Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
14.6 A 0.62mW ultra-low-power convolutional-neural-network face-recognition processor and a CIS integrated with always-on haar-like face detector

Recently, face recognition (FR) based on always-on CIS has been investigated for the next-generation UI/UX of wearable devices. A FR system, shown in Fig. 14.6. 1, was developed as a life-cycle analyzer or a personal black box, constantly recording the people we meet, along with time and place information. In addition, FR with always-on capability can be used for user authentication for secure access to his or her smart phone and other personal systems. Since wearable devices have a limited battery capacity for a small form factor, extremely low power consumption is required, while maintaining high recognition accuracy. Previously, a 23mW FR accelerator [1] was proposed, but its accuracy was low due to its hand-crafted feature-based algorithm. Deep learning using a convolutional neural network (CNN) is essential to achieve high accuracy and to enhance device intelligence. However, previous CNN processors (CNNP) [2–3] consume too much power, resulting in <10 hours operation time with a 190mAh coin battery.
Properties of Discrete Framelet Transforms

As one of the major directions in applied and computational harmonic analysis, the classical theory of wavelets and framelets has been extensively investigated in the function setting, in particular, in the function space L2(R). A discrete wavelet transform is often regarded as a byproduct in wavelet analysis by decomposing and reconstructing functions in L2(R) via nested subspaces of L2(R) in a multiresolution analysis. However, since the input/output data and all filters in a discrete wavelet transform are of discrete nature, to understand better the performance of wavelets and framelets in applications, it is more natural and fundamental to directly study a discrete framelet/wavelet transform and its key properties. The main topic of this paper is to study various properties of a discrete framelet transform purely in the discrete/digital setting without involving the function space L2(R). We shall develop a comprehensive theory of discrete framelets and wavelets using an algorithmic approach by directly studying a discrete framelet transform. The connections between our algorithmic approach and the classical theory of wavelets and framelets in the function setting will be addressed. Using tensor product of univariate complex-valued tight framelets, we shall also present an example of directional tight framelets in this paper.
Beer and Bosons at the Café Scientifique

Abstract The Café Scientifique began in Europe as a way to engage the public in conversations about science in an informal pub or coffee shop setting. The Denver Café, launched in 2003, is one of the largest, with an average attendance of 150 at its monthly meetings in a lively downtown brewpub. The participants sit at tables with drinks and snacks available. Invited speakers introduce their subject in twenty minutes, without the use of any audiovisual aids. Then follows an hour of questions, answers, and discussion, led by the speaker. The Café example may have much to teach about how to engage adults in contemporary issues and about settings that are more or less effective for that purpose.
Maximum Weight Cycle Packing in Directed Graphs, with Application to Kidney Exchange Programs

Centralized matching programs have been established in several countries to organize kidney exchanges between incompatible patient-donor pairs. At the heart of these programs are algorithms to solve kidney exchange problems, which can be modelled as cycle packing problems in a directed graph, involving cycles of length 2, 3, or even longer. Usually, the goal is to maximize the number of transplants, but sometimes the total benefit is maximized by considering the differences between suitable kidneys. These problems correspond to computing cycle packings of maximum size or maximum weight in directed graphs. Here we prove the APX-completeness of the problem of finding a maximum size exchange involving only 2-cycles and 3-cycles. We also present an approximation algorithm and an exact algorithm for the problem of finding a maximum weight exchange involving cycles of bounded length. The exact algorithm has been used to provide optimal solutions to real kidney exchange problems arising from the National Matching Scheme for Paired Donation run by NHS Blood and Transplant, and we describe practical experience based on this collaboration.
Te Kotahitanga: culturally responsive professional development for teachers

Te Kotahitanga is a research and professional development project that aims to support teachers to raise the achievement of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori students in public/mainstream classrooms. An Effective Teaching Profile, developed from the voices of Māori students, their families, principals and some of their teachers, provides direction and focus for both the classroom pedagogy and the professional development. While the authors understand that there are many institutional changes necessary at the school level, this paper focuses on the professional learning opportunities developed for classroom teachers within this project to support the development of more effective classroom relationships and interactions with Māori students. This has resulted in Māori students attending school more regularly, engaging as learners and achieving to levels where they begin to realise their true potential.
Examining contemporary careers: A call for interdisciplinary inquiry

This article describes an urgent need for interdisciplinary careers research in the emerging global knowledge economy. It begins by identifying a range of traditions in careers research, including both occupational and organizational research traditions from professional schools of education and management. It proceeds by offering a view on contemporary careers, and examining three directions for contemporary careers research — reflecting what organizational careers scholars see, what other organizational scholars see, and what is suggested by evidence on the knowledge economy — while leaving the door open for others to join the conversation by suggesting further research directions. The article then turns to propose three topics for future interdisciplinary research collaboration: a more accessible definition of career, application of contrasting methodologies and adoption of wider research agendas. The overall message is for careers scholars to become both more collaborative and more `imaginative' in their further research endeavors.
The ventromedial prefrontal cortex is involved in understanding affective but not cognitive theory of mind stories

