Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Takagi Stock Price Forecast by Using Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System

design a model to investigate the current trend of stock price of the "IRAN KHODRO corporation" at Tehran Stock Exchange by utilizing an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference system. For the Long-term Period, a Neuro-Fuzzy with two Triangular membership functions and four independent Variables including trade volume, Dividend Per Share (DPS), Price to Earning Ratio (P/E), and also closing Price and Stock Price fluctuation as an dependent variable are selected as an optimal model. For the short-term Period, a neureo – fuzzy model with two triangular membership functions for the first quarter of a year, two trapezoidal membership functions for the Second quarter of a year, two Gaussian combination membership functions for the third quarter of a year and two trapezoidal membership functions for the fourth quarter of a year were selected as an optimal model for the stock price forecasting. In addition, three independent variables including trade volume, price to earning ratio, closing Stock Price and a dependent variable of stock price fluctuation were selected as an optimal model. The findings of the research demonstrate that the trend of stock price could be forecasted with the lower level of error.
Multimodality acquisition of articulatory data and processing

In this paper1, a framework to acquire and process dynamic data of the tongue during speech processing is presented. First, a setup to acquire data of the tongue shape combining ultrasound images, electromagnetic localization sensors and sound is presented. Techniques to automatically calibrate and synchronize the data are described. A method to extract the tongue shape is then proposed, by combining a preprocessing of the ultrasound images with an image-based tracking method that integrates adapted constraints.
Le rôle des formes périglaciaires dans l’hydrologie et l’évolution des pentes d’un désert polaire dans le Haut-Arctique canadien

Geomorphology exerts a fundamental control on ecosystems. In the case of periglacial landscapes, the mechanisms by which they evolve are not clearly defined, as research on the subject has often been excessively focused on the expressions of freeze-thaw processes as climatic control over landform development. It is however essential to identify and clarify what are the fundamental dynamics of sediment transport in periglacial regions to understand the evolution and the functions of these landscapes. At the scale of a unit slope, the mechanisms originating from cryo-conditioning are the main drivers of evolution. These include the effects of freeze-thaw processes on surface deposits and the production of large, periodic water supplies by snow redistribution and snowmelt. This thesis investigates the role played by periglacial landforms in the establishment of drainage pathways on a High Arctic polar desert landscape. It aims at establishing links between the azonal processes of runoff generation and sediment transport, and the climate-dependant processes of sorting and mass movement associated with the formation of patterned ground. It achieves this objective by focussing on surface deposit morphology (ch. 2), on the hydrological functions those patterned ground possess (ch. 3), on sediment transport on the slope (ch. 4) and on the impacts of those flowpaths on limnological conditions in a downstream headwater lake (ch. 5). The organisation of the drainage pathways is dependant upon the combination of sorting processes with erosion from snowmelt of large snowdrifts. The coarse nature of the reworked glacial drift and gelifracted slope deposits allowed water to move through the large voids between the particles, creating underground flow pathways of a relatively high hydraulic conductivity.
Bis[bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)copper(I)] μ6-oxido-dodecakis-μ2-oxido-hexaoxidohexatungsten(VI)

