Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Peculiarities of Social Workers’ and Social Pedagogues’ Psychological Empowerment in the Aspects of Self-Determination Theory and Demographic Variables

Social workers’ and social pedagogues’ sense of power is very important for providing social assistance and support to clients and learners. Sense of power depends on meeting the needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Failure to meet these needs due to lack of reward, punishments or cultural rituals causes reduces or completely restricts the subjective experience of power, increasing defensiveness and psychopathology. Social workers and social pedagogues provide social assistance and support to their clients and learners based on the empowerment strategy. It is therefore important to investigate whether the very social workers and social pedagogues feel empowered. This study aims to disclose social workers’ and social pedagogues’ psychological empowerment peculiarities with regard to demographic characteristics, gender, profession, qualification category and the occupied share of the post.
Stratégie d'anticipation pour le contrôle global du châssis à l'aide de suspensions actives

Dans le cadre de la commande de suspensions actives afin d'ameliorer le confort des passagers et la tenue de route du vehicule, tout en evitant au debattement de la suspension d'atteindre ses butees, une strategie de controle pour suspensions actives est ici proposee. Celle-ci est composee par un retour de sortie dynamique et par une loi d'anticipation. Ici nous nous consacrons uniquement a la loi d'anticipation, la loi de commande par retour de sortie etant developpee dans la these d'Alessandro Zin. L'ensemble de ces deux strategies constitue une veritable commande integree de châssis automobiles a l'aide des actionneurs de suspensions.
Factors affecting the synthesis of transferrin by rat tissue slices.

Abstract The sites of transferrin synthesis and the factors affecting synthesis were investigated in the rat by measuring the incorporation of 14C-leucine into transferrin, albumin, and γG-globulin precipitated with specific antisera. Twenty minutes after the intravenous injection of 14C-leucine, the radioactivity was incorporated into microsomal transferrin of liver in much greater amounts than into that of other tissues. After incubation of tissue slices with 14C-leucine in vitro, however, radioactivity was incorporated into transferrin by liver, spleen, and bone marrow at about the same rates per unit per weight of tissue. Because of its greatest bulk, the liver again appeared to be by far the most important organ for transferrin synthesis. The incorporation of 14C-leucine into transferrin and albumin by liver slices was used as a measure of synthesis of the proteins. Transferrin synthesis was increased in rats with hemorrhagic iron deficiency anemia and in rats treated with thyroxine or exposed to reduced atmospheric pressure. Prior treatment of rats with 100 µg of actinomycin D per 100 g of body weight did not prevent the increase in transferrin synthesis produced by exposure to reduced atmospheric pressure. Decreased synthesis was found with liver from rats with transfusional polycythemia, fasted rats, and rats given propylthiouracil. Thyroxine and propylthiouracil treatment and fasting had similar effects on albumin synthesis, but the other treatments had no effect. Iron loading with iron-dextran and acute and chronic hemolytic anemia produced with phenylhydrazine and methyl cellulose, respectively, resulted in little change in transferrin synthesis by liver slices.
Effects of Speech Processing Strategy on Chinese Tone Recognition by Nucleus-24 Cochlear Implant Users

Objective: To evaluate the effects of speech processing strategy on Chinese tone recognition by Nucleus-24 cochlear implant users. Methods: Recognition of Chinese tones was measured with the spectral peak (SPEAK), advanced combination encoders (ACE), and continuous interleaved sampling (CIS) strategies in nine Nucleus-24 cochlear implant users. Recognition of Chinese sentences was also measured with the ACE strategy (1200 pulse-per-sec on each electrode). As the stimulation rate in the SPEAK processor is fixed at 250 pulses per sec per electrode (ppspe), only one stimulation rate was tested with the SPEAK processor. Three stimulation rates (900, 1200, and 1800 ppspe) were tested in the ACE processing conditions. Four stimulation rates (1200, 1800, 2400, and 3600 ppspe) were tested in the CIS processing conditions. Because the number of stimulating electrodes determines the stimulation rate in CIS processors, the number of electrodes was reduced from 12 to 8 to 6 to 4 to achieve stimulation rates of 1200, 1800, 2400, to 3600 pps. Results: Results showed that mean Chinese tone recognition scores with the ACE and CIS strategies were significantly higher than those with the SPEAK strategy. For the ACE strategy, there was no significant difference in performance among the various stimulation rates (for the ACE processing conditions, the stimulation rate was varied while keeping the number of stimulating electrodes constant). For the CIS strategy, there was no significant difference among the various stimulation rates and electrode configurations (for the CIS processing conditions, the stimulation rate was varied by changing the number of stimulating electrodes). There was also a significant correlation between Chinese tone recognition and the recognition of everyday sentences. Conclusions: The latest-generation speech processing strategies were able to provide cochlear implant users with considerable amounts of tonal information. However, Chinese tone recognition was significantly affected by the choice in speech processing strategy. Relatively higher stimulation rates (>900 ppspe) may improve Chinese tone recognition. Furthermore, it may be necessary to develop speech processing strategies to specifically improve tone recognition, which is critical for understanding tonal languages.
A TENDÊNCIA PRAGMATISTA E O SEU CARÁTER INSTRUMENTAL: INFLEXÕES TEÓRICAS PRESENTES NA ÁREA DE EDUCAÇÃO

