Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Transposition of Intravascular Lipid in Experimentally Induced Fat Embolism: A Preliminary Study

BACKGROUND Liposuction is a procedure to reduce the volume of subcutaneous fat by physical force. Intracellular storage fat is composed of triglyceride, whereas circulating fat particles exist as cholesterol or triglycerol bound to carrier proteins. It is unavoidable that the storage form of fat particles enters the circulation system after these particles are physiologically destroyed. To date, however, no studies have clarified the fatal characteristics of fat embolism that occurs after the subclinical phase of free fat particles. METHODS A mixture of human lipoaspirate and normal saline (1:100, 0.2 mL) was injected into the external jugular vein of rats, weighing 200 g on average. Biopsy specimens of the lung and kidney were examined at 12-hour intervals until postoperative 72 hours. The deposit location and transport of the injected free fat particles were confirmed histologically by an Oil Red O stain. RESULTS Inconsistent with previous reports, free fat particles were transported from the intravascular space to the parenchyma. At 24 hours after infusion, free fat particles deposited in the vascular lumen were confirmed on the Oil Red O stain. At 72 hours after infusion, free fat particles were accumulated compactly within the parenchymal space near the perivascular area. CONCLUSIONS Many surgeons are aware of the fatal results and undiscovered pathophysiologic mechanisms of free fat particles. Our results indicate that free fat particles, the storage form of fat that has been degraded through a physiological process, might be removed through a direct transport mechanism and phagocytotic uptake.
Enterprise SoBA: Large-scale implementation of Acceptance Test Driven Story Cards

Agile software development has proven to be an effective alternative to the regimentation of waterfall-based approaches. Recent research by Patel and Ramachandran [17] has led to the innovation of Acceptance Test Driven Story Cards (SoBA). Implemented using Extreme Programming, preliminary findings show SoBA retains essential Agile attributes like feedback, flow and universal responsibility for quality [3] whilst delivering improvements to estimation, communication, requirements gathering and testing.
UDA-GIST: An In-database Framework to Unify Data-Parallel and State-Parallel Analytics

Enterprise applications need sophisticated in-database analytics in addition to traditional online analytical processing from a database. To meet customers' pressing demands, database vendors have been pushing advanced analytical techniques into databases. Most major DBMSes offer User-Defined Aggregate (UDA), a data-driven operator, to implement many of the analytical techniques in parallel. However, UDAs can not be used to implement statistical algorithms such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), where most of the work is performed by iterative transitions over a large state that can not be naively partitioned due to data dependency. Typically, this type of statistical algorithm requires pre-processing to setup the large state in the first place and demands post-processing after the statistical inference. This paper presents General Iterative State Transition (GIST), a new database operator for parallel iterative state transitions over large states. GIST receives a state constructed by a UDA, and then performs rounds of transitions on the state until it converges. A final UDA performs post-processing and result extraction. We argue that the combination of UDA and GIST (UDA-GIST) unifies data-parallel and state-parallel processing in a single system, thus significantly extending the analytical capabilities of DBMSes. We exemplify the framework through two high-profile applications: cross-document coreference and image denoising. We show that the in-database framework allows us to tackle a 27 times larger problem than solved by the state-of-the-art for the first application and achieves 43 times speedup over the state-of-the-art for the second application.
A 0.1–1.5 GHz Harmonic Rejection Receiver Front-End With Phase Ambiguity Correction, Vector Gain Calibration and Blocker-Resilient TIA

A 0.1-1.5 GHz harmonic rejection (HR) receiver front-end is presented. A flexible HR mixer is proposed to correct phase ambiguity and a vector gain calibration is used to eliminate the gain/phase mismatch and improve the HR ratio. With the proposed hybrid 8-phase LO generator, the highest oscillation frequency of the frequency synthesizer is reduced from four times to twice of the highest operation frequency. The power-scalable Class-AB fully-differential opamp with Miller feed-forward compensation and quasi-floating gate (QFG) technique is proposed to implement the low power blocker-resilient TIA. The HR receiver has been implemented in 65 nm CMOS. With 1.8 mm2 core chip area and 5.4-24.5 mA current consumption from a 1.2 V power supply, the receiver achieves 85 dB conversion gain, 4.3 dB NF, +13 dBm/ +14 dBm IB/OB-IIP3, >54/56 dB HR3/HR5 (30-40 dB improvement with the vector gain calibration), and 2.3% EVM for 32QAM modulation.
Transcriptomic Response of Chinese Yew (Taxus chinensis) to Cold Stress

