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A Survey and a Positive Psychology Intervention on French PhD Student Well being
Year: 2018

The present work focuses on French PhD students' well being: an understudied working population thus far, which impedes the development of evidence based policies on this issue in France.  Research studies from several countries have shown that carrying out a PhD can be a difficult experience resulting in high attrition rates with significant financial and human costs.  The two studies presented in this article focus on biology PhD students from University Lyon 1, a very large French university ~40,000 students) A first study aimed at measuring the mental health and well being of PhD students using generalist and PhD specific tools. In a second study, we carried out and assessed a positive psychology intervention (PPI) aimed at improving PhD students' wellbeing. French PhD Student Well being 110 Contribution Our work is one of the first characterizations of French PhD students' mental health and well being. As with other recent studies conducted in Western countries, we found a high level of mental distress among PhD students. Our work also underlines the importance of taking many dimensions of the PhD (not only supervisor behaviour) in order to understand PhD student well being. Cultural specificities are highlighted and can help inform the design of interventions adapted to each situation. The PPI showed pre to post positive changes on PhD students' well being. Further research is needed on a larger sample size in order to detect more subtle effects. However, these results are promising in terms of interventions that help reduce PhD student distress.  Study 1 involved 136 participants and showed that a large fraction of the PhD students experiences abnormal levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. We found that career training and prospects, research experience, and the impact of carrying out a thesis on health and private life have more impact on PhD students' mental health than the supervisors' behaviour. French PhD students' well being is specifically affected by career uncertainty, perceived lack of progress in the PhD, and perceived lack of competence compared to UK PhD students well being, which suggests cultural differences about the PhD experience in France compared to other countries. In study 2, the scores of the test and control groups (N 10 and N 13, respectively) showed a clear effect of the intervention on reducing anxiety. Impact on Society The high levels of mental health issues and reduced well being in French PhD students reported in this study underline the importance of developing interventions in this field. Improving the supervisor student relationship is one possibility but is not the only one. Interventions aimed at learning how to cope with the research experience and with the uncertainty with career pathways, and a good balance between PhD work and personal life present other promising possibilities.
The Impact of Authoritarian Parenting Style on Educational Performance of Learners at High School Level
Year: 2013

Educational performance gets affected by a number of factors such as intelligence, achievement, motivation, home environment, school environment, interest and resources. The most significant influence on child is his or her parents. Psychologists and educationists are of the opinion that child rearing practices have the direct bearing on the educational performance of children. In this competitive era, where every parent expects that his child should do well at school, it is necessary to understand how different parenting styles determine the child's educational performance at school.
Optic disc drusen in children: morphologic features using EDI OCT
Venue: Eye
Year: 2019

This study aimed to investigate morphologic features of optic disc drusen (ODD) and peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass like structures (PHOMS) in children, using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI OCT) It also assessed if the presence of these features were associated with decreased peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness. Retrospective observational study of children with ODD. All subjects underwent complete ophthalmic examination and multimodal imaging. ODD were identified on EDI OCT as circumscribed hyporeflective spheroidal elements located in front of lamina cribrosa, fully or partially surrounded by a hyperreflective border. PHOMS were identified as hyperreflective ovoid structures located in the peripapillary circumference. Both associations between ODD and RNFL loss and PHOMS and RNFL loss were tested using chi squared test. In total, 38 eyes of 20 children were analysed. PHOMS were present in 90% of patients. ODD and PHOMS were predominantly found in the nasal, superonasal and inferonasal sectors. A significant positive association was found between ODD and decreased RNFL thickness in the nasal (p 0.02) superonasal (p 0.05) and inferotemporal (p 0.04) sectors. There was no significant association found with the presence of PHOMS. EDI OCT allowed morphological analysis of ODD and PHOMS in children. Drusen were found to be distinct from PHOMS both in their appearance and impact on the RNFL. ODD are hyporeflective and appear on the ONH above the lamina cribrosa and were associated with decreased thickness of the RNFL. On the contrary, PHOMS are hyperreflective structures located around the ONH and were not associated with RNFL loss.
Awareness of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Is Low but Interest Is High Among Men Engaging in Condomless Anal Sex With Men in Boston, Pittsburgh, and San Juan.
Venue: AIDS education and prevention official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education
Year: 2015

