Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Psicoterapia psicodramática bipessoal com bonecos

Psychodrama with puppets and toys with adults proved to be a powerful resource in bipersonal psychodramatic psychotherapy, in which there is no group. The objectification on the scene of a conflict situation or a subjective patient complaint is accomplished through a psychodramatic image. This article presents the management possibilities, based on clinical cases, bearing as reference Moreno’s techniques and the theoretical foundation of Rojas-Bermudez’s image construction techniques.
Oxidative stress responses in Campylobacter jejuni : the role of the Peroxide Regulator PerR

Campylobacter jejuni is a microaerophilic foodborne pathogen capable of surviving the stressful, oxygen-exposed route from an avian host and entering into the human food chain. The ability of Campylobacter to survive oxidative stress is thought to contribute to the annual ~500,000 UK cases of campylobacteriosis. One of the main regulatory proteins involved in the protective response of C. jejuni to oxidative stress is the regulatory protein PerR, which regulates gene expression in a metal-dependent manner, controlling the transcription of a set of peroxidases. In this study the perR gene was inactivated and characterised using phenotypic tests and transcriptomic investigations. We investigated the role of PerR in the regulation of oxidative stress defences in C. jejuni and demonstrated that a perR mutant has increased aerotolerance and survival against exposure to oxidative stress. A C. jejuni perR mutant also demonstrated no defect in growth, motility or virulence in the Galleria mellonella insect model. Analysis of microarray data using perR, fur and fur perR mutants allowed the identification of PerR-repressed genes (e.g. ahpC, katA, trxB). Differential RNA sequencing was used to identify target promoters for PerR. Proteomics (2D gel electrophoresis) and gel shift assays were also used to confirm direct regulation by PerR. The combination of these technologies allowed us to focus and hone in on the core members of the PerR regulon. The mechanism by which PerR senses oxidative stress is still unknown, although iron has been suggested to function as co-factor. To investigate this, we expressed and purified C. jejuni PerR in E. coli. Pure PerR was used in biochemical and genetic characterisation experiments including protein crystallography trials and absorption spectrum analysis. iv Further investigations are required into why the perR gene is evolutionary maintained in C. jejuni despite the beneficial nature of its absence for oxidative stress survival.
Autoregressive Parameter Estimation with Dnn-Based Pre-Processing

In this paper, a method for estimating the autoregressive parameters from a signal segment is proposed. The method is based on a deep neural network (DNN) in combination with the classical Levinson-Durbin recursion (LDR). The DNN acts as a pre-processor for the LDR and can be trained on different metrics commonly encountered in speech processing using a generalized analysis-by-synthesis (GABS) structure where the LDR acts as the encoder. Unlike end-to-end data-driven approaches, this structure ensures that the DNN is easy to train and initialize since the DNN only has to learn a simple mapping. The results confirm this and show that the proposed method produces an AR-spectrum that efficiently represents the speech spectrum in terms of the Itakura-Saito divergence, Kullback-Leibler divergence, log-spectral distortion, and speech distortion.
Pore characterization of marine-continental transitional shale in Permian Shanxi Formation of The Southern North China Basin

Organic-rich marine-continental transitional shale is widely developed in the Permian Shanxi Formation in the Southern North China Basin. In this study, shale samples from the southern and northern wells of the basin were characterized by X-ray diffraction, high-pressure mercury intrusion porosimetry, low-pressure gas adsorption (N2 and CO2) and argon ion polishing-field emissions scanning electron microscopy. The pore types and structures of shale micropores, mesopores and macropores are qualitatively described; their pore size distribution and volume are quantitatively characterized; and the influencing factors of the pore volume are analyzed. The results show that the marine-continental transitional shale pores exhibit an unbalanced multimodal distribution with four peaks at 0.4–0.8 nm, 2–4 nm, 10–50 nm, and >10 µm. The mesopore volume is dominant, accounting for 40–70% of pores. The mesopores of the samples are slit-shaped pores and ink bottle-shaped pores. Since there is a desorption hysteresis loop on the N2 adsorption-desorption curve, most of them belong to the H4 type, and ye23-8 belongs to the mixed H2 and H4 type according to the IUPAC classification scheme. The slit-shaped pores are mainly interlayer pores and interparticle pores in clays, and the ink bottle-shaped pores are tiny dissolved pores and organic matter pores. Ro has negative correlation with the volumes of the mesopores and macropores, but it does not affect the volume of micropores. TOC has a positive correlation with the macropore and micropore volumes, and it has a negative correlation with mesopore volume. The relative contents of kaolinite and I/S have a positive correlation with the mesopore and macropore volumes. The relative content of illite has a negative correlation with the mesopore and macropore volumes. The relative content of chlorite has a negative correlation with the mesopore volume.
A Distributed Power Delivery Grid Based on Analog-Assisted Digital LDOs With Cooperative Regulation and IR-Drop Reduction

