Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Five Membrane Filtration Methods for Recovery of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Isolates from Water Samples

ABSTRACT We evaluated the efficiency of five membrane filters for recovery of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia lamblia cysts. These filters included the Pall Life Sciences Envirochek (EC) standard filtration and Envirochek high-volume (EC-HV) membrane filters, the Millipore flatbed membrane filter, the Sartorius flatbed membrane filter (SMF), and the Filta-Max (FM) depth filter. Distilled and surface water samples were spiked with 10 oocysts and 10 cysts/liter. We also evaluated the recovery efficiency of the EC and EC-HV filters after a 5-s backwash postfiltration. The backwashing was not applied to the other filtration methods because of the design of the filters. Oocysts and cysts were visualized by using a fluorescent monoclonal antibody staining technique. For distilled water, the highest percent recovery for both the oocysts and cysts was obtained with the FM depth filter. However, when a 5-s backwash was applied, the EC-HV membrane filter (EC-HV-R) was superior to other filters for recovery of both oocysts (n = 53 ± 15.4 per 10 liters) and cysts (n = 59 ± 11.5 per 10 liters). This was followed by results of the FM depth filter (oocysts, 28.2 ± 8, P = 0.015; cysts, 49.8 ± 12.2, P = 0.4260), and SMF (oocysts, 16.2 ± 2.8, P = 0.0079; cysts, 35.2 ± 3, P = 0.0079). Similar results were obtained with surface water samples. Giardia cysts were recovered at higher rates than were Cryptosporidium oocysts with all five filters, regardless of backwashing. Although the time differences for completion of filtration process were not significantly different among the procedures, the EC-HV filtration with 5-s backwash was less labor demanding.
Developing Portfolios of Enterprise Applications using Software Product Lines

Research on Component-Oriented Business Applications has focussed on Specifications of Components and Component Markets. Another approach based on Mass Customization and Software Product Lines is presented here. Mass Customization is a strategic concept used in many industries to offer products that are customer-individual, but based on a limited number of building blocks. Thus, customer value is maximized while developing the systems is still economical. Software Product Lines are a promising approach to allow the adoption of Mass Customization for Software in general and Business Applications in particular. Unfortunately, existing literature on Software Product Lines largely ignores the importance of strategic decisions on the product portfolio. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a well-known and successfully used Quality Management method that can help companies identify true customer needs and the features needed to fulfil these needs. This paper demonstrates how QFD can be used for Product Portfolio Planning, thus offering potentially great benefits.
Through a glass darkly: The Population History of England as an experiment in history

The author outlines the philosophy behind the research that resulted in the book by E. Anthony Wrigley and Roger S. Schofield entitled "The Population History of England 1541-1871: A Reconstruction". He notes that rather than attempting a narrative approach the authors of the book focused on a particular set of issues in order to test the validity of some influential theories about the nature of demographic and economic change. This was primarily achieved through a reconstruction of the English historical demographic record which then provided the framework for such theories to be tested.
BC-ε : A Recursion-Theoretic Characterization of LOGSPACE

We present BCε which is a function algebra that is sound and complete for LOGSPACE. It is based on the novel recursion-theoretic principle of generalized recursion where the step length of primitive recursion can be varied at each step. This allows elegant representations of functions like logarithm and division. Unlike characterizations found in the literature, it is noticeable that there does not appear to be a way to represent pairs in the algebra. The soundness proof uses a simulation based on “computational amnesia” where, analogously to tail recursion optimization, a recursive call replaces its own activation record. Even though the call is not necessarily tail, we recover the full recursion by repeatedly restarting the computation.
Retroviral sequence located in border region of short unique region and short terminal repeat of Md5 strain of Marek's disease virus type 1.

