Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Analysis of Factors Affecting the Mathematical Success of Turkish Students in the Pisa 2006 Evaluation Program with Structural Equation Modeling

In the scope of this research, of PISA 2006, it has been aimed to establish a structural equation modeling by constructing relations between the variables that are believed to be related to the Mathematical success grades and success grades of 15 year olds in Turkey. When the established structural equation modeling is analyzed; it has been determined that the variable that best predict the Mathematical success of students is “time”. It has been stated that the second factor determining the Mathematical success is “education” which means that the education level of parents and an increase in the number of books in the house positively contributes to the Mathematical success of the students. In the model, established, it has been determined that there has been meaningful relationship on the positive way among Mathematical success and “environmet”. In the model, there has been determined a positively low but incoherent relationship between the richness of the family “culture” and Mathematical success.
University of Birmingham Continuously Tunable mm-Wave High Impedance Surface

— A continuously tunable High Impedance Surface (HIS) is presented and experimentally demonstrated at approximately 60GHz. An optimized phase-shifting HIS consisting of a periodic surface placed over a ground plane is designed and employed to obtain the desired reflection phase. Tuning of the HIS is achieved by virtue of four compact piezoelectric actuators that produce a displacement between the two layers, when voltage is applied to them. This produces a continuous change of the reflection phase response of the structure. Simulated and experimental results are presented, demonstrating a dynamic surface impedance performance with a measured phase shift of over 200 degrees at about 60GHz.
Role of Shape in Inflammasome Activation Texturing of Polymer Microparticles: The Tuning Innate Immune Activation by Surface

Polymeric microparticles have been widely investigated as platforms for delivery of drugs, vaccines, and imaging contrast agents and are increasingly used in a variety of clinical applications. Microparticles activate the inﬂammasome complex and induce the processing and secretion of IL-1 b , a key innate immune cytokine. Recent work suggests that although receptors are clearly important for particle phagocytosis, other physical characteristics, especially shape, play an important role in the way microparticles activate cells. We examined the role of particle surface texturing not only on uptake efﬁciency but also on the subsequent immune cell activation of the inﬂammasome. Using a method based on emulsion processing of amphiphilic block copolymers, we prepared microparticles with similar overall sizes and surface chemistries but having either smooth or highly microtextured surfaces. In vivo, textured (budding) particles induced more rapid neutrophil recruitment to the injection site. In vitro, budding particles were more readily phagocytosed than smooth particles and induced more lipid raft recruitment to the phagosome. Remarkably, budding particles also induced stronger IL-1 b secretion than smooth particles through activation of the NLRP3 inﬂammasome. These ﬁndings demonstrate a pronounced role of particle surface topography in immune cell activation, suggesting that shape is a major determinant of inﬂammasome activation. The Journal of Immunology , 2013, 190: 000–000. of
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1Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Nursing, Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Convolutional Neural Network based on Transfer Learning for Medical Forms Classification 34

Guaranteeing a high accuracy across image documents’ understanding technologies is very difficult in commercial or even in experimental field. Our aim was to work in known context on documents of interest from health organisms and to hospitals’ users in KSA, to offer solutions that help with the automatic or semi-automatic processing of health forms. We treated; particularly, the problem of medical forms understanding based on Convolutional Neural Networks for deep features extraction. We used transfer learning with two pre-trained architectures as AlexNet and GoogLeNet. We evaluated these features for the classification problem in different setups, using several public datasets; together with, using our proposed database with a KNN classifier. Our results showed that deep features are of high performance by reaching 94.2% of recognition for our contextual dataset.
Transcriptomic Hepatotoxicity Signature of Chlorpromazine after Short- and Long-Term Exposure in Primary Human Sandwich Cultures s

Drug-induced liver injury is the most frequent reason for market withdrawal of approved drugs, and is difficult to predict in animal models. Here, we analyzed transcriptomic data derived from short-and long-term cultured primary human hepatocytes (PHH) exposed to the well known human hepatotoxin chlorpromazine (CPZ). Samples were collected from five PHH cultures after short-term (1 and 3 days) and long-term (14 days) repeat daily treatment with 0.1 or 0.2 m M CPZ, corresponding to C max . Two PHH cultures were additionally treated with 1 m M CPZ, and the three others with 0.02 m M CPZ. Differences in the total number of gene changes were seen between donors and throughout treatment. Specific transcriptomic hepatotoxicity signatures were created for CPZ and consisted of inflammation/hepatitis, cholestasis, and liver proliferation in all five donors, as well as fibrosis and steatosis, which were observed in four of five donors. Necrosis was present in three of five donors, and an indicative signature of cirrhosis was observed after long-term 14-day repeat treatment, also in three of five donors. The inter-donor variability in the inflammatory response to CPZ treatment was associated with variability in the strength of the response of the transcriptomic hepatotoxicity signatures, suggesting that features of inflammation could be related to the idiosyncratic hepatotoxic effects of CPZ in humans.
Salient Region Detection using Bottom-up Approach