This paper introduces an on-chip distributed power delivery grid (DPDG) with cooperative regulation and IR-drop reduction based on analog-assisted digital LDOs (AADLDOs), which inherit the merits of low output ripple and sub-LSB current supply ability from the analog control, and the advantage of low supply voltage operation and adaptive fast response from the digital control. With the distributed power delivery topology, the IR-drop across the power supply rail can be reduced, especially in large area power-supply applications. The AADLDOs in the power delivery grid work cooperatively to obtain a balance between improved response speed and power consumption. A prototype of a 3 × 3 power grid with 9 AADLDOs, providing a total of 500-mA maximum load current with an on-chip 0.9-nF output capacitor, is fabricated in a 65-nm CMOS process to demonstrate the proposed DPDG concept and the effectiveness of this scheme. A maximum voltage undershoot of 125mV is measured with a 450mA/20ns load step, resulting a figure-of-merit as low as 0.249ps.
Phonological and Physiological Constraints on Assimilatory Pharyngealization in Arabic: Ultrasound Study

An essential characteristic of continuous speech is the great articulatory and acoustic variability of sounds, owing to the influence of surrounding segments. This segmental variability, referred to as coarticulation or assimilation, has been a central issue in coarticulation models and is subject to the influence of phonological and physiological constraints. This dissertation examines these constraints using emphasis (known as either pharyngealization or uvularization) as a case study and presents a novel investigation of the C-to-C effect of emphasis, i.e. the effect induced by an emphatic consonant on the preceding consonants. It addresses three core questions. The first is whether the contextual effect exerted by pharyngealized consonants is constrained by phonological factors such as phoneme contrast – i.e. if consonants that are contrastive in pharyngealization (e.g. /t s/) and those that are not (e.g. /n l/) demonstrate similar assimilatory effects. Another central question is whether and to what extent assimilation is influenced by the gestural conflict between the target and trigger consonants that arises from the physiological lingual constraints. This is addressed by comparing the assimilation in consonants varying in the degree of lingual constraints: highly constrained [ɡ ʃ j], moderately constrained [χ] and unconstrained [b f]. The third question is whether the assimilatory effect of pharyngealization is a phonetic or phonological process. Ultrasound and audio data were obtained from 15 adult native speakers of Eastern Peninsular Arabic spoken in certain regions of the Arabian Gulf states as they read target words in a carrier sentence. Tongue contours from different time points of the target and trigger consonants were traced manually. Articulatory data confirmed that emphatics /tʕ sʕ/ are pharyngealized (not uvularized) by retracting the tongue root towards the back pharyngeal wall and, consequently, depressing and flattening the tongue body and dorsum. The results of polar SS-ANOVA and root retraction ratios
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Bundle adjustment (BA) is a fundamental optimization technique used in many crucial applications, including 3D scene reconstruction, robotic localization, camera calibration, autonomous driving, street view map generation, and even space exploration etc. Essentially, BA is a joint non-linear optimization problem, and one which can consume a significant amount of time and power, especially for large optimization problems. Previous approaches of optimizing BA performance heavily rely on parallel processing or distributed computing, which trade higher power consumption for higher performance. In this article we propose <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi$</tex-math><alternatives><mml:math><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:math><inline-graphic xlink:href="liu-ieq2-2984611.gif"/></alternatives></inline-formula>-BA, the first hardware-software co-designed BA hardware accelerator that exploits custom hardware to simultaneously achieve higher performance and power efficiency. Specifically, based on our key observation that not all 3D points appear on all images in a BA problem, we designed a Co-Observation Optimization technique to accelerate BA operations with optimized usage of memory and computation resources. In addition, we developed a hardware-friendly differentiation method, which combines the analytic and forward automatic differentiation to calculate derivatives of projection function in the BA problem. We have implemented the proposed design on an embedded FPGA SoC, and experimental results confirm that <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi$</tex-math><alternatives><mml:math><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:math><inline-graphic xlink:href="liu-ieq3-2984611.gif"/></alternatives></inline-formula>-BA outperforms the existing software implementations in terms of performance and power consumption.
Introduction to Animal Behavior