This study examines awareness of and experiences with post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and pre exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among 228 men recruited in Boston, Pittsburgh, and San Juan between 12/2010 and 6/2012. All of them reported having condomless anal sex with a man in the prior year. Overall, 41% had heard of PEP, ranging from 16% in San Juan to 64% in Boston. Only 21% had heard of PrEP, ranging from 8% in San Juan to 36% in Boston. Three had used PEP, and none had used PrEP. After the methods were described to participants, interest in both was high, with intentions to use PEP and PrEP respectively at 9.1 and 7.7 (10 point scale) Increased public education is needed to raise awareness of these HIV prevention methods, especially among MSM who acknowledge potential risk behavior. It also seems likely that many such men would use these methods once they become aware of them.
Metabolic Homeostasis Pleiotropic Actions of Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in
Year: 2013

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Clinical Technique: Application of Computed Tomography for Diagnosis of Dental Disease in the Rabbit, Guinea Pig, and Chinchilla
Year: 2008

Computed tomography (CT) is a well recognized diagnostic tool in human and traditional companion animal medicine, and is beginning to find application in exotic companion mammals as well. In particular, CT is useful for evaluation of patients with dental disease, and aids diagnosis, determination of a more accurate prognosis, and planning of treatment. Although axial slices provide the most useful information, new reconstruction software allows images to be converted to virtual 3 dimensional forms, providing yet another imaging tool for the practitioner.
Exploring the Antecedents of Potential Absorptive Capacity and Its Impact on Innovation Performance
Year: 2008

This paper builds upon the theoretical framework developed by Zahra and George [Absorptive capacity: a review, reconceptualization, and extension. Academy of Management Review 2002;27:185 203] to empirically explore the antecedents of potential absorptive capacity (PAC) i.e. the ability to identify and assimilate external knowledge flows. Based on a sample of 2464 innovative Spanish firms, we find evidence that R&D cooperation, external knowledge acquisition and experience with knowledge search are key antecedents of a firm's PAC. Also, during periods of important internal reshaping, when there are significant changes in strategy, design of the organization and marketing, firms exert more effort to accumulate PAC. Finally, we find that PAC is a source of competitive advantage in innovation, especially in the presence of efficient internal knowledge flows that help reduce the distance between potential and realized capacity.
Sea Too You Adapted my Battleship Problems of Narration and Adaptation
Year: 2014

forthcoming adaptation of their game, Battleship; an announcement that was met with collective cynicism. Writing for the Rotten Tomatoes film review website, Jeff Giles titled a very straightforward report on Hasbro's long range adaptation marketing strategy, 'Hasbro, Universal Roll Dice On Monopoly, Battleship, More' and included the sarcastic sub header 'Aren't you glad the strike's over? (2008) This is in reference to the Writers' Guild of America strike of 2007 2008. More scathing is Margaret Lyons's statement for Entertainment Weekly, Wait, what kind of horrible world do I live in where I'm resigned to and unsurprised by a movie version of a guessing game? (2009) However, a film was made of Battleship, which successfully adapts most elements of the board game in accordance with contemporary adaptation theory. In light of this, I will be analysing Battleship as a case study in postliterary adaptation, and how it works in practice, addressing the features of the game Battleship before moving on to the formal qualities of Hollywood narration. In doing this, I aim to demonstrate in depth why the news of a Battleship adaptation was met with cynicism by critics. Following that, I will address how Battleship works as a postliterary adaptation in practice, with a close observation of how the individual elements of the board game are communicated through the aesthetic qualities of the film. Finally, I will address various adaptation theories that are applicable to the resulting Battleship film text, to ultimately demonstrate how the initial critical response failed to foresee the possibilities in the production of film adaptations from sources outside traditional literary sources. The fact that Battleship is a game that doesn't seem to lend itself easily to adaptation is at the core of the critical cynicism shown. As noted by Lyons, there is little room for narrative development due to the fact that the game is largely based on formalised guesswork. On the website Geeks of Doom, contributor 'The Movie God' observed that 'At first, the announcement that a Battleship movie was even being made was confusing, but now that we've seen fellow August 2014 www.intensitiescultmedia.com
Significantly Fast and Robust Fuzzy C Means Clustering Algorithm Based on Morphological Reconstruction and Membership Filtering
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
Year: 2018

