Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cardiac Protection by Preconditioning Is Generated via an Iron-Signal Created by Proteasomal Degradation of Iron Proteins

Ischemia associated injury of the myocardium is caused by oxidative damage during reperfusion. Myocardial protection by ischemic preconditioning (IPC) was shown to be mediated by a transient ‘iron-signal’ that leads to the accumulation of apoferritin and sequestration of reactive iron released during the ischemia. Here we identified the source of this ‘iron signal’ and evaluated its role in the mechanisms of cardiac protection by hypoxic preconditioning. Rat hearts were retrogradely perfused and the effect of proteasomal and lysosomal protease inhibitors on ferritin levels were measured. The iron-signal was abolished, ferritin levels were not increased and cardiac protection was diminished by inhibition of the proteasome prior to IPC. Similarly, double amounts of ferritin and better recovery after ex vivo ischemia-and-reperfusion (I/R) were found in hearts from in vivo hypoxia pre-conditioned animals. IPC followed by normoxic perfusion for 30 min (‘delay’) prior to I/R caused a reduced ferritin accumulation at the end of the ischemia phase and reduced protection. Full restoration of the IPC-mediated cardiac protection was achieved by employing lysosomal inhibitors during the ‘delay’. In conclusion, proteasomal protein degradation of iron-proteins causes the generation of the ‘iron-signal’ by IPC, ensuing de-novo apoferritin synthesis and thus, sequestering reactive iron. Lysosomal proteases are involved in subsequent ferritin breakdown as revealed by the use of specific pathway inhibitors during the ‘delay’. We suggest that proteasomal iron-protein degradation is a stress response causing an expeditious cytosolic iron release thus, altering iron homeostasis to protect the myocardium during I/R, while lysosomal ferritin degradation is part of housekeeping iron homeostasis.
Stream-based live entity resolution approach with adaptive duplicate count strategy

Recently, researchers have been more concerned about large-scale news and tweet data generated by the social media. Some cloud service providers utilise the data to find public sentiments for the tenants. The challenge is how to clean the big data in the cloud before making further analysis. To address this issue, we propose a new live entity resolution approach at a time to find duplicates from the news and tweet data. We investigate possible solutions to address live entity resolution in the cloud, to make sliding window size adaptive using multistep distance and window size dependent duplicate count strategy with alterable window step, and find duplicates by overlapping boundary objects in adjacent blocks. Finally, our experimental evaluation based on the news data on large datasets shows the high effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approaches.
A policy-based constraint-solving platform towards extensible wireless channel selection and routing

This paper presents PUMA, a novel declarative constraint-solving platform that achieves efficient policy-based channel selection and routing for multi-radio wireless mesh networks. PUMA is based on declarative networking, a database-inspired extensible infrastructure using query languages to specify behavior. In PUMA, users specify high-level declarative policies that dictate their channel selection constraints and routing protocol behavior. We demonstrate that channel selection can be expressed in a compact fashion and implemented efficiently. We have developed a PUMA prototype based on the RapidNet declarative networking engine with enhancements to handle multi-channel communication and integration with an open-source constraint solver. We perform preliminary evaluation of PUMA using the emerging ns-3 network simulator, and describe our ongoing research in ORBIT testbed deployment, distributed channel selection protocols, and distributed optimizations that combine routing and channel selection.
Development of high speed dual-camera system for batch screening of aflatoxin contamination of corn using multispectral fluorescence imaging

Aflatoxins are fungal toxins produced by Aspergillus flavus. Food and feed crops get contaminated with carcinogenic aflatoxins, which often results in economic losses as well as serious health issues. Grain elevators need to unload, on average, one 50,000-pound truckload every two minutes. Current chemical and optical methods for aflatoxin detection cannot meet the screening requirements. Therefore, a high speed batch screening system with reliable accuracy is necessary. The contaminated corn kernels were prepared in our laboratory by artificial inoculation of corn ears. One hundred 200g samples were selected for analysis. To develop a high speed multispectral screening system, two high performance cameras in conjunction with dual UV excitation sources and novel image processing software were utilized to collect fluorescence images of each sample. Each camera simultaneously captures a single band fluorescence image (436 nm and 532 nm) from corn samples, and the detection software processes the images to automatically detect contaminated kernels by using a normalized difference fluorescence index. Each sample was imaged/screened four times, and screened samples were chemically analyzed for aflatoxin content. All samples were shuffled between imaging repetitions to increase the likelihood of screening both sides of every kernel. Processing time for each screening was about 0.7s, and an optimal result of 98.65% was achieved for sensitivity and 96.6% for specificity.
Agricultural Systems modeting and Simulation

