Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The naming of orphans in France during World War One: A study of a nationwide cohort of pupilles de la Nation

ABSTRACT The investigation of a simple behavior, child naming, can provide insights into the varying reactions of families confronted by the extraordinary war losses of the First World War. The current study analyses names given in a large cohort of French orphans born 1914–1916, constructed thanks to the linkage of civil registers with a nationwide database of soldiers who died during the War. It shows that a prenatal loss of father was associated with a strong increase in father's name transmission. The phenomenon was twice as intense in officers' offspring. Regression analysis suggests the precise timing of the father's death controlled this change in naming behavior: father's name transmission was at a maximum when the father died at the very beginning of pregnancy.
Synthesis and Implementation of a Fixed Low Order Controller on an Electronic System

The development of microelectronic field and software allows researchers to implement some control law in miniaturized devices such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays FPGA and microcontroller. These control laws may be used in industrial applications. The key of this work is the design and the implementation of a fixed low order controller on a STM32 microcontroller in order to control an electronic system. The main objective of this controller is to ensure some time response performances as the settling time and the overshoot. The controller parameters are obtained by resolving a non convex optimization problem while considering the desired closed loop specifications. So, the use of a classical optimization method to resolve such kind of problems may lead to a local solution and then the obtained solution is not optimal. Therefore, it is suggested to apply a global optimization method in order to get an optimal control law that can ensure the specified time response performances. The proposed method in this work is the Generalized Geometric Programming GGP method. This method consists on transforming, by some mathematical transformations, a non convex optimization problem to a convex one. The implementation of a Proportional Integral PI controller, a Proportional Integral Derivate PID and a fixed low order controller, on a real electronic system, shows the efficiency of the latter one.
The research on document clustering of network hot topics

There are endless of unexpected events and hot topics on the internet, facing with massive resources from different channels, the method to find hot topics and then present to the users is the key technology to discover hot topics. How to effectively organize these resources and obtain valuable data from it is the primary problem to be solved, however, clustering is an effective solution to this problem.
Fast analytical scatter estimation using graphics processing units.

PURPOSE To develop a fast patient-specific analytical estimator of first-order Compton and Rayleigh scatter in cone-beam computed tomography, implemented using graphics processing units. METHODS The authors developed an analytical estimator for first-order Compton and Rayleigh scatter in a cone-beam computed tomography geometry. The estimator was coded using NVIDIA's CUDA environment for execution on an NVIDIA graphics processing unit. Performance of the analytical estimator was validated by comparison with high-count Monte Carlo simulations for two different numerical phantoms. Monoenergetic analytical simulations were compared with monoenergetic and polyenergetic Monte Carlo simulations. Analytical and Monte Carlo scatter estimates were compared both qualitatively, from visual inspection of images and profiles, and quantitatively, using a scaled root-mean-square difference metric. Reconstruction of simulated cone-beam projection data of an anthropomorphic breast phantom illustrated the potential of this method as a component of a scatter correction algorithm. RESULTS The monoenergetic analytical and Monte Carlo scatter estimates showed very good agreement. The monoenergetic analytical estimates showed good agreement for Compton single scatter and reasonable agreement for Rayleigh single scatter when compared with polyenergetic Monte Carlo estimates. For a voxelized phantom with dimensions 128 × 128 × 128 voxels and a detector with 256 × 256 pixels, the analytical estimator required 669 seconds for a single projection, using a single NVIDIA 9800 GX2 video card. Accounting for first order scatter in cone-beam image reconstruction improves the contrast to noise ratio of the reconstructed images. CONCLUSION The analytical scatter estimator, implemented using graphics processing units, provides rapid and accurate estimates of single scatter and with further acceleration and a method to account for multiple scatter may be useful for practical scatter correction schemes.
Study on the quadrature error under Varying ambient pressure for a bulk micromachined Z-axis gyroscope

This paper focused on the study of the quadrature error for a bulk micromachined gyroscope under varying pressure conditions between 150 Pa and 100 kPa. The source of the quadrature error and the non-ideal model of the micromachined gyroscope are presented with details. The change trend and characterization of pressure dependence were analyzed both analytically and experimentally in the custom-built installation. The results indicated that in order to meet high resolution and stabilization of the quadrature error, the optimal working pressure applied to the gyroscope must limit to a certain boundary condition. At last, some effective methods of restraining the quadrature error were put forward.
Significance of chemoprevention for prostate cancer development: Experimental in vivo approaches to chemoprevention