The title compound, [Cu(C12H8N2)2]2[W6O19], consists of two [Cu(phen)2]+ cations (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) and one typical [W6O19]2− isopolyanion. The CuI atom is coordinated by four N atoms from two bidentate chelating phen ligands in a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The hexatungstate anion, lying on an inversion center and possessing the well known Lindqvist structure, is formed by six edge-sharing WO6 octahedra, thus exhibiting an approximate Oh symmetry. Three kinds of O atoms exist in the hexatungstate, viz. terminal Oa, bridging Ob and central Oc atoms. Besides the electrostatic effects between the anions and cations, weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds exist between the phen ligands and Oa or Ob atoms. The mean interplanar distances of 3.485 (1) and 3.344 (1) Å indicate π–π stacking interactions between neighboring phen ligands. These weak hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking interactions lead to a two-dimensional network.
Standardized uptake valuemax of the primary lesion combined with tumor markers for clinically predicting distant metastasis in de novo lung adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background To examine standardized uptake valuemax of the primary lesion (pSUVmax) and tumor markers (TMs) for clinically predicting distant metastasis in novo lung adenocarcinoma. Methods The current retrospective observational study examined individuals diagnosed with de novo lung adenocarcinoma at Shanxi Cancer Hospital between February 2015 and December 2019. Results Totally, 532 de novo lung adenocarcinoma cases were included. They were aged 60.8 ± 9.7 years and comprised 224 women and 268 patients with distant metastasis. The areas under the curves (AUCs) of pSUVmax, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin‐19 fragment (CYFRA21‐1), carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), and Grade of TMs for predicting distant metastasis were 0.742, 0.601, 0.671, 0.700, 0.736, and 0.745, respectively. The combination of pSUVmax, LDH, CEA, CYFRA21‐1, CA125, and grade of TMs in predicting distant metastasis had an AUC value of 0.816 (95%CI: 0.781–0.851), with sensitivity of 89.2%, specificity of 58.7%, positive predictive value of 73.7%, and negative predictive value of 79.7%, respectively. Conclusions pSUVmax combined with serum levels of LDH, CEA, CYFRA21‐1, CA125, and the grade of TMs may have good performance in predicting distant metastasis of de novo lung adenocarcinoma.
Accelerated appearance-only SLAM

This paper describes a probabilistic bail-out condition for multihypothesis testing based on Bennett's inequality. We investigate the use of the test for increasing the speed of an appearance-only SLAM system where locations are recognised on the basis of their sensory appearance. The bail-out condition yields speed increases between 25x-50x on real data, with only slight degradation in accuracy. We demonstrate the system performing real-time loop closure detection on a mobile robot over multiple-kilometre paths in initially unknown outdoor environments.
The Generalized Relative Pairs IBD Distribution: Its Use in the Detection of Linkage

I introduce a novel approach to derive the distribution of disease affectional status given alleles identical by descent (IBD) sharing through ITO method. My approach tremendously simplifies the calculation of the affectional status distribution compared to the conventional method, which requires the parental mating information, and could be applied to disease with both dichotomous trait and quantitative trait locus (QTL). This distribution is shown to be independent of relative relationship and be employed to develop the marker IBD distributions for relative relationship. In addition, three linkage tests: the proportion, the mean test, and the LOD score test are proposed for different relative pairs based on their marker IBD distributions. Among all three tests, the mean test for sib pair requires the least sample size, thus, has the highest power. Finally, I evaluate the significance of different relative relationships by a Monte-Carlo simulation approach.
SEL1L and HRD1 are involved in the degradation of unassembled secretory Ig‐µ chains

When expressed in the absence of light chains, secretory Ig‐µ chains (µs) undergo endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD). This process involves the recognition of terminally misfolded or unassembled molecules, their retro‐translocation across the ER membrane and ubiquitination for degradation by cytosolic proteasomes. The molecular components of the ERAD pathway and their coordination remain largely unknown. Here we employed co‐immunoprecipitation, silencing or over‐expression assays to show that SEL1L and HRD1 are involved in the degradation of unassembled Ig‐µs, but have minor effects on another substrate, TCR‐α. SEL1L and HRD1 localize in the early secretory apparatus and are induced by ER stress and during B cell differentiation, concomitantly with the onset of massive IgM secretion. These findings reveal a role for SEL1L and HRD1 in IgM quality control. J. Cell. Physiol. 215: 794–802, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Detection of genomic aberrations in molecularly defined Burkitt’s lymphoma by array-based, high resolution, single nucleotide polymorphism analysis

