Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Runtime monitoring of software energy hotspots

GreenIT has emerged as a discipline concerned with the optimization of software solutions with regards to their energy consumption. In this domain, most of the state-of-the-art solutions concentrate on coarse-grained approaches to monitor the energy consumption of a device or a process. However, none of the existing solutions addresses in-process energy monitoring to provide in-depth analysis of a process energy consumption. In this paper, we therefore report on a fine-grained runtime energy monitoring framework we developed to help developers to diagnose energy hotspots with a better accuracy than the state-of-the-art. Concretely, our approach adopts a 2-layer architecture including OS-level and process-level energy monitoring. OS-level energy monitoring estimates the energy consumption of processes according to different hardware devices (CPU, network card). Process-level energy monitoring focuses on Java-based applications and builds on OS-level energy monitoring to provide an estimation of energy consumption at the granularity of classes and methods. We argue that this per-method analysis of energy consumption provides better insights to the application in order to identify potential energy hotspots. In particular, our preliminary validation demonstrates that we can monitor energy hotspots of Jetty web servers and monitor their variations under stress scenarios.
Therapeutic effects of aqueous, methanol and ethanol extracts of Egyptian Artemisia herba-alba in STZ-induced diabetic neuropathy in rats -

Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of peripheral neuropathy and patients suffer from chronic peripheral pain. Artemisia herba alba (Ah) is a prevalent plant with extensive traditional uses. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of Ah in STZ-model of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. After induction of diabetes, rats were treated with aqueous, 100% methanol and 70% ethanol extracts of Ah at doses of 50 and 100mg/kg for each extract; respectively. Behavioral tests (Tail flick, hot plate and locomotor activity) were performed on animals. Blood glucose was measured in serum and oxidative stress biomarkers (GSH, MDA, CAT and GST) were assessed in isolated sciatic nerve. RESULTS: Treatment with aqueous, methanol and ethanol extracts of Ah decreased blood glucose level, increased tail withdrawal latency and retention time (in tail flick and hot plate tests; respectively) and increased diabetic rats movements in the activity cage. The extracts also inhibited oxidative stress status by decreasing lipid peroxidation and enhancing GSH and antioxidant enzymes; CAT and GST. Therefore, treatment with Ah ameliorated painful diabetic neuropathy in STZ rats which was evident by improved nociceptive latency and locomotor activity. The therapeutic effect of the plant could be mediated by antioxidant mechanisms.
Electroporation in a Model of Cardiac Defibrillation

Electroporation in a Model of Cardiac Defibrillation. Introduction: It is known that highstrength shock disrupts the lipid matrix of the myocardial cell membrane and forms reversible aqueous pores across the membrane. This process is known as “electroporation. ” However, it remains unclear whether electroporation contributes to the mechanism of ventricular defibrillation. The aim of this computer simulation study was to examine the possible role of electroporation in the success of defibrillation shock.
Functional Parenting in Pakistan

We obtained information regarding parenting perceptions and psychosocial adjustment from 102 Pakistani young women. Parenting behaviours assessed pertained to warmth and dominating control, as well as to “training” (proposed by Chao as having relevance in other Asian cultures), and indigenously relevant items related to religion and shame/honour. Adjustment measures included self-esteem, relationship harmony, and self-perceived health, shown to have relevance in other Asian cultures. In two-factor analyses, perceptions of parents’ warmth and training behaviours combined into a factor that correlated positively with adjustment measures, whereas the dominating control factor correlated negatively. In three-factor analyses, perceptions of mothers’ training behaviours predicted variance in relationship harmony, independent of perceptions of warmth and dominating control behaviours. These findings support Chao’s views that the dimension of training may play a particularly important role in functional parenting in some non-Western cultures
What can recent replication failures tell us about the theoretical commitments of psychology?

I suggest that the recent, highly visible, and often heated debate over failures to replicate results in the social sciences reveals more than the need for greater attention to the pragmatics and value of empirical falsification. It is also a symptom of a serious issue—the under-developed state of theory in many areas of psychology. While I focus on the phenomenon of “social priming”—since it figures centrally in current debate—it is not the only area of psychological inquiry to which my critique applies. I first discuss some of the key issues in the “social priming” debate and then attempt to show that many of the problems thus far identified are traceable to a lack of specificity of theory. Finally, I hint at the possibility that adherence to the materialist tenets of modern psychological theory may have a limiting effect on our full appreciation of the phenomena under scrutiny.
Variation in soft-tissue thicknesses on the human face and their relation to craniometric dimensions.

