Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Second-harmonic reflectors on 128/spl deg/ LiNbO/sub 3/

In this work, we study theoretically the operation of long surface acoustic wave reflectors, comprising a large number of electrodes, at the fundamental and second harmonic frequencies on the 128/spl deg/ LiNbO/sub 3/ substrate for various electrode thicknesses and metallization ratios. Numerical simulations utilizing tailored test structures and time gating indicate that the reflectivity of the second-harmonic reflectors can be very high for certain geometries. Furthermore, our simulations suggest that inside the stopband the total losses for the second harmonic are of the same order as those for operation at the fundamental harmonic.
Surveying child patients in emergency care is possible

Patient experience is one of the eight Quality Indicators for Emergency Departments (EDs) in England. Patient surveying in EDs can be a tricky business, given the kind of patients we see. Fortunately, the wealth of expertise and experience held by the Picker Institute Europe has enabled adult surveying for several years now. Surveying the 25% of our patients who are children is less tried and tested, and could easily be put in the ‘too difficult box’. This is not necessary, as a new survey has been launched by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), specifically for use in Urgent and Emergency Care (U&EC) Settings.1 U&EC includes EDs, Walk-in/Urgent Care centres, GP surgeries and the ambulance service. Surveys are one form of patient related experience measures. The views of children and young people under 16 have been given little weight within the National Health Service (NHS): of 38 national surveys, only one sought the views of those under 16 years.2 The …
Fuzzy Analysis of Airborne LiDAR Data for Rainforest Boundary Determination

Airborne LiDAR data have advantages over passive remote sensing data in detailed description of vertical forest structure. LiDAR-derived information can potentially be used to solve such problems as forest type classification and forest boundary determination. Forest boundaries were usually represented as sharp lines that attempt to distinguish areas with different forest types. In reality, however, forest boundaries are rarely sharp or crisp, especially in the forest area with multiple canopy layers where species compositions change gradually. Fuzzy analysis offers great potential for characterising the transition zones and determining realistic forest boundaries. This study developed ways of using fuzzy analysis of airborne LiDAR data for determining rainforest boundaries. LiDAR variables were derived and used to define and calculate membership function values for both rainforest and non-rainforest. The confusion index values were then derived to illustrate the transition zones. Finally, the rainforest boundaries were successfully determined in the study area. The results demonstrated the success of proposed method for rainforest boundary determination.
Target organ-specific covalent DNA damage preceding diethylstilbestrol-induced carcinogenesis.

The synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES), a known human carcinogen, induces renal carcinoma in male Syrian hamsters within 6 months after s.c. implantation. Tumor formation could be evoked by its hormonal properties or by a reactive genotoxic metabolite binding to DNA, but previous attempts to detect adducts have failed. In the present study, kidney DNA of male Syrian hamsters, treated with s.c. DES implants to induce renal carcinoma, was analyzed for the presence of DES-induced adducts using 32P-postlabeling assay. Covalently-modified DNA nucleotides were detected in the kidneys after chronic DES treatment, but not in kidneys of untreated hamsters, or in liver or tumor tissue of DES-treated animals. This report demonstrates for the first time the ability of an estrogen to give rise to covalent DNA modification in vivo specifically in the target organ of carcinogenesis. DES-induced covalent DNA adducts are taken as evidence for tumor initiation by DES via damage to cellular macromolecules, in addition to tumor-promotional effects described previously.
Accelerometry-measured physical activity and inflammation after gestational diabetes.

