Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Running head: mothers’ complementary feeding decision-making Predicting mothers’ decisions to introduce complementary feeding at 6 months. An investigation using an extended theory of planned behaviour

In Australia and other developed countries there is poor adherence to guidelines recommending the introduction of complementary feeding to infants at 6 months of age. We aimed to investigate, via adopting a theory of planned behaviour framework and incorporating additional normative and demographic influences, mothers’ complementary feeding intentions and behaviour. Participants were 375 primiparas who completed an initial questionnaire (infant age 13±3weeks) that assessed the theory of planned behaviour constructs of attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control, as well as group norm and additional maternal and infant variables of mothers’ age, education level, weight status perception, current maternal feeding practices, and infant birth weight. Approximately, 3 months after completion of the main questionnaire, mothers completed a follow-up questionnaire that assessed the age in months at which the infant was first introduced to solids. The theory of planned behaviour variables of attitude and subjective norm, along with group norm, predicted intentions, with intention, mothers’ age (older more likely), and weight status perception (overweight less likely) predicting behaviour. Overall, the results highlight the importance of attitudes, normative influences, and individual characteristics in complementary feeding decision-making which should be considered when designing interventions aimed at improving adherence to current maternal feeding guidelines.
A mathematical structure relating situation knowledge to performance

ABSTRACT The linguistic conjecture that a person's knowledge regarding a situation affects some aspects of that person's performance at a task is translated into a mathematical structure. The structure contains a symbolic representation of the conjecture, along with a symbolic definition of what type of knowledge constitutes ‘situation’ knowledge. The structure is applied to a short example to demonstrate its use. The translation of the conjecture into a mathematical structure enables researchers to use a consistent, objective framework for testing hypothesised relationships between one's situation knowledge and performance, as well as enables mathematical tools to be applied to the study of this conjecture.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Enhanced Convolutional Neural Networks and Their Application to Photo Optical Character Recognition A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

OF THE DISSERTATION Enhanced Convolutional Neural Networks and Their Application to Photo Optical Character Recognition by Chen-Yu Lee Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (Signal & Image Processing) University of California, San Diego, 2016 Professor Zhuowen Tu, Chair Professor Pamela Cosman, Co-Chair This thesis presents two principled approaches to improve the performance of convolutional neural networks on visual recognition and demonstrates the effectiveness of CNNs on an optical character recognition problem. First, we propose deeply-supervised nets (DSN), a method that simultaneously minimizes classification error and improves the directness and transparency of the hidden layer learning process. We focus our attention on three aspects of traditional CNN-type architectures: (1) transparency in the effect intermediate layers have on overall classification; (2) discriminativeness and robustness
A note on equations for steady ‐ state optimal landscapes

: Based on the optimality principle (that the global energy expenditure rate is at its minimum for a given landscape under steady state conditions) and calculus of variations, we have derived new governing equations for describing steady state optimal landscapes. Other than building on the well established Manning’s equation, this work does not rely on any empirical relationships (such as those relating hydraulic parameters to local slopes). Using additional constraints, we also theoretically demonstrate that discharge is a power function of local slope, which is consistent with field data and previous studies. [ 1 ] Based on the optimality principle (that the global energy expenditure rate is at its minimum for a given landscape under steady state conditions) and calculus of variations, we have derived new governing equations for describing steady ‐ state optimal landscapes. Other than building on the well ‐ established Manning ’ s equation, this work does not rely on any empirical relationships (such as those relating hydraulic parameters to local slopes). Using additional constraints, we also theoretically demonstrate that discharge is a power function of local slope, which is consistent with field data and previous studies. ‐ on equations for steady ‐ state optimal landscapes, Geophys.
Expansion Mechanisms and Functional Annotations of Hypothetical Genes in Rice Genome

Running head: Expansion and Function of Hypothetical Genes Corresponding author: Srinivasan Ramachandran Address: Rice Functional Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, the National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604 Telephone: 65-68727480 Fax: 65-68727007 E-mail: sri@tll.org. sg Research area: Genome Analysis Plant Physiology Preview. Published on June 17, 2009, as DOI:10.1104/pp.109. 139402
Numerical Study of Heat Transfer Enhancement of Internal Flow Using Double-Sided Delta-Winglet Tape Insert

