Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Review of Quality of Service in Fog Computing for the Internet of Things

With the advent of the paradigm of the Internet of Things, many computing elements need many modifications to promote Quality of Service (QoS). Quality of Service is a pillar that promotes real-time reaction to time-critical tasks. Any impediments to QoS should be resolved and handled. In 2012, fog computing was implemented to enhance QoS in current systems in a bid to tackle QoS problems encountered by using cloud computing alone. Currently, the primary focus in fog computing is now on enhancing QoS. The primary goal of this study is, therefore, to critically review and evaluate the literature on the work done to improve elements of QoS in fog computing. This study begins by examining the roots of history, characteristics, and advantages of fog computing. Secondly, it discusses the important elements of QoS parameters. Finally, open problems that still affect fog computing are identified and discussed in order to achieve enhanced QoS.
Linkages Between Employment and Net FDI Inflow: Insights from Individual as Well as Panel Data for Emerging South Asian Labour Market

In emerging labour market, particularly, the direct and indirect association between employment level and foreign direct investment (FDI) in a dynamic economy is non-deniable. Like private and public investments, FDI promotes employment generating agenda and at the same time, sound employment scenario of an economy attracts FDI to inflow. Under this backdrop, the present study attempts to examine whether employment and net FDI inflow have long-run associations and short-run dynamics in South Asian economies for the period 1991–2016. Applying cointegration and Granger causality tests for individual country level and panel cointegration, vector error correction and Wald test on the two standardized variables—employment–population ratio and per capita net FDI inflow—reveal that the two indicators have cointegrating relations for Bangladesh and Nepal and FDI makes a cause to employment generation in Bangladesh only. Further, the panel data exercise shows the existence of long-run or equilibrium relations linking the two indicators without significant error correction results. The Wald test results show that there is short-run causality working from employment ratio to per capita FDI and vice versa. The study, thus, prescribes for ensuring quality environment in the concerned domestic economies of the region so that employment opportunities invite FDI inflow to their territories.
A SINGLE PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO POLY I:C INCREASES SUSCEPTIBILITY TO EPILEPSY IN THE ADULT OFFSPRING

3 RIASSUNTO . 4 INTRODUCTION . 6 Chapter 1 . 7 MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION: IMPLICATIONS AND MODELS . Chapter 2 . 22 THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN EPILEPSY . Chapter 3 . 27 THE EXCITATORY/INHIBITORY BALANCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS . AIM OF THE STUDY . 33 RESULTS . 36 CHOICE OF THE MIA MODEL: INTRAPERITONEAL POLY I:C INJECTION AT GESTATIONAL DAY 9 . 37 VALIDATION OF THE MODEL . 38 SUSCEPTIBILITY TO KAINIC ACID-INDUCED SEIZURES IS INCREASED IN POLY I:C PRENATALLY-TREATED OFFSPRING . 39 POLY I:C INDUCES SHORT-TERM INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN THE EMBRYOS . 41 INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SEIZURES IN ADULT OFFSPRING DOES NOT REFLECT CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES IN THE BRAIN . 44 EVALUATION OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF E/I BALANCE IN THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SEIZURES IN POLY I:C OFFSPRING . 48 NEURON DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES ARE AFFECTED BY MIA THROUGH PROCESSES INTRINSICALLY MAINTAINED, INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE BRAIN ENVIRONMENT. 56 PREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF MAGNESIUM SULFATE ADMINISTRATION DURING PREGNANCY . 62 TIME OF PRENATAL IMMUNE CHALLENGE DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTS INTRACELLULAR CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION . 66 REST AND MeCP2 BINDING TO KCC2 PROMOTER IS INCREASED IN POLY I:C OFFSPRING . 68 DISCUSSION . 73
A Comprehensive Review of Current Treatments and Therapies for Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

There are several classifications of Pulmonary Hypertension, one of them being Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). In cases in which the cause of PAH is unknown, the disease is referred to as Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH). IPAH is an extremely rare disease, making it difficult to treat. However, over the past few decades, treatments have expanded and improved. Treatments commonly used in clinical practice include one or more of the following: calcium channel blockers, prostacyclin derivatives, endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors, guanylate cyclase stimulators, and in extreme cases lung transplants (single or double) or heart and lung transplants. The aim of this paper is to review the treatments and therapies available for IPAH because new information has been added after FDA approval of new medications. This article also raises ideas of possible future clinical trials to look at how these medications would work in a combination therapy.
Occupation-based metacognitive group intervention for older adults experiencing memory problems: Feasibility study

