Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Phibbs, P and Roe, G and Jones, B and Read, D and Darrall-Jones, J and Weakley, J and Till, K (2017)Validity of daily and weekly self-reported training load measures in adolescent athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning

The primary aim of the study was to assess the level of agreement between the criterion session-rating of perceived exertion (sRPE 30min ) and a practical measure of a self-reported web-based training load questionnaire 24-hours post-training (sRPE 24h ) in adolescent athletes. The secondary aim was to assess the agreement between weekly summated sRPE 24h values ((cid:1711)sRPE 24h ) and a weekly web-based training diary (sRPE weekly ) for all field-based training accumulated on a subsequent training week. Thirty-six male adolescent rugby players (age 16.7 ± 0.5 years) were recruited from a regional academy. sRPE 30min measures were recorded 30-minutes following a typical field-based training session. Participants then completed the sRPE 24h via a web-based training load questionnaire 24-hours post-training, reporting both session duration and intensity. In addition, on a subsequent week, participants completed the sRPE 24h daily and then completed the sRPE weekly at the end of the week, using the same web-based platform, to recall all field-based training session durations and intensities over those seven days. Biases were trivial between sRPE 30min and sRPE 24h for sRPE (0.3% [-0.9 to 1.5]), with nearly perfect correlations (0.99 [0.98 to 0.99), and small typical error of the estimate (TEE; 4.3% [3.6 to 5.4]) . Biases (cid:90)ere trivial bet(cid:90)een (cid:1711)sRPE 24h and sRPE weekly for sRPE (5.9% [-2.1 to 14.2]), with very large correlations (0.87 [0.78 to 0.93]), and moderate TEE 28.5% [23.3 to 36.9]). The results of this study show that sRPE 24h is a valid and robust method to quantify training loads in adolescent athletes. However, sRPE weekly was found to have a substantial TEE (29%), limiting practical application.
Daily Life Monitoring System with Behavior Pattern Recognition Using Ambient Sensors

—This paper presents a novel life monitoring system using a home agent and ambient sensors as invisible sensors that ﬁt living circumstances with consideration of privacy and Quality of Life (QoL) for achieving autonomous monitoring in daily life. The home agent has a key tag sensor, a human detection sensor, and a remote control sensor for detecting the states of a subject, such as going out (Out) or being at home (Home). The ambient sensors consist of a pad sensor installed in a bed sheet, a triaxial accelerometer inserted in a pillow, a human detection sensor installed near an entrance door, and a piezoelectric sensor installed near a refrigerator. The state of Home or sleeping on a bed (Sleep) is detected using ambient sensors that measure living behavior patterns in real time. As a preliminary experiment aimed at monitoring various life patterns of elderly people, we conducted a monitoring experiment during two months for four university students subjects in their 20s. For this system, sensor signals were stored in a server via a wireless router for visualization on a monitoring computer terminal in real time. We developed a method of recognizing three major life patterns ( Out, Home, and Sleep) using machine learning which uses eight algorithms. To evaluate of recognition accuracy, we collected handwritten daily records from the respective subjects used for correct behavior datasets as ground truth. Experimentally obtained results revealed that the mean recognition accuracy was 83.61% for the ﬁrst half of the monitoring experiment during one month with one-minute downsampled signal intervals. In the last half of the monitoring experiment, data acquisition was interrupted because of a failure of the home agent. We continued the evaluation experiment of life patterns with two delimited periods, which indicated recognition accuracies of 92.53% for 18 days and 93.85% for 27 days.
Erythropoietin-modulated calcium inﬂux through TRPC2 is mediated by phospholipase C (cid:1) and IP 3 R

