cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Psychosocial Variables and their Relationship to Diabetic Outcome Among the Strong Heart Study Cohort
Creators: name: O'Leary, Brian D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United Sates. Certain Native American groups have been harder hit than the mainstream population, both in prevalence of the disease and in rates of related complications. The highest known prevalence in the world is found among a Southwestern U.S. Tribe, and other Native American Tribes have demonstrated similar prevalence rates. It has been shown that certain psychological factors such as depression and hostility impact both the occurrence and outcome of certain diseases, including diabetes.
This study examined whether those individuals who have not met the criteria for diabetes mellitus were more prone to develop diabetes mellitus if they reported signs of depression, cynical hostility, or anger that is either expressed or not expressed. It also examined the impact of depression, cynical hostility, and anger on glucose control among individuals who were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Finally, an aim was to determine if "psychological distress, " rather than specific psychosocial variables, was related to poorer diabetic outcomes among a specific Native American population. Participants for this study were part of the Strong Heart Study and were examined at two different points in time (1992-1994 and 1997-1999).
The current study found that psychosocial variables did not predict the incidence of diabetes mellitus. Depression was found to impact glucose control among individuals without diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance, but psychosocial variables did not appear to have any measurable influence on glucose control among those individuals with diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance. Overall, it appears that psychosocial variables do not play as large of role in both incidence and outcome among certain Native American tribes as has been shown among the mainstream population.
title: Sleep Problems in Young Children With and Without Behavior Problems
Creators: name: Sneddon, Penny L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: There are numernus social, emotional, and behavioral problems toddlers and preschool children can exhibit. Some of the more common problems reported by parents of young children are daytime behavior problems and sleep disturbances. This study investigated sleep difficulties in toddler and preschool-age children with (n = 31) and without (n = 59) significant behavior problems. Furthermore, the current study investigated the relationship between sleep difficulties and other psychological constructs (i.e., maternal general stress, maternal depression, and parenting stress), which might be related to sleep and behavior problems. Mothers of clinically referred children with behavior problems and nonclinically referred children without behavior problems completed measures regarding their children's sleep and behavior as well as their own general stress, parenting stress, and depressive symptomology.
Overall, children with behavior problems showed significantly more sleep difficulties than children without behavior problems. Specifically, when compared to children without behavior problems, children with behavior problems took more time to initiate sleep, showed increased bedtime resistance, had more night wakings, and had shorter sleep durations. Additionally, the results showed that other factors (i.e., maternal depression, family stress, parent-child relationship stress) likely contribute to and/or maintain sleep disturbances in children. The findings from this study suggest a complex relationship between childhood sleep, daytime externalizing behaviors, and maternal health. Potential clinical implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed.
title: Does Teaching Problem-Solving Skills Matter?: An Evaluation of Problem-Solving Skills Training for the Treatment of Social and Behavioral Problems in Children
Creators: name: Bushman, Bryan B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: Parent training combined with problem solving skills training has been proposed as a comprehensive treatment for childhood oppositional behaviors, poor child social skills, and parental stress . The current study compared Parent Training + Problem Solving Skills Training with a Parent Training + nondirective condition. Parents of 32 children first attended Parent Training . After the parents completed Parent Training, children were randomly assigned to individual therapy in either a Problem Solving Skills Training condition or a nondirective condition. Data comparisons between the groups were made at postindividual therapy and at 6-week follow-up. Results indicated that children in the Problem Solving Skills Training condition improved more than their counterparts regarding parent-reported, parent-observed, and child-reported social skills. Children in the Problem Solving Skills Training condition also improved more than children in the nondirective condition on parent-observed oppositional behaviors ; however , children in the non-directive condition demonstrated more improvement than their Problem Solving Skills Training counterparts on parent-reported measures of oppositional behaviors . There were no differences between the groups regarding parental stress. The clinical implications and limitations of these findings are discussed.
title: Relationship Among Team Collective Efficacy, Cohesion, and Coaching Competency in Sports
Creators: name: Manning, Clayton T.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: A team's performance in any sport can be predicted by many factors. Some of these factors include team collective efficacy, team cohesiveness, and coaching competency. Currently, there is little research investigating the relationships among teams' beliefs about their capabilities, their level of cohesion, and their perceptions of coaching competency on overall sport performance. The purpose of this study was to document the relationship among collective efficacy, cohesion, and coaching on sport performance in a sample of university athletes. The objectives of this study were to identify the level of cohesion, collective efficacy, and perceptions of coaching competency by each athletic team at the university, and to identify the relationships among each of these variables in regard to sport performance. Participants were 163 collegiate athletes involved in eight sports at Utah State University during the 2005-2006 academic year. Correlational analysis revealed significant positive relationships with collective efficacy, cohesion, and coaching competency. Multi-level modeling and linear regression analyses revealed that collective efficacy was a significant predictor of win/loss percentage, whereas some aspects of cohesion and coaching competency were seen as predictors of collective efficacy.
