Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Use of telosomes in mapping three chromosomes in cotton.

ELOCENTRIC chromosomes are useful in chromosome mapping because a whole arm of the chromosome is absent, which not only allows the position-ing of genes in one or the other arm but also the location of genes with reference to the centromere. Telocentric chromosomes in diploid organisms, because of their lethal effect either in the haploid or zygotic state, can only be used when present in addition to the normal complement of chromosomes. This explains why telocentric chromosomes have been available for study in only a few cases. Telosomes can be recovered in polyploids because of the duplication of genetic material in them, and can be used as part of their chromosome complement in genetic studies. Most of the cytogenetic data reported on telosomes have been from studies in polyploid organisms. in region of an increase in chiasma or recombination in one region compensated for increases in regions, the total map length of the chromosome unaffected. the remainder of the cotton total recombination frequency bivalent be under stringent control”. of recombination in regions of the of a plant heterozygous for a translocation involving chromosomes and of the A and a of the D genome. This telosome was identified as a telocentric of chromosome 15 by crossing the telosomic plant as female to a stock homozygous for T4-15. Two kinds of progeny were observed in the cytological analysis for the F,’s. One type had 24 bivalents and a ring of four chromosomes at metaphase I (MI). The other had 24 bivalents and a chain of four one 6f the terminal in the being the small D genome telocentric studies, STEPHENS (1955) reported the gene order to be Lg cr L o which is different than that we show above. STEPHENS observed 6.6% crossing over between Lg and cr, 41.2% between cr and LO, and 46.5% between Lg and Lo, but this latter value was obtained in a population of only 80 plants. We can only surmise that the observed 46.5% between Lg and Lo, being larger than the distance (41.2) between cr and LO, led him to conclude, even though the population was quite small, that the gene order was Lg cr Lo. Our studies are the first to report intraspecific segregations of all three loci within a famly, and the data support a cr Lg L o gene order. GILES (1961) observed segregation of the three loci within single families, but one of the parents originated from a tri-species hybrid and the number of segregates in the families was quite small.
A co-designed virtual machine for instruction-level distributed processing

A current trend in high-performance superscalar processors is toward simpler designs that attempt to strike a balance between clock frequency, instruction-level parallelism, and power consumption. To achieve this goal, the thesis advocates a microarchitecture and design paradigm that rely less on low-level speculation techniques and more on simpler, modular designs with distributed processing at the instruction level, i.e., instruction-level distributed processing (ILDP). This thesis shows that designing a hardware/software co-designed virtual machine (VM) system using an accumulator-oriented instruction set architecture (ISA) and microarchitecture is a good approach for implementing complexity-effective, high-performance out-of-order superscalar machines. The following three key points support this conclusion. An accumulator-oriented instruction format and microarchitecture fit today's technology constraints better than conventional design approaches: The ILDP ISA format assigns temporary values that account for most of the register communication to a small number of accumulators. As a result, the complexity of the register file and associated hardware structures are greatly reduced. Furthermore, the dependence-oriented ILDP ISA format allows simple implementation of a complexity-effective distributed microarchitecture that is tolerant of global communication latencies. The accumulator-oriented instruction format and microarchitecture result in low-overhead dynamic binary translation (DBT): Because the underlying ILDP hardware provides a form of superscalar out-of-order processing, the dynamic binary translator does not need to perform aggressive optimizations. As a result, the dynamic binary translation overhead is greatly reduced. The co-designed VM system for ILDP performs similarly to, or better than, conventional superscalar processors having similar pipeline depths while achieving lower complexity in key pipeline structures: This reduction of complexity can be exploited to achieve either a higher clock frequency or lower power consumption, or a combination of the two. This thesis makes two main contributions. First, the major components of a co-designed VM for ILDP are fully developed: an accumulator-based ISA; a complexity-effective distributed microarchitecture; a fast and efficient DBT mechanism. Second, performance evaluations and complexity analysis support the key points of the thesis listed above.
A frequency selective surface design to reduce the interference effect on satellite communication

In this study, a sawtooth-shape scalable frequency selective surface structure (FSS) for X-band applications is presented. The proposed FSS structure intended to be used in shielding of X-band satellite communication systems to reduce the interference effect is specifically tuned to be operated in 10–12 GHz band and it is aimed to have a stable response at oblique incidence. The scalable design allows tuning the operating band up to scale factor of 0.6 without changing its dimensions. The structure is analyzed for commonly used dielectrics and design parameters. The performance of the design is simulated using CST Microwave Studio in terms of resonance frequency stability at oblique incidence and bandwidth. From the results, the design of the FSS has stable performance as a band-stop filter at oblique angle variations between 0° to 75° in TE and TM modes.
Improved results with femoropopliteal vein grafts for limb salvage.

