Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Isolation and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered shrub Disanthus cercidifolius var. longipes (Hamamelidaceae)

Nine polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from an AC‐enriched genomic library of Disanthus cercidifolius var. longipes. Microsatellite polymorphism was investigated using 24 individuals from one natural population. The observed number of alleles per locus ranged from two to four. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.17 to 0.92 and from 0.16 to 0.72, respectively. These polymorphic microsatellite loci provide useful tools for the ongoing population genetic studies of D. cercidifolius var. longipes.
CRFVoter : Chemical Entity Mention , Gene and Protein Related Object recognition using a conglomerate of CRF based tools

This paper relates to the two offline BioCreative V.5 Becalm tasks. The first challenge is CEMP, the recognition of chemical named entity mentions. The second challenge is GPRO, the recognition of gene and protein related objects in running text. We focus on training and optimizing state-of-the-art solutions for named entity tagging for CEMP and GPRO. Finally, we present CRFVoter, a two staged application of CRF.
Suicidal expressions among the Swedish reindeer-herding Sami population

Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate suicidal expressions among reindeer-herding Sami in Sweden. Subjects: A total of 315 reindeer-herding Sami (167 men, 148 women) were compared with geographically matched reference populations comprising 1354 persons (652 men, 702 women). Methods: A questionnaire measuring different aspects of suicidal behaviour, such as exposure to suicide and suicidal ideation in significant others, own suicidal problems and attitudes towards suicide, was distributed to members of Sami villages through community leaders and to the reference group by post. Data were analysed with regard to population, gender, age group, mental health, alcohol use, work strain and formal education. Results: Comparison between groups did not reveal any differences in attitudes towards suicide; however, it did show significantly higher exposure to both suicide and suicidal behaviour in significant others in the Sami group. Compared to the reference group, both Sami women and especially Sami men reported a higher prevalence of various types of suicidal problems, particularly suicidal ideation. In addition, anxiety and alcohol use were associated with suicidal expressions in the Sami group. Conclusion: The study identifies reindeer-herding Sami men and women to be at particular risk for suicidal expressions. Specific attention should be paid to young and middle-aged Sami men with hazardous alcohol consumption and anxiety.
PRACTICAL USES OF GENETIC PROFILE ASSESSMENT IN ATHLETIC TRAINING - AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE STUDY

Recent studies suggested that several potential genes may explain athletic success. However, while genetic assessment will probably become part of future talent identification, at present, genetic testing predictive value is poor, mainly because athletic success depends on a combination of genetic, physiological, behavioral and environmental factors (including coaching, medical, nutritional, psychological, equipment, facilities and administrative aspects). However, one should consider genetic testing not only for talent identification or sport event selection, but also for possible assistance in the training process itself. In the present case study we show an example of potential practical use of genetic profile assessment for improving the athletic training process. We deliberately chose a case study of a national-level athlete to show that genetic aid should not be limited to top world-class athletes.
A Real Time Face Detection Method in Human-Machine Interaction

To solve the problem of detecting single face in human-machine interaction, We propose a simple yet new real time face detection method which is based on the individual chrominance discrepancy of skin and lip. First, find out skin area based on a threshold value in HSV color model, then search the rough lip area based on the skin chrominance adaptively. Then processed with R/G filter Lip was found, based on the geometrical relation between face and lip Face was finally located. Experiments on service robot demonstrate that the method is effective, fast compared with other methods and fit for detecting and tracking face in real time application.
An Adjustable Gaze Tracking System and Its Application for Automatic Discrimination of Interest Objects