title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Supplemental Labels in Museum Exhibits
Creators: name: Eliason, Clint B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: The present study used an experimental design to investigate the efficacy of using short (12 words or less), prominently placed supplemental labels to increase the effectiveness of select extant labels in museum exhibits. The experimenter-developed supplemental labels were designed to leverage exogenous/bottom-up and endogenous/top-down sources of influence on selective attention. Measures of patron behavior, knowledge retention, and attitude found no significant differences between group means under control and treatment conditions. These outcomes were surprising and inconsistent with findings from similar research conducted by Hirschi and Screven. The supplemental labels in the present study might have failed to capture attention because they were not sufficiently visually stimulating, they did not sufficiently tap internal motivations, or perhaps patrons experienced innattentional blindness in regards to them.
Chemotaxonomy of the genus eucalyptus
Creators: name: Sharma, PJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Chemical characters in the majority of the Tasmanian species of Eucalypts have been investigated to determine their value to the taxonomy of the genus. The investigation has included three classes of chemicals. 1. The leaf and twig bark anthocyanins of each of twenty-two species were isolated and identified; it was found that anthocyanin distribution generally paralleled the split of the Tasmanian Eucalypts into two sections, namely, Sections Macrantherae and Renantherae. Cyanidin compounds containing glucose are the most widespread in the genus, other anthocyanidins found being delphinidin, malvidin and peonidin. The anthocyanin pattern of the Macrantherae is generally simple, and is based on the 3-glucoside and 3,5-diglucoside of cyanidin. The Section Renantherae, is further subdivided into two groups on the basis of the distribution both of the galactosides of cyanidin and delphinidin and of the methylated anthocyanins ~ this division parallels that based on morphological characters. The anthocyanin patterns of some renantherous species, (E. coccifera, E. risdoni and E. tasmanica) reflects the simplicity of the patterns found in macrantherous species. 2. Other flavonoids in leaf and twig bark were classified according to their Rf values in different solvent systems. Certain aglycones and alcohol-soluble polyphenols were restricted to either section or to groups within these sections. Again, these divisions agreed with morphological classification excepting for E. coccifera. 3. Protein and isoenzyme patterns of seedlings of the twenty-two species were obtained. Peroxidase and esterase patterns were useful in showing taxa relationships. All macrantherous species, except E. aggregata showed similar peroxidase patterns, while E. aggregata showed a typically renantherous pattern. Quantitative differences in peroxidase bands reflect intra-section variation. Qualitative and quantitative variations in esterase patterns also provide useful taxonomic markers in the two sections. Chemical characters were also used in an investigation of the E. viminalis/E. dalrympleana complex in Tasmania. Macro-molecular characters of seedlings did not aid in distinguishing the two species, but differences in the phenolic compounds of the seedling leaves enabled positive identification of a \viminalis-type\" or a \"dalrympleana-type\" tree."
Reconsidering the 'Public' / 'Private' Divide to Realise Societal Welfare in Data Access and Governance
Creators: name: Aidinlis, Stergios
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: data sharing; data access; data governance; public benefit; private interests

description: Infraethical theoretical accounts have exposed the limitations in seeing the individual decisions of data owners as a proxy for whether particular types of data access serve the ‘public good’. These limitations are all the more apparent in the post-C19 world, where public health objectives heavily rely on massive, timely and adequate data flows. Drawing on the UK and EU data protection legal frameworks, this paper interrogates the conventional, often rigidly observed, divide between the ‘public’ and ‘private’ interests as bases for lawful data processing. In doing so, it argues against treating the relationship between the two as a zero-sum game. A conceptualisation of the ‘public’ interest as not incompatible with private interests, as long as a contribution to societal well-being is made through data access, is offered in that regard.
