Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Stream Mining via Density Estimators: A Concrete Application

Many real-world applications share the property that the data they process arrives in streams. The transient and volatile nature of these streams renders the application of common processing and analysis techniques dicult. In particular, the mining of streams has proved to be a dicult task due to the rigid processing requirements that must be met within the data stream scenario. We propose to exploit kernel density estimation for stream mining. Kernel density estimation as a technique from the area of mathematical statistics found its way into many mining related topics and applications. However, its heavy computational cost makes the direct application to streams impossible. On account of this, we developed in a previous work a sophisticated adaptation that continuously computes kernel density estimators over streams. By means of these estimators, we can tackle a variety of mining tasks over streaming data. We illustrate some of them against the background of a concrete application in a medical environment. More precisely, we will demonstrate a prototypical implementation of a medical monitor that visualizes an online analysis of the vital signs of patients. Besides demonstrating the monitor, we will also present the concepts underlying its implementation.
Neuromuscular Changes in Female Collegiate Athletes Resulting From a Plyometric Jump-Training Program.

OBJECTIVE: To assess performance changes induced by a 6- week plyometric jump-training program. DESIGN AND SETTING: We used a quasiexperimental design to compare groups formed on the basis of team membership. Testing was conducted in an athletic training research laboratory, both before and after a 6-week period of preseason basketball conditioning. SUBJECTS: Nineteen female collegiate basketball players from a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I program (8 subjects) and a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II program (11 subjects) who had no history of anterior cruciate ligament injury and who had no history of any lower extremity injury during the preceding 6 months. MEASUREMENTS: The variables of primary interest were hamstrings and quadriceps isokinetic peak torque. Of secondary interest were 5 variables derived from step-down and lunging maneuvers performed on a computerized forceplate system and 4 variables derived from tracking the position of the body core during performance of a T-pattern agility drill with a computerized infrared tracking system. RESULTS: A significant group x trial interaction was found for hamstrings peak torque at 60 degrees.s(-1) (F(1,17) = 9.16, P =. 008. ), and the proportion of total variance attributable to the treatment effect produced by the jump-training program was relatively large (eta(2) =. 35, omega(2) =. 30). None of the other variables demonstrated statistically significant changes. CONCLUSIONS: Our primary results support plyometric jump training as a strategy for improving neuromuscular attributes that are believed to reduce the risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury in female college basketball players. They also provide the basis for reasonable isokinetic strength goals.
Enhancement of IRIS recognition using Gabor over FFBPANN

In this Paper iris recognition using log 2 D Gabor filter approach is define over FFBPANN to identify the authorized person. Iris recognition is one of the types of biometrics. NIR and UBIRISv2 these two databases are compared in this paper for getting the accuracy of Iris images. Near Infrared Illumination is having high accuracy of Iris image, but it is hazardous for human eyes. To overcome the problem of Near Infrared Illumination the study of UBIRISv2 with FFBPANN and log 2-D Gabor filter is done in this paper. Iris recognition is having some characteristics such as stability, high recognition rate and uniqueness. Iris patterns are used here for Iris Recognition using Gabor against FFBPANN. Where VI is having degraded image quality and it needs low user co-operation for capturing image whereas NIR having good image quality with high user Co-operation.
Laval University at TREC Dynamic Domain 2016: Subtopic extraction focused on Named Entities

— This paper describes the results submitted by Laval University to the TREC 2016 Dynamic Domain track. We submitted five runs. For this year we decided to focus around Named Entities to interpret the subtopics. Named Entities are one of the two types of queries we identified in this challenge, the other being queries about concepts. We describe in this paper our experiments to determine if targeting this type of query with a specific pipeline can lead to a global improvement of the system by taking into account the specificity of the queries.
The Acidic Tumor Microenvironment Promotes the Reconversion of Nitrite into Nitric Oxide: Towards a New and Safe Radiosensitizing Strategy

