Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Injuries in Women Associated With a Periodized Strength Training and Running Program

Forty-five women participated in a 24-week physical training program designed to improve lifting, load carriage, and running performance. Activities included weightlifting, running, backpacking, lift and carry drills, and sprint running. Physicians documented by passive surveillance all training-related injuries. Thirty-two women successfully completed the training program. Twenty-two women (48.9%) suffered at least 1 injury during training, but only 2 women had to drop out of the study because of injuries. The rate of injury associated with lost training time was 2.8 injuries per 1,000 training hours of exposure. Total clinic visits and days lost from training were 89 and 69, respectively. Most injuries were the overuse type involving the lower back, knees, and feet. Weightlifting accounted for a majority of the lost training days. A combined strength training and running program resulted in significant performance gains in women. Only 2 out of 45 participants left the training program because of injuries.
Towards Dynamic Tracking of Multi-Agents Teams : An Initial Report

This paper takes first steps to address the challenge of plan recognition for dynamic multi-agents teams, in the context of suspicious behavior recognition. Plan recognition is the process of inferring other agents’ plans and goals based on their observable actions. Team plan recognition poses the challenge of such inference, of a team’s joint goals and plans. Most previous work have focused on recognizing specific (and limited) coordinated behaviors and do not deal with the problem of identifying interactions between groups of agents, and with identifying suspicious behavior from this information. In contrast, this paper utilizes the information from group of agents, to identify the interactions between groups of agents, using a Dynamic Hierarchical Group Model (DHGM) that tracks the dynamic grouping and ungrouping of agents. We show how such information can be used to identify potential suspicious behavior. These suspicious behaviors can be captured only when tracking individuals with respect to the group and not as individuals. For example, identifying passenger in the airport that behaves differently from other passengers in the same group. While reasoning about individual agents in a multi-agents framework is expensive, we reduce this complexity by utilizing the DHGM that encapsulate shared data of agents in the same group.
Oersetter: Frisian-Dutch statistical machine translation

In this paper we present a statistical machine translation (SMT) system for Frisian to Dutch and Dutch to Frisian. A parallel training corpus has been established, which has subsequently been used to automatically learn a phrase-based SMT model. The translation system is built around the open-source SMT software Moses. The resulting system, named Oersetter, is released as a website for human end users, as well as a web service for software to interact with. We here discuss the workings, setup and performance of our system, which to our knowledge is the very first Frisian-Dutch SMT system.
Localization Algorithm with On-line Path Loss Estimation and Node Selection

RSS-based localization is considered a low-complexity algorithm with respect to other range techniques such as TOA or AOA. The accuracy of RSS methods depends on the suitability of the propagation models used for the actual propagation conditions. In indoor environments, in particular, it is very difficult to obtain a good propagation model. For that reason, we present a cooperative localization algorithm that dynamically estimates the path loss exponent by using RSS measurements. Since the energy consumption is a key point in sensor networks, we propose a node selection mechanism to limit the number of neighbours of a given node that are used for positioning purposes. Moreover, the selection mechanism is also useful to discard bad links that could negatively affect the performance accuracy. As a result, we derive a practical solution tailored to the strict requirements of sensor networks in terms of complexity, size and cost. We present results based on both computer simulations and real experiments with the Crossbow MICA2 motes showing that the proposed scheme offers a good trade-off in terms of position accuracy and energy efficiency.
Implementation of a generalized heterogeneous image reconstruction system for clinical magnetic resonance

This paper describes the development of a novel online, heterogeneous image reconstruction system for magnetic resonance data. The system integrates an external computer equipped with a graphic processing unit card into the magnetic resonance scanner's image reconstruction pipeline. The system promotes fast online reconstruction for computationally intensive algorithms making them feasible in a busy clinical service. Analysis and improvement of execution time of the complex, iterative reconstruction algorithm is presented. Specifically, optimizations were examined that allowed fast reconstruction of data that were acquired in an arbitrary manner. The system was successfully used in research and clinical studies requiring high data throughput. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Review of "Building operational excellence: IT people and best practices by Bruce Allen and Dale Kutnic." Intel Press and Addison-Wesley 2001 and 2002

