Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Concept Space Synset Manager Tool

The IndoWordNet 1 Consortium consists of member institutions developing WordNet using the expansion approach. The WordNets developed using expansion approach are very much influenced by the source language and may not reflect the richness of the target language (Walawalikar et al., 2010). And therefore the IndoWordNet Community decided to develop concepts which were specific to their respective language viz. language-specific concepts which will help in increasing the WordNet coverage. Besides the above requirement it was also felt that it should be possible to maintain additional information about the concepts i.e. an image, document describing the concept, links to websites and other resources, etc. In this paper, we discuss a Concept Space Synset Management Tool (CSS) 2 which was developed to assist creation of language specific concepts/synsets and manage their linkages to other Indian language WordNets. 1 Background and Motivation The IndoWordNet is a multilingual WordNet which links WordNets of different Indian languages on a common identification number 1 http://www.cfilt. iitb.ac.in/indowordnet 2 http://indradhanush.unigoa. ac.in/concep tspace called as synset Id given to each concept (Bhattacharyya, 2010). WordNet is designed to capture the vocabulary of a language and can be considered as a dictionary cum thesaurus and much more (Miller, et al., 1993; Miller, 1995; Fellbaum, 1998). Synset (Fellbaum, 1998) is composed of a gloss describing the concept, example sentences and a set of synonym words that are used for the concept. Besides synset data, WordNet maintains many lexical and semantic relations. Table1 gives the number of concepts/synsets created by the language groups of the Indradhanush WordNet Consortium which is a part of the IndoWordNet Consortium. Table1: Synset linkage status Also a sense marked newspaper corpus (sense marking is a task to tag each word of the corpus with the WordNet sense) consisting of minimum 1,00,000 words has been created by each of the members of the Indradhanush WordNet Consortium. The coverage is found to be low. In order to increase the coverage of the WordNet it was decided that a corpus will be created by all language groups and the corpus will be sense marked. To increase the coverage it was decided to add the concepts which were specific to their respective language viz. language-specific concepts and nullify the effect of influence of the source language on the target language WordNet. The CSS Manager Tool 3 was developed to assist in creation of language-specific concepts, linking to other language WordNets, providing additional information about synsets, etc. The features and the detailed framework of the CSS Manager Tool is explained in section 3 and 4. The rest of the paper is organized as follows – section 2 introduces the related work. The features of CSS Manager Tool are presented in section 3; section 4 presents the architecture of CSS Manager Tool. Section 5 presents the implementation details followed by the conclusion and future work.
Analysis of Change in the Wind Speed Ratio according to Apartment Layout and Solutions

Apartment complexes in various forms are built in downtown areas. The arrangement of an apartment complex has great influence on the wind flow inside it. There are issues of residents' walking due to gust occurrence within apartment complexes, problems with pollutant emission due to airflow congestion, and heat island and cool island phenomena in apartment complexes. Currently, the forms of internal arrangements of apartment complexes are divided into the flat type and the tower type. In the present study, a wind tunnel experiment and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation were performed with respect to internal wind flows in different apartment arrangement forms. Findings of the wind tunnel experiment showed that the internal form and arrangement of an apartment complex had significant influence on its internal airflow. The wind velocity of the buildings increased by 80% at maximum due to the proximity effects between the buildings. The CFD simulation for relaxing such wind flows indicated that the wind velocity reduced by 40% or more at maximum when the paths between the lateral sides of the buildings were extended.
Automatic detection of embryo using Particle Swarm Optimization based Hough Transform

In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is a procedure to obtain embryo by inseminating oocyte and sperm outside human body. Several embryos are produced at the end of this procedure and it remains a problem to select the most appropriate embryo to be implanted into uterus. Many strategies have been proposed for selection of the embryo. The latest is time-lapse microscopy which monitors the embryo development continuously. An automatic method using computer to detect and locate the position of the embryo is thus needed. In this paper, an approach based on a modification of Hough Transform using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is proposed to approximate the embryo as a circle. Each PSO particle represents a circle in the parameter space and mainly used to reduce the computational complexity of Hough Transform. Experiment result showed that the proposed method is able to detect the position of the embryo accurately. The result from this method can be used to extract criteria for embryo transfer purpose.
OCCLUSION , CLUTTER , AND ILLUMINATION INVARIANT OBJECT RECOGNITION

An object recognition system for industrial inspection that recognizes objects under similarity transformations in real time is proposed. It uses novel similarity measures that are inherently robust against occlusion, clutter, and nonlinear illumination changes. They can be extended to be robust to global as well as local contrast reversals. The matching is performed based on the maxima of the similarity measure in the transformation space. For normal applications, subpixel-accurate poses are obtained by extrapolating the maxima of the similarity measure from discrete samples in the transformation space. For applications with very high accuracy requirements, least-squares adjustment is used to further refine the extracted pose.
Detecting and resolving conflicts between adaptation aspects in multi-staged XML transformations

