Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Smartphones-Based Assistive Technology: Accessibility Features and Apps for People with Visual Impairment, and its Usage, Challenges, and Usability Testing

: Smartphones are less likely to be considered as assistive technology for visual impairment among a large majority of health care providers, excluding vision rehabilitation professionals, and the general public who are not familiar with accessible features and apps. The present review aims to highlight accessible features and apps along with usages, including educational, and access to smartphones as assistive technology for visual impairment and blindness. It also includes advantages and challenges faced by users, and usability testing by app developers. There have been significant recent developments in mobile technology that incorporate computer technology relating to electronic information, communication, and touch-screen accessibility. Such advances in technology are transforming the use of smartphones from a traditional visual interface to a truly visual free interaction using alternative body senses, such as haptic, gesture, and so on. There are many built-in accessible features and third-party accessible applications that enable people with visual impairment to perform daily activities, independent functioning, movement, social inclusion and participa-tion, education, etc. They are universally designed, so they are unlikely to induce social stigma or negative reactions from peers or public. Healthcare practitioners, not limiting to eye care, and caregivers, family members, teachers, or special educators should be informed about the potential uses and benefits of smartphones for visually impaired in developing nations. Evidence shows that most of the users train by themselves. Enhancing the awareness along with training for teachers and caregivers would be helpful to improve access and skills among users with visual disabilities. Developers are continuously producing more innovative applications for visual impairment, which indicates the need for having a training guideline on the use of smartphones.
A PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUE OF LIVER RETRACTION IN LAPAROSCOPIC BARIATRIC SURGERY

Background : Laparoscopic bariatric surgery requires retraction of the left lobe of the liver to provide adequate exposure of the hiatus and the stomach. The most common used approaches are use of retractors that require another incisions and prolonged operative time. Objectives : A prospective assessment of the efficacy and safety of a percutaneous stone forceps as liver retractor in patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Methods : A prospective revie w was performed on 120 patients undergoing bariatric surgery from January2016 to January 2017 in Al azhar university hospitals. A percutaneous stone forceps was used to retract theleft lobe of the liver in all cases. The retractor can be repositioned as necessary by releasing and regrasping the diaphragm at different sites. Results: This technique was used in 120 patients from January2016 until january 2017. The average body mass index was 50 (range:35–65). In all patients, this method was found to be enough to complete the bariatric srgery. The majority of procedures included laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy. No intraoperative liver injuries occurred with use of this technique. Conclusion : Percutaneous retraction of theliver using the percutaneous stone forceps grasper was found to be safe and effective in those morbidly obese patients. The rate of complications involving this technique is very low. This novel method provides safe and effective retraction with less trauma and better cosmesis than conventional technique.
High-Speed Visible Light Communications: Enabling Technologies and State of the Art

In the nearest decades, the rapidly increasing demand of wireless connectivity has resulted in the ubiquitous deployment of wireless systems as well as heavily congested wireless spectrum. Owing to the various inherent advantages, such as spectral and bandwidth relief, no healthy concern, high security, low cost, and low interference with Radio Frequency (RF) waves, visible light communication (VLC) has been an emerging optical wireless data transmission approach that can act as a good complement to and substitute for Radio Frequency. How to achieve a high-speed data transmission is a key problem to be solved in the VLC system. This review mainly focuses on the enabling technologies for high-speed VLC systems, including novel transmitter architectures, blue filters and advanced modulation, and equalization technologies. And the inherent advantages, potential applications, and some issues of VLC that need further study are presented as well. Finally, a comprehensive survey on the recent developments and the key contributions by research groups involved in the field of high-speed VLC is provided.
CONTRAST OF HEMODYNAMIC CONSTANCY ALSO RETRIEVAL OUTLINE BY QUICK SMOOTH INITIATION HEMODYNAMIC STEADINESS, QUICK RETRIEVAL THROUGH NEGLIGIBLE SIDE BELONGINGS

