nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Network Models for Cognitive Development and Intelligence
Venue: Journal of Intelligence
Year: 2017

Cronbach's (1957) famous division of scientific psychology into two disciplines is still apparent for the fields of cognition (general mechanisms) and intelligence (dimensionality of individual differences) The welcome integration of the two fields requires the construction of mechanistic models of cognition and cognitive development that explain key phenomena in individual differences research. In this paper, we argue that network modeling is a promising approach to integrate the processes of cognitive development and (developing) intelligence into one unified theory. Network models are defined mathematically, describe mechanisms on the level of the individual, and are able to explain positive correlations among intelligence subtest scores the empirical basis for the well known g factor as well as more complex factorial structures. Links between network modeling, factor modeling, and item response theory allow for a common metric, encompassing both discrete and continuous characteristics, for cognitive development and intelligence.
Gum Arabic as novel anti oxidant agent in sickle cell anemia, phase II trial
Venue: BMC Hematology
Year: 2017

BackgroundSickle cell anemia patients suffer from oxidative stress due to chronic inflammation and self oxidation of sickle hemoglobin (Hb S) Chronic oxidative stress contributes to endothelial dysfunction, inflammation and multiple organ damage in sickle cell disease (SCD) Thus, antioxidant medication may favorably influence the disease. Gum Arabic (GA) edible, dried, gummy exudates from Acacia Senegal tree, has been claimed to act as an anti oxidant and cytoprotective agent, protecting against experimental hepatic, renal and cardiac toxicities in rats. We hypothesized that regular intake of GA increases anti oxidant capacity and reduce oxidative stress.MethodsForty seven patients (5 42 years) carrying hemoglobin SS were recruited. Patients received 30 g/day GA for 12 weeks. Total anti oxidant capacity (TAC) malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels were measured by spectrophotometric methods before and after GA intake. Complete blood count was measured by sysmex. Arabic significantly increased TAC level P 0.001and decreased the oxidative markers MDA (P 0.05) and H2O2 (P 0.005).ConclusionsGA has potent anti oxidative properties in sickle cell anemia. The anti oxidant effect of GA may thus favorably influence the clinical condition of this and further diseases characterized by oxidative stress. Retrospective registration.
Estudio de la ficha dental en la Facultad Piloto de Odontologia durante el periodo 2013
Year: 2017

La presente investigacion tiene como propuesta implementar un metodo de identificacion odontografica en medicina forense. Esto se justifica debido a la incertidumbre respecto a la magnitud de los danos sufridos y a la falta de informacion para identificar a seres humanos victimas de desastres, vale resaltar la dificultad de aplicar medidas de emergencia inmediatas. Sin embargo, es necesario establecer urgentemente la coordinacion a todos los niveles (local, regional, nacional. Aunque los planes de respuesta a catastrofes suelen prever mecanismos de coordinacion, es posible que no se pongan en marcha inmediatamente despues de la catastrofe y por lo general no estan concebidos para el caso en cuestion. Al poner en practica las primeras medidas de emergencia, es muy importante ocuparse con eficacia y a la mayor brevedad de la identificacion de cadaveres. Tambien hay que considerar que el unico alivio para los familiares de un desaparecido reside en la confirmacion creible de su muerte y en el conocimiento de que los restos han sido o seran tratados con dignidad, Cada caso deberia ser cuidadosamente considerado antes de emitir una conclusion de identificacion para la presente desarrollo se consideraron: En la presente investigacion se realizo un estudio descriptivo, transversal a traves de encuestas a docente y estudiantes del ultimo ano de la carrera odontologia de la Universidad de Guayaquil y medicos forenses. Orientado a determinar el diagnostico acerca del nivel de conocimiento que tienen sobre el proceso de identificacion humana en casos de desastres.
A STUDY OF MARGARET THATCHER'S STRUGGLE AGAINST WOMEN STEREOTYPE AND OPPRESSION AS SEEN IN PHULLIDA LLYOD (2012) THE IRON LADY
Year: 2013