description: Discussion paper for Data for Policy 2020 conference
title: Navajo Adolescent Pregnancy: Identifying Ecocultural Factors Among Adolescent Mothers and Their Infants
Creators: name: Anderson, Jessline
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: Understanding the adaptational responses and ecocultural niche of the Navajo adolescent mother from her perspective provides a richness of information about a little-studied population . The overall purpose of this study was to explore the ecocultural factors determined to be significant in the decision of a Navajo adolescent mother to remain in high school or drop out of high school. Thirty Navajo adolescent mothers recruited from two small reservation towns in eastern Arizona participated in the study. Navajo adolescent mothers in the study participated in a one and one half hour semistructured accommodations interview, and completed a Family Resource Scale and a Family Support Scale. An assessment tool, the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, was administered to infants and toddlers of Navajo adolescent mothers. Computation of effect sizes determined the magnitude of difference between the two groups. Findings indicated that (a) Navajo adolescent mothers who remained in high school had more family support than those who dropped out of high school, (b) Navajo adolescent mothers who remained in high school had more family resources than those who dropped out of high school, and (c) Navajo adolescent mothers who remained in high school made greater adaptations than those who dropped out of high school.
An additional question focused on the relationship between Navajo adolescent mothers' current enrollment in school and the cognitive and motor performance development of their children. Findings indicated that children born to Navajo adolescent mothers in the drop-out group scored higher on both the cognitive and motor performance tests of development than those infants born to the in-school group mothers.
title: The Impact of the Ideal Thin Body Image on Women
Creators: name: Hawkins, Nicole
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: Researchers and clinicians have postulated that the thin-ideal image portrayed in the media leads to body dissatisfaction and negative self-appraisals among women; however, there is little research that has directly examined the effects of these images on women. The purpose of this research investigation was to experimentally examine the effects of exposure to the thin-ideal on women's affect, self-esteem, body satisfaction, and level of internalization of the thin body image. This study also assessed how the thin-ideal image differentially impacted women with a diagnosed eating disorder. College women (N = 145) were randomly exposed to photographs from popular magazines containing either thin-ideal images or neutral images (nonmodels).
The results indicated that exposure to the thin-ideal images produced body dissatisfaction, negative mood states, and lowered self-esteems. It was also expected that exposure to the thin body image would result in higher levels of internalization of the thin-ideal; however, the results indicated that women exposed to these images had significantly lower levels of internalization compared to women in the neutral condition. The results also suggest that women with eating disorders exhibited significantly more body dissatisfaction and depression after exposure to the thin-ideal relative to all other subgroups of women. Implications for prevention of eating disorders and areas of future research are discussed.
title: A Model of Freshman Use of Microcomputers Related to Intellectual and Social Development
Creators: name: Judd, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between freshmen's use of microcomputers and their social and intellectual development in a university environment. A review of related literature describes the theoretical foundation of this research and identifies questionnaire items for measuring the critical variables of microcomputer use and student development. To conduct the study, data obtained from 400 freshman students prior to entering Utah State University (USU) in the fall of 1996 were compared to data collected from the same students during Spring Quarter of 1997. Correlational analysis was used to study changes in freshman students' use of microcomputers and variables known to predict students' social and academic integration into the institution. Regression analyses were used to identify variables and dimensions of microcomputer use that contributed to and detracted from students' intellectual and social development.
title: Latin American Immigrants' Perceptions of Discrimination and Acquisition of English as a Second Language as a Result of Using a Community Social Support Center
Creators: name: McFarland, Holly
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: The associations between Latin American immigrants' use of a community social support center and perceived discrimination and language acquisition were investigated. All variables were measured by respondents' self-reports on a questionnaire designed to obtain demographic data as well as describe the needs of the Latin American community in rural Northern Utah . Chi-square analyses indicated a statistically significant association between use of the center and acquisition of English as a second language. No relationship was found between use of the center and perceived discrimination. The results of this study provide valuable demographic data as well as describe some of the experiences Latin American immigrants face upon immigrating to the United States.
title: The Efficacy of Treatments for Childhood Depression: An Integrative Review
Creators: name: Michael, Kurt David
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: Prevalence estimates of child depression are substantial and morbidity leads to an increased risk of recurrence during adolescence and adulthood . Further , early-onset depression is associated with a number of negative outcomes including: poor physical health , social and interpersonal impairments , academic problems , substance abuse , future maladjustment , and suicidal behavior. In light of the prevalence , persistence, and negative outcomes associated with depression in children and adolescents , several treatments ranging from psychosocial to pharmacological interventions have been developed and evaluated. However, the overall efficacy of treatments remains equivocal because the majority of existing reviews of the child and adolescent depression treatment literature are narrative in nature, methodologically flawed , and/or present vague or conflicting conclusions. Although there are a number of good meta-analytic reviews that indicate that psychotherapy is effective with children and adolescents overall, comprehensive meta-analytic reviews focusing on the efficacy of psychological treatments specifically for depressed youth are nonexistent in the published literature.
