Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evidential calibration and fusion of multiple classifiers : application to face blurring

Aﬁn d’ameliorer les performances d’un probleme de classiﬁcation, une piste de recherche consiste a utiliser plusieurs classiﬁeurs et a fusionner leurs sorties. Pour ce faire, certaines approches utilisent une regle de fusion. Cela necessite que les sorties soient d’abord rendues comparables, ce qui est generalement eﬀectue en utilisant une calibration probabiliste de chaque classiﬁeur. La fusion peut egalement etre realisee en concatenant les sorties et en appliquant a ce vecteur une calibration probabiliste conjointe. Recemment, des extensions des calibrations d’un classiﬁeur individuel ont ete proposees en utilisant la theorie de l’evidence, aﬁn de mieux representer les incertitudes. Premierement, cette idee est adaptee aux techniques de calibrations probabilistes conjointes, conduisant a des versions evidentielles. Cette approche est comparee a celles mentionnees ci-dessus sur des jeux de donnees de classiﬁcation classiques. Dans la seconde partie, le probleme d’anonymisation de visages sur des images, auquel SNCF doit repondre, est considere. Une methode consiste a utiliser plusieurs detecteurs de visages, qui retournent des boites et des scores de conﬁance associes, et a combiner ces sorties avec une etape d’association et de calibration evidentielle. Il est montre que le raisonnement au niveau pixel est plus interessant que celui au niveau boite et que, parmi les approches de fusion abordees dans la premiere partie, la calibration conjointe evidentielle donne les meilleurs resultats. Enﬁn, le cas des images provenant de videos est considere. Pour tirer parti de l’information contenue dans les videos, un algorithme de suivi classique est ajoute au systeme.
Cretaceous and Eocene poroid hymenophores from Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Two fossil poroid hymenophore fragments, one from the Cretaceous Period and the other from the Eocene Epoch, are described. The permineralized specimens were obtained from marine calcareous concretions on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and were studied using the cellulose acetate peel technique. Size and distribution of pores in the hymenophores, as well as the hyphal anatomy of the dissepiments and some hymenial elements, were examined. In the Cretaceous specimen, Quatsinoporites cranhamii sp. nov., pores are round to elliptical, three per mm, and 130–540 μm diam. Dissepiments consist of narrow, simple septate, hyphae. Neither basidia nor basidiospores are present, but acuminate hymenial cystidia, up to 54 μm in length, are common. The Eocene specimen, Appianoporites vancouverensis sp. nov., has a pore density of six per mm and pores are 130–163 μm in diam. Dissepiments consist of narrow, simple septate, thin-walled hyphae. Neither basidia nor basidiospores are present, but acuminate, thick-walled hymenial cystidia, up to 32 μm in length, are common. The poroid hymenophore is a characteristic of a number of extant basidiomycete taxa, including the Boletales, Polyporales and Hymenochaetales. It is unlikely that the fleshy, ephemeral, terrestrial basidiomata of the Boletales would be preserved in a marine environment, and thus the specimens are interpreted as belonging to basidiomycete lineages, with persistent, leathery or corky basidiomata. The simple septate hyphae, the minute pores and presence of cystidia most closely resemble taxa of the Hymenochaetales. These fossils unequivocally push back the minimum age of homobasidiomycetes and extend their paleogeographical range.
Avoidability measure in moving obstacle avoidance problem and its use for robot motion planning

This paper presents a new solution approach to moving obstacle avoidance problem of a robot. A new concept avoidability measure (AVM) is defined to describe the state of a pair of a robot and an obstacle regarding the collision between them. As an AVM, virtual distance function (VDF) is derived as a function of the distance from the obstacle to the robot and outward speed of the obstacle relative to the robot. By keeping the virtual distance above some positive limit value, the robot avoids the obstacle. In terms of the VDF, an artificial potential field is constructed to repel the robot away from the obstacle and to attract the robot toward a goal location. At every sampling time, the artificial potential field is updated and the force driving the robot is derived from the gradient of the artificial potential field. The suggested algorithm drives the robot to avoid moving obstacles in real time. Since the algorithm considers the mobility of the obstacle as well as the distance, it is effective for moving obstacle avoidance. Some simulation studies show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Agents in the box

