Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Automated Syntactic Medation forWeb Service Integration

As the Web services and grid community adopt semantic Web technology, we observe a shift towards higher-level workflow composition and service discovery practices. While this provides excellent functionality to non-expert users, more sophisticated middleware is required to hide the details of service invocation and service integration. An investigation of a common bioinformatics use case reveals that the execution of high-level workflow designs requires additional processing to harmonise syntactically incompatible service interfaces. In this paper, we present an architecture to support the automatic reconciliation of data formats in such Web service workflows. The mediation of data is driven by ontologies that encapsulate the information contained in heterogeneous data structures supplying a common, conceptual data representation. Data conversion is carried out by a configurable mediator component, consuming mappings between XML schemas and OWL ontologies. We describe our system and give examples of our mapping language against the background of a bioinformatics use case
Constraint Patterns for Tractable Ontology-Mediated Queries with Datatypes

© 2016, CEUR-WS. All rights reserved. Adding datatypes to ontology-mediated conjunctive queries (OMQs) often makes query answering hard. This applies, in particular, to datatypes with non-unary predicates. In this paper we propose a new, non-uniform way, of analysing the data-complexity of OMQ answering with datatypes containing higher-arity predicates. We aim at a classification of the patterns of datatype atoms in OMQs into those that can occur in non-tractable OMQs and those that only occur in tractable OMQs. Our main result is a P/coNP-dichotomy for OMQs over DL-Lite TBoxes and rooted CQs using the datatype (ℚ, ≤). The proof employs a recent dichotomy result by Bodirsky and Kara for temporal constraint satisfaction problems.
Prognostic implication of FEV1/FVC ratio for limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

Background A proportion of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may progress rapidly to small cell lung cancer (SCLC). As the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)/forced volume vital capacity (FVC) ratio is usually impaired in patients with COPD, and given that the FEV1 and FVC are not necessarily related to lung cancer development, we performed this study to test our hypothesis that the FEV1/FVC ratio predicts survival of patients with limited-stage (LS)-SCLC. Methods We assessed 74 patients with LS-SCLC treated with chemoradiotherapy. The patients were divided into two FEV1/FVC ratio groups: <0.74 (n=24) and ≥0.74 (n=50). Results The 3-year overall survival (OS) and 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) rates were significantly lower in patients with FEV1/FVC <0.74 than in those with FEV1/FVC ≥0.74 group (35.4% vs. 61.2%, P=0.0033; and 11.7% vs. 51.8%, P=0.0072, respectively). On multivariate analysis, the low FEV1/FVC group was independently associated with OS and PFS [hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval): 2.15 (0.99-4.63), P=0.052; and 2.13 (1.04-4.39), P=0.039, respectively]. Conclusions Pretreatment FEV1/FVC ratio appears to be a potential prognostic factor for patients with LS-SCLC.
Huber Fractal Image Coding Based on a Fitting Plane

Recently, there has been significant interest in robust fractal image coding for the purpose of robustness against outliers. However, the known robust fractal coding methods (HFIC and LAD-FIC, etc.) are not optimal, since, besides the high computational cost, they use the corrupted domain block as the independent variable in the robust regression model, which may adversely affect the robust estimator to calculate the fractal parameters (depending on the noise level). This paper presents a Huber fitting plane-based fractal image coding (HFPFIC) method. This method builds Huber fitting planes (HFPs) for the domain and range blocks, respectively, ensuring the use of an uncorrupted independent variable in the robust model. On this basis, a new matching error function is introduced to robustly evaluate the best scaling factor. Meanwhile, a median absolute deviation (MAD) about the median decomposition criterion is proposed to achieve fast adaptive quadtree partitioning for the image corrupted by salt & pepper noise. In order to reduce computational cost, the no-search method is applied to speedup the encoding process. Experimental results show that the proposed HFPFIC can yield superior performance over conventional robust fractal image coding methods in encoding speed and the quality of the restored image. Furthermore, the no-search method can significantly reduce encoding time and achieve less than 2.0 s for the HFPFIC with acceptable image quality degradation. In addition, we show that, combined with the MAD decomposition scheme, the HFP technique used as a robust method can further reduce the encoding time while maintaining image quality.
Pile Monitoring with Fiber Optic Sensors During Axial Compression, Pullout, and Flexure Tests

