Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cardiac motion reconstruction using LKT algorithm from 2D and 3D echocardiography

The rhythm of the heart endows us with not only a life insurance but also a barometer indicating any potential abnormalities. Hence the accurate measurement of heart motion has profound clinical benefit in assisting diagnostic decision making and yet remains a challenging issue to be confronted. Perceptibly, heart motion can be quantified manually from M-mode diagrams of echocardiographs which are created by way of sound waves while a patient is undergoing scanning. Alternatively, the motion can be monitored automatically by post-image processing techniques analyzing B-mode video sequences. This paper explores the feasibility of the application of the Lucas-Kanada-Tomasi algorithm towards the reconstruction of m-mode diagrams from 2D sequences and tissue velocity curves from 3D video clips for the left ventricle. Preliminary results reveal a promising match between the post-processing findings and real-time scanning data and are in consistent agreement with similar studies.
Does the Vat Tax Exports?

While a VAT should in principle be neutral with respect to international trade, it may in practice function as a tax on exporters' input purchases if firms receive incomplete VAT refunds. Using data for over 100 countries that span the majority of historical VAT adoption episodes, this paper finds that—consistent with this hypothesis—the VAT reduces the exports of an industry with a 10 percentage point higher intermediate goods share of output by over 8% relative to an industry with a lower share. This effect is driven by developing countries and is absent for high‐income countries. (JEL F13, F14, H25, H87, O11)
A Decision-Tree-Based Classifier for Credit Assessment Problems under a Big Data Environment

This study proposes a Decision-Tree Credit Assessment Approach (DTCAA) to solve the credit assessment problem under a big data environment. Decision tree model is selected because of its interpretability and easily understanding rules, as well as its competitive performance capability. By acquiring a large-volume dataset from one of the biggest car collateral loan companies in Taiwan, the efficiency and the validity of DTCAA are verified through several experiments.
Immunohistochemistry of the progressive and regressive stages of bovine papillomatosis.

Emhmad Abdouslam D. , M. Levkut, M. Levkutova, V. Revajova, R. Dndrejka, BenBek Z. : Immunohistochemistry of the Progressive and Regressive Stages of Bovine Papillomatosis. Acta vet. Brno 1997.66: 245-248. The progressive and regressive stages of fibropapilloma in their unusual papillomatous formation in calves are described. Papillated hyperplasia of the epidermis and high mitotic activity in stratum basale characterized the progressive stage. The regressive stage (120 days later) showed infiltration of dermal papillary layer by mononuclear cells (CD3+ cells and macrophages). a thin stratum spinosum without long rete ridges. and massive hyalinization of collagen in the dermis. Several basal cells in the mitotic cycle were immunohistochemically positive for papilloma virus. Immunohistochemically, papilloma virus was demonstrated in these lesions with the higher numbers of virus positive cells in the progressive stage. Some cells in the stratum spinosum showed both cytoplasmicand nuclear-staining for the virus. which implies the budding of the virion into the cytoplasm in these layers. Boville papillomatosis. immunohistochemistry. CD3 lymphocytes Papillomatosis of papilloma-viral aetiology is a benign epithelial neoplasm with (fibropapilloma) or without (papilloma) connective tissue proliferation. Six different types of bovine papilloma virus have been identified as BPV -1 BPV -6 (J arre t et al. 1984) and classified into subgroups A and B. Subgroup A viruses cause skin fibropapillomas subgroup B viruses cause true epithelial papillomas. BPV -2 infects traumatized skin and lasts about a year including an initial month oflatency and a final 2 months of tumour rejection. Tumour development can be divided into the following four stages (Campo 1995): fibroma with active proliferation of dermal fibroblasts, fibroma with acanthosis, true fibropapilloma, and tumour regression. Tumour regression is probably mediated via cellular immunity because humoral immunity is not effective in initiating tumour regression (J ablonska 1982). The aim of this paper is to describe the progressive and regressive stages of bovine papillomatosis in its unusual papillomatous formation recorded in the SpiS region (Slovak Republic). In addition, the study deals with the reaction of immunocompetent cells in infected tissue and the participation of CD3 cells in tissue reaction. Materials and Methods Animals Skin papillomas naturally developed in 5 young calves (1-2 years old) were included into this study. Samples of fibropapilloma were excised twice in the span of 120 d of growth. Processing of histological material The samples were processed using a standard procedure i.e. fixed in 10% neutral formalin. and embedded in paraftin. Sections of a thickness of 5-6 11m were stained with haematoxylin eosin. Imm u n oh i s toe hem i s try Immunohistochemical reactions were carried out on paraftin sections by means of the biotin streptavidin amplified peroxidase detection (B-SA) system (Biogenex. San Ramon. CA, USA). The antibodies used are
Automated Segmentation and Clinical Information on Dementia Diagnosis

