Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hybrid Learning of Dependency Structures from Heterogeneous Linguistic Resources

In this paper we present our syntactic and semantic dependency parsing system participated in both closed and open competitions of the CoNLL 2008 Shared Task. By combining the outcome of two state-of-the-art syntactic dependency parsers, we achieved high accuracy in syntactic dependencies (87.32%). With MRSes from grammar-based HPSG parsers, we achieved significant performance improvement on semantic role labeling (from 71.31% to 71.89%), especially in the out-domain evaluation (from 60.16% to 62.11%).
Classifying Web 2.0 Supported Applications By Pattern Of Usage: Functional & Technical ISSUES

The rapid evolution of Internet technologies have witnessed new Web elements, such as blogs, wikis, social networking, social bookmarking, and other related applications referred to as Web 2.0. Web 1.0 paradigm was related with passive, just receptive users, whereas Web 2.0 paradigm relies mainly on user participation and user-generated content. In Web 2.0 applications users are invited to comment, share, edit, classify, as well as remix data from multiple sources. Although there are several Web 2.0 applications in the market there is still lack of a profound approach guiding the analysis, design and development of such applications. This paper suggests classifying Web 2.0 tools by “Pattern of Usage” or in other words the functionalities that characterize their specific features. By reviewing several literatures we extracted multiple attributes related to functionalities of Web 2.0 tools. These have been crystallised into 7 patterns of usage that include; Inter-connectivity, Content authoring, Content tagging & rating, Content aggregation & syndication, Content remixing, Content streaming and File sharing. By interlinking functionality/ usage with underlying technologies, techniques and architecture we provided insight into design and technical requirements for Web 2.0 supported applications. Furthermore we broke down the patterns into basic, elementary to include Inter-connectivity, File sharing and Content remixing, and secondary, supportive to include the other four patterns. This would provide the technical core for any development methodology targeted at Web 2.0 applications.
Health and Relationship Quality Later in Life: A Comparison of Living Apart Together (LAT), First Marriages, Remarriages, and Cohabitation

This study compares happiness in the relationship, support, and strain in LAT (living apart together, i.e., noncohabiting) relationships with first marriages, remarriages, and cohabitation among older adults in the United States. The study also asks whether partner’s health affects relationship quality differently in different relationship types. This study draws on the first wave of the National Social Life Health & Aging Project 2005-2006, (n = 1992). Partner’s physical and mental health are good predictors of relationship quality and their effects do not differ by relationship type. Men are more likely to be very happy in their relationship and to receive high support than women, but they also report more strain. LAT relationships are less likely to be very happy and to have high support than marriage and remarriage, but they also have lower strain. Different interpretations of “strain” are discussed.
Interaction-based information filtering for children

This paper presents an interaction-based information filtering system designed for the needs of children accessing multiple streams of information. This is an emerging problem due to the increased information access and engagement by children for their education and entertainment, and the explosion of stream-based information sources on most topics. It has been shown that children have difficulties formulating text-based queries and using interfaces primarily designed for adults. The in-progress system presented in this paper attempts to address these difficulties by employing an interaction-based interface that simplifies the expression of information needs and adapts itself to user interests over time. To overcome issues of content moderation, the system aggregates multiple child-friendly information feeds and performs offline processing to facilitate topic filtering. A set of standing topics are created for initial interaction and subsequent interactions are used to infer and refine which topics the child would most likely want to have presented. A simple and easy-to-use interface is presented which uses relevance information to determine the appropriate size of the document title to display to act as a relevance-cue to the user. The planned research focuses on validating the interaction-based approach with both child and adult populations to discover the differences and similarities that may exist.
Tracking Revisited using RGBD Camera: Baseline and Benchmark

Although there has been significant progress in the past decade,tracking is still a very challenging computer vision task, due to problems such as occlusion and model drift.Recently, the increased popularity of depth sensors e.g. Microsoft Kinect has made it easy to obtain depth data at low cost.This may be a game changer for tracking, since depth information can be used to prevent model drift and handle occlusion.In this paper, we construct a benchmark dataset of 100 RGBD videos with high diversity, including deformable objects, various occlusion conditions and moving cameras. We propose a very simple but strong baseline model for RGBD tracking, and present a quantitative comparison of several state-of-the-art tracking algorithms.Experimental results show that including depth information and reasoning about occlusion significantly improves tracking performance. The datasets, evaluation details, source code for the baseline algorithm, and instructions for submitting new models will be made available online after acceptance.
Determinants of Integration and Confrontation in Internal Dialogues

