Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Occupational exposure to allergenic mites among workers of the Silesian Zoo

The study was carried out from April 2004 to March 2005, when 65 samples of dust, litter, debris and residues from the Silesian Zoo were examined for the presence of mites. Mites were found in all the samples; a total of 5,†315 mites were isolated and 26 species of astigmatid mites were identified. These mites constituted 84% of the total catch. Tyrophagus perniciosus was a dominant (57.9%), followed by T. putrescentiae (7.7%), Acarus farris (5%) and T. longior (4.9%). Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus was found for the first time in this environment. Whole-protein extracts were made from 6 cultured mite species: Dermatophagoides farinae, D. pteronyssinus, T. putrescentiae, Acarus siro, Lepidoglyphus destructor and Glycyphagus domesticus. The proteins were fractionated by SDS-PAGE and identified by Western blot. Zoo workersi antibodies against particular antigens were identified in the serum IgE fraction by using an anti-human IgE monoclonal antibody. The results showed that 50% of tested sera reacted specifically with protein fractions of about 60†kDa in extracts from T. putrescentiae; 34.2% of the workersi sera recognized allergens of about 50 kDa from whole mite extracts of L. destructor; and 34.2% of tested sera reacted specifically with new antigens of about 70 kDa in extracts from A. siro. Thus the results revealed the occurrence of allergenic mites in the examined places in the Silesian Zoo and the strong and specific immune responses of zoo workers to various mite allergens.
Mobile Awareness: Design for Connectedness

This article describes our ongoing research project about design for behavior change, which is facilitated by Ubiquitous Computing technologies. In particular in this paper we discuss the potentiality of mobile devices to facilitate the mobility behavior change among people who are currently living at Turin, Italy. To this aim we illustrate our conceptual design of a mobile game, which is designed to facilitate mobility behavior change.
Regularity Properties for General HJB Equations: A Backward Stochastic Differential Equation Method

In this work we investigate regularity properties of a large class of Hamilton-Jacobi- Bellman (HJB) equations with or without obstacles, which can be stochastically interpreted in the form of a stochastic control system in which nonlinear cost functional is defined with the help of a backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) or a reflected BSDE. More precisely, we prove that, first, the unique viscosity solution V (t, x) of an HJB equation over the time interval (0,T), with or without an obstacle, and with terminal condition at time T , is jointly Lipschitz in (t, x )f ort running any compact subinterval of (0,T). Second, for the case that V solves an HJB equation without an obstacle or with an upper obstacle it is shown under appropriate assumptions that V (t, x )i s jointly semiconcave in (t, x). These results extend earlier ones by Buckdahn, Cannarsa, and Quincampoix (Nonlinear Differential Equations Appl., 17 (2010), pp. 715-728). Our approach embeds their idea of time change into a BSDE analysis. We also provide an elementary counterexample which shows that, in general, for the case that V solves an HJB equation with a lower obstacle the semiconcavity doesn't hold true.
IFFERENT C LASSES OF M ACHINE L EARNING Harsh Jain and

The internet community has been benefitting tremendously from the works of various researchers in the field of Natural Language Processing. Semantic orientation analysis, sentiment analysis, etc. has served the social networks as well as companies relying on user reviews well. Flame identification has made the internet less hostile for some users. Spam filtering has made the electronic mail a more efficient means of communication. But with the incessant growth of the internet, NLP using machine learning working on massive sets of raw and unprocessed data is an ever-growing challenge. Semi-supervised machine learning can overcome this problem by using a large set of unlabeled data in conjunction with a small set of labeled data. Also, focusing on developing NLP systems that can contribute to developing a unified architecture could pave the way towards General Intelligence in the future.
Revisiting Physiologic and Psychologic Triggers that Increase Spasticity