This work intends to predict the clinical dementia rating (CDR) based on human brain volumetric segmentation measures from magnetic resonance (MR) images. These brain measures were extracted using an automated image segmentation method based on morphometry study and considering brain anatomical atlas. The prediction was achieved by Bayesian classifier. The classifier training was performed on 371 individuals from Open Access Series of Imaging Studies (OASIS) dataset. MR images and clinical information (including the Clinical Dementia Rating score) of each case are available on OASIS dataset. Experimentation results were assessed using true-positive rate. The final purpose of this work is to design a computer-aided diagnostic system that could be able to detect precociously neurodegenerative disorders, allowing early therapeutic interventions.
Stochastic Modeling of Deterioration Processes through Dynamic Bayesian Networks

A generic framework for stochastic modeling of deterioration processes is proposed, based on dynamic Bayesian networks. The framework facilitates computationally efficient and robust reliability analysis and, in particular, Bayesian updating of the model with measurements, monitoring, and inspection results. These properties make it ideally suited for near-real time applications in asset integrity management and deterioration control. The framework is demonstrated and investigated through two applications to probabilistic modeling of fatigue crack growth.
Cirrus Clouds and Climate Engineering: New Findings on Ice Nucleation and Theoretical Basis

Geo-engineering, henceforth referred to as climate engineering, can be described as an intentional intervention on the Earth’s climate system for the purpose of temporarily reducing the increase in surface temperatures due to global warming. While it is generally acknowledged that climate engineering cannot solve the problem of global warming resulting from unrestricted greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Launder and Thompson, 2010), it may “buy time” for non-carbon energy systems to dominate global energy production and for GHG emissions to be reduced to safe levels. The longer meaningful global policy decisions on GHG emissions are delayed, the stronger the demand is likely to be for climate engineering research and development. As described by Anderson and Bows (2010), even if an effective global treaty on GHG emissions were to take effect now, it would still be extremely difficult to prevent mean global surface temperatures from rising above 2°C (above which it is argued that the consequences of climate change would be unacceptable). It is thus defensible to argue that some combination of GHG mitigation and climate engineering may be necessary to limit the mean increase in global surface temperatures to 2°C. A modeling study by Arora et al. (2011) also finds that a mean global warming exceeding 2°C may be unavoidable. Using updated GHG emission scenarios and an upgraded Earth system model (which accounts for aerosol effects and represents the carbon-cycle more realistically), the study finds that even under the lowest, most optimistic GHG emission scenario, the global average temperature will still increase more than 2°C (the limit agreed to by various governments in the Copenhagen accord) by 2100. To limit warming to 2°C by 2100, carbon dioxide emissions would need to be reduced to zero over the next 50 years followed by ongoing carbon sequestration (removal of CO2 from the atmosphere) through the end of this century. While few scientists advocate tinkering with the earth’s climate (Schneider 2010), climate engineering of some kind may become a necessity rather than an option. Two types of climate engineering have been recognized: carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies and solar radiation management (SRM). CDR approaches can be biological, such as iron fertilization of the oceans to increase phytoplankton uptake of CO2 (Lampitt et al., 2010; Smetacek and Naqvi, 2010), or they can be physically based, such as the direct capture
Effect of Indomethacin Suppository on Serum Glucose, Some Lipids, Non-Protein Nitrogen Constituents and Rectal Mucosa of Rabbit

The present study was conducted to investigate the side effects of the therapeutic doses of anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin suppository for 20 days on serum non-protein nitrogen constituents e.g., urea, uric acid, creatinine, glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides in addition to the structure of the rectal mucosa of rabbit. Twenty-four male rabbits weighing (1800-2000 gm) were used in this study. They were divided into four equal groups. The first group served as control. In the second and the third groups of rabbits, indomethacin suppository is given to each rabbit in a dosage levels including 100 mg of indomethacin per day for 10 and 20 days respectively, while the fourth group of animals received the same previous dose of indomethacin for 20 days and then stopped for 2 weeks to study the possibility of recovery. The daily rectal administration of indomethacin suppository for 20 days increased significantly the concentration of glucose, urea, uric acid, creatinine and triglycerides, in rabbit’s serum. However, cholesterol contents did not show any significant changes. The histological results of treated rabbits had produced noticeable pathogenic consequences in the rectal mucosal cells. The severity of such pathological lesions is obviously time dependent. There is a severe rectal mucosal damage characterized by generalized severe villous atrophy, focal desquamation of the rectal epithelium and the goblet cells, were markedly swollen and the lamina propria showed degeneration with hemorrhagic foci as well as noticeable inflammatory cellular infiltration. The nuclei of the epithelial cells showed obvious nuclear damage with distinct signs of pyknosis. Lymphocytic infiltration was also detected within the mucosa. However, condition after this drug was stopped these rectal mucosal cells showed some signs of regeneration.
SIZE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS IN A POPULATION OF SARGASSUM MUTICUM (PHAEOPHYCEAE)

Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt is an introduced brown seaweed with a very distinctive seasonal growth cycle on European shores. The present study links the dynamics of a population of S. muticum with the seasonal growth cycle of the species and the density‐dependent processes operating throughout this cycle. Results indicate that both growth cycle and intraspecific competition influenced the structure and population dynamics. Size inequality increased during the slow growth phase (autumn–winter) of the 2‐year study. Mechanisms generating inequality of size could be the existence of asymmetric competition and the inherent differences in growth rates between old (regenerated) and new thalli (recruits). Inequality of size distributions decreased progressively during the last months of the growth phase (spring–summer) and could be related to a process of self‐thinning. There was a negative biomass–density relationship (as a measure of biomass accumulation‐driven mortality) that confirms the importance of self‐thinning as a major demographic factor in the S. muticum population.
Two-point momentum correlations of few ultracold quasi-one-dimensional trapped fermions: Diffraction patterns

Spatial and momentum correlations are important in the analysis of the quantum states and different phases of trapped ultracold atom systems as a function of the strength of interatomic interactions. Identification and understanding of spin-resolved patterns exhibited in two-point correlations, accessible directly by experiments, are key for uncovering the symmetry and structure of the many-body wave functions of the trapped system. Using the configuration interaction method for exact diagonalization of the many-body Hamiltonian of $N=2-4$ fermionic atoms trapped in single, double, triple, and quadruple wells, we analyze both two-point momentum and space correlations, as well as associated noise distributions, for a broad range of interparticle contact repulsion strengths and interwell separations, unveiling characteristics allowing insights into the transition, via an intermediate phase, from the non-interacting Bose-Einstein condensate to the weakly interacting quasi-Bose-Einstein regime, and from the latter to the strong-repulsion Tonks-Girardeau (TG) one. The ab-initio numerical predictions are shown to agree well with the results of a constructed analytical model employing localized displaced Gaussian functions to represent the $N$ fermions. The two-point momentum correlations are found to exhibit damped oscillatory diffraction behavior. This diffraction behavior develops fully for atoms trapped in a single well with strong interatomic repulsion in the TG regime, or for atoms in well-separated multi-well traps. Additionally, the two-body momentum correlation and noise distributions are found to exhibit "shortsightedness", with the main contribution coming from nearest-neighboring particles.
Bindings as Bounded Natural Functors ( Extended Version )

We present a general framework for specifying and reasoning about syntax with bindings. Abstract binder types are modeled using a universe of functors on sets, subject to a number of operations that can be used to construct complex binding patterns and binding-aware datatypes, including non-well-founded and infinitely branching types, in a modular fashion. Despite not committing to any syntactic format, the framework is “concrete” enough to provide definitions of the fundamental operators on terms (free variables, alpha-equivalence, and capture-avoiding substitution) and reasoning and definition principles. This work is compatible with classical higher-order logic and has been formalized in the proof assistant Isabelle/HOL.
Green , circular , bio economy

Despite their evidently different assumptions and operationalization strategies, the concepts of Circular Economy, Green Economy and Bioeconomy are joined by the common ideal to reconcile economic, environmental and social goals. The three concepts are currentlymainstreamed in academiaandpolicymaking as key sustainability avenues, but a comparative analysis of such concepts is missing. The aim of this article is thus to comprehensively analyse the diversitywithin andbetween such concepts. The results are drawn from a bibliometric review of almost two thousand scientific articles published within the last three decades, coupled with a conceptual analysis. We find that, for what concerns environmental sustainability, Green Economy acts as an ‘umbrella’ concept, including elements fromCircular Economyand Bioeconomy concepts (e.g. eco-efficiency; renewables), aswell as additional ideas, e.g. nature-based solutions. Inparticular, Circular Economy and Bioeconomy are resource-focused, whereas in principle Green Economy acknowledges the underpinning role of all ecological processes. Regarding the social dimension, Green Economy is more inclusive of some aspects at local level (e.g. eco-tourism, education), while there is an emerging discussion in Bioeconomy literature around local processes in terms of biosecurity and rural policies. When considering weak/strong sustainability visions, all concepts remain limited in questioning economic growth. By comparing the different sustainability strategies promoted by these concepts we do not advocate for their substitutability, but for their clarification and reciprocal integration. The findings are discussed in light of the concepts' synergies and limits, with the purpose to inform research and policy implementation. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The structure of the female reproductive system of nematodes from the genus Steinernema (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)

