Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Understanding narrative effects: the impact of breast cancer survivor stories on message processing, attitudes, and beliefs among African American women.

OBJECTIVE Examine the longitudinal effects of personal narratives about mammography and breast cancer compared with a traditional informational approach. METHODS African American women (n = 489) ages 40 and older were recruited from low-income neighborhoods in St. Louis, Missouri, and randomized to watch a narrative video comprised of stories from African American breast cancer survivors or a content-equivalent informational video. Effects were measured immediately postexposure (T2) and at 3- (T3) and 6-month (T4) follow-up. T2 measures of initial reaction included positive and negative affect, trust, identification, and engagement. T3 message-processing variables included arguing against the messages (counterarguing) and talking to family members about the information (cognitive rehearsal). T4 behavioral correlates included perceived breast cancer risk, cancer fear, cancer fatalism, perceived barriers to mammography, and recall of core messages. Structural equation modeling examined interrelations among constructs. RESULTS Women who watched the narrative video (n = 244) compared to the informational video (n = 245) experienced more positive and negative affect, identified more with the message source, and were more engaged with the video. Narratives, negative affect, identification, and engagement influenced counterarguing, which, in turn, influenced perceived barriers and cancer fatalism. More engaged women talked with family members more, which increased message recall. Narratives also increased risk perceptions and fear via increased negative affect. CONCLUSIONS Narratives produced stronger cognitive and affective responses immediately, which, in turn, influenced message processing and behavioral correlates. Narratives reduced counterarguing and increased cognitive rehearsal, which may increase acceptance and motivation to act on health information in populations most adversely affected by cancer disparities.
PMU emulation for static security analysis of power system

This paper attempts to emulate Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) for Static Security Analysis of power systems, PMU's are enablers for real time and near real-time analysis of the power system. They are being integrated into the power system for enabling enhanced monitoring and control of the network. A methodology is presented for emulation of PMU and storage layout of data obtained from the emulation. A technique enabling the emulation of the PMU's specifically for Static Security Analysis will be of great use for analysis of the system by the researchers and scientists working in the power sector. Newton-Raphson will be used for solving the non-linear power flow equations while emulating the PMU in this paper. Emulation of IEEE 14 bus test systems has been demonstrated using the proposed method in MATLAB and the results obtained are presented in the paper.
Knocking out the glial glutamate transporter GLT‐1 reduces glutamate uptake but does not affect hippocampal glutamate dynamics in early simulated ischaemia

Glutamate release in ischaemia triggers neuronal death. The major glial glutamate transporter, GLT‐1, might protect against glutamate‐evoked death by removing extracellular glutamate, or contribute to death by reversing and releasing glutamate. Previous studies of the role of GLT‐1 in ischaemia have often used the GLT‐1 blocker dihydrokainate at concentrations that affect transporters other than GLT‐1 and which affect kainate, N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate (NMDA) and α‐amino‐3‐hydroxy‐5‐methyl‐4‐isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors. In hippocampal slices from postnatal day 14 mice lacking GLT‐1, the current response of area CA1 pyramidal cells to superfused AMPA and NMDA (which are not taken up) was unaffected, whereas the response to 100 µm glutamate was more than doubled relative to that in wild‐type littermates, a finding consistent with a decrease in glutamate uptake. In response to a few minutes of simulated ischaemia, pyramidal cells in wild‐type mice showed a large and sudden inward glutamate‐evoked current [the anoxic depolarization (AD) current], which declined to a less inward plateau. In mice lacking GLT‐1, the time to the occurrence of the AD current, its amplitude, the size of the subsequent plateau current and the block of the plateau current by glutamate receptor blockers were all indistinguishable from those in wild‐type mice. We conclude that GLT‐1 does not contribute significantly to glutamate release or glutamate removal from the extracellular space in early simulated ischaemia. These data are consistent with glutamate release being by reversal of neuronal transporters, and with uptake into glia being compromised by the ischaemia‐evoked fall in the level of ATP needed to convert glutamate into glutamine.
A Case Study of an Adolescent With Health Anxiety and OCD, Treated Using CBT: Single-Case Experimental Design.