: Background and Aim: Propofol also sevoflurane, mutually encounter standards of quick smooth initiation, hemodynamic steadiness, quick retrieval through negligible side belongings. This current research examined hemodynamic steadiness also retrieval outline whereas keeping anesthesia by sevoflurane by way of inhalational mediator against propofol as whole intravenous anesthesia throughout laparoscopic operations. Methodology : Our current research remained potential research led for a year at Jinnah Hospital Lahore from April 2017 to March 2018. By means of suitable specimen method, the over-all of 60 mature cases of ASA physical position 1 or 2, aged among 19-61 years, of any gender, which remained arranged for elective day care operations of fewer than 3-hour period below GA remained designated for our research afterwards well-versed agreement. Altogether cases remained haphazardly owed into 1 of 2 sets by means of computer produced random quantity table. Set-S established initiation by propofol also keep by sevoflurane, whereas Set-P remained persuaded also preserved by propofol individually. Hemodynamic also recapture outlines remained then associated. The variances among 2 sets remained studied by means of unpaired t-trial whereas definite variables remained investigated by means of chi-square trial. Results : The starting point demographic examination displayed that 2 sets did not fluctuate suggestively in age, mass, gender, ASA rating also functioning periods. During operation, HR remained meaningfully little in Set-P at 46 to 62 minutes than in Set-S. SBP also DBP remained expressively little throughout upkeep of anesthesia by propofol as associated to sevoflurane. Set-S exposed pointedly petite time for impulsive eye introductory also remembering designations also knowing surrounds. Post-operatively vomiting also nausea stayed pointedly small in Set-P. Conclusion: Our current research accomplishes that cases in together sets remained hemodynamically steady. Sevoflurane was additional gain of providing quick appearance also retrieval of mental purpose. Henceforth this may be measured as the beneficial substitute to propofol for conservation of anesthesia.
start through the OPP pathway in 5 cyanobacteria

One-sentence summary: Glycogen metabolism kick-starts photosynthesis during cyanobacterial diurnal growth. Abstract 22 Cyanobacteria experience drastic changes in their carbon metabolism under daily light– 23 dark cycles. During the day, the Calvin-Benson cycle fixes CO 2 and diverts excess carbon into 24 glycogen storage. At night, glycogen is degraded to support cellular respiration. The dark–light 25 transition represents a universal environmental stress for cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic 26 lifeforms. Recent studies revealed the essential genetic background necessary for the fitness of 27 cyanobacteria during diurnal growth. However, the metabolic processes underlying the dark– 28 light transition are not well understood. In this study, we observed that glycogen metabolism 29 supports photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 when 30 photosynthesis reactions start upon light exposure. Compared to the wild type, the glycogen 31 mutant (∆ glgC ) showed a reduced photosynthetic efficiency and a slower P700 + re-reduction rate 32 when photosynthesis starts. Proteomic analyses indicated that glycogen is degraded through the 33 oxidative pentose phosphate (OPP) pathway during the dark–light transition. We confirmed that 34 the OPP pathway is essential for the initiation of photosynthesis, and further showed that 35 glycogen degradation through the OPP pathway contributes to the activation of key Calvin- 36 Benson cycle enzymes by modulating NADPH levels. This strategy stimulates photosynthesis in 37 cyanobacteria following dark respiration, and stabilizes the Calvin-Benson cycle under 38 fluctuating environmental conditions, thereby offering evolutionary advantages for 39 photosynthetic organisms using the Calvin-Benson cycle for carbon fixation. 40 OPP pathway cycle photosynthesis
Usage pattern monitoring based on battery levels for standalone residential system

Non-availability of constant electricity with the reduction of energy consumption has become important issues for many people, especially those living in areas where there is a problem of electricity. True consumption and timely feedback are essential to support those who want to adjust their behavior in order to conserve energy. In this work, we proposed an interactive system that provides information on the state of the batteries, energy usage pattern in the house and schedule control so that there will be all round electricity rather than occa-sional blackout. Monitoring and control sensors for stand-alone power generation and control unit are based on three things: electrical consumption data from selected appliances, the time of usage i.e. priority of the appliance and the level of the battery at a particular time. This system will assist to encouragement in the use of renewable energy, especially those that use batteries as their backups such as win-dow solar energy. Also, by self-monitoring for battery level will prolong the time of the system and will save the battery from the high depth of discharge in order to prevent the critical point of no return. Finally, the system can identify the highest consumption appliances and how to minimize the use of such on the battery for renewable energy.
Direct torque control strategy applied to the grid connected wind farm based on the PMSG and controlled with variable structure approach

This study proposes a direct torque control (DTC) and variable structure (VS) scheme for grid connected variable speed wind farm (VS-WF) based on the permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs). The control strategy combines the DTC to achieve maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and nonlinear sliding mode (SM) control theory to sustain the DC-bus voltage and to regulate the grid-side power factor. Moreover, control strategies are developed in the sense of Lyapunov stability theorem for the VS-WF to satisfy multiple objectives. The performance of controllers is evaluated for fault conditions as well as for normal working conditions. The validity and the effectiveness of the proposed scheme are verified by simulation with Matlab/Simulink. Also, a comparison of simulation results based on the proposed algorithm and proportional-integral (PI) scheme shows that the proposed approach is superior.
Comparing Change-Point Detection Methods to Detect the Korea Economic Crisis of 19971)

This study detects Korea economic crisis of 1997 using various change-point detection methods and then compares their performance. In change-point detection method, there are three major categories: (1) the parametric approach, (2) the nonparametric approach, and (3) the model-based approach. Through the application to Korea foreign exchange rate during her economic crisis, we compare the employed change-point detection methods and, furthermore, determine which of them performs better.
Contractual arrangements and the retirement intentions of women in Australia