-Salient region detection focuses on detecting the required part from the image by segmenting the accurate boundary of the image. In order to segment the image different visual cues of the image can be considered together such as compactness, global contrast, local contrast, Background and many more for correctly identifying the salient object from the image. But it seems that each individual method has its own limitations and advantages thus integrated method is used to overcome disadvantages of individual method so in this proposed method local contrast and compactness cues are combined together to produce pixel accurate saliency map and this map is propagated through the diffusion process to generate final saliency map.
A GLOBAL APPROACH TO THE RANKIN-SELBERG

We discuss the Rankin-Selberg convolution on GL(3,Z) in the 'classical' language of symmetric spaces and automorphic forms. Introduction. Study of the Rankin-Selberg convolution of two automorphic forms on GL(2) has yielded many interesting number theoretic applications. Recently, this construction has been extended to automorphic forms on GL(n) by Jacquet, Piatetskii-Shapiro, and Shalika (see [8] for the local results). Their methods generalize those of Jacquet-Langlands; in particular, they make considerable use of the representation theory over local fields, as developed by Bernstein, Zelevinsky, and others. In this paper we shall give a discussion of their results in a classical, nonadelic, language in the simplest higher rank situation: that of two automorphic forms on GL(3, Z). We must emphasize that most of the ideas in this paper are not really new, but simply restatements in this more classical language of those of Jacquet, PiatetskiiShapiro, and Shalika; further, a classical sketch of the Rankin-Selberg method has been given by Jacquet [7]. However, we are able to sharpen these results at the archimedean place by giving the precise gamma factors at infinity, and also the behavior of the convolution at its poles (see also [10]). These are of particular interest because of two applications which require this precise version of the convolution. The first, noted by Moreno-Shahidi [30] and Serre [17] (see also [14]), obtains the coefficient bound \a(P)\<p^+p-^ for the size of the Fourier coefficient of a GL(2) Maass wave form which is also a Hecke eigenform (here the normalization is such that the Ramanuj an-Petersson conjecture predicts \a(p)\ < 2). This follows by combining the convolution with the Gelbart-Jacquet lifting [3] from GL(2) to GL(3) and a result of ChandrasekharanNarasimhan [2] on the order of partial L series. The second is given in the thesis of Received by the editors February 25, 1985 and, in revised form, April 10, 1986. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classification (1985 Revision). Primary 10D05, 10D20, 10D24; Secondary 12A67.
Aedes Breeding Habitat Localization System

One of the main health issues Malaysia faced is dengue disease that is transmitted via Aedes mosquitos. The most prominence area of dengue cases in Malaysia is in urban area with construction site area reported the most. Till today, prevention and controlling methods are the only solution in combatting Aedes and dengue outbreak. The current aedes prevention approach via search and destroy involves manual searching of potential Aedes breeding habitat. The objective of this project is to develop an IoT based system called as the Aedes Breeding Habitat Localization System to locate watery areas, collect data and analyze data to improve understanding on potential Aedes breeding areas. The iterative and incremental prototyping approach has been used to develop prototype called ABLD. Also, an experiment for precision testing has been conducted to validate the system. Results found that time for data collection has been reduced tremendously and the collected data assist the health agencies improving data analytical process forecasting pattern and preventing future dengue outbreak.
Elevated CO<sub>2</sub> and conifer roots: effects on growth, life span and turnover

 Elevated CO # increases root growth and fine (diam. %2 mm) root growth across a range of species and experimental conditions. However, there is no clear evidence that elevated CO # changes the proportion of C allocated to root biomass, measured as either the root : shoot ratio or the fine root : needle ratio. Elevated CO # tends to increase mycorrhizal infection, colonization and the amount of extramatrical hyphae, supporting their key role in aiding the plant to more intensively exploit soil resources, providing a route for increased C sequestration. Only two studies have determined the effects of elevated CO # on conifer fine-root life span, and there is no clear trend. Elevated CO # increases the absolute fine-root turnover rates; however, the standing crop root biomass is also greater, and the effect of elevated CO # on relative turnover rates (turnover : biomass) ranges from an increase to a decrease. At the ecosystem level these changes could lead to increased C storage in roots. Increased fine-root production coupled with increased absolute turnover rates could also lead to increases in soil organic C as greater amounts of fine roots die and decompose. Although CO # can stimulate fine-root growth, it is not known if this stimulation persists over time. Modeling studies suggest that a doubling of the atmospheric CO # concentration initially increases biomass, but this stimulation declines with the response to elevated CO # because increases in assimilation are not matched by increases in nutrient supply.
Recurrent deletion and gene presence/absence polymorphism: telomere dynamics dominate DNA evolution at the tip of 3L in D. melanogaster and D. simulans