PROBLEM The sparse research evidence base for adolescents with health anxiety proposes a challenge in the treatment of such mental health difficulties. Similarities are drawn between health anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in terms of their development and maintenance. The literature is reviewed and discussed in relation to the referral, assessment, formulation, cognitive behavioral intervention, and treatment outcome. METHODS The case of an adolescent girl (aged 15 years) who presented with significant levels of health anxiety and OCD is described. An adult cognitive behavioral model of health anxiety was adapted and integrated with evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for children and adolescents with OCD. These models were used to collaboratively conceptualize the young person's presenting difficulties. A single-case experimental design was employed to assess the effectiveness of the intervention. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION Routine outcome measures demonstrated the effectiveness of the OCD intervention, and the need for further research in health anxiety in young people, including the development of disorder and age-specific measures. The implications for the use of CBT to treat health anxiety for young people are discussed.
Receptores de estrógeno y progesterona en cáncer de mama: asociación con variables clinicopatológicas

La expresion de receptores de estrogeno (RE) y de progesterona (RP) constituyen una variable de valor pronostico en el cancer de mama, donde la respuesta a la terapia endocrina ser mas favorable en tumores con estos receptores positivos. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar la expresion de RE y de RP y su asociacion con las variables pronosticas: edad, presencia de ganglios linfaticos axilares con metastasis, tamano del tumor, grado histologico, grado nuclear, estadio clinico, tiempo libre de enfermedad y sobrevida. Se estudiaron 53 pacientes con carcinoma de mama, con edades comprendidas entre 29 y 77 anos, diagnosticadas en el Instituto Oncologico "Dr. Miguel P‚rez Carreno" que no habian recibido quimioterapia. Los cortes de biopsias se analizaron por inmunohistoquimica, utilizando el metodo de estreptavidina-biotina-peroxidasa. En los resultados obtenidos se observo un 22,6 por ciento de expresion de RE y un 18,8 por ciento de RP con una asociacion significativa entre ambos receptores (p
Introducing the First Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research

In this plenary address, I introduce the Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research, its purpose, and its role internationally. Within this context, I explore the origins and development of qualitative health research, the content of qualitative health research, its components, and its contribution to health research. I argue that qualitative inquiry develops in levels, building from exploration and description of phenomena to the identification of concepts, the theoretical basis for quantitative inquiry, qualitative theory development, and to utilization, implementation, and evaluation. This incremental development is not purposefully planned, but occurs as a result of voluminous inquiry into similar topics using different qualitative approaches and designs. A single study rarely makes a breakthrough; rather, we must recognize the conglomerate of qualitative studies that give it validity and strength. The Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research will provide a forum for international collaboration for the development of qualitative health research.
MOLINET DRAMATURGE : UNE MORALITE INEDITE JOUEE LORS DU CHAPITRE VALENCIENNOIS DE LA TOISON D'OR (1473)

Du 1er au 13 mai 1473, se tint a Valenciennes le douzieme chapitre de la Toison d'Or. Etabli dans cette ville depuis plusieurs annees, le poete Jean Molinet composa pour l'occasion quelque divertissement propre a agrementer les banquets ou les joutes qui accompagnerent l'evenement. Nous avons decouvert, dans les Memoires de Jean Coquiau, un important fragment de cette œuvre dramatique, edite ici dans son integralite. Representee devant le duc Charles et les chevaliers de l'Ordre, reunis dans la grand-salle du palais des comtes de Hainaut, la piece associe trois grandes constantes de la pensee politique du futur indiciaire : outre la celebration de la tresglorieuse maison de Bourgogne et des preux chevaliers qui s'y distinguent chaque jour, transparait, dans ce texte resolument valenciennois, tout l'attachement de l'auteur pour sa terre d'accueil. Mais surtout, la mise au jour de cette moralite eclaire tant soit peu une facette meconnue de ce grand ecrivain, qui collabora, en qualite de dramaturge, aux receptions somptueuses des fastes bourguignons.
Il numero dei centenari in Italia.