PURPOSE Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with adverse metabolic outcomes after delivery. Physical activity practice improves the inflammatory profile; however, whether this association exists in women with prior GDM remains unknown. Our objective was to examine the cardiometabolic and inflammatory risk factors associated with accelerometer-based measures of physical activity in women with prior GDM. METHODS Ninety-six women who had GDM between 2003 and 2010 were tested 2.9 ± 2.2 yr after delivery. The physical activity practice was measured with ActiGraph GT3X (ActiGraph™, Pensacola, FL) accelerometers worn ≥ 5 d, and the time spent weekly in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was derived. The waist circumference was measured and the inflammatory marker or cytokine concentrations were measured in fasting plasma by the xMAP technology using the Bio-Plex 200 system. The lipid profile was also measured from fasting blood samples. RESULTS Only 31% of women accumulated at least 150 min of MVPA per week. No association was observed between the MVPA practice and any of the metabolic measurements in the whole group of women. The MVPA did not differ in groups stratified by waist circumference <88 or ≥ 88 cm. In women with waist circumference <88 cm, the MVPA was negatively correlated with circulating concentrations of C-reactive protein (r = -0.51, P = 0.006), leptin (r = -0.40, P = 0.008), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (r = -0.32, P = 0.04), and triglycerides (r = -0.44, P = 0.003). No association was seen with plasma interleukin-6; tumor necrosis factor-α; and total, LDL, or HDL cholesterol concentrations. CONCLUSION These analyses suggest that in the years after delivery, longer time spent in MVPA practice is associated with a lower cardiometabolic risk only in women with prior GDM who do not have abdominal obesity.
SPECIFIC RESPONSES OF SEXUAL AND HYBRIDOGENETIC EUROPEAN WATERFROG TADPOLES TO TEMPERATURE

The European waterfrog, Rana esculenta, is a hemiclonal hybrid that must coexist with the parental species Rana lessonae in order to reproduce. It is not clear what allows the two morphologically, genetically, and ecologically similar forms to coexist, but differential success of the hybrid and its sexual host among environments suggests that these frogs may differ in their adaptive abilities, and that ecology plays an important role in determining the relative frequencies of the two related species. The objective of this study was to identify factors that may promote coexistence. We investigated the effect of temperature, food level, and food quality on a variety of life history traits in a laboratory experiment. Our results indicated that tadpoles of the two forms respond differently to temperature. Probability of metamorphosis and survival of R. lessonae were higher at 24°C, while the hybrid, R. esculenta, had a better survival rate and a much larger body mass at metamorphosis at 18°C. We then tested t.
High Performance and Area Efficient Correlation for IEEE 802.16 OFDM Using FPGA

OFDM is a multicarrier modulation technique which is used for both wired and wireless techniques. It is high speed data transfer use in LTE system, but on a Other side there is a problem of resource utilization and power consumption problem in this system. this paper consists of how adder circuit can be reduce area. also Improve performance parameter like BER.there are lots of techniques to improve bit error rate. Among all of them ICI self cancellation techniques used in this paper.
A service-based network architecture for wearable robots

We are developing a network architecture for our novel robot concept of wearable robot. Wearable robots are mobile information devices capable of supporting remote communication and intelligent interaction between networked entities. In this paper, a service-based wearable robot network architecture that involves extensions to the Jini network model is presented. We discuss three extensions to the original Jini model. The first extension involves the incorporation of a task coordinator service such that the execution of the services can be managed using a priority queue. The second extension enables the system to automatically push the required service proxy to the client intelligently based on certain system-related conditions. In the third extension, we allow the system to automatically deliver the services based on contextual information. Using a fuzzy-logic-based decision making system, the matching service can determine whether the service should be automatically delivered utilizing the information provided by the service, client, lookup service and context sensors. An application scenario has been implemented to demonstrate the feasibility of this distributed service-based robot architecture.
Bridging the gap: the effectiveness of teaming a stroke coordinator with patient's personal physician on the outcome of stroke.

