Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Menopausal Hot Flash Frequency Changes in Response to Experimental Manipulation of Blood Glucose

ObjectiveAlthough a majority of women (80%) at menopause experience hot flashes, the symptoms’ physiological trigger has yet to be identified. To determine the relationship between glucose availability and hot flashes in menopausal women, hot flash frequency was compared between intervals while the subjects were fasting and/or infusing in a sample of menopausal women (38–55 years of age). DesignAn experimental study was conducted in 10 postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy (HT) between the ages of 38 and 55. Following a clinic visit to screen for general health and absence of diabetes, HT participants were asked to stop the medication for 7 to 10 days and to maintain a diary of hot flash frequency. When hot flashes were experienced at least four times per day in a consecutive 3-day period, participants were admitted to the General Clinical Research Center for a 30-hour experimental protocol, including frequent blood sampling and two experimental periods of intravenous infusion of glucose or normal saline. Blood glucose levels were manipulated to provide conditions of postprandial versus fasting states. ResultsThere was a significant reduction in the incidence of hot flashes during the experimental elevation of glucose concentrations (130 to 140 mg/dl) compared to the fasting state (<110 mg/dl) (t = −2.4, df = 9, p = .04). ConclusionsConditions of fasting may stimulate the trigger mechanism for menopausal hot flashes.
Energy Efficient Trajectory Recording of Mobile Devices Using WiFi Scanning

Efficient user location tracking is a key prerequisite of many mobile applications that aim at A/B, usability or Quality of Experience tests. The purpose of these tests may require that location tracking is energy efficient, transparent to the user. Even though most mobile devices are equipped with a GPS receiver, its frequent use can cause a high battery drain. Our design of continuous location tracking aims at providing a reasonable trade-off between energy consumption, location acquisition accuracy. We use WiFi scanning for decisions about when to start using GPS receiver, as the user moves we adjust sensing approach for best fit to current situation scenario. Our experiments were performed with Android powered smart phones. The experiments show that our design provides significant energy savings when compared to other continuous location tracking alternatives. We also provide a detailed discussion of challenges, existing techniques for user location tracking.
Language Policy, Politics and Ideology in Mewat: Comparative Case Studies of Mewati in Two School Types

8 Chapter 1 – Introduction To The Study 10 1.0 Introduction 10 1.1 The Problem and Research Questions 12 1.2 The Vicious Circle of Language Disadvantage 13 1.3 LiEP in India: Historical Overview 14 1.4 Mewat, Mewati and Meos 17 1.4. 0 Mewat district 17 1.4. 1 Mewati 18 1.4. 2 The Meo tribe 19 1.5 Purpose of the Study 19 1.6 Thesis Outline 20 1.7 Summary 21 Chapter 2 Literature Review 22 2.0 Introduction 22 2.1 Language Policy and Planning (LPP) 22 2.2 Types of Language Planning 23 2.3 Orientations to Language Planning 24 2.3. 0 Language as a problem 25 2.3. 1 Language as a right 25 2.3. 2 Language as a resource 25 2.4 Approaches to Language Planning and Policy 27 2.5 Language Policy Model 29 2.6 Mother Tongue based Education: Concerns, Responses, and Reflections 32 2.7 Mother Tongue based Multilingual Education Research Studies 37 2.7. 0 Papua New Guinea (PNG) 37 2.7. 1 Nigeria 38 2.7. 2 India 39
Perception and Implementation of Machine Translation Applications by the Iranian English Translators

The present study is an attempt to provide a relatively comprehensive preview of the Iranian English translators’ perception on Machine Translation. Furthermore, the study tries to shed light on the status of implementation of Machine Translation among the Iranian English Translators. To reach the aforementioned objectives, the Localization Industry Standards Association’s questioner for measuring perceptions with regard to the adoption of a technology innovation was adapted and used to investigate the perception and implementation of Machine Translation applications by the Iranian English language translators. The participants of the study were 224 last-year undergraduate Iranian students of English translation at 10 universities across the country. The study revealed a very low level of adoption and a very high level of willingness to get familiar with and learn about Machine Translation, as well as a positive perception of and attitude toward Machine Translation by the Iranian English translators. Keywords—Translation Technology, Machine Translation, Perception and Implementation.
Psychophysics of reading. XV: Font effects in normal and low vision.

