Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
REAL TIME ADAPTIVE FILTER IMPLEMENTATION FOR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND NOISE ELIMINATION

Journal of Information & Communication Technology Vol. 9, No. 2, (Fall 2015) 42-54 * The material presented by the author does not necessarily portray the viewpoint of the editors and the management of the Institute of Business & Technology (IBT) © IBT-JICT is published by the Institute of Business and Technology (IBT). Main Ibrahim Hydri Road, Korangi Creek, Karachi-75190, Pakistan. REAL TIME ADAPTIVE FILTER IMPLEMENTATION FOR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND NOISE ELIMINATION Filters are the most important instrument that play a vital role in signal processing application such as audio equalizers, image processing etc. So in our proposed algorithm, we have utilized an adaptive filter for system identification and noise elimination. Identification of the system is necessary for the filter implementation; this is accomplished using Least Men Square (LMS). Noise is a feature that varies continuously if the device is used remotely, so we require an adaptation technique to cater any kind of noise that can affect our system and negate the effects of that noise for providing a better signal quality. Mean Squared Error is reduced at a certain interval of time as it adapts to the original signal. Our proposed algorithm performed according to the desired expectations and can be implemented in numerous audio applications. 1 Ali Akbar Siddiqui : ali124k@hotmail.com 2 S Hassan Ahmed : shahmed@ssuet.edu. pk 3 Habib Shaukat : habbib_shaukat@hotmail.com 4 M. Shafiq : ssuet.shafiq@hotmail.com 5 Dr. M. Tahir Qadri : mtahirq@hotmail.com Ali Akbar Siddiqui and S Hassan Ahmed Department of Telecommunication Engineering at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Habib Shaukat, M. Shafiq and Dr. M. Tahir Qadri Department of Electronic Engineering at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
Personalized Medicine–Based Approach to Model Patterns of Chemoresistance and Tumor Recurrence Using Ovarian Cancer Stem Cell Spheroids

Purpose: Chemoresistant ovarian cancers grow in suspension within the ascites fluid. To screen the effect of chemotherapeutics and biologics on resistant ovarian cancers with a personalized basis, we developed a 3D hanging drop spheroid platform. Experimental Design: We initiated spheroids with primary aldehyde dehydrogenase–positive (ALDH+) CD133+ ovarian cancer stem cells (OvCSC) from different patient samples and demonstrated that stem cell progeny from harvested spheroids was similar to the primary tumor. OvCSC spheroids were utilized to initiate tumors in immunodeficient mice. Drug responses to cisplatin and ALDH-targeting compound or JAK2 inhibitor determined whether the OvCSC population within the spheroids could be targeted. Cells that escaped therapy were isolated and used to initiate new spheroids and model tumor reemergence in a personalized manner. Results: OvCSC spheroids from different patients exhibited varying and personalized responses to chemotherapeutics. Xenografts were established from OvCSC spheroids, even with a single spheroid. Distinct responses to therapy were observed in distinct primary tumor xenografts similar to those observed in spheroids. Spheroids resistant to cisplatin/ALDH inhibitor therapy had persistent, albeit lower ALDH expression and complete loss of CD133 expression, whereas those resistant to cisplatin/JAK2 inhibitor therapy were enriched for ALDH+ cells. Conclusions: Our 3D hanging drop suspension platform can be used to propagate primary OvCSCs that represent individual patient tumors effectively by differentiating in vitro and initiating tumors in mice. Therefore, our platform can be used to study cancer stem cell biology and model tumor reemergence to identify new targeted therapeutics from an effective personalized medicine standpoint. Clin Cancer Res; 23(22); 6934–45. ©2017 AACR.
Classification of the quality of agarwood oils from Malaysia using Z-score technique

This paper presents classification of the quality of agarwood oils from Malaysia using Z-score technique. Six agarwood oil samples named as MU, MUS, MN, MNS, R5 and HD are analyzed by GC-MS to examine their chemical profiles. The extraction showed that at least forty three volatile compounds are found. The Z-score technique is proposed to identify the significant chemical compounds of the agarwood oils. It is found that six chemical compounds are recognized. They are β-agarofuran, α-agarofuran, 10-epi-□-eudesmol, α-eudesmol, dihydrocollumellarin and □-eudesmol. These volatile compounds have different abundances pattern responsible to the different qualities of agarwood oil such as high and low. The Z-score applied in this study give a promising result in discriminating agarwood oil to high and low quality. It is important and useful in solving the grading agarwood oil system which is currently done manually.
Design and implementation of a computer system for partial discharge process and detection