Older women represent an increasing proportion of Australia’s paid labour force. Lacking is an understanding of how the nature of the contractual arrangement between worker and employer is associated with women’s retirement intentions. Utilising data from a national survey of older women and employment, regression analysis is reported that tests the association between contractual arrangements and other meso level factors on the number of years until respondents’ intended retirement. Taking a range of factors into account, it is found that those in casual employment anticipate retiring later than those with other employment arrangements. It is argued that, firstly, there is definitional ambiguity about flexible working that renders present calls for its promotion for older workers potentially problematical; secondly, policy continues to focus on an androcentric norm which presents risks for women in negotiating retirement; and, thirdly, a pro-work agenda for older people needs to have job quality as a core value.
Circ-ABCB10 Contributes to Paclitaxel Resistance in Breast Cancer Through Let-7a-5p/DUSP7 Axis

Background: Paclitaxel (PTX) is one of the widely used chemotherapy drugs in breast cancer (BC) treatment. Unfortunately, the survival rate of metastatic BC patients remains poor due to PTX resistance. Therefore, uncovering the underlying mechanism behind the PTX resistance of BC cells is crucial for BC therapy. Methods: The enrichment of circular RNA ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 10 (circ-ABCB10), let-7a-5p and dual speci ﬁ city phosphatase 7 (DUSP7) was measured by quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) in PTX-resistant and PTX-sensitive BC tissues and cells. Chemoresistance, apoptosis, invasion and autophagy of BC cells were measured by 3-(4, 5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), ﬂ ow cytometry, transwell invasion assay and Western blot assay, respectively. The binding sites between let-7a-5p and circ-ABCB10 or DUSP7 were predicted by Starbase bioinformatic software, and the combination was con ﬁ rmed by dual-luciferase reporter assay. The protein expression of DUSP7 was examined by Western blot assay. Murine xenograft model was established to con ﬁ rm the role of circ-ABCB10 in vivo. Results: Circ-ABCB10 depletion promoted the PTX sensitivity and apoptosis while suppressed the invasion and autophagy of PTX-resistant BC cells. Circ-ABCB10 could bind to let-7a-5p in BC cells, and circ-ABCB10 contributed to PTX resistance of BC cells via let-7a-5p. DUSP7 is a direct target of let-7a-5p in BC cells, and the accumulation of DUSP7 reversed the promoting effects of let-7a-5p overexpression on the PTX sensitivity and apoptosis and the inhibitory impact on the invasion and autophagy of PTX-resistant BC cells. Circ-ABCB10 interference suppressed the growth of BC tumors in vivo. Conclusion: Circ-ABCB10 mediated PTX resistance, apoptosis, invasion and autophagy of BC cells via let-7a-5p/DUSP7 axis.
TCRαβ-Independent CD28 Signaling and Costimulation Require Non-CD4-Associated Lck

Whether the sequelae of signals generated through CD28 either directly or in circumstances of costimulation require proximal events mediated by p56lck remains contentious. We demonstrate that CD4−, but not CD4+ clonal variants respond to CD28-specific mAb with both early and late indicators of activation. Forced expression of A418/A420-mutated CD4 or wild-type CD4 in the CD4− variant recapitulated the CD28-mediated responses of the CD4− and CD4+ variants, respectively. The implicated involvement of non-CD4-associated Lck is formally demonstrated by overexpressing S20/S23 Lck or wild-type Lck in CD4+ variants. The former, but not latter, rescues direct CD28 signaling, and supports costimulation. The results demonstrate that constitutive levels of non-CD4-associated Lck functionally limit CD28-mediated signaling.
PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION OF BOSENTAN

The main objective of the present study was to prepare sustained release capsules of Bosentan which constitute an innovative dosage form that overcome the problems of large frequency of dosing. In the view of enhancing bioavailability, an attempt has been made to prepare sustained release capsules and to know the effect of different types of polymers. Polyelectrolyte complex was prepared by using cationic polymer like PVP and anionic polymer like Carbopol. Different PVP grades such as PVP k 30 and k 90 were used. The capsules were subjected to pre compression and evaluation parameters. The selected formulation was subjected to stability studies as per ICH guidelines. The effect of polymers loading in In- Vitro drug release and the mechanism of release was studied by different mathematical models. This can be adjusted by maintaining the concentration of the suitable polymers. Capsules showed no appreciable changes with respect to appearance, drug content and dissolution profiles on storage for 45 days at accelerated stability conditions. It was found that the Bosentan drug release depends on combination of two polymers (Carbopol and PVP k90 or k30) which modifies the release profile by controlling water penetration and leads to drug release. The objective was to achieve drug release at 24 hours. It was concluded that sustained release capsules of Bosentan can be successfully formulated by polyelectrolyte complex method with improved patient compliance. And also it can be concluded that among all the formulations Carbopol and PVP k90 or k30 combinations was considered as the optimised formulations in the present research work.
Uninformative Characters and Apparent Conﬂict Between Molecules and Morphology

