Psychotherapy: Skills and Resilience Through Self-Knowledge

At least 20% of all primary care visits are related to mental health. A limited number of patients are being referred to therapy, even though therapy is shown to be as effective as medication for disorders like depression and anxiety. A pamphlet was designed to explain what psychotherapy is to patients and to describe several common therapy modalities.https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/1203/thumbnail.jp

Slipping Through the Cracks: Receptivity of healthcare professionals to an electronic screening tool for human trafficking

Introduction: Human trafficking is the exploitation of an individual through force or coercion, for labor or services, including commercial sex. Healthcare providers are uniquely positioned to encounter trafficked people. Prior research has found a need for increased sensitivity in identifying trafficked persons in healthcare settings, and for provider education about the issue.https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/comphp_gallery/1227/thumbnail.jp

Brightest Group Galaxies : Stellar Mass and Star Formation Rate (paper I)

We study the distribution and evolution of the stellar mass and the star formation rate (SFR) of the brightest group galaxies (BGGs) over 0.04 <z <1.3 using a large sample of 407 X-ray galaxy groups selected from the COSMOS, AEGIS, and XMM-LSS fields. We compare our results with predictions from the semi-analytic models based on the Millennium simulation. In contrast to model predictions, we find that, as the Universe evolves, the stellarmass distribution evolves towards a normal distribution. This distribution tends to skew to low-mass BGGs at all redshifts implying the presence of a star-forming population of the BGGs with M-S similar to 10(10.5) M-circle dot which results in the shape of the stellar mass distribution deviating from a normal distribution. In agreement with the models and previous studies, we find that the mean stellar mass of BGGs grows with time by a factor of similar to 2 between z = 1.3 and z = 0.1, however, the significant growth occurs above z = 0.4. The BGGs are not entirely a dormant population of galaxies, as low-mass BGGs in low-mass haloes are more active in forming stars than the BGGs in more massive haloes, over the same redshift range. We find that the average SFR of the BGGs evolves steeply with redshift and fraction of the passive BGGs increases as a function of increasing stellar mass and halo mass. Finally, we show that the specific SFR of the BGGs within haloes with M-200Peer reviewe

OBLICZANIE PRZEPŁYWÓW PRACY BEZ PRZEPŁYWÓW PRACY: PODSTAWOWY ALGORYTM DYNAMICZNEGO KONSTRUOWANIA I PRZESZUKIWANIA NIEJAWNEGO SKIEROWANEGO GRAFU ACYKLICZNEGO W ŚRODOWISKU NIEDETERMINISTYCZNYM

This paper introduces a novel algorithm for dynamically constructing and traversing Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) in workflow systems, particularly targeting distributed computation and data processing domains. Traditional workflow management systems rely on explicitly defined, rigid DAGs, which can be cumbersome to maintain, especially in response to frequent changes or updates in the system. Our proposed algorithm circumvents the need for explicit DAG construction, instead opting for a dynamic approach that iteratively builds and executes the workflow based on available data and operations, through a combination of entities like Data Kinds, Operators, and Data Units, the algorithm implicitly forms a DAG, thereby simplifying the process of workflow management. We demonstrate the algorithm’s functionality and assess its performance through a series of tests in a simulated environment. The paper discusses the implications of this approach, especially focusing on cycle avoidance and computational complexity, and suggests future enhancements and potential applications.W artykule przedstawiono nowy algorytm dynamicznego konstruowania i przejść skierowanych grafów acyklicznych (DAG) w systemach zarządzania przepływem pracy, w szczególności tych ukierunkowanych na domeny obliczeń rozproszonych i przetwarzania danych. Tradycyjne systemy zarządzania przepływem pracy opierają się na jawnie zdefiniowanych, sztywnych grafach DAG, które mogą być uciążliwe w utrzymaniu, zwłaszcza w odpowiedzi na częste zmiany lub aktualizacje systemu. Proponowany algorytm pozwala uniknąć konieczności jawnego konstruowania SAG, zamiast tego wybierając dynamiczne podejście, które iteracyjnie buduje i wykonuje przepływy pracy w oparciu o dostępne dane i operacje. Korzystając z kombinacji jednostek, takich jak typ danych, operator i element danych, algorytm niejawnie buduje DAG, upraszczając w ten sposób proces zarządzania przepływami pracy. Demonstrujemy funkcjonalność algorytmu i oceniamy jego wydajność za pomocą serii testów w symulowanym środowisku. W artykule omówiono implikacje tego podejścia, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem unikania pętli i złożoności obliczeniowej, a także zasugerowano dalsze ulepszenia i potencjalne zastosowania