OBJECTIVES to test the hypothesis as to whether persons newly discharged into the community following an acute stroke and assigned a stroke case manager would experience, compared to usual post-hospital care, better health-related quality of life (HRQL), fewer emergency room visits and less non-elective hospitalisations. DESIGN a stratified, balanced, evaluator-blinded, randomised clinical trial. SETTING five university-affiliated acute-care hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PARTICIPANTS persons (n = 190) returning home directly from the acute-care hospital following a first or recurrent stroke with a need for health care supervision post-discharge because of low function, co-morbidity, or isolation. INTERVENTION for 6 weeks following hospital discharge a nurse stroke care manager maintained contact with patients through home visits and telephone calls designed to coordinate care with the person's personal physician and link the stroke survivor into community-based stroke services. MEASUREMENTS the primary outcome was the Physical Component Summary (PCS) of the Short-Form (SF)-36 survey. A secondary outcome was utilisation of health services. Also measured was the impact of stroke on functioning. Measurements were made at hospital discharge (baseline), following the 6-week intervention and at 6-months post-stroke. RESULTS the average age of the participants was 70 years. Discharge was achieved on average 12 days post-stroke and most participants had had a stroke of moderate severity. There were no differences between groups on the primary outcome measure, health services utilisation, or any of the secondary outcome measures. CONCLUSION for this population, there was no evidence that this type of passive case management inferred any added benefit in terms of improvement in health-related quality of life or reduction in health services utilisation and stroke impact, than usual post-discharge management.
Executive functions in men and postmenopausal women

Introduction. This study was designed to assess sex differences in older adults (55–65 years old) in executive functions and to examine the influence of hormone therapy (HT) in postmenopausal women. Method. We have assessed task performance in memory, visuospatial, and executive functions in 29 women using HT, 29 women who never used HT, and 30 men. Results. Men outperformed never users in task switching and updating. HT users outperformed never users in updating. HT users outperformed never users and men in visual divided attention. Discussion. The present study support previous findings that sex and HT impact cognition and bring new insights on sex and HT-related differences in executive functions.
Khirbet Qeiyafa: An Unsensational Archaeological and Historical Interpretation

Abstract The article deals with the finds at the late Iron I settlement of Khirbet Qeiyafa, a site overlooking the Valley of Elah in the Shephelah. It points out the methodological shortcomings in both field work and interpretation of the finds. It then turns to several issues related to the finds: the identity of the inhabitants, their territorial affiliation and the possibility of identifying Khirbet Qeiyafa with sites mentioned in the Bible and in the Shoshenq I list.
Uric acid: a novel mediator and marker of risk in chronic kidney disease?

Purpose of reviewTo assess the current data suggesting that uric acid-lowering therapy may be useful in the prevention or mitigation of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Recent findingsEleven observational studies assessing the potential role of serum uric acid in the prevalence and progression of CKD have been published in the past 2 years. Seven suggest an association, whereas four do not. Recent experimental models and clinical trials have mechanistically linked serum uric acid and hypertension, an established risk factor for CKD. SummaryElevated serum uric acid is a marker for decreased renal function, may have a mechanistic role in the incidence and progression of renal functional decline and likely has a causal role in hypertension and vascular disease. Clinical trials are needed to determine whether uric acid-lowering therapy will be effective in preventing CKD.
Biomarker detection on Pancreatic cancer dataset using entropy based spectral clustering

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of most aggressive malignancy. The identification of Biomarker for PDAC is an ongoing challenge. The high dimensional PDAC gene expression dataset in Gene Expression Omnibus(GEO) database, is analyzed in this work. To select those genes which are relevant as well as with least redundancy among them, we use successive approaches like Filter methods and Normalization phase. In this work, after pre-processing of the data, we have used three types of spectral clustering methods, Unnormalized, Ng-Jordan and proposed entropy based Shi-Malik spectral clustering algorithms to find important genetic and biological information. There we have applied new Shannon's Entropy based distance measure to identify the clusters on Pancreatic dataset. Some Biomarkers are identified through KEGG Pathway analysis. The Biological analysis and functional correlation of genes based on Gene Ontology(GO) terms show that the proposed method is helpful for the selection of Biomarkers.
Pengujian Overdispersi pada Model Regresi Poisson (Studi Kasus: Laka Lantas Mobil Penumpang di Provinsi Jawa Barat)