Interest in the distinction between integrative and confrontational internal dialogues has been growing, as research suggests numerous positive functions of the former compared to the latter. The article proposes a theoretical approach to integration and confrontation in internal dialogue and an empirical method of measuring these processes. Exploratory research is also presented that seeks to identify personality-related and situational determinants of integration and confrontation in internal dialogue simulating social relationships. Canonical correlation analysis did not establish personality determinants but it did reveal situational determinants (understood as cognitive interpretation of the enacted situation) behind integration and confrontation in internal dialogue. Perceiving the internal interlocutor as similar to the dialogue's author is associated with the author's integrative attitude. An increase in the wishfulness of the dialogue is accompanied by an increase in the author's confrontational attitude and the interlocutor's integrative attitude.
tRFdb: a database for transfer RNA fragments

We have created tRFdb, the first database of transfer RNA fragments (tRFs), available at http://genome.bioch. virginia.edu/trfdb/. With over 100 small RNA libraries analyzed, the database currently contains the sequences and read counts of the three classes of tRFs for eight species: R. sphaeroides, S. pombe, D. melanogaster, C. elegans, Xenopus, zebra fish, mouse and human, for a total of 12 877 tRFs. The database can be searched by tRF ID or tRF sequence, and the results can be limited by organism. The search results show the genome coordinates and names of the tRNAs the sequence may derive from, and there are links for the sequence of the tRF and parental tRNA, and links for the read counts in all the corresponding small RNA libraries. As a case study for how this database may be used, we have shown that a certain class of tRFs, tRF-1s, is highly upregulated in B-cell malignancies.
Massive SDMA with large scale antenna systems in a multi-cell environment

In this paper we investigate the downlink performance of `massive` spatial division multiple access for different precoding strategies when deploying a large scale antenna system. `Massive' means that the number of served MSs is increased up to the number of transmit antennas. As intuitive and shown in this work, then user grouping is required so we compare the case of non user grouping with a greedy sum rate maximization approach. Thereby, we answer the question if trends are transferable from the single-cell to the multi-cell scenario, considering MRT, SLNR and ZF precoding schemes. Throughout this work we assume perfect channel state information knowledge of all MSs at the serving BS and no delay or channel aging in the system. The focus in this work is on the system level perspective and evaluation is done by multi-cell simulations.
Which older patients are competent to drive? Approaches to office-based assessment.

OBJECTIVE To review three proposed approaches to office-based assessment of older drivers and to evaluate recommendations made about dementia and driving. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE The American Medical Association's (AMA's) Physcian's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers gives recommendations for office-based assessment of older patients' medical fitness to drive. Other approaches examined were those outlined in the sixth edition of Determining Medical Fitness to Drive produced by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and SAFE DRIVE. Recommendations for dementia and driving from these documents and other sources were reviewed. All evidence was level III. MAIN MESSAGE The AMA document usefully identified ways to detect drivers at risk and key areas for assessment (vision, cognition, motor function). Recommendations on evaluating these areas require validation. he CMA guide and SAFE DRIVE were overly broad in their recommendations. How best to detect cognitive impairment that tocld affect driving remains unclear. CONCLUSION Office-based approaches to identifying older drivers who are either unsafe to drive or require more extensive evaluation need to be validated.
Optimization of Biased PT-Symmetric Plasmonic Directional Couplers

We study a plasmonic directional coupler with a metallic cladding and dielectric core in the presence of balanced gain and loss, and demonstrate that such a photonic structure can possess the parity-time (PT) symmetry even when optical losses in metal are taken into account. We analyze the modal dispersion of the coupler when losses in metal are negligible and then study how substantially increased losses modify the modal dispersion and coupler's properties. For realistic parameters, we demonstrate a novel approach for recovering the property of the PT-symmetry by introducing unbalanced loss and gain in both cores of the coupler.
Infralimbic Prefrontal Cortex Is Responsible for Inhibiting Cocaine Seeking in Extinguished Rats

The rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens core are critical for initiating cocaine seeking. In contrast, the neural circuitry responsible for inhibiting cocaine seeking during extinction is unknown. The present findings using inhibition of selected brain nuclei with GABA agonists show that the suppression of cocaine seeking produced by previous extinction training required activity in the rat infralimbic cortex. Conversely, the reinstatement of drug seeking by a cocaine injection in extinguished animals was suppressed by increasing neuronal activity in infralimbic cortex with the glutamate agonist AMPA. The cocaine seeking induced by inactivating infralimbic cortex resembled other forms of reinstated drug seeking by depending on activity in prelimbic cortex and the basolateral amygdala. A primary efferent projection from the infralimbic cortex is to the nucleus accumbens shell. Akin to infralimbic cortex, inhibition of the accumbens shell induced cocaine seeking in extinguished rats. However, bilateral inhibition of the shell also elicited increased locomotor activity. Nonetheless, unilateral inhibition of the accumbens shell did not increase motor activity, and simultaneous unilateral inactivation of the infralimbic cortex and shell induced cocaine seeking, suggesting that an interaction between these two structures is necessary for extinction training to inhibit cocaine seeking. The infralimbic cortex and accumbens shell appear to be recruited by extinction learning because inactivation of these structures before extinction training did not alter cocaine seeking. Together, these findings suggest that a neuronal network involving the infralimbic cortex and accumbens shell is recruited by extinction training to suppress cocaine seeking.
Plasminogen Kringle 5 blocks tumor progression by antiangiogenic and proinflammatory pathways

