Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SnapLink

As the number and heterogeneity of appliances in smart buildings increases, identifying and controlling them becomes challenging. Existing methods face various challenges when deployed in large commercial buildings. For example, voice command assistants require users to memorize many control commands. Attaching Bluetooth dongles or QR codes to appliances introduces considerable deployment overhead. In comparison, identifying an appliance by simply pointing a smartphone camera at it and controlling the appliance using a graphical overlay interface is more intuitive. We introduce SnapLink, a responsive and accurate vision-based system for mobile appliance identification and interaction using image localization. Compared to the image retrieval approaches used in previous vision-based appliance control systems, SnapLink exploits 3D models to improve identification accuracy and reduce deployment overhead via quick video captures and a simplified labeling process. We also introduce a feature sub-sampling mechanism to achieve low latency at the scale of a commercial building. To evaluate SnapLink, we collected training videos from 39 rooms to represent the scale of a modern commercial building. It achieves a 94% successful appliance identification rate among 1526 test images of 179 appliances within 120 ms average server processing time. Furthermore, we show that SnapLink is robust to viewing angle and distance differences, illumination changes, as well as daily changes in the environment. We believe the SnapLink use case is not limited to appliance control: it has the potential to enable various new smart building applications.
Social perspectives in mental health : developing social models to understand and work with mental distress

Foreword, Judy Foster, Social Perspectives Network. Introduction, Jerry Tew, University of Central England. 1. Core Themes of Social Perspectives, Jerry Tew. 2. Social Approaches to Madness and Distress: User Perspectives and User Knowledges, Peter Beresford, Brunel University and Chair of Shaping our Lives. 3. Beyond Biomedical Models: A perspective from critical psychiatry, Duncan Double, Consultant psychiatrist, Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich. 4. Power Relations, Social Order and Mental Distress, Jerry Tew. 5. Social Capital and Mental Health, Martin Webber, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London. 6.The Social/Trauma Model - Mapping the Mental Health Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Similar Experiences, Sally Plumb, Mental Health Training Group, West Midlands. 7. Finding a Way Forward: A Black Perspective on Social Approaches to Mental Health, Peter Ferns, Independent Consultant. 8. Women's Mental Health: Taking Inequality into Account, Jennie Williams, Independent Consultant. 9. 'The Sickness Label Infected Everything we Said': Lesbian and Gay Perspectives on Mental Distress, Sarah Carr, Social Care Institute for Excellence. 10. Approaches to Risk in Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Discourse, Shulamit Ramon, Anglia Polytechnic University. 11. Recovery from Mental Breakdown, Jan Wallcraft, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and fellow for Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Experts by Experience, National Institute for Mental Health in England. 12. Social Perspectives: Towards a Framework for Practice, Jerry Tew. Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy

Preface. 1. Socialism and After. The death of socialism. Old--style social democracy. The neoliberal outlook. The doctrines compared. The recent debates. Structures of political support. The fate of social democracy. 2. Five Dilemmas. Globalisation. Individualism. Left and right. Political agency. Ecological issues. Third way politics. 3. State and Civil Society. Democratising democracy. The question of civil society. Crime and community. The democratic family. 4. The Social Investment State. The meaning of equality. Inclusion and exclusion. A society of positive welfare. Social investment strategies. 5. Into the Global Age. The cosmopolitan nation. Cultural pluralism. Cosmopolitan democracy. The European Union. Market fundamentalism on a world scale. Conclusion. Notes. Index.
Dyslexia, the pattern of difficulties

Background assessment procedure the dyslexia test selection of subjects sample case histories the summary chart control data reading problems spelling problems confusion - between left and right, between east and west, between "b" and "d", over times and dates recall of months of the year subtractions and addition reciting tables recall of digits additional evidence improvement over time familial incidence handedness and eyedness struggles over recognition effects of diagnosis some recent developments theoretical basis for the Bangor Dyslexia Test norms and validatory studies further case studies.
Learning to overcome distraction

