Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Compiling task and data parallel programs for iWarp

Compiling for private memory parallel machines is a difficult problem and an active area of research. There are many reasons why compiling for such machines is difficult: First, there is no single programming model. Second, there are a variety of compilation strategies, and no one strategy is best for all situations. Third, parallel architectures are still evolving, providing new opportunities and new challenges. Two widely used programming models for private memory machines are data parallelism [7, 10, 17, 16, 9] and task parallelism [4, 12, 11, 13]. Data parallelism is typically expressed as operations on arrays of data, and is especially useful when the size of the arrays can be scaled to fit the size of the parallel machine. Task parallelism comes in several flavors, including independent parallel loops and sequential processes with arbitrary communication patterns between processes. Many applications exhibit data and task parallelism [5], and for some important applications it is essential to exploit both. E.g., a real time signal processing application can typically be expressed as a pipelined collection of data parallel tasks. One way to compile such an application is to ignore the task parallelism, and to execute each data parallel task in sequence, using all processors for each task. However, this can lead to poor processor utilization, since the number of sensors and the sampling rate (and thus the size of the data) are limited by hard physical constraints. This kind of phenomenon was encountered in [14], where it was shown that only up to 8 processors could be used efficiently in a purely data parallel spectral detection system. The solution is to exploit both styles of parallelism by allocating a subset of processors to each data parallel task. There are a number of different approaches to compiling for private memory parallel machines. E.g., for some computations, a compiler can gathersufficient information so that computationand communication can be scheduled on a fine-grain basis [15]. For other computations, decoupling computation and communication is the only option, and this is the approach taken by a number of compilers that rely on message passing [17, 16]. For yet other computations (e.g., irregular sparse matrix operations as they arise in finite element methods), indirect accesses to memory make compile-time analysis difficult. In those cases it is essential
Fuzzy Set Theoretical Approach to the Tone Triangular System

The present study considers a fuzzy color system in which three input fuzzy sets are constructed on the tone triangle. This system can process a fuzzy input to a tone triangular system and output to a color on the RGB triangular system. Three input fuzzy sets (not black, white, and light) are applied to the tone triangle relationship. By treating three attributes of chromaticness, whiteness, and blackness on the tone triangle, a target color can be easily obtained as the center of gravity of the output fuzzy set. In the present paper, the differences between fuzzy inputs and inference outputs are described, and the relationship between inference outputs for crisp inputs and for fuzzy inputs on the RGB triangular system are shown by the input-output characteristics between chromaticness, whiteness, and blackness as the inputs and redness (as one of the outputs).
DDoS defense system with turing test and neural network

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack presents the following characteristics, that the botnets become extra-large scale, the mode of attack presents a variety of characteristics and the application-level attacks become the main attack approach, which seriously impact on Internet Security. However, traditional software defense detection means have such problem, that the accurate rate is too low, detecting method is excessively obsolete and detecting way is excessively passive and the deployment of defense system is cumbersome. While hardware defense system such as ACL and IDMS products costs much, which small or medium-sized website has no ability to bear it. For the above reasons, we try to use artificial intelligence methods. Using the Turing test method to detect users, who do the behavior. Using modified RBF neural network to detect attack, designing intelligent user control system to deal with the complex and ever-changing attacks. The test results show that this defense system cost lowly, own strong defense capability, has the ability to deal with the current distributed denial of service attacks and impact on the server running performance less.
Multimedia physical feature for unsteady MHD mixed convection viscoelastic fluid over a vertical stretching sheet with viscous dissipation