1. INTRODUCTION. What This Book Is About. History of the Study of Animal Behavior. Animal Classification. Questions about Animal Behavior. Summary. PART I: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES. 2. RESEARCH METHODS. The Beginning: Observational Methods. Experimental Methods. Correlational Methods. The Comparative Method. Cost-Benefit Analysis. Avoiding the Pitfall of Storytelling. A Detailed Example: Why Do Songbirds Sing? Research Ethics and Animal Welfare. Summary. 3. EVOLUTION. The Theory of Evolution. Evolution as Fact. Questions about Evolution. Ecology and Evolution. Summary. 4. GENES AND HEREDITY. Basic Genetics. Genetic Change and Evolution. Genes and Behavior. Artificial Selection (Selective Breeding). Summary. 5. LEARNING AND ADAPTATION. Learning As an Adaptive Mechanism. Types of Learning and Their Functions. Adaptive Differences in Learners. Summary. PART II: MAKING A LIVING IN THE WILD. 6. FORAGING AND MIGRATION. Locating Food. Food Selection. Handling and Consuming Food. Migration as a Survival Strategy. Summary. 7. PREDATORS AND PREY. Predator Behaviors. Defenses Against Predation. Evolutionary Arms Races. Summary. 8. COMPETITION AND TERRITORIALITY. Competition for Food. Competition for Mates. Territoriality. Summary. 9. COMMUNICATION AND LIVING IN GROUPS. Channels of Communication. Functions of Communication. Group Living. Summary. PART III: MATING AND PARENTING. 10. SEXUAL CONFLICT, SELECTION, AND COURTSHIP. Sexual Conflict. Alternative Reproductive Strategies. Summary. 11. MATING PATTERNS. Monogamy. Polygyny. Polyandry. Promiscuity/Polygynandry. Summary. 12. PARENTING. The Evolution of Parental Investment. A Survey of Parenting Variations. Unusual Parenting Strategies. Natal Dispersal. Summary. 13. COOPERATION AND HELPING. Mutualism. Reciprocity. Kin Selection. Eusociality. Summary. PART IV: OUR CLOSEST RELATIVES: THE PRIMATES. 14. PRIMATE PATTERNS. What Is a Primate? Prosimians. New World Monkeys. Old World Monkeys. Summary. 15. APES GREAT AND SMALL. Swingers: Gibbons. Orangutans. Gorillas. Common Chimpanzees. The Other Chimpanzee: Bonobos. Can Apes Use Language? Summary. 16. LEARNING AND EARLY EXPERIENCE IN PRIMATES. The Primate Advantage: Observational Learning. The Critical Role of Early Experiences. The Role of Play in Development. Do Animals Think? Summary. 17. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY. Human Evolution. Comparative Human Behavior. Sexual Selection in Humans. CONCLUSIONS. SUMMARY. GLOSSARY. REFERENCES. NAME INDEX. SUBJECT INDEX.
Graph Sets Method for Multicoil Wireless Power Transfer Systems—Part I: Principles

