Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Physiological effects of bilateral adrenalectomy in man

ILATERAL ADRENALECTOMY in man is being B evaluated in several clinics as a potential therapeutic procedure for hypertension and certain neoplastic diseases. The rationale for this procedure in patients with neoplastic disease is discussed in a companion paper in this journal.26 Before cortisone became available, attempts at bilateral adrenalectomy in man were not very successful. In 1945, Huggins and Scott reported the results of bilateral adrenalectomy in four patients with prostate carcinoma in whom maintenance with adrenal-cortical extract and desoxycorticosterone acetate was tried. Three patients died in adrenal insufficiency shortly after operation. One patient lived for four months and died with some of the features of adrenal insufficiency.13 Green et al. reported a patient with malignant hypertension with diabetes who had survived fifteen months following adrenalectomy and who was alive at the time of writing. Replacement therapy consisted of liberal quantities of adrenal-cortical extract and desoxycorticosterone acetate. When cortisone became available, it was shown that patients with Addison's disease could be restored to a state of health and maintained in good condition with the use of this hormone.24 It appeared, therefore, that bilateral adrenalectomy in man could be safely undertaken with the use of cortisone as replacement therapy. Bilateral adrenalectomy has now
Comparison of corrosion behaviour and passive film properties of 316L austenitic stainless steel in CO2 and N2 environments

This study investigated the susceptibility to pitting corrosion of 316L in CO2 and N2 environments at temperatures from 30 to 80°C in 3 wt-% NaCl at pH 4. Results from cyclic polarisation technique confirm greater pitting susceptibility of 316L in the CO2 environment. Electronic properties and composition of the passive film were identified by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Mott–Schottky, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Increasing temperature negatively affects the passive film stability, and its influences are amplified in the presence of CO2 as compared to N2. In the CO2 environment, the passive film becomes porous with the increasing temperature leading to higher defects (donor/acceptor densities).
A Publicly Available Indonesian Corpora for Automatic Abstractive and Extractive Chat Summarization

In this paper we report our effort to construct the first ever Indonesian corpora for chat summarization. Specifically, we utilized documents of multi-participant chat from a well known online instant messaging application, WhatsApp. We construct the gold standard by asking three native speakers to manually summarize 300 chat sections (152 of them contain images). As result, three reference summaries in extractive and either abstractive form are produced for each chat sections. The corpus is still in its early stage of investigation, yielding exciting possibilities of future works.
Two Manifold Problems with Applications to Nonlinear System Identification

Recently, there has been much interest in spectral approaches to learning manifolds-- so-called kernel eigenmap methods. These methods have had some successes, but their applicability is limited because they are not robust to noise. To address this limitation, we look at two-manifold problems, in which we simultaneously reconstruct two related manifolds, each representing a different view of the same data. By solving these interconnected learning problems together, two-manifold algorithms are able to succeed where a non-integrated approach would fail: each view allows us to suppress noise in the other, reducing bias. We propose a class of algorithms for two-manifold problems, based on spectral decomposition of cross-covariance operators in Hilbert space, and discuss when two-manifold problems are useful. Finally, we demonstrate that solving a two-manifold problem can aid in learning a nonlinear dynamical system from limited data.
Stairway compaction using corner block list and its applications with rectilinear blocks

The Corner Block List (CBL) was recently proposed as an efficient representation for MOSAIC packing of rectangles. Although the original method is innovative, there still remains room for improvement for our purpose. This paper proposes a compact algorithm for placement based on the corner block list. By introducing dummy blocks into CBL, our algorithm can employ dummy blocks in the packing to represent the placement, including empty rooms, which the CBL cannot represent. Our algorithm can obtain fast convergence to an optimal solution. Based on the compact approach, we propose a new way to handle arbitrary shaped rectilinear modules. The experimental results are demonstrated by some benchmark data and the performance shows the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Rheological evaluation of asphalt blends at multiple rejuvenation and aging cycles