Pada masa ini, berbagai jenis film diciptakan untuk memberikan infonnasi dan menghibur masyarakat. Di dalam skripsi ini, penulis mengajak pembaca untuk mengenal lebih dalam sebuah film berjudul The Iron Lady. Film ini adalah film drama dokumenter yang menceritakan perjalanan hidup seorang wanita bemama Margaret Thatcher yang hidup di Inggris pada abad ke 20. Film ini menceritakan bagaimana Thatcher memperjuangkan mimpinya sebagai seorang politisi wanita pertama di Inggris pada waktu itu. Ia bertahan dalam stereotip yang diciptakan oleh masyarakat terhadap wanita pada umumnya dan Thatcher pada khususnya. Selain itu, ia juga haruS 6erhadapan dengan berbagai penolakan dan tekanan yang berasal dari orang orang terdekat dan rekan rekan sekerjanya. Keadaan ini juga diperparah dengan ketidakpercayaan yang datang dari masyarakat luas terhadap dirinya. Oleh karena itu, ia melalaOOm berbagai perjuangan dan usaha untuk meyakinkan masyarakat Inggris. Stereotip dan tekanan serta perjuangan yang dilakukan oleh wanita yang terdapat dalam film ini merupakan unsur utama teori feminisme. Di dalam skripsi ini, penulis menunjukkan keberadaan tiga unsur utama tersebut dengan cara menWljukkan narasi dan gamtw; dari adegan adegan dalam film. Kemudian penulis menerangkan dan menguraikan secara terperin i ketidakadilan terhad8p wanita dan perjuangan yang mereka lakukan untuk melawan keadaan ini.
ACTIVACIONES CRI?TICAS DE LA MEMORIA ARCHIVOS Y PRA?CTICAS ARTI?STICAS EN ME?XICO
Year: 2018

Los archivos no son una especie de cementerio o depo?sito, sino un resguardo de las historias de vida, una custodia de experiencias que conversan constantemente con el presente. Activar un archivo de arte feminista es una lucha por la recuperacio?n de la memoria, de pra?cticas arti?sticas invisibilizadas por las narrativas del Arte. En particular, los archivos de las artistas visuales feministas mexicanas representan una batalla contra el olvido. La memoria documental de acciones y obras del arte feminista han quedado relegadas, en muchos casos, al a?mbito privado de sus protagonistas, aunque muchas luchas se dieron principalmente en el espacio pu?blico. En este sentido, el archivo es una pra?ctica social compleja donde lo personal revierte nuevamente en lo poli?tico, y viceversa, actualizando la consigna feminista: lo personal es poli?tico. El orden de un archivo es un trabajo que se da en el pla no del pensamiento, en la composicio?n y en la emocio?n del recuerdo. A trave?s de este circuito de interrelaciones, las pra?cticas de archivo se vinculan con la misma fuerza al pasado, al presente y al futuro. Asi? Activaciones cri?ticas de la memoria. Archivos y pra?cticas arti?sticas feministas, fue un proyecto que conformo? un Laboratorio Curatorial Feminista para visitar los acervos archivi?sticos de Ana Victoria Jime?nez, Mo?nica Mayer, Yan Yoayolotl Castro, Producciones y Milagros y Lorena Wolffer. Los recorrimos, de la mano de sus creadoras, con el objetivo de disen?ar, producir y montar la exposicio?n Re+acciones. Re?plicas y fracturas en los archivos feministas mexicanos. Todo el proyecto transcurrio? entre agosto y diciembre del 2017, y tuvo como centro de operaciones el Centro Cultural Border de la Ciudad de Me?xico.
The spatiotemporal neural dynamics underlying perceived similarity for real world objects
Venue: NeuroImage
Year: 2019