Purpose: The biological status of nitrite recently evolved from an inactive end product of nitric oxide catabolism to the largest intravascular and tissue storage of nitric oxide (NO). Although low partial O2 pressure favors enzymatic reconversion of nitrite into NO, low pH supports a nonenzymatic pathway. Because hypoxia and acidity are characteristics of the tumor microenvironment, we examined whether nitrite injection could preferentially lead to NO production in tumors and influence response to treatments. Experimental Design: The effects of nitrite were evaluated on arteriole vasorelaxation, tumor cell respiration and tumor blood flow, oxygenation, and response to radiotherapy. Results: We first showed that a small drop in pH (−0.6 pH unit) favored the production of bioactive NO from nitrite by documenting a higher cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate–dependent arteriole vasorelaxation. We then documented that an i.v. bolus injection of nitrite to tumor-bearing mice led to a transient increase in partial O2 pressure in tumor but not in healthy tissues. Blood flow measurements failed to reveal an effect of nitrite on tumor perfusion, but we found that O2 consumption by nitrite-exposed tumor cells was decreased at acidic pH. Finally, we showed that low dose of nitrite could sensitize tumors to radiotherapy, leading to a significant growth delay and an increase in mouse survival (versus irradiation alone). Conclusions: This study identified low pH condition (encountered in many tumors) as an exquisite environment that favors tumor-selective production of NO in response to nitrite systemic injection. This work opens new perspectives for the use of nitrite as a safe and clinically applicable radiosensitizing modality.
Bispectrum Analysis of Electroencephalogram Signals during Waking and Sleeping

The degree of interaction of component waves making up a single electroencephalogram trace was strongly correlated with alpha activity, lead placement, and state of consciousness. Significant quadratic coupling of the waves was found only for awake subjects with high alpha activity. For these subjects about 50 percent of beta activity can be attributed to harmonic coupling with the alpha peak. During sleep, the degree of interaction was of borderline significance and did not follow a consistent pattern with respect to subject, frequency, state, or lead.
The effect of a streptococci containing probiotic in periodontal therapy: a randomized controlled trial.

AIM To evaluate the adjunctive effects of a Streptococcus oralis KJ3, Streptococcus uberis KJ2 and Streptococcus rattus JH145 containing probiotic tablet after scaling and root planing (SRP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight periodontitis patients were included in this double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. After root planing, patients used either a placebo or a probiotic tablet twice a day for 12 weeks. The pocket probing depth (primary outcome measure), bleeding on probing and relative attachment levels were measured at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks. At baseline, 4, 8, 12 and 24 weeks, microbiological sampling was performed and plaque and gingival indices were recorded. RESULTS The primary and secondary outcome measures were significantly (p < 0.05) improved at the 12- and the 24-week evaluation in both groups. However, no significant inter-group differences could be detected at any time point, except from the % of sites with plaque that were significantly lower in the probiotic group than in the control group at the 24-week evaluation. In addition, at the 12-week time point, the salivary Prevotella intermedia counts were significantly lower in the probiotic group. CONCLUSIONS No differences were detected when comparing the adjunctive use of a placebo or the investigated streptococci containing probiotic tablet after SRP. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02403960.
Determining View dependencies using tableaux

A relational database models some part of the real world by a set of relations and a set of constraints. The constraints model properties of the stored information and must be maintained true at all times. For views defined over physically stored (base) relations, this is done by determining whether the view constraints are logical consequences of base relation constraints. A technique for determining such valid view constraints is presented in this paper. A generalization of the tableau chase is used. The idea of the method is to generate a tableau for the expression whose summary violates the test constraints in a “canonical” way. The chase then tries to remove this violation. It is also shown how this method has applications to schema design. Relations not in normal form or having other deficiencies can be replaced by normal form projections without losing the ability to represent all constraint information.
Environmentally induced dispersal‐related life‐history syndrome in the tropical butterfly, Bicyclus anynana

