Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predict Children ’ s Motor Skills Proficiency

Failure in mastery of motor skills proficiency during childhood has been seen as a detrimental factor for children to be physically active. Lack of motor skills proficiency tends to reduce children’s competency and confidence level to participate in physical activity. As a consequence of less participation in physical activity, children will turn to be overweight and obese. It has been suggested that children who master motor skill proficiency will be more involved in physical activity thus preventing them from being overweight. Obesity has become a serious childhood health issues worldwide. Previous studies have found that children who were overweight and obese were generally less active however these studies focused on one gender. This study aims to compare motor skill proficiency of underweight, normal-weight, overweight and obese young boys as well as to determine the relationship between motor skills proficiency and body composition. 112 boys aged between 8 to 10 years old participated in this study. Participants were assigned to four groups; underweight, normal-weight, overweight and obese using BMI-age percentile chart for children. BruininksOseretsky Test Second Edition-Short Form was administered to assess their motor skill proficiency. Meanwhile, body composition was determined by the skinfold thickness measurement. Result indicated that underweight and normal children were superior in motor skills proficiency compared to overweight and obese children (p < 0.05). A significant strong inverse correlation between motor skills proficiency and body composition (r = -0.849) is noted. The findings of this study could be explained by non-contributory mass that carried by overweight and obese children leads to biomechanical movement inefficiency which will become detrimental to motor skills proficiency. It can be concluded that motor skills proficiency is inversely correlated with body composition. Keywords—Motor skills proficiency, body composition, obesity.
Contribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria to total organic carbon pool in aquatic system of subtropical karst catchments, Southwest China: evidence from hydrochemical and microbiological study

ABSTRACT Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria may play a particular role in carbon cycling of aquatic systems. However, little is known about the interaction between aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and hydrochemistry in groundwater‐surface water exchange systems of subtropical karst catchments. We carried out a detailed study on the abundance of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and bacterioplankton, hydrochemistry and taxonomy of bacterioplankton in the Maocun watershed, Southwest China, an area with karst geological background. Our results revealed that bacteria are the important contributors to total organic carbon source/sequestration in the groundwater‐surface water of this area. The aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, including &bgr;‐Proteobacteria, also appear in the studied water system. In addition to that, the genus Polynucleobacter of the phototropic &bgr;‐Proteobacteria shows a close link with those sampling sites by presenting bacterial origin organic carbon on CCA biplot and is found to be positively correlated with total nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and pH (r = 0.860, 0.747 and 0.813, respectively) in the Maocun watershed. The results suggest that Polynucleobacter might be involved in the production of organic carbon and might act as the negative feedback on global warming. &NA; Graphical Abstract Figure. This study attempts to discuss the distribution and abundance of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their contribution to total organic carbon pool in the groundwater‐surface water exchange system of subtropical karst catchments, Southwest China.
A survey of intelligent network fault diagnosis technology

This paper firstly discusses the common fault types of networks, and the necessity and importance of intelligent fault diagnosis for networks. Secondly, the basic process for network diagnosis systems is put forward. Thirdly, the basic idea and various popular methods of network fault diagnosis based on the intelligent technology, such as: Expert System, Bayesian Network, Rough Set and Neural Networks, are reviewed. Finally, the existing problems and the future research direction for network fault diagnosis are discussed.
QuittyLink: A Mobile Application that helps people Quit Smoking

We have developed an application called QuittyLink that helps people quit smoking. QuittyLink is inspired by the known value of personal face-to-face counseling as an effective means to help people quit, and provides personal counseling on mobile phones based on self- and system-tracked data about smoking habits. The application collects time, location and situations that trigger the smokers to smoke or crave cigarettes and presents it to them in the form of simple charts/graphs. Users are also sent personal counseling messages written by experts from the quit help line Stoplinien, and is based on their individual smoking behaviors. The demonstration of QuittyLink adds to our MobileHCI'15 paper [7] with more details about the system.
A Perspective on Wearable Sensor Measurements and Data Science for Parkinson’s Disease

Miniaturized and wearable sensor-based measurements enable the assessment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) motor-related features like never before and hold great promise as non-invasive biomarkers for early and accurate diagnosis, and monitoring the progression of PD. High-fidelity human movement reconstruction and simulation can already be conducted in a clinical setting with increasingly precise and affordable motion technology enabling access to high-quality labeled data on patients’ subcomponents of movement (kinematics and kinetics). At the same time, body-worn sensors now allow us to extend some quantitative movement-related measurements to patients’ daily living activities. This era of patient movement “cognification” is bringing us previously inaccessible variables that encode patients’ movement, and that, together with measures from clinical examinations, poses new challenges in data analysis. We present herein examples of the application of an unsupervised methodology to classify movement behavior in healthy individuals and patients with PD where no specific knowledge on the type of behaviors recorded is needed. We are most certainly leaving the early stage of the exponential curve that describes the current technological evolution and soon will be entering its steep ascent. But there is already a benefit to be derived from current motion technology and sophisticated data science methods to objectively measure parkinsonian impairments.
Targeting protein-bound uremic toxins in chronic kidney disease

