Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
In Vitro Comparison of Antibacterial Effects of Ziziphora clinopodioides L. and Some Standard Antibiotics on Bacteria Isolated From Women's Urogenital Tract Infections

Medicinal aromatic herbs have been used traditionally as a strong source of vegetables, spices and natural drugs for many centuries. Thus many recent researchers have become interested in its chemical extraction and antimicroorganism properties (1,2). The Ziziphora genus belongs to Lamiaceae family, with more than 15 species, mainly distributed in the Mediterranean mountainous regions of Europe, Asia and Africa. This plant with the Persian name of Kakuti, consists of four species including Ziziphora clinopodioides, Ziziphora tenuior, Ziziphora capita and Ziziphora persica is found in mountainous regions of Iran (3-5). Many researches have been conducted on the antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal activities of the plants. It has been shown in Iranian and many Asian traditional medicine, such as Turkey, that the infusions of Ziziphora species, especially Ziziphora clinopodioides, have been used as antiseptic, carminative and sedative agent to treat cold, flu, cough, stomach ache and diarrhea (1,6-10). In relation to the phytochemical properties of Ziziphora genus, many researchers suggested that the Ziziphora species are rich in monoterpenoides and phenolic compounds such as thymol, pulegone, piperitenone and p-menth-3-en-8-ol, which can have antioxidant and antimicrobial activity against many infectious diseases and pathogens (2,11,12). Due to the extensive distribution of Ziziphora clinopodioides L. and also the wide usage of it in traditional medicine of different regions of East Azerbaijan in Iran, this work was performed to determine the antibacterial activity of Ziziphora clinopodioides L. essential oils and some standard antibiotics against the pathogenic and opportunistic pathogens isolated from women with urogenital tract infections, in order to replace natural antibacterial compounds from that plant rather than synthetic chemical antibiotics from this region.
Room temperature synthesis of ultra-small, near-unity single-sized lead halide perovskite quantum dots with wide color emission tunability, high color purity and high brightness

Phosphor with extremely narrow emission line widths, high brightness, and wide color emission tunability in visible regions is required for display and lighting applications, yet none has been reported in the literature so far. In the present study, single-sized lead halide perovskite (APbX3; A = CH3NH3 and Cs; X = Cl, Br, and I) nanocrystalline (NC) phosphors were achieved for the first time in a one-pot reaction at room temperature (25 °C). The size-dependent samples, which included four families of CsPbBr3 NCs and exhibited sharp excitonic absorption peaks and pure band gap emission, were directly obtained by simply varying the concentration of ligands. The continuity of the optical spectrum can be successively tuned over the entire UV–visible spectral region (360–610 nm) by preparing CsPbCl3, CsPbI3, and CsPb(Y/Br)3 (Y = Cl and I) NCs with the use of CsPbBr3 NCs as templates by anion exchange while maintaining the size of NCs and high quantum yields of up to 80%. Notably, an emission line width of 10–24 nm, which is completely consistent with that of their single particles, indicates the formation of single-sized NCs. The versatility of the synthetic strategy was validated by extending it to the synthesis of single-sized CH3NH3PbX3 NCs by simply replacing the cesium precursor by the CH3NH3X precursor.
Reporting estimates of maximum potential electron transport rate.

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New Insight into Partial Denitrification (PD)-based Anammox Process and Potential Engineering Application: A Review

Recently reported partial denitrification (PD, NO3--N → NO2--N) has attracted extensive attention as a novel promising alternative for anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox)-based process. Flexible and stable nitrite (NO2--N) supply via PD provides substantial electron acceptors for sustainable and economic anammox wastewater treatment with simple control and minimal cost. However, our understanding of researches on PD-based anammox processes applied in biological wastewater treatment is still limited. Given obviously advantages for PD-based anammox (PDA) coupling process held and countless researches have been developed, the major objective of this study was to review the latest advances of which, key influencing factors, principled characteristics and economical analyses. Comprehensive knowledge of PDA engineering application prospects were also helpful to deepen our understanding of its practices, i.e., advanced nitrogen removal from tertiary municipal sewage, post-anammox treatment of nitrogen-rich wastewater and simultaneous nitrogen removal from domestic and nitrate (NO3--N) contained wastewater. Ultimately, future researches trend of PDA was prospected to enlarge its application into full-scale wastewater treatment. In summary, PD-based anammox process held obvious advantages in actual wastewater treatment through efficiently ammonia and nitrate removal, providing a new insight into retrofitting current wastewater treatment plants. Additionally, more attention should be paid to exploring the complicated metabolic network of different types of bacteria in the PD and anammox integration system.
A Semantically-Based Computational Approach to Narrative Structure

