Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Model-with-Example: Model-Based Development of Polymorphic User Interfaces

Polymorphic user interfaces are getting more and more interesting as they offer different modes of display and interaction for different devices or situations and especially for diverse user needs and personal preferences. Model-based user interface design and development is a widely known approach to reduce development efforts while maintaining the flexibility to produce diverse UIs. However, it is not much used in practice because existing approaches often do not offer an attractive balance of abstraction as required by generators and a concrete and vivid representation for developers. In this paper, we present the Model-with-Example (MwX) approach. It allows developers to work on a wireflow-like visualisation while they edit an abstract model of the UI and supports the communication within the project team by rendering specific storyboards from the abstract model. A first user study shows that the MwX approach can positively affect development efficiency and overall acceptance of model-based development.
The evaluation of a biodegradable dental chip containing chlorhexidine in chitosan base as a targeted drug delivery in the management of chronic periodontitis in patients

Chlorhexidine is one of the commonly used agents in the treatment of periodontitis. In the present study, a biodegradable dental chip of chitosan containing chlorhexidine was evaluated both in vitro and in vivo, as a targeted drug delivery system in patients of chronic periodontitis. Thirty patients having localized periodontal pockets ≥5 mm were selected. At baseline, the experimental patients received full mouth scaling and root planing followed by placement of a chlorhexidine chip. The placebo group received plain chitosan chips, and conventional scaling and root planing were performed for the control group. Measurements of plaque, gingival index were recorded at 1, 2, 3, and 4 months. Probing depth and clinical attachment levels were recorded at the 3rd and 4th month. GCF and saliva samples were procured from the subjects to analyze the drug release at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 24 h and on days 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 30, 60, and 90. The study showed improvement in plaque index, gingival index, probing depth, and clinical attachment levels, but the chlorhexidine chip–treated group showed a significantly better improvement than placebo and control groups at the end of 120 days. Based on the results of the present in vivo study, we can conclude that the chlorhexidine‐containing chitosan drug delivery system may be an adjunct in treating patients with chronic periodontitis. Drug Dev Res, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Subjective Logic: A Formalism for Reasoning Under Uncertainty

Introduction -- Elements of Subjective Opinions -- Opinion Representations -- Decision-Making Under Vagueness and Uncertainty -- Principles of Subjective Logic -- Addition, Subtraction and Complement -- Binomial Multiplication and Division -- Multinomial Multiplication and Division -- Conditional Deduction -- Conditional Abduction -- Joint and Marginal Opinions -- Fusion of Subjective Opinions -- Unfusion and Fission of Subjective Opinions -- Computational Trust -- Trust Networks -- Bayesian Reputation Systems -- Subjective Networks.
Sudden onset of the leg swelling after endoscopic knee surgery

Minimally invasive surgery has been increased worldwide. We experienced with a case of an iatrogenic popliteal arteriovenous fistula after endoscopic knee surgery. A 70-yeay old ma underwent endoscopic resection of a Baker cyst in the left knee joint. The left leg swelling suddenly occurred seven days after the surgery. Computed tomographic study of the legs confirmed the diagnosis, and he successfully underwent repair surgery of the fistula and aneurysm. Iatrogenic vascular injuries can include hemorrhage, aneurysmal formation, and arteriovenous fistula. Also, injury-related masses may cause compression in adjacent organs such as nerves and muscles, and arteriovenous drainage has a possible risk of limb congestion with or without congestive heart failure. This rare complication of an arteriovenous fistula should be considered when sudden leg swelling is encountered after surgery.
Identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from vinegar flies and Merlot grapes