PURPOSE Little is known about the effect of font on low-vision reading. In this study, the authors measured the influence of font in reading with normal and low vision. METHODS Reading acuity, maximum reading speed, and critical print size (the smallest print that can be read with maximum speed) were measured in 50 normal subjects and 42 subjects with low vision. Data were collected using versions of the MNREAD Acuity Chart printed with the Times (proportionally spaced) and Courier (fixed-width) fonts. RESULTS Reading acuity scores obtained with Courier were better than those obtained with Times for both normal (mean difference, 0.05 logMAR, P < 0.001) and subjects with low vision (0.09 logMAR, P < 0.001). Similarly, critical print sizes measured with Courier were smaller than those measured with Times (mean difference, 0.06 logMAR for normal subjects and subjects with low vision, P < 0.002). Maximum reading speeds for normal subjects were 5% faster with Times than with Courier (P < 0.001), but for subjects with low vision, maximum reading speeds were 10% slower with Times than with Courier (P < 0.05). For print smaller than the critical print size, the reading speeds of normal subjects and subjects with low vision were substantially slower (by as much as 50%) for Times than for Courier. CONCLUSIONS There are small, but significant, advantages of Courier over Times in reading acuity, critical print size, and reading speed for subjects with low vision. For normal subjects, the differences are slighter, with an advantage in reading speed for Times. However, for print sizes close to the acuity limit, choice of font could make a significant difference in both normal and low-vision reading performance.
A Resource Planning Model for Professional Services Organizations

Professional services firms are project based. Execution of these projects involve identifying and planning for the right skills. In this paper, we model the problem of predicting the skills requirement for the projects in the pipeline of a professional services firm from the bill of resources of some similar projects that had been executed in the past by the firm. This tactical decision problem is modeled as a graph clustering problem by representing the projects as nodes of the graph. Agglomerative clustering heuristic is applied for optimally clustering the nodes of the graph. The proposed model is analyzed for a simple case in which there are five projects in the history of a professional services firm.
Migrant tuberculosis screening in the EU/EEA: yield, coverage and limitations

A systematic literature review was performed with the objective of assessing the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) screening methods and strategies in migrants in European Union/European Economic Area (including Switzerland) countries. Extracted data on yield and coverage were used as indicators of effectiveness. Reported yields varied considerably between studies and countries. Considering only the 14 studies representative of national screening programmes, a median yield of TB disease of 0.18% (interquartile range 0.10–0.35%) was reported. The data did not indicate differences in effectiveness between the three main strategies: 1) screening at port of entry; 2) screening just after arrival in reception/holding centres; and 3) screening in the community following arrival in European Union countries. The variation seen probably reflects variation in risk factors for TB, in particular the composition of the migrants entering the country. Recommendations include the need for improved data for guiding the optimal frequency and duration of screening; assessment and improvement of cost-effectiveness; access to healthcare for migrants, including illegal migrants; ensuring a continuum of care for those screened; and consideration of screening for latent TB infection with caution. Finally, screening should be a component of a wider approach, rather than a stand-alone intervention.
Inferring social relationships in a phone call from a single party's speech

People usually speak differently depending on who they talk to. Based on this hypothesis, in this paper we propose an automatic method to detect the social relationship between two people based solely on a set of acoustic and conversational characteristics. We argue that changes in these features of an individual reflect the social relationship with the other person. To infer relationship we only require the speech of one of the conversation partners and the interaction patterns between both speakers. We validate the proposed system using a real-life telephone database with calls made by several speakers to close family members and to their partners. We trained a classifier using a boosting algorithm on a set of conversational and acoustic features and use it to classify calls according to the social relationship between both speakers. Tests performed on models trained on single speaker's data show that for most people such prediction is feasible. We also show that these characteristics generalize quite well across speakers, achieving around 75% accuracy when both sets of features are combined.
Six Novel and Three Recurrent Mutations in Nine Austrian Patients with Hemophilia B

