LLukas22/scidocs huggingface dataset:
Image Processing with ImageJ

tronomy. It is common practice for manufacturers of image acquisition devices to include dedicated image processing software, but these programs are usually not very flexible and/or do not allow more complex image manipulations. Image processing programs also are available by themselves. ImageJ holds a unique position because T he advances of the medical and biological sciences over recent years, and the growing importance of determining the relationships between structure and function, have made imaging an increasingly important discipline. The ubiquitousness of digital technology — from banal digital cameras to highly specific micro-CT scanners — has made images an essential part of a number of reAs the popularity of the ImageJ open-source, Java-based imaging program grows, its capabilities increase, too. It is now being used for imaging applications ranging from skin analysis to neuroscience. by Dr. Michael D. Abràmoff, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; Dr. Paulo J. Magalhães, University of Padua; and Dr. Sunanda J. Ram, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Image Processing with ImageJ
An Energy Aware WSN Geographic Routing Protocol

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of small nodes with sensing, computation, and wireless communications capabilities. Many routing, power management, and data dissemination protocols have been specially designed for WSNs. The focus has been given to the routing protocols which might differ depending on the application and network architecture. In this paper, we propose an energy efficient data forwarding protocol called Energy Aware Geographic Routing Protocol (EAGRP) for wireless sensor networks to extend the life time of the network. In EAGRP, both position information and energy are available at nodes used to route packets from sources to destination. This will prolong the lifetime of the sensor nodes; hence the network life time and thus get higher packet delivery ratio and minimal compromise of energy efficiency. The proposed protocol is an efficient and energy conservative routing technique for multi-hop wireless sensor networks. The routing design of EAGRP is based on two parameters: location and energy levels of nodes. Each node knows the location and energy level of its neighbors. The performance measures have been analyzed with variable number of nodes. Our simulation results indicate that the proposed algorithm gives better performance in terms of higher packet delivery ratio, delay, and energy consumption. KeywordsWireless Sensor Networks; Energy efficient; Position information; Routing protocol.
Burden of anemia and its socioeconomic determinants among adolescent girls in India.

BACKGROUND
Anemia is still one of India's major public health problems, especially among adolescent girls.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the severity and distribution of anemia among Indian adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 years and its association with socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors.


METHODS
The study used data from the District Level Household Survey, round 11, 2002-04, conducted under the Reproductive and Child Health Project. Data were collected on hemoglobin along with socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors of the households. The survey covered rural and urban areas of 35 states or union territories. Data from 177,670 adolescent girls were analyzed.


RESULTS
The highest prevalence of anemia (99.9%) was observed in Jharkhand in eastern India. The prevalence in the northeastern states was relatively low. The highest prevalence rates were observed among older girls (15 to 19 years), illiterate girls living in rural areas, girls in illiterate households, girls from households with a low standard of living, non-Christian girls, girls from Scheduled Tribes, girls living in west India, and married girls. The highest percentages of girls with normal hemoglobin were reported among Christian Scheduled Tribes (39.4%) and among girls in northeastern India (40.1%). Analysis by binary ordered logistic regression showed that anemia status did not depend on urban or rural residence or on age.


CONCLUSIONS
Enhancement of the economic status of families, especially poor families, is a prerequisite to the amelioration of anemia among adolescent girls. The level of education of the girls is also a major factor.
Generating Animated Videos of Human Activities from Natural Language Descriptions

Generating realistic character animations is of great importance in computer graphics and related domains. Existing approaches for this application involve a significant amount of human interaction. In this paper, we introduce a system that maps a natural language description to an animation of a humanoid skeleton. Our system is a sequence-to-sequence model that is pretrained with an autoencoder objective and then trained end-to-end.
Optimal pricing and ordering policy for inflation dependent demand rate under permissible delay in payments

This paper deals with economic ordering policies for deteriorating items with inflation dependent demand rate under permissible delay in payments by considering selling price is necessarily higher than purchasing cost. We obtain optimal cycle time and we show the total cost function is concave for both cases i.e. case I and case II. We then develop an algorithm for a retailer to determine its optimal price and optimal order quantity simultaneously when the supplier offers a permissible delay in payments. Numerical example shows the validity of the theoretical results.
CBN tool wear in hard turning: a survey on research progresses