A full-scale on-site test represents an ideal way to check a hypothesis and to determine the real behavior of structures, especially in cases in which some uncertainties cannot be reduced otherwise. To perform the test successfully it is necessary to monitor the parameters that representatively describe the structural behavior. In the case of piles, axial compression, pullout, and flexure tests cover all load combinations that may appear in service. To assess the foundation performance at a semiconductor production facility, two sets of piles with three piles in each set were tested. The monitored parameters were average strains, registered in several segments over the whole length of each pile using long-gauge fiber optic sensors. This type of sensor, combined in appropriate topologies, gives rich information concerning the piles’ behavior and soil properties. The monitoring method is presented and its performances through the results of the tests are discussed. This method allowed the determination of the Young modulus of the piles, the occurrence of cracks, the normal force distribution, and the ultimate load capacity in the case of axial compression and pullout tests, as well as the curvature distribution, horizontal displacement, deformed shape, and damage localization in the case of the flexure tests. Moreover, the pile–soil friction distributions, the quality of soil, and the pile tip force were estimated. The advantage of the presented method resides in the use of long-gauge sensors, which are insensitive to local structural defects like crack openings or air pockets and allow the collection of data on a global structural level and not on a local material level.
Increased Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Adipocytokine Levels in a Psoriatic Arthritis Cohort

Objective The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients according to the most recent definition in a Mediterranean population and to determine its association with biomarkers of inflammation and serum adipocytokine levels. Methods Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected on 74 patients with PsA and 82 control subjects. The presence of MetS was determined according to the current “harmonization” definition. Serum adipocytokines were analyzed. Continuous variables were compared by t test and discrete variables by &khgr;2 test. Multivariate regression models compared the association between the presence of MetS and the blood levels of adipocytokines. Results The prevalence of MetS was higher in PsA patients compared with the control group: 54.8% versus 36.6%, respectively (P = 0.02; odds ratio, 2.33; 95% confidence interval, 1.16–4.69). The main difference between the 2 groups was waist circumference. No association was found between MetS and parameters of articular and skin disease activity or treatment. Leptin levels and leptin/adiponectin ratio were higher in PsA patients compared with control subjects: 83.4 versus 51.7 ng/mL (P = 0.001) and 6.3 × 10−3 versus 4.1 × 10−3 (P = 0.015), respectively. There was no significant difference in the adiponectin levels between the groups. Conclusions The prevalence of MetS was higher in PsA patients compared with non-PsA control subjects in this Mediterranean population. Clinicians caring for PsA patients ought to be aware of the increased risk of MetS in PsA patients, confirmed in different regions worldwide. The increased MetS seems to be linked to central obesity in these patients, and appropriate treatment recommendations are advised.
Financing Public Capital Through Land Rent Taxation: A Macroeconomic Henry George Theorem

Financing productive public capital through distortionary taxes typically creates a trade-off: the optimal investment is determined as a compromise between efficiency-enhancing public investment and perturbing market efficiency, but is never socially optimal. In contrast, such a trade-off can often be avoided if public capital is financed by taxing rents of a fixed production factor, such as land. Here, we provide a macroeconomic version of the Henry George Theorem. Specifically, we prove that the socially optimal level of the public capital stock can be reached by a land rent tax, provided land is a more important production factor than public capital. JEL-Code: H210, H400, H540, Q240.
Recognizing People by Their Gait: The Shape of Motion

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students

The relative fit of one- and two-factor models of the Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (PASS) was investigated using confirmatory factor analysis on an ethnically diverse sample of 345 participants. The results indicated that although the two-factor model provided better fit to the data than the one-factor model, neither model provided optimal fit. However, a two-factor model which accounted for common item theme pairs used by Solomon and Rothblum in the creation of the scale provided good fit to the data. In addition, a significant difference by ethnicity was also found on the fear of failure subscale of the PASS, with Whites having significantly lower scores than Asian Americans or Latino/as. Implications of the results are discussed and recommendations made for future work with the scale.
A Trial to Cryopreserve Immature Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Oocytes after Enhancing Their Permeability by Exogenous Expression of Aquaporin 3

