the infectious complications of advanced immunodeficiency to managing and preventing chronic disease. The aging of the HIV-positive population and increased rates of chronic disease complications in the setting of HIV infection have increased the impact of noncommunicable diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD). The effect of HIV on CHD is independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and antiretroviral medications and is likely due in part to the chronic inflammation and immune activation underlying HIV infection. This article describes the current state of epidemiologic knowledge on CHD in HIV infection. It highlights key studies in the field and summarizes epidemiologic data with respect to traditional and novel CHD risk factors, specialized clinical subgroups, and broader cardiovascular outcomes.
Supervisee self-disclosure: a clinical psychology perspective.

UNLABELLED Clinical supervision is a multi-functional intervention within numerous psychotherapeutic professions, including clinical psychology. It often relies on supervisees' verbal disclosures of pertinent information. There is limited research on supervisee self-disclosure in the UK, and none using clinical psychology populations. This study aimed to address the limitations in the evidence base. It used a constructivist grounded theory methodology to investigate qualified UK clinical psychologists' use of self-disclosure in supervision in order to develop a theoretical understanding of their self-disclosure processes. Ten clinical psychologists from various time points across the career span were recruited to the study. Four core conceptual categories were identified in the analysis as being integral to participants' decision-making processes: 'Setting the Scene', 'Supervisory Relationship', 'Using Self-disclosure' and 'Reviewing Outcome of Self-disclosure'. These four categories are comprised of a number of subcategories. The study's findings are compared with the current literature base, and it is argued that there are tensions with the scientist-practitioner model as it could be interpreted to encourage an expert stance, which may limit the self-disclosure of qualified supervisees. The implications of this perspective are discussed. KEY PRACTITIONER MESSAGE Supervision is a key process in supporting qualified clinical psychologists and the use of disclosure appears to be important in facilitating useful supervision. It appears that clinical psychologists go through a number of complex processes in deciding whether to self disclose.
Effects of preoperative smoking cessation on the incidence and risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications in adult smokers: a systematic review

Objectives: To establish the effect of preoperative smoking cessation on the risk of postoperative complications, and to identify the effect of the timing of preoperative cessation. Data sources: The Cochrane Library Database, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Medline, and CINAHL databases were searched, using the terms: “smoking”, “smoking-cessation”, “tobacco-use”, “tobacco-abstinence”, “cigarett$”, “complication$”, “postoperative-complication$”, “preoperative”, “perioperative” and “surg$”. Further articles were obtained from reference lists. The search was limited to articles on adults, written in English and published up to November 2005. Study selection: Prospective cohort designs exploring the effects of preoperative smoking cessation on postoperative complications were included. Two reviewers independently scanned abstracts of relevant articles to determine eligibility. Lack of agreement was resolved through discussion and consensus. Twelve studies met the inclusion criteria. Data extraction: Methodological quality was assessed by both reviewers, exploring validation of smoking status, clear definition of the period of smoking cessation, control for confounding variables and length of follow-up. Data synthesis: Only four of the studies specified the exact period of smoking cessation, with six studies specifying the length of the follow-up period. Five studies revealed a lower risk or incidence of postoperative complications in past smokers than current smokers or reported that there was no significant difference between past smokers and non-smokers. Conclusions: Longer periods of smoking cessation appear to be more effective in reducing the incidence/risk of postoperative complications; there was no increased risk in postoperative complications from short term cessation. An optimal period of preoperative smoking cessation could not be identified from the available evidence.
Coupling two charge qubits

We demonstrate a Josephson circuit consisting of two electrostatically coupled charge quantum bits (qubits). Using a pulse technique, we coherently mix quantum states and observe quantum oscillation, the spectrum of which reflects interaction between the qubits. Our results demonstrate feasibility of coupling multiple solid-state qubits, and indicate the existence of entangled two-qubit states.
Comedy Has Issues

