Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Study of texture stitching in 3D modeling of lidar point cloud based on per-pixel linear interpolation along loop line buffer

Terrestrial laser scanning creates a point cloud composed of thousands or millions of 3D points. Through pre-processing, generating TINs, mapping texture, a 3D model of a real object is obtained. When the object is too large, the object is separated into some parts. This paper mainly focuses on problem of gray uneven of two adjacent textures’ intersection. The new algorithm is presented in the paper, which is per-pixel linear interpolation along loop line buffer . The experiment data derives from point cloud of stone lion which is situated in front of west gate of Henan Polytechnic University. The model flow is composed of three parts. First, the large object is separated into two parts, and then each part is modeled, finally the whole 3D model of the stone lion is composed of two part models. When the two part models are combined, there is an obvious fissure line in the overlapping section of two adjacent textures for the two models. Some researchers decrease brightness value of all pixels for two adjacent textures by some algorithms. However, some algorithms are effect and the fissure line still exists. Gray uneven of two adjacent textures is dealt by the algorithm in the paper. The fissure line in overlapping section textures is eliminated. The gray transition in overlapping section become more smoothly.
On the transfer congruence between $p$-adic Hecke $L$-functions

We prove the transfer congruence between $p$-adic Hecke $L$-functions for CM fields over cyclotomic extensions, which is a non-abelian generalization of the Kummer's congruence. The ingredients of the proof include the comparison between Hilbert modular varieties, the $q$-expansion principle, and some modification of Hsieh's Whittaker model for Katz' Eisenstein series. As a first application, we prove explicit congruence between special values of Hasse-Weil $L$-function of a CM elliptic curve twisted by Artin representations. As a second application, we prove the existence of a non-commutative $p$-adic $L$-function in the algebraic $K_1$-group of the completed localized Iwasawa algebra.
Pronounced Phenotype in Activated Regulatory T Cells during a Chronic Helminth Infection

Although several markers have been associated with the characterization of regulatory T cells (Tregs) and their function, no studies have investigated the dynamics of their phenotype during infection. Since the necessity of Tregs to control immunopathology has been demonstrated, we used the chronic helminth infection model Schistosoma mansoni to address the impact on the Treg gene repertoire. Before gene expression profiling, we first studied the localization and Ag-specific suppressive nature of classically defined Tregs during infection. The presence of Foxp3+ cells was predominantly found in the periphery of granulomas and isolated CD4+CD25hiFoxp3+ Tregs from infected mice and blocked IFN-γ and IL-10 cytokine secretion from infected CD4+CD25− effector T cells. Furthermore, the gene expression patterns of Tregs and effector T cells showed that 474 genes were significantly regulated during schistosomiasis. After k-means clustering, we identified genes exclusively regulated in all four populations, including Foxp3, CD103, GITR, OX40, and CTLA-4—classic Treg markers. During infection, however, several nonclassical genes were upregulated solely within the Treg population, such as Slpi, Gzmb, Mt1, Fabp5, Nfil3, Socs2, Gpr177, and Klrg1. Using RT-PCR, we confirmed aspects of the microarray data and also showed that the expression profile of Tregs from S. mansoni-infected mice is simultaneously unique and comparable with Tregs derived from other infections.
The history of robotics in urology.

Isaac Asimov wrote numerousscience fiction stories on robots and wasthe first to use the term “robotics. ” Hisworks centered on robots’ interactionswith society and inspired many of today’sfictional books and movies. However,over the past decades the bridge betweenscience fiction and reality has closed. Thefirst digitally operated and programmablerobot, the Unimate, was installed in 1961to lift hot pieces of metal from a die cast-ing machine and stack them. This wasthe beginning of the use of robotics inindustry. Robots have since been usedin manufacturing, assembly, packing,transport, space exploration, laboratoryresearch, weaponry and surgery.A surgical robot has been defined as“a computer-controlled manipulatorwith artificial sensing that can be repro-grammed to move and position tools tocarry out a range of surgical tasks. ”
Design of an Integral Suboptimal Second-Order Sliding Mode Controller for the Robust Motion Control of Robot Manipulators

