Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prognostic Gleason grade grouping : data based on the modified Gleason scoring system

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Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Infections in Korea for Recent 9 Years: Trends of Antimicrobial Resistance

The aim of this study is to characterize the epidemiological features of typhoid fever, categorized as class 1 notifiable disease in Korea and to analyze the recent change of antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolated nationwide. We retrospectively analyzed the 1,692 culture-proven cases from 1992 to 2000, using the data of the Korean National Institute of Health. The overall incidence of culture-proven typhoid fever was 0.41 per 100,000 population. It occurred all over the country, but the southeastern part of Korean peninsula had the higher incidence rate than other areas. There were several outbreaks suspected, of which two outbreaks were confirmed. The resistance rate against chloramphenicol showed mild increase, but the ampicillin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, kanamycin, or nalidixic acid resistance remained at the similar levels for the past 9 yr. There were 21 (1.3%) multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains isolated since 1992, and the number of those has increased. Two strains resistant to ciprofloxacin were first identified in Korea.
OMG: How Much Should I Pay Bob in Truthful Online Mobile Crowdsourced Sensing?

Mobile crowdsourced sensing (MCS) is a new paradigm which takes advantage of the pervasive smartphones to efficiently collect data, enabling numerous novel applications. To achieve good service quality for a MCS application, incentive mechanisms are necessary to attract more user participation. Most of existing mechanisms apply only for the offline scenario where all users' information are known a priori. On the contrary, we focus on a more real scenario where users arrive one by one online in a random order. We model the problem as an online auction in which the users submit their private types to the crowdsourcer over time, and the crowdsourcer aims to select a subset of users before a specified deadline for maximizing the total value of the services provided by selected users under a budget constraint. We design two online mechanisms, OMZ and OMG, satisfying the computational efficiency, individual rationality, budget feasibility, truthfulness, consumer sovereignty and constant competitiveness under the zero arrival-departure interval case and a more general case, respectively. Through extensive simulations, we evaluate the performance and validate the theoretical properties of our online mechanisms.
Minimum Spanning Trees

Minimum spanning trees are one of the most important primitives used in graph algorithms. They find applications in numerous fields ranging from taxonomy to image processing to computer networks. In this report, we present 3 algorithms to compute the minimum spanning tree (MST) or minimum spanning forest (MSF) for large graphs which do not fit in the memory of a single machine. We analyze the theoretical processing time, communication cost and communication time for these algorithms under certain assumptions. Finally, we compare the performance of the 3 algorithms on real-world data using Apache Spark [1]. The code for the project can be found here. https://github.com/s-ramaswamy/CME-323-project
The Effect of Filipino Overseas Migration on the Non-Migrant Spouse's Labor Supply Behavior

This paper examines the effect of the husband’s overseas migration on the nonmigrant wife’s labor force participation and supply behavior. The study uses merged 2003 data sets from the nationally representative Labor Force Survey, the Family Income and Expenditures Survey and the Survey of Overseas Filipinos. Employing alternative empirical specifications of the wife’s labor supply function, the study provides estimates of the income remittance and the conjugal home-time effects of overseas migration. Estimates establish that in households with pre-school age children, wives are less likely to hold a fulltime paid job with larger effects in migrant than in non-migrant households. School-age children encourage the entry of women in non-migrant households into part-time paid employment while having the reverse effect for women in migrant households particularly on full-time paid employment. Children in the very young working age of below do not appear to affect significantly employment participation of women in non-migrant households but induces employment of women in migrant households, particularly into part-time selfemployment. Attainment of a college education raises employment propensities for wives, but less so for migrant than for non-migrant households, implying the presence of a moral hazard problem where remittance receiving households reduce their work effort. And finally, the husband’s earnings contribution to household income lowers the wife’s market participation but the marginal effects are very small in magnitude with only slight variation between migrant and non-migrant households.
A Novel Image Compression Based on Lifting Wavelet Transform and Modified SPIHT