Daniel Tranel ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Shaun Vecera, for providing a supportive, productive environment. Shaun provided the support I needed to push forward and the guidance I needed to know where to push. These five years have been a great ride and they would not have been the same without such a supportive mentor. I would like to thank the lab: did all of you help improve the work presented here, but you also helped shape my thinking about cognitive psychology. I would like to thank Becky Huber for her tireless dedication to this department. Finally, I would like to thank my family, especially my parents who have continually supported me throughout my entire education: a gift that I value above all others. Lastly, I would like to thank my fiancé, Amy, for hearing out my endless complaints and providing the critical input needed to see this work through. iii ABSTRACT Complex behaviors require selectively attending to task-relevant items, and ignoring conspicuous, irrelevant items. For example, driving requires selectively attending to other cars on the road while ignoring flashing billboards. Dominant models of attentional control posit that we avoid distraction by biasing attention towards task-relevant items, and our ability to avoid distraction depends on the strength and specificity of this bias. I find that a strong, specific bias towards task-relevant items is insufficient for preventing distraction. Instead, preventing distraction also requires past experience ignoring distractors. I also find that long-term memory systems, rather than visual short-term memory or priming memory systems, maintain this experience. Based upon these findings, I propose that effective attentional control not only demands a strong, specific bias towards task-relevant items, but also requires that observers learn to ignore conspicuous, irrelevant items. iv PUBLIC ABSTRACT When driving, maintaining attention on task-relevant items, such as other cars on the road, is critical for avoiding dangerous events. Attention researchers posit that maintaining attention on task-relevant items depends solely on our ability to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant items. For instance, when we can easily discriminate between relevant items, such as cars, and irrelevant items, such as billboards, we selectively attend the relevant items. When we cannot discriminate between relevant and irrelevant items, we attend to both the relevant and irrelevant items. Here, I test whether target discriminability is sufficient for preventing distraction of if we also must learn to ignore conspicuous items. I find …
The Transcriptional Regulators TAZ and YAP Direct Transforming Growth Factor β-induced Tumorigenic Phenotypes in Breast Cancer Cells*♦

Background: The TGFβ and Hippo pathways are dysregulated in metastatic breast cancers. Results: TGFβ-induced cues and nuclear TAZ/YAP converge at the transcriptional level to control gene expression important for tumorigenesis. Conclusion: TAZ/YAP are required to promote TGFβ-induced tumorigenic phenotypes in breast cancer cells. Significance: Our study reveals novel cross-talk between the TGFβ pathway and TAZ/YAP in late-stage breast cancers. Uncontrolled transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) signaling promotes aggressive metastatic properties in late-stage breast cancers. However, how TGFβ-mediated cues are directed to induce tumorigenic events is poorly understood, particularly given that TGFβ has clear tumor suppressing activity in other contexts. Here, we demonstrate that the transcriptional regulators TAZ and YAP (TAZ/YAP), key effectors of the Hippo pathway, are necessary to promote and maintain TGFβ-induced tumorigenic phenotypes in breast cancer cells. Interactions between TAZ/YAP, TGFβ-activated SMAD2/3, and TEAD transcription factors reveal convergent roles for these factors in the nucleus. Genome-wide expression analyses indicate that TAZ/YAP, TEADs, and TGFβ-induced signals coordinate a specific pro-tumorigenic transcriptional program. Importantly, genes cooperatively regulated by TAZ/YAP, TEAD, and TGFβ, such as the novel targets NEGR1 and UCA1, are necessary for maintaining tumorigenic activity in metastatic breast cancer cells. Nuclear TAZ/YAP also cooperate with TGFβ signaling to promote phenotypic and transcriptional changes in nontumorigenic cells to overcome TGFβ-repressive effects. Our work thus identifies cross-talk between nuclear TAZ/YAP and TGFβ signaling in breast cancer cells, revealing novel insight into late-stage disease-driving mechanisms.
A one-year survey of cursive letter handwriting in a French second-grade child with developmental coordination disorder

We examined the evolution of cursive letter handwriting in a French girl with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) throughout the second-grade, and compared it to that of typically developing (TD) pre-schoolers (5-6 years old; N = 98), first-graders (6-7 years old; N = 85) and second-graders (7-8 years old; N = 88). Children were asked to write cursively 20 randomly-dictated letters. Each letter track was digitized, and eight kinematic parameters were measured to evaluate writing fluency. Results showed that even with remediation, the DCD child's handwriting productions evolve much less over the year than those of TD children, and remained more similar to those of pre-schoolers than to those of first- or second-graders at all stages. Moreover, the number of parameters which differed significantly between the DCD child and TD children increased over time. The most discriminative parameters were letters size and mean speed. These results again raise the question of the need for handwriting remediation in DCD children once the delay with TD children becomes too important.
Radiofrequency thermal ablation versus other interventions for hepatocellular carcinoma.

BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common malignant diseases worldwide. A potential curative option is surgical resection. Due to impaired liver function and/or anatomical reasons only few patients can be treated surgically. For the majority of patients, several interventions have been developed. Among these, local radiofrequency inducing heat production has been used to coagulate the cancer. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of radiofrequency thermal ablation in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with respect to clinically relevant outcomes (mortality, rate of recurrences, adverse events, quality of life, and duration of hospital stay) versus sham intervention, no intervention, or other interventions. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group Controlled Trials Register, The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register on The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CancerLit, and Current Contents until October 2003. Handsearches were also conducted. Reference lists of the identified articles were checked for further trials. SELECTION CRITERIA All randomised trials investigating radiofrequency thermal ablation versus placebo, no intervention, or any other therapeutic approach were considered for inclusion, regardless of blinding, language, and publication status. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Trial inclusion, quality assessment, and data extraction were performed independently by two reviewers. Principal investigators were contacted for further information. MAIN RESULTS Only two randomised clinical trials were identified. One trial including 102 patients compared radiofrequency thermal ablation versus percutaneous ethanol injection for small hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiofrequency thermal ablation significantly increased recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio 0.48, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.27 to 0.85) but did not significantly influence overall survival (hazard ratio 0.20, 95% CI 0.02 to 1.69). The rate of complications and side effects did not differ significantly between the two groups. Another trial with methodological flaws compared radiofrequency thermal ablation versus percutaneous microwave coagulation for 72 patients with 94 hepatocellular carcinoma lesions. The main outcome criterion was the rate of recurrences in both groups; no significant difference was detected. The rate of side effects did not differ significantly, but significantly more treatment sessions were needed with percutaneous microwave coagulation to achieve complete tumour ablation. REVIEWERS' CONCLUSIONS Radiofrequency thermal ablation seems a potentially promising technique for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma. However, more randomised clinical trials are needed.
Analysis of Escherichia coli Strains Causing Bacteriuria during Pregnancy: Selection for Strains That Do Not Express Type 1 Fimbriae

ABSTRACT Escherichia coli isolates from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were compared by PCR with isolates from patients with community-acquired cystitis for the presence of established virulence determinants. The strains from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were less likely to carry genes for P-family, S-family, and F1C adhesins, cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1, and aerobactin, but virtually all of the strains carried the genes for type 1 fimbriae. Standard mannose-sensitive agglutination of yeast cells showed that only 15 of 42 bacteriuria strains (36%) expressed type 1 fimbriae compared with 32 of 42 strains from community-acquired symptomatic infections (76%) (P < 0.01). This difference was confirmed by analysis of all isolates for an allele of the type 1 fimbrial regulatory region (fim switch), which negates type 1 fimbrial expression by preventing the fimswitch from being inverted to the on phase. This allele,fimS49, was found in 8 of 47 bacteriuria strains from pregnant women (17.0%) compared with 2 of 60 strains isolated from patients with cystitis (3.3%) (P < 0.05). Determination of the phase switch orientation in vivo by analysis of freshly collected infected urine from patients with bacteriuria showed that the fim switch was detectable in the off orientation in 17 of 23 urine samples analyzed (74%). These data indicate that type 1 fimbriae are not necessary to maintain the majority of E. coli bacteriurias in pregnant women since there appears to be selection against their expression in this particular group. This is in contrast to the considered role of this adhesin in community-acquired symptomatic infections. The lack of type 1 fimbria expression is likely to contribute to the asymptomatic nature of bacteriuria in pregnant women, although approximately one-third of the bacteriuria isolates do possess key virulence determinants. If left untreated, this subset of isolates pose the greatest threat to the health of the mother and unborn child.
The evolution of self-control