Prostate cancer is the most common tumor in men in Western countries and mortality in Asian countries from the disease appears to be constantly increasing. Characteristics include (i) frequent discovery of latent carcinoma, even in countries with low incidences of clinical cancer; (ii) very long time to clinically significant cancer; (iii) few patients under 50 years of age (primarily a disease of elderly men); (iv) strong influences of environmental factors such as food; (v) temporal effectiveness of androgen deprival therapy; and (vi) no effective therapeutic approaches once hormone‐refractory neoplasms have developed. Therefore prostate cancer is particularly indicated for preventive efforts, especially chemoprevention. Several large‐scale chemoprevention trials have in fact been conducted and some have found suppressive effects. However, not all have been proven to have benefit. Experimental preclinical investigations, particularly using animal models, are recommended to find better chemopreventive agents with less adverse effects. Data using rat models have generated very interesting findings from which mechanism‐based strategies can be proposed. In the present report the importance of chemoprevention of prostate cancer will be discussed using the data on human and rat prostate cancer development.
Efficient object-oriented integration and regression testing

This paper presents a model, a strategy and a methodology for planning integration and regression testing from an object-oriented model. It shows how to produce a model of structural system test dependencies which evolves with the refinement process of the object-oriented design. The model (test dependency graph) serves as a basis for ordering classes and methods to be tested for regression and integration purposes (minimization of test stubs). The mapping from unified modeling language to the defined model is detailed as well as the test methodology. While the complexity of optimal stub minimization is exponential with the size of the model, an algorithm is given that: computes a strategy for integration testing with a quadratic complexity in the worst case; and provides an efficient testing order for minimizing the number of stubs. Various integration strategies are compared with the optimized algorithm (a real-world case study illustrates this comparison). The results of the experiment seem to give nearly optimal stubs with a low cost despite the exponential complexity of getting optimal stubs. As being a part of a design-for-testability approach, the presented methodology also leads to the early repartition of testing resources during system integration for reducing integration duration.
Seasonal variation of severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients 60 years of age or older presenting to an emergency center hospital between 2004 and 2010.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the seasonal variation of severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized elderly patients. METHODS Among the patients hospitalized in our department between 2004 and 2010, we analyzed the records of 67 patients who required emergency admission for severe hypoglycemia and were aged 60 years or older. Comparisons were made between those admitted during the warm season (April-September) and those in the cold season (October-March). PATIENTS The mean age of the 67 patients was 76±8 years, including 45 men and 22 women. Twenty-four patients were admitted in the warm season and 43 patients were admitted in the cold season, with the average annual number being 3.4±1.9 and 6.1±2.8, respectively (p<0.05). RESULTS Admissions for patients taking insulin showed no significant difference between the warm and cold season. In contrast, significantly fewer patients taking oral hypoglycemic agents were admitted in the warm season than in the cold season (5 vs. 22, p<0.05). Among them, 26 patients (96%) were taking sulfonylurea, and anorexia associated with acute infections was the main cause of severe hypoglycemia. In the warm season, all of the patients were discharged without complications, while 8 patients had complications in the cold season. CONCLUSION A seasonal variation regarding hospitalization was observed for severe hypoglycemia among the patients 60 years of age or older, with a higher incidence in the cold season than the warm season, and anorexia related to infections in patients taking sulfonylureas was responsible for this variation. Accordingly, careful management of acute illness is needed for patients using sulfonylureas, especially during the cold season.
Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes of Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy for Non‐Metastatic Renal Cancer in Long‐Term Dialysis Patients

This study aimed to compare the outcomes of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) between patients undergoing dialysis for ≤240 and >240 months. Data from all dialysis patients with non‐metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) treated with LRN between 2008 and 2015 in our hospital were evaluated retrospectively. Patients were divided into two groups, shorter‐ and longer‐term dialysis patients, according to the preoperative duration of dialysis (≤240 vs. >240 months). Of 174 patients, 58 (33.3%) were on longer‐term dialysis. Perioperative minor complications were significantly more frequent in the longer‐term dialysis patients (P = 0.03). There was no significant difference between the two groups in other perioperative outcomes. Patients on longer‐term dialysis more frequently had pathologically advanced RCC (P = 0.009) with poorer prognosis (P = 0.005). LRN for RCC in longer‐term dialysis patients appears to be safe and feasible; however, careful follow‐up is needed because these patients tend to have poorer prognosis.
n-Dodecylammonium bromide monohydrate

In the title compound, C12H28N+·Br−·H2O, the ionic pairs formed by n-dodecylammonium cations and bromide anions are arranged into thick layers; these layers are linked in a nearly perpendicular fashion [the angle between the layers is 85.84 (5)°] by hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the water molecules. The methylene part of the alkyl chain in the cation adopts an all-trans conformation. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by intermolecular N—H⋯Br, O—H⋯Br and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
Evolution of Bovine Ephemeral Fever Virus in the Australian Episystem

