Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reading Heidegger after Cavarero

Drawing on Adriana Cavarero’s account of natality, Guenther argues that Martin Heidegger overlooks the distinct ontological and ethical significance of birth as a limit that orients one toward an other who resists appropriation, even while handing down a heritage of possibilities that one can—and must—make one’s own. Guenther calls this structure of natality Being-from-others, modifying Heidegger’s language of inheritance to suggest an ethical understanding of existence as the gift of the other.
Repression and induction of the nag regulon of Escherichia coll K‐12: the roles of nagC and nagA in maintenance of the uninduced state

The nag regulon located at 15.5 min on the Escherichia coli chromosome consists of two divergent operons, nagE and nagBACD, encoding genes involved in the uptake and metabolism of N‐acetylglucosamine. Null mutations have been created in each of the genes by insertion of antibiotic resistance cartridges. The phenotypes of the strains carrying the insertions in nagE, B and A were consistent with the previous identification of gene products: nagE, EIINag, the N‐acetylglucosamine specific transporter of the phosphotransferase system and nagB and nagA, the two enzymes necessary for the degradation of N‐acetylglucosamine. Insertions in the napC result in derepression of the nag genes, which is consistent with earlier observations that the nagC gene encodes the repressor of the regulon. Insertions in nagA also provoke a derepression, implying that nagA has a role in the regulation of the expression of the nag regulon as well as in the degradation of the amino‐sugars. N‐acetylglucosamine‐6‐phosphate, the intra‐cellular product of N‐acetylglucosamine transport and the substrate of the nagA gene product, is shown to be an inducer of the regulon and this suggests how nagA mutations result in derepression: the absence of N‐acetylglucosamine‐6‐phosphate deacetylase allows N‐acetylglucosamine‐6‐phosphate to accumulate and induce the regulon.
Le devenir phonétique des formes rédupliquées : réduplication, tons lexicaux et intonation en na (naxi)

En naxi (aussi appele na, moso), langue sino-tibetaine qui possede des tons lexicaux, certains schemas de reduplication comportent un changement de ton, d'autres non (reduplication a l'identique). La coexistence de ces deux ensembles permet leur comparaison avec des outils de phonetique experimentale, laquelle debouche sur une explication simple. Tous les schemas auraient pour origine une reduplication a l'identique. Les schemas qui comportent actuellement un changement de ton sont expliques par une evolution ulterieure : le figement (la phonologisation) de l'effet des frontieres intonatives sur la melodie, qui abaisse le ton Haut en fin de compose reduplique (conduisant a son basculement categoriel vers un ton Moyen) et eleve le ton Bas en debut (le transformant egalement en ton Moyen). Une reflexion sur les conditions historiques de ce changement est proposee.
Prasugrel, a third-generation P2Y12 receptor antagonist, in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention.

BACKGROUND Prasugrel is being developed in Japan as an antiplatelet therapy for use during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Up to 70% of Japanese patients with coronary artery disease undergo elective PCI. The PRASugrel For Japanese PatIenTs with Coronary Artery Diseases Undergoing Elective PCI (PRASFIT-Elective) study investigated the efficacy and safety of different prasugrel dosing regimens in Japanese patients undergoing elective PCI. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 742 patients scheduled for elective coronary artery stenting were enrolled. Patients were randomized to receive either prasugrel (20/3.75 mg, loading/maintenance dose) or clopidogrel (300/75 mg) in a double-blind manner. Endpoints, including cardiovascular events and bleeding, were assessed at weeks 24-48. The incidence rate of major cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, or non-fatal ischemic stroke) up to week 24 was 4.1% (15/370) and 6.7% (25/372) in the prasugrel and clopidogrel groups, respectively. Other incidence rates were: non-coronary artery bypass graft-related major bleeding, 0% and 2.2%; major/minor bleeding, 1.6% and 3.0%; and all bleeding events, 38.1% and 34.4% in the prasugrel and clopidogrel groups, respectively. The incidence rate of bleeding-related adverse events was similar in both groups, being 40.8% and 35.8% in the prasugrel and clopidogrel groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS These results support the risk-benefit profile of an adjusted dosing regimen of prasugrel in Japanese patients undergoing PCI. Larger studies are required to confirm these findings.
Adult T-cell lymphoma mimicking Henoch–Schönlein purpura

