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    Sex Differences in Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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    This study used a retrospective practice-based research method to compare levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors of a clinically-ascertained sample of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n=90). As measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), internalizing and externalizing behaviors were compared to normative behavior, and between boys and girls with ASD. Findings suggest that in a clinical sample, children with ASD are more likely than typically developing children to have internalizing and/or externalizing problems. No significant sex differences were found for Internalizing Problems, Externalizing Problems, or Total Problems scores on either the parent or teacher versions of the CBCL. These findings may help clinicians better understand how children with ASD are affected by co-morbid psychiatric disorders, and could help to inform diagnosis and intervention

    The Heart Wants What It Wants: Effects of Desirability and Body Part Salience on Distance Perceptions (DeWitt)

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    Previous research has shown that the desirability of an object influences perceived distance from the object, such that desirable objects are perceived as closer than objects that are not desirable (Balcetis & Dunning, 2010). It has also been suggested that metaphors reflect how our knowledge is represented; so, for example, making the head or heart more salient produces characteristics commonly associated with those body parts (i.e., emotionality for the heart and rationality for the head) (Fetterman & Robinson, 2013). The current study examined the effects of head or heart salience and desirability on distance perception. We hypothesized that since common idioms relate the heart to desirability, salience of the heart would cause desirable objects to be perceived as closer than would salience of the head, but there would be no such difference between the head and heart conditions when the object was neutral. To test this hypothesis, participants had their attention drawn to either their head or their heart by placing their index finger there while throwing a beanbag towards a desirable or a neutral object. In Experiment 2, a verbal distance estimate was also included. We predicted that there would be a significant interaction between desirability of object and hand placement. Specifically, we expected that there would be no effect of hand placement when the object was neutral but that heart-pointers would perceive a desirable object as closer than the head-pointers. Results from both experiments failed to support our hypothesis

    Seaweed Investment as Application in Development of Minapolitan Area

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    Consequences of regional autonomy is not easy, this is because a required area should look for alternative sources of financing regional. One of the sources of financing in the Brebes district is the development of seaweed cultivation to be exported to other countries. The calculations show that the investment in seaweed farming is feasible to be developed because of the many advantages gained than seaweed farming. The first advantage of the presence of a source of income for local communities and Brebes district, opening job opportunities broadly, to develop products made from seaweed such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, herbs, jelly, and so forth

    Perencanaan Kawasan Industri Terpadu Di Kabupaten Brebes Sebagai Implikasi Pelaksanaan Otonomi Daerah

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    This paper empirically examines the impact of developing integrated industry area of Brebes regency, recommends the policy of infrastructure investment relationship model, and develops institutional requirements. By using net present value, payback period, return on investment, internal rate of return analysis, and privat-government relationship analysis, the results show that development integrated industry area of Brebes can go financially. The partnership of third party can be done because of limited resources of local government. The best alternative of partnership is B – O - T (Build, Operate and Transfer), which characterized by private investment, infrastructure development, low cost, high quality, profitable, and high efficienc

    Potensi Kecamatan Salem dalam Pendapatan Asli Daerah

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    Several factors contribute significantly in implement regional autonomy is a good human resources, sources of local revenue, as well as the organization and good management. Salem subdistrict in this study is one of the region in Brebes district that has a lot of potential economic wealth, natural resources, and human resources that can be developed better to increase local revenues. This study used SWOT analysis and Subdistrict Alocation Funds (ADK). SWOT Analysis is used to compare between internal factor and external factor. Aftera thorough analysis, the results showed that Salem subdistrict is in third strategic position. It means the development of subdistrict needs to consider factors that influence both internally and externally and integrated. The program will be developed covering aspects: human resources, land use, economic, educational facilities, health facilities, electricity networks, telephone networks, drainage networks, water networks, and road network

    A comprehensive evaluation of alignment algorithms in the context of RNA-seq.

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    Transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) overcomes limitations of previously used RNA quantification methods and provides one experimental framework for both high-throughput characterization and quantification of transcripts at the nucleotide level. The first step and a major challenge in the analysis of such experiments is the mapping of sequencing reads to a transcriptomic origin including the identification of splicing events. In recent years, a large number of such mapping algorithms have been developed, all of which have in common that they require algorithms for aligning a vast number of reads to genomic or transcriptomic sequences. Although the FM-index based aligner Bowtie has become a de facto standard within mapping pipelines, a much larger number of possible alignment algorithms have been developed also including other variants of FM-index based aligners. Accordingly, developers and users of RNA-seq mapping pipelines have the choice among a large number of available alignment algorithms. To provide guidance in the choice of alignment algorithms for these purposes, we evaluated the performance of 14 widely used alignment programs from three different algorithmic classes: algorithms using either hashing of the reference transcriptome, hashing of reads, or a compressed FM-index representation of the genome. Here, special emphasis was placed on both precision and recall and the performance for different read lengths and numbers of mismatches and indels in a read. Our results clearly showed the significant reduction in memory footprint and runtime provided by FM-index based aligners at a precision and recall comparable to the best hash table based aligners. Furthermore, the recently developed Bowtie 2 alignment algorithm shows a remarkable tolerance to both sequencing errors and indels, thus, essentially making hash-based aligners obsolete

    Accretion Discs Trapped Near Corotation

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    We show that discs accreting onto the magnetosphere of a rotating star can end up in a 'trapped' state, in which the inner edge of the disc stays near the corotation radius, even at low and varying accretion rates. The accretion in these trapped states can be steady or cyclic; we explore these states over wide range of parameter space. We find two distinct regions of instability, one related to the buildup and release of mass in the disk outside corotation, the other to mass storage within the transition region near corotation. With a set of calculations over long time scales we show how trapped states evolve from both nonaccreting and fully accreting initial conditions, and also calculate the effects of cyclic accretion on the spin evolution of the star. Observations of cycles such as found here would provide important clues on the physics of magnetospheric accretion. Recent observations of cyclic and other unusual variability in T Tauri stars (EXors) and X-ray binaries are discussed in this context.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures, accepted to MNRA

    Episodic Accretion on to Strongly Magnetic Stars

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    Some accreting neutron stars and young stars show unexplained episodic flares in the form of quasi-periodic oscillations or recurrent outbursts. In a series of two papers we present new work on an instability that can lead to episodic outbursts when the accretion disc is truncated by the star's strong magnetic field close to the corotation radius (where the Keplerian frequency matches the star's rotational frequency). In this paper we outline the physics of the instability and use a simple parameterization of the disc-field interaction to explore the instability numerically, which we show can lead to repeated bursts of accretion as well as steady-state solutions, as first suggested by Sunyaev and Shakura. The cycle time of these bursts increases with decreasing accretion rate. These solutions show that the usually assumed `propeller' state, in which mass is ejected from the system, does not need to occur even at very low accretion rates.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, accepted to MNRAS, minor corrections following referee repor
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