Thirty lactic acid bacteria were isolated from the intestinal tract of Drosophila simulans Stuvervant collected from a winery in the Stellenbosch region, South Africa. The isolates were grouped according to morphological, biochemical and physiological characteristics. Strains selected from each group were identified to species level by PCR with species-specific primers, PCR-based DGGE and 16S rDNA sequencing. The majority of isolates belonged to the species Lactobacillus plantarum, but Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis, Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Enterococcus faecalis and Pediococcus pentosaceus have also been identified. As far as we could determine, this is the first report on the isolation of L. paracasei, L. sanfranciscensis, L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides, L. lactis subsp. lactis, E. faecalis and P. pentosaceus from vinegar flies. The genotypic relatedness between strains of L. plantarum was determined by RAPD- PCR.
An Event Study of Family-Friendly Firms

A firm’s social performance can shape the impressions of key stakeholders, such as employees, customers, suppliers, and investors, that influence subsequent decision making and relationships to the firm. To test this notion, we examine how a firm’s public recognition for exemplary social performance can serve as a positive signal of the firm’s business performance to shareholders. We conduct an event study of firms named to Working Mother magazine’s list of “Most FamilyFriendly Companies” for the first time between 1989 and 1994. We find statistically significant, positive, abnormal returns for such firms, in particular for firms whose shares are traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Understanding Action Prediction with Machine Learning and Psychophysics

: Predicting the actions of others is relevant in many social situations from extending a handshake to elaborate waltzes. To study the preparatory information in movements and how people are able to interpret these preparatory cues, we designed a partnered reaching task. In the competitive condition, one partner (the Blocker) had to beat the other (Attacker) to the target (see Vaziri-Pashkam et al., 2017), and in the cooperative condition, both participants were asked to tap the same target at the same time. In a psychophysical paradigm, different subjects viewed short clips of the Attacker’s movements and were asked to predict whether the Attacker was going to point to the left or right target. Subjects were able to predict the direction of movement with between 80% and 90% accuracy before finger lift off. A follow-up searchlight analysis revealed that all body parts contained informative predictive cues with the head showing predictive information earlier in the movement for both conditions, but especially for the cooperative condition. These results reveal that subjects can use preparatory cues in the movements of others to predict action goals before the start of the movement and that these cues are exaggerated in the cooperative context to communicate the goal of actions.
A growth hormone-based phylogenetic analysis of euteleostean fishes including a representative species of the Atheriniformes Order, Odontesthes argentinensis

The GH (growth hormone) cDNA sequence of the marine silverside fish Odontesthes argentinensis was obtained using the RACE protocol (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends). The marine silverside GH cDNA sequence is 928 nucleotides long and was found to encode a polypeptide of 204 amino acids, including a signal peptide of 17 amino acids. The 5' and 3' untranslated regions of the messenger are 109 and 204 nucleotides long, respectively. The deduced GH amino acid sequence was used to infer a phylogenetic tree with GH amino acid sequences from representative species belonging to the Euteleostei Subdivision using the maximum parsimony method. The topology found is according to the major phylogenetic grouping of euteleosts. The results corroborate the hypothesis that atherinids are not related to paracanthopterygians as previously suggested, and show a lack of solid synapomorphies among most of the Acanthopterygii Orders analysed indicating a complex assemblage of fishes in which the phylogenetic tree remains indeterminable.
A relationship between carbon dioxide, photosynthetic efficiency and shade tolerance

Net photosynthesis and transpiration of seedlings from shade tolerant, moderately tolerant and intolerant tree species were measured in ambient carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations ranging from 312 to 734 ppm. The species used, Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (tolerant), Quercus alba L. , Q. rubra L. , Liriodendron tulipifera L. (moderately tolerant), Liquidambar styraciflua L. and Pinus taeda L. (intolerant), are found co-occurring in the mixed pine-hardwood forests of the Piedmont region of the southeastern United States. When seedlings were grown in shaded conditions, photosynthetic CO2 efficiency was significantly different in all species with the highest efficiency in the most shade tolerant species, Fagus grandifolia, and progressively lower efficiencies in moderately tolerant and intolerant species. Photosynthetic CO2 efficiency was defined as the rate of increase in net photosynthesis with increase in ambient CO2 concentration. When plants which had grown in a high light environment were tested, the moderately tolerant and intolerant deciduous species had the highest photosynthetic CO2 efficiencies but this capacity was reduced when these species grew in low light. The lowest CO2 efficiency and apparent quantum yield occurred in Pinus taeda in all cases. Water use efficiency was higher for all species in enriched CO2 environments but transpiration rate and leaf conductance were not affected by CO2 concentration. High photosynthetic CO2 efficiency may be advantageous for maintaining a positive carbon balance in the low light environment under a forest canopy.
Transgenic Mouse Model for Synergistic Effects of Nuclear Oncogenes and Growth Factors in Tumorigenesis: Interaction of c-myc and Transforming Growth Factor α in Hepatic Oncogenesis