A comprehensive sample of studies on the psychosocial and pharmacological treatment of early-onset depression was located through an extensive literature search. Articles that met the inclusionary criteria were subsequently analyzed. The outcome data from 3 7 outcome studies were extracted and converted into effect sizes. Comparisons of main effects, potential interactions, and other specified variables were conducted. The overall findings of this meta-analysis indicate that several different psychosocial interventions for early-onset depression produce moderate to large treatment gains that are clinically meaningful for many afflicted youth. Further, it appears that psychosocial treatments are, in general, superior to pharmacological regimens in treating depressed children and adolescents. However, there is also recent evidence that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as fluoxetine are efficacious, and they will likely play an increased role in the management of affective illness in youngsters. The clinical implications and limitations of these data are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.
title: Effects of Perceived Sugar or Chocolate Intake on Self-Reported Food Cravings, Mood States, and Food Intake: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Creators: name: Schultz, Lara J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: Many dieters and compulsive overeaters report that sugar and chocolate are the most commonly craved foods. Further, many individuals have proclaimed themselves to be "addicted" to sugar or chocolate. It remains unclear, however, what factors lead to report of specific food addictions. A number of researchers have suggested that highly repetitive consumption of sugar and chocolate may result from various physiological processes (e.g., neurochemical imbalances, glucose/insulin malfunctioning). However, there is also considerable evidence that psychosocial factors (i.e., expectancies, classical, and operant conditioning) play the major role in the development and maintenance of excessive sugar,chocolate intake. Empirical studies examining factors that underlie this behavior are almost nonexistent. Therefore, it is useful for researchers to explore perspectives about the causes of addictive or compulsive behavior. This study addressed the question, "Are adverse eating symptoms/outcomes for women who believe they are addicted to sugar or chocolate explained primarily by learning factors or by the key chemical constituents in these foods?"
This study involved procedures that influenced subjects' perceptions and expectations about the sugar/chocolate content of a beverage (i.e., real chocolate, sugar versus synthetic substitute [placebo]) in a laboratory taste test situation. In an ABAB experimental design, self-avowed addict and control subjects were tested on four consecutive days receiving two chocolate/sugar (A) and two placebo (B) beverages. Changes in mood and food cravings were measured, as was an index of perceived eating dyscontrol following the consumption of beverages. In addition to establishing a baseline measure each day, subjects' mood and cravings were assessed immediately after consumption of chocolate or placebo as well as 45 minutes later.
The responses (mood, food cravings, food intake) that occurred after exposure to drinks containing placebo or sugar/chocolate suggested that subjects do not always respond in the manner they purport to (e.g., increased cravings, mood improvement, subsequent overeating of treats). Other factors such as learning and conditioning may play a key role in accounting for their report of excessive behavior. Specifically, individuals who believe they are addicted to sugar or chocolate evidence similar responses and symptoms irrespective of wether they consumed a placebo versus sugar or chocolate.
Social Innovation in forest
Creators: name: Sfeir R. Patricia
name: Marini Govigli Valentino
name: Riccardo, Da Re
name: Kantar Bassam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Social Innovation
Mediterranean region
Forest

description: The 6th Mediterranean Forest Week held in Lebanon, featured the Social Innovation in Forests by SEEDS-Int and EFIMED and focused on providing a clear understanding of Social Innovation in the Mediterranean forests including key indicators and real case studies from the Mediterrenean region.
title: Estimating R2 Shrinkage in Multiple Regression: A Comparison of Different Analytical Methods
Creators: name: Yin, Ping
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: This study investigated the effectiveness of various analytical methods used for estimating R2 shrinkage in multiple regression analysis. Two categories of analytical formulae were identified: estimators of the population squared multiple correlation coefficient (ρ2), and estimators of the population cross-validity coefficient (ρc2). To avoid possible confounding factors that might be associated with a real data set such as data nonnormality, lack of precise population parameters, different degrees of multicollinearity among the predictor variables, and so forth, the Monte Carlo method was used to simulate multivariate normal sample data, with prespecified population parameters such as the squared multiple correlation coefficient (ρ2), number of predictors, different sample sizes, known degree of multicollinearity, and controlled data normality conditions. Five hundred replicates were simulated within each cell of the sampling conditions. Various analytical formulae were applied to the simulated data in each sampling condition, and the "adjusted" coefficients were obtained and then compared to their corresponding population parameters (ρ2 and ρc2).