Pendekatan regresi Poisson dapat digunakan untuk memodelkan banyaknya kejadian dari sebuah peristiwa pengamatan, salah satu contohnya adalah banyaknya kasus laka lantas mobil penumpang yang terjadi di provinsi Jawa Barat. Regresi Poisson digunakan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara variabel respon yang berupa data diskrit dengan satu atau lebih variabel prediktor, di mana nilai ekspektasi dan variansinya diasumsikan sama (equidispersi). Dalam beberapa kasus sering ditemukan bahwa variansi data yang diamati lebih besar daripada ekspektasi-nya, biasa disebut dengan istilah overdispersi. Ada beberapa hal yang menyebabkan terjadinya fenomena overdispersi dalam pengamatan sebuah variabel, diantaranya adanya sumber keragaman yang tidak teramati, adanya pengamatan yang hilang pada variabel prediktor, adanya pencilan pada data sehingga perlunya interaksi dalam model, variabel prediktor perlu ditransformasi atau kesalahan spesifikasi fungsi penghubung. Oleh karenanya perlu dilakukan pengujian overdispersi, karena jika terjadi overdispersi maka model regresi Poisson dianggap kurang tepat untuk pengamatan tersebut, sehingga diperlukan model lain untuk mengatasi hal ini.
Understanding the Average Probability of Replication

Suppose we investigate the verbal ability of children in a city. In a random sample of 34 children, we find the standardized mean, d1, is . 3 and, by z test, two-tailed p is . 08. Following Killeen, we calculate prep as . 89. Taking many further, independent samesize samples from this city, we find, in the long run, the proportion of them that have d greater than 0. This proportion is PR, the probability of replication, where, following Killeen, a replication is a same-sign result. Killeen wrote, ‘‘prep . authorizes positive statements about results: ‘This effect will replicate 100(prep)% of the time’’’ (p. 349). This may suggest that prep equals PR, but this is not so. Appreciating why is the key to understanding prep. Both d1 and any future d2 arise by random sampling from our city, whose children have a mean verbal ability of d. Killeen ingeniously found the distribution of d2 given d1, with no mention of d, so prep is PR ‘‘averaged’’ over all possible values of d. I thus refer to prep as the average probability of replication (APR). Different cities have different values of d, and thus of PR. APR is an average PR for all values of d, weighted by the likelihoods the d values give d1. Loosely, APR is the average PR for all cities likely to give d1. In Killeen’s Figure 1, PR is the shaded area in the middle panel, for a city with d of . 1, and APR is the shaded area in the lower panel, calculated for d1 of . 3, making no assumption about d. Figure 1 illustrates a simulation of the averaging underlying prep. 1 Given only n and d1, APR (i.e., prep) is calculated as the shaded area under the curve in Figure 1e. LetD5 d1 d be the sampling error of d1, then draw D values from the distribution in Figure 1a to obtain d values that could have given our d1. Each d corresponds to a city having this population mean and gives a sampling distribution of replication means (d2) as, for example, in Figure 1b, and PR equal to the shaded area under that curve. Curves and PR values are shown in Figures 1b, 1c, and 1d for the three cities most recently sampled in the simulation. All PR values obtained thus far appear in Figure 1f. The mean of these 139 PR values is . 883, close to the calculated APR of . 892. The distribution of PR has considerable variance and typically is strongly skewed, meaning our PR in a particular research situation is probably close to, or a little larger than, APR, but may be much smaller than APR.We never know PR—unless we take many samples—but, thanks to Killeen, we can calculate APR. However, the long left tail in Figure 1f should caution us against interpreting APR as the chance a repeat of our particular experiment will give a same-sign result.
Serological profiling of the EBV immune response in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome using a peptide microarray