As part of the delivery process the CMAs will be providing community woodland walks and information seminars, receiving Expressions of Interest for participation in the project and undertaking field site assessments. the CMAs will also provide assistance to participating land managers in the development of their management plans to ensure an improvement in the quality and extent of Box gum grassy Woodland within our catchments. these plans will form a part of the land managers' formal bid application. For further information or to register an expression of interest to participate in the project please contact the Delivery Agents:
The Intention to be Physically Active in Sedentary Obese Children: A Longitudinal Study

Obese children are usually less active than their normal-weight counterparts, although the reasons for this remain unclear. The objective of the present study was to determine how a long-term program (3 years of intervention and 6 months of follow-up detraining) of physical exercise with or without a low calorie diet influenced sedentary obese children’s intention to be physically active. The participants were 27 children, ages from 8 to 11 years, who formed two groups according to the program that they followed. One group followed an exercise program (three 90-min sessions per week), and the other this same exercise program together with a hypocaloric diet. The intention to be physically active was assessed via the Measurement of Intention to be Physically Active (MIFA) questionnaire. The subjects’ scores at different times of the program (baseline, Year 3, and detraining) were compared using a repeated-measures ANOVA, and a post-hoc Tukey’s test was applied to confirm the differences. After both the intervention and detraining, both groups showed greater intention to be physically active. This suggests the suitability of long-term physical exercise to generate greater intention to be physically active and thus establish healthy life habits including increased levels of physical activity.
COMPARATIVA DE ALGORITMOS BIOINSPIRADOS PARA LA OPTIMIZACIÓN DE REDES NEURONALES

En este articulo se presenta una comparativa de diferentes algoritmos bioinspirados con la finalidad de ser usados para encontrar la estructura optima de una red neuronal artificial. En la primera parte se presentan los algoritmos revisados y se explica el porque de la seleccion de los algoritmos que se comparan. Posteriormente se realiza una comparativa de su rendimiento en la optimizacion de funciones dificiles de optimizar. Finalmente se usan los mejores algoritmos para encontrar la estructura optima de una red neuronal artificial de tipo backpropagation, esto es, encontrar tanto el numero de neuronas como el numero de capas de la red. Los resultados y la discusion de estos se presenta al final del articulo, asi como sugerencias para trabajo futuro.
Fully Depleted SOI Characterization by Capacitance Analysis of p-i-n Gated Diodes

Split capacitance measurements in thin SOI p-i-n gated diodes are performed and discussed. Contrarily to MOSFETs, the n+ and p+ contacts of the diode supply instantly minority and majority carriers preventing parasitic deep-depletion and transient effects. The gated diode enables accurate characterization from accumulation to strong inversion. We demonstrate that the diode capacitance curves provide extensive information, such as layer thickness and threshold voltage for both n- and p-type MOSFETs simultaneously. The experimental results are validated and explained through numerical simulations.
On the Selection of Information Sources for Gossip Spreading

Information diffusion is efficient via gossip or rumor spreading in many of the next generation networks. It is of great importance to select some seed nodes as information sources in a network so as to maximize the gossip spreading. In this paper, we deal with the issue of the selection of information sources, which are initially informed nodes (i.e., seed nodes) in a network, for pull-based gossip protocol. We prove that the gossip spreading maximization problem (GSMP) is NP-hard. We establish a temporal mapping of the gossip spreading process using virtual coupon collectors by leveraging the concept of temporal network, further prove that the gossip spreading process has the property of submodularity, and consequently propose a greedy algorithm for selecting the information sources, which yields a suboptimal solution within 1 - 1 / e of the optimal value for GSMP. Experiments are carried out to study the spreading performance, illustrating the significant superiority of the greedy algorithm over heuristic and random algorithms.
Mining Consumption Intent from Social Data: A Survey