Many software systems built in recent years have been developed using the UML and, in some cases, they already need adaptive maintenance in order to satisfy market and customer needs. Thus a strong emphasis on analysis metrics for software development is necessary. Analysis metrics play an important role in helping developers understand software and, hence, improve software quality and developer productivity. In this paper, we provide empirical evidence for supporting the role of the structure complexity metrics for UML class diagrams , specifically Zhou’s metric. Our results, based on data related with bank information system, indicate that the metric is basically consistent with human beings’ intuitions.
Membrane-bound and fluid-phase macromolecules enter separate prelysosomal compartments in absorptive cells of suckling rat ileum

The absorptive cell of the suckling rat ileum is specialized for the uptake and digestion of milk macromolecules from the intestinal lumen. The apical cytoplasm contains an extensive tubulocisternal system, a variety of vesicles and multivesicular bodies (MVB), and a giant phagolysosomal vacuole where digestion is completed. To determine if sorting of membrane-bound and fluid-phase macromolecules occurs in this elaborate endocytic system, we infused adsorptive and soluble tracers into ligated intestinal loops in vivo and examined their fates. Lysosomal compartments were identified by acid phosphatase histochemistry. Native ferritin and two ferritin-lectin conjugates that do not bind to ileal membranes (Con A, UEAI) served as soluble tracers. Horseradish peroxidase binds to ileal membranes and thus was not useful as a fluid-phase tracer in this system. Cationized ferritin and a lectin that binds to terminal B-D-galactosyl sites on ileal membranes (Ricinus communis agglutinin [RCAI]-ferritin) were used as tracer ligands. All tracers entered the wide apical invaginations of the luminal cell surface and were transported intracellularly. Membrane- bound tracers were found in coated pits and vesicles, and throughout the tubulocisternal system (where cationized ferritin is released from the membrane) and later, in large clear vesicles and MVB. In contrast, fluid-phase tracers appeared within 5 min in vesicles of various sizes and were not transported through the tubulocisternae, rather, they were concentrated in a separate population of vesicles of increasing size that contained amorphous dense material. Large clear vesicles, large dense vesicles, and MVB eventually fused with the giant supranuclear vacuole. Acid phosphatase activity was present in MVB and in the giant vacuole but was not present in most large vesicles or in the tubulocisternae. These results demonstrate that membrane-bound and soluble protein are transported to a common lysosomal destination via separate intracellular routes involving several distinct prelysosomal compartments.
Approximate ML Serial Detector Based on Tomlinson-Harashima Pre-Equalization

In this paper, we propose a novel and simple approximate maximum likelihood detector (A-ML-D) for single input and single output (SISO) systems over frequency-selective fading channels based on Tomlinson-Harashima pre-equalizer. By assuming full channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter side, the pre-equalizer can remove some inter-symbol interference (ISI) at the transmitter. At the receiver, we implement a Gaussian approximation, a pre-whitening filter and a matched filter to realize a set of parallel SISO schemes, and thus, facilitate single symbol detection. The proposed scheme can obtain full multi-path diversity and achieve near-optimal performance with a complexity lower than linear MMSE and MMSE-DFE. Analytical symbol error rate (SER) is derived to further justify the proposed detector.
Doing don'ts: Modifying BGP attributes within an autonomous system

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) run the internal flavor of the Border Gateway Protocol (iBGP) for distributing routing information among border routers. While configuration languages allow routers to change iBGP attributes as a BGP message travels within the ISP's network, most prior work neglected this possibility, focusing only on the common case where iBGP attributes are left untouched.
An Inactive Geminin Mutant That Binds Cdt1

