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The Relationship Between Maternal Parents' Musical Experience and the Musical Development of Two- and Three-Year-Old Girls (1976)

The purpose of this study was twofold; to investigate the relationships between the musical development of two- and three-year-old girls and their mothers' musical backgrounds and the music in their home environments; and to investigate the significance of the differences in the musical development of two- and three-year-old girls with reference to their socio-economic status (SES) and ethnicity. The relationships between the musical development of all subjects and music in the home environment were positive, rendering correlation coefficients that were statistically significant. These statistical inferences indicated that the musical home environment (the product of the mother, the father, and other adults, and the availability of musical items and activities) has the strongest relationship to the musical development of the young child. This influence begins before the age of two and continues during the third year. It was also hypothesized that there would be a significant difference in the musical development of the two- and three- year- old girls with reference to SES and ethnicity. Analysis of variance was employed to ascertain these differences. The subjects remained in age groups and were statistically regrouped by SES and ethnicity for these analyses. From the inferences rendered by these analyses, neither SES nor ethnicity made statistically significant differences in the musical development of these young girls.
The effect of dietary supplementation with the natural carotenoids curcumin and lutein on broiler pigmentation and immunity (2013)

The objective of this study was to compare the effects of supplementation with 2 carotenoids, curcumin and lutein, on pigmentation and immunity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated broiler chicks. Two hundred forty 1-d-old Arbor Acres broilers were randomly distributed into 3 dietary treatment groups: a basal diet without carotenoid supplementation (control), a basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg of curcumin (CRM), or a basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg of lutein (LTN) for 42 d. The birds were vaccinated against Newcastle disease (ND) and avian influenza on d 10. At 16, 18, and 20 d of age, half of the chicks in each group were injected in the abdominal region with either LPS (250 mg/kg of BW) or an equal volume of 0.9% NaCl. The intensity of the shank skin color (Roche color fan score) and the b* (yellow) values of the breasts and thighs were highest in lutein-supplemented broilers, followed by curcumin-supplemented and control broilers, whereas the a* (red) value of the thigh muscle was highest in curcumin-supplemented LPS-induced birds. At 42 d, the relative weight of the abdominal fat was lowest in the CRM-supplemented group, followed by the LTN-supplemented and control groups; the spleen weight was lower in the non-LPS-induced LTN-supplemented group than the LPS-induced control group. The ND and avian influenza titers were significantly higher in the CRM-supplemented group than in the other groups at 20 d; at 30 d, the ND titer was significantly higher in the LPS-induced LTN group. Supplementation with curcumin significantly promoted B and T lymphocyte proliferation in both LPS- and non-LPS-induced birds at 21 d. Curcumin also promoted B lymphocyte proliferation in non-LPS-induced birds at 42 d. Curcumin significantly reduced alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activities at 42 d in non-LPS-treated birds, whereas lutein significantly increased the activities of these enzymes in LPS-induced birds. Both carotenoids significantly lowered lipid oxidation in the liver of supplemented birds. Thus, in broiler chickens, lutein-supplemented birds exhibited better pigmentation efficiency, whereas curcumin-supplemented birds exhibited improved immune responses.
Research on real estate and its application of refrainingthe speculation (2014)

Taking Hebei Province as the concrete analysis object, this essay aims to discuss the generally rising house prices in each city. It makes a detailed analysis of the various factors that affect house prices, and draws final conclusions and relevant suggestions. Problem 1: Math models of city house price. Through the analysis of the affecting factors such as urban population, household consumption level, land cost in each region and the number of real estate enterprises, the essay makes a comprehensive discussion, and establishes a multiple linear regression equation model. The expression is: y = 2398915.227 – 1494.917*x1+0.01*x2-625.169*x3 The essay makes a detailed analysis of the formation of house price, evolution mechanism and speculation of real estate through the above linear regression equation. Problem 2: Model of house price evaluation elements. By analyzing the factors from data obtained from Statistical Bureau of Hebei province, the essay finally gets the variable function of each indicator: y1=-0.185*x1-0.029*x2+0.24*x3+0.3.9*x4+0.245*x5+0.274*x6+0.004*x7 y2=0.482*x1+0.0410*x2-0.005*x3-0.153*x4-0.007*x5-1.00*x6+0.370*x7 And it reaches the final comprehensive evaluation model of principle elements: Z = (4.339*y1+1.508*y2)/21.539 Thus, we get the ranking of each factor on house price. Problem 3: The essay uses grey forecasting method to predict the house price in the next few years on the basis of problem 2 and combines the statistic regression math constructed in problem 1, and makes further analysis over each element, thus obtaining the following predictions: Predictions of house price in the year 2010-2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 11957 14139 16720 19772 Finally, the essay gives the policy suggestions over refraining the speculation of real estate on the basis of the above results: (1) The government shall issue related laws and regulations to encourage residents to buy property in the countryside and villages; (2) The supervision over land development shall be strengthened; (3) The increase of population should be controlled; (4) The constraint of laws and policies shall be strengthened.
ERA 4-MeV INJECTOR. (1971)