Background Knowledge about the genetic lesions that occur in Burkitt’s lymphoma, besides the pathognomonic IG-MYC translocations, is limited. Design and Methods Thirty-nine molecularly-defined Burkitt’s lymphomas were analyzed with high-resolution single-nucleotide polymorphism chips for genomic imbalances and uniparental disomy. Imbalances were correlated to expression profiles and selected micro-RNA analysis. Translocations affecting the MYC locus were studied by fluoresence in situ hybridization. Results We detected 528 copy number changes, defining 29 recurrently imbalanced regions. Five hundred and eighteen regions of uniparental disomy were found, but these were rarely recurrent. Combined imbalance mapping and expression profiling revealed a strong correlation between copy number and expression. Several recurrent imbalances affected the MYC pathway: the micro-RNA-supercluster 17-92 was frequently gained and the transcription factor E2F2 was recurrently deleted. Molecular Burkitt’s lymphoma lacking MYC translocations showed MYC gains. Amplifications of the polymerase iota gene were associated with increased frequency of positions scored as aberrant. Conclusions The present findings suggest that uniparental disomies do not play a major role in the pathogenesis of Burkitt’s lymphoma, whereas some genes may contribute to the development of this lymphoma through gene dosage effects. Amplifications of the polymerase iota gene may be functionally linked with increased genomic alterations in Burkitt’s lymphoma. The pattern and rarity of chromosomal changes detectable, even at the high resolution employed here, together with aberrations of genes regulating MYC activity, support the hypothesis that deregulation of the MYC pathway is the major force driving the pathogenesis of Burkitt’s lymphoma, but show that this deregulation is more complex than previously known.
What happens to computer science research after it is published? Tracking CS research lines

Are computer science papers extended after they are published? We have surveyed 200 computer science publications, 100 journal articles, and 100 conference papers, using self‐citations to identify potential and actual continuations. We are interested in determining the proportion of papers that do indeed continue, how and when the continuation takes place, and whether any distinctions are found between the journal and conference populations. Despite the implicit assumption of a research line behind each paper, manifest in the ubiquitous “future research” notes that close many of them, we find that more than 70% of the papers are never continued.
Real-time scheduling in a generic fault-tolerant architecture

Previous ultra-dependable real-time computing architectures have been specialised to meet the requirements of a particular application domain. Over the last two years, a consortium of European companies and academic institutions has been investigating the design and development of a Generic Upgradable Architecture for Real-time Dependable Systems (GUARDS). The architecture aims to be tolerant of permanent and temporary, internal and external, physical faults and should provide confinement or tolerance of software design faults. GUARDS critical applications are intended to be replicated across the channels which provide the primary hardware fault containment regions. In this paper, we present our approach to real-time scheduling of the GUARDS architecture. We use an extended response-time analysis to predict the timing properties of replicated real-time transactions. Consideration is also given to the scheduling of the inter-channel communications network.
Study on the writing style of Chinese vernacular novels based on SVM

It is more and more common to use function words as an important text feature of Chinese, such as the research on “A Dream of Red Mansions” of Li Xianping. But the effect of using all function words as a feature in distinguishing writers' writing style is not prominent. Our study finds that using the classical Chinese function words and sentence tail function words as a feature is better than differentiated by the classification of all function words, and the experiments have proved this point. At the same time, with the attempts of weighting two function words features, this paper finds the most effective weighted coefficients, which can further improve the classification accuracy, establishes the mathematical model which can effectively judge the author's style of writing, and makes a comparative study of some major novels in the Ming and Qing dynasties by using SVM. And this paper also probes into the identity of the author of “The Plum In The Golden Vase”. At the same time, we proved that “San-Yan” and “The Plum In The Golden Vase” are not written by the same person, and “A Dream of Red Mansions” have a different writer for the late 40 chapters.
Identifying Anaphoric and Non-Anaphoric Noun Phrases to Improve Coreference Resolution

We present a supervised learning approach to identification of anaphoric and non-anaphoric noun phrases and show how such information can be incorporated into a coreference resolution system. The resulting system outperforms the best MUC-6 and MUC-7 coreference resolution systems on the corresponding MUC coreference data sets, obtaining F-measures of 66.2 and 64.0, respectively.
Microwave diathermy.

