Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A transient expression assay for the in planta efficacy screening of an antimicrobial peptide against grapevine bacterial pathogens

Aims: Natural and synthetic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are of increasing interest as potential resistance conferring elements in plants against pathogen infection. The efficacy of AMPs against pathogens is prescreened by in vitro assays, and promising AMP candidates are introduced as transgenes into plants. As in vitro and in planta environments differ, a prescreening procedure of the AMP efficacy in the plant environment is desired. Here, we report the efficacy of the purified synthetic peptide D4E1 against the grapevine‐infecting bacterial pathogens Agrobacterium vitis and Xylophilus ampelinus in vitro and describe for the first time an in planta prescreening procedure based on transiently expressed D4E1.
Use of Cosmo-Skymed data for seismic risk management in the framework of the ASI-SIGRIS project

The scope of the SIGRIS pilot project is the development of an infrastructure to provide value-added information services for the seismic risk management, using satellite Earth Observation data. The project is funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and will exploit Cosmo-Skymed SAR data to generate various information products to support the activities of the Italian Civil Protection Department. We show the first achievements of the project obtained using Cosmo-Skymed imagery to generate products for the April 6th, 2009 L'Aquila earthquake in Central Italy.
1 NRAMP 1 3 ’ UTR polymorphisms are not associated with natural resistance to 1 Brucella abortus in cattle 2 3 Running title : NRAMP 1 3 ’ UTR polymorphisms and brucellosis in cattle 4 5

Brucella abortus in cattle 2 3 Running title: NRAMP1 3’UTR polymorphisms and brucellosis in cattle 4 5 Tatiane A. Paixão, Fernando P. Poester, Alcina V. Carvalho Neta, Álan M. Borges, 6 Andrey P. Lage, and Renato L. Santos* 7 8 1 Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, 2 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária 9 Preventiva. Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo 10 Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 11 12 * Correspondence: 13 Escola de Veterinária da UFMG, Depto. Clínica e Cirurgia Vet. , Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 14 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 15 E-mail: rsantos@vet.ufmg. br 16 Fax: 55-31-3499-2230 17 Phone: 55-31-3499-2239 18 AC CE PT ED Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Infect. Immun. doi:10.1128/IAI.01855-06 IAI Accepts, published online ahead of print on 12 March 2007
Dynamic Resource Management in MC-CDMA Based Cellular Wireless Networks

Most of the multimedia and Internet services today are asymmetric in nature, and require high data rate support. Allocating equal band width in both uplink and downlink is not prudent solution, as most of the time user requirement is more either in uplink or downlink. The Multi Carrier Code Division Multiple Access (MC-CDMA) system with time division duplex mode can easily met this requirement by dynamically declaring traffic direction in TDD slot, and adaptively allocating the sub channels. In this paper, we propose a adaptive slot and sub carrier allocation algorithm, that can be independently implemented in each cell of mobile communication network. Our analytical model is generalization of two cell concept to represent a multi cell model. Based on two cell concept four cases of interference pattern has been considered and simulated separately in presence of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) and Rayleigh Channel. The simulated result suggests the requirement of approximately 9dB of Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) to maintain Bit Error Rate below 10-3. We also analyze the average delay incurred by the proposed algorithm in allocating resources.
Reply to comment: Asociación de Hemato‐Oncología Pediátrica de Centro América (AHOPCA): A model for sustainable development in pediatric oncology

Ronald D. Barr, MB ChB, MD,* Federico Antillo n Klussmann, MD, PhD, MMM, Fulgencio Baez, MD, Miguel Bonilla, MD, Belgica Moreno, MD, Marta Navarrete, MD, Rosa Nieves, MD, Armando Pe~ na, MD, Valentino Conter, MD, Pedro De Alarco n, MD, Scott C Howard, MD, MS, Raul C. Ribeiro, MD, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, PhD, Andrea Biondi, MD, George Velez, MBA, Gianni Tognoni, MD, PhD, Franco Cavalli, MD, and Giuseppe Masera, MD
Dem-based shadow detection and removal for lunar craters

In this paper, we focus on the shadow problem of the lunar surface, which hinders the implementation of visual tasks and visual processing for moon exploration projects. A random walker model is firstly applied to detect the shadowed pixels in lunar craters. Then, the detected shadows are removed by rectifying the illumination coefficients and detail coefficients, which are obtained by using the multi-scale decomposition technique. The proposed algorithm is evaluated on three groups of CCD images and the corresponding DEM data. Satisfactory results, which achieve comparative illumination yet preserve enough details, demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
On processor sharing as a model for TCP controlled HTTP-like transfers

