Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Being in Others: Empathy From a Psychoanalytical Perspective

‘No longer to think of oneself’. —let us reflect seriously upon this question: why do we leap after someone who has fallen into the water in front of us, even though we feel no kind of affection for him? Out of pity: at that moment we are thinking only of the other person—thus says thoughtlessness. Why do we feel pain and discomfort in common with someone spitting blood, though we may even be ill-disposed towards him? Out of pity: at that moment we are not thinking of ourself—thus says the same thoughtlessness. The truth is: in the feeling of pity—I mean in that which is usually and misleadingly called pity—we are, to be sure, not consciously thinking of oneself but are doing so very strongly unconsciouslyyAn accident which happens to another offends us: it would make us aware of our impotence, and perhaps of our cowardice, if we did not go to assist him. Or it brings with it in itself a diminution of our honour in the eyes of others or in our own eyes. Or an accident and suffering incurred by another constitutes a signpost to some danger to us; and it can have a painful effect upon us simply as a token of human vulnerability and fragility in general. (Nietzsche 1881: §133) Iycame to recognize the major importance for identification of certain projective mechanisms which are complementary to the introjective ones. The process which underlies the feeling of identification with other people, because one has attributed qualities or attitudes of one’s own to them, was generally taken for granted even before the corresponding concept was incorporated in psychoanalytic theory. For instance, the projective mechanism underlying empathy is familiar in everyday life. (Klein 1955: 142–3) We are inclined to attribute to other people—in a sense, to put into them—some of our own emotions and thoughtsyBy attributing part of our feelings to the other person, we understand their feelings, needs and satisfactions; in other words, we are putting ourselves into the other person’s shoes. There are people who go so far in this direction that they lose themselves entirely in others and become incapable of objective judgement. (Klein 1959: 252–3)
Comparative population structure of cavity-nesting sea ducks

ABSTRACT A growing collection of mtDNA genetic information from waterfowl species across North America suggests that larger-bodied cavity-nesting species exhibit greater levels of population differentiation than smaller-bodied congeners. Although little is known about nest-cavity availability for these species, one hypothesis to explain differences in population structure is reduced dispersal tendency of larger-bodied cavity-nesting species due to limited abundance of large cavities. To investigate this hypothesis, we examined population structure of three cavity-nesting waterfowl species distributed across much of North America: Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica), Common Goldeneye (B. clangula), and Bufflehead (B. albeola). We compared patterns of population structure using both variation in mtDNA control-region sequences and band-recovery data for the same species and geographic regions. Results were highly congruent between data types, showing structured population patterns for Barrow's and Common Goldeneye but not for Bufflehead. Consistent with our prediction, the smallest cavity-nesting species, the Bufflehead, exhibited the lowest level of population differentiation due to increased dispersal and gene flow. Results provide evidence for discrete Old and New World populations of Common Goldeneye and for differentiation of regional groups of both goldeneye species in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and the eastern coast of North America. Results presented here will aid management objectives that require an understanding of population delineation and migratory connectivity between breeding and wintering areas. Comparative studies such as this one highlight factors that may drive patterns of genetic diversity and population trends.
CANONICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS PROJECTED IN STANDARD METRIC SPACE AS AN OPTIMAL METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIFFERENCES IN MOTOR DIMENSIONS BETWEEN JUDO AND KARATE ATHLETES

Abstract . The motor tests, as standardized procedures, represent the most important source of information about the level and development of motor abilities of a subject, which is needed in the process of talent identification and selection. The main aim of the current research was to determine the differences in motor dimensions between judo and karate athletes. The sample of participants consisted of 200 athletes (100 judokas and 100 karatekas of both sexes) aged 18 to 27. To assess motor abilities, the researchers used 15 motor tests defined as the mechanism for movement structuring, mechanism for muscle tone regulation and synergistic regulation, mechanism for regulation of excitation intensity, and the mechanism for the regulation of excitation duration. The results of the discriminant analyses of motor variables indicate that the tested athletes in relation to the preferred branch of sport differ significantly. Based on the values and signs of the centroids of the groups, it can be concluded that judokas have greater strength and coordination, while karatekas have better segmentary speed of the arms and flexibility, which is consistent with the requirements of the two sports. Key words : Canonical variables, matrix, singular transformation, judokas, karatekas .
A Bayesian method for deriving population statistics from multiple imperfect data sources

