Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EPPO Datasheet: Plum pox virus

PPV is so far the only potyvirus known to infect temperate fruit trees. The potential existence of a serologically related virus in some Prunus materials of Asian origin has been reported (Hadidi & Levy, 1994). The existence and identity of this virus, tentatively named prunus latent potyvirus has however not been confirmed in further efforts. In particular, High-Throughput Sequencing of several Prunus sources initially reported to be infected by the prunus latent potyvirus or showing similar PPV-cross reactions to it failed to identify any potyvirus or PPV-like virus (Marais et al., 2016).
Mixing time of the switch Markov chain and stable degree sequences

The switch chain is a well-studied Markov chain which can be used to sample approximately uniformly from the set Ω(d) of all graphs with a given degree sequence d. Polynomial mixing time (rapid mixing) has been established for the switch chain under various conditions on the degree sequences. Amanatidis and Kleer introduced the notion of strongly stable families of degree sequences, and proved that the switch chain is rapidly mixing for any degree sequence from a strongly stable family. Using a different approach, Erdős et al. recently extended this result to the (possibly larger) class of P-stable degree sequences, introduced by Jerrum and Sinclair in 1990. We define a new notion of stability for a given degree sequence, namely k-stability, and prove that if a degree sequence d is 8-stable then the switch chain on Ω(d) is rapidly mixing. We also provide necessary conditions for P-stability, strong stability and 8-stability. Using these necessary conditions, we give the first proof of P-stability for various families of heavy-tailed degree sequences, and show that the switch chain is rapidly mixing for these families. We further extend these notions and results to directed degree sequences.
Reconciling a Theory-practice Discrepancy in Tourism Research

Occasionally, an inconsistency between theoretical foundation and empirical practice is emerged and accepted without question in research community. One of these inconsistencies or discrepancies is the measurement of the affective image of various destinations. The commonly-used affective image measure is two-dimensional in academic theory and unidimensional in research practice. This article attempts to reconcile this discrepancy theoretically and empirically. The results of statistical analysis suggest that a halo effect contaminates the data of this affective image measure. Implications of this finding in theoretical development and empirical practice are provided.
Policy Continuation and Policy Evolution with Hindsight Inverse Dynamics

Solving goal-oriented tasks is an important but challenging problem in reinforcement learning (RL). For such tasks, the rewards are often sparse, making it difﬁcult to learn a policy effectively. To tackle this difﬁculty, we propose a new approach called Policy Continuation and and Policy Evolution with Hindsight Inverse Dynamics (PC&PEHID) . This approach learns from Hindsight Inverse Dynamics based on Hindsight Experience Replay. This work also extends it to multi-step settings with Policy Continuation and Policy Evolution. The proposed method is general – it can work in isolation or be combined with other on-policy and off-policy algorithms. On challenging multi-goal tasks, PC&PEHID signiﬁcantly improves the sample efﬁciency as well as the ﬁnal performance.
The efficacy of a multifactorial falls-prevention programme, implemented in primary health care

Introduction A major threat to healthy ageing is accidental falls causing individual suffering as well as increasing costs for society. The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate a multifactorial falls-prevention programme, with ordinary falls prevention in primary healthcare. Method Eligible patients were community-dwelling older adults (+65) who had fallen within the last 6 months or were concerned about falling. Participants (n = 131) were randomized to an intervention or control group. The primary outcome was measure of falls and the secondary was fear of falling. Results There was a significant decrease in the risk of falls and fear of falling at 12 months in favour of the intervention group. When comparing groups over time, including baseline measures, only fear of falling remained significant. Conclusion Small-group learning environments in combination with learning by doing, could be an effective approach for the translation of knowledge into everyday life and valued activities leading to a decrease in falls and fear of falling. Multifactorial and multi-disciplinary approaches against falls in a small-group learning environment could be effective in preventing falls and reducing fear of falling among older adults at risk.
Experimental Validation of Factors Related to Agricultural Credit Based on Metrics from the Perspective of Borrowers

Credit is an important tool to enable farmers to increase agricultural production and productivity, and contribute to poverty alleviation in order to keep populations growing in developing countries. Although the volume of agricultural credit presents a growing trend in nominal terms in Mozambique in recent years, studies have shown that organizations and academics have not adopted appropriate strategies to estimate a composite indicator to overcome restrictions on credit financing in order to improve the quality of their products and services. Determinants of access to agricultural credit, such as amortization period, interest rate, lack of guarantee, distance from loan sources and the amount granted can be analysed to find out if they are relevant indicators in directing the Loans to borrowers. This analysis can be quantitatively supported by metrics. Objective: To present an experimental validation of the loan accessibility metrics and repayment capacity in the perspective of borrowers. Methodology: Data were collected from 20 farmers in order to compose different configurations and methods analytical tests patterns were used to determine the properties of the data applied in the selected metrics of the current literature and adapted by the Goal-Question-Metric (GQM) method. To estimate the data, descriptive statistical analysis and Spearman's non-parametric correlation coefficient (ρ) were used to support the interpretation. Results and conclusions: the observed values of lending accessibility and repayment capacity were analyzed and showed a weak and statistically significant positive correlation (Corr.1=0.35). Therefore, the experiment carried out provides evidence that such metrics can be used as relevant indicators for lending credit to borrowers in Boane district.
Wi-Fi Intruder Detection An experimental approach