Abstract Double transgenic mice bearing fusion genes consisting of mouse albumin enhancer/promoter-mouse c- myc complementary DNA and mouse metallothionein 1 promoter-human transforming growth factor α complementary DNA were generated to investigate the interaction of these genes in hepatic oncogenesis and to provide a general paradigm for characterizing the interaction of nuclear oncogenes and growth factors in tumorigenesis. Coexpression of c- myc and transforming growth factor α as transgenes in the mouse liver resulted in a tremendous acceleration of neoplastic development in this organ as compared to expression of either of these transgenes alone. The two distinct cellular reactions that occurred in the liver of the double transgenic mice prior to the appearance of liver tumors were dysplastic and apoptotic changes in the existing hepatocytes followed by emergence of multiple focal lesions composed of both hyperplastic and dysplastic cell populations. These observations suggest that the interaction of c- myc and transforming growth factor α, and possibly other combinations of nuclear oncogenes and growth factors, during development of hepatic neoplasia contributes to the selection and expansion of the preneoplastic cell populations which consequently increases the probability of malignant conversion.
Hierarchical partitioning as an interpretative tool in multivariate inference

Much of biogeography, conservation and evolutionary biology, and ecology involves very large spatial and temporal extents. Direct manipulation to test hypotheses is usually almost impossible at appropriate scales so that multivariate modelling and especially regression are used to draw causal inferences about which ‘independent’ variables influence the distribution and abundances of species. Such inferences clearly are crucial for the successful management of biological resources and for conserving threatened species. A succession of regression approaches has arisen, many of which yield inconsistent implications. The main problem has been the quest for one (the ‘best’ or the ‘optimal’) regression model from which the impacts of independent variables are inferred. This note is to draw the attention of ecologists to a relatively recent method, hierarchical partitioning, that does not aim to identify a best regression model as such but rather uses all models in a regression hierarchy to distinguish those variables that have high independent correlations with the dependent variable. Such variables are likely to be most influential in controlling variation in the dependent variable. Hierarchical partitioning is not to be regarded as a substitute for experimental manipulation when that is appropriate, but it is likely to produce better deductions than common regression approaches in the many ecological situations in which manipulation is impossible or of doubtful value.
Physiological and biochemical evaluation of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) under salinity stress.

This study was conducted to investigate the response of four barley cultivars (Reyhan03, Yousef, Afzal, and Khatam) to salinity stress at 0 (control), 100, 200 and 300 mM levels as a factorial experiment, within the randomized complete block design in three replications in a greenhouse, using the Hoagland solution. The physiological and biochemical properties including dry weight and RWC, photosynthesis pigments, K/Na, osmotic adjustments (soluble sugars, glycine betaine, proline), hydrogen peroxide and antioxidants enzymes (catalase and peroxidase) in root and shoot of barley cultivars were evaluated in saline and non-saline conditions. To determine the relationship between growth performance and the physiological and biochemical properties, the correlation between the properties and causality analysis was examined. Results obtained from comparing the mean among the treatment combinations showed that the salinity stress reduced the dry weight, photosynthesis pigments, and K/Na, while it increased the soluble sugars, glycine betaine, proline, H2O2, catalase and peroxidase in the root and shoot of barley cultivars. Correlation analysis indicated that potassium in the shoot had the most positive and significant correlation coefficient (r= 0.86) with the dry matter of shoot. The stepwise regression analysis showed that the root dry weight, catalase of root and shoot, H2O2 of shoot and K /Na of shoot contributed to the performance. Causality analysis revealed that the root dry weight, K/Na of shoot, and catalase of shoot were highly important as they had a direct positive and significant impacts on the performance of shoot dry matter.
SIMULATION OF COMMUNICATION BASED TRAIN CONTROL FOR ROBUSTNESS ASSESSMENT OF A MIXED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