Abstract Fish oocytes have not been cryopreserved successfully, probably because it is difficult to prevent intracellular ice from forming. Previously, we have shown in medaka that immature oocytes are more suitable for cryopreservation than mature oocytes or embryos, in terms of permeability. We have also shown in immature medaka oocytes that the exogenous expression of aquaporin 3 (AQP3), a water/cryoprotectant channel, promotes the movement of water and cryoprotectants through the plasma membrane. In the present study, we attempted to cryopreserve immature medaka oocytes expressing AQP3. We first examined effects of hypertonic stress and the chemical toxicity of cryoprotectants on the survival of the AQP3-expressing oocytes. Exposure to hypertonic solutions containing sucrose decreased the survival of oocytes, but the expression of AQP3 did not affect sensitivity to hypertonic stress. Also, AQP3 expression did not markedly increase sensitivity to the toxicity of cryoprotectants. Of the four cryoprotectants tested, propylene glycol was the least toxic. Using a propylene glycol-based solution, therefore, we tried to cryopreserve immature oocytes by vitrification. During cooling with liquid nitrogen, all intact oocytes became opaque, but many AQP3-expressing oocytes remained transparent. This indicates that the expression of AQP3 is effective in preventing intracellular ice from forming during cooling. During warming, however, all the AQP3-expressing oocytes became opaque, indicating that intracellular ice formed. Therefore, the dehydration and permeation by propylene glycol were still insufficient. Further studies are necessary to realize the cryopreservation of fish oocytes.
Modified Logistic Regression: An Approximation to SVM and Its Applications in Large-Scale Text Categorization

Logistic Regression (LR) has been widely used in statistics for many years, and has received extensive study in machine learning community recently due to its close relations to Support Vector Machines (SVM) and AdaBoost. In this paper, we use a modified version of LR to approximate the optimization of SVM by a sequence of unconstrained optimization problems. We prove that our approximation will converge to SVM, and propose an iterative algorithm called "MLR-CG" which uses Conjugate Gradient as its inner loop. Multiclass version "MMLR-CG" is also obtained after simple modifications. We compare the MLR-CG with SVMlight over different text categorization collections, and show that our algorithm is much more efficient than SVMlight when the number of training examples is very large. Results of the multiclass version MMLR-CG is also reported.
Wireless Power Transfer Charging System for AIMDs and Pacemakers

This paper deals with the electric and magnetic field (EMF) safety aspects of a wireless power transfer (WPT) system based on magnetic resonant coupling between two coils. The primary coil is assumed to be on-body, while the secondary coil is assumed to be inside the human body and connected to a battery recharge system of an active implantable medical device such as a pacemaker. This study allows us to identify a good preliminary solution of the WPT coil configuration, compensation capacitor topology, and operational frequency. Demonstrative WPT systems operating at two different frequencies are proposed in order to verify the WPT performances. The EMF safety has been finally assessed by numerical dosimetry studies using anatomically realistic human body models revealing no particular concerns about this application.
Visual performance, reading ability and patient satisfaction after implantation of a diffractive trifocal intraocular lens

Purpose To evaluate visual outcome, reading performance, contrast sensitivity, and patient satisfaction after cataract surgery with implantation of a diffractive trifocal intraocular lens (IOL). Patients and methods A total of 42 eyes (21 patients) underwent cataract surgery with implantation of the trifocal IOL AT LISA tri 839MP. Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and patient satisfaction were evaluated 3 months postoperatively. Reading performance was evaluated at 3 months postoperatively with the MNREAD charts. Results All eyes achieved a 3-month postoperative monocular uncorrected distance visual acuity of 0.10 logMAR or better (Snellen 20/25). Likewise, 97.62% and 85.71% of eyes achieved a postoperative monocular uncorrected intermediate, and near visual acuity of 0.20 logMAR (Snellen 20/30) or better. All patients achieved postoperative binocular uncorrected distance visual acuity, uncorrected intermediate, and uncorrected near visual acuity of 0.20 logMAR (Snellen 20/30) or better. Mean photopic reading acuity and speed were 0.24±0.07 logMAR and 177.61±20.67 words per minute, respectively. Postoperative contrast sensitivity values were within the ranges of normality for all spatial frequencies evaluated. Postoperative spectacle independence and patient satisfaction was very high, with most of the patients reporting a good or very good visual quality at far, intermediate, and near distances. All patients would choose the same lens again. Conclusion The evaluated trifocal IOL provides an effective restoration of the visual function after cataract surgery, with high levels of distance, intermediate, and near visual acuity, strong reading performance, and patient satisfaction.
Differentiated Supervision Model： A Way of Improving School Leadership in Saudi Arabia

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the differentiated supervision initiative that was implemented in some Saudi schools as a way for school leadership improvement. Four reports written by the supervisors of districts participating in the initiative were qualitatively analyzed looking for their main themes. All reports agreed that the model is effective and helps to improve the instruction and the school environment. There was also an agreement that the model enhances the role of the supervisor in the instructional aspect of the schools’ daily life. According to these reports, another advantage of the model was that it increased the ability of the supervisor to focus on a few schools. Major weaknesses and barriers to its implementation were also identified.
The relationship between early post-stroke cognition and longer term activities and participation: A systematic review