We report a male patient with adult T-cell lymphoma, who was initially diagnosed clinically as having Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP) with abdominal pain and specific purpura. Adult T-cell lymphoma-like cells were minimal and abdominal lymph nodes were transiently swollen, and the symptoms were improved by supportive management. Although the clinical course was compatible with HSP, the histological examination revealed infiltration of lymphocytes rather than neutrophils. Later he developed lymphoma and was treated with chemotherapy. This rare case suggests the importance of skin biopsies to seek the underlying pathology in adult HSP.
Increased melatonin 1a‐receptor immunoreactivity in the hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease patients

The pineal secretory product melatonin has, in addition to regulating retinal, circadian and vascular functions, neuroprotective effects. Blood melatonin levels are often decreased in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressively disabling neurodegenerative disorder. In this study we provide the first immunohistochemical evidence for the localization of melatonin 1a‐receptor (MT1) in aged human hippocampus and a comparison of AD cases. MT1 was localized to pyramidal neurons in the hippocampal cornu ammonis (CA)1‐4 subfields. There was a distinct increase in staining intensity in all AD cases indicating an up‐regulation of the receptor, possibly as a compensatory response to impaired melatonin levels in order to augment melatonin's neuroprotective effects.
Bioimpedance and New‐Onset Heart Failure: A Longitudinal Study of >500 000 Individuals From the General Population

Importance Heart failure constitutes a high burden on patients and society, but although lifetime risk is high, it is difficult to predict without costly or invasive testing. Knowledge about novel risk factors could enable early diagnosis and possibly preemptive treatment. Objective To establish new risk factors for heart failure. Design We applied supervised machine learning in UK Biobank in an agnostic search of risk factors for heart failure. Novel predictors were then subjected to several in-depth analyses, including multivariable Cox models of incident heart failure, and assessment of discrimination and calibration. Setting Population-based cohort study. Participants 500,451 individuals who volunteered to participate in the UK Biobank cohort study, excluding those with prevalent heart failure. Exposure 3646 variables reflecting different aspects of lifestyle, health and disease-related factors. Main Outcome Incident heart failure hospitalization. Results Machine learning confirmed many known and putative risk factors for heart failure, and identified several novel candidates. Mean reticulocyte volume appeared as one novel factor, and leg bioimpedance another; the latter appearing as the most important new factor. Leg bioimpedance was significantly lower in those who developed heart failure (p=1.1x10-72) during up to 9.8-year follow-up. When adjusting for known heart failure risk factors, leg bioimpedance was inversely related to heart failure (hazard ratio [95%CI], 0.60 [0.48–0.73]) and 0.75 [0.59–0.94], in age- and sex-adjusted and fully adjusted models, respectively, comparing the upper vs. lower quartile). A model including leg bioimpedance, age, sex, and self-reported history of myocardial infarction showed good predictive capacity of future heart failure hospitalization (C-index=0.82) and good calibration. Conclusions and Relevance Leg bioimpedance is inversely associated with heart failure incidence in the general population. A simple model of exclusively non-invasive measures, combining leg bioimpedance with history of myocardial infarction, age, and sex provides accurate predictive capacity. Key points Question Which are the most important risk factors for incident heart failure? Findings In this population-based cohort study of ~500,000 individuals, machine learning identified well-established risk factors, but also several novel factors. Among the most important were leg bioimpedance and mean reticulocyte volume. There was a strong inverse relationship between leg bioimpedance and incident heart failure, also in adjusted analyses. A model entailing leg bioimpedance, age, sex, and self-reported history of myocardial infarction showed good predictive capacity of heart failure hospitalization and good calibration. Meaning Leg bioimpedance appears to be an important new factor associated with incident heart failure.
Robotic Wheelchair Controlled by Eye Blink and Face Orientation

