Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Disturbance and Succession – Potential of Agent-based Systems for Modelling Vulnerable Ecosystems Application to Land Degradation Processes

Multi-agent-systems (MAS) and Cellular Automata (CA) allow not only the schematic simulation of environmental processes but also the integration of real datasets and biological knowledge. This combination can be an effective method for the modelling of the behaviour and development of vegetation after strong land disturbance. This study is a bottom-up approach creating a model which is able to integrate different kinds of data in order to simulate the process of secondary plant succession. It can be supplemented and adapted according to the interest of the modeller and to the study area and its regional conditions. Though there are still some hurdles to be got over, it has nevertheless been a successful first attempt for further investigations to gain information about the process of land degradation that occurred in the Chinese province of Yunnan due to intensive coppermining during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).
Evidence-Based Study of Medication Compliance Project in Hiv Prevention Using Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prep) Antivirals for HIV-Negative Males

EVIDENCE-BASED STUDY OF MEDICATION COMPLIANCE PROJECT IN HIV PREVENTION USING PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) ANTIVIRALS FOR HIV-NEGATIVE MALES In 2012, emtricitabine/tenofovir was the only Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) used in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention. To date, there is little research on open-label and mixed-payer characteristics supporting medication compliance of men who have sex with men (MSM). The purpose of this research was to describe individual demographic variables associated with PrEP medication adherence and to examine the effect of a follow-up phone call from a nurse once a month for 3 months. A total of 30 MSM were recruited and data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, medication adherence tool and follow-up phone calls. Data were analyzed using a statistical package. Spearman’s rho correlations demonstrated high medication adherence in single men (rs (28) = −. 375, p < . 05) with no mental health issues (rs (28) = . 426, p < . 05) and a higher educational level (rs (28) = −. 431, p < . 05). A between group Chi-square demonstrated men with high medication adherence and medium medication adherence did not statistically differ over 3 months (χ2 (2, N = 28) = . 668, p = . 71). Individuals who exhibited higher PrEP use in an open-label and mixed-payer structure appeared to be young, single, well educated, and employed Caucasian gay males with multiple partners. More information will be needed from ethnically diverse populations, especially non-Caucasians. Finally, clinical nurses, by supplying accountability by phone calls, could improve PrEP compliance by providing planned monthly reminders. Ming-Chun Ho May 2018 EVIDENCE-BASED STUDY OF MEDICATION COMPLIANCE PROJECT IN HIV PREVENTION USING PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) ANTIVIRALS FOR HIV-NEGATIVE MALES
MODELING HETEROGENEOUS PREFERENCES OF LAKE URMIA BASIN RESIDENTS CONCERNED WITH ITS RESTORATION: AN APPLICATION OF SCALE-ADJUSTED MULTILEVEL LATENT CLASS MODEL

One of the major challenges in the field of environmental valuation, is discovering the diversity of preferences and sensitivities that exist in the communities. During last years, environmental situation of Lake Urmia with all its geological, economic, social, water resources, climate and other aspects, has changed and followed a downward trend. Lake Urmia, as a public good, needs public contribution to prevent further deterioration. The success of restoration strategies is largely dependent on its acceptance by the beneficiaries and level of their participation. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a choice experiment for investigating public heterogeneous preferences on the non-market economic benefits of Lake Urmia restoration. A scale-adjusted multilevel latent class model is applied and a model with three latent classes at individual level, two classes at group level and two scale classes was selected as the preferred model. According to our results, most people who live geographically closer to Lake Urmia, belong to the same grand class. There were signs of homogeneity for all members of this grand class, while for other respondents, considerable heterogeneity could be observed. We have evidence from our results that individuals’ characteristics, location and response certainty may provide explanations for heterogeneity.
Metaheuristic Algorithms for Independent Task Scheduling in Symmetric and Asymmetric Cloud Computing Environment

1Department of Information Technology, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2Deanship of Scientific Research, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Misr University for Science &Technology, Egypt 4Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
Carboplatin Dosing in Ovarian Cancer: Problems and Pitfalls

Objective: Carboplatin is one of the most effective chemotherapeutic drugs for the treatment of ovarian cancer. It has simple pharmacokinetics and a predictable toxicity profile. The dose can be calculated effectively based on a patient's renal function as defined by the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The measurement of the GFR is best done using radioisotopes, but this is expensive and not widely available, so many centers use equations to estimate GFR based on serum creatinine and other easily measured data. Recent changes in the measurement of serum creatinine, and a move toward isotope dilution mass spectrometry standardized values, have highlighted the difficulty in safely and effectively calculating doses of carboplatin in patients with ovarian cancer. Methods: We have evaluated the currently available evidence for the most common methods of estimating and measuring GFR. We explored the problems and pitfalls with using each of these methods or equations and examined the effects of small changes in clinical parameters and the effect on carboplatin dose. Results: Previous studies evaluating carboplatin's toxicity and efficacy used various different methods of GFR estimation and older methods of creatinine measurement. These may not translate to use with newer laboratory methods and may result in higher delivered doses than anticipated. Conclusions: The lack of consistency in carboplatin dosing, and changing creatinine values are a cause for concern if patient toxicity is a possible outcome. The need for new studies using new standard methods that can be widely used are urgently required to provide clarity in this area.
A ug 2 01 7 Popular progression differences in vector spaces