The initiation of DNA replication is tightly regulated in order to ensure that the genome duplicates only once per cell cycle. In vertebrate cells, the unstable regulatory protein Geminin prevents a second round of DNA replication by inhibiting the essential replication factor Cdt1. Cdt1 recruits mini-chromosome maintenance complex (MCM2-7), the replication helicase, into the pre-replication complex (pre-RC) at origins of DNA replication. The mechanism by which Geminin inhibits MCM2-7 loading by Cdt1 is incompletely understood. The conventional model is that Geminin sterically hinders a direct physical interaction between Cdt1 and MCM2-7. Here, we describe an inactive missense mutant of Geminin, GemininAWA, which binds to Cdt1 with normal affinity yet is completely inactive as a replication inhibitor even when added in vast excess. In fact, GemininAWA can compete with GemininWT for binding to Cdt1 and prevent it from inhibiting DNA replication. GemininAWA does not inhibit the loading of MCM2-7 onto DNA in vivo, and in the presence of GemininAWA, nuclear DNA is massively over-replicated within a single S phase. We conclude that Geminin does not inhibit MCM loading by simple steric interference with a Cdt1-MCM2-7 interaction but instead works by a non-steric mechanism, possibly by inhibiting the histone acetyltransferase HBO1.
Bumblebee calligraphy: the design and control of flight motifs in the learning and return flights of Bombus terrestris

SUMMARY Many wasps and bees learn the position of their nest relative to nearby visual features during elaborate ‘learning’ flights that they perform on leaving the nest. Return flights to the nest are thought to be patterned so that insects can reach their nest by matching their current view to views of their surroundings stored during learning flights. To understand how ground-nesting bumblebees might implement such a matching process, we have video-recorded the bees' learning and return flights and analysed the similarities and differences between the principal motifs of their flights. Loops that take bees away from and bring them back towards the nest are common during learning flights and less so in return flights. Zigzags are more prominent on return flights. Both motifs tend to be nest based. Bees often both fly towards and face the nest in the middle of loops and at the turns of zigzags. Before and after flight direction and body orientation are aligned, the two diverge from each other so that the nest is held within the bees' fronto-lateral visual field while flight direction relative to the nest can fluctuate more widely. These and other parallels between loops and zigzags suggest that they are stable variations of an underlying pattern, which enable bees to store and reacquire similar nest-focused views during learning and return flights.
Hirnantian (Ordovician) through Wenlock (Silurian) conodont biostratigraphy, bioevents, and integration with graptolite biozones, Cape Phillips Formation slope facies, Cornwallis Island, Canadian Arctic Islands

Cornwallis Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago provides one of the world’s best areas for establishing an integrated graptolite–conodont biozonation for the Late Ordovician – Silurian given the well-exposed interfingering relationship of the basinal shale and carbonate platform facies. Building on earlier graptolite work, 180 samples were collected from nine sections of the Cape Phillips Formation, of which 118 yielded approximately 7600 conodont elements representing 54 species in 25 genera, including one new genus and species, Mayrodus melchini ; the conodonts are well preserved, with minimal thermal alteration (colour alteration index, CAI 1). Nine conodont zones are recognized and defined for this region, namely the Amorphognathus ordovicicus , Distomodus kentuckyensis , Aspelundia expansa , As. fluegeli , and Pterospathodus celloni Interval zones, Pt. a. amorphognathoides Taxon-range Zone, Pt. pennatus procerus and Kockelella ranuliformis Highest-occurrence zones, and K. ortus absidata Taxon-range Zone. An integration of graptolite and conodont zones is documented. Earlier paleontological and isotope geochemical studies have demonstrated the dynamic nature of the Silurian ocean–climate system and identified major faunal turnovers or events. Five of these are recognized in the Cornwallis fauna and related to oceanographic and climate changes, in part referring to recent oxygen isotope data from conodonts from the Cornwallis collections: Hirnantian extinction event, Sandvika Event (late Aeronian, Llandovery), Snipklint Primo Episode (early Telychian, Llandovery), Ireviken Event (late Telychian, Llandovery–Sheinwoodian, Wenlock), and Mulde Event (early Homerian, Wenlock).
Prevalence of Cardiovascular and Renal Complications in Older Adults With Normal or Impaired Glucose Tolerance or NIDDM: A population-based study

