Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adverse left ventricular remodeling by glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B in myocardial infarction

Cardiac diseases are the leading cause of death. Available treatment approaches are not sufficient to reverse persistent cardiac damage after injury; thus, the search for new therapeutic targets is essential. Our microarray‐based screening in rat hearts 24 h after myocardial infarction (MI) yielded glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB), which is known to be involved in inflammation and fibrosis after tissue injury. However, its role in the heart was elusive. We found increased cardiac expression levels of GPNMB in rats and mice after MI. Analysis of DBA/2J mice, which lack functional GPNMB due to a spontaneous point mutation, showed that systemic GPNMB deficiency was associated with preserved cardiac function and less left ventricular dilation after MI compared with DBA/2J mice with reconstituted GPNMB expression. These improvements were associated with decreased expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9, the cardiac stress genes for natriuretic peptides (atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide), and β‐myosin heavy chain after MI. Moreover, GPNMB deficiency attenuated the dilated cardiomyopathy in muscle lim protein knockout mice but could not prevent cardiac hypertrophy induced by isoprenaline infusion. This is the first experimental study to show that GPNMB adversely influences myocardial remodeling. —Jühlstedt, S. , Qadri, F. , Nickl, B. , Schulz, H. , HÖzcelik, C. , Bader, M. Adverse left ventricular remodeling by glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B in myocardial infarction. FASEB J. 31, 556–568 (2017). www.fasebj. org
Penspective : a Perspective-Aware Game Map Editor with Natural Interaction

Current WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers) interfaces used in most computer game map editors impose complex interactions to level designers. In this paper we present a novel map editing tool based on a Natural User Interface (NUI) that uses common drawing objects, such as pens and erasers, to build and edit map elements, as well as hand gestures to manipulate them. As a proof-of-concept, we have implemented a tile-based map editor featuring a 3D NUI with multitouch capabilities. The real-time prototype, built using two Microsoft Kinect devices and a regular LCD screen, displays the levels in 3D while adjusting the perspective according to the location of the user. Keywords—level design; sketching; natural interaction; 3D user interface; post-WIMP; off-axis perspective projection; depthsensing; Kinect.
The digestibility of amino acids in the small intestine of the sheep

1. The digestibilities of microbial and food proteins in the small intestine were studied in three sheep fitted with re-entrant cannulas in the proximal duodenum and terminal ileum. 2. The quantities of microbial and food proteins at the small intestine were varied by infusion of a microbial isolate or by dietary manipulation and the balance of amino acids along the small intestine was determined. 3. A mean value of 0.69 for the apparent digestibility and 0.86 for the true digestibility of total amino acids was obtained. 4. From the composition of digesta at the duodenum the daily flows of microbial and food proteins were estimated. Their true digestibilities in the small intestine were calculated by regression and found to be: microbial protein 0.87 and food protein 0.82. The mean endogenous loss of amino acids secreted into the small intestine was estimated to be 13.3 g/d.
Mediator role of social capital and organizational commitment in the relation of service-oriented motivation and organizational citizenship behavior

Service-oriented motivation has been created to illustrate people's motivation to join the public sector. The aim of this study is the formation of organizational citizenship behavior based on serviceoriented motivation, social capital and organizational commitment. The research method is descriptive-correlation and type of the path analysis. Statistical population is included all employees of state-owned banks in Kerman. 220 participants out Of all the population were selected as the sample of the study. Four questionnaires were used to collect data that include: Questionnaires of serviceoriented motivation, organizational citizenship behaviors, social capital and organizational commitment. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to determine validity of questionnaires. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to measure the reliability, this coefficient for the questionnaires respectively, 0.83, 0.89, 0.91 and 0.90 were estimated. The data collected were analyzed with statistical software of Spss and Amos. Results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between service-oriented motivation and organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior and social capital. Finally, the mediator role of variables of the organizational citizenship behavior and organizational commitment was evaluated that mediating role of these two variables was not confirmed.
Localized Style Transfer