ObjectiveThe aims of this study were to systematically identify and summarize the literature examining the impact of physiologic and psychologic triggers on spasticity and discuss the evidence supporting various types of triggers. DesignPubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PEDro databases were searched using specific keyword combinations. Only studies using clinical tests or self-reports of spasticity were included. ResultsA total of 1152 articles were scanned for relevance, and of 44 relevant articles, 24 were reviewed. Pregnancy, posture, cold, circadian rhythm, and skin conditions increased spasticity and were measured using objective clinical tests. Self-reports of spasticity suggest that triggers such as bowel- and bladder-related issues, menstrual cycle, mental stress, and tight clothing can all increase spasticity. No literature evidence of increase in spasticity in response to heterotopic ossification, hemorrhoids, deep vein thrombosis, fever, and sleep patterns was found. ConclusionsAlthough self-reports indicate a strong possibility of increasing spasticity, without objective examination, the true effects of these triggers on spasticity remain inconclusive. Most studies reviewed here were performed in the spinal cord injury population; therefore, it is not known whether these triggers induce similar effects in persons with other neurologic etiologies.
Role of the rom protein in copy number control of plasmid pBR322 at different growth rates in Escherichia coli K-12.

The copy number per cell mass of plasmid pBR322 and a rom- derivative was measured as a function of generation time. In fast growing cells the copy number per cell mass was virtually identical for rom+ and rom- derivatives. However, the copy number of pBR322 only increased 3- to 4-fold from a 20- to 80-min generation time, whereas the copy number of the rom- derivative increased 7- to 10-fold. The copy number stayed constant for the rom+ and rom- plasmids at generation times longer than 80-100 min. Thus, the presence of the rom gene decreased the copy number of plasmid pBR322 in slowly growing cells at least 2-fold when compared with the rom- plasmid. To study the effect of the rom gene in trans we cloned the gene into the compatible P15A-derived rom- plasmid pACYC184. In cells carrying both pACYC184 rom+ and pBR322 rom- the presence of the rom gene in trans had little effect on the copy number of pBR322 rom- at fast growth, but it decreased its copy number at slow growth to the same level as found for pBR322, i.e., complemented the pBR322 rom- plasmid. The pACYC184 plasmid and its rom+ derivatives showed copy numbers similar to those of pBR322 rom- and pBR322 itself, respectively, at fast and slow growth. We conclude that the rom gene product-the Rom protein-is an important element in copy number control of ColE1-type plasmids especially in slowly growing cells.
University of Groningen Dual time point method for the quantification of irreversible tracer kinetics

The Patlak graphical analysis (PGAREF) for quantification of irreversible tracer binding with a reference tissue model was approximated by a dual time point imaging approach (DTPREF). The DTPREF was applied to 18 [ F]-FDOPA brain scans using the occipital cortex as reference region (DTPOCC) and compared to both PGAOCC and striatal-to-occipital ratios (SOR). Pearson correlation analysis and Bland–Altman plots showed an excellent correlation and good agreement between DTPOCC and PGAOCC, while correlations between SOR and PGAOCC were consistently lower. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) demonstrated a similar performance for all methods in differentiating patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) from healthy controls (HC). Specifically for [F]-FDOPA brain imaging, these findings validate DTPOCC as an approximation for PGAOCC, providing the same quantitative information while reducing the acquisition time to two short static scans. For PD patients, this approach can greatly improve patient comfort while reducing motion artifacts and increasing image quality. In general, DTPREF can improve the clinical applicability of tracers with irreversible binding characteristics when a reference tissue is available.
Minimal Fault Diameter for Highly Resilient Product Networks

We present a number of results related to the fault tolerance of Cartesian product networks. We start by presenting a method for building containers (i.e., sets of node-disjoint paths) between any two nodes of a product network based on given containers for the factor networks. Then, we show that the best achievable fault diameter (i.e., diameter under maximum fault conditions), under reasonable network regularity and connectivity conditions, is equal to the fault-free diameter plus one. The concept of high fault resilience is then defined. We then prove that if each factor network is highly resilient, then their Cartesian product has minimal fault diameter. We derive from these results that Cartesian products of several popular networks are highly resilient and have minimal fault diameter equal to diameter plus one. These results spare future efforts that would be needed to individually determine the fault diameter of such networks as has been the practice with previously studied networks.
Synthesis of an ent-Halimanolide from ent-Halimic Acid