ABSTRACT Bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV) is an arthropod-borne rhabdovirus that causes a debilitating disease of cattle in Africa, Asia, and Australia; however, its global geodynamics are poorly understood. An evolutionary analysis of G gene (envelope glycoprotein) ectodomain sequences of 97 BEFV isolates collected from Australia during 1956 to 2012 revealed that all have a single common ancestor and are phylogenetically distinct from BEFV sampled in other geographical regions. The age of the Australian clade is estimated to be between 56 and 65 years, suggesting that BEFV has entered the continent on few occasions since it was first reported in 1936 and that the 1955-1956 epizootic was the source of all currently circulating viruses. Notably, the Australian clade has evolved as a single genetic lineage across the continent and at a high evolutionary rate of ∼10−3 nucleotide substitutions/site/year. Screening of 66 isolates using monoclonal antibodies indicated that neutralizing antigenic sites G1, G2, and G4 have been relatively stable, although variations in site G3a/b defined four antigenic subtypes. A shift in an epitope at site G3a, which occurred in the mid-1970s, was strongly associated with a K218R substitution. Similarly, a shift at site G3b was associated primarily with substitutions at residues 215, 220, and 223, which map to the tip of the spike on the prefusion form of the G protein. Finally, we propose that positive selection on residue 215 was due to cross-reacting neutralizing antibody to Kimberley virus (KIMV). IMPORTANCE This is the first study of the evolution of BEFV in Australia, showing that the virus has entered the continent only once during the past 50 to 60 years, it is evolving at a relatively constant rate as a single genetic lineage, and although the virus is relatively stable antigenically, mutations have resulted in four antigenic subtypes. Furthermore, the study shows that the evolution of BEFV in Australia appears to be driven, at least in part, by cross-reactive antibodies to KIMV which has a similar distribution and ecology but has not been associated with disease. As BEFV and KIMV are each known to be present in Africa and Asia, this interaction may occur on a broader geographic scale.
The effects of microscopic tissue parameters on the diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging experiment

This review examines the way in which microscopic tissue parameters can affect MR experiments which are sensitive to diffusion. The interaction between the intra‐ and extravascular as well as that between the intra‐ and extracellular spaces is examined. Susceptibility gradients due to the presence of deoxyhemoglobin can cause diffusion‐induced signal losses which are significant in functional magnetic resonance experiments, particularly at higher main magnetic field strengths. This is also true of the fast response that manifests itself as an early negative signal change in functional magnetic resonance experiments. The fields surrounding paramagnetic vessels are described and the way in which diffusion in these fields contributes to functional signal changes is examined. Flow in the capillary bed can be a confounding factor in experiments which aim to examine the diffusion characteristics of extravascular water. It is potentially also a method for assessing capillary perfusion. The intravoxel incoherent motion experiment is described in terms of how significantly this effect can influence diffusion attenuation curves from water. The major models for describing water diffusion in tissue are presented, as are the main experimental results that have contributed to an understanding of the mechanisms of diffusion contrast. The widely accepted view that changes in the diffusion characteristics are caused by a shift of water to the intracellular space and a concomitant change in extracellular tortuosity is examined critically. More recent experiments that indicate that a reduction in the intracellular diffusion may occur simultaneously with the cell swelling are described and their compatibility with existing models discussed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Abbreviations used: 2FDG‐6P fluor‐2‐deoxyglucose‐6‐phosphate ADC apparent diffusion coefficient BOLD blood oxygen level dependent CNS central nervous system CSF cerebro spinal fluid DTI diffusion tensor imaging DWI diffusion weighted imaging fMR functional magnetic resonance FR fast response IVCM intravoxel coherent motion IVIM intravoxel incoherent motion MCAO middle cerebral artery occlusion MRI magnetic resonance imaging NMDA N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate NMR nuclear magnetic resonance PFG pulsed field gradient rBF regional blood flow SGP short gradient pulse TE echo time.
A method of rate control of wavelet picture coding using dynamic programming

The JPEG2000 method [ISO/IEC FCD15444-1, July 2002] [D. S. Taubman, July 2000], applied to compress still images or moving pictures frame-by-frame, performs bitplane arithmetic entropy coding on each coefficient block of the wavelet transform of the source images. The rate control problem is considered as a combinatorial optimization problem (the resource allocation problem) to decide the truncation bitplane level of each code block, which minimizes the summation of the quantization error over the whole image according to the total bitrate available for the compressed image. In this paper, a new method is proposed to decide the truncation bitplanes using a dynamic programming scheme. The algorithm and an experimental result are also reported.
The Dialog State Tracking Challenge Series

