Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Learning Transferable Representation for Bilingual Relation Extraction via Convolutional Neural Networks

Typically, relation extraction models are trained to extract instances of a relation ontology using only training data from a single language. However, the concepts represented by the relation ontology (e.g. ResidesIn, EmployeeOf) are language independent. The numbers of annotated examples available for a given ontology vary between languages. For example, there are far fewer annotated examples in Spanish and Japanese than English and Chinese. Furthermore, using only language-specific training data results in the need to manually annotate equivalently large amounts of training for each new language a system encounters. We propose a deep neural network to learn transferable, discriminative bilingual representation. Experiments on the ACE 2005 multilingual training corpus demonstrate that the joint training process results in significant improvement in relation classification performance over the monolingual counterparts. The learnt representation is discriminative and transferable between languages. When using 10% (25K English words, or 30K Chinese characters) of the training data, our approach results in doubling F1 compared to a monolingual baseline. We achieve comparable performance to the monolingual system trained with 250K English words (or 300K Chinese characters) With 50% of training data.
A Network Coded Interference Coordination Scheme in Cellular Relay Systems

To decrease the inter-relay interference, a cooperative analog network coded amplify-and-forward relay transmission scheme is presented in this letter, where the base station can decode the desired messages of the relay-edge users in the cross-covered coverage of adjacent relay nodes correctly with interference coordination. The proposal can decrease the occupation of uplink radio resource blocks from 4 to 3 when 2 relay-edge users are served. The traditional relay transmission schemes are compared with the proposal, and the outage probabilities are derived and analyzed. The numerical results show that our proposal can have a significant performance gain.
Physical activity in American schools and body mass index percentile

The international physical inactivity epidemic among children has contributed to child obesity. Schools can be an effective source of physical activity opportunity. A cross-sectional sample of 1306 American children was drawn from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics – Child Development Supplement, 2007. The aim of this study was to determine the role of in-school physical activity on body mass index (BMI) percentile among middle and high school-aged children. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the associations between the independent variable, physical activity, and the dependent variable, BMI percentile. After adjusting for covariates, children who had no physical activity during physical education (PE) were much more likely to be obese than normal weight in comparison with those who met the US national requirements (odds ratio = 1.58, confidence interval = 1.14, 2.20). This study suggests that meeting US national guidelines for PE-related physical activity may be effective in preventing obesity.
Be Fruitful and Multiply? Moderate Fecundity and Long-Run Reproductive Success

This research presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity was conducive long-run reproductive success within the human species. Exploiting an extensive genealogy record for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the study traces the number of descendants of early inhabitants in the subsequent four generations. Using the time interval between the date of marriage and the first live birth as a measure of reproductive capacity, the research establishes that while a higher fecundity is associated with a larger number of children, an intermediate level maximizes long-run reproductive success. The finding further indicates that the optimal level of fecundity was below the population median, suggesting that the forces of natural selection favored individuals with a lower level of fecundity. The research lends credence to the hypothesis that during the Malthusian epoch, natural selection favored individuals with a larger predisposition towards child quality, contributing to the onset of the demographic transition and the evolution of societies from an epoch of stagnation to sustained economic growth.
A programmable networking switch node with in-network processing support

As the heterogeneity of end devices and their networked applications grows, networking challenges should be coped with new features to meet the various requirements of different application traffics. In this paper, based on the emerging SDN (Software-Defined Networking) paradigm, we introduce NetOpen networking services that attempt to support configurable networking with programmable networking switch nodes. Especially, we prototype a NetOpen switch node to support customized in-network processing and verify its programmability and in-network processing performance for multiple flows.
oad rage among drug dependent patients

The consumption of alcohol, cocaine and cannabis is associated with aggressive behaviour, being a victim of injuries from various causes, and suffering traffic accidents. On the other hand, there is a significant association between road rage and traffic accidents, yet this has not been studied in persons suffering a substance dependence disorder. This study analyses the prevalence of road rage in substance dependent patients undergoing treatment. 100 patients randomly selected at an outpatient treatment centre were
Wholesale Prices , Retail Prices and the Lumpy Pass-Through of Alcohol Taxes ( Preliminary and Incomplete-CITE WITH PERMISSION ONLY )