The formulation of an integral suboptimal second-order sliding mode ((ISSOSM) control algorithm, oriented to solve motion control problems for robot manipulators, is presented in this paper. The proposed algorithm is designed so that the so-called reaching phase, normally present in the evolution of a system controlled via the sliding mode approach, is reduced to a minimum. This fact makes the algorithm more suitable to be applied to a real industrial robot, since it enhances its robustness, by extending it also to time intervals during which the classical sliding mode is not enforced. Moreover, since the algorithm generates second-order sliding modes, while the model of the controlled electromechanical system has a relative degree equal to one, the control action actually fed into the plant is continuous, which provides a positive chattering alleviation effect. The assessment of the proposal has been carried out by experimentally testing it on a COMAU SMART3-S2 anthropomorphic industrial robot manipulator. The satisfactory experimental results, also compared with those obtained with a standard proportional-derivative controller and with the original suboptimal algorithm, confirm that the new algorithm can actually be used in an industrial context.
Pathobiological implications of the expression of markers of testicular carcinoma in situ by fetal germ cells

Several proteins, such as the placental/germ cell alkaline phosphatases (PLAPs), the stem cell factor receptor c‐KIT, and the transcriptional regulator and marker of pluripotency OCT3/4, have been found in both normal immature and malignant germ cells, known as carcinoma in situ/intratubular germ cell neoplasia unclassified (CIS/ITGCNU). In the present study, immunohistochemical methods were used to evaluate the expression of these markers in a series of male gonads from fetuses from the second and third trimesters, and neonates. In addition to these markers, the presence of VASA (a protein specific for the germ cell lineage), TSPY (the testis‐specific protein, Y‐encoded), and the proliferation index (Ki‐67 antigen) was analysed. All these proteins are reported to be present both during spermatogenesis and in CIS/ITGCNU. Positive staining for VASA with varying intensity was found in all germ cells, while TSPY was predominantly located in the prespermatogonial cells at all developmental ages. In contrast, the markers PLAP, c‐KIT, OCT3/4, and Ki‐67 were more frequent at earlier developmental stages and decreased gradually with time, although they could occasionally be detected in germ cells of neonates. These findings are in line with a declining number of gonocytes during fetal development, concomitant with an increase in the number of prespermatogonia. The latter have lost the immature germ cell phenotype. These findings are compatible with the hypothesis that CIS/ITGCNU arises from developmentally arrested germ cells, most likely primordial germ cells/gonocytes, at an early time point during intrauterine development. Copyright © 2004 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
All-atom molecular dynamics simulations of an artificial sodium channel in a lipid bilayer: the effect of water solvation/desolvation of the sodium ion

All-atom molecular dynamics is used to investigate the transport of Na+ across a 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine lipid bilayer facilitated by a diazacrown hydraphile. Specifically, the free energy of Na+ passing through the bilayer is calculated using the adaptive biasing force method to study the free energy associated with the increase in Na+ transport in the presence of the hydraphile molecule. The results show that water interaction greatly influences Na+ transport through the lipid bilayer as water is pulled through the bilayer with Na+ forming a water channel. The hydraphile causes a reduction in the free energy barrier for the transport of Na+ through the head group part of the lipid bilayer since it complexes the Na+ reducing the necessity for water to be complexed and, therefore, dragged through with Na+, an energetically unfavorable process. The free energy associated with Na+ being desolvated within the bilayer is significantly decreased in the presence of the hydraphile molecule; the hydraphile increases the number of solvation states of Na+ that can be adopted, and this increase in the number of available configurations provides an entropic explanation for the success of the hydraphile.
Interclonal heterogeneity in a human epithelioid‐sarcoma cell line (Gru‐1)