Erythropoietin-modulated calcium inﬂux through TRPC2 is mediated by phospholipase C (cid:1) and IP 3 R. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 287: C1667–C1678, 2004. the present study, we examined the mechanisms through which erythropoietin (Epo) activates the calcium-permeable transient receptor potential protein channel (TRPC)2. Erythroblasts were isolated from the spleens of phenylhy-drazine-treated mice, and Epo stimulation resulted in a signiﬁcant and dose-dependent increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca 2 (cid:2) ] i ). This increase in [Ca 2 (cid:2) ] i was inhibited by pretreatment with the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U-73122 but not by the inactive analog U-73343, demonstrating the requirement for PLC activity in Epo-modulated Ca 2 (cid:2) inﬂux in primary erythroid cells. To determine whether PLC is involved in the activation of TRPC2 by Epo, cell models were used to examine this interaction. Single CHO-S cells that expressed transfected Epo receptor (Epo-R) and TRPC2 were identi-ﬁed, and [Ca 2 (cid:2) ] i was quantitated. Epo-induced Ca 2 (cid:2) inﬂux through TRPC2 was inhibited by pretreatment with U-73122 or by downregulation of PLC (cid:1) 1 by RNA interference. PLC activation results in the production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP 3 ), and TRPC2 has IP 3 receptor (IP 3 R) binding sites. To determine whether IP 3 R is involved in Epo-R signaling, TRPC2 mutants were prepared with partial or complete deletions of the COOH-terminal IP 3 R binding domains. In cells expressing TRPC2 IP 3 R binding mutants and Epo-R, no signif-icant increase in [Ca 2 (cid:2) ] i was observed after Epo stimulation. TRPC2 coassociated with Epo-R, PLC (cid:1) , and IP 3 R, and the association between TRPC2 and IP 3 R was disrupted in these mutants. Our data demonstrate that Epo-R modulates TRPC2 activation through PLC (cid:1) ; that interaction of IP 3 R with TRPC2 is required; and that Epo-R, TRPC2, PLC (cid:1) , and IP 3 R interact to form a signaling complex. type II, PLC (cid:1) 1, TRPC2, and Epo-R in murine erythroblasts. Western blotting was performed on membranes prepared from TER-119 (cid:5) and TER-119 (cid:2) erythroblasts, nontransfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-S cells, and CHO-S cells transfected with IP 3 R type II, PLC (cid:1) 1, TRPC2 c14, and Epo-R. Blots were probed with anti-IP 3 R type II, anti-PLC (cid:1) 1, anti-TRPC2 c14, or anti-Epo-R antibodies, followed by enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL).
Wavelet analysis of GPS amplitude scintillation: A case study

Amplitude scintillations on GPS links due to diffraction by ionospheric irregularities are traditionally described, in their strength, via the standard deviation of the signal power normalized to its average within 1 min, the S4 index. One should be very careful in using S4 and always remember that this quantity contains useful information when the signal is stationary for 60 s. In this work, amplitude scintillations are described in a multiscale approach; a wavelet decomposition of the amplitude time series is performed, and the evolution of the signal is studied through its scalogram. What is found is that sudden turbulent events in the amplitude time series, potentially very harmful for the stability and reliability of the radio link, are singled out very clearly in scalograms and cannot be confused with segments of quiet signals. This technique is found to be very useful in those cases in which the signal cannot be considered as stationary over a minute. This new approach is a powerful technique for identifying events that are particularly disruptive to GPS operations. Applications of the new approach in identifying short‐duration fading and rapid phase fluctuations are discussed.
Multiple Divergent ITS1 Copies Were Identified in Single Tomato Genome Using DGGE Analysis

The intra-genomic variation in the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region has led to misleading conclusions in the evolutionary analysis of plants; understanding this variation is critical for correct evolutionary analysis based on ITS sequences. To reveal the ITS variation in tomato, entire copies of ITS1 sequences within tomato species were separated using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and DNA sequence analysis. ITS1 copies varied significantly in sequence composition, but not in sequence length within the same tomato cultivar. DNA sequence similarity of the ITS1 copies was 77–100%. Moreover, AT and GC contents in ITS1 copies from each tomato cultivar were significantly different, ranging from 50.4 to 64.3% for GC and from 35.7 to 49.6% for AT. However, the length variation of ITS1 was insignificant, ranging from 279 to 282 bp. Multiple copies of divergent ITS1 present in the tomato genome indicate that some copies may be paralogues. In conclusion, DGGE technique is a reliable and novel approach to reveal the entire ITS copy variation and the possible evolutionary relationship of tomato.
Helicity Spinor Methods and Tree Level QCD Corrections in Higgs Production via Weak Boson Fusion