overall focusing and beam transport system in the injector region. This paper will discuss the approach used and the problems encountered in the design of the diode geometry and of the overall beam optics. Preliminary experimental results will be presented and will be compared with the computer model predictions.
Expression levels of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> antigen‐encoding genes versus production levels of antigen‐specific T cells during stationary level lung infection in mice (2006)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung infection in mice was controlled at an approximately stationary level after 20 days of log linear growth. Onset of stationary level infection was associated with the generation by the host of T helper type 1 (Th1) immunity, as evidenced by the accumulation of CD4 Th1 cells specific for the early secretory antigen (ESAT-6) of M. tuberculosis encoded by esat6, and for a mycolyl transferase (Ag85B) encoded by fbpB. CD4 T cells specific for these antigens were maintained at relatively high numbers throughout the course of infection. The number of CD4 T cells generated against ESAT-6 was larger than the number generated against Ag85B, and this was associated with a higher transcription level of esat6. The total number of transcripts of esat6 increased during the first 15 days of infection, after which it decreased and then approximately stabilized at 10(6.5) per lung. The total number of fbpB transcripts increased for 20 days of infection before decreasing and then approximately stabilizing at 10(4.8) per lung. The number of transcripts of esat6 per colony-forming unit of M. tuberculosis fell from 8.6 to 0.8 after day 15, and of fbpB from 0.3 to less than 0.02 after day 10, suggesting that at any given time during stationary level infection the latter gene was expressed by a very small percentage of bacilli. Expressed at an even lower level was an M. tuberculosis replication gene involved in septum formation (ftsZ), indicating that there was no significant turnover of the M. tuberculosis population during stationary level infection.
Presence of depressive symptoms during early pregnancy and the risk of preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study (2008)

The impact of prenatal depression on pregnancy outcomes is largely unknown.We conducted a population-based prospective cohort study among pregnant women of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program to examine the impact of prenatal depression on the risk of preterm delivery. We interviewed pregnant women in their early pregnancy. Women's depressive symptoms were ascertained using the standard Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD). The presence of significant prenatal depressive symptoms and severe depressive symptoms was determined by CESD scores > or =16 and > or =22, respectively.Among the 791 participants who answered CESD questions and delivered a live birth, after controlling for potential confounders using the Cox proportional hazard regression, women with CESD scores > or =16 had almost twice the risk of preterm delivery compared with women without depressive symptoms: adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.0-3.7. The risk of preterm delivery increased with increasing severity of depression: aHR = 1.6 (CI 0.7-3.6) for CESD 16-21 and aHR = 2.2 (CI 1.1-4.7) for CESD > or =22. The risk of preterm delivery associated with prenatal depression appears to be exacerbated by low educational level, a history of fertility problems and the presence of obesity and stressful events. The observed associations were not confounded by the use of antidepressants, although some of the associations did not reach statistical significance.Our findings show that pregnant women with depressive symptoms are at increased risk of preterm delivery and, in addition, provide preliminary evidence that social and reproductive risk factors as well as obesity and stressful events may exacerbate the effect.
A new reagent for the assay of indole in the tryptophanase reaction (1961)

introduced p- dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde as a spray reagent for the detection of indole derivatives on paper chromatograms. This vinyl analogue of p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde gave intensely coloured con- densation products with a tenfold increase in sensitivity. The following describes the use of p- dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde as a substitute for the benzaldehyde derivative, in a modification of the indole-assay procedure developed by Happold & Hoyle (1934) for the measurement of trypto- phanase activity.
Therapeutic Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors and Kidney-Graft Function (2015)

Mild hypothermia, as compared with normothermia, in organ donors after declaration of death according to neurologic criteria significantly reduced the rate of delayed graft function among recipients. (Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01680744.).
Decentralized Voltage Control to Minimize Distribution Losses in an Islanded Microgrid (2012)