Replacing a traditional census with an administrative census requires finding new ways of (i) generating population estimates, and (ii) assembling individual-level socioeconomic data. We describe Bayesian methods under development at Statistics New Zealand for dealing with both problems. Population estimation is carried out by setting up a large model containing a demographic account, models of the demographic processes, and models of the measurement processes. Coverage errors in individual-level administrative data are addressed using multiple imputation, based on output from the population estimation model.
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) manufacturing using three hybrid poplar clones

Laminated veneer lumbers (LVLs) were manufactured from veneers of 3 rotary peeled fast growing hybrid poplar clones, I-214 (Populus ×euramericana), I-77/51 (Populus deltoides), and S.307-26 (Populus deltoides), with a phenol formaldehyde (PF) adhesive. Two Populus deltoides clones that are grown in Turkey were used for the fi rst time in LVL production. Th e clone eff ect on selected LVLs' physical, mechanical, and combustion properties were investigated and compared to those of host woods (HWs). In addition, the suitability of 2 new Populus deltoides clones in addition to Populus ×euramericana was determined for LVL manufacturing. Th e properties of LVLs were aff ected by clone types. Populus deltoides clones had better physical, mechanical, and combustion properties compared to those of Populus ×euramericana. Th is could be attributed to the higher density and fi ber length values of Populus deltoides clones. S.307- 26 clone had the highest and I-214 had the lowest physical, mechanical, and combustion properties among 3 diff erent hybrid poplar clones. Contribution factor, compaction factor or densifi cation, improvement rate, manufacturing technique, and LVL technology were counted among the reasons for the higher LVLs' properties compared to those of HWs. Th e fi ndings of the present research may be used to increase the use of fast growing poplar wood for value added products, i.e. LVLs by providing scientifi c data.
Factors Affect the Success of SME in Bangladesh: Evidence from Khulna City

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) occupy dominant positions in economy. SMEs bear special significance for counties where density of population is very high because it offers huge employment opportunities and income generations at low cost. Considering the importance this study has strived to identify those factors contribute the success of SMEs using causal model. Data were collected from SMEs owners of the Khulna city, divisional city of Bangladesh. A total 195 respondents were finally interviewed for the study. Several factors were selected typically affect the success of SMEs from pervious literature. Important factors were identified first using rotated components matrix later regression statistics was applied to find out which are statistically significant. Business plan, channel of distribution, management skills and government support are identified statistically significant in determining success of SMEs in Khulna City.
Usefulness of Intracardiac Local Ventricular Electrogram to Predict Responders in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a well-established, ef cient strategy for medically-refractory congestive heart failure (HF) with ventricular conduction disturbances. However, about 30% of patients who undergo CRT do not receive any bene t. Therefore, we investigated the usefulness of the QRS-left ventricle (LV) interval for predicting responders during CRT implantation. This study included 66 patients who underwent CRT implantation. The de nition of responder was a ≥ 15% reduction in LV end-systolic volume or ≥ 20% increase in LV ejection fraction. The QRS-LV interval was measured from the beginning of the body surface electrocardiogram QRS complex to the LV potential recorded by LV leads. We analyzed the correlations between the QRS-LV intervals and CRT responders, admission for HF and mortality. The patients were 67 ± 12 years old, and their mean LV ejection fraction was 26.3%± 8.3% . During follow-up (27.2 ± 19.9 months), 27 patients were admitted for HF (40.1%), and 17 died (25.7%); the median QRS-LV interval was 103 ± 33 msec. Patients were divided into 2 groups: wide QRS-LV (> 103 msec), and narrow QRS-LV (< 103 msec). The wide QRSLV group had a lower mortality rate than the narrow QRS-LV group (77% vs. 53%, P < 0.05). In patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, the QRS-LV interval was signi cantly wider in responders, compared to non-responders (112 ± 9.2 vs. 80.0 ± 10 msec, P< 0.05). The QRS-LV interval did not correlate with CRT responders or admission for HF. The mortality rate was lower in patients with wide QRSLV intervals, compared to narrow QRS-LV intervals. Furthermore, a wide QRS-LV interval might be a predictor for CRT responders in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
APTASENSORS FOR EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS

With the increasing incidences of hazards to human health, agriculture and ecosystems, the regular monitoring of environmental contaminants such as toxins, pathogens, pharmaceuticals, resulting in various environmental borne diseases are highly recommended. As an example, according to World Health Organization (WHO), the increased mortality of food borne and waterborne diarrheal diseases resulting in 2.2 million deaths per annum, out of which mostly (1.9 million) are children’s. In the recent years, the stubbornly increasing public health problems and food contamination of environmental pollutants has increased the demands of designing and fabricating the more reliable and field suitable technologies for cost effective and on-site analysis. Recently, the advances in the nucleic acid research led to the identification of specific oligonucleotides acid sequences, which are highly specific to their cognate targets and known as “aptamers”. Aptamers as synthetic bio-recognition element can be in-vivo generated against a variety of analytes such as organic ions/protein/macromolecules with dissociation constants typically varying from the micro to pico-molar range. Recently, the aptamer have been widely exploited to develop the aptamerbased biosensors, commonly known as aptasensors. Aptasensors represents the novelty in the environmental and analytical science with their promising performance of high selectivity, sensitivity and stability over conventional analytical tools. In the present work, the aptasensors presented has focused on the recent advances in the development of aptamer based electrochemical or optical sensors for environmental applications with special emphasis on emerging pollutants described in the literature or develop in our laboratory BAE.
Southern ( SAIS ) 3-1-2006 Attitudes and Behaviors of Clinical Staff Toward an Electronic Medical Record System

This paper presents some of the results of attempting to measure the attitudes and behaviors of clinical staff of a medium size community hospital toward acceptance of the EMR technology and determine if implied benefits were achieved. The research indicates that the clinical workers’ perception of improved patient care is affected by their perceptions of the ease of use and perceived usefulness of the EMR. Although the clinicians have adopted this EMR into their daily practice, they have not adopted alternative information technology that implements this EMR. We will report a preliminary analysis of this phenomenon as well.
Alligators and Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants : A Current Perspective

*Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA †Department of Biology, Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee 37804 USA ‡Centre de recherche en Santé, INRS—Institut Armand-Frappier, 245 boulevard Hymus, Pointe-Claire, Québec H9R 1G6, Canada §Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Wildlife Research Laboratory, 4005 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida 32601 USA
Anti-ulcerative, Anti-oxidative, and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Rosuvastatin and Isosorbide Dinitrate on Cysteamine-Induced Chronic Duodenal Ulcer in Rats

Although many drugs are available for treatment of duodenal ulcer (DU), there is a growing concern in alternative therapies with reduced adverse effects in refractory patients. Oxidative stress, decreased generation and bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO), and various inflammatory pathways are widely implicated in the pathogenesis of DU. Statins display different gastroprotective effects through their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory roles with less well studied anti-ulcerative effects on DU diseases. Accordingly, this study was evaluated the possible anti-ulcerative effects of rosuvastatin and isosorbid dinitrate (ISDN) each alone and in combination versus omeprazole on cysteamine-induced chronic DU in rats. Cysteamine-HCl induced chronic DU models were done in 72 adult male albino Wistar rats. Rosuvastatin (20 mg/kg), ISDN (5 mg/kg), and omeprazole (20 mg/kg) were given orally. The anti-ulcerative activities were assessed through measuring the ulcer area, ulcer histopathological score, ulcer index, duodenal NO, tumor necrosis factors-α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β, malondialdehyde (MDA), and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and duodenal superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities. Rosuvastatin and/or ISDN significantly improved cysteamine-induced DU as evidenced by significant decreases in ulcer index, lipid peroxidation, TNF-α, and IL-1β levels, and increase in NO and GSH levels as well as increased antioxidant enzymes activities; SOD and CAT. Moreover, the combined treatment showed better results compared to rosuvastatin or omeprazole monotherapies. Finally, rosuvastatin and ISDN have anti-ulcerative, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities against cysteamine-induced DU in rats. Combined treatment is advantageous. Further studies for the combined-long term effects should be done especially in cases with co-morbidity.
Analysis of Galton-Henry Classification Method for Fingerprint Database FVC 2002 and 2004

