Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Accelerating Maven by Delaying Test Dependencies

Modular build systems (such as Maven) may simplify build maintenance, but significantly reduce opportunities for parallelism where they may be most helpful: when running tests. If tests are contained in each module, and modules contain dependencies on each other, their tests can not run in parallel between modules that have build dependencies. This poster will present a technique for achieving significantly greater parallelism in running the tests of Maven-built Java projects, cutting build times in half in our case study.
Question generation in the CODA project

In the ongoing CODA project, we are developing a system for automatically converting monologue into dialogue. The dialogue is generated in a two-step approach. Firstly, snippets of input monologue are mapped to dialogue act sequences. Secondly, these sequences are verbalized. The conversion relies partly on analysing input monologue in terms of its discourse relations. This short paper briefly describes the approach to the first step in CODA. This approach involves the use of a parallel corpus of monologues and dialogues to learn mappings from monologue to dialogue acts. Here, we focus on dialogue acts that involve question asking.
Application of Decision Tree Induction Technology in Insurance Data Pretreatment

This paper uses the determination tree induction technology to delete the irrelevant attributes (or dimensions) and reduce the data quantity; The decision tree algorithm which at first is used in classification is used to dimensionality reduction, might achieve a higher accuracy, because it optimizes the algorithm measure computation in deletion attribute time. Finally uses the insurance example to explain the application of this method.
Surface dose from 6 MV photon interactions in air.

Nilsson and Brahme (see ibid., vol.24, p.901, 1979) calculated that the electrons generated in the air volume between a 60Co source and a surface at 100 cm contributed about half of the surface dose at the centre of a 40 cm*40 cm field. They suggested that if air were replaced with helium the surface dose attributable to interactions in the gas volume would be decreased by a factor greater than 5. Prediction of such a large change provided sufficient impetus for the author to carry out an air-replacement experiment, utilising a 6 MV research facility. The purpose of the investigation was to assess the magnitude of the air-generated electron contribution to the surface dose. It is concluded that the experimental results obtained approximately confirm the theoretical predictions of the surface dose due to scattered electrons from 6 MV photon interactions with air in the irradiated volume.
Using the St. George respiratory questionnaire to ascertain health quality in persons with treated pulmonary tuberculosis.

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) can result in anatomic and functional changes that are associated with pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis that occurs frequently and varies in severity. We completed the St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), a health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) instrument validated for several types of lung disease, for patients in whom PTB or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has been diagnosed. We measured HRQoL pattern changes and the usefulness of the SGRQ in their ascertainment. METHODS Participants with known pulmonary function and a history of PTB or LTBI completed HRQoL questionnaires. The SGRQ was validated for content and construct using pulmonary function tests and the Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire. Internal consistency and test-retest methods assessed reliability. Significance of findings was determined with one-way analysis of variance with between-group comparisons. RESULTS Over 15 months, 313 subjects completed the SGRQ. The SGRQ was valid and reliable in the study population (intraclass correlation, 0.927; p<0.01; Cronbach alpha, 0.93). The mean total score for posttuberculosis patients was significantly higher than for that for LTBI score (23.5 [SE, 2.2] vs 10.3 [SE, 1.0], respectively; p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS We validated the SGRQ in a diverse population microbiologically cured of tuberculosis and found a mean 13.5-U difference in SGRQ score between these patients and a comparison group with similar risk factors (p<0.001). This difference indicates impairment after PTB has a substantial impact on human health worldwide. The microbiological cure of tuberculosis is not sufficient to avert chronic health loss. More aggressive treatment of LTBI and other case-preventing strategies is warranted worldwide.
Führungssysteme und ausgewählte Massnahmen zur Steuerung von Konzerndatenqualität