Social Media is a rich source of information about the desires and needs of users to buy a product or service. There lies a huge opportunity in mining the Intent of users which can be applicable to the field of marketing, ecommerce, recommender systems, etc. This survey focuses on analyzing the techniques that can be used to mine the Intent of users from social data. Notable works that have contributed towards determining the Intent of users from social data has been highlighted. General Terms Intent Mining, Social Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Text Classification
Manufacturing and Preliminary Performance Expectations of  $\hbox{Nb}_{3}\hbox{Sn}$ Based Conductors Allocated for the First ITER TF Coil With CICC From Korea

Manufacturing of superconducting Nb3Sn based Cable-in-Conduit Conductor (CICC) for Toroidal Field (TF) coils for the ITER tokamak under the responsibility of the ITER Domestic Agency for the Republic of Korea, ITER Korea, has been in progress since early 2012. Production of sufficient CICC needed to fabricate the first TF coil solely using Korean (KO) conductor has been achieved. Furthermore, low temperature performance verification tests near ITER operating conditions on a second CICC sample, following tests on a sample from the first KO CICC destined for an ITER TF coil, have recently been performed at the EPFL-CRPP SULTAN facility in Villigen, Switzerland. This paper provides an overview on all CICC that is destined for the first ITER TF coil to be fabricated with KO CICC, along with a brief summary of the results of the low temperature performance verification tests on KO CICC samples.
Left-handed unit cell based on hilbert grounded patch for multi-band filtering applications

A new multi-band left-handed unit cell which uses Hilbert grounded patch is proposed and compared with the previously reported configuration which uses grounded square patch. The novel unit cell exhibits three distinct passbands and one deep pole. By changing specific geometrical parameters of the unit cell, three passbands can be independently positioned. The Hilbert patch provides an additional degree of freedom in the design of the unit cell: by varying line-to-spacing ratio and its orientation, the tuning range of the second passband can be increased in respect to unit cell with the square patch. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed unit cell, a wideband bandpass filter of the third order is designed.
Matching-pursuit for simulations of quantum processes

The matching-pursuit algorithm is implemented to develop an extension of the split-operator Fourier transform method to a nonorthogonal, nonuniform and dynamically adaptive coherent-state representation. The accuracy and efficiency of the computational approach are demonstrated in simulations of deep tunneling and long time dynamics by comparing our simulation results with the corresponding benchmark calculations.
Long-term follow-up for ossification of autologous bone plug and skin sinking after periosteum-preserved burr hole surgery

Background: The demand of a burr hole surgery for chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is increasing in the global aging society. Burr hole-derived autologous bone dusts are not associated with extra costs compared with other commonly used synthetic materials. In addition, postoperative calvarium ossification requires periosteum-mediated blood supply, which is lacking after using avascular synthetic materials. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that the combination of the bone plugs and the preserved periosteum during burr hole surgeries for CSDH would induce efficient calvarium ossification. Methods: We evaluated the long-term effects of bone plugs on the degree of ossification and cosmetic appearance of the skin covering the burr hole sites. We included 8 patients (9 burr holes) who received the autologous bone dust derived from burr holes. As the control group, 9 burr holes that did not receive any burr hole plugs were retrospectively selected. These burr holes were evaluated by computed tomography (CT) scan for the calvarium defect ratios, CT value-based ossification, and the degree of skin sinking. Results: Ossification was observed in all the bone plugs by the bone density CT scans; they maintained their volume at 12 months after the surgeries. The calvarium defect ratios (volume ratios of the unossified parts in the burr holes) gradually increased during the first 6 months and reached 0.44 at 12 months. The mean CT values also increased from 527 HU to 750 HU for the first 6 months and reached 905 HU at 12 months. The degrees of skin sinking at the burr hole sites with the bone plugs were 1.24 mm whereas those without the bone plugs were 2.69 mm (P = 0.004). Conclusion: Application of burr hole-derived autologous bone dust is associated with better ossification and objective cosmetic result following burr hole surgery after CSDH.
The GIGANTEA-Regulated MicroRNA172 Mediates Photoperiodic Flowering Independent of CONSTANS in Arabidopsis[W][OA]