Background Epstein-Barr-Virus (EBV) plays an important role as trigger or cofactor for various autoimmune diseases. In a subset of patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) disease starts with infectious mononucleosis as late primary EBV-infection, whereby altered levels of EBV-specific antibodies can be observed in another subset of patients. Methods We performed a comprehensive mapping of the IgG response against EBV comparing 50 healthy controls with 92 CFS patients using a microarray platform. Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cancer-related fatigue served as controls. 3054 overlapping peptides were synthesised as 15-mers from 14 different EBV proteins. Array data was validated by ELISA for selected peptides. Prevalence of EBV serotypes was determined by qPCR from throat washing samples. Results EBV type 1 infections were found in patients and controls. EBV seroarray profiles between healthy controls and CFS were less divergent than that observed for MS or SLE. We found significantly enhanced IgG responses to several EBNA-6 peptides containing a repeat sequence in CFS patients compared to controls. EBNA-6 peptide IgG responses correlated well with EBNA-6 protein responses. The EBNA-6 repeat region showed sequence homologies to various human proteins. Conclusion Patients with CFS had a quite similar EBV IgG antibody response pattern as healthy controls. Enhanced IgG reactivity against an EBNA-6 repeat sequence and against EBNA-6 protein is found in CFS patients. Homologous sequences of various human proteins with this EBNA-6 repeat sequence might be potential targets for antigenic mimicry.
An abstraction-refinement framework for priority-driven scheduling of static dataflow graphs

Static dataflow graphs are widely used to model concurrent real-time streaming applications. Though the state of the art usually advocates static-periodic scheduling of dataflow graphs over dynamic scheduling, the interest in dynamic (for instance, priority-driven) scheduling of dataflow graphs has been rekindled by the increasing use of virtualization technology and real-time operating systems to manage concurrent independent applications running on the same platform. This paper presents a sequence-based framework in which a large class of priority-driven schedules of dataflow graphs can be uniformly expressed and analyzed. Constructed schedules should be buffer-safe (i.e. no overflow/underflow exceptions over communication channels) even in the worst-case admission scenario of incoming applications and tasks. In addition, and to our knowledge for the first time, the paper formulates this scheduling theory in abstraction-refinement framework, to allow for the construction of feasible and buffer-safe priority-driven schedules based on mathematically sound approximations of physical time in priority-driven schedules.
Voice Recognition and Authentication as a Proficient Biometric Tool and its Application in Online Exam for P.H People

Voice Recognition is a fascinating field spanning several areas of computer science and mathematics. Reliable speech recognition is a hard problem, requiring a combination of many complex techniques; however modern methods have been able to achieve an impressive degree of accuracy. On the other hand, today, most of the companies or institutes are conducting their examinations online to be a part of this best ever growing world. In this system user can give any available examination at any accessible center as per his/her choice and authority also can condense manpower and process delay overhead. This paper offers one way to conduct online examination for physically challenged people who can use their voice only to register and attend the examination. In addition, in the course of this paper it has been tried to authenticate one registered user and to make the authentication process persistent throughout the examination interlude.
Self-administered Expanded Disability Status Scale with functional system scores correlates well with a physician-administered test

Background: Patient-administered measures are needed to assess disability cost-effectively in large epidemiological studies. Setting: An outpatient clinic in a large multiple sclerosis center. Methods: A self-administered EDSS questionnaire was developed (EDSS-S). Consecutive patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis completed the EDSS-S (n=95). During the same visit, a physician completed an EDSS (EDSS-P). Scores below 4.0 were determined using functional system (FS) scores. Scores above 4.0 were calculated by two methods, using gait alone and using gait and functional system scores combined. Results: EDSS-P scores ranged from 0-9.5 (mean 5.1, median 5.0, 78% female, age 17-78, mean age 45). Mean EDSS-P, EDSS-S and intraclass correlation coefficients of agreement were: EDSS using ambulation alone (4.6, 5.1, 0.89), EDSS using ambulation and FS scores (4.6, 5.3, 0.87), bowel/bladder FS scores (1.6, 1.7, 0.79), pyramidal FS scores (2.1, 2.4, 0.67), sensory FS scores (1.6, 2.1, 0.60), cerebellar FS scores (1.1, 1.6, 0.55), brainstem FS scores (0.5, 1.2, 0.45), vision FS scores (1.9, 1.3, 0.38), cerebral FS scores (0.6, 2.3, 0.27). Conclusions: Very good correlation was seen between patient and physician scores for EDSS and the bowel/bladder FS score. Four other FS scores correlated moderately. In general, patients scored themselves more disabled than physicians.