Microgrids can bring electricity power to rural communities or isolated military forward operation bases. For many rural areas, renewable powers could be the cheapest power sources available. Utilizing renewable power sources and energy storage systems such as batteries requires new power and voltage control strategies. In addition, these microgrids may be reconfigured frequently. Therefore, the control strategies must be implemented in a plug-and-play fashion at individual nodes, and ideally they should not require much communication with neighboring nodes. Another issue of microgrids is the resistance loss in distribution lines due to the lower operating voltage. To reduce power losses, voltage control is required which again must work in a plug-and-play fashion. In this paper, we propose a decentralized real-time voltage control algorithm that minimizes power losses for a microgrid supported by inverter based distributed power sources. Its optimality and plug-and-play nature are demonstrated through simulations.Copyright © 2012 by ASME
Value of diagnostic laparoscopy in young women with possible appendicitis. (1988)

Removal of a normal appendix because of suspected appendicitis occurs most frequently in women of reproductive age. We investigated the value of laparoscopy in the diagnostic evaluation for possible appendicitis in women of childbearing age. Fifty-one women were entered in a management protocol, which included diagnostic laparoscopy in instances with atypical features. Twenty patients underwent immediate appendectomy because of history and physical findings classical for appendicitis; 31 women with atypical history and physical findings underwent an initial diagnostic laparoscopy. In the group of patients who underwent immediate appendectomy because of classical presentation, five of the appendices removed were normal. At laparoscopy, appendicitis was diagnosed in five patients, another disease in 15 and no diagnostic abnormality was found in six. Five patients had a normal appendix removed, two because of questionable inflammation and three because of nonvisualization of the appendix. There were no false-negative examination results. Twenty-one patients required no further operative intervention after laparoscopy. The negative appendectomy rate remained unchanged (ten negative appendectomies of 30 performed). Definitive diagnoses of eight instances of pelvic inflammatory disease, six of ruptured ovarian cysts and one instance of ileitis of the small intestine were made earlier than would have been possible without diagnostic laparoscopy in this setting. Diagnostic laparoscopy permits earlier definitive diagnosis and prompt institution of appropriate therapy for disease of the female reproductive tract that simulates appendicitis. Caution is advised, however, when diagnostic laparoscopy is applied more frequently than right lower quadrant exploration in the management of probable appendicitis. The improvement in diagnostic accuracy may be offset by an increased number of negative appendectomies resulting from nonvisualization and false-positive inflammation.
A Wideband Line-Line Dielectrometric Method for (2001)

A line-line (LL) method for measuring the permit- tivity of materials up to millimeter waves is proposed. It is based on a property of the well-known line-return-line (LRL) calibration technique developed for microwave circuits: the complex propaga- tion constant of the two-line calibration standards can be extracted from the raw measurement of these two lines. Using this feature for a dielectrometric purpose, we combine this LL formulation with accurate models for the propagation constant to extract from the measured value the permittivity of the medium surrounding, or contained in, the LL calibration lines. Choosing the line topology (planar, coaxial, or waveguide) according to the nature and consis- tency of the material under consideration yields the permittivity of a wide variety of materials. In this paper, we demonstrate the effi- ciency of the method for three kinds of substances: organic liquids, soils, and planar dielectric substrates used for microwave planar circuits. Advantages particular to each application are detailed in the paper.
Endometriosis and Infertility: A Systematic Review (2017)

Endometriosis is one of the most common gynaecological conditions affecting 6% to 12% of women in the reproductive age group. It can be found in 35% to 45% of women who are trying to conceive and are infertile. Infertility is one of the most common problems associated with endometriosis. This review will look at the evidence that endometriosis may lead to infertility and the data looking at whether surgical correction of endometriosis may improve fertility outcomes.
Two-Point Orientation Discrimination Versus the Traditional Two-Point Test for Tactile Spatial Acuity Assessment (2013)

Two-point discrimination is widely used to measure tactile spatial acuity. The validity of the two-point threshold as a spatial acuity measure rests on the assumption that two points can be distinguished from one only when the two points are sufficiently separated to evoke spatially distinguishable foci of neural activity. However, some previous research has challenged this view, suggesting instead that two-point task performance benefits from an unintended non-spatial cue, allowing spuriously good performance at small tip separations. We compared the traditional two-point task to an equally convenient alternative task in which participants attempt to discern the orientation (vertical or horizontal) of two points of contact. We used precision digital readout calipers to administer two-interval forced-choice versions of both tasks to 24 neurologically healthy adults, on the fingertip, finger base, palm, and forearm. We used Bayesian adaptive testing to estimate the participants' psychometric functions on the two tasks. Traditional two-point performance remained significantly above chance levels even at zero point separation. In contrast, two-point orientation discrimination approached chance as point separation approached zero, as expected for a valid measure of tactile spatial acuity. Traditional two-point performance was so inflated at small point separations that 75%-correct thresholds could be determined on all tested sites for fewer than half of participants. The 95%-correct thresholds on the two tasks were similar, and correlated with receptive field spacing. In keeping with previous critiques, we conclude that the traditional two-point task provides an unintended non-spatial cue, resulting in spuriously good performance at small spatial separations. Unlike two-point discrimination, two-point orientation discrimination rigorously measures tactile spatial acuity. We recommend the use of two-point orientation discrimination for neurological assessment.
Weakly Supervised Action Detection (2011)