Direct machining steel parts at a hardened state, known as hard turning, offers a number of potential benefits over traditional grinding in some applications. In addition, hard turning has several unique process characteristics, e.g., segmented chip formation and microstructural alterations at the machined surfaces, fundamentally different from conventional turning. Hard turning is, therefore, of a great interest to both the manufacturing industry and research community. Development of superhard materials such as polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (known as CBN) has been a key to enabling hard turning technology. A significant pool of CBN tool wear studies has been surveyed, in an attempt to achieve better processing and tooling applications, and discussed from the tool wear pattern and mechanism perspectives. Although various tool wear mechanisms, or a combination of several, coexist and dominate in CBN turning of hardened steels, it has been suggested that abrasion, adhesion (possibly complicated by tribochemical interactions), and diffusion may primarily govern the CBN tool wear in hard turning. Further, wear rate modeling including one approach developed in a recent study, on both crater and flank wear, is discussed as well. In conclusion, a summary of the CBN tool wear survey and the future work are outlined.
A Review of Cross Validation and Adaptive Model Selection

We perform a review of model selection procedures, in particular various cross validation procedures and adaptive model selection. We cover important results for these procedures and explore the connections between different procedures and information criteria. INDEX WORDS: Model selection, Adaptive model selection, Cross validation, Information Criteria A REVIEW OF CROSS VALIDATION AND ADAPTIVE MODEL SELECTION
Targeted use of LEDs in improvement of production efficiency through phytochemical enrichment.

Based on available literature, ecology and economy of light emitting diode (LED) lights in plant foods production were assessed and compared to high pressure sodium (HPS) and compact fluorescent light (CFL) lamps. The assessment summarises that LEDs are superior compared to other lamp types. LEDs are ideal in luminous efficiency, life span and electricity usage. Mercury, carbon dioxide and heat emissions are also lowest in comparison to HPS and CFL lamps. This indicates that LEDs are indeed economic and eco-friendly lighting devices. The present review indicates also that LEDs have many practical benefits compared to other lamp types. In addition, they are applicable in many purposes in plant foods production. The main focus of the review is the targeted use of LEDs in order to enrich phytochemicals in plants. This is an expedient to massive improvement in production efficiency, since it diminishes the number of plants per phytochemical unit. Consequently, any other production costs (e.g. growing space, water, nutrient and transport) may be reduced markedly. Finally, 24 research articles published between 2013 and 2017 were reviewed for targeted use of LEDs in the specific, i.e. blue range (400-500 nm) of spectrum. The articles indicate that blue light is efficient in enhancing the accumulation of health beneficial phytochemicals in various species. The finding is important for global food production. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the mesozoic to lower Cenozoic rocks of the Coastal Cordillera in the Antofagasta region (22°30′-23°00′ S): Insights to the Andean tectono-magmatic evolution

Abstract This work reports on new zircon U-Pb ages (U-Pb LA-ICPMS Geochronology) obtained from volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary rocks which have been exposed in the Coastal Cordillera of the Antofagasta region (22°30′-23°00′S). A frequency diagram was performed with all the obtained ages. The diagram showed peaks representing emplacement or crystallization, depositional and inherited zircon ages. The zircons showed to be 300 Ma and younger form four major peaks. These peaks are consistent with previously dated emplacement and depositional ages, as well as, with the ages of the rock units recognized in this work. The oldest cluster ranges between 250 and 230 Ma and represents the first volcanic episode in the study area that corresponds to the Middle Triassic Sierra Miranda-Cerro Camaleon Rhyolites which yielded a zircon age of 240 ± 1.2 Ma. A second age cluster, between 220 and 130 Ma, can be associated with the Lower Jurassic volcanic and plutonic rocks, to Middle-Upper Jurassic plutonic rocks and Lower Cretaceous subvolcanic rocks. The Lower volcanic rocks correspond to La Negra Formation, which yielded ages that range between ca. 196 and 177 Ma. These ages are older than the Middle-Upper Jurassic ages commonly reported for this formation. The La Negra Formation and the interbedded marine Rencoret Beds are in stratigraphic continuity with the Middle Triassic Sierra Miranda-Cerro Camaleon Rhyolites. The ages that range between 170 and 150 Ma can be associated with the larger intrusive rock bodies from the Middle-Upper Jurassic Coastal Batholite of Northern Chile and Southern Peru. Lower Cretaceous ages ( ca. 140 Ma) corresponds to subvolcanic rocks related to the metallogenic belt of the easternmost Coastal Cordillera of the Antofagasta region. A zircon ages gap is observed in the Lower Cretaceous (between 130 and 100 Ma). This gap indicates that either the study area did not undergo magmatic and volcanic activity at that time, or that the Peruvian tectonic phase allowed for the erosion of the geological record of such activity. An Upper Cretaceous cluster occurs at ca. 100-80 Ma and is correlated with the Cerro Empexa, Quebrada Mala, and Hornitos volcanic formations. The last volcanic activity occurred at about ca. 70-60 Ma. Lower Paleocene ( ca. 63 Ma) volcanic unit indicates that the products of the Paleocene volcanism reached as far west as the Coastal Cordillera at the latitude of Antofagasta. Even the presence of lava indicates the proximity of effusive volcanoes, which, in turn, suggests that the Paleocene volcanic arc extended west away from the Domeyko Cordillera. Both Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene volcanic units are restricted to the west by the Atacama Fault System.
Fuzzy semiprime quasi-ideals in semigroups