As fuzzy c means clustering (FCM) algorithm is sensitive to noise, local spatial information is often introduced to an objective function to improve the robustness of the FCM algorithm for image segmentation. However, the introduction of local spatial information often leads to a high computational complexity, arising out of an iterative calculation of the distance between pixels within local spatial neighbors and clustering centers. To address this issue, an improved FCM algorithm based on morphological reconstruction and membership filtering (FRFCM) that is significantly faster and more robust than FCM is proposed in this paper. First, the local spatial information of images is incorporated into FRFCM by introducing morphological reconstruction operation to guarantee noise immunity and image detail preservation. Second, the modification of membership partition, based on the distance between pixels within local spatial neighbors and clustering centers, is replaced by local membership filtering that depends only on the spatial neighbors of membership partition. Compared with state of the art algorithms, the proposed FRFCM algorithm is simpler and significantly faster, since it is unnecessary to compute the distance between pixels within local spatial neighbors and clustering centers. In addition, it is efficient for noisy image segmentation because membership filtering are able to improve membership partition matrix efficiently. Experiments performed on synthetic and real world images demonstrate that the proposed algorithm not only achieves better results, but also requires less time than the state of the art algorithms for image segmentation.
Abstract 4375: Hrk mediates 2 methoxyestradiol induced mitochondrial apoptotic signaling in prostate cancer cells.
Year: 2013

Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in males and ranks the second most common cause of cancer related deaths. 2 methoxyestradiol (2 ME) an endogenous estrogen metabolite, is a promising anticancer agent for various types of cancers. Although 2 ME has been shown to activate Jun N terminal kinase (JNK) and mitochondrial dependent apoptotic signaling pathways, the underlying mechanisms including downstream effectors remain unclear. Here, we report that the human Bcl 2 homology 3 (BH3) only protein harakiri (Hrk) is a critical effector of 2 ME induced JNK dependent apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. Hrk mRNA and protein are preferentially up regulated by 2 ME, and Hrk induction is dependent on JNK activation of c Jun. Hrk knockdown prevents 2 ME mediated apoptosis by attenuating the decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential, subsequent cytochrome c (cyt c) release and caspase activation. Conversely, Hrk over expression increases caspase dependent prostate cancer cell apoptosis. Involvement of the pro apoptotic protein Bak in this process suggested the possible interaction between Hrk and Bak. Thus, Hrk activation by 2 ME or its over expression displaced Bak from the complex with anti apoptotic protein Bcl xL, while deletion of the Hrk BH3 domain abolished its interaction with Bcl xL, reducing the pro apoptotic function of Hrk. Finally, Hrk is also involved in the 2 ME mediated reduction of X linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) through Bak activation in prostate cancer cells. Together, our findings suggest that induction of the BH3 only protein Hrk is a critical step in 2 ME activation of the JNK induced apoptotic pathway targeting mitochondria by liberating pro apoptotic protein Bak.  Inik Chang, Shahana Majid, Sharanjot Saini, Mohd S. Zaman, Soichiro Yamamura, Takeshi Chiyomaru, Varahram Shahryari, Shinichiro Fukuhara, Guoren Deng, Rajvir Dahiya, Yuichiro Tanaka. Hrk mediates 2 methoxyestradiol induced mitochondrial apoptotic signaling in prostate cancer cells.
Towards Continuous Surveillance of Fruit Flies Using Sensor Networks and Machine Vision
Venue: 2009 5th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing
Year: 2009

In Australia, the Queensland fruit fly (B. tryoni) is the most destructive insect pest of horticulture, attacking nearly all fruit and vegetable crops. This project has researched and prototyped a system for monitoring fruit flies so that authorities can be alerted when a fly enters a crop in a more efficient manner than is currently used. This paper presents the idea of our sensor platform design as well as the fruit fly detection and recognition algorithm by using machine vision techniques. Our experiments showed that the designed trap and sensor platform is capable to capture quality fly images, the invasive flies can be successfully detected and the average precision of the Queensland fruit fly recognition is 80% from our experiment.
SEQUENCIA DIDATICA PARA O ENSINO DE CINEMATICA COM VIDEO ANALISE NA PERSPECTIVA DA TEORIA DE APRENDIZAGEM SIGNIFICATIVA
Year: 2017