Datendefekte gefahrden den Geschaftserfolg von Unternehmen. So konnen veraltete, ungenaue oder unvollstandige Daten bei der Ausfuhrung vermeintlich einfacher Prozessaktivitaten wie dem Transport von Shampoo-Flaschen, der Verfugbarkeitsprufung von Telekommunikationsprodukten oder dem Zahlen von Gleisen falsche Ergebnisse, Verzogerungen oder andere Minderungen der Prozessleistung verursachen. Um kritische Datendefekte fruhzeitig erkennen und beheben zu konnen, sollten Unternehmen die Qualitat insbesondere ihrer konzernweit genutzten Daten dauerhaft und systematisch uberwachen. Unternehmen konnen ausserdem versuchen, mit praventiven Massnahmen das Auftreten von Datendefekten zu verhindern oder zumindest ihre Wirkung auf die Leistung betroffener Geschaftsprozesse zu reduzieren.Die Dissertation stellt zur Unterstutzung eines qualitatsorientierten Managements konzernweit genutzter Daten vier Artefakte vor. Eine Methode zur Spezifikation geschaftsorientierter Datenqualitatskennzahlen unterstutzt die Identifikation geschaftskritischer Datendefekte und die Spezifikation von Datenqualitatskennzahlen fur die dauerhafte Uberwachung dieser Defekte. Ein Reifegradmodell ermoglicht die Bewertung und den Vergleich von Strukturen fur qualitatsorientiertes Konzerndatenmanagement. Ein Wiki-basierter fachlicher Metadatenkatalog unterstutzt die kollaborative Definition und Pflege eines unternehmensweit einheitlichen Verstandnisses von Geschaftsobjekten und Konzerndaten. Und ein Funktionsreferenzmodell unterstutzt die bedarfsorientierte Analyse und Weiterentwicklung der Funktionalitat von Informationssystemen fur qualitatsorientiertes Management von Konzerndaten.
"Sternzellen" in the liver: perisinusoidal cells with special reference to storage of vitamin A.

The “Sternzellen” (von Kupffer, 1876) in the liver of normal animals and of those injected with excess vitamin A were examined with the light and electron microscopes. These cells were stellate perisinusoidal cells located in the space of Disse and were separated from the sinusoidal lumen by the endothelium. Their cytoplasm contained a number of lipid droplets which reacted intensely with gold chloride. These lipid droplets imparted intense vitamin A fluorescence under the fluorescence microscope. Following the administration of excess vitamin A, these lipid droplets increased remarkably. The “Sternzellen” were identical with cells described as “interstitial” or “fat-storing” cells by others, and were quite different from the so-called Kupffer cells of the liver reticulo-endothelial system.
Landscape Patterns of Colonization by Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Missouri Neighborhoods

Abstract In Missouri, the relative abundances of subterranean termite species differ between undeveloped forest and urban landscapes. Reticulitermes hageni Banks occurs in greater relative proportions in forested landscapes, while Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) occurs in greater relative proportions in urban landscapes. Thus, subterranean termite communities appear to change at some point as landscapes are converted from undeveloped to urban. It is not known if communities change quickly in direct response to urban development, or if changes occur over time in altered urban landscapes. The purpose of this study is to examine how landscape factors are associated with subterranean termite communities and patterns of colonization as subdivisions are constructed and age. Subterranean termites were collected from 25 areas in Columbia, MO, that were classified along a gradient of urbanization to include 1) undeveloped landscapes; 2) recently disturbed transitional landscapes; 3) 10-yr-old subdivisions; and 4) 20-yr-old subdivisions. Subterranean termite communities were assessed by identifying species using polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphisms. The interactions between landscape features and subterranean termites were examined using GIS software. Relative proportions of Reticulitermes spp. in communities of forest landscapes and urban areas are similar to previous reports for the state of Missouri. Termite communities appear to be locally eliminated after soils are disturbed or removed during subdivision development, although remnant colonies can persist in areas that are not disturbed. Reticulitermes flavipes appears to colonize subdivisions quickly regardless of historical or contemporary landscape; however, R. hageni colonization generally becomes more common as subdivisions age and gradually become more forested.
Advances in Military Technology Vol . 4 , No . 2 , December 2009 Methods for Evaluation of Speech Enhancement Algorithms