A 246-base pair (bp) retroviral sequence, which was homologous to a long terminal repeat of avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV), was detected and cloned from Md5 strain (Md5) of Marek's disease virus type 1 (MDV1) by representational difference analysis (RDA). The retroviral sequence was thought to be located in the border region of short unique region (U(s) and short terminal repeat (TRs), but did not exist in the border region of U(s) and the inverted short repeat (IRs) of the Md5 genome. A cloned fragment of the US/TRs border region of the Md5 genome showed a construction of U-E'-R-U'-E-TRs with the regions designated as follows: E, expanded TRs reported by Jones et al. [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90, 3855, 1993]; E', a partial copy of the expanded TRs; R, the retroviral sequence detected in Md5 genome; U, TRs-end sequence of U(s); U', a partial copy of TRs-end sequence of U(s). The sequence unit indicated as E'-R-U' was thought to be heterogeneously repeated in the Md5 genome. Since this retroviral sequence reportedly did not exist in the original stock of Md5, the retroviral sequence is thought to be inserted in the Md5 genome without experimental co-infection of avian cells with retrovirus and MDV1. These results suggest that RDA could be useful for the detection of retroviral sequences in the herpesvirus genome.
Redefining part-of-speech classes with distributional semantic models

This paper studies how word embeddings trained on the British National Corpus interact with part of speech boundaries. Our work targets the Universal PoS tag set, which is currently actively being used for annotation of a range of languages. We experiment with training classifiers for predicting PoS tags for words based on their embeddings. The results show that the information about PoS affiliation contained in the distributional vectors allows us to discover groups of words with distributional patterns that differ from other words of the same part of speech. This data often reveals hidden inconsistencies of the annotation process or guidelines. At the same time, it supports the notion of `soft' or `graded' part of speech affiliations. Finally, we show that information about PoS is distributed among dozens of vector components, not limited to only one or two features.
Bilateral Memory Dysfunction in Epilepsy Surgery Candidates Detected by the Intracarotid Amobarbital Procedure (Wada Memory Test)

The intracarotid amobarbital procedure (IAP) is widely used in the evaluation of candidates for resective epilepsy surgery, in part to identify patients at risk for postoperative amnesia. Yet there is no widely accepted standardized protocol, and there is a paucity of quantitative data to assess the factors associated with poor IAP performance. This report summarizes our findings on 110 patients with intractable focal epilepsy who underwent IAP testing at our center. Ipsilateral IAP scores for patients with left-sided seizure foci were significantly lower than those for patients with right-sided seizure foci. Falsely and poorly lateralizing scores were also significantly more common in subjects with left-sided seizure onsets. Twenty-four percent of subjects failed the IAP bilaterally, and patients who failed the IAP bilaterally had significantly lower scores on neuropsychologic measures. There was no difference between patients who passed and failed in the location, etiology, duration, or age of onset of epilepsy. We conclude that bilateral memory dysfunction is common in patients with intractable partial epilepsy. Whether memory dysfunction detected by IAP testing as performed at our center is predictive of functionally limiting postoperative amnesia remains to be determined.
Streptococcus suis Meningitis in a French Cooker : Case Report and Review

Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen, increasingly reported worldwide and especially in Asia. S. suis remains rare in France but is responsible for outbreaks in Asia, causing meningitis, septicemia, endocarditis, arthritis and septic shock. Transmission of S. suis to humans may occur by close contact with sick or healthy pigs. Deafness is a common and often permanent neurological sequella of S. suis meningitis. We report here a case of S. suis meningitis in a French cooker specialized in pig meat diagnosed by 16S rRNA PCR performed from Cerebrospinal fluid. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2016; 6(3): 136-139
Global uniform asymptotic stability of memristor-based recurrent neural networks with time delays

Memristor is a newly prototyped nonlinear circuit device. Its value is not unique and changes according to the value of the magnitude and polarity of the voltage applied to it. In this paper, a simplified mathematical model is proposed to characterize the pinched hysteretic feature of the memristor, a memristor-based recurrent neural network model is given, and its global stability is studied. Using differential inclusion, two sufficient conditions for the global uniform asymptotic stability of memristor-based recurrent neural networks are obtained.
Effects of impression management and self-deception on the predictive validity of personality constructs.

