Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Formation of Quasi Two-dimensional Bilayer Ice in Hydrophobic Slits : A Possible Candidate for Ice XIII ?

We performed molecular dynamics simulations of water confined to hydrophobic slit nanopores. Two five-site potential models of water were employed: the ST2 model and the TIP5P model. The simulations confirm our previous simulation results on basis of the four-site TIP4P model of water, that is, upon cooling the confined liquid water may undergo a first-order phase transition to either a bilayer crystalline ice phase or to a bilayer amorphous ice. The selection of the bilayer crystalline phase occurs at the constant normal pressure condition whereas the selection of the bilayer amorphous ice phase is likely to occur at the fixed pore-width condition. This computer-simulation generated ice form, if confirmed by crystallographic or spectroscopic experiments, may be a candidate for “ice XIII”, provided that purely quasi twodimensional ice forms (metastable in vacuum) can be viewed as a stand-alone solid phase of ice.
FTopologyF Generation Application Design Network Topology Python Script MaxiNet Emulator Docker Image Topology Transformation FogFNode Placement Edge Identification

c ©2017 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. This is the authors’ version of the work. The definite version is published in Proceedings of 2017 IEEE Fog World Congress (FWC ’17). Abstract—The diversity of Fog Computing deployment models and the lack of publicly available Fog infrastructure makes the design of an efficient application or resource management policy a challenging task. Such research often requires a test framework that facilitates the experimental evaluation of an application or protocol design in a repeatable and controllable manner. In this paper, we present EmuFog—an extensible emulation framework tailored for Fog Computing scenarios—that enables the from-scratch design of Fog Computing infrastructures and the emulation of real applications and workloads. EmuFog enables researchers to design the network topology according to the use-case, embed Fog Computing nodes in the topology and run Docker-based applications on those nodes connected by an emulated network. Each of the sub-modules of EmuFog are easily extensible, although EmuFog provides a default implementation for each of them. The scalability and efficacy of EmuFog are evaluated both on synthetic and real-world network topologies.
2 Three motivating examples 2 . 1 Optimal

This paper studies singular mean field control problems and singular mean field twoplayers stochastic differential games. Both sufficient and necessary conditions for the optimal controls and for the Nash equilibrium are obtained. Under some assumptions the optimality conditions for singular mean-field control are reduced to a reflected Skorohod problem, whose solution is proved to exist uniquely. Motivations are given as optimal harvesting of stochastic mean-field systems, optimal irreversible investments under uncertainty and mean-field singular investment games. In particular, a simple singular mean-field investment game is studied, where the Nash equilibrium exists but is not unique.
InVitro Degradation of PHBV Scaffolds and nHA / PHBV Composite Scaffolds Containing Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles for Bone Tissue Engineering

This paper investigated the long-term in vitro degradation properties of scaffolds based on biodegradable polymers and osteoconductive bioceramic/polymer composite materials for the application of bone tissue engineering. The threedimensional porous scaffolds were fabricated using emulsion-freezing/freeze-drying technique using poly(hydroxybutyrate-cohydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) which is a natural biodegradable and biocompatible polymer. Nanosized hydroxyapatite (nHA) particles were successfully incorporated into the PHBV scaffolds to render the scaffolds osteoconductive. The PHBV and nHA/PHBV scaffolds were systematically evaluated using various techniques in terms of mechanical strength, porosity, porous morphology, and in vitro degradation. PHBV and nHA/PHBV scaffolds degraded over time in phosphate-buffered saline at 37◦C. PHBV polymer scaffolds exhibited slow molecular weight loss and weight loss in the in vitro physiological environment. Accelerated weight loss was observed in nHA incorporated PHBV composite scaffolds. An increasing trend of crystallinity was observed during the initial period of degradation time. The compressive properties decreased more than 40% after 5-month in vitro degradation. Together with interconnected pores, high porosity, suitable mechanical properties, and slow degradation profile obtained from long-term degradation studies, the PHBV scaffolds and osteoconductive nHA/PHBV composite scaffolds showed promises for bone tissue engineering application.
Aalborg Universitet Ancillary Frequency Control of Direct Drive Full-Scale Converter Based Wind Power Plants

This paper presents a simulation model of a wind power plant based on a MW-level variable speed wind turbine with a full-scale back-to-back power converter developed in the simulation tool of DIgSILENT Power Factory. Three different kinds of ancillary frequency control strategies, namely inertia emulation, primary frequency control and secondary frequency control, are proposed in order to improve the frequency stability of power systems. The modified IEEE 39-bus test system with a large-scale wind power penetration is chosen as the studied power system. Simulation results show that the proposed control strategies are effective means for providing ancillary frequency control of variable speed wind turbines with full-scale back-toback power converters.
J an 2 01 9 Almost Optimal Distribution-free Junta Testing

