Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Post-Fight Respect Signals Valuations of Opponent’s Fighting Performance

The current research explores whether humans process inputs about combat (e.g., assessments of formidability) that produce outputs of post-fight respect (e.g., shaking an opponent’s hand when the fight ends). Using an online questionnaire (Study 1, n = 132), an in-person questionnaire (Study 2, n = 131), and an in-lab fight simulation (Study 3, n = 58), we investigated whether participants were more likely to receive (Studies 1 and 3) and display (Studies 2 and 3) post-fight respect as a function of the fight outcome (Hypothesis 1), use of fight tactics (Hypothesis 2), fighter asymmetries (Hypothesis 3), fighter ranking (Hypothesis 4), and the presence of witnesses (Hypothesis 5). The results support Hypotheses 1 to 4 concerning expectations of receiving post-fight respect, and support only Hypotheses 2 and 3 concerning displays of post-fight respect. We suggest that post-fight respect signals positive valuations of fighting performance that may function to maintain valuable relationships within the social group.
Nonrelativistic fermions coupled to transverse gauge fields: The single-particle Green's function in arbitrary dimensions.

We use a bosonization approach to calculate the single-particle Green's function G(r,\ensuremath{\tau}) of nonrelativistic fermions coupled to transverse gauge fields in arbitrary dimension d. For the Maxwell action we find that in d\ensuremath{\gtrsim}3 the system is a Fermi liquid, although for d6 the quasiparticle damping is anomalously large. For d\ensuremath{\rightarrow}3 the quasiparticle residue vanishes as Z\ensuremath{\propto}exp{-[1/2(d-3)](\ensuremath{\kappa}/mc${)}^{2}$}, where \ensuremath{\kappa} is the Thomas-Fermi wave vector, m is the mass of the electrons, and c is the velocity of the gauge particle. In d=3 the system is a Luttinger liquid, with anomalous dimension ${\ensuremath{\gamma}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\perp}}}$=(1/6)(\ensuremath{\kappa}/mc${)}^{2}$. For d3 we find that G(r,0) vanishes as a stretched exponential at large distances. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
A field programmable 40-nm pure CMOS embedded memory macro using a PMOS antifuse

A Pure CMOS One-time Programmable memory (PCOP) macro using a PMOS antifuse is designed for field programming. In this work, a Temperature-controlled programming Voltage Generator (TVG) realizes field programming by improving programming characteristics over a wide temperature range, from −40° C to 125° C, and supply voltage variations of ±10%. In addition, the memory cell dimensions are optimized and reduced by 40%, which also results in better reading characteristics. PCOP has a 16-Kbit capacity, uses 1.1-V and 3.3-V power sources, occupies 0.224 mm and is implemented in a 40-nm pure CMOS logic technology with thin and thick oxide film transistors.
Testing Map Features Designed to Convey the Uncertainty of Cancer Risk

Barriers to communicating the uncertainty of environmental health risks include preferences for certain information and low numeracy. Map features designed to communicate the magnitude and uncertainty of estimated cancer risk from air pollution were tested among 826 participants to assess how map features influenced judgments of adequacy and the intended communication goals. An uncertain versus certain visual feature was judged as less adequate but met both communication goals and addressed numeracy barriers. Expressing relative risk using words communicated uncertainty and addressed numeracy barriers but was judged as highly inadequate. Risk communication and visual cognition concepts were applied to explain findings.
Propagación de ondas sísmicas en el campo cercano.