According to Galton-Henry, fingerprint classification varies into arch, tented arch, left loop, right loop, whorl, and twin loop schemes. The approach is depended on the existence of a core and delta of each fingerprint. If this method is implemented for all fingerprint benchmark databases, then less than 41% of the fingerprint is being classified, by 37.19% for FVC 2002 and 40.31% for FVC 2004. Therefore, in this research, three requirements are needed to improve the classification result of the fingerprint, i.e. core point and its number, ridge frequency and ridge direction, and tented arch as additional requirement. This approach improves the result which is only 5.94% and 1.56% that is unclassified for FVC 2002 and 2004 consecutively. Then, to evaluate the time taken in executing the algorithm, this research does the evaluation by offering two possible conditions of the input of the fingerprint. The first type is without the fingerprint classification, while the second type is with the classification step along the algorithm process. The latter type requires an additional step namely RoI selection process to select a desired area of the fingerprint.
epl draft Scaling of Information in Turbulence

We propose a new perspective on Turbulence using Information Theory. We compute the entropy rate of a turbulent velocity signal and we particularly focus on its dependence on the scale. We first report how the entropy rate is able to describe the distribution of information amongst scales, and how one can use it to isolate the injection, inertial and dissipative ranges, in perfect agreement with the Batchelor model and with a fractional Brownian motion (fBM) model. We provide analytical derivations of the entropy rate scalings in these two models. In a second stage, we design a conditioning procedure in order to finely probe the asymmetries in the statistics that are responsible for the energy cascade. Our approach is very generic and can be applied to any multiscale complex system.
Mechanical properties of poly(lactic acid) composites reinforced with microfibrillated cellulose prepared using high speed blending

Bamboo fibers, as a raw cellulose source, were used to prepare microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) using a high speed blender at 20,000 rpm for 60 min. Nanofibers with the width of less than 100 nm were disintegrated from the fibers. MFC networks were then prepared, and embedded in poly(lactic acid) resin using a compression molding at temperature of 180 oC and a pressure of 10 MPa. Mechanical properties of poly(lactic acid) composites reinforced with MFC were investigated. The interaction between MFC fibrils and PLA resin was observed. As a result, Young’s modulus and tensile strength of the composites increased to 3.1 GPa and 39 MPa respectively, compared to values of 2.4 GPa and 33 MPa for Young’s modulus and tensile strength of pure poly(lactic acid) resin. This indicates the stress can be transferred from the matrix to the reinforcement phase. The improvement of mechanical properties of the composites confirms that MFC prepared using a high speed blender can be used as reinforcement.
Power Control-based GRACE (PC-GRACE) Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper investigates an Adaptive Power Control based Energy Efficient Routing scheme, referred to as PCGRACE, which takes advantage of both efficient energy utilization and transmission power control strategy. Thus, transmission power control strategy is incorporated with energy efficient routing. Experimental results are obtained by using the Sun SPOT-based wireless sensor test bed. The experimental results show that the routing technique results in an increase in the energy efficiency of the network and thus, an improvement in the network lifetime.
Experiencias e impacto social en la aplicación de ingeniería de requisitos en el desarrollo de una plataforma inteligente