Abstract Lesion and neuroimaging studies have implicated the medial frontal lobes as playing an important role in our ability to predict other people's behavior by attributing to them mental states, such as beliefs, intention and emotion (termed “Theory of Mind”; ToM). However, recent studies have challenged these findings by highlighting the role of the temporal–parietal junction (TPJ) in ToM. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the ventromedial (VM) prefrontal cortex plays a unique role in affective ToM reasoning rather than a general role in ToM. We compared the performance of patients with lesions localized either in the VM, dorsolateral, TPJ, or superior parietal to healthy controls, with a battery of naturalistic affective and cognitive ToM stories (about false beliefs, false attribution, irony and lies). Patients with VM damage were impaired at providing appropriate mental state explanations for the affective ToM stories, compared to healthy controls and patients with posterior damage. In the VM group, performance in the affective ToM was significantly impaired as compared to cognitive ToM stories. Furthermore, in the VM group, ratings of levels of emotionality of each story suggested that levels of affective load correlated with number of errors in the stories, indicating that the more the emotional load involved in the story the greater the difficulty posed for the subjects in this group.
A Reputation-based Routing Mechanism to Increase Personal Norm Compliance

Current reputation based approaches to avoid unwanted interactions assume that agents decide by themselves whether an interaction with another should happen. Therefore, the main issue is how to assess an agent’s reputation as quickly and accurately as possible. We propose a system in which requests for interaction are routed through a web of trust, and feedback on the interactions is sent by the interacting agents. Then we show that when agents use a reputation based approach to decide how to route the requests, the proportion of interactions that satisfies the agent’s personal norms increases.
Early Expression of Odorant Receptors Distorts the Olfactory Circuitry

The odor response properties of a mammalian olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) are determined by the tightly regulated expression of a single member of a very large family of odorant receptors (ORs). The OR also plays an important role in focusing the central projections of all OSNs expressing that particular receptor to a pair of stereotypic locations (glomeruli) in each olfactory bulb (OB), thus creating a spatial map of odor responses in the brain. Here we show that when initiated late in neural development, transgenic expression of one OR in almost all OSNs has little influence on the architecture of the OB in mice. In contrast, early OR–transgene expression (mediated by the Gγ8-promoter) in 50–70% of OSNs grossly distorts the morphology of glomeruli and alters the projection patterns of many residual OSNs not expressing the transgene. Interestingly, this disruption of targeting persists in adult animals despite the downregulation of Gγ8 and transgenic OR expression that occurs as olfactory neurogenesis declines. Indeed, functional imaging studies reveal a dramatic decrease in the complexity of responses to odorants in adult Gγ8-transgenic OR mice. Thus, we show that initiation of transgenic OR expression early in the development of OSNs, rather than just the extent of transgene expression, determines its effectiveness at modifying OB anatomy and function. Together, these data imply that OR-expression timing needs to be very tightly controlled to achieve the precise wiring and function of the mammalian olfactory system.
Interactional Diversity in Border Colleges

Research about the benefits of interactional diversity in college has been conducted at various U.S. institutions, but little research has focused on border colleges. This study explores the extent to which students at U.S.-Mexico border institutions reported having cross-racial and cross-ethnic interactions that researchers suggest promote academic and social development. To that end, the authors investigated how students identify by race and ethnicity, how frequently and where they interact with peers from other races and ethnicities, and how they view those interactions. Investigación acerca de los beneficios de contacto diverso en universidades se ha llevado a cabo en varias instituciones estadounidenses, pero muy poca investigación ha enfocado en universidades fronterizas. Este estudio explora hasta que grado estudiantes en instituciones de la frontera de México-Estados Unidos reportan tener contactos con razas y nacionalidades diferentes que a sugerencia de los investigadores promueven desarrollo social y académico. Con este objeto investigamos como se identifican los estudiantes de acuerdo a raza y nacionalidad; que tan frecuente y donde se comunican con compañeros de otra raza y nacionalidad; y cómo ven esos contactos.
In defense of the subtle prejudice concept: a retort

Responds to Coenders et al (see record 2001-06995-005) experiment replication and comments on the article by T. F. Pettigrew and R. W. Meertens' (see record 1995-28884-001) which investigated blatant and subtle intergroup prejudice. Coenders et al produced a different analysis of prejudice from the current authors. The authors see no reason to withdraw their claims for both the concept and measurement of subtle prejudice. The authors believe that by obscuring their theoretical structure and offering none of their own, Coenders et al follow their empirical preferences to reach a meaningless solution.
Attenuation of Pathogenicity in Candida albicans by Application of Polyphenols

