Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Definition of the event-driven communication scheme

Revision Notes: (Revised by UGR and SDU) Delay justification: This deliverable has suffered a delay of 6 weeks. After achieving Milestone M5 (“Hardware (low-level vision) and software (middlelevel vision) communication scheme feasibility and performance (Month 25)” an internal technical report was generated and the communication protocol was decided. But we have delayed the final specification (D3.2) until it was actually implemented and tested to avoid technical problems such as asynchronous communication by the relevance driven communication channel and other potential problematic issues. Project Co-funded by the European Commission
THE EFFECTS OF A 6-WEEK OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING ON ELECTROMYOGRAPHY CHANGES AND PERFORMANCE

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of depth jump (DJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) training on sand on electromyography (EMG) changes and performance in healthy subjects. Twenty-seven male collegiate students participated in this study and randomly divided into three groups: DJ, CMJ and control group (CG). Subjects in the DJ and CMJ groups performed 5 sets of 20 repetition jumps from a 45-cm box onto a 20-cm dry sand two days a week for 6 weeks. The EMG activities in the vastus medialis (VM), rectus femoris (RF) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscles, vertical jump (VJ) and 20-m sprint time were assessed pre and post training. The results showed significant increases in the EMG activities (IEMG) for the VM and RF following DJ and CMJ training on sand and compared with control group (P < 0.05). The DJ and CMJ groups showed significant improvement than control group in the VL muscle activities, and no statistically significant differences were found among groups (P > 0.05). The DJ and CMJ training on sand led to significant improvement in VJ and decreases in 20-m sprint time (P < 0.05). In conclusion, the DJ and CMJ training on sand improved EMG activities, power, and sprint performance and it is recommended that, coaches design plyometrics on sand for athletes or individuals, because these types of training on sand can be effective for increasing performance.
A Call to Reduce the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease

Objective: Data is to be reported briefly that appear to indicate that if specific neuro protective means are applied clinically, the incidence of progressive amnestic cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease with severe dementia will be reduced as major health problems for the elderly population in the developed world. Methods: Much evidence is mini-reviewed suggesting that clinical trials with the dithiol compound alpha lipoic acid and particularly with the stabilized sodium salt of the natural stereoisomer of alpha lipoic acid combined with vitamin C supplementation will reverse mitochondrial bioenergetic decline and will delay the serial progression of late cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease before severe dementia. Results: The cited evidence in animals and humans indicates that randomized clinical trial of stabilized sodium R-lipoate supplementation as a micronutrient and as an antioxidant with iron chelating ability, combined with vitamin C, likely will retard significantly the progression of amnestic cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Conclusion: A call for urgency with randomized clinical trial appears warranted to reduce the prevalence of worsening of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease by such micronutrient and antioxidant means.
Offloading Packet Forwarding in a Combined Router/Server

Despite the performance limitation with minimum-sized packet processing, a modern PC-based router can provide as competitive service as a specialized hardware router while offering more flexibility and possibility to extend beyond routing. We focus on a use case in which the PC-based router also functions as a server. In this paper, we propose an architecture to boost overall performance of the PC-based router by offloading packet processing tasks to the NIC. We introduce a fast path for packet forwarding based on caching of flow entries in on-board classification hardware on the NIC. We describe our design and present an experimental evaluation.
Book Review Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You By Gerd Gigerenzer. 310 pp., illustrated. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2002. $25. 0-7432-0556-1

At the beginning of the twentieth century, H. G. Wells predicted that statistical thinking would be as necessary for citizenship in a technological world as the ability to read and write. But in the twenty-first century, we are often overwhelmed by a baffling array of percentages and probabilities as we try to navigate in a world dominated by statistics. Cognitive scientist Gerd Gigerenzer says that because we haven't learned statistical thinking, we don't understand risk and uncertainty. In order to assess risk -- everything from the risk of an automobile accident to the certainty or uncertainty of some common medical screening tests -- we need a basic understanding of statistics. Astonishingly, doctors and lawyers don't understand risk any better than anyone else. Gigerenzer reports a study in which doctors were told the results of breast cancer screenings and then were asked to explain the risks of contracting breast cancer to a woman who received a positive result from a screening. The actual risk was small because the test gives many false positives. But nearly every physician in the study overstated the risk. Yet many people will have to make important health decisions based on such information and the interpretation of that information by their doctors. Gigerenzer explains that a major obstacle to our understanding of numbers is that we live with an illusion of certainty. Many of us believe that HIV tests, DNA fingerprinting, and the growing number of genetic tests are absolutely certain. But even DNA evidence can produce spurious matches. We cling to our illusion of certainty because the medical industry, insurance companies, investment advisers, and electioncampaigns have become purveyors of certainty, marketing it like a commodity. To avoid confusion, says Gigerenzer, we should rely on more understandable representations of risk, such as absolute risks. For example, it is said that a mammography screening reduces the risk of breast cancer by 25 percent. But in absolute risks, that means that out of every 1,000 women who do not participate in screening, 4 will die; while out of 1,000 women who do, 3 will die. A 25 percent risk reduction sounds much more significant than a benefit that 1 out of 1,000 women will reap. This eye-opening book explains how we can overcome our ignorance of numbers and better understand the risks we may be taking with our money, our health, and our lives.
The Level of Participation of the Bicycle Community in Improving Self-Esteem