Recurrent deletion and gene presence/absence polymorphism: telomere dynamics dominate DNA evolution at the tip of 3L in D. melanogaster and D. simulans Authors: Andrew D. Kern and David J. Begun Institutions: Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis Running Title: Polymorphism at the edge
Effect of Vitamin D on Testicular CaBP 28 K Expression and Serum Testosterone in Chickens 1

Vitamin D is known to reverse infertility in male and female rats. This study was an investigation of the effects of vitamin D deficiency on calbindin-D2 8K (CaBP28K) and testosterone levels in male chickens. Chickens were raised from 1 day of age to 8 wk of age on a normal or a vitamin D-deficient diet. A radioreceptor assay showed that serum vitamin D levels were significantly higher in chickens fed a normal diet than in those fed a vitamin D-deficient diet. The morphology of the seminiferous tubules was not different between the vitamin Dreplete and vitamin D-deficient chickens. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that CaBP28K was present in spermatogonia and spermatocytes of the seminiferous tubules. A few interstitial Leydig cells were positive for CaBP28K. RIA was used to quantify the amount of CaBP28K in the testes, which was threefold higher in chickens raised on a normal diet than in chickens raised on a vitamin D-deficient diet. Testosterone concentration in serum, determined by RIA, was not different between the two groups. Neither serum calcium nor phosphorus levels were different between the two groups. This investigation represents the first demonstration of the effect of vitamin D deficiency on CaBP28K expression in chicken testes. The results indicate that the decrease in testicular CaBP 28K concentration was attributable to vitamin D deficiency despite normal serum testosterone and calcium levels in 8-wk-old chickens.
Overcoming switching limits in silicon power MOSFETs with silicon-based solutions

This work presents a review of new concepts and trends to push silicon power MOSFETs beyond their switching boundaries. The multiple issues encountered when increasing switching power loss and slew rate are thoroughly explained. Afterwards, a large variety of solutions are proposed in silicon technologies, all of them being experimentally proven and elucidated by physics-based simulations. Among these solutions, co-integrated snubbers, induced avalanche operation, local charge balance, tapered trenches, and cascoded configuration are suggested for low- and high-voltage power MOSFETs.
Molecular Epidemiology of TEM-3 ( CTX-1 ) r-Lactamase

A total of 33 clinical isolates encoding TEM-3 (CTX-1) from four French hospitals were studied. The strains belonged to seven species, Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 24), Escherichia coli (n = 3), Serratia marcescens (n = 2), Citrobacterfreundii (n = 1), Enterobacter aerogenes (n = 1), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 1), and Klebsiella oxytoca (n = 1). All the strains harbored an Inc7 or M self-transferable plasmid with a size of approximately 85 kilobases. The plasmids had closely related EcoRI, HincH, HindIll, and PvuH restriction endonucleasegenerated patterns and conferred resistance to all P-lactams, except cephamycins and imipenem; to tetracycline, because of the presence of the genes blatem3 and tetC, respectively, as determined by hybridization with specific probes; and to sulfonamide. Depending on the presence or absence and level of expression of the genes aacA4, aadA, and dfrl and of insertion element IS15, four types of plasmids could be distinguished. Plasmid pCFF04, the prototype plasmid encoding TEM-3, was widespread and appeared, by Southern hybridization, as the progenitor of the other types of replicons. The plasmid epidemic responsible for dissemination of TEM-3 in clinical isolates of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae may have originated in S. marcescens since pCFF04 was first detected in this species.
Emoticons as multifunctional and pragmatic Resources: a corpus-based Study on Twitter

Emoticons play an important role in digital written communication: they can serve as markers either of emotions or social relationship and familiarity, and they can intensify or downgrade the pragmatic force of a text. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of emoticons in Twitter by Italian users, and to verify, by relying on corpus data and on statistical methodologies, some of the prevailing opinions on the use of emoticons: that they are technically-driven resources, that they are mostly used by young people, and more often by females, and that they are superficial and easy ways of expressing emotions using images instead of words. A mixed-effects model analysis has shown that the use of emoticons on Twitter is affected by a complex interaction of cultural, technological, situational and sociolinguistic variables.
Norfolk, Olivia and Power, Andrew and Eichhorn, Markus P. and Gilbert, Francis (2015) Migratory bird