Introduction: Protein-bound uremic toxins such as indoxyl sulfate cannot be removed efficiently by hemodialysis. These protein-bound uremic toxins have emerged as important risk factors for the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Areas covered: Indoxyl sulfate shows toxic effects on a variety of cells such as renal proximal tubular cells, glomerular mesangial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, vascular endothelial cells, cardiomyocytes, cardiac fibroblasts, monocytes, osteoblasts and osteoclasts. This review overviews the cellular toxicity of indoxyl sulfate, its molecular mechanism and its role in the progression of CKD and CVD. Further, this review summarizes the clinical effects of AST-120 and the other strategies to reduce serum levels of indoxyl sulfate. Expert opinion: Protein-bound uremic toxins such as indoxyl sulfate have emerged as target molecules for therapeutic intervention of not only CKD but also CVD. An oral sorbent AST-120 reduces serum level of indoxyl sulfate by adsorbing indole in the intestine. The modulation of intestinal bacteria by prebiotics/probiotics might be effective in reducing the production of indole in the intestine followed by reduced serum levels of indoxyl sulfate. An alternative approach might be antagonist which can counteract indoxyl sulfate-induced cellular effects and signaling pathways.
Key-Recovery Attacks Against Somewhat Homomorphic Encryption Schemes

In 1978, Rivest, Adleman and Dertouzos introduced the concept of privacy homomorphism and asked whether it is possible to perform arbitrary operations on encrypted ciphertexts. Thirty years later, Gentry gave a positive answer in his seminal paper at STOC 2009, by proposing an ingenious approach to construct fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) schemes. With this approach, one starts with a somewhat homomorphic encryption (SHE) scheme that can perform only limited number of operations on ciphertexts (i.e. it can evaluate only low-degree polynomials). Then, through the so-called bootstrapping step, it is possible to turn this SHE scheme into an FHE scheme. After Gentry’s work, many SHE and FHE schemes have been proposed; in total, they can be divided into four categories, according to the hardness assumptions underlying each SHE (and hence, FHE) scheme: hard problems on lattices, the approximate common divisor problem, the (ring) learning with errors problem, and the NTRU encryption scheme. Even though SHE schemes are less powerful than FHE schemes, they can already be used in many useful real-world applications, such as medical and financial applications. It is therefore of primary concern to understand what level of security these SHE schemes provide. By default, all the SHE schemes developed so far offer IND-CPA security i.e. resistant against a chosen-plaintext attack but nothing is
Economic and Sociological Correlates of Suicides: Multilevel Analysis of the Time Series Data in the United Kingdom

For the effects of social integration on suicides, there have been different and even contradictive conclusions. In this study, the selected economic and social risks of suicide for different age groups and genders in the United Kingdom were identified and the effects were estimated by the multilevel time series analyses. To our knowledge, there exist no previous studies that estimated a dynamic model of suicides on the time series data together with multilevel analysis and autoregressive distributed lags. The investigation indicated that unemployment rate, inflation rate, and divorce rate are all significantly and positively related to the national suicide rates in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 2011. Furthermore, the suicide rates of almost all groups above 40 years are significantly associated with the risk factors of unemployment and inflation rate, in comparison with the younger groups.
Arabidopsis thaliana AtUTr7 encodes a golgi-localized UDP-glucose/UDP-galactose transporter that affects lateral root emergence.

Nucleotide sugar transporters (NSTs) are antiporters comprising a gene family that plays a fundamental role in the biosynthesis of complex cell wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins in plants. However, due to the limited number of related mutants that have observable phenotypes, the biological function(s) of most NSTs in cell wall biosynthesis and assembly have remained elusive. Here, we report the characterization of AtUTr7 from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. ), which is homologous to multi-specific UDP-sugar transporters from Drosophila melanogaster, humans, and Caenorhabditis elegans. We show that AtUTr7 possesses the common structural characteristics conserved among NSTs. Using a green fluorescent protein (GFP) tagged version, we demonstrate that AtUTr7 is localized in the Golgi apparatus. We also show that AtUTr7 is widely expressed, especially in the roots and in specific floral organs. Additionally, the results of an in vitro nucleotide sugar transport assay carried out with a tobacco and a yeast expression system suggest that AtUTr7 is capable of transferring UDP-Gal and UDP-Glc, but not a range of other UDP- and GDP-sugars, into the Golgi lumen. Mutants lacking expression of AtUTr7 exhibited an early proliferation of lateral roots as well as distorted root hairs when cultivated at high sucrose concentrations. Furthermore, the distribution of homogalacturonan with a low degree of methyl esterification differed in lateral root tips of the mutant compared to wild-type plants, although additional analytical procedures revealed no further differences in the composition of the root cell walls. This evidence suggests that the transport of UDP-Gal and UDP-Glc into the Golgi under conditions of high root biomass production plays a role in lateral root and root hair development.
A comparison of ground geoelectric activity between three regions of different level of seismicity

