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Section Ii-exercise Physiology & Sports Medicine Effects of Regular Physical Exercises in the Water on the Metabolic Profile of Women with Abdominal Obesity

Authors submitted their contribution of the article to the editorial board. Recreational physical exercise in the water is predominantly based on aerobic metabolism. Since it involves both carbohydrate and lipid sources of energy, aqua aerobics has a beneficial effect on metabolism of these substrates. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of a 3 month aqua aerobics training program on the metabolic profile of women with abdominal obesity. The study sample comprised 32 women aged 41-72 years. Somatic characteristics and variables characterizing carbohydrate and lipid metabolism were measured before the commencement and after the completion of the training program. During the 2nd measurement all mean anthropometric variables were found to be significantly lower (p≤0.01). In the blood lipid profile, the concentrations of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and HOMAIR were significantly lower (p<0.01). Furthermore, the levels of fasting triglycerides, glucose and insulin were reduced significantly (p≤0.05) after the training program. The aqua aerobics program contributed to positive changes in lipid metabolism, anthropometric variables, as well as the fasting insulin, glucose levels and insulin resistance index in women with abdominal obesity.
ORM Expression Alters Sphingolipid Homeostasis and Differentially Affects Ceramide Synthase Activity1[OPEN]

AtORM1 and AtORM2 negatively regulate serine palmitoyltransferase, and altered expression differentially affects functionally distinct ceramide synthase activities to maintain sphingolipid homeostasis. Sphingolipid synthesis is tightly regulated in eukaryotes. This regulation in plants ensures sufficient sphingolipids to support growth while limiting the accumulation of sphingolipid metabolites that induce programmed cell death. Serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) catalyzes the first step in sphingolipid biosynthesis and is considered the primary sphingolipid homeostatic regulatory point. In this report, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) putative SPT regulatory proteins, orosomucoid-like proteins AtORM1 and AtORM2, were found to interact physically with Arabidopsis SPT and to suppress SPT activity when coexpressed with Arabidopsis SPT subunits long-chain base1 (LCB1) and LCB2 and the small subunit of SPT in a yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) SPT-deficient mutant. Consistent with a role in SPT suppression, AtORM1 and AtORM2 overexpression lines displayed increased resistance to the programmed cell death-inducing mycotoxin fumonisin B1, with an accompanying reduced accumulation of LCBs and C16 fatty acid-containing ceramides relative to wild-type plants. Conversely, RNA interference (RNAi) suppression lines of AtORM1 and AtORM2 displayed increased sensitivity to fumonisin B1 and an accompanying strong increase in LCBs and C16 fatty acid-containing ceramides relative to wild-type plants. Overexpression lines also were found to have reduced activity of the class I ceramide synthase that uses C16 fatty acid acyl-coenzyme A and dihydroxy LCB substrates but increased activity of class II ceramide synthases that use very-long-chain fatty acyl-coenzyme A and trihydroxy LCB substrates. RNAi suppression lines, in contrast, displayed increased class I ceramide synthase activity but reduced class II ceramide synthase activity. These findings indicate that ORM mediation of SPT activity differentially regulates functionally distinct ceramide synthase activities as part of a broader sphingolipid homeostatic regulatory network.
AN ADAPTIVE RECOVERY ALGORITHM FOR LOW LIGHTING IMAGE

In this paper, an efficient and effective adaptive recovery algorithm is presented for low lighting image. Firstly, a multiple point light sources atmospheric scattering mode is proposed based on analyzing the form of light sources, the propagation process of light beam and the influence of multiple light sources. And then, a novel image prior bright channel prior, which is based on a kind of statistics of the normal illumination images, is also considered in the model. The satisfied results have demonstrated that compared with existing methods, the proposed method has the stronger ability of restoring the low lighting image adaptively.
EXPERT SYSTEM FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE LOCAL LOOP

− The Expert System, which is described in this paper, constitutes a fundamental unit of a general measurement system, which is capable to perform an xDSL (arbitrary Digital Subscriber Line) loop qualification by means of time-domain reflectometry (TDR). The goal of the measurement system is to estimate the theoretical channel capacity of the local loop, which connects the customer premises (CP) to the central office (CO), based on TDR (time-domain reflectometry) measurements and noise PSD (Power Spectral Density) measurements at the CO. These measurements are processed using advanced digital signal processing (DSP), artificial intelligence (AI), and system identification to estimate the loop transfer function and noise PSD at the CP, which are needed for the estimation of the capacity.
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test: A Portuguese version of the adults’ test

O Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) é uma tarefa de Teoria da Mente utilizada para avaliar a capacidade de compreender estados mentais de terceiros, tanto em populações normativas como clínicas. O presente estudo teve como objectivo traduzir para Português (Europeu) a versão adulta revista do RMET, investigar a validade dos itens desta versão e diferenças associadas ao género. A versão revista Inglesa foi traduzida para Português e foram realizados 5 estudos piloto de forma a chegar a uma versão final Portuguesa do teste. Após estes procedimentos, 130 participantes adultos (71 mulheres) responderam a uma versão computorizada do RMET. Trinta itens mostraram uma distribuição de respostas adequada, enquanto os restantes seis itens não foram de encontro aos critérios de validação interna considerados. As médias das pontuações obtidas nesta versão do RMET foram semelhantes às conseguidas tanto na versão original revista do teste como noutras traduções. Não foram observadas nesta amostra diferenças significativas entre géneros. Investigações futuras deverão explorar indicadores adicionais de validade e fiabilidade deste instrumento.
Adaptive Source Selection for Discovery Queries

Modern information systems often need to integrate data across a wide variety of heterogeneous internet sources. On the internet, it is common to have a large number of sources providing similar data. Further, the actual sources available are often not known at application development time. Discovery services, which let source providers advertise their existence, offer a way for applications to separate the logical schema they operate over from the actual sources they access at run time. Applications that use a federated query processor to access remote sources can benefit from the use of a discovery service as an extensible catalog that can describe a large number of sources. This paper describes an extension to the Telegraph adaptive dataflow system that supports such queries over a discovery service so that sources are added to an in-flight query dynamically. We also investigate two adaptive schemes for the selection of sources to scan as queries are processed. Our scheme aims to continuously learn the sources that are more effective at producing output and tries to choose the most productive source at any given time. Our initial implementation demonstrates promising results, with the adaptive schemes performing nearly as well as random selection in case where the variance of source productivities are low, and providing dramatic improvements when there is high variance.
The Research on Material Selection Algorithm Design with Improved OWA in Affective Regulation System Based on Human-computer Interaction ⋆

According to the achievements of the research on affective recognition based on physiological signal and Gross emotion regulation theory, an affective regulation system was constructed, on the one hand it can monitor the user’s current affection in real time on the other hand it can regulate user’s negative affections by providing an optimal material. Meanwhile, an decision-making algorithm design with improved OWA was used to select the optimal material. At last, an experiment was taken to verify the effectiveness of the improved OWA.
A Survey of XML-based Security Standards for Handling Security Requirements of Grid and Cloud

— The purpose of this paper is to present a survey of XML-based security standards that can be used for handling security requirements of distributed computing systems like Grid and Cloud. Distributed systems are expanding and their growth is apparent from the advancements in the field of distributed computing technologies like Grid, Peer-to-peer, Cloud, Pervasive Systems etc. As a result of this expansion, security requirements are also increasing and becoming important. The expansion of Grid and Cloud demands new security standards for handling specialized security requirements and concerns of these systems. Different security standards are in use for handling security requirements of different systems. This paper presents a survey of important XML-based security standards, identifies general and specialized security requirements of Grid and Cloud like systems and then relates them to security standards. The paper also presents a general, security standards based view of distributed computing systems showing the applicability of XML-based security standards in handling security concerns of these systems.
Metareasoning for Multispectral Satellite Image Interpretation

The role of meta-reasoning in a satellite image interpretation program is described. A brief description of the satellite image understanding program is given, as well as a description of the self-adaptive architecture GRAVA. Meta-knowledge and abstract knowledge are shown to enable self-adaptation which results in greater robustness and reliability in the program.
The Case for Hardening of the Target *

Tobacco control efforts increased smoking abstinence up until 1990; however, in the mid-1990s, smoking prevalence rates and the U.S. per capita consumption leveled off and remained constant (CDC 1999b; Taylor 2001; see Chapter 8). Per capita consumption again declined in 1999 following the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) and a subsequent increase in the cost of cigarettes. However, it is unclear whether this decline is a resumption of the previous trends or a one-time drop due to the increase in cost (see Chapter 8). The percent of ever-smokers who have quit (the quit ratio) increased from 1965 to the early 1990s but has changed little since then (Figure 2-1).
San Francisco State University (SFSU) at Total Recall Track of TREC 2016

This paper describes the participation of San Francisco State University group in Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) 2016 Total Recall Track from National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST). The TREC series provide large test collections and judgements for participant to design Information Retrieval (IR) systems for diﬀerent proposes. The purpose of Total Recall Track is seeking text search sys-tem which achieves high recall with minimum number of return documents. This year, our team participates all automatic tasks, including 34 topics in athome task and 2 datasets in sandbox task. Our system is built based on the autonomous technology-assisted review (Auto TAR) model[1], which is also the baseline of Total Recall Track. In this paper, we will introduce several approaches which have improved the evaluation metrics compare to the baseline model. Our enhanced model combines seed expansion and feature engineering including adding n-gram, eliminating stop words, and preserving words contain digits.
Background compensation using Hough transformation

This paper proposes a method for detecting the camera motion between two successive images to compensate background motion. The camera motion is restricted with regard to panning, tilting, and zooming. For small panning and tilting angles and small values of zooming difference, we assume that the apparent background motion occurring between two consecutive images can be approximated. We perform this using a scaling transformation followed by a translation. The vertical and horizontal histograms of two successive images are created and then matched using Hough transformations. The transformation parameters are determined when the vertical and horizontal histograms are matched. A multi-resolution Hough transformation is employed to reduce processing time.
IGF-I and GH stimulate Phex mRNA expression in lungs and bones and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) production in hypophysectomized rats.