This study tests whether 2 types of response distortion (self-deception and impression management) affect the predictive validity of 2 of the "Big 5" personality dimensions, conscientiousness and emotional stability, in 2 applicant samples of long-haul semitruck drivers (n = 147 and n = 139). As hypothesized, conscientiousness (p = -.26 and -.26) and emotional stability (p = -.23 and -.21) were valid predictors of voluntary turnover in the 2 samples. Also as hypothesized, conscientiousness was a valid predictor of supervisory ratings of performance (p = .41 and .39) in the 2 samples. Although not hypothesized, emotional stability was also significantly related to supervisor ratings of performance (p = .23 and .27). Results from structural equations modeling indicated that applicants did distort their scores on both personality dimensions and the distortion occurred both through self-deception and impression management; however, neither type of distortion attenuated the predictive validities of either personality construct.
Neurorehabilitation for Other Neurologic Disorders

ABSTRACT Rehabilitation treatment and the interdisciplinary approach to care may improve the function of those with progressive neurologic disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, ALS, muscular dystrophy, and neuropathy. Appropriate goals and therapies are specific to the stage of the disease as well as the needs and values of the individual patient. Preliminary evidence exists to support moderate aerobic and strengthening regimens in these patients. Close monitoring and avoidance of fatigue are paramount. Assistive technologies play an ever-increasing role in maintaining independence during all stages of the disease.
Chapter V Application of Higher-Order Neural Networks to Financial Time-Series Prediction

Financial time-series data is characterized by nonlinearities, discontinuities, and high-frequency multipolynomial components. Not surprisingly, conventional artificial neural networks (ANNs) have difficulty in modeling such complex data. A more appropriate approach is to apply higher-order ANNs, which are capable of extracting higher-order polynomial coefficients in the data. Moreover, since there is a one-to-one correspondence between network weights and polynomial coefficients, higher-order neural networks (HONNs) — unlike ANNs generally — can be considered open-, rather than “closed-box” solutions, and thus hold more appeal to the financial community. After developing polynomial and trigonometric HONNs (P[T]HONNs), we introduce the concept of HONN groups. The latter incorporate piecewise continuous-activation IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING This paper appears in the publication, Artificial Neural Networks in Finance and Manufacturing edited by Joarder Kamruzzaman, Rezaul Begg, and Ruhul Sarker© 2006, Idea Group Inc. 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200, Hershey PA 17033-1240, USA Tel: 717/533-8845; Fax 717/533-8661; URL-http://www.idea-group.com ITB13010
New Causal Message Logging Protocol with Asynchronous Checkpointing for Distributed Systems

Causal message logging is an efficient approach for tolerating fail- ures of processes in distributed systems because it has the advantages of both pessimistic and optimistic message logging approach. However, traditional causal message logging protocols prevent live processes from executing con- tinuously their computation and require some synchronous logging to the stable storage during recovery. Although Elnozahy's protocol solves the problems, it has the central recovery leader's problem. Additionally, if it were integrated with asynchronous checkpointing, it may result in inconsistency problems in case of concurrent failures. In this paper, we present a new causal message log- ging protocol with asynchronous checkpointing to need to maintain only the latest checkpoint of each process and allow live processes to execute continu- ously their computation even in concurrent failures during recovery. Moreover, the protocol solves the problems of Elnozahy's protocol and improves asyn- chrony during recovery because the protocol enables each recovering process to be responsible for only its recovery.
Sulfide dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: a new multifunctional enzyme involved in the reduction of elemental sulfur

