Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Personalized Aspect based Recommender System in Social Networks

The social network in current age populates opinion on various products, services, persons through ratings and reviews. Unlike ratings, the reviews can help users to elaborate their opinion and share the extent of consumption experience in various aspects. Though some of the existing recommendation systems have been using the user reviews, the interpretability of the models were erroneous. The aspect based sentiments exploited with qualitative model can lead to the qualitative recommendations. This paper proposed a modeled that exploits the correlation among aspects in review using deep neural network. It formulates the preference of users’ on aspect category as a bipartite relation, represents it as a location-aspect category bipartite graph, and models the explainable recommendation with the notion of ordered dense subgraph extraction using bipartite core-based and ranking-based approaches, and it evaluates the generated recommendation with three datasets. Keywords— Aspect Based Sentiments, Social Networks, Recommender system, and spatial data
Lactobacillus Slayer protein inhibition of Salmonella-induced reorganization of the cytoskeleton and activation of MAPK signalling pathways in Caco-2 cells

Surface layer (S-layer) proteins are crystalline arrays of proteinaceous subunits that are present as the outermost component of the cell wall in several Lactobacillus species. The S-layer proteins have been shown to play a role in the antimicrobial activity of certain lactobacilli. However, it is not fully understood how the S-layer proteins exert this biological function. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that Lactobacillus acidophilus S-layer proteins antagonize Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) infection by protecting against F-actin cytoskeleton rearrangements and the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathways. Monolayer transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) was measured after S. Typhimurium infection in Caco-2 cultured human intestinal cells with L. acidophilus S-layer proteins. F-actin rearrangement and MAPK activation were also assessed by immunofluorescence staining or Western blotting. The results showed that when S. Typhimurium was co-incubated with S-layer proteins, the S. Typhimurium-induced Caco-2 cell F-actin rearrangement was reduced, and the S. Typhimurium-induced TER decrease and interleukin 8 (IL-8) secretion were attenuated. Additionally, L. acidophilus S-layer proteins could inhibit S. Typhimurium-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2), c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38. This study indicates that L. acidophilus S-layer proteins are able to inhibit S. Typhimurium infection through blocking S. Typhimurium-induced F-actin rearrangements and S. Typhimurium-induced ERK1/2, JNK and p38 activation in Caco-2 cells. These data provide a rationale for the use of lactobacillus S-layer proteins as therapeutic and preventative agents, at least in infectious diarrhoea.
Prevalence and Nature of Mental Health Problems Among Single, Homeless People in Belfast, Northern Ireland

There has been growing concern about the increasing numbers of homeless people with mental ill health, many of whom may be falling through the "net" of mental health services [1]. A recent large UK study [2]-which excludes Northern Ireland (NI)-provided a comprehensive picture of the prevalence of mental morbidity among homeless people. However, there is still some uncertainty about the extent and severity of mental disorders among this population. Furthermore, hostel staff in Belfast (NI) and elsewhere have expressed concerns about their capacity to provide appropriate care and support. Approximately 1 percent of the NI population (21,000) were registered as "statutory homeless" (i.e., as opposed to the "hidden homeless") during 1995-96,40 percent of whom were considered "vulnerable" (e.g., because of physical or mental disability).
Some Growth , Reproduction and Lactation Characteristics of Hamdani Sheep

This research was conducted to determine some growth reproduction and lactation characteristics of fat tailed Hamdani sheep in extensive farm conditions in the Çığlı village of Çukurca district of Hakkari Province in Turkey. It was found out that average of birth weight, weaning weight and 6th month live weight were 4.13, 21.78 and 35.09 kg respectively. The average daily gains from birth to weaning and from birth to the 6th month were 171.98 and 196.30 g respectively. Hamdani, sheep giving birth between December to February, it’s reproduction characteristics such as lambing rate, infertility rate, fecundity, twinning rate and litter size were found to be 92%, 8%, 1.04, 13.05% and 1.13 respectively. The survival rates of lambs until the 7th and 90th (until weaning) days were 98.5% and 94.6% respectively. The means of lactation milk yield and lactation length for ewes were 83.96 L and 170.98 days respectively. Consequently, it was concluded that Hamdani sheep had a better performance over performance for traits in question compared to Turkish native sheep breeds and some certain cross breeds developed and recently known in Turkey.
Title Opposing history effect of preceding decision and action in thefree choice of saccade direction