A numerical study was performed to investigate the thermal performance characteristics of an enhanced tube heat exchanger fitted with punched delta-winglet vortex generators. Computational fluid dynamics modeling was applied using the k–ε renormalized group turbulence model. Benchmarking was performed using the results of the experimental study for a similar geometry. Attack angles of 30°, 50°, and 70° were used to investigate the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of the enhanced tube. Flow conditions were considered in the turbulent region in the Reynolds number range of 9100 to 17,400. A smooth tube was employed for evaluating the increment in the Nusselt number and the friction factor characteristics of the enhanced tube. The results show that the Nusselt number, friction factor, and thermal performance factor have a similar tendency. The presence of this insert offers a higher thermal performance factor as compared to that obtained with a plain tube. Vortex development in the flow structure aids in generating a vortex flow, which increases convective heat transfer. In addition, as the angle is varied, it is observed that the largest attack angle provides the highest thermal performance factor. The greatest increase in the Nusselt number and friction factor, respectively, was found to be approximately 3.7 and 10 times greater than those of a smooth tube. Through numerical simulations with the present simulation condition, it is revealed that the thermal performance factor approaches the value of 1.1. Moreover, the numerical and experimental values agree well although they tend to be different at high Reynolds number conditions. The numerical and experimental values both show similar trends in the Nusselt number, friction factor, and thermal performance factor.
UNDERSTANDING VOCATIONAL BUSINESS STUDENTS’ SUSTAINABILITY CONSCIOUSNESS

This study aims to investigate the factors influencing vocational business students’ sustainability consciousness. We surveyed 1,007 business students in a vocational college in China. We found that although both formal class learning and informal learning outside the classroo m were positively related to students’ sustainability consciousness, formal class learning was more influential than the latter. Female vocational business students tended to have a higher level of sustainability consciousness than male students did. Second-year vocational business students tended to have a higher level of sustainability consciousness than first-year students did. Our study not only contributes to the prior literature but also provides implications for improving sustainability education in vocational colleges. Contribution/Originality: This study contributes to the existing literature by exploring factors that influence vocational business students' sustainability consciousness using a survey study.
Government Commitment and Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle

We investigate the role of government commitment to future policies in shaping unemployment insurance (UI) policy in a stochastic general equilibrium model of labor search and matching. Compared with the optimal (Ramsey) policy of a government with commitment, the policy under no commitment characterized by a Markov-perfect equilibrium has higher benefits and leads to higher unemployment rates in the steady state. We also find starkly different policy responses to a productivity shock or changes in unemployment. The differences arise because the Ramsey government can use an ex-ante committed policy to stimulate job search.
Gene Expression and Metabolism in Tomato Surface

The cuticle, covering the surface of all primary plant organs, plays important roles in plant development and protection against the biotic and abiotic environment. In contrast to vegetative organs, very little molecular information has been obtained regarding the surfaces of reproductive ones such as fleshy fruit. To broaden our knowledge related to fruit surface, comparative Transcriptome and Metabolome analyses were carried out on peel and flesh tissues during tomato fruit development. Out of 574 peel-associated transcripts, 17% were classified as putatively belonging to metabolic pathways generating cuticular components, such as wax, cutin and phenylpropanoids. Orthologues of the Arabidopsis SHINE2 and MIXTA-like regulatory factors, activating cutin and wax biosynthesis and fruit epidermal cell differentiation, respectively, were also predominantly expressed in the peel. UPLC-QTOF-MS and GC-MS/FID analyses identified 100 metabolites that are enriched in the peel tissue during development. These included flavonoids, glycoalkaloids and amyrin-type pentacyclic triterpenoids as well as polar metabolites associated with cuticle and cell wall metabolism, and protection against photo-oxidative stress. Combined results at both transcript and metabolite levels revealed that the formation of cuticular lipids precedes phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis. Expression patterns of reporter genes driven by the upstream region of the wax associated SlCER6 gene indicated progressive activity of this wax biosynthetic gene in both fruit exocarp and endocarp. Peel-associated genes identified in our study, together with comparative analysis of genes enriched in surface tissues of various other plant species, establish a springboard for future investigations of plant surface
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Research & Development, IMMUNISBIO CO. Ltd., B2, International ST. Mary’s Hospital MTP Mall, Seo-gu, Incheon, Korea Purpose: Regulatory T (Treg) cells, a type of immune cell, play a very important role in the immune response as a subpopulation of T cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of Treg cells conditioned media (CM) on cell migration. Various cytokines and growth factors of Treg cells CM can effect on re-epithelialization stage during the wound healing. Methods: Isolated CD4+CD25+ Treg cells from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) were cultured and CM obtained. HaCaT keratinocytes were treated with various concentration of Treg cells CM. Cell migration, proliferation and expression of proteins that are related to the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) process, matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) were analyzed. Results: Above 90% CD4+CD25+ Treg cells were obtained from CD8+ depleted PBMCs and the CM have various cytokines and growth factors.One percent and 5% concentration of Treg cells CM increased HaCaT keratinocytes migration. The Treg cells CM stimulated EMT, which led to the down-regulation of E-cadherin in the HaCaT keratinocytes at the wound edge. The Treg cells CM increased MMP-1, which is involved in tissue remodeling. Conclusion: Our results suggest that Treg cells CM which has various cytokines and growth factors promote wound healing by stimulating HaCaT keratinocytes migration.
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1Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, People’s Republic of China; 2Center of Clinical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, People’s Republic of China; 4Jiangsu Center for the Collaboration and Innovation of Cancer Biotherapy, Xuzhou 221000, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Pathology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, People’s Republic of China
MATRICES IN THE DETERMINANT HOSOYA TRIANGLE