Communication systems play the key role in contemporary combat operations. These systems, which can be either onboard or man-wearable, are working in very noisy environment. The noise coming from the vehicle itself and onboard combat systems is entering communication channel via microphones of personal headsets and handsets. Thanks to digital speech processing algorithms it is possible to suppress these annoying background signals. This can be done with speech enhancement algorithms. The target is to gain clear speech of high intelligibility and high quality. This paper presents the methods generally recommended for the evaluation of speech enhancement algorithms in terms of speech quality. Thanks to this knowledge, the best speech enhancement algorithm can be found in practice.
First report of isolation and identification of Brevundimonase (Pseudomonas) diminuta from collected nasopharyngeal specimens in suspected patients to pertussis

Brevundimonase diminuta as an opportunistic environmental bacterium, due to the increase in isolation rate from clinical specimens and its antibiotic resistance is considered as a new threat to human health care. After performing conventional phenotypic methods and molecular approaches, antibiotics resistance pattern on the identified Brevundimonase isolates was performed as minimum bactericidal concentration by disk diffusion method. Out of 1084 nasopharyngeal specimens, 2/1084 (%0.18) Brevundimonase diminuta, and 1/1084 (%0.09) Brevundimonase subvibrioides were isolated. Evaluation of the resistance pattern from isolated Brevundimonase strains indicated that: levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ampicillin, amikacin (Excluding B. subvibrioides), chloroamphenicol and ceftazidime had poor susceptibility results. Also azythromycin, gentamycin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (Excluding B. subvibrioides), ciprofloxacin, kanamycin showed good susceptibility results against Brevundimonase isolated strains. In conclusion, Although, Brevundimonase diminuta rarely has been isolated from other clinical specimens, but, due to reports of resistance to some of antimicrobial agents in this genus all laboratories should be equipped for the identification and evaluation of susceptibility patterns of this species. It is first the report of isolated Brevundimonase diminuta from nasopharyngeal specimen from suspected patients to pertussis in Iran. Key words: Brevundimonase diminuta, nasopharyngeal specimens, 16srRNA primer.
Information in motion: road vehicles as wireless relay stations for an ad hoc communications network

Abstract There is growing interest among automobile engineers and wireless communications researchers in the concept of a Vehicular Ad-hoc NETwork (VANET). Each motor vehicle on the road today provides a natural platform for mobile communications. When equipped with suitable on-board device, the population of vehicles in a busy area becomes a wireless network capable of relaying signals across considerable distances, without the need for a central transmitter. Among the applications so far suggested are the propagation of safety warnings such as icy road conditions, crime prevention, surveillance aimed at public security, together with less urgent passenger services, and even congestion management. To determine whether and how such a system would function, it is necessary to model two distinct kinds of network simultaneously—the road system and the wireless network. The challenge is signi-cant, not least because of the many factors involved. The authors have adapted a cellular automaton (CA) approach, which is used to investigate the relationship between communication, contention/interference and mobility. The results show how mobility a-ects network performance and how the processing gain G can be used to design e-ective coverage areas which maximize the total network throughput. Most important for safety-critical applications, a VANET can break down under congested road traffic conditions because of radio interference among the vehicles.
Model-based estimation of the global carbon budget and its uncertainty from carbon dioxide and carbon isotope records

A global carbon cycle model is used to reconstruct the carbon budget, balancing emissions from fossil fuel and land use with carbon uptake by the oceans, and the terrestrial biosphere. We apply Bayesian statistics to estimate uncertainty of carbon uptake by the oceans and the terrestrial biosphere based on carbon dioxide and carbon isotope records, and prior information on model parameter probability distributions. This results in a quantitative reconstruction of past carbon budget and its uncertainty derived from an explicit choice of model, data-based constraints, and prior distribution of parameters. Our estimated ocean sink for the 1980s is 17 6 7 Gt C (90% confidence interval) and is comparable to the estimate of 20 6 8 Gt C given in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment (Schimel et al., 1996). Constraint choice is tested to determine which records have the most influence over estimates of the past carbon budget; records individually (e.g., bomb-radiocarbon inventory) have little effect since there are other records which form similar constraints.
Human disease in Europe caused by a granulocytic Ehrlichia species