The average thickness of soft tissues on parts of the face is known, but its variation has not been related to cranial morphology. To investigate this relationship, measurements of facial soft-tissue depths and craniometric dimensions were taken on adult, white Australian cadavers (17 male and 23 female). Significant correlations between many soft-tissue depths and craniometric dimensions were found, suggesting a relationship between the amount of soft tissue present on the face and the size of the underlying bony skeleton. Soft-tissue depths were highly positively correlated with each other; craniometric dimensions were correlated but to a lesser extent. Males had thicker soft tissues and larger craniometric dimensions than females; considerable overlap of ranges was also noted. Multiple regression analysis was used to produce equations predicting the soft-tissue depth at specified areas of the face from craniometric dimensions. A subsample of nine cadavers was examined for the effects of tissue embalming. Embalming caused significant initial increases in facial soft-tissue depths. Cadavers embalmed for less than 6 months had soft-tissue depths significantly greater than for fully embalmed cadavers. The evidence that facial soft-tissue thicknesses vary with craniofacial dimensions has implications for forensic identification, facial aesthetic surgery, and approximation of the facial features of extinct individuals.
Pharmacy informatics syllabi in doctor of pharmacy programs in the US.

OBJECTIVES To assess pharmacy informatics education, identify current competencies, and develop a foundational set of recommendations. METHODS Accredited pharmacy programs were contacted. Data were collected using a mixed-mode procedure. Didactic and experiential syllabi were analyzed for compliance with informatics competencies in Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Standards 2007. RESULTS Thirty-two of 89 schools responded; 25 provided syllabi (36% response rate, 28% submission rate). Twenty-seven didactic and 9 experiential syllabi were received. The syllabi contained a diverse mix of educational content, some of which represented pharmacy informatics content as defined by ACPE. Schools are teaching clinical system terminology, applications, and evaluation. CONCLUSIONS Many professional programs are not providing instruction in pharmacy informatics. There may be confusion within the academy/profession between pharmacy informatics and drug information practice. Much work is required for programs to become compliant with the ACPE 2007 pharmacy informatics competencies.
Unsettling Geographical Horizons: Exploring Premodern and Non-European Imperialism

Abstract A critical genealogy of the emerging subfield of postcolonial geography illustrates how human geography has become historically shortsighted. Postcolonial geography interrogates the significance of imperialism and colonialism for disciplinary and material geographies, though its reference points, like those of most other geographical subfields, have been almost exclusively modern (c.1500–present). The marginalization of premodern imperialism rests upon the argument, or more often the assumption, that the imperialisms of the modern period have been fundamentally different from those of the premodern. We criticize this position by focusing on colonialism—as a specific aspect of imperialism—with reference to social, cultural, and political geographical theory and to wide-ranging empirical material. Regarding the social relations and the politics and scales of colonialism in the premodern and modern periods, there are no a priori grounds for distinguishing between modern and premodern forms of imperialism. We advocate a more historically and geographically inclusive postcolonial geography that will best equip geographers and others to understand and, potentially, to intervene against contemporary forms of imperialism, including those that have survived from the past and also those that have emerged in the context of present-day forces.
Control of Mitochondrial Morphology Through Differential Interactions of Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission Proteins

Mitochondria in mammals are organized into tubular networks that undergo frequent shape change. Mitochondrial fission and fusion are the main components mediating the mitochondrial shape change. Perturbation of the fission/fusion balance is associated with many disease conditions. However, underlying mechanisms of the fission/fusion balance are not well understood. Mitochondrial fission in mammals requires the dynamin-like protein DLP1/Drp1 that is recruited to the mitochondrial surface, possibly through the membrane-anchored protein Fis1 or Mff. Additional dynamin-related GTPases, mitofusin (Mfn) and OPA1, are associated with the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes, respectively, and mediate fusion of the respective membranes. In this study, we found that two heptad-repeat regions (HR1 and HR2) of Mfn2 interact with each other, and that Mfn2 also interacts with the fission protein DLP1. The association of the two heptad-repeats of Mfn2 is fusion inhibitory whereas a positive role of the Mfn2/DLP1 interaction in mitochondrial fusion is suggested. Our results imply that the differential binding of Mfn2-HR1 to HR2 and DLP1 regulates mitochondrial fusion and that DLP1 may act as a regulatory factor for efficient execution of both fusion and fission of mitochondria.
A Theoretical Analysis of Cross-lingual Semantic Relatedness in Vector Space Models