OBJECTIVE X-linked hypophosphatemia, a renal phosphate (Pi)-wasting disorder with defective bone mineralization, is caused by mutations in the PHEX gene (a Pi-regulating gene with homology to endopeptidases on the X chromosome). We wondered whether changes in Phex and neprilysin (NEP) (another member of the family of zinc endopeptidases) mRNA expression could be observed in relation to vitamin D and Pi metabolism during GH- and IGF-I-stimulated growth of hypophysectomized rats. DESIGN Animals were infused s.c. for 2 days with vehicle, 200 mU (67 microg) GH or 300 microg IGF-I/rat per 24 h. We determined serum osteocalcin and osteocalcin mRNA in bone, Phex mRNA in bone and lungs, serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25-(OH)(2)D(3)) and serum Pi levels, and renal expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3)-1alpha-hydroxylase (1alpha-hydroxylase), of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3)-24-hydroxylase (24-hydroxylase) and of the Na-dependent Pi-cotransporter type I and II (Na(d)Pi-I and -II). RESULTS As compared with vehicle-treated controls, body weight and tibial epiphyseal width significantly increased in GH- and IGF-I-treated animals. Serum osteocalcin and osteocalcin mRNA levels in bone, Phex mRNA in bone and lungs, serum 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) and renal 1alpha-hydroxylase mRNA rose concomitantly, whereas expression of NEP in lungs was barely affected and renal 24-hydroxylase mRNA decreased. Na(d)Pi-I and -II gene expression in the kidney and serum Pi levels remained unchanged. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest a coordinate regulation of Phex mRNA expression in lungs and bone and vitamin D metabolism during GH- and IGF-I-stimulated growth.
Tracking of Multiple Objects Using MPEG-7 Visual Standards

Monitoring and surveillance systems play an important role in many aspects of present day applications. Multiple cameras are needed to completely cover an environment for monitoring activity and establishing correspondence between the views obtained by different cameras of the same person. A framework for a semi automatic system for visual surveillance activity is proposed in this paper. The minimum graph cut algorithm results in a qualitatively better segmentation. An approach for consistently/uniquely labeling a person depending on his color and textural features is discussed. Every foreground segmented image is sent into each of the MPEG-7 feature extracting modules and a label is attached to it depending on the feature data and correspondences of objects in different cameras are established by verifying the labels of the images.
Exogenous glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored CD59 associates with kinases in membrane clusters on U937 cells and becomes Ca(2+)-signaling competent

CD59, an 18-20-kD complement inhibitor anchored to the membrane via glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI), can induce activation of T cells and neutrophils upon cross-linking with antibody. GPI-anchored molecules cocluster in high mol wt detergent-resistant complexes containing tyrosine kinases that are implicated in the signaling pathway. Exogenous, incorporated GPI-anchored molecules are initially unable to induce activation, presumably because they are not associated with kinases. Here we demonstrate that erythrocyte-derived CD59 incorporated in a CD59-negative cell line acquires signaling capacity in a time-dependent manner. Confocal microscopy revealed an initial diffuse distribution of CD59 that became clustered within 2 h to give a pattern similar to endogenous GPI-anchored molecules. Gel filtration of detergent-solubilized cells immediately after incorporation revealed that CD59 was mainly monomeric, but after 3 h incubation all was in high mol wt complexes and had become associated with protein kinases. Newly incorporated CD59 did not deliver a Ca2+ signal upon cross- linking, but at a time when it had become clustered and associated with kinase activity, cross-linking induced a large calcium transient, indicating that CD59 had incorporated in a specialized microenvironment that allowed it to function fully as a signal-transducing molecule.
Parent perspectives of engagement in the strengthening families program: An evidence‐based intervention for families in child welfare and affected by parental substance use

