Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Data fusion for improved camera-based detection of respiration in neonates

Monitoring respiration during neonatal sleep is notoriously difficult due to the nonstationary nature of the signals and the presence of spurious noise. Current approaches rely on the use of adhesive sensors, which can damage the fragile skin of premature infants. Recently, non-contact methods using low-cost RGB cameras have been proposed to acquire this vital sign from (a) motion or (b) photoplethysmographic signals extracted from the video recordings. Recent developments in deep learning have yielded robust methods for subject detection in video data. In the analysis described here, we present a novel technique for combining respiratory information from high-level visual descriptors provided by a multi-task convolutional neural network. Using blind source separation, we find the combination of signals which best suppresses pulse and motion distortions and subsequently use this to extract a respiratory signal. Evaluation results were obtained from recordings on 5 neonatal patients nursed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. We compared respiratory rates derived from this fused breathing signal against those measured using the gold standard provided by the attending clinical staff. We show that respiratory rate (RR) be accurately estimated over the entire range of respiratory frequencies.
Automatic Synthesis of Reactive Agents Insu

This paper introduces a new approach to designing smart control chips that enables automatic synthesis of real-time control systems from agent specifications. An agent specification is compiled into a hardware description format, such as RTLVHDL (Register Transfer Level–VLSI Hardware Description Language) or RTL Verilog, which is synthesized using computerassisted tools to develop ASIC masks or FPGA configurations. A rule-based specification language called Layered Argumentation System (LAS) is defined and a sound and complete mapping to Verilog is developed. LAS combines fuzzy reasoning and nonmonotonic reasoning. This enables chip designers to capture commonsense knowledge and concepts having varying degrees of confidence collaboratively and incrementally.
How Instagram Influences Visual Destination Image – a Case Study of Jordan and Costa Rica

The Social Web is increasingly taking up the daily time of consumers and is becoming a primary source of impressions about tourism destinations. The recent shift towards more visual content, as evidenced in the fast growing social network Instagram being largely a photo sharing site, means that DMOs need to consider how photos of their destinations can be influencing consumers’ destination image. We present our study on how the selection of images from a social media site (Instagram) to promote a destination can be used to influence destination image. As a basis for our study, we have selected the DMO channels of Jordan and Costa Rica in Instagram. Through focus groups and a Likert-scale survey, we draw first conclusions on which types of photos are most effective to positively promote a destination and how the consumers’ previous image of a destination could affect this.
Better learning through handwriting

Associate professor Anne Mangen at the University of Stavanger’s Reading Centre asks if something is lost in switching from book to computer screen, and from pen to keyboard. The process of reading and writing involves a number of senses, she explains. When writing by hand, our brain receives feedback from our motor actions, together with the sensation of touching a pencil and paper. These kinds of feedback is significantly different from those we receive when touching and typing on a keyboard.
Antibody detection against HPV16 E7 & GP96 fragments as biomarkers in cervical cancer patients

Background & objectives: Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer among female’s worldwide, especially human papilloma viruses (HPV) types 16 and 18. In viral systems the identification of serological markers would facilitate the diagnosis of HPV infections and virus-related disease. The aim of the present investigation was to determine and search for serologic markers in cervical cancer patients associated with HPV. Methods: A total of 58 Iranian women with invasive cervical carcinoma including adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) were included. Serum antibody response to HPV infections in patients was detected by Western blot and ELISA techniques based on recombinant HPV16E7 and the N-terminal and C-terminal fragments of gp96 (NT-gp96 and CT-gp96) proteins. These recombinant proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli as a His-tag protein and purified using affinity chromatography. Results: The ELISA results indicated that patients with high antibody response to HPV16E7 had significant seroreactivity to CT-gp96 fragment. In Western blot analysis, a strong association between anti-E7, anti-NT-gp96 and anti-CT-gp96 reactivity and cervical cancer was obtained using purified recombinant proteins. In adenocarcinoma cases, no significant difference was observed in seroreactivities between normal and patients. Interpretation & conclusions: The evaluation of cervical cancer patients' seroreactivities against three recombinant proteins (rE7, rNT-gp96 and rCT-gp96) showed significantly higher levels of these markers in SCC only, but not in adenocarcinoma and control groups. Also, the usage of both techniques (ELISA and Western blotting) can provide more reliable tools for diagnosis of cervical cancer.
Improving the Performance of Wikipedia Based on the Entry Relationship between Articles