Semantic relatedness is essential for different text processing tasks, especially in the cross-lingual setting due to the vocabulary mismatch problem. Many concept-based solutions to semantic relatedness have been proposed, which vary in the notions of concept and document representation. In our contribution, we provide a unified model that generalizes over the existing approaches to cross-lingual semantic relatedness. It shows that the main existing solutions represent different ways for constructing the concept space, which result in different document representations and implications for semantic relatedness computation. In particular, it al- lows us to provide theoretical justifications of existing solutions. Through the experimental evaluation, we show that the results support our theoretical findings.
Computer models of dynamic visual attention

To perceive the environment efficiently, the human vision system proceeds by selecting salient targets. The targets are explored successively by means of saccadic eye movements, which are responsible for shifting the fovea onto the current fixated target. Defined as selective attention, this mechanism can be seen as a preprocessing step, which reduces the amount of information that will be processed later by the brain. A topic in computer vision deals with the modeling of visual attention. While most investigations concentrate on static computer model, i.e. a computer system selecting salient targets from a still image, only some recent works deal with dynamic computer model, i.e. a computer system selecting salient targets from video streams. Such a paradigm is an attractive solution to reduce complexity issues in computer vision applications. Extending such a computer system to video sequences will lead to promising perspectives. Given the importance of video sequences today, the application potential is huge and covers domains like video compression, video quality assessment, mobile robot navigation, monitoring and surveillance. The purpose of such model is to provide an automatic selection of potential regions of interest all over the sequence duration. The selection process relies on motion as well as static feature contrasts. It encompasses the feature extraction from the video sequence and its integration in a competitive way to define the resulting saliency map. This scalar map indicates salient locations, in the form of a saliency distribution. At the end, most salient regions of interest are defined from the saliency map using a selection process based on a neural network. This thesis investigates the design of dynamic computer VA modeling, which relies on three main axes: (i) the static model, (ii) the motion model, and (iii) the map integration scheme to fuse both static and motion channels. First, the static model relies extensively on previous works that have reported impressive findings on biological and artificial visual attention. The proposed static model shares similar concepts, with some improvements regarding the feature integration strategies. Second, the design of the motion model is discussed. Research in neuroscience provides plausible hypothesis on motion analysis in the human brain. These mechanisms provide the core of the computer model. We present several computer models highlighting motion contrasts of different nature. Two novel approaches are proposed, namely the vector model which highlights relative motion contrast, and the phase & magnitude model which decouples phase and magnitude contrasts.
Longitudinal Structural Equation Models of Academic Self-Concept and Achievement: Gender Differences in the Development of Math and English Constructs

Longitudinal causal models of growth in math and English constructs (school grades, standardized tests, academic self-concept, affect and coursework selection) were based on three waves of data from the large (N = 24,599), nationally representative National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. Math and English self-concepts had significant path coefficients leading to subsequent school grades, coursework selection, and standardized test scores. Unlike previous studies that did not consider math and English constructs in the same model, we found these relations to be very domain specific (e.g., there were significant positive paths from math self concept to subsequent math outcomes but not to subsequent English outcomes). Girls had higher scores for all English constructs and math school grades, but they had lower math self-concepts. Whereas similar studies conducted over the past 20 years found diminishing gender differences, these data show relative gains for girls in achievement and coursework selection for both mathematics and English. Path coefficients relating prior math and English constructs to subsequent outcomes, however, were similar for boys and girls. Hence, the extreme domain specificity of relations between prior self-concept and subsequent outcomes was similar for boys and girls.
Prevalence & risk factors of anaemia among women of reproductive age in Bursa, Turkey.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE The control of anaemia in women of childbearing age is essential to prevent low birth weight and perinatal and maternal mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the anaemia prevalence and risk factors in women of reproductive age group in Nilufer Public Health Training and Research Area, Bursa, Turkey. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 530 women were selected using stratified random sampling among 6,506 women in 15-49 age group and 488 women (92.1%) participated in the study. Pregnant women or women who were not sure of their pregnancy were not included in the study. The data collected were analysed by multivariate logistic regression analysis to determine the risk factors related to anaemia. RESULTS The prevalence of anaemia was 32.8 per cent (haemoglobin level < 12 g/dl). Usage of more than 2 sanitary pads in a day during menstruation (OR=3.67, 95% CI 2.30-5.88; P=0.000) and duration of menstrual bleeding more than 5 days (OR=3.01, 95% CI 1.94-4.66; P=0.000) were found to be risk factors for anaemia. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION Approximately 1 of 3 women in the study area was diagnosed to be anaemic. These data indicated the necessity of a public health programme for prevention and early diagnosis of anaemia. Starting from adolescence, all non pregnant women should be screened for anaemia every 5-10 yr throughout their childbearing years during routine health examinations. The follow up service provided by midwives at the primary health care can be used as a suitable tool for anaemia prevention.
Effects of home on the mental health of British forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