Separation of Concerns (SoC) is a common principle to reduce the complexity of large software and hypermedia systems. Amongst a variety of approaches, adaptation aspects are a well-known solution to significantly improve SoC in adaptive hypermedia applications. To model adaptation aspects in XML-based hypermedia applications, we developed PX-Weave, a tool which allows to specify and weave such aspects in multi-staged XML transformation environments. However, while aspects increase modularity and thus decrease complexity of software, they do also introduce some complex problems. The most prominent one, aspect interaction, has received a lot of attention from researchers during the last decade. In this paper we investigate the problem of aspect interaction for adaptation aspects. We present a combined approach for static and dynamic detection of aspect interactions in multi-staged XML-based hypermedia applications, which we implemented as an add-on to PX-Weave.
ECG left ventricular hypertrophy is a stronger risk factor for incident cardiovascular events in women than in men in the general population

Objective: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular events. ECG is the most widely used method for LVH detection. Despite the abundance of ECG LVH criteria, their prognostic values have been compared in only a few studies, and little has been known about how sex modifies the prognostic value of LVH. We assessed the relationship between ECG LVH and incident cardiovascular events in the general population. Methods: Several ECG LVH criteria were measured in 3059 women and 2456 men participating in the Health 2000 Study – a national general population survey. Association between ECG LVH and cardiovascular events were analyzed with Cox proportional-hazards models. Results: ECG LVH was more prevalent in women than in men when measured with Cornell-based criteria, but less prevalent or nondifferent when measured with other criteria. The association between ECG LVH and events showed higher hazard ratios for women than in men. Sex × LVH interaction terms were statistically significant in part of the LVH criteria. In adjusted Cox models, Sokolow–Lyon voltage performed the best. The composite of Sokolow–Lyon voltage and Cornell voltage was statistically significantly associated with events in both sexes. Conclusion: Sex affects both the prevalence rates and prognostic values of ECG LVH criteria in the general population, while showing higher prognostic value of ECG LVH in women than in men. For clinical use, the composite of the Sokolow–Lyon voltage and the Cornell voltage seems to be a good option.
CRAB Reader: A Tool for Analysis and Visualization of Argumentative Zones in Scientific Literature

Given the rapid publication rate in many fields of science, it is important to develop technology that can help researchers locate different types of information in scientific literature. A number of approaches have been developed for automatic identification of information structure of scientific papers. Such approaches can be useful for down-stream NLP tasks (e.g. summarization) and practical research tasks (e.g. scientific literature review), and can be realistically applied across domains when they involve light supervision. However, even light supervision requires some data annotation for new tasks. We introduce the CRAB Reader ‐ a tool for the analysis and visualization of information structure (according to the Argumentative Zoning (AZ) scheme) in scientific literature which can facilitate efficient and user-friendly expert-annotation. We investigate and demonstrate the use of our tool for this purpose and also discuss the benefits of using the same tool to support practical tasks such as scientific literature review.
Autologous serum and plasma skin test to predict 2-year outcome in chronic spontaneous urticaria

Background Autologous serum skin test (ASST) and autologous plasma skin test (APST) are simple methods to diagnose autoimmune chronic urticaria. However, the association data of ASST or APST with disease severity and long-term outcome are still unclear. Objective The results of ASST and APST might be used to predict urticaria symptom severity and long-term outcomes among chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) patients. Methods We evaluated the prevalence of reactive ASST and APST in 128 CSU patients. The patients were characterized by 4 groups: negative, ASST positive, APST positive, and both ASST and APST positive. We observed remission rate among the CSU patients during 2 years. Results Forty-four of 128 CSU patients (34%) had negative autologous skin test. The CSU patients with positive ASST, positive APST, and both positive ASST and APST were 47 (37%), 6 (5%), and 31 (24%), respectively. No significant difference was found between the groups according to urticaria severity score (USS) and dermatology life quality index (DLQI). Mean wheal diameter of ASST showed positive correlation with DLQI. Also, mean wheal diameter of APST showed positive correlation with USS and DLQI. Both the positive ASST and APST groups had a high proportion of 4-fold dose of H1-antihistamine than the positive ASST (p = 0.03) and negative groups (p = 0.0009). The rate of remission over 2 years in the negative, positive ASST, positive APST, and both positive ASST and APST groups were 81.1%, 62.3%, 60%, and 46.1%, respectively. The urticaria remission rate in patients in the negative group was significantly higher compared with both positive ASST and APST groups (odds ratio, 5.0; 95% confidence interval, 1.61–15.44; p = 0.006). Conclusion ASST and APST results could predict remission rates among patients with CSU. Our results suggested investigating ASST and APST among CSU patients before starting treatment.
From the margins of the genome: mobile elements shape primate evolution

