Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A new Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) based on a European/North American multicenter study

Objective. —To develop and validate a new Simplified Acute Physiology Score, the SAPS II, from a large sample of surgical and medical patients, and to provide a method to convert the score to a probability of hospital mortality. Design and Setting. —The SAPS II and the probability of hospital mortality were developed and validated using data from consecutive admissions to 137 adult medical and/or surgical intensive care units in 12 countries. Patients. —The 13 152 patients were randomly divided into developmental (65%) and validation (35%) samples. Patients younger than 18 years, burn patients, coronary care patients, and cardiac surgery patients were excluded. Outcome Measure. —Vital status at hospital discharge. Results. —The SAPS II includes only 17 variables: 12 physiology variables, age, type of admission (scheduled surgical, unscheduled surgical, or medical), and three underlying disease variables (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, metastatic cancer, and hematologic malignancy). Goodness-of-fit tests indicated that the model performed well in the developmental sample and validated well in an independent sample of patients (P=.883 andP=.104 in the developmental and validation samples, respectively). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.88 in the developmental sample and 0.86 in the validation sample. Conclusion. —The SAPS II, based on a large international sample of patients, provides an estimate of the risk of death without having to specify a primary diagnosis. This is a starting point for future evaluation of the efficiency of intensive care units. (JAMA. 1993;270:2957-2963)
Protection of Data on Multiple Storage Providers

In utilising cloud storage services, the multiplicity of storage can be used to achieve higher security for the data. This work proposes symmetric searchable encryption which utilizes multiple servers to reduce leakage to the storage servers. This is achieved by partitioning the documents and scattering the encrypted blocks onto independent storage providers. Security model for SSE is adapted to (cid:28)t this environment and a concrete scheme is presented and analysed
Simulations of anisotropy and fabric development in polar ices

The preferred orientation of ice crystals in polar ice sheets developsas a result of intracrystalline slip. Polycrystalline plasticity theory has been successfully used to simulate development of fabrics in rocks. In this study, we present a simpletheory for plastic deformation and fabric evolution. Each crystal within the aggregateis assumed to deform only by basal glide, and recrystallization processes are not directly taken into account. We have adopted the uniform stress bound, that is, stress is supposed to be homogeneous in the polycrystal. Simulated fabrics in uniaxial compression and tension are similar to those observed in ice sheets. In simple shear,simulations show that c axes rotate toward the direction of the maximal compression,in contradiction to the intuitive conclusion that stable orientations correspond to the easy glide position. But, these results are in agreement with predictions of Taylor theory and self-consistent approaches. We suggest that effects of vertical compression and/or rotation recrystallization are of great importance for fabric evolution in polarice sheets. The proposed model can reproduce viscosities of anisotropic ice samples tested in compression or tension but it is not able to reproduce the low viscosity of ices with a single-maximum fabric when tested in simple shear
Supported employment for adults with psychiatric disability: Results of an innovative demonstration project.

Meeting the vocational needs of adults with mental illness is one of the most critical issues currently facing mental health planners and policymakers. An extensive technology has been developed for one such service: supported employment (Danley & Anthony, 1987). This paper reports on an innovative three-year research and demonstration project which was designed to evaluate a supported employment program on a university campus designed specifically for persons with psychiatric disability. Twenty participants were enrolled in the intervention; enrollment was staggered and occurred over a period of 12 months. The vocational status, job satisfaction, work integration, symptomatalogy, and social supports of participants were assessed during the project, and a two-year follow-up of employment status was conducted. Based upon the experience of project staff, conclusions were that while a university setting was an ideal one in which to provide supported employment services for persons with psychiatric disabilities, the university itself was not a particularly receptive or compatible employer. Several project participants obtained employment in university-vendored sites. The follow-up after two years showed that 10 of the subjects were employed an average of 17.5 hours per week with mean earnings of $156 per week. This represents a modest increase in percentage of subjects employed, and a substantial increase in average hours worked and average wages earned. Most important, participants in the study strongly valued the attractive and nonstigmatizing site of the program. Meeting the vocational needs of persons with psychiatric disabilities is one of the most critical issues currently facing mental health planners and policymakers. Programs for persons with psychiatric disabilities must offer real opportunities for growth and success in an environment which is supportive but nonstigmatizing (Anthony & Blanch, 1987). Supported employment is one such approach: It is characterized by a goal of paid work in integrated job settings with whatever ongoing support is necessary to maintain employment over time (Will, 1984). Most supported employment programs include job placement, job site training, monitoring and follow-up, and provide some variation of individual job placement, work crews, or enclaves (Wehman & Kregel, 1985). Supported employment programs generally provide skills’ training only after a job placement is made. The extensive technology that has been developed to provide supported employment to people with developmental disabilities has been adapted for other disabilities (Bellamy, Rhodes, & Albin, 1986; Wehman, Kregel, & Shafer, 1989) and modifications of these approaches have been suggested for people with psychiatric disabilities (Danley & Mellen, 1987; Trotter, Minkhoff, Harrison, & Hoops, 1988). This paper reports on an innovative three-year project designed to implement and evaluate a supported employment program for adults with psychiatric disabilities on a university campus.
A semianalytic model for cyclotron line formation

We present here a semi-analytic, physically motivated model for the formation of the cyclotron first harmonic line, as well as higher harmonic lines. The model is based upon three basic physical principles: (1) the radiative transfer is a smooth stochastic process, (2) the first harmonic feature forms from complete redistribution in a single block of resonant photon scatters, and (3) the higher harmonics are well-approximated as true absorption features. The emergent spectral shapes are expressed as quadratures. This model includes the essential relativistic effects and is valid for weak fields (BB c =4.414×10 13 G) in static media where the first harmonic is optically thick in the line core but not in its wings
Channelized subglacial drainage over a deformable bed

Abstract We develop theoretically a description of a possible subglacial drainage mechanism for glaciers and ice sheets moving over saturated, deformable till. The model is based on the plausible assumption that flow of water in a thin film at the ice-till interface is unstable to the formation of a channelized drainage system, and is restricted to the case in which meltwater cannot escape through the till to an underlying aquifer. In describing the physics of such channelized drainage, we have generalized and extended Röthlisberger’s model of channels cut into basal ice to include “canals” cut into the till, paying particular attention to the role of sediment properties and the mechanics of sediment transport. We show that sediment-floored Röthlisberger (R) channels can exist for high effective pressures, and wide, shallow, ice-roofed canals cut into the till for low effective pressures. Canals should form a distributed, non-arborescent system, unlike R channels. For steep slopes typical of alpine glaciers, both drainage systems can exist, but with the water pressure lower in the R channels than in the canals; the canal drainage should therefore be unstable in the presence of channels. For small slopes typical of ice sheets, only canals can exist and we therefore predict that, if channelized meltwater flow occurs under ice sheets moving over deformable till, it takes the form of shallow, distributed canals at low effective pressure, similar to that measured at Ice Stream B in West Antarctica. Geologic evidence derived from land forms and deposits left by the Pleistocene ice sheets in North America and Europe is also consistent with predictions of the model.
Mapping QTLs for Flowering Time in Rice

Using an F2 population including 284 individuals derived from a cross between two japonica rice WAB368-B-2-H2-HB with early flowering and Liuqianxin with late flowering,the quantitative trait loci(QTLs) for flowering time of rice were identified by composite interval mapping using 117 SSR markers.The flowering traits exhibited a continuous normal distribution in F2 population,indicating that the flowering traits were quantitative traits controlled by multiple genes.Four QTLs conferring flowering traits were detected on chromosomes 1,1,10 and 12,respectively,and their positive alleles came from early flowering parent WAB368-B-2-H2-HB.qFT-12 in the interval RM511-RM519 explained 11.3% of the phenotypic variance,which is worthy of further studies and utilization.
Antioxidant and Anticancer Activities of Extract from Artemisia capillaries

− Artemisia capillaries is a major important food and medicinal resource in Korea. In order to confirm the biological activities of Artemisia capillaries, we investigated antioxidant and anticancer activities from in vitro assays. The Artemisia capillaries methanol (MeOH) extracts was used for the evaluation of DPPH scavenging, total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, hydroxyl radical (•OH) scavenging, reducing power assay as antioxidant activity, as well as anticancer activities as MTT assay. As a result, the Artemisia capillaries MeOH extracts showed potent antioxidative activity and anticancer activity in vitro. These results suggest that the Artemisia capillaries MeOH extracts have a potential alleviated oxidation process, cell motility activity, and tumorigenesis.
InMedia, 5 | 2014

We explore the effect of manifest sexual orientation and gender on the appreciation of lesbian narratives using a mixed-methods approach. Appreciation is a psychological response to narratives that prompts a profound perception of meaning or a motivation to create reflections or thoughts among audiences. We conducted a quantitative study that offered magnitudes of the effects of consumption, and a qualitative study to find explanations for them. Results from both studies were interpreted in a complementary, concurrent fashion. The investigation shows that sexual orientation affects magnitudes of appreciation while gender does not. Homosexuals appreciate these narratives more than heterosexuals. The study also revealed the key role played by personal relevance in the appreciation of these narratives. Our investigation provides further proof of the complementariness of both methods and the appropriateness of their combined use. The Role of Sexual Orientation and Gender in the Appreciation of Lesbian Narr. InMedia, 5 | 2014 27
Computerized Scoring? A Question of Theory and Practice.

: This article examines the implications of computerized scoring of placement essays for the theory and practice of writing assessment, particularly for the complexly interrelated issues of economics, universality, and validity; and then considers its broader implications for the theory and practice of writing instruction. It argues that the very feature that would make computerized scor­ ing inexpensive-its generalizability for widespread use-undermines its valid­ ity. The ultimate criterion for measuring the validity of any placement instru­ ment is whether the instrument matches the specific local conditions, in this case, the purposes and content of the courses in which the students begin writing instruction. A generalized scoring system by definition cannot meet that criterion. More importantly, a computerized scoring system undermines the hard­ won though still insecure recognition that writing is a communicative act in­ separable from audiences, purposes, and contexts.
Welfare implications of increasing spatial resolution in national CGE models for climate change impact assessment

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are a widespread tool to assess the economic impacts of climate change because they allow to capture the inter-sectoral and inter-regional interactions of the environmental and climatic shocks. The geographical resolution adopted in CGE models is usually the country level, however, climate impacts can be heterogenous even within countries as regions located at different latitudes or altitudes respond differently to changes in temperature and precipitations. Our aim in this work is to evaluate the welfare implications of increasing the spatial resolution of a CGE model when combined with sub-national level impacts of climatic change on sectoral Gross Value Added (GVA) derived through spatial econometrics. We compare a standard version of a national CGE model calibrated for Italy with its sub-national version (twenty Italian NUTS-2 regions). The objective is not only to show that the aggregated results obtained can differ in terms of national GDP loss but also to provide an economic explanation for these differences. Specifically, we will explain the importance of intra-national trade (flows of imports and exports between sub-national units) and capital/labour re-location across regions. These economic channels are absent in the national version of the CGE.
A brief review on various topologies of custom power devices

Poor power quality reduces the system efficiency and increases the losses as well as the electricity consumption cost. Power electronic based customized power conditioning devices presents efficient and cost effective solution to various power quality problems. This paper presents a brief overview on one such power quality compensating device which can at the same time mitigates voltage as well as current related irregularity in system. UPQC is designed with shunt converter to mitigate current harmonics and series converter to regulate system voltage. Also UPQC has been energized through PV voltage to make the system eco-friendly.
SPATIAL RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT OF LAND COVER MAPPING USING DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NETS

Abstract. Multispectral satellite imagery is the primary data source for monitoring land cover change and characterizing land cover at the global scale. However, the accuracy of land cover classification is often constrained by the spatial and temporal resolutions of the acquired satellite images. This paper proposes a novel spatiotemporal fusion method based on deep convolutional neural networks under the application background of massive remote sensing data, as well as the large spatial resolution gaps between MODIS and Sentinel images. The training was taken on the public SEN12MS dataset, while the validation and testing were conducted using ground truth data from the 2020 IEEE GRSS data fusion contest. As a result of data fusion, the synthesized land cover map was more accurate than the corresponding MODIS-derived land cover map, with an enhanced spatial resolution of 10 meters. The ensemble approach can be implemented for improving data quality when generating a global land cover product from coarse satellite imageries.
A tight scrape: methodological approaches to cybercrime research data collection in adversarial environments

We outline in this article a study of ‘adversarial scraping’ for academic research, which involves the collection of data from websites that implement defences against traditional web scraping tools. Although this is primarily a research methods article, it also constitutes a valuable systematic accounting of the different defensive techniques used by the administrators of illicit online services. Some of these administrators intentionally implement functionality which attempts to prevent web scrapers from gathering data from their site, and some will unintentionally design their sites in ways that make data gathering harder. This is of particular importance for criminological research, where websites such as cryptomarkets and underground forums are publicly available (and hence there is an ethical case for data collection), but the illicit activity involved means that the administrators of these services limit scraping. We classify different anti-crawling techniques taken by websites and outline our developed countermeasures. Based on this, we evaluate which of these methods do and do not succeed at preventing data gathering from a website, as well as those which impact the scraper but do not necessarily prevent the data from being obtained. We find that there are some defences that, if used together, might thwart scraping. There are also a series of defences that are successful at slowing down scrapers, making historical scraping more difficult. On the other hand, we show that many defences are easy to work around and do not impact scraping.
Synthesizing and Editing Human Motion from Sparse User Inputs

An ideal 3D character animation system can easily synthesize and edit human motion and also will provide an efficient user interface for an animator. However, despite advancements of animation systems, building effective systems for synthesizing and editing realistic human motion still remains a difficult problem. In the case of a single character, the human body is a significantly complex structure because it consists of as many as hundreds of degrees of freedom. An animator should manually adjust many joints of the human body from user inputs. In a crowd scene, many individuals in a human crowd have to respond to user inputs when an animator wants a given crowd to fit a new environment. The main goal of this thesis is to improve interactions between a user and an animation system. As 3D character animation systems are usually driven by low-dimensional inputs, there is no method for a user to directly generate a high-dimensional character animation. To address this problem, we propose a data-driven mapping model that is built by motion data obtained from a full-body motion capture system, crowd simulation, and data-driven motion synthesis algorithm. With the data-driven mapping model in hand, we can transform low-dimensional user inputs into character animation because motion data help to infer missing parts of system inputs. As motion capture data have many details and provide realism of the movement of a human, it is easier to generate a realistic character animation than without motion capture data.
Complex biomechanical study of chitosan microtubes

Mechanical parameters of a biotransplant made of the aminopolysaccharide chitosan were estimated in an in vitro experiment. Using the values obtained, finite element simulation of the "arterial vessel-microtube" system was carried out. As a result of our numerical experiment, the distributions of hemodynamic values were calculated taking into account the stress-strain state of the arterial wall adjacent to the transplant. The results obtained allow predicting the behavior of the material under study in the human body under various loads.
Relationship between core endurance and dynamic balance in college level football players: A pilot study

As a game of fast and varied movements maintaining dynamic balance is integral in football. The objective of the study is to find out the relationship between core endurance and dynamic balance in college level football players. Methodology: 20 college level football players between 18-25 years of age was included in this study. Core endurance was assessed using McGill core endurance test and dynamic balance was assessed using modified star excursion balance test. Result: There was no significant correlation between core endurance and dynamic balance in college level football players. Conclusion: Core endurance training alone will not be enough to improve dynamic balance. Proprioceptive training and other strengthening domains should be included in order to improve the dynamic balance in football players.
A Data Paradigm for Robustification of Parametric Estimation: Realized Volatilities and Kernels from Non-Synchronous NASDAQ Quotes [Running Title: LOB Data Paradigm]

Ultra High Frequency (UHF) quotes and trades are examined in high resolution. Patterns which do not correspond to plausible market activity as in Brownlees and Gallo (2006) are observed. Non-microstructure noise is identified and diagnostic methods are evaluated. Extending Barndorff-Nielsen et al. (2009), a paradigm of data handling that synthesizes statistical technique and limit order book modeling is developed. Empirical evidence from the NASDAQ 100 demonstrates that removal of non-microstructure noise from the limit order book robustifies estimation across techniques and levels of market depth.
The central part of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica: internal structures revealed by 40MHz monopulse RES

About 1200 km of surface-based radio-echo sounding (RES) profiles were measured during the German Antarctic field season 1989-90 on the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS), Antarctica, with a 40 MHz monopulse sounder developed in Münster. In the area investigated, downstream of Doake Ice Rumples and Henry Ice Rise, a basal layer of marine ice up to 400 m thick was found below the meteoric ice, which is less than 100 m thick in some places. High absorption losses and low bottom reflectivity of the basal layer prevented sounding of the total ice thickness, except for areas near the ice edge with strong melting. From common mid-point (CMP) measurements, the velocities of electromagnetic waves in the ice shelf were determined, to obtain precise depths from travel times for airborne and surface-based soundings. The continuous profiling yielded the total ice thickness in the northern part and a variety of internal structures, including lavers in the meteoric and the marine ice, remnants of crevasses, varying reflections of the meteoric-marine interface reflection (MMR). From these data, it is shown that the most-disturbed MMR signatures originate at grounding zones at Doake lee Rumples and at both sides of Henry Ice Rise. The status of the meteoric ice bottom is preserved by the formation of marine ice. Hence, structures remain widely unchanged over 400 km of flow. Internal features that can be correlated on parallel profiles perpendicular to the flow provide an independent means for the construction of flow lines. Even in areas with a smooth MMR, reflection amplitudes show variations by a factor of 2. Their spatial frequency is maximal on profiles prependicular to the now direction. A possible explanation for the amplitude variations is the varying salinity of the top of the marine ice.