We explore the possibility of using the well known processor sharing (PS) model for predicting the throughput performance of TCP controlled HTTP-like transfers on a single bottleneck link. We compare two commonly used-performance measures for average session throughput. For the PS model we derive bounds for one of these. We then compute these measures for a PS queue and compare them with average session throughputs on a single bottleneck link carrying TCP controlled data traffic. Analysis and simulations are used to obtain these results. We find that for file size distributions with a finite second moment, the PS model predicts TCP throughputs quite well. For the Pareto file size distribution, however, the PS model overestimates the session throughputs, the error getting worse as the Pareto tail gets thicker. It is also seen that the PS model breaks down as the link propagation delay increases.
Region-based tracking of protein compounds

Tagging and tracking protein compounds/compounds are key to a better understanding of proteomics such as protein-protein interaction and protein signaling pathway. In this paper, a generalized region tracking framework by statistical particle filter (PF) is presented for tracing the movement of protein compounds in confocal microscopy images. To effectively select the features to be tracked, a grid-based minimum variance spatial sampling method is developed. A similarity distance function is presented for feature correspondence finding. The experimental results demonstrate the tracking performance of the proposed framework for small size protein objects with irregular motions and large shape deformation in highly cluttered environment
ANÁLISE DA OFERTA DE ENOTURISMO DA REGIÃO TEJO

O enoturismo e um dos produtos turisticos que mais se tem desenvolvido nas ultimas decadas a nivel mundial, sendo uma area que requer uma constante investigacao e monitorizacao, por forma a adequar a oferta a evolucao da procura. Este estudo, inserido no projeto de investigacao cientifica, "Wine Experience and Sensations: Wine Heritage & Culture Explorer in Tejo Region", tem como proposito analisar a oferta de enoturismo da regiao Tejo, atraves da identificacao, reconhecimento e levantamento das estruturas ou condicoes existentes em cada uma das unidades de enoturismo da regiao, certificadas pela Comissao Vitivinicola Regional do Tejo (CVR Tejo). A metodologia usada foi baseada num formulario de identificacao da oferta do enoturismo do Tejo realizado pela CVR Tejo, aplicada aos responsaveis das unidades de enoturismo em estudo, obtendo-se uma amostra por conveniencia no total de 26 unidades de enoturismo. A analise estatistica foi realizada com recurso as tecnicas de estatistica descritiva, atraves do software IBM SPSS Statistics 25. Concluiu-se que as quintas de enoturismo da regiao Tejo cumprem os requisitos ao nivel dos servicos basicos requeridos numa unidade de enoturismo, isto e, todas efetuam provas de vinho e circuito de visitas a adega e a maioria disponibiliza o circuito de visitas as vinhas, o que vai de encontro aos dados do Turismo de Portugal, no que se refere as atividades mais procuradas por enoturistas.
Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring using ECG and Finger Photoplethysmogram

Pulse arrival time and the amplitude of the finger photoplethysmogram were used to track blood pressure continuously over 10-minute intervals. The measures were recorded with a holter-oximeter from a sample of 8 young, healthy human subjects in the supine and standing positions. Results indicate that, with individual calibration, systolic and diastolic blood pressure can be estimated with an average error of plusmn6 and plusmn4 mmHg respectively. Using pulse arrival time in combination with the amplitude of the finger photoplethysmogram gave better results than using any one alone, with PPG amplitude appearing to be more robust
MRI denoising using bilateral filter in redundant wavelet domain

Thermal noise is the main source of noise in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique. The image is commonly reconstructed by computing inverse discrete Fourier transform of the raw data. The noise in the reconstructed complex data is complex white gaussian noise. The magnitude of the reconstructed magnetic resonance image is used for diagnosis and automatic computer analysis. An efficient method for enhancement of noisy magnetic resonance image using Bilateral filter in the undecimated wavelet domain is proposed. Undecimated Wavelet Transform (UDWT) is employed to provide effective representation of the noisy coefficients. The filter coefficients of the UDWT are not up sampled with increase in the level of decomposition. Applying bilateral filter on the transformed approximation coefficients, effectively preserves the relevant edge features and removes the noisy coefficients. The reconstructed MRI data has high peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) compared to the classical wavelet domain denoising approaches.
Digital systems testing and testable design

For many years, Breuer-Friedman's Diagnosis and Reliable Design ofDigital Systems was the most widely used textbook in digital system testing and testable design. Now, Computer Science Press makes available a new and greativ expanded edition. Incorporating a significant amount of new material related to recently developed technologies, the new edition offers comprehensive and state-ofthe-art treatment of both testing and testable design.
Exogenous Application of Salicylic Acid and Nitric Oxide on the Ionic Contents and Enzymatic Activities in NaCl-Stressed Soybean Plants