: In order to achieve higher capacity on existing infrastructures with dense traﬃc, railway companies are deploying Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) systems. These systems would considerably facilitate the implementation of new ways for managing traﬃc, such as headway-based control. However, for commercial reasons, traﬃc management systems using the timetable adherence principle have to be maintained on low traﬃc areas; both traﬃc management systems should hence have to coexist on some lines. The aim of this paper is to present a simulation method for assessing the robustness of operations on such a line, located both in low and dense traﬃc area. More precisely, the capability of a headway-based control system to resist to disturbances occurring out of its control perimeter is evaluated. The simulation tool reproduces train traﬃc evolution, disturbances and dispatching decisions, allowing to estimate the quality of service for various disturbance scenarios. Numerical experiments are carried out on one of the most saturated lines in the Paris suburban area. The obtained results prove the practical feasibility of such a mixed traﬃc management up to a critical level of disturbances.
ACC deaminase activity of bacterial species involved in conferring drought tolerance in sorghum (Sorghum biolor L.)

One of the important mechanisms used by many rhizobacteria to sustain plant in abiotic stress is the production of the enzyme 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase. In our studies the eight moisture stress tolerant (MST) bacterial isolates were used to study their ACC deaminase activity. The four MST bacterial isolates tested positive for ACC deaminase activity were isolates of L1SC8, L3SC1, L1CcC1 and L2FmA4. They were found to enhance the plant growth promoting activity of sorghum plant under moisture stress condition may be due to the reason that the bacterial enzyme ACC deaminase cleaves the plant produced ACC which is immediate precursor of ethylene in plants thereby lowers the elevated ethylene level in the plant, and thereby allow the plant to be more resistant to a wide variety of abiotic stresses.
Evidence of Natural Reproduction of Aquaculture‐Escaped Atlantic Salmon in a Coastal British Columbia River

Abstract: We present evidence of the first successful natural spawning of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) documented on the Pacific coast of North America. Twelve juvenile Atlantic salmon composed of two year classes were captured in the Tsitika River, British Columbia. We analyzed restriction‐length polymorphisms of PCR‐amplified 5S rDNA and mtDNA to confirm that these individuals were Atlantic salmon. Scale analysis strongly suggested they were the products of natural spawning by feral adults. The gut contents, size, and condition of these individuals suggest that Atlantic salmon are successfully maturing in the Tsitika River, British Columbia. This event has raised concerns that the presence and possible establishment of feral Atlantic salmon may further jeopardize the continued persistence of already fragile native Pacific salmonids through competition for resources and occupation of niches that are currently underutilized.
Content Based Partitioning using Spectral Approach in Social-Networks

—Partitioning in a Social-network has become an important task for data dissemination. With segregation of users we can identify matter of interests and establish similarity amongst users. In this study, we propose an effective way of partitioning for identifying user groups in a social networking site. We propose a framework to find the partitions based on the similarities in the tweets. Firstly, similarity is established between the contents. Then, we propose a strategy to find the partitions based on the similarity and hence further group them. In this way, we investigate the social community partition problem which is one of the most effective ways to communicate and share common ideas.
Importance of variation in water-types for water beetle fauna (Coleoptera) in Korenburgerveen, a bog remnant in the Netherlands