An efficient synthesis of ent-halimanolide 2 (15,16-epoxy-12-oxo-ent-halima-5(10),13(16),14-trien-18,2β-olide), from ent-halimic acid has been achieved, corroborating the structure of the natural compound and establishing its absolute configuration.
Changes in treatment plan for carpal tunnel syndrome based on electrodiagnostic test results

This study evaluated how often the treatment plan for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) changed based on electrodiagnostic test results. Secondly, we assessed factors associated with a change in the treatment plan for CTS. One-hundred-and-thirty English-speaking adult patients underwent electrodiagnostic testing in a prospective cohort study. Treatment plan was recorded before and after testing. Treatment plan changed in 25 patients (19%) based on electrodiagnostic test results. The plan for operative treatment before testing decreased significantly after testing (83% versus 72%). The best logistic regression model for no change in treatment plan included a prolonged or non-recordable median distal sensory latency (normal, prolonged, or non-recordable), and explained 24% of the variation. For surgeons that manage CTS on the basis of objective pathophysiology rather than symptoms, electrodiagnostic test results often lead to changes in recommended treatment.
‘Barbarian’ Pottery from the Mycenaean Settlement at the Menelaion, Sparta

In 1973, after an interval of many years, the British School at Athens returned to Sparta to resume work in an area with which it had been associated since early in the present century. The site chosen was the Mycenaean settlement at the Menelaion, briefly investigated by R. M. Dawkins in 1910. Full seasons of excavation were completed in each of the years 1973–6, and 1980. A cleaning season was undertaken in 1977, while supplementary excavations were made in the autumns of 1977 and 1978. Several brief preliminary accounts of this work have appeared, while one or two objects of particular intrinsic interest have been published in detail. For the time being, at least, the excavation of the prehistoric site at the Menelaion is at an end. Though work on the preparation of the final report is well advanced, it will be some time before this can be published, and the many classes of pottery and other objects can be made generally available.
School Children's Attributions of Intentions for Parental Behaviors

The present study developed a new scale to measure children's attributions of intentions for parental behaviors. The scale has 180 items (18 intentions that children may use to explain why parents perform each of 10 parental behaviors), and was administered to 1973 Chinese students (age range = 9–16 years; M = 12.5, SD = 1.70; 1024 boys and 949 girls). Using half of the sample, 10 exploratory factor analyses were conducted (variance accounted for ranged from 64.24% to 73.32%, M = 69.9%), each on the 18 items associated with one of the 10 parental behaviors. Four factors with eigenvalues over one emerged. The items associated with two of the 10 stimulus behaviors were selected to form a short version. Using the other half of the sample, confirmatory factor analyses on the short version were conducted and provided further support for the four-factor structure. Concurrent validity was assessed by correlations with parental psychological and behavioral control, and gender, age, and grade of the respondents. Test–retest reliability was assessed among 159 of the respondents over a one-month separation.
The re-emergence of Mycobacterium bovis infection in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) after localised possum eradication