Recent groundbreaking work has demonstrated how convolutional neural networks can be used to perform style transfer. Style transfer is a method of transferring the style of one “style” image to the entirety of a “content” image, resulting in a newly rendered image. We outline a strategy for performing Localized Style Transfer, or the transfer of style from one image to only a portion of the content image. By using a combination of semantic segmentation, a modiﬁcation to the canonical neural style loss function, and Markov Random Field Blending, we show how desired regions of an image can be altered while leaving the rest of the image intact.
Comparison of DNA-extraction methods and Selective Enrichment broths on the detection of Salmonella Typhimurium in swine feces by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

O objetivo do presente estudo foi comparar diferentes tecnicas de extracao de DNA, realizadas a partir de tres diferentes caldos de enriquecimento seletivo, na sua eficiencia em detectar Salmonella Typhimurium em amostras de fezes suinas artificialmente inoculadas (100 UFC/g), pela tecnica de reacao em cadeia da polimerase (PCR). Apos enriquecimento em Rappaport-Vassiliadis, selenito-cistina e tetrationato Muller-Kauffmann, aliquotas destes caldos foram utilizadas para extracao do DNA, empregando tres metodos diferentes, (a) fervura-centrifugacao, (b) fenol-cloroformio e (c) precipitacao por sal. A eficiencia dos metodos de extracao de DNA por fervura-centrifugacao e precipitacao por sal foi a mesma, independentemente do caldo de enriquecimento seletivo utilizado. O caldo Rappaport-Vassiliadis apresentou maior eficiencia (P<0,05) quando foi empregada a extracao de DNA pelo metodo fenol-cloroformio. Considerados os parâmetros custo e eficiencia, os resultados do estudo indicaram que a partir de amostras fecais suinas a utilizacao do caldo tetrationato Muller-Kauffmann combinado a tecnica de extracao do DNA por fervura-centrifugacao devam representar a melhor opcao, relativamente as demais tecnicas testadas.
Enhancing Side-Channel Analysis with Low-Cost Shielding Techniques

Side-channel analysis (SCA) attacks are a powerful technique to reveal secrets of cryptographic devices due to implementation weaknesses. In order to make SCA less effective, countermeasures are integrated in cryptographic devices. In this work, we have built a low-cost shielding device to enhance SCA measurements. Our objectives have been to reduce the impact of noise that is typically caused by surrounding electromagnetic (EM) radiations. The number of traces in EM measurements that are needed to succeed an attack has been lowered significantly from 70 000 to 17 500. Our shielding device suppresses signals up to several GHz while its development costs lie below 300e.
Modified Indoor Navigation Mapping based on VSLAM

Since the 2D maps built by traditional method are limited to describe single environment plane, the VSLAM-based indoor 2D map building method is proposed. The nonlinear optimization problem about camera poses is constructed based on VSLAM, and this problem is solved by Gauss-Newton method. Subsequently, the point cloud map of indoor environment is built. Then, based upon the RANSAC algorithm, the equation of ground plane is obtained. The point cloud of robots’ passage area is projected onto the ground to form the grid map, and the indoor maps can be built by updating the grid occupied state based on Bayesian method. Experiments show that, compared with the 2D maps built by the traditional method, the maps built by our method contain the 3D structure information of environment. It helps robots avoid the suspended objects and the low objects successfully in the path planning experiment.
Towards Word Sense Disambiguation by Reasoning