This paper examines the pass-through of alcohol taxes into distilled spirits prices using detailed UPC-level data from Nielsen Homescan, as well as new state specific wholesale product prices from the regulator in Connecticut. We find that an increase in the specific tax is roughly fully passed through into wholesale prices (pass-through rates of 1.301 (0.368) over the one-month horizon falling to 0.805 (0.255) over the six-month horizon) but over-shifted into retail prices, particularly for smaller products, with pass-through rates of 2.084 (0.503) for 750mL products, 1.586 (0.470) for 1L products and 1.009 (0.263) for 1750mL products. Over-shifting is difficult to rationalize with profit-maximizing behavior and commonly used demand functions. We offer an alternative explanation that incorporates dynamics in price adjustment and is consistent with the pricing patterns we observe. The high pass-through rates that we, like prior work, find are not generated by the exaggerated but smooth transmission of cost shocks but instead generated by infrequent but large, lumpy price changes in whole dollar increments. That is, when retailers, and to a lesser degree wholesalers, change prices they overwhelmingly do so in $1.00 increments, meaning that small tax changes can trigger large price changes if firms are due to reset prices. We show that when firms follow such an Ss rule for price setting the pass-through rate and incidence of the tax is a non-monotonic function of the size of the tax increase and that larger taxes in some cases can generate less lost consumer surplus per dollar of revenue raised.
Developing a Global Mindset: The Relationship between an International Assignment and Cultural Intelligence

A global mindset is argued to be critical for managers to develop their firms’ current and future international success. An international assignment is considered to be one of the most powerful means of developing a global mindset. The skill sets, cognitive complexity, and expanded networks resulting from an international assignment provide expatriates with unique and often tacit knowledge. Yet, every overseas assignment is not successful and not every foreign assignment results in the expatriate gaining a broadened perspective and enhanced skill sets. We develop a model that explicates how an individual’s cultural intelligence will affect the relationship between an international assignment experience and the development of a global mindset; and, we suggest that a moderator – cultural intelligence – must play a role in the transformation of the international experience into a global mindset.
Mediation of accumulated knowledge inside IS programs

Objectives of the Study The purpose of this study is to build a model of how knowledge can be transferred within IS programs. More specifically, it seeks to identify how knowledge accumulated in an IS project can be mediated to another project in the same program. Academic background and methodology The study builds upon theories from the fields of organizational learning and organizational knowledge creation. In order to study the phenomenon in preferred depth, the research was executed as a single-case study via triangulation. The study analyzes the learning and knowledge transfer between two consecutive projects from a case company’s master data management program. In addition to the ways the organization pursued knowledge transfer, the study seeks to identify how the accumulated knowledge in the prior project is observable in the subsequent one. Being a case study, the theory formulation was done simultaneously with the observations. The model utilized in the study was built upon the 4Is framework by Zollo and Winter (2002). Findings and conclusions The study results in a framework describing unidirectional inter-project knowledge mediation in programs. It consists of two projects, both having separate individual and group level learning stocks and a shared organizational level learning stock. While the individual level is capable of harnessing and transferring only tacit and the organizational level only explicit knowledge, the group learning stock is able to mediate both and serves as a platform for knowledge conversion (tacit to explicit or vice versa). The study states that in addition to the current trend of studying explicit knowledge codification, research on organizational knowledge transfer should acknowledge the existence of two other knowledge mediation methods: reflection and allocation. The study identified all the theorized streams for knowledge transfer with the case company – except for the mediation of purely tacit knowledge on group level.
The quality of public education and private school enrollment: an assessment using Brazilian data

In this paper, we test the hypothesis that private school enrollment is the households' response to the low quality of public schools. In order to deal with the simultaneity issue, we explore variations in public school funding caused by the FUNDEF reform that occurred in Brazil in 1998. Using data from the Brazilian School Census, we show that a positive impact of the reform is associated with an immediate reduction in the share of private enrollment for the first grade of primary school at the municipality level. The same effect is not observed for the subsequent primary school years. This con¯rms the intuition that the parents may be reluctant to switch schools after the beginning of their child's schooling track. Our estimation results are robust to variations in the school participation and changes in the income distribution. Thus, the improvement in the quality of public schools originated by the FUNDEF reform has attracted households that would otherwise enroll in private institutions. The same mechanism seems to explain the increase in the net attendance rate during the same period.
Performance improvements achieved by equalizing intermediate rate FSK signals

FSK modems are commonly used for transmission of intermediate data rate signals (1-8 Mbps) in the microwave bands. Link performance can be limited when operating in multipath environments. This paper investigates the performance gains achieved by using equalization and post FM discriminator adaptive filtering for FSK signals to mitigate the effects of multipath. Performance is compared to nonequalized transmissions over a variety of multipath channels.
Data-aided frequency estimation for burst digital transmission

Burst transmission of digital data is employed in several applications such as satellite time-division multiple access (TDMA) systems and terrestrial mobile cellular radio. We propose a new algorithm for carrier frequency estimation in burst-mode phase shift keying (PSK) transmissions. The algorithm is data-aided and clock-aided and has a feedforward structure that is easy to implement in digital form. Its estimation range is large, about /spl plusmn/20% of the symbol rate and its accuracy is close to the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) for a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as low as 0 dB. Comparisons with earlier methods are discussed.
The power of system call traces: predicting the software energy consumption impact of changes