Analysis of the results indicates that the currently most widely used (in both SAS and SPSS) "Wherry" formula is probably not the most effective analytical formula in estimating ρ2. Instead, the Pratt formula appeared to outperform other analytical formulae across most of these sampling conditions. Among the analytical formulae designed to estimate ρc2, the Browne formula appeared to be the most effective and stable in minimizing statistical bias across different sampling conditions. The study also concludes that it is the n/p (sample size/number of predictor variables) ratio that affects the performances of these analytical formulae the most; different degrees of multicollinearity among predictor variables do not have dramatic influence on the performances of these analytical formulae. Further replicants on both real and simulated data re still needed to investigate the effectiveness of these analytical formulae.
title: Interpersonal Aspects of Attribution and Emotion
Creators: name: Treadwell, Chris L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: In Weiner's attributional perspective on emotion, recipients appraise outcomes in terms of three attributional dimensions--locus, controllability, and stability. The specific pattern of inferred attributions determines the nature of the resulting emotional experience. Weiner further claims that a sender's own emotion may serve as a precipitating event for a receiver's resulting attributions and emotions. Parkinson critiques the notion that there are inflexible or unique links among senders' emotions, the attributions conveyed by senders' emotions, and the resulting attributions or emotions aroused in recipients. Parkinson implies instead that the nature of the interpersonal relationship between senders and receivers, independent of attributional inferences, is a more important determinant of the specific emotion aroused. The main question asked in the present study was whether a sender's anger or pity led to receiver attributions and emotions consistent with Weiner's model across different types of sender-receiver relationships.
Using a variation on Weiner's paradigm, 174 female and 104 male university students were presented with scenarios depicting the interaction of two people who were friends, enemies, or strangers. In each scenario, a receiver's behavior was followed by either a reaction of anger o pity from the sender. Participants then answered four questions to check the effectiveness of manipulations, rated the sender's attributions about the receiver's behavior and the receiver's own attributions, and predicted the intensity of the receiver's own emotional response (including guilt and shame).
Because the pity manipulation was deemed ineffective, data were analyzed for the sender-anger condition only. Although Weiner's model was somewhat supported in the friend condition, there was only a weak relation between sender and receiver attributions, as well as either of these attributions and sender anger when examined across the three relationship conditions. Importantly, relationship variables more than attributional ones affected the degree to which receivers responded with guilt and shame to the sender's anger.
Discussion focuses on the potential epiphenomenal role of attribution in eliciting emotion and the need to examine Parkinson's view that identity-related concerns, which vary as a function of the nature of the target relationship, are more central to arousing specific emotional responses.
title: An Investigation into the Effects of Humor and Laughter on Depressive Symptomology
Creators: name: Goodson, Jason Talley
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2001

description: The current study was designed to test the theory that daily exposure to humorous material would reduce depressive symptoms. Thirty-eight undergraduate students endorsing depressive symptoms were randomly assigned to either a humor or comparison group. Dependent variables were scores on the Beck Depression Inventory, the Social Activities Scale from the Interpersonal Events Schedule, and the Positive and Negative Daily Affect Schedule. The humor group intervention consisted of take-home videotaped recordings of humorous materials. The comparison group intervention consisted of take-home video taped recordings of educational materials with motivational themes. Results indicated that subjects in both groups exhibited significant reductions in depressive symptoms. However, subjects in the humor group showed significant increases in social activities and daily affectual gains, while the comparison group subjects showed no such changes. Plausible reasons for the current findings as well as implications are discussed.
How big is a food portion? A pilot study in Australian families
Creators: name: Collins, Clare
name: Bucher, Tamara
name: Taylor, Aimee
name: Et Al.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2015
Subjects: children
parents
portion size perception
standard serving size

description: Issues addressed: It is not known whether individuals can accurately estimate the portion size of foods usually consumed relative to standard serving sizes in national food selection guides. The aim of the present cross-sectional pilot study was to quantify what adults and children deem a typical portion for a variety of foods and compare these with the serving sizes specified in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (AGHE). Methods: Adults and children were independently asked to serve out their typical portion of 10 common foods (rice, pasta, breakfast cereal, chocolate, confectionary, ice cream, meat, vegetables, soft drink and milk). They were also asked to serve what they perceived a small, medium and large portion of each food to be. Each portion was weighed and recorded by an assessor and compared with the standard AGHE serving sizes. Results: Twenty-one individuals (nine mothers, one father, 11 children) participated in the study. There was a large degree of variability in portion sizes measured out by both parents and children, with means exceeding the standard AGHE serving size for all items, except for soft drink and milk, where mean portion sizes were less than the AGHE serving size. The greatest mean overestimations were for pasta (155%; mean 116 g; range 94-139 g) and chocolate (151%; mean 38 g; range 25-50 g), each of which represented approximately 1.5 standard AGHE servings. Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicate that there is variability between parents' and children's estimation of typical portion sizes compared with national recommendations. So what? Dietary interventions to improve individuals' dietary patterns should target education regarding portion size.