Introduction Subjective memory complaints in older adults are associated with adverse emotions and functional deficits. This feasibility study evaluated an occupation-based metacognitive group intervention for older adults with subjective memory complaints, and examined post-intervention changes on occupational goal attainment and metamemory. Method Twenty-three older adults participated in the study. A quantitative pre-post test design was used, and short qualitative interviews were performed following the intervention. The 15-week intervention used metacognitive methods within an occupation-based approach. Metacognitive learning was embedded in a social leisure book club, and mediation was provided to support attainment of individualized occupational goals in everyday life. Quantitative measures of goal attainment and metamemory were used, as well as qualitative interviews. Findings Most (68%) targeted occupational goals were obtained, with very little transfer to untrained goals. Significant improvements were found in perceived memory ability in daily life. No changes were found regarding memory beliefs or frequency of strategy use. Conclusion The results suggest that this intervention was feasible and has the potential to promote attainment of occupational goals and reduce memory-related mistakes in daily life.
The Hastings algorithm at fifty

In a 1970 Biometrika paper, W. K. Hastings developed a broad class of Markov chain algorithms for sampling from probability distributions that are difficult to sample from directly. The algorithm draws a candidate value from a proposal distribution and accepts the candidate with a probability that can be computed using only the unnormalized density of the target distribution, allowing one to sample from distributions known only up to a constant of proportionality. The stationary distribution of the corresponding Markov chain is the target distribution one is attempting to sample from. The Hastings algorithm generalizes the Metropolis algorithm to allow a much broader class of proposal distributions instead of just symmetric cases. An important class of applications for the Hastings algorithm corresponds to sampling from Bayesian posterior distributions, which have densities given by a prior density multiplied by a likelihood function and divided by a normalizing constant equal to the marginal likelihood. The marginal likelihood is typically intractable, presenting a fundamental barrier to implementation in Bayesian statistics. This barrier can be overcome by Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithms. Amazingly, even after 50 years, the majority of algorithms used in practice today involve the Hastings algorithm. This article provides a brief celebration of the continuing impact of this ingenious algorithm on the 50th anniversary of its publication.
Morphological analysis of the aoudad: the introduced population is well adapted to the Mediterranean habitat

The aoudad is a bovid species native to North Africa and highly adaptable to different environments. Although some morphological data of aoudad has been published, the research mostly dealt with measurements taken from captive populations. Therefore, morphological data of free-ranging populations in their non-native habitat is largely unknown. The present study analysed the important morphometric parameters in a non- native Mediterranean population of aoudad. Body and horn measurements were taken on 30 free-range aoudads (20 M, 10 F) legally culled from 2014 to 2019. A descriptive analysis of the quantitative body and horn measurements was performed and an insight into population growth rates was provided. The Mediterranean population of aoudad showed higher mean values of investigated body and horn measurements and higher growth rates than in other research, ranging from ca. 2 – 10% for most of the measurements. The results suggest that the investigated population is well adapted to Mediterranean habitat which allowed aoudad to notably allocate energy to both body and horn development. This research is a contribution to knowledge about how specific habitat might shape aoudad population life-history traits.
A Deep Parallel Diagnostic Method for Transformer Dissolved Gas Analysis

With the development of Industry 4.0, as a pivotal part of the power system, large-capacity power transformers are requiring fault diagnostic methods with higher intelligence, accuracy and anti-interference ability. Considering the powerful capability for extracting non-linear features and the sensitivity differences to features of deep learning methods, this paper proposes a deep parallel diagnostic method for transformer dissolved gas analysis (DGA). In view of the insufficient and imbalanced dataset of transformers, adaptive synthetic oversampling (ADASYN) was implemented to augment the fault dataset. Then, the newly constructed dataset was normalized and input into the LSTM-based diagnostic framework. Then, the dataset was converted into images as the input of the CNN-based diagnostic framework. At the same time, the problem of still insufficient data was compensated by the introduction of transfer learning technology. Finally, the diagnostic models were trained and tested respectively, and the Dempster–Shafer (DS) evidence theory was introduced to fuse the diagnostic confidence matrices of the two models to achieve deep parallel diagnosis. The results of the proposed deep parallel diagnostic method show that without complex feature extraction, the diagnostic accuracy rate could reach 96.9%. Even when the dataset was superimposed with 3% random noises, the rate only decreased by 0.62%.
From Vues to Ethnofiction: French Ethnographic Filmmaking in Africa before Jean Rouch

This article offers an overview of the very substantial body of films of ethnographic interest produced by French filmmakers working in Africa before Jean Rouch arrived on the scene. It identifies a number of genres. For the first two decades this work largely took the form of short films of reportage, mostly shot in North and West Africa by anonymous operators working for newsreel agencies. Then, in the 1920s, longer and technically more complex films based on transregional and even transcontinental expeditions began to appear. Films offering an inventory of cultural traditions in particular French colonies also emerged in this decade. Also to be considered are films based on extended field research, from the 1930s onwards. We conclude with a brief analysis of the originality of Jean Rouch as he developed a new form of ethnographic filmmaking in the late 1940s.
THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON SCAPULA KINEMATICS DURING THROWING IN ELITE TEAM HANDBALL PLAYERS; DOES PAIN INFLUENCE? A PRELIMINARY STUDY