Microwave and shortwave radio frequency radiation is used clinically to heat tissue situated deep in the body and minimize the coincidental rise in skin temperature seen with other forms of therapeutic heating. Microwave radiation is defined as that with a frequency of 300 MHz-300 GHz, which lies on the electromagnetic spectrum between radio frequency and infrared radiation. Microwave diathermy units operate at a frequency higher than that used for shortwave diathermy and this confers significant operational advantages. Microwave radiation is radiated as a beam from an antenna and absorbed by water-rich tissues 7000 times more effectively than shortwave radio frequency energy'. The latter must be coupled to the patient by a capacitor or an inductor2, whilst microwave energy is radiated as a beam from an antenna. A microwave beam can be narrowed to allow small areas to be treated accurately, is highly directional, and can be aligned rapidly. A microwave diathermy unit with antenna (Figure 1) is easy to use and robust, although not found as frequently in clinics as shortwave therapy units. The common indications for microwave therapy include soft tissue lesions of traumatic origin, degenerative or chronic arthropathy and some localized infections3.
Dispersion of the RmInt1 group II intron in the Sinorhizobium meliloti genome upon acquisition by conjugative transfer

RmInt1 is a self-splicing and mobile group II intron initially identified in the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which encodes a reverse transcriptase–maturase (Intron Encoded Protein, IEP) lacking the C-terminal DNA binding (D) and DNA endonuclease domains (En). RmInt1 invades cognate intronless homing sites (ISRm2011-2) by a mechanism known as retrohoming. This work describes how the RmInt1 intron spreads in the S.meliloti genome upon acquisition by conjugation. This process was revealed by using the wild-type intron RmInt1 and engineered intron-donor constructs based on ribozyme coding sequence (ΔORF)-derivatives with higher homing efficiency than the wild-type intron. The data demonstrate that RmInt1 propagates into the S.meliloti genome primarily by retrohoming with a strand bias related to replication of the chromosome and symbiotic megaplasmids. Moreover, we show that when expressed in trans from a separate plasmid, the IEP is able to mobilize genomic ΔORF ribozymes that afterward displayed wild-type levels of retrohoming. Our results contribute to get further understanding of how group II introns spread into bacterial genomes in nature.
Probabilistic diagnosis in linkage analysis of bipolar disorder: Putting weights on the fringe

We explored the utility of probabilistic weighting of fringe phenotypes in linkage analysis of bipolar disorder for the GAW10 chromosome 18 data. Four liability classes were assigned probabilistic weights based on the estimated probability that the case was a true bipolar. The weights were incorporated in parametric and non‐parametric, single and multipoint analyses. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
The VVDS Data‐Reduction Pipeline: Introducing VIPGI, the VIMOS Interactive Pipeline and Graphical Interface

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS), designed to measure 150,000 galaxy redshifts, requires a dedicated data reduction and analysis pipeline to process in a timely fashion the large amount of spectroscopic data being produced. This requirement has lead to the development of the VIMOS Interactive Pipeline and Graphical Interface (VIPGI), a new software package designed to simplify to a very high degree the task of reducing astronomical data obtained with VIMOS (Visible Multi–Object Spectrograph), the imaging spectrograph built by the VIRMOS Consortium for the European Southern Observatory and mounted on Unit 3 (Melipal) of the VLT (Very Large Telescope) at Paranal Observatory (Chile). VIPGI provides the astronomer with specially designed VIMOS data‐reduction functions, a VIMOS‐centric data organizer, and dedicated data browsing and plotting tools, which can be used to verify the quality and accuracy of the various stages of the data‐reduction process. The quality and accuracy of the data‐reduction pipeline are comparable to those obtained using well‐known IRAF tasks, but the speed of the data‐reduction process is significantly increased, because of the dedicated nature of VIPGI. In this paper we discuss the details of the multiobject spectroscopy (MOS) data‐reduction pipeline that has been implemented in VIPGI, as applied to the reduction of some 20,000 VVDS spectra, quantitatively assessing the accuracy of the various reduction steps. We also provide a more general overview of VIPGI capabilities, a tool that can be used for the reduction of any kind of VIMOS data.
COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROPELLER SHEET CAVITATION AND PROPELLER-SHIP INTERACTION