We calculate analytically tree level amplitudes for Higgs production via Weak Bosons Fusion (WBF) and QCD corrections to the Standard Model prediction (SM) by using the helicity spinor formalism. We provide the explicit expression for the amplitude with two gluons emission in the final state together with massless final two quarks. The massive generalization of the Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten (BCFW) recursion scheme is applied successfully obtaining compact results which agree with, and overcome in simplicity, the conventional Feynman diagrams approach.
Relativistic neoclassical fluxes in hot plasmas

The radial fluxes of particles and energy with relativistic effects taken into account are represented in a form standard for neoclassical theory. All the formulations are based on the relativistic equations of motion and the relativistic drift-kinetic equation. As an illustration of the influence of relativistic effects, the radial neoclassical fluxes of electrons in 1/ν collisional regime are calculated and compared with those in the classical approach. The proposed formulation allows one to implement the relativistic effects in current transport codes. PACS: 52.55. Dy, 52.25. Fi, 52.27. Ny
Assessment of Knowledge of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers towards Infection Prevention and Control Practice Among Primary Healthcare Workers

VHFs Abstract Background: The hospital-based contraction of the Viral Hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) still remains a concern for many healthcare facilities while the signicance of Infection prevention and control (IPC) practice as a means of preventing such occurrence has been established. The study aimed at assessing the self-rated knowledge of IPC among primary healthcare workers. Materials and Methods: 344 primary healthcare workers sampled across primary healthcare facilities in Port Harcourt metropolis. Primary data was gathered through self-administered questionnaire and was analysed using SPSS version 21. Results: Majority (75%) of the healthcare workers have not encountered any VHFs; however, (45.1%) possessed adequate information about VHFs. (66.0%) claimed not to have adequate knowledge about the transmission, (61.6%) do not have adequate knowledge about the etiology routes while (66.0%) claimed not to have adequate knowledge about symptoms associated of VHFs. C onclusion: The outcome showed that respondents have inadequate knowledge about the transmission, etiology routes and symptoms associated of VHFs. The study recommended that primary healthcare workers should be engaged in various training workshop to improve their understanding about the practice of IPC for VHFs.
Non-linear Mendelian randomization analyses support a role for vitamin D deficiency in cardiovascular disease risk

Non-linear Mendelian randomization analyses support a role for vitamin D deficiency in cardiovascular disease D concentration with CVD risk, suggesting that with respect to cardiovascular health the benefits of improving vitamin D status are the strongest for those within the deficiency range. Low vitamin D status is associated with a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Although most existing linear Mendelian randomization (MR) studies reported a null effect of vitamin D on CVD risk, a non-linear effect cannot be excluded. Our aim was to apply the non-linear MR design to investigate the association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration with CVD risk.
Microfluidics with 3D Culture: Reconstituting Tumor Microenvironment In Vitro

include its multiple channels, allowing for co-culture of tumor cells and various other stromal cells, controlled pressure gradients and flow velocities through each individual channel, and the potential to introduce hydrodynamic stress on cells along the microfluidic channels similar to that of endothelial cells lining blood vessels in vivo [2]. These important features of the microfluidic device are several critical components involved in the tumor microenvironment [3]. Investigation of multiple stimuli and properties characteristic of the tumor area defines the premise of this field of research [2].
in renal medulla gene expression in a pre-clinical model of post cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication of cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The pathogenesis is poorly understood and the study of AKI in rodent models has not led to improvements in clinical outcomes. We sought to determine the changes in renal medullary gene expression in a novel and clinically relevant porcine model of CPB-induced AKI. Results: Adult pigs (n = 12 per group) were randomised to undergo sham procedure, or 2.5 hours CPB. AKI was determined using biochemical (Cr51 EDTA clearance, CrCl, urinary IL-18 release) and histological measures. Transcriptomic analyses were performed on renal medulla biopsies obtained 24 hours post intervention or from sham group. Microarray results were validated with real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western Blotting. Of the transcripts examined, 66 were identified as differentially expressed in CPB versus Sham pig ’ s kidney samples, with 19 (29%) upregulated and 47 (71%) down-regulated. Out of the upregulated and downregulated transcripts 4 and 16 respectively were expression sequence tags (EST). The regulated genes clustered into three classes; Immune response, Cell adhesion/extracellular matrix and metabolic process. Upregulated genes included Factor V, SLC16A3 and CKMT2 whereas downregulated genes included GST, CPE, MMP7 and SELL. Conclusion: Post CPB AKI, as defined by clinical criteria, is characterised by molecular changes in renal medulla that are associated with both injury and survival programmes. Our observations highlight the value of large animal models in AKI research and provide insights into the failure of findings in rodent models to translate into clinical progress.
Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer Based on Time–Frequency Block Allocation in OFDM Cooperative Communication System