In this paper, we describe a practical application of Vampire for Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD), which is an important research area in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). Its objective is choosing the intended sense of a word in a given context. In particular, we propose a method for the automatic disambiguation of the semantic relations in BLESS, which is a dataset designed to evaluate models of distributional semantics, by choosing the WordNet synset it belongs to. For this purpose, we use the knowledge in Adimen-SUMO, which is obtained by means of a suitable transformation of the knowledge in the core of SUMO into first-order logic (FOL) and enables its use by FOL automated theorem provers such as Vampire. By exploiting the semantic mapping between WordNet and SUMO, we apply a black-box testing method that enables the automatic creation a set of conjectures for each word pair by considering the semantic relations provided by BLESS. Then, these conjectures are evaluated using Vampire and, according to the outcomes, each word is disambiguated to a single synset. Finally, we compare the results provided by our proposal and different disambiguation systems that can be found in the literature.
Needs-driven based marketing strategies to attract South African outbound tourists

Tourism services are dominated by multi-national businesses operating on a global scale. South Africa is seen as an emerging outbound tourism market and a future powerhouse for the travel and tourism industry. However, very little information is available regarding South African’s outbound tourism. As far as can be ascertained, no previous study has been conducted to establish the needs-driven forces that influence the South African outbound tourism market. The primary objective of this paper was to determine the needs-driven forces that influence the South African outbound tourism market. The quantitative research approach was utilised whereby a survey was conducted amongst 301 outbound South African travellers. Data was collected with a newly developed structured self-administered questionnaire. Based on the hypothetisised model items pertaining to four selected needs-driven forces were developed. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson productmoment correlation coefficients and Multiple regression analysis). Three statistically significant relationships were found between physicaland stature needs, destination accessibility and outbound tourism demand. This paper provides all tourism businesses with insight on how to design appropriate marketing strategies for a lucrative outbound market such as South Africa.
Does Nostalgia Accompany the Distress Associated With Adverse Weather ?

Four studies examined the link between adverse weather and the palliative role of nostalgia. We proposed and tested that (a) adverse weather evokes nostalgia (Hypothesis 1); (b) adverse weather causes distress, which predicts elevated nostalgia (Hypothesis 2); (c) preventing nostalgia exacerbates weather-induced distress (Hypothesis 3); and (d) weather-evoked nostalgia confers psychological benefits (Hypothesis 4). In Study 1, participants listened to recordings of wind, thunder, rain, and neutral sounds. Adverse weather evoked nostalgia. In Study 2, participants kept a 10-day diary recording weather conditions, distress, and nostalgia. We also obtained meteorological data. Adverse weather perceptions were positively correlated with distress, which predicted higher nostalgia. Also, adverse natural weather was associated with corresponding weather perceptions, which predicted elevated nostalgia. (Results were mixed for rain.) In Study 3, preventing nostalgia (via cognitive load) increased weather-evoked distress. In Study 4, weather-evoked nostalgia was positively associated with psychological benefits. The findings pioneer the relevance of nostalgia as source of comfort in adverse weather.
Direct eddy covariance measurements of size-segregated sea spray aerosol fluxes over the open Atlantic Ocean

[1] Direct eddy covariance measurements of size-segregated sea spray aerosol fluxes over the open Atlantic Ocean are presented, along with a source function derived from them for a wind speed range of 4 to 18 m s 1 and a size range of 0.176 < R80 < 6.61 mm. This is in broad agreement with other recent estimates of the source function over this size range but shows a more rapid decrease with size above R80 = 2 mm than most other functions. The measurements were made during a 3 week cruise in the North Atlantic as part of the UK contribution to the international Surface Ocean–Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) program. They utilized the new high-rate Compact Lightweight Aerosol Spectrometer Probe (CLASP), providing a 16-channel size spectrum (0.17 < Ramb < 9.5 mm) at 10 Hz, collocated with a sonic anemometer. The measurements demonstrate the high variability in sea spray aerosol flux compared with other air-sea fluxes, both between individual estimates and in the scales contributing to the flux.
A new approach to elasto-plasticity using energy and dissipation functionals ∗