In this paper, a new approach of images coding by Shapiro algorithm (Embedded Zerotree Wavelet algorithm or EZW) is proposed. In this approach, the old Shapiro algorithm for image coding is modified. The new modified EZW (MEZW), distributes entropy differently and also optimizes the coding. This new version can produce good results that are a significantly improve the PSNR and compression ratio, without affecting the computing time. These results are also comparable with those obtained using the SPIHT and SPECK algorithms. The EZW, Spiht or Speck algorithms are based on the Wavelet transform. The principle of wavelet transform is to decompose hierarchically the input image into a series of successively lower resolution reference images and detail images which contain the information needed to be reconstructed back to the next higher resolution level. The sub-band images resulting from wavelet transform are not of equal significance. Some sub-bands contain more information than others (example the baseband sub band).
Phenotypic assessment of pulmonary hypertension using high-resolution echocardiography is feasible in neonatal mice with experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension: a step toward preventing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic lung diseases of human infants and adults, respectively, that are characterized by alveolar simplification. One-third of the infants with severe BPD develop pulmonary hypertension (PH). More importantly, PH increases morbidity and mortality in BPD patients. Additionally, COPD is a common respiratory morbidity in former BPD patients. The lack of an appropriate small animal model wherein echocardiography (Echo) can demonstrate PH is one of the major barriers to understand the molecular mechanisms of the disease and, thereby, develop rational therapies to prevent and/or treat PH in BPD patients. Thus, the goal of this study was to establish a model of experimental BPD and PH and investigate the feasibility of Echo to diagnose PH in neonatal mice. Since hyperoxia-induced oxidative stress and inflammation contributes to the development of BPD with PH, we tested the hypothesis that exposure of newborn C57BL/6J mice to 70% O2 (hyperoxia) for 14 days leads to lung oxidative stress, inflammation, alveolar and pulmonary vascular simplification, pulmonary vascular remodeling, and Echo evidence of PH. Hyperoxia exposure caused lung oxidative stress and inflammation as evident by increased malondialdehyde adducts and inducible nitric oxide synthase, respectively. Additionally, hyperoxia exposure caused growth restriction, alveolar and pulmonary vascular simplification, and pulmonary vascular remodeling. At 14 days of age, Echo of these mice demonstrated that hyperoxia exposure decreased pulmonary acceleration time (PAT) and PAT/ejection time ratio and increased right ventricular free wall thickness, which are indicators of significant PH. Thus, we have demonstrated the feasibility of Echo to phenotype PH in neonatal mice with experimental BPD with PH, which can aid in discovery of therapies to prevent and/or treat BPD with PH and its sequelae such as COPD in humans.
Using Computer Vision to Enhance Existing Knowledge of an Environment

As part of the Synthetic Actors project, a vision system has been developed to provide synthetic actors with the information necessary to interact with their human counterparts. Rather than providing complete information about the environment that the actor is in, the purpose of the vision system is to clarify existing knowledge. As a result, the system does not need to be feature-rich, extremely fast, or perfectly accurate, but rather affordable and easily modified. The paper describes the current implementation of the vision system, which consists of two webcams with tripods and various software components. The current software allows the cameras to cover a ten metre wide stage, with each camera able to capture a region approximately five metres wide within the stage area – the region to be covered may be changed by panning the tripods. The vision system has been developed, but has not undergone extensive testing during a performance, as the core of the project is yet to be completed. The software is designed to allow any particular information extraction function to be performed on the captured frame, and currently includes two such functions. The first uses motion history images to track the direction of an object’s motion in the frame, and the second uses a cascade of boosted Haar-like classifiers to perform face detection; both of these functions are provided via Intel’s Open Computer Vision library.
The complexity of probabilistic verification

We determine the complexity of testing whether a finite state, sequential or concurrent probabilistic program satisfies its specification expressed in linear-time temporal logic. For sequential programs, we present an algorithm that runs in time linear in the program and exponential in the specification, and also show that the problem is in PSPACE, matching the known lower bound. For concurrent programs, we show that the problem can be solved in time polynomial in the program and doubly exponential in the specification, and prove that it is complete for double exponential time. We also address these questions for specifications described by ω-automata or formulas in extended temporal logic.
Discrete PSO with GA Operators for Document Clustering