Se estudia la propagacion de una onda de borde a traves de dos espigones transversales a la linea de costa. Se considera una playa infinitamente larga cuyo perfil, de pendiente constante, tiene un escarpe en la linea de costa y esta conectado a una plataf
Efficiency improvement of LDMOS transistors for base stations: towards the theoretical limit

The paper presents the evolution in LDMOST technology of the last decade, leading to a present 32 percent efficiency value for a two carrier W-CDMA signal with -37dBc IM3 and discusses future prospects to increase the performance even further. The achieved reduction of parasitic elements currently opens the way for system concepts such as high efficiency classes and Doherty type concepts
Comparative ergonomic evaluation of the hand-pieces of three instrument series for root planning

Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are the most frequent cause of disability in the working population, exceeding accidental trauma in frequency. The risk of developing work-related upper limb disorders (WURLDs) is high among dental hygienists and the most frequently affected are elderly subjects and women. Since such disorders can have a negative effect on the working life and on the quality of life, it is of vital importance to put in place preventive measures. Aim: To make a comparative analysis of the hand-pieces of three different manual instruments used for root planning. Materials and Methods: To evaluate the physical characteristics (section, diameter, external surface, weight) of the hand-pieces of three series of instruments for root planning, twenty-nine dental hygienists students were videoed while working clinically. They were also interviewed using a specific questionnaire to determine subjective preferences in terms of perceived efficacy, safety, comfort and general acceptability of the hand-piece used. Results: Lightness, full-cylindrical section with larger-diameter ends, and coating with anti-slip silicone are the most appreciated characteristics of a hand-piece. Conclusions: Ergonomic analyses of manual instruments are not frequent in the dental field, and the literature reports no guidelines to guide selection of the type of hand-piece of manual instruments. The data gathered may help manufacturers in designing new manual instruments, and guiding professionals in their selection.
Understanding the Roles of Nuclear A- and B-type Lamins in Brain Development*

The nuclear lamina is composed mainly of lamins A and C (A-type lamins) and lamins B1 and B2 (B-type lamins). Dogma has held that lamins B1 and B2 play unique and essential roles in the nucleus of every eukaryotic cell. Recent studies have raised doubts about that view but have uncovered crucial roles for lamins B1 and B2 in neuronal migration during the development of the brain. The relevance of lamins A and C in the brain remains unclear, but it is intriguing that prelamin A expression in the brain is low and is regulated by miR-9, a brain-specific microRNA.
Optimal parameter setting of optical mouse based mobile robot traveling simulator

This paper presents the optimal parameter setting of the traveling simulator of a mobile robot equipped with optical mice. Through the rotation of a traveling surface sample relative to stationary optical mice, the mobile robot traveling simulator can generate the measurements of optical mice as close as possible to the measurements of optical mice equipped on a mobile robot. For a given velocity of a mobile robot, the controllable parameters of the mobile robot traveling simulator can be changed, which include the installation distances and angles of optical mice. First, for the optimal parameter setting of the mobile robot traveling simulator, the cost function is defined as the discrepancy between the commanded and simulated measurements of optical mice, assuming that the rotational speed of a surface sample is fixed. Second, for 1 DOF and 2 DOF designs of the mobile robot traveling simulator, the optimal values of the controllable parameters of the mobile robot traveling simulator are determined by minimizing the cost function. Third, for a hybrid velocity profile of a mobile robot, simulation results of the mobile robot traveling simulator are given, to demonstrate the parameter setting and simulation capability of 2 DOF design.
Facteurs du complément et microangiopathie thrombotique rénale : à propos de 57 observations