We consider models for elasto-plasticity which are based on fully nonlinear elastostatics and rate-independent evolution laws for the plastic deformation and suitable hardening parameters. Accounting for finite strains leads to the multiplicative decomposition of the strain tensor and to a flow rule formulated on a Lie group. Our analysis is based on a recently developed energetic approach to general rate-independent material models which only uses two energy functionals, namely the elastic stored energy and the dissipation distance which plays the role of a metric on the space of internal variables. The evolution law can be reformulated as a static stability condition combined with an energy inequality. This work surveys results on the existence of solutions of an intrinsically associated incremental problem which has the form of a minimization problem. Existence of solutions for the time-continuous problem remains open except for the one dimensional case. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 74 C 15, 49 J 45
CEFM - A Heuristic Mesh Segmentation Method based on Convexity Estimation and Fast Marching

Mesh segmentation is a fundamental way of shape analysis and understanding for 3D mesh models. In this paper, we propose an effective heuristic mesh segmentation algorithm, which is based on concave areas detection and heuristic 2-category classification via fast marching. The algorithm has several merits. First, the boundary between each pair of segments is close to the natural seams of 3D objects. Second, it is robust against pose variations and isometric transformations. Finally, our algorithm decomposes non-rigid 3D models into a set of rigid components in a short period of time and the procedure is fully automatic. Extensive experiments in this paper demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the state of the art in mesh segmentation.
EFFICIENT HUMAN IDENTIFICATION THROUGH FACE DETECTION USING RASPBERRY PI BASED ON PYTHON-OPENCV

Human Identification can be performed through various technique like as fingerprint, palm detection, iris detection as well as face detection. This paper focus on implementation of face detection system for human identification based on open source computer vision library (OpenCV) with python. The model of face recognition has been performed on both laptop and raspberry pi whereas for an implementation of this project on laptop, SQLite studio has been used as a database and for raspberry PI PHPmyadmin has been used. In this paper the concept of detection has been established by writing different code for dataset generator, Trainer and detector. Finally the information that will be displayed along with detected photo has been stored on database. This concept has a higher scope on security and surveillance projects and various automation operation.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON GLOBAL AND LOCAL THERMAL COMFORT BASED ON FIALA ‘ S THERMAL MANIKIN IN THESEUS-FE

Thermal management topics like air-conditioning and thermal comfort become more and more important during vehicle development. As a consequence the need for suitable tools and methods to predict the human comfort behaviour in cabins increases rapidly. THESEUS-FE is a finite element based software tool that realizes a fully coupled implementation of Fiala’s thermal sensation manikin presented in [1]. This paper will demonstrate the finite element based realization of the new manikin FIALA-FE in an existing solver environment. Various thermal comfort topics will be discussed in a second step. We will talk about the application of the finite element theory on the complete framework of formulas that represents the thermoregulatory human system. Because the major challenge for us was not to do a numerical solution of the bio heat equation based on the finite difference method, as shown in [1], but on a method that allows us to create our own finite element type, representing a single human material layer. Finally this paper will discuss different aspects of global and local thermal comfort prediction, based on mathematical models from literature. Using simulated skin and cloth temperatures the idea of the ‘equivalent temperature’ will lead us finally to a quite simple-to-use method of assessing local thermal comfort at given boundary conditions, typical for a vehicle simulation. Considering not only surface-to-surface radiation and convection but also sun radiation, seat contact and evaporation the equivalent temperature can then be derived at each body element sector of a thermal manikin.
INTRA-INDIVIDUAL GENETIC POLYMORPHISM IN CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA POPULATIONS AND RELATED CAULERPA SPECIES

Here, we present the first study about intra-individual genetic polymorphism in Caulerpa taxifolia populations and related Caulerpa species, using the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA. We sequenced between two and four clones for each individual analysed. The amount of intra-individual ITS polymorphism showed significant differences between the species and populations we studied. The most polymorphic species we analysed is C. racemosa, for which the divergence between different ITS copies reaches 5.3 %. For the other species, the amount of ITS polymorphism lies between 1 and 2 %. Surprisingly, the different populations of C. taxifolia we analysed showed different levels of ITS polymorphism, from 0 % in the Aquarium-Mediterranean strain to 1.3 % in the Caribbean strains. The possible influence of aquaculture on the degree of ITS polymorphism is discussed.
Differential induction of c-Fos and phosphorylated ERK by a noxious stimulus after peripheral nerve injury