Background Non-traumatic shoulder injuries are common in overhead sports, however many athletes still participate in their sport despite pain. Non-optimal scapula kinematics at the instant of maximal humeral external rotation (HumExtRot) is considered a risk factor in overhead throwing sports. Objective The aim of the study was to investigate whether a functional fatigue protocol affects scapula kinematics during throwing, and whether this effect is different between players who are pain-free and participating with pain. Design A controlled intervention study. Setting 3D Motion Analysis Laboratory with 8 cameras (Vicon T40, Oxford, UK). Patients (or Participants) 16 adult, mean age 21,9(2,4) years, elite female team handball players were recruited from top 2 leagues in Denmark. The participants were divided into two groups; 8 subjects playing with pain(P) and 8 subjects playing without pain(NP) served as controls. Interventions (or Assessment of Risk Factors) Measurements of scapula and gleno-humeral kinematics were collected during maximal throws before and after a fatiguing protocol, containing 60 alternated submaximal-and maximal throws. Main Outcome Measurements Maximal HumExtRot in relation to scapula, scapula posterior tilt (ScapPostTilt), scapula retraction (ScapRetr) and scapula upward rotation (ScapUpRot) at the instant of maximal HumExtRot were selected as outcome parameters. Overall effects for the whole group, between groups and differences in fatigue development between groups were evaluated using 2-way repeated measures ANOVA. Results As a result of fatigue, the group (n=16) showed less ScapPostTilt (Mean=5,5°, SD=6,3°, p=0.004), ScapUpRot (Mean=3,7°, SD=4°,p=0,003), and less ScapRetr (Mean=2,7°, SD=4°, p=0,044), and the HumExtRot increased (Mean=3,3°, SD=5,9°, p=0,048). No significant differences between groups were found, however a tendency towards greater HumExtRot was observed (Mean difference=15.2°, SD=16.9°, p=0,089), for players with NP. Conclusions The results indicate that fatigue has a detrimental effect on scapula and gleno-humeral kinematics, which may increase the risk of non-traumatic shoulder injuries. However P-players did not respond differently to fatigue-development.
Kinetic and isothermal study of effect of transition metal doping on adsorptive property of zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized via green route using Moringa oleifera leaf extract

In this study, a green route has been adopted to successfully synthesize pure zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) as well as Cu doped zinc oxide nanoparticles (Cu-ZnONPs) which is quite a novel work. The synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) were used as adsorbent for removal of Congo red (CR) dye from aqueous solution and efficiency of both doped and undoped ZnONPs was investigated and evaluated. The synthesized products were further characterized and confirmed by UV–visible (UV–vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermo gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Cu-ZnONPs were found to be more efficient adsorbent as compared to undoped ZnONPs. The adsorption process of CR on both the synthesized NPs were scrutinized using kinetics and isothermal parameter respectively, which depicted that the adsorption process in case of doped ZnONPs was faster (adsorption reached equilibrium in 120 min) as compared to undoped ZnONPs (which took 180 min) and followed a pseudo-second-order kinetics in both the cases. When pure ZnONPs was used as adsorbent, it correlated more with the Freundlich isotherm and Temkin isotherm as compared to Langmuir isotherm, however, when Cu-ZnONPs was used as adsorbent, the data fitted well to Langmuir and Freundlich models.
Does Worker Participation Improve Health and Safety? Findings from the Netherlands

Abstract Worker participation, both at a sectoral and organisational level, has been assigned a prominent role in Dutch occupational safety and health (OSH) policy since the 1980s. This emphasis on worker participation stems from the belief that such participation may enhance the effectiveness of OSH policy — notably at the organisational level. However, although this belief is fundamental to the philosophy of self-regulation, until recently it has been supported by only scant empirical evidence. This paper assembles recent empirical findings concerning the effect on OSH performance of worker participation in the Netherlands. It has been found that worker participation, particularly through formal consultation via works councils, is only marginally associated with better OSH performance in organisations. Increased worker participation, however, correlates with better quality risk assessments and more preventive measures (especially concerning ‘invisible’ risks such as psychological strain), but the effect is not strong. Background variables that are associated with the strength of workers’ roles in OSH are the degree to which works councils take an ‘activist’ stance in their dealings with management and, more importantly, the organisation’s management style. The conclusion is that OSH is not merely a technical issue (even though it is often treated as such), but to a large extent an industrial one.
DUAPM: An Effective Dynamic Micro-Blogging User Activity Prediction Model Towards Cyber-Physical-Social Systems

Recent emergence of “microblogging” services has been driving cyber-physical social system (CPSS) as a hot topic in real-world applications. How to efficiently detect and recognise spam and fake accounts becomes an important task where it requires analysis of microblog user behavior and prediction of their activity. This article attempts to investigate this challenge by proposing a new strategy to effectively model microblogging user activity and dynamically predicting their activities for the CPSS applications. We first analysis and define a set of benchmarks for measuring microblogging user activeness in considering serval key dynamic attributes including change rate of microblogging numbers, user attentions, etc. Then, we build up a new dynamic microblogging user activity prediction model (DUAPM) based on three important characteristics: personal information, social relationship, and user interaction. Finally, an improved logical regression algorithm is proposed for training the model and predicting user activity. Under the evaluation of a sample dataset containing Sina Weibo 3621 users over 20 weeks, it shows that our model deliver average up to 3% higher prediction accuracy than other social media user activity prediction models using traditional logical regression and random forest algorithms. We also take out a CPSS case study of evaluating DUAPM models for analysis and prediction of Twitter users’ activity over 16 countries. The results show that our model effectively reflects the distribution and trends of Twitter users’ activity with different background and cultures.
Correlates of Long-term Immune Protection in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Exposed Non-reinfected Individuals

The majority of HCV infected individuals develop persistent viremia. Correlates of long-term protective immunity remain undefined. Generation and maintenance of polyfunctional CD4 and CD8 HCV-specific T cells that produce multiple cytokines like IFN-γ, TNF-α and IL-2 correlates with spontaneous resolution of acute primary HCV and can be predictive of long-term protection. The presence of neutralizing antibodies (nAb) was associated with reduced magnitude and length of viremia upon reinfection. The aims of this project were: 1) to define correlates of protective immunity in HCV-resolved high risk people who inject drugs (PWIDs) repeatedly exposed to but resistant to reinfections; and 2) to compare protective immune responses in PWIDs with spontaneous versus treatment-induced clearance. We hypothesized that PWIDs resistant to reinfections harbor an immune response of high magnitude, breadth and quality of the HCV-specific memory T cells as well as higher nAb responses. Using IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT), intracellular staining for cytokines, and pseudoparticle neutralization assays, we examined cellular and humoral immune responses in long-term protected versus reinfected PWIDs. We observed long-lived HCV-specific T cell responses in spontaneously resolved and treatment resolved PWIDs who are protected against reinfection. We did not observe a difference in the nAb responses nor in the functionality of HCV-specific T cells. Our results suggest that protection from reinfection in PWIDs is associated with a sustained high frequency of HCV-specific cellular immune responses.
Erythrocytapheresis, a treatment modality in hereditary hemochromatosis

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Results of modified stoppa approach for anterior column acetabular fractures

Introduction: Surgical management of displaced acetabular fractures has become the gold standard after the early work of Le tournel. The choice of operative approach is dependent on the fracture type, direction of displacement, skin situation at the surgical incision site, and duration from initial injury. The fractures with the main anterior displacement are approached anteriorly, while those with the main posterior displacement are approached posteriorly. A combined or extended approach is used if the displacement involves both the anterior and posterior parts of the acetabulum. This study presents our experience of internal fixation of the acetabular fractures and pelvic fractures using a newly modified Stoppa approach, which provides closer visualization to the entire anterior column, quadrilateral surface and the pelvic brim portion of the posterior column. Materials and Methods: From February 2014 to April 2016, 29 cases of acetabular fractures were treated at our institution. The inclusion criteria for this study consisted of all simple and combined acetabular fracture types with main anterior displacement. And the patients with history of cesarean section, hysterectomy, bladder injury, prostatectomy, or bladder surgery were excluded. All the patients were regularly followed in out patient department at two weeks, six weeks, three months, six months, and one year postoperatively. AP pelvic and Judet radiographs were taken and reviewed by an independent orthopaedic trauma surgeon, Results: In this study 29 patients were followed up, out of which an anatomic reduction was obtained in 24 patients (82.8 %), a satisfactory reduction in four patients (13.8 %) and poor reduction in one patient (3.4 %). All iliac wing fractures were anatomically reduced (n = 29). The Harris hip score was more than 90 points in 11 patients (37.9 %), 80–89 in 16 (55.2 %) and less than 79 in two patients (9 %). Conclusion: Our experience using of the newly modified Stoppa approach for the treatment of acetabular fractures provides excellent access and visualization to the anterior column, quadrilateral surface and sciatic notch, while permitting good to excellent reduction and fixation.