Le systeme du complement est un acteur cle de l’immunite innee, necessaire a la defense de l’hote contre les agents pathogenes mais aussi implique dans de diverses pathologies renales, dont les microangiopathies thrombotiques (MAT). La MAT est une affection rare, touchant frequemment les reins et qui se caracterise par la formation de thrombi vasculaires, d’une hemolyse et d’une thrombocytopenie. L’activation du complement a ete demontree comme jouant un role cle dans certaines etiologies de MAT. Le C4d est un produit inactif de degradation secondaire a l’activation du complement. L’emergence de therapies ciblant la voie terminale du complement incite a trouver des biomarqueurs de l’activation du complement. Le but de cette etude est de determiner la prevalence et la localisation du C4d, dans les reins natifs atteints de MAT et egalement de rechercher d’eventuelles correlations anatomo-cliniques entre les differentes etiologies de MAT. MATERIEL ET METHODE : L’ensemble des cas histologiques de MAT, a l’exception de ceux sur greffon renal, repertories au CHU de Rouen, entre 1995 et 2015, ont ete relus par deux anatomopathologistes. L’ensemble des donnees cliniques ont ete recueillies sur dossier medical. Une etude du C4d et du C5b9 a ete realisee en immunofluorescence (IF), et egalement en immunohistochimie (IHC) pour le C4d. Les depots de C4d ont ete etudies au niveau des glomerules, arterioles juxta glomerulaires (AJG), arteres inter-lobulaires et capillaires peri-tubulaires, cotes de 0 a 3 en fonction de l’intensite du marquage. RESULTATS : Nous avons recueillis 57 biopsies renales, d’etiologies tres diverses. Des depots glomerulaires de C4d sont observes en IF dans 17/36 cas (47.2%). Des depots sur les AJG sont observes dans 15/35 cas (42.9%). Des depots de C5b9 sont observes dans 8/36 cas (22.2%) sur les glomerules et 25/36 cas (69.4%) sur les AJG. En IHC, 24/52 (46.2%) presentent un marquage glomerulaire du C4d et 33/49 (67.3%) sur les arterioles. La fixation glomerulaire du C4d en IHC et en IF est significativement associee a la presence de dedoublements membranaires en histologie (respectivement p=0.00056 et p=0.039). Il existe une correlation significative entre le marquage glomerulaire du C4d en IHC et en IF (p=0.0019). La fixation glomerulaire du C4d en IHC est significativement correlee au SHUa et aux MAT secondaires a un cancer avec chimiotherapie (respectivement p=0.04 et p=0 .01). Les MAT secondaires a une hypertension arterielle maligne ne sont significativement pas lies a la fixation glomerulaire du C4d (p=0.01). CONCLUSION : La MAT est une pathologie rare, d’etiologies tres variees. Les depots glomerulaires et arteriolaires de C4d sont presents dans la plupart des etiologies de C4d, temoignant d’une activation de la voie du complement. Le C4d et le C5b9 pourraient ainsi devenir des biomarqueurs chez certains patients atteints de MAT, en relation avec l’activation du complement et permettre a certains de ces patients de beneficier ainsi de therapies ciblees.
A Research to Identify the Problem Areas Caused by Organizational and Managerial Values

In this study, on the basis of G. Hofstede and G. England’s research on organizational and managerial values, it is aimed to determine which problems arise from organizational and managerial values in the organization. Research data needed to achieve the objective come from 166 administrators with academic and administrative authority at faculties, colleges and vocational schools of a public university. In the light of the data, the logistic regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between values and the problems caused by values. According to the results obtained by modeling, which organizational and managerial values cause which problem areas is discussed.
Adding value to scholarly journals through a citation indexing system

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to relate the problems identified about scholarly journal publishing in Malaysia to establish motivation for the system development; to describe the design of MyCite, a Malaysian citation indexing system and to highlight the added value to journals and articles indexed through the generation of bibliometrics performance reports.Design/methodology/approach – The system uses a rapid prototyping method, modeling the functions identified in the Web of Science databases and Scopus, as the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia requires the system to be ready within a year, mainly to help improve the quality, accessibility and performance of Malaysian scholarly journals.Findings – The paper shows the relational tables and module functions in MyCite; highlights the value added to bibliographic data through performance reports of authors, journals, institutions, country and bibliographical control of Malaysian journals; and provides performance tables of top authors, rank lis.
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition in the pathophysiology of airway remodelling in asthma