Partial discharge (PD) detection and measurement system is one of the important equipment in high power systems. It is possible to measure partial discharge of different components such as capacitors, transformers, insulators, cables, electrical machines an etc. with PD-meter system. In this article, design and implementation principles of PD system are presented. High frequency pulses of PD are filtered out by a quadripole and then sent to the PD-meter via the measurement cable in this system. Partial discharge process and detection computer system consists of an A/D card, a software code in Visual C++ for PD signal processing, an external calibrator and an external synchronization system. Rectifying and filtering of PD signal and also the display with capabilities of creating window for a more convenient measurement are included in the software code. At the end, measurement and analysis results of PD which are obtained by using the implemented system for the new resonance generator are presented.
LE CONCEPT D'INTERACTIVITÉ DE SIMONS REVISITÉ À L'AUNE DES SYSTÈMES DE CONTRÔLE ENVIRONNEMENTAL

We propose in this paper to revisit the concept of interactive control, highlighted by Robert Simons, examining the use of "environmental control systems" in ten French companies proactive in ecology. By showing that interactivity of "control systems" is not limited to a vertical dimension as suggested by Simons, but it tends towards three-dimensional (vertical, transversal and external), this study highlights the interest of explore further upstream the concept of interactive control little studied in the literature.
Pedagogy of third space: A multidimensional early childhood curriculum

This paper will illustrate how philosophical and pedagogical boundaries that are defined by diverse cultures and ideologies might be navigated in the practical implementation of an early childhood curriculum in postcolonial urban India. Findings from a qualitative naturalistic inquiry indicated that a complex, multifaceted curriculum shaped by diverse socio-cultural-historical elements was being enacted: a highly structured academic curriculum mandated by the government and historically rooted in the colonial policies of the British administrators; the ongoing values-based curriculum is rooted in Ancient Indian beliefs, the practical knowledge of teachers and some curricular ideas central to Euro-American progressive education. This early childhood approach did not fit the definition of any of the commonly known ‘Western' early childhood curricula. Rather, the three-dimensional postcolonial early childhood curriculums seemed to seamlessly combine ideas from diverse educational discourses within what can be conceptualized as the third space of pedagogical hybridity. More recently, changes in the national curriculum policy recommend learner-centred approaches; and an increasing influence of globalization has promoted the adoption of core ideas from the dominant, mostly ‘Western' discourse of early childhood education. A teacher education curriculum developed within a postcolonial framework to prepare early childhood teachers in the pedagogy of third space is recommended and urged.
Correlates of the Item Non-Response in Survey Research

Despite the ever-increasing use and reliance on survey research data in the social science nowadays, an undue attention has been paid in Korea as to how item non-responses (or, DK responses, shortly), as one of the most important criteria for quality data, vary by certain characteristics of the respondents and survey setting and what precisely accounts for the variation. In an attempt to fill this gap, this study tries to identify the correlates of DK responses. An extensive review of methods literature suggests several important correlates of respondent and survey characteristics, and the associations postulated between each correlate and DK responses are subject to a scrutinized statistical analysis by using the cumulative, fiveyear rounds (2003-7) data sets of the KGSS. Results of correlation and OLS regression analyses confirm most of the predictions by demonstrating that DK responses, on average, are a function of two over-arching meta-components of respondent cognitive sophistication and normative social obligation. The findings are interpreted and a few methodological implications stemming from them are discussed with suggesting some recommendations for further studies.
Unraveling the regulation of floral fragrance biosynthesis

Floral volatiles are biologically and economically important plant derived chemical compounds. In petunia, floral volatile benzenoid/phenylpropanoid (FVBP) biosynthesis is controlled spatially, developmentally, and hormonally at molecular, metabolic, and biochemical levels. Over the last years, numerous genes have been shown to encode proteins that either directly catalyze a biochemical reaction yielding FVBP compounds, or are involved in metabolite flux prior to the formation of FVBP compounds. This FVBP gene network is specifically and coordinately transcribed. Multiple R2R3-MYB transcription factors are involved in the regulation of genes in the core metabolic pathways leading to a very unique mixture of emitted floral volatiles. The molecular puzzle is not complete, since the functions of the few FVBP transcription factors identified to date do not fully explain the transcriptional regulation of the entire gene network.
Immunohistochemistry versus microsatellite instability testing in phenotyping colorectal tumors.