Pyrococcus furiosus is an anaerobic archaeon that grows optimally at 100 degrees C by the fermentation of carbohydrates yielding acetate, CO2, and H2 as the primary products. If elemental sulfur (S0) or polysulfide is added to the growth medium, H2S is also produced. The cytoplasmic hydrogenase of P. furiosus, which is responsible for H2 production with ferredoxin as the electron donor, has been shown to also catalyze the reduction of polysulfide to H2S (K. Ma, R. N. Schicho, R. M. Kelly, and M. W. W. Adams, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:5341-5344, 1993). From the cytoplasm of this organism, we have now purified an enzyme, sulfide dehydrogenase (SuDH), which catalyzes the reduction of polysulfide to H2S with NADPH as the electron donor. SuDH is a heterodimer with subunits of 52,000 and 29,000 Da. SuDH contains flavin and approximately 11 iron and 6 acid-labile sulfide atoms per mol, but no other metals were detected. Analysis of the enzyme by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy indicated the presence of four iron-sulfur centers, one of which was specifically reduced by NADPH. SuDH has a half-life at 95 degrees C of about 12 h and shows a 50% increase in activity after 12 h at 82 degrees C. The pure enzyme has a specific activity of 7 mumol of H2S produced.min-1.mg of protein-1 at 80 degrees C with polysulfide (1.2 mM) and NADPH (0.4 mM) as substrates. The apparent Km values were 1.25 mM and 11 microM, respectively. NADH was not utilized as an electron donor for polysulfide reduction. P. furiosus rubredoxin (K(m) = 1.6 microM) also functioned as an electron acceptor for SuDH, and SuDH catalyzed the reduction of NADP with reduced P. furiosus ferredoxin (K(m) = 0.7 microM) as an electron donor. The multiple activities of SuDH and its proposed role in the metabolism of S(o) and polysulfide are discussed.
Genome Sequence of Oenococcus oeni OM27, the First Fully Assembled Genome of a Strain Isolated from an Italian Wine

ABSTRACT Oenococcus oeni OM27 is a strain selected from “Nero di Troia” wine undergoing spontaneous malolactic fermentation. “Nero di Troia” is a wine made from “Uva di Troia” grapes, an autochthonous black grape variety from the Apulian region (south of Italy). In this paper we present a 1.78-Mb assembly of the O. oeni OM27 genome, the first fully assembled genome of an O. oeni strain from an Italian wine.
Characterization of recent H5 subtype avian influenza viruses from US poultry

In the US, the isolation of H5 subtype avian influenza (AI) viruses has been uncommon in commercial chickens and turkeys, although sporadic isolations have been made from the live bird markets or its supply chain since 1986. In 2002, two different outbreaks of H5 AI occurred in commercial chicken or turkey operations. The first occurred in Texas and was identified as a H5N3 subtype AI virus. The second outbreak was caused by a H5N2 virus isolated from a turkey farm in California. In this study we analyzed recent H5 subtype AI viruses from different avian species and different sources in the US. Most recent H5 subtype isolates shared a high sequence identity and phylogenetically assorted into a separate clade from the Pennsylvania/83 lineage isolates. However, no established lineage was found within this clade and the recent H5 subtype isolates seemed to be the result of separate introductions from the wild bird reservoir. The Texas H5N3 isolate shared the lowest homology with the other recent isolates in the haemagglutinin gene and had a unique haemagglutinin cleavage site sequence of REKR/G (other recent isolates have the typical avirulent motif, RETR/G). Furthermore, this isolate had a 28 amino acid deletion in the stalk region of the neuraminidase protein, a common characteristic of chicken adapted influenza viruses, and may indicate that this virus had actually been circulating in poultry for an extended period of time before it was isolated. In agreement with genetic evidence, the Texas H5N3 isolate replicated better than other H5 isolates in experimentally infected chickens. The outbreak in Texas with a more chicken-adapted H5N3 virus underscores the importance of ongoing surveillance and control efforts regarding the H5 subtype AI virus in the US.
Scalable Parasitic Charge Redistribution: Design of High-Efficiency Fully Integrated Switched-Capacitor DC–DC Converters