Gaze tracking (GT) systems have attracted the attention of researchers as well as the commercial sector. Commercial systems are readily available, but they are usually fabricated at the same size. In this study, we propose a three-dimensional (3-D)-printable frame and an open-source system to fabricate a wearable GT system with low-cost configuration and reasonable performance. A 3-D printer achieves repeatable and adjustable design. The estimated price to make the GT hardware is less than €100, and the system's average accuracy is 2.58°. Our GT system has a 24-Hz sampling rate, which can analyze human interest points. Another contribution of this study is developing the automatic discrimination of interest objects using our proposed GT and machine learning. The output of this combination system is a database that consists of labeled objects. The label with the highest frequency indicates the object of the highest interest for a corresponding user. Our combination system has a 7-Hz sampling rate and a 3.8% classification error.
A mechanical system backlash compensation by means of a recurrent neural multi-model

The paper proposed a new fuzzy-neural recurrent multi-model for systems identification and states estimation of complex nonlinear mechanical plants with backlash. The parameters and states of the local recurrent neural network models are used for a local direct and indirect adaptive control systems design. The designed local control laws are coordinated by a fuzzy rule based control system. The applicability of the proposed intelligent control system is confirmed by simulation and experimental results, where a good convergence of all recurrent neural networks, is obtained.
Unmanned two wheeled bot using feedback linearization

In this paper, a bot whose goal is to tilt up and down through an autonomous balance mechanism is designed and implemented. The primary control purpose of the bot is to remain equipoised whenever there is an instability in the balance position due to variation in center of gravity, whereas the goal of secondary purpose is to follow a path and in desired speed. We present investigations into the performance comparison of PID controller and PI-PD controller for a highly nonlinear two wheeled balancing robot. Cogency in practical implementation; control mechanism, improved performance and ability to conquer uncertainties are the main advantages. A comparative assessment of the system performance is presented and vindicated through simulation and experimental results.
Coding RNAs with a non-coding function: Maintenance of open chromatin structure

The multi-layered organization of the genome in a large nucleoprotein complex termed chromatin regulates nuclear functions by establishing subcompartments with distinct DNA-associated activities. Here, we demonstrate that RNA plays an important role in maintaining a decondensed and biologically active interphase chromatin conformation in human and mouse cell lines. As shown by RNase A microinjection and fluorescence microscopy imaging, digestion of single-stranded RNAs induced a distinct micrometer scale chromatin aggregation of these decondensed regions. In contrast, pericentric heterochromatin was more resistant to RNase A treatment. We identified a class of coding RNA transcripts that are responsible for this activity, and thus termed these ‘chromatin-interlinking’ RNAs or ciRNAs. The initial chromatin distribution could be restored after RNase A treatment with a purified nuclear RNA fraction that was analyzed by high-throughput sequencing. It comprised long >500 nucleotides (nt) RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) transcripts that were spliced, depleted of polyadenylation and was enriched with long 3'-untranslated regions (3’-UTRs) above ~800 nt in length. Furthermore, similar reversible changes of the chromatin conformation and the RNAP II distribution were induced by either RNA depletion or RNAP II inhibition. Based on these results we propose that ciRNAs could act as genome organizing architectural factors of actively transcribed chromatin compartments.
A fuzzy approach to T3SD-based IT infrastructure selection method in smart grid

This paper presents an expert system for selecting a proper IT infrastructure for smart grid, based on a novel fuzzy approach to Tricotyledon Theory of System Design (Fuzzy-T3SD). The proposed Fuzzy-T3SD is a policy-driven decision making method that can change the result of the decision makings according to the utility's policy. The Fuzzy-T3SD is applied to the practical data of the Greater Tehran Electrical Distribution Company (GTEDC). Spread Spectrum (SS), Distribution Line Carrier (DLC) and Leased Line (LL) are regarded as alternatives for the IT infrastructure. The implemented results are examined by the developed policies scenarios.
Hyperparathyroidsm induced by heterotopic parathyroid adenoma in the anterior mediastinum Ön mediastende heterotopik paratiroid adenom ile tetiklenen hiperparatiroidi