PURPOSE To compare microsatellite instability (MSI) testing with immunohistochemical (IHC) detection of hMLH1 and hMSH2 in colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Colorectal cancers from 1,144 patients were assessed for DNA mismatch repair deficiency by two methods: MSI testing and IHC detection of hMLH1 and hMSH2 gene products. High-frequency MSI (MSI-H) was defined as more than 30% instability of at least five markers; low-level MSI (MSI-L) was defined as 1% to 29% of loci unstable. RESULTS Of 1,144 tumors tested, 818 showed intact expression of hMLH1 and hMSH2. Of these, 680 were microsatellite stable (MSS), 27 were MSI-H, and 111 were MSI-L. In all, 228 tumors showed absence of hMLH1 expression and 98 showed absence of hMSH2 expression: all were MSI-H. CONCLUSION IHC in colorectal tumors for protein products hMLH1 and hMSH2 provides a rapid, cost-effective, sensitive (92.3%), and extremely specific (100%) method for screening for DNA mismatch repair defects. The predictive value of normal IHC for an MSS/MSI-L phenotype was 96.7%, and the predictive value of abnormal IHC was 100% for an MSI-H phenotype. Testing strategies must take into account acceptability of missing some cases of MSI-H tumors if only IHC is performed.
Trait Contempt and the Five Moral Foundations

Rozin and colleagues’ CAD model (1999) proposed that violations of three different moral domains (community, autonomy, and divinity) each elicit a specific emotional response (contempt, anger, and disgust). Moral Foundations Theory (MFT; Haidt & Joseph, 2007) is a five-factor moral taxonomy derived from the three moral domains used in the CAD study. This thesis investigates whether the CAD model fully applies to MFT, regarding both state and trait emotions. In keeping with the CAD model, previous research found that state anger relates to harm and fairness violations (autonomy), and that both state and trait disgust relate to purity violations (divinity; Horberg, Oveis, Keltner, & Cohen, 2009). However, no study has empirically tested whether the loyalty and authority foundations (community) relate to state or trait contempt. This gap in the literature was investigated across two studies. Study 1 used a correlational design that primarily focused on the development of a new comprehensive trait contempt instrument and construct; exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the instrument’s items formed factors that matched their predicted structure, and that each of these factors contributed strongly to a latent trait contempt construct. To test the convergent and discriminant validity of the new instrument, participants completed previously developed instruments that assess trait anger, trait disgust, and trait contempt (Crowley, 2013; Izard et al., 1993). However, a principle components analysis that included these instruments did not fully support the new instrument’s discriminant validity, as trait anger and disgust did not form separate factors from trait contempt but rather loaded onto dimensions of
The Antecedents and Performance Consequences of Proactive Environmental Strategy: A Meta-analytic Review of National Contingency

ABSTRACT In this article we provide a comprehensive framework to explain, in China and in Western countries, how three antecedents – regulations, stakeholder norms, and managerial mindsets – differently affect proactive environmental strategies (PES) and subsequently influence firm performance. A meta-analysis of 68 studies involving 71 samples supports our hypotheses. In Western countries, top managerial mindsets have the strongest effect and regulations have the weakest effect on PES. In China, regulations, stakeholder norms, and managerial mindsets have similar effects on PES. For Western firms, the PES has stronger effects on environmental performance than on economic performance and the effect on environmental performance is stronger than that in Chinese firms. For firms in China, the PES has equally positively affects on environmental and economic performance, but the effect on economic performance is stronger than that of Western firms. Implications for future research are discussed.
Guilt and innocence in the criminal justice system: a comment on R (Mullen) v secretary of state for the home department

The House of Lords upheld the Secretary of State's right to deny compensation under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the ex gratia scheme to Mullen, whose conviction for conspiracy to cause explosions had been quashed by the Court of Appeal solely by reference to actions by the authorities (securing his illegal deportation to the UK) that constituted an abuse of process, without impugning the fairness of his trial or the accuracy of the verdict The note discusses the different judgments in the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal in terms of their implications for the respective roles of legal and political systems in determining guilt and innocence. In particular, the note explores the nature of the legal principle of the presumption of innocence as it operates in the context of successful appeals.
Effective connectivity between amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex differentiates the perception of facial expressions

Abstract Emotion research is guided both by the view that emotions are points in a dimensional space, such as valence or approach–withdrawal, and by the view that emotions are discrete categories. We determined whether effective connectivity of amygdala with medial orbitofrontal cortex (MOFC) and lateral orbitofrontal cortex (LOFC) differentiates the perception of emotion faces in a manner consistent with the dimensional and/or categorical view. Greater effective connectivity from left MOFC to amygdala differentiated positive and neutral expressions from negatively valenced angry, disgust, and fear expressions. Greater effective connectivity from right LOFC to amygdala differentiated emotion expressions conducive to perceiver approach (happy, neutral, and fear) from angry expressions that elicit perceiver withdrawal. Finally, consistent with the categorical view, there were unique patterns of connectivity in response to fear, anger, and disgust, although not in response to happy expressions, which did not differ from neutral ones.
Extremum seeking-based iterative learning linear MPC

In this work we study the problem of adaptive MPC for linear time-invariant uncertain models. We assume linear models with parametric uncertainties, and propose an iterative multi-variable extremum seeking (MES)-based learning MPC algorithm to learn online the uncertain parameters and update the MPC model. We show the effectiveness of this algorithm on a DC servo motor control example.
Verification of Knowledge Assets in Electronic Repositories: Expert- and Community-Governance