Col metodo delle generazioni estinte è stato ricostruito il numero dei centenari in Italia nelle generazioni dei nati dal 1850 al 1905 al fine di: a) valutare l’accuratezza dei censimenti e delle stime correnti dell’ammontare della popolazione in età di cento anni ed oltre b) descrivere l’evoluzione temporale del numero dei centenari e del relativo rapporto di femminilità c) esplicitare l’importanza delle varie forze in gioco (variazione del numero dei nati, sopravvivenza in varie fasce d’età, emigrazione) nella dinamica temporale del numero dei centenari e del rapporto di femminilità.
Pathology of the Guillain‐Barré syndrome

The Guillain‐Barré syndrome is a distinctive neuropathy characterized pathologically by the presence of inflammatory lesions which occur scattered throughout the peripheral nervous system. The lesions consist of circumscribed areas in which myelin is lost in the presence of lymphocytes and macrophages. Myelin damage is effected largely by macrophages, which penetrate the basement membrane around nerve fibers and strip what appears to be normal myelin away from the body of the Schwann cell and off the axon. While there is evidence that this activity is immune mediated, the precise mechanism that leads macrophages to seek out and amputate a specialized region of the Schwann cell plasma membrane remains unexplained.
Are cannabidiol and Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabivarin negative modulators of the endocannabinoid system? A systematic review

Based upon evidence that the therapeutic properties of Cannabis preparations are not solely dependent upon the presence of Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), pharmacological studies have been recently carried out with other plant cannabinoids (phytocannabinoids), particularly cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV). Results from some of these studies have fostered the view that CBD and THCV modulate the effects of THC via direct blockade of cannabinoid CB1 receptors, thus behaving like first‐generation CB1 receptor inverse agonists, such as rimonabant. Here, we review in vitro and ex vivo mechanistic studies of CBD and THCV, and synthesize data from these studies in a meta‐analysis. Synthesized data regarding mechanisms are then used to interpret results from recent pre‐clinical animal studies and clinical trials. The evidence indicates that CBD and THCV are not rimonabant‐like in their action and thus appear very unlikely to produce unwanted CNS effects. They exhibit markedly disparate pharmacological profiles particularly at CB1 receptors: CBD is a very low‐affinity CB1 ligand that can nevertheless affect CB1 receptor activity in vivo in an indirect manner, while THCV is a high‐affinity CB1 receptor ligand and potent antagonist in vitro and yet only occasionally produces effects in vivo resulting from CB1 receptor antagonism. THCV has also high affinity for CB2 receptors and signals as a partial agonist, differing from both CBD and rimonabant. These cannabinoids illustrate how in vitro mechanistic studies do not always predict in vivo pharmacology and underlie the necessity of testing compounds in vivo before drawing any conclusion on their functional activity at a given target.
The cytology of the posterior lateral line lobe of high‐frequency weakly electric fish (gymnotidae): Dendritic differentiation and synaptic specificity in a simple cortex

The posterior lateral line lobe of two high‐frequency weakly electric fish, Apteronotus albifrons and Eingenmannia viriscens, was studied at the electron microscopic level. The various cell types previously described by light microscopy (Maler, ′79) were identified on the basis of their unique position or by combined Golgi‐EM. Afferent input to the posterior lobe was identified either by its location and generally accepted characteristics, e.g., parallel fibers in the molecular layer, or by making appropriate lesions and noting the degenerating terminals, e.g., primary electroreceptive afferents.
Changes in opioid and other analgesic use 1995–2010: Repeated cross‐sectional analysis of dispensed prescribing for a large geographical population in Scotland