Data for learning reaching motion with a humanoid robot TALOS
Creators: name: Savevska, Kristina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This dataset contains data used for analyzing reinforcement learning of a reaching task as described in the paper K. Savevska and A. Ude, "Analysis of Cost Functions for Reinforcement Learning of Reaching Tasks in Humanoid Robots", Applied Sciences, 2023.

The dataset comprises three files that describe the trajectory demonstrated by a human and transferred to a humanoid robot TALOS. The first file is a video, [reaching_demonstration.mp4], showing the human demonstration captured by Nuitrack Body Tracker (the captured depth images and the computed human body skeleton).

The identified skeleton is saved in a rosbag file, [reaching_demonstration.bag], which contains a series of messages encoding the detected skeleton. The messages are of type Skeleton, which is defined in [Skeleton.msg]. It consists of poses of the detected human body parts. The poses, expressed in the coordinate frame of the camera, include:  head_pose, neck_pose, shoulder_pose, spine_mid_pose, spine_bottom_pose, left_shoulder_pose, left_elbow_pose, left_wrist_pose, left_hand_pose, right_shoulder_pose, right_elbow_pose, right_wrist_pose, right_hand_pose, left_hip_pose, left_knee_pose, left_ankle_pose, right_hip_pose, right_knee_pose, right_ankle_pose. The data is collected at a frequency of 30 Hz. The timestamp of each message is wrapped within the header field.

Finally, the humanoid robot joint trajectories that describe a stable motion of TALOS computed from the demonstrated human motion are included in the [trajectory.txt] file. Each row in [trajectory.txt] contains first the time stamp followed by the sequence of joints: arm_left_1_joint, arm_left_2_joint, arm_left_3_joint, arm_left_4_joint, arm_left_5_joint, arm_left_6_joint, arm_left_7_joint, arm_right_1_joint, arm_right_2_joint, arm_right_3_joint, arm_right_4_joint, arm_right_5_joint, arm_right_6_joint, arm_right_7_joint, head_1_joint, head_2_joint, torso_1_joint, torso_2_joint. This data is given at a frequency of 120 Hz.
Constrained Bayesian doubly elastic net Lasso for linear quantile mixed models
Creators: name: Ji, Yonggang
name: Shi, Haifang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this article, we propose a novel constrained Bayesian elastic net approach for linear quantile mixed model shrinkage. A partially collapsed Gibbs sampling algorithm is developed for efficient posterior computation based on a modified Cholesky decomposition for the covariance matrix of random effects and an asymmetric Laplace distribution for the error distribution. We demonstrate the proposed method based on simulated data and an experimental dataset from a longitudinal study of age-related macular degeneration trial. Both simulation studies and real data analysis indicate that the proposed constrained Bayesian elastic net approach is competitive with the existing methods under a variety of scenarios, such as presence of a large number of covariates and collinearity.
title: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Students' Realizing Educational Potential Program
Creators: name: Tous, Frances Y.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: The Students' Realizing Educational Potential Program (REP) was implemented in the 1993-94 academic year to reduce dropout rates for ethnic minority students at Utah State University . This program is currently funded by a 5-year grant, pending renewal upon demonstration of its effectiveness. A formative evaluation was conducted to determine whether the REP program has accomplished its goals thus far, using 157 minority students. Two levels of analysis were conducted. In the first level, admission index scores, college grade point averages, and the average number of quarters enrolled were compared among three REP and non-REP cohorts . The REP program did not satisfactorily retain its students in its first cohort, but in subsequent cohorts REP student retention rates surpassed those of non-REP peers. It was also discovered that Utah State University is exhibiting student population trends that run opposite to national and statewide trends by decreasing in minorities and increasing in Caucasian students, especially since 1994. In the second level, responses to a questionnaire were qualitatively compared between REP and non-REP students. The REP group had more students from outside of Cache Valley, more students declaring majors and with junior student ranking, higher financial needs, more extracurricular involvement, and more problems integrating into the local community than the non-REP group. In general, the REP program has assisted students in addressing social and academic needs, and has significantly impacted retention rates in its last 2 years. Recommendations for future program development and evaluations were given.