Three clonal sub‐populations, GRU‐IA, GRU‐IB, and GRU‐IC, isolated from the human epithelioid sarcoma cell line GRU‐I, were characterized morphologically, cytogenetically and with regard to proliferation kinetics. Immunocytochemically, major differences became evident in the expression of cytokeratin 18 and neurofilament proteins, which are indicative for epithelial and neural differentiation respectively. Vimentin, a mesenchymal differentiation marker, however, could be detected in all tumor cells of each sub‐population. Laminin, a major compound of basement membranes, formed abundant intercellular network‐like patterns in GRU‐IB and GRU‐IC, whereas GRU‐IA was characterized by a diffuse intracellular reaction, suggesting a disorder in laminin secretion. Cytogenetically, all sub‐populations proved to be DNA‐aneuploid, the DNA index ranging from 1.4 to 1.5. Proliferation analysis revealed doubling times ranging from 13 (GRU‐IC) to 19 hr (GRU‐IA). These strictly defined clonal sub‐populations provide a valuable tool for further investigations of the biological behavior of human epithelioid sarcoma with special regard to tumor heterogeneity. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Excitability changes in the visual cortex quantified with signal detection analysis.

PURPOSE TDCS can increase excitability in the visual cortex. It is a matter of current debate if tDCS can improve visual performance. Promising parameters to measure detection sensitivity may be those of the signal detection theory ( = SDT), as it allows differentiating between response bias and detection sensitivity changes. The measure of detection sensitivity can be used to predict actual performance under a wide variety of different response criteria. METHODS Here we test if the SDT can quantify tDCS-induced effects in a visual contrast discrimination task in healthy subjects. RESULTS Anodal stimulation of the visual cortex improved performance, as calculated by detection sensitivity for stimuli presented in the center of the visual field. More peripheral locations in the visual field were unaffected by anodal stimulation. Cathodal stimulation and sham stimulation of the visual cortex had no consistent effect on detection sensitivity. The response bias was not affected by any type of stimulation. CONCLUSIONS Neuroplastic changes in the visual cortex induced by anodal tDCS can be measured by SDT, suggesting SDT could prospectively be a useful approach for monitoring restorative tDCS-effects on visual function in patients with central visual deficits.
Mild ammonium stress increases chlorophyll content in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nitrate (NO3−) and ammonium (NH4+) are the main forms of nitrogen available in the soil for plants. Excessive NH4+ accumulation in tissues is toxic for plants and exclusive NH4+-based nutrition enhances this effect. Ammonium toxicity syndrome commonly includes growth impairment, ion imbalance and chlorosis among others. In this work, we observed high intraspecific variability in chlorophyll content in 47 Arabidopsis thaliana natural accessions grown under 1 mM NH4+ or 1 mM NO3− as N-source. Interestingly, chlorophyll content increased in every accession upon ammonium nutrition. Moreover, this increase was independent of ammonium tolerance capacity. Thus, chlorosis seems to be an exclusive effect of severe ammonium toxicity while mild ammonium stress induces chlorophyll accumulation.
Métodos cuantitativos de organización industrial II

Esta obra constituye el material basico de estudio de la asignatura Metodos Cuantitativos en Organizacion Industrial II, de la carrera de segundo ciclo de Ingenieria en Organizacion Industrial de Terrassa (ETSEIT). En particular, pretende ser la obra de referencia para cursar dicha asignatura de modo semipresencial. En la linea de la obra anterior, se introducen tecnicas de metodos cuantitativos para su aplicacion en las organizaciones, muy especialmente en las actividades de planificacion y diseno del sistema productivo. El primer modulo es de tipo introductorio y muestra el hilo conductor entre las tecnicas expuestas en el libro: se trata de obtener modelos del comportamiento de sistemas dinamicos, deterministas o estocasticos, en los que cabe la posibilidad de introducir elementos de decision. El segundo modulo muestra tecnicas de teoria de colas y contiene una introduccion a los modelos de colas exponenciales con servidores en paralelo. El tercer modulo desarrolla la teoria de las cadenas de Markov y aborda el analisis topologico y espectral y los procesos markovianos de decision. Finalmente, se introducen elementos de programacion dinamica y sus aplicaciones al entorno de la organizacion industrial. Al estar destinada a estudiantes universitarios de segundo ciclo, la obra se centra basicamente en la obtencion y explotacion de modelos cuantitativos, mas que en los fundamentos matematicos de las tecnicas.
Controlling the exciton emission of gold coated GaAs–AlGaAs core–shell nanowires with an organic spacer layer