Contemporaneamente, ocorre no interior da área da educação uma resignificação de conceitos, tendo como principais desdobramentos a noção esvaziada de conhecimento, a ênfase na experiência do indivíduo, no cotidiano e nas práticas empíricas. Esse corpo de ideias será discutido à luz da ontologia crítica, pois se acredita que seu estudo recoloca o problema filosófico essencial do ser social das coisas, abrindo a possibilidade de buscarmos outro tipo de entendimento do real, contra o predomínio manipulatório a que se vê a ciência na sociabilidade capitalista.
A Career and Learning Transitional Model for Those Experiencing Labour Market Disadvantage

Research investigating the learning and career transitions of those disadvantaged in the labour market has resulted in the development of a four-component model to enable dis-advantaged groups to navigate learning and career transitions. The four components of the model include: the self-concept; learning and recognition; career and life planning; and new literacies. The focus of this paper will be on the career and life planning component. The research utilised a sequential mixed model design, which consisted of two phases. Phase one of the research involved a Learning Survey of approximately 250 labour market program participants in which quantitative data analysis techniques were used. Phase two involved the development of the model and testing in the field. A formative evaluation of the model in the field was undertaken, utilising a combination of both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. The field test was undertaken with a labour market program for women over 45 years of age wishing to re-enter the workforce. The research has resulted in the development of a model that offers career development researchers and practitioners an alternative holistic, group-based and community-based approach to career development for disadvantaged groups.
Ecology- and Bioassay-Guided Drug Discovery for Treatments of Tropical Parasitic Disease: 5α,8α-Epidioxycholest-6-en-3β-ol Isolated from the Mollusk Dolabrifera dolabrifera Shows Significant Activity against Leishmania donovani

An ecology- and bioassay-guided search employed to discover compounds with activity against tropical parasitic diseases and cancer from the opisthobranch mollusk, Dolabrifera dolabrifera, led to the discovery of antileishmanial properties in the known compound, 5α,8α-epidioxycholest-6-en-3β-ol (1). Compound 1 was identified through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H, 13C) and mass spectrometry. The compound was concentrated in the digestive gland of D. dolabrifera, but was not detected in other body parts, fecal matter or mucus. Compound 1 showed an IC50 of 4.9 μM towards the amastigote form of Leishmania donovani compared with an IC50 of 281 μM towards the control Vero cell line, a 57.3-fold difference, and demonstrated no measurable activity against Plasmodium falciparum, Trypanosoma cruzi, and the breast cancer cell line, MCF-7.
Internet of Things Technology and its Applications in Smart Grid

Smart grid is the latest trend of development and reform in today’s world, and it is also a major technological innovation and development trend in the 21st century. Internet of Things technology is a new information processing and acquisition method, and it has been widely used in intelligent transportation, environmental monitoring and other fields. Internet of Things is an important technical mean to promote the development of smart grid. Using Internet of Things technology can effectively integrate the infrastructure resources in communications and electrical power system, increase the level of power system information, and improve the utilization efficiency of infrastructures in the existing power system. In this paper, the concept of smart grid and Internet of Things are briefed, thus the urgency of its applications in smart grid are pointed out. Meanwhile, a research and design in the construction of smart grid which is based on Internet of things are made, and the design and implementation in typical application links, including wind power prediction, condition monitoring of overhead transmission lines, power monitoring, smart home and asset management are elaborated emphatically. Finally, the problems in applications and future research direction are also analyzed. DOI : http://dx.doi. org/10.11591/telkomnika.v12i2. 4178
Spatial Characterization for High-Speed Railway Channels Based on Moving Virtual Array Measurement Scheme

