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Maternal antecedents to adolescent girls’ neural regulation of emotion
No full textCurrent research on adolescent brain development has uncovered individual differences in patterns of functional connectivity during the regulation of emotions, reflecting differences in psychological and emotional functioning. The purpose of this study was to identify possible contributors to these individual differences by investigating the role of maternal emotional resources, in the form of adult attachment and emotional awareness. Participants included 35 adolescent girls (M age = 15.51, SD = 0.37) who completed an implicit emotion regulation task (Lieberman et al., 2007) during an fMRI scan following 9th grade. Mothers reported on the quality of their adult attachment when youth were in 3rd and 4th grades and reported on their emotional awareness when youth were in 4th and 5th grades. We found that higher levels of maternal anxious attachment and lower levels of maternal emotional awareness were significantly correlated with more positive (i.e., ineffective) amygdala-right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (rVLPFC) connectivity. Further, path analysis revealed that there was an indirect effect of maternal anxious attachment on adolescent functional connectivity through maternal emotional awareness. These results suggest that exposure to compromised maternal emotional resources in childhood may be linked to the development of ineffective neural processing of emotions, highlighting one pathway for the intergenerational transmission of disrupted emotion processing.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-12-01The student, Haina Modi, accepted the attached license on 2018-11-19 at 09:33.The student, Haina Modi, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2018-11-19 at 09:42.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2018-11-26 at 11:59.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #13098 on 2019-02-07 at 14:17:36Made available in DSpace on 2019-02-07T20:35:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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STRATEGI PEMERINTAH INDIA DALAM MENGATASI TERORISME J-E-M DIBAWAH PEMERINTAHAN NARENDRA MODI 2014-2022
No full textThe ongoing acts of terrorism by JeM threatened the security and resilience of the Indian state, so the then prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, made a resolution to eliminate and fight all forms of JeM terrorism. This research aims to find out how the Indian government's strategy during the Narendra Modi era in overcoming JeM terrorism. The research method used is descriptive method and data collection is done by library research. The author uses the concept of Counter-Terrorism proposed by Barry R. Posen which consists of efforts to form alliances and cooperation, increase resilience and offensive efforts. India formed alliances and cooperation with several international organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), UN, and also with Pakistan. The improvement of defense capabilities was carried out by the Indian government with efforts to increase the number of NSG personnel and weapons through the purchase of SIG 716 G2 rifles and Rafale fighter jets, as well as increasing the ability of personnel in the field of counter-terrorism through military training such as indra and yudh abhyas exercises. Offensive efforts were made by India through India's Surgical Strike Across the Line of Control 2016 and The Indian Air Force Airstrike on Balakot in 2019 in response to attacks from J-E-M terrorism. All efforts made by India in overcoming J-E-M terrorism are in accordance with the theory of Counter-Terrorism proposed by Barry R. Posen.