Excitons are the most prominent optical excitations and controlling their emission is an important step towards new optical devices. We have investigated the exciton emission from uncoated and gold/aluminum quinoline (Alq3) coated GaAs–AlGaAs–GaAs core–shell nanowires (NWs) using temperature-, intensity- and polarization dependent photoluminescence (PL). Plasmonic GaAs–AlGaAs–GaAs NWs with a ∼10 nm thick Au coating but without an Alq3 spacer layer reveal a significant reduction of the PL intensity of the exciton emission compared with the uncoated NW sample. Plasmonic NW samples with the same nominal Au coverage and an additional Alq3 interlayer of 3 or 6 nm thickness show a clearly stronger PL intensity which increases with rising Alq3 spacer thickness. Time-resolved (TR) PL measurements reveal an increase of the exciton decay rate by a factor of up to two with decreasing Alq3 spacer thickness suggesting the presence of Förster energy transfer from NW excitons to plasmon oscillations in the gold film. The weak change of the decay time, however, indicates that Förster energy-transfer is only partially responsible for the PL quenching in the gold coated NWs. The main reason for the reduction of the PL emission is attributed to a gold induced band-bending in the GaAs NW core which causes exciton dissociation. With increasing Alq3 spacer thickness the band-bending decreases leading to a reduction of the exciton dissociation and PL quenching. Our interpretation is supported by electron energy loss spectroscopy measurements which show a signal reduction and blue shift of defect (possibly EL2) transitions when gold particles are deposited on NWs compared with bare or Alq3 coated NWs.
Children's phrase set for text input method evaluations

This paper investigates the suitability of current phrase sets available in HCI for use with children in text entry experiments. It first examines the use of phrase sets within text input method evaluation, and suggests several reasons why the currently available phrase sets may not be suitable for use with children. A new phrase set, containing 500 phrases which have been taken from children's books, is presented. A study that compared the adult focused phrase set with the new children's phrase set is described. This study concludes that the new phrase set is suitable for use with children and, given that results with the two phrase sets were similar, the study adds validity to the existing adult phrase set.
The preliminary design of Global Interlock System in J-TEXT

J-TEXT COntrol, Data Access and Communication (CODAC) is an advanced control system designed for J-TEXT Lab. In J-TEXT CODAC, some critical functions is implemented by some specialized Plant System. Global Interlock System (GIS) is a specialized Plant System of J-TEXT CODAC, which is responsible for coordinate the Plant Interlock Systems (PIS), in order to protect the experiment personnel occupational safety and instrument & equipment property safety. This paper gives a preliminary design of GIS. GIS is implemented with NI CompactRIO (CRIO). The FPGA module integrated in CRIO is used to handle input and output signals. The Real-Time controller in CRIO is responsible for accessing the EPICS network and configuring the onboard FPGA. Although currently the GIS is a small-scale prototype, the core functions, like fault handling and EPICS compatibility, are achieved. Now the GIS has been deployed in J-TEXT and serves in daily experiment.
A predictive control framework for optimal energy extraction of wind farms

This paper proposes an adjoint-based model predictive control for optimal energy extraction of wind farms. It employs the axial induction factor of wind turbines to influence their aerodynamic interactions through the wake. The performance index is defined here as the total power production of the wind farm over a finite prediction horizon. A medium-fidelity wind farm model is utilized to predict the inflow propagation in advance. The adjoint method is employed to solve the formulated optimization problem in a cost effective way and the first part of the optimal solution is implemented over the control horizon. This procedure is repeated at the next controller sample time providing the feedback into the optimization. The effectiveness and some key features of the proposed approach are studied for a two turbine test case through simulations.
Membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase (MT-MMP) gene is expressed in stromal cells of human colon, breast, and head and neck carcinomas.