In this paper, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer based on time–frequency block allocation (TFBA-SWIPT) is proposed to save the energy of an orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) decode-and-forward cooperative communication system, by allocating different resource blocks for information decoding and energy harvesting at the relay and destinations. The joint allocation of time–frequency blocks and power is optimized to maximize the transmission rate of the destination, while ensuring the transmission rate and energy supply of the relay. The time–frequency block pairing algorithm and the block power allocation algorithm are integrated to achieve the optimal solution. Simulation results illustrate the benefits of using TFBA-SWIPT in the OFDM cooperative communication system over time-varying channels.
Computationally Efficient Optimal Solutions to the Lot-Sizing Problem in Multistage Assembly Systems

The scheduling of lot sizes in multistage production environments is a fundamental problem in many Material Requirements Planning Systems. Many heuristics have been suggested for this problem with varying degrees of success. Research to date on obtaining optimal solutions has been limited to small problems. This paper presents a new formulation of the lot-sizing problem in multistage assembly systems which leads to an effective optimization algorithm for the problem. The problem is reformulated in terms of "echelon stock" which simplifies its decomposition by a Lagrangean relaxation method. A Branch and Bound algorithm which uses the bounds obtained by the relaxation was developed and tested. Computational results are reported on 120 randomly generated problems involving up to 50 items in 15 stages and up to 18 time periods in the planning horizon.
··Wnat is· a Natural Norm for Multi

We show that the geometrical framework, in which color images are considered as surfaces, is meaningful and natural for multi channel image processing. The steepest descent flow associated with the first variation of the area functional is a significant selective smoothing procedure. Generally, the steepest descent flow for multi channel variational methods smoothes the different channels of the image. The functional, or "norm", should capture the way we want the smoothing process to act on the different channels while exploring the coupling between them. Here we justify the usage of the area norm obtained by the geometric framework, and the Beltrami steepest descent flow as its natural scale-space, in the multi-channel case. We list the requirements, compare to other recent norms, relate to line element methods in color, and present simulation results.
Social comparison and satisfaction with one's social life

In this study (N = 96), the role of social comparison in evaluating the quality of one's friendships and social relationships was examined. Participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very dissatisfying social life evaluated their own social life as better than participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very satisfying social life. However, this effect was only found among individuals high in the individual characteristic social comparison orientation. It is concluded that only individuals with a dispositional tendency to compare themselves with others will base the evaluation of their social life to an important extent on what they see in others.
Neural Computing based Part of Speech Tagger for Arabic Language: A review study

— this paper aims to explore the implementation of part of speech tagger (POS) for Arabic Language using neural computing. The Arabic Language is one of the most important languages in the world. More than 422 million people use the Arabic Language as the primary media for writing and speaking. The part of speech is one crucial stage for most natural languages processing. Many factors affect the performance of POS including the type of language, the corpus size, the tag-set, the computation model. The artificial neural network (ANN) is modern paradigms that simulate the human behavior to learn, test and generalize the solutions. It maps the non-linear function into a simple linear model. Several researchers implemented the POS using ANN. This work proves that the using of ANN in utilizing the POS is achieving very well results. The performance has based the rate of accuracy, which most of the proposed models were obtained high accuracy between 90% and 99%. Besides, the using of neural models required less number of tag-sets for training and testing of the model. Most of NLP applications required accurate and fast POS, which is offered by the neural model.
Belben, R. and Underwood, Charlie J. and Johanson, Z. and Twitchett, R. (2017) Ecological impact of the end-Cretaceous extinction on lamniform