When we voluntarily act, we make a decision to do so prior to the actual execution. However, due to the strong tie between decision and action, it has been difficult to dissociate these two processes in an animal’s free behavior. In the present study, we tried to characterize the differences in these processes based on their unique history effect. Using simple eye-movement tasks in which the direction of a saccade was either instructed by a computer or freely chosen by the subject, we found that the preceding decision and action had different effects on the animal’s subsequent behavior. While choosing a direction (previous decision) produced a positive history effect that prompted the choice of the same saccade direction, making a saccadic response to a direction (previous action) produced a negative history effect that discouraged the monkey from choosing the same direction. This result suggests that the history effect in sequential behavior reported in previous studies was a mixture of these two different components. Future studies on decision-making need to consider the importance of the distinction between decision and action in animal behavior.
Author ' s personal copy Financial development , liberalization and technological deepening

This paper focuses on examining the effects of financial development and liberalization on knowledge accumulation. The results consistently show that while financial development facilitates the accumulation of new ideas, the implementation of financial reform policies is negatively associated with it. The undesirable effects of financial liberalization are found to operate through the triggering of crises and volatility in the financial system. There is also evidence supporting the hypothesis that financial liberalization reallocates talent from the innovative sector to the financial system, thus retarding technological deepening. Moreover, the findings also suggest that increased R&D activity and the presence of a stronger intellectual property rights protection framework tend to have beneficial effects on knowledge accumulation. & 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Causes of Violence among Couples In Makurdi Metropolis Of Benue State , Nigeria

The study looked at causes of violence among couples in Makurdi Metropolis of Benue State, Nigeria. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Survey design was adopted for the study. 50 male and 50 female civil servants purposively selected formed the sample for the study. A self-developed instrument named “Causes of Violence among Couples Questionnaire” (CVCQ) was used to collect data. Mean and t-test were used to answer the research questions and for testing the null hypothesis respectively. Result shows that all the factors on the instrument often lead to violence with means above 2.50. Nagging, sexual deprivation, dishonesty, infidelity and neglect of responsibility emerged as the top five common causes of violence. The t-test yield 0.80 and as such, the hypothesis of no significant gender difference in perception of causes of violence is accepted. Based on the findings, the researchers recommend among others that, issues of conflict should be well managed to avoid or at least minimize incidence of violence and couples should identify their responsibilities and take them seriously. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 04-11-2018 Date of acceptance: 18-11-2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Calculation procedure for determining wind action from vortex-induced vibration with verification of fatigue strength of steel structures

An applicable calculation procedure, implemented with an object-oriented software that calculates amplitudes of oscillation due to vortex shedding, is presented in this paper using a stadium lighting pole as an example. The fatigue strength of material is proven, for the defined S-N curves, according to the nominal stress method. Available Eurocodebased calculation methods are also analysed and their advantages and disadvantages are presented.
Interactive comment on “Stable water isotopes in the MITgcm (checkpoint 64w)” by Rike Völpel et al

General comments Völpel et al., present the first results of the implementation of oxygen stable isotopes in the ocean general circulation model MITgcm. They compare the results of an equilibrium simulation under pre-industrial conditions to observational oxygen stable isotopes data and late Holocene data from planktonic foraminifera. They discuss the accordance or discrepancy of this data-model comparison. I find always very interesting the implementation of water stable isotopes in a climate model as it will offer wide prospects for simulations of past climate. The manuscript reads well overall, some figure captions or figures could be improved. I have several concerns that I would like to see addressed before the publication of the manuscript. I therefore recommend major revision of the present manuscript. Below are my specific comments.
Outcomes and complications of maximal levator resection for congenital Blepharoptosis with poor levator function

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes and complications of maximal levator resection as an alternative to frontalis suspension in cases of congenital blepharoptosis with poor levator function. Methods: This prospective study enrolled 39 patients with 50 eyelids, who had congenital ptosis (unilateral or bilateral) with less than or equal to 4 mm of levator excursion, and no history of ptosis surgical correction. Postoperative evaluation was conducted at 2 weeks, 6 months and 12 months; and included: margin reflex distance-1 (MRD1), lagophthalmos and complications. A post-operative MRD1 of 3 mm or more with a lid symmetry ≤ 1 mm was considered as successful outcome. Results: The mean age at the time of surgery was 3.8 ±1.7 years (range, 2 to 9 years), with 12 months follow-up duration. Successful outcomes were achieved in 72% of eyelids (36 out of 50), and recurrence was recorded in 5 eyelids (10%). Factors such as preoperative levator function and MRD1 were not correlated with postoperative results. Complications included exposure keratopathy (16%), lid crease asymmetry (8%), entropion (4%), Lid notching (4%), eyelash ptosis (10%), and conjunctival prolapse (2%). The high rate of exposure-related corneal complications was correlated to the prominent lagophthalmos at the early postoperative weeks (3.9±0.7 mm). Conclusion: Maximal levator resection is an effective treatment for congenital ptosis with poor levator function, which provides high rate of successful results and avoids complications of frontalis suspension. As the potential risk of exposure keratopathy is high, the ocular surface should be carefully screened during the early postoperative weeks.
Image Restoration via Simultaneous Sparse Coding and Gaussian Scale Mixture