Green proved an arithmetic analogue of Szemerédi’s celebrated regularity lemma and used it to verify a conjecture of Bergelson, Host, and Kra which sharpens Roth’s theorem on three-term arithmetic progressions in dense sets. It shows that for every subset of F p with n sufficiently large, the density of three-term arithmetic progressions with some nonzero common difference is at least the random bound (the cube of the set density) up to an additive ǫ. For a fixed odd prime p, we prove that the required dimension grows as an exponential tower of p’s of height Θ(log(1/ǫ)). This improves both the lower and upper bound, and is the first example of a result where a tower-type bound coming from applying a regularity lemma is shown to be necessary.
Genetic Characterization of Tunisian Olive Table Cultivars (Olea europaea L.): Inventory Based on Microsatellite Analysis

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is an ancient crop which spread from the Middle East towards the western Mediterranean region. In addition to its agronomical and economical importance, the olive industry has a great social and cultural interest as part of our heritage. In order to characterize and to study the genetic relationship among cultivars, five polymorphic microsatellite loci were used in this study and were generated a total of 56 polymorphic alleles with an average of 11 alleles by locus. For all genotypes, the highest number of polymorphic alleles was obtained by the locus UDO043 and GAPU 103. The polymorphism index content ranged from 0.836 for the locus ssrOeUADCA-04 and 0.919 for the locus GAPU-103. The analysis of the dendrogram and the principal coordinates analysis produced by SSR markers grouped studied cultivars into four distinct clusters by cutting the dendrogram at genetic similarity value of 0.1. Accessions of ‘Marsaline’, ‘Fouji’ and ‘Fokhari’ are grouped in one clear cluster. ‘Zarrazi’ and ‘Meski’ varieties are grouped in separated clear class. The last group was formed by ‘Picholine’ and ‘Chemcheli’ varieties. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EFFECT OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BACTERIAL CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS BIO-COMPOSITE AS A COATING ON THE PAPER WORKS

The use of material with proper physical characteristics is considered a main criterion for treatment of paper works. In this study, Bacterial Cellulose Nanofiber (BCN) has been used in the form of nanocomposite into Hydroxypropyl Cellulose (Klucel-G), in order to evaluation of its physical characteristics. Klucel-G polymer is often used a common material for treatment of paper works. After preparing this Bio-Nanocomposite by using hydrosoluble casting method, were coated on paper samples by coater machine and film samples were also prepared. Paper samples color change behavior was evaluated by Reflective Spectrophotometry test (UV-Vis) and also Thermal behavior (Tg temperature) from nanocomposite dried films was studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry technique (DSC). The results of this study showed that by adding this Nano-fiber improved Tg thermal behavior in aging conditions. As a result, the existence of this Nano-additive, as compared with pure Klucel-G, resulted in resistance against decrease of glass temperature of Klucel-G, and hence its permanence and durability. The results of Calorimetry also showed that color change behavior of paper samples was improved, because of the presence of this Nanofiber.
Prioritizing Write Buffer Occupancy in Simultaneous Multithreading Processors

Throughput improvement in Simultaneous Multithreading processors is achievable only when critical shared resources among temporally competing threads are efficiently controlled. Allowing any of the threads to overwhelm these resources not only leads to unfair thread processing, but also may severely degrade overall system performance. Write buffer in SMT processor is one of the most critical shared resources and lack of balanced utilization of this buffer creates not only a bottleneck but also an irrefutable degradation to the entire system. Furthermore, due to its size constraint and potentially long occupancy latency of its data, it is a crucial component of the SMT processor in need of control and relief from pressure. The commonly adopted algorithm at the commit stage of the SMT processor concentrates on equal opportunity for all threads to retire their instructions (round robin). However, it provides no control over how individual threads retire or commit store instructions to a write-buffer. In this paper, we propose a new prioritized entry algorithm into the write buffer by giving threads with fewer entries already in the buffer higher priorities. Extensive simulation runs show that it can enhance the overall system throughput by an appreciable margin. An improvement in IPC of up to 28% and 129% is observed when the proposed technique is applied to a 4-threaded and 8-threaded SMT system, respectively.
CIŚNIENIOWA AGLOMERACJA MATERIAŁÓW RO ŚLINNYCH – GRANULOWANIE I BRYKIETOWANIE (CZ ĘŚĆ II)