Summary In this report we describe the molecular basis of the factor IX (FIX) deficiency in nine patients with severe (n = 6), moderate (n = 1) or mild (n = 2) hemophilia B. The following genetic defects were identified by enzymatic amplification with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and subsequent direct sequencing of all exons and exon-intron-junctions: patient B.B. (FIX “Vienna I”): deletion of nucleotides 6343 to 6362; patient M.H. and W. J. (FIX “Vienna II”): nucleotide 17704 (C to G), Gin 97 to Glu; patient L. K. (FIX “Vienna III”): nucleotide 17761 (C to T), Arg 116 to stop; patient U. A. (FIX “Vienna IV”): nucleotide 10415 (C to G), Pro 55 to Ala; patient H.G. (FIX “Vienna V”): nucleotide 6488 (C to T), Thr 38 to lie; patient H. M. (FIX “Vienna VI”): nucleotide 31276 (G to C), Trp 385 to Cys; patient L. C. (FIX “Vienna VII”): deletion of nucleotide 6700; patient S.F. (FIX “Vienna VIII”): nucleotide 10392 (A to T), Asp 47 to Val. The causative mutation was detected in the FIX gene in each of the nine patients with hemophilia B. There was one small deletion, one point deletion and seven point mutations. The latter include six missense mutations and one nonsense mutation. The mutations in Vienna III, IV and V have already been described in previous studies. The two deletions, Vienna I and Vienna VII have not been reported previously. The genetic defects observed in Vienna II, VI and VIII are novel missense mutations which result in amino acid changes at residues 97,47 and 385, respectively.
Evolutionary Search in the Space of Rules for Creation of New Two-Player Board Games

Games have always been a popular test bed for artificial intelligence techniques. Game developers are always in constant search for techniques that can automatically create computer games minimizing the developer's task. In this work we present an evolutionary strategy based solution towards the automatic generation of two player board games. To guide the evolutionary process towards games, which are entertaining, we propose a set of metrics. These metrics are based upon different theories of entertainment in computer games. This work also compares the entertainment value of the evolved games with the existing popular board based games. Further to verify the entertainment value of the evolved games with the entertainment value of the human user a human user survey is conducted. In addition to the user survey we check the learnability of the evolved games using an artificial neural network based controller. The proposed metrics and the evolutionary process can be employed for generating new and entertaining board games, provided an initial search space is given to the evolutionary algorithm.
Real-Time PCR Investigation of Potential Vectors, Reservoirs, and Shedding Patterns of Feline Hemotropic Mycoplasmas

ABSTRACT Three hemotropic mycoplasmas have been identified in pet cats: Mycoplasma haemofelis, “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum,” and “Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis. ” The way in which these agents are transmitted is largely unknown. Thus, this study aimed to investigate fleas, ticks, and rodents as well as saliva and feces from infected cats for the presence of hemotropic mycoplasmas, to gain insight into potential transmission routes for these agents. DNA was extracted from arthropods and from rodent blood or tissue samples from Switzerland and from salivary and fecal swabs from two experimentally infected and six naturally infected cats. All samples were analyzed with real-time PCR, and some positive samples were confirmed by sequencing. Feline hemotropic mycoplasmas were detected in cat fleas and in a few Ixodes sp. and Rhipicephalus sp. ticks collected from animals but not in ticks collected from vegetation or from rodent samples, although the latter were frequently Mycoplasma coccoides PCR positive. When shedding patterns of feline hemotropic mycoplasmas were investigated, “Ca. Mycoplasma turicensis” DNA was detected in saliva and feces at the early but not at the late phase of infection. M. haemofelis and “Ca. Mycoplasma haemominutum” DNA was not amplified from saliva and feces of naturally infected cats, despite high hemotropic mycoplasma blood loads. Our results suggest that besides an ostensibly indirect transmission by fleas, direct transmission through saliva and feces at the early phase of infection could play a role in the epizootiology of feline hemotropic mycoplasmas. Neither the investigated tick nor the rodent population seems to represent a major reservoir for feline hemotropic mycoplasmas in Switzerland.
Interleukin-13 protects from atherosclerosis and modulates plaque composition by skewing the macrophage phenotype