Purpose of reviewWe currently understand little about the mechanisms that lead to airway remodeling in asthma. The origin of the mesenchymal cells that contribute to fibrosis of the airway is poorly understood. However, emerging evidence suggests that the airway epithelium could contribute to airway remodeling through the process of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) following environmental challenge. In this review, we will discuss the mechanistic features of EMT and highlight recent descriptions of EMT in the airway to further define the role of the airway epithelium in the pathogenesis of asthma. Recent findingsGrowth factors, inflammatory mediators, and matricellular proteins expressed following exposure to environmental insults are known to induce downregulation of epithelial cell–cell adhesions and promote mesenchymal gene expression programs both in vitro and in vivo. These results demonstrate that the plastic and dynamic airway epithelium may contribute to airway remodeling via EMT in asthma. SummaryIt is becoming increasingly clear that the airway epithelium orchestrates inflammatory and remodeling responses of the airway. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms involved in epithelial plasticity will be crucial to determine effective therapies to halt the progression of airway remodeling in asthma.
Implementation of supervisory control using extended finite-state machines

This article aims at bridging the gap between traditional designs to discrete-event control problems and supervisory control theory of Ramadge and Wonham. We propose to implement supervisory control by extending the plant's finite state machine with Boolean variables, guard formulas and updating functions. Boolean variables are used to encode the supervisor's states, event observation is captured by a set of Boolean functions that update the value of variables, and control is introduced by guarding events with Boolean formulas. The framework developed in this work is fundamental in our ongoing research on communication between supervisors in a distributed discrete-event system.
Effect of grouping in local communication system of multiple mobile robots

For the cooperation in a large system with many mobile robots, local communication system is considered appropriate in terms of the cost and capacity of communication. The behavior of robots has a respectable effect on the efficiency of communication in such a local communication system and it is essential to know what kind of behavior robots should take to realize efficient information transmission for cooperative tasks. We introduce a simple group behavior for the purpose of improving the communication efficiency. This paper analyses the effect of group behavior on the communication performance, and derives differential equations describing information diffusion among robot groups. The optimal group size to transmit information to a desired number of robots is obtained front these equations. The effectiveness of the analysis is verified by computer simulation. We also show a self-organization algorithm for group forming designed for local communication system. <<ETX>>
The impact of early hyperglycaemia on children with traumatic brain injury

ABSTRACT Objective: Hyperglycaemia is common amongst children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). We aim to investigate the association between early hyperglycaemia and poor clinical outcomes in children with moderate to severe TBI. Methods: We performed a retrospective study in a tertiary paediatric hospital between May 2012 and October 2014 of all patients with TBI who were aged <16 years with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of ≤13. The primary outcome was death. Secondary outcomes were 14 ventilation-free, 14 paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)-free and 28 hospital-free days. We defined hyperglycaemia as glucose >11.1 mmol/L (200 mg/dL). Results: There were 109 patients with a median age of 54 months [inter-quartile range (IQR): 17–82]. Median glucose on arrival was 6.1 mmol/L (IQR: 5.2–9.8). Median GCS in our cohort was 8 (IQR: 6–12). Multivariate logistic regression demonstrated that initial hyperglycaemia [odds ratio (OR): 15.23; 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.74–62.00; P < 0.001], and GCS <8 (OR: 13.02; 95% CI: 2.31–73.33; P = 0.004) were risk factors for mortality. Multivariate linear regression showed that initial hyperglycaemia was a risk factor for reduced ventilation-free, PICU-free and hospital-free days. Conclusions: Early hyperglycaemia predicts for in-hospital mortality, reduced ventilation-free, PICU-free and hospital-free days in children with moderate to severe TBI.
Femoral Version of the General Population: Does “Normal” Vary by Gender or Ethnicity?