In this paper we will deﬁne narrative structure as characterized by a basic element, the narreme , which is here described as the basic unit of narrative structure, the smallest possible unit of the story. We annotated a full novel – "The Solid Mandala" (1966) by Nobel laureate Patrick White – combining two approaches: one is related to sentiment and opinion mining, including deeper aspects connected to event factuality and subjectivity, and the other focuses on evaluative features derived from the Appraisal Theory framework. After characterizing the style, we will show the main signiﬁcant events of the plot as they emerge from the distribution of deep semantic features. Narreme boundaries will be identiﬁed by presence of speciﬁc speech acts, change of point of view, and movement in spatio-temporal coordinates through ﬂashbacks. An experiment with our system of text understanding, GETARUNS, has been carried out to test its ability to automatically identify narremes.
Un análisis del enfoque adoptado en la ejecución de las actividades del proceso de desarrollo de un nuevo producto como factor determinante del aumento de su calidad

El trabajo analiza la influencia del enfoque adoptado en la ejecucion de las actividades que comprende el proceso de desarrollo de nuevos productos (secuencial o solapado) sobre una variable indicadora del exito de los mismos (aumento de la calidad del producto), considerando el grado de innovacion del producto (innovacion radical e innovacion incremental) como variable de control, y utilizando el analisis de regresion lineal. Los resultados parecen indicar que la ejecucion de forma solapada supone un aumento de la calidad del producto
Application of DSOGI-SPLL algorithm on shunt active power filter under unbalanced and distorted voltages

On the application of a shunt active power filter (SAPF), the detection accuracy of harmonics is a vital factor to judge the performance of the SAPF, which is indeed strongly depended on the veracity of software phase-locked loop (SPLL). However, phase jump, frequency variation and harmonic accompanied with the voltage sags usually impact the dynamic response and accuracy of SPLL. In this paper, a detailed study of Double Second Order Generalized Integrator SPLL (DSOGI-SPLL) and simulation are performed. Then, a three phase four wire SAPF simulation model based on DSOGI-SPLL was built using MATLAB/SIMULINK programs and a 100A three-phase four-wire SAPF prototype is tested, which proved the validity and correctness of DSOGI-SPLL on the test platform.
The general dynamic model: towards a unified theory of island biogeography?

Aim Island biogeography focuses on understanding the processes that underlie a set of well-described patterns on islands, but it lacks a unified theoretical framework for integrating these processes. The recently proposed general dynamic model (GDM) of oceanic island biogeography offers a step towards this goal. Here, we present an analysis of causality within the GDM and investigate its potential for the further development of island biogeographical theory. Further, we extend the GDM to include subduction-based island arcs and continental fragment islands. Location A conceptual analysis and a simulation of oceanic islands. Methods We describe the causal relationships between evolutionary and ecological processes implied by the GDM, implement them as a computer simulation and use this to simulate two alternative geological scenarios. Results The dynamics of species richness and rates of evolutionary processes in simulations derived from the mechanistic assumptions of the GDM corresponded broadly to those initially suggested, with the exception of trends in extinction rates. Expanding the model to incorporate different scenarios of island ontogeny and isolation revealed a sensitivity of evolutionary dynamics to attributes of island geology. Main conclusions We argue that the GDM of oceanic island biogeography has the potential to provide a unified framework for island biogeography, integrating geological, ecological and evolutionary processes. Our simulations highlight how the geological dynamics of distinct island types are predicted to lead to markedly different evolutionary dynamics. This sets the stage for a more predictive theory incorporating the processes governing temporal dynamics of species diversity on islands.
Exemplar based approaches on Face Fiducial Detection and Frontalization

Computer vision solutions such as face detection and recognition, facial reenactment, facial expression analysis and gender detection have seen fruitful applications in various domains such as security, surveillance, social media and animation. Many of the above solutions have common pre-processing steps such as fiducial detection, appearance modeling, face structural modelings etc. These steps can be considered as fundamental problems to be solved in building any computer vision solutions concerning face images. In this thesis, we propose exemplar based approaches to solve two fundamental problems, such as face fiducial detection and face frontalization. Exemplar based approaches have been proved to work in various computer vision problems, such as object detection, image impainting, object removal, action recognition, gesture recognition. This approach directly utilizes the information residing in the examples to achieve a certain objective, instead of coming up with a model representing all the examples and has shown to be effective. Face fiducial detection involves detecting key points on the faces such as eye corner, nose tip, mouth tips etc. It is one of the main pre-processing step done for face recognition, facial animation, gender detection, gaze identification and expression recognition systems. Number of different approaches like active shape models, regression based methods, cascaded neural networks, tree based methods and exemplar based approaches have been proposed in the recent past. Many of these algorithms only address part of the problems in this area. We propose an exemplar based approach which takes advantage of the complimentarity of different approaches and obtain consistently superior performance over the state-of-the-art methods. We provide extensive experiments over three popular datasets. Face frontalization is the process of synthesizing frontal view of the face given a non-frontal view. Method proposed for frontalization can be used in intelligent photo editing tools and also aids in improving the accuracy of face recognition systems. Methods previously proposed involve estimating the 3D model or assuming a generic 3D model of the face. Estimating an accurate 3D model of the face is not a completely solved problem and assumption of generic 3D model of the face results in loss of crucial shape cues. We propose an exemplar based approach which does not require 3D model of the face. We show that our method is efficient and performs consistently better than other approaches.
Summaries of oral sessions at the XXI World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, Massachusetts, 17–21 October 2013: state of the field