Significance Although scientists have identified surprising cognitive flexibility in animals and potentially unique features of human psychology, we know less about the selective forces that favor cognitive evolution, or the proximate biological mechanisms underlying this process. We tested 36 species in two problem-solving tasks measuring self-control and evaluated the leading hypotheses regarding how and why cognition evolves. Across species, differences in absolute (not relative) brain volume best predicted performance on these tasks. Within primates, dietary breadth also predicted cognitive performance, whereas social group size did not. These results suggest that increases in absolute brain size provided the biological foundation for evolutionary increases in self-control, and implicate species differences in feeding ecology as a potential selective pressure favoring these skills. Cognition presents evolutionary research with one of its greatest challenges. Cognitive evolution has been explained at the proximate level by shifts in absolute and relative brain volume and at the ultimate level by differences in social and dietary complexity. However, no study has integrated the experimental and phylogenetic approach at the scale required to rigorously test these explanations. Instead, previous research has largely relied on various measures of brain size as proxies for cognitive abilities. We experimentally evaluated these major evolutionary explanations by quantitatively comparing the cognitive performance of 567 individuals representing 36 species on two problem-solving tasks measuring self-control. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that absolute brain volume best predicted performance across species and accounted for considerably more variance than brain volume controlling for body mass. This result corroborates recent advances in evolutionary neurobiology and illustrates the cognitive consequences of cortical reorganization through increases in brain volume. Within primates, dietary breadth but not social group size was a strong predictor of species differences in self-control. Our results implicate robust evolutionary relationships between dietary breadth, absolute brain volume, and self-control. These findings provide a significant first step toward quantifying the primate cognitive phenome and explaining the process of cognitive evolution.
Genome-wide analysis of the odorant-binding protein gene family in Drosophila melanogaster.

Olfaction is of considerable importance to many insects in behaviors critical for survival and reproduction, including location of food sources, selection of mates, recognition of colony con-specifics, and determination of oviposition sites. An ubiquitous, but poorly understood, component of the insect's olfactory system is a group of odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) that are present at high concentrations in the aqueous lymph surrounding the dendrites of olfactory receptor neurons. OBPs are believed to shuttle odorants from the environment to the underlying odorant receptors, for which they could potentially serve as odorant presenters. Here we show that the Drosophila genome carries 51 potential OBP genes, a number comparable to that of its odorant-receptor genes. We find that the majority (73%) of these OBP-like genes occur in clusters of as many as nine genes, in contrast to what has been observed for the Drosophila odorant-receptor genes. Two of the presumptive OBP gene clusters each carries an odorant-receptor gene. We also report an intriguing subfamily of 12 putative OBPs that share a unique C-terminal structure with three conserved cysteines and a conserved proline. Members of this subfamily have not previously been described for any insect. We have performed phylogenetic analyses of the OBP-related proteins in Drosophila as well as other insects, and we discuss the duplication and divergence of the genes for this large family. [The sequence data from this study have been submitted to FlyBase. Annotations for these sequences are available as supplementary material at http://www.genome. org. ]
Self and Other Perception in Mild Depressives

The present study investigated the effects of mild depression on the processing of personal information about oneself and others. Specifically, mildly depressed and normal subjects rated the applicability of positive and negative personality adjectives to themselves (“Describes you? ”), a well-known other (“Describes him or her? ”), and their concept of the average person (“Describes others? ”). Rating times (RTs) were monitored for each judgment, with all ratings followed immediately by an incidental recall period for the adjectives. In accord with a content-specific self-schema model, normals recalled significantly more positive information about themselves than negative information, and also displayed quicker RTs for schema-consistent positive material. Conversely, mild depressives recalled equal amounts of positive and negative self-referent material. In combination with their longer RTs for both types of judgments, these findings point to a view of self in mild depressives that incorporates both positiv.
GESTALT THEORY IN ITALY – IS IT STILL ALIVE ?

In writing about the present status of Gestalt psychology in Italy, a reference to the picture of it recently published by Ian VERSTEGEN (2000) is a ‘must’. He concludes his paper with the statement: “Psychology in Italy by the 1990s had been completely internationalised and ‘Americanized’. There is no fourth generation of Italian Gestalt psychology of which we may speak”. It is my impression that this last statement, although it may, in some sense, be true, is not altogether correct.
Conventional cosmology from multidimensional models

We investigate a possibility for construction of the conventional Friedmann cosmology for our observable Universe if underlying theory is multidimensional Kaluza-Klein model endowed with a perfect fluid. We show that effective Friedmann model obtained by dynamical compactification of the multidimensional one is faced with too strong variations of the fundamental "constants". From other hand, models with stable compactification of the internal space are free from this problem and also result in conventional 4D cosmological behavior for our Universe. We prove a no-go theorem which shows that stable compactification of the internal spaces is possible only if equations of state in the external and internal spaces are properly adjusted to each other. With a proper choice of parameters (fine tuning), effective cosmological constant in this model provides the late time acceleration of the Universe. The fine tuning problem is resolved in the case of the internal spaces in the form of orbifolds with branes in fixed points. However, in this case the effective potential is too flat (mass gravexcitons is very small) to provide necessary constancy of the effective fundamental "constants".