Candida albicans is one of the most pathogenic and opportunistic class of fungi. Its emergence disturbs the human biome and can create serious damage in immunocompromised conditions. Hyphal growth and biofilm formation are mainly the core factors leading to progression of pathogenicity in C. albicans. The drug resistance towards azoles has created a demand of new novel pharmacologically active compounds. Although there are several pathways and factors known for causing pathogenicity there is none single connected pathway known for the whole mechanism such as SAP5, N-myrstyltransferase, Erg11 and Efg1 proteins. In the present study we have focussed on all the pathways and sorted major factors contributing in more than one pathways. The plant based polyphenols that have been studied here are non-toxic and more efficient as compared to the marketed azoles. These selected polyphenols were found to be capable of causing cell death of C. albicans up to 20% and inhibiting hyphal growth up to 90% as compared to Fluconazole. Biologically the polyphenols have been found to be more active on glyoxylate pathway.
EVALUATING THE BALLOON ANALOGUE RISK TASK (BART) AS A PREDICTOR OF RISK TAKING IN ADOLESCENT AND ADULT MALE DRIVERS

Young drivers between the ages of 15 and 24 are overrepresented in automobile crash statistics worldwide. Despite the common assumption that young drivers are more at risk of crashing than older drivers due to inexperience, age appears to be the main factor influencing crash risk, even after experience has been taken into account. It is possible that young drivers are involved in a high number of crashes because of their risk-taking tendencies. Accident involvement is not so much influenced by errors and lapses by the driver, but by the willingness to commit driving violations intentionally. However, studies that attempted to measure the risk-taking tendencies of drivers have so far used mainly self-report questionnaires, which are limited in their ability to predict real-world behaviour. This thesis used a new behavioural measure of risk-taking known as the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART). In this task, participants engage in computer simulation where a balloon is pumped in order to accumulate money, but when the balloon is pumped too high it explodes, and the money that could have been gained is lost. A group of 50 male drivers were the participants of this study, and these were separated into three age groups: adolescents, aged 16-17, young adults, aged 20-21, and older adults, aged 25 years and over. In addition to the BART, the participants answered a series of questionnaires that focused on risk-related constructs, such as impulsiveness and subjective risk assessment, as well as driving attitudes and intentions. The expectation was that younger drivers would be shown to have greater risk-taking tendencies than older drivers. The results showed that the BART showed no relationship with either driving attitude scores (apart from a small correlation with attitudes towards close following), or any of
THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH ANTI‐GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY DISEASE

© 2006 The Authors Journal compilation © 2006 Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology SIK LEE, KYUNG H PAECK, WON KIM, KYUNG P KANG, YONG B JANG, SANG Y LEE, KEUN S KWON, JONG H KIM and SUNG K PARK Departments of Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Preventive Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Renal Regeneration Laboratory, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Republic of Korea Accepted for publication 19 March 2006
Coxeter Group Actions on the Cohomology of Toric Varieties

On donne une formule simple pour l'action d'un groupe de Coxeter fini crystallographique sur la cohomologie de la variete torique complexe associee. La methode utilise la structure de Hodge sur la cohomologie pour relier le nombre des points rationnels sur un corps fini a cette action. On utilise la formule pour quelques applications, telles que la determination de la multiplicite graduee de la representation par reflexions dans la cohomologie.
Independent association of massive blood loss with mortality in cardiac surgery

regarding the number of potentially inappropriate transfusions of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) in the United States. Like most institutions, we constantly strive to minimize the number of inappropriate FFP transfusions. We find, however, that the blood bank staff flags 25 to 30 percent of transfused FFP units as not meeting transfusion guidelines. Other institutions have reported similar percentages of inappropriate FFP transfusions. 2 Although the significance of a minimally elevated prothrombin time (PT)-international normalized ratio (INR) has not been definitively proven, 3 many clinicians will prophylactically order FFP for a patient with a minimally elevated PT-INR. Although guidelines published by the AABB and others define appropriateness of FFP administration based on PT (or partial thromboplastin time) greater than 1.5 times normal, we find that defining the transfusion guidelines in terms of INR makes it easier for our clinicians to quickly evaluate the coagulation status of patients. Our guidelines suggest that FFP be considered only when the patient’s INR is equal to or greater than 1.6. We use thromboplastin with an international sensitivity index of 1.01 in our PT assay and so the reported INR is essentially the ratio of the patient’s PT to the normal value. At a glance, the clinicians can gain the same information from the INR that they would obtain by performing a calculation on the PT. Furthermore, because the PT reference range for each new batch of reagents may change slightly, we avoid the potential problem of clinicians applying a previously calculated PT transfusion cutoff to a new reference range. During an audit of monthly FFP utilization, we identified 22 nontrauma patients, receiving a total of 68 units of apheresis FFP (500 mL), who did not meet criteria for receipt of FFP. Some patients received FFP on more than one occasion. All received appropriate dosages of FFP, at least 10 mL per kg, with a mean of 1.9 units of FFP per transfusion (range, 1 to 6 units). The INR values around the time of the transfusion were recorded with pretransfusion INRs available at a median time of 6.3 hours before transfusion (range, 0.7-21 hr) and posttransfusion INRs available at a median of 3.9 hours after initiation of transfusion (range, 0.5-21 hr). The mean pretransfusion INR was 1.37 (range, 1.1-1.6), and the mean change was a decrease of 0.03 INR per unit of FFP infused. The changes in INR from transfusion of these 68 units and 10 control patients receiving FFP transfusions that did meet criteria are summarized in Fig. 1. We also calculated INRs for 20 units of apheresis FFP (500 mL). The mean INR of these FFP units was 1.1 (range, 0.9-1.3) (Fig. 2). These values are in agreement with those presented in other studies. 4,5
Lift-and-round to improve weighted completion time on unrelated machines