This paper describes and evaluates intelligent robotic wheelchair mainly for quadriplegic patients. Each year huge number of people suffers with a spinal cord injury and approximately half of these injuries result in quadriplegia. The loss of personal mobility is one of the major life changes brought on by quadriplegia, mobility becomes a lifelong struggle. Quadriplegics rely on power wheelchairs for mobility, but the hands-free controller systems currently available are obtrusive and expensive. The objective of this project was to design a power wheelchair with a novel control system for quadriplegics with Face Orientations and eye blink.USB camera and eye blink sensor was fixed in front of user's face. Face area was detected based on AdaBoost learning algorithm. Then facial landmarks were detected using Flandmark Detector. Finally, face orientations were classified by the normalized distance difference in horizontal and vertical axes between eyes, nose and mouth. Face orientation, which is used for commands electric wheelchair, consists of frontal, right, left, up and down, the eye blink count used to start and stop function.In addition, we can give more independence to the disabled person by using this to communicate with the devices in a room for example a fan.
Evidence for Personal Protective Measures to Reduce Human Contact With Blacklegged Ticks and for Environmentally Based Control Methods to Suppress Host-Seeking Blacklegged Ticks and Reduce Infection with Lyme Disease Spirochetes in Tick Vectors and Rodent Reservoirs

Abstract In the 1980s, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, and rodents were recognized as the principal vector and reservoir hosts of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the eastern United States, and deer were incriminated as principal hosts for I. scapularis adults. These realizations led to pioneering studies aiming to reduce the risk for transmission of B. burgdorferi to humans by attacking host-seeking ticks with acaricides, interrupting the enzootic transmission cycle by killing immatures infesting rodent reservoirs by means of acaricide-treated nesting material, or reducing deer abundance to suppress tick numbers. We review the progress over the past three decades in the fields of: 1) prevention of human–tick contact with repellents and permethrin-treated clothing, and 2) suppression of I. scapularis and disruption of enzootic B. burgdorferi transmission with environmentally based control methods. Personal protective measures include synthetic and natural product-based repellents that can be applied to skin and clothing, permethrin sprays for clothing and gear, and permethrin-treated clothing. A wide variety of approaches and products to suppress I. scapularis or disrupt enzootic B. burgdorferi transmission have emerged and been evaluated in field trials. Application of synthetic chemical acaricides is a robust method to suppress host-seeking I. scapularis ticks within a treated area for at least 6–8 wk. Natural product-based acaricides or entomopathogenic fungi have emerged as alternatives to kill host-seeking ticks for homeowners who are unwilling to use synthetic chemical acaricides. However, as compared with synthetic chemical acaricides, these approaches appear less robust in terms of both their killing efficacy and persistence. Use of rodent-targeted topical acaricides represents an alternative for homeowners opposed to open distribution of acaricides to the ground and vegetation on their properties. This host-targeted approach also provides the benefit of the intervention impacting the entire rodent home range. Rodent-targeted oral vaccines against B. burgdorferi and a rodent-targeted antibiotic bait have been evaluated in laboratory and field trials but are not yet commercially available. Targeting of deer—via deer reduction or treatment of deer with topical acaricides—can provide area-wide suppression of host-seeking I. scapularis. These two deer-targeted approaches combine great potential for protection that impacts the entire landscape with severe problems relating to public acceptance or implementation logistics. Integrated use of two or more methods has unfortunately been evaluated in very few published studies, but additional field evaluations of integrated tick and pathogen strategies are underway.
Learning conditional random field with hierarchical representations for dialogue act recognition

