Mobile app for stress monitoring using voice features

The paper describes the steps involved in designing and implementing a mobile app for real time monitoring of mental stress using voice features and machine learning techniques. The app is easy to use and completely non-invasive. It is called StressID and it is available in the Google Play store. With the use of a server application presenting a web interface, interested parties may remotely monitor the stress states detected by the mobile app, enlarging the number of use case scenarios

Annual Report of Virginia Ellis, Itinerant Home Agent, June 2, 1958 to July 12, 1958 and August 12, 1958 to September 13, 1958, Agricultural Extension Service, University of Arizona, Tucson

Bound typescripts of agents reports, including photographs, charts, clippings, and examples of publications, 1957 to 1958. Also includes statistical summaries for 1957-58.This material from the University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Service is made available by University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections. Contact us at [email protected], or (520) 621-6423

No major association between TGFBR1*6A and prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. There is strong genetic evidence indicating that a large proportion of prostate cancers are caused by heritable factors but the search for prostate cancer susceptibility genes has thus far remained elusive. TGFBR1*6A, a common hypomorphic variant of the type I Transforming Growth Factor Beta receptor, is emerging as a tumor susceptibility allele that predisposes to the development of breast, colon and ovarian cancer. The association with prostate cancer has not yet been explored. A total of 907 cases and controls from New York City were genotyped to test the hypothesis that TGFBR1*6A may contribute to the development of prostate cancer. TGFBR1*6A allelic frequency among cases (0.086) was slightly higher than among controls (0.080) but the differences in TGFBR1*6A genotype distribution between cases and controls did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.67). Our data suggest that TGFBR1*6A does not contribute to the development of prostate cancer

'Against the World': Michael Field, female marriage and the aura of amateurism'

This article considers the case of Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper, an aunt and niece who lived and wrote together as ‘Michael Field’ in the fin-de-siècle Aesthetic movement. Bradley’s bold statement that she and Cooper were ‘closer married’ than the Brownings forms the basis for a discussion of their partnership in terms of a ‘female marriage’, a union that is reflected, as I will argue, in the pages of their writings. However, Michael Field’s exclusively collaborative output, though extensive, was no guarantee for success. On the contrary, their case illustrates the notion, valid for most products of co-authorship, that the jointly written work is always surrounded by an aura of amateurism. Since collaboration defied the ingrained notion of the author as the solitary producer of his or her work, critics and readers have time and again attempted to ‘parse’ the collaboration by dissecting the co-authored work into its constituent halves, a treatment that the Fields too failed to escape

Selenium uptake by edible plants from enriched peat.

As a constituent of selenoproteins, selenium (Se) is considered an essential element for human health.The main way that Se enters the body is via the consumption of vegetables, whose concentration of thiselement depends on soil Se content. We grew cabbage, lettuce, chard and parsley, in peat enriched in Seby means of the additive Selcote Ultra®and Na2SeO3and Na2SeO4. Total Se in plants was determinedby acidic digestion and Se speciation by an enzymatic extraction. Both were measured by ICP/MS. Theconcentration ranges were between 0.1 mg Se kg−1and 30 mg Se kg−1for plants grown in Selcote Ultra®media, and between 0.4 mg Se kg−1and 1606 mg Se kg−1for those grown in peat enriched with Se sodiumsalts. We found Se (IV), Se (VI) and SeMet in all the extracts. Peat fortified with Selcote Ultra®gave slightlyhigher Se concentration than natural content values. For plants grown with selenium sodium salts, Secontent increases with the Se added and part of the inorganic Se was converted mainly to SeMet. A highSe fortification can damage or inhibit plant growth. Cabbage showed the greatest tolerance to Se

Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam dengan Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy dalam Menangani Keterasingan Seorang Lesbi di Semolowaru Surabaya

Dalam skripsi terdapat dua fokus permasalahan yang dikaji, yaitu (1) Bagaimana proses Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam dengan Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy dalam menangani keterasingan seorang lesbi? (2) Bagaimana hasil pelaksanaan Bimbingan Konseling Islam dengan Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy dalam menangani keterasingan seorang lesbi? Dalam menjawab permasalahan tersebut, penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan analisis deskriptif komparatif yaitu membandingkan data teori dengan data yang ada di lapangan. Sedangkan dalam mengumpulkan data melalui observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi, serta peneliti turun langsung kelapangan untuk mengumpulkan data. Setelah data terkumpul, analisa dilakukan untuk mengetahui proses serta hasil dengan membandingkan kondisi konseli sebelum dan sesudah pelaksanaan konseling. Proses yang dilakukan oleh konselor yang pertama adalah identifikasi masalah, diagnosis, prognosis, selanjutnya treatment dengan langkah pertama, konselor merubah pikiran-pikiran irrasionalnya kearah yang lebih rasional. Kedua, memperbaiki cara berfikir konseli dan menyadarkan bahwa pemikiran irrasional negatif dapat dirubah menjadi positif dan ketiga, memberi alternative pemecahan masalah, dengan member tugas-tugas dalam memperbaiki perilaku negatif konseli. Setelah proses konseli selesai yaitu langkah terakhir menindakk lanjuti masalah yang dialami oleh konseli setelah dilakukannya proses konseling. Hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa masalah yang terjadi adalah keterasingan yang disebabkan pola pikir dan perilaku konseli yang negative. Perilaku tersebut sangat dilarang oleh norma agama. Dalam penelitian ini proses konseling yang dilaksanakan menggunakan Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, yang mana peneliti menggunakan beberapa teknik untuk menangani masalah tersebut. Dengan pendekatan ini diharapkan konseli bisa menerima kenyataan pada perilakunya saat ini dan bisa merubah perilaku buruknya menjadi perilaku yang baik. Sedangkan hasil akhir dari proses konseling terhadap konseli dalam penelitian ini cukup berhasil yang mana hasil tersebut dapat diliihat dari adanya perubahan perilaku yang terjadi pada konseli yang sudah bisa berbaur dengan masyarakat dan meninggalkan perilaku negatifnya

Stress detection using wearable physiological and sociometric sensors

Stress remains a significant social problem for individuals in modern societies. This paper presents a machine learning approach for the automatic detection of stress of people in a social situation by combining two sensor systems that capture physiological and social responses. We compare the performance using different classifiers including support vector machine, AdaBoost, and k-nearest neighbour. Our experimental results show that by combining the measurements from both sensor systems, we could accurately discriminate between stressful and neutral situations during a controlled Trier social stress test (TSST). Moreover, this paper assesses the discriminative ability of each sensor modality individually and considers their suitability for real time stress detection. Finally, we present an study of the most discriminative features for stress detection

Rethinking Equality in the Global Society

The future of affirmative action, especially in the area of American higher education, has been called into question by the 1996 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Hopwood v. State of Texas, requiring race-blind admission to state universities in Texas, and the passage of Proposition 209 in California. The seemingly endless American debate on this issue almost entirely has ignored the fact that other countries faced with comparable problems of remedying the effects of past discrimination have developed programs and acquired experience from which Americans might learn. Further, the legal debate has not been adequately informed by the social science disciplines. This conference was intended to expand discussion at a critical moment by introducing these missing perspectives