This study aims to determine the relationship of the level of participation of the bicycle community in the city of Bandung in improving self-esteem, the sample of this study was fifty people. Sampling is done by using Stratified Proportional Random Sampling technique. This research method is quantitative descriptive method, with correlational research type. The instruments used were Sport Motivation Scale-6 (SMS-6) and Self Esteem Rating Scale (SERS). The results of this study indicate that the level of participation has a positive and significant relationship in improving self-esteem in the bicycle community in the city of Bandung. The implementation for development of live that it’s The level of participation in sports activities, especially cycling, can provide a relationship to the quality of social interactions, therefore the conditions of these activities can provide benefits not only physical health, but social health, Participation in the bicycle community also provides a relationship about how as an individual can recognize himself and others through self-esteem. To form self-esteem, the learning process must pay attention to psychological aspects in order to realize learning and education goals, and Giving knowledge to policy makers about the importance of sports activities that involve community participation in bicycle use. The conclusion of this study is the level of participation has a positive and significant relationship with the quality of improving self-esteem. Keywords—level of participation; self esteem; bicycle
Quality of life after menopause: Effects of hormone replacement therapy,vitamin E and sudarhana kriya yoga practice: A comparative study.

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a breathing technique introduced by Poojya Guruji Sri Sri Ravishankar, Founder of Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth, Bangalore. This study was aimed to examine the effect of SKY practice and antioxidant enzymes activities on menopausal women. One hundred and ninety subjects of age group 45-60 years, non-smokers and nonalcoholic were selected and divided into three groups. Group 1 consisting of 40 out of 190 subjects received hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The group 2 of 40 subjects received 500mg/day of vitamin E orally for 30 consecutive days.The group 3 of 60 subjects were on daily practice of SKY for cosecutive 30 days. The remaining 50 menopausal women acted as controls. Plasma MDA, erythrocyte SOD and GSHpx concentrations were assessed in all the subjects before and after 30 days of respective treatment. Serum MDA levels were significantly decreased in all the 140 subjects; whereas SOD and GSHpx were significantly elevated in the subjects of all 3 groups after 30 days of respective treatment compared to controls. However, a high significant increase in SOD and GSHpx levels with a corresponding decrease in serum MDA were evident in the subjects who were exposed to SKY compared to the subjects who had HRT or vitamin E. Our study demonstrates that practice of SKY could be beneficial to the menopausal women by increasing in vivo levels of antioxidant.
ANALYSIS OF SPEECH AT DIFFERENT SPEAKING RATES USING EXCITATION SOURCE INFORMATION

When humans modify speaking rate they do not perform a simple expansion or compression of the speech signal. In order to maintain the intelligi bility and naturalness of the speech, they modify some of the characteristics of the speec h production mechanism in a complex way. This causes the acoustic features extracted f rom the speech signal to change in a complex way. These changes a ffect the performance of speech systems like speech recognition, speaker recognition etc. Most of the st udies on the e ffect of speaking rate on acoustic features focus on features at segmental and suprasegmental level. The present work focuses on analysis of the e ffects of speaking rate on features at subsegmental level. Three features at subsegmental level, namely , instantaneous fundamental frequency, strength of excitation of epoch and perceived lo u ness are chosen, and their variation with speaking rate is studied. It was observed that instantaneous fundamental frequency i ncreases with increase in speaking rate, but when speaking rate is decreased the chang es in the instantaneous fundamental frequency is speaker-specific. Similar observati ons have been found in the case of strength of excitation at epoch. Strength of excitation d ecreases with increase in speaking rate, and the change in strength of excitation is speaker -sp cific when speaking rate is decreased. The e ff ct of speaking rate on the perception of loudness is also stu died using perceptual loudness studies. It was observed that fas t speech was perceived louder than normal speech for majority of speakers, whereas the di ff rence between perception of loudness of normal and slow speech is speaker-specific. It was also observed that speaking rate does not have significant a ffect on objective loudness measure. A modified measure of loudness in the case of speech at di fferent speaking rates is proposed, and its variations correlate with results from perceptual loudnes s t ts.
An Exploration of Leadership Thought and an Introduction to Proactive Leadership in the Context of Managing Change and Diversity

