Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Locally connected graph embedding for semisupervised image classification

Abstract. For classifying images with various appearances, graph embedding based subspace learning has difficulty in taking a comprehensive consideration of both local geometrical structure and between-class discriminative information. In addition, when no sufficient training samples exist, using only the simple weight graph corresponding to labeled samples, the embedding subspace may not be accurately modeled. We present a semisupervised graph embedding algorithm by combining graph embedding and sparse representation. This algorithm can effectively learn a compact and semantic subspace by using a locally connected graph, which can model the geometrical structure and essential correlation of subclusters within a class and can fully utilize both labeled and unlabeled samples. Moreover, using L2,1-norm, the proposed algorithm can preserve the sparse representation property of images from the original space in the lower dimensional projected space. Our experiments demonstrate that the proposed algorithm has better performance than the alternatives reported in recent literature.
Outcome of schizophrenia in a non‐industrialized society: comparative study between Bali and Tokyo

Objective: The aim of the present study was to contrast the outcome of schizophrenic patients between Bali and Tokyo, the former being a non‐industrialized society and the latter an industrialized society in Asia. Method: A total of 51 Balinese schizophrenics and 40 schizophrenics in Tokyo were evaluated by five outcome measures at a 5‐year follow‐up. Results: No significant difference was found in the mean scores of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Eguma's Social Adjustment Scale and the re‐admission rates between the subjects in the two sites. The cumulative length of stay in hospital during the 5‐year period was significantly shorter in Bali. The percentage of subjects on psychiatric medication at the follow‐up was significantly lower in Bali than that in Tokyo. Conclusion: Although the clinical outcome of schizophrenics in Bali was not superior to that in Tokyo, the subjects in Bali tended to be able to live in society without neuroleptic medication.
Hierarchical surface fragments

A new compact level-of-detail representation, called hierarchical surface fragments, for geometric objects with highly complex shape is presented. The representation comprises a set of irregular unstructured sampled surface fragments, whose boundary is a circle viewed along its normal. An efficient algorithm to construct the representation is described. In depiction of the framework for visualization, a screen tile technique for acceleration of rendering is proposed. Since an approximate z-buffer algorithm is adopted to fast determine visibility of each rendering primitive, a new buffer, z-delta-buffer, is designed to facilitate solving the problems raised by the approximation and to improve the image fidelity. Finally, a solution is provided to integrate our rendering approach for hierarchical surface fragments with traditional polygon-based methods.
Upper airway structure and body fat composition in obese children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

RATIONALE Mechanisms leading to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in obese children are not well understood. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to determine anatomical risk factors associated with OSAS in obese children as compared with obese control subjects without OSAS. METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging was used to determine the size of upper airway structure, and body fat composition. Paired analysis was used to compare between groups. Mixed effects regression models and conditional multiple logistic regression models were used to determine whether body mass index (BMI) Z-score was an effect modifier of each anatomic characteristic as it relates to OSAS. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS We studied 22 obese subjects with OSAS (12.5 ± 2.8 yr; BMI Z-score, 2.4 ± 0.4) and 22 obese control subjects (12.3 ± 2.9 yr; BMI Z-score, 2.3 ± 0.3). As compared with control subjects, subjects with OSAS had a smaller oropharynx (P < 0.05) and larger adenoid (P < 0.01), tonsils (P < 0.05), and retropharyngeal nodes (P < 0.05). The size of lymphoid tissues correlated with severity of OSAS whereas BMI Z-score did not have a modifier effect on these tissues. Subjects with OSAS demonstrated increased size of parapharyngeal fat pads (P < 0.05) and abdominal visceral fat (P < 0.05). The size of these tissues did not correlate with severity of OSAS and BMI Z-score did not have a modifier effect on these tissues. CONCLUSIONS Upper airway lymphoid hypertrophy is significant in obese children with OSAS. The lack of correlation of lymphoid tissue size with obesity suggests that this hypertrophy is caused by other mechanisms. Although the parapharyngeal fat pads and abdominal visceral fat are larger in obese children with OSAS we could not find a direct association with severity of OSAS or with obesity.
Great Britain TIMING OF NUCLEOLAR ACTIVITY IN MERISTEMS