As is the case with mammals in general, primate genomes are inundated with repetitive sequence. Although much of this repetitive content consists of “molecular fossils” inherited from early mammalian ancestors, a significant portion of this material comprises active mobile element lineages. Despite indications that these elements played a major role in shaping the architecture of the genome, there remain many unanswered questions surrounding the nature of the host‐element relationship. Here we review advances in our understanding of the host–mobile element dynamic and its overall impact on primate evolution. BioEssays 27:785–794, 2005. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Evaluating Alternative Methods of Soil Erodibility Mapping in the Mediterranean Island of Crete

Soil erodibility is among the trickiest erosion factors to estimate. This is especially true for heterogeneous Mediterranean environments, where reliable and dense soil data are rarely available, and interpolation methods give very low accuracies. Towards estimating soil erodibility, research so far has resulted in several alternatives mainly based on empirical formulas, on physics-based equations or on inference with expertise. The aim of this work was to compare erodibility patterns derived by using the empirical United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) formula and by inference from a geological map in a Mediterranean agricultural site. The Kolymvari area, located in the western part of Crete, an area covered by olive groves and citrus orchards, was selected as the study site for this work. Comparison of the spatial patterns of soil erodibility derived from the two alternatives showed significant differences ( i.e. , a mean normalized difference value of 0.52), while a test of the “inference” alternative indicated very low accuracies (0.1475 RMS error). A comparison, however, of the spatial patterns of erosion values derived from both alternatives indicated that dissimilarities of the two soil erodibility maps faded out. Moreover, the highly risky areas provided by both alternatives were found to be identical for 88% of the whole study site.
Participation of S. Typhimurium cysJIH Operon in the H2S-mediated Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Presence of Sulfate as Sulfur Source

H2S production has been proposed as a mechanism to explain bacterial resistance to antibiotics. In this work, we present evidence for the role of the cysJIH operon in resistance to ciprofloxacin mediated by H2S production with different sulfate as the only sulfur source. We found that the products of the cysJIH operon are involved in ciprofloxacin resistance by increasing both, the levels of H2S and reduced thiols apparently counteracting antimicrobial-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS). This protective effect was observed only when bacteria were cultured in the presence of sulfate, but not with cysteine, as the sole sulfur source.
What a difference a decade makes: Insights into translesion DNA synthesis

Living organisms are continually under attack from a vast array of DNA-damaging agents that imperils their genomic integrity. As a consequence, cells posses an army of enzymes to repair their damaged chromosomes. However, DNA lesions often persist and pose a considerable threat to survival, because they can block the cell's replicase and its ability to complete genome duplication. It has been clear for many years that cells must possess a mechanism whereby the DNA lesion could be tolerated and physically bypassed. Yet it was only within the past decade that specialized DNA polymerases for “translesion DNA synthesis” or “TLS” were identified and characterized. Many of the TLS enzymes belong to the recently described “Y-family” of DNA polymerases. By possessing a spacious preformed active site, these enzymes can physically accommodate a variety of DNA lesions and facilitate their bypass. Flexible DNA-binding domains and a variable binding pocket for the replicating base pair further allow these TLS polymerases to select specific lesions to bypass and favor distinct non-Watson–Crick base pairs. Consequently, TLS polymerases tend to exhibit much lower fidelity than the cell's replicase when copying normal DNA, which results in a dramatic increase in mutagenesis. Occasionally this can be beneficial, but it often speeds the onset of cancer in humans. Cells use both transcriptional and posttranslational regulation to keep these low-fidelity polymerases under strict control and limit their access to a replication fork. Our perspective focuses on the mechanistic insights into TLS by the Y-family polymerases, how they are regulated, and their effects on genomic (in)stability that have been described in the past decade.
Purpose-Driven, Self-Growing Networks - A Framework for Enabling Cognition in Systems of Systems

Purpose-driven, self-growing networks are a novel concept using their service or geographical extend to augment network capacity or operational constrains such as energy consumption. This paper builds upon the purpose-driven, self-growing paradigm: it contributes a first step towards a framework allowing a formal description and performance evaluation of such novel network functionality. The paper hereby shows how purpose-driven, self- growing networks can be described by their network lifecycle. The latter is decomposed into transition points and associated parameters, rules for transition between points, and associated costs. By applying backward reasoning, the paper contributes a mathematical description of the lifecycle and presents first ideas how such representation can be used for network optimization.
Crosstalk of clock gene expression and autophagy in aging

