Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performing Data Aggregation on Encrypted data for Preserving Privacy in WSNs

Energy and Privacy are the two important aspects in the Battery limited wireless sensor networks. Currently adopting hop by hop encryption for privacy preserving protocols are not efficient in terms of the energy and privacy in WSNs because these protocols decrypts and encrypts the data at the aggregator node since the decrypts at every aggregator node consumes more power and it also increases the frequency of the node compromise attack . The proposed privacy conserving protocol adopts the Privacy Homomorphism technique for performing the data aggregation on encrypted data without any significant delays. Hence it reduces the node compromise attack. So there is greater chance of getting meticulous result at the base node with the reduced computation and communication overheads. The protocol used in the proposed scheme for preserving privacy has its applications in the field where time and security are the critical issues such as in the military applications since it ensures privacy, end to end confidentiality, authenticity, data freshness and energy efficiency while performing data aggregation. Our motto is to provide a secure data aggregation scheme which ensures the privacy, authenticity and freshness of individual sensed data as well as the accuracy and confidentiality of the aggregated data without introducing a significant overhead on the energy constrained sensor networks.
A Democratically Collaborative Learning Scheme for Fog-enabled Pervasive Environments

The emergence of fog computing has brought unprecedented opportunities to many fields, and it is now feasible to incorporate deep learning at the edge to facilitate the development of pervasive systems (e.g., autonomous driving and smart grids). In this paper, we present our preliminary research on a democratic learning scheme so that fog nodes could collaborate on the model training process even without the support of the cloud, which is urgently needed in the pervasive computing context. The main objective of this work is to utilize the deployed fog nodes to train a well-performed deep learning model together, even with the limited local data from each participant. Instead of relying on the cloud by default, we design a voting strategy so that a fog node could be elected as the coordinator based on both distance and computational power metrics to help expedite the training process. We then experiment the effectiveness of the scheme through a real-world, in-door fog deployment and verify the performance of the trained model through a human moving trajectory tracking use case.
Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Diseases of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium: From Bench to Bedside

ABSTRACT Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) represents a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, and Stargardt’s macular dystrophy (SMD) is the most common form of juvenile-onset macular degeneration. Dry AMD and SMD share an underlying pathophysiology, namely dysfunction and ultimately loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), suggesting that RPE transplantation may offer a potential treatment strategy for both patient populations. Stem cells have emerged as a promising source of replacement RPE. During the past 15 years, extraordinary strides have been made in the identification, characterization, and differentiation of stem cells. Recently, this large body of basic science and preclinical research has been translated to patient care with the publication of results from Phase 1/2 trials demonstrating safety of transplantation of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived RPE into patients with AMD and SMD. While significant challenges remain before dry AMD and SMD become treatable diseases, the goal has become more tangible.
Current-mediated, current-reset 768/spl times/512 active pixel sensor array

A current-mode active pixel sensor (APS) architecture provides an alternative to voltage-mediated source-follower APS devices, offering an architecture that can be built in a digital CMOS technology with fewer FETs in the pixel and readout, fewer bus lines strapping the array and less clocking required for operation. A current-reset approach reduces fixed-pattern noise due to FET performance variations. The architecture is robust with respect to the process-induced variations in a digital process, though this comes at the expense ofincreased power consumption during current reset. A current-mode APS CMOS image sensor with a 768-by-512 array of 15/spl mu/m/sup 2/ pixels is presented in a photographic mode that demonstrates the device variable electronic shutter operation, the x-y addressable nature ofthe circuit, and the inherent antiblooming.
An Approach to Solve a Possibilistic Linear Programming Problem

The objective of the paper is to deal with a kind of possibilistic linear programming (PLP) problem involving multiple objectives of conflicting nature. In particular, we have considered a multi objective linear programming (MOLP) problem whose objective is to simultaneously minimize cost and maximize profit in a supply chain where cost and profit coefficients, and related parameters such as available supply, forecast demand and budget are fuzzy with trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. An example is given to illustrate the strategy used to solve the aforesaid PLP problem.
Prediction of protein cellular attributes using pseudo‐amino acid composition

