Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Time and Frequency Domain Analysis of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) In Response to Cold Stress in Subjects with Family History of Hypertension

Objective: Autonomic nervous system plays a crucial role in the development of hypertension and autonomic dysfunction underlies the initiation and maintenance of hypertension. Elevated blood pressure has been known to be a huge risk factor for cardiovascular disease later in life and leads to increased morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to study the effect of cold stress on heart rate variability and prevalence of cardiovascular risks in subjects with hypertensive parents Methods: A total of 30 subjects and 30 healthy controls were recruited in the study. Their anthropometrical and cardiovascular parameters were recorded. For recording HRV, the resting cardiac cycles (R-R intervals) signals at spontaneous respiration were recorded for 5 min in supine position after 15 min of supine rest. The HRV was recorded in both groups using Polar S810i heart rate monitor before, during and after the cold pressor test (CPT). Results: Analysis was done for baseline and post-CPT period within the study group, in both time and frequency domain components of HRV. Two time domain parameters; SDNN and RMSSD were found to differ significantly pre and post-CPT, with both of the parameters being more in the post-CPT period, as it can be seen from the table 4. Conclusion: RMSSD was decreased (p value= 0.042) and SDNN was increased (p value= 0.048: borderline) post-CPT in subjects with family history of hypertension, suggesting that some amount autonomic dysfunction is manifested at early age.
BOVINE MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RAW BOVINE MILK IN DISTRICT PESHAWAR

… Introduction: Milk and dairy products are consumed by the human on daily basis throughout the globe and constitute a huge business by the dairy farmers due to its high demand. The consumers of milk and milk products expect its high quality, free from the artificial preservatives and threatening agents. Objectives: To determine the chemical quality of raw bovine milk sold in open markets of district Peshawar. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: 4 towns, Town 1(Sikandar Town and Gul Bahar) ,2 (Shahi Bala,Methra and Pajjagi),3 (University Road and Hayatabad Area), 4 (Hazaekhawani and Badabair Area) of district Peshawar. Period: 6 months; from November 2016 to April 2017. Methodology: 158 samples were selected. All samples were analyzed for adulteration in the Public Health Laboratory phase 5 Hayatabad Peshawar. Study duration was 6 months; convenient sampling technique has been followed. Results: Among all 158 samples; 32.3% of the sample were adulterated with water. 8.9% of sample showed hydrogen per oxide adulteration. Starch, cane sugar and urea adulteration was in 7.6%, 2.5% and 1.9% samples respectively. Vegetable oil, formalin and synthetic milk adulteration was in 1.9%, 5.7% and 5.7% of samples respectively. We have Large Scale Vendors i.e. Rural Area 10% showing low and Urban Area 90% as high adulteration, Small Scale Vendors 30% low in rural Area and 70% high adulteration in urban area respectively. Conclusion: This study results provided a base line data of chemical composition of bovine milk used in Peshawar. Chemical were present and can play key role in alteration of milk which we use on daily basis. Water content was high, it means that most of the shop-keepers prefer to mix water in milk to increase the quantity of milk. Use of starch, Vegetable Oil and Formalin was minimal. Use of hydrogen peroxide, Urea and synthetic milk was very less in provided sample.
Initial Transient Response of an Intensifying Baroclinic Wave to Increases in Cloud Droplet Number Concentration

Ensemble simulations of an idealized baroclinic wave were conducted with the WRF Model to investigate the effects of increased cloud droplet number concentration (DNC) on the development of the wave. Statistically signiﬁcant differences between experiments where the DNC was doubled and the control experi- mentswereidentiﬁedforaninitialtransientperiodbeforethecycloneentersthestageof rapid intensiﬁcation. Doubling of the DNC increases total cloud water in the model, lowers the cloud level, and enhances latent heatingtotheeastofthesurfacelow,whichstrengthensthemidtroposphericridge.Subsequentchangesindry dynamical processes [e.g., advection of potential vorticity (PV)] as a result of the ridge strengthening lead to the deepening of the trough and ultimately produce a mild yet statistically signiﬁcant strengthening of the baroclinic wave as a result of the DNC doubling. Piecewise PV inversion further conﬁrms the critical role that latent heating change plays in strengthening the midtropospheric ridge. Also discussed are the distinctions between aerosol–tropical cyclone interaction and aerosol–extratropical cyclone interaction.
VALIDATION OF THE CAMIR-R ATTACHMENT QUESTIONNAIRE IN AN ADULT SPANISH SAMPLE