Atherosclerotic lesions are characterized by the accumulation of oxidized LDL (OxLDL) and the infiltration of macrophages and T cells. Cytokine expression in the microenvironment of evolving lesions can profoundly contribute to plaque development. While the pro‐atherogenic effect of T helper (Th) 1 cytokines, such as IFN‐γ, is well established, the role of Th2 cytokines is less clear. Therefore, we characterized the role of the Th2 cytokine interleukin (IL)‐13 in murine atherosclerosis. Here, we report that IL‐13 administration favourably modulated the morphology of already established atherosclerotic lesions by increasing lesional collagen content and reducing vascular cell adhesion molecule‐1 (VCAM‐1)‐dependent monocyte recruitment, resulting in decreased plaque macrophage content. This was accompanied by the induction of alternatively activated (M2) macrophages, which exhibited increased clearance of OxLDL compared to IFN‐γ‐activated (M1) macrophages in vitro. Importantly, deficiency of IL‐13 results in accelerated atherosclerosis in LDLR−/− mice without affecting plasma cholesterol levels. Thus, IL‐13 protects from atherosclerosis and promotes a favourable plaque morphology, in part through the induction of alternatively activated macrophages.
Evaluating Tensorflow

Easy-to-use software lets researchers build translation models without full control or knowledge of their inner workings. This constrains the diversity and effectiveness of modern machine translation systems. We work to alleviate this problems by thoroughly examining the efficacy of Tensorflow’s machine translation abstractions. We observe that our novel dataset is too noisy to be useful, and that Tensorflow’s abstractions do not work as well as advertised.
An investigation into mRNA expression in the rat pup olfactory bulb after odor preference learning.

Neonate rat pups rely on odor cues to identify their mother for food and warmth. Olfactory learning modifies behavioral, neural and metabolic responses to odor after a subsequent presentation with 24 h memory being dependent on CREB phosphorylation (pCREB). However the mRNA dependent changes that take place after olfactory learning have not been studied. Our lab previously showed that there is increased pCREB localization in the dorsolateral quadrant of mitral cells of the learning pups (odor + tactile stimulation) compared to the non-learning pups (odor only). In the present study, odor + stroking and odor only groups of pups were used. Following 10 minutes of training, pups were killed, and mRNA from the dorsolateral and ventromedial quadrants of the mitral cell layer was isolated using the laser microdissection (LMD) system for analyses by microarray. Thirteen genes with a minimum of a 1.5- fold difference in expression levels between groups were then analyzed using quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Six of the 13 genes showed concordance between microarray and qRT-PCR. Seven genes showed opposite expression patterns. A second study compared gene expression between whole bulb and LMD samples and a third study utilized qRT-PCR in whole bulbs to analyze the expression of the 13 genes at various times post training. Several of the genes confirmed as changing with learning are known to be involved in plasticity related activities, but were not previously associated with olfactory learning and memory formation. These findings will form an important basis for conducting further studies that will help us understand olfactory learning better.
Grammatical Relations in Chinese: GB-Ground Extraction and Data-Driven Parsing