Autophagy and the circadian clock counteract tissue degeneration and support longevity in many organisms. Accumulating evidence indicates that aging compromises both the circadian clock and autophagy but the mechanisms involved are unknown. Here we show that the expression levels of transcriptional repressor components of the circadian oscillator, most prominently the human Period homologue PER2, are strongly reduced in primary dermal fibroblasts from aged humans, while raising the expression of PER2 in the same cells partially restores diminished autophagy levels. The link between clock gene expression and autophagy is corroborated by the finding that the circadian clock drives cell-autonomous, rhythmic autophagy levels in immortalized murine fibroblasts, and that siRNA-mediated downregulation of PER2 decreases autophagy levels while leaving core clock oscillations intact. Moreover, the Period homologue lin-42 regulates autophagy and life span in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, suggesting an evolutionarily conserved role for Period proteins in autophagy control and aging. Taken together, this study identifies circadian clock proteins as set-point regulators of autophagy and puts forward a model, in which age-related changes of clock gene expression promote declining autophagy levels.
Development and Characterization of Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers Based on RNA-Sequencing of Medicago sativa and In silico Mapping onto the M. truncatula Genome

Sufficient codominant genetic markers are needed for various genetic investigations in alfalfa since the species is an outcrossing autotetraploid. With the newly developed next generation sequencing technology, a large amount of transcribed sequences of alfalfa have been generated and are available for identifying SSR markers by data mining. A total of 54,278 alfalfa non-redundant unigenes were assembled through the Illumina HiSeqTM 2000 sequencing technology. Based on 3,903 unigene sequences, 4,493 SSRs were identified. Tri-nucleotide repeats (56.71%) were the most abundant motif class while AG/CT (21.7%), AGG/CCT (19.8%), AAC/GTT (10.3%), ATC/ATG (8.8%), and ACC/GGT (6.3%) were the subsequent top five nucleotide repeat motifs. Eight hundred and thirty- seven EST-SSR primer pairs were successfully designed. Of these, 527 (63%) primer pairs yielded clear and scored PCR products and 372 (70.6%) exhibited polymorphisms. High transferability was observed for ssp falcata at 99.2% (523) and 71.7% (378) in M. truncatula. In addition, 313 of 527 SSR marker sequences were in silico mapped onto the eight M. truncatula chromosomes. Thirty-six polymorphic SSR primer pairs were used in the genetic relatedness analysis of 30 Chinese alfalfa cultivated accessions generating a total of 199 scored alleles. The mean observed heterozygosity and polymorphic information content were 0.767 and 0.635, respectively. The codominant markers not only enriched the current resources of molecular markers in alfalfa, but also would facilitate targeted investigations in marker-trait association, QTL mapping, and genetic diversity analysis in alfalfa.
Psychometric properties of the Somatic Complaints Scale in Spanish children and adults.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyse the psychometric properties of the Somatic Complaints List (SCL) in Spanish child and adult populations. This instrument assesses the frequency with which people experience and feel pain such as stomach ache and headache, among others. It has been validated in different countries and languages (Dutch, English, and Persian), showing adequate psychometric properties. Nevertheless, it has never been validated in a Spanish context. METHOD For the adaptation and validation, we used two different samples: 1423 children, age ranging from 8 to 12 years old, selected from 12 primary and secondary schools at 7 locations in the Valencian Community, Spain (age = 9.11 years, SD = 1.27; 52.4% female); and 940 adults, age ranging from 18 to 56 years old (age = 32.3 years, SD = 11.62; 64% female). RESULTS The Spanish adaptation of the SLC showed adequate levels of reliability and validity. CONCLUSIONS The empirical evidence seems sufficient to justify using this diagnostic tool with Spanish children and adults.
Simple Random Access Compression

Given a sequence S of n symbols over some alphabet Σ of size σ, we develop new compression methods that are (i) very simple to implement; (ii) provide O(1) time random access to any symbol (or short substring) of the original sequence. Our simplest solution uses at most 2h+o(h) bits of space, where h = n(H$_{0}$(S)+1), and H$_{0}$(S) is the zeroth-order empirical entropy of S. We discuss a number of improvements and trade-offs over the basic method. For example, we can achieve n(H$_{k}$(S)+1)+o(n(H$_{k}$(S)+1)) bits of space, for k = o(log$_{σ}$(n)). Several applications are discussed, including text compression, (compressed) full-text indexing and string matching.
New delay-dependent conditions on robust stability and stabilisation for discrete-time systems with time-delay

This article is concerned with new robust stability conditions and robust stabilisation method for a discrete-time system with time-delay and time-varying structured uncertainties that come into state and input matrices. An improved approach to obtain new robust stability conditions is proposed. Our approach employs a generalised Lyapunov functional combined with the parameterised model transformation method and the generalised free weighting matrix method. These generalisations lead to generalised robust stability conditions that are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Moreover, based on new robust stability conditions, a robust stabilisation method for uncertain discrete-time systems with time-delay is given. Numerical examples compare our robust stability conditions with some existing conditions to show the effectiveness of our approach and also illustrate the improvement of our robust stabilisation method.