Dispersal is a key process for understanding the persistence of populations as well as the capacity of organisms to respond to environmental change. Therefore, understanding factors that may facilitate or constrain the evolution of dispersal is of crucial interest. Assessments of phenotypic variation in various behavioural, physiological and morphological traits related to insect dispersal and flight performance are common, yet very little is known about the genetic associations among these traits. We have used experiments on the butterfly Bicyclus anynana to estimate genetic variation and covariation in seven behavioural, physiological and morphological traits related to flight potential and hence dispersal. Our goal was to characterize the heritabilities and genetic correlations among these traits and thus to understand more about the evolution of dispersal‐related life‐history syndromes in butterflies. Using a version of the animal model, we showed that all of the traits varied between the sexes, and most were either positively or negatively (phenotypically and/or genetically) correlated with body size. Heritable variation was present in most traits, with the highest heritabilities estimated for body mass and thorax ratio. The variance in flight activity among multiple measurements for the same individual was high even after controlling for the prevailing environmental conditions, indicating the importance of behavioural switching and/or inherent randomness associated with this type of movement. A number of dispersal‐related traits showed phenotypic correlations among one another, but only a few of these were associated with significant genetic correlations indicating that covariances between these traits in Bicyclus anynana are mainly environmentally induced.
Effects of medetomidine-midazolam, acepromazine-butorphanol, and midazolam-butorphanol on induction dose of thiopental and propofol and on cardiopulmonary changes in dogs.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate dose-sparing effects of medetomidine-midazolam (MM), acepromazine-butorphanol (AB), and midazolam-butorphanol (MB) on the induction dose of thiopental and propofol and to examine cardiopulmonary changes in dogs. ANIMALS 23 healthy Beagles. PROCEDURE Dogs were administered MM, AB, MB, or physiologic saline (0.9% NaCI) solution (PS) IM, and anesthesia was induced with thiopental or propofol. Cardiopulmonary measurements were obtained before and after administration of medication and 0, 5, 10, and 15 minutes after endotracheal intubation. RESULTS Induction doses were reduced significantly by preanesthetic administration of MM, AB, and MB (thiopental, 20, 45, and 46% after administration of PS; propofol, 42, 58, and 74% after administration of PS, respectively). Recovery time in dogs administered MM-thiopental or MM-propofol and AB-propofol were significantly prolonged, compared with recovery time in dogs administered PS-thiopental or PS-propofol. Relatively large cardiovascular changes were induced by administration of MM, which were sustained even after the induction of anesthesia. Administration of AB and MB induced cardiovascular changes during and immediately after endotracheal intubation that were significantly decreased by induction with thiopental or propofol. However, mild hypotension developed with AB-propofol. Apnea was observed in dogs administered MM during induction of anesthesia, but most respiratory variables did not change significantly. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Preanesthetic medication with MM greatly reduced the anesthesia induction dose of thiopental and propofol but caused noticeable cardiopulmonary changes. Preanesthetic medication with AB and MB moderately reduced the induction dose of thiopental and propofol and amelio rated cardiovascular changes induced by these anesthetics, although AB caused mild hypotension.
SDN-based Network Mobility

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) provides network operators to easily and quickly introduce new services and flexibly adapt to their requirements. In new network architectures, mobility management is an important aspect for the future of mobile networks. To offer the mobility of an entire network (e.g., vehicles), it needs the mobility protocol for a moving group of users or devices. This paper proposes a DMM solution based on SDN architecture for NEMO called SDN-NEMO. This solution offers a lot of advantages including no need to deploy any mobility-related component at the access router, independence of the underlying technologies, and per-flow mobility support. To evaluate the SDN-NEMO, we describe an analytical evaluation for signaling and packet deliver costs. The numerical results shows the SDN-NEMO can provide better costs and optimal route for the mobile network.
Translation, Adaptation and Beginnings of Validation of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale Form C in a Sample of Type 2 Diabetes Adult Patients in Puerto Rico

Faced with the challenges of managing Type 2 Diabetes in Puerto Rico, a common pathology with serious health consequences, this research aimed to generated knowledge through the translation, adaptation and validation of the Multidimentional Health Locus of Control Scale Form-C (MHLCSF-C). Morowatisharifaba, Mazloomy Mahmoodabad, Baghianimoghadam, Rouhani Tonekaboni (2009) defined the Health Locus of Control concept as a widespread expectation about whether one's health is controlled by the behavior itself or by forces external to one. This concept applied to the diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus has an important role in the management skills of these patients. And, in part, may explain the type of behavior that the patient adheres to. Similarly, it can have an impact in the establishment of medical interventions. Beyond a causal perspective, the purpose of the association of Locus of Control with Diabetes fulfills a psychosocial function within the strictly biomedical science that usually circumscribes the treatment of this disease. A pilot study with 108 Puerto Rican adults with type 2 diabetes was performed in order to test psychometrics properties of the MHLCSF-C with this population. It is expected to obtain an Alpha cronbach of >. 70 or higher, that according to Kline (2000) will be adequate. The data collection phase was conducted online using the platform PsychData, and through social networks (Facebook and Twitter) where a link was placed to gather participants. The psychometric properties revealed that based on the items that met biserial correlation index (RBIs) of . 30 or more and after psychometric analyses (factor and biserial analysis) from 18 items a total of 7 items remained. We obtained adequacy of the sample provided by Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO = .791), which showed that the sample size (N = 108) was adequate. Principal Component Analysis with Varimax type rotation revealed that factor loading appeared in two components. Component 1 obtained a value corresponding to 3.31 "Eigen" explaining the variance in 40.19%. This component was named Responsibility and Behavior. Component 2 obtained a corresponding value "Eigen" to 1.55 explaining the variance in 22.26%. This component was called Self-monitoring. Reliability analysis for the 7 items with which concluded the scale showed that the instrument obtained an internal consistency of Cronbach's alpha . 79. A direct and statistically significant moderate correlation (r = .436, p <.01) between the two factors was obtained. However, although there is a relationship, it appears to be not significant enough to eliminate one or the other. Similarly, the original authors of the English instrument indicate that the subscales are orthogonal to each other and therefore cannot nor should be gather in one (Wallston, 1993).
Sex versus Age Differences in Adolescents' Responses to the Hand Test