Sparse coding has been shown to be relevant to both variational and Bayesian approaches. The regularization parameter in variational image restoration is intrinsically connected with the shape parameter of sparse coefficients’ distribution in Bayesian methods. How to tune those parameters in a principled yet spatially adaptive fashion turns out to be a challenging problem especially for the class of nonlocal image models. In this work, we propose an empirical Bayesian approach of addressing this issue more specifically, a nonlocal extension of Gaussian scale mixture (GSM) model is developed based on simultaneous sparse coding (SSC) and its applications into image restoration are explored. It is shown that the variances of sparse coefficients (the field of scalar multipliers of Gaussians) if treated as a latent variable can be jointly estimated along with the unknown sparse coefficients via the method of alternating optimization. Unlike previous attacks to Bayesian image restoration, ours leads to closed-form solutions involving iterative shrinkage/filtering only and therefore admits computationally efficient implementation. Our solution can be viewed as an exemplar of demonstrating a new variational approach W. Dong School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, China E-mail: wsdong@mail.xidian.edu.cn G. Shi School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, China E-mail: gmshi@xidian.edu.cn Yi Ma Visual Computing Group, Microsoft Research of Asia, Beijing, China E-mail: mayi@microsoft.com Xin Li Lane Department of CSEE, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6109 USA E-mail: xin.li@ieee.org toward empirical Bayesian inference with parametric models, which has computational advantages over the existing variational Bayesian approaches. When applied to image restoration, our experimental results have shown that the proposed SSC-GSM technique can both preserve the sharpness of edges and suppress undesirable artifacts. Thanks to its capability of achieving a better spatial adaptation, SSC-GSM based image restoration often delivers reconstructed images with higher subjective/objective qualities than other competing approaches.
Title of Paper: INTEGRATION OF LITERATURE IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AT UPPER BASIC SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA Authors: Shafaatu

This study investigated the effects of 8 weeks of developing strategies for integration of literature into English language through clubs and societies as school co-curricular activities for students’ performance in reading and writing proficiency. Two research questions and a quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test technique was used for the study. Out of 154 members of language clubs and societies, 60 students were sampled as subjects of the study from the Federal College of Education (Technical) Demonstration Secondary school, Gusau, Nigeria. The results of the study indicate that the 8-week strategies for integration of literature into language teaching using clubs and societies into school co-curricular will have a significant effect on student reading and writing skills. The study established that language clubs and societies can be used as part of strategies to integrate literature into language teaching, particularly at upper basic education level where literature is not studied as a subject.
DRAFT DRAFT TECHNICAL SUPPORT DOCUMENT : INTERIM SPECIFIC GROUND WATER CRITERION FOR PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID ( PFNA , C 9 ) ( CAS # : 375-95-1 ; Chemical Structure : CF 3 ( CF 2 ) 7 COOH )

1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION . 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES, FATE, AND OCCURRENCE . 3 HUMAN EXPOSURE AND SERUM LEVELS . 6 TOXICOKINETICS . 8 HEALTH EFFECTS . 13 Human Studies . 13 Animal Toxicology . 24 MODE OF ACTION . 37 DEVELOPMENT OF INTERIM SPECIFIC GROUND WATER CRITERION . 39 DISCUSSION OF UNCERTAINTIES . 43 CITATIONS . 46 APPENDIX 1 . 59
Genetic variation in TAS 1 R 2 ( Ile 191 Val ) is associated with consumption of sugars in overweight and obese individuals in 2 distinct populations 1 – 3

Background: Taste is an important determinant of food consumption, and genetic variations in the sweet taste receptor subunit TAS1R2 may contribute to interindividual variations in sugar consumption. Objective: We determined whether Ser9Cys and Ile191Val variations in TAS1R2 were associated with differences in the consumption of sugars in 2 populations. Design: Population 1 included 1037 diabetes-free young adults in whom we assessed dietary intake by using a 1-mo, 196-item foodfrequency questionnaire. Population 2 consisted of 100 individuals with type 2 diabetes with dietary intakes assessed by using 2 sets of 3-d food records administered 2 wk apart. Dietary counseling was provided between food records 1 and 2. Dietary intakes between genotypes were compared by using analysis of covariance adjusted for potential confounders. Results: In population 1, a significant Ile191Val · body mass index (BMI; in kg/m) interaction was detected for the consumption of sugars, and the effect of genotype was significant only in individuals with a BMI 25 (n = 205). In comparison with individuals homozygous for the Ile allele, Val carriers consumed fewer sugars (1226 6 compared with 103 6 6 g sugar/d, respectively; P = 0.01). Regression estimates that associated BMI with total sugar consumption by Ile/Ile and Val-carrier genotype intersected at a BMI of 23.5. In population 2, Val carriers also consumed less sugar than did individuals with the Ile/Ile genotype (99 6 6 compared with 83 6 6 g sugar/d, respectively; P = 0.04) on food record 2, and sugar was the only macronutrient that decreased significantly (29 6 4 g sugar/d, P = 0.02) in Val carriers who received dietary counseling. Conclusion: Our findings show that a genetic variation in TAS1R2 affects habitual consumption of sugars and may contribute to interindividual differences in changing behaviors in response to dietary counseling. Am J Clin Nutr 2010;92:1501–10.
OECD Science , Technology and Industry Working Papers 2004 / 03 Business Dynamics , Regulation and Performance