A multimedia feature for unsteady magnetic hydrodynamic (MHD) flow of two-dimensional mixed convection flow of an incompressible viscoelastic fluid over a vertical stretching sheet with viscous dissipation was studied. Similar transformation and an implicit finite-difference method were used to analyze the present problem. The numerical solutions of the flow velocity distributions, temperature profiles, the wall unknown values of f''(0) and -for calculating the heat transfer of the similar boundary-layer flow were carried out as functions of the unsteadiness parameter (S), the Eckert number (Ec), the Prandtl number (Pr), the magnetic parameter (M), the buoyancy parameter (G), the viscoelastic parameter (α), the space-dependent parameter (A) and temperature-dependent parameter (B) for heat source/sink. The effects of these parameters were also discussed. The results showed that greater heat transfer effect was produced with a larger S and α. On the other hand, parameters G, Pr, Ec, A and B reduced the heat transfer effect at some specific conditions. Key words: Mixed convection, viscous dissipation, MHD, multimedia feature, viscoelastic, heat transfer, unsteady flow, vertical stretching sheet.
Antecedents of New Service Development Effectiveness

This article examines the strategic process of new service development (NSD). The authors empirically explore the strategic influence of team-based organizational structure, NSD process design, and information technology (IT) choices on the speed and effectiveness of NSD efforts. Several literature-based relationships are tested with a recursive path model using a multi-industry sample of U.S. service organizations. Most results for the service sector are similar to those found in manufacturing: (a) NSD cross-functional team structures directly influence the effectiveness of the firm’s NSD efforts, (b) more formalized NSD processes indirectly influence the firm’s ability to develop new services by increasing the speed of NSD, and (c) IT choices directly affect both the speed of the NSD process and the general effectiveness of the firm’s NSD activities. Contrary to expectations, no direct relationship between the use of cross-functional team structures and the speed of NSD was found.
Vertical Small-Needle Caudal Epidural Injection Technique

Background Anecdotal evidence suggests that a vertical small-needle injection method enters the caudal epidural space with comparable efficacy to cephalad-directed methods, with less intravascular injection. Objectives Assess the success rate of vertical caudal epidural injection using epidurography and the frequency of intravascular injection using a vertical small-needle approach. Patients and Methods Participants had chronic generalized non-surgical low back pain and either gluteal and/or leg pain and were enrolled in a simultaneous clinical trial assessing the analgesic effect of 5% dextrose epidural injection. A 25 gauge 3.7 cm hypodermic needle was placed at the sacral hiatus using a fingertip-guided vertical technique without imaging assistance, followed by fluoroscopic epidurography. Minimal needle redirection was allowed up to 10 degrees from the vertical plane if the initial epidurogram showed an extradural pattern, followed by repeat epidurography. Results First needle placement without imaging resulted in blood return in 1/199 participants and positive epidurography in 179/199 (90%). Minimal needle repositioning resulted in a positive epidurogram in the remaining 19 attempts. No intravascular injection patterns were observed. Conclusions This compares favorably to published success rates of fluoroscopically-guided technique and was well tolerated. Vertical caudal epidural injection may be suitable for combination with ultrasound-guided methods with Doppler flow monitoring.
Fast Disintegrating Quercetin-Loaded Drug Delivery Systems Fabricated Using Coaxial Electrospinning

The objective of this study is to develop a structural nanocomposite of multiple components in the form of core-sheath nanofibres using coaxial electrospinning for the fast dissolving of a poorly water-soluble drug quercetin. Under the selected conditions, core-sheath nanofibres with quercetin and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) distributed in the core and sheath part of nanofibres, respectively, were successfully generated, and the drug content in the nanofibres was able to be controlled simply through manipulating the core fluid flow rates. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) images demonstrated that the nanofibres prepared from the single sheath fluid and double core/sheath fluids (with core-to-sheath flow rate ratios of 0.4 and 0.7) have linear morphology with a uniform structure and smooth surface. The TEM images clearly demonstrated the core-sheath structures of the produced nanocomposites. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) results verified that quercetin and SDS were well distributed in the polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) matrix in an amorphous state, due to the favourite second-order interactions. In vitro dissolution studies showed that the core-sheath composite nanofibre mats could disintegrate rapidly to release quercetin within 1 min. The study reported here provides an example of the systematic design, preparation, characterization and application of a new type of structural nanocomposite as a fast-disintegrating drug delivery system.
of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow Aerodynamics in the open channel of the Sistan-type windmill with vertical axis wind turbine