A new approach to derive the equations of multicoil wireless power transfer (MCWPT) systems and to simplify and analyze them is proposed in this article. By parametrically solving the equations governing MCWPT systems and mapping the resultant transfer functions into graph sets (GSs), a set of rules is developed to form the transfer function among the voltages across and currents through the coils. Using these rules, some important aspects, such as effective paths for the power to flow, the effect of active coils on each other and on passive coils, dynamic behavior of the system, and reflected impedances, can be comprehensively analyzed. This can be done by following GS rules and without complex mathematical calculations. The GS method (GSM) also provides an effective tool to design compensators and power electronic converters driving MCWPT systems and to estimate the receiver (pickup) parameters. Moreover, simplifying the behavior of the coils into three basic types, current-driven, voltage-driven, and passive coils, helps to reduce the complexity of the model and to have a better understanding of the system. This simplification can be further expanded by removing ineffective couplings between the coils. This article is presented in two parts. In Part I, the GSM is explained, and its different analytical steps are established, and Part II is dedicated to show the effectiveness and validity of this approach by numerically modeling and experimentally evaluating a three-coil MCWPT system.
Examining the energy literacy of tourism peasant households in rural tourism destinations

ABSTRACT Through questionnaires and interviews, we investigated the energy literacy characteristics of tourism peasant households in rural tourism destinations and distinguished the predictors of energy conservation behavior. The questionnaires show that the peasant households seem literate in energy; however, our interviews do not support this statement. There are significant correlations between energy knowledge, affect and behavior. Energy affect has the most remarkable impact on energy conservation behavior. These findings allow us to provide empirical evidence that attention must be poured into the energy as well as the low-carbon governance of extensive rural tourist destinations.
A Differentially Fed Broadband Multimode Microstrip Antenna

A differentially fed microstrip antenna is proposed. The antenna is mainly composed of four strips, two rows of shorting pins, and four pieces of parasitic patches. The TM10, antiphase TM20, and TM12 modes are excited and matched simultaneously over a broadband. The experimental results show that, though the proposed antenna has a low profile of 0. 052λ0 (λ0 is the free-space wavelength at the center frequency), it has the −10 dB impedance operating band of 4.25–6.27 GHz and the relative bandwidth of 38.4%. The variation of the measured gain which is 7.21±0.36 dBi is less than 1 dB over the whole operating band. The proposed antenna achieves good performances of broadside radiation with the measured front-to-back ratio of larger than 17 dB, stable radiation patterns without null, and stable gain in the operating band.
Integrated BIM‐to‐FEM approach in mechanised tunnelling

In current tunnelling practice, Finite Element (FE) simulations form an integral element in the planning and the design phase of mechanised tunnelling projects. The generation of adequate computational models is often time consuming and requires data from many different sources, in particular, when manually generated using 2D‐CAD drawings. Incorporating Building Information Modelling (BIM) concepts offers opportunities to simplify this process by using geometrical BIM sub‐models as a basis for structural analyses. This paper presents a Tunnel Information Model (TIM) as a BIM specifically tailored to fit the needs of mechanised tunnelling projects and a ”BIM‐to‐FEM“ technology, that automatically extracts relevant information (geology, alignment, lining, material and process parameters) needed for FE simulations from BIM sub‐models and subsequently performs FE analysis of the tunnel drive. The results of the analysis are stored centrally on a data server to which the user has continuous access. A case study from the Wehrhahn‐Metro line project in Düsseldorf, Germany, is presented and discussed to demonstrate the efficiency and the applicability of the proposed BIM‐to‐FEM workflow.
Minimum-time optimal control for vehicles with active rear-axle steering, transfer case and variable parameters

When aiming to improve the performance of industrial sports cars at the limits of driving dynamics, the passive vehicle setup should be tuned under consideration of the actuator configuration and the control system capabilities. To objectively quantify the performance of given vehicle settings, minimum lap times can be determined using optimal control methods. The computed trajectories can be used to assess the benefits of certain actuators as well as to identify optimal vehicle setups and control strategies. This paper analyses the effect of rear-axle steering, longitudinal torque allocation via transfer case and selected vehicle parameters on lap time. The optimal roll moment distribution and longitudinal position of the centre of gravity are identified via concurrent optimisation. The optimal lap trajectories are generated by numerically solving a minimum-time optimal control problem using direct Hermite-Simpson collocation. To eliminate the problem of an unknown initial solution, the authors present an initialisation routine for vehicular optimal control problems. Moreover, a novel approach for the generation of smooth track curvature data is introduced.
Photobiology : the science of life and light

