Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
COMPARABILITY AND VALIDITY OF SIRIRAJ STROKE SCORE AND ALLEN STROKE SCORE IN DIFFERENTIATION OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC AND HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE

Objective: To compare and validate Allen stroke score (ASS) and Siriraj stroke scores (SSS) indifferentiating acute cerebral hemorrhage (CH) and cerebral infarction (CI). Methodology: This comparative, analytical study was conducted at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar,Pakistan from July 2000 to February 2002. Study included 100 patients of acute ishemic or hemorrhagicstroke confirmed on CT scan brain after clinically evaluation. ASS & SSS were calculated for each patientand compared with the results of CT scan for comparability (Kappa Statistics) and validity by using SPSS10.Results: Out of 100 patients, 69 had CI and 31 had CH. The overall comparability of ASS & SSS was fair(Kappa=0.51). ASS & SSS were uncertain in 27 & 18 cases respectively; with Kappa showing worstcomparability in term of certain results (K= 0.23). In 64 cases with both scores in the diagnostic range,the Kappa showing excellent comparability (K=0.91). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value(PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of ASS was 38.70%, 91.30%, 66.67%, 76.82% respectively forCH and 71.1%, 80.64%, 89.09% and 55.56% respectively for CI, with overall predictive accuracy of 61%. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of SSS was 67.74%, 94.2%, 84% and 86.67% respectively forCH and 78.26%, 90.32%, 94.73% and 65.11% respectively for CI, with overall predictive accuracy of 75%. Conclusion: Although, SSS being simple with more accuracy is better than ASS, both these scores lacksufficient validity to be used for exclusion of cerebral haemorrhage before offering antithrombotic orthrombolytic therapy.
BERRY – ESSEEN TYPE INEQUALITY FOR A POISSON RANDOMLY INDEXED BRANCHING PROCESS VIA STEIN ’ S METHOD

A Berry-Esseen type inequality is proved via Stein’s method for the logarithm of a Poisson randomly indexed branching process {ZNt } , where {Zn} is a supercritical Galton– Watson process and {Nt} is a Poisson process which is independent of {Zn} . Mathematics subject classification (2010): 60J80, 60F10.
Mental health programs in areas of armed conflict: The Médicins sans Frontières counselling centres in Bosnia-Hercegovina

Mental health programmes in complex emergencies are generally accepted as an important component of aid work. However, this is a relatively recent development and there is a lack of theory-based practice and little analysis of previous interventions upon which effective, appropriate and sustainable programmes can be based. This article describes the theoretical framework, objectives, implementation and intervention activities of the mental health programme of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Bosnia-Hercegovina, 1994-1998. Approximately 10,000 individuals were helped during this time. The aims of the programmes were to provide culturally-appropriate support, assist in coping with extreme stress, counteract helplessness, and reinforce protective factors. Ten counselling centres were established where 70 local counsellors and supervisors worked after a training period of three months. Assistance and interventions provided by the counsellors ranged from mass psycho-education, training, individual outreach activities to crisis intervention and brief psychotherapeutic treatment – psychological structuring, working on (self) control, training self-help techniques, reconnecting the experiences to one’s emotions and discussing the personal meaning of traumatic experiences.
Lithuanian Igbo Vietnamese Cantonese MFCCs Bottleneck Language Independent Shared Layers Cantonese PrefinalVietnamese PrefinalJavanese PrefinalTok Pisin Prefinal Cantonese SoftmaxVietnamese SoftmaxJavanese SoftmaxTok

The transfer of acoustic data across languages has been shown to improve keyword search (KWS) performance in data-scarce settings. In this work, we propose a way of performing this transfer that reduces the impact of the prevalence of out-of-vocabulary (OOV) terms on KWS in such a setting. We investigate a novel usage of multilingual features for keyword search with very little training data in the target languages. The crux of our approach is the use of synthetic phone exemplars to convert the search into a query-by-example (QBE) task which we solve with the dynamic time warping algorithm. Using bottleneck features (BNF) obtained from a network trained multilingually on a set of (source) languages, we train an extended distance metric learner (EDML) for four target languages from the IARPA Babel program (which are distinct from the source languages). Compared with a baseline system that is based on automatic speech recognition (ASR) with a multilingual acoustic model, we observe an average term weighted value improvement of 0.0603 absolute (74% relative) in a setting with only one hour of training data in the target language. When the data scarcity is relaxed to 10 hours, we find that phone posteriors obtained by finetuning the multilingual network give better EDML systems. In this relaxed setting, the EDML systems still perform better than the baseline on OOV terms. Given their complementary natures, combining the EDML and the ASR-based baseline results in even further performance improvements in all settings.
Inadvertent Creation and Fictional Characters

In several papers, Petr Koťátko defends an “ontologically modest account of fictional characters”. Consider a position (which I have been defending) that is anything but ontologically restrained: positing fictional characters like Andrei Bolkonsky in War and Peace as abstract artifacts. I will argue, first, that such a position turns out to offer a nice fit with Petr Koťátko’s proposal about narrative fiction, one that fares better than an alternative pretense-based theory that doesn’t posit Bolkonsky as existing in any sense. Second, I will explore a recent challenge by Jeffrey Goodman—which I will call the inadvertent creation challenge—that is originally posed for those who hold that fictional characters and mythical objects alike are abstract artifacts. The crux of the challenge is this: if we think that astronomers like Le Verrier, in mistakenly hypothesizing the planet Vulcan, inadvertently create an abstract artifact, then the “inadvertent creation” element turns out to be inescapable yet theoretically unattractive. Third, based on considerations about actually existing concrete objects being featured in fictional works (as Napoleon is in War and Peace), I argue that regardless of where one stands on mythical objects, admitting fictional characters as abstract artifacts is enough to give rise to the inadvertent creation challenge; yet this very set of considerations serves to undermine the challenge, indicating that inadvertent creation is not nearly as worrisome after all as Goodman is suggesting. Taking fictional characters (and mythical objects) to be abstract artifacts therefore remains a viable option.
Design for availability : creating value for manufacturers and customers

This research introduces a newly developed continuous improvement methodology called Design for Availability that uses principles of Lean Sigma and Design for X to cost-effectively optimize the availability of capital goods, i.e. systems used in the production of other end-products or -services, throughout their entire lifetime. The absence of such a methodology in the literature is remarkable because many users of capital goods increasingly insist on high system availability levels against lower lifetime costs. Against this background this study develops an analytical framework that allows manufacturers to determine the current status of system availability and associated lifetime costs, and to identify opportunities to create additional value for both the manufacturer and its customers. The applicability of this Design for Availability framework is tested through a case study at a global manufacturer of capital goods in the food processing industry. The results show that applying the Design for Availability framework can provide substantial benefits for the manufacturer as well as its customers, as long as a number of critical key success factors are taken into account during implementation, such as organizational commitment to Design for Availability, good leadership and communication, and creating system availability and lifecycle awareness.
CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT INCREASING THE Li-ION BATTERY EFFICIENCY BY USING THEM AS ENERGY SOURCE FOR VEHICLES

This article proposes technical ways of reducing of the biggest disadvantages of using Li-Ion battery as traction batteries in the automotive world starting from the analysis of the battery behavior by its implementation in an electric vehicle and continuing with the case studies of hybrid systems based on battery supercapacitor and battery supercapacitor fuel cell. The analysis will be done by comparing the power losses of the battery after running the FTP75 driving cycle. The influence of of the hybrid systems parts on the cost of the electric propulsion system it will also be detailed.
2 - Débruitage par ondelettes et segmentation de signaux non-stationnaires : réinterprétation d'un algorithme itératif et application à la phonoentérographie

This communication deals with wavelet-based denoising techniques of non-stationary signals, in order to extract informative events. The practical application concerns physiological bowel sounds processing, with a view to medical diagnosis and monitoring. This work continues and develops a recent publication placed in the same framework [14]. The method for separating the stationary part from the non-stationary part of a signal presented by Hadjileontiadis et al. [15, 14] stems from a denoising algorithm introduced by Coifman and Wickerhauser [6, 7]. This method involves two user-tuned parameters. We propose a novel version of this algorithm, based on a fixed-point interpretation. This modification allows to eliminate one of the parameters and to determine an inferior limit for the second, depending on the probability distribution of the wavelet coefficients. This revisited version also improves significantly the computational efficiency. We present the results and compare them with other denoising algorithms, both on simulated signals and on real bowel sounds.
Stability Analysis of Hybrid Catamaran Fishing Vessel

The successful development of catamaran mode as passenger vessels has been extended to the development of catamaran fihing vessel. The study is combined with the development of hybrid power of the catamaran fihing vessel in order to minimize the use of fossil fuel and hence reduce greenhouse ga (GHG) effect. A combination power by using diesel engine, solar panels and sail is investigated. The study is focused on stability analysis with restriction to maintain its function as a fishing vessel.
Isolation of Fungal Isolates for Degradation of Selected Pesticides

Pesticides play an important role in agriculturally dependant countries like India. Although they improve the quality and yield of the agricultural products but do have certain serious effects on the environment. This study focuses on development of a method to reduce the environmental burden of the pesticide by way of biodegradation. During this study Four fungal isolates were found to show significant ability to carry out the degradation of selected pesticides, these cultures were identified as Aspergillus niger, Ganoderma austral, Trichosporon , Verticillium dahaliae.
Entanglement of Exact Excited Eigenstates of the Hubbard Model in Arbitrary Dimension

We compute exactly the von Neumann entanglement entropy of the eta-pairing states - a large set of exact excited eigenstates of the Hubbard Hamiltonian. For the singlet eta-pairing states the entropy scales with the logarithm of the spatial dimension of the (smaller) partition. For the eta-pairing states with finite spin magnetization density, the leading term can scale as the volume or as the area-times-log, depending on the momentum space occupation of the Fermions with flipped spins. We also compute the corrections to the leading scaling. In order to study the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH), we also compute the entanglement Renyi entropies of such states and compare them with the corresponding entropies of thermal density matrix in various ensembles. Such states, which we find violate strong ETH, may provide a useful platform for a detailed study of the time-dependence of the onset of thermalization due to perturbations which violate the total pseudospin conservation.
There have been some notable advances in recent years in the ability of models to simulate ENSO

The role of atmosphere and ocean physical processes in ENSO S. Y. Philip, M. Collins, G. J. van Oldenborgh, and B. J. J. M. van den Hurk Royal Netherlands Institute of Meteorology, De Bilt, The Netherlands Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, UK Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Received: 27 July 2009 – Accepted: 17 August 2009 – Published: 9 September 2009 Correspondence to: M. Collins (matthew.collins@metoffice.gov.uk) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
Social issues in sustainable supply chain networks: state of the art and further research directions

The study of supply networks sustainability is a field with a long path behind. Nonetheless, most studies to date are focused on the environmental sub dimension of sustainability, while the social perspective in supply chain networks research still shows a potential for pioneering contributions. Moreover, from the development standpoint we have observed a paradigm shift advancing from a narrow concept of development, centered on purely economic dimensions, towards more refined issues such as inclusive business, shared value or poverty footprint, all of which are highly related to supply chain activities. In this paper we present a review of the current state of the art on social sustainability of supply chains and we identify the main existing trends in this field. After conducting this study, we can state that a new sphere of knowledge is emerging at the interface between sustainable supply chain networks and development research. The academic community is called to play an important dovetailing role in this scenario by advancing both conceptual and methodological contributions.
Feuchteverhalten von Holzständerkonstruktionen mit WDVS-Sind die Erfahrungen aus amerikanischen Schadensfällen auf Europa übertragbar ?

* Dr.-Ing. Hartwig M. Künzel, Dipl. -Ing. Daniel Zirkelbach, Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik 1 Problemstellung Seit Anfang der sechziger Jahre kommen Wärmedämmverbundsysteme (WDVS) als Fassadenaußendämmung zur Anwendung. Trotz höherer hygrothermischer Beanspruchung im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Putzfassaden haben sich WDVS auf massiven Außenwänden nachweislich gut bewährt, wobei Schäden meist sogar seltener auftreten als bei anderen Fassadenkonstruktionen [1, 2]. In den letzten Jahren werden WDVS in Europa auch zunehmend im Holzbau eingesetzt und zwar sowohl zur energetischen Sanierung älterer Fertighäuser als auch im Neubaubereich zur Abminderung der Wärmebrücken durch das Holztragwerk. Im Zusammenhang mit dem Holzbau bestehen bei uns jedoch noch keine langjährigen Erfahrungen. Allerdings sind aus Nordamerika bei WDVS ähnlichen Systemen größere Probleme bekannt geworden. In einigen Küstenregionen sind an einer Vielzahl von Gebäuden mit sog. Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS) zum Teil massive Feuchteschäden an der darunter liegenden Holzständerkonstruktionen aufgetreten. Trotz der etwas anderen Klimabedingungen in Nordamerika ist das Auftreten von entsprechenden Probleme auch hier in Europa nicht ganz auszuschließen. Deshalb wird zunächst die Situation in Nordamerika genauer analysiert. Anschließend soll mithilfe hygrothermischer Simulationen an ausgewählten Wandaufbauten festgestellt werden, inwieweit die Schadensrisiken unter nordamerikanischen und europäischen Klimabedingungen vergleichbar sind.
The Bank of Japan's Struggle with the Zero Lower Bound on Nominal Interest Rates: Exercises in Expectations Management

This paper reviews and evaluates the Bank of Japan (BOJ)'s monetary policy during the period 1998-2005. In doing so, it pays particular attention to the development of academic thinking on what Central Banks can do at or near zero interest rates and its relationship with the actual policy measures adopted by the BOJ. The paper argues that the BOJ has carried out most of the things recommended by academic economists. The most important of these is expectations management as crystallized in the so-called zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). The academic origin of this policy can be found in the seminal work of Krugman. The paper points out, however, that this fact, unfortunately, remained unnoticed by many, and explores the reasons behind this. The paper then goes on to survey the empirical literature on the effects of the measures adopted by the BOJ. The literature has found that the ZIRP has had significant effects on the term structure of interest rates and supported the economy. Finally, the paper discusses the possible reasons for the failure of such measures to stop the deflation of the economy within a short period of time. It points out some difficulties inherent in the expectations management approach and problems created by the impaired financial system. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005
Superpixel cut for figure-ground image segmentation

Abstract. Figure-ground image segmentation has been a challenging problem in computer vision. Apart from the difficulties in establishing an effective framework to divide the image pixels into meaningful groups, the notions of figure and ground often need to be properly defined by providing either user inputs or object models. In this paper, we propose a novel graph-based segmentation framework, called superpixel cut. The key idea is to formulate foreground segmentation as finding a subset of superpixels that partitions a graph over superpixels. The problem is formulated as Min-Cut. Therefore, we propose a novel cost function that simultaneously minimizes the inter-class similarity while maximizing the intra-class similarity. This cost function is optimized using parametric programming. After a small learning step, our approach is fully automatic and fully bottom-up, which requires no high-level knowledge such as shape priors and scene content. It recovers coherent components of images, providing a set of multiscale hypotheses for high-level reasoning. We evaluate our proposed framework by comparing it to other generic figure-ground segmentation approaches. Our method achieves improved performance on state-of-the-art benchmark databases.
Stenosis After Stapled Anopexy: Personal Experience and Literature Review

Purpose: Post-operative stenosis following SA is a rare complication, however it can be strongly disabling and require further treatments. Objective of the study is to identify risk factors and procedures of treatment of stenosis after Stapled Anopexy. Methods: 237 patients subjected to surgical resection with circular stapler for symptomatic III-IV-degree haemorrhoids without obstructed defecation disorders. 225 cases (95%) respected the planned follow-up conduced for one year after surgery. Results: Stenosis was noticed in 23 patients (10.2%), 7 of which (3,1%) complained about “difficult evacuation”. All patients reported symptomatology appearance within 60 days from surgery. Previous rubber band ligation was referred from 7 patients (30,43%) and painful post-operative course (VAS >6) was referred from 11 (47,82%) of the 23 that developed a stenosis. These values appear statistically significant with p<0.05. Previous anal surgery and number of stitches applied during surgical proce-dure do not appear statistically significant. Symptomatic stenosis was subjected to cycles of outpatient progressive dilatation with remission of troubles in six cases. A woman, did not get any advantage, was been subjected to surgical operation, removing the stapled line and performing a new handmade sutura. Conclusions: The stenosis that complicate Stapled Anopexy are high anal stenosis or low rectal stenosis and they are precocious, reported within 60 days from surgery. If intense post-operative pain occurs (VAS >6), this appears to be related to development of a symptomatic stenosis. Surgery is avoidable in most cases and conservative treatment, as outpatient dilatations, has to be carried out.
Union Decline in Britain: Is Chauvinism Also to Blame?

The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using the WERS2004 linked employer-employee data and alternative econometric estimators it reports an inverse relationship between workplace union density and gender diversity. Gender and ownership status based sub-group analyses suggest the inverse relationship to be stronger for male union members and those in the private sector. Gender group size based analysis reveals a positive link between workplace union density and gender diversity in workplaces with a female majority. The findings in this paper may mean that unions (and their main constituents, men) may need to embrace the changing workplace demography genuinely to improve their fate.
ANTIMICROBIAL PROFILES, ANTIDIARRHEAL AND ANTIPYRETIC CAPACITIES OF PHENOL ACID RICH-FRACTIONS FROM XIMENIA AMERICA L., (OLACACEAE) IN WISTAR ALBINO RATS

Objective: The present study aim to evaluate antimicrobial and antidiarrheal activities of phenol acid-rich fractions of roots from Ximenia americana L. , in animal models in order to confirm the ethnomedicinal use of Ximenia Americana L. , roots.Methods: In vitro antibacterial (Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and time-kill studies) of phenol-rich fractions of roots from Ximenia americana L. , was assessed using eight bacteria strains (Gram-negative). The anti-diarrheal activity was evaluated using castor using castor oil induced diarrhea whereas Anti-secretory activity was investigated using castor oil-induced enteropooling assay examined in animal models respectively.Results: All test bacteria were susceptible to the phenol-rich fractions. Time-kill results showed that after 5 h exposition there was no viable microorganism in the initial inoculum. Moreover, phenol acid-rich fractions of roots (100-200 and 300 mg/kg, p. o.) produced dose-dependent and significant (p<0.05-0.001) protection of rats against castor oil-induced diarrhea, and delayed gastric emptying. Phenol acid-rich fractions of roots, dose-dependently and significantly (p<0.05-0.001) delayed the onset of castor oil induced diarrhea, decreased the frequency of defecation, and reduced the severity of diarrhea in the rats. Phenol acid-rich fractions caused dose-related inhibition of castor-oil-induced enteropooling in rats.Conclusion: The data analysis indicates that the tested of phenol-rich fractions has significant effects when compared with the standard antibiotic. These results, therefore, justify the traditional use of Ximenia americana L. About antidiarrheal activity, the findings of this study indicate that phenol acid-rich fraction possesses antidiarrheal property in rats. These findings confirm the ethnomedicinal use of Ximenia americana L. , roots valuable natural remedy for the treatment, management and/or control of diarrhea.