In this letter, spatial channel characterization in high-speed railway (HSR) scenarios is investigated using a moving virtual array measurement approach. Based on the wideband single-antenna measurements conducted on high-speed railway (HSR) in China and the moving virtual array measurement scheme, <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX"> $1\times 3$</tex-math></inline-formula> single-input–multiple-output channel impulse responses are generated. Spatial characteristics in the obstructed viaduct and deep cutting scenarios, focusing on angle of arrival, angle spread, and spatial correlation, are analyzed. The obtained results can fulfill the gap of HSR spatial channel models and provide helpful reference for the assessment of HSR multiantenna technologies.
Sequence dependence of DNA bending rigidity

For many aspects of DNA–protein interaction, it is vital to know how DNA bending rigidity (or persistence length, a) depends on its sequence. We addressed this problem using the method based on cyclization of short DNA fragments, which allows very accurate determination of a. Our approach was based on assigning specific values of a to each of 10 distinct dinucleotide steps. We prepared DNA fragments, each about 200 bp in length, with various quasi-periodic sequences, measured their cyclization efficiencies (j factors), and fitted the data by the theoretical equation to obtain the values of a for each fragment. From these data, we obtained a set of a for the dinucleotide steps. To test this set, we used it to design DNA sequences that should correspond to very low and very high values of a, prepared the corresponding fragments, and determined their values of a experimentally. The measured and calculated values of a were very close to one another, confirming that we have found the correct solution to this long-standing problem. The same experimental data also allowed us to determine the sequence dependence of DNA helical repeat.
Radio irregularity model based on received signal strength for three dimensional Wireless Sensor Network

Localization in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is adversely effected due to Radio irregularity. This makes the localization procedure more complex. Most of the localization techniques are based on the regular radio patterns and isotropic propagation model. In order to address the problem, in this research a three dimensional radio irregularity model (3-D RIM) is proposed, that takes into account non-isotropic radio model along with radio irregularity and also considers the three dimensional aspects. For this proposed model three dimensional degree of irregularity (3-D DOI) is calculated by forming a practical test bed and finally with the simulations are carried out to validate the theoretical model and effect of increase in distance on 3-D DOI.
Effects of cigarette smoking on endurance performance.

By means of a 12-minute field test, the effect of cigarette smoking on endurance performance was measured in 419 airmen before and after six weeks of basic training. In 47 airmen, cardiopulmonary indexes also were obtained during maximal treadmill performance. Field testing showed that endurance performance was inversely related to the number of cigarettes smoked daily and the duration of smoking. The training response also was impaired significantly in the smokers. During treadmill studies, smokers had a decrease in respiratory minute volume and a lower oxygen consumption at equivalent heart rates than nonsmokers. Further statistical studies demonstrated not only the independent effect of smoking, but also the effect of prior athletic history and physical characteristics on endurance performance. The latter effects become less significant as physical training progressed.
Caractérisation et modélisation d'objets par des points brillants: application au radar automobile à 77 GHz

La caracterisation experimentale et la modelisation des cibles sont essentielles dans l'optimisation des systemes de detection tels que les radars automobiles d'aide a la conduite. Dans la bande W (75-110 GHz), la dimension des objets rend difficile leur prise en compte en simulation et la description par une seule valeur de SER n'est pas toujours suffisante. Nous proposons une methode experimentale, inspiree de la technique SAR, associee a une modelisation pour la description des objets a l'aide de points brillants ainsi qu'un algorithme simple de construction d'image.
Does dental service utilization drop during economic recession? The example of Finland, 1991-94.

UNLABELLED After enjoying rapid economic growth in the 1980s, Finland suffered a deep economic recession that began in 1990. It has been claimed that recession and uneven subsidies influence the use of dental services negatively. Finnish adults born after 1956 and world war veterans are entitled to subsidized dental care either in the Public Dental Service (PDS) or in the private sector. Other adults pay their treatment costs. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the economic recession in Finland during the early 1990s affected the use of dental services. METHODS The data were collected by the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health using a method called CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview). The target population was non-institutionalized persons aged 25-79 years. RESULTS About one-third of those interviewed had visited a dentist during the previous 6 months and this proportion was stable during the years studied. Number of teeth, length of education, income and sex had the highest predictive values for use of dental services as analyzed by multiple logistic regression. Two-thirds had visited a private practitioner, one-third a PDS clinic and a small percentage some other dentist or denturist. CONCLUSIONS The results showed that the dental service utilization by Finns was stable during this period of economic downturn and only minor changes occurred in the mean number of visits. The most prominent change was seen in the youngest age group, among whom dental utilization decreased by almost 10%. The study indicated that subsidies do not strongly affect dental utilization today.
Analysis of E-Business and Traditional Business Based on the Modified Akerlof Model

In this paper, E-business and traditional business is investigated based on the modified Akerlof model to explain the reason why the E-business has developed rapidly in case of information asymmetry; on the other hand, adverse selections appear in the traditional business. In the end, the corresponding suggestions are put forward on coordinated development of the E-business and traditional business.
The rising prevalence of self-reported hypertension among Chinese subjects: a population-based study from 121 895 household interviews.