Taxus chinensis is a rare and endangered shrub, highly sensitive to temperature changes and widely known for its potential in cancer treatment. How gene expression of T. chinensis responds to low temperature is still unknown. To investigate cold response of the genus Taxus, we obtained the transcriptome profiles of T. chinensis grown under normal and low temperature (cold stress, 0°C) conditions using Illumina Miseq sequencing. A transcriptome including 83,963 transcripts and 62,654 genes were assembled from 4.16 Gb of reads data. Comparative transcriptomic analysis identified 2,025 differently expressed (DE) isoforms at p < 0.05, of which 1,437 were up-regulated by cold stress and 588 were down-regulated. Annotation of DE isoforms indicated that transcription factors (TFs) in the MAPK signaling pathway and TF families of NAC, WRKY, bZIP, MYB, and ERF were transcriptionally activated. This might have been caused by the accumulation of secondary messengers, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ca2+. While accumulation of ROS will have caused damages to cells, our results indicated that to adapt to low temperatures T. chinensis employed a series of mechanisms to minimize these damages. The mechanisms included: (i) cold-enhanced expression of ROS deoxidant systems, such as peroxidase and phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase, to remove ROS. This was further confirmed by analyses showing increased activity of POD, SOD, and CAT under cold stress. (ii) Activation of starch and sucrose metabolism, thiamine metabolism, and purine metabolism by cold-stress to produce metabolites which either protect cell organelles or lower the ROS content in cells. These processes are regulated by ROS signaling, as the “feedback” toward ROS accumulation.
Intellectual capital and its effect on economic performance : A Case Study in

Studies have shown that in the contrary of loss productivity of traditional sources (money, land and .), knowledge is really a source of increasing economic performance. Basically, managers of companies are forced to correct and improve production methods, marketing, innovations and ultimately increase productivity and economic efficiency by considering prevailing economic conditions constantly. One of the main ways to improve economic conditions and increase competition for successful factories which can reach to the potency of competition, is the use of creative thinking that without the recognition and protection of intellectual capital will not be possible. In this study, elements and components of intellectual capital are independent variables as human, Structural, and relational capitals. Economic performance indicators (dependent variables): profit and cash earnings are considered. Methods of research in doing is descriptive correlation of covariance analysis of structural equation model. The results were analyzed with the Lisrel & SPSS software, and finally the relationship between intellectual capital were confirmed and it has been found that relational and structural capital directly and human capital, indirectly, impress economic performance by structural effects. [Mojtab Rafiei, Tahereh Feyzi, Hossein Azimi. Intellectual capital and its effect on economic performance: A Case Study in Iranian Automotive Industry. Journal of American Science 2011;7(6):497-507]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.americanscience. org.
A DBOASTBC-OFDM system for wireless communications

This paper proposes a new systematic design framework called DBOASTBC-OFDM for wideband wireless communications in a MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) system, which is developed from combining the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with the diagonal block orthogonal algebraic space-time block code (DBOASTBC) and belongs a kind of MIMO-OFDM multicarrier systems. The methods of encoding and detection for the framework are presented and the performances comparing with other space-time block codes (STBC) are simulated by MATLAB programs.
A Recurrent Variational Autoencoder for Human Motion Synthesis

We propose a novel generative model of human motion that can be trained using a large motion capture dataset, and allows users to produce animations from high-level control signals. As previous architectures struggle to predict motions far into the future due to the inherent ambiguity, we argue that a user-provided control signal is desirable for animators and greatly reduces the predictive error for long sequences. Thus, we formulate a framework which explicitly introduces an encoding of control signals into a variational inference framework trained to learn the manifold of human motion. As part of this framework, we formulate a prior on the latent space, which allows us to generate high-quality motion without providing frames from an existing sequence. We further model the sequential nature of the task by combining samples from a variational approximation to the intractable posterior with the control signal through a recurrent neural network (RNN) that synthesizes the motion. We show that our system can predict the movements of the human body over long horizons more accurately than state-of-the-art methods. Finally, the design of our system considers practical use cases and thus provides a competitive approach to motion synthesis.
Family Factors in the Early Development of Children With Down Syndrome

From the very early stages of childhood, children with Down syndrome present considerable individual variation in developmental abilities. Family factors play a significant role in this variation because they might impede or facilitate individual developmental progress. This article reviews important family factors associated with early development of infants and children with Down syndrome. The quality of parent-child interactions, the family environment, parental attitudes, family stress and coping, and formal and informal support are discussed in connection with behavioral and developmental child outcomes. Parents and professionals should know about these factors and understand how and when they affect development.
New Community Schools and the measurement of transformation