ABSTRACT Purpose: In this study, we compared induction of c-Fos and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p-ERK) in the spinal dorsal horn after peripheral nerve injury. Materials and methods: We examined the spinal dorsal horn for noxious heat-induced c-Fos and p-ERK protein-like immunoreactive (c-Fos- and p-ERK-IR) neuron profiles after tibial nerve injury. The effect of administration of a MEK 1/2 inhibitor (PD98059) on noxious heat-induced c-Fos expression was also examined after tibial nerve injury. Results: A large number of c-Fos- and p-ERK-IR neuron profiles were induced by noxious heat stimulation to the hindpaw in sham-operated animals. A marked reduction in the number of c-Fos- and p-ERK-IR neuron profiles was observed in the medial 1/3 (tibial territory) of the dorsal horn at 3 and 7 days after nerve injury. Although c-Fos-IR neuron profiles had reappeared by 14 days after injury, the number of p-ERK-IR neuron profiles remained decreased in the tibial territory of the superficial dorsal horn. Double immunofluorescence labeling for c-Fos and p-ERK induced by noxious heat stimulation to the hindpaw at different time points revealed that a large number of c-Fos-IR, but not p-ERK-IR, neuron profiles were distributed in the tibial territory after injury. Although administration of a MEK 1/2 inhibitor to the spinal cord suppressed noxious heat-induced c-Fos expression in the peroneal territory, this treatment did not alter c-Fos induction in the tibial territory after nerve injury. Conclusions: ERK phosphorylation may be involved in c-Fos induction in normal nociceptive responses, but not in exaggerated c-Fos induction after nerve injury.
The Social ROI :   Successful Social Media Measurement From an Agency Standpoint

This research analyzed the viewpoints of advertising agency professionals regarding the successful monitoring and measurement of social media for clients. Research was conducted through one-on-one interviews with advertising professionals. This study found that successful campaigns are fully integrated, with social media possessing transparent and responsive characteristics and serving as an amplification and engagement tool. It should be consistently monitored and measured both qualitatively and quantitatively. The Facebook “like” is the most commonly measured metric; however, the importance of a specific metric is dependent on the campaign’s objectives. Free built-in analytics tools are primarily used to measure social media, while paid-for third-party tools are not as common.
Efficient adsorption of Ag ( I ) and Au ( III ) on modified magnetic chitosan with amine functionalities

Sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) crosslinked magnetic chitosan adsorbent was prepared and immobilized with pentamine moieties. The adsorption behavior of the prepared adsorbent toward Ag(I) and Au(III) was studied at different experimental condition using batch and column methods. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 1.7 and 2.3mmol g 1 for Ag(I) and Au(III), respectively. The mechanism of interaction between metal ion and adsorbent was found to proceed via complex formation and/or ion exchange. Kinetics and thermodynamic studies showed that the adsorption followed pseudo-second order with endothermic nature. The regeneration of the loaded resin was performed using 1.0M acidified thiourea and was found to be 95–97%. The flow rate of 1.0mLmin 1 in column experiments was found to be the most preferable rate.
Refined Tagging of Complex Verbal Phrases for the Italian Language

A verb phrase is a syntactic unit consisting of one verbal form, combined with any other elements, representing the verbal part of the speech. In Italian, as in many other languages, the verb phrase is the central element in a sentence. In this paper, we investigate the problem of the automatic recognition of complex verb phrases in the Italian language, where the wide variety of syntactic units and the complexity of morphology make the problem more difficult to solve than in English. In particular we propose an hybrid approach which faces the recognition and the disambiguation of Italian verb phrases by using language generation. We provide also a web tool for testing and querying our method. The level of accuracy and the grade of detail reached by our solution is higher than any other known approach.