Keywords: JeM Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, Narendra Modi
Psychological treatments in schizophrenia: II. Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials of social skills training and cognitive remediation
No full textBackground. Social skills training and cognitive remediation are psychological techniques with considerable face validity for the treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia and their consequences. This paper provides a meta-analytical review of these treatments. It includes an appreciable number of randomized controlled trials, using comparisons against both standard care and other active interventions. However, the assessment of particular outcomes sometimes had to be based on single studies.Method. A detailed search strategy was used to identify randomized controlled trials of social skills training and cognitive remediation, primarily employing electronic databases. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that met predefined criteria were then subjected to meta-analysis on a variety of outcome measures.Results. There was no clear evidence for any benefits of social skills training on relapse rate, global adjustment, social functioning, quality of life or treatment compliance. Cognitive remediation had no benefit on attention, verbal memory, visual memory, planning, cognitive flexibility or mental state.Conclusions. Social skills training and cognitive remediation do not appear to confer reliable benefits for patients with schizophrenia and cannot be recommended for clinical practice
Correction to: Safety of laparoscopic compared to open right hepatectomy after portal vein occlusion: results from a multicenter study (Surgical Endoscopy, (2025), 39, 3, (1839-1847), 10.1007/s00464-025-11532-8)
No full textThe original online version of this article was revised to correct the presentation of the name of coauthor Nadia Russolillo, and to correct the affiliation information for corresponding author Serena Langella. The original article has been corrected
Simulation and history-matching of polymer-assisted water alternating CO2 injection using MRST
No full textCO2 flooding is a widely employed method for enhancing oil recovery. However, it faces challenges stemming from differences in viscosity and density between oil and CO2, leading to poor sweep efficiency. This can result in issues such as viscous fingering, channelling, and gravity segregation, causing premature breakthroughs and excessive gas production. To address these concerns, the Polymer Assisted Water Alternating Gas (PA-WAG) technique combines the advantageous attributes of CO2 flooding, such as solubility and displacement, with the effective mobility control provided by polymer flooding. This results in a chemically enhanced Water Alternating Gas (WAG) flooding approach. A study by van Wieren et al. (2022) delved into the effectiveness of PA-WAG in addressing CO2 flow challenges and improving sweep efficiency by conducting core-flood experiments. This work builds upon that study by employing numerical simulations to replicate the core-flood experiments. These simulations shed light on the fundamental physical mechanisms during the PA-WAG injection process while also facilitating the calibration of flow parameters for practical implementation on a larger scale. The primary goal of this study was to comprehensively model three distinct enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques: polymer injection, CO2 flooding, and PA-WAG, all applied specifically to the Bentheimer sandstone cores. The objective was to history-match CT (Computed Tomography) scan saturation data, observed pressure drops, and oil recovery. A 2-dimensional (2D) model was constructed for each experiment, with CT scan images used to allocate varying porosity and permeability values to individual grid blocks. This enabled monitoring saturation distributions from the initial primary drainage phase onward. In the history matching of the primary drainage phase, parameters for relative permeabilities were determined from the Brooks-Corey equation, leveraging CT scan saturation data. The scaling of relative permeabilities based on CT scan saturations effectively accounted for capillary end effects observed in the core-flood experiments. During the history-matching of the polymer injection process, it was demonstrated that polymer-specific parameters, as determined from experimental data, could effectively modify waterflood relative permeabilities, thereby reducing the mobility ratio and accurately capturing the advancement of the polymer front. The formation of emulsions towards the end of polymer injection led to a notable increase in pressure drop, necessitating the incorporation of a high Residual Resistance Factor (RRF) to accommodate permeability reduction. In the case of history-matching for the CO2 flood, the black oil model successfully replicated the process of immiscible gas injection. It aptly captured gravity segregation while utilising CT scan saturation scaled relative permeabilities to assess the impact on oil recovery. The study unveiled that the relative permeability of gas under immiscible conditions was relatively lower than in miscible and near-miscible conditions. Simulating the PA-WAG injection by combining polymer and CO2 models effectively reproduced the core-flood experiments. The study substantiated the role of gas trapping in reducing the relative permeability of gas as a function of injection time, consequently leading to heightened pressure drops during subsequent polymer slug injections. The study showcased the efficacy of integrating black oil models for polymer and CO2 injection to successfully simulate PA-WAG injection and achieve unity with core-flood experiments yielding valuable insights into the physical processes underlying the technique.Feasibility study of enhanced oil recovery by Polymer Assisted Water-Alternating-GasApplied Earth Science