Child & Family Social Work. 2018;23:735–742. Abstract Despite growing use of evidence‐based parenting interventions (EBPIs) in child welfare settings, few qualitative studies have obtained parents' direct views and feedback on these programs. Further, engagement in EBPIs continues to present challenges in a child welfare context, particularly for parents affected by substances. We sought to understand parents' experiences of the supports and barriers to engagement in an EBPI. Semistructured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 10 parents who were involved in child welfare and a family drug treatment court, affected by parental substance use, and had recently completed the Strengthening Families Program. Our results indicated that barriers and supports comprised individual, provider, and programmatic factors. A prevalent theme was providers' abilities to build supportive helping relationships and facilitate a dynamic group effectively. Also significant were pragmatic program features that directly assisted families' access and ongoing participation, such as transportation and scheduling.
Pivoting based manipulation by humanoids: a controllability analysis

Pivoting manipulation has such advantages as dexterity and safety over other methods to move bulky or heavy objects. In this paper we aim to show that a polyhedral object can be displaced to arbitrary position and orientation on a plane (i.e. such a pivoting system is controllable). More than that we show it is small time controllable, i.e. the reachable space from a starting point contains always a neighbor no matter how cluttered the environment is. As a consequence of this analysis, we propose a steering method to plan a manipulation path to be performed by a humanoid robot: first we use a classical nonholonomic path planner that accounts for the robot motion constraints, and then we transform that path into a sequence of pivoting operations. While the feasibility of elementary pivoting tasks has been already experienced by the humanoid robot HRP-2, we present here the very first simulations of the plans generated by our steering method.
Sociodemographic, lifestyle, mental health and dietary factors associated with direction of misreporting of energy intake

Abstract Objective To estimate the extent of under- and over-reporting, to examine associations with misreporting and sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics and mental health status and to identify differential reporting in micro- and macronutrient intake and quality of diet. Design A health and lifestyle questionnaire and a semi-quantitative FFQ were completed as part of the 2007 Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition. Energy intake (EI) and intake of micro- and macronutrients were determined by applying locally adapted conversion software. A dietary score was constructed to identify healthier diets. Accuracy of reported EI was estimated using the Goldberg method. ANOVA, χ2 tests and logistic regression were used to examine associations. Setting Residential households in Ireland. Subjects A nationally representative sample of 7521 adults aged 18 years or older. Results Overall, 33·2 % of participants were under-reporters while 11·9 % were over-reporters. After adjustment, there was an increased odds of under-reporting among obese men (OR = 2·01, 95 % CI 1·46, 2·77) and women (OR = 1·68, 95 % CI 1·23, 2·30) compared to participants with a healthy BMI. Older age, low socio-economic status and overweight/obesity reduced the odds of over-reporting. Among under-reporters, the percentage of EI from fat was lower and overall diet was healthier compared to accurate and over-reporters. The reported usage of salt, fried food consumption and snacking varied significantly by levels of misreporting. Conclusions Patterns in differential reporting were evident across sociodemographic, lifestyle and mental health factors and diet quality. Consideration should be given to how misreporting affects nutrient analysis to ensure sound nutritional policy.
Metaphor and Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of the unite or perish myth: a discourse-mythological analysis

ABSTRACT This article presents a discourse-mythological analysis of how Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-African and Ghana’s independence leader, exploits metaphor to formulate and promote a univocal and an ideologically marked narrative that says Africa must necessarily unite as a confederation or be doomed forever. Using critical metaphor analysis as an analytic framework and a dataset of twenty speeches, the study focuses on the discursive construction of the Unite or Perish myth, how it is naturalized into public consciousness and the embedded ideological meaning in such discourse. The analysis demonstrates that Nkrumah systematically utilizes war, religious and journey metaphors via a (de)legitimation strategy that serves a twofold purpose of resisting colonialism and imperialism and advocating a Union Government of Africa. The persuasive force or ideological function of these metaphors is heightened by their interaction with other rhetorical tropes and schemes such as contrast and rhetorical question. By providing insight into the use of language in the service of myth, this study echoes the crucial role of metaphor in realizing the discourse goals of political speeches and, more broadly, how politics is performed and conceptualized.
Streamlining IMA integration through model-driven methodologies

Avionics systems integration is an inherently complex undertaking. In addition to ensuring that basic functionality is satisfied, the systems integrator must maximize the systempsilas flexibility and reliability while minimizing weight and cost of change. With the introduction of integrated modular architectures (IMA) based on open standards, many traditional integration issues have been greatly improved. However, additional integration responsibilities arise due to having a large number of functions developed by independent suppliers all sharing the same physical resources. This paper describes the benefits of incorporating model-driven methodologies and associated tools into the systems integration process through Model Driven Integration (MDI). It describes how a system model can not only streamline the additional responsibilities but also establish a highly productive systems development environment and allow for virtual integration. In addition, this paper discusses a number of side- benefits that grow out of having a modeling tool platform such as enhanced team communication and automation opportunities. The analysis of avionics architectures and the use of model-driven methodologies to increase IMA manageability is based upon the authors' experience in developing platform computing systems at GE Aviation. GE Aviation has developed open system IMA architectures for both commercial aircraft and military aircraft.