Humanization of decision support using knowledge acquired from simulation simulation of biological processes mathematical techniques in biological simulation integrating spatial and temporal aspects of a simulation - an energy example modelling processes and operation with linear programming expert systems for self-adjusting process simulation evaporation models use of crop simulation in management GOSSYM/COMAX integrated methods and models for deficit irrigation planning GRAZE - a beef-forage model of selective grazing dynamical models and their application to optimizing grazing management modelling and simulation in applied livestock production science the plant-animal interface in models of grazing systems field machinery selection using simulation and optimization whole-farm simulation of field operations fundamentals of neural networks artificial intelligence-based optimization using agents simulation of crop growth - CROPGRO.
AUTOMATIC LUMEN RECOGNITION OF THE COMMON CAROTID ARTERY IN ULTRASOUND B-MODE IMAGES

Carotid artery atherosclerosis is an important cause of deathand disability due to stroke. Among patients with carotid plaques, only a few show warning events, whereas the majority present cerebral events associated with previous asymptomatic plaques. In this paper, the new method is proposed for recognizing B-mode ultrasound (US) imaging of common carotid artery (CCA) in longitude. Automatic segmentation of the arterial lumen from ultrasound images is an important task in clinical diagnosis. Carotid artery recognition, the first task in lumen segmentation, should be performed in a fully automated, fast, and reliable way to further facilitate the low-level task of arterial delineation. In this paper, a userindependent, real-time algorithm is introduced for carotid artery localization in longitudinal B-mode ultrasound images. The proposed method has four major steps. The process starts with image area selection, intensity profile (IP) signal selection, IP filtering, lumen and wall segments identification, wall recognition, segment filtering, lumen axis identification, lumen axis filtering ; This provides a medial axis with efficient lumen recognition data. The data sets used included 100 images from 25 subjects taken from three different institutions and covering a wide range of possible lumen and surrounding tissue representations. Using the optimized values, the carotid artery was recognized in all the processed images. Thus, the introduced technique will further reinforce automatic segmentation in longitudinal B-mode ultrasound images.
Deformation analysis of seamless steel tube in cross rolling piercing process

In order to improving the quality of small-diameter thick-walled seamless steel tube, metal flow and stress distribution in the deformation zone were analyzed in this paper. Three-dimensional modeling, initial and boundary conditions were established. The rigid-plastic FEM simulator was used to analyze the deformation processing. The strain and stress distribution were gained. The axial rolling velocity distribution along the length of deformation zone was obtained. The simulation results show that the second deformation zone has biggest elongation. The protrusion amount of piercing plug was impacted the quality in inner hole of quality. Backward phenomenon existed in the whole deformation zone.
Body composition in taller individuals using DXA: A validation study for athletic and non-athletic populations

Abstract Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) cannot be used to evaluate participants taller than the scan area. We aimed to analyse the accuracy of bone mineral content, fat mass, and lean mass assessed with DXA whole-body scan and from the sum of two scans (head and trunk plus limbs). Participants were 31 athletes (13 males and 18 females) and 65 non-athletes (34 males and 31 females), that fit within the DXA scan area. Three scans were performed using a Hologic Explorer-W fan-beam densitometer: a whole-body scan used as the reference; a head scan; and a trunk and limbs scan. The sum of the head scan and the trunk and limbs scan was used as the alternative procedure. Multiple regression and agreement analysis were performed. Non-significant differences between methods were observed for fat mass (0.06 kg) and lean mass (−0.07 kg) while bone mineral content from the alternative procedure differed from the reference scan (0.009 kg). The alternative procedure explained > 99% of the variance in the reference scan and low limits of agreement were observed. Precision analysis indicated low pure errors and the higher coefficients of variation were found for fat mass (whole-body: 3.70%; subtotal: 4.05%). The method proposed is a valid and simple solution to be used in individuals taller than the DXA scan area, including athletes engaged in sports recognised for including very tall competitors.
The Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors in Bhutan, Vietnam, and Myanmar Is Related to Gastric Cancer Incidence