Battery is a critical resource for smartphones. Software developers as the builders and maintainers of applications, are responsible for updating and deploying energy efficient applications to end users. Unfortunately, the impact of software change on energy consumption is still unclear. Estimation based on software metrics has proved difficult. As energy consumption profiling requires special infrastructure, developers have difficulty assessing the impact of their actions on energy consumption. System calls are the interface between applications and the OS kernel and provide insight into how software utilizes hardware and software resources. As profiling system calls requires no specialized infrastructure, unlike energy consumption, it is much easier for the developers to track changes to system calls. Thus we relate software change to energy consumption by tracing the changes in an application's pattern of system call invocations. We find that significant changes to system call profiles often induce significant changes in energy consumption.
High impact of antiphospholipid syndrome on irreversible organ damage and survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

BACKGROUND Thrombosis is a frequent cause of morbidity and death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Whether antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is the cause of increased irreversible organ damage and mortality in lupus patients is not well established. METHODS Prospective inception cohort of 202 patients with SLE (American College of Rheumatology criteria). Antiphospholipid syndrome was defined according to the Sapporo criteria. Irreversible damage was measured using the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics-American College of Rheumatology damage index (SDI) at 6 months and 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years after the diagnosis of SLE. All deaths were documented. RESULTS A total of 88% of patients were women. Twenty-eight patients met criteria for definite APS. Mean (SD) follow-up was 9.7 (6.0) years. Nine patients could not be contacted for follow-up. All patients with APS experienced thrombosis, most of them in the arterial bed. Damage was more severe in patients with APS than in those without APS (median SDI score, 2 vs 0 at 5 years; P<.001; 4 vs 1 at 15 years; P<.001). Cumulative survival at 15 years was lower in patients with APS than in those without APS (65% vs 90%, P =.03). Older age at diagnosis, lupus nephritis, and APS were independent predictors of mortality. CONCLUSIONS Antiphospholipid syndrome with thrombotic manifestations is a major predictor of irreversible organ damage and death in patients with SLE.
Time trends in initiation and dose of dialysis in end-stage renal disease patients in The Netherlands.

BACKGROUND The guidelines published by the NKF-Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative (DOQI) in 1997 advocate an earlier start of dialysis in ESRD patients and a higher dialysis dose than usual. We studied the possible influence of the increasing emphasis on adequate dialysis on the management of ESRD patients in The Netherlands in 1993-2000. METHODS The NECOSAD study on the adequacy of dialysis started in 1993. This prospective multi-centre study included ESRD patients older than 18 years who started HD or PD as the first RRT. We analysed the distribution of age, gender, primary renal disease and co-morbidity, the mean residual renal function and the mean dialysis-Kt/V(urea) at 3 months in 1569 consecutive patients by calendar year of initiation dialysis. RESULTS Age, gender, primary renal disease and number of co-morbid conditions at the start of dialysis remained stable over time between 1993 and 2000. The mean renal Kt/V(urea) at 3 months increased from 0.5 in 1993 to 0.8 per week in 2000 (P<0.01). An upward trend remained after adjustment for patient characteristics and dialysis centre. The total Kt/V(urea) at 3 months increased from 3.3 in 1993 to 3.7 per week in 2000 in HD (P<0.01) and from 2.0 in 1993 to 2.3 per week in 1999 in PD patients (P<0.01). An upward trend in the dialysis-Kt/V(urea) was found after adjustment for renal Kt/V(urea) (HD: +0.3 per week, P=0.06; PD, +0.2 per week, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate a tendency towards earlier introduction of RRT and higher doses of dialysis in The Netherlands. Possible effects of this development on mortality, morbidity, quality of life and the balance between costs and benefits need further investigation.
Coupled evanescent mode resonator filter using a defective ground structure to increase coupling

A bandpass filter design based on a modified type of coupled evanescent mode resonators is presented. The resonators are implemented as a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) structure using a multilayer stack of organic microwave laminates. To realize a high input and output coupling coefficient required for many wideband filter specifications, the use of a U-shaped defective groundplane structure is proposed. Without this structure, the maximum achievable coupling coefficient is limited by manufacturing constraints. The use of the proposed defective groundplane structure allows to increase the coupling coefficient beyond these limitations. The effect on the external couplings is analyzed by simulations and experiments using a single resonator. Based on the obtained results, a layout for the full bandpass filter with a center frequency of 6GHz and a bandwidth of 500MHz is derived. This filter design is verified by simulation and measurement.
Preliminary evaluation of novel skin closure of Pfannenstiel incisions using cold helium plasma and chitosan films