Mediasten yerlesimli ektopik paratiroid bezler nadir gorulmekle birlikte, bircok olguda rezeke edilmesine gerek yoktur. Ektopik paratiroid bezlerin rezeksiyonunun en bilinen endikasyonu, primer hiperparatiroididir. Primer hiperparatiroidi ile iliskili tum paratiroid tumorlerin yaklasik %25’i, mediasten yerlesimlidir ve bu tumorlerin neredeyse tumu servikal yaklasim ile temizlenebilir. Ancak mediastinal tumorlerin %2’sinin transtorasik yaklasim ile temizlenmesi gerekmektedir. Bu yazida hiperparatiroidinin eslik ettigi on mediastende paratiroid adenomu olan ve temizleme icin medyan sternotomi gerektiren 60 yasinda kadin bir olgu sunuldu.
Different protein sequences can give rise to highly similar folds through different stabilizing interactions

We report an interesting case of structural similarity between 2 small, nonhomologous proteins, the third domain of ovomucoid (ovomucoid) and the C‐terminal fragment of ribosomal L7/L12 protein (CTF). The region of similarity consists of a 3‐stranded β‐sheet and an α‐helix. This region is highly similar; the corresponding elements of secondary structure share a common topology, and the RMS difference for “equivalent” Cα atoms is 1.6 Å. Surprisingly, this common structure arises from completely different sequences. For the common core, the sequence identity is less than 3%, and there is neither significant sequence similarity nor similarity in the position or orientation of conserved hydrophobic residues. This superposition raises the question of how 2 entirely different sequences can produce an identical structure. Analyzing this common region in ovomucoid revealed that it is stabilized by disulfide bonds. In contrast, the corresponding structure in CTF is stabilized in the α‐helix by a composition of residues with high helix‐forming propensities. This result suggests that different sequences and different stabilizing interactions can produce an identical structure.
Face imagery and its relation to perception and covert recognition in prosopagnosia

Background: Face imagery can access facial memories without the use of perceptual stimuli. Current data on the relation of imagery to the perceptual function and neuroanatomy of prosopagnosic patients are mixed, and little is known about the type of facial information patients can access through imagery. Objective: The authors wished to determine 1) which lesions abolished face imagery in prosopagnosia, 2) if deficits in perceiving facial structure were paralleled by similar deficits in imagery, and 3) if covert recognition of faces correlated with the degree of residual imagery for faces. Methods: The authors tested nine prosopagnosic patients who had been tested previously for perception of facial configuration and covert recognition of famous faces. The authors constructed a battery of 37 questions that asked subjects to imagine the faces of two celebrities and to choose which one had a certain facial property. Half were questions about facial features and half were about overall facial shape. Results: Imagery was abolished only by anterior temporal lesions. Imagery for facial shape but not features was degraded by lesions of the right hemisphere’s fusiform face area, which severely impaired perception of facial configuration. Feature imagery was degraded only when there was associated left occipito-temporal damage. Covert recognition was found when either configural perception or imagery was severely damaged, but not when both were abnormal. In patients with impaired configural perception, covert recognition correlated with feature imagery, suggesting that feature-based processing may drive residual covert abilities in these patients. Conclusion: Although anterior temporal cortex may be the site of facial memory stores, these data also support hypotheses that perceptual areas like the fusiform face area have parallel contributions to mental imagery. The data on covert recognition are consistent with a view that it is the residue of a partially damaged face-recognition network. Covert recognition may reflect the degree of damage across components of a network rather than mark a specific form of prosopagnosia or a dissociated pathway.
Autophagy-monitoring and autophagy-deficient mice

ABSTRACT Discovery of yeast autophagy-related (ATG) genes and subsequent identification of their homologs in other organisms have enabled researchers to investigate physiological functions of macroautophagy/autophagy using genetic techniques. Specific identification of autophagy-related structures is important to evaluate autophagic activity, and specific ablation of autophagy-related genes is a critical means to determine the requirements of autophagy. Here, we review currently available mouse models, particularly focusing on autophagy (and mitophagy) indicator models and systemic autophagy-related gene-knockout mouse models.
Circular sparse rulers based on co-prime sampling for compressive power spectrum estimation