Gastric cancer is a significant health problem in Asia. Although the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is similar in Bhutan, Vietnam, and Myanmar, the incidence of gastric cancer is highest in Bhutan, followed by Vietnam and Myanmar. We hypothesized that H. pylori virulence factors contribute to the differences. The status of cagA, vacA, jhp0562, and β-(1,3)galT(jhp0563) was examined in 371 H. pylori-infected patients from Bhutan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Each virulence factor could not explain the difference of the incidence of gastric cancer. However, the prevalence of quadruple-positive for cagA, vacA s1, vacA m1, and jhp0562-positive/β-(1,3)galT-negative was significantly higher in Bhutan than in Vietnam and Myanmar and correlated with gastric cancer incidence. Moreover, gastritis-staging scores measured by histology of gastric mucosa were significantly higher in quadruple-positive strains. We suggest that the cagA, vacA s1, vacA m1, and jhp0562-positive/β-(1,3)galT-negative genotype may play a role in the development of gastric cancer.
Sequence Relationships among C. elegans, D. melanogaster and Human microRNAs Highlight the Extensive Conservation of microRNAs in Biology

microRNAs act in a prevalent and conserved post-transcriptional gene regulatory mechanism that impacts development, homeostasis and disease, yet biological functions for the vast majority of miRNAs remain unknown. Given the power of invertebrate genetics to promote rapid evaluation of miRNA function, recently expanded miRNA identifications (miRBase 10.1), and the importance of assessing potential functional redundancies within and between species, we evaluated miRNA sequence relationships by 5′ end match and overall homology criteria to compile a snapshot overview of miRNA families within the C. elegans and D. melanogaster genomes that includes their identified human counterparts. This compilation expands literature documentation of both the number of families and the number of family members, within and between nematode and fly models, and highlights sequences conserved between species pairs or among nematodes, flies and humans. Themes that emerge include the substantial potential for functional redundancy of miRNA sequences within species (84/139 C. elegans miRNAs and 70/152 D. melanogaster miRNAs share significant homology with other miRNAs encoded by their respective genomes), and the striking extent to which miRNAs are conserved across species—over half (73/139) C. elegans miRNAs share sequence homology with miRNAs encoded also in both fly and human genomes. This summary analysis of mature miRNA sequence relationships provides a quickly accessible resource that should facilitate functional and evolutionary analyses of miRNAs and miRNA families.
Study of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Trend During the Period 1901-2013 through Data Mining

: Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) has significant impact on agriculture, water resources and economic development of India. Trend Analysis of annual and summer monsoon rainfall at different Spatio-temporal scale is an important feature to study the long term behavior of the rainfall pattern. The objective of the present study is to identify the trends in amount of ISMR at various temporal (decadal) and Annual scales. India Meteorological Department (IMD) Daily gridded rainfall data (0.25° X 0.25° spatial resolution) for the period 1901-2013 analysed over annual and monsoon season which indicates that, there is a weak decreasing trend (-0.18) in all-India ISMR in past 113 years. The analysis was based on linear trend analysis. There are 14 years which are excess and 17 years are deficit rainfall period calculated based on 113 years mean monsoon seasonal rainfall data. From spatial analysis of all-India rainfall climatology over the period of 1901-1950 and 1951-2013, it was concluded that Northeast India is one big cluster having highly decreasing trend whereas Northwest part of India is showing increasing trend since last two decades.
The influence of age on nailfold capillary dimensions in childhood.

OBJECTIVE To identify the influence of age on nailfold capillary dimensions in children between 6 and 15 years. METHODS Capillary density (the number of capillaries in a 3 mm length of the distal row) and capillary dimensions were measured in 110 healthy children using the technique of nailfold video microscopy. The age groups studied were as follows: 6 to 7 years (17 children), 8 to 9 years (15 children), 10 to 11 years (34 children), 12 to 13 years (24 children), and 14 to 15 years (20 children). RESULTS There was a significant trend for the arterial and venous diameters to rise with age. However, this trend was not present for apical or loop diameters, nor for the capillary density. Results did not differ between males and females. CONCLUSION In studies incorporating capillary dimensions in children, results should ideally be age adjusted, and dimensions should not be categorized as normal or abnormal without taking the child's age into account.
Existence and Multiplicity Results for an Elliptic Problem Involving Mixed Local and Nonlocal Operator

In this work, we consider the following mixed local-nonlocal quasilinear ellipic problem$$(P_\lambda)\left\{\begin{array}{rcll} -\Delta_p u+(-\Delta)_p^s u = \lambda f(u) \text{in}\Omega,\\ u 0 \text{in }\Omega,\\ u = 0 \text{in }\mathbb{R}^N \setminus\Omega,\end{array}\right. $$where Ω⊂RN is a bounded regular domain in RN with 0s1pN and f: R→R is a continuous function, that have a finite number of zeroes, changing sign between them. The main goal of this paper is to prove the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for such problems by using variational methods.
Statistics Based Hybrid Approach to Chinese Base Phrase Identification

