Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Nonlinear Maneuvering Control for a Class of MIMO Uncertain Systems Based on Neural Predictor and Optimized Path Update

To reduce the control effort and improve the transient performance of multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) uncertain systems, we develop a nonlinear maneuvering control method based on the neural predictor and optimized path update law in this article. First of all, a neural predictor is designed by using a minimal number of learning parameters approach to identify the uncertain nonlinear term in the system dynamics. Then, a nonlinear maneuvering controller is developed based on the backstepping approach and nonlinear maneuvering theory. To reduce the control effort, we construct a path parameter update law. Furthermore, all error signals are proved to be uniformly ultimately bounded. Simulation results are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed nonlinear maneuvering control method for MIMO uncertain systems.
Abnormal expressions of PURPL, miR-363-3p and ADAM10 predicted poor prognosis for patients with ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma

Objective: This study aimed to elucidate the prognostic implications of deviant expressions of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) p53 upregulated regulator of p53 levels (PURPL), microRNA-363-3p (miR-363-3p), and ADAM metallopeptidase domain 10 (ADAM10) in patients diagnosed with ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma (OSC). Methods: To predict and refine the targeted miRNAs and downstream target genes for PURPL, we utilized open medical databases. Through the employment of real-time RT-PCR, we conducted tissue analysis to discern the expressions of PURPL, miR-363-3p, and ADAM10 in both OSC and control tissues. The pathological correlations in the clinic and the prognostic implications of deviant expressions of PURPL, miR-363-3p, and ADAM10 in OSC patients were analyzed independently. Results: Database inquiries revealed that PURPL might target miR-363-3p, and in turn, miR-363-3p could target ADAM10. Differential expression of PURPL, miR-363-3p, and ADAM10 was observed between OSC and paired tissues. The premature version of miR-363-3p, miR-363, correlated with overall survival (OS), while ADAM10 corresponded with progression-free survival (PFS) in ovarian cancer patients. Tissue detection displayed significantly elevated expressions of PURPL and ADAM10, and conspicuously diminished expressions of miR-363-3p in OSC tissues compared to the control tissues (P<0.05). A negative correlation was observed between the expressions of PURPL and miR-363-3p, and miR-363-3p and ADAM10, while a positive correlation was found between PURPL and ADAM10 in different ovarian tissues (P<0.05). In OSC tissues, upregulation of PURPL was associated with an advanced clinical stage, TP53 mutation, and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05), downregulation of miR-363-3p was associated with a more advanced clinical stage and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05), and overexpression of ADAM10 correlated with a more advanced FIGO stage. High expressions of PURPL and ADAM10, and low expression of miR-363-3p, were linked with poor PFS and OS in OSC patients, respectively (P<0.05). In addition, OSC patients with elevated PURPL and reduced miR-363-3p, patients with elevated PURPL and ADAM10, and patients with reduced miR-363-3p and elevated ADAM10 also demonstrated worse PFS and OS, respectively (P<0.05). Conclusions: The anomalous expressions of PURPL, miR-363-3p, and ADAM10 might contribute to the pathogenesis of OSC via up-down stream regulation, and these abnormal expressions could serve as potential prognostic indicators for OSC patients.
Diseases of the small intestine in childhood

1. General introduction 2. THE STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS 3. Architecture and matrix of the small intestine 4. Enterocyte proliferations and functions 5. The immune system of the small intestine 6. Mechanisms of malabsorption and secretion 7. THE CLINICAL PROBLEMS 8. Clinical and laboratory assessment 9. Gastroenteritis and its sequelae 10. Parasitic infection 11. Gastrointestinal food allergy 12. Coeliac disease 13. Intractable diarrhoea 14. Crohn's disease and abdominal tuberculosis 15. Surgically correctable lesions of the small intestine 16. Necrotizing enterocolitis 17. The short bowel syndrome and small intestinal transplantation 18. Disturbances of small intestinal motility 19. Miscellaneous disorders of the small intestine 20. Appendix: special milks
Judgmental Forecasting

What do you do to start reading judgmental forecasting? Searching the book that you love to read first or find an interesting book that will make you want to read? Everybody has difference with their reason of reading a book. Actuary, reading habit must be from earlier. Many people may be love to read, but not a book. It's not fault. Someone will be bored to open the thick book with small words to read. In more, this is the real condition. So do happen probably with this judgmental forecasting.
The distribution and formation of recent sediments in South East Asia

A regional review of the distribution and method of formation of the soft recent clays beneath the deltaic areas of South East Asia has been made. These deltaic areas are a significant land form in this region and are made up of saline clays, leached clays, organic soils and acid or cat clays. The formation of these recent clays has been affected by the rise in sea level since the end of the last lee age and it has been concluded that their age must be less than 10,000 years. The sedimentation rates at individual river and coastal plains indicates that primary consolidation should be completed in sediments adjacent to the coastal plains of Thailand and Malaya but that the degree of consolidation (U) should range from 30 to 80% for most river months in the region and the faster growing coastal plains of Indonesia. Leaching and secondary consolidation of these organic and highly plastic clays after deposition improves the engineering characteristics of these soils considerably.
Algebraic Characterization of the Local Craig Interpolation Property

The sole purpose of this paper is to give an algebraic characterization, in terms of a superamalgamation property, of a local version of Craig interpolation theorem that has been introduced and studied in earlier papers. We continue ongoing research in abstract algebraic logic and use the framework developed by Andreka– Nemeti and Sain.
Chemical fractionation of cadmium in natural waters from Paraná river at Corrientes -Argentina

Paraná River (Spanish Río Paraná), the second longest river in South America is a very important source of water in Argentina. The present paper proposes a technique that combines Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) with Solid Phase Spectrophotometry (SPS) for cadmium fractionation in natural water. The concentrations of cadmium bound to humic substances and of free metal ions were . determined from their sorption-elution from chromatographic support resin (Silica C18). Cadmium determination is based on Solid Phase Spectrophotometry (SPS) with 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphtol (PAN) sorbed on anionic resin. It was optimized using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) based on sequential experimental Doehlert design. Recoveries were obtained for all samples studied. The detection limit (DL) was 1.0 μg L for Cd(II). The precision for 10 replicate determinations at 10 μg L cadmium levels was 3.2% relative standard deviation (RSD).
Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Multiple Roles in Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent type of dementia. Pathological changes in the AD brain include amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), as well as neuronal death and synaptic loss. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role as inflammatory components in the pathogenesis of AD. MMP-2 might be assumed to have a protective role in AD and is the major MMP which is directly linked to Aβ in the brain. Synthesis of MMP-9 can be induced by Aβ, and the enzymes appear to exert multiple effects in AD in senile plaque homoeostasis. The proaggregatory influence on tau oligomer formation in strategic brain regions may be a potential neurotoxic side effect of MMP-9. MMP-3 levels are correlated to the duration of AD and correlate with the CSF T-tau and P-tau levels in the elderly controls. Elevated brain levels of MMP-3 might result in increased MMP-9 activity and indirectly facilitate tau aggregation. At present, the clinical utility of these proteins, particularly in plasma or serum, as potential early diagnostic biomarkers for AD remains to be established. More research is needed to understand the diverse roles of these proteases to design specific drugs and devise therapeutic strategies for AD.
Preliminary EIR design including optimized lattice deck: Deliverable D3.3

Annotated beam optics and lattice files with specifications of the required magnet parameters (strengths and apertures) including consolidated position and element characteristics. Specification of the required magnet types and quantities including magnet field quality specifications. Grant Agreement 654305 PUBLIC 1/ 63 PRELIMINARY EIR DESIGN INCLUDING OPTIMIZED LATTICE DECK EuroCirCol-P3-WP3-D3.3
Retinal Vessel Segmentation Algorithm Based on Improved Gaussian Matched Filter

Retinal images can assist doctors in diagnosis, and their segmentation algorithms have received widespread attention. This article proposes a retinal segmentation algorithm based on an improved Gaussian matched filter. Firstly, the pre-processing step enhances the contrast of blood vessels, obtaining results of equalization and morphological filtering . Compared to the former result, the latter one weakens the spot interference and noise interference while it also loses a lot of detail information. Therefore, the above two preprocessing results are respectively applied matched filtering in this paper. Considering the characteristics of blood vessel distribution , this paper improves the Gaussian kernel function in two dimensions. Then change the Gaussian kernel scale in horizontal and vertical directions, and apply matched filters to the above preprocessed results separately. Finally, use detail growth algorithm and selectively fuse the results . Experimental results on DRIVE show that the average accuracy, sensitivity and specificity are 95.4%, 88.21%, 95.8%, respectively. Compared with traditional matched filtering methods, this method segments blood vessel structures with better continuity, less interference from light spots, and significantly improved average sensitivity, which is beneficial for detecting small blood vessels.
A review of the Proteutheria and Insectivora of the Willwood Formation (Lower Eocene), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