title: Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Assessment and Relationship to Self-Concept
Creators: name: Dowd, Sue Ann
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2001

description: Internalizing disorders cause serious psychological problems for many adolescents. The effects can be both debilitating and long lasting. However, assessment of internalizing disorders has been plagued by limited measurement strategies. Historically, individual measures were developed to assess the narrow-band symptoms that are subsumed under the broad construct of internalizing disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety, somatic complaints, and social withdrawal). Recently, the Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents has been created. The Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents is a short screening measure that includes newer models of affect such as the tripartite model of affect. Additionally, there has been limited research on the relationship between self-concept and internalizing disorders. Although the inverse relationship between depression and self-concept is well documented, the relationship between self-concept and other internalizing syndromes is essentially unknown.
The present study addressed the underlying factor structure of the Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents. A factor analysis using principal axis extraction with varimax rotation was conducted. A two-factor solution was identified as superior to any other factor solution considered. The two factors accounted for 34.2% of the total variance in the Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents scores and were identified as Factor 1, Negative Affect/General Distress and Factor 2, Positive Affect. The two-factor solution of the Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents provided some support for Watson and Clark's tripartite model of affectivity. The present study also considered the relationship between the Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents and the Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale. Bivariate correlations were run to evaluate the relationship between internalizing symptoms and self-concept. The correlations ranged from moderate to large (-.42 to -.78) and were inversely related as expected. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to determine if the Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale subscales could predict internalizing symptoms. The combined predictors accounted for 62% of the variance in the Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents. These findings indicate that self-concept is a robust predictor for internalizing disorders. The study provides evidence for the use of the Internalizing Symptom Scale for Adolescents a s a pscyhometrically sound measure for assessing internalizing disorders in adolescents. Implications of this study for clinical practice and directions for future research are discussed.
INTRAOPERATIVE DETERMINATION OF THE LEVEL OF AMPUTATION IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC FOOT SYNDROME
Creators: name: Davlatov, Salim
name: Usmonov, Amirbek
name: Arziev, Asilbek
name: Atoyeva, Mokhigul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The work analyzes the results of a comprehensive examination and treatment of 137 patients with diabetic foot syndrome who were hospitalized in the department of purulent surgery of the Bukhara Regional Multidisciplinary Medical Center in the period from 2020 to 2023. In order to assess the viability of muscle tissue at the level of amputation, the use of a rapid method of intraoperative macroscopic histochemical determination of the activity of muscle tissue dehydrogenases was proposed.
A two directional study of scattering of ruby laser light from a plasma jet
Creators: name: Godfrey, Lawrence Allan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A two channel system is used to study, simultaneously in two directions, the scattering of ruby laser light from a plasma jet. The experimental scattering spectrums compare well with theoretical predictions for scattering from an infinite homogeneous thermal plasma. The fluctuations in the integrated spectrums for the two directions are shown to be positively correlated, as well as to be too large to be accounted for by known sources of fluctuation. Changes in the plasma parameters, electron density and temperature, are ruled out as the source of the extra fluctuations.
Aprendizaje en Contexto Real: Definición Conceptual y Operacional para su Integración en Modelo de Vinculación con el Medio
Creators: name: Rebolledo Carreño, Alexis
name: Mackenzie, Natalia
name: Martínez, Ximena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Vinculación con el Medio
Aprendizaje en Contexto real

description: Este documento proporciona una definición conceptual y operacional del Aprendizaje en Contexto Real (ACR) como una estrategia pedagógica integrada al Modelo de Vinculación con el Medio (VcM) de la Universidad Mayor. El ACR permite la aplicación de conocimientos en situaciones del mundo real, fomentando la bidireccionalidad a través de la colaboración activa entre la comunidad universitaria y actores externos. Se destacan los principios clave de planificación colaborativa, implementación de soluciones y evaluación constante, promoviendo el desarrollo integral de los estudiantes y la contribución a la sociedad.
Integrationsmöglichkeiten ukrainischer Geflüchteter
Creators: name: Ammann Dula, Eveline
name: Fritschi, Tobias
Publisher: name: Kirchliche Kontaktstelle für Flüchtlingsfragen - KKF
Year: 2023
Subjects: Integration
Flucht
Schutzstatus S

description: Im März 2022 aktivierte die Schweiz den Schutzstatus S, um die Asylstrukturen zu entlasten und den Menschen aus der Ukraine rasch und unkompliziert Schutz zu gewähren. Was wissen wir über die geflüchteten Menschen, welche Perspektiven der Integration bieten sich ihnen, wo liegt das Potenzial, welches sind die Herausforderungen? Versuch eines Zwischenfazits basierend auf zwei Forschungsprojekten der Berner Fachhochschule.