Integration of existing optimisation techniques with the DWARV C-to-VHDL compiler
No full textHardware acceleration using recon?gurable devices is a hot research item. To facilitate this acceleration technique, also called recon?gurable computing, tools are being developed that translate High-Level Languages into Hardware Description Languages. DWARV is such a tool developed at Delft University of Technology, translating C into VHDL. The way C code is written a?ects the performance of DWARV signi?cantly. Manual modi?cations can improve the speedup of that kernel signi?cantly. This thesis will work towards closing the performance gap between modi?ed sources and unmodi?ed sources. By integrating di?erent optimisation techniques, less manual modi?cations will need to be made for improved performance. The techniques covered by this thesis are loop unrolling, loop invariant code motion, software-sided caching and algebraic simpli?cations. Integrating these techniques into DWARV was done, taking into account possible dependencies between the di?erent optimisation techniques. When combining all these techniques together, speedups of 2.8 were achieved for individual kernels. On average, a kernel is 1.45 times faster when the optimisation techniques from this thesis are used.Computer EngineeringSoftware and Computer TechnologyElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of anhydrous salt of levofloxacin and 4-methyl\uadbenzoic acid
No full textUncertainty Modeling of a Chemical System with a Flexible Node by Mapping the Fault Tree into the Response Surface Method
No full textThis paper elaborates three novel contributions in the field of chemical process safety. The first contribution is the identification and classification of chemical system variabilities into seven broad categories, namely, media, equipment, component, operator, procedural, management, and external (MECOPME). The identified variabilities lead to epistemic and aleatory types of uncertainties in the probabilistic safety analysis. To deal with the uncertainties caused due to the variabilities, a concept of the flexible node is proposed, which demands a failure probability in the flexible range of a lower level to a higher level instead of a fixed static probability. Since the existing techniques are not robust enough to handle the probability range, the classical fault tree is mapped into a statistically more reliable approach of the response surface method (RSM). The unique idea of using RSM in the failure analysis is demonstrated over the fault tree of an overtemperature scenario in a semipilot scale setup for the hydrogenation process and successfully evaluated over an industrial accident of the release prevention barrier scenario. The contour and surface plots of RSM reveal more information than the traditional approach of minimal cut sets. The statistical markers of RSM are a better substitute for the improvement index for sensitivity analysis. The proposed approach deals with chemical system variabilities and the lack of knowledge of exact occurrence probabilities more effectively.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Safety and Security Scienc
The Analysis of Indo- British -US Relations During the Period 2009-2019
No full textIndia is a major power in the Asian continent and hegemonic power in the south Asian region. India is a Strong member of International organizations such as SAARC, Commonwealth organization, the shanghai cooperation and BRICS. Manmohan Sing was the 13th prime minister of India. his second term was from 2019 may 22 to 2014 may 26. He is member of the Indian congress party. The leader of congress party was Sonia Gandhi. Narendra Modi was 14th prime minister of India. His first term was from 2014 may 26 to 2019 may 30. Britain and USA are India most friendly nations. This research seeks to comparatively analyze Indo-British- USA relations during 2nd term of Singh prime minister and the 1st term of Modi prime minister. The author evaluates to research objectives. The researcher will conduct research based on dual research objectives. First, studying of foreign policy of PM Singh & Modi. Second, studying of Indo-British-USA relations during the second term of PM Singh & first term of PM Modi. The author evaluates to broad research questions. First, What are the o foreign policies of PM Singh & Modi? . Second, What are the Indo-British-USA relations during the second term of PM Singh & first term of PM Modi? This research is study based an qualitative data. The researcher used to the secondary data for this research. This study utilized the secondary data from libraries and internet. The researcher used Neo classical realism theory for this research. Studies the country foreign policy and decision making process using Neo classical realism Theory. Recent research on India foreign policy has been minimal. This research is important for those studying Indian political and foreign policy.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.31357/fhss/vjhss.v07i02.1
Design and synthesis of novel 3-hydroxy-cyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione derivatives as thyroid hormone receptor β (TR-β) selective ligands
No full textDesign and synthesis of a novel 3-hydroxy-cyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione derivatives are reported and their in vitro thyroid hormone receptor selectivity has been evaluated in the thyroid luciferase receptor assay. The 3-[3,5-dichloro-4-(4-hydroxy-3-isopropylphenoxy)-phenylamino]-4-hydroxy-cyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione 21 has shown selectivity towards thyroid hormone receptor β
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