The determinant Hosoya triangle is a triangle with determinants of two-by-two Fibonacci matrices as its entries. In this paper we give a combinatorial interpretation of this triangle and explore properties of square matrices embedded in the triangle (in particular, symmetric and persymmetric). Speciﬁcally, we explore the eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and characteristic polynomials of these matrices and provide closed formulas for the same in terms of Fibonacci and Lucas numbers.
Single inductor dual buck‐boost inverter based on half‐cycle PWM scheme with active clamping devices

This paper presents a single-phase differential-type photovoltaic inverter named single inductor dual buck-boost inverter (SIDBBI) based on improved half-cycle PWM (HPWM). Conventional DBBI (CDBBI) is a good option for photovoltaic application due to step-up/down ability for varying inputs. However, inherent high inductor current and corresponding increments of inductor size and device ratings have made it less attractive than other topologies. This paper proposes an HPWM scheme with active clamping switches to reduce inductor voltage swing, highly induced current and component stresses by eliminating output voltages offsets. Under the proposed modulation, component voltage stresses in CDBBI can be reduced by zero offset, and there arises a chance to integrate half-utilized inductors, main switches and complementary diodes of two modules into one set, which is the proposed SIDBBI topology. 500 W prototypes of the conventional/proposed inverters have been built for verifications and comparison. Detailed analysis and experimental results under the proposed HPWM show that the size of SIDBBI can be reduced by 40.4% than CDBBI, maintaining comparable efficiency over 96% and wide input coverage by step-up/down ability. Comparative results address that SIDBBI is competitive in terms of component counts, stresses and losses, compared with various kinds of buck-boost inverter topologies.
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Jinchun Cong* Jian Gong* Chuanjia Yang Zhixiu Xia Hong Zhang 1Department of Colorectal Tumor Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
Full-Scale Measurements of Wind-Pressure Coefficients in Twin Medium-Rise Buildings

Wind pressure coefficients (Cp) are important values for building engineering applications, such as calculation of wind loads or wind-induced air infiltration and especially for tall buildings that are more susceptible to wind forces. Wind pressure coefficients are influenced by a plethora of parameters, such as building geometry, position on the façade, exposure or sheltering degree, and wind direction. On-site measurements have been performed on a twin medium-rise building complex. Differential pressure measurements have been employed in order to determine the wind pressure coefficients at various positions along the windward façades of the twin buildings. The measurements show that one building provides substantial wind shelter to its twin and the microclimatic effect is captured by the measured wind pressure coefficients. They also showed that the wind pressure coefficients vary significantly spatially along the windward façades of the medium-rise buildings. Furthermore, the pressure measurements showed that the wind pressure coefficients fluctuate significantly during the measuring period. The use of the fluctuating Cp values by means of probability distribution function (pdf) for the calculation of air infiltration has been evaluated. The results indicate that the air flows deriving using fluctuating Cp values are more accurate than the ones calculated by the conventional method of using mean Cp values.
Can E-government Maturity Increase B2C E-Business Use? The roles of corruption and virtual social networks diffusion

The world we live in is getting digitized rapidly, with governments rely - ing on e-government and businesses depending on e-business to meet their objec - tives. However, the research exploring the link between e-government and e-business is still at a nascent stage. Acknowledging the need for inquiry in this area, we explore the relationships between e-government maturity, corruption, VSN diffusion, and B2C e-business use using publicly available archival data by drawing on the value frame - work for assessing e-government impact and Blumer’s theory of collective behavior. Our analyses substantiate (1) the direct association between e-government and B2C e-business use, (2) the indirect association between e-government maturity and B2C e-business use through corruption, and (3) the moderation effect of VSN diffusion on this relationship. Implications of our findings to research and practice are discussed.
Heating and cooling system development and integration