In temperate and tropical regions agricultural conversion of natural habitat typically has negative impacts upon the diversity and functional complexity of bird communities. In arid environments however, the irrigation associated with agricultural can lead to an increase in local abundances of plant and insect resources, so has the potential to benefit bird communities. South Sinai is a key migratory corridor for many birds making the annual journey from wintering sites in Africa to breeding sites in Europe. We assess the importance of traditional Bedouin agricultural gardens for both resident and migratory species by comparing the density and functional composition of birds within the irrigated gardens to those in the unmanaged desert habitat. Estimated bird densities were significantly higher within the gardens than the unmanaged habitat, with a higher estimated species richness within the gardens. Functional composition of bird communities differed between the two habitats, with gardens supporting a higher proportion of insectivorous and migratory birds in addition to the resident desert species that were associated with the unmanaged habitat. Migratory species were almost entirely absent from the unmanaged habitat, suggesting that this region may not be used as a migratory stop-off if not for the presence of traditional agricultural gardens.
Estimation of inelastic displacement ratio for base‐isolated structures

This study develops a straightforward approximate method to estimate inelastic displacement ratio, C1 for base‐isolated structures subjected to near‐fault and far‐fault ground motions. Taking into account the inelastic behavior of isolator and superstructure, a 2 degrees of freedom model is employed. A total of 90 earthquake ground motions are selected and classified into different clusters according to the frequency content features of records represented by the peak ground acceleration to peak ground velocity ratio, Ap/Vp. A parametric study is conducted, and effective factors in C1 (i.e., fundamental vibration period of the superstructure, Ts; postyield stiffness ratio of the superstructure, αs; strength reduction ratio, R; vibration period of the isolator, Tb; strength of the isolator, Q; ratio of superstructure mass to total mass of the system, γm) are recognized. The results indicate that the practical range of C1 values could be expected for base‐isolated structures. Subsequently, effective parameters are included in simple predictive equations. Finally, the accuracy of the proposed approximate equations is evaluated and verified through error measurement, and comparisons are made in the analyses.
Magnetostrictive vibration sensor for a self- powered structural health monitoring system

Previously, we proposed a self-powered vibration-based structural health monitoring system for diagnosing the structural soundness of entire bridges to screen bridges requiring detailed inspection. The core part of the system is the vibration-sensing device that is in the developing phase. This part relies on the Villari effect of magnetostrictive materials. In particular, the vibration-sensing device is a dual-use device that can serve as a vibration sensor and a power generator. This paper describes the design and evaluation results of the device’s performance. Galfenol, a typical magnetostrictive material, was used. Therefore, we first investigate the relationship between the magnetic flux density variation and the compression stress with different bias magnetic fields applied to the Galfenol rod. Moreover, an adequate range of the bias magnetic field was determined to maximize the power-generation performance and sensitivity of vibration. Subsequently, the prototype of the vibration-sensing device was designed and built, and a field test was conducted. The experimental results confirmed that the device works as a vibration sensor with high resolution. The device accurately detected the natural frequency of a bridge, even when subjected to the intermittent load of passing cars. The device generated 30.3 mJ in an hour even though it is a small-sized non-resonant power generator. With such generated energy, diagnosing the structural health at least once every two days can be executed with the developed device.
Implementation of the Hard-Decision Low Density Parity Check Codes in A 0.13µm CMOS Process

This paper presents a simple and efficient implementation of a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) error-correcting code, using the hard-decision decoding algorithm in a 0.13 µm TSMC CMOS process. The encoder and decoder modules were simulated by transmitting the correct 8bit code words, and letting it pass through a test bench module that corrupts one or more bits of the channel data, then allowing the decoder to correct the corrupted channel data. The system is able to correct a single bit error with 1 or 2 iterations only. Hence for a clock of 50MHz, the system can detect and correct more than 42 bit errors per 1 KB of data, which is just the goal of this research. Implemented through Verilog HDL using Synopsys Design, the design is simple in a sense that it does not use sophisticated encoding and decoding algorithms and the H-matrix used is a simple ½ code rate (4,8)- regular matrix and thus will result to a small scale and non-congested full-parallel architecture. It only measured 6.29 mm 2 chip area. For a supply voltage of 1.32 V, the total power of only 138.64 µW implied very low power consumption.
Effect of Thermal Annealing in Ammonia on the Properties of InGaN Nanowires with Different Indium Concentrations

The utility of an annealing procedure in ammonia ambient is investigated for improving the optical characteristics of InxGa1–xN nanowires (0.07 ≤ x ≤ 0.42) grown on c-Al2O3 using a halide chemical vapor deposition method. Morphological studies using scanning electron microscopy confirm that the nanowire morphology is retained after annealing in ammonia at temperatures up to 800 °C. However, significant indium etching and composition inhomogeneities are observed for higher indium composition nanowires (x = 0.28, 0.42), as measured by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Z-contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy. Structural analyses, using X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, indicate that this is a result of the greater thermal instability of higher indium composition nanowires. The effect of these structural changes on the optical quality of InGaN nanowires is examined using steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements. Annealing in ammoni.