One of the main challenges in cognitive radio systems is the development of fast algorithms for spectrum sensing of wideband signals. To alleviate sampling requirements, several strategies have been proposed, relying on the fact that only covariance information is of interest. Under this premise, this paper solves the design of low rate covariance samplers by developing a multicoset sampling strategy based on co-prime samplers, achieving higher compression ratios than previous solutions. The designed sampling patterns constitute a family of circular sparse rulers, which can be implemented with only two analog-to-digital converters working in parallel, and operating at sampling frequencies significantly lower than the Nyquist rate.
Integrated Optical Circuits Utilizing Surface Mount Photonics Technology

In this paper, the surface mount photonics (SMP) approach to optical components is described. SMP adopts many elements of silicon component manufacturing. Key elements of SMP include the use of CMOS foundries for planar lightwave circuit (PLC) fabrication, wafer scale testing of active III-V devices, flip chip bonding of devices using passive alignment, and the use of low cost non-hermetic plastic packaging
A half-moon antenna

This work presents a half-moon antenna (HMA), which is composed of two semi-circular top and bottom conducting plates joined by a rectangular conducting plate. The HMA has a wide radiation beam. Radiation in the y-z plane (in the E plane) is hemispherical with a half-power beam width (HPBW) of more than 200/spl deg/. Radiation in the x-y plane (in the H plane) forms a sector beam with an HPBW of more than 100/spl deg/. To reduce the backward radiation and improve the gain, chokes are added to the HMA. An increase in the gain of approximately 1 dB is obtained. In order to obtain a tilted beam, the radius of the bottom plate is reduced. The maximum beam direction of the tilted beam /spl theta//sub max/ is not sensitive to frequency. Within a frequency range of 11 to 14 GHz (24%), /spl theta//sub max/=167/spl deg//spl plusmn/2/spl deg/. The gain is found to be G=9.5/spl plusmn/0.5 dBi within this same frequency range.
Coexistence of NADPH diaphorase with GABA, glycine, and acetylcholine in rat spinal cord

The enzyme NADPH diaphorase is present in many spinal neurons, and is thought to correspond to nitric oxide synthase. In order to determine which types of neuron in the spinal cord contain this enzyme, we have carried out a combined enzyme histochemical and immunocytochemical study with antibodies to GABA, glycine, and choline acetyltransferase. Two hundred and twenty‐four NADPH diaphorase‐positive neurons in midlumbar spinal cord from four rats were tested for GABA‐ and glycine‐like immunoreactivity. The majority of these neurons (207/224) were GABA‐immunoreactive and 139 were also glycine‐immunoreactive. NADPH diaphorase‐positive neurons in laminae I and II generally showed both types of immunoreactivity, while those in deeper laminae of the dorsal horn and around the central canal either showed both types or else were only GABA‐immunoreactive. Since GABA and acetylcholine are thought to coexist in spinal neurons, NADPH diaphorase staining was combined with immunostaining for choline acetyltransferase. Immunoreactive neurons in laminae III and IV were all NADPH diaphorase‐positive, while only some of those around the central canal and in the deeper laminae of the dorsal horn were positive. Choline acetyltransferase‐immunoreactive neurons in the intermediolateral cell column (presumed sympathetic preganglionic neurons) were often NADPH diaphorase‐positive, whereas those in the ventral horn (presumed motorneurons) were not. NADPH diaphorase‐positive cells in the intermediolateral cell column were not immunoreactive with GABA or glycine antibodies.
Applying the Compass Operator to Texture Edge Detection