The detection of human action in videos of busy natural scenes with dynamic background is of interest for applications such as video surveillance. Taking a conventional fully supervised approach, the spatio-temporal locations of the action of interest have to be manually annotated frame by frame in the training videos, which is tedious and unreliable. In this paper, for the first time, a weakly supervised action detection method is proposed which only requires binary labels of the videos indicating the presence of the action of interest. Given a training set of binary labelled videos, the weakly supervised learning (WSL) problem is recast as a multiple instance learning (MIL) problem. A novel MIL algorithm is developed which differs from the existing MIL algorithms in that it locates the action of interest spatially and temporally by globally optimising both interand intra-class distance. We demonstrate through experiments that our WSL approach can achieve comparable detection performance to a fully supervised learning approach, and that the proposed MIL algorithm significantly outperforms the existing ones.
Taller "la persona del terapeuta": una experiencia de formación que promueve el aprendizaje (2003)

Introducción: El artículo describe las actividades realizadas en un taller centrado en la persona del terapeuta con el fin de desarrollar habilidades de relación interpersonal que surgen y afectan el trabajo terapéutico. Este se lleva a cabo como parte de un programa de entrenamiento de alumnos de Psicología y becados de Psiquiatría en un hospital pediátrico. Metodología: Se trabaja con los postulados teóricos del construccionismo social, enfoque que integra las ideas del pensamiento post moderno a las ciencias sociales y a la práctica clínica. En este artículo se expone brevemente algunas de sus principales premisas, las cuales son objeto de estudio en una instancia paralela. En el taller se utiliza una metodología experiencial e interactiva para revisar aspectos personales, rol profesional y desarrollar habilidades de diálogo y acogida terapéutica, a través de actividades que facilitan la integración entre el contenido teórico y la propia experiencia. Resultados: Al término del trabajo de taller, los alumnos expresan su valoración por esta forma de aprendizaje, reportando haber adquirido destrezas en el campo terapéutico y, al mismo tiempo, experimentado transformaciones en su vida personal.
Scalable Mobile Web Services Mediation Framework (2010)

Web services are going mobile. A Mobile Enterprise can be established in a cellular network by participating Mobile Hosts, which act as web service providers, and their clients. Mobile Hosts enable seamless integration of user- specific services to the enterprise, by following web service standards, also on the radio link and via resource constrained smart phones. However, establishing such a Mobile Enterprise poses several technical challenges, like the quality of service (QoS) and discovery aspects, for the network and as well as for mobile phone users. The paper summarizes the challenges and research in this domain, along with our developed mobile web service mediation framework (MWSMF). We used a cloud computing infrastructure to setup one possible load balancing solution and also conducted number of tests to show that MWSMF is horizontally scalable. We also showed that elasticity of cloud platform provides a quick and easy manner to meet the load requirements of Mobile Enterprise.
Dissociative Phenomena Among Recovering Heroin Users and Their Relationship to Duration of Abstinence (2003)

ABSTRACT This study is an investigation of trauma and dissociation in 100 Israeli recovering patients with drug use disorder. The respondents showed more emotional, physical and sexual traumatization than an Israeli clinical sample, and their levels of dissociation were similar to those previously measured in Israeli patients diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder (Somer, Dolgin, & Saadon, 2001). Male respondents with higher trauma scores were more likely to report dissociative experiences during their drug use (chemical dissociation). Drug-free high-dissociators were more likely to report depersonalizing and derealizing experiences when they had been using drugs. Stronger dissociative experiences during drug-use related to more psychological distress during inter-use craving. A relationship between psychological distress during inter-use craving and psychological dissociation measured in a detoxified state was also established. Length of abstinence from illicit substances was best predicted by lower levels of psychogenic dissociation and by longer durations of psychosocial treatment. While findings imply that tenacity in treatment could be a sustaining process associated with abstinence from drug use, they also suggest that without a thorough resolution of trauma-related dissociation, successful treatment outcome is less likely.