Two mechanisms that verify knowledge contributions in electronic repositories are expert-governance and community-governance. Our goal is to examine repository users' perceptions of the conditions under which these mechanisms verify knowledge contributions. Qualitative data show that perceived credibility of experts, perceived ownership of content, and experts' (meticulous) execution of governance functions are salient for expert-governance, and the perceived involvement of community members, and community members' (continuous and collective) execution of governance functions are important for community-governance.
On the Asymptotic Stable Throughput of Opportunistic Random Access

Asymptotic stable throughput (AST) is the maximum arrival rate a large network can sup- port while keeping queues bounded. We character- ize the maximum AST of random access with dis- tributed channel state information. The result is ap- plied to CDMA networks with matched fllter and lin- ear MMSE (minimum mean square error) receivers. Networks with and without power control are consid- ered. It is shown that power control does not improve AST if the channel support is large enough.
Software architecture for a pattern based Question Answering system

Software architecture is important to software development and it affects the cost and quality of software. Today the diverse question answering (QA) system is pervasive, except for simple architectures developed for industry use there is almost no universal software architecture which exists for question answering system, especially for research use. In this paper, we proposed a semantic pattern based user- interactive question answering system and new research-intended software architecture for the question answering system. Here the semantic pattern is used for question and answer analysis to improve the correctness of extracted answers. The architecture of the question answering system is a three dimensional one, with one dimension used for system optimization and experimentation. Through the implementation of the architecture, we can clearly comprehend the principles and software architecture of our QA system.
Linked Spectral Graph based Cluster Ensemble Approach using Weighted Spectral Quality Algorithm for Medical Data Clustering

Over the certain span of time, Cluster Ensembles have been emerged as an offspring for solving the problem of extracting the efficient clustering results. Although many efforts have been commenced, it is examined that these techniques adversely creates the final data partition based on imperfect information. The original Ensemble information matrix exposes only the cluster data object relations with many entries being left empty. This paper presents an investigation that provides a solution to the problem of degrading the quality of the final partition through a Linked Spectral Graph based Cluster Ensemble approach. In particular, an effective Weighted Spectral Quality algorithm is proposed for the underlying similarity measurement among the Ensemble Members which in turn can be highly used to avoid the local optimum and the ill-posed issues derived from the huge dimensional samples. Subsequently, to obtain the final ultimate clustering results a Spectral Clustering based Consensus Function is applied to the Distilled Similarity Matrix (DSM) that is formulated from the similarity assessment algorithm. The Experimental results projected on Medical datasets retrieved from the UCI repository demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms the traditional ones in data clustering. Key-Words: Clustering algorithms, Cluster Ensemble, Spectral graph partitioning, Consensus Function, Data Mining, Similarity Measures.
Evidence for the participation of actin microfilaments and bristle coats in the internalization of gap junction membrane

Thin sections of rabbit granulosa, human SW-13 adrenal cortical adenocarcinoma, and mouse B-16 melanoma cells revealed an apparent single-layered basket of 4- to 7-nm filaments surrounding cytoplasmic gap junction vesicles. This interpretation was based upon apparent longitudinal, cross, and en face sections of structures surrounding the vesicle profiles in tissue treated with tannic acid-glutaraldehyde. In granulosa cells incubated with the S-1 fragment of heavy meromyosin, arrowhead-decorated filaments were observed at the periphery of the gap junction vesicles, suggesting that these filaments contained actin. In addition, we found that small gap junctional blebs and vesicles at the cell surface were coated with short electron-dense bristles similar in appearance to the cloathrin-containing coat of coated vesicles of nonjunctional membrane. The role of these and other cytoskeletal elements in the possible endocytosis of gap junction membrane is discussed.
Preliminary validation of a Spanish language version of the Adoption Communication Scale in adopted adolescents / Validación preliminar de una versión en español de la escala Adoption Communication Scale para adolescentes adoptados

Abstract The Adoption Communication Scale (ACS) is a 28-item child-report instrument used to assess adoptees’ perception of communication openness in the family. The aim was to develop a Spanish language version of the scale (ACS-S) and to assess the instrument’s psychometric properties in a sample of 55 adopted adolescents. The ACS-S was found to have high internal consistency (α = .93) and moderately high test-retest stability (.68). An exploratory factorial analysis yielded two factors, the first loaded on satisfaction with emotional communication items and the second encompassing satisfaction with the completeness of the information offered by the parents. These factors are coherent with the theory underlying the scale. The total ACS-S score was significantly positively correlated with adolescent Global Satisfaction with Openness as measured by a Visual Analogue Scale. The ACS-S scale appears to be a valid tool in assessing communication openness in Spanish adopted adolescents.