Abstract AIM: To examine the spatial and temporal pattern of Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis) infection in a population of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) after localised possum eradication. METHODS: Possums on a 36 ha site were eradicated and re-population from the surrounding area studied using population surveys conducted approximately every 2 months for 40 months from the cessation of eradication activity (month zero), using a capture-release programme. At each trapping session, all possums were examined for clinical signs of tuberculosis. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was confirmed by the isolation of Mycobacterium bovis, and restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) was used to type the isolates. Infected possums were categorised as residents (present on the site for at least 6 months before diagnosis), range expanders (adult possums which had extended their nearby home ranges to become trappable within the study site), or juvenile immigrants (sub-adult possums which had dispersed into the site from an unknown distance away). This classification was used to identify the location where possums became infected. Capture locations and denning site locations were used to examine the spatial pattern of disease occurrence. RESULTS: Thirty cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed among the 370 possums identified on the study site. Four different REA types (Types 2, 3, 8 and 10) were identified. The first two cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in Month 4, in mature male possums categorised as range expanders, the third case was diagnosed in Month 6 and the fourth case at Month 9. Each of the first four cases was infected with a different REA type. The subsequent temporal pattern of infection was consistent with transmission from range expander cases and dispersing juvenile immigrants to resident possums. Clinical incidence remained low but persistent until the third year, when the incidence of Types 2, 8 and 10 escalated. Type 3 infections showed an earlier incidence peak, but disappeared from the site when the last known case died at Month 20. Of the dispersing juvenile possums entering the site, four became clinically tuberculous and represented a source of re-infection of other possums. CONCLUSIONS: Re-emergence of tuberculosis after localised possum eradication was due to the continuing reintroduction of infection in mature and immature diseased possums, and not the survival of M. bovis in the environment.
Specific activation of 2'-5'oligoadenylate synthetase gene promoter by hepatitis C virus-core protein: a potential for developing hepatitis C virus targeting gene therapy.

AIM To examine whether 2'-5'oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS) gene promoter can be specifically activated by hepatitis C virus (HCV)-core protein. METHODS Human embryo hepatic cell line L02 was transfected with pcDNA3.1-core plasmid and selected by G418. Expression of HCV-core was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting. The OAS promoter sequence was amplified from the genomic DNA and inserted into pGL3-basic vector. The resultant pGL3-OAS-Luci plasmid was transiently transfected into L02/core cells and luciferase activity was assayed. RESULTS L02/core cell line stably expressing HCV-core protein was established. The pGL3-OAS-Luci construct exhibited significant transcriptional activity in the L02/core cells but not in the L02 cells. CONCLUSION HCV-core protein activates the OAS gene promoter specifically and effectively. Utilization of OAS gene promoter would be an ideal strategy for developing HCV-specific gene therapy.
Later Greek Literature: The date and purpose of the Philopatris

Of unknown authorship, uncertain date, and debatable purpose, the Philopatris is one of the more curious documents to emanate from later antiquity. Its frequently peculiar language and its attempt to fuse traditional elements of the Platonic-cum-Lucianic dialogue with the newer demands of Christian orthodoxy conspire to make it a work of considerable interest to the student of late Greek literature. No time need be spent defending Lucian against the charge of writing the Philopatris . Doubts were evinced at least as long ago as the Florentine editio princeps of 1496; they have prevailed ever since. Three considerations rule out the satirist. First, the indifferent Greek, with its faltering syntax and confusion of dialects. Second, much of the piece is a cento of phrases and effects from genuine Lucianic works. Finally, the mention of an ἐξισωτής or peraequator , an official not attested before the reign of Constantine. The last two of these points are equally fatal to the notion, found occasionally in the older commentators, that the dialogue predates Lucian. It has been assigned to around the time of Nero, on the basis of Triepho's claim (12) to have recently (πρῴην) had an encounter with the apostle Paul. But this is to impart to the dialogue a dramatic realism to which it does not pretend.
Factors affecting the continued intention of mobile shopping

Although the mobile shopping is convenient for our daily life, some people still discontinue their usage of mobile shopping approach even they already have the experience. The purpose of this study is to understand the factors of mobile shopping continuance. With the survey method, 500 college students of mobile phone users were surveyed and 244 effective questionnaires were obtained for survey analysis. This study conducts survey probing the factors affecting the continued intention of mobile shopping via the variables of confirmation, satisfaction, perceived usefulness, and trust. The results show that trust can improve the explanatory power of initial Expectancy Confirmation Model (ECM). This study also contributes to the m-shopping stores for enhancing their customers' continuance on m-shopping and extends the researches on continuance model of information systems.
Behavioral and Social Science Theory