Building on an earlier study of patterns on firm entry, exit growth and survival based on new data from Eurostat covering nine European Union member countries (Brandt, 2004), this paper takes a closer look at the role of policies and institutions for firm entry and survival and at the link between new firm creation and economic performance. The earlier study revealed that firm entry rates, i.e. the number of new firms in a market in relation to all active enterprises, were particularly high in Information and Communication (ICT) related industries in recent years. This lends some support to the idea present in some theories of economic growth that new firms are important for the development and implementation of new technologies. This paper takes a closer look at the relationship between firm entry and economic performance. Results reveals that high rates of firm entry tend to coincide with rapid productivity, output and employment growth, especially in the ICT related services sectors and in some business services industries. This represents further empirical support for the notion that young firms play an important role for productivity growth and thus economic performance. However, in the more mature manufacturing industries marked by lower entry rates, expenditure on formal research and development (R&D) seems to be more important as a determinant of productivity growth. To gain some insights into the role of policies and institutions for firm entry, regulation indicators summarising different aspects of countries’ institutional settings are related to firm entry and hazard rates, the latter summarising the probability that a firm has to exit the market at a given age, conditional on having survived so far. Although very conservative methodologies are employed, some indicators stand out as having significant statistical relationship with firm entry rates, suggesting that overly stringent regulation can impinge on firm entry. The results suggest that an overly complicated license and permit system discourages the creation of new enterprises. The same goes for an excessively long time during which creditors have claims on bankrupts’ assets. * The author thanks Dirk Pilat and Andy Wyckoff for helpful comments and suggestions. Any errors that may remain are hers, as are the views and opinions expressed in this paper. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the OECD or its member countries.
Relative age within school year and the diagnosis of ADHD : a nationwide population-based study

Background There are mixed findings on the relationship between ADHD and younger relative age in class. This study examines whether relative age is associated with ADHD diagnosis in a country where treatment prevalence rates are low and whether any such association has changed over time or relates to comorbid disorders. Methods Using nationwide population-based registers, all Finnish children born between 1991 and 2004 who were diagnosed with ADHD from age 7 years onwards (school starting age), between 1998 and 2011, were identified (n=6136). Incidence ratios (IRs) were used to examine the inter-relationships between relative age, actual age at ADHD diagnosis, and year of diagnosis (1998-2003 vs. 2004-2011). Findings The cumulative incidence of ADHD diagnosis was greatest for younger children within the schoolyear IRs of 1.26 (boys) and 1.31 (girls). The association between relative age and ADHD diagnosis reflected children diagnosed before the age of 10 years. The strength of this association increased during recent years – for 2004-2011, IRs were 1.37 (95% CI 1.24,1.53) for May-August and 1.64 (95% CI 1.48,1.81) for September-December compared with January-April births (oldest). The relative age effect was not explained by comorbid disorders. Interpretation In a health service system with low prescribing rates for ADHD, younger relative age is associated with an increased likelihood of receiving a clinical diagnosis of ADHD. This influence has increased in recent years. Teachers, parents and clinicians should take relative age into account when considering the possibility of ADHD in a child or encountering a child with a pre-existing diagnosis. Funding: Academy of Finland, Finnish Medical Foundation, Orion Pharma Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Title First evidence for chorus at a large geocentric distance as a source of plasmaspheric hiss : Coordinated THEMIS and Van Allen Probes observation Permalink

Recent ray tracing suggests that plasmaspheric hiss can originate from chorus observed outside of the plasmapause. Although a few individual events have been reported to support this mechanism, the number of reported conjugate events is still very limited. Using coordinated observations between Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) and Van Allen Probes, we report on an interesting event, where chorus was observed at a large L shell (~9.8), different from previously reported events at L< 6, but still exhibited a remarkable correlation with hiss observed in the outer plasmasphere (L~ 5.5). Ray tracing indicates that a subset of chorus can propagate into the observed location of hiss on a timescale of ~5–6 s, in excellent agreement with the observed time lag between chorus and hiss. This provides quantitative support that chorus from large L shells, where it was previously considered unable to propagate into the plasmasphere, can in fact be the source of hiss.