This report provides description of the modelling work conducted on the pilot sites of Perugia and Sant Cugat. The pilot sites, the studied heating and cooling systems and the used modelling software are described. Suggested low temperature heating and high temperature cooling system designs are simulated and in the case of Sant Cugat, the results are compared with the current situation and a comparable alternative. The results are presented and discussed. In the pilot site Perugia, the model was created to be used as a design tool by other partners in the project. In the pilot site Sant Cugat, the simulations show that for the primary school a low temperature heating system coupled with mechanical ventilation would improve indoor air quality with heating demand similar to the current system. For the sports pavilion a clear preference could not be established. The results also show that a high temperature cooling system would be a viable alternative for the administrative building and drastically reduce thermal discomfort. Finally, it was found that a comparative state-of-the-art all-air system that would achieve similar comfort would result in higher heating and cooling demand in all cases. The future works in this task will include work on the Aran Islands pilot.
Approximation Classes for Adaptive Methods

Adaptive Finite Element Methods (AFEM) are numerical proce- dures that approximate the solution to a partial differential equation (PDE) by piecewise polynomials on adaptively generated triangulations. Only re- cently has any analysis of the convergence of these methods (10, 13) or their rates of convergence (2) become available. In the latter paper it is shown that a certain AFEM for solving Laplace's equation on a polygonal domain ⊂ R 2 based on newest vertex bisection has an optimal rate of convergence in the following sense. If, for some s > 0 and for each n = 1,2, . , the solu- tion u can be approximated in the energy norm to order O(n s ) by piecewise linear functions on a partition P obtained from n newest vertex bisections, then the adaptively generated solution will also use O(n) subdivisions (and floating point computations) and have the same rate of convergence. The question arises whether the class of functions A s with this approximation rate can be described by classical measures of smoothness. The purpose of the present paper is to describe such approximation classes A s by Besov smoothness.
Novel Phenotypes of ATHK1 Mutants Highlight the Connection between Desiccating Seeds and Osmotically Stressed Seedlings

In this report, we have examined the question of whether ATHK1 has the ability to function as an osmosensor in planta by studying the effects of gene ablation and overexpression on osmotic sensitivity. The results indicate that eliminating the ATHK1 gene results in plant tissue that is defective in the ability to withstand water stress both in vegetative and seed tissues and that constitutive activation of the ATHK1 gene results in plant tissue more resistant to water stress. In addition, phenotypic data suggests that the ATHK1-mediated response to osmotic stress is ABA dependent and functions by positively regulating genes involved in ABA biosynthesis to increase ABA hormone levels. However, these data do not rule out the possibility that the ATHK1 response to osmotic stress is also ABA independent. Indeed, to further characterize the regulatory role of ATHK1 during osmotic stress, we performed whole-genome transcriptional studies and found that genes responsive to ATHK1 during osmotic stress are both ABA dependent and ABA independent. Analysis indicated that many known stress-responsive and ABAdependent and ABA-independent genes are downregulated in athk1 knockout plants and are upregulated in 35S:ATHK1 plants. Furthermore, statistical enrichment of promoter sequences for known ABAand stress-responsive transcription factors suggest that ATHK1 functions upstream of these transcription factors to regulate water stress resistance. The increase in expression levels of the Pro synthesis gene P5CS1 and the sucrose synthesis gene SUS1 suggest that the response of ATHK1 helps to regulate osmolyte synthesis as a protective mechanism during water stress. It remains to be determined whether changes in the Figure 4. The AtMegaCluster Displays Hierarchical Clustering of 444 Experiments and 22,810 Genes in Arabidopsis.
Compressive Sensing encryption modes and their security

Compressed Sensing may offer confidentiality with a good level of security that comes at limited extra costs. By this means, encryption can be added right into the sampling process. Previous proposals of Compressive Sensing encryption schemes are based on the randomness introduced by the sensing matrix. Once the matrix is fixed, the encryption becomes deterministic and therefore it can hardly be secure when encrypting more than a single signal. The work presented in this paper is built on the theoretical results on the secrecy of one-time Compressive Sensing encryption, and it proposes practical realizations, which extend this kind of encryption so that multiple signals may be encrypted under a single key. The confidentiality of the signal is thereby solely given by the inherent secrecy of the compressed measurements. In contrast to recent suggestions, the modes of operation defined in this paper are able to encrypt signals with different energy without exposing the signals energy to an eavesdropper. A general design for Compressive Sensing encryption modes is presented along with two realizations: one designed for parallel processing and another one that is self-synchronizing. The secrecy of the proposed modes is reduced to the secrecy of known and trusted cryptographic primitives. Compressive Sensing encryption modes are useful in a wide range of practical applications by providing a joint end-to-end encryption and compression that starts at the sensor level.