The CaMir-R is a short version of the original questionnaire which assesses attachment cognitions. Specifically, it is focused on subjects´ evaluations of their past and present attachment experiences, and their personal interpretations of parents´ attitudes during childhood. The aim of this study was to validate the CaMir-R in Spanish adult population. A total of 433 university students (121 men and 350 women) and 38 anorexic women completed the CaMir-R and other measures of eating disorder symptoms and borderline traits. Internal consistency and construct, concurrent and discriminant validity were evaluated. The results suggested a six-factor structure for 29 items with overall adequate internal consistency indexes, confirming its validity and reliability. The instrument permits a relatively short and inexpensive means of administration in large samples of adults. Palabras clave: Attachment, Adult, Assessment, Measure, Validity. Abstract El CaMir-R es una versión reducida del cuestionario original que evalúa cogniciones relacionadas con el apego. Específicamente se centra en la evaluación de los sujetos de sus experiencias de apego pasadas y presentes, y en su interpretación personal acerca de la actitud de los padres durante la infancia. El objetivo de este estudio fue validar el CaMir-R en población adulta española. Un total de 433 estudiantes universitarios (121 hombres y 350 mujeres) y 38 mujeres anoréxicas completaron el CaMir-R y otras medidas de síntomas de trastornos alimentarios y rasgos borderline. Se evaluó su consistencia interna y su validez de constructo, concurrente y discriminante. Los resultados mostraron una estructura de seis factores para 29 ítems, con índices adecuados de consistencia interna, lo que confirma su validez y fiabilidad. El instrumento permite una administración relativamente breve y barata en muestras amplias de adultos.
Simulation of Precipitation in an Aluminum Scandium Alloy using Kinetic Monte Carlo and Density-based Clustering with Noise Algorithms

: The present paper reports the precipitation process of Al 3 Sc structures in an aluminum scandium alloy, which has been simulated with a kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) method. The kMC implementation is based on the vacancy diffusion mechanism. To filter the raw data generated by the kMC simulation, the density-based clustering with noise (DBSCAN) method was employed. kMC and DBSCAN algorithms were implemented in the C language. The undertaken simulations were conducted in the SeARCH cluster at the University of Minho. The study covers temperatures, concentrations, and dimensions, ranging from 578K to 873K, 0.25% to 5%, and 50x50x50 to 100x100x100. The Al 3 Sc precipitation was successfully simulated at the atomistic scale. DBSCAN revealed to be a valorous aid to identify the precipitates. The achieved results are in good agreement with those reported in the literature, but we went deeper in the evaluation of the influence of all the simulation and analysis parameters. A parallel version of the kMC algorithm using OpenMP was evaluated, which has not proved advantageous compared to the optimized sequential implementation.
O A ] 2 F eb 2 00 9 CLASSIFICATION OF EXTENSIONS OF CLASSIFIABLE C

For a certain class of extensions e : 0 → B → E → A → 0 of C∗-algebras in which B and A belong to classifiable classes of C∗-algebras, we show that the functor which sends e to its associated six term exact sequence in K-theory and the positive cones of K0(B) and K0(A) is a classification functor. We give two independent applications addressing the classification of a class of C∗-algebras arising from substitutional shift spaces on one hand and of graph algebras on the other. The former application leads to the answer of a question of Carlsen and the first named author concerning the completeness of stabilized Matsumoto algebras as an invariant of flow equivalence. The latter leads to the first classification result for non-simple graph C∗-algebras.
Olga Rimskaya FEATURES OF FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE LIGHT OF REFORMS

