Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Abundances and production of copepods in the Rhode River subestuary of Chesapeake Bay

Seasonal fluctuations in zooplankton abundance between July 1973 and July 1974 showed a clear peak in total copepods and rotifers in February–March, and a less pronounced peak in July–August. Standing crop and production estimates for the two dominant copepods,Acartia tonsa andEurytemora affinis, revealed that the February–March peak was primarilyE. affinis and sustained far higher biomass (218·6 mg/m3) and production (20·5 mg/m3·day) than did the August peak ofA. tonsa (biomass 16·3 mg/m3, production 7·5 mg/m3·day). The Rhode River has low standing crop and production of copepods relative to the much larger Patuxent estuary. These results are consistent with the theory of Williams et al. (1968) that shallow embayments have lower standing crops; however, the statistical basis for their statement is shown to be spurious.
Localization of focal epileptic discharges using functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging.

OBJECT In patients with medically refractory epilepsy the accurate localization of the seizure onset zone is critical for successful surgical treatment. The object of this study was to investigate whether the degree of coupling of spontaneous brain activity as measured with functional connectivity MR imaging (fcMR imaging) can accurately identify and localize epileptic discharges. METHODS The authors studied 6 patients who underwent fcMR imaging presurgical mapping and subsequently underwent invasive electroencephalography. RESULTS Focal regions of statistically significant increases in connectivity were identified in 5 patients when compared with an ad hoc normative sample of 300 controls. The foci identified by fcMR imaging overlapped the epileptogenic areas identified by invasive encephalography in all 5 patients. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that fcMR imaging may provide an effective high-spatial resolution and noninvasive method of localizing epileptic discharges in patients with refractory epilepsy.
Wide Excision with Secondary Intention Healing: Proper Procedure for Nonextensive Gluteal Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Purpose. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic disease that presents with abscesses, odiferously draining sinus tracts, and scarring. It arises most commonly, but not exclusively, from apocrine-gland-bearing areas. Because many patients do not respond to medical therapies, with progressive disability, we undertook to determine the most appropriate operation for gluteal HS.Methods. We studied 152 patients with gluteal HS who had undergone surgical treatment from August 1996 to August 2006. Charts were reviewed for demographic, treatment, and outcome data. The operative procedures were divided into drainage procedures (n = 56), excision with primary suture (n = 42), and wide excision with secondary intention healing (n = 54). The extent of surgery was examined in terms of clinical course and lesion size.Results. The mean age at presentation was 29.6 years. At a mean follow-up of 36 months, local recurrent HS had developed in 32.2% of patients. There was 57.1% recurrence after drainage, 19% after excision with primary suture, and 16.6% after wide excision with secondary intention (p ＜ 0.05). The wound-healing period was 1.1 weeks after drainage, 2.4 weeks after excision with primary suture, and 7.3 weeks after wide excision with secondary intention healing (p ＜ 0.05). Conclusions. Gluteal HS is a chronic relapsing disease that frequently causes disabling pain, significant morbidity, and social isolation. In our study, inadequate excision was the main reason for recurrence, and wide excision with healing by secondary intention provided a good prognosis in most cases.
First measurements of the Twomey indirect effect using ground‐based remote sensors

We demonstrate first measurements of the aerosol indirect effect using ground‐based remote sensors at a continental US site. The response of nonprecipitating, ice‐free clouds to changes in aerosol loading is quantified in terms of a relative change in cloud‐drop effective radius for a relative change in aerosol extinction under conditions of equivalent cloud liquid water path. This is done in a single column of air at a temporal resolution of 20 s (spatial resolution of ∼100 m). Cloud‐drop effective radius is derived from a cloud radar and microwave radiometer. Aerosol extinction is measured below cloud base by a Raman lidar. Results suggest that aerosols associated with maritime or northerly air trajectories tend to have a stronger effect on clouds than aerosols associated with northwesterly trajectories that also have local influence. There is good correlation (0.67) between the cloud response and a measure of cloud turbulence.
Android Application to Management Multiple Networking Interfaces