Segmenting contiguous regions of similar texture from images is a problem whose solution continues to elude computer vision researchers. Methods such as Laws’ texture energy measures, cooccurrence matrices, Fourier transforms and wavelet transforms have been applied with only moderate success. This thesis proposes an adaptation of Ruzon and Tomasi’s compass operator [8] to texture images for more effective texture edge location. The operator is highly successful at finding color edges and possesses some characteristics that make it well-suited for texture segmentation. To adapt it to texture analysis, a convolution filtering method like Law’s texture energy measures or cooccurrence matrices is first applied to the image. The compass operator is then applied to find edge magnitudes and directions in the filtered image. A robustness test shows that this method is relatively impervious to noise. However, the method is sensitive to the distance metric that is used for comparing histograms. Both the norm and histogram intersection were used unsuccessfully due to the nature of natural texture images. In contrast, the dynamic time warping method provided an accurate distance measure that produced successful results.
Transient Lightning Impulse Performance Analysis for Composite Transmission Line Tower

In this paper, the transient impulse performances of a 330-kV composite transmission line tower under direct lightning strokes are comprehensively presented. An equivalent distributed parameter model combined with lumped capacitance elements for the tower is established. The wave impedances of the hybrid model are determined by using analytic equations. The lumped capacitances are calculated by 3-D finite element method (FEM). An accurate model for extended grounding structure (EGS) of the tower base considering the soil ionization is used to simulate its impulse performances. The wave process of the tower is analyzed by using the electromagnetic transient program (EMTP). The proper grounding conductor system is determined for the case of a superior lightning impulse performance considering three diverse grounding configurations. The influence of radius of the grounding conductor is assessed. The numerical electromagnetic field analysis, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation is applied to verify the validity of the presented hybrid model. Then, the influence of the wave-front time of the lightning current, the soil resistivity, the dimension of the EGS, and their combined effect on the transient impulse performances for the EGS are analyzed and discussed.
The CHiC Interactive Task (CHiCi) at CLEF2013

The interactive task in Cultural Heritage in CLEF 2013 used a standardised interactive protocol, information retrieval system and interface to observe a set of participants remotely via the web as well as in the lab access an English language collection from the Europeana Digital Library. Both user response and log data were collected from the 208 participants.
Improvement of Chinese Input Method Based on Standard Keyboard

with the development of the internet and popularization of computer application, the Chinese input method is paid attention to by people increasingly. Currently although there are various Chinese language input methods, but there still are some shortage on input efficiency. For example most input methods pick up an input candidate by the number key, the user must pay attention to the display and the keyboard, this input style is easy to make mistakes and input efficiency is lower. The proposed method takes a different manner to display and select input candidates. In addition the method uses the input assistant function to improve input efficiency further more. The existing input style is disadvantage for Chinese touch type input. By investigating those existing popular input methods, put forward improvement suggestion and demonstrate the validity by input experiment.
Deregulation of the HOXA 10 Homeobox Gene in Endometrial Carcinoma : Role in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Homeobox genes encode transcription factors that control cell differentiation and play essential roles in developmental patterning. Increasing evidence indicates that many homeobox genes are aberrantly expressed in cancers, and that their deregulation significantly contributes to tumor progression. The homeobox gene HOXA10 controls uterine organogenesis during embryonic development and functional endometrial differentiation in the adult. We investigated whether HOXA10 expression is deregulated in endometrial carcinomas, and how counteracting this aberrant expression modifies tumor behavior. We found that down-regulation of HOXA10 expression in endometrial carcinomas strongly correlates with increased tumor grade and is associated with methylation of the HOXA10 promoter. Enforced expression of HOXA10 in endometrial carcinoma cells inhibited invasive behavior in vitro and tumor dissemination in nude mice. The inhibitory effect of HOXA10 on invasive behavior was attributable at least in part to the ability of HOXA10 to induce expression of the epithelial cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin by downregulating expression of Snail, a repressor of E-cadherin gene transcription. These findings reveal a novel role for HOXA10 deregulation in the progression of endometrial carcinoma by promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition. (Cancer Res 2006; 66(2): 889-97)