The aim of this paper was to design and build (const ruction and instrumentation) a stand for testing th e processes of pelleting and briquetting of plant materials of agricultural and food origin. A prototype pelleting and briquetting device was the main element of the stand Its instrumentation in control and measuring equipment allows to densify different mixtures of pl ant materials, including waste from food and fish processing in order to design new tech nologies for the production of pelleted and briquet ted fodder and ecological solid fuel. This also makes it possible to test innovativ e constructional and operational solutions for pell et mills with the "flat matrixdensification rolls" system and to determine the in fluence of technical and technological parameters o f the pressure agglomeration process (pelleting, briquetting) of plant materials in order to optimize both the energy consumption a nd the quality of the obtained product.
A transaction-friendly dynamic memory manager for embedded multicore systems

In this paper we present a transaction-friendly dynamic memory manager for high-end embedded multicore systems. The current trend in high-end embedded systems design is to turn to Massively Parallel Processor Arrays (MPPAs) or many-core architectures, and to exploit as much as possible the parallelism they offer. In this context, one of the main performance bottlenecks comes from software synchronization. Although locks are traditionaly used to enforce software synchrony, they suffer from multiple disadvantages such as poor performance and deadlocks. This becomes a big burden for applications that potentially require heavy synchronization on shared objects, such as dynamic memory managers. To alleviate these problems, we propose an original and modular method to perform dynamic memory management using transactional memory. Our memory manager is based on two simple ideas: reduce the number of required synchronizations by provisioning “private” memory for each thread at application startup, and synchronize using transactions instead of locks. Should a thread run out of private memory during execution, the transaction it is running at that time would be aborted, and a mechanism would be triggered to provision more memory to this thread, before reentering the transaction. Using this method, we manage to keep the transactions small, and to clearly separate the transactions that are part of the original application, and those who are dedicated to memory management. Although our method is general and could be applied in any context, we demonstrate its robustness in a particularly demanding environment, namely embedded systems. To do so, we evaluate our memory manager by simulating the execution of benchmarks adapted from classical memory allocator and transactional memory systems publications on an embedded multicore architecture.
Using BIM-Elements as Features for the Transformation of Local Point Clouds Created with Structure from Motion ( SFM )

In order to use image-based point clouds that were automatically created with structure from motion (sfm) methods in a Building Information Model (BIM) the point cloud must be transformed into the building coordinate system. This can be achieved with a classical Helmert transformation. Usually control points i.e. points that have known coordinates and can be selected in both the point cloud and the building model are needed for the estimation the transformation parameters.
Micro‐computed tomography for implantation site imaging during in situ oesophagus tissue engineering in a live small animal model

For tissue engineering of gastrointestinal organs, in situ implantation of constructs in the omentum is performed to utilize the body as a bioreactor for tissue generation. In this approach, constructs are fabricated into tubes, using stents, and implanted in the omentum to induce vascularization. In order to evaluate the constructs and its environment during the period of in situ tissue engineering in the rat model, micro‐computed tomography imaging was performed. Imaging using micro‐computed tomography was useful in localization of the position of the construct, evaluation of implant site tissue, degree of peripheral inflammation to neighbouring tissues and migration of the implanted construct. Images also enable the estimation of the dimensions of the construct and imaging of cyst formations or fluid accumulations on the luminal side of the tubular construct or ascites formation. Since micro‐computed tomography is a non‐invasive method, it can be repeated for evaluation of implanted constructs if in situ tissue engineering is performed over longer periods. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
115 3 D SAR ( SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR ) IMAGING SIMULATION USING JAVA

One of methods in remote sensing is Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). When combined with Range Doppler Algorithm (RDA) can produce smaller radar resolution only by using normal sized antenna placed at platform. RDA is able to generate much wider aperture “synthetic” antenna, resulting very narrow beamwidth when reach earth's ground. By using already established 2D SAR methods in accuracy and processing speed this 3D SAR simulation was developed. Simulated on 15 x 15 pixels grayscale targets at different heights, 3D SAR developed on this research can detect object's height accurately. This simulation was developed using JAVA as steppingstone in implementing SAR image processing in small system like embedded system or micro computing which normally using C programming language.
11 D . 4 OBSERVED EVOLUTION OF EYEWALL CONVECTION AND LOW-WAVENUMBER FLOW IN HURRICANE GUILLERMO ( 1997 )