The concept of leadership has fascinated men arguably since the beginning of our existence. Intellectuals such as Stogdill, Lewin, Burns, House, Bass, and many others have all contributed to the existing body of knowledge on leadership. Scholars have been consistently seeking to unlock the mysteries of leadership, and throughout the 20th century there have been numerous approaches to it. The writers of this paper will explore the historical foundations of various approaches to leadership thought, in an attempt to use it as a base for future inquiry into the phenomenon that has been a source of intrigue for centuries. The construct Proactive Leadership will also be introduced as a new way to examine leadership in the context of managing change and diversity.
A study of the effects of HIV infection and ART treatment on the serum lipid profile of HIV/AIDS patients attending the Nylon District Hospital, Douala, Cameroon -

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been shown to substantially reduce morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive patients. However, long-term management of patients on ART may affect their lipid metabolism and predispose them to an increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. Objective: This study was aimed at investigating the effects of HIV infection and ART treatment on the serum lipid profile of HIV/AIDS patients. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on an equal number of HIV positive ART-naïve patients, ART-initiated patients, and apparently healthy HIV negative control subjects ( n = 100). Serum lipid parameters were determined using colorimetric techniques. Independent sample t -test statistical analyses were carried out on the laboratory results using SPSS.20. p -Value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Result: The mean (standard error of the mean [SEM]) duration of treatment with ART was 20.77 ± 11.5 months. The mean serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) of ART-naïve patients was significantly lower than the control group ( p = 0.001). Similarly, the mean serum total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) of patients on ART were significantly higher ( p = 0.001), whereas HDL-C was significantly lower compared with the control subjects ( p = 0.021). The mean serum TC, HDL-C, and LDL-C of the ART-initiated group were significantly higher compared with the ART-naïve group ( p = 0.001). Conclusion: Infection with HIV is characterized by a decrease in the serum HDL-C levels. Furthermore, the treatment with ART significantly increases plasma concentration of TC, HDL-C, and LDL-C. HIV patients on ART in Cameroon should therefore be closely monitored for alterations in their lipid profile levels. Abstract
Barbara Piazza-Georgi

This paper summarises data that were gathered in a 1,000-household survey done in Soweto in mid-1999. The purpose of the survey was to test some hypotheses on the interrelationships between certain kinds of human capital and of social capital; information was collected on education as well as other forms of human capital, and on a number of social capital factors under the categories of household composition, group membership, values, and various forms of trust. Household expenditure was also explored in detail, both as a proxy for household income and in order to determine current investment in human and social capital. This paper contains the tabulations of all the information gathered, plus a number of crosstabulations showing links that are of possible interest. The statistics are adjusted for survey design, thus applicable to Soweto as a whole.
CMAR_A_229389 9685..9699

Gang Wang* Wan-Chao Zhong* Yi-Hui Bi Si-Yue Tao 4 Hai Zhu Hai-Xing Zhu A-Man Xu 1Department of General Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Orthopaedics, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated with Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department Of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei 230001, People’s Republic of China
Early Barrett's Esophageal Cancer: Can Endoscopic Be the First Line of Therapy?

The selection of therapy for early Barrett’s related esophageal adenocarcinoma depends heavily on three major factors. The first is expertise of the performing physician. The ability to treat early esophageal cancer depends on the commitment of the physician performing the procedure. Experts tend to have a greater understanding of the disease process and are likely to have improved results. The second is the commitment of the patient. Patients must realize that despite best efforts, there is approximately a 2% risk of metastasis despite being early staged disease. In addition, even after ablative therapy. Patients must also be willing to carefully follow with their physicians as there is a substantial risk of recurrence after therapy of at least 18%. Patients at risk of non‐compliance may well benefit from alternative therapies. The other critical factor is the lesion itself. Invasion depth is commonly associated with increased risk of metastasis and this must be ascertained with absolutely certainty. Once these factors can be ensured endoscopic resection with ablation can be carried out.
Elhuyar at TASS 2013

