Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lightweight and Privacy-Preserving Fog-Assisted Information Sharing Scheme for Health Big Data

With the advancements of electronic medical equipment, e-healthcare system becomes a promising paradigm to continuously monitor health conditions and remotely diagnose phenomena. Meanwhile, it generates a large volume of health data and poses several security challenges, such as access control and privacy leakage. In this paper, we propose a lightweight and privacy- preserving fog-assisted information sharing scheme (PFHD) for health big data. Specifically, we integrate fog computing into e-healthcare system to pre-process the raw health data and improve the efficiency of health data analysis. Furthermore, to prevent privacy leakage, we design a hierarchical attribute-based encryption method by encrypting the profile and health data with different access policies. In addition, we reduce the computation cost on devices by offloading health data encryption from devices to fog servers. Security discussions show that PFHD can achieve fine- grained health data sharing with privacy preservation. Performance evaluations demonstrate the efficiency of PFHD, especially in terms of encryption computation and storage costs.
Cell death shapes embryonic lineages of the central complex in the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria

We have investigated cell death in identified lineages of the central complex in the embryonic brain of the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria. Progeny from these lineages lie in the pars intercerebralis and direct projections to the protocerebral bridge and then the central body via the w, x, y, z tracts. Osmium‐ethyl gallate staining reveals pycnotic cells exclusively in cortical regions, and concentrated specifically within the lineages of the W, X, Y, Z neuroblasts. Minimal cell death occurs in a sporadic, nonpatterned manner, in other protocerebral regions. Immunohistochemistry reveals pycnotic cells express the enzyme cleaved Caspase‐3 in their cytoplasm and are therefore undergoing programmed cell death (apoptosis). The number of pycnotic bodies in lineages of the pars intercerebralis varies with age: small numbers are present in the Y, Z lineages early in embryogenesis (42%), the number peaks at 67–80%, and then declines and disappears late in embryogenesis. Cell death may encompass up to 20% of a lineage at mid‐embryogenesis. Peak cell death occurs shortly after maximum neurogenesis in the Y, Z lineages, and is maintained after neurogenesis has ceased in these lineages. Cell death within a lineage is patterned. Apoptosis is more pronounced among older cells and almost absent among younger cells. This suggests that specific subsets of progeny will be culled from these lineages, and we speculate about the effect of apoptosis on the biochemical profile of such lineages. J. Morphol. 271:949–959, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Increasing Global Reach: Using Social Network Sites for Employer Branding

Employer branding by means of Social Network Sites (SNS) has been inspired by two recent developments: the increase of usergenerated content with the spread of Web 2.0 and the lack of specialized human resources. However, this phenomenon is yet not very well understood: Which companies use SNS for employer branding? What are the motivations behind it and what are the necessary success strategies? In this paper, we uncover main goals companies pursue, strategies that are employed and the possible benefits that can be attained with an SNS presence. Our results are based on an evaluation of a quantitative survey and a qualitative analysis of interviews with company representatives. We find that, if an SNS presence is established strategically, companies can increase their global reach, improve employer brand awareness, achieve positive user bonding, gather valuable feedback as well as recruit for vacant positions.
Inferring gene regulatory networks by ANOVA

MOTIVATION To improve the understanding of molecular regulation events, various approaches have been developed for deducing gene regulatory networks from mRNA expression data. RESULTS We present a new score for network inference, η(2), that is derived from an analysis of variance. Candidate transcription factor:target gene (TF:TG) relationships are assumed more likely if the expression of TF and TG are mutually dependent in at least a subset of the examined experiments. We evaluate this dependency by η(2), a non-parametric, non-linear correlation coefficient. It is fast, easy to apply and does not require the discretization of the input data. In the recent DREAM5 blind assessment, the arguably most comprehensive evaluation of inference methods, our approach based on η(2) was rated the best performer on real expression compendia. It also performs better than methods tested in other recently published comparative assessments. About half of our predicted novel predictions are true interactions as estimated from qPCR experiments performed for DREAM5. CONCLUSIONS The score η(2) has a number of interesting features that enable the efficient detection of gene regulatory interactions. For most experimental setups, it is an interesting alternative to other measures of dependency such as Pearson's correlation or mutual information.
Species coexistence by permanent spatial heterogeneity in a lottery model.