- In a society where monitoring and security are one of the most important concerns, this system represents a convenient and interesting low-cost solution in terms of intruder detection. Using widely spread infrastructure such as Wi-Fi routers and laptops, we proposed an innovative alternative, capable of detecting intruders by sensing the different electromagnetic interference caused. These perturbations are sensed by the system through the changes in the acquired Wi-Fi Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), in the presence of obstacles/targets between the transmitter and receiver.
Small Forest Openings Support Shrubland Birds and Native Bees in the Northeast

Wildlife species that depend on early successional shrubland habitats have experienced severe population declines in eastern North America due to the loss of disturbance-dependent young forest habitats. Disturbances such as wind-throw, wildfire, beaver activity, and flooding, which once naturally sustained these ephemeral habitats, have largely been suppressed by humans. As a result, maintaining disturbance-dependent early successional habitats is now considered a conservation priority in the northeast. Mechanically treated wildlife openings can provide suitable habitat for high priority shrubland species, including birds (Chandler et al. 2009, King et al. 2009) and wild bees (Winfree et al. 2009). Silvicultural practices have been advocated for creating early United States Department of Agriculture
KauNet Scenario Creation using Network Measurements

This report describes how to use KauNet and its’ scenario functionality for network emulation. KauNet supports network emulation using deterministically placed emulation eﬀects. Supported eﬀects include: packet loss, bit-errors, packet reordering, bandwidth and delay change. The scenario functionality of KauNet enables such eﬀects to be grouped in a single entity, enabling very simple setup of advanced emulation scenarios. KauNet scenarios therefore enable experimenters to use, reuse and share complete network scenarios for their emulations. To demonstrate the scenario functionality, ﬁve KauNet scenarios that model diﬀerent types of Internet access networks are created. The access networks include: back-bone, WLAN, WMN, ADSL and 3G. To make the modeling realistic, we base our scenarios on measurements conducted in real access networks.
Prevalence of Late Life Anxiety Disorders 1 TITLE: PREVALENCE OF ANXIETY DISORDERS IN COMMUNITY LIVING OLDER ADULTS IN HONG KONG

Ms Ada, Wai Tung, Fung, BA, MSc 1 Prof. Linda, Chiu Wa, Lam, MD, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 1 Dr Wai-Chi Chan, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry). 2 Ms Corine Sau-Man Wong, MSocSc 2 Prof. Eric Yu-Hai Chen, MA, MD, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 2 Dr Roger Man-Kin Ng, FRCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 3 Dr Edwin Ho-Ming Lee, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) . Dr Wing-Chung Chang, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) . Dr Se-Fong Hung, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 4 Dr Eric Fuk-Chi Cheung, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 5 Dr Pak-Chung Sham, BA, MSc, PhD, MRPsych 2 Dr Helen Fung-Kum Chiu, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 1 Dr Ming Lam, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 5 Dr Tin-Po Chiang, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry) 5 Prof. Jim van Os, MD, PhD 6 Prof. Joseph Tak-Fai Lau, BSSc, MA, PhD, FFPH 7 Prof. Glyn Lewis, PhD, FRCPsych 8 Prof. Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCPsych 9 The Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey Team 1
Enhancing the Lifetime and Improving the Security of the Smart Mines

: Mostof the WSN applications are designed to overcome the limitations pertaining to the sensor nodes. To enhance the life of the network, the power of the sensor nodes needs to be recharged as required. The paper proposes an inductive recharging to enhance the life of smart mines by exploring the area of the network using multiple mobile nodes. We propose a role-based exploration technique to explore the area for recharging mobile nodes. To enhance the MAC level security, against jamming attack caused by interference of other signals, we adopt frequency hopping MAC protocol which is achieved by time-synchronizing all the smart mines deployed.
ACCURACY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN DIFFERENTIATING BENIGN AND MALIGNANT CAUSES OF VERTEBRAL COLLAPSE