Proteolytic processing of human plasminogen generates potent antiangiogenic peptides such as angiostatin. The plasminogen kringle 5 (K5) domain, which is distinct from angiostatin, possesses potent antiangiogenic properties on its own, which can be exploited in cancer therapy. It has been recently observed that antiangiogenic agents promote leukocyte-vessel wall interaction as part of their antitumor effect. Although we have previously shown that K5 suppresses cancer growth in tumor xenograft models, its modulation of inflammation in experimental mice with intact immune systems is unknown. To determine whether K5 possesses immune proinflammatory properties, we investigated the effects of K5 in an immune competent model of breast cancer and observed that tumor rejection is substantially reduced in nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient and BALB/c nude when compared with wild-type BALB/c mice, suggesting an important role for T-lymphoid cells in the antitumor effect of K5. Tumor explant analysis shows that K5 enhances tumor recruitment of CD3+ lymphoid cells, in particular, the NKT phenotype. We also observed a significant decrease in tumor-associated microvessel length and density consistent with antiangiogenic activity. Histologic analysis of K5 tumors also revealed a robust neutrophilic infiltrate, which may be explained by the neutrophil chemotactic activity of K5 as well as its ability to promote CD64 up-regulation within the CD11b+ adhesive neutrophil population. In sum, our findings confirm that the K5 protein acts as a potent angiostatic agent and possesses a novel proinflammatory role via its ability to recruit tumor-associated neutrophils and NKT lymphocytes, leading to a potent antitumor response. [Mol Cancer Ther 2007;6(2):441–9]
Automatic Seed Generation for Mass Extraction in Mammograms : Comparative Study

For automatic breast cancer detection, mass segmentation is and continues to be a major challenge. The segmentation objective is to separate the mass from the rest of the breast by trying to delimit its borders correctly. Seeded Region Growing technique is very attractive for medical image segmentation by involving the high-level knowledge of image components in the seed selection procedure. This algorithm starts by a seed point selection and, grows seed area by exploiting the fact that pixels which are close together have similar features. In region growing process the choice of the seed point is very crucial because the overall success of the segmentation is dependent on it. In this paper, we present a comparative study of two automatic seed selection methods for breast tumor detection using seeded region growing segmentation. The first method is based on edges extraction technique; the second method is based on features extraction technique. Our results showed that seed selection method based on features extraction technique is better than seed selection method based on edges extraction technique. Keywords— mammograms, mass detection, seed selection, segmentation, region growing.
Effect of neutrophil adhesion on the size of aggregates formed by agonist-activated platelets

In this study we have investigated the effect of human neutrophil on agonist-induced platelet aggregation by using the laser-light scattering method that can detect a two-phase process, formation of small aggregates followed by large aggregate formation. When nonstimulated neutrophils were added to agonist-stimulated platelet-rich plasma (PRP), the large platelet aggregates were decreased and the small ones were increased by using either collagen, thrombin or ADP as agonist. Scanning-electron microscopic observation showed marked adhesion of neutrophil to aggregated platelets. The supernatant from neutrophils cell lysate (neutrophil supernatant) showed inhibitory effect similar to that with intact neutrophils, suggesting that the inhibitory effect by neutrophils was due to soluble component(s) including proteases released from neutrophils adhered to activated platelets. We have examined the effect of inhibition of a major released protease, elastase. The addition of its potent inhibitor elafin to intact neutrophils or the neutrophil supernatant changed their antiaggregating activity. The treatment of platelets with genistein, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinase, decreased agonist-induced large aggregates and increased small ones, suggesting that certain protein tyrosine kinase would be involved in the transition from small to large platelet aggregates. It was also shown that the tyrosine phosphorylation induced by agonist stimulation of several high molecular-weight proteins of platelets was inhibited by coincubation with neutrophils, concurrent with increases in smaller phosphorylated proteins. In washed platelets, coincubation with neutrophils resulted in reduced formation of large aggregates when stimulated with collagen or thrombin and repressed agonist-induced activation of tyrosine protein kinases (Syk, Lyn, Src, and Pyk2), but not thrombin-induced ERK and p38 MAP kinase. These results suggest that the cleavage of platelet membrane glycoproteins at least in part by elastase which was released from neutrophils, is involved in the inhibition of the transition from small to large platelet aggregates.
Low complexity carrier-phase estimation based on sign-error modified CMA for 16-QAM coherent optical receivers