We studied the effect of permanent spatial heterogeneity in promoting species coexistence in a lottery model. The system consisted of multiple habitats, each composed of a number of sites occupied by adults of two species. Larvae produced from different habitats were mixed in a common pool. When an adult died, the vacant site became occupied by an individual randomly chosen from the larval pool. If there were n habitats, there could be up to n-1 internal equilibria with both species in addition to two single-species equilibria. These equilibria and their local stability can be calculated from a single function, indicating the difference among species in their average lifetime reproductive success. Our main result is that between-habitat variation in the ratio of mortalities of two species promotes coexistence, while that of reproductive rates does not. This conclusion is the opposite of the role of temporal variation in the standard lottery model, in which between-year variation in the reproductive rate, but not that in the mortalities, promotes coexistence.
A Plan Recognition Model for Subdialogues in Conversations

Previous plan-based models of dialogue understanding have been unable to account for many types of subdialogues present in naturally occurring conversations. One reason for this is that the models have not clearly differentiated between the varoius ways that an utterance can relate to a plan structure representing a topic. In this paper we present a plan-based theory that allows a wide variety of utterance-plan relationships. We introduce a set of discourse plans, each one corresponding to a particular way that an utterance can relate to a discourse topic, and distinguish such plans from the set of plans that are actually used to model the topics. By incorporating knowledge about discourse into a plan-based framework, we can account for a wide variety of subdialogues while maintaining the computational advantages of the plan-based approach.
Evaluation of Audio Beat Tracking and Music Tempo Extraction Algorithms

Abstract This is an extended analysis of eight different algorithms for musical tempo extraction and beat tracking. The algorithms participated in the 2006 Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX), where they were evaluated using a set of 140 musical excerpts, each with beats annotated by 40 different listeners. Performance metrics were constructed to measure the algorithms' abilities to predict the most perceptually salient musical beats and tempi of the excerpts. Detailed results of the evaluation are presented here and algorithm performance is evaluated as a function of musical genre, the presence of percussion, musical meter and the most salient perceptual tempo of each excerpt.
Hitting time for correlated three-dimensional Brownian motion

Let X = (X1;X2;X3) be a three-dimensional correlated Brownian motion and T i be the first hitting time of a fixed level by Xi. The purpose of this paper is to compute the joint density of T = inf(T1, T2, T3) and X_T . We prove that the method of images used in dimension two by Iyengar leads us to a tiling three-dimensional space problem. A such a problem has only some particular solutions.
IllumiPaper: Printed Displays for Novel Digital Pen-and-Paper User Interfaces

In this paper, we demonstrate IllumiPaper: A system that combines new forms of paper-integrated feedback with digital pen-and-paper solutions to address the lack of dynamic visual feedback in digital pen applications. We aim to visually support typical paper-related tasks by providing active visual feedback that is directly integrated into standard paper and thereby eliminate the problem of visual inconsistencies between physically written content and associated digital information. In contrast to our prior work, we present an extended version of our augmented paper sheets that are entirely printed with emerging conductive and electroluminescent thin-film technologies. These advanced fabrication methods enable paper illuminations with a high degree of quality and integration. As a major contribution, we want to demonstrate the feasibility of IllumiPapers systematic feedback repertoire for real-world applications and share hands-on experiences with the IllumiPaper research platform consisting of a paper-controller, digital pen and printed illuminated, digitally controlled papers with the German HCI community.
Decisão e participação na política pública de emprego: o caso dos núcleos de produção do programa SER da prefeitura municipal de Natal (RN)

Considering the idea of citizens' participation in public policies in Brazil, the objective of this paper is to aprehend the conditions in which the beneficiary's' participation in decision taking occurs at the production cells of Production Cells subprogram called Production Cells/Incentive for the Creation of Small Companies, Cooperatives and Associations, one of the six subprograms of SER Program (System of Employment and Income Creation), the main public policy instrument for employment and income implemented by Natal Municipal City Hall, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte. The analysis shows that the decision process created for the production cells has enabled the dressmaker's participation in elementary levels of decision, because their influence possibilities are dazzled by the ability of the coordination of SER program and Production Cells subprogram to control important power sources in public organization : resources available to production cells, decision making process, information flow and articulation with external environment related to operating environment from production cells of the subprogram analyzed.
A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

The mission of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is to enable the scientific and medical communities to interpret the human genome sequence and apply it to understand human biology and improve health. The ENCODE Consortium is integrating multiple technologies and approaches in a collective effort to discover and define the functional elements encoded in the human genome, including genes, transcripts, and transcriptional regulatory regions, together with their attendant chromatin states and DNA methylation patterns. In the process, standards to ensure high-quality data have been implemented, and novel algorithms have been developed to facilitate analysis. Data and derived results are made available through a freely accessible database. Here we provide an overview of the project and the resources it is generating and illustrate the application of ENCODE data to interpret the human genome.
The Influence of Stress, Spousal Support, and Resilience on the Ways of Coping among Women with Breast Cancer