Numerous empirical studies confirm that market size is one of the key determinants of foreign direct investment inflows, particularly market-oriented projects of foreign direct investment. Basically, the dominant view is that a larger market of the host country attracts a greater quantum of foreign direct investment. This paper examines the influence of market size, as well as the impact of market growth, trade openness, and population size on the foreign direct investment inflows into the six countries of the Western Balkans region in the period 2007-2015. Multiple regression analysis was applied in examining the impact of these variables on foreign direct investment inflows. The obtained results show that market size, market growth and population size had a significant positive impact, while trade openness had a negative impact on foreign direct investment inflows in the observed countries. Thus, the main findings of this research confirm that market size is an important determinant of the foreign direct investment inflows in the Western Balkans countries.
A Simple Example of Instability and a New Condition for Stability in Matching with

This invention relates to an apparatus emitting electromagnetic radiation, particularly infrared, which comprises a cylindrical source of rays and a reflector. In order to avoid the problem due to captive rays and to multiple reflections, the cross section of a half-reflector comprises, starting from the plane of symmetry, a first curved part constituted by an arc of involute to a circle extending from the plane of symmetry to an end located on a first extreme ray tangential to the source and passing through a first end of the target and a second curved part joined tangentially to the first curved part and of such shape that all the tangential rays emitted from the cylindrical source and falling on this second curved part are reflected towards the first end of the target located on the other side of the plane of symmetry.
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Carbon sink strength of nodules but not other organs modulates photosynthesis of faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) grown under elevated [CO 2 ] and different water supply photosynthesis.  Our study suggests that nodule C sink activity is key to avoid sink limitation in legumes under e[CO 2 ], and legumes may only be able to achieve greater C gain if nodule activity is maintained.
MeMAD Deliverable D 4 . 2 Report on Discourse-Aware Machine Translation for Audiovisual Data

Machine translation is conventionally based on processing isolated textual sentences, disregarding the broader context around them, as well as any cues that are not explicit in text. This formulation is unable to reliably determine referential discourse phenomena such as anaphora and connectives, which creates a barrier to the production of cohesive and coherent language. While exploiting the audio and visual modalities provide a window into the context, machine translation must also venture beyond the sentence, and become aware of the discourse in the entire document. There has been a surge of research in discourse-aware machine translation in the last two decades, primarily focusing on the design and evaluation of document-level machine translation systems, and expanding the textual context in machine translation architectures without compromising computational efficiency. Following the recent advances, we have likewise put substantial effort into the development of discourse-aware machine translation systems, albeit to no considerable improvement. In this deliverable, we start by breaking down the most salient phenomena to explain their relevance, and presenting a brief survey of successful approaches to discourse-aware machine translation, followed by descriptions of the models we have developed within the WP4 of the MeMAD project. We dedicate the rest of the report to our analysis of user evaluation data collected in an experiment where professional translators tested post-editing of machine translation for subtitling. Finally, we conclude our report with discussions of future directions in utilising dedicated subtitle translation systems, speaker and dialogue information, and end-to-end speech translation models in the last year of the project. 2 MeMAD – Methods for Managing Audiovisual Data
Frequency and Determinants of White Coat Hypertension in Mild to Moderate Hypertension A Primary Care-Based Study