Objective— To determine the prevalence of CVD and renal disease by glucose tolerance status in a population-based study. Research Design and Methods— The study consisted of 991 men and 1243 women, aged 50-89 yr, living in the upper-middle class community of Rancho Bernardo, CA. All participants received a standard OGTT between 1984 and 1987. Results— A total of 159 men and 158 women had NIDDM, whereas 237 men and 348 women had IGT. Age-adjusted prevalence of complications generally was highest in those who were previously diagnosed with NIDDM. A significant correlation was observed between increases in the prevalence of complications and increases in glucose intolerance for microproteinuria, macroproteinuria, and myocardial infarction (borderline), as well as for stroke and claudication in men and myocardial infarction and stroke in women. In men with IGT or NIDDM, the age-adjusted prevalence of proteinuria and CVD was highest when other complications were present whereas in women such a prevalence was highest when other complications were absent. In men with diabetes, microproteinuria was associated with duration of disease. Conclusions— Prevalent CVD and renal disease were increased in adults with NIDDM and elevated in adults with IGT compared to those with normal glucose tolerance. The prevalence of complications in NIDDM subjects in this population-based study was substantially lower than that reported for clinic-based diabetic populations.
Effects of induced electric fields on finite neuronal structures: a simulation study

An analysis is presented of magnetic stimulation of finite length neuronal structures using computer simulations. Models of finite neuronal structures in the presence of extrinsically applied electric fields indicate that excitation can be characterized by two driving functions: one due to field gradients and the other due to fields at the boundaries of neuronal structures. It is found that boundary field driving functions play an important role in governing excitation characteristics during magnetic stimulation. Simulations indicate that axons whose lengths are short compared to the spatial extent of the induced field are easier to excite than longer axons of the same diameter. Simulations also indicate that independent cellular dendritic processes are probably not excited during magnetic stimulation. Analysis of the temporal distribution of induced fields indicates that the temporal shape of the stimulus waveform modulates excitation thresholds and propagation of action potentials. <<ETX>>
Constraint Bubbles: Adding Efficient Zero-Density Bubbles to Incompressible Free Surface Flow

Liquid simulations for computer animation often avoid simulating the air phase to reduce computational costs and ensure good conditioning of the linear systems required to enforce incompressibility. However, this free surface assumption leads to an inability to realistically treat bubbles: submerged gaps in the liquid are interpreted as empty voids that immediately collapse. To address this shortcoming, we present an efficient, practical, and conceptually simple approach to augment free surface flows with negligible density bubbles. Our method adds a new constraint to each disconnected air region that guarantees zero net flux across its entire surface, and requires neither simulating both phases nor reformulating into stream function variables. Implementation of the method requires only minor modifications to the pressure solve of a standard grid-based fluid solver, and yields linear systems that remain sparse and symmetric positive definite. In our evaluations, solving the modified pressure projection system took no more than 10% longer than the corresponding free surface solve. We demonstrate the method's effectiveness and flexibility by incorporating it into commercial fluid animation software and using it to generate a variety of dynamic bubble scenarios showcasing glugging effects, viscous and inviscid bubbles, interactions with irregularly-shaped and moving solid boundaries, and surface tension effects.
Comparison of feeding suppression by the anorexigenic hormones neuromedin U and neuromedin S in rats.

We compared the central mechanisms of feeding suppression by the anorexigenic hormones neuromedin U (NMU) and neuromedin S (NMS) in rats. I.c. v. injection of either NMU or NMS dose dependently decreased 3-h food intake during the first quarter of a dark period. Pretreatment involving i.c. v. injection of a specific anti-NMS IgG blocked the suppression of food intake induced by i.c. v. - and i.p.-injected leptin, but anti-NMU IgG elicited no blockade. Quantitative PCR analysis revealed that i.c. v. injection of NMU or NMS caused a dose-dependent increase in CRH and proopiomelanocortin mRNA expression in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and arcuate nucleus (Arc) respectively. In tissue cultures of the Arc, secretion of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone was stimulated by NMU and NMS, with more potent stimulation by NMS. The time-course curves of the increase in neuronal firing rate in Arc slices in response to NMU and NMS showed almost the same pattern, with a peak 10-15 min after treatment, whereas the time-course curves for the PVN slices differed between NMU and NMS. These results suggest that NMS and NMU may share anorexigenic effects, depending on physiological conditions.
A Framework for Building an Electronic Currency System

We describe the framework for building an electronic currency system. We detail the design of the components of the electronic currency system and the relationship among them. Contrary to the previous electronic currency literature, which focus exclusively on electronic currency protocol designs, we address how to achieve both transaction atomicity and transaction anonymity at the presence of the hostile failures, which are common in an electronic currency system if the customers or the merchants are dishonest or malicious. We also propose a recovery method called redo_transaction to recover from hostile failures so that the aborted electronic currency transactions caused by the hostile failures can be forced to commit eventually. The structure of the electronic currency system is protocol-independent in the sense that those Chaum-like off-line electronic currency protocol could be incorporated into our framework.
The Interplay of Randomization and Learning on Real-World Instances of Satis ability Extended

Recent work on the Satis ability Problem (SAT) has provided strong empirical and theoretical evidence of the advantages of applying randomization and restarts in solving satis able problem instances. This paper addresses the interaction between randomization, with restart strategies, and learning, an often crucial technique for proving unsatis ability. We use instances of SAT from the hardware veri cation domain to provide evidence that randomization can indeed be essential in solving real-world satis able instances of SAT. More interestingly, our results indicate that randomized restarts and learning may cooperate in proving both satis ability and unsatis ability. Finally, we utilize and expand the idea of algorithm portfolio design to propose an alternative approach for solving hard unsatis able instances of SAT.
Statistical analysis of the costs of separating the produced formation water from a sandstone reservoir of Sava Depression

Slojna voda se pridobiva tijekom radnog vijeka ležista ugljikovodika zajedno s naftom i/ili plinom, uglavnom predstavljajuci dominantan fluid iscrpka. Određuje mnoga geoloska i naftno-inženjerska svojstva u tom prostoru. U radu je obrađeno polje nazvano A u poodmakloj fazi eksploatacije, a nalazi se u zapadnom dijelu Savske depresije. Troskovi odvajanja, uz utiskivanje slojne vode, predstavljaju kod naftno-plinskih polja u poodmaklom razdoblju pridobivanja znacajnu komponentu ukupnih troskova. To u određenom trenutku može biti presudno za izracun tocke pokrica i za poslovnu odluku o nastavku eksploatacije ugljikovodika na takvim poljima. U radu su statisticki obrađeni podatci prikupljeni u razdoblju od 2009. do 2015. godine za naftno-plinsko polje A. Prikupljeni podatci su statisticki obrađeni te je napravljena analiza osjetljivosti troskova koji u ukupnome trosku imaju najveci udio. Rezultat proracuna ukazuje kako je takva analiza i statisticka obrada troskova odvajanja slojne vode uvod u racionalizaciju i optimizaciju utisno-vodnog sustava.
Inferring Network-Wide Quality in P2P Live Streaming Systems

This paper explores how to remotely monitor network-wide quality in mesh-pull P2P live streaming systems. Peers in such systems advertise to each other buffer maps which summarize the chunks of the video stream that they currently have cached and make available for sharing. We demonstrate how buffer maps can be exploited to monitor network-wide quality. We show that the information provided in a peer's advertised buffer map correlates with that peer's viewing-continuity and startup latency. Given this correlation, we remotely harvest buffer maps from many peers and then process these buffer maps to estimate the video playback quality. We apply this methodology to a popular P2P live streaming system, namely, PPLive. To harvest buffer maps, we build a buffer-map crawler and also deploy passive sniffing nodes. We process the harvested buffer maps and present results for network-wide playback continuity, startup latency, playback lags among peers, and chunk propagation patterns. The results show that this methodology can provide reasonably accurate estimates of ongoing video playback quality throughout the network.