Abstract. In this work, we present a statistical study of geoelectric time series from three Mexican regions with recognized different levels of seismicity. This study is made by means of both the Higuchi's method and the detrended fluctuation analysis for the detection of fractal behavior. With these methods we present scatter plots corresponding to scaling exponents for short and large lags arisen from crossover points in the geoelectric data. Through these scatter plots we observe a reasonable segregation of clouds of points corresponding to the three mentioned regions. These results permit to suggest that a different level of characteristic seismicity in one region is translated into a different level of geoelectric activity.
Changes in Mammalian Body Length over 175 Years—Adaptations to a Fragmented Landscape?

The potential consequences of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on species diversity and extinction have drawn considerable attention in recent decades. In many cases, traditional island biogeography theory has been applied to explain the observed patterns. Here, we propose that habitat fragmentation as a selective force can be traced in mammalian body length changes. By exploring historical sources, we are able to show that the body length of Danish mammals has altered over a period of 175 years, possibly in response to increasing habitat fragmentation. The rate of body length change was generally lowest in medium-sized mammals, and increased with both smaller and larger body mass. Small mammals have generally increased, whereas large mammals have decreased in length. In addition to habitat fragmentation, some species may experience other selective forces, such as traffic, and may be trapped in an evolutionary tug-of-war, where the selective forces pull in opposite directions.
Ego-resilience and Health Locus of Control in Nursing Students

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between health locus of control and ego-resilience in female university students majoring in nursing. Data were collected from 109 nursing students during the period from March to June 2013. Ego-resilience showed a statistically significant, positive correlation with internal health locus of control (r = .303, p = 0.001), one of the sub-domains of health locus of control.
"Decentering" reflects psychological flexibility in people with chronic pain and correlates with their quality of functioning.

OBJECTIVE Acceptance and mindfulness-based treatments for chronic pain attempts to alter the impact of pain-related thoughts and feelings on behavior without necessarily changing the thoughts and feelings themselves. A process called "decentering" appears relevant to these treatments because it includes the capacity to observe thoughts and feelings from a detached perspective, as transient events in the mind, that do not necessarily reflect reality or the self. This study examines relations of decentering with other processes related to "psychological flexibility" and the daily functioning of people with chronic pain. METHOD Consecutive adults seeking treatment for chronic pain (N = 150) provided data for the study by completing a set of measures, including a measure of decentering, the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ). RESULTS The EQ demonstrated adequate internal consistency reliability, and correlation results supported its validity. Decentering significantly correlated with anxiety, depression, and psychosocial disability. In multiple regression analyses it added a significant increment to explained variance in the prediction of depression and psychosocial disability. Across all measures of functioning, pain acceptance and decentering combined accounted for an average of 23.6% of variance while pain accounted for 2.5%. CONCLUSIONS People with chronic pain may benefit from the capacity to contact their thoughts and feelings from a perspective as a "separate observer," to see them as transient, and to experience them as cognitively "defused. "
Grid-based clustering algorithm for multi-density

This paper presents a grid-based clustering algorithm for multi-density (GDD). The GDD is a kind of the multi-stage clustering that integrates grid-based clustering, the technique of density threshold descending and border points extraction. Scanning the dataset only once, the GDD can discover clusters of arbitrary shapes. The experiment results show that it can discover outliers or noises effectively and get good cluster quality for multi-data sets.
Psychosocial Adjustment in Children and Adolescents with a Craniofacial Anomaly: Age and Sex Patterns

Objective To examine rates of psychosocial adjustment problems and competencies in a sample of children with congenital craniofacial anomalies (CFAs). Methods Retrospective chart review. Setting Urban hospital plastic surgery primary care unit. Patients A total of 724 children aged 2 to 18 years with completed Child Behavior Checklists in their medical charts. Main Outcome Measure Child Behavior Checklist. Results Higher rates of problems in the clinical range were seen for withdrawn, attention, social, thought, and internalizing problems and lower rates for externalizing and somatic complaints; specific patterns varied according to age and sex. Elevated rates of competency deficits were seen in some groups. Conclusions Most children with CFAs do not appear to experience psychosocial adjustment problems. Although elevated risk may be seen for certain problems, this group may be protected in other areas. Research identifying the mechanisms responsible for varying age and sex patterns of adjustment is needed.
U.S.‐Russia venture probes Siberian peatlands' sensitivity to climate