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare various gender and ethnic groups to characterize differences in baseline version and rates of retroversion. Design: Retrospective. Setting: Level 1 trauma center. Patients/Participants: Between 2000 and 2009, 417 consecutive patients with femur fractures were treated with an intramedullary nail at level I trauma and tertiary referral center. Of these, 328 with computed tomography scanogram of the normal, uninjured contralateral femur were included in this study. Main Outcome Measurements: Femoral version. Results: The mean alignment for the all patients was 8.84 ± 9.66° of anteversion. There were no statistically significant differences in mean version between African American, white, and Hispanic patients for males or females. Although there were also no significant differences in rates between ethnicities, retroversion was found to be common in white males (21.4%), African American males (15.1%), and all groups of females (>14.3%). Furthermore, nearly 6% of both African American males and females exhibited >10° retroversion. Conclusions: Although there may not be a significant difference in average femoral version between ethnic and gender groups, retroversion is relatively common, and retroversion >10° was observed in nearly 6% of the African American population. This may have important implications in proper alignment restoration and successful clinical outcomes after intramedullary nailing of femur fractures.
Longitudinally driven giant magnetoimpedance effect in stress-annealed Fe-based nanocrystalline ribbons

A high-frequency longitudinally driven giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) effect has been measured in stress-annealed Fe73Cu1Nb1.5V2Si13. 5B9 nanocrystalline ribbons. Based on how the impedance phase varies with the external magnetic field, it becomes clear that the imaginary part of the complex permeability, μ″, which is related to magnetic losses, plays an important role in the high-frequency longitudinally driven GMI effect. The transverse anisotropy field Hk can be readily determined by a sharp minimum in the curve of the impedance phase as a function of the external magnetic field. This provides a new method for measuring the magnetic anisotropy field in such systems.
Menopausal Status in Relation to Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity in Healthy Japanese Participants

Objective To investigate the hypothesis that postmenopausal women demonstrate greater cardiovascular stress reactivity during mental stress tasks than do both premenopausal women and men. Methods The study included 979 Japanese participants (338 men and 641 women [238 postmenopausal]) aged 16 to 82 years. Blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, and peripheral blood flow were measured at rest and during a mirror drawing stress task and a maze task. Differences between measured variables during tasks and at rest were calculated and considered to represent reactivity to stress. Analyses were adjusted for age and other potential confounding factors. Results After adjusting for multiple factors, significant group effects were found for systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, low-frequency (LF), LF/high-frequency, and peripheral blood flow (effect size: partial &eegr;2 = 0.015, 0.011, 0.013, 0.013, 0.008, and 0.009, respectively). Postmenopausal women were more reactive than men to stress for SBP (15.4 ± 0.8 versus 11.7 ± 0.6 mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (10.4 ± 0.6 versus 8.0 ± 0.5 mm Hg), heart rate (2.7 ± 0.5 versus 0.7 ± 0.4 beats/min), LF (23.0 ± 5.2 versus 3.2 ± 3.8 ms2/Hz), and peripheral blood flow (−39.0 ± 3.8 versus −25.9 ± 2.8 Laser Doppler Perfusion Units) and more reactive than premenopausal women (p < .050) for SBP (15.4 ± 0.8 versus. 12.4 ± 0.5 mm Hg) and LF/high-frequency (1.7 ± 0.1 versus 1.3 ± 0.1). Conclusions Postmenopausal Japanese women evidenced greater cardiovascular stress reactivity during mental stress tasks than did Japanese men or premenopausal women. Cardiovascular hyperreactivity could play a role in the higher risks of cardiovascular diseases in postmenopausal women.
Tuberculosis, bronchiectasis and chronic airflow obstruction

Both tuberculosis and bronchiectasis carry a significant burden worldwide in terms of morbidity and mortality, as well as financial, especially in the developing world. Epidemiological data for tuberculosis are now more readily available since the World Health Organisation declared it ‘a global emergency’ in 1993. The global prevalence of bronchiectasis, a recognized sequel of tuberculosis, is unknown, but is by no means insignificant. The pathophysiology of chronic airflow obstruction in both of these diseases is poorly understood, but it is associated with an accelerated rate of loss in pulmonary function. This article examines the global burden of tuberculosis and bronchiectasis, and focuses on the interrelation with chronic airflow obstruction.