The analysis of dialogue act is important for computers to understand natural-language dialogues because the dialogue act of an utterance characterizes the speaker’s intention. In this paper, we create a new model that adapts Conditional Random Field (CRF) with efficient hierarchical representations of the raw inputs to solve the dialogue act recognition problem. The proposed model has two advantages. First, CRF can model the statistical dependencies between the utterances which carry important information to determine the dialogue act label of an utterance. Second, the hierarchical representations potentially contain some more abstract concepts with greater predictive power. To verify the effectiveness of our model, we compare it with several baseline methods on a dialogue act classification task. The results of the experiments demonstrate that our model performs much better than all the baseline methods.
Characterization of Gene Encoding Type-I Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Receptor in Goat (Capra hircus)

In the present study, complete ORF of GnRH receptor transcript from goat pituitary was amplified, cloned inprokaryotic system and sequenced. The goat type-I GnRH receptor sequence shows high homology with sheep, cow,buffalo, equine and human. Like in other mammalian species in goat too, the GnRH receptor lacks a C terminal tail.Amino acids which are critical for structure and function of the receptor were found conserved. Few amino acidresidues conserved amongst ruminants were found to be replaced in other mammalian species suggesting divergentevolutionary path of this gene in these groups.
A proteomics search algorithm specifically designed for high-resolution tandem mass spectra.

The acquisition of high-resolution tandem mass spectra (MS/MS) is becoming more prevalent in proteomics, but most researchers employ peptide identification algorithms that were designed prior to this development. Here, we demonstrate new software, Morpheus, designed specifically for high-mass accuracy data, based on a simple score that is little more than the number of matching products. For a diverse collection of data sets from a variety of organisms (E. coli, yeast, human) acquired on a variety of instruments (quadrupole-time-of-flight, ion trap-orbitrap, and quadrupole-orbitrap) in different laboratories, Morpheus gives more spectrum, peptide, and protein identifications at a 1% false discovery rate (FDR) than Mascot, Open Mass Spectrometry Search Algorithm (OMSSA), and Sequest. Additionally, Morpheus is 1.5 to 4.6 times faster, depending on the data set, than the next fastest algorithm, OMSSA. Morpheus was developed in C# . NET and is available free and open source under a permissive license.
Bosonic superconducting cosmic strings.

We study the classical solutions of bosonic superconducting strings for quartic and Coleman-Weinberg effective potentials. We map the parameter space of solutions, and discuss and quantify back reaction of the charged condensate upon the vortex. We address the issue of the critical current and the quench transition. We consider static loop configurations in which electromagnetic stresses balance the loop string tension. Such static loops are shown to exist only in a very small region of the parameter space. We also give accurate results for the energy per length of a nonsuperconducting gauged string for arbitrary ratio of Higgs-boson to vector mass.
Ciclagem de nutrientes por plantas de cobertura na entressafra em um solo de cerrado

The objective of this work was to evaluate the accumulation and the liberation of nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S) of cultural residues by three species of cover crops, in off-season. Tested cover crops were amaranthus (Amaranthus cruentus L.), pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. ). The experiment was carried out in a Typic Haplorthox clay texture soil. A randomized block desing in a split-plot array in time, with four replications, was used. At the flowering of the species, the production of dry matter and the accumulation of nutrients were evaluated. Proportional samples of dry matter of each cover crop species were placed in litter bags, which were distributed on the field plots surface, collected and weighed every 30 days, until 240 days after installation of the bags. The largest amounts of accumulated nutrients in the dry matter of the cover crops were observed with the pearl millet and the finger millet. The potassium was the nutrient accumulated in larger amount, reaching 416.9 kg ha -1 , in pearl millet. The largest rates of nutrient liberation were observed in the cultural residues of the amaranthus.
ULTRASTRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION OF A SOLUBLE COLLAGEN ANTIGEN