Most of the previous studies on white coat hypertension were performed in hypertension clinics or academic settings and included relatively small series of patients. Consequently, the prevalence of white coat hypertension in primary care settings and the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of this subgroup of patients are not well known. We performed this study to estimate the frequency of white coat hypertension in a population of mildly to moderately hypertensive subjects attended in a primary care setting and to examine possible epidemiologic and clinical factors that may identify these patients. Patients included in the study underwent clinical interview, measurement of clinic blood pressure (BP) on three visits, determination of serum lipids, glucose, uric acid, and urinary albumin excretion, 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring, and M-mode and Doppler echocardiography. Patients were classiﬁed as white coat hypertensives if their daytime ambulatory BP were < 135/85 mm Hg. We studied 345 patients, 136 (39%) of whom were diagnosed with white coat hypertension. The frequency of white coat hypertension was inversely proportional to the severity of clinic BP values. The diagnosis of white coat hypertension was independently associated with female gender and low educational level. Left ventricular mass index and urinary albumin excretion were lower in the white-coat hypertensive group compared with the group with sustained hypertension. Our results show that a high proportion of patients with mild to moderate hypertension attended in a primary care setting have white coat hypertension. Some clinical characteristics may be helpful in the identiﬁcation of this group of subjects. White coat hypertensives show less target-organ damage
Running Head : Obturator nerve block and transurethral resection of bladder tumor-Doluoglu et al. Efficacy of Obturator Nerve Block During Transurethral Resection on Non-muscle invasive Intermediate and High Risk Lateral Wall Bladder Tumours: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the effects of obturator nerve block (ONB) on obturator reflex, incomplete resection, perforation, progression and recurrence of tumor, presence of muscle tissue in the specimen, need for a second transurethral resection (TURBT) of bladder tumors, and postoperative complications in patients who underwent TURBT for intermediate-high risk lateral wall non-muscle invasive bladder cancers (NMIBC). Material and Methods : Patients were assigned to one of two groups by drawing lots: ONB or none ONB. Early and late recurrence, tumor progression, obturator reflex beat, incomplete resection, perforation, presence of muscle layer in pathology, second TURBT application, operation time, postoperative hospital stay, and complications were compared between the two groups. Results: The median follow-up time of the study was32 (23-41) months. Interquartile range (IQR) was 9. Tumor recurrence at the 3 rd month cystoscopy controls was observed in 5 (9.8%) patients in the ONB group, while it was observed in 11 (20.8%) patients in the nONB group (p=0.01). Late tumor recurrence was observed in 10 patients (19.6%) in the ONB group, and in 20 patients (37.7%) in the nONB group ( p =0.041). The RFS rate at 12 th month was 84% in the ONB group, 69% in the nONB group, 79% in the ONB group at 36 th month, and 58% in the nONB group at 36 months, the PFS rate was 94% in the ONB group, while it was 85% in the nONB group ( p =0.041). Conclusions : Our study showed that ONB decrease the early and late recurrence and increase recurrence free survival in patients with intermediate-high risk lateral wall bladder cancer.
(2019). Accelerating Metropolis-Hastings algorithms by Delayed Acceptance. Foundations of Data Science , 1 (2), 103-128.

MCMC algorithms such as Metropolis–Hastings algorithms are slowed down by the computation of complex target distributions as exempliﬁed by huge datasets. We oﬀer a useful generalisation of the Delayed Acceptance approach, devised to reduce such computational costs by a simple and univer- sal divide-and-conquer strategy. The generic acceleration stems from breaking the acceptance step into several parts, aiming at a major gain in computing time that out-ranks a corresponding reduction in acceptance probability. Each component is sequentially compared with a uniform variate, the ﬁrst rejection terminating this iteration. We develop theoretical bounds for the variance of associated estimators against the standard Metropolis–Hastings and produce results on optimal scaling and general optimisation of the procedure.
Lagrangian of an intense electromagnetic field and quantum electrodynamics at short distances

The next, nonlinear correction after the Heisenberg-Euler correction to the Lagrangian of a constant electromagnetic field is found and takes into account the change of the radiative interaction of the vacuum electrons by the external field. In perturbation theory with respect to the radiation field the Lagrangian of the field is described by a considerably smaller number of diagrams than is the photon polarization function, but contains, in the strong-field limit, the same information as the latter function contains in the limit of large values of the momentum squared. This makes the Lagrangian an object of interest not only in the electrodynamics of an intense field but also in electrodynamics at short distances. Not only is the charge of a real electron determined by the behavior of the Lagrangian of the field, but so too is the mass. The invariance under the renormalization group makes it possible to find an improved perturbation-theory series (and its applicability parameter) for the strong-field asymptotic form of the Lagrangian. This series diverges for an exponentially strong field, in which the lowest approximation to the Langrangian vanishes.
Title: Comorbidities might be a risk factor for the incidence of COVID-19: Evidence from a web-based survey of 780,961 participants