El turismo rural comunitario (TRC) es una actividad que contribuye, desde las zonas rurales, al desarrollo económico-social y sostenible de un país. En este trabajo de investigación se tuvo como objetivo desarrollar una Plataforma Inteligente (PI) que satisfaga las necesidades de los distintos actores del TRC. Se presenta la experiencia centrada en Ingeniería de requerimientos, pasando por distintas iteraciones, donde se realizó el análisis FODA, uso de la programación extrema, cumplimiento de la ISO 25010, entre otros. La identificación precisa de los requerimientos fue determinante para que la implementación y usabilidad de la plataforma tenga un impacto social en los actores directos.
Does military spending stimulate growth? An empirical investigation in Italy

This paper investigates the effect of military burden on economic growth and extends previous works on the optimal size of government expenditure by exploring how external threat affects the preferences of the households and, in turn, economic growth. Post World War II Italian data are used to estimate nonlinear growth models using time-series semi-parametric methods. The estimates show that total government and civilian burdens are productive, whereas, military burden has significant effects on economic growth through the expenditure for peacekeeping missions, which reduces the insecurity in the home country. This may justify economically the current not negligible budget devoted to peacekeeping and humanitarian missions.
The inventories of archaeological horizons 4 and 3 and the loess section of Grub / Kranawetberg , a Gravettian site in Lower Austria

Excavations at the Gravettian site Grub/Kranawetberg from 1993 to 2011 exposed four archaeological horizons (AH) separated by sterile loess deposits. The lowest AH 4 contains a number of features, consisting of two hearths which both are surrounded by small pits. The overlying AH3 is separated from AH4 by 8 to 10 cm of loess. In AH3 there are no features. Above AH3 there are two more AHs (AH2 and AH1) with significantly lower find densities. Chronologically both AH4 and 3 are very close (Antl-Weiser et al., 2010) but there are big differences in the assemblages and the presence/absence of features. According to the present state of research the assemblages of the two AHs seem to reflect the presence of different groups using this territory possibly under changing environmental conditions. In 2010 and 2011 a series of samples for an IRSLand OSL-dating program (Zöller et al., this volume) has been collected from two deep trenches in the east of the excavated area. Results suggest an occupation of AH4 to AH1 between 30ka BP and 27ka BP. The site gives an insight not only into an important part of the cultural development before the Last Glacial Maximum but possibly also into climatic changes during a longer time span of the Upper Pleniglacial period in this part of Austria. Das Inventar der archäologischen Horizonte 4 und 3 und das Lössprofil von Grub/Kranawetberg, einem Lagerplatz des Gravettien in Niederösterreich Kurzfassung: Die Ausgrabungen an der Gravettienfundstelle Grub/Kranawetberg bei Stillfried erbrachten vier archäologische Horizonte. Der unterste (AH4) enthält zwei Herdstellen, die beide von einer Reihe von Grübchen umgeben sind. Der darauf folgende Horizont (AH3) ist durch eine 8–10 cm mächtige Lössschicht von AH4 getrennt. In AH3 gibt es keine evidenten Strukturen. Über AH3 liegen zwei weitere archäologische Horizonte mit lediglich einigen verstreuten Funden. Chronologisch sind beide Horizonte zwar nahe beisammen, sie sind aber sehr unterschiedlich, was die Strukturen und das Inventar angeht. Zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt scheinen die beiden Horizonte die Anwesenheit von zwei Gruppen widerzuspiegeln, die dieses Gebiet möglicherweise unter sich ändernden Umweltbedingen nutzten. In den Jahren 2010 und 2011 wurde eine Reihe von Proben für IRSL und OSL Datierungen an zwei langen Profilen im Osten der ausgegrabenen Fläche genommen. So gesehen gibt der Platz nicht nur Einblick in einen bedeutenden Abschnitt der kulturellen Entwicklung vor dem Kältemaximum der letzten Eiszeit, sondern auch in die klimatischen Veränderungen des Hochglazial in diesem Teil von Österreich.