Wikipedia is the largest online encyclopedia in the world. It is free to access by anyone and its main advantage is that it can also be edited by any person at any time. On the one hand, this caused a rapid growth to its number of available articles and languages. It is likely to cause that most users are difficult to differentiate various synonymy and polysemy terms from the millions of articles in Wikipedia. On the other hand, traditional semantic analysis models are mainly focus on to deal with the semantic relationships between terms, or terms and documents. However, these models are lacking to deal with the semantic relationships between documents. In this paper, to enhance the semantic relationships between documents, we use the entry relationship between any two Wikipedia articles to design our Latent Entry Analysis (LEA) model. The advantages of LEA have the following several aspects: (1) it can effectively deal with the problems of synonymy and polysemy; (2) it is a good model to find the semantic relationships between terms, terms and documents, or documents; (3) it is a good model with a high-performance and low-cost compared to other semantic analysis models; (4) it is a suitable model to effectively handle big data sets in Wikipedia.
ave male trees of the tropical rain forest evolved to minimize the nteractions with mycorrhizal symbionts ?

While arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve plant performance they demand large shares of the plant’s assimilated carbon, therefore resource allocation trade-offs may drive the commonly observed sexual dimorphism in mycorrhizal colonization in dioecious species. Here we looked for evidence of the evolutionary reduction of mycorrhizal colonization in males of 15 tropical rain forest plants including palms (Chamaedorea) and trees, light-demanding and shade-tolerant species. For none of the analyzed species there was evidence of spatial segregation of the sexes. Most of the tree species had no seasonal variability in mycorrhizal colonization and males had lower mycorrhizal colonization than females in over 70% of the tree species. In contrast, there were no differences between the sexes of the Chamaedorea species. volution of mutualisms ength of hyphae os Tuxtlas lant–fungus interactions ropical rain forest Chamaedorea species had ticker roots and lower specific root length than trees, and seasonal patterns of mycorrhizal colonization correlated with the life-histories of the plants. Based on phylogenetically independent contrast, mycorrhizal colonization of male trees correlated negatively with a metric of sexual differentiation of mycorrhizal colonization between sexes. Our results suggest an evolutionary reduction in the intensity of mycorrhizal interactions in male plants, presumably driven by resource allocation trade-offs as the origen of sexual dimorphs in mycorrhizal colonization. © 2015 Geobotanisches Institut ETH, Stiftung Ruebel. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Roskilde University Conceptualizing Interpersonal Relationships in Agile IS Development

Agile information systems development (ISD) is a people-centered approach that emphasizes frequent interaction and genuine cooperation between customers and developers. While business relationships are the norm in the workplace, agile ISD leads to the creation of close interpersonal relationships. Drawing on relationship theory and friendship literature we propose a theoretical framework of three types of workplace relationships. The framework is used for deriving theoretical preconceptions about agile relationships and their impact on the agile ISD team’s ability to deliver valuable, working software frequently. We also present the interpretive approach we will apply. An understanding of the relationship specific aspects of agile ISD as well as of the importance and impact of certain relationship characteristics can help explain why some agile projects succeed, while others fail. Such knowledge can also be used to foster friends-like behavior for the benefit of the software outcome in future projects.
Acceptance Testing and Commissioning of Robotic Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy M6 System Equipped with InCiseTM2 Multileaf Collimator

Corresponding author Ho Lee (holee@yuhs.ac) Tel: 82-2-2228-4363 Fax: 82-2-2227-7823 This work reports the acceptance testing and commissioning experience of the Robotic IntensityModulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) M6 system with a newly released InCise2 Multileaf Collimator (MLC) installed at the Yonsei Cancer Center. Acceptance testing included a mechanical interdigitation test, leaf positional accuracy, leakage check, and End-to-End (E2E) tests. Beam data measurements included tissue-phantom ratios (TPRs), off-center ratios (OCRs), output factors collected at 11 field sizes (the smallest field size was 7.6 mm×7.7 mm and largest field size was 115.0 mm×100.1 mm at 800 mm source-to-axis distance), and open beam profiles. The beam model was verified by checking patient-specific quality assurance (QA) in four fiducial-inserted phantoms, using 10 intracranial and extracranial patient plans. All measurements for acceptance testing satisfied manufacturing specifications. Mean leaf position offsets using the Garden Fence test were found to be 0.01±0.06 mm and 0.07±0.05 mm for X1 and X2 leaf banks, respectively. Maximum and average leaf leakages were 0.20% and 0.18%, respectively. E2E tests for five tracking modes showed 0.26 mm (6D Skull), 0.3 mm (Fiducial), 0.26 mm (Xsight Spine), 0.62 mm (Xsight Lung), and 0.6 mm (Synchrony). TPRs, OCRs, output factors, and open beams measured under various conditions agreed with composite data provided from the manufacturer to within 2%. Patient-specific QA results were evaluated in two ways. Point dose measurements with an ion chamber were all within the 5% absolute-dose agreement, and relative-dose measurements using an array ion chamber detector all satisfied the 3%/3 mm gamma criterion for more than 90% of the measurement points. The Robotic IMRT M6 system equipped with the InCise2 MLC was proven to be accurate and reliable.
LIVIJA IVANOVAITĖ,1 MATHIAS BJØRNEVAD,1* BENTE PHILIPPSEN,2 CHRISTIAN HOGGARD,1 JAN J. ENGHILD,3 CARSTEN SCAVENIUS,3 ASTA VASILIAUSKAITĖ,4 GERARDA DRUČKUVIENĖ,4 PETER JENSEN,1 RIKKE MARING,1 JAMES DODD,1 KAMIL SERWATKA,5 FELIX RIEDE1