The New Community Schools initiative was introduced in Scotland in 1998 with the aims of improving participation, raising achievement, improving health and transforming communities. The success of the initiative was evaluated in terms of the stated aims. In relation to improving participation and raising achievement, this was straightforward: improved participation was measured by the number of community activities and the number of individuals who became involved in these activities, whilst raised achievement was measured against tangible targets such as educational attainment and school attendance. The third outcome, the transformation of communities, was more complex: what was meant by transformation and how could it be evaluated? This paper draws on research undertaken by the Institute of Education, University of Stirling, UK, during a 2‐year evaluation period. During this period, the researchers found that individuals were developing more than just a means of communicating across different boundaries; individuals were acquiring a connectedness between one another and that this connectedness was crucial to the success of the subsequent communication and to the initiative more generally. In exploring this concept of connectedness, we consider the literature on social capital. We then consider how issues of trust and inter‐subjectivity underpin connectedness and highlight the evidence from our work that appears to correspond with these elements of connectedness. It is argued that connectedness may not only mediate outcomes such as improving participation, but also that they can be seen as valuable outcomes in themselves. Our final thoughts in this paper consider the kind of research that might be useful to explore the role of connectedness in relation to studying contexts in which individuals may have competing agendas.
Pose determination from line-to-plane correspondences: existence condition and closed-form solutions

Consideration is given to a specific pose determination problem in which the sensory features are lines and the matched reference features are planes. The lines discussed are different from edge lines of an object in that they are not the intersection of boundary faces of the object. The author describes a polynomial method that, unlike previous methods, does not require prior knowledge about the location of the object. Closed-form solutions for orthogonal, coplanar, and parallel feature configurations of critical importance in real applications are derived. Basic findings concerning the necessary and sufficient conditions under which the pose determination problem can be solved are presented. <<ETX>>
Computational psycholinguistic analysis and its application in psychological assessment of college students

Abstract The paper deals with the issue of computational psycholinguistic analysis (CPA) and its experimental application in basic psychological and pedagogical assessment. CPA is a new method which may potentially provide interesting, psychologically relevant information about the author of a particular text, regardless of the text’s factual (semantic) content and without the need to obtain additional materials. As part of our QPA-FPT research we studied the link between the linguistic form of a text by Czech college students and their personality characteristics obtained from a psychodiagnostic test battery. The article also discusses the basis of the method, opportunities for practical application and potential use within psychological and pedagogical disciplines
Uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) gene expression in subcutaneous and omental adipose tissue of Asian Indians

Objective: UCP2 is a mitochondrial membrane transporter expressed in white adipose tissue and involved in regulation of energy balance. In this present study, we examined the depot specific comparison of UCP2 gene expression in different metabolic states, in order to explore the potential role of UCP2 in human obesity and diabetes. We also determined UCP2’s association with adiponectin and insulin resistance with different parameters of the metabolic syndrome. Methods: Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and omental adipose tissues (OAT) were obtained from 69 subjects, including 23 non-obese controls, 26 obese and 20 obese T2DM patients. Metabolic syndrome and other clinical features were studied. Adiponectin and UCP2 gene expression was quantitated by Real Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). Results: UCP2 gene expression was significantly reduced in obese and diabetic patients compared with controls. Interestingly, we found that UCP2 gene expression was reduced more in omental fat compared with subcutaneous fat and this effect was observed only in males but not in females. Partial correlation analysis showed significant association with the obesity parameters waist circumference, insulin and HOMA-IR, the lipid parameter triglyceride and the adipokine adiponectin. Conclusion: Reduced UCP2 gene expression in obese and diabetic patients and its association with obesity parameters and HOMA-IR confirms its role as a candidate gene in the study of obesity and diabetes in our population. Also, its association with triglycerides implicates its role in lipid metabolism. An association between adiponectin and UCP2 gene expression may provide us with an innovative therapeutic strategy to prevent obesity related diseases, like diabetes and CVD.
Sample Size Estimation : How Many Individuals Should Be Studied ?