A theory is a set of interrelated concepts, constructs, and propositions that present a systematic view of a domain of study for the purpose of explaining and predicting phenomena.A model, on the other hand, is a heuristic device for organizing components of a domain of phenomena to show relationships between the parts and the outcome of interest. Scholars from different disciplines distinguish between theories and conceptual models in contrasting ways; however, common distinctions emphasize the degree of generality, formalization, coherence, and causality involved. Theories tend to encompass broad classes of phenomena,whilemodels are applied to more narrowly defined domains,have less formalization, and make more tentative claims about causality. For example, the social ecology of health model draws on general systems and social science theories, but it is a model and not a theory. It organizes component factors according to levels of influence on health and uses the heuristic device of the iceberg-type figure to depict the relationship between deep structural factors, intermediate factors, and individual factors. Different theories can be used to explain phenomena at different ecological levels, a topic to which we will return later in this chapter. Public health professionals who work in areas unrelated to the social and behavioral sciences often become overwhelmed by the multiplicity of theoretical and conceptual “models” that are found in the behavioral science literature.Many of the frameworks and the constructs they contain appear very similar but go by different names,and the component concepts seem
Distal partial trisomy 1q: report of two cases and a review of the literature

We report on two cases with partial trisomy 1q syndrome. One case was a mid‐trimester fetus with multiple malformations that was prenatally diagnosed with a de novo distal partial trisomy 1q. Prenatal ultrasound at 24th gestational week demonstrated the presence of cleft lip and palate, increased biparietal diameter and decreased abdominal circumference. Cytogenetic analysis (GTG banding) and subsequent fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using whole chromosome paint 1 and multicolor banding (MCB) demonstrated an aberrant karyotype 46,XY,dup(1)(q31q43∼44). The second case was a newborn male infant with multiple congenital malformations. He had a derivative chromosome 18 as a result of a maternal insertion involving chromosomes 1 and 18. Further analyses including MCB showed his karyotype as 46,XY,ins(18;1)(q22;q23q31.1∼32). The present cases and a review of the literature suggest that partial trisomy of the long arm of chromosome 1 is a distinct clinical entity. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Survival and SOS response induction in ultraviolet B irradiated Escherichia coli cells with defective repair mechanisms

Abstract Purpose In this paper, the contribution of different genes involved in DNA repair for both survival and SOS induction in Escherichia coli mutants exposed to ultraviolet B radiation (UVB, [wavelength range 280–315 nm]) was evaluated. Materials and methods E. coli strains defective in uvrA, oxyR, recO, recN, recJ, exoX, recB, recD or xonA genes were used to determine cell survival. All strains also had the genetic sulA::lacZ fusion, which allowed for the quantification of SOS induction through the SOS Chromotest. Results Five gene products were particularly important for survival, as follows: UvrA > RecB > RecO > RecJ > XonA. Strains defective in uvrA and recJ genes showed elevated SOS induction compared with the wild type, which remained stable for up to 240 min after UVB-irradiation. In addition, E. coli strains carrying the recO or recN mutation showed no SOS induction. Conclusions The nucleotide excision and DNA recombination pathways were equally used to repair UVB-induced DNA damage in E. coli cells. The sulA gene was not turned off in strains defective in UvrA and RecJ. RecO protein was essential for processing DNA damage prior to SOS induction. In this study, the roles of DNA repair proteins and their contributions to the mechanisms that induce SOS genes in E. coli are proposed.
Facts, fiction, and fallacies in SPD design and applications

After many years since the launching of practical and affordable low-voltage surge-protective devices made possible by the development of metal-oxide varistors and silicon avalanche diodes, several misconceptions or unrealistic expectations still linger among some specifiers and users of these devices. In this paper, we examine "items" that are sometimes cited as facts, but are in reality fiction or fallacies, and we attempt to correct the record