espanolEste articulo describe el sistema presentado por nuestro grupo para la tarea de analisis de sentimiento enmarcada en la campana de evaluacion TASS 2013. Adoptamos una aproximacion supervisada que hace uso de conocimiento linguistico. Este conocimiento linguistico comprende lematizacion, etiquetado POS, etiquetado de palabras de polaridad, tratamiento de emoticonos y tratamiento de negacion. Tambien se lleva a cabo un preprocesado para el tratamiento de errores ortograficos. La deteccion de las palabras de polaridad se hace de acuerdo a un lexico de polaridad para el castellano creado en base a dos estrategias: proyeccion o traduccion de un lexico de polaridad de ingles al castellano, y extraccion de palabras divergentes entre los tuits positivos y negativos correspondientes al corpus de entrenamiento. El sistema obtiene una precision del 60% para la deteccion de polaridad de alta granularidad y un 68% para baja granularidad. EnglishThis article describes the system presented for the task of sentiment analysis in the TASS 2012 evaluation campaign. We adopted a supervised approach that includes some linguistic knowledge-based processing for preparing the features. The processing comprises lemmatisation, POS tagging, tagging of polarity words, treatment of emoticons and treatment of negation. A pre-processing for treatment of spell-errors is also performed. Detection of polarity words is done according to a polarity lexicon built in two ways: projection to Spanish of an English lexicon, and extraction of divergent words of positive and negative tweets of training corpus. The system achieves an 60% accuracy fine granularity and an 68% accuracy for coarse granularity polarity detection.
Secondary and High School Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding Computer Games with Educational Features in Turkey

Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate secondary and high school teacher perceptions about integrating educational computer games into their lessons. The participants consist of teachers who work at the 26 different secondary and high schools in Turkey. Two survey instruments were used to collect data from 581 participants. Data was analyzed using t-test, ANOVA test, Chi-square. Content analysis was also conducted to analyze the interview data. The findings revealed teachers who use educational games in their classes are more positive than the teachers who do not incorporate educational games in their lessons. Furthermore, secondary school teachers were more positive towards integrating educational games in their courses than high schools teachers. While teachers expressed their willing to use educational computer games in their courses, the negative aspects of computer games come to the fore according to the teacher perceptions.
Risk Aversion and Fertility: Implications for Child Outcomes and Investment in Childrens’ Education

There is a large empirical literature on the impact that the availability of abortion has on child outcomes, yet very little underlying theory explaining the process. To fill this void, this paper presents a model of childbearing and investments in the quality of children under uncertainty. Its applicability is not just confined to abortion which is only one of several methods that improves control over fertility. It is also useful in understanding how childhood immunization programs and other improvements in health care that reduce mortality can influence fertility and parents’ investment in the human capital of their children. We show that reductions in uncertainty can in fact increase the number of children and not decrease it as is generally expected. Secondly, we find that increases in income lead to an increase in the expected number of children regardless of the degree of risk aversion of the parents. Finally, it is shown that policies which increase the ability to control fertility will be more effective than income transfers aimed at improving child outcomes if families have a low degree of risk aversion. We find that for families with a high degree of risk aversion neither policy will be effective in improving child outcomes.
Computer Sign Language Interpreter of Russian Language

An approach to creating a computer sign language interpretation system for the Russian language based on comparative analysis of syntactic structures. Describes the software implementation of a computer sign language interpreter used by employees of the Social Rehabilitation Institute at Novosibirsk State Technical University. Keywords—Russian sign languagе; computer sign language interpreter; syntax; natural language processing.
TASS: Detecting Sentiments in Spanish Tweets

This article describes the system presented for the task of sentiment analysis in the TASS 2012 evaluation campaign. We adopted a supervised approach that includes some linguistic knowledge-based processing for preparing the features. The processing comprises lemmatisation, POS tagging, tagging of polarity words, treatment of emoticons, treatment of negation, and weighting of polarity words depending on syntactic nesting level. A pre-processing for treatment of spell-errors is also performed. Detection of polarity words is done according to a polarity lexicon built in two ways: projection to Spanish of an English lexicon, and extraction of divergent words of positive and negative tweets of training corpus. Evaluation results show a good performance and also good robustness of the system both for fine granularity (65% of accuracy) as well as for coarse granularity polarity detection (71% of accuracy).