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of stress, spousal support, and resilience on the types of coping among women with breast cancer. Method: Using a cross-sectional survey design, a total of 120 participants, diagnosed with breast cancer, had a mass removal surgery, and were fluent in Korean, were recruited at a cancer center in Seoul, Korea. Self-reported questionnaires of stress, spousal support, resilience, and ways of coping were administered upon the permission from the original developers. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 Win program. Result: Ways of coping was positively correlated with spousal support, resilience, and stress. Positive correlations were found between problem-focused coping, spousal support, and resilience. Positive correlations were found between emotion-focused coping with stress and resilience. Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that spousal support had significant moderating effect on the relationship between stress and emotion-focused coping. Conclusion: Women perceived their diagnosis and surgery as more stressful, they more like to use emotion-focused coping. Women with more spousal support and resilience were found to use problem-focused coping more. Based on the findings of this study, a tailored intervention for women with breast cancer for improving their coping is expected in future research.
Mixminion: design of a type III anonymous remailer protocol

We present Mixminion, a message-based anonymous remailer protocol with secure single-use reply blocks. Mix nodes cannot distinguish Mixminion forward messages from reply messages, so forward and reply messages share the same anonymity set. We add directory servers that allow users to learn public keys and performance statistics of participating remailers, and we describe nymservers that provide long-term pseudonyms using single-use reply blocks as a primitive. Our design integrates link encryption between remailers to provide forward anonymity. Mixminion works in a real-world Internet environment, requires little synchronization or coordination between nodes, and protects against known anonymity-breaking attacks as well as or better than other systems with similar design parameters.
Large Animal Model for Development of Functional Restoration Paradigms Using Epidural and Intraspinal Stimulation

Restoration of movement following spinal cord injury (SCI) has been achieved using electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves and skeletal muscles. However, practical limitations such as the rapid onset of muscle fatigue hinder clinical application of these technologies. Recently, direct stimulation of alpha motor neurons has shown promise for evoking graded, controlled, and sustained muscle contractions in rodent and feline animal models while overcoming some of these limitations. However, small animal models are not optimal for the development of clinical spinal stimulation techniques for functional restoration of movement. Furthermore, variance in surgical procedure, targeting, and electrode implantation techniques can compromise therapeutic outcomes and impede comparison of results across studies. Herein, we present a protocol and large animal model that allow standardized development, testing, and optimization of novel clinical strategies for restoring motor function following spinal cord injury. We tested this protocol using both epidural and intraspinal stimulation in a porcine model of spinal cord injury, but the protocol is suitable for the development of other novel therapeutic strategies. This protocol will help characterize spinal circuits vital for selective activation of motor neuron pools. In turn, this will expedite the development and validation of high-precision therapeutic targeting strategies and stimulation technologies for optimal restoration of motor function in humans.
Understanding the topological properties of Internet traffic: A view from the edge

Traffic between an edge network and the rest of the Internet can be represented as a dynamic loop-free graph. Understanding in depth the dynamics in time and space (spatial structure, topological breadth, destination persistency, traffic dominating paths) of this graph provides significant insight on the Internet internal architecture and capabilities. This paper analyzes inter-domain traffic from a large campus network based on one month by way of Netflow measurements. Our analysis reveals the topological properties and structure of the traffic graph (breadth, depth, volume), the stability of contacted destinations and the relationship between their popularity and their path length. Based on the observed traffic, we explore the suitability of a simple mathematical model to describe the structure of the outgoing traffic graph.
Validity and reliability of a "simplified" version of the Taylor Complex Figure Test for the assessment of older adults with low formal education

ABSTRACT Objective: The assessment of visuospatial abilities and memory using tasks such as the Taylor Complex Figure Task (TCFT) is biased for older adults with low formal education. We devised a "Simplified" version of the TCFT designed to assess older adults with low educational background and provide preliminary evidence of its psychometric properties. Methods: We evaluated a heterogeneous sample of healthy older adults and patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease dementia using the simplified TCFT and other neuropsychological measures. Results: Our results suggest that the test copy, immediate and delayed recall have high inter-rater agreement and internal consistency, significant correlations with other tests of visuospatial abilities, memory and intelligence, and also detected significant group differences between controls and patients. Conclusion: Our study presents a new measure for assessing low-educated elderly with promising evidence of validity and reliability.
Efficient decoding of Partial Unit Memory codes of arbitrary rate