Soluble collagen antigen was localized at the ultrastructural level using an enzyme-labeled antibody technique. Specific antiserum against neutral salt-soluble collagen was conjugated with horseradish peroxidase. Tissue culture of fibroblasts, sections of chick embryo connective tissue and skin and tendon of newborn and adult chickens were incubated with the conjugated antiserum and processed for light and electron microscopy. Light microscopic observations showed a localization of the collagen antigen in the cytoplasm of fibroblasts and in the extracellular collagen fibers. Ultrastructurally, the antigen was found on the ribosomes, on the membranes of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, in the intracisternal material of fibroblasts and extracellularly in the collagen fibrils. The collagen fibrils of chick embryo cartilage were intensely stained while the matrix itself remained unstained. Controls performed with absorbed antiserum, conjugated normal rabbit serum or different antigens failed to react with the tissues.
Improved population level survival in younger Hodgkin lymphoma patients in Germany in the early 21st century

Treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is more aggressive in Germany than in the United States (US) and differences in treatment may lead to differences in population level survival. Patients diagnosed with HL in 11 German states in 1997–2006 were included in the analyses and were compared to similar analyses from patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database in the US. Period analysis was used to calculate 5‐year relative survival for the time period of 2002–2006 overall and by gender, age and histology. Overall 5‐year relative survival for patients with HL in Germany was 84·3%, compared to 80·6% for the US. Survival was highest in patients aged 15–29 years at 97·9% and decreased with age to 57·5% at age 60 + Survival for men and women, respectively, was 84·7% and 84·1% in Germany and 78·2% and 83·6% in the US. 5‐year relative survival for patients diagnosed with HL in Germany was close to 100% for younger patients. Survival of HL patients in the US was lower than in Germany overall, but was comparable in older patients and in women. Population‐based studies with longer follow‐up are still needed to examine effects of late toxicity on long term survival.
Evaluation of the Channel Properties for a DRM+ System and Field Tests in the VHF-Band III (174-230 Mhz)

In this paper we present an evaluation of the channel properties for a DRM+ system in the frequency Band from 174-230 MHz (VHF-Band III). Simulations of the system performance at different frequencies and with different receiver velocities are shown. Other aspects that have an effect on the system performance at higher frequencies are analysed. Additionally, measurements in the VHF-Band II and III are presented to analyse and compare the performance in the real-world. The theoretical work show that reception is possible up to receiver velocities of around 200 km/h in Band III. The measurements show similar results for Band II and III.
Remote Sensing Image Retrieval with Combined Features Of Salient Region

Low-level features tend to achieve unsatisfactory retrieval results in remote sensing image retrieval community because of the existence of semantic gap. In order to improve retrieval precision, visual attention model is used to extract salient objects from image according to their saliency. Then color and texture features are extracted from salient objects and regarded as feature vectors for image retrieval. Experimental results demonstrate that our method improves retrieval results and obtains higher precision.
Palatal Tremor of Cortical Origin Presenting as Epilepsia Partialis Continua

Summary Palatal tremor (PT) is frequently caused by brainstem lesions. The inferior olive plays a major role in the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved. We report a case of PT of cortical origin presenting as epilepsia partialis continua. EEG showed continuous left frontocentral epileptiform discharges and both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) showed focal hypoperfusion and hypometabolism in the corresponding location.
Crystal structure of cis-aquabis(2,2′-bipyridine-κ2 N,N′)chloridochromium(III) tetrachloridozincate determined from synchrotron data

The CrIII ion in the title complex is coordinated by two 2,2′-bipyridine ligands, one water molecule and a chloride in a cis geometry, displaying an overall distorted octahedral environment. The slightly distorted tetrahedral [ZnCl4]2− anion is connected to the cation through O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds.
Context-aware mobile telephony

The mostly used application is still telephony between two parties. Here the called party and the environment of the called party is usually interrupted by an incoming call. The social acceptability of phone usage evolves over time and differs according to the group of users, types of people, and also to the country. One common understanding that is shared over most of the users is that the one who uses the mobile phone is responsible to set the phone in a mode that is appropriate for the situation he or she is in. In most cases this is a binary decision switch the phone offor leave it on! This puts the trade-off: