Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Initial Geometry Updated Geometry Initial Flow Updated Flow Right

Given two consecutive frames from a pair of stereo cameras, 3D scene flow methods simultaneously estimate the 3D geometry and motion of the observed scene. Many existing approaches use superpixels for regularization, but may predict inconsistent shapes and motions inside rigidly moving objects. We instead assume that scenes consist of foreground objects rigidly moving in front of a static background, and use semantic cues to produce pixel-accurate scene flow estimates. Our cascaded classification framework accurately models 3D scenes by iteratively refining semantic segmentation masks, stereo correspondences, 3D rigid motion estimates, and optical flow fields. We evaluate our method on the challenging KITTI autonomous driving benchmark, and show that accounting for the motion of segmented vehicles leads to state-of-the-art performance.
, cross-sectional and longitudinal fMRI study Impaired cortical deactivation during hand movement in the relapsing phase of multiple sclerosis : a

Background: Little is known about the cortical activation changes during clinical relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: To assess cross-sectional and longitudinal differences in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) cortical patterns between the relapsing and stable phases of MS. Methods: We studied 32 patients with relapsing–remitting MS with mild disability: 19 within 48 h of symptom onset of a new relapse (G1) and 13 in the stable phase, relapse-free for at least 6 months (G2). All patients underwent fMRI twice, upon entry (time 1) and 30–50 days later (time 2), during right-hand movement. Results: No between-group differences were observed in age, disability or T2 lesion load. Between-group analysis showed a significant difference in the ipsilateral precentral gyrus (IPG) activation at time 1. Activity differences in the IPG expressed reduced deactivation in G1 compared with G2. Longitudinal changes in brain activity in the IPG were significantly greater in G1 than G2. G1 patients with a slow clinical recovery (n1⁄4 8) showed different activity at baseline and greater activity changes over time in the IPG than patients with a fast recovery (n1⁄4 11). Conclusion: This study shows that the relapsing phase is associated with reduced brain deactivation in the IPG, which is more marked in patients with a slow clinical recovery. Increased cortical excitability associated with inflammation may determine functional modifications within the ipsilateral motor area.
The effect of comorbidity on survival in patients with advanced ovarian cancer

Opinion statement The treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer in the older adult presents many challenges. The standard of care is cytoreductive surgery with the aim of achieving minimal residual disease. Surgery is then usually followed by six cycles of platinum–taxane chemotherapy. Older patients often have comorbidities which limit treatment choice and increase the risk of major surgical procedures. Platinum-based chemotherapy is generally well tolerated in fit elderly patients but can result in more toxicity in patients of increasing age. Results of a recent randomized trial of neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy vs upfront surgery reveal decreased toxicity and equivalent survival in patients who receive chemotherapy prior to surgery. Treatment strategies to reduce the toxicity of chemotherapy include the use of single agent carboplatin, dose reduction, and weekly scheduling. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) of older patients prior to treatment may predict for toxicity of therapy and even survival. While comprehensive assessment may be desirable, it is impractical in the clinic. A simplified screening tool to detect geriatric problems and the further need for a formal assessment is more feasible. Prospective clinical trials of therapy in the elderly patient population are needed to guide treatment decisions.
Avian population fluctuations during drought conditions in Puerto Rico

•, ANO J. W. TERBORCH. 1980. Patterns of migration in the West Indies. Pp. 157163 in Migrant birds in the Neotropics: ecology, behavior, distribution, and conservation. A. Keast and E. S. Morton, eds. Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, D.C. •, ANO J. E. WIN•rERS. 1979. Winter resident returns and longevity and weights of Puerto Rican birds. Bird-Banding 50:216-223. •. 1980. More returns from the Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico. J. Field Ornithol. 51: 368.
Association Between the Serum Levels of Zinc, Copper and Lipid Profile With Osteoporosis in Iranian Postmenopausal Women

Background: Trace elements and lipids have an important role in the development of osteoporosis that is a major health problem of postmenopausal women. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the serum levels of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and lipid profile between the postmenopausal women suffering from osteoporosis and the healthy controls. Furthermore, we aimed to determine whether there is an association between the parameters mentioned above and the bone mineral density (BMD). Patients and Methods: The study was conducted on 116 postmenopausal women; 58 osteoporosis (age 60.6 ± 3.9 years) and 58 control group (age 55.4 ± 1.7 years). The serum levels of Zn and Cu were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry and BMD was analyzed by DEXA scan. Results: The serum levels of Zn and Cu were similar in the both groups (P > 0.05). Serum levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) and total cholesterol (TC) in osteoporosis group was statistically significant when compared to the controls (P 0.05). However, we found a negative significant correlation between BMD with LDL (r = -0.31, P = 0.001) and total cholesterol levels (r = -0.26, P = 0.006). Conclusions: This study suggested that dyslipidemia might be an independent risk factor of osteoporosis in Iranian postmenopausal women. Moreover, the trace elements did not directly and correlatively influence BMD.
New records of the Alcathoe bat, Myotis alcathoe in Moravia(Czech Republic)

A male Myotis alcathoe was identified morphologically among 119 road traffic casualties sampled in 2007 in southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Two additional male M. alcathoe were found among six carcasses collected in 1999 on roads in northern Moravia. Identification of all three specimens was confirmed by sequencing of mtDNA. The first photo of a M. alcathoe mandible is presented. The species, described in 2001, has actually been known from 12 localities within the Czech Republic.
CV-UML 2003 Preliminary Version On Message Specifications in OCL 1

The object constraint language (OCL) is the established language for specifying of properties of objects and object structures. Recently an extension of OCL has been proposed for the specification of messages sent between objects. In this paper we present a generalization of this extension which allows additionally to specify causality constraints. From a pragmatic point of view, such causality constraints are needed to express, for example, that each acknowledgment must be preceded by a matching request, which is frequently required by communication protocols. Our generalization is based on the introduction of histories into OCL. Histories describe the external behavior of objects and groups of objects. Moreover, to reason compositionally about the behavior of a complex system we distinguish between local specifications of a single object and global specifications describing the interaction between objects. These two types of specifications are expressed in syntactically different dialects of OCL. Our notion of compositionality, which is formalized in this paper by a compatibility predicate on histories, allows the verification of models during the early stages of a design.
Dependency of global mean precipitation on surface temperature

We investigate the causes of temperature dependent changes in global precipitation in contemporary General Circulation Models (GCMs) subjected to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration. By analyzing the energy budget of the troposphere, we find that changes are dominated by processes robustly simulated by GCMs. Importantly, shortwave cloud feedbacks, whose uncertainty is largely responsible for the wide range of GCM temperature climate sensitivities, are shown to have little effect. This is because these mainly arise from the scattering of shortwave radiation that has little impact on the tropospheric heating that controls precipitation. Hence, we expect that the range of simulated precipitation sensitivities to temperature will not change greatly in future GCMs, despite the recent suggestion that satellite observations indicate that GCM precipitation changes are significantly in error.
DNA repair intermediates linked to stalled replication Dpb 11 complex promotes the resolution of − A cell cycle-regulated Slx 4 Material Supplemental

Material Supplemental http://genesdev.cshlp. org/content/suppl/2014/07/16/28.14. 1604.DC1. html References http://genesdev.cshlp. org/content/28/14/1604.full. html#ref-list-1 This article cites 55 articles, 25 of which can be accessed free at: License Commons Creative . http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ at Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International), as described ). After six months, it is available under a http://genesdev.cshlp. org/site/misc/terms.xhtml six months after the full-issue publication date (see This article is distributed exclusively by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the first
Experimental Investigation on Influence of Process Parameters in Selective Laser Sintering on Roundness Using Taguchi Medthod

Additive Manufacturing is emerging latest trends, in todays industrial needs. The 3D model is built by using the Catia V5 and exported to Rapid Prototyping machine where the file is saved by. stl extension and the file repair was done by removing the facets using magics software. The 3D model is sliced into layers and build layer by layer using PA2200 material in powder form and sintered with co2 laser by controlling the process parameters. This research investigates the effect of the roundness of the prototype model built on Rapid Prototyping machine by optimal selection of process parameters like laser power, layer thickness and temperature by Taguchi design of experiments approach L9 Orthogonal array was selected lower-the-better signal-to-noise S/N ratio. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with regression model is also conducted and most influential parameter in decreasing order Laser power, Layer thickness, and temperature were obtained and the prototypes are tested on CMM (coordinate measuring machine) both the experimental and model prediction results are within close tolerance of +/0.029 (29 microns) on the roundness.
LIQUID TECHNIQUE

Silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by pulsed laser (Nd:YAG, 1064 nm) ablation of individual target in various solutions. The influence of deionized water (DIW), ethanol and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as ambient medium on the fundamental aspects such as ablation efficiency, particle size and stability of Ag NPs was studied. UV-vis spectrophotometer and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to study the optical characterization and morphological analysis of all the synthesized samples, respectively. Preparation in DIW was carried out as a reference sample. The experiments demonstrated that ablation efficiency and stability of NPs in ethanol medium are lowest than those prepared in PVP medium and the reference sample. PVP medium led to higher stability, lower ablation efficiency and finer average particle size compared to reference sample.
IS PART OF A SPECIAL ISSUE ENTITLED ‘ ETHYLENE 2012 ’ SEPALLATA 1 / 2-suppressed mature apples have low ethylene , high auxin and reduced transcription of ripening-related genes

Background and aims Fruit ripening is an important developmental trait in fleshy fruits, making the fruit palatable for seed dispersers. In some fruit species, there is a strong association between auxin concentrations and fruit ripening. We investigated the relationship between auxin concentrations and the onset of ethylene-related ripening in Malus × domestica (apples) at both the hormone and transcriptome levels. Methodology Transgenic apples suppressed for the SEPALLATA1/2 (SEP1/2) class of gene (MADS8/9) that showed severely reduced ripening were compared with untransformed control apples. In each apple type, free indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) concentrations were measured during early ripening. The changes observed in auxin were assessed in light of global changes in gene expression. Principal results It was found that mature MADS8/9-suppressed apples had a higher concentration of free IAA. This was associated with increased expression of the auxin biosynthetic genes in the indole-3-acetamide pathway. Additionally, in the MADS8/9-suppressed apples, there was less expression of the GH3 auxin-conjugating enzymes. A number of genes involved in the auxin-regulated transcription (AUX/IAA and ARF classes of genes) were also observed to change in expression, suggesting a mechanism for signal transduction at the start of ripening. Conclusions The delay in ripening observed in MADS8/9-suppressed apples may be partly due to high auxin concentrations. We propose that, to achieve low auxin associated with fruit maturation, the auxin homeostasis is controlled in a two-pronged manner: (i) by the reduction in biosynthesis and (ii) by an increase in auxin conjugation. This is associated with the change in expression of auxin-signalling genes and the up-regulation of ripening-related genes. * Corresponding author’s e-mail address: robert.schaffer@plantandfood.co.nz Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. AoB PLANTS http://aobplants.oxfordjournals.org/ AoB PLANTS 5: pls047; doi:10.1093/aobpla/pls047, available online at www.aobplants.oxfordjournals.org & The Authors 2012 1 D ow naded rom http/academ ic.p.com /aobpla/article-abs0.1093/aobpla/pls047/158915 by gest on 23 Jauary 2019
acute coronary syndrome in Portugal : the EURHOBOP study Age and sex inequalities in the prescription of evidence-based pharmacological therapy following an

Aim: To assess the proportion of patients receiving pharmacological therapy for secondary prevention after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Portugal and to identify age and sex inequalities. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Methods: We studied 747 episodes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and 1364 of non-ST-segment elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS), within a sample of ACS cases consecutively discharged from 10 Portuguese hospitals, in 2008–2009. We estimated adjusted odds ratios (OR) for the association of age and sex with the use of each pharmacological treatment. Results: In STEMI and NSTE-ACS patients, the proportion of patients discharged with aspirin was 96 and 88%, clopidogrel 91 and 78%, aspirinþclopidogrel 88 and 71%, beta-blockers 80 and 76%, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors/ARB 82 and 80%, statins 93 and 90%, 3-drug (aspirin/clopidogrelþbeta-blockerþstatin) 76 and 69%, and 5-drug treatment (aspirinþclopidogrelþbeta-blockerþACE inhibitor/ARBþstatin) 61 and 48%, respectively. Among STEMI patients, those aged 80 years were substantially less often discharged with clopidogrel (OR 0.22, 95% confidence interval, CI, 0.08–0.56), aspirinþclopidogrel (OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.15–0.76), beta-blockers (OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.18–0.82), 3-drug (OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.21–0.83), and 5-drug treatments (OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.23–0.83) than those <60 years; women were less likely to be discharged with aspirinþclopidogrel (OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.29–0.91). Among NSTE-ACS patients, those aged 80 years were much less likely to be discharged with beta-blockers (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.36–0.93), statins (OR 0.35, 95% CI 0.19–0.64), and 3-drug treatment (OR 0.47, 95% CI 0.30–0.75); sex had no significant effect on treatment prescription. Conclusions: The vast majority of younger patients were discharged on evidence-based secondary preventive medications, but only half received the 5-drug combination. Recommended therapies were substantially underprescribed in older patients.
Confidential : for peer review only Differential impact of ramRA mutations on both ramA 1 transcription and decreased antimicrobial susceptibility in 2 Salmonella Typhimurium 3 4 5

4 5 Anna Fàbrega, Clara Ballesté-Delpierre, Jordi Vila 6 7 1 ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic Universitat de 8 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 9 2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, School of Medicine, University 10 of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 11 12 13 * Corresponding author: 14 Jordi Vila. Servei de Microbiologia, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Hospital Clínic, 15 Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain. 16 Phone: +34 93 2275522. Fax: +34 93 2279372. E-mail: jvila@ub.edu. 17 18 19 Running title: ramRA mutations and impact on MDR 20
The ichnofacies concept in vertebrate ichnology

SUMMARY - The ichnofacies concept in vertebrate ichnology - Nowadays, it is well clear that two different opinions exist on the concept of land-vertebrate ichnofacies. Consistently, different definitions and formalizations of this term have been suggested. After a short historical review, we analyzed the applicability and the effectiveness of both interpretations. We believe that the two existing opinions are inadequate for different reasons. Furthermore the ichnofacies concept itself should be considered with caution, difficult to apply, frequently useless and, perhaps dangerous, tending to diminish the information content of the analytical studies.RIASSUNTO - Il concetto di icnofacies nell’icnologia dei vertebrati - Oggi esistono in letteratura due differenti opinioni sul concetto di icnofacies per i tetrapodi continentali e, in accordo con queste, sono state stilate due differenti liste di icnofacies a tetrapodi continentali di cui si e verificata l’applicabilita e utilita. Entrambe le definizioni risultano tuttavia inadeguate per differenti motivi. Il concetto stesso di
Title : Development and application of high resolution imaging mass spectroscope for the study of plant tissues Running head : Imaging MS to study plant tissues

MALDI mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) or imaging mass spectrometry (imaging MS) has been a powerful tool to map the spatial distribution of molecules on the surface of biological materials. This technique has frequently been applied to animal tissue slices for the purpose of mapping proteins, peptides, lipids, sugars or small metabolites to find disease-specific bio-markers or to study drug metabolism. Recently, it has also been applied to intact plant tissues or thin slices thereof using commercial mass spectrometers. The present work is concerned with the refinement of MALDI/LDI-FTICR-MS incorporating certain specific features namely, ultra-high-mass resolution (> 100,000), ultra-high-molecular mass accuracy (< 1 ppm) and high-spatial resolution (< 10 μm) for imaging MS of plant tissues. Employing an in-house built mass spectrometer, the imaging MS analysis of intact Arabidopsis thaliana tissues namely, etiolated seedlings and roots of seedlings, glued to a small transparent ITO-coated conductive glass was performed. A matrix substance was applied to the vacuum dried intact tissues by sublimation prior to the imaging MS analysis. The images of various small metabolites representing their two dimensional (2D) distribution on the dried intact tissues were obtained with or without different matrix substances. The effects of MALDI matrices on the ionization of small metabolites during imaging MS acquisition are discussed. at U Q L irary on Jne 8, 2015 http://pcprdjournals.org/ D ow nladed from
Promises and Pitfalls of Veto Player Analysis

Veto player approaches have come to occupy a central role in comparative politics. This article critically reviews the literature, focussing especially on veto player explanations of policy outputs and outcomes. The review highlights three problems empirical veto player studies have to face: 1) identifying the relevant veto players, 2) establishing equivalence between veto players, and 3) specifying (theoretically or empirically) veto players' policy preferences. The article concludes that empirical veto player analyses advance our understanding of political institutions and their effects, but that they should deal more systematically with the three above mentioned problems.
P o S ( Q GP h ) 0 2 1 QNM spectrum in ( 1 + 1 )-dimensional BEC black holes

The object of this contribution is to provide an illustration of the impact of modified dispersion relations with respect to relativistic or hydrodynamic ones. The example studied here is the quasinormal mode (QNM) spectrum of a toy model for an acoustic black hole in a (1+1)-dimensional flow of a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC). Acoustic black holes in the hydrodynamic limit, just like general relativistic black holes, have no quasinormal modes in 1+1 dimensions, whereas in 3+1 a discrete QNM spectrum appears. However, when using the full or modified (Bogoliubov) dispersion relation, these (1+1)-dimensional BEC black holes present a QNM spectrum consisting of a continuous region in the complex frequency plane. A straightforward speculation about similar effects in high-energy physics scenarios with modified dispersion relations will briefly be discussed.
Food Additives & Contaminants : Part A

Mycotoxin contamination of cereals and related products used for feed can cause intoxication, especially in farm animals. Therefore, efficient analytical tools for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of toxic fungal metabolites in feed are required. Current methods usually include an extraction step, a clean-up step to reduce or eliminate unwanted co-extracted matrix components and a separation step with suitably specific detection ability. Quantitative methods of analysis for most mycotoxins use immunoaffinity clean-up with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation in combination with UV and/or fluorescence detection. Screening of samples contaminated with mycotoxins is frequently performed by thin layer chromatography (TLC), which yields qualitative or semi-quantitative results. Nowadays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) are often used for rapid screening. A number of promising methods, such as fluorescence polarization immunoassays, dipsticks, and even newer methods such as biosensors and non-invasive techniques based on infrared spectroscopy, have shown great potential for mycotoxin analysis. Currently, there is a strong trend towards the use of multi-mycotoxin methods for the simultaneous analysis of several of the important Fusarium mycotoxins, which is best achieved by LC–MS/MS (liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry). This review focuses on recent developments in the determination of mycotoxins with a special emphasis on LC–MS/MS and emerging rapid methods.
Self-healing composites: A review

Abstract Self-healing composites are composite materials capable of automatic recovery when damaged. They are inspired by biological systems such as the human skin which are naturally able to heal themselves. This paper reviews work on self-healing composites with a focus on capsule-based and vascular healing systems. Complementing previous survey articles, the paper provides an updated overview of the various self-healing concepts proposed over the past 15 years, and a comparative analysis of healing mechanisms and fabrication techniques for building capsules and vascular networks. Based on the analysis, factors that influence healing performance are presented to reveal key barriers and potential research directions.