Orphaned osseous tools are very often perceived as having a high aesthetic value, but are usually under-examined. This article illustrates the research potential of these artefacts, with a case study of Mesolithic stray finds from Lithuania. Four bone points from the River Šventoji, Vaikantonys, Obšrūtai and Kamšai were subjected to AMS dating, tandem mass spectrometry for animal species identification, and technological and use-wear analysis. The results revealed that all four bone points could be dated to the Boreal period, and imply an Early to Middle Mesolithic date. Harpoons from the River Šventoji and Kamšai were most likely made of aurochs bones. All of the bone points were produced from long sections of tubular long bones, and three of the points show signs of reuse. Overall, the analysis revealed similarities with contemporaneous material in northern Europe. Within the context of the present research, the paper briefly describes other scientific methods which could be applied to orphaned bone and antler tools, including biomolecular and stable isotope analysis. Digital recording methods can be useful for bone artefact recording. This is relevant today, as the demand for good-quality digital representations is increasing, in order to apply software for further analysis, such as geometric morphometrics. As a result, more widespread and systematic applications of these new methods to orphaned osseous finds would lead to a significant activation of these finds in a scientific and outreach context.
jmbReview Regulation of AKT Activity by Inhibition of the Pleckstrin Homology Domain-PtdIns ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) P 3 Interaction Using Flavonoids

1Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea 2Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea 3Division of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea 4Department of Biological Sciences, Sanghuh College of Life Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
Physics at the FQMT ’ 04 conference

This paper summarizes the recent state of the art of the following topics presented at the FQMT’04 conference: quantum, mesoscopic and (partly) classical thermodynamics; quantum limits to the Second law of thermodynamics; quantum measurement; quantum decoherence and dephasing; mesoscopic and nano-electro-mechanical systems; classical molecular motors, ratchet systems and rectified motion; quantum Brownian motion and quantum motors; physics of quantum computing; and relevant experiments from the nanoscale to the macroscale. To all these subjects an introduction is given and the recent literature is broadly overviewed. The paper contains some 450 references in total. r 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. PACS: 03.65 Ta; 03.65 Ud; 03.65 Yz; 05.30 d; 05.40 a; 05.70 a; 42.50 p; 72.23 b
Morphological Observation of Developmental Stages in Oithona brevicornis ( Copepoda , Cyclopoida ) °

Oithona brevicornis is known to have two forms. The present paper reports on the development of forma minor as reared in the laboratory, and compares the morphological features with those of other allied species of the genus. 0. brevicornis, as well as its allied species, has six nauplius and six copepodite stages, and requires 15 to 18 days to metamorphose from hatching to adult at 20-21°C water temperature and 2M'oo salinity. The body conformation is almost set up at the fourth copepodite stage. It is considered that the fifth copepodite maintains its metabolism as preliminary step to maturation, mainly; therefore, it immediately being an adult could be fertilized. It was shown that morphological and sexual differentiation takes place at the fifth copepodite stage. The first abdominal segment of this stage is armed with a pair of setae in the male, but none in the female. In the adult male a pseudochela on the terminal segment of each antennule is first described here. Differences between the present specimens and the specimens from Kerala, India, are discussed. Based on the differences in segmentation and setation throughout the nauplius and copepodite stages, there is a high probability that the latter belonged to another species, and not 0. brevicornis. Copepods of the genus Oithona are widely distributed in coastal and estuarine waters. In juveniles, particularly in nauplii, determination of the species and determination of each developmental stage are laborious because of their relatively small size. Despite the necessity of knowing the life cycle of each species investigations forward this end are few. The complete developmental stages of three species: 0. rigida GIESBRECHT (RAO, 1958), 0. brevicornis GIESBRECHT and 0. hebes GIESBRECHT (GOSWAMI, 1975) have been described. Three other species, namely 0. similis CLAUS, 0. spinirostris GIESBRECHT (GIBBONS and OGILVIE, 1933) and 0. nana GIESBRECHT (HAQ, 1965), had from the first nauplius stage to the first copepodite stage described. A brackishwater species, 0. brevicornis, occurs in Tokyo Bay throughout the year. The life cycle of this species had been described by GOSWAM[ (1975) based on specimens collected from Kerala, India, but there are some questions in the identification of the specimens he examined. This study was conducted to show the taxonomic features in all the developmental stages and to determine the differences between 0. brevicornis and other allied species especially in the segmentation and setation of appendages at each stage. Moreover, the developmental time was determined from hatching to hatching of the next generation. n m~mMJnt Oithona brevicornis CD~~. f&~K:tott ~IB~W! ~ 2 > P'3FJfo~IJJ~. *~bJ<. iWx¥1J<. ~~ibiHiJf~1i'lli~
The Environmental Problems and Politics of Power Review on the African Elite TITA

