Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ultrastructural analysis of the spermatogenesis in the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)

A funcao reprodutiva e um fator de vital compreensao tanto para o estabelecimento de sistemas apropriados de manejo, quanto para o uso de novas especies como modelos animais. Neste estudo atraves da microscopia de luz e eletronica caracterizou-se a fase de desenvolvimento sexual do porquinho-da-India (Cavia porcellus) em especimes de 30, 45 e 90 dias de desenvolvimento. Nos animais de 30 dias, a diferenciacao dos espermatocitos foi visualizada somente na microscopia eletronica de transmissao em leptoteno, zigoteno e paquiteno. Durante a puberdade, houve diferenciacao do epitelio germinativo, formacao do acrossoma, porem nao foram evidenciados espermatozoides, assim, infere-se que a puberdade acontece a partir dos 45 dias de idade. A maturidade sexual foi evidente aos 90 dias de idade. Nossos resultados mostraram que ao longo do desenvolvimento sexual pos-natal do porquinho-da-India, mudancas no epitelio germinativo testicular levam ha alteracoes morfologicas, inclusive com relacao ao desenvolvimento das celulas de Sertoli e de Leydig, as quais estao diretamente relacionadas com a puberdade. Assim, novos subsidios morfologicos sao fornecidos para um melhor entendimento dos parâmetros reprodutivos desta especie, a fim de viabilizar sua utilizacao como modelo animal no campo da biologia reprodutiva.
Farewell My Shared LLC! A Case for Private Die-Stacked DRAM Caches for Servers

The slowdown in technology scaling mandates rethinking of conventional CPU architectures in a quest for higher performance and new capabilities. This work takes a step in this direction by questioning the value of on-chip shared last-level caches (LLCs) in server processors and argues for a better alternative. Shared LLCs have a number of limitations, including on-chip area constraints that limit storage capacity, long planar interconnect spans that increase access latency, and contention for the shared cache capacity that hurts performance under workload colocation. To overcome these limitations, we propose a Die-Stacked Private LLC Organization (SILO), which combines conventional on-chip private L1 (and optionally, L2) caches with a per-core private LLC in die-stacked DRAM. By stacking LLC slices directly above each core, SILO avoids long planar wire spans. The use of private caches inherently avoids inter-core cache contention. Last but not the least, engineering the DRAM for latency affords low access delays while still providing over 100MB of capacity per core in today's technology. Evaluation results show that SILO outperforms state-of-the-art conventional cache architectures on a range of scale-out and traditional workloads while delivering strong performance isolation under colocation.
SC-228 Inclusion of DAA Warning Alert for TCAS Interoperability

For UAS, the removal of the pilot from onboard the aircraft has eliminated the ability of the ground based pilot in command (PIC) to use out-the-window visual information to make judgments about a potential threat of a loss of well clear with another aircraft. As a result, the DAA traffic display will be the primary source of information that the PIC can use to execute the three primary well clear functions: 1) detect a potential loss of well clear, 2) determine a resolution maneuver, and 3) upload that maneuver to the aircraft via the ground control station (GCS). In addition, pilots are required to coordinate with air traffic control (ATC) prior to maneuvering off of their approved flight plan. In determining an appropriate resolution maneuver to avoid a loss of well clear, the PIC must decide both when and how to maneuver, and both the timeliness and the accuracy (i.e., correctness) of the maneuver are critical to reducing the likelihood and/or severity of a loss of well clear.
Psychological Well-being among Postgraduate Students

Abstract This study attempted to determine the level of psychological well-being among postgraduate students. The study also aimed to assess the relationship between psychological well-being and demographic factors, such as age and field of study. Psychological well-being questionnaires were administered to a sample of 192 Master of Education students. The findings demonstrated that Master of Education students possessed a slightly high level of psychological well-being. Differences were found in students’ psychological well-being across age groups, F (4, 167) = 3.178, p = 0.01, and field of study, F (8, 163) = 2.668, p = 0.01, respectively. According to the results, students in the age group of 41 years and above possessed the highest level of psychological well-being (M = 5, SD = 0.71).
Effect of twister wrap orthosis on foot pressure distribution and balance in diplegic cerebral palsy

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of twister wrap orthosis (TWO) on foot pressure distribution and postural balance in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: Thirty children with spastic diplegic CP, with ages ranging from 6 to 8 years, were assigned randomly into two groups. The control group received the conventional physical therapy and ankle foot orthosis (AFO), whereas the study group received the same program as the control group in addition to TWO. Measurement of foot pressure distribution using a pressure platform as well as stability indices using the Biodex Stability System was performed before and after 12 weeks of the treatment program. Results: Both groups showed a significant increase in mean and peak planter pressure on forefoot and rear foot with a significant decrease on mid foot after treatment (P<0.05). The study group showed a significant improvement in balance after treatment (P<0.05) while there was no significant difference in the control group. After treatment, the study group showed significant improvement in planter pressure and balance compared with the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions: TWO could provide correction of foot pressure distribution and improve postural balance in children with spastic diplegic CP.
THE DETERMINANT FACTORS OF GREEN CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR

The environmental problem becomes a global concern nowadays for the whole human community. Thus, ecological awareness has arisen worldwide; a need for environmental protection has become necessity. With the rise of globalization, the increasing in products usage occur at the same time. People are educate to become more aware on the importance of environmental protection. The consumption level among the consumers is identified as the main reason for the environmental problems. The developing countries like Malaysia facing many challenges to ensuring the balance between the country developments and save and protect the environment from being destroyed. Among the environmental problems that are faced by Malaysia is reduced of urban air and river quality, deforestation, and hazardous waste and house waste. Green consumption behavior plays an important role in order to save our earth from any pollution. Nowadays, there are a lot of unethical usages of chemical that will cause lots of harm to earth. Therefore, green consumption behavior is encouraged among the consumers in minimizing this unhealthy problem for sustainable environment. The responsible body like, government already make some solutions to curb this problem but still do not succeed. The level of awereness among the consumers towards this action is still scarce. There are a lot of factors that influence consumers towards green consumption behavior. Hence, the objective for this study is to investigate two factors as suggested by the literature, which are product quality and environmental attitudes, and also to identify the most influencial barrier towards green consumption behavior. 384 respondents from the public in Kota Bharu, Kelantan will be selected by using a convenience sampling method. Then, data will be analyzed using SPSS.
Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy Step-Down and Dosing Regimen on Measures of Asthma Control

Background: Asthma guidelines recommend stepping down therapy to the lowest dose that maintains asthma control. Objective: We sought to evaluate the effect of dosing frequency and baseline patient and treatment-related factors on database markers of asthma control after inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) dose step-down. Methods: This retrospective observational study evaluated primary care patients (4-80 years old) with asthma prescribed twice-daily (BD) ICS (n=26,834) or ICS/long-acting β-agonist (LABA; n=20,814) for ≥ 1 year before ≥ 50% step-down in ICS dose, when they were switched to once-daily (QD) or remained on BD therapy. Study endpoints included exacerbations (oral corticosteroid prescription, unscheduled asthma-related hospital attendance, or general practice consultation for lower respiratory tract infection) and medication adherence. Results: Significant improvements in most endpoints were recorded during the year after step-down, as compared with the prior year (baseline). The proportion of patients with no exacerbation during the baseline year vs. the year after step-down was as follows (p<0.001 for all comparisons): QD ICS cohort (73% baseline vs. 81% after step-down); BD ICS cohort (67% vs. 77%); QD ICS/LABA cohort (60% vs. 64%); BD ICS/LABA cohort (55% vs. 65%). Adherence improved significantly after step-down for all cohorts, most markedly for QD cohorts; and the average daily ICS dose as consumed by patients was higher for all but the QD ICS/LABA cohort despite the reduction in prescribed dose. Factors predicting loss of asthma control after step-down for patients controlled at baseline in either or both ICS and ICS/LABA populations included obesity, smoking, comorbid rhinitis, comorbid gastroesophageal reflux disease, and, during the baseline year, ≥ 7 short-acting β-agonist prescriptions, mean consumed ICS dose of ≥ 800 μg/day, and ≥ 4 primary care consultations. Conclusion: Stepping down therapy is a valid management option and may improve asthma-related outcomes. Some improvements may result from increased adherence, particularly among patients switched to QD therapy.
Design of a Controllable Adder-Subtractor circuit using Quantum Dot Cellular Automata

Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a new paradigm in Nanotechnology that has grown much interest in the past few years. As the digital circuit’s dimension have been reducing at a fast pace, basic components of a CMOS based transistor less circuit size has to be decreased accordingly. But it leads to certain unavoidable problems. Here comes the benefit of QCA, as it can be used efficiently in far smaller chips. This paper proposed a new concept of Controllable Layered Adder and Subtractor circuit which is the basic building block of any arithmetic and logic design using QCA. The design specifies that without making any changes the same circuit provides two different outputs by the application of different clock pulses to a particular cell. Proposed design idea is suitable for Adder and Subtractor designs where combine output is required in nano scale level. The design approach is applied in a two bit multiplier based ALU circuit as an application. Estimation of Kink Energy, effective area, Operation cost, Area Utilization Factor and latency has been done to the circuits.
Proof-theoretic Techniques for Standard and Non-standard Inference Services in EL w . r . t . Hybrid TBoxes