The XXI World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), sponsored by the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG), took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on 17–21 October 2013. Approximately 900 participants gathered to discuss the latest findings in this rapidly advancing field. The following report was written by student travel awardees. Each was assigned one or more sessions as a rapporteur. This manuscript represents topics covered in most, but not all of the oral presentations during the conference, and contains some of the major notable new findings reported.
Understanding Internet Banking: An Empirical Investigation of Potential Customers' Acceptance in Mainland China

As China’s accession into the World Trade Organization and opening its financial market, competition in the banking industry is getting throat-cutting in China. Using Internet banking to acquire market shares is critical for banks’ survival and therefore understanding drivers for Internet banking adoption is critical for banks’ success. Applying Davis’s technology acceptance model and incorporating other unique and salient factors for e-commerce adoption in China (i.e., perceived risk, trust and structural assurances), this study develops and tests a research model to investigate factors affecting Internet banking acceptance in mainland China. Results of the data analysis generally support the model as well as six of seven of the proposed hypotheses. In particular, trust toward e-channels, perceived ease of use, perceived risk and structural assurances were found to have significant direct and/or indirect impact on Internet banking adoption. Contributions and implication of the study are discussed.
Far field path planning for rotorcraft NOE missions in a mountainous region

Investigates the problem of finding a path from a designated starting point to a designated goal in three-dimensional space for a rotorcraft using the nap-of-the-Earth (NOE) flight tactic. The terrain considered is a mountainous region. The paper examines the characteristics of NOE path and also explains the difficulties in getting an exact cost function for NOE path planning. Based on the characteristics of NOE flight, we then present an efficient algorithm for the solution of this problem. The worst-case complexity of the proposed algorithm is O(n/sup 2/ log n) where n is the number of vertices of a certain (grid) graph. <<ETX>>
Lifestyle, cardio-metabolic risk and arterial stiffness.

UNLABELLED HDL-cholesterol plays a key role defining the functional state of the arteries and the relation to cardiovascular risk. AIM To assess the degree of arterial stiffness in asymptomatic subjects with and without cardiovascular risk, depending on lipidic parameters behavior and on the insulin resistance state. METHODS Arterial stiffness was assessed using the carotid-radial pulse wave velocity (PWV-CR) measured with Complior; cardiovascular risk was calculated using the SCORE chart; metabolic risk was quantified by assessing fasting lipidic (TC, TG, HDL, LDL) and glycemic parameters (HOMA-IR >1 defines the insulin resistance state). RESULTS 58 asymptomatic subjects, 57.62 +/- 14.40 years: 46.55% with (SCORE > or = 5%) and 53.45% without (SCORE < 5%) cardiovascular risk. In subjects with SCORE < 5% and low HDL (< 40 mg/dL), PWV-CR is influenced by the TG/HDL ratio (R2=0.27, p=0.04); LDL < 115 mg/dL has a powerful influence on PWV-CR (R2=0.58, p=0.02); the association of lipidic alterations is predictive for increased PWV-CR (> or = 9.5 m/s) (R2=0.85, p=0.008). In subjects with SCORE > or = 5%, protective HDL level (> or = 40 mg/dL) and HOMA-IR > 1, PWV-CR is strongly related to the insulin resistance state (R2=0.74, p=0.02), also to the association with LDL levels (R2=0.92, p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS The association between low HDL levels and other lipidic alterations in asymptomatic subjects with low cardiovascular risk influences the degree of arterial stiffness. Increased HDL levels and the presence of insulin resistance syndrome in high risk asymptomatic subjects are predictive for arterial stiffness. This prediction is amplified by LDL association to the metabolic state of the insulin resistance syndrome. It is necessary to establish target levels for HDL and TG in the cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines.
Comparison of Two Methods for Anthocyanin Quantification