Animations of radar reflectivity in the hurricane inner core often depict an azimuthal distribution of deep eyewall convection comprised of multiple transient convective cells superimposed upon a quasipersistent low-wavenumber structure. Recent observations and numerical simulations suggest that environmental vertical wind shear and internal dynamical processes significantly influence such azimuthal distribution (Reasor et al. 2000; Braun 2002). The vertical shear will induce a wavenumber-one asymmetry with enhanced convergence and ascent downshear. The more-transient higher-wavenumber ”mesovortices”, which rotate cyclonically around the eye and eyewall, will further enhance the ascent in those regions where mesovortical induced outflow converges with the low-level inflow associated with the environmental shear. Recently, Eastin (2003) demonstrated that a considerable fraction of the eyewall vertical mass transport was associated with transient, buoyant, convective-scale updrafts. In some cases, the high equivalent potential temperatures (θe) observed in the buoyant updrafts at midlevels were only observed elsewhere in the low-level eye, suggesting an origin in the low-level eye and an association with mesovortical outflow. The objective of this study is to further elucidate the organization and evolution of asymmetric eyewall convection within the context of environmental vertical wind shear, low-wavenumber flow, and thermodynamics through the aid of a unique dual-Doppler dataset.
Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics : Final Project

We simulate a monolayer and bilayer of water between graphene sheets using density functional theory (DFT) and Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics (CPMD) and compare our results with a related study on the system [1]. We have also successfully written and implemented a CPMD code, including the SHAKE algorithm that allows for dynamics in the presence of constraints, for a toy system the hydrogen atom. We present the energy trace and norm of the Kohn-Sham orbital of the electrons from this run. We also present a method for the minimization of the energy of the system that reflects the connection between CPMD and simulated annealing.
Classification into Rhetorical Functions for AWE Feedback

This paper reports on the development of an analysis engine for the Research Writing Tutor (RWT), an AWE program designed to provide genre and discipline-specific feedback on the functional units of research article discourse. Unlike traditional NLP-based applications that categorize complete documents, the analyzer categorizes every sentence in Introduction section texts as both a communicative move and a rhetorical step. We describe the construction of a cascade of two support vector machine classifiers trained on a multi-disciplinary corpus of annotated texts. This work not only demonstrates the usefulness of NLP for automated genre analysis, but also paves the road for future AWE endeavors and forms of automated feedback that could facilitate effective expression of functional meaning in writing.
Contact Sound Synthesis in Real-time Applications CPU-based Multicore Synthesis in the Frequency Domain

Context. Synthesizing sounds which occur when physically-simulated objects collide in a virtual environment can give more dynamic and realistic sounds compared to pre-recorded sound e ects. This real-time computation of sound samples can be computationally intense. Objectives. In this study we investigate a synthesis algorithm operating in the frequency domain, previously shown to be more e cient than time domain synthesis, and propose a further optimization using multi-threading on the CPU. Methods. The multi-threaded synthesis algorithm was designed and implemented as part of a game being developed by Axolot Games. Measurements were done in three stress-testing cases to investigate how multi-threading improved the synthesis performance. Results. Compared to our single-threaded approach, the synthesis speed was improved by 80% when using 8 threads, running on an i7 processor with hyper-threading enabled. Conclusions. We conclude that synthesis of contact sounds is viable for games and similar real-time applications, when using the investigated optimization. 140000 mode shapes were synthesized 30% faster than real-time, and this is arguably much more than a user can distinguish.
Detection of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Using a Fluorescent Near-Infrared Zinc(II)-Dipicolylamine Probe and 99mTc Glucarate

A fluorescent zinc 2,2′-dipicolylamine coordination complex PSVue®794 (probe 1) is known to selectively bind to phosphatidylserine exposed on the surface of apoptotic and necrotic cells. In this study, we investigated the cell death targeting properties of probe 1 in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. A rat heart model of ischemia-reperfusion was used. Probe 1, control dye, or 99mTc glucarate was intravenously injected in rats subjected to 30-minute and 5-minute myocardial ischemia followed by 2-hour reperfusion. At 90 minutes or 20 hours postinjection, myocardial uptake was evaluated ex vivo by fluorescence imaging and autoradiography. Hematoxylin-eosin and cleaved caspase-3 staining was performed on myocardial sections to demonstrate the presence of ischemia-reperfusion injury and apoptosis. Selective accumulation of probe 1 could be detected in the area at risk up to 20 hours postinjection. Similar topography and extent of uptake of probe 1 and 99mTc glucarate were observed at 90 minutes postinjection. Histologic analysis demonstrated the presence of necrosis, but only a few apoptotic cells could be detected. Probe 1 selectively accumulates in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and is a promising cell death imaging tool.