Carrier-phase estimation (CPE) is one of the key elements of the digital signal processing (DSP) unit of a coherent optical receiver. CPE is required to eliminate the effect phase noise, mainly stemming from transmitting laser and local oscillator (LO). In this paper, a simple CPE scheme for 16-QAM digital coherent receiver is proposed which is based on coordinate transformation and sign-error modified constant-modulus algorithm (CMA). Such CPE can be achieved with very low implementation complexity. Performance of the proposed CPE scheme is analyzed with intensive computer simulation. For a 32-Gbaud 16-QAM system, the combined laser linewidth tolerance of more than 2 MHz is found for 1-dB sensitivity penalty.
Significance and molecular detection of noroviruses in fresh produce

Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are a primary cause of epidemic and sporadic cases of non-bacterial gastroenteritis; easily transmitted by the fecal-oral route which involves food as a frequent vehicle causing HuNoVs to be the major agent of food-borne illness worldwide. Primary factors contributing to the food contamination are contacts with infected food handler, cross-contamination during preparation, contaminated raw product and insufficient heating. Fresh produce are typically eaten raw with no thermal processing, therefore they are considered as high risk food because contamination can occur at the pre-harvest stage due to faecally polluted irrigation water and possible internalization; during harvest/postharvest stage and at the point of sale/consumption due to contact with human faeces/faecally soiled materials and infected food handlers; cross-contamination from polluted working equipment/surfaces. Detection of food-borne HuNoVs in fruits and vegetables has become important based on the increasing number of reported outbreaks. Real-time RT-PCR is considered the gold standard detection method due to its high sensitivity and specificity, as well as for possibility of quantification and multiplexing.
Fault models of inverter-interfaced distributed generators: Experimental verification and application to fault analysis

This paper investigates the fault behaviour of inverter-interfaced distributed generators in stand-alone networks. It is shown that the rapid transient response of the inverter control system allows its fault behaviour to be characterised by quasi steady-state equivalent fault models. The choice of inverter control strategy, control reference frame and the method of active current limiting dominate the fault response, especially in case of unbalanced faults. The proposed fault models can be directly incorporated in conventional fault analysis methods of which an example is given for a faulty islanded microgrid. Model validation is carried out by comparing experimental measurements with results of analytical fault analysis using the developed fault models and PSCAD time domain simulations.
Abscisic Acid Stimulates Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Secretion from L-Cells and Its Oral Administration Increases Plasma Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Levels in Rats

In recent years, Abscisic Acid (ABA) has been demonstrated to be involved in the regulation of glucose homeostasis in mammals as an endogenous hormone, by stimulating both insulin release and peripheral glucose uptake. In addition, ABA is released by glucose- or GLP-1-stimulated β-pancreatic cells. Here we investigated whether ABA can stimulate GLP-1 release. The human enteroendocrine L cell line hNCI-H716 was used to explore whether ABA stimulates in vitro GLP-1 secretion and/or transcription. ABA induced GLP-1 release in hNCI-H716 cells, through a cAMP/PKA-dependent mechanism. ABA also enhanced GLP-1 transcription. In addition, oral administration of ABA significantly increased plasma GLP-1 and insulin levels in rats. In conclusion, ABA can stimulate GLP-1 release: this result and the previous observation that GLP-1 stimulates ABA release from β -cells, suggest a positive feed-back mechanism between ABA and GLP-1, regulating glucose homeostasis. Type 2 diabetes treatments targeting the GLP-1 axis by either inhibiting its rapid clearance by dipeptidyl-peptidase IV or using GLP-1 mimetics are currently used. Moreover, the development of treatments aimed at stimulating GLP-1 release from L cells has been considered as an alternative approach. Accordingly, our finding that ABA increases GLP-1 release in vitro and in vivo may suggest ABA and/or ABA analogs as potential anti-diabetic treatments.
Impact of three-phase single-stage photovoltaic (PV) system interfaced with distribution network on load modeling

This paper builds a dynamic model of three-phase single-stage photovoltaic system interfaced with distribution network, and its external characteristics is studied. The research results show that the model frame of the generalized load model of distribution network which contains three-phase single-stage photovoltaic system can be obtained by adding a variable active power source to the fictitious bus of conventional synthesis load model (SLM). Seven parameters to be identified, i.e. three characteristic parameters of the photovoltaic array, the capacity of the electric capacitor in parallel with photovoltaic array, the proportion of three-phase single-stage photovoltaic system relative to pure load, the proportion amplification constant and the integral amplification constant of voltage regulator should be added to that of SLM. A parameters identification strategy is proposed. Firstly, the loads are aggregated. Then, the low-sensitive parameters are fixed as the aggregated values, while high-sensitive parameters are identified near the aggregation values by genetic algorithm. The characteristic fitting capability and the generalization capability of the proposed generalized load model is validated by a simulation example.