Effects of restoration of raised bogs on fauna are largely unknown. Here first results are presented concerning adult water beetles in Korenburgerveen, a Dutch bog remnant. A high water beetle diversity was found including rare and characteristic species. Variation in species composition and abundance could be linked to variation in water-types suggesting that for water beetles presence of variation in water quality is important. Species variation could be linked to acidity and alkalinity. It is discussed that these variables act both indirectly and directly on factors of importance for the completion of the life cycle, e.g. food and shelter. These findings are discussed in the light of restoration management. Well-considered phasing of small-scale measures are advocated, with monitoring programs as a necessary tool for evaluation.
Endovascular Treatment for Carotid Blowout Syndrome with Acute Hemorrhage in Head and Neck Cancers: A Report of Two Cases

The incidence of significant hemorrhage in patients with Head and Neck cancer is approximately 6-14%, while terminal hemorrhages occur in approximately 3-12% of cases [1,2]. Head and neck cancer is the eighth most common cancer worldwide, and account for approximately 3% of all malignant tumors [3]. These are a broad category including diverse types originating from different anatomical structures like craniofacial bones, soft tissues, salivary glands, skin, and mucosal membranes with squamous cell carcinoma, which is the most common histological type (90%) [4]. The 5-years survival rate for head and neck cancers is around 60% [3]. Although chemotherapy and radiotherapy have improved the life expectancy of patients with head and neck cancers, they have also increased the risk of hemorrhage up to 7.6 times [4-6]. These cancers are the most common cancers associated with hemorrhage, with an incidence rate ranging from 0.5to 10% [2,6,7]. Carotid blowout syndrome is a rare, life threatening complication in patient with advanced head and neck cancer [8]. It refers to the rupture of the carotid artery or its extracranial branches, usually secondary to tumor encasement or invasion. It can occur after good response to radical treatment, in which there is loss of tissue bulk surrounding and supporting an artery due to previous tumor invasion. Untreated carotid blowout syndrome is associated with Case Report
Phylogenetic analysis of five strains of Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, sulfur-reducing bacteria and description of Desulfuromusa gen. nov., including Desulfuromusa kysingii sp. nov., Desulfuromusa bakii sp. nov., and Desulfuromusa succinoxidans sp. nov.

Gram-negative, mesophilic, obligately anaerobic strains Kysw2T (T = type strain), Kyval, and Kyprop isolated from an anoxic mud sample obtained from the Kysing Fjord south of Arhus (Denmark) and strains GypropT and GylacT isolated from the Guayamas Basin (Gulf of California) all exhibit complete oxidation of a wide range of electron donors (e. g., dicarboxylic acids and amino acids) linked to stoichiometric reduction of elemental sulfur to hydrogen sulfide. A comparative 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis revealed that these five strains, together with a previously described isolate (strain Go11), constitute a coherent cluster of descent. This cluster belongs phylogenetically to a branch of the delta subclass of the Proteobacteria and is characterized by members of the genera Pelobacter and Desulfuromonas. Within the cluster strains Kysw2T and Kyval, strains Gyprop1 and Kyprop, and strains GylacT and Go11 have identical 16S ribosomal DNA sequences. The levels of DNA-DNA relatedness were 89% between strains Kysw2T and Kyval, 98% between strains GypropT and Kyprop, and 73% between strains GylacT and Go11. The levels of DNA-DNA relatedness between members of the three DNA relatedness groups were less than 30%. On the basis of genomic data and phenotypic characteristics, a new genus, Desulfuromusa, is described; this new genus includes three new species, for which the names Desulfuromusa kysingii, Desulfuromusa bakii, and Desulfuromusa succinoxidans are proposed. The type species of the genus Desulfuromusa is D. kysingii. Strains Kysw2 (= DSM 7343), Gyprop (= DSM 7345), and Gylac (= DSM 8270) are the type strains of D. kysingii, D. bakii, and D. succinoxidans, respectively.