Partial Unit Memory (PUM) codes are a special class of convolutional codes, which are often constructed by means of block codes. Decoding of PUM codes can take advantage of existing block decoders. The Dettmar - Sorger algorithm is an efficient decoding algorithm for PUM codes, but allows only low code rates. The same restriction holds for several known PUM code constructions. In this paper, an arbitrary-rate construction, the analysis of its distance parameters and a generalized decoding algorithm for these PUM codes of arbitrary rate are provided. The correctness of the algorithm is proven and it is shown that its complexity is cubic in the code length.
Teacher development by using writing as a tool

Abstract Reading, talking, listening, writing, and reacting in each of these modes can all be used as tools to aid reflection as a tool, in enabling the continued professional development of teachers. It is important to recognise that all of the aforementioned modes will be used at different times to meet different purposes, and all are valuable methods to aid the reflection process. It is also true that each type of tool may be more or less effective for different individuals or groups, for different purposes, at different times. The authors describe the use of writing as a tool in two different situations: in a preservice course at Utrecht University and in in-service training in Northamptonshire. In both situations participants had to write letters. The difference was that they had to write many times to all of the group in the Utrecht situation, and they just had to write one letter to the course leader in the Northamptonshire situation. It is clear that the Utrecht situation provides a more fruitful .
Ontology Via Terminology ?

The Encyclopaedia Britannica’s (EB) definition of ontology as “ the theory or study of being as such; i.e., of the basic characteristics of all reality” has been overtaken in recent years by the use of “ontology” to describe the representation of information such that it can be reasoned over, which some consider to be “knowledge” . Sowa’s view of ontology as “ the study of the categories of things that exist or may exist in some domain” [18] seems to provide a link between the EB definition and Gruber’s commonly cited “explicit specification of a conceptualization” [5]. The effective reduction of “ontology” to representation leads to its consideration as a tool for developing solutions to, for example, problems of translation [14], information retrieval [15], [6], knowledge management [12] and other issues related to knowledge-based activities [2]. For these and other authors, an ontology is produced by hand-crafting a representation of a specific domain, or by renaming an existing language resource: here, Wordnet, and its EuroWordnet variants, are such examples [15], [18].
Incremental validity of the Structured Interview for the Five‐Factor Model of Personality (SIFFM)

This study examined the incremental validity of the Structured Interview for the Five‐Factor Model (SIFFM; Trull & Widiger, 1997) scores in the prediction of borderline, antisocial, and histrionic personality disorder symptoms above and beyond variance accounted for by scores from the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP; Clark, 1993), a self‐report questionnaire that includes items relevant to both normal (i.e. Big Three) and abnormal personality traits. Approximately 200 participants (52 clinical outpatients, and 149 nonclinical individuals from a borderline‐features‐enriched sample) completed the SIFFM, the SNAP, and select sections of the Personality Disorder Interview—IV (PDI‐IV; Widiger, Mangine, Corbitt, Ellis, & Thomas, 1995). We found support for the incremental validity of SIFFM scores, further indicating the clinical utility of this instrument. However, results also supported the incremental validity of SNAP scores in many cases. We discuss the implications of the findings in terms of dimensional approaches to personality disorder assessment. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Efficacy of clozapine in patients with chronic schizophrenia

Background Clozapine is the most effective treatment for refractory schizophrenia. There is evidence that clozapine improves social and occupational functioning and patients’ quality of life. Aims To evaluate the presence of psychopathology and level of functioning in a cohort of patients treated with clozapine. Methods Sixty seven patients attending a clozapine clinic during a two month period were enrolled. Sociodemographic characteristics, duration of treatment and dose of clozapine were recorded. Symptom severity was measured using a psychopathology scale. Level of functioning was assessed using the "Psycho Social Functioning Scale". Results Of the sample 53.7% were males. Majority were aged 20-39 years. In the sample 7.4% were treated with clozapine for two years or less, 38.8% for 3-5 years and 40.3% for 6-10 years. Of the sample 43.3% were on 225-400 mg/day. In the self care sub scale 61 (95.3%) scored 13-15 from a maximum of 15. In the daily function sub scale 42 patients (65.7%) scored more than 10 from maximum 15 points. Thirteen males (36.1%) and 8 females (25.8%) were engaged in full time paid employment. Three males and 2 females were full time students. Another 6 (19.4%) females did full time household work. Conclusions Patients on long term treatment with clozapine showed low levels of psychopathology. In the majority self care and other daily functions were adequate. Many patients treated with clozapine were engaged in full time employment. DOI: 10.4038/sljpsyc.v1i2. 2574 SL J Psychiatry 2010; 1 (2):47-50