The Nature of Light and Its Interaction with Matter. - Principles and Nomenclature for the Quantification of Light. - Generation and Control of Light. - The Measurement of Light. - Light as a Tool for Biologists: Recent Developments. - Terrestrial Daylight. - Underwater Light. - Action Spectroscopy in Biology. - Spectral Tuning in Biology. - Photochemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and Regulation. - The Diversity of Eye Optics. - The Evolution of Photosynthesis and Its Environmental Impact. - Photosynthetic Light Harvesting, Charge Separation, and Photoprotection: The Primary Steps. - The Biological Clock and Its Resetting by Light. - Photoperiodism in Insects and Other Animals. - Photomorphogenesis and Photoperiodism in Plants. - The Light-Dependent Magnetic Compass. - Phototoxicity. - Ozone Depletion and the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation. - Vitamin D: Photobiological and Ecological Aspects. - The Photobiology of Human Skin. - Light Treatment in Medicine. - Bioluminescence. - Hints for Teaching Experiments and Demonstrations. - The Amateur Scientist's Spectrophotometer.
Hybrid Massive MIMO for Urban V2I: Sub-6 GHz vs mmWave Performance Assessment

The relevance of vehicle communications in next-generation networks entails the necessity of studying their performance in the framework of upcoming massive architectures. In this regard, a study of the wireless channel between a hybrid massive MIMO BS and a vehicular platform is proposed. Adequate metrics and methodology are provided for the assessment of such scenarios. The impact of different multi-antenna geometries and MIMO architectures in both vehicle and BS is modeled based on a numerical simulation of a realistic urban area. We compare several massive hybrid BS configurations with distinct multi-antenna vehicular rooftop solutions. This paper studies the channel eigenvalues and capacities for sub-6 GHz (3.6 GHz) and millimeter-wave (mmWave) (26 GHz) bands under different propagation conditions. The results suggest that the use of hybrid massive configurations increase the channel capacity by subdividing the massive BS into two or four logical radio channels. It is also shown that the greater available bandwidth at mmWave band can compensate the larger attenuation of radio channels in small size cells. The use of adequate metrics to measure the temporal coherence of the channel is also discussed for the beam switching update.
Identification and Characterization of Post-Translational Modifications on EAF1 and EAF2 in Prostate Cancer

Abstract : The original project for the grant was to determine if an observed modification of EAF1 and EAF2 altered how EAF2 is regulated in the normal prostate and in prostate cancer. However, co-immunoprecipitation results showed the modification was a covalent dimerization. The project then shifted to determining how the tumor suppressor ELL-associated factor 2 (EAF2) interacts Fork-head box protein A1 and what the ramifications of that interaction would be. Work on specific aim 1; determine how FOXA1 interacts with EAF2, revealed over-expressed FOXA1 binds to EAF2, EAF2 binds to the N-terminus and C-terminus of FOXA1, and over-expression of FOXA1 and EAF2 reduces FOXA1 and EAF2 protein levels, but it remains unknown if over-expression of FOXA1 and EAF2 affects FOXA1 and EAF2 protein stability. Work on specific aim 2; determine the effect of EAF2 on FOXA1-mediated transcription and on FOXA1-mediated cell growth and survival, revealed that loss of EAF2 reduces PSA protein and mRNA levels and increases FOXA1 protein levels, over-expression of FOXA1 reduces PSA-promoter activity, and over-expression of FOXA1 and EAF2 results in an intermediary level of cell survival and proliferation, compared to FOXA1 alone which promoted cell growth and survival and EAF2 alone which promoted cell death. This project led to a dissertation and a PhD.