The paper presents Discrete PSO algorithm for document clustering problems. This algorithm is hybrid of PSO with GA operators. The proposed system is based on population-based heuristic search technique, which can be used to solve combinatorial optimization problems, modeled on the concepts of cultural and social rules derived from the analysis of the swarm intelligence (PSO) with GA operators such as crossover and mutation. In standard PSO the non-oscillatory route can quickly cause a particle to stagnate and also it may prematurely converge on suboptimal solutions that are not even guaranteed to local optimal solution. In this paper a modification strategy is proposed for the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and applied in the document corpus. The strategy adds reproduction by using crossover and mutation operators when the stagnation in movement of the particle is identified. Reproduction has the capability to achieve faster convergence and better solution. Experiments results are examined with document corpus. It demonstrates that the proposed DPSO algorithm statistically outperforms the Simple PSO.
Making the connection between disordered personalities and interpersonal dysfunction: A relational study

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual o f Mental Disorders (DSM) is a constantly evolving record of the conceptualization of mental problems. With each new edition, researchers seek to come ever closer to defining complex dysfunctional human behaviors as they occur in nature. Significant evidence suggests that the current conceptualization of personality disorders (PDs) as defined in the DSM-5 is not adequately capturing these disorders, leading to inaccurate diagnosis and ineffective treatment outcomes. This evidence has led to the formation of a new diagnostic model of PDs which is outlined in Section III of the DSM-5 under conditions requiring further study. Several measures have been developed to assess general personality dysfunction and dysfunctional personality traits as defined by the new model. Interpersonal dysfunction is suggested to play a substantial role in characterizing PDs, and the interpersonal circumplex provides a framework in which to locate specific interpersonal stressors inherent to abnormal personality. Triangulating the constructs underlying personality problems with interpersonal dysfunction was the primary purpose of this study, allowing for a thorough investigation of proposed personality constructs and their interpersonal expression. General personality dysfunction, problematic personality traits, and interpersonal dysfunction were measured in a sample of college students and in a clinical sample of individuals in residential substance use treatment. Obtained data were analyzed in order to explore relationships between the constructs and to provide preliminary evidence for the appropriateness of the proposed model of PDs. Overall, results provided support for the theory behind the proposed model and confirmed the majority of hypothesized relationships between maladaptive personality traits, general personality dysfunction, and interpersonal problems. APPROVAL FOR SCHOLARLY DISSEMINATION The author grants to the Prescott Memorial Library of Louisiana Tech University the right to reproduce, by appropriate methods, upon request, any or all portions of this Dissertation. It was understood that “proper request” consists of the agreement, on the part of the requesting party, that said reproduction was for his personal use and that subsequent reproduction will not occur without written approval of the author of this Dissertation. Further, any portions of the Dissertation used in books, papers, and other works must be appropriately referenced to this Dissertation. Finally, the author of this Dissertation reserves the right to publish freely, in the literature, at any time, any or all portions of this Dissertation. Author
HICAMP: architectural support for efficient concurrency-safe shared structured data access

Programming language and operating system support for efficient concurrency-safe access to shared data is a key concern for the effective use of multi-core processors. Most research has focused on the software model of multiple threads accessing this data within a single shared address space. However, many real applications are actually structured as multiple separate processes for fault isolation and simplified synchronization. In this paper, we describe the HICAMP architecture and its innovative memory system, which supports efficient concurrency safe access to structured shared data without incurring the overhead of inter-process communication. The HICAMP architecture also provides support for programming language and OS structures such as threads, iterators, read-only access and atomic update. In addition to demonstrating that HICAMP is beneficial for multi-process structured applications, our evaluation shows that the same mechanisms provide substantial benefits for other areas, including sparse matrix computations and virtualization.
Application of Bayesian model averaging to measurements of the primordial power spectrum

Cosmological parameter uncertainties are often stated assuming a particular model, neglecting the model uncertainty, even when Bayesian model selection is unable to identify a conclusive best model. Bayesian model averaging is a method for assessing parameter uncertainties in situations where there is also uncertainty in the underlying model. We apply model averaging to the estimation of the parameters associated with the primordial power spectra of curvature and tensor perturbations. We use CosmoNest and MultiNest to compute the model evidences and posteriors, using cosmic microwave data from WMAP, ACBAR, BOOMERanG, and CBI, plus large-scale structure data from the SDSS DR7. We find that the model-averaged 95% credible interval for the spectral index using all of the data is 0.940<ns<1.000, where ns is specified at a pivot scale 0.015Mpc-1. For the tensors model averaging can tighten the credible upper limit, depending on prior assumptions.
Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy

Introduction. This paper presents the final results of a cross-sectional study started in 2010. It compares the perceived efficacy of different types of tobacco health warning (texts versus shocking pictures) to quit or reduce tobacco use. Methods. The study conducted between 2010 and 2012 in Italy enrolled adults smokers. Administering a questionnaire demographic data, smokers behaviors were collected. Showing text and graphic warnings (the corpse of a smoker, diseased lungs, etc.) the most perceived efficacy to reduce tobacco consumption or to encourage was quit. Results. 666 subjects were interviewed; 6% of responders referred that they stopped smoking at least one month due to the textual warnings. The 81% of the smokers perceived that the warnings with shocking pictures are more effective in reducing/quitting tobacco consumption than text-only warnings. The younger group (<45 years), who are more motivated to quit (Mondor's score ≥ 12), and females showed a higher effectiveness of shocking warnings to reduce tobacco consumption of, 76%, 78%, and 43%, respectively with P < 0.05. Conclusions. This study suggests that pictorial warnings on cigarette packages are more likely to be noticed and rated as effective by Italian smokers. Female and younger smokers appear to be more involved by shock images. The jarring warnings also appear to be supporting those who want to quit smoking. This type of supportive information in Italy may become increasingly important for helping smokers to change their behavior.
Edge Detection Based on Mathematical Morphology and Wavelet Transform using Type-1 and Type-2 Fuzzy Rules

In this paper, we proposed an improved edge detection algorithm based on fuzzy combination of mathematical morphology and wavelet transform. We used type-1 and type-2 fuzzy rules.The proposed method overcomes the limitation of wavelet based edge detection and mathematical morphology based edge detection in noisy images. Experimental results show superiority of the proposed method, as compared to the traditional Prewitt, wavelet based and morphology based edge detection methods. The proposed method is an effective edge detection method especially for noisy images and keeps clear and continuous edges.
Enumeration of Unlabeled Directed Hypergraphs

We consider the enumeration of unlabeled directed hypergraphs by using Polya's counting theory and Burnside's counting lemma. Instead of characterizing the cycle index of the permutation group acting on the hyperarc set $A$, we treat each cycle in the disjoint cycle decomposition of a permutation $\rho$ acting on $A$ as an equivalence class (or orbit) of $A$ under the operation of the group generated by $\rho$. Compared to the cycle index method, our approach is more effective in dealing with the enumeration of directed hypergraphs. We deduce the explicit counting formulae for the unlabeled $q$-uniform and unlabeled general directed hypergraphs. The former generalizes the well known result for 2-uniform directed hypergraphs, i.e., for the ordinary directed graphs introduced by Harary and Palmer.
The connection between environmental attitude–behavior gap and other individual inconsistencies: a call for strengthening self-control

ABSTRACT What is going on with environmental education, which is currently unable to promote pro-environmental behaviors as effectively as it promotes pro-environmental attitudes? A tentative answer is that the environmental attitude–behavior gap observed in some individuals is just one manifestation of their lack of self-control for maintaining consistency in many life spheres. In the absence of prior empirical evidence, intuition suggests that the environmental attitude–behavior gap does not appear isolated but rather interconnected to other individual inconsistencies, while a rational approach suggests that self-control (i.e. capacity to perform consistent actions) plays an important role in explaining the environmental attitude–behavior gap within the framework of the theory of planned behavior. Using data collected in Spain, we found that four individual inconsistencies (concerning fast food, alcoholic beverages, pre-cooked meals, and diet products) made an important contribution to the explanation of the environmental attitude–behavior gap, revealing a remarkable connection between personal and environmental health care. These findings suggest the importance of focusing education efforts on strengthening students’ self-control in order to make them more capable of being consistent in all life endeavors.
An overview of central fetal monitoring systems in labour

Abstract A variety of systems for centralised viewing of fetal signals during labour are currently available, allowing simultaneous monitoring of multiple tracings in one or more locations. Display of maternal vital signs, ST signals and an electronic partogram are available in the majority of these systems. A few of them have incorporated computer analysis of cardiotocographic signals or combined cardiotocographic and ST data analysis. Computer analysis may elicit real-time alerts for healthcare professionals when changes associated with fetal hypoxia are detected. Central fetal monitoring systems have been installed in a large number of maternity hospitals in industrialised countries, but there is still limited evidence of their impact on perinatal indicators, on the behaviour of healthcare professionals and on related health costs.