Aerodynamics in the open channel of the Sistan-type wind-mill with vertical axis wind turbine Abderrahmane Baïri David San Martin Iken Baïri Kemi Adeyeye Kaiming She Ali Hocine Nacim Alilat Jean-Gabriel Bauzin Cyril Lamriben Bruno Chanetz Najib Laraqi Article information: To cite this document: Abderrahmane Baïri David San Martin Iken Baïri Kemi Adeyeye Kaiming She Ali Hocine Nacim Alilat Jean-Gabriel Bauzin Cyril Lamriben Bruno Chanetz Najib Laraqi , (2016),"Aerodynamics in the open channel of the Sistan-type wind-mill with vertical axis wind turbine", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 26 Iss 8 pp. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi. org/10.1108/HFF-06-2015-0226
Exploring the Contribution of Candidate Genes to Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

ABSTRACT The reduced in vivo sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum has recently been confirmed in western Cambodia. Identifying molecular markers for artemisinin resistance is essential for monitoring the spread of the resistant phenotype and identifying the mechanisms of resistance. Four candidate genes, including the P. falciparum mdr1 (pfmdr1) gene, the P. falciparumATPase6 (pfATPase6) gene, the 6-kb mitochondrial genome, and ubp-1, encoding a deubiquitinating enzyme, of artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum strains from western Cambodia were examined and compared to those of sensitive strains from northwestern Thailand, where the artemisinins are still very effective. The artemisinin-resistant phenotype did not correlate with pfmdr1 amplification or mutations (full-length sequencing), mutations in pfATPase6 (full-length sequencing) or the 6-kb mitochondrial genome (full-length sequencing), or ubp-1 mutations at positions 739 and 770. The P. falciparum CRT K76T mutation was present in all isolates from both study sites. The pfmdr1 copy numbers in western Cambodia were significantly lower in parasite samples obtained in 2007 than in those obtained in 2005, coinciding with a local change in drug policy replacing artesunate-mefloquine with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine. Artemisinin resistance in western Cambodia is not linked to candidate genes, as was suggested by earlier studies.
An Avian Influenza Virus from Waterfowl in South America Contains Genes from North American Avian and Equine Lineages

Abstract Apart from an outbreak in commercial poultry in Chile in 2002, there have been few reports of avian influenza in South America. However, surveillance in free-flying birds has been limited. An avian influenza virus was isolated from a Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) in Bolivia in 2001 from samples collected for an avian influenza virus and avian paramyxovirus surveillance study. This isolate was determined to be an H7N3 virus by gene sequencing. Analysis of all eight genes revealed that five genes were most closely related to the H7N3 in Chile in 2002. Two genes were most closely related to North American wild aquatic bird virus lineages and one gene was most closely related to an equine influenza virus from South America.
Composition of Carotenoids and Flavonoids in Narcissus Cultivars and their Relationship with Flower Color

Narcissus is widely used for cut flowers and potted plants, and is one of the most important commercial bulbous flowers in the floricultural industry. In this study, ten carotenoid and eighteen flavonoid compounds from the perianths and coronas of fifteen narcissus cultivars were measured by HPLC–APCI-MS/MS and UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS. Among these, six carotenoids, a total of seventeen flavonols and chlorogenic acid were identified in narcissus for the first time. A multivariate analysis was used to explore the relationship between flower color and pigment composition. We found that all-trans-violaxanthin and total carotenoid content were the main factors that affected flower color. These investigations could provide a global view of flower color formation and a theoretical basis for hybridization breeding in narcissus.
Polygenic Scores Predict Alcohol Problems in an Independent Sample and Show Moderation by the Environment