We consider the problem of scheduling jobs on unrelated machines so as to minimize the sum of weighted completion times. Our main result is a (3/2-c)-approximation algorithm for some fixed c>0, improving upon the long-standing bound of 3/2. To do this, we first introduce a new lift-and-project based SDP relaxation for the problem. This is necessary as the previous convex programming relaxations have an integrality gap of 3/2. Second, we give a new general bipartite-rounding procedure that produces an assignment with certain strong negative correlation properties.
Implementation of wavelet shrinkage de-noising based on DSP

Wavelet shrinkage has been a universal wavelet de-noising method in many signal-processing applications. It always consists of three steps: a forward wavelet transform, a shrinkage de-noising and an inverse wavelet transform. This paper addresses wavelet shrinkage de-noising algorithm based on DSP. The paper firstly introduces the principle of discrete wavelet transform and soft thresholding. Then it describes the implementation platform of wavelet shrinkage de-noising - analog devices DSP (digital signal processor) ADSP21060, which is a high performance signal processor. And the paper proposes to realize the wavelet shrinkage de-noising algorithm based on DSP instead of PC in order to be more suitable for real time system. Moreover, we advocate the realization method of thresholding algorithm based on DSP. In addition, the experiments show that wavelet shrinkage de-noising based on DSP is satisfying.
Utilization of Data Mining Techniques for Analysis of Breast Cancer Dataset Using R

: for the diagnosis of cancer medical professionals need an accurate & reliable prediction techniques. There are various techniques that is being used for the diagnosis purpose. Classification is a data mining function that assigns items in a collection to target groups or classes. Two algorithms c4.5 and naive bayes has been applied to the breast cancer dataset to analyse the accuracy of algorithm. Pre-processing techniques have been applied to prepare the formatted dataset from the raw dataset and identify the relevant attribute for classification. Test samples has been randomly selected from the dataset. The results are presented and discussed.
Resentment, envy, schadenfreude, and sympathy: Effects of own and other's deserved or undeserved status

This study used deservingness theory (Feather, 1999) to investigate how perceptions by a low status observer that his or her low status is deserved or undeserved affects the observer's envy and resentment towards a deserving or undeserving high achiever, and schadenfreude and sympathy when the high achiever suffers a subsequent failure. Deservingness was manipulated by varying the amount of effort, high or low, that led to a low achievement or a high achievement. Participants were 197 undergraduates who role-played a deserving or undeserving low performing student. In this role they first responded to a scenario involving either a deserving or undeserving high achiever and then to a subsequent epilogue in which the high achiever suffered failure. Results showed that resentment about the role-player's low performance affected both envy and resentment towards the high achiever, and that both resentment about the high achiever's success and a wish to denigrate the high achiever fuelled schadenfreude about th.
Methods for Simulating High-Conductance States in Neural Microcircuits

A network simulation paradigm was devel- oped to be consistent with observations of the high- conductance state of layer IV cortical neurons in an awake brain in-vivo. Two classes of integrate-and-fire based neurons, pyramidal (with adaptation) and inhibitory, were modeled. Synapses were conductance based. The high- conductance state was induced by synaptic bombardment with 1000 excitatory and 250 inhibitory Poisson process with firing rates (e,i) respectively. The rates (e,i) were chosen so that the respective neuron models, (pyramidal, inhibitory), reproduce these rates under this bombard- ment. Network synapses were then enabled, replacing a fraction of the Poisson process input. A 9x9x9 lattice of neurons with a cortical layer IV inspired network topology was simulated at 1/200th real-time. Coherent network bursting emerged at 5-7 Hz. The dependence of the burst period on the time constant of adaptation was demonstrated to be linear with a slope consistent with unity. The simulation uses event based communication and a scalable Linux cluster implementation is foreseen.