The systematic paleontology of the Willwood Formation proteuthenans and msectivores IS revised, and new samples consistmg of approxunately 330 specunens are descnbed These are the largest samples of these anunals from lower Eocene rocks anywhere m the world, and therr occurrences mdlcate that they are of potential usefulness m b10stratigrapluc correlatiOns once they are known from more specunens and locahties The dldelphodontine palaeoryctid Dzdelphodus absarokae IS probably ancestral to the younger and smaller D oltulens The leptictids Produzcodon and Polaezctops are more closely related to each other than was recently suggested by M J Novacek Two Willwood specunens show crossmg characters between these genera Polaezctops matthewz Novacek IS probably conspecific w1th P multzcuspzs, and the type of Polaezctops pmeyenszs IS removed from synonymy with Produzcodon tauncmerez and IS placed m Polaezctops bzcuspzs Statistical studles mdlcate that there were five early Eocene species of Polaeosmopa. P vetemma, P dzdelphozdes, P lutreola, P mcerta, sp nov , and a large, undescnbed form from the Lost Cabm Member of the Wmd River Formation P lutreola IS restncted to Graybulhan faunas, and Student's t tests show that P dzdelphozdes dlffers statistically from P vetemma R M West's review of apatemyids IS cnticiZed from several viewpomts, four species of Apatemys are recogmzed m the Willwood fauna A chardmz, A bellulus, A kayz, and A sp , cf A rodens Earher concepts of the Adapisoncidae are revised Adapzsorex IS probably an Aphel,scus-hke condylarth, and the Dormaalunae IS elevated to family status to accomodate most other taxa earher grouped m the Adapisoncidae Dormaolzus and Macrocramon appear to be closely related, and both share slmllanties with late Paleocene Lztolestes Mckennathenum IS not a dormaahld, rather, both It and "Dzacodon" mmutus probably belong m Adunator Diagnostic characters of the Nyctitherndae are dlscussed m the hght of the recent review of tlus group by L B Knshtalka, both Plagwctenodon and Plagwctenozdes are probably nyctithernds New samples of msectivores mclude the earhest records of Centetodon and the Geolabidldae (two new species are descnbed), and the Apternodontidae (a new genus and species) Other new msectivore taxa mclude a Tolpavus-hke dormaailld, a Lezpsanolestes-hke ennaceid, and new species of Plagwctenodon and Scenopagus New specunens of Pontzfactor (Nyctitherndae) and "Leptacodon" ;epsem (Ennaceidae) occur m the Willwood fauna, "L " ;epsem IS an ennaceid, most closely related to Bndgenan Entomolestes grangen
Water quality of the lower Columbia River basin: Analysis of current and historical water-quality data through 1994. Water resources investigations

The purpose of this report is to describe the water-quality conditions in the lower Columbia River and major tributaries to the extent possible, by (1) Examining seasonal variations in concentrations of water-quality constituents in water (filtered and unfiltered) and suspended sediment; (2) Portraying spatial variations in historical water-quality data; (3) Determining trends in concentrations of water-quality measurements (for example, water temperature) for sites with adequate historical data; (4) Analyzing the suitablity of surface water for maintenance of aquatic life and protection of human health; (5) Determining instream loads for selected water-quality constituents and comparing instream loads in major subbasins to instream loads in major subbasins to instream loads in the Columbia River; and (6) Listing point sources and, to the extent possible, the associated discharges.
The Integration of the Third Abu al-Wafa's Method for Developing an Autonomous Qibla Finder Mobile Robot

We present the integration of the third Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjani's (940–998 AD) method on Kitab al-Majisti in designing an autonomous qibla finder mobile robot based on Arduino, GPS, and a digital compass. In the beginning of the study, we found that the third method proposed by Abu al-Wafa is comparable to the modern method. Abu al-Wafa's method has been modified into an algorithm capable of calculating the qibla across the globe. To validate the method's accuracy, we compare the result with our previous implementation using three methods: al-Biruni, Ibn al-Haytham, and the modern method. The computation results for the qibla direction from the north pole of the earth at several locations using both methods (the Third Abu al-Wafa's method and the Modern method) as follows: Bandung is 295.146246°, Baghdad is 199.817563°, London is 118.990581°, and Sudan is 58.719484°. The computational results demonstrate that all methods yield comparable levels of accuracy, thereby affirming the importance of Abu al-Wafa's contributions and the continued relevance of his method in the present context. Then, the third Abu al-Wafa's method algorithm was successfully integrated to develop the qibla finder mobile robot that is capable of autonomously moving to find the qibla direction. Equipped by a buzzer as an indicator that will sound when the qibla finder mobile robot faces the qibla direction, and a LCD screen displays the qibla direction data in real-time. Overall, this research showcases the harmonious combination of historical Islamic scientific contributions with modern technological advancements.
Eolian and noneolian facies of the lower Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member of the Cutler Formation, southeastern Utah