The cellular attributes of a protein, such as which compartment of a cell it belongs to and how it is associated with the lipid bilayer of an organelle, are closely correlated with its biological functions. The success of human genome project and the rapid increase in the number of protein sequences entering into data bank have stimulated a challenging frontier: How to develop a fast and accurate method to predict the cellular attributes of a protein based on its amino acid sequence? The existing algorithms for predicting these attributes were all based on the amino acid composition in which no sequence order effect was taken into account. To improve the prediction quality, it is necessary to incorporate such an effect. However, the number of possible patterns for protein sequences is extremely large, which has posed a formidable difficulty for realizing this goal. To deal with such a difficulty, the pseudo‐amino acid composition is introduced. It is a combination of a set of discrete sequence correlation factors and the 20 components of the conventional amino acid composition. A remarkable improvement in prediction quality has been observed by using the pseudo‐amino acid composition. The success rates of prediction thus obtained are so far the highest for the same classification schemes and same data sets. It has not escaped from our notice that the concept of pseudo‐amino acid composition as well as its mathematical framework and biochemical implication may also have a notable impact on improving the prediction quality of other protein features. Proteins 2001;43:246–255. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Fast-Scale Bifurcation Analysis in One-Cycle Controlled H-Bridge Inverter

This paper discusses the fast-scale instability in the one-cycle controlled H-bridge inverter which is widely used in practical applications. Simulations show that the fast-scale instability which occurs around the peak value of the inductive current is a type of local instability. The discrete-time model is derived to analyze the fast-scale instability. According to the Jacobian matrix derived from the discrete-time model, the theoretical analysis shows that the fast-scale instability manifests itself as a period-doubling bifurcation occurs, which reveals the intrinsic mechanism of the instability of one-cycle controlled H-bridge inverter. Furthermore, with the approximation of the matrix exponential in the discrete-time model and based on the Jacobian matrix, the stability boundary is obtained by the analytical expression which is helpful to select the proper values of parameters for avoiding the fast-scale instability. The experiments are carried out to validate the results of the simulation and theoretical analysis. It is shown that the analysis method is able to facilitate the design of the inverter.
BTN1, a Yeast Gene Corresponding to the Human Gene Responsible for Batten's Disease, is Not Essential for Viability, Mitochondrial Function, or Degradation of Mitochondrial ATP Synthase

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene BTN1, encodes a 408 amino acid putative integral membrane protein, which is 39% identical and 59% similar to the human Cln3p, whose mutant forms are responsible for Batten's disease and for a diminished degradation of mitochondrial ATPase synthase subunit c. Disruption experiments established that Btn1p is not essential for viability, mitochondrial function, or degradation of mitochondrial ATP synthase in yeast. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Measurement of protection afforded by ultraviolet‐absorbing window film using an in vitro model of photodamage

The effects of chronic sun damage including telangiectasias, solar lentigos, rhytides, enlarged pores, sagging skin, and pre‐cancerous and cancerous growths are among the most common presenting complaints in a dermatologist's office. These changes are often worse on the driver's side of the face, emphasizing the role of UVA exposure received while driving in producing these changes. This study was undertaken to measure the ability of car window glass alone and in combination with ultraviolet (UV)‐absorbing film to reduce UV‐damage as measured using an established in vitro model of photoprotection.
Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Is Involved in Impaired Angiogenic Response in Diabetes