Background Most studies of the mental health of UK armed forces focus on retrospective accounts of deployment and few sample personnel while they are deployed. Aims This study reports the results of a survey of deployed personnel, examining the perceived impact of events at home and military support for the family on current mental health during the deployment. Method Surveys were conducted with 2042 British forces personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prevalence of common mental disorders was assessed with the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was assessed with the PTSD Checklist – Civilian version (PCL-C). Results The prevalence of common mental disorders was 17.8% and of probable PTSD was 2.8%. Perceived home difficulties significantly influenced the mental health of deployed personnel; the greater the perception of negative events in the home environment, the greater the reporting of adverse mental health effects. This finding was independent of combat exposure and was only partially mitigated by being well led and reporting subjectively good unit cohesion; however, the effect of the totality of home-front events was not improved by the latter. Poor perceived military support for the family had a detrimental impact on deployment mental health. Conclusions The armed forces offer many support services to the partners and families of deployed personnel and ensuring that the efforts being made on their behalf are well communicated might improve the mental health of deployed personnel.
Multifunctional RNA Processing Protein SRm160 Induces Apoptosis and Regulates Eye and Genital Development in Drosophila

SRm160 is an SR-like protein implicated in multiple steps of RNA processing and nucleocytoplasmic export. Although its biochemical functions have been extensively described, its genetic interactions and potential participation in signaling pathways remain largely unknown, despite the fact that it is highly phosphorylated in both mammalian cells and Drosophila. To begin elucidating the functions of the protein in signaling and its potential role in developmental processes, we characterized mutant and overexpression SRm160 phenotypes in Drosophila and their interactions with the locus encoding the LAMMER protein kinase, Doa. SRm160 mutations are recessive lethal, while its overexpression generates phenotypes including roughened eyes and highly disorganized internal eye structure, which are due at least in part to aberrantly high levels of apoptosis. SRm160 is required for normal somatic sex determination, since its alleles strongly enhance a subtle sex transformation phenotype induced by Doa kinase alleles. Moreover, modification of SRm160 by DOA kinase appears to be necessary for its activity, since Doa alleles suppress phenotypes induced by SRm160 overexpression in the eye and enhance those in genital discs. Modification of SRm160 may occur through direct interaction because DOA kinase phosphorylates it in vitro. Remarkably, SRm160 protein was concentrated in the nuclei of precellular embryos but was very rapidly excluded from nuclei or degraded coincident with cellularization. Also of interest, transcripts are restricted almost exclusively to the developing nervous system in mature embryos.
Light and Heavy Heterosexual Activities of Young Canadian Adolescents: Normative Patterns and Differential Predictors

The objectives of this research were to explore patterns of heterosexual activity in early adolescence and to examine the differential pathways to light and heavy heterosexuality. We utilized the National Longitudinal Survey of Canadian Children and Youth (NLSCY) in which heterosexual behaviors, as well as puberty, parenting processes, peer self-concept, and problem behaviors were examined. The heterosexual activities of the majority of 12- and 13-year-old adolescents were largely confined to light activities of hugging, holding hands, and kissing. Heavy activities such as petting and sexual intercourse were reported less often. Using predictor variables from Cycle 1 of the NLSCY when participants were 10- and 11-year-olds, SEM analyses indicated that puberty and higher peer self-concept shared significant direct pathways to both light and heavy heterosexuality. Heavy sexual activity, however, was uniquely associated with the risk factors of adolescent problem behaviors. Positive and hostile parenting styles were indirectly associated with light sexual activity through peer self-concept. Positive and hostile parenting styles were also indirectly associated with heavy sexual activity through both peer-oriented self-concept and problem behaviors. Results support differential patterns and predictors of light and heavy sexuality in early adolescence.