El Introduction El Geologic setting El Previous studies E2 Methods of study E10 Stratigraphy E10 Todilto Limestone and Beclabito Members of the Wanakah Formation E10 Horse Mesa Member of the Wanakah Formation Ell Eolian facies of the Recapture Member of the Morrison Formation £12 Summary E14 References cited E15 Appendix. Stratigraphic description of the principal reference section of the Horse Mesa Member of the Wanakah Formation in the southeastern San Juan basin E17
Potential neuropsychological mechanism involved in the transition from suicide ideation to action – a resting-state fMRI study implicating the insula

Abstract Background Understanding the neural mechanism underlying the transition from suicidal ideation to action is crucial but remains unclear. To explore this mechanism, we combined resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) and computational modeling to investigate differences between those who attempted suicide(SA) and those who hold only high levels of suicidal ideation(HSI). Methods A total of 120 MDD patients were categorized into SA group (n=47) and HSI group (n=73). All participants completed a resting-state functional MRI scan, with three subregions of the insula and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) being chosen as the region of interest (ROI) in seed-to-voxel analyses. Additionally, 86 participants completed the balloon analogue risk task (BART), and a five-parameter Bayesian modeling of BART was estimated. Results In the SA group, the FC between the ventral anterior insula (vAI) and the superior/middle frontal gyrus (vAI-SFG, vAI-MFG), as well as the FC between posterior insula (pI) and MFG (pI-MFG), were lower than those in HSI group. The correlation analysis showed a negative correlation between the FC of vAI-SFG and psychological pain avoidance in SA group, whereas a positive correlation in HSI group. Furthermore, the FC of vAI-MFG displayed a negative correlation with loss aversion in SA group, while a positive correlation was found with psychological pain avoidance in HSI group. Conclusion In current study, two distinct neural mechanisms were identified in the insula which involving in the progression from suicidal ideation to action. Dysfunction in vAI FCs may gradually stabilize as individuals experience heightened psychological pain, and a shift from positive to negative correlation patterns of vAI-MFC may indicate a transition from state to trait impairment. Additionally, the dysfunction in PI FC may lead to a lowered threshold for suicide by blunting the perception of physical harm.
Flow-law hypotheses for ice-sheet modeling

Abstract Ice-flow modeling requires a flow law relating strain rates to stresses in situ, but a flow law cannot be measured directly in ice sheets. Microscopic processes such as dislocation glide and boundary diffusion control both the flow law for ice and the development of physical properties such as grain-size and c-axis fabric. These microscopic processes can be inferred from observations of the physical properties, and the flow law can then be estimated from the microscopic processes. A review of available literature shows that this approach can be imperfectly successful. Interior regions of large ice sheets probably have depth-varying flow-law “constants”, with the stress exponent, n, for power-law creep less than 3 in upper regions and equal to 3 only in deep ice; n probably equals 3 through most of the thickness of ice shelves and ice streams.
Plasma Cell Vulvitis: A Classification Into Two Clinical Phenotypes

Objective The etiology of plasma cell vulvitis (PCV) is debated. The authors aimed to test the hypothesis that PCV could be divided into 2 clinical phenotypes. Methods Patients with a clinico-pathological diagnosis of PCV and with available vulvar photos seen in a vulvar clinic were retrospectively studied. The cases of PCV were divided into 2 groups: non–lichen-associated (primary PCV) and lichen-associated (secondary PCV). The 2 groups were compared in terms of age, menopausal status, location of the PCV, and 12 histologic parameters (Fisher exact test, p < .05). Results Thirty-five patients (20 primary and 15 secondary PCV) were included. The 2 groups did not differ in terms of age (mean, 65; range, 50–85) or menopausal status. Primary PCV was located exclusively on the vestibule for 19/20 patients, whereas secondary PCV was extravestibular for 14 of 15 patients, either exclusively (2) or both extravestibular and vestibular (12). One patient with secondary PCV had solely vestibular involvement. Five histological features were observed significantly more often in case of secondary PCV: epidermal atrophy, parakeratosis, dermal and epidermal neutrophils, and dermal eosinophils. Conclusions Plasma cell vulvitis can be divided clinically into 2 phenotypes. Primary non–lichen-associated PCV is restricted to the vestibule and could be the vulvar counterpart of atrophic vaginitis. Secondary lichen-associated PCV is both extravestibular and vestibular, and its clinical and histological features should be looked for outside the PCV areas. This division of PCV into 2 clinical phenotypes could have therapeutic implications.