The use of recycling agents has become a common practice to produce asphalt mixtures with high contents of reclaimed asphalt materials. Previous studies have shown that characterisation of rejuvenated asphalt blends using empirical tests, used for evaluation of ordinary bituminous binders in accordance with EN 12591, might not be sufficient. It was also proven that if the aged binder is restored in one parameter such as penetration or softening point, it does not necessarily mean that the other rheological properties are restored in the same way. For this reason, this paper characterises the behaviour of rejuvenated asphalt blends using two rheological parameters: the Glower-Rowe (G-R) parameter and the difference between the low-temperature continuous performance grades determined from the bending beam rheometer (BBR) stiffness and m-value criteria (ΔTc). Recycling agents were added to an artificially aged asphalt binder. The first rejuvenation cycle of rejuvenation refers to 4 aging stages: no aging, rolling thin film oven test (RTFOT) aging, RTFOT combined with pressurised aging vessel (PAV) and RTFOT combined with two consecutive PAVs. In the second rejuvenation cycle, additional recycling agents of the same origin were added to the aged rejuvenated asphalt blends from the first rejuvenation cycle. The blends were then subject to further RTFOT aging and combined RTFOT and PAV. The obtained results showed that some rejuvenated asphalt blends did not satisfy the suggested threshold values set in literature for the G-R and ΔTc parameters after long-term aging in the first rejuvenation cycle, and that most rejuvenated asphalt blends in the second cycle of rejuvenation did not meet the performance requirements after 20 h of PAV aging.
Evaluation of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to study the specific humoral immune response of Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) and domestic geese (Anser anser var. domestica) after vaccination against Newcastle disease virus

In this study, an indirect Newcastle disease virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for waterfowl was evaluated concerning its efficiency and its suitability to monitor the antibody response in Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) and domestic geese (Anser anser var. domestica) following vaccination with a commercial inactivated NDV vaccine for chickens. Three weeks after vaccination seroconversion was already evident in the ELISA. Comparison of the ELISA results with those of the haemagglutination inhibition (HI) test provided a positive linear correlation between both tests (Pearson's product-moment correlation; r=0.652; P<0.001). However, a discrepancy of test results was evident in weeks 7 and 10, with 10 sera of vaccinated birds evaluated negative by HI test but positive by ELISA. Eight of these sera were confirmed to yield avian paramyxovirus specific reactivity by western blot analysis. Relative diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were determined to be 100.0% and 91.7% for the ELISA, compared with 91.1% and 97.2% for the HI test. Thus, the established ELISA represents a suitable alternative to the HI test in the monitoring of the immune response of waterfowl after vaccination, particularly for the analysis of high sample numbers. Further on, the results emphasize the immunogenicity of the inactivated Newcastle disease virus vaccine in domestic geese and Muscovy ducks.
Source-receptor matrix calculation with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model in backward mode

Abstract. The possibility to calculate linear-source receptor relationships for the transport of atmospheric trace substances with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model (LPDM) running in backward mode is shown and presented with many tests and examples. This mode requires only minor modifications of the forward LPDM. The derivation includes the action of sources and of any first-order processes (transformation with prescribed rates, dry and wet deposition, radioactive decay, etc.). The backward mode is computationally advantageous if the number of receptors is less than the number of sources considered. The combination of an LPDM with the backward (adjoint) methodology is especially attractive for the application to point measurements, which can be handled without artificial numerical diffusion. Practical hints are provided for source-receptor calculations with different settings, both in forward and backward mode. The equivalence of forward and backward calculations is shown in simple tests for release and sampling of particles, pure wet deposition, pure convective redistribution and realistic transport over a short distance. Furthermore, an application example explaining measurements of Cs-137 in Stockholm as transport from areas contaminated heavily in the Chernobyl disaster is included.
Segmenting the Future

Predicting the future is an important aspect for decisionmaking in robotics or autonomous driving systems, which heavily rely upon visual scene understanding. While prior work attempts to predict future video pixels, anticipate activities, or forecast future scene semantic segments from segmentation of the preceding frames, methods that predict future semantic segmentation solely from the previous frame RGB data in a single end-to-end trainable model do not exist. In this paper, we propose a temporal encoder-decoder network architecture that encodes RGB frames from the past and decodes the future semantic segmentation. The network is coupled with a new knowledge distillation training framework specifically for the forecasting task. Our method, only seeing preceding video frames, implicitly models the scene segments while simultaneously accounting for the object dynamics to infer the future scene semantic segments. Our results on Cityscapes outperform the baseline and current state-ofthe-art methods. Code is available at https://github. com/eddyhkchiu/segmenting_the_future/.
Automated word sense disambiguation for web information retrieval

A word in the English language is considered ambiguous if, regardless of context, it can have more than one possible interpretation or meaning. Many words exhibit lexical ambiguity suggesting that it has the potential to impact upon the performance of text retrieval systems. This may be particularly true in the case of web retrieval given the hypothesis that short queries may not provide sufficient context to adequately differentiate between opposing meanings of constituent words. Word sense disambiguation is an active field of study which seeks to create software which automatically resolves ambiguity through mapping word use to meaning. In this study the author examined the use of word sense disambiguation in order to resolve ambiguity within an IR collection. The motivation behind this work was to demonstrate the potential for increased retrieval effectiveness as a result of performing word sense disambiguation.
Organic Factors and Psychological Adjustment in Advanced Cancer Patients