The extent to which northern peatlands respond to or influence climate change is an unresolved question in Arctic science. Recent studies in Alaska, Canada, and Fennoscandia have raised concerns that northern peatlands, while currently a net sink or minor source of atmospheric CO2 , may become a significant CO2 source under a warming climate. Expanding peatlands emit methane but sequester atmospheric carbon through long-term accumulation of undecomposed plant matter. Drier conditions may reverse this process by increasing temperatures and lowering the peatland water table, causing anaerobic decomposition of stored peat and subsequent outgassing of CO2.While this process would likely reduce methane emissions and possibly enhance C uptake from increased soil nutrient mineralization rates [Oechel and Vourlitis, 1994], many scientists now believe that warming and drying of northern peatlands will liberate stored C for uptake by the atmosphere and biosphere.
Wideband Circular Patch Antenna With Conical Radiation Pattern

A wideband circular patch antenna with a conical radiation pattern for wireless communications is proposed. With the combination of a circular patch and four feeding open loops, the antenna provides a wide bandwidth due to dual resonances. The operation principle of the antenna has been presented, and a prototype has been fabricated using printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication. Measured results show that the proposed antenna yields an impedance bandwidth of 65.3% for voltage standing-wave ratio (VSWR) from 1.32 to 2.6 GHz and a maximum gain of 7.7 dBi with an air substrate thickness of about 0.13 λ0 at the center frequency .
The Structural GDP/GTP Cycle of Rab11 Reveals a Novel Interface Involved in the Dynamics of Recycling Endosomes*

The small GTP-binding protein Rab11 is an essential regulator of the dynamics of recycling endosomes. Here we report the crystallographic analysis of the GDP/GTP cycle of human Rab11a, and a structure-based mutagenesis study that identifies a novel mutant phenotype. The crystal structures show that the nucleotide-sensitive switch 1 and 2 regions differ from those of other Rab proteins. In Rab11-GDP, they contribute to a close packed symmetrical dimer, which may associate to membranes in the cell and allow Rab11 to undergo GDP/GTP cycles without recycling to the cytosol. The structure of active Rab11 delineates a three-dimensional site that includes switch 1 and is separate from the site defined by the Rab3/Rabphilin interface. It is proposed to form a novel interface for a Rab11 partner compatible with the simultaneous binding of another partner at the Rabphilin interface. Mutation of Ser29 to Phe in this epitope resulted in morphological modifications of the recycling compartment that are distinct from those induced by the classical dominant-negative and constitutively active Rab11 mutants. Recycling endosomes condensed in the perinuclear region where they retained recycling transferrin, and they clustered Rab11- and EEA1-positive membranes. Altogether, our study suggests that this mutation impairs a specific subset of Rab11 interactions, possibly those involved in cytoskeleton-based movements driving the slow recycling pathway.
Deformities of dural pouches and strictures of dural sheaths in the cervical region producing nerve-root compression; a contribution to the etiology and operative treatment of brachial neuralgia.

D L'RINC the last decade it has become evident that most cases of sciatica are due to some kind of nerve-root compression, usually the result of a herniation of a lumbar intervertebral disk. Lately attention has been drawn also to the intervertebral disks of the lower cervical spine. I t has been established that a lateral rupture of a disk in this region may produce a compression of the corresponding nerve root in the intervertebral foramen only, without implication of the cord, thus giving rise to the clinical picture of brachial neuralgia (1943: Semmes and Murphey; 6 1944: Bucy and Chenault, 1 Michelsen and Mixter, 4 Spurling and Scoville; 7 1945: Elliott and Kremer; ~ 1946: Eaton, 2 Sahlgren) ~. The isolated involvement of one of the three lowest cervical nerve roots produces an individual clear-cut clinical symptomatology, which enables the surgeon to make a rather accurate preoperative diagnosis as to the level at which the pathologic lesion is to be sought for. During the last four years, in this clinic, several patients presenting signs and symptoms of brachial neuralgia have been operated on in whom the existence of a lateral protrusion of an intervertebral disk was verified at operation. The results of their removal, however, have not been entirely encouraging, partly due, probably, to incomplete decompression or damage of the nerve (luring the operation, and partly, perhaps, to the fact that we have not until recently paid attention to the significance of certain deformities of the dural pouches and dural sheaths which will be described later in this paper. The disks in the cervical region protrude in a dorsal and lateral direction and have a great tendency towards calcification. Simultaneously osteophytes grow out from the edges of the adjoining vertebrae. As a result of the pathologic process the intervertebral foramen is transformed into a narrow osseous canal. The dorsal wall of this canal is formed by the most lateral part of the lamina plus the articular facets, while the ventral wall is formed by the protruded, calcified part of the disk. Consequently it is more adequate, in pathologic cases, to speak of an intervertebral canal instead of an intervertebral forame~. The nerve becomes very tightly fixed in this canal