Alcohol problems represent a classic example of a complex behavioral outcome that is likely influenced by many genes of small effect. A polygenic approach, which examines aggregate measured genetic effects, can have predictive power in cases where individual genes or genetic variants do not. In the current study, we first tested whether polygenic risk for alcohol problems—derived from genome-wide association estimates of an alcohol problems factor score from the age 18 assessment of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; n = 4304 individuals of European descent; 57% female)—predicted alcohol problems earlier in development (age 14) in an independent sample (FinnTwin12; n = 1162; 53% female). We then tested whether environmental factors (parental knowledge and peer deviance) moderated polygenic risk to predict alcohol problems in the FinnTwin12 sample. We found evidence for both polygenic association and for additive polygene-environment interaction. Higher polygenic scores predicted a greater number of alcohol problems (range of Pearson partial correlations 0.07–0.08, all p-values ≤ 0.01). Moreover, genetic influences were significantly more pronounced under conditions of low parental knowledge or high peer deviance (unstandardized regression coefficients (b), p-values (p), and percent of variance (R2) accounted for by interaction terms: b = 1.54, p = 0.02, R2 = 0.33%; b = 0.94, p = 0.04, R2 = 0.30%, respectively). Supplementary set-based analyses indicated that the individual top single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) contributing to the polygenic scores were not individually enriched for gene-environment interaction. Although the magnitude of the observed effects are small, this study illustrates the usefulness of polygenic approaches for understanding the pathways by which measured genetic predispositions come together with environmental factors to predict complex behavioral outcomes.
A Market-Based Approach to Container Port Terminal Management

In sea ports, the management of container terminal systems (CTS) is a decentralised, poorly structured, complex, and changeable problem domain [5][12]. The optimisation of the vessel turn around (time spent in port) is paramount to a port’s performance and competitive advantage [8]. Faster discharge and loading of containers and increased productivity through faster turnaround of containers through the CTS are the primary goals. The automatic planning of the operations of a container terminal (CT) via market-based allocation of resources may greatly benefit the container terminal in satisfying its objectives and meeting its goals. The proposal is that a Multi-Agent System (MAS) approach would offer port or terminal managers a suitable tool to plan, coordinate, and manage the CT domain. There exists a variety of inputs and outputs, actors, intrinsic characteristics and a large number of combinations of factors influencing the output that makes it quite difficult to conduct analysis. In the suggested approach, the MAS will plan and co-ordinate the processes within the terminal by mapping the objects and resources that are used in the terminal. The agents will be searching, coordinating, communicating, and negotiating with other agents via a market based mechanism, a series of auctions, in order to complete their specified goal.
Plasma Concentrations of Hepcidin in Anemic Zimbabwean Infants

Objective Anemia in infancy is a global public health problem. We evaluated the relative contributions of iron deficiency and inflammation to infant anemia. Methods We measured plasma hepcidin, ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), alpha-1-acid glycoprotein and C-reactive protein (CRP) by ELISA on archived plasma from 289 HIV-unexposed anemic or non-anemic Zimbabwean infants at ages 3mo, 6mo and 12mo. Among anemic infants, we determined the proportion with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) and anemia of inflammation (AI). We undertook regression analyses of plasma hepcidin and anemia status, adjusting for sex, age and birthweight. Results Anemic infants at 3mo were more stunted and had higher CRP (median 0.45 vs 0.21mg/L; P = 0.037) and hepcidin (median 14.7 vs 9.7ng/mL; P = 0.022) than non-anemic infants, but similar levels of ferritin and sTfR; 11% infants had IDA and 15% had AI. Anemic infants at 6mo had higher hepcidin (median 7.9 vs 4.5ng/mL; P = 0.016) and CRP (median 2.33 vs 0.32mg/L; P<0.001), but lower ferritin (median 13.2 vs 25.1μg/L; P<0.001) than non-anemic infants; 56% infants had IDA and 12% had AI. Anemic infants at 12mo had lower ferritin (median 3.2 vs 22.2μg/L; P<0.001) and hepcidin (median 0.9 vs 1.9ng/mL; P = 0.019), but similar CRP levels; 48% infants had IDA and 8% had AI. Comparing anemic with non-anemic infants, plasma hepcidin was 568% higher, 405% higher and 64% lower at 3mo, 6mo and 12mo, respectively, after adjusting for sex and birthweight (all p<0.01). Plasma hepcidin declined significantly with age among anemic but not non-anemic infants. Girls had 61% higher hepcidin than boys, after adjusting for age, anemia and birthweight (p<0.001). Conclusion Anemia is driven partly by inflammation early in infancy, and by iron deficiency later in infancy, with plasma hepcidin concentrations reflecting the relative contribution of each. However, there is need to better characterize the drivers of hepcidin during infancy in developing countries.
Motivating Students