Females of six species of nematodes from the genus Steinernema (S. affine, S. arenarium, S. bicornutum, S. carpocapsae, S. feltiae and S. glaseri) were studied using light microscopy. Investigation of the gonoduct morphology was completed with ultrastructural data for S. carpocapsae and S. feltiae. Except for S. bicornutum, all species studied show an overall similarity in reproductive system architecture, i.e., a swollen proximal region of the ovaries, an oviduct consisting of irregular rows with two to four cells in cross-section and a uterus divided into two morphologically distinguishable parts (except S. carpocapsae). Such a gonoduct structure is distinctive from any other known nematode gonoduct, especially the particular arrangement of the oviduct cells in mostly long irregular rows with two to four cells in cross-section (except S. bicornutum), which is, according to current knowledge, unique within the Rhabditida. These results indicate the coherence of the genus Steinernema as shown from other morphological and molecular studies. The distal swelling of the uterus is considered to be a spermatheca-uterus complex that possibly functions to store and activate sperm and as a fertilisation chamber. The diversity of the cellular architecture of the Steinernema gonoduct provides valuable information for the delineation of species within a morphologically conserved genus. Furthermore, limited results point to a congruence between the gonoduct characters and current molecular phylogenetic hypothesis within Steinernema. Future studies in this direction must ultimately lead to a better understanding of evolutionary processes within the genus.
Overview Development and evaluation of the lifestyle intervention “ Obeldicks light ” for overweight children and adolescents

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Distributed Optimisation for Energy Management in Building Networks

We formulate and solve an energy management problem for a cooperative network of buildings sharing some resource and communicating over a time varying network, each of which desires to maintain its privacy. As the network is time-varying, we are able to accommodate communication constraints or failure between agents. We begin by introducing validated bilinear modelling techniques for individual buildings, and continue by showing how the energy management problem involving a network of buildings can be addressed using a distributed optimisation algorithm recently proposed in the literature, with individual buildings treated as agents. To facilitate these assumptions, we linearise the bilinear models generated, and introduce linear local and coupling constraints to model a shared thermal energy storage device. We formulate a linear objective function to minimise based on the cost of energy used by the agent not taken from the storage. Finally, we demonstrate the efficacy of the distributed algorithm as applied to the energy management problem using an extensive simulation based study.
MACHINE PRESERVATION OF THE LIVER ( CM MILLER , SECTION EDITOR ) Early Clinical Results Using Normothermic Machine Liver Preservation

The ongoing shortage of donor organs for liver transplantation results in high mortality rates for those on the waiting list. This has triggered considerable interest in the use of marginal liver grafts to increase the donor pool. Unfortunately, marginal grafts poorly tolerate preservation by cold storage (CS), resulting in an increased risk of liver injury and poor graft function after transplantation. Better preservation techniques are needed to fully utilize marginal grafts and to expand the number of organ donors. Animal studies have demonstrated normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion to be superior to conventional CS. Recently, the first clinical trial of normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion was completed with promising results. Similarly, in situ recirculation after cardiac arrest as the initial preservation method before organ procurement has proven to be a valuable technique to make more liver grafts available for transplantation. Though technically more complex and economically more expensive, normothermic liver perfusion is a promising and innovative technique that is able to positively impact current transplant practice and outcomes.
Automatic optical monitoring of 10 blazars

W e report theBVRcIc data for 10 blazars observed in the rst phase of a long{term photometric monitoring program of about 30 objects. The observations were carried out with a 0.40{m automatic imaging telescope, recently developed by our group at the Perugia University Observatory. During our period of observation 1215+303 and 1424+240 were at their highest values of magnitude, while 0754+100 and 0829+043 displayed large amplitude flares. We further report optical data of Mrk 501 during the same period in which TeV -rays were detected by the Whipple Observatory.