Next, the combined data set is randomly partitioned into divisions of equal size to the original data sets, and the amount of between-data-sets incongruence between these random partitions is obtained using the method just described. The randomi-zation procedure is repeated numerous times (at least 100) to generate a distribution for the expected level of between-data-sets incongruence. If the between-data-sets incongruence in only 5% of the randomized partitions exceeds that in the real data sets, it can be con-cluded that the observed incongruence is statistically signiﬁcant at P (cid:53) 0.05. PAUP* outputs the sum of tree lengths rather than the between-data-sets incongruence for all randomizations. However, the between-data-sets incongruence can be readily obtained by subtracting the outputted sum of tree lengths from the total tree length of the combined analysis.
Museum Visitors’ Experiences of Viewing Korean Art APPROVED BY SUPERVISING COMMITTEE:

patterns, Jino pointed out that he realized “a lot of correlations” between those and “the old potteries that he saw at a Native American reservation out in a desert. ” Also, Charlie suggested a comparison between a Buncheong ware and an underglaze iron painted design and ancient Greek vases: I was probably thinking of Greek art while looking at the black and white incised pottery. I think it’s mainly because of the incision. I think it’s because the ceramic is creating this feeling because it looks like black and white Greek pieces. I guess I was constantly searching for similarities and differences. Yeah, I think we always do that. We’re always trying to find a way to understand something by doing that.
Top-k List Web Data Extraction from Dynamic Pages: TWD

- The World Wide Web is currently the largest source of information. This large database which contains information in all area but finding particular information or extracting accurate data from web is difficult. This paper is concerned with “top-k ” pages, which are web pages that describe a list of k instances of a particular topic or concept. Examples include “the 10 tallest persons in the world”. Top-k list are larger and richer in high quality of data, which is helpful to enrich existing knowledge bases about general concept which are used to answer a facts queries. The extracted lists can also be used as background knowledge for Q/A system. The paper concentrate on an efficient method, called Tag Path Clustering that extracts top-k list from web pages with high performance.
Fault Detection Method Based on Global-Local Marginal Discriminant Preserving Projection for Chemical Process

: Feature extraction plays a key role in fault detection methods. Most existing methods focus on comprehensive and accurate feature extraction of normal operation data to achieve better detection performance. However, discriminative features based on historical fault data are usually ignored. Aiming at this point, a global-local marginal discriminant preserving projection (GLMDPP) method is proposed for feature extraction. Considering its comprehensive consideration of global and local features, global-local preserving projection (GLPP) is used to extract the inherent feature of the data. Then, multiple marginal ﬁsher analysis (MMFA) is introduced to extract the discriminative feature, which can better separate normal data from fault data. On the basis of ﬁsher framework, GLPP and MMFA are integrated to extract inherent and discriminative features of the data simultaneously. Furthermore, fault detection methods based on GLMDPP are constructed and applied to the Tennessee Eastman (TE) process. Compared with the PCA and GLPP method, the effectiveness of the proposed method in fault detection is validated with the result of TE process.
Imaging in the Human Connectome Projects in Development and Aging: Connectomics across the Lifespan

The Human Connectome Projects in Development (HCP-D) and Aging (HCP-A) are two large-scale brain imaging studies that will extend the recently completed HCP Young-Adult (HCP-YA) project to nearly the full lifespan, collecting structural, resting-state fMRI, task-fMRI, diffusion, and perfusion MRI in participants from 5 to 100+ years of age. HCP-D will enroll 1300+ healthy children, adolescents, and young adults (ages 5-21), and HCP-A will enroll 1200+ healthy adults (ages 36-100+), with each study collecting longitudinal data in a subset of individuals at particular age ranges. The imaging protocols of the HCP-D and HCP-A studies are very similar, differing primarily in the selection of different task-fMRI paradigms. We strove to harmonize the imaging protocol to the greatest extent feasible with the completed HCP-YA (1200+ participants, aged 22-35), but some imaging-related changes were motivated or necessitated by hardware changes, the need to reduce the total amount of scanning per participant, and/or the additional challenges of working with young and elderly populations. Here, we provide an overview of the common HCP-D/A imaging protocol and explain the rationale for the changes relative to HCP-YA. The result will be a large, rich, multi-modal, and freely available set of consistently acquired data for use by the scientific community to investigate and define normative developmental and aging related changes in the healthy human brain. populations were estimated. Up to three fiber compartments in each voxel were fitted using the multi-shell extension of the ball-and-stick model (Behrens et al., 2007; Jbabdi et al., 2012) using an automatic relevance determination prior weight of 1. Higher CNR results in the estimation of more crossing fibers, especially 3-way crossings.