ABSTRACT This systematic review examined whether early cognitive impairment after stroke is predictive of outcome within the “activity” and “participation” domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) at 6–12 months post-injury. Studies were included if cognitive functioning was assessed within 6 weeks of injury and outcome was measured at least 6 months post-injury. PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL and EMBASE databases were searched and 14 studies were identified. Studies were categorised according to whether “domain-general” or “domain-specific” cognitive assessment was undertaken and whether outcomes measured the ICF activities or participation domains, as determined by three independent raters using previous established linking rules. Quality of studies was assessed using a modified version of Downs and Black’s Quality Index. Overall, early cognitive impairment predicted activities and participation 6–12 months post-stroke. This relationship was more consistent when domain-specific cognitive assessment was used. For the domain of activities, visuospatial perception/construction, visual memory, visual neglect, and attention/executive functioning predicted functioning 6–12 months post-stroke. Early domain-specific cognitive assessment may be clinically informative of longer term activities. For the domain of participation, further well-controlled studies are needed to determine the relationship with early post-stroke cognitive impairments.
Trends in Adverse Reactions to Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole

OBJECTIVE: To examine temporal trends of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) use in children. METHODS: We performed a retrospective observational study to characterize TMP-SMX ADRs in children between 2000 and 2009. We completed a chart review at our institution by identifying children diagnosed with TMP-SMX ADRs. To compare local trends to comparable institutions, we estimated the frequency of hospitalizations for TMP-SMX ADRs at 25 tertiary pediatric hospitals utilizing the Pediatric Health Information System database. To determine whether changes in outpatient prescribing rates occurred, we used the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey/National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. RESULTS: At our institution, 109 children were diagnosed with a TMP-SMX ADR (5 cases from 2000 to 2004 as compared with 104 cases from 2005 to 2009). Fifty-eight percent had been treated for a skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI). A similar trend was observed nationally, where the incidence of TMP-SMX ADRs more than doubled from 2004 to 2009 at comparable pediatric hospitals (P < .001). Although national outpatient data revealed no change in overall TMP-SMX prescribing, the percentage of children prescribed TMP-SMX for SSTI sharply increased during the study period (0%–2% [2000-2004]; 9%–17% [2005–2009]). CONCLUSIONS: The majority of TMP-SMX ADRs at our institution occurred in conjunction with SSTI treatment. TMP-SMX ADRs have occurred more frequently coincident with increased prescribing for SSTI. Increased usage alone may explain the increasing trend of TMP-SMX ADRs in children; however drug–disease interaction may play a role and requires further investigation.
Tea Polysaccharide Prevents Colitis-Associated Carcinogenesis in Mice by Inhibiting the Proliferation and Invasion of Tumor Cells

The imbalance between cell proliferation and apoptosis can lead to tumor progression, causing oncogenic transformation, abnormal cell proliferation and cell apoptosis suppression. Tea polysaccharide (TPS) is the major bioactive component in green tea, it has showed antioxidant, antitumor and anti-inflammatory bioactivities. In this study, the chemoprophylaxis effects of TPS on colitis-associated colon carcinogenesis, especially the cell apoptosis activation and inhibition effects on cell proliferation and invasion were analyzed. The azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium (AOM/DSS) was used to induce the colorectal carcinogenesis in mice. Results showed that the tumor incidence was reduced in TPS-treated AOM/DSS mice compared to AOM/DSS mice. TUNEL staining and Ki-67 immunohistochemistry staining showed that the TPS treatment increased significantly the cell apoptosis and decreased cell proliferation among AOM/DSS mice. Furthermore, TPS reduced the expression levels of the cell cycle protein cyclin D1, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, and MMP-9. In addition, in vitro studies showed that TPS, suppressed the proliferation and invasion of the mouse colon cancer cells. Overall, our findings demonstrated that TPS could be a potential agent in the treatment and/or prevention of colon tumor, which promoted the apoptosis and suppressed the proliferation and invasion of the mouse colon cancer cells via arresting cell cycle progression.
Wired for Sex: The Neurobiology of Drosophila Mating Decisions

Decisions about whom to mate with can sometimes be difficult, but making the right choice is critical for an animal's reproductive success. The ubiquitous fruit fly, Drosophila, is clearly very good at making these decisions. Upon encountering another fly, a male may or may not choose to court. He estimates his chances of success primarily on the basis of pheromone signals and previous courtship experience. The female decides whether to accept or reject the male, depending on her perception of his pheromone and acoustic signals, as well as her own readiness to mate. This simple and genetically tractable system provides an excellent model to explore the neurobiology of decision making.