Neste trabalho apresentamos uma sequencia didatica para o ensino de cinematica no ensino medio explorando video analise atraves do software Tracker. Para tanto realizamos a filmagem de seis movimentos diferentes (movimento retilineo uniforme e acelerado, lacamento vertical, horizontal e obliquo) produzidos por instrumentos do Laboratorio Didatico do curso de graduacao em fisica (PASCO e CIDEPE) do Instituto NOME INSTITUICAO atraves de equipamento de filmagem de alta resolucao da TV Universitaria NOME. A producao destes filmes possibilitou maior precisao na geracao dos movimentos e qualidade na imagem, resultando em maior qualidade no processo de video analise. A sequencia foi produzida tendo como referencial teorico a Teoria de Aprendizagem Significativa. Os resultados da aplicacao da sequencia em um escola publica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro sao discutidos levando nos a acreditar que a sequencia didatica produzida seja potencialmente significativa.
Effects of vertebral column distraction on transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potential and histology of the spinal cord in a porcine model.
Venue: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
Year: 2013

Spinal cord injury can occur following surgical procedures for correction of scoliosis and kyphosis, as these procedures produce lengthening of the vertebral column. The objective of this study was to cause spinal cord injury by vertebral column distraction and evaluate the histological changes in the spinal cord in relationship to the pattern of recovery from the spinal cord injury.  Global osteotomy of all three spinal columns was performed on the ninth thoracic vertebra of sixteen pigs. The osteotomized vertebra was distracted until transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potential (TES MEP) signals disappeared or decreased by >80% compared with the baseline amplitude; this was defined as spinal cord injury. The distraction distance at which spinal cord injury occurred was measured, the distraction was released, and the TES MEP recovery pattern was observed. A wake up test was performed, two days of observations were made, and histological changes were evaluated in relationship to the recovery pattern.  Spinal cord injury developed at a distraction distance of 20.2 4.7 mm, equivalent to 3.6% of the thoracolumbar spinal length, and the distraction distance was correlated with the thoracolumbar spinal length (r 0.632, p 0.009) No animals exhibited complete recovery according to TES MEP testing, eleven exhibited incomplete recovery, and five exhibited no recovery. During the two days of observation, all eleven animals with incomplete recovery showed positive responses to sensory and motor tests, whereas none of the five animals with no recovery had positive responses. On histological evaluation, three animals that exhibited no recovery all showed complete severance of nerve fibers (axotomy) whereas six animals that exhibited incomplete recovery all showed partial white matter injury.  Parallel distraction of approximately 3.6% of the thoracolumbar length after global osteotomy resulted in spinal cord injury and histological evidence of spinal cord damage. The pattern of recovery from the spinal cord injury after release of the distraction was consistent with the degree of axonal damage. Axotomy was observed in animals that exhibited no recovery on TES MEP, and only hemorrhagic changes in the white matter were observed in animals that exhibited incomplete recovery.
Exosomes from human saliva as a source of microRNA biomarkers.
Venue: Oral diseases
Year: 2010

The aim of this study was to examine the presence of microRNAs (miRNAs) within exosomes isolated from human saliva and to optimize and test methods for successful downstream applications.  Exosomes isolated from fresh and frozen glandular and whole human saliva were used as a source of miRNAs. The presence of miRNAs was validated with TaqMan quantitative PCR and miRNA microarrays.  We successfully isolated exosomes from human saliva from healthy controls and a patient with Sjogren's syndrome. microRNAs extracted from the exosomal fraction were sufficient for quantitative PCR and microarray profiling.  The isolation of miRNAs from easily and non invasively obtained salivary exosomes with subsequent characterization of the miRNA expression patterns is promising for the development of future biomarkers of the diagnosis and prognosis of various salivary gland pathologies.
IT Investment Governance and Corporate Governance: Perspective and Approach
Venue: 2020 7th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC)
Year: 2020

Corporate Governance, Business plan and Strategy and it's alignment with IT investments has been a subject of discussion as early as 1990s. With productivity paradox and net present value (and other financial methods) of IT investments researched over a period of time, this paper is to put perspective for IT investment in present economic scenario with latest technologies and in digital world. With cloud computing infrastructure requiring all other IT governance principles and processes to be followed, IT investment demands investment more than only in hardware and software development, maintenance and support. IT investment and it's relation to corporate strategy, business risk management, information economics, new business enabler, productivity tool, control systems to deliver shareholder value and constantly create business value has emerged to new domain. Innovation, it's relation to technology, technological innovations and their relation to competitive advantage for an organization has created new areas that demand investment. With competition in business environment and integrated global economy, regulators demand more compliant business processes delivered through modern technological infrastructure. Having investigated the financial, non financial, economic, tangible and non tangible benefits of IT investment, this paper provides the new perspective to assess IT investments and make IT investment decision. This papers provides new perspectives and approaches for IT investment portfolio management.