The degree to which we perceive real world objects as similar or dissimilar structures our perception and guides categorization behavior. Here, we investigated the neural representations enabling perceived similarity using behavioral judgments, fMRI and MEG. As different object dimensions co occur and partly correlate, to understand the relationship between perceived similarity and brain activity it is necessary to assess the unique role of multiple object dimensions. We thus behaviorally assessed perceived object similarity in relation to shape, function, color and background. We then used representational similarity analyses to relate these behavioral judgments to brain activity. We observed a link between each object dimension and representations in visual cortex. These representations emerged rapidly within 200 ms of stimulus onset. Assessing the unique role of each object dimension revealed partly overlapping and distributed representations: while color related representations distinctly preceded shape related representations both in the processing hierarchy of the ventral visual pathway and in time, several dimensions were linked to high level ventral visual cortex. Further analysis singled out the shape dimension as neither fully accounted for by supra category membership, nor a deep neural network trained on object categorization. Together our results comprehensively characterize the relationship between perceived similarity of key object dimensions and neural activity.
Electronic Document Management System: Malaysian Experience
Year: 2015

One of the seven flagships in Vision 2020 focuses on the area of record keeping and document management is Generic Office Environment Electronic Government Document Management System (GOE EGDMS) This study is designed to investigate the usage and effectiveness of the implementation of GOE EGDMS adopting the IS Effectiveness Model from DeLone and McLean. Questionnaires were collected through web survey and were analysed using Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Objective: to determine the level of service quality of MAMPU focusing at the Electronic Government Division; to determine the user satisfaction level of the GOE EGDMS; to determine whether service quality and information quality in GOE EGDMS has an effect on system usage; to determine if information quality, system usage and user satisfaction in GOE EGDMS has an effect on individual impact; to determine the relationship between individual impact and organization impact in GOE EGDMS.  Based on the analysis, six hypotheses were significant and supported. The major contribution of the study is the developed research instruments which can be further tested in other research settings.  This study provided valuable information for the government in implementing GOE EGDMS in the future. It is hoped that the system can help Malaysian government achieve its vision that is to effectively and efficiently deliver good services from the government to the people of Malaysia, and enabling the government to become more responsive to the needs of its citizens.
Inclusive and exclusive masculinities in physical education: a Scottish case study
Year: 2018

This research examines how adolescent males (ages 16 17 years) construct and experience their masculine identities within the context of physical education (PE) A class of 23 boys and 3 girls from a state secondary school in Scotland were observed over a period of 3 months. During the third month, five of the observed pupils volunteered to take part in a conversation with the lead researcher which was guided by their participation in a repertory grid task. The same five participants also took part in a one to one semi structured interview. The analysis of the evidence revealed that the adolescent pupils internalised and performed an orthodox form of masculinity that centred on strength, pain tolerance and the policing of others. More inclusive masculinities appeared to be emerging, however, the hypermasculine and public nature of the PE environment made it very difficult for the pupils to freely adopt or perform these alternative, more inclusive forms of masculinity. Additionally, pupils who did perform traits associated with inclusive masculinity often exhibited a high degree of social and physical capital. In order to facilitate a culture where all individuals feel free to express their gendered identities, teachers are encouraged to recognise, promote and celebrate multiple masculinities. This could create a safer learning environment for pupils and help prevent identities from being 'destroyed' in PE.
Understanding the multiple functions of construction contracts: the anatomy of FIDIC model contracts
Year: 2018

Construction contracts, such as FIDIC model contracts, are relatively complex and cumbersome, and their composition needs to be better understood. This research uses a multi functional approach that is widely recognized in the contract literature, and anatomizes FIDIC model contracts in order to gain a holistic and comprehensive understanding of them. Moreover, this research comparatively analyses the distribution of the three functions, namely control, coordination and adaptation, in four forms of FIDIC model contracts to explore how project delivery systems (PDSs) affect contract design. After a classification framework that includes three functions and ten subclasses was established, the FIDIC 1999 series model contracts were coded sentence by sentence using content analysis. The results show that the three functions are all non trivially reflected in construction contracts and are influenced by project complexity. Regarding different PDSs, the complexity of contract control is relatively rigid; the complexity of contract coordination is largely influenced by PDSs; and the impact of PDSs on the complexity of adaptation provisions depends on the sub class. The conclusions may help scholars and practitioners understand construction contracts from a functional perspective, and offer references for contract designers to reasonably consider the distribution of the three functions in construction contracts.
The Culprit from Emotional Abuse to Emotional Assault Caused by Downward Workplace Mobbing
Year: 2020