A preliminary investigation into the potential for increasing coal use in Tasmania.
Creators: name: Southgate, D
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Tasmania is heavily dependent on petroleum products as an energy source yet there are strong economic pressures to reduce the consumption of these products. Despite this, there is a very evident lack of information concerning the extent to which liquid fuels may be replaced by alternative energy sources in the State. Consequently this study has been carried out in order to improve the data base in this area by investigating the potential for replacing petroleum products with the direct burning of coal. Analysis of the end uses of petroleum products in Tasmania shows that the direct burning of coal could, using widely proven and available technology, replace about 25% of the State's present consumption of liquid fuels. Industrial/commercial boilers are identified as the application offering the greatest potential for coal/oil substitution. The emission of particulates from the combustion stage of the fuel cycle is seen as posing the major environmental impact on the State if large-scale coal use is introduced. However compliance with current Tasmanian environmental protection regulations covering particulate emissions can be achieved with relatively little capital expenditure on pollution control equipment. The study shows that at the present time coal enjoys appreciable economic advantages over oil for large boiler installations, but with decreasing boiler size economic constraints to coal use become increasingly apparent. Subsequently courses of action that expand the area of economic advantage for coal are suggested.
Biological control of the nematode parasites of sheep and cattle by a nematode-trapping fungus
Creators: name: Sowter, NW
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Chapters one to three review literature relevant to the thesis. The first chapter deals with the nature of nematode parasitic disease in livestock, the factors affecting its distribution and frequency of occurrence in Australia, and the production losses caused by these parasites. The second chapter deals with the effects of parasitism on the host animal including changes to metabolism and physiology caused by parasitic disease. The epidemiology of nematode-parasitic disease is examined and control methods discussed, particularly with regard to the past reliance on anthelmintics and the emergence of anthelmintic-resistant parasitic nematodes. Alternatives to the use of anthelmintics, including breeding for parasite resistance in livestock, vaccination and biological control, are discussed. Chapter three contains a review of the literature pertaining to nematophagous fungi and their potential as biological control agents against animal-parasitic nematodes. Chapter four introduces the experimental program conducted during the project and the following five chapters contain procedures used and the results of these experiments. Results are discussed in chapter ten. A survey of soil samples taken from Tasmanian sheep-grazing properties examined the frequency of occurrence of nematode-trapping fungi in sheep pastures, and the fungi isolated were compared for their ability to grow and trap nematodes on laboratory media. The predaceous fungus, Arthrobotrys oligospora, was chosen for use in further experiments. The effects of fungal inoculum density and prey population size on fungal predacity were examined in chapter six. Chapter seven reports on investigations into fungal spore formulations including attempts to encapsulate fungus for protection within the ruminant stomach and methods for collecting fungal spores from mature grain cultures. Chapter eight reports on in vitro and in vivo experiments on the ability of fungal spores to survive passage through the digestive tract of sheep and cattle. Chapter nine reports on glasshouse trials in which various fungal treatments were applied to faeces from a parasitised sheep on pasture swards. Yields of infective larvae on pasture herbage were compared. Soil inoculation had little effect on pasture infectivity but when faeces were sprayed with a suspension of spores, reductions of up to 90% were obtained. The timing of the spray in relation to deposition of faeces had a significant effect on the ability of the fungus to reduce the numbers of infective larvae reaching the herbage.
Identification of the Entrepreneurial and Business Profile in the Construction Materials Retail
Creators: name: Fortaleza, Isidro José
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Entrepreneurship
Business Management
Retail of Construction Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Geomarket Analysis
Teresina

description: The study aims to investigate the entrepreneurial profile of managers operating in the retail sector of construction materials in the city of Teresina. This segment is vital to the local economy, driven by the growth of the construction industry. The study starts from the premise that the success and competitiveness of companies depend on the entrepreneurial characteristics of their managers, such as innovation capacity, adaptability, and resilience. Amidst urban expansion and the growing demand for construction materials, the profile of these managers emerges as a decisive factor for business performance. The study explores how the adoption of emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, can influence operational efficiency and service personalization. The proposed methodology combines qualitative and quantitative analyses, including the use of the geomarket analysis method to map the location of companies and its influence on market performance. It is expected that the results will provide insights both for business owners and policymakers, aiding in the creation of strategies that promote sustainable growth and innovation in the sector.