Over a ten-year period from 1966 to 1975, 154 femoropopliteal vein grafts were performed for limb salvage in 139 patients, including 42 diabetics. The average patient age was 70 years. The one-month operative mortality was 2.9% (four patients). Average preoperative Doppler ankle pressure was 46 mm Hg, with an average ankle-arm systolic blood pressure index (ASPI) of 0.33. The average postoperative Doppler ankle pressure was 96 mm Hg, with an ASPI of 0.76. Five-year vein graft patency was 72%. Poor quality of vein was a statistically significant cause of graft failure (P less than .015). Small saphenous veins of good quality and arm veins gave satisfactory results. Diabetics had a lower, but not statistically significantly decreased, five-year patency. Because of this high success rate and low operative mortality, we recommend an attempt at limb salvage by femoropopliteal vein grafting in patients threatened with limb loss because of atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the femoropopliteal segment.
Technical Note - Convex Programming with Set-Inclusive Constraints and Applications to Inexact Linear Programming

This note formulates a convex mathematical programming problem in which the usual definition of the feasible region is replaced by a significantly different strategy. Instead of specifying the feasible region by a set of convex inequalities,fi(x)_ bi, i=1, 2, , m, the feasible region is defined via set containment. Here n convex activity sets {Kj, j=1, 2, * * *, n} and a convex resource set K are specified and the feasible region is given by
Maternal/newborn GSTT1 null genotype contributes to risk of preterm, low birthweight infants.

OBJECTIVES Maternal cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy has been identified as a risk factor for prematurity and low birthweight. However, little is known about genetic susceptibility and possible interactions with cigarette smoking which may increase risk of these events. METHODS Maternal peripheral and umbilical cord blood samples from 955 mother/newborn pairs were genotyped for a panel of phase I/II metabolic enzymes responsible for the metabolism of tobacco related mutagens and carcinogens in order to evaluate the association with premature birth. RESULTS As reported previously, maternal cigarette smoking during the last trimester was significantly associated with premature birth. In addition, maternal glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) null genotype also increased risk of premature birth. Risk was further elevated among subjects with the combination of maternal and newborn GSTT1 null genotype with or without maternal cigarette smoke. CONCLUSIONS These observations suggest that women and/or newborns with the GSTT1 null genotype who are exposed to cigarette smoke during pregnancy are at elevated risk for premature delivery. The ability to identify high-risk women by genotyping has potential for reducing the frequency of premature births, a major public health concern.
An efficient energy and thermal-aware mapping for regular network-on-chip

Chip temperature and energy consumption become one of the most critical design issues with technology scaling to nanometre-scale, especially for NoC systems with large number of cores and shrunken core size. To balance the temperature and energy consumption on NoC-based multi-cores system, this paper proposes an efficient NoC mapping approach in which the hyper-heuristic algorithm based on genetic operators (HAGO) is the core of this approach. Compared to simulated annealing algorithm and genetic algorithm, HAGO demonstrates a faster convergence speed and excellent stability. Experimental results show that our proposed mapping approach can make a better balance between energy consumption and temperature, which reduces the peak temperature from 365.2K to 352K and only increases the energy consumption by 1.12%.
Prevalence of livestock-associated MRSA on Dutch broiler farms and in people living and/or working on these farms

SUMMARY This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on 50 Dutch broiler farms. Of 145 persons living and/or working on these farms, eight tested positive for MRSA (5·5%). Investigation of 250 pooled throat samples of broilers and 755 dust samples resulted in four farms where MRSA-positive samples were present (8·0%). All isolates belonged to the CC398 complex. Living and/or working on a MRSA-positive farm was a risk for MRSA carriage; 66·7% of people on positive farms were MRSA positive vs. 1·5% on negative farms (P<0·0001). Due to the low number of positive farms and persons, and high similarity in farm management, it was impossible to draw statistically valid conclusions on other risk factors. For broiler farming, both farm and human MRSA prevalence seem much lower than for pig or veal farming. However, MRSA carriage in people living and/or working on broiler farms is higher compared to the general human population in The Netherlands (5·5% vs. <0·1%). As broiler husbandry systems are not unique to The Netherlands, this might imply that people in contact with live broilers are at risk for MRSA carriage worldwide.
Estimating Probability Distributions by Observing Betting Practices

A bookmaker takes bets on a two-horse race, attempting to minimize expected loss over all possible outcomes of the race. Profits are controlled by manipulation of customer' betting behavior; in order to do this, we need some information about the probability distribution which describes how the customers will bet. We examine what information initial customer' betting behavior provides about this probability distribution, and consider how to use this to estimate the probability distribution for remaining customers.
System Architecture and Risk Management for Autonomous Railway Convoys