Despite recent concerns about increasing rates of analgesic prescribing, detailed epidemiological studies are lacking. We identified and described changes in the pattern of community‐dispensed prescriptions to the Tayside population, Scotland, between 31st March 1995 (n = 301,020) and 31st March 2010 (n = 311,881).
Impacto de la infección por virus influenza en niños: costos, morbilidad y mortalidad asociada

La infeccion por virus influenza en ninos tiene un alto impacto en terminos de costos, morbilidad y mortalidad asociada. Las tasas mas altas de infeccion se concentran en los ninos menores de 2 anos, especialmente en aquellos menores de 6 meses. Esta infeccion genera un importante numero de consultas ambulatorias y es causa de frecuente de hospitalizacion en los menores 5 anos durante cada temporada. Se reconoce, que los ninos con factores de riesgo exhiben una mayor frecuencia de hospitalizacion y complicaciones respiratorias; mas aun, diversas publicaciones han sugerido que los ninos son los principales transmisores de la enfermedad a otros grupos vulnerables. La infeccion por influenza traduce un ausentismo escolar y ausentismo laboral de sus padres o cuidadores, con importantes costos economicos.
A 23μW digitally controlled pMUT interface circuit for Doppler ultrasound Imaging

This paper describes the design and implementation of a fully integrated Tx/Rx front-end interface for Doppler Imaging with Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (pMUT). The 4-Level Time Gain Compensation (QL-TGC) readout channel with an integrated biasing bank reduces Rx power with satisfactory noise performance (NF=17) and minimal area. The 65nm CMOS chip occupies 200 × 300 μm and has a total power consumption of 23μW, which is a 4x and 25x improvement over the state-of-art pMUT interface circuits, respectively.
Mining Software Specifications

Software is a ubiquitous component in our daily life. It ranges from large software systems like operating systems to small embedded systems like vending machines, both of which we frequently interact with. Reducing software related costs and ensuring correctness and dependability of software are certainly worthwhile goals to pursue. Due to the short-time-to-market requirement imposed on many software projects, documented software specifications are often lacking, incomplete and outdated (Deelstra, Sinnema & Bosch 2004). Lack of documented software specifications contributes to difficulties in understanding existing systems. The latter is termed program comprehension and is estimated to contribute up to 45% of total software cost which goes to billions of dollars (Erlikh 2000, Standish 1984; Canfora & Cimitile 2002; BEA 2007). Lack of specifications also hampers automated effort of program verification and testing (Ammons, Bodik & Larus 2002). One solution to address the above problems is mining (or automatic extraction of) software specification from program execution traces. Given a set of program traces, candidate partial specifications pertaining to the behavior a piece of software obeys can be mined. In this chapter, we will describe recent studies on mining software specifications. Software specification mining has been one of the new directions in data mining (Lo, Khoo & Liu 2007a, Lo & Khoo 2007). Existing specification mining techniques can be categorized based on the form of specifications they mine. We will categorize and describe specification mining algorithms for mining five different target formalisms: Boolean expressions, automata (Hopcroft, Motwani & Ullman 2001), Linear Temporal Logic (Huth & Ryan 2003), frequent patterns (Han & Kamber 2006) and Live Sequence Charts (Harel & Marelly 2003). BACKGROUND
Fruit set of highland coffee increases with the diversity of pollinating bees

The worldwide decline of pollinators may negatively affect the fruit set of wild and cultivated plants. Here, we show that fruit set of the self–fertilizing highland coffee (Coffea arabica) is highly variable and related to bee pollination. In a comparison of 24 agroforestry systems in Indonesia, the fruit set of coffee could be predicted by the number of flower–visiting bee species, and it ranged from ca. 60% (three species) to 90% (20 species). Diversity, not abundance, explained variation in fruit set, so the collective role of a species–rich bee community was important for pollination success. Additional experiments showed that single flower visits from rare solitary species led to higher fruit set than with abundant social species. Pollinator diversity was affected by two habitat parameters indicating guild–specific nesting requirements: the diversity of social bees decreased with forest distance, whereas the diversity of solitary bees increased with light intensity of the agroforestry systems. These results give empirical evidence for a positive relationship between ecosystem functions such as pollination and biodiversity. Conservation of rainforest adjacent to adequately managed agroforestry systems could improve the yields of farmers.
Corruption of the Evidence as Threat and Opportunity for Evidence-Based Medicine