In the present study we are interested in mobbing from the target's perspective as a consequence of abusive supervision. It has been established that employees are often the victims of abusive supervision at the workplace but it is surprising and intriguing that no research till date has paid attention to how and when abusive supervision leads to mobbing. We propose a theoretical model exploring why and under what circumstances, abusive supervision leads to mobbing among employees in the banking sector. Based on the affective events theory, we examine the process variable of work stress and two moderation effects of perceived organizational support and external locus of control. With the final sample of 295 banking employees, the study findings demonstrate that perceived organizational support strengthens the positive impact of abusive supervision on work stress. Furthermore, the findings identify that external locus of control exacerbates the impact of work stress on mobbing. The moderatedmediation model tested in this study provides interesting results for organizational practitioners and scholars pertaining to the area of human resource management and organizational behavior.
Layer and Cell Type Specific Response Properties of Gustatory Cortex Neurons in Awake Mice
Venue: The Journal of Neuroscience
Year: 2020

Studies in visual, auditory, and somatosensory cortices have revealed that different cell types as well as neurons located in different laminae display distinct stimulus response profiles. The extent to which these layer and cell type specific distinctions generalize to gustatory cortex (GC) remains unknown. In this study, we performed extracellular recordings in adult female mice to monitor the activity of putative pyramidal and inhibitory neurons located in deep and superficial layers of GC. Awake, head restrained mice were trained to lick different tastants (sucrose, salt, citric acid, quinine, and water) from a lick spout. We found that deep layer neurons show higher baseline firing rates (FRs) in GC with deep layer inhibitory neurons displaying highest FRs at baseline and following the stimulus. GC's activity shows robust modulations before animals' contact with tastants, and this phenomenon is most prevalent in deep layer inhibitory neurons. Furthermore, we show that licking activity strongly shapes the spiking pattern of GC pyramidal neurons, eliciting phase locked spiking across trials and tastants. We demonstrate that there is a greater percentage of taste coding neurons in deep versus superficial layers with chemosensitive neurons across all categories showing similar breadth of tuning, but different decoding performance. Lastly, we provide evidence for functional convergence in GC, with neurons that can show prestimulus activity, licking related rhythmicity and taste responses. Overall, our results demonstrate that baseline and stimulus evoked firing profiles of GC neurons and their processing schemes change as a function of cortical layer and cell type in awake mice.  Sensory cortical areas show a laminar structure, with each layer composed of distinct cell types embedded in different circuits. While studies in other primary sensory areas have elucidated that pyramidal and inhibitory neurons belonging to distinct layers show distinct response properties, whether and how response properties of gustatory cortex (GC) neurons change as a function of their laminar position and cell type remains uninvestigated. Here, we show that there are several notable differences in baseline, prestimulus, and stimulus evoked response profiles of pyramidal and inhibitory neurons belonging to deep and superficial layers of GC.
Pobreza y descentralizacion fiscal. Un analisis empirico mediante panel de datos de paises
Year: 2017