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) was recently described in North America. It is caused by an Ehrlichia species closely related to Ehrlichia phagocytophila and Ehrlichia equi, recognized to infect mostly ruminants and horses, respectively. The vector in North America is the tick Ixodes scapularis, which is also the vector of the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi. Previous serologic studies in patients with a diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis indicate that HGE may exist in Europe. We report the first documented case of HGE in Europe. The diagnosis was established by seroconversion to E. equi and the HGE agent and by PCR with sequence analysis of the gene encoding the HGE agent 16S rRNA. Interestingly, the patient presented with a self-limited but moderately severe illness. Thus, European physicians need to be aware that HGE exists in Europe and that the diagnosis should be considered in febrile patients with tick bites in areas where Lyme disease is endemic.
Sequence Analysis of a New Short Tandem Repeat Locus D17S2266E Located in the Human Growth Hormone Gene Cluster HumGH@ *

Abstract: D17S2266E is a new, variable genetic marker exhibiting polymorphism of the number of repeats of four‐ and two‐nucleotide motifs. This study, carried out on a group of 250 unrelated persons from various regions of Poland, revealed the presence of 24 different alleles ranging in size from 232 to 290 base pairs. Analysis of the sequenced fragments demonstrated that the alleles consisted of two flanking regions and two variable blocks that were separated by a consensus sequence. There were (AAAG)5(AG)1(AAAG)3–4 repeats in the first block, and [(AAAG)2(AG)1]0–1[(AAAG)6(AG)1]0–1(AAAG)n repeats in the second block. On the basis of the allele frequencies in the population, we were able to do biostatistical calculations, which gave the following results: expected heterozygosity 0.8947 ± 0.0137, power of discrimination 0.9793, polymorphism information content 0.8837, probability of exclusion (PE) 0.7859, PE for motherless cases 0.6473, and an average paternity index of 4.7470. These biostatistical parameters show that the marker D17S2266E can find a wide range of applications in forensic testing.
Behavioural relevance of atypical language lateralization in healthy subjects.

In most humans, language is lateralized to the left side of the brain. It has been speculated that this hemispheric specialization is a prerequisite for the full realization of linguistic potential. Using standardized questionnaires and performance measures, we attempted to determine if there are behavioural correlates of atypical, i.e. right-hemispheric and bilateral, language lateralization. The side and degree of language lateralization were determined by measuring the hemispheric perfusion differences by functional transcranial Doppler ultrasonography during a word generation task in healthy volunteers. Subjects with left (n = 264), bilateral (n = 31) or right (n = 31) hemisphere language representation did not differ significantly with respect to mastery of foreign languages, academic achievement, artistic talents, verbal fluency or (as assessed in a representative subgroup) in intelligence or speed of linguistic processing. These findings suggest that atypical hemispheric specialization for language, i.e. right-hemisphere or bilateral specialization, is not associated with major impairments of linguistic faculties in otherwise healthy subjects.
The neurobehavioural consequences of St. Louis encephalitis infection

Background : St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) is a relatively common cause of neurological illness, yet little is known about its cognitive and psychosocial consequences. Purpose : To describe the cognitive, emotional, psychophysiological, and psychosocial consequences of SLE infection. Method : A comprehensive neuropsychological and psychophysiological evaluation of a high functioning woman 6 weeks and 1 year after acute SLE infection is presented. The focus and course of rehabilitation is also examined. Results : The primary cognitive consequences of SLE infection involved attention, working memory, speed of processing, and cognitive efficiency. Depression was also observed. Psychometric testing suggested that these deficits largely resolved after 1 year. Conclusions : SLE produces neurocognitive deficits which are reflected in both psychometric and psychophysiologic measures and functional status. Psychometric and vocational improvement were observed over 1 year. However, the normal vocational return came at a significant psychosocial cost. This case emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation and illustrates the importance of an integrated rehabilitation programme.
Mobile app for stress monitoring using voice features