In spoken dialog systems, dialog state tracking refers to the task of correctly inferring the user's goal at a given turn, given all of the dialog history up to that turn. The Dialog State Tracking Challenge is a research community challenge task that has run for three rounds. The challenge has given rise to a host of new methods for dialog state tracking, and also deeper understandings about the problem itself, including methods for evaluation.
Fatal Empyema Thoracis Caused by Schizophyllum commune with Cross-Reactive Cryptococcal Antigenemia

ABSTRACT We report a fatal case of Schizophyllum commune empyema thoracis with cross-reactive cryptococcal antigenemia. In vitro testing confirmed the ability of the fungus to cause a positive cryptococcal antigen latex agglutination system (CALAS) test result. Such a result may lead to delay in diagnosis and treatment, as most strains of S. commune are resistant to fluconazole.
Estimating the proportion of cured patients in a censored sample

There has been a recurring interest in modelling survival data which hypothesize subpopulations of individuals highly susceptible to some types of adverse events while other individuals are assumed to be at much less risk, like recurrence of breast cancer. A binary random effect is assumed in this article to model the susceptibility of each individual. We propose a simple multiple imputation algorithm for the analysis of censored data which combines a binary regression formulation for the probability of occurrence of an event, say recurrence of the breast cancer tumour, and a Cox's proportional hazards regression model for the time to occurrence of the event if it does. The model distinguishes the effects of the covariates on the probability of cure and on the time to recurrence of the disease. A SAS macro has been written to implement the proposed multiple imputation algorithm so that sophisticated programming effort can be rendered into a user‐friendly application. Simulation results show that the estimates are reasonably efficient. The method is applied to analyse the breast cancer recurrence data. The proposed method can be modified easily to accommodate more general random effects other than the binary random effects so that the random effects not only affect the probability of occurrence of the event, but also the heterogeneity of the time to recurrence of the event among the uncured patients. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Lymphoproliferative Disorders after Immunosuppressive Therapy for Aplastic Anemia: A Case Report and Literature Review

A 61-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital in 2002 due to severe pancytopenia. Bone marrow and peripheral blood findings indicated he had severe aplastic anemia (AA). A whole-body CT scan and Ga scintigraphy revealed no abnormal findings. Antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine A (CyA) were administered and he got transfusion independently. In September 2004, he complained of abdominal fullness and a skin eruption in the lower abdomen. An abdominal CT revealed a spleen mass and lymphoadenopathy of the pancreas head. Splenectomy was done, and he was diagnosed with a diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the spleen and skin. His karyotype was associated with t(14; 18). CyA was stopped, all lesions disappeared, and then his AA relapsed. In January 2007, antithymocyte globulin/CyA was readministered. In May 2007, he complained of acute swelling in his right thigh. A biopsy from the tumor revealed DLBCL. CyA was stopped again, yet the lymphoma did not regress. He was given R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, vincristine, prednisolone), followed by 5 cycles of R-VP (rituximab, vincristine, prednisolone) and radiation therapy, resulting in a partial remission. We report DLBCL after immunosuppressive therapy for AA. Although this is a rare complication, it should be considered before beginning immunosuppressive therapy.
Probabilistic Durability Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Members with Corroded Reinforcing Steel

The reliability of the structural performance of any given structure is affected by both in-service loading and material deterioration due to environmental attack. In this paper, probabilistic assessment of reinforced concrete members exposed to chlorine ingress was undertaken. A simply supported reinforced concrete slab was specifically used for the investigation. The mathematical models of capacity loss of reinforcing steel under corrosion, developed elsewhere, were incorporated in the analysis. The uncertainties in structural resistance and the applied loading were fully accommodated using probabilistic method. Limit state function for the flexural capacity of the slab was developed and evaluated using first order reliability method (FORM). The entire process was implemented through a developed program using MATLAB.
A Noniterative Online Bayesian Algorithm for the Recovery of Temporally Correlated Sparse Vectors

In this paper, we address the problem of online (sequential) recovery of temporally correlated sparse vectors sharing a common support, from noisy underdetermined linear measurements. The temporal correlation of the sparse vectors is modeled using a first-order autoregressive process. The online algorithm is formulated using the sparse Bayesian learning framework and is implemented using a sequential expectation-maximization procedure. Our algorithm is noniterative in nature, and requires less computational and memory resources compared to offline processing. We analyze the convergence of the algorithm in the case when the sparse vectors are uncorrelated, using tools from stochastic approximation theory. We show that the sequence of the covariance estimates converge either to the global minimum of the offline equivalent cost function or to the all zero vector, regardless of the sparsity level of the signal. Through numerical results, we demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed online algorithm and compare it with its offline counterpart as well as with existing online sparse vector recovery algorithms. We also illustrate the performance of the algorithm in the context of sparse orthogonal frequency division multiplexing channel estimation.