Vertebral collapse is the breakdown of a vertebra resulting in a decreased height of its body. The collapse may occur to a variable extent. Vertebral collapse is associated with an increased width of the body with possible bulging of the posterior wall tow or nerve root compression in severe cases. While the diagnosis of vertebral collapse is easily accomplished with plain X osteoporotic verteb Objectives: differentiating malignant from benign vertebral collapses. Analyse the sensitivity & specificity of MR imaging i Methods: June 2016. The group comprised of patients who attended Department of Radiodiagnosis & orthopaedics with comp clinical history was obtained from all patients. Detailed examination and findings were recorded. Results: replaced marrow (74%) and paravertebral spinal mass (86%) was found to be high in cases of malignant vertebral collapse, which helps in accurately differentiating it from benign vertebral collapse. Conclusion: one of the reliable method to differentiate between benign and malignant etiology Thus, it was concluded in our study that the MRI helps 1.differentiating between benign and malignant etiology 2.deciding in sur preservation of neurologic function and restoration of spinal stability.
Autonomous Vehicles & Road Safety see Autonomous Vehicles & Traffic Safety 2018

A CV pilot operation experiment was conducted by the US Department of Transport in New York City with the goal of addressing safety concerns regarding fatalities and severe injuries from traffic crashes in the city. The most noticeable impact will be the introduction of warnings to the vehicle driver/operators. It is unknown how frequent these warnings will be as this project will be the first to introduce over a dozen applications into a highly congested urban environment. The first phase has been completed and two others are underway. The function of Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) for sample vehicles and intersections was featured, along with corresponding RoadSide Equipment (RSE) (Galgano et al., 2016).
Detection of Unstable Objects by Using Deep Learning for Domestic Environment

—In this study, we estimate whether or not an object is unstable under the situation that an object exists on a desk by using deep learning. We also show that this method is effective for images taken in the real world of similar situations. In the experiment, the model is learned using images generated from physical simulation using Unity, and the structure of the model is designed using UNet.
Down the Line : Archaeological investigations on the route of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway

Between late 2006 and the middle of 2008 archaeological excavation was carried out at ten locations along the 18 kilometre route of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. Monitoring of groundworks was also carried out along the whole length as well as heritage railway recording of the track and at key locations. Archaeological remains were found at seven of the excavation locations as well as in one significant location during the monitoring programme. Three of these sites are dealt with in other publications; the remainder are reported on in this paper. Two sites at Swavesey revealed evidence of Iron Age and Roman activity, extending the known area of occupation on the island at this date down to the fen-edge. The evidence suggests that this was a processing or redistribution location rather than dense settlement. At the Windmill site near Over remains of a similar period were found, but here there was clear evidence of settlement extending from the middle Iron Age through to around AD 70 when it is likely that the settlement focus shifted due to landscape reorganisation. At Arbury evidence was found indicating the presence of a substantial Roman building with finds of pottery, building material and coins.
Advances in trifluoromethylation or trifluoromethylthiolation with copper or complexes

The copper CF3 or SCF3 complexes as the fluoride sources for the synthesis of trifluoromethylated or trifluoromethylthiolated compounds are reviewed. Compared with the ordinary fluoride reagents, the addition of reactant species in the reaction systems of copper trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethylthio complexes were less, so the reaction systems are relatively simple and easy to operate. In most cases, the trifluoromethylated or trifluoromethylthiolated products were obtained in moderate to excellent yields.
Notes on the order-of-reflection dependence of microstrain broadening

In order to obtain systematic insight into the different manifestations of microstrain broadening in powder diffraction patterns, the consequences of the breakdown of the Stokes–Wilson approximation (negligible strain gradient in a stack of lattice planes) were investigated. To this end, a phenomenological approach for the decay of the variance of the microstrain with increasing correlation distance L, h"Li, was adopted, as well as a Gaussian microstrain distribution for each L. For the case of an L-independent h"Li (i.e. the Stokes– Wilson approximation) the (Gaussian) microstrain distribution directly shows up (is affinely mapped) on the diffraction angle scale as well as on the length of the diffraction vector scale. Furthermore, the integral breadth (on the length of the diffraction vector scale) then increases linearly with the order of reflection or, expressed another way, with the length of the diffraction vector (i.e. the integral breadth increases with tan on the diffraction angle 2 scale). For the case of a decay of h"Li with L, deviations from such simple behaviour of the integral breadth occur. In particular, Lorentzian line broadening and nonlinear dependence of the integral breadth on the length of the diffraction vector scale (i.e. non-tan dependence on the 2 scale) are induced. It is argued that the approaches used for the description of microstrain broadening in many procedures (integral breadth and Rietveld refinement) are of limited validity, i.e. they do not warrant general unverified application.
Top-K Closest Keyword Exploring Queries by Using Graph Encryption