: Background: The global pandemic of COVID-19 is posing the biggest threat to humanity through its ubiquitous effect of unfathomable magnitude. It has been responsible for over four hundred thousand death worldwide to date. There has been evidence that various comorbidities have a higher risk associated with case fatality. Although COVID-19 is a viral disease, there might be an association between different comorbidities and the occurrence of the disease. Method: Sociodemographic and medical history data on different comorbidities such as asthma, diabetes, liver disease, lung disease, heart disease, kidney disease, hypertension, and obesity were collected by a web-based self-reported survey between 25th March 2020 to 4th June 2020 by the Nexoid United Kingdom. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were done using these risk factors as independent variables. Result: A total of 780,961 participants from 183 different countries and territories participated in this study. Among them, 1516 participants were diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to this study. A significant risk association was observed for age above 60 years, female gender as well as different pre-existing disease conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, and heart diseases. Asthma and diabetes were the major dominant comorbidities among patients, and patients with existing diabetes were 1.464 (AOR: 1.464; 95% CI: 1.228-1.744), more likely to develop the disease than others who did not diagnose as diseased. Conclusion: Older adults, female as well as people with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, heart disease, kidney disease, and liver disease, are the most vulnerable population for COVID-19. However, further studies should be carried out to explain the pathway of these risk associations.
in Mice Alters Uterine NK Cells Genetic Deletion of Placenta Growth Factor

Placenta growth factor (PlGF; formerly PGF), a vascular endothelial growth factor gene family member, is expressed in human implantation sites by maternal uterine NK (uNK) and fetal trophoblast cells. Lower than normal concentrations of blood and urinary PlGF have been associated with impending onset of pre-eclampsia, a hypertensive disease of late human gestation characterized by limited intravascular trophoblast invasion. In pregnant rodents, delivery of the PlGF antagonist sFlt-1 or S-endoglin induces pre-eclampsia-like lesions. Mice genetically deleted in PlGF reproduce, but neither their implantation sites nor their uNK cell development are described. We combined real-time PCR of endometrium from nonpregnant and gestation day (gd)6–18 C57BL6/J (B6) mice with immunohistology to analyze PlGF expression in normal mouse pregnancy. To estimate the signiﬁcance of uNK cell-derived PlGF, PlGF message was quantiﬁed in mesometrial decidua from pregnant alymphoid Rag2 null/common (cid:1) chain null mice and in laser capture-microdissected B6 uNK cells. Histopathologic consequences from PlGF deletion were also characterized in the implantation sites from PlGF null mice. In B6, decidual PlGF expression rose between gd8–16. uNK cells were among several types of cells transcribing PlGF in decidualized endometrium. Immature uNK cells, deﬁned by their low numbers of cytoplasmic granules, were the uNK cells displaying the greatest number of transcripts. PlGF deletion promoted the early differentiation high numbers of binucleate uNK cells (gd8) but had no other signiﬁcant, morphometrically detectable impact on implantation sites. Thus, in
J ul 2 01 6 RG Domain Wall for the General ŝu ( 2 ) Coset Models

We consider a RG flow in a general ŝu(2) coset model induced by the least relevant field. This is done using two different approaches. We first compute the mixing coefficients of certain fields in the UV and IR theories using a conformal perturbation theory. The necessary structure constants are computed. The same coefficients can be calculated using the RG domain wall construction of Gaiotto. We compute the corresponding one-point functions and show that the two approaches give the same result in the leading order. 1 marian@inrne.bas. bg