The modern mobility management support that is found on mobile platforms, such as Android and iOS, allows the use of only one operational interface at the same time. This might simplify the implementation of network functionality but it affects user's experience. The aim of this work is the developing an application that will manage connections made by mobile devices, providing the user with the ability to map their connections for each application, enabling the simultaneous use of more than one network interface. Therefore, our solution seeks to increase the flow of data user. Our proposal uses smartphones for the creation of application development, which was developed for Android platforms, in order to contribute to the open source community.
Software-based Ultrasound Beamforming on Multi-core DSPs

Ultrasound imaging is an important diagnostic tool in clinical medicine. It displays images in real time and is considered safe, noninvasive and less costly than other cross-sectional imaging modalities, e.g., X-ray CT, MRI and PET. In modern ultrasound machines, digital beamforming (focusing) is widely used. It is essential for attaining good image quality by increasing signal-tonoise ratio (SNR), improving spatial resolution and reducing sidelobe artifacts [1].
Identification of cGMP-Kinase Complexes by Affinity Chromatography

During the last two decades it emerged that cGMP-dependent protein kinases (PKG) act as signalling molecules with pleiotropic physiological functions e.g. in the cardiovascular system, in the gastrointestinal tract, immune system and central nervous system (Hofmann et al., 2006). The cellular effects of PKG are transmitted by its phosphorylated substrates. The identification of different PKG substrates in the diverse organs and cells and the analysis of the interaction of PKG with its substrates are important issues which are strongly targeted by several research groups recently (summarized in (Schlossmann & Desch, 2009)). An important step for elucidating the identity and function of cGMP-kinase substrate proteins was the use of affinity chromatography methods utilizing immunoprecipitation or cyclic nucleotide based affinity columns. Thereby, a ternary complex of cGMP-kinase was purified which consists of the PKG1 isoform PKG1┚, the inositol-trisphosphate receptor type 1 (InsP3R1) and the inositol-trisphosphate receptor-associated cGMP-kinase substrate protein (IRAG). Functional analysis by genetic deletion of IRAG in mice revealed that IRAG is essential for relaxation of vascular smooth muscle and for inhibition of platelet aggregation. Meanwhile, it was elucidated that IRAG also interacts with further isoforms of InsP3R, namely InsP3R2 and InsP3R3. Furthermore, the ternary PKG1 core complex associates with several other proteins which might tune the cellular function of PKG1 in various tissues. In comparison, the association of PKG1┙ with substrate proteins, MYPT1 or RGS2, was also identified by affinity chromatography including immunoprecipitation, GSTfusion proteins and/or His-tagged proteins. Therefore, the stable interaction of PKG with its substrate proteins might be a common theme and might lead to the view that direct interactions convert the intracellular function of PKG in analogy to the mechanisms which were identified for cAMP-dependent protein kinases. Therefore, affinity chromatography methods are essential tools for the identification of PKG substrate proteins and function in cells and tissues. The present review will give an overview of the structural and functional features of PKGs and of diverse PKG complexes which were identified by different affinity chromatographic techniques.
A mysterious temporal penetrating head wound without fracture

Unwitnessed head injuries are often diagnostic and management dilemmas. Low-velocity penetrating head wounds are rare. This paper describes a case of an accidental low-velocity penetrating head wound through the soft tissue of the temporal region. This lesion resulted in a deep intra-cerebral haemorrhage, after the initial assessment revealed no evidence of skull fracture, missile or missile track. The diagnostic evaluation and medical course of this case are presented. This is the first case in the medical literature of a brain injury by an object that penetrated the calvarium at low velocity but which did not produce a fracture of the skull. The evolving diagnostic dilemma is outlined to its conclusion, through 3 years of follow-up observation.
Voltage Regulation in Low Voltage Distribution Networks with Embedded Photovoltaic Microgeneration