The possible protective role of exogenous SA and NO donor (sodium nitroprusside) against salt stress was examined NaCl-induced oxidative stress in Glycine max L. The results indicated that NaCl-induced ionic toxicity led to significant increase of Na+ uptake in root and shoot of soybean, while K+ and Ca2+ uptake was decreased markedly. Application of SA, SNP and the combination of SA with SNP inhibited Na+ uptake, but improved K+ and Ca2+ uptake. Under NaCl salinity, germination percentage (GP) was decreased significantly as compared with control plants. Moreover, the activity of lipoxygenase (LOX) was increased by NaCl, while the application of SA, NO and SA + SNP could decrease LOX activity in this condition. As well, activities of the polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) were significantly decreased by 100 mM NaCl, while the application of exogenous SA and NO increased the activities of PPO and PAL. In addition, it was observed that the SA and NO have effective functions in decreasing the damages induced by NaCl salinity. The seeds of G. max cv. Union × Elf (called L17) were obtained from the Institute of Sapling and Seed in Tehran and experiments have been done in Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University. After treatment with SA, SNP and NaCl, the plants were harvested for the estimation of ionic contents and assay of enzyme activities. The results showed that SA and NO act synergistically to reduce the damaging effects of salt tress via enhancing the activity of antioxidative systems.
A prototype of a quasi-monochromatic system for mammography applications

Improvement in image contrast and dose reduction, in mammographic x-ray imaging, can be achieved using narrow energy band x-ray beams in the 16–24 keV range. As part of an Italian Government funded project, a quasi-monochromatic system for mammography applications has been developed. The system is based on a tunable narrow energy band x-ray source operating in the 16–24 keV energy range. The bremsstrahlung beam is monochromatized via Bragg diffraction by a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite mosaic crystal (HOPG). The scanning system provides a large field (18 × 24 cm2) of quasi-monochromatic x-rays with energy resolution ranging from 10% at 18 keV to 17.2% at 24 keV. The system has been characterized in terms of fluence rate and energy resolution. An x-ray tube developed ad hoc allows us to acquire images in a reasonable time to minimize the motion blur. A qualitative analysis has been performed in order to know if the prototype system performances are far from a clinical application, by evaluating the spatial resolution, the field uniformity and the image quality as a function of the quasi-monochromatic beam energy. Dose evaluation has been performed as a function of the energy and compared to a conventional system for mammography. The quasi-monochromatic prototype system can produce comparable image quality at half the dose.
Nuclear Transcriptomes at High Resolution Using Retooled INTACT1[OPEN]

Improved technology and methodology for affinity purification of nuclei and analysis of nuclear transcriptomes, chromatin, and other nuclear components. Isolated nuclei provide access to early steps in gene regulation involving chromatin as well as transcript production and processing. Here, we describe transfer of the isolation of nuclei from tagged specific cell types (INTACT) to the monocot rice (Oryza sativa L.). The purification of biotinylated nuclei was redesigned by replacing the outer nuclear-envelope-targeting domain of the nuclear tagging fusion (NTF) protein with an outer nuclear-envelope-anchored domain. This modified NTF was combined with codon-optimized Escherichia coli BirA in a single T-DNA construct. We also developed inexpensive methods for INTACT, T-DNA insertion mapping, and profiling of the complete nuclear transcriptome, including a ribosomal RNA degradation procedure that minimizes pre-ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) transcripts. A high-resolution comparison of nuclear and steady-state poly(A)+ transcript populations of seedling root tips confirmed the capture of pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) and exposed distinctions in diversity and abundance of the nuclear and total transcriptomes. This retooled INTACT can enable high-resolution monitoring of the nuclear transcriptome and chromatin in specific cell types of rice and other species.
Handwritten Address Interpretation: A Task of Many Pattern Recognition Problems

A gradation of pattern discrimination problems is encountered in interpreting handwritten postal addresses. There are several multiclass discrimination problems, including handwritten numeral recognition with 10 classes, alphanumeral recognition with 36 classes, and touching-digit pair recognition with 100 classes. Word recognition with a lexicon is a problem where the number of classes varies from a few to about a thousand. Some of the discrimination techniques, particularly those with few classes, lend themselves well to neural network classification, while others are better handled by Bayesian polynomial and nearest-neighbor methods. This paper describes each of the discrimination problems and the performances of each of the subsystems in a handwritten address interpretation system developed at CEDAR.
Artificial magnetic reflector based on spiral resonators

An artificial magnetic reflector is built based on squared spiral resonators. Numerical simulations using efficient MLMDA (multilevel matrix decomposition algorithm) techniques are used for designing the reflector and the antenna. Measurements of the reflection coefficient of the artificial screen are carried out in order to verify the viability of the proposal. The performance of the reflector in combination with a folded dipole as an active element is also evaluated.
A fast image reconstruction algorithm using significant sample point selection and linear bivariate splines