We give some properties of fuzzy quasi-ideals of a semigroup, and characterize a completely regular semigroup and a semigroup that is a semilattice of groups in terms of fuzzy semiprime quasi-ideals.
Antisocial personality disorder is on a continuum with psychopathy.

BACKGROUND
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and psychopathy are different diagnostic constructs. It is unclear whether they are separate clinical syndromes or whether psychopathy is a severe form of ASPD.


METHODS
A representative sample of 496 prisoners in England and Wales was interviewed in the second phase of a survey carried out in 1997 using the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry, the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Axis II personality disorders, and the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised.


RESULTS
Among those 18 years and older (n = 470), 211 (44.9%) received a diagnosis of ASPD, of whom 67 (31.8%) were classified as psychopaths, indicated by Psychopathy Checklist-Revised scores of 25 and above. Symptoms of ASPD and psychopathy both demonstrated low diagnostic contrast when comparing subgroups of ASPD above and below the cutoff for psychopathy. There were no differences in demography, Axis I comorbidity, and treatment-seeking behavior. Psychopathic individuals with ASPD demonstrated comorbid schizoid and narcissistic personality disorder, more severe conduct disorder and adult antisocial symptoms, and more violent convictions.


CONCLUSIONS
Psychopathy and ASPD are not separate diagnostic entities, but psychopathic ASPD is a more severe form than ASPD alone with greater risk of violence. Dimensional scores of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition personality disorders (other than ASPD) may be helpful in identifying this specific subgroup.
Clinical use of lentiviral vectors

Viral vectors provide an efficient means for modification of eukaryotic cells, and their use is now commonplace in academic laboratories and industry for both research and clinical gene therapy applications. Lentiviral vectors, derived from the human immunodeficiency virus, have been extensively investigated and optimized over the past two decades. Third-generation, self-inactivating lentiviral vectors have recently been used in multiple clinical trials to introduce genes into hematopoietic stem cells to correct primary immunodeficiencies and hemoglobinopathies. These vectors have also been used to introduce genes into mature T cells to generate immunity to cancer through the delivery of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) or cloned T-cell receptors. CAR T-cell therapies engineered using lentiviral vectors have demonstrated noteworthy clinical success in patients with B-cell malignancies leading to regulatory approval of the first genetically engineered cellular therapy using lentiviral vectors. In this review, we discuss several aspects of lentiviral vectors that will be of interest to clinicians, including an overview of lentiviral vector development, the current uses of viral vectors as therapy for primary immunodeficiencies and cancers, large-scale manufacturing of lentiviral vectors, and long-term follow-up of patients treated with gene therapy products.
Plant sterol-fortified orange juice effectively lowers cholesterol levels in mildly hypercholesterolemic healthy individuals.

OBJECTIVE
Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease. Therapeutic lifestyle changes include dietary modifications such as inclusion of phytosterols, which effectively lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in margarines and other fats. Their effectiveness in nonfat moieties is not yet established. The aim of this study was to examine if phytosterols alter the plasma lipoprotein profile when incorporated into nonfat orange juice.


METHODS AND RESULTS
After a 2-week run-in phase with orange juice, 72 mildly hypercholesterolemic healthy subjects were randomized to receive either placebo orange juice (placebo OJ) or plant sterol-fortified orange juice (sterol OJ) (2g/d) for 8 weeks. Fasting blood was obtained at baseline, after 2 weeks of OJ, and after 8 weeks of placebo/sterol-OJ supplementation. Sterol OJ supplementation significantly decreased total (7.2%), LDL (12.4%), and non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (7.8%) compared with baseline and compared with placebo OJ (P<0.01). Apolipoprotein B levels were significantly decreased (9.5%) with sterol OJ. There were no significant changes in HDL cholesterol or triglycerides with the sterol OJ. While folate and B12 levels significantly increased, homocysteine levels were unchanged.