The pU differential method (AOAC method 2005.02) by spectrophotometry, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPI.C) are methods commonly used by researchers and the food industry for quantifying anthocyanins of samples or products. This stud y was carried out to determine if a relationship exists between these two frequently u tilized analyt i cal methods. Seven fruit juice samples, each containing an array of individual anthocyanins, were anal yzed by pH differential and lIPl,C (two different conditions). Additional samples that had been processed in the lab were also included in the comparison (n > 500). This study demonstrated a high linear correlation (r > 0.925, p 0.05) between the pH differential method and HPLC (both systems) when determining the amount of anthocyanins within samples. In both methods, total anthocyanins were greater when values were expressed as malvidin-3-glucoside than as cyanidin-3-glucoside. For laboratories that do not have the capabilit y for I-IPLC analysis, the pH differential method offers a straightforward afl(l economical method to determine total antliocyanins. This study also demonstrated the importance of reporting the standard used to express the values. Analytical methods used and certified anthocyanin standards are critical for anthocyanin research and the food industry.
El gobierno de la empresa bancaria desde la regulación

El debate y reformas sobre el gobierno de las empresas afectan a la empresa bancaria presente en los mercados de valores. El buen gobierno, en cuanto significa mas eficiencia en el uso de los recursos y mayor seguridad y confianza entre quienes se relacionan con las empresas, incluidos los depositantes de fondos en el caso de la empresa bancaria, contribuye a los objetivos de estabilidad financiera que defienden la regulacion y supervision bancarias. Pero es cierto tambien que el buen gobierno, en su sentido mas usual de alinear el uso de los activos de la empresa con los intereses de los accionistas, no elimina la necesidad de la regulacion, como tampoco debe esperarse que el hecho de que una empresa, como la bancaria, este sometida a la regulacion exima a accionistas y otros interesados de la obligacion de supervisar y controlar el buen uso de sus activos tangibles e intangibles. El trabajo revisa con cierto detalle las intersecciones entre gobierno y regulacion de la empresa bancaria desde la perspectiva de una regulacion que debe velar por intereses colectivos dificiles de internalizar por el resto de interesados que se relacionan con la empresa.
Vehicle routing problem with time windows and fuzzy demands: an approach based on the possibility theory

In this paper, the vehicle routing problem with time windows and fuzzy demands (VRPTWFD) is considered and a fuzzy recourse model based on the possibility theory is proposed. A stochastic simulation and a genetic algorithm (GA) are integrated to design a hybrid intelligent algorithm to solve the fuzzy version of a stochastic recourse model. Moreover, an adaptation of the Solomon's benchmark is proposed in order to assess the quality of the proposed approach.
Rheological characterization of chicory root (Cichorium intybus L.) inulin solution

Inulin is a polysaccharide frequently used as a sugar or fat replacer in the food industry, which offers the advantage of a functional effect similar to those of dietary fibers. By cooling or freezing an inulin concentrated solution, a more concentrated solution precipitates as a paste-like substance, while the liquid phase forms a diluted solution. In this work, the effect of storage temperature of inulin concentrated solution as well as temperature on the rheological behavior of liquid and precipitated phases obtained from a process of phase separation were evaluated. The precipitated phase of inulin was evaluated under two conditions: pure and formulated with encapsulating agents. It was observed that a reduction in storage temperature resulted in a higher inulin precipitation, which produced higher apparent viscosity values for the precipitated phase. All the samples analyzed had a shear-thinning rheological behavior.
Person identity clustering in TV show videos

The goal of this work is to cluster all occurrences of TV show characters into different sets with respect to their own identity. A two stage method is presented in this paper. First shot layer processing is performed to gather close-ups with the same central person together and to differentiate far full views from close-up views, hence complicated inter shot facial feature matching is avoided. Then their exact position is localized by face detection and tracking for close-up views. For far full views significant clothing colour recovering and matching is presented. Experiments are presented on a segment from the famous French TV show 'Le Grand Echiquier' with satisfactory results.
Free-Field Virtual Psychoacoustics and Hearing Impairment : Paper ICA 2016-53 Measurement of pinna flare angle and its effect on individualized head-related transfer functions

Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are essential to the researches of binaural hearing and applications of virtual auditory display. Generally, HRTFs vary with frequency as well as source position relative to head centre. They also depend on anatomical structure and parameters of individual subject. The related anatomical parameters mainly include the dimensions of head and pinnae, and the position parameters between the pinna and head. In present work, the influence of pinna flare angle on HRTFs is investigated by using numerical calculation. Based on a combination model of ellipsoidal head and laser-scanned pinnae from KEMAR artificial head, the pinna flare angle in the model is changed from an original value with displacements of 6.7 degrees, and the corresponding horizontal HRTFs at various azimuths are calculated by using boundary element method. Results indicate that the changing pinna flare angle leads to a systemic variation on the frequency and azimuthal distribution of HRTF magnitude spectra. And approximately, the variation of azimuthal distribution of HRTF magnitude spectra is linearly related to the change of pinna flare angle. Therefore, individualized azimuthal HRTF magnitudes corresponding to various pinna flare angle can be predicted or customized by applying appropriate azimuthal rotation manipulation to a set of original HRTF data with certain pinna flare angle. The method in present work is applicable to customize a matched set of HRTFs for improving the perceived performance of virtual auditory display.