Permanent Carnival Comedy’s pleasure comes in part from its ability to dispel anxiety, as so many of its theoreticians have noted, but it doesn’t simply do that. As both an aesthetic mode and a form of life, its action just as likely produces anxiety: risking transgression, flirting with displeasure, or just confusing things in a way that both intensifies and impedes the pleasure. Comedy has issues. One worry comedy engages is formal or technical in a way that leads to the social: the problem of figuring out distinctions between things, including people, whose relation is mutually disruptive of definition. Classic
Pregnancy outcome following maternal exposure to pregabalin may call for concern

Objective: To investigate pregnancy outcomes following maternal use of pregabalin. Methods: This multicenter, observational prospective cohort study compared pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to pregabalin with those of matched controls (not exposed to any medications known to be teratogenic or to any antiepileptic drugs). Teratology Information Services systematically collected data between 2004 and 2013. Results: Data were collected from 164 exposed pregnancies and 656 controls. A significantly higher major birth defect rate in the pregabalin group was observed after exclusion of chromosomal aberration syndromes, and when cases with exposure during first trimester of pregnancy were analyzed separately (7/116 [6.0%] vs 12/580 [2.1%]; odds ratio 3.0, 95% confidence interval 1.2–7.9, p = 0.03). The rate of live births was lower in the pregabalin group (71.9% vs 85.2%, p < 0.001), primarily due to a higher rate of both elective (9.8% vs 5.0%, p = 0.02) and medically indicated (5.5% vs 1.8%, p = 0.008) pregnancy terminations. In the Cox proportional cause specific hazards model, pregabalin exposure was not associated with a significantly higher risk of spontaneous abortion. Conclusions: This study demonstrated a signal for increased risk of major birth defects after first trimester exposure to pregabalin. However, several limitations such as the small sample size, differences across groups in maternal conditions, and concomitant medication exposure exclude definitive conclusions, so these results call for confirmation through independent studies.
Sequence database searches via de novo peptide sequencing by tandem mass spectrometry.

A method is described for searching protein sequence databases using tandem mass spectra of tryptic peptides. The approach uses a de novo sequencing algorithm to derive a short list of possible sequence candidates which serve as query sequences in a subsequent homology-based database search routine. The sequencing algorithm employs a graph theory approach similar to previously described sequencing programs. In addition, amino acid composition, peptide sequence tags and incomplete or ambiguous Edman sequence data can be used to aid in the sequence determinations. Although sequencing of peptides from tandem mass spectra is possible, one of the frequently encountered difficulties is that several alternative sequences can be deduced from one spectrum. Most of the alternative sequences, however, are sufficiently similar for a homology-based sequence database search to be possible. Unfortunately, the available protein sequence database search algorithms (e.g. Blast or FASTA) require a single unambiguous sequence as input. Here we describe how the publicly available FASTA computer program was modified in order to search protein databases more effectively in spite of the ambiguities intrinsic in de novo peptide sequencing algorithms.
DISCLOSURE PREFERENCES ABOUT TERMINAL ILLNESS: AN EXAMINATION OF DECISION-RELATED FACTORS

Twenty-six male and 86 female, predominantly White, non-terminal cancer patients addressed preferences for disclosure of terminal prognosis, should their disease advance to that stage. Specific inquiries were made about desired levels of disclosure (full, partial, or non-disclosure) and desired pathways of disclosure (from physician to patient only, from physician to patient in the presence of a loved one, or from physician to loved one only). Gender, previous experience with death, and trait anxiety were associated with level preference. Education, previous experience with death, and trait anxiety were associated with pathway preference. Variables predictive of level and pathway preference were identified, benefits to physicians and patients were explored, and sampling limitations were discussed.
Multilingual Evidence Improves Clustering-based Taxonomy Extraction

We present a system for taxonomy extraction, aimed at providing a taxonomic backbone in an ontology learning environment. We follow previous research in using hierarchical clustering based on distributional similarity of the terms in texts. We show that basing the clustering on a comparable corpus in four languages gives a considerable improvement in accuracy compared to using only the monolingual English texts. We also show that hierarchical k-means clustering increases the similarity to the original taxonomy, when compared with a bottom-up agglomerative clustering approach.
THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF EARLY FEED RESTRICTION ON GROWTH , BODY COMPOSITION AND FAT ACCUMULATION IN BROILER CHICKENS : A REVIEW