It was seventeen years ago that a set of ideas that had been evolving over the previous three decades became embodied in a unifying term: evidence-based medicine. It is impossible to think of medicine today without reference to evidence-based medicine: as of April 2007, there were 25,000 entries in MEDLINE, 1.24 million Google-identified hits on the Internet, and over 300 books on the topic in the Library of Congress catalog. The impact of evidence-based medicine extends beyond medical practice into medical education, translational research, and public health policy. For instance, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education mandates the teaching of evidence-based medicine competencies for postgraduate medical training1. Both the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative2, through its translational research programs, and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, through its funding of Evidence Practice Centers and other programs to promote and enhance evidence-based practice3, are examples of the influence of evidence-based medicine on the national research agenda. The World Health Organization is moving vigorously to a more evidence-based approach to its health policy guidelines, epitomized by a recent guideline concerning avian influenza4. Recently, health care opinion leaders concluded that evidence-
The comorbidity of bipolar disorder and axis II personality disorders: prevalence and clinical correlates.

OBJECTIVES Many studies have examined the prevalence and predictive validity of axis II personality disorders among unipolar depressed patients, but few have examined these issues among bipolar patients. The few studies that do exist suggest that axis II pathology complicates the diagnosis and course of bipolar disorder. This study examined the prevalence of axis II disorder in bipolar patients who were clinically remitted. METHODS We assessed the co-occurrence of personality disorder among 52 remitted DSM-III-R bipolar patients using a structured diagnostic interview, the Personality Disorder Examination (PDE). RESULTS Axis II disorders can be rated reliably among bipolar patients who are in remission. Co-diagnosis of personality disorder occurred in 28.8% of patients. Cluster B (dramatic, emotionally erratic) and cluster C (fearful, avoidant) personality disorders were more common than cluster A (odd, eccentric) disorders. Bipolar patients with personality disorders differed from bipolar patients without personality disorders in the severity of their residual mood symptoms, even during remission. CONCLUSIONS When structured assessment of personality disorder is performed during a clinical remission, less than one in three bipolar patients meets full syndromal criteria for an axis II disorder. Examining rates of comorbid personality disorder in broad-based community samples of bipolar spectrum patients would further clarify the linkage between these sets of disorders.
Toward a unified model of human information behavior: an equilibrium perspective

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build a unified model of human information behavior (HIB) for integrating classical constructs and reformulating the structure of HIB theory. Design/methodology/approach This paper employs equilibrium perspective from partial equilibrium theory to conceptualization and deduction, starting from four basic assumptions. Findings This paper develops two models to incorporate previous HIB research approaches into an equilibrium-analysis-oriented information supply-demand (ISD) framework: a) the immediate-task/problem-based and everyday life information seeking (ELIS)-sense-making approaches are incorporated into the short-term ISD model; b) the knowledge-construction-oriented and ability-based HIB research approaches are elaborated by the long-term ISD model. Relations among HIB theories are illustrated via the method of graphical reasoning. Also, these two models jointly reveal the connection between information seeking in immediate problematic situations and long-term .
A new hybrid optical network design consisting of lightpath and burst switching

we propose a new optical hybrid switching solution that takes advantage of both Optical Burst Switching (OBS) and Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) technologies, namely, HyLABS (Hybrid Lightpath and Burst Switching). HyLABS uses static program optimized technology and dynamic switching between OCS and OBS, for network environment with uncertain and high bursty traffic demand. Our study shows that HyLABS can minimize packet loss ratio comparing with OCS.