This paper introduces a technique, called scalable parasitic charge redistribution (SPCR), that reduces the parasitic bottom-plate losses in fully integrated switched-capacitor (SC) voltage regulators up to any desired level. This is realized by continuously redistributing the parasitic charge in-between phase-shifted converter cores. Because earlier models described the ratio of this parasitic coupling to the flying capacitance as the only limiting factor on the achievable fully integrated efficiency, the use of SPCR allows SC converters to achieve efficiencies previously deemed impossible. Transistor leakage is shown to be another limiting factor and is added to existing models which are then used to prove the effectiveness of SPCR over a wide range of power densities (up to 10 W/mm2) and technological parameters. The implementation of SPCR requires little overhead thanks to the use of charge redistribution buses. A 1/2 converter is fabricated in a 40 nm bulk CMOS technology that demonstrates SPCR by achieving a record efficiency for fully integrated closed-loop SC converters of 94.6%.
Analysis of a modified Polar Sigma-Delta transmitter architecture for multi-radio applications

Polar sigma delta architecture has been previously proposed as an universal architecture able to offer multi-radio transmission in a mobile system. Furthermore, it has been validated for mobile WiMax, a very exigent communication standard in terms of envelope magnitude range and channel bandwidth. This paper briefly describes polar sigma delta architecture and proposes some improvements to it, particularly the digital mixing instead of analog mixing. Simulations of the enhanced architecture have been carried out using agilent advanced design system. Results are analyzed and new architecture advantages and drawbacks are pointed out.
Disparities in mental health outcomes among lung cancer survivors associated with ruralness of residence

Healthy People 2020 identifies elimination of health disparities as a key aim. Rural residence is associated with disparities in cancer screening, physical morbidity, and survival. The present study aimed to identify potential disparities in mental health (MH) outcomes (e.g., anxiety and depression symptoms, distress) in lung cancer (LC) survivors associated with ruralness of residence.
Prevalence of tardive dystonia

ABSTRACT: Tardive dystonia is a rare late‐onset side effect of neuroleptics. This paper presents a prevalence study of 351 inpatients conducted in our hospital. Seven patients (2%) were found to suffer from this condition. The majority were found to be young and had received neuroleptics for a variable number of years before the onset of the dystonia. In general, treatment of this condition is disappointing.
A Method for Extraction of Future Reference Sentences Based on Semantic Role Labeling

In everyday life, people use past events and their own knowledge in predicting probable unfolding of events. To obtain the necessary knowledge for such predictions, newspapers and the Internet provide a general source of information. Newspapers contain various expressions describing past events, but also current and future events, and opinions. In our research we focused on automatically obtaining sentences that make reference to the future. Such sentences can contain expressions that not only explicitly refer to future events, but could also refer to past or current events. For example, if people read a news article that states “In the near future, there will be an upward trend in the price of gasoline,” they may be likely to buy gasoline now. However, if the article says “The cost of gasoline has just risen 10 yen per liter,” people will not rush to buy gasoline, because they accept this as reality and may expect the cost to decrease in the future. In the following study we firstly investigate future reference sentences in newspapers and Web news. Next, we propose a method for automatic extraction of such sentences by using semantic role labels, without typical approaches (temporal expressions, etc.). In a series of experiments, we extract semantic role patterns from future reference sentences and examine the validity of the extracted patterns in classification of future reference sentences. key words: natural language processing, future reference expressions, future prediction, information extraction
Improved speed Digital Signature Algorithm based on modular inverse

DSA(Digital Signature Algorithm) algorithm is widely used in the digital signature fields. With the arrival of the era of big data, it has been put forward higher requirements for the operation speed of variety of digital signature algorithm. An improved speed algorithm isDSA (Improved Speed DSA) is presented, which is based on the idea of avoiding the complex and time-consuming modular inverse. In isDSA, it modifies the component s of the signature, cancels w of the verification, modifies u1 and u2 of the verification, and in the meantime the independent messages operations are pre-computed and saved. Using the same fast algorithm for large numbers, isDSA and DSA are simulated. Setting the length of modulus p 1024bits, the simulation result shows that the signature speeds of isDSA and DSA with pre-computation are same - less than 1ms because of no complicated operations. And the verification speed of isDSA is increased by 25.40% than DSA. And the security of isDSA and DSA is compared and analyzed, it proves that isDSA has the same security strength with DSA.