Lamniform sharks are apex marine predators undergoing dramatic local and regional decline worldwide, with consequences for marine ecosystems that are difficult to predict. Through their long history, lamniform sharks have faced widespread extinction, and understanding those ‘natural experiments’ may help constrain predictions, placing the current crisis in evolutionary context. Here we show, using novel morphometric analyses of fossil shark teeth, that the end-Cretaceous extinction of many sharks had major ecological consequences. Post-extinction ecosystems supported lower diversity and disparity of lamniforms, and were dominated by significantly smaller sharks with slimmer, smoother and less robust teeth. Tooth shape is intimately associated with ecology, feeding and prey type, and by integrating data from extant sharks we show that latest Cretaceous sharks occupied similar niches to modern lamniforms, implying similar ecosystem structure and function. By comparison, species in the depauperate post-extinction community occupied niches most similar to those of juvenile sand tigers (Carcharias taurus). Our data show that quantitative tooth morphometrics can distinguish lamniform sharks due to dietary differences, providing critical insights into ecological consequences of past extinction episodes.
Towards Protected Firmware Verification in Low-power Devices

—It is barely conceivable to ensure the security state of a device without a trusted computing base. However, a hardware security module is not provided in most low-power devices. This paper presents a new design approach, which can securely verify a current state of firmware at a booting time utilizing untrusted components. We discuss a Memory Protection Unit (MPU) enabled memory access control to ensure that memory regions of a bootloader are not accidentally compromised from unintended access. Further extensions of the suggested approach are also addressed for achieving the enhanced security confirmation.
Potent Activity of a Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, 4 (cid:2) -Ethynyl-2-Fluoro-2 (cid:2) -Deoxyadenosine, against Human Immunodeﬁciency Virus Type 1 Infection in a Model Using Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell-Transplanted NOD/SCID Janus Kinase 3 Knockout Mice (cid:1)

4 (cid:1) -Ethynyl-2-ﬂuoro-2 (cid:1) -deoxyadenosine (EFdA), a recently discovered nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, exhibits activity against a wide spectrum of wild-type and multidrug-resistant clinical human immuno- deﬁciency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates (50% effective concentration, 0.0001 to 0.001 (cid:1) M). In the present study, we used human peripheral blood mononuclear cell-transplanted, HIV-1-infected NOD/SCID/Janus kinase 3 knockout mice for in vivo evaluation of the anti-HIV activity of EFdA. Administration of EFdA decreased the replication and cytopathic effects of HIV-1 without identiﬁable adverse effects. In phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)-treated mice, the CD4 (cid:2) /CD8 (cid:2) cell ratio in the spleen was low (median, 0.04; range, 0.02 to 0.49), while that in mice receiving EFdA was increased (median, 0.65; range, 0.57 to 1.43). EFdA treatment signiﬁcantly suppressed the amount of HIV-1 RNA (median of 9.0 (cid:3) 10 2 copies/ml [range, 8.1 (cid:3) 10 2 to 1.1 (cid:3) 10 3 copies/ml] versus median of 9.9 (cid:3) 10 4 copies/ml [range, 8.1 (cid:3) 10 2 to 1.1 (cid:3) 10 3 copies/ml]; P < 0.001), the p24 level in plasma (2.5 (cid:3) 10 3 pg/ml [range, 8.2 (cid:3) 10 2 to 5.6 (cid:3) 10 3 pg/ml] versus 2.8 (cid:3) 10 2 pg/ml [range, 8.2 (cid:3) 10 1 to 6.3 (cid:3) 10 2 pg/ml]; P < 0.001), and the percentage of p24-expressing cells in the spleen (median of 1.90% [range, 0.33% to 3.68%] versus median of 0.11% [range, 0.00% to 1.00%]; P (cid:4) 0.003) in comparison with PBS-treated mice. These data suggest that EFdA is a promising candidate for a new age of HIV-1 chemotherapy and should be developed further as a potential therapy for individuals with multidrug-resistant HIV-1 variants.