Many of the reasoning tasks in light-weight description logic EL have been shown to be of polynomial complexity, while the logic is still capable of describing some of the widely used ontologies of today, making it appealing for applications. Recently, some of the algorithms were obtained by devising sound and complete proof systems for the logic. Hybrid EL TBoxes have been proposed in order to maintain generality of general concept inclusions and to have guaranteed existence with certain desirable non-standard inference services. These terminologies combine descriptive semantics for general concept inclusions, while cyclic definitions are interpreted by greatest fixpoint semantics. We look at the problem of subsumption and instance checking w.r. t. hybrid EL TBoxes from a proof-theoretic point of view. We formulate two sound and complete proof systems whose polynomial proof search, for one of the systems, yields a new for the subsumption problem, already known to be of polynomial complexity. The other system allows us to solve the instance checking problem in EL w.r. t. hybrid TBoxes in polynomial time. In addition to these standard services, the developed techniques allow us to construct definitions of least common subsumer and most specific concept in EL w.r. t. hybrid TBoxes, and their presence is the reason the hybrid EL TBoxes were defined for in the fist place. We to show correctness of the definitions in a proof-theoretic manner, and we argue that they carry certain practical advantages over other known algorithms. The second author is partly supported by the ANR, project “STRUCTURAL” and partly supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Serbia, project ON 174026 Franz Baader TU Dresden, Theoretical Computer Science, D-01062 Dresden, Germany E-mail: baader@tcs.inf. tu-dresden.de Novak Novaković INRIA Sacaly Île de France, Campus de l’École Polytechnique, 91120 Palaiseau, France E-mail: novak.novakovic@inria.fr 2 Franz Baader, Novak Novaković
Changes of gastric intramucosal pH in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy

Introduction: Gastric intramucosal pH (pHi) reflects splanchnic perfusion, while pneumoperitoneum may cause disturbances in splanchnic perfusion by increasing intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Obesity is associated with increased IAP. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and open cholecystectomy on pHi in obese patients. Material and methods: Sixty obese patients (BMI 30-40 kg/m 2 ), aged 30-70 years, scheduled for cholecystectomy under standardized general anaesthesia were randomized to receive either laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC group, n=30) or open cholecystectomy (OC group, n=30). pHi was calculated using gastric air tonometry. Measurements of pHi occurred in four phases: phase I (after induction of anaesthesia but before surgical incision), phase II (15 min of pneumoperitoneum in the LC group or 15 min after surgical incision in the OC group), phase III (end of operation) and phase IV (60 min after patients’ awakening). Results: Intraoperatively, a slight decrease of pHi was observed in both groups without reaching significance. In contrast, at the 1 st postoperative hour a statistically significant difference was revealed between the two groups (OC: 7.41±0.038 vs. LC: 7.37±0.05, p<0.001), both due to the ongoing decrease of pHi in the LC group and the tendency of pHi in the OC group to increase. Despite this, pHi values were within normal ranges during our whole observation period. Conclusions: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in obese patients compared to open cholecystectomy caused a significant decrease of pHi in the 1 st postoperative hour, although pHi remained within normal values.
Evaluation of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children: Therapists' assessments and predictions

Summary Meaningful and clinically relevant evaluation of psychoanalytical psychotherapy requires new models for research. Such evaluation needs to take account of the complexities of personality and innerworld change as well as the more simply assessed changes in external behaviour. A pilot study to develop a suitable methodology is described. These preliminary results are on a consecutive series of twenty in care and adopted children entering psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic. The project evolved from a previous study of psychotherapy with severely deprived children (Boston & Szur 1983), but the method could be used with any group of children in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and possibly also, in an adapted form, with adults. Therapists' initial aims and predictions are compared with later assessments of both external, and a wide range of internal, changes. Methods of validation are discussed and case-illustrations given.
Development of a portable device for tele-monitoring of snoring and OSAS symptoms

Snoring is a very common problem and a possible sign of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). In clinical practice, the use of PSG (polysomnographic) recording is a standard evaluation procedure for sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD). However, PSG is not suitable for long term monitoring in the home environment. This paper describes the development of a portable tele-monitoring device that detects and identifies snoring and OSAS symptoms in real time by analyzing the temporal feature of the snoring sound. The device itself also serves as a web server. Doctors and caregivers can access real-time and historical data via an IE browser or a remote application program for tele-monitoring of snoring and OSAS symptoms, while the patients stay in their own homes. In our validation test with 5 regular snorers and 5 OSAS patients, this detector showed a good performance in detecting snoring and achieved an average sensitivity of 94.0% and an average positive predictive value of 94.0%. The average sensitivity of OSAS segments was 81.1%, and the average positive predictive value was 73.3%. This device is not intended to be a diagnosis device for OSAS, instead, this portable device is to be used as a home tele-health tool as a precautionary measure for monitoring snoring and OSAS. Once OSAS symptoms are detected, a sound recorder records a one-minute episode, so that the patient can consult doctors for further diagnosis. This portable tele-monitoring Development of a portable device for tele-monitoring of snoring and OSAS symptoms http://grc.yzu. edu.tw/ 2 device provides a convenient approach to better understand and recognize sleep-related breathing disorders through long term sleep monitoring in the home environment.
Behaviours of Atlantic herring and mackerel in a purse‐seine net, observed using multibeam sonar