The present review discusses the beneficial effect of early feed restriction program on improving feed efficiency, and lowering mortalities, metabolic diseases and fat accumulation in broiler chickens. This program reduced several metabolic disorders such as ascites, sudden death syndrome, heat stress mortality and leg abnormality. This program may improve drug metabolism and may change immune system in broiler chickens. The factors influencing the success of early feed restriction program included sex, method of feed restriction, strain, feed intake during refeeding, duration of feed restriction, initial age at which animals were restricted, length of time allowed for refeeding, type of refeeding diet, type of houses and the severity of feed restriction. The application of early feed restriction in the farm condition resulted in better profit for the farmers. The early feed restriction could be used as a tool in improving feed efficiency, lowering mortalities and fat accumulation in broiler chickens.
Trend Analysis of Commercial U . S . Nuclear Power Plant Radiological Effluents

Commercial nuclear power plants release gaseous and liquid radiological effluents into the environment as a byproduct of electrical generation. These releases are monitored by federal agencies to ensure compliance of regulatory limits. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offer guidance and make recommendations for domestic power plants effluent operations. Although these federal agencies track effluent releases, they do not currently compile or analyze the entire industry data. Because of this, international organizations, like the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), have not had a reliable source of U.S. effluent data for the last several years. These organizations require the data for evaluating trends and determining population dose. Individual nuclear power plants also require data for benchmarking operations and work management. In 1997, the North American Technical Center (NATC) began compiling and analyzing the U.S. nuclear power plant effluent release data. The purpose of this study was to identify trends, calculate average dose commitments, and benchmark U.S. nuclear power plant effluent releases over the last 8 years. Data was taken from the NATC U.S. Effluent Database developed by the authors. The collection of radiological effluent data has sparked new interest and debate about reporting and studying nuclear power plant discharges. Many more studies will need to be performed to solve some of the effluent trend ambiguities. Evaluating effluent data will also become more important as plants extend their operating licenses, perform reactor power up-rates, or begin new power plant siting.
High electromechanical coupling piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) elements for medical imaging

This paper presents a multi-cell lead zirconate titanate (PZT) pMUT element geometrically optimized for high effective electromechanical coupling (ke<inf>ff</inf><sup>2</sup>) and acoustic power and manufactured via a commercially viable, array compatible and wafer-scale process. A top-down fabrication approach facilitates achievement of a high fill factor (≈1250 transducers/mm<sup>2</sup>) multi-cell element array, and more substantially, results in a frequency based k<inf>eff</inf><sup>2</sup> measurement of 9±1.4% per element, a nearly two fold improvement over the previous state-of-the-art.
Macular Pigment and Visual Performance in Low-Light Conditions.

PURPOSE By reducing rod intrusion and improving efficiency of neural signaling throughout the visual system, macular pigment (MP) could improve many aspects of visual performance in low-light level conditions. Our study examined this possibility for a variety of visual performance parameters, including spatial resolution, dark adaptation kinetics, and color detection. METHODS Twenty-seven subjects participated in the study. Spatial profiles of MP optical density (MPOD) were determined by using heterochromatic flicker photometry. Mesopic- and scotopic-adaptation level experiments were conducted in Maxwellian view. RESULTS Subjects with higher MPOD required significantly lower contrast to detect the mesopic-level resolution targets; this effect became stronger with increasing spatial frequency. Dark adaptation recovery times were significantly faster as a function of MPOD (by nearly 2 minutes for the lowest mesopic-level task [high versus low MPOD]; P < 0.001). Absolute scotopic thresholds were also significantly associated with MPOD (P < 0.001). Macular pigment optical density was inversely associated with detection of yellow (P < 0.001), and, paradoxically, approached a significant positive correlation with the detection of blue (P = 0.06). CONCLUSIONS Macular pigment appears to enhance visual function in low-light conditions. Based on the results of this study, it can be said that MP extends the range of foveal vision into lower light. Additionally, MP appears to enhance dark adaptation kinetics, which suggests that increased MPOD leads to more efficient photopigment regeneration. The findings of the color detection portion of the study are suggestive of an active compensatory mechanism that offsets absorption by MP in order to maintain normal color perception.