We consider the problem of testing whether an unknown n-variable Boolean function is a k-junta in the distribution-free property testing model, where the distance between function is measured with respect to an arbitrary and unknown probability distribution over {0, 1}n. Chen, Liu, Servedio, Sheng and Xie [35] showed that the distribution-free k-junta testing can be performed, with one-sided error, by an adaptive algorithm that makes Õ(k)/ǫ queries. In this paper, we give a simple two-sided error adaptive algorithm that makes Õ(k/ǫ) queries.
SP 12 RTS : a degree-12 model of shear-and compressional-wave velocity for Earth ’ s mantle

P. Koelemeijer, J. Ritsema, A. Deuss, & H. -J. van Heijst 1 Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 2 Institute of Geophysics, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. E-mail: pjkoelemeijer@cantab.net 3 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 4 Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 5 Shell International Exploration and Production, Aberdeen AB15 9DL, UK
Photon Events with Missing Energy at √ s = 130 to 209 GeV . DELPHI Collaboration

The production of single and multi-photon events has been studied in the reaction e+e− → γ(γ) + invisible particles. The data collected with the DELPHI detector during the years 1999 and 2000 at centre-of-mass energies between 192 GeV and 209 GeV was combined with earlier data to search for phenomena beyond the Standard Model. The measured number of light neutrino families was three as expected and the absence of an excess of events beyond that predicted by the Standard Model processes was used to set limits on new physics. Both model independent searches and searches for new processes predicted by supersymmetric and extra-dimensional models have been made. Limits on new non-standard model interactions between neutrinos and electrons were also determined. Contributed Paper for ICHEP 2002 (Amsterdam)
Title Indocyanine green identification for tumor infiltration or metastasisoriginating from hepatocellular carcinoma

INTRODUCTION: The indocyanine green-photodynamic eye (ICG-PDE) system is useful to detect small hypervascular liver tumors, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), on the liver surface. This system may be also applied to improve determining the location of metastasis or tumor thrombus (TT). We herein report three case reports. ICG was administered preoperatively for functional testing and images of the tumor were observed during hepatectomy using a PDE camera. CASE SERIES: The patient in case 1 exhibited advanced HCC with TT in the portal trunk. The TT in the right portal vein was clearly fluorescent by ICG-PDE and the right portal vein was adequately transected to remove TT. The patient in case 2 exhibited a large HCC in the right liver and the right adrenal gland was simultaneously swollen with enhancement. By confirming the fluorescent spot in the right adrenal gland, the metastasized lesion was completely resected. The patient in case 3 previously underwent central bi-segmentectomy, and lymph node metastasis and TT in the vena cava was observed during one-year follow-up. Although it was difficult to detect the definite margin of these lesions by the outline appearance, both lesions could be clearly observed with strong fluorescence and were completely resected. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: ICG-PDE is a useful tool for detecting the precise tumor location even in extrahepatic tumor lesions, such as metastases or tumor thrombus, which is useful for deciding which parts to resect. © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The people of Jabuticabeira II : reconstruction of the way of life in a Brazilian shellmound

Sambaquis are huge shellmounds built along almost the entire Brazilian coast between 8000 and 600 years ago. In the present article, 14 osteological markers from 89 individuals excavated at the Sambaqui Jabuticabeira II (2890755/2186760 BP) are analyzed in order to reconstruct the population0s health status and way of life. The present palaeopathological findings (such as lower frequency of degenerative joint diseases in legs, as compared to arms, and the rarity of traumas) together with archaeological findings support the idea of nearby resource abundance and infrequent interpersonal competition. The presence of auditory exostoses mainly in males corroborates previous findings indicating the importance of marine resources. The low caries frequency and the high degrees of dental wear point to a diet poor in cariogenic food, and rich in abrasives such as sand, shell fragments and phytoliths. This suggests a broader diet, based on marine protein as well as plants, than previously thought. The etiology of cribra orbitalia could be explained by gastrointestinal parasites or other sources of physiological stress. These parasites, in turn, could have led to higher frequencies of infectious diseases, either by the debilitation of the immune system or by the direct contact with infectious agents. Despite the periods of illness various individuals experienced, the daily life among the builders of the Sambaqui Jabuticabeira II seems see front matter r 2004 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. jchb.2004. 10.001 nding author. Tel. : 55 11 3091 77 25; fax: 55 11 3091 75 53. dress: okumuram@usp.br (M.M.M. Okumura).
Protein kinase C β I interacts with the β 1-adrenergic signaling pathway to attenuate lipolysis in rat adipocytes