Regulated RNA metabolism appears to be a critical component of molecular mechanisms directing flowering initiation in plants. A group of RNA binding proteins exerts their roles through the autonomous flowering pathway. Posttranscriptional mechanisms regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs) also play a key role in flowering-time control. Here, we demonstrate that the GIGANTEA (GI)-regulated miR172 defines a unique genetic pathway that regulates photoperiodic flowering by inducing FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) independent of CONSTANS (CO). A late-flowering mutant in which a miR172 target gene, TARGET OF EAT1, is constitutively activated by the nearby insertion of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S enhancer normally responded to vernalization and gibberellic acid treatments. By contrast, its response to daylength changes was severely disrupted. In the mutant, FT was significantly repressed, but other flowering genes were unaffected. Notably, miR172 abundance is regulated by photoperiod via GI-mediated miRNA processing. Accordingly, miR172-overproducing plants exhibit early flowering under both long days and short days, even in the absence of functional CO, indicating that miR172 promotes photoperiodic flowering through a CO-independent genetic pathway. Therefore, it appears that GI-mediated photoperiodic flowering is governed by the coordinated interaction of two distinct genetic pathways: one mediated via CO and the other mediated via miR172 and its targets.
A CASE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF COVARIATE ADJUSTMENT IN A SEQUENTIAL SURVIVAL CLINICAL TRIAL

Recent literature has discussed the value of adjustment for important covariates in models involving nonnormal data. It is generally concluded that, when performing traditional “fixed sample size” clinical trials, covariate adjustment influences the magnitude of the treatment effect but has little effect on precision of the estimate. In fact, it may actually reduce it. In this paper, we investigate the effect of covariate adjustment in the sequential setting via a case study of a survival clinical trial. Sequential and fixed sample analyses are compared, with and without covariate adjustment of the treatment effect. It was found that conclusions similar to those for the fixed sample size case also apply in the sequential case, but that incorporation of covariate information can present added complications in this setting.
Improved method to retain cytosolic reporter protein fluorescence while staining for nuclear proteins

Staining of transcription factors (TFs) together with retention of fluorescent reporter proteins is hindered by loss of fluorescence using current available methods. In this study, it is shown that current TF staining protocols do not destroy fluorescent proteins (FPs) but rather that fixation is not sufficient to retain FPs in the cytosol of the permeabilized cells. In this article, a simple and reliable protocol is elaborated, which allows efficient TF and cytokine staining while retaining FPs inside fixed cells. © 2014 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry
Exploitation of capacitive coupling at UHF for remote sensing in a kW WPT system

In this work we discuss the design of a near-field link, based on capacitive plates, operating in the 868 MHz band, usually adopted for far-field applications. This system, capacitively coupled, serves as a wireless information transfer unit in a temperature-controlled system. Capacitive and inductive coupling are simultaneously exploited to integrate in a unique, robust, and reliable platform the contactless transmission of temperature data and electric power, respectively. A UHF rectifier is exploited to supply and sense the resistive variations of a Pt100-based temperature probe located in an inaccessible part of an industrial rotary tool. An extensive comparison with solutions in the HF band is presented. Results show reduced link losses and improved system performances in terms of accuracy and component tolerances.
YU 238259 Is a Novel Inhibitor of Homology-Dependent DNA Repair That Exhibits Synthetic Lethality and Radiosensitization in Repair-De fi cient Tumors