1 The number of individuals to include in a research study, the sample size of the study, is an important consideration in the design of many clinical studies. This article reviews the basic factors that determine an appropriate sample size and provides methods for its calculation in some simple, yet common, cases. Sample size is closely tied to statistical power, which is the ability of a study to enable detection of a statistically significant difference when there truly is one. A trade-off exists between a feasible sample size and adequate statistical power. Strategies for reducing the necessary sample size while maintaining a reasonable power will also be discussed. How many individuals will I need to study? This question is commonly asked by the clinical investigator and exposes one of many issues that are best settled before actually carrying out a study. Consultation with a statistician is worthwhile in addressing many issues of study design, but a statistician is not always readily available. Fortunately, many studies in radiology have simple designs for which determination of an appropriate sample size—the number of individuals that should be included for study—is relatively straightforward. Superficial discussions of sample size determination are included in typical introductory biostatistics texts (1–3). The goal of this article is to augment these introductory discussions with additional practical material. First, the need for considering sample size will be reviewed. Second, the study design parameters affecting sample size will be identified. Third, formulae for calculating appropriate sample sizes for some common study designs will be defined. Finally, some advice will be offered on what to do if the calculated sample size is impracticably large. To assist the reader in performing the calculations described in this article and to encourage experimentation with them, a World Wide Web page has been developed that closely parallels the equations presented in this article. This page can be found at www.rad. jhmi.edu/jeng/javarad/samplesize/. Even if a statistician is readily available, the investigator may find that a working knowledge of the factors affecting sample size will result in more fruitful communication with the statistician and in better research design. A working knowledge of these factors is also required to use one of the numerous Web pages (4 – 6) and computer programs (7–9) that have been developed for calculating appropriate sample sizes. It should be noted that Web pages for calculating sample size are typically limited for use in situations …
Oriental Disadvantage versus Occidental Exuberance

This exploratory study is an attempt to appraise concern for environmental pollution in India, in a local context. Taking into account a possible East—West difference in conceptualizing environmental concern, it attempts to understand the role of different sociodemographic variables in predicting `environmental concern' in an Indian context. The much exercised HEP—NEP distinction developed in the West seems inappropriate in the Indian context due to wide differences in traditions and the dominant worldviews. Collecting data from a purposive household survey of 375 respondents, an understanding of major sociodemographic determinants of environmental concern using correlation and multivariate regression analysis has been attempted. The findings are also compared with results from other studies in the West on the whole along with the Health of the Planet (HOP) Survey, 1993 findings on `Willingness to Pay' for India, in particular. The study exhibits a significant positive association of environmental concern with residence, education and income, supporting social class analysis based on a postmaterialism thesis. While age fails to show any significant influence, `caste', a traditional Indian institution, reflects a positive association supporting the elitist bias hypothesis of environmental concern. The study emphasizes the need for further empirical explorations in this regard in order to examine environmental concern in India in a more effective way.
An agile development methodology applied to embedded control software under stringent hardware constraints

In recent years, discrete control systems play an important role in the development and advancement of modern civilization and technology. Practically every aspect of our life is affected by some type of control systems. This kind of system maybe classified as an embedded real-time system and requires rigorous methodologies to develop the software that is under stringent hardware constraints. Therefore, the proposed development methodology adapts agile principles and patterns in order to build embedded control systems focusing on the issues related to the system's constraints and safety. Strong unit testing is the foundation of the proposed methodology for ensuring timeliness and correctness. Moreover, platform-based design approach is used to balance costs and time-to-market in view of performance and functionality constraints. We conclude that the proposed methodology reduces significantly the design time and cost as well as leads to better software modularity and reliability.
Production by spleen and lymph node cells of conditioned medium with erythroid and other hemopoietic colony‐stimulating activity

Pokeweed mitogen‐stimulated suspension cultures of mouse spleen cells produced conditioned medium able to stimulate granulocyte‐macrophage, eosinophil and megakaryocyte colony formation in agar cultures of C57BL marrow cells and granulocyte‐macrophage and erythroid colony formation in agar cultures of CBA fetal liver cells. Medium conditioned by other mouse tissues stimulated only granulocyte‐macrophage colony formation and this activity was not increased by the addition of pokeweed mitogen. Spleen cells stimulated by mixed leucocyte culture or concanavalin‐A had a weak capacity to stimulate erythroid colony formation.
Psychometric properties of the Parenting Stress Index with parents of children with autistic disorder.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties and the theoretical structure of the Parenting Stress Index-short form (PSI-SF) with Jordanian parents of children with autistic disorder. METHODS Using a cross-sectional design for data collection, the convenience sample of the study was composed of 184 Jordanian parents of children with autistic disorder. The factor structure for the PSI-SF was examined using confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses. RESULTS We found that the modified three-factor model (30 items) fits the data significantly better than the 36-item model. The results showed that the 12 items of the Parental Distress sub-scale support the original scale structure. However, items in the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction and Difficult Child sub-scales did not show stability in their structure. The results in this study showed that the PSI-SF in its 30-item model has endorsed the necessary validity of the scale with parents of children with autistic disorder. The study provides information on the effects of Arab culture on the validity of PSI-SF. CONCLUSION It is recommended to use the new factors structure of the PSI-SF with the 30 items in the studies that intend to examine the stress among parents with children with autistic disorder in the Arab world.