We have shown previously that insulin attenuates β1-adrenergic receptor (β1-AR)-mediated lipolysis via activation of protein kinase C (PKC) in rat adipocytes. This antilipolysis persists after removal of insulin and is independent of the phosphodiesterase 3B activity, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) could substitute for insulin to produce the same effect. Here, we attempted to identify the PKC isoform responsible for antilipolysis. Isolated adipocytes were treated with high and low concentrations of PMA for up to 6 h to degrade specific PKC isoforms. In the PMA-treated cells, the downregulation profiles of PKC isoforms α and βI, but not βII, δ, ε, or ζ, correlated well with a decrease of lipolysis-attenuating effect of PMA. After rats fasted for 24 h, adipocyte expression of PKC isoform α increased, while expression of PKCδ decreased. Fasting did not change the potency of PMA to attenuate lipolysis, however. The lipolysis-attenuating effect of PMA was blocked by the PKCβI/βII inhibitor LY 333531, but not by the PKCβII inhibitor CGP 53353 or the PKCδ inhibitor rottlerin. These data suggest that PKCβI interacts with β1-AR signaling and attenuates
Computational EEG Analysis Techniques When Playing Video Games: A Systematic Review

Video games and electroencephalography (EEG) can be used together in more than one way: cognitive analysis, mood analysis or Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), for instance. Nowadays, these two fields are gaining popularity when working together. We have consider that it is important to know what approaches are the most used when using video games and EEG, so we have performed a systematic review through the literature about these two fields together to find the most relevant techniques. Once identified a list of techniques, we briefly explained for what they can be used. Also, we have made a ranking of these techniques by their popularity to get some perspective about them all. After the process, we have concluded that the used techniques are really diverse and that approaches used to BCI and cognitve analysis are very similar between them.
Quaderni di Dipartimento Model and distribution uncertainty in Multivariate GARCH estimation : a Monte Carlo analysis

Multivariate GARCH models are in principle able to accommodate the features of the dynamic conditional correlations processes, although with the drawback, when the number of financial returns series considered increases, that the parameterizations entail too many parameters.In general, the interaction between model parametrization of the second conditional moment and the conditional density of asset returns adopted in the estimation determines the fitting of such models to the observed dynamics of the data. This paper aims to evaluate the interactions between conditional second moment specifications and probability distributions adopted in the likelihood computation, in forecasting volatilities and covolatilities. We measure the relative performances of alternative conditional second moment and probability distributions specifications by means of Monte Carlo simulations, using both statistical and financial forecasting loss functions.
Title Sequential Bayesian updating for Big Data Permalink

The velocity, volume, and variety of big data present both challenges and opportunities for cognitive science. We introduce sequential Bayesian updating as a tool to mine these three core properties. In the Bayesian approach, we summarize the current state of knowledge regarding parameters in terms of their posterior distributions, and use these as prior distributions when new data become available. Crucially, we construct posterior distributions in such a way that we avoid having to repeat computing the likelihood of old data as new data become available, allowing the propagation of information without great computational demand. As a result, these Bayesian methods allow continuous inference on voluminous information streams in a timely manner. We illustrate the advantages of sequential Bayesian updating with data from the MindCrowd project, in which crowd-sourced data are used to study Alzheimer’s Dementia. We fit an extended Linear Approach to Threshold with Ergodic Rate model to reaction time data from the project in order to separate two distinct aspects of cognitive functioning: speed of information accumulation and caution.
Tilburg University Effective Labor Market Policies

We present a theoretical and empirical analysis of different types of active labor market policies (ALMP). In our empirical analysis we use data on 20 OECD countries covering the time period 1985-1999. We find that labor market training is the most effective program to bring down unemployment. Public employment services have some impact while subsidized jobs are not effective at all. Our theory considers ALMP in the context of a search-matching model. JEL codes: H55, J65, J68
Title : The effects of graded changes in oxygen and carbon dioxide tension on 1 coronary blood velocity independent of myocardial energy demand 2 3

Authors: Lindsey M. Boulet 4 Mike Stembridge 5 Michael M. Tymko 6 Joshua C. Tremblay 7 Glen E. Foster 8 9 Affiliations: Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and 10 Exercise Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada. 11 Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK 12 13 Correspondence: Glen E. Foster, PhD. 14 School of Health and Exercise Science 15 Faculty of Health and Social Development 16 University of British Columbia. 17 3333 University Way, 18 Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7 19 20 Telephone: 250-807-8224 21 Fax: 250-807-9665 22 Email: glen.foster@ubc.ca 23 24
Analysis of Provenance Tracıng Methods Of Bauxıte Deposıt

Research on provenance of bauxite deposit is a difficult topic throughout the world, based on the domestic and foreign latest researches, analysis methods of provenance of bauxite deposit are discussed here, which includes zircon provenance tracing, Harker Diagrams of major elements, trace element analysis, REE tracer and heavy minerals tracer. Bauxite deposits are of multi-sources, rare of them yielded from the single parent rock. Therefore, it should be a multi-method approaching to recognize the source of bauxite, including analysis of mineral assemblages and geochemistry, and in combination of regional paleogeographic and tectonic evolution. A comprehensive analysis of all possible sources of bauxite is necessary to avoid a one-sided consequence.
A Quantitative Evaluation Method for Transportation Network Efficiency 1