— For the purpose of security demands in cloud application, client encrypt’s the data before storing into the cloud. To properly encrypt the data, graph encryption is used because edges and clouds are not trusted. For retrieving data, query search is done in encrypted graph structured data. We store necessary information using several indexes in graph structure for answering queries.We can easy identify the related information using top-k closest keyword search.
A USER-CENTERED APPROACH DESIGNING SMOKING CESSATION TECHNOLOGY BY STEPHAN RASMUSSEN & LARS LICHON GROUP: I106F14 UNDER SUPERVISION OF JENI PAAY

This Master's Thesis uses a user-centered approach to designing smoking cessation technology; by conducting multiple focus groups and design workshops, the research team was able to gain knowledge on how technology can help within this context. Overall, 12 issues were found, that should be considered when designing and developing technology in order to support people who are struggling with a smoking addiction. These issues were presented in the design workshops, in order for the participants to devise useful ideas on how technology could aid and support them. In combining the findings from both the focus groups and design workshops, the research team was able to create a low-fidelity prototype, using smartphone technology to support users in this context. __________________________________ Stephan Vinther Smedegaard Rasmussen __________________________________ Lars Christian Vagner Lichon
FAMILY COMES FIRST: CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON STUDENTS’ TIME MANAGEMENT

This work examines how culture influences students’ time management. Specifically, it investigates how family responsibilities prevalent in the Asian and Latino ethnic subcultures influence those students’ approach to time management and subsequent task completion. Undergraduates listed tasks that they planned to accomplish in a month; four weeks later they noted which were completed, and which were family-related. Analyses reveal that Asian and Latino students’ initial to-do lists, relative to their classmates, contained a higher percentage of family-related tasks. Also, Asian and Latino students completed a higher proportion of familyrelated chores. Discussion focuses on related educational applications and on future research.
Early diagnosis of chronic conditions and lifestyle modification

This study estimates the potential impact of early diagnosis programmes on medication, subjective health and lifestyle. To deal with potential selection bias due to screening, I employ a feature of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing that motivates a regression discontinuity design based on respondents’ blood pressure. If their measurements are above a threshold, individuals are advised to visit their family doctor to check for high blood pressure. There is evidence of a temporal increase in use of medication for treating the condition (6.6 percentage points), which almost doubled in the proportion of people taking medication for such blood pressure levels. At the same time, there is a permanent reduction of the probability of consuming alcohol twice a week (10 percentage points) and an increase in fruits consumption. However, there is also evidence of higher smoking frequency (eight cigarettes per week) in those above the threshold. Such lifestyle responses are not related to extra medication. However, no clear effects on either objective or subjective health were found after 4 years of intervention.
Solvothermal Synthesis of Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalysts by Transition Metal Complex Anchored on Polyoxometalate Keggin Unit

Metal complex comprising of copper (II) coordinated to nicotinamide and potassium thiocyanate ligands was synthesized and characterized. The metal complex was immobilized by anchoring on ammonium salt of phosphotungstate [(NH4)3(PW12O40)] and phosphomolybdate [(NH4)3(PMo12O40)] by hydrothermal method. Green procedure was followed during synthesis of organic-inorganic hybrids. The synthesized metal complex and organic-inorganic hybrids were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR. , DR-UV-Vis, EDX, SEM and powder XRD. Powder XRD of organic-inorganic hybrids gave reflection at around 2θ=9, confirming the preservation of the Keggin structure. Since the Keggin structure was maintained after the immobilization of the complex, the immobilization strategy was successful. The metal complex as well as organic-inorganic hybrids were studied for their catalytic activity for oxidative conversion of alkyl aromatic, cyclocycloalkane and cycloalcohols. Gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectroscopy (MS) was used for the determination of products formed during catalysis. The heterogeneous catalysts showed high catalytic activity and good product selectivity. The catalysts were recycled and reused multiple times with no substantial loss of their catalytic activity. Keywords-Phosphotungstate, phopshomolybdate, heterogeneous catalyst, cyclohexane
Disrupting Image-Translation-Based DeepFake Algorithms with Adversarial Attacks

DeepNude, a deep generative software based on im-age-to-image translation algorithm, excelling in undressing photos of humans and producing realistic nude images. Although the software was later purged from the Internet, image translation algorithms such as CycleGAN, pix2pix, or pix2pixHD can easily be applied by anyone to recreate a new version of DeepNude. This work addresses the issue by introducing a novel aspect of image translating algorithms, namely the possibility of adversarially attacking these algorithms. We modify the input images by the adversarial loss, and thereby the edited images would not be counterfeited easily by these algorithms. The proposed technique can provide a guideline to future research on defending personal images from malicious use of image translation algorithms.