"Student Goal Orientation, Motivation, and Learning," Marilla D. Svinicki, University of Texas-Austin. (IDEA Paper #41, February 2005). PDF/Adobe Acrobat This paper discusses current theory and research into student motivation and describes instructional methods that either facilitate or impede learning. Offers suggestions for improving student motivation. http://ideaedu.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Idea_Paper_41. pdf [1]
Procalcitonin Does Not Discriminate Infection from Inflammation after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation

ABSTRACT Procalcitonin (PCT) is an early marker of bacterial infection but little is known about its value in neutropenic allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. We collected plasma from 12 recipients of T-cell-depleted HLA-matched related BMT recipients who had been treated preemptively with meropenem from the day after BMT for at least 15 days. PCT and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations were determined on BMT days 1, 5, 8, 12, and 15, and their relationship to inflammatory events (IE), including mucositis, microbiologically and clinically defined infections, acute graft-versus-host disease (GVDH), and unexplained fever, was then determined. The PCT concentrations were all low and never exceeded 4 μg/liter, unlike CRP concentrations, which spanned the full range up to 350 mg/liter. All patients had mucositis, and there was no significant difference between PCT concentrations associated with mucositis alone and those associated with an additional IE on BMT days 1 to 12. However, on BMT day 15, the mean concentrations of PCT were 0.37 ± 0.05 μg/liter for the 10 patients that had an additional IE, compared with 0.11 ± 0.03 μg/liter for the 2 patients with mucositis only (P = 0.012), and GVHD rather than infection was involved in six cases. PCT was also not a sensitive marker of gram-positive bacteremia or pulmonary aspergillosis. Thus, PCT is of little value in discriminating infections from other inflammatory complications that occur following allogeneic BMT.
Filtering Speed in a Continental European Reorganization Procedure

Recent studies of US Chapter 11 show it to be a relatively efficient procedure. We examine reorganization cases in a Continental European, creditor-oriented bankruptcy system, viz. Belgium, and report very different findings. Using hazard and cure regression models to determine what drives the length of time spent in reorganizations, we find evidence suggesting that courts have little impact on the screening and filtering process. In fact, many drivers of procedure length prove to have the opposite sign of what one would expect if the procedure would efficiently realise its goals. Instead, the procedure appears to be mainly creditor or owner-driven.
Influence of aging on visual perception and visual motor integration in Korean adults

This study investigated age-related changes of cognitive function in Korean adults using the Korean-Developmental Test of Visual Perception-2 (K-DTVP-2) and the Visual Motor Integration-3rd Revision (VMI-3R) test, and determined the main factors influencing VP and VMI in older adults. For this research, 139 adults for the K-DTVP-2 and 192 adults for the VMI-3R, from a total of 283 participants, were randomly and separately recruited in province, Korea. The present study showed that the mean score of the K-DTVP-2 and VMI-3R in 10-yr age increments significantly decreased as age increased (K-DTVP-2, F= 41.120, P< 0.001; VMI-3R, F= 16.583, P< 0.001). The mean score of the VMI-3R and K-DTVP-2 were significantly decreased in participants in their 50s compared to those in their 20s (P< 0.05). Age (t= −9.130, P< 0.001), gender (t= 3.029, P= 0.003), and the presence of diseases (t= −2.504, P= 0.013) were the significant factors affecting K-DTVP-2 score. On the other hand, age (t= −6.300, P< 0.001) was the only significant factor affecting VMI-3R score. K-DTVP-2 score (Standardized β= −0.611) decreased more sensitively with aging than VMI-3R (Standardized β= −0.467). The two measurements had a significant positive correlation (r = 0.855, P< 0.001). In conclusion, it can be suggested that VP and VMI should be regularly checked from an individual’s 50s, which is a critical period for detecting cognitive decline by aging. Both the K-DTVP-2 and VMI-3R could be used for determining the level of cognitive deficit by aging.