Much has already been written about the world economic order and its impact on the world's environment and on the developing countries' possibilities to take care of the environmental problems they are facing. As the democracy issue is being raised also another aspect enters into the discussion. This is the role of the internal political and social structures of the developing countries in respect to their environmental problems. The basis of this viewpoint is the assumption that regardless of the biophysical nature of the environmental problems, their causes are often social. The aim of this article is to define some of the political and economic linkages that the environmental problems in Africa have by concentrating on the role of the African elite. The article summarizes some of the arguments put forward in earlier studies and illustrates them with examples from Kenya and Tanzania. Although choosing a single viewpoint to discuss a complex issue bears weaknesses, it is necessary in terms of outlining the article.
SUCCESS WITHOUT GRIT : AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INDIVIDUALS SCORES AND HIGH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

This paper investigates the relationship between Angela Duckworth’s (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, attention to the performance of students with low grit scores. about the relationship between grit and performance, but the authors of this paper noticed that students with the lowest grit scores seemed to be generally high performers, and so they conducted a simple action research study to performed as well as students with high grit scores. who have low grit, yet demonstrate high academic performance.
64 65 1 Speech intelligibility with binaurally linked hearing aids

Conventional compression algorithms in bilateral hearing-aid fittings distort the interaural level differences (ILD’s) due to independent gain characteristics at the two ears. By transmitting signals between hearing aids, the compression can be coordinated and the same gain can be applied to both ears, thus preserving the ILD’s. The present study investigated the influence of such “binaurally linked” hearing aids on speech intelligibility. Hearing-impaired listeners with a symmetric hearing loss were fitted with hearing aids connected to a hearing aid research platform (HARP). Speech reception thresholds (SRT’s) were measured in a loudspeaker setup with the target speech and the masker spatially separated. Slightly, but not significantly better SRT’s were achieved when the hearing aids were binaurally linked and combined with slow compression than when unlinked fast compression was used. The difference between monaural and binaural speech intelligibility was independent of the hearing aid algorithm. Thus, the preservation of the exact ILD information does not seem to be critical for binaural processing and speech intelligibility in the considered conditions.
Motor activity of students of modern education institutions : biomedical and physiological-hygienic aspects of its assessment and optimization

One of the key problems of modern biomedical anthropology is the scientific substantiation of the prerequisites for the formation of a healthy lifestyle, the introduction of health-saving technologies that take into account its, psychophysiological and personality features. The aim of the study is biomedical and physiological and hygienic assessment of motor activity of students of modern institutions of higher education and scientific substantiation of ways of its optimization. 385 students aged from 19 to 21 were under observation during the research. As quantitative criteria for assessing motor activity, the values of daily energy consumption, the number of locomotions in a daily cycle and the duration of the dynamic component in the daily budget of time were used. The qualitative description of the values of motor activity was carried out on the basis of studying the main types of locomotives and their distribution patterns with the allocation of zones of minimal (hypokinesia), optimal (normokinesia) and maximum (hyperkinesia) values. The statistical analysis of the received materials provided for the application of the standard package of applications "Statistica 6.1". As the norms of motor activity of modern students, the following indicators are determined: daily energy consumption values 9000-11000 kJ for young women and 11000-13500 kJ for young men; number of locomotions in a daily cycle 14000-18000 steps for young women and 15000-19000 steps for young men; the duration of the dynamic component in the daily budget time 130-180 minutes in young women and 140-190 minutes in young men. Among the leading ways of optimizing motor activity are: the implementation of continuous monitoring and individualized integrated assessment of habitual motor activity; taking into account the norms of motor activity of student youth, which provide a beneficial effect on the processes of formation of their health and adaptive capacity of the body of future specialists and the mandatory achievement of their values; development and implementation of a set of measures aimed at optimizing motor activity and rational organization of motor activity of modern students.