The Hand Test has been used to study sex differences between boys and girls in Grade 2. Stoner ( 2 ) found significant sex differences ( p < .05) on 11 out of 24 variables measured by the test. However, no research has been published utilizing the Hand Test in investigating sex differences during adolescence. The present study addressed this issue. In addition, since even a difference of a year or two could prove critical during this transition period, the study also assessed differences between age groups separated by one year? Subjem were 65 girls and 39 boys who were every third name on the rolls of a middle school which includes Grades 6, 7, and 8, located in a suburban middle-class comrnuniry in Northeastern Ohio. The Hand Test was administered individually in a small private room and according to standard ins:ructions in the manual ( 3 ) . Mann-Whitney Us indicated a significant difference ( p < .05) on only one category between the sexes. Boys gave significantly more Exhibition responses. MannWhitney Us comparing the two age groups (12versus 13-yr.-olds), however, showed five significant differences ( p < .05). The 12-yr. -olds had significantly higher median scores on Active and Environment. This suggests a more environmental orientation and a tendency for this age group to become more involved with impersonal activities. The 13-yr. -olds showed significantly higher medians on Directive, Withdrawal, and Failure. The Withdrawal score is probably an artifact of the Failure score. This is consistent with the findings of Ames, et al. ( I ) , which indicated that the 13-yr. -olds were more withdrawn, introverted, and gave more refusals on the Rorschach than the other age groups, especially the 12-yr. -olds who gave very few refusals. The higher Directive median of the 13-yr. -olds reflects an attitude of dominance and a greater readiness to enforce one's will on others, perhaps because the 13-yr. -olds were among the oldest students in this middle school and so occupied a superior position there. While Stoner ( 2 ) found many significant sex differences among her second grade scudencs, age differences were much more prevalent among the present adolescents. Perhaps the rapid developmend changes which occur during adolescence are mote likely to be manifest in age differences, temporarily dampening sex differences. The present study suggests that the Hand Test is sensitive to differences in both age and sex. The situation appears complex and requires longitudinal testing at many ages before definitive sratements can be made.
DOES THE RELIANCE ON NONFINANCIAL MEASURES FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ENHANCE MANAGERS' PERCEPTIONS OF PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS?

Purpose – The adoption of performance measurement and evaluation systems comprising nonfinancial measures has rendered the investigation of behavioral consequences of such measures an increasingly important research issue. The purpose of this study is to investigate the process by which the use of nonfinancial measures affects employees’ perceptions of procedural fairness. It proposes that the effects of nonfinancial measures on procedural fairness are indirect through the mediating variables of (1) job relevant information and (2) role clarity. Methodology – Data collected from a survey of 276 managers in different functional areas are used to test the models. The data are analyzed using structural equation modeling (Partial Least Square). Findings – Results from structural models indicate that the use of nonfinancial measures has a positive impact on job relevant information, role clarity, and procedural fairness. In addition, the findings suggest that the use of nonfinancial measures is indirectly related to procedural fairness through job relevant information and role clarity. Specifically, the results indicate that the use of nonfinancial measures affects job relevant information. Job relevant information then influences role clarity. Role clarity, in turn, is positively related to procedural fairness. Value of paper – This study provides systematic empirical evidence on how the use of nonfinancial measures for performance measurement and evaluation can affect employee perceptions of procedural fairness. It helps organizations to understand how this process occurs and provides them with some assurance that the adoption of nonfinancial measures may be beneficial particularly through the higher information content of such measures and the consequential enhancement of employee role clarity and perception of fairness. By studying the effects of nonfinancial measures, in isolation, this study also helps to demonstrate to organizations that some of the beneficial effects on employee outcomes found by prior management accounting studies involving a combination of financial and nonfinancial measures may be achievable from the use of nonfinancial measures alone without the need of financial measures. This may assist organizations in designing simpler performance measurement systems.
The Use of a Standard Radiofrequency Energy Delivery System to Facilitate Transseptal Puncture

Transseptal puncture is a standard means of catheter access to the left atrium via the venous system, but carries a risk of cardiac perforation. Stretching and increased force to traverse the septum are required with elastic, aneurysmal, or thickened interatrial tissue. We describe a technique that facilitates transseptal puncture by applying brief pulses of radiofrequency energy from a standard electrosurgical cautery generator through the needle tip.