Radiotherapy and DNA-damaging chemotherapy are frequently utilized in the treatment of solid tumors. Innate or acquired resistance to these therapies remains a major clinical challenge in oncology. The development of small molecules that sensitize cancers to established therapies represents an attractive approach to extending survival and quality of life in patients. Here, we demonstrate that YU238259, a member of a novel class of DNA double-strand break repair inhibitors, exhibits potent synthetic lethality in the setting of DNA damage response and DNA repair defects. YU238259 specifically inhibits homology-dependent DNA repair, but not non-homologous end-joining, in cell-based GFP reporter assays. Treatment with YU238259 is not only synergistic with ionizing radiation, etoposide, and PARP inhibition, but this synergism is heightened by BRCA2 deficiency. Further, growth of BRCA2-deficient human tumor xenografts in nudemice is significantly delayed byYU238259 treatment even in the absence of concomitant DNA-damaging therapy. The cytotoxicity of these small molecules in repair-deficient cells results from an accumulation of unresolved DNA double-strand breaks. These findings suggest that YU238259 or related small molecules may have clinical benefit to patients with advanced BRCA2negative tumors, either as a monotherapy or as an adjuvant to radiotherapy and certain chemotherapies. Implications: We have identified a novel series of compounds that demonstrate synthetic lethality in DNA repair–deficient cell and animal models and have strong potential for clinical translation. Mol Cancer Res; 13(10); 1–9. 2015 AACR.
Plasmids for variable expression of proteins targeted to the mitochondrial matrix or intermembrane space

ABSTRACT We describe the construction and uses of a series of plasmids for directing expression to varied levels of exogenous proteins targeted to the mitochondrial matrix or intermembrane space. We found that the level of protein expression achieved, the kinetics of expression and mitochondrial import, and half-life after import can each vary with the protein examined. These factors should be considered when directing localization of an exogenous protein to mitochondria for rescue, proteomics, or other approaches. We describe the construction of a collection of plasmids for varied expression of proteins targeted to the mitochondrial matrix or intermembrane space, using previously defined targeting sequences and strength CMV promoters. The limited size of these compartments makes them particularly vulnerable to artifacts from over-expression. We found that different proteins display different kinetics of expression and import that should be considered when analyzing results from this approach. Finally, this collection of plasmids has been deposited in the Addgene plasmid repository to facilitate the ready access and use of these tools.
Analyse cognitive de l’activité de l’élève pour une personnalisation d’un environnement numérique d’apprentissage

La conception d’un environnement numerique d’apprentissage necessite, entre autres, une prise en compte des specificites de l’apprenant. Cette prise en compte peut se traduire par l’utilisation de profils d’apprenants afin d’adapter et de personnaliser l’environnement numerique d’apprentissage. Nous faisons alors l’hypothese qu’une analyse cognitive de l’activite de l’eleve a partir d’un dispositif papier-crayon permet de recueillir les indices qui permettront d’etablir des profils d’apprenants suffisamment solides pour le parametrage d’un environnement numerique d’apprentissage. Nous avons concu et teste un environnement numerique d’apprentissage du traitement arithmetique simple des entiers relatifs pour des eleves de cinquieme de College base sur ces principes.
Synthesis of advanced microwave filters without diagonal cross-couplings

Asymmetric filtering characteristics are frequently used for the design of microwave filters for the cellular telephony industry, particularly for the transmit/receive diplexers for base stations. Typically such filters have to be manufactured in large quantities at lowest possible cost. However, because of the asymmetric filtering characteristics, the designs often include diagonal cross couplings between non-adjacent resonators In addition to the usual 'straight' couplings. Diagonal couplings tend to be mechanically difficult to manufacture and assemble, can be electrically awkward to tune and be sensitive to temperature, vibration etc. all of which drives up unit costs again. This paper introduces the methods for the synthesis of two novel filter network configurations which do not require diagonal couplings, but which nonetheless are able to realize asymmetric filtering functions.