Angiogenic response is impaired in diabetes. Here, we examined the involvement of receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in diabetes-related impairment of angiogenesis in vivo. Angiogenesis was determined in reconstituted basement membrane protein (matrigel) plugs containing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) implanted into nondiabetic or insulin-deficient diabetic wild-type or RAGE−/− mice. The total, endothelial, and smooth muscle (or pericytes) cells in the matrigel were significantly decreased in diabetes, with the regulation dependent on RAGE. In the matrigel, proangiogenic VEGF expression was decreased, while antiangiogenic thrombospondin-1 was upregulated in diabetic mice, regardless of the presence of RAGE. In wild-type mice, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-positive cells in the matrigel were significantly less in diabetic than in nondiabetic mice, while the numbers of transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells were significantly higher. This alteration in PCNA- and TUNEL-positive cells in diabetes was not observed in RAGE−/− mice. Similarly, the percentage of nuclear factor κB–activated cells is enhanced in diabetes, with the regulation dependent on the presence of RAGE. Importantly, adenovirus-mediated overexpression of endogenous secretory RAGE, a decoy receptor for RAGE, restores diabetes-associated impairment of angiogenic response in vivo. Thus, RAGE appears to be involved in impairment of angiogenesis in diabetes, and blockade of RAGE might be a potential therapeutic target.
Effects of Nigella sativa supplementation on blood parameters and anthropometric indices in adults: A systematic review on clinical trials

Background: Nigella sativa (N. sativa) has been used in traditional medicine and several studies have been performed in the last decades to reveal the effects of it on different medical disorders such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity. We evaluated the effects of N. sativa supplementation on lipid profiles, glycemic control, blood pressure (BP), and some anthropometric indices in humans. Materials and Methods: A search on published studies was done by using databases including PubMed, Google Scholar, Thomas Reuters Web of Science, and Cochrane. Medical subject headings (MeSH) terms searched included “N. sativa,” “Black seed,” “Black cumin,” “kalonji,” and “Triglycerides,” “Cholesterol,” “Lipoproteins,” “LDL,” “Lipoproteins,” “HDL,” “Blood glucose,” “Hemoglobin A,” “Glycosylated,” “Blood pressure,” “Body mass index,” “Waist circumference”. Initially 515 articles were extracted. Four hundred ninety-two papers that were unrelated, reviews, animal studies, and combined and duplicated studies were excluded, 23 articles were eligible for this review. Results: After analyzing 23 articles including 1531 participants, these results were achieved: In 4 trials, N. sativa reduced BP, but in 5 trials it could not. Fasting blood sugar (FBS) was reduced significantly in 13 studies. In addition, N. sativa reduced levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Although weight and waist circumference (WC) in 2 articles were reduced significantly, in 6 articles they were not. Fluctuation in lipid profile in the articles was very controversial, being significant in many of them but not in others. Conclusion: Our systematic review revealed that N. sativa supplementation might be effective in glycemic control in humans.
Attitude of Couples towards Family Planning

Abstract The study entitled ‘Attitude of Couples towards Family-Planning’ was conducted with an aim to assess knowledge, understanding and attitude of couples towards family planning across the two ecological settings of Jammu district. The influence of education on the attitude under consideration was also evaluated. Sample for the study comprised 200 married couples drawn from Jammu district through stratified random sampling technique. The tools for data collection included interview schedule, questionnaire and a rating scale. The results witnessed a high prevalence of illiteracy and associated ignorance among rural masses (35%) especially regarding the concepts and measures of family planning (x 2 = 14.24, Sig. 1%). Majority of rural respondents especially women folk (51%) were unaware of concepts related to family planning. Condoms were by far the most favourable contraceptive measures across both settings (81% males and 77.5% females) followed by birth spacing pills (39%). The appropriate knowledge regarding other measures e.g. Copper-T (13.5%) and male sterilization was lacking. Further, urban respondent entrusted the contraceptive responsibility on their respective partners (43% males, 44% females), while rural couples (74% females and 64% males) followed the same age-old traditional concept of male dominance and superiority. Television and magazines were found to be the major accessible sources of information. Results from rating scale revealed a major difference (x 2 = 54.66, Sig. 1%) in the attitude of respondents. Education was found to be significantly associated with the respective attitude of respondents towards family planning.
Time analysis for fault-tolerant real-time group-based scheduling