&NA; Physical factors, related to the illness, seem to be important determinants in the psychological adjustment of patients with advanced cancer. Mild intellectual impairments are associated with a better adaptation and prolonged survival time. It may be that these mildly impaired patients experience a diminution of interests and concerns and an altered time sense, which help reduce anxiety and despair over future difficulties. In addition, although presence of a clinical picture of “apathetic‐given‐up” did correlate with an earlier death, it also was associated with a greater degree of illness, the presence of a hematological disorder rather than a solid tumor and reduced sleep. These associations raise the possibility that both the psychological reaction and the earlier death are expressions of the disease process. Organic factors may influence adjustment in both positive and negative ways and may indicate restrictions in the individual's functioning which can help us appraise and modify communications with these patients.
Periodontal Health of Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Kuwait: A Case-Control Study

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate periodontal health in children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Subjects and Methods: Periodontal health was clinically examined and compared in 95 children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and 61 healthy control subjects (4–14 years old). Plaque index, gingival index, clinical attachment loss and bleeding on probing were assessed on the 6 Ramfjord index teeth. Diabetes history was recorded based on information provided by the physician from the medical record of each diabetic child. Diabetes history included date of diagnosis, diabetes duration, age at diagnosis, latest reading for glycosylated hemoglobin and any existing diabetes complications. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science software, version 18. ‘Periodontitis’ was defined as at least one site with clinical attachment loss >2 mm on at least 2 teeth. Results: Sixty-two of the diabetic children (65%) had poor compliance with dental care, and 42 of them (44%) had never visited the dentist before. The children with type 1 diabetes mellitus had a significantly higher plaque index and gingival index and more bleeding on probing than control subjects (p < 0.001). In the diabetic group, periodontitis was significantly associated with longer duration of diabetes (odds ratio 2.230, confidence interval 1.308–3.801; p = 0.003) and older age at diagnosis of diabetes (odds ratio 1.838, confidence interval 1.091–3.096; p = 0.022). Conclusions: Periodontal disease in young patients with type 1 diabetes was more evident than in those without diabetes. These data showed that diabetes duration may play a significant role in the progression of periodontal disease in diabetic children.
The Past and the Pending: The Antecedents and Consequences of Group-Based Anger in Historically and Currently Disadvantaged Groups

Two studies investigated the role of domain relevance in the experience of group-based anger among disadvantaged groups using structural equation models. In the first study, Surinamese people to whom the slavery past was more relevant made stronger attributions of outgroup-blame and experienced more anger. This effect was above and beyond the influence of group identification. In the second study relevance of women’s status position in society predicted outgroup-blame and group-based anger. In both studies domain relevance and anger were predictive of the tendencies to engage in action demanding reparation, as well as of the desire for the outgroup to engage in reparation. The role of domain relevance for intergroup emotions is considered.
Spatiotemporal patterns of changes in maximum and minimum temperatures in multi‐model simulations

This paper analyzes and attributes spatial and temporal patterns of changes in the diurnal cycle of land surface air temperature in 20 simulations from 11 global coupled atmosphere‐ocean general circulation models during the 20th century and the 21st century under the SRES A1B scenario. Most of the warming in the maximum (Tmax) and minimum (Tmin) temperatures from 1900 to 2099 is attributed to enhanced surface downward longwave radiation (DLW), while changes in surface downward shortwave radiation (DSW) and cloud cover mainly contribute to the simulated decrease in the diurnal temperature range (DTR). Although the simulated DTR decreases are much smaller than the observed during the 20th century, the models unanimously predict substantial warming in both Tmax and Tmin and decreases in DTR, especially in high latitudes during the 21st century, in response to enhanced global‐scale anthropogenic forcings (particularly greenhouse effects of atmospheric water vapor and in part aerosol radiative cooling in the tropics) and increased cloudiness in high latitudes.
Piezoelectric materials for acoustic wave applications