From breast cancer cDNA libraries, we have cloned cDNAs that proved to correspond to the membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase (MT-MMP) recently identified in human placenta and proposed to be an activator of progelatinase A [Sato, H. , Takino, T. , Okada, Y. , Cao, J., Shinagawa, A. , Yamamoto, E. & Seiki, M. (1994) Nature (London) 370, 61-65]. Using one of these cDNAs as a probe, we have detected MT-MMP gene expression in all 83 human carcinoma specimens examined by RNA in situ hybridization and have found MT-MMP transcripts in fibroblastic cells of tumor stroma but not in cancer cells. Comparison with other MMP genes expressed in fibroblastic cells of human carcinomas indicated that the expression pattern of the MT-MMP gene was more closely related to that of the gelatinase A gene than to those of the stromelysin 3 or interstitial collagenase genes. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that MT-MMP and gelatinase A are cooperating during tumor progression and strengthen the concept that proteolytic activities originating from the stromal component of human carcinomas have a critical role in tumor progression.
The Impact of Inpatient Point‐Of‐Care Blood Glucose Quality Control Testing

&NA; Analyze the effectiveness of mandated point‐of‐care (POC) blood glucose (BG) meter quality control (QC) testing. All POC BG QC tests were analyzed to evaluate operator and strip/meter error rates and institutional cost. POC BG QC test failure (17/103,580 over 24 months) was low and no meters failed subsequent linearity testing. Examining individual QC measures shows that operator error occurs frequently and total error rate is related to QC familiarity (>50QC tests/month, 2.4%; <50QC tests/month, 3.8%, p < .001). Even among the most competent operators, strip/meter error (1.2 ± 0.3%) accounted for 50% of total error. Compared with manufacturer‐recommended QC testing, Joint Commission mandated POC BG QC testing during 2008/2009 incurred excess costs of approximately US$127,000. POC BG meter failure within current guidelines is rare and does not justify the cost of daily QC testing. Frequent QC testing can identify operators needing retraining in POC testing. Strip/meter QC errors are common, are not prevented by current QC testing standards, and may contribute to clinical errors.
Mapping Affymetrix Microarray Probes to the Rat Genome via a Persistent Index

A probe mapping technique using a novel implementation of a persistent q-gram index was developed. It guarantees to find all matches that meet certain definitions. These include exact matching of the central 19 bases of 25 base probes, matching the central 19 bases with at most one or three mismatches and exact matching of any 16 bases. In comparison with BLAST and BLAT, the new methods were either significantly faster or identified matches missed by the heuristics. The 16 bp method was used to map the 342,410 perfect match probes from the Affymetrix GeneChip Rat Genome 230 2.0 Array to the genome. When compared with the mapping from Ensembl, the new mapping included over seven million novel matches, providing additional evidence for researchers wishing to further investigate the sources of signals measured in microarray experiments. The results demonstrate the practicality of the index, which could support other q-gram based algorithms.
Cell-free translation of messenger RNAs from adult and fetal human muscle. Characterization of neosynthesized glycogen phosphorylase, phosphofructokinase and glucose phosphate isomerase.

Using a procedure of ethanol precipitation in concentrated guanidine . HCl solutions followed by chloroform/isoamylic alcohol extraction and washing in 3 M sodium acetate, we isolated high-molecular-weight cellular RNA from human fetal and adult skeletal muscle. About 500 micrograms RNA were obtained/g of fetal muscle and 50 micrograms RNA/g of adult muscle. Both RNA preparations were efficiently translated in a cell-free reticulocyte lysate system and directed synthesis of various polypeptides, one of them of Mr 200,000 probably corresponding to myosin heavy chains. Dodecylsulphate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic pattern of polypeptides neosynthesized using either fetal or adult RNA exhibited several differences. Three neosynthesized cytosolic muscle enzymes were purified from the translation mixtures using a micro-method of immunoaffinity chromatography; specificity of the neosynthesized polypeptides purified according to this procedure was checked by immunological competition with the corresponding unlabeled pure muscle enzymes. Successful cell-free translation of RNA from adult skeletal muscle and purification of neosynthesized human enzymes are reported for the first time. These methods, indispensable for further studies on human adult muscle gene expression, could also shed light on the mechanism of some inherited molecular diseases and tumoral or dystrophic processes.