Abstract Objective: To assess the safety and performance of a new energy-based skin closure system (BioWeld1TM) for the surgical Pfannenstiel incision in patients scheduled for elective cesarean section. Methods: This prospective, single center, non-randomized study included 20 patients who were scheduled for elective cesarean section. The BioWeld1 system was performed after suturing the internal layers of the cesarean section incision. A clinical evaluation of safety and efficacy was performed for 1, 2, 4–7, 21, and 45 d after the procedure. The Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) was used to evaluate scarring. Results: Up to 21 d after the procedure, no safety device-related adverse events were reported. All patients had full closure of the epidermis, a very low total VSS score, and no evidence of discharge, redness, edema, or thermal damage. None of the patients exhibited more than a mild degree of encrustation. Conclusion: The BioWeld1 System has been shown to be safe and effective for skin closure in cesarean section.
Prenatal Diagnosis of Megacystis-Microcolon-Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome in One Fetus of a Twin Pregnancy

Megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS) is a rare genetic disorder that affects the muscle tone in the intestinal and urinary tract systems. Prenatal diagnosis is difficult because an identifiable genetic locus is absent and there are no specific ultrasound findings. We present an interesting case of this syndrome diagnosed prenatally in one fetus of a twin pregnancy. A 26-year-old white woman gravida 4, para 2103, at 11 weeks' gestation was diagnosed with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy. The patient's history was significant for having a previous female infant diagnosed with MMIHS. During a follow-up ultrasound at 26 weeks, one of the twins had multiple anomalies including: a pelvic cystic structure with a keyhole appearance, enlarged stomach, dilated bowel, and prominent renal pelves. Prenatal diagnosis of MMIHS can be possible on ultrasound findings with a positive family history.
Genetic syndrome with ichthyosis: congenital ichthyosis, follicular atrophoderma, hypotrichosis, and woolly hair; second report

SIR, The ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of skin disorders of epidermal differentiation, with both inherited and acquired forms. This cornification disorder may be found isolated or in association with other genetic defects. In 1998, five siblings with congenital ichthyosis, follicular atrophoderma, hypotrichosis and hypohidrosis were described as a new genodermatosis by Lestringant et al. We report a 17-year-old Turkish patient with ichthyosis vulgaris, follicular atrophoderma, woolly hair and hypotrichosis as a second report on this syndrome. A 17-year-old-girl was admitted to our hospital because of woolly hair, sparse eyelashes and eyebrows, and a very dry skin. She was born at term after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Ichthyosis and baldness were present at birth, but there was no history of a collodion baby. She had almost no scalp hair until she was 4 months old. In the early childhood period, funnel-shaped round follicular depressions had appeared on the dorsal aspects of the hands. She stated that her scalp hair had improved and straightened with age. The patient was otherwise healthy and detailed ophthalmological, neurological and audiometric examinations were normal. There was no history of atopy. There was no family history of similar skin problems. Both her parents and paternal grandparents were first cousins. There was no maternal history of drug intake during pregnancy. On examination, there was diffuse ichthyosiform scaling sparing the major flexures and face as in ichthyosis vulgaris (Fig. 1). The ichthyotic skin was hypohydrotic but the axilla, palms and soles sweated normally. Follicular atrophoderma was observed on the backs of her hands (Fig. 2). She had diffuse and patchy non-scarring hypotrichosis with a receding frontal hairline. Her hair was normal in length, but was light brown in colour, coarse, curly and unruly, in contrast to the straight black hair of the rest of her family. Eyelashes and particularly eyebrows were sparse (Figs 3–4). Routine haematological, biochemical, immunological, thyroid and radiological investigations were normal. Osteopoikilosis was not present on the X-rays. Echocardiography and ECG were normal. Hair microscopy was normal apart from curling. Biopsy from ichthyotic skin showed orthokeratosis with focal hypogranulosis (Fig. 5). Electron microcopy showed normal tonofilaments. Based on clinical and laboratory findings a diagnosis of ichthyosis vulgaris associated with follicular atrophoderma, hypotrichosis and woolly hair was made. The patient was prescribed 10% urea cream and salicylic acid ointments. The ichthyotic lesions resolved within a few weeks. Ichthyosis is a feature of several genetic disorders. These are rare disorders and the associated ichthyosis may be mild. The following syndromes with ichthyosis may be considered
s-CorrPlot : Encoding and Exploring Correlation

Figure 1: Visualizations of correlation for a dataset containing 22,000 variables. The left two images show the correlation coefficients using a heatmap, clustered with (a) average linkage, and (b) complete linkage. The visible patterns in the heatmap are highly dependent on the clustering algorithm. In (c), our novel s-CorrPlot spatially encodes correlation coefficients, highlighting very different multidimensional structures in the data. The s-CorrPlot effectively encodes correlation through gridlines as in (d) for a specific variable of interest, p.