This paper is concerned with building linguistic resources and statistical parsers for deep grammatical relation (GR) analysis of Chinese texts. A set of linguistic rules is defined to explore implicit phrase structural information and thus build high-quality GR annotations that are represented as general directed dependency graphs. The reliability of this linguistically-motivated GR extraction procedure is highlighted by manual evaluation. Based on the converted corpus, we study transition-based, datadriven models for GR parsing. We present a novel transition system which suits GR graphs better than existing systems. The key idea is to introduce a new type of transition that reorders top k elements in the memory module. Evaluation gauges how successful GR parsing for Chinese can be by applying datadriven models.
Broadband ultrasound field mapping system using a wavelength tuned, optically scanned focused laser beam to address a Fabry Perot polymer film sensor

An optical system for rapidly mapping broadband ultrasound fields with high spatial resolution has been developed. The transduction mechanism is based upon the detection of acoustically induced changes in the optical thickness of a thin polymer film acting as a Fabry Perot sensing interferometer (FPI). By using a PC-controlled galvanometer mirror to line-scan a focused laser beam over the surface of the FPI, and a wavelength-tuned phase bias control system to optimally set the FPI working point, a notional 1D ultrasound array was synthesized. This system enabled ultrasound fields to be mapped over an aperture of 40 mm, in 50-μm steps with an optically defined element size of 50 μm and an acquisition time of 50 ms per step. The sensor comprised a 38-μm polymer film FPI which was directly vacuum-deposited onto an impedance-matched polycarbonate backing stub. The -3 dB acoustic bandwidth of the sensor was 300 kHz to 28 MHz and the peak noise-equivalent-pressure was 10 kPa over a 20-MHz measurement bandwidth. To demonstrate the system, the outputs of various planar and focused pulsed ultrasound transducers with operating frequencies in the range 3.5 to 20 MHz were mapped. It is considered that this approach offers a practical and inexpensive alternative to piezoelectric-based arrays and scanning systems for rapid transducer field characterization and biomedical and industrial ultrasonic imaging applications.
Biologically Inspired Region of Interest Selection for Lowbit-Rate Video Coding

A variety of approaches have been proposed in the literature for region-of-interest (ROI) estimation. In most of them the ROI definition is highly subjective, i.e., lacks scientific evidence in supporting the claim that the areas defined as ROIs are indeed perceptually interesting. In this paper we attempt to model ROIs as the visually attended areas indicated by a saliency map in order to lower as much as possible the subjectivity of selection. For evaluation purposes we follow a ROI-based video compression setup and present comparisons with state-of-the-art algorithms in terms of perceived visual quality and video compression improvement. Extended experiments concerning both MPEG-1 as well as low bit-rate MPEG-4 video encoding were conducted showing significant improvement in video compression efficiency without perceived deterioration in visual quality.
Circuitry Odorant Receptors in the Formation of the Olfactory Bulb

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Moving ideas : multimodality and embodied learning in communities and schools

Contents: Mira-Lisa Katz: Growth in Motion: Supporting Young Women's Embodied Identity and Cognitive Development Through Dance After School - Catherine Kroll: Chroma Harmonia: Multimodal Pedagogy Through Universal Design for Learning - David Leventhal: "All the World's a Stage": Musings on Teaching Dance to People With Parkinson's - Keli Yerian: The Communicative Body in Women's Self-Defense Courses - Erica Tom/Mira-Lisa Katz: Pasture Pedagogy: Field and Classroom Reflections on Embodied Teaching - Nina Haft: 36 Jewish Gestures - Eliot Fintushel: Thinking with Your Skin: Paradoxical Ideas in Physical Theater - Tori Truss/Mira-Lisa Katz: Visceral Literature: Multimodal Theater Activities for Middle and High School English Language Arts - Jill Homan Randall: A Trio: Combining Language, Literacy and Movement in Preschool and Kindergarten Community-Based Dance Classes - Matt Rahaim: The Paramparic Body: Gestural Transmission in Indian Music - Cory Holding/Hannah Bellwoar: Literacies of Touch: Massage Therapy and the Body Composed - Julie Cheville: The Embodiment of Real and Digital Signs: From the Sociocultural to the Intersemiotic.