The nucleoli in 4 regions of the root meristem of Zea mays have been examined and the time spent in each of the phases of the nucleolar cycle has been calculated from estimates of the rates of mitosis and the fraction of cycling cells in each region. The nucleolar cycles have been fitted to the mitotic cycles of cycling cells in the same regions. The timing of activity of the r-RNA genes differs in relation to the chromosomal cycles of condensation and movement in the different regions of the meristem. In the stelar regions disorganization of the nucleolus starts in the middle of prophase and reorganization starts towards the end of telophase and is completed in the following interphase. In the quiescent centre of the meristem the phases of both cycles are lengthened except for telophase and reorganization of the nucleolus docs not start until after the end of telophase. The acceleration of telophase in the quiescent centre is discussed in relation to inhibition of protein synthesis. In the adjacent cap initials, which have the shortest mitotic cycle, the nucleolus starts to disorganize before the onset of prophase and reorganization is completed halfway through telophase. This fits with the fact that DNA synthesis is advanced into the telophase of the previous cycle in these cells.
Defining Staphylococcus epidermidis cell wall proteins

Three Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates of differing bacteriophage types were studied to define proteins confined to the cell wall, which were surface exposed and thus available to interact with the host. Three major proteins of 37, 41, and 51 kDa were identified in all whole-cell lysates and cell wall extracts by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis. Two additional proteins of 18 and 25 kDa became evident by using 125I labeling to delineate surface-exposed proteins. A classification scheme using P1 to P5 to delineate the 51-, 41-, 37-, 25- and 18-kDa proteins is proposed. Additionally, murine immune sera were used to identify two immunodominant proteins of 51 and 25 kDa (P1 and P4, respectively).
Subdividing the Beat: Auditory and Motor Contributions to Synchronization

THE CURRENT STUDY EXAMINED HOW AUDITORY AND kinematic information influenced pianists' ability to synchronize musical sequences with a metronome. Pianists performed melodies in which quarter-note beats were subdivided by intervening eighth notes that resulted from auditory information (heard tones), motor production (produced tones), both, or neither. Temporal accuracy of performance was compared with finger trajectories recorded with motion capture. Asynchronies were larger when motor or auditory sensory information occurred between beats; auditory information yielded the largest asynchronies. Pianists were sensitive to the timing of the sensory information; information that occurred earlier relative to the midpoint between metronome beats was associated with larger asynchronies on the following beat. Finger motion was influenced only by motor production between beats and indicated the influence of other fingers' motion. These findings demonstrate that synchronization accuracy in music performance is influenced by both the timing and modality of sensory information that occurs between beats.
Energy Consumption Analysis of High Quality Multi-Tier Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network

Video surveillance is one of the promising applications of the Internet of Things paradigm. We see heterogeneous deployment of sensor platforms in a multi-tier network architecture as a key enabler for energy optimization of battery powered high-quality video surveillance applications. In this paper, we propose a heterogeneous wireless multimedia sensor network (WMSN) prototype composed of constrained low-power scalar sensor nodes and single board computers (SBCs). Whereas constrained nodes are used for preliminary motion detection, more capable SBCs are used as camera nodes. The camera nodes stream full HD (1080 pixels) video to a remote laptop during occurrence of an event (when motion is detected). We also present a simple power model and simulation results of battery life of the motes for variable event interval and event duration.
Buy Local? the Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion

We document geographic concentration by both venture capital firms and venture capital-financed companies in three cities - San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We find that firms open new satellite offices based on the success rate of venture capital-backed investments in an area. Geography is also significantly related to outcomes. Venture capital firms based in locales that are venture capital centers outperform, regardless of the stage of the investment. Ironically, this outperformance arises from outsized performance outside of the venture capital firms' office locations, including in peripheral locations. If the goal of state and local policy makers is to encourage venture capital investment, outperformance of non-local investments suggests that policy makers might want to mitigate costs associated with established venture capitalists investing in their geographies rather than encouraging the establishment of new venture capital firms
MICROPARTICULATE DRUG CARRIERS: A PROMISING APPROACH FOR THE DELIVERY OF ANTI HIV DRUGS

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus which causes acquired immuno deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition where immune system begins to fail in humans, leading to life‐threatening infections. Recent advance in highly active antiretroviral (ARV) agents has led to tremendous reduction of viral load in plasma, progression of infection and mortality from AIDS. Various classes of antiretroviral agents are available nowaday but unfortunately most of these drugs have poor physiochemical properties which result in poor absorption, undesirable side effect and accumulation of the drug at inappropriate sites. To overcome these drawbacks, particulate systems like microparticles have been introduced to improve the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of various types of antiretroviral drugs and targeting them to particular sites. To formulate microcarrier based systems, different polymers are used in the antiretroviral micro particulate drug delivery research to increase therapeutic activity and minimize side effects. Among the recent approaches of novel drug delivery system ,microparticulate drug carriers is found to be the most important one. The aim of this review is to discuss the need for novel drug delivery, advantages, recent development in microparticulate drug delivery system for antiretroviral drugs and challenges standing ahead.
High Level Synthesis with Multiple supply Voltages for Energy and Combined Peak Power Minimization