The paper describes the steps involved in designing and implementing a mobile app for real time monitoring of mental stress using voice features and machine learning techniques. The app is easy to use and completely non-invasive. It is called StressID and it is available in the Google Play store. With the use of a server application presenting a web interface, interested parties may remotely monitor the stress states detected by the mobile app, enlarging the number of use case scenarios.
Measurements of the effects of multipath interference on timing accuracy in a cellular radio positioning system

The authors present a quasi-interferometric technique for measuring the flight times of signals broadcast by global system for mobile communication (GSM) transmitters, together with measurements made using the technique in and around Cambridge, UK. The data are used to determine the errors associated with GSM signal arrival times in various environments. The majority of the timing errors in all signal environments lie in the range -1 to +1.5 μs, with the tails of the distributions extending beyond +3 μs. The authors show that these large timing errors are caused by the distortions of the cross-correlation peaks used to determine the signal arrival times as a result of coherent multipath interference. Models of timing errors, based on Cauchian distributions, fit the experimental data better than those based on symmetrical or skewed Gaussian functions. This has implications for attempts to combine GSM and global navigation satellite system measurements using Kalman filters.
Job Insecurity and Health in the United States

Recent changes in the labor market have increased the perception that relationships between employers and employees are less secure than in the past. This study examines the potential consequences of a rising sense of job insecurity for the health of U.S. workers. Using a nationally-representative longitudinal sample, we construct brief histories of perceived job insecurity from two measures of respondents’ fears about job loss collected three years apart. Our findings suggest that chronic fears about the likelihood of losing one’s job are associated with poorer self-rated health and greater depressive symptoms, even after adjustments for sociodemographic characteristics of workers and their experiences of actual involuntary job losses or negative health shocks. The results also suggest that perceived insecurity may have stronger effects on self rated health among private sector employees as compared to their public sector counterparts, and greater impact on depressive symptoms among black workers as compared with their non-black counterparts. Job Insecurity and Health in the United States 3
Rotational Malreduction of the Syndesmosis

Background: Computed tomography (CT)-based indices may be superior to plain radiographs in determining the adequacy of reduction following operative fixation of the syndesmosis in unstable ankle fractures. This study assessed the reliability and accuracy of four CT-based methods for measurement of rotational malreduction of the fibula. Methods: A simulated Weber C ankle fracture was created by performing an osteotomy in 9 cadaver ankles. The fibula was rotated and fixed in neutral (0 degrees) and 10 to 30 degrees of internal and external rotation. Fifty-two CT images at the level of the syndesmosis were obtained in neutral and rotated positions and presented in random order to 3 independent observers. Measurements were made using commercial imaging software and 4 methods for interpreting CT scans. Interobserver reliability and accuracy were assessed and compared. Results: Methods 1 and 4 showed high anatomic variability. Methods 1, 2, and 4 had a test-retest repeatability of about 15 degrees. Method 1 varied erratically with direction and degree of malrotation (R2 = 0.15) and did not permit specification of a neutral range. Method 2 varied consistently and systematically with direction and degree of malrotation (R2 = 0.88). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated that method 2 identified malrotation better than did the other methods. Methods 3 and 4 were somewhat more difficult to perform. Conclusions: Method 2, the angle between the tangent of the anterior tibial surface and the bisection of the vertical midline of the fibula at the level of the incisura, was fairly reliable and accurate and had greater ease of measurement compared with the other methods that were tested. Clinical Relevance: This study demonstrated that assessment of malrotation of fibular fractures by CT scan can be difficult. We believe that of the 4 methods tested in this study, method 2, the angle between the tangent of the anterior tibial surface and the bisection of the vertical midline of the fibula at the level of the incisura, was the most useful.