“We Changed Our Nature with Animals”: The Problem of Dehumanization in Heinrich von Kleist’s Works

The article examines animalistic motifs in Heinrich von Kleist’s works through the prism of Rousseauian and Kantian philosophy. The comparison of the animal and the human world was one of the most common methods with which Kleist depicted the crisis of humanity caused by the collapse of Enlightenment ideals and the historical and social catastrophe that followed the French Revolution at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. By polemics with Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Schiller, Kleist rethinks the traditional opposition of culture and nature, as well as the concept of morality. Through the prism of the essay “On the Puppet Theater,” where Kleist theoretically comprehended his views on the place of man in the universe, the article shows the evolution of animal images in his works of art, starting from the particular situation of The Schroffenstein Family and ending with the nationalistic pathos of The Battle of Hermann. The core character for Kleist is a woman who deviates from her traditional role and is associated with the animal, as shown in the example of such characters as Penthesilea, Kätchen from Heilbronn, and Thusnelda from the The Battle of Hermann. Dehumanization is one of the constant and most important motifs of Kleist’s work

Multi-Class Classification of Pulmonary Diseases Using Computer Tomography Images

The object of the study the architecture of a neural network designed for processing CT (computed tomography) scan images. The objective of this study is to examine the behavior of an existing neural network, originally constructed for binary classification, within the context of multi-class classification. To achieve this goal, two publicly available datasets were combined into a multi-class dataset, encompassing classes such as COVID-19, non-hospital pneumonia, and healthy lungs. The existing neural network architecture (ResNet50V2 with the utilization of the Feature Pyramid Network) was adapted for multiclass classification purposes. The resulting neural network was trained over 20 epochs, achieving an accuracy of 95.086% on a designated validation dataset. The experimental results demonstrate the potential of employing this and similar neural network architectures in the medical field, aiding healthcare professionals in their work. Ref. 7, pic. 3, tabl.

State and prospects of development of team interaction of robots on the example of competitions of the world tournament "Robocup"

Today, effective group work management is one of the main problems of mechatronics. As the development of generalized algorithms and principles of management is at an early level, the scientific community has formed several model tasks, one of which reads as follows: "By the middle of the XXI century the winner of the last world championship”. As part of the wording, the world's first RoboCup competition was launched in 1996 to promote research in the field of robot design and artificial intelligence. The main task of the article is to analyze and highlight the current state of algorithms for command control of robots on the example of the RoboCup world tournament. The article describes the general schemes of team interaction in the divisions of the tournament, the hardware characteristics of the agents, the history, chronological development and the current state of the rules of the divisions. Based on the analysis, a comparative table of basic technical parameters of RoboCup leagues and approaches used for team management is formed. The conclusion concerning the most actual directions of researches of methods of group interaction is made

Observations of asymmetric velocity fields and gas cooling in the NGC 4636 galaxy group X-ray halo

Aims. This study aims to probe the thermodynamic properties of the hot intragroup medium (IGM) plasma in the core regions of the NGC 4636 galaxy group by detailed measurements of several emission lines and their relative intensities. Methods. We analyzed deep XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) data in five adjacent spectral regions in the central parts of the NGC 4636 galaxy group. We examined the suppression of the Fe x VII resonance line (15.01 angstrom) as compared to the forbidden lines of the same ion (17.05 angstrom and 17.10 angstrom). The presence and radial dependence of the cooling flow was investigated through spectral modeling. Parallel analysis with deep Chandra Advances CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) data was conducted to gain additional information about the thermodynamical properties of the IGM. Results. The plasma at the group center to the north shows efficient Fe x VII ion resonant scattering, yielding (I-lambda 17.05 + I-lambda 17.10)/lambda(15. 01) line ratios up to 2.9 +/- 0.4, corresponding to about twice the predicted line ratio. In contrast, no resonant scattering was detected at the south side. The regions featuring resonant scattering coincide with those embodying large amounts of cool (kT less than or similar to 0.4 keV) gas phases, and the spectral imprints of cooling gas with a total mass deposition rate of similar to 0.8 M-circle dot yr(-1) within the examined region of 2.40' x 5.0'. Conclusions. We interpret the results as possible evidence of asymmetric turbulence distribution in the NGC 4636 IGM: turbulence dominates the gas dynamics to the south, while collective gas motions characterize the dynamics to the north. X-ray images show imprints of energetic AGN at both sides, yet we find evidence of turbulence heating at the south and gas cooling at the north of the core. We infer that the observed asymmetry may be the result of the specific observation angle to the source, or arise from the turbulence driven by core sloshing at south side.Peer reviewe