The RailCab project envisions autonomous railway vehicles which drive in convoy without mechanical coupling. The RailCabs can dynamically and autonomously build and dissolve convoys. This enables an on-demand use of these vehicles while retaining the cost and ecological advantages of public transport. The development of such system has to be rigorous with respect to safety issues in order to avoid loss of lives and other damages. In this paper we present an overview about the system architecture of the RailCab prototype on the test track as well as the actions to be taken to ensure safe operation.
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: Hyperspectral images contain large spectral and spatial information’s and hence it is widely used in the field of remote sensing for various application such as urban planning, disaster management and land use land cover classification. However, these images are usually corrupted by various kind of noises and which adversely affect the quality of images. In order to resolve thisissue, various preprocessing technique are exploited while dealing with hyperspectral images. convexdenoising using non-convex tight frame regularization technique is proposed as a preprocessing technique . After preprocessing, the images are classified using Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) algorithm. The classification results are evaluated interms of accuracy assessment measures. Also, the impact of the proposed preprocessing stageis compared with classification results of existing denoising techniques such as Total Variation(TV)denoising and wavelet based denoising.
A fragile watermarking scheme based on integer wavelet transform

A fragile watermarking scheme based on integer wavelet transform and chaos sequence is proposed in this paper. The novel watermarking scheme uses the quad tree structures received by the wavelet decomposition and chaos sequences to choose locations where are embedded the watermark information. The scheme has high signal-to-noise because it only embed watermark into the latest bit of node. It is suitable for medical image and it is also easy to implement on hardware. The difference between the scheme and other schemes based on integer wavelet transform is that we embed watermark on the coefficients of integer wavelet transform separately.
Quantitative cranial ultrasound prediction of severity of disability in premature infants with post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

Background Infants with post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) have a high risk of severe disability and parenchymal infarction increases this risk. Existing cranial ultrasound (CUS) markers of neurodevelopmental outcome are based on categorical features. Objective To investigate to what extent quantitative CUS measurements correlated with severity of developmental outcome and the need for ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt at 2 years of age. Design 69 premature infants with PHVD had lateral ventricle area, intraventricular echodensity and parenchymal lesion dimensions measured at the start of treatment for PHVD. Outcome measures were the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II and functional ability at 2 years of age. Bayley developmental quotients (DQ) were used in preference to index scores to enable inclusion of severely disabled children. Results Quantitative CUS measurements of parenchymal lesion area correlated significantly with later mental and motor DQ. Intraventricular echodensity area correlated with motor DQ in infants with grade 4 intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH). Neither ventricular area nor ventricular width correlated with DQ in grade 3 IVH. Infants who ultimately required a VP shunt had a significantly larger intraventricular echodensity area. Conclusions CUS measurement of parenchymal lesions in infants with PHVD can increase the precision of predicting severe mental and motor disability, but ventricular size at the start of treatment is not predictive of outcome in infants with PHVD following grade 3 IVH.
An Anonymous Authentication and Key Establish Scheme for Smart Grid: FAuth

The smart meters in electricity grids enable fine-grained consumption monitoring. Thus, suppliers could adjust their tariffs. However, as smart meters are deployed within the smart grid field, authentication and key establishment between smart grid parties (smart meters, aggregators, and servers) become an urgency. Besides, as privacy is becoming a big concern for smart meters, smart grid parties are reluctant to leak their real identities during the authentication phase. In this paper, we analyze the recent authentication schemes in smart grids and other applied fields, and propose an anonymous authentication and key establishment scheme between smart grid parties: FAuth. The proposed scheme is based on bilinear maps and the computational Diffie–Hellman problem. We changed the way the smart meter parties registered at Key Generation Center, making the proposed scheme robust against various potential attacks that could be launched by the Key Generation Center, as the scheme could avoid the private key of the smart meter parties from leaking to the Key Generation Center. Besides, the proposed scheme reduced the computational load, both at the smart meter side and at the aggregator side, which make it perfectly suitable for computation-constrained devices. Security proof results show the proposed scheme is secure under the BAN logic and random oracle model.
Determination of serum albumin.