The image reconstruction using linear bivariate splines and delaunay triangulation is addressed in this paper. A novel significant sample point selection is used to get the most significant samples for triangulation. Image reconstruction is done based on the approximation of image regarded as a function, by a linear spline over adapted Delaunay triangulation. The proposed method is compared with some of the existing image reconstruction spline models.
Source shape estimation and deconvolution of teleseismic bodywaves

We consider the deconvolution of a suite of teleseismic recordings of the same event in order to separate source and transmission path phenomena. The assumption of source uniformity may restrict the range of muths and distances of the seismograms included in the suite. The source shape is estimated by separately averaging the log amplitude spectra and the phase spectra of the recordings. This method of source estimation uses the redundant source information contained in secondary arrivals. The necessary condition for this estimator to resolve the source wavelet is that the travel times of the various secondary arrivals be evenly distributed with respect to the initial arrivals. The subsequent deconvolution of the seismograms is carried out by spectral division with two modifications. The first is the introduction of a minimum allowable source spectral amplitude termed the waterlevel. This parameter constrains the gain of the deconvolution filter in regions where the seismogram has little or no information, and also trades-off arrival time resolution with arrival amplitude resolution. The second modification, designed to increase the time domain resolution of the deconvolution, is the extension of the frequency range of the transmission path impulse response spectrum beyond the optimal passband (the passband of the seismograms). The justification for the extension lies in the fact that the impulse response of the transmission path is itself a series of impulses which means its spectrum is not band-limited. Thus, the impulse response is best represented by a continuous spectrum rather than one which is set to zero outside the optimal passband. This continuity is achieved by a recursive application of a unit-step prediction operator determined by Burg's maximum entropy algorithm. The envelopes of the deconvolution are used to detect the presence of phase shifted arrivals.
Systematising glyph design for visualization

The digitalisation of information now affects most fields of human activity. From the social sciences to biology to physics, the volume, velocity, and variety of data exhibit exponential growth trends. With such rates of expansion, efforts to understand and make sense of datasets of such scale, however driven and directed, progress only at an incremental pace. The challenges are significant. For instance, the ability to display an ever growing amount of data is physically and naturally bound by the dimensions of the average sized display. A synergistic interplay between statistical analysis and visualisation approaches outlines a path for significant advances in the field of data exploration. We can turn to statistics to provide principled guidance for prioritisation of information to display. Using statistical results, and combining knowledge from the cognitive sciences, visual techniques can be used to highlight salient data attributes. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the link between computer science, statistics, visualization, and the cognitive sciences, to define and develop more systematic approaches towards the design of glyphs. Glyphs represent the variables of multivariate data records by mapping those variables to one or more visual channels (e.g., colour, shape, and texture). They offer a unique, compact solution to the presentation of a large amount of multivariate information. However, composing a meaningful, interpretable, and learnable glyph can pose a number of problems. The first of these problems exist in the subjectivity involved in the process of data to visual channel mapping, and in the organisation of those visual channels to form the overall glyph. Our first contribution outlines a computational technique to help systematise many of these otherwise subjective elements of the glyph design process. For visual information compression, common patterns (motifs) in time series or graph data for example, may be replaced with more compact, visual representations. Glyph-based techniques can provide such representations that can help users find common patterns more quickly, and at the same time, bring attention to anomalous areas of the data. However, replacing any data with a glyph is not going to make tasks such as visual search easier. A key problem is the selection of semantically meaningful motifs with the potential to compress large amounts of information. A second contribution of this thesis is a computational process for systematic design of such glyph libraries and their subsequent glyphs. A further problem in the glyph design process is in their evaluation. Evaluation is typically a time-consuming, highly subjective process. Moreover, domain experts are not always plentiful, therefore obtaining statistically significant evaluation results is often difficult. A final contribution of this work is to investigate if there are areas of evaluation that can be performed computationally.
GPS/INS Integration Based on Dynamic ANFIS Network

This article presents a new structure for solving global positioning system (GPS) outages for long periods without requiring any prior information about the characteristics of the inertial navigation system (INS) and GPS. Kalman filter (KF) is widely used in INS and GPS integration to present a forceful navigation solution by overcoming the GPS outage problems. However, KF is usually criticized for working under predefined models and for its observability problem of hidden state variables, sensor dependency, and linearization dependency. Therefore, this article proposes a dynamic adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (DANFIS) to predict the INS error during GPS outages based on the current and previous raw INS data. The proposed integrated system is evaluated using a real field test data. The performance of the proposed technique is also compared with the traditional artificial intelligence (AI) technique and KF. The results showed great improvements in positioning and especially in velocity for MEMS grade IMU and for different length of GPS outages.