The group-based preemptive scheduling provides a flexible mechanism to define the preemptive relations between tasks. However, this scheduling scheme together with a resource access synchronization protocol and requirements of fault tolerance makes the predication of a real-time system's behaviors more difficult than traditional scheduling scheme. The major contribution of our work is an algorithm to calculate the worst-case response time for tasks under the fault-tolerant group-based preemptive scheduling. We first present the algorithm assuming that no task suffers any error. Then the algorithm is extended to consider a fault model and a primary/alternative fault-tolerant mechanism. Based on the tasks' worst-case response time, the schedulability of a given task set can be determined. Moreover, we also introduce a method to calculate the minimum allowed time between two consecutive faults.
Parasitological indicators of onchocerciasis relevant to ivermectin control programmes in the Amazonian focus of southern Venezuela

In the previous paper it was concluded that those aged [ges ] 15 years of both sexes could comprise the indicator group for rapid epidemiological assessment (REA) of onchocerciasis in the Amazonian focus. This paper explores relationships between community microfilarial (mf) prevalence, intensity, and nodule prevalence in 20 Yanomami communities, that would allow identification of REA methods in the region. The mean nodule ratio (prevalence of nodules/prevalence of mf) was 0·54 when onchocercomata in the indicator group were considered. The Spearman correlation coefficient between mf and nodule prevalence was 0·686 (P = 0·001). Palpation of nodules had 92% specificity and 32% sensitivity when compared to skin-snipping for the diagnosis of onchocerciasis. The predictive value positive increased from 75% to 81% when the indicator group was used. A microfilarial prevalence > 75% in this group would be indicative of hyperendemic status in the village, between 30 and 75% of mesoendemicity, and < 30% of hypoendemicity. For the assessment of infection intensity, biopsies may be taken from the iliac crest for all endemicity levels. Five of the hyperendemic villages surveyed in this work had a community microfilarial load (CMFL) greater than 10 mf/skin snip; the remaining 5 had a CMFL between 5 and 9. These levels of infection merit high priority ivermectin treatment. In Latin America, communities at both moderate and severe risk are included in mass chemotherapy programmes (i.e. when mf prevalence is over 20%). Roughly, a nodule prevalence in the indicator group > 10% would suggest a community mf prevalence > 20% with a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 71%. A multiple linear regression model of the arc-sine transformed mf prevalence in the village (all ages) on nodule prevalence in those aged [ges ] 15 years and altitude of the village explained 72% of the variance. The model combining nodule and altitudinal information had a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 71% in comparison to an estimated mf prevalence of 21% or more. It is suggested that the usefulness of the REA methods proposed be assessed in other areas of the Amazonian onchocerciasis focus.
Is nitric oxide involved in the tonic inhibition of central sympathetic outflow in humans?

Recent studies in experimental animals have advanced the concept that neuronal nitric oxide is an important component of the signal transduction pathways that tonically restrain sympathetic vasoconstrictor outflow from the brain stem. To determine whether or not this concept can be extended to the control of sympathetic outflow in humans, we recorded muscle sympathetic nerve activity (microelectrodes, peroneal nerve) in healthy human subjects during intravenous infusion of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) (3.6 to 6.7 mg/kg). The major new finding is that during intravenous L-NMMA mean arterial pressure increased (10 +/- 2 mm Hg, P < .05), whereas heart rate and sympathetic nerve activity decreased (P < .05) by 10 +/- 2 beats per minute and 61 +/- 5%, respectively. These reflex decreases were indistinguishable from those produced when blood pressure was increased comparably with phenylephrine, an internal vasoconstrictor control. When the L-NMMA-induced increase in blood pressure was attenuated experimentally to minimize baroreflex activation, sympathetic nerve activity and heart rate were unchanged. Furthermore, during infusion of L-arginine (323 to 513 mg/kg IV) to increase nitric oxide synthesis, mean arterial pressure decreased (12 +/- 2 mm Hg, P < .05), but heart rate and sympathetic nerve activity increased (P < .05) by 11 +/- 2 beats per minute and 98 +/- 27%, respectively. Thus, our experiments in humans provide no support for the emerging concept that nitric oxide is involved in the tonic restraint of central sympathetic outflow.
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE BRAIN, CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF A RANDOM SAMPLE OF MEN FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION

A connection between alcoholism and cerebral damage as assessed by computed tomography (C-T scan) and neuropsychological tests has been reported in several studies on alcoholic patients (Carlen et al. 1976, Fox et al. 1976, Myrhed et al. 1976, Epstein et al. 1977, Cala et al. 1978, Hill 1978, Gotze et al. i978, Bergman et al. 1979a). However, relationships between changes of the brain as assessed by C-T scan, neuropsychological deficits, drinking habits and alcohol-related complications in the general population have not hitherto been presented. Some authors have tried to assess the cerebral morphological status among persons without alcohol problems by investigating various control groups. However, by the selection criteria of the groups they cannot be considered representative of a general population. Fox et al. investigated C-T scans from outpatients attending a department of internal medicine for symptoms such as headache, dizziness and nervousness. Hill used an unspecified group of 12 sexmatched subjects as controls to 30 abusers of either alcohol or opiates. Gyldensted (1977) reporte'd results of C-T scanning in 100 adults, 54 of whom, however, were inpatients at a neurological department. Elofsson et ul. (1900) investigated a group of industrial workers as controls for their investigation of industrial painters. The purpose of the present interdisciplinary study was to investigate a random sample of men from the general population with regard not only to the incidence and localization of morphological cerebral changes but also to neuropsychological performance in relation to drinking habits.
Factors influencing women’s choice of weight-loss diet

We developed a typology of eight minimally overlapping weight-loss diet methods and used it to survey 151 women dieters on their choice of diet in the previous 12 months, their motivations to diet, and their eating disorder symptomatology. Canonical correlations revealed a potentially problematic “thin, quick, and easy” association of methods and motives, as well as a more healthful “thin, natural, life-style” association. Both featured the pursuit of thinness but not health. In fact, health was rated by dieters as the poorest motivator of dieting. The results highlight the importance to women dieters of short-term aesthetic concerns over long-term health.
EFFECTS OF HOUSING SYSTEMS ON PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL LAYERS FOLLOWING INDUCED MOLTING BY ALUMINIUM OXIDE SUPPLEMENTATION

The project was carried out to compare the performance of molted layers by aluminium oxide supplementation in cages and on litter floor system. Seventy two Single Comb White Leghorn commercial layers (60 weeks old) were divided into six experimental units of 12 layers each. These experimental units were randomly divided into two groups, each consisting of three experimental units, one group was reared on litter floor and the other in cages. The layers were provided with 35 gm feed containing 4 gm aluminium oxide/kg of feed for first 14 days of molting period (66-67 weeks of age). The layers showed significant reduction in body weight following induced molting by aluminium oxide under both housing systems. Body weight loss was higher, while feed consumption was lower, in the cages as compared to litter floor system. The layers molted by aluminium oxide showed significantly higher egg production in the cages (P≤0.05) than in litter floor system (P≤0.05). The layers in the subsequent production cycle showed improvement in egg weight, egg shell thickness and Haugh Unit Score. The egg weight and egg shell thickness were higher in the birds kept on litter floor system than those kept in cages (P≥0.05). However, Haugh unit score was higher in the cage system. It was concluded that aluminium oxide can be effectively supplemented for better production performance and improved egg quality in the second production cycle preferably in the cages. Kay words: Induced molting, aluminium oxide, egg production, egg quality.