SUMMARY This paper describes a computational procedure which is being developed for the practical analysis of propeller sheet cavitation and propeller-ship interaction including hull pressure fluctuations. The computational procedure consists of three different, coupled methods: (i) a RANS method for the analysis of the viscous flow around the ship hull and the determination of the velocity field in the propeller plane, (ii) a boundary element method for incompressible potential flow developed for the analysis of propeller performance including sheet cavity extent and volume, and (iii) a boundary element method which solves the acoustic wave equation to compute the propeller radiated pressure fluctuations on the ship hull. The background to the three methods and the coupling procedures are briefly described followed by a discussion on validation work. The validation work concentrates on the ship wake field, the propeller sheet cavity extent and the hull pressure fluctuations for model scale as well as full scale. The differences found between model scale and full scale are used to discuss implications for model-scale testing.
Variable-length compression allowing errors

This paper studies the fundamental limits of the minimum average length of variable-length compression when a nonzero error probability ε is tolerated. We give non-asymptotic bounds on the minimum average length in terms of Erokhin's rate-distortion function and we use those bounds to obtain a Gaussian approximation on the speed of approach to the limit which is quite accurate for all but small blocklengths: equation where Q-1 (·) is the functional inverse of the Q-function and V (S) is the source dispersion. A nonzero error probability thus not only reduces the asymptotically achievable rate by a factor of 1-ε, but also this asymptotic limit is approached from below, i.e. a larger source dispersion and shorter blocklengths are beneficial. Further, we show that variable-length lossy compression under excess distortion constraint also exhibits similar properties.
TWEAK-FN14 signaling induces lysosomal degradation of a cIAP1–TRAF2 complex to sensitize tumor cells to TNFα

Synthetic inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) antagonists induce degradation of IAP proteins such as cellular IAP1 (cIAP1), activate nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling, and sensitize cells to tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα). The physiological relevance of these discoveries to cIAP1 function remains undetermined. We show that upon ligand binding, the TNF superfamily receptor FN14 recruits a cIAP1–Tnf receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) complex. Unlike IAP antagonists that cause rapid proteasomal degradation of cIAP1, signaling by FN14 promotes the lysosomal degradation of cIAP1–TRAF2 in a cIAP1-dependent manner. TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK)/FN14 signaling nevertheless promotes the same noncanonical NF-κB signaling elicited by IAP antagonists and, in sensitive cells, the same autocrine TNFα-induced death occurs. TWEAK-induced loss of the cIAP1–TRAF2 complex sensitizes immortalized and minimally passaged tumor cells to TNFα-induced death, whereas primary cells remain resistant. Conversely, cIAP1–TRAF2 complex overexpression limits FN14 signaling and protects tumor cells from TWEAK-induced TNFα sensitization. Lysosomal degradation of cIAP1–TRAF2 by TWEAK/FN14 therefore critically alters the balance of life/death signals emanating from TNF-R1 in immortalized cells.
Finding Highly Frequented Paths in Video Sequences

We propose a novel algorithm to find highly frequented paths of motion trajectories obtained from video sequences. This is achieved by representing the motion trajectories in the scene as sequences of prototypes obtained by a combined vector quantization and growing neural gas algorithm. In contrast to existing methods, the proposed algorithm can be applied to data sets containing motion trajectories of varying length. The algorithm does not assume an a priori fixed number of prototypes. We demonstrate results on surveillance video sequences of cars driving on a highway and pedestrians walking in a major railway station