Piezoelectric materials for acoustic wave applications have changed markedly over the past 20 years in terms of both the types of materials available and the quality of individual samples. The total family of acoustic wave materials now includes piezoelectric glass-ceramics having crystallographic and polar orientation and crystals having symmetry classes mm2, 32, 3m, 4mm, 6mm, and 4/spl macr/3m. The symmetry classes 6mm and 4/spl macr/3m also occur frequently in piezoelectric semiconductor materials that are now available in both bulk and thin-film configurations. In this paper, we bring together and extract the various reported values of the material constants mainly of interest for surface acoustic wave (SAW) device applications. We identify for the user community those sets of constants from which SAW design calculations can reliably be made, and discuss the constants and their reliability for langasite, lithium niobate/lithium tantalate, and dilithium tetraborate. The relevant material constants include: mass density /spl rho/, elastic stiffness c/sub ij/, piezoelectric stress e/sub ij/, dielectric permittivity /spl epsiv//sub ii/, and the thermal expansion coefficients /spl alpha//sub ii/. Except for the semiconductor materials, only data published after 1978 are included, since the reference literature (Landolt-Bornstein) amply covers those years prior to 1978. <<ETX>>
High Stable Serum Adiponectin Levels Are Associated with a Better Outcome in Prevalent Dialysis Patients

Aims: Our aim was to evaluate the prognostic value of 2 measurements of serum adiponectin levels for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in uremic patients. Methods: We analyzed 184 patients (19–86 years) undergoing peritoneal dialysis (n = 86) or hemodialysis (n = 98). All patients had 2 measurements of serum adiponectin levels (at baseline and after 1 year). Relationships between adiponectin and mortality were studied by means of survival analysis and Cox regression analysis. Results: During a median follow-up time of 31.2 months, 67 patients (36.4%) died, 26 (14.1%) as a result of CV disease. Mean survival time for CV mortality in patients with 1-year adiponectin values in the upper tertile was significantly higher than that found in patients in the middle and lower tertiles. Hazard ratios (HR) for all-cause mortality per SD change were 0.70 (95% CI, 0.50–0.98; p < 0.05) for baseline adiponectin levels and 0.68 (0.49–0.95; p < 0.05) for mean baseline and 1-year adiponectin levels. Mean adiponectin levels were also negatively related with CV mortality [HR 0.43 (0.21–0.86); p < 0.05] and CV events [HR 0.74 (0.55–0.99); p < 0.05]. Conclusions: In this population of dialysis patients, adiponectin seems to behave as a CV protective factor. Patients with high mean adiponectin levels had a better survival rate.
WLC05-4: Game-theoretic Distributed Spectrum Sharing for Wireless Cognitive Networks with Heterogeneous QoS

Ubiquitous wireless networking calls for efficient dynamic spectrum allocation (DSA) among heterogeneous users with diverse transmission types and bandwidth demands. To meet user-specific quality-of-service (QoS) requirements, the power and spectrum allocated to each user should lie inside a bounded region in order to be meaningful for the targeted application. Most existing DSA methods aim at enhancing the total system utility. As such, spectrum wastage may arise when the system-wise optimal allocation falls outside the desired region for QoS provisioning. The goal of this paper is to develop QoS-aware distributed DSA schemes using the game-theoretic approach. We derive DSA solutions that respect QoS and avoid naively boosting or sacrificing some users' utilities to maximize the network spectrum utilization. Specifically, we propose two game-theoretic DSA techniques: one resorts to proper scaling of the transmission power according to each user's useful utility range, and the other embeds the QoS factor into the utility function used for dynamic gaming. In addition, we introduce two new metrics to evaluate DSA schemes from a practical QoS perspective, namely "system useful utility" and "fraction of QoS satisfied users. " Simulations confirm that the proposed DSA techniques outperform existing QoS-blind game models in terms of spectrum sharing efficiency in heterogeneous networks.
Non-linearity and environmental dependence of the star-forming galaxies main sequence

Using data from four deep fields (COSMOS, AEGIS, ECDFS, and CDFN), we study the correlation between the position of galaxies in the star formation rate (SFR) versus stellar mass plane and local environment at z 10^(10.4–10.6) M_⊙), across all environments. At high redshift (0.5 < z < 1.1), the MS varies little with environment. At low redshift (0.15 < z < 0.5), group galaxies tend to deviate from the mean MS towards the region of quiescence with respect to isolated galaxies and less-dense environments. We find that the flattening of the MS towards low SFR is due to an increased fraction of bulge-dominated galaxies at high masses. Instead, the deviation of group galaxies from the MS at low redshift is caused by a large fraction of red disc-dominated galaxies which are not present in the lower density environments. Our results suggest that above a mass threshold (∼10^(10.4–10^(10.6 )M_⊙) stellar mass, morphology and environment act together in driving the evolution of the star formation activity towards lower level. The presence of a dominating bulge and the associated quenching processes are already in place beyond z ∼1. The environmental effects appear, instead, at lower redshifts and have a long time-scale.