Low-power design is one of the dominant considerations for certain circuits, and energy consumption as well as power distribution is two important measurements. The paper proposes ILP-based high-level synthesis with multi-cycling and multiple supply voltages scheme, which focuses on energy reduction and combined peak power minimization. Experimental results show that the scheme can efficiently reduce the total energy, and obtain an improved power distribution in both temporal and spatial directions by cycle peak power and module peak power simultaneously optimizing
Vaccinium myrtillus extract prevents or delays the onset of diabetes--induced blood–retinal barrier breakdown

Abstract Many dietary supplements have been sold through advertising their large number of beneficial effects. The aim of this study was to determine whether bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) help to prevent diabetes-induced retinal vascular dysfunction in vivo. V. myrtillus extract (VME; 100 mg/kg) was orally administered to streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats for 6 weeks. All diabetic rats exhibited hyperglycemia, and VME did not affect the blood glucose levels and body weight during the experiments. In the fluorescein-dextran angiography, the fluorescein leakage was significantly reduced in diabetic rats treated with VME. VME treatment also decreased markers of diabetic retinopathy, such as retinal vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and degradation of zonula occludens-1, occludin and claudin-5 in diabetic rats. In conclusion, VME may prevent or delay the onset of early diabetic retinopathy. These findings have important implications for prevention of diabetic retinopathy using a dietary bilberry supplement.
Reducing measurement noise effects in digital predistortion of RF power amplifiers

A technique known as digital predistortion (DPD) is the subject of much current research and is being contemplated for the next generation RF power amplifiers. DPD has the capability of linearizing the overall amplifier response and is a cost effective technique for applications requiring wideband operation with low out-of-band spurious emissions, also known as spectral regrowth. Estimation of the DPD parameters is hampered by the presence of measurement noise at the output of the amplifier, even though this noise is not actually transmitted on air. The end effect of the noise is to degrade the DPD performance, leading to higher spectral growth. This paper shows that a major cause of this degradation can be attributed to coefficient bias induced by measurement noise in a nonlinear model. Two techniques are proposed for mitigating these effects. One uses a specially designed periodic training signal with frame averaging, and the other uses forward estimation followed by offline noiseless inverse estimation. Simulations show that spectral regrowth reductions in excess of 10 dB are possible using these techniques.
INTERDEPENDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKET-- THE CASE OF INDIA AND U.S

This paper examines the nexus between domestic and foreign financial markets viz. Indian and U.S. money markets, equity markets and the common market for currency. We estimate volatility, spillovers-both in returns and in volatility, and cross-correlations in a multivariate framework for the financial markets. We utilize weekly data from June, 2000 to September, 2011 to model the interactions among the markets using a VAR(1)–MGARCH2(1,1) BEKK framework. We formulate an alternative VAR(1)–MGARCH(1,1) EWMA model to examine the robustness of the findings. We also include policy rates viz. effective federal funds rate and reverse repo rate as well as an indicator for the prevalent global investment climate (Federal Reserve of St. Louis’ financial stress index) in the analysis. Domestic spillovers in returns exist from the Indian stock market to the currency market. International spillovers from returns on U.S. stock market to returns on Indian stock market are evident. Further, we find that the economy’s policy rate significantly impacts the money market rate. The results also indicate that changes in financial stress index influence U.S. money market rates and returns on both the stock markets. The study reveals that volatility in all the markets surges post the global financial crisis of 2008-09. Spillovers in volatility across the markets are found to be present due to both innovations effects as well as volatility persistence. In particular, findings for the lagged volatility persistence effects suggest existence of significant bi-directional spillovers across the two stock markets and the currency market. Further, we observe the conditional correlations across assets to be time-varying.
Mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis of complex interventions: psychological interventions in coronary heart disease.

Meta-analyses of psychological interventions typically find a pooled effect of "psychological intervention" compared with usual care. This answers the research question, "Are psychological interventions in general effective? " In fact, psychological interventions are usually complex with several different components. The authors propose that mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis methods may be a valuable tool when exploring the efficacy of interventions with different components and combinations of components, as this allows one to answer the research question, "Are interventions with a particular component (or combination of components) effective? " The authors illustrate the methods using a meta-analysis of psychological interventions for patients with coronary heart disease for a variety of outcomes. The authors carried out systematic literature searches to update an earlier Cochrane review and classified components of interventions into 6 types: usual care, educational, behavioral, cognitive, relaxation, and support. Most interventions were a combination of these components. There was some evidence that psychological interventions were effective in reducing total cholesterol and standardized mean anxiety scores, that interventions with behavioral components were effective in reducing the odds of all-cause mortality and nonfatal myocardial infarction, and that interventions with behavioral and/or cognitive components were associated with reduced standardized mean depression scores.
Global Software Development - Coordination and project management strategies from a vendor perspective