Low voltage distribution networks have been originally designed to feed loads. However, recently, small dispersed renewable generators, mainly photovoltaics, are being connected to the low voltage grids. This new operational framework represents a challenge to the planning and operation of distribution networks, since the multidimensional stochastic dependence structure of the joint behaviour of the generation and load can be very complex to model. This paper intends to give further insight to the subject by presenting a three-phase unbalanced load flow method suitable to deal with radial networks with embedded microgeneration. Some results concerning the voltage profile as obtained after Monte-Carlo simulations for different load scenarios are presented in the paper, as well as an assessment of the generation shedding procedures undertaken to control the voltage.
New approach for indoor fall detection by infrared thermal array sensor

This article presents new approach for unobtrusive indoor fall detection by an IR thermal array sensor. Unlike existing methods that run fall detection at a server and require high communication rates, we perform fall detection within the sensor node by using a computationally inexpensive algorithm that only signals the server when a fall occurs. Experiments with prototype design show that such formulation provides robust and real-time fall detection even in a noisy environment.
Cardiovascular effects of monoterpenes: a review

The monoterpenes are secondary metabolites of plants. They have various pharmacological properties including antifungal, antibacterial, antioxidant, anticancer, anti-spasmodic, hypotensive, and vasorelaxant. The purpose of this research was to review the cardiovascular effects of monoterpenes. The data in this resarch were collected using the Internet portals Pubmed, Scopus, and ISI Web of Knowledge between the years 1987 and 2010. In the study 33 monoterpenes were included, which were related to each of the thirteen individual words: artery, cardiovascular, heart, myocyte, vasorelaxant, vessel, hypotension, hypotensive, cardiomyocyte, ventricular, vasodilatory, aorta, and aortic. The research utilized 22 articles published mainly in the journals Phytomedicine, Fundamental Clinical Pharmacology, Planta Medica, Life Science, European Journal of Pharmacology, and Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. Of the 33 monoterpenes studied surveyed, sixteen of them had already been studied for their effects on the cardiovascular system: carvacrol, citronellol, p-cymene, eucalyptol (1,8-cineole), linalool, menthol, myrtenal, myrtenol, α-pinene, rotundifolone (piperitenone oxide), sobrerol, thymol, α-limonene, α-terpinen-4-ol, α-terpineol, and perillyl alcohol. The main effects observed were vasorelaxation, decreased heart rate and blood pressure. This review showed that the monoterpenes may be considered promising agents for prevention or treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system.
EMTerms 1.0: A Terminological Resource for Crisis Tweets

We present the first release of EMTerms (Emergency Management Terms), the largest crisis-related terminological resource to date, containing over 7,000 terms used in Twitter to describe various crises. This resource can be used by practitioners to search for relevant messages in Twitter during crises, and by computer scientists to develop new automatic methods for crises in Twitter. The terms have been collected from a seed set of terms manually annotated by a linguist and an emergency manager from tweets broadcast during 4 crisis events. A Conditional Random Fields (CRF) method was then applied to tweets from 35 crisis events, in order to expand the set of terms while overcoming the difficulty of getting more emergency managers’ annotations. The terms are classified into 23 information-specific categories, by using a combination of expert annotations and crowdsourcing. This article presents the detailed terminology extraction methodology, as well as final results.
A ERA DO CONHECIMENTO E A ADOÇÃO DO SPED - SISTEMA PÚBLICO DE ESCRITURAÇÃO DIGITAL - COMO IMPACTO NA CONTABILIDADE