BACKGROUND Hypertension is one of the most important public health issues worldwide. AIM We assessed the prevalence rates of self-reported hypertension in Hong Kong between 2001 and 2008 and evaluated factors associated with its prevalence. DESIGN Serial cross-sectional surveys. METHODS Territory-wide Household surveys in the Hong Kong population in the years 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2008 were included. Population-adjusted prevalence of self-reported hypertension were compared across calendar years. The independent association of these variables with hypertension was evaluated by multivariate regression analysis with self-reported hypertension as a binary outcome. RESULTS There were 121 895 subjects interviewed, among which 103 367 were adults aged ≥15 years. The age- and gender-adjusted prevalence of self-reported hypertension in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2008 among male adults was 4.73, 6.68, 7.96 and 9.82%, respectively, and among female adults, the prevalence was 6.13, 8.28, 10.00 and 11.58%, respectively. Advanced age (adjusted odds ratios [AOR]: 47.1, 95% CI 33.6-66.0 for the age group 40-65 years; AOR 256.2, 95% CI 182.4-360.0 for the age group 66-100 years; referent 0-39 years), female gender (AOR 0.81, 95% CI 0.74-0.88 for male) and a low median household income (AOR 1.56, 95% CI 1.31-1.85 for income ≤ US$1289; referent ≥ US$6444) were significantly associated with hypertension (all P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to show differences between socioeconomic groups in this Chinese population with higher rates among women and the less affluent. Similarly, it is the first to show gender differences with higher rates among women.
Printed Egg Curved Monopole Antenna for ultrawideband applications

This paper presents a novel egg curve based design of ultrawideband (UWB) printed monopole antenna (40×40 mm2). The egg curve is obtained by introducing an egg shaping parameter into standard elliptic curve equation. The variation in impedance bandwidth (BW) with different parametric variations of design curve is studied. A comparative study of Egg Curved Monopole Antenna (ECMA) with planar binomial curved monopole antenna proposed by Ling et al. and semi-elliptic monopole slot antenna for UWB systems proposed by Gopikrishna et al. is also presented. The proposed ECMA is designed, fabricated and measured to verify the theoretical design. Good agreement between the simulated results and the measured ones is observed. The results show that the proposed egg curved monopole antenna can obtain a measured bandwidth of 117.92% (2.84–11.0 GHz) which is also its simulation bandwidth. A stable gain of about 2.2–2.9 dBi with gain variation less than 1 dBi and consistent radiation patterns and nearly constant group delay are measured over the entire UWB bandwidth (3.1–10.6 GHz).
Chaotic behaviours of stable second‐order digital filters with two's complement arithmetic

In this paper, the behaviours of stable second‐order digital filters with two's complement arithmetic are investigated. It is found that even though the poles are inside the unit circle and the trajectory converges to a fixed point on the phase plane, that fixed point is not necessarily the origin. That fixed point is found and the set of initial conditions corresponding to such trajectories is determined. This set of initial conditions is a set of polygons inside the unit square, whereas it is an ellipse for the marginally stable case. Also, it is found that the occurrence of limit cycles and chaotic fractal pattern on the phase plane can be characterized by the periodic and aperiodic behaviours of the symbolic sequences, respectively. The fractal pattern is polygonal, whereas it is elliptical for the marginally stable case. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Transcatheter implantation of SAPIEN 3 valve in native right ventricular outflow tract for severe pulmonary regurgitation following tetralogy of fallot repair

Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) is indicated in patients with significant pulmonary regurgitation (PR), stenosis (PS), or mixed pulmonary valve disease. While once an exclusively surgical procedure, many patients can undergo transcatheter PVR (TPVR) with excellent early outcomes (Haas et al. 2013, Clin. Res. Cardiol. Off. J. German Cardiac Soc. 102:119–128; Kenny et al. 2011, J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 58:2248–2256; Cheatham et al. Circulation 2015, 131:1960–1970). The available transcatheter options continue to expand, but the majority of cases performed in the United States involve the use of FDA approved Melody valve (Medtronic; Minneapolis, MN) or the SAPIEN (Edwards Lifesciences; Irvine, CA) family of valves. The SAPIEN 3 valve (S3) recently received FDA approval for transcatheter aortic valve replacement. We report the first S3 implantation in the pulmonary position for treatment of chronic pulmonary regurgitation and progressive right ventricular dilation in an 18 year old male with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.