Good agreement was obtained between an electrophoretic and an immunoprecipitation method for serum albumin, and it is suggested that these offer a means of determining serum albumin concentration with reasonable accuracy. The methyl orange dye-binding method tends to give slightly higher results in disease and occasionally larger discrepancies as compared with the electrophoretic and immunoprecipitation methods, but results are little affected, if at all, by the presence of large amounts of paraproteins. The dye-binding method appears to be ideal for population surveys.
Inventory Accumulation with Multiple Products

Sheffield (2016) proposed an inventory accumulation model with two types of products which encodes the critical Fortuin-Kasteleyn model on a random planar map, and showed that a two-dimensional inventory accumulation trajectory in the discrete model scales to a correlated planar Brownian motion. In this work, we generalize the inventory model to k types of products for any integer k ≥ 2, and prove that the corresponding trajectory scales to a k-dimensional Brownian motion with a certain covariance matrix. We also discuss implications of the scaling limit result in inventory theory and beyond.
Polyethylene Glycol Improves Conjugation of Bovine Hemoglobin and Human Serum Albumin in a Controlled Ratio

Direct conjugation of bovine hemoglobin (Hb) and human serum albumin (HSA) with glutaraldehyde would result in a complex mixture of dimers Hb-Hb, Hb-HSA, HSA-HSA and other oligomers. To obtain a high yield of target Hb-HSA, modulation of the reaction environment was carried out. It was found that polyethylene glycol (PEG), a hydrophilic polymer, could improve the yield of Hb-HSA conjugate. The degree of improvement depended on the molecular weight and concentration of PEG. Under optimum condition of 9% (w/v) of PEG 4000, the reaction proceeded in a controlled mode with conversion yield of starting proteins to Hb-HSA increasing from 6% to 30%. The purity was about 88% of the total conjugates. Furthermore, the impurities were mainly tetrameric molecules of two Hb-HSA conjugates. The improvement could be attributed to the “micro-compartment” created by addition of polyethylene glycol, which brings HSA and Hb close together, thus increasing the chance of conjugation between the two molecules.
Identity priming in English is compromised by phonological ambiguity.

If it takes longer to achieve a single phonological representation for inconsistent words (e.g., BOWL) than for consistent words (e.g., BENT), and if phonological coherence is pivotal to visual word recognition, then identity priming should depend on consistency. This hypothesis was evaluated in naming and lexical decision within a 4-field presentation sequence of mask-prime-mask-target. The prime-target stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) was either 114 or 244 ms (with prime durations, respectively, of 43 and 129 ms). Four experiments compared identity primes such as BOWL and BENT, which were equated, on average, for total number of friendly and unfriendly neighbors, bigram frequency, and number of 1-letter-different neighbors. In both tasks, BENT primed itself better than BOWL primed itself, with the difference being larger at the shorter SOA. Word processing is constrained primarily by the rate of achieving a coherent phonological code.
Newer antidepressants and the cytochrome P450 system.

OBJECTIVE This review evaluates the in vitro and in vivo evidence for inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes by the newer antidepressants and provides clinical recommendations for avoiding and managing drug interactions. METHOD The international literature on the cytochrome P450 system and related drug interactions from 1966 to 1995 was reviewed. In vitro studies, pharmacokinetic trials in human subjects, and case reports were assessed. RESULTS The newer antidepressants each inhibit a different cluster of cytochrome P450 enzymes, which are of relevance to the potential for drug interactions. Cytochrome P450 1A2 is inhibited by fluvoxamine and is implicated in drug interactions with theophylline, clozapine, and others. Fluoxetine, norfluoxetine, sertraline, and paroxetine are potent in vitro inhibitors of cytochrome P450 2D6 and are capable of causing marked elevations in plasma desipramine and nortriptyline concentrations. Fluoxetine, sertraline, and fluvoxamine are believed to inhibit cytochrome P450 2C because of observed interactions with phenytoin, diazepam, and other drugs metabolized by these enzymes. Cytochrome P450 3A4 metabolizes terfenadine, astemizole, carbamazepine, alprazolam, triazolam, and other benzodiazepines. Plasma concentrations of these drugs have increased when they are administered with fluvoxamine, nefazodone, fluoxetine, and sertraline. CONCLUSIONS The majority of the newer antidepressants are associated with a risk for clinically significant drug interactions. A rapidly growing body of literature provides evidence for a distinct profile of cytochrome P450 inhibition and drug interaction risks by individual antidepressants. These findings underscore the need for definitive in vivo interaction studies of plasma from phenotyped patients treated with clinically effective antidepressant doses of medication, for direct comparative clinical studies, and for studies assessing the utility of phenotyping in clinical practice.
Acute paracetamol poisoning.

Of 41 cases of acute paracetamol poisoning one died of gastrointestinal haemorrhage and acute massive necrosis of the liver, three became jaundiced, and 13 others had biochemical evidence of hepatocellular damage. Liver damage is a toxic effect which is present in most patients who ingest more than 15 g. of paracetamol. One patient with liver damage survived renal failure due to acute tubular necrosis. It is suggested that the renal lesion was also the result of paracetamol overdosage.Profound hypoglycaemia and metabolic acidosis may also complicate severe poisoning. Plasma levels of para-aminophenol fall rapidly, and procedures currently used to enhance the elimination of the drug cannot be expected to prevent development of hepatic damage.