O governo, sentindo a necessidade de obter informacoes rapidas e precisas das empresas, utilizou-se da tecnologia da informacao para criar o SPED (sistema publico de escrituracao digital). Os sistemas de informacoes, mais precisamente a internet, tornam-se eficazes nao so para o governo, mas tambem para as empresas e sociedade como um todo. Foi pensando nisso que o governo implantou o SPED, o qual e formado pelos subsistemas: Nota Fiscal Eletronica, Escrituracao Contabil Digital e Escrituracao Fiscal Digital, dentre outras. Com a introducao do SPED, ocorreram diversas mudancas e adaptacoes, pois este faz conexao com os entes federativos de forma on line, reduz as obrigacoes acessorias em forma de papel e consequentemente contribui para os anseios dos contribuintes, ou seja, sujeito passivo da obrigacao tributaria. A Nota Fiscal Eletronica (NF-e) e o projeto pioneiro, encontrando-se hoje consolidado e maduro, vindo a implementar um modelo nacional de documento fiscal eletronico. A administracao tributaria acompanha as operacoes comerciais em tempo real e ao autorizar a emissao da NF-e, dar maior seguranca e confiabilidade aos usuarios desses documentos contabeis. A pesquisa apresenta ainda informacoes de como e composto o SPED, vantagens, desvantagens e aspectos normativos.
Oral administration of alkaloid fraction from Ruta graveolens inhibits oxidative stress and inflammation in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Abstract Context: The anti-atherogenic effect of alkaloid fraction from Ruta graveolens Linn (Rutaceae) extract is suspected to be related to its activities of antioxidation and anti-inflammation. Objective: This study investigated the efficacy of alkaloid fraction isolated from Ruta graveolens (AFR) in reducing oxidative damage and inflammation in hypercholesteremic rabbits. Materials and methods: The New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into three groups: Group I rabbits were fed with normal chow diet for 90 d. Group II rabbits were fed with 1% cholesterol-enriched diet. Group III rabbits were fed with 1% cholesterol-enriched diet together with AFR (10 mg/kg/daily for 90 d). Results and discussion: The results showed that on treatment with AFR significantly lowered the level of total cholesterol and LDL-C and showed an increment in the level of HDL-C. LD50 of the AFR in rats is greater than 525 mg/kg. Activities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase and GSH level were decreased in cholesterol-fed rabbit and supplementation of AFR significantly enhanced the activities of these antioxidant enzymes and GSH level. Increased activities of enzymes such as cyclooxygenase-2, 15-lipoxygenase and myeloperoxidase were significantly suppressed by AFR administration. The acute phase proteins, total WBC count and TBARS concentrations were significantly increased by hypercholesteromic diet, which were significantly decreased by AFR treatment. Histopathological studies of aorta in cholesterol-fed rabbit showed plaque formation and significant changes in aortic wall. Administration of AFR showed no changes in aortic wall. Conclusion: AFR reduces oxidative stress and inflammation and reduces the aortic pathology in hypercholesteromic rabbits.
Improving InSAR geodesy using Global Atmospheric Models

Spatial and temporal variations of pressure, temperature, and water vapor content in the atmosphere introduce significant confounding delays in interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) observations of ground deformation and bias estimates of regional strain rates. Producing robust estimates of tropospheric delays remains one of the key challenges in increasing the accuracy of ground deformation measurements using InSAR. Recent studies revealed the efficiency of global atmospheric reanalysis to mitigate the impact of tropospheric delays, motivating further exploration of their potential. Here we explore the effectiveness of these models in several geographic and tectonic settings on both single interferograms and time series analysis products. Both hydrostatic and wet contributions to the phase delay are important to account for. We validate these path delay corrections by comparing with estimates of vertically integrated atmospheric water vapor content derived from the passive multispectral imager Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer, onboard the Envisat satellite. Generally, the performance of the prediction depends on the vigor of atmospheric turbulence. We discuss (1) how separating atmospheric and orbital contributions allows one to better measure long-wavelength deformation and (2) how atmospheric delays affect measurements of surface deformation following earthquakes, and (3) how such a method allows us to reduce biases in multiyear strain rate estimates by reducing the influence of unevenly sampled seasonal oscillations of the tropospheric delay.
The Glucose Measurement Industry and Hemoglobin A1c

The MyStar Extra self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) system provides moving estimates of the patient’s hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). There is a treasure trove of highly accurate glucose data available from highly accurate SMBG, CGM and FGM along with highly accurate HPLC HbA1c. If Nathan’s criteria are used to select subjects whose glucoses can be correlated to the HbA1c, then algorithms can be developed for robustly transforming glucose into HbA1c. These algorithms can then be implemented in any SMBG or with the CGM and FGM software. This calculated HbA1c would even be accurate with Nathan’s excluded population thus reducing the use of fructosamine and glycated protein. Finally, the developer of these new algorithms is advised to use a specific approach for testing her algorithm.
Modified CLSI Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) Confirmatory Test for Phenotypic Detection of ESBLs among Enterobacteriaceae Producing Various β-Lactamases