Global software development (GSD) is often impeded by global distance which may be geographical, cultural, temporal or linguistic. When compared to a collocated setting, specific methods are required to coordinate a range of activities in the GSD environment. Therefore, to manage and reduce global distance there is a need for continuous coordination within both client and vendor companies. Our literature review [Deshpande et al, 2011], shows that only 15% of the research studies for GSD are from the vendor’s perspective. There is a similar assertion made by Gonzalez et al (2006) where they identified that only 16% of the research studies explore outsourcing from the perspective of the service provider or vendor. Vendor companies have solved many of the global distance related issues. Both client and vendor companies need insight into these solutions which will assist them to successfully coordinate distributed projects. The research presented in this paper is addressing these gaps. Following our systematic literature review and empirical research within vendor companies, we have compared GSD coordination from the vendor perspective with the Project Management Body of Knowledge guide [PMBOK Guide, 2008]. We have established that while the PMBOK Guide partially supports GSD coordination within vendor companies, there are some solutions implemented by vendors but are not included in it. In this paper we present a comparative analysis between the human resource management techniques of the PMBOK Guide with the coordination practices in GSD that in future will be incorporated into a model for coordination of tasks in GSD.
Earnings management and corporate social responsibility

By drawing on stakeholder-agency theory and the earnings management framework, we hypothesize a positive connection between corporate social responsibility and earnings management. We argue that earnings management damages the interests of stakeholders. Hence, managers who manipulate earnings can deal with stakeholder activism and vigilance by resorting to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. Furthermore, CSR is a powerful tool that can be used to garner support from stakeholders and, therefore, provides an avenue for entrenchment to those managers that manipulate earnings, so as to reduce significantly their chances of being fired. Finally, we expect that the positive connection between corporate social responsibility and financial performance is negatively moderated when combined with earnings management practices. We demonstrate empirically our theoretical contention by making use of a database comprising 593 firms from 26 nations for the period 2002-2004.
Tree-based language complexity of Thompson's group F

Abstract The definition of graph automatic groups by Kharlampovich, Khoussainov and Miasnikov and its extension to 𝒞-graph automatic by Elder and the first author raise the question of whether Thompson's group F is graph automatic. We define a language of normal forms based on the combinatorial “caret types”, which arise when elements of F are considered as pairs of finite rooted binary trees. The language is accepted by a finite state machine with two counters, and forms the basis of a 3-counter graph automatic structure for the group.
Processing of the glycoprotein of feline immunodeficiency virus: effect of inhibitors of glycosylation

The processing and transport of the envelope glycoprotein complex of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in the persistently infected Crandell feline kidney (CRFK) cell line were investigated. Pulse-chase analyses revealed that the glycoprotein is synthesized as a precursor with an Mr of 145,000 (gp145) and is quickly trimmed to a molecule with an Mr of 130,000 (gp130). Treatment of gp130 with endoglycosidase H (endo H) resulted in a protein with an Mr of 75,000, indicating that nearly half the weight of the gp130 precursor consists of endo H-sensitive glycans during biosynthesis. Chase periods of up to 8 h revealed intermediates during the further processing of this glycoprotein precursor. Initially, two minor protein species with apparent Mrs of 100,000 and 90,000 were detected along with gp130. At later chase times these two species appeared to migrate as a single dominant species with an Mr of 95,000 (gp95). Concomitant with the appearance of gp95 was another protein with an Mr of approximately 40,000 (gp40). Chase periods of up to 8 h revealed that approximately half of the precursor was processed into the gp95-gp40 complex within 4 h. gp95 was efficiently transported from the cell into the culture medium by 1 to 2 h after labeling, whereas gp40 was not observed to be released from infected CRFK cells. Analysis of the processing in the presence of monensin, castanospermine, and swainsonine also suggests the existence of these intermediates in the processing of this lentivirus glycoprotein. As with human immunodeficiency virus, virus produced in the presence of glucosidase inhibitors and reduced infectivity for T-lymphocyte cultures.
A 1-Mediated Intramolecular Rearrangement of Aminoazepane in GDC-0339

243 words Introduction: 363 words Discussion: 1681 words Abbreviations: kcat, the turnover number; Km, the Michaelis constant; LC, liquid chromatography; [M+H], protonated molecular ion; MS, mass spectrometry; m/z, mass-tocharge ratio; NADPH, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced form); NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance; P450, cytochrome P450; UPLC, ultra performance liquid chromatography; UV, ultraviolet. This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version. DMD Fast Forward. Published on August 8, 2017 as DOI: 10.1124/dmd.117. 076786 at A PE T Jornals on O cber 3, 2017 dm d.aspurnals. org D ow nladed from