&NA; To ensure efficient and sustainable purse‐seine fisheries, the catch process must be monitored to better understand the reactions of fish to the gear. In this study, we monitored the behaviours of herring (Clupea harengus) and mackerel (Scomber scombrus) schools during purse‐seine capture using a multibeam imaging sonar (Simrad MS70, 75‐112 kHz) mounted on a research vessel. The fish behaviours differed between species and purse‐seine sets. For both species, the acoustic volume backscattering coefficient increased as 0‐80% of the seine was hauled aboard, indicating a corresponding increase in fish spatial density. This increase was significantly greater for herring than mackerel. As 0‐40% of the seine was hauled aboard the fishing vessel, schools changed their spatial distribution and volume independent of seine hauling, while for some schools, depth and height decreased. The acoustic volume backscattering strength was up to 25 dB higher in the centre of the school than in the edges. The average lateral target strength was estimated for individual fish in the captured herring schools, and the effect of incident angle on the backscattering strength is considered.
Comparison of two preterm infant procedural pain tools during heel stick procedure

The preterm neonate is subjected to several painful procedures during a stay in the NICU. There is currently no standard in place for how this pain should be assessed. There are currently several different pain measurement/assessment tools in the literature but limited research that compares these tools with one another. This study compared the scores from two different pain assessment tools. This study involved secondary analysis of data previously collected via videotaped heel stick procedures in a NICU. The heel sticks had been previously scored using the PIPP scale and then the same heel sticks were scored using the PAT scale and the scores were compared. The sample consisted of 20 preterm neonates aged 31 to 33 weeks gestation. The results of the data analysis indicated a strong positive correlation between the PIPP and PAT scales (r=.449) that was significant at the . 01 level.
The gamma ray burst – supernova connection

A "core-collapse" supernova occurs when the iron core of a massive star collapses under the force of gravity and then rebounds, generating pressure waves and shocks that propagate outward. A superluminous supernovae is a rare class of core collapse supernovae whose luminosity, equal to 10-1000 billion suns, is too high to be powered by the usual process that drives supernovae, the radioactive decay of nickel (there is not enough nickel present to do it). The source of the energetics has been hotly contested, with suggestions including shocks from the ejected material or pulsating instabilities interacting with surrounding material. The most favored model, however, is the sustained injection of energy from a source like a spinning compact remnant: a neutron star or an accreting black hole.
Optimal size of majoritarian committees under persuasion ∗ S

We analyze the ‘optimal’ size of non-deliberating majoritarian committees with no conflict of interest among its members when committees can be persuaded by a biased and informed expert. We find that when this bias is small, the optimal size is one; when it is intermediate, the optimal size increases monotonically in the precision of members’ private information; when it is large this relation is non-monotonic. However the optimal committee-size never exceeds five. We also show that biased persuasion typically hurts a larger committee more severely. These results provide important implications on issues like universal enfranchisement, role of expert commentary in a democracy or size of governing boards in firms.
Geometrical Nonlinear Analysis Considering Probabilistic Material Nonlinearity

The statistics reflecting the contribution of the material parameters to the total variability of the response parameter are presented by carrying out sensitivity analysis (SA). To accomplish SA a numerical model for the geometrical plus material nonlinear analysis of 2D structural elements is developed. The model employs corotational formulation combined with numerical integration and hence is suitable for many commonly used cross sectional shapes. The accuracy of the proposed algorithm is validated through examples from previous literature. Then material uncertainties are addressed in probabilistic fashion through Monte Carlo simulations
Association of Mannose-Binding Lectin Gene Polymorphisms with Liver Diseases: A Review

Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL) is a member of the collectin family and is an important protein in the immune system. It is a pathogen pattern-recognition molecule that binds to specific carbohydrate motifs on the surface of many pathogens. MBL activates complement via lectin pathway. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MBL gene influence serum MBL concentration and function. MBL deficiencies increase the risk of infection and disease-specific complications, especially in those who are already immune compromised with pre-existing conditions. This review discusses the molecular genetics of human MBL and the association of MBL polymorphisms with liver diseases including liver fibrosis, viral hepatitis B, viral hepatitis C, and infection post-liver transplantation.