ABSTRACT The worldwide dissemination of Enterobacteriaceae producing AmpC β-lactamases and carbapenemases makes difficult the phenotypic detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), as they may be masked by these additional enzymes. A modification of the CLSI ESBL confirmatory test was developed and evaluated in a comparative study for its ability to successfully detect ESBLs among Enterobacteriaceae producing various carbapenemases (Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase [KPC], VIM, NDM, and OXA-48) and plasmidic or derepressed AmpCs. The modified CLSI ESBL confirmatory test was performed with cefotaxime and ceftazidime disks with and without clavulanate, on which both boronic acid (BA) and EDTA were dispensed. A total of 162 genotypically confirmed ESBL-positive Enterobacteriaceae isolates (83 carbapenemase/ESBL producers, 25 AmpC/ESBL producers, and 54 ESBL-only producers) were examined. For comparison, 139 genotypically confirmed ESBL-negative Enterobacteriaceae isolates (94 of them possessed carbapenemases and 20 possessed AmpCs) were also tested. The standard CLSI ESBL confirmatory test was positive for 106 of the 162 ESBL producers (sensitivity, 65.4%) and showed false-positive results for 4 of the 139 non-ESBL producers (specificity, 97.1%). The modified CLSI ESBL confirmatory test detected 158 of 162 ESBL producers (sensitivity, 97.5%) and showed no false-positive results for non-ESBL producers (specificity, 100%). The findings of the study demonstrate that the modified CLSI ESBL confirmatory test using antibiotic disks containing both BA and EDTA accurately detects ESBLs in Enterobacteriaceae regardless of the coexistence of additional β-lactam resistance mechanisms.
130-GHz gain-enhanced SiGe low noise amplifier

A 130 GHz low noise amplifier (LNA) in 0.13-μm SiGe BiCMOS technology has been designed and characterized. The gain-boosted cascode topology with 3D grounded-shielding structures is employed. The results showed that the LNA with a chip area of 400 μm × 900 μm, gain of −17.5 dB with a 3-dB bandwidth of −25 GHz, and noise figure of −7.7 dB at 130 GHz with total dc power consumption of 31.5 mW has demonstrated.
Research on a Unified Approach for Enterprise Information Resource Management

Information resource always plays a strategic role in modern enterprise management. This article focuses on a research on a unified approach for enterprise information resource management (ERIM). First, the paper brings out enterprise information resources that are inimitable and valuable can be quite of importance. Second, the paper reviews the present research situation on enterprise information resource management, and makes a detailed exploration of kingdee, ufida, SAP from an ERIM perspective. And the authors put forward a unified approach: three-dimensional management methodology based on the analysis and comparison of kingdee, ufida, SAP. Further, the paper probes into the e-commerce framework of three-dimensional management. In the end, the paper makes an analysis on the above framework in perspective of enterprise management organizations, enterprise information structure, and enterprise information systems framework.
The effect of cognitive load on hemispheric asymmetries in true and false memory

ABSTRACT Studies examining hemispheric asymmetries in false memory have shown that the right hemisphere (RH) is more susceptible to false memories compared to the left hemisphere (LH). Theories suggest that hemispheric asymmetries in true and false memory may be due to differences in representational coding and the use of top-down mechanisms in each hemisphere. In the current study, the Deese–Roediger–McDermott false memory paradigmwas used in conjunction with divided visual field presentation to examine the role of top-down mechanisms in hemispheric asymmetries of true and false memory. In Experiment 1, participants studied lists of related words while completing secondary cognitive load tasks. In Experiment 2, the secondary tasks were administered during memory retrieval instead of memory encoding. Results revealed that cognitive loads imposed during the study phase influenced veridical memory in the LH more than the RH, but cognitive loads imposed during retrieval did not influence veridical memory in either hemisphere. Surprisingly, false memory rates were not influenced by cognitive loads and were higher in the LH. These data provide evidence that, at least for veridical memory, top-down control mechanisms are used more readily for the encoding of information into memory in the LH compared to the RH.