The efficiency of a transportation network is the comprehensive performance index of the network. In order to evaluate the operation situation of the transportation network objectively, the scientific quantitative evaluation method for the network efficiency is very important. In this study, a new quantitative evaluation method for transportation network efficiency is developed, which could evaluate the transportation network performance comprehensively and reasonably. The method is defined in the context of network equilibrium, which could reflect the influences of travel behavior, travel cost, travel demands and link flows, all in equilibrium state, on network efficiency. The computation results compared with a previously proposed one by numerical example, which denote that the new method can quantitatively reflect the influence on the transportation network efficiency induced by traffic flows, user behavior and network structure, which accords with the practical situation.
SIRT 6 polymorphism rs 117385980 is associated with longevity and healthy aging in Finnish men Hirvonen

Background: Sirtuin-6 (SIRT6) is involved in various crucial cellular pathways, being a key regulator of telomere structure, DNA repair, metabolism, transcriptional control and the NF-kappa B pathway. Sirt6 knock-out mice have been reported to develop typical features of aging and senescence at the age of 2–3 weeks and die within 4 weeks. The aim of this study was to investigate whether sequence variations of SIRT6 are associated with aging and longevity in Finnish men. Methods: The sample of this study consisted of 43 longer-living and healthy males and 92 male control subjects who have died of natural causes at an average age of 66,6 (±4,1) years and who belonged to the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (HBCS). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the exons and their surroundings of the SIRT6 were studied using direct PCR sequencing. Results: The SNP rs117385980 (C > T), situated 23 bases downstream of the exon 2 exon/intron border was found in heterozygous form in 1/43 longer-living healthy men (Minor allele frequency (MAF) 0,0116) and in 9/92 controls (MAF 0,0489). To replicate this finding, we studied a group of 63 healthy men at an average age of 83 years from the Helsinki Businessmen Study (HBS)–cohort. The heterozygosity of the same SNP was seen in 2/63 men from the HBS–cohort (MAF 0,0159). Fisher exact test was performed in our two combined study samples. The P-value for all samples combined was 0.07 and the odds ratio 3.53 (95% confidence interval 0.96–13.4). Conclusions: These results suggest an inverse association between the T allele of rs117385980 and longevity. The result needs to be confirmed in a larger study. It remains to be determined whether rs117385980 itself has an effect or if it is a mere genetic marker for some other yet undiscovered sequence variant causing a functional effect.
Two-dimensional Green’s functions in anisotropic multiferroic bimaterials with a viscous interface

We derive, by virtue of the unified Stroh formalism, the extremely concise and elegant solutions for two-dimensional and (quasi-static) time-dependent Green’s functions in anisotropic magnetoelectroelastic multiferroic bimaterials with a viscous interface subjected to an extended line force and an extended line dislocation located in the upper half-plane. It is found for the first time that, in the multiferroic bimaterial Green’s functions, there are 25 static image singularities and 50 moving image singularities in the form of the extended line force and extended line dislocation in the upper or lower halfplane. It is further observed that, as time evolves, the moving image singularities, which originate from the locations of the static image singularities, will move further away from the viscous interface with explicit time-dependent locations. Moreover, explicit expression of the time-dependent image force on the extended line dislocation due to its interaction with the viscous interface is derived, which is also valid for mathematically degenerate materials. Several special cases are discussed in detail for the image force expression to illustrate the influence of the viscous interface on the mobility of the extended line dislocation, and various interesting features are observed. These Green’s functions can not only be directly applied to the study of dislocation mobility in the novel multiferroic bimaterials, they can also be utilized as kernel functions in a boundary integral formulation to investigate more complicated boundary value problems where multiferroic materials/composites are involved. & 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
IBBO-LSSVM-based network anomaly intrusion detection

Owing to the variety and complexity of network intrusion, the traditional network anomaly intrusion detection model cannot accurately classify and identify the abnormal intrusion behaviour of the network, resulting in poor performance when detecting the network anomaly intrusion. In order to improve the performance of network intrusion detection, we propose a novel network anomaly intrusion detection method, by means of IBBO-LSSVM. In this paper, the least squares support vector machine is applied to model and analyse the network abnormal intrusion detection, which can capture the relationship between network anomaly intrusion types and its corresponding features. Then, an improved biogeography-based approach is applied to optimise the parameters of the network intrusion detection model. Finally, the model is simulated and evaluated on a standard network anomaly intrusion test database. The accuracy of the network anomaly intrusion detection for the proposed method is higher than 90%, demonstrating that the proposed approach is superior to the traditional methods.