This paper extends the base noun phrase (BNP) identification into a research on Chinese base phrase identification. After briefly introducing some basic concepts on Chinese base phrase, this paper presents a statistics based hybrid model for identifying 7 types of Chinese base phrases in view. Experiments show the efficiency of the proposed method in simplifying sentence structure. Significance of the research lies in it provides a solid foundation for the Chinese parser.
Determining the orientation of proximate mobile devices using their back facing camera

Proximate mobile devices that are aware of their orientation relative to one another can support novel and natural forms of interaction. In this paper, we present a method to determine the relative orientation of proximate mobile devices using only the backside camera. We implemented this method as a service called Orienteer, which provides mobile device with the orientation of other proximate mobile devices. We demonstrate that orientation information can be used to enable novel and natural interactions by developing two applications that allow the user to push content in the direction of another device to share it and point the device toward another to filter content based on the device's owner. An informal evaluation revealed that interactions built upon orientation information can be natural and compelling to users, but developers and designers need to carefully consider how orientation should be applied effectively.
Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a Beekeeping Pest

ABSTRACT We report here the full mitochondrial genome sequence of Aethina tumida, a Nitidulidae species beetle, that is a pest of bee hives. The obtained sequence is 16,576 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNAs.
A Study of Correlation Impact on Privacy Preserving Data Mining

Data sharing is obvious in present day scenario of digital world, and when data is being shared among various application areas the sensitive data of the individuals is disclosed to the public. An evident awareness about this privacy violation has been created among the people now when compared to the earlier days and they are also showing a real concern towards their privacy in the technology enabled digital world. At one end several studies have been proved that privacy is a primary concern and also suggesting not to disclose too much of individual information, but at the other end people are disclosing their personal information knowingly or unknowingly through online surveys, social networks, online shopping sites, e-commerce, government agencies etc. This information sharing is obvious and it can‟t be unavoidable. Consequently several techniques have been proposed to protect privacy of the individual disclosed information, but still there is an immense need of new privacy preserving techniques that can equally accommodate with the proportionate expansion of the digital data. Existing privacy techniques applied on the data set assuming all the records are independently sampled, where as in the real world data set the correlations among the records is obvious and needs to be studied to achieve accurate privacy protection. This paper provides an overview of the development of privacy preserving models and the further enhancements to be carried out to accommodate with the diverse privacy requirements and data utilization along with the correlation study.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2014 ALMA LONG BASELINE CAMPAIGN

A major goal of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is to make accurate images with resolutions of tens of milliarcseconds, which at submillimeter (submm) wavelengths requires baselines up to �15 km. To develop and test this capability, a Long Baseline Campaign (LBC) was carried out from September to late November 2014, culminating in end-to-end observations, calibrations, and imaging of selected Science Verification (SV) targets. This paper presents an overview o f the campaign and its main results, including an investigation of the short-term coherence properties an d systematic phase errors over the long baselines at the ALMA site, a summary of the SV targets and observations, and recommendations for science observing strategies at long baselines. Deep ALMA images of the quasar 3C138 at 97 and 241 GHz are also compared to VLA 43 GHz results, demonstrating an agreement at a level of a few percent. As a result of the extensive program of LBC testing, the highly successful SV imaging at long baselines achieved angular resolutions as fine as 19 mas at �350 GHz. Observing with ALMA on baselines of up to 15 km is now possible, and opens up new parameter space for submm astronomy.
Physical Network Coding in Two-Way Wireless Relay Channels

It has recently been recognized that the wireless networks represent a fertile ground for devising communication modes based on network coding. A particularly suitable application of the network coding arises for the two-way relay channels, where two nodes communicate with each other assisted by using a third, relay node. Such a scenario enables application of physical network coding, where the network coding is either done (a) jointly with the channel coding or (b) through physical combining of the communication flows over the multiple access channel. In this paper we first group the existing schemes for physical network coding into two generic schemes, termed 3-step and 2-step scheme, respectively. We investigate the conditions for maximization of the two-way rate for each individual scheme: (1) the decode-and-forward (DF) 3-step schemes (2) three different schemes with two steps: amplify-and-forward (AF), JDF and denoise-and-forward (DNF). While the DNF scheme has a potential to offer the best two-way rate, the most interesting result of the paper is that, for some SNR configurations of the source - relay links, JDF yields identical maximal two-way rate as the upper bound on the rate for DNF.