La pobreza continua siendo uno de los grandes retos internacionales como constatan los compromisos asumidos por las Naciones Unidas en la Agenda 2030. Para luchar contra ella, las agencias de desarrollo han impulsado procesos de descentralizacion por todo el mundo. De esta forma, el analisis del impacto de la descentralizacion fiscal en la pobreza se ha convertido en un area de extraordinario interes academico pero con hallazgos contradictorios. Este articulo analiza los efectos sobre la pobreza de la descentralizacion fiscal del gasto en educacion, salud, vivienda y proteccion social.  Estimamos un modelo de efectos fijos mediante Minimos Cuadrados Generalizados Factibles usando un panel de datos no balanceado de paises.  La descentralizacion del gasto tiene un efecto diferenciado sobre la pobreza. La descentralizacion de las politicas sanitaria y de vivienda contribuye a reducir la pobreza; mientras que la de la proteccion social estimula el incremento de la pobreza.  Se confirma la hipotesis de la teoria clasica sobre la descentralizacion en las areas sanitaria y de vivienda. Por otro lado, se ratifica la prediccion de la teoria normativa de la economia publica en el area de la proteccion social. Por tanto, para cada pais ha de examinarse con detenimiento las areas de politica social que se descentralizan y la asignacion de recursos entre jurisdicciones para evitar problemas de seleccion, rendicion de cuentas y asignacion de responsabilidades.
Functionality, usability, and accessibility
Year: 2006

Usability, functionality, and accessibility testing of digital library information services and products is essential for providing high quality services to users. This paper aims to detail a long term, evolving effort to develop meaningful evaluations for assessing digital libraries. A multi year study to determine appropriate evaluation techniques, tools, and methodologies for the Florida Electronic Library (FEL) and other digital library efforts. The evaluation protocols and approaches were designed iteratively over time through assessment efforts with other digital library initiatives and with multiple versions of the FEL. The research described in this paper relies on a combination of functionality, usability, and accessibility evaluation strategies applied iteratively to assess libraries from the perspective of patron needs. By combining these three methodologies, the researchers found that they were able to create a rich and robust evaluation of digi.
Memory and Performance Isolation for a Multi tenant Function based Dataplane
Year: 2018

Existing software dataplanes that run network functions inside VMs or containers can provide either performance (by dedicating CPU cores) or multiplexing (by context switching) but not both at once. Function based dataplane architectures that avoid context switching by replacing VMs and containers with function calls to packet processing functions promise to achieve both multiplexing and performance at the same time. However, they compromise memory isolation between tenants by forcing them to use a shared memory address space. In this paper, we show that an operating system like management layer for modules in a function based data plane can offer OS like constructs such as performance and memory isolation. We are applying these insights in developing FastPaas, a function based data plane for multi tenant environments. To provide memory isolation, FastPaas leverages new Intel CPU extensions (MPX) to create coarse grained heap and stack protection even for legacy code written in unsafe native languages such as C. In addition, FastPaas uses programmable NIC offloads to distribute load across cores as well as to prevent batch fragmentation when processing complex service graphs. Our preliminary evaluation shows the limitations of existing techniques that require heavy weight memory isolation or incur cross core overheads.
The effect of temperature and humidity changes on insects development their impact on forest ecosystems in the expected climate change
Year: 2013

Ongoing climate change is mainly evident as increased in average temperature. It is expected to have a significant impact on world's biomes, with forest ecosystems especially vulnerable to these changes. The effect of climate change on forests is both indirect, through its impact on various tree species of different ecological requirements, and direct, through its impact on all living components of the forest ecosystem. Among the latter, insects are the group of the greatest importance, including species detrimental to forest health. The impact of climate change on forest insects may be reflected in their distribution, phenology, activity, number of generations and, indirectly, through impact on their natural enemies. Predicting the future direction and pace of the climate change, as well as direct and indirect consequences of its effect on forest insects is difficult and often subject to considerable inaccuracy. The paper presents a review of data from the published literature in this area of study. The influence of the basic climate parameters, temperature and humidity, on forest herbivore insects is discussed, particularly in the context of the most probable scenarios of climate change, i.e. the gradual increase in the average temperature. Observed and projected impacts of climate change in relation to the influence of herbivorous insects on forest ecosystems are characterized. We present some of the possible adaptation strategies of forest management to the expected climate changes.