CONCLUSIONS
Orange juice fortified with plant sterols are effective in reducing LDL cholesterol and could easily be incorporated into the therapeutic lifestyle changes dietary regimen.
Probucol for treatment of hyperlipidemia in persistent childhood nephrotic syndrome

 In a prospective, uncontrolled multicenter study, we have evaluated the effects of probucol on hyperlipidemia, proteinuria, and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in hyperlipidemic children with persistent nephrotic syndrome. Probucol was started for a total of 12 weeks in 8 children and for 24 weeks in 14 children. Lipoprotein profiles, serum malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, proteinuria, renal function, and electrocardiogram were monitored every 4 weeks. Side effects were recorded by questionnaire. Treatment was completed by 7 of 8 patients for 12 weeks and by 7 of 14 children for 24 weeks. After 12 weeks, the mean serum concentrations of triglycerides (−15%), total cholesterol (−25%), very low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (−27%), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (−23%), and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (−24%), as well as apolipoprotein (apo) A-I (−19%), apo B (−21%), and MDA (−32%) were reduced. The positive effects of probucol on the lipoprotein profile persisted over 24 weeks; however, there was no significant effect on either proteinuria or GFR. In conclusion, probucol had beneficial effects on lipoproteins and lipid peroxidation, but improved neither proteinuria nor GFR. The drug was generally tolerated well, but had to be discontinued because of a prolonged QT interval in 4 of 22 patients.
Darpa Urban Challenge Technical Report Executive Summary

with input from many other team members 6/1/2007 "DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this paper does not represent the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) or the Department of Defense. DARPA does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information in this paper." Austin Robot Technology's (ART's) entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge has two main goals. First and foremost, the team aims to create a fully autonomous vehicle that is capable of safely and robustly meeting all of the criteria laid out in the Technical Evaluation Criteria document [1]. Second, and almost as important, the team aims to produce, educate, and train members of the next generation of computer science and robotics researchers. This technical report documents our significant progress towards both of these goals as of May 2007 and presents a concrete plan to achieve them both fully by the time of the National Qualifying Event (NQE) in October. Specifically, it presents details of both our complete hardware system and our in-progress software, including design rationale, preliminary results, and future plans towards meeting the challenge. In addition, it provides details of the significant undergraduate research component of our efforts and emphasizes the educational value of the project.
The extraarticular symptoms influence ACR response in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with biomedicine: a single-blind, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial in 194 patients.

OBJECTIVE
The extraarticular symptoms are important in the pattern differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and the present study is designed in an attempt to find the associations between the extraarticular symptoms and American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Response in 194 cases of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biomedicine.


METHODS
The data were obtained from a randomized clinical trial. One hundred ninety-four RA patients were treated with the biomedical therapy (diclofenec, methotrexate and sulfasalazine). ACR20 response in 24 weeks was used for the efficacy evaluation. Eighteen symptoms (including 13 extraarticular symptoms) that TCM practitioners focus on were collected for exploration on the association between the symptoms and the efficacy of the biomedical therapy with association rules method.


RESULTS
After 24 weeks, a total of 135 patients receiving biomedicine had achieved an ACR20 response. The association rules analysis on each symptom showed that soreness in the waist was more associated with ACR20 response, but with lower support (selected sample size based, 20.10% and 14.95% respectively); cold intolerance and cold joint were found to be associated with ACR20 response with higher support (48.97% and 53.61% respectively), and the confidences (predicted effective rate) were 73.08% and 71.23% respectively. The associations between combination of symptoms (among them, there was at least one extraarticular symptom) and ACR20 response indicated that cold intolerance or cold joint with higher confidence and support were the most important extraarticular symptoms.


CONCLUSION
The RA patients with "cold intolerance" and "cold joints", which are the extraarticular symptoms that TCM practitioners focus on, may show higher ACR20 response when treated with the biomedical approach.
LOBIN: E-Textile and Wireless-Sensor-Network-Based Platform for Healthcare Monitoring in Future Hospital Environments

This paper describes a novel healthcare IT platform developed under the LOBIN project, which allows monitoring several physiological parameters, such as ECG, heart rate, body temperature, etc., and tracking the location of a group of patients within hospital environments. The combination of e-textile and wireless sensor networks provides an efficient way to support noninvasive and pervasive services demanded by future healthcare environments. This paper presents the architecture, system deployment as well as validation results from both laboratory tests and a pilot scheme developed with real users in collaboration with the Cardiology Unit at La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain.