Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ACCURACY OF IMPRESSION TECHNIQUES IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY

background: One of the successful methods of prosthodontic rehabilitation is Implants. Implant dentistry requires a multidisciplinary approach and proper prosthodontic planning to achieve a satisfactory result. Thus, the successful outcome of treatment largely depends on the accuracy of various impression techniques, materials used and osseointegration of implants. The main aim of implant impression is to accurately place implant analog/abutment corresponding to other structures in the dental arch without stressing the adjacent supporting tissue and teeth. The aim of work: This review aims to understand the accuracy of various important techniques regarding accurate reproducibility, dimensional stability, and material aspects. Methodology: The review is a comprehensive search of PUBMED from the year 1992 to 2016. The following search terms were used: Implants impression techniques, Direct impression technique, indirect impression technique, Impression material Conclusion: The passive fit of implant prosthesis is the ultimate factor in the long-term success of prosthesis. To achieve it a clinician should have sound knowledge of component and the impression material used, the impression techniques for a suitable impression procedure based on a clinical situation. Among impression material, vinyl polysiloxane is found to be most accurate compared to other impression material such as polyether, polysulfide, etc. More precision is seen with direct impression technique than indirect impression techniques.
University of Birmingham Reward-priming of location in visual search

Existing visual search research has demonstrated that the receipt of reward will be beneficial for subsequent perceptual and attentional processing of features that have characterized targets, but detrimental for processing of features that have characterized irrelevant distractors. Here we report a similar effect of reward on location. Observers completed a visual search task in which they selected a target, ignored a salient distractor, and received random-magnitude reward for correct performance. Results show that when target selection garnered rewarding outcome attention is subsequently a. ) primed to return to the target location, and b. ) biased away from the location that was occupied by the salient, task-irrelevant distractor. These results suggest that in addition to priming features, reward acts to guide visual search by priming contextual locations of visual stimuli.
X-Ray Fluctuations from Advection-dominated Accretion Disks with a Critical Behavior

A new hydrodynamic model for aperiodic X-ray fluctuations from black hole objects is presented. X-ray fluctuation is thought to originate from instabilities of the accretion disk around a black hole. We previously proposed the cellular automaton model based on the notion of self-organized criticality to describe the open, dissipative nature of a disk undergoing instabilities. Assuming that an avalanche was triggered when the mass density exceeded some critical value, we could reproduce the basic statistical features of X-ray variability with this model. As an independent inquiry, we also calculated the response of an axisymmetric, advection-dominated disk to thermal perturbations, demonstrating that it can easily produce an X-ray shot as is observed in X-ray fluctuations. In this paper, we couple these two different lines of study and calculate the time evolution of an advection-dominated disk with a critical behavior, namely, if surface density exceeds some critical value, we let viscosity increase. As a result, we succeed in producing 1/f-like fluctuations. We also find that the fluctuation properties depend upon the prescription of the critical condition. The present model predicts a constant slope in the decline part of the power spectral density (PSD), while fbreak, the frequency separating the flat and decline parts of the PSD, changes according to variations in the size of the advection-dominated portions of the disk.
Observer Linearization for Nonlinear Systems Using Piecewise Multi Linear Model

— This paper proposes an observer design for piecewise nonlinear systems via observer linearization. The model is a piecewise multi-linear (PML) system, a nonlinear approximation, and fully parametric. Feedback linearization is applied to stabilize PML control system. However, since exact observer linearized conditions are more conservative than exact feedback linearized ones, the exact observer linearization can be applied to only a few nonlinear systems. This paper shows the PML model based linearized observer can be applied to a wider system than the conventional one. We apply the proposed method to TORA (Translational Oscillator with Rotating Actuator) system which is one of the benchmark problem for nonlinear control. Example is shown to confirm the feasibility of our proposals by computer simulation.
I EFFECT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND SAWDUST IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYBRID RYEGRASS ( Lolium × hybrydum HAUSSKN.) ON SOIL MACROAGGREGATES AND WATER CONTENT

Chilean soils degradation is a serious problem affecting directly the productivity of most of the crops. Some evidence indicates sewage sludge can improve soil physical properties, especially when combined with sawdust. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of different mixtures of sewage sludge (LU) and sawdust (RA) on water-stable aggregates and available water content of a degraded Alfisol cropped with hybrid ryegrass ( Lolium × hybridum Hausskn.), under greenhouse conditions. The experimental design was a completely randomized with a factorial arrangement of 2 × 9 (ryegrass × rates of sludge and sawdust). Treatments were 25 and 50 Mg LU ha -1 mixed with 10, 25, and 50 Mg RA ha -1 . Ratio mixtures of LU/RA were set in pots with hybrid ryegrass. Soil available water content (AW), percentage of macroaggregates (MA) and water-stable aggregates (AWD) were evaluated. Ryegrass aboveground biomass was also measured. Mixtures of LU/RA amended to the soil increased MA and AWD, an effect that was most evident at 50 Mg ha -1 . The AW value was greater when LU was amended to 50 Mg ha -1 mixed with RA at doses of 10, 25, and 50 Mg ha -1 . There was greater aboveground biomass of hybrid ryegrass, directly related to increasing doses of LU and RA in the mixtures. The addition to soil of both organic residues combined, LU and RA, improved the physical parameters studied, especially in the presence of hybrid ryegrass.
FuNTAP: A Fusarium graminearum Protein-Protein Interaction Network to Study Deoxynivalenol Biosynthesis Pathways

Protein interaction networks provide invaluable information on the complexity of biological pathways within organisms. These networks help identify proteins of interest along with groups of closely associated proteins with common functions. The fungus Fusarium graminearum is a pathogen of agriculturally significant crops such as wheat. The infection process includes production of harmful mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON). To study the signalling pathways leading to biosynthesis of DON in F. graminearum, we constructed the Fusarium Network of Trichothecene Associated Proteins (FuNTAP) based on yeast two-hybrid interactions of proteins differentially expressed under DON inducing conditions. The FuNTAP network categorizes the metabolic pathway which produces this important mycotoxin without the drawbacks of previous predicted-based model interactomes. As such, we present the FuNTAP network as a tool to identify proteins regulating the biosynthesis of DON. This network may also integrate other sources of data including gene expression profiles and biological function through sequence similarity.
Quantum continuous gl ∞ : Semiinﬁnite construction of representations

We begin a study of the representation theory of quantum continuous gl ∞ , whichwedenoteby E . Thisalgebradependsontwoparametersandisadeformedversion of the enveloping algebra of the Lie algebra of diﬀerence operators acting on the space of Laurent polynomials in one variable. Fundamental representations of E are labeled by a continuous parameter u ∈ C . The representation theory of E has many properties familiar from the representation theory of gl ∞ : vector representations, Fock modules, and semiinﬁnite constructions of modules. Using tensor products of vector representations, we construct surjective homomorphisms from E to spherical double aﬃne Hecke algebras S ¨ H N for all N . A key step in this construction is an identiﬁcation of a natural basis of the tensor products of vector representations with Macdonald polynomials. We also show that one of the Fock representations is isomorphic to the module constructed earlier by means of the K -theory of Hilbert schemes.
Effects of carbon monoxide releasing molecules (CO-RMs) on pulmonary vasoreactivity 1 in isolated perfused lungs

Introduction: In addition to its renowned poisonous effects, carbon monoxide (CO) is being 25 recognized for its beneficial actions on inflammatory and vasoregulatory pathways, 26 particularly when applied at low concentrations via CO-releasing molecules (CO-RMs). In the 27 lung, CO gas and CO-RMs are suggested to decrease pulmonary vascular tone and hypoxic 28 pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). However, the direct effect of CO-RMs on the pulmonary 29 vasoreactivity in isolated lungs has not yet been investigated. 30 Methods: We assessed the effect of CORM-2 and CORM-3 on the pulmonary vasculature 31 during normoxia and acute hypoxia (1% oxygen for 10 minutes) in isolated ventilated and 32 perfused mouse lungs. The effects were compared to those of inhaled CO gas (10%). The 33 interaction of CORM-2 or CO with cytochrome P450 (CYP) was measured simultaneously by 34 tissue spectrophotometry. 35 Result: Inhaled CO decreased HPV and vasoconstriction induced by the thromboxane 36 mimetic U46619, but did not alter potassium chloride-induced vasoconstriction. In contrast, 37 concentrations of CORM-2 and CORM-3 used to elicit beneficial effects on the systemic 38 circulation did not affect pulmonary vascular tone. High concentration of CO-RMs, or long 39 term application induced a continuous increase in normoxic pressure. Inhaled CO showed 40 spectral alterations correlating to the inhibition of CYP. In contrast, during application of 41 CORM-2 spectrophotometric signs of interaction with CYP could not be detected. 42 Conclusion: Application of CO-RMs in therapeutic doses in isolated lungs neither decreases 43 pulmonary vascular tone and HPV, nor does it induce spectral alterations that are 44 characteristic of CO inhibited CYP. High doses, however, may cause pulmonary 45 vasoconstriction.
Gaussian Quadrature and Its Application to Infrared Radiation

The Gaussian integration of moments is systematically discussed. It is shown that the well-known diffusivity- factor approximation is equivalent to a one-node Gaussian quadrature. The limit as the moment power approaches inﬁnity in a one-node Gaussian quadrature produces a diffusivity factor of e 1/2 (cid:53) 1.648 721 3, which is very close to the value of 1.66 suggested by Elsasser. The errors due to the diffusivity-factor approximation are analyzed in a one-dimensional radiative transfer model. Generally, the results cannot be improved by using other one-node Gaussian quadrature schemes with different moments. More accurate results can be obtained by using higher-node Gaussian quadratures. It is found that the limit as the moment power approaches inﬁnity always produces the best results. The computational advantage of the diffusivity-factor approximation is kept in the higher-node Gaussian quadratures. It is, therefore, feasible to implement the higher-node Gaussian quadratures in climate models.
Megacity impacts on regional ozone formation: observations and WRF-Chem modeling for the MIRAGE-Shanghai ﬁeld campaign

The MIRAGE-Shanghai experiment was designed to characterize the factors controlling regional air pollution near a Chinese megacity (Shanghai) and was conducted during September 2009. This paper provides information on the measurements conducted for this study. In order to have some deep analysis of the measurements, a regional chem-ical/dynamical model (version 3 of Weather Research and Forecasting Chemical model – WRF-Chemv3) is applied for this study. The model results are intensively compared with the measurements to evaluate the model capability for calculating air pollutants in the Shanghai region, especially the chemical species related to ozone formation. The results show that the model is able to calculate the general distributions (the level and the variability) of air pollutants in the Shanghai region, and the differences between the model calculation and the measurement are mostly smaller than 30 %, except the calculations of HONO (nitrous acid) at PD (Pudong) and CO (carbon monoxide) at DT (Dongtan). focus is the study of ozone chemical formation not only in the urban area, but also on a regional scale of the surrounding area of Shanghai. The results show that during the experiment period, the ozone photochemical formation was strongly under the VOC (volatile organic compound)-limited condition in the urban area of Shanghai. Moreover, the VOC-limited condition occurred not only in the city, but also in the larger regional area. There was a con-tinuous enhancement of ozone concentrations in the downwind of the megacity of Shanghai, resulting in a signiﬁcant enhancement of ozone concentrations in a very large regional area in the surrounding region of Shanghai. The sensitivity study of the model suggests that there is a threshold value for switching from VOC-limited condition to NO x (nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide)-limited condition. The threshold value is strongly dependent on the emission ratio of NO x / VOCs. When the ratio is about 0.4, the Shanghai region is under a strong VOC-limited condition over the regional scale. In contrast, when the ratio is reduced to about 0.1, the Shanghai region is under a strong NO x -limited condition. The estimated threshold value (on the regional scale) for switching from VOC-limited to NO x -limited condition ranges from 0.1 to 0.2. This result has important implications for ozone production in this region and will facilitate the development of effective O 3 control strategies in the Shanghai region.
JAMIA Focus on Medical Record De-identiﬁcation

To facilitate and survey studies in automatic de-identiﬁcation, as a part of the i2b2 (Informatics for Integrating Biology to the Bedside) project, authors organized a Natural Language Processing (NLP) challenge on automatically removing private health information (PHI) from medical discharge records. This manuscript provides an overview of this de-identiﬁcation challenge, describes the data and the annotation process, explains the evaluation metrics, discusses the nature of the systems that addressed the challenge, analyzes the results of received system runs, and identiﬁes directions for future research. The de-indentiﬁcation challenge data consisted of discharge summaries drawn from the Partners Healthcare system. Authors prepared this data for the challenge by replacing authentic PHI with synthesized surrogates. To focus the challenge on non-dictionary-based de-identiﬁcation methods, the data was enriched with out-of-vocabulary PHI surrogates, i.e., made up names. The data also included some PHI surrogates that were ambiguous with medical non-PHI terms. A total of seven teams participated in the challenge. Each team submitted up to three system runs, for a total of sixteen submissions. The authors used precision, recall, and F-measure to evaluate the submitted system runs based on their token-level and instance-level performance on the ground truth. The systems with the best performance scored above 98% in F-measure for all categories of PHI. Most out-of-vocabulary PHI could be identiﬁed accurately. However, identifying ambiguous PHI proved challenging. The performance of systems on the test data set is encouraging. Future evaluations of these systems will involve larger data sets from more heterogeneous sources.
An Action Interface Manager for ROSPlan

Task planning and task execution are two high-level robot control modules that often are working with representations of the scenario at different levels of abstraction. Thus, a further mapping module is required to connect the abstract planned actions to the robot-speciﬁc algorithms that must be called in order to execute these actions. We present a novel implementation of such a module that allows a user to deﬁne this mapping for all actions through a single conﬁguration ﬁle. This greatly reduces the amount of effort that is required to integrate an automated planner with a robotic platform. This module has been integrated as an Action Interface of the automated task planning framework ROSPlan, and includes a Graphical User Interface though which the conﬁguration ﬁle can be easily generated and updated. The use of the interface is demonstrated in two scenarios: with robot actors possessing only a single action, and a more complex scenario with multiple agents and types of actions.
Deliverable D 1 . 3 Design for systems and interfaces for slice operation v 1

Network slicing is one of the main differentiating and innovative features of 5G by enabling the partitioning of the network infrastructure to support specific use cases, services, individual customers or vertical industries. This feature will be implemented, evaluated and validated by the 5G-VINNI end-to-end Facility though the deployment of a wide range of 5G trials, according to the requirements defined by end users. This document is focused on operation, management and orchestration of network slicing and draws upon the current state of the art in standardization and R&D projects, as well as two previous 5G-VINNI deliverables, D1.1 and D1.2. [End of abstract] Ref. Ares(2019)4326601 06/07/2019 5G-VINNI H2020-ICT-2018-1/815279 Deliverable D1.3 Page 2 of (90) © 5G-VINNI consortium 2019 Disclaimer This document contains material, which is the copyright of certain 5G-VINNI consortium parties, and may not be reproduced or copied without permission. In case of Public (PU): All 5G-VINNI consortium parties have agreed to full publication of this document. In case of Restricted to Programme (PP): All 5G-VINNI consortium parties have agreed to make this document available on request to other framework programme participants. In case of Restricted to Group (RE): All 5G-VINNI consortium parties have agreed to full publication of this document. However this document is written for being used by <organisation / other project / company etc.> as <a contribution to standardisation / material for consideration in product development etc.>. In case of Consortium confidential (CO): The information contained in this document is the proprietary confidential information of the 5G-VINNI consortium and may not be disclosed except in accordance with the consortium agreement. The commercial use of any information contained in this document may require a license from the proprietor of that information. Neither the 5G-VINNI consortium as a whole, nor a certain part of the 5G-VINNI consortium, warrant that the information contained in this document is capable of use, nor that use of the information is free from risk, accepting no liability for loss or damage suffered by any person using this information. The EC flag in this document is owned by the European Commission and the 5G PPP logo is owned by the 5G PPP initiative. The use of the flag and the 5G PPP logo reflects that 5G-VINNI receives funding from the European Commission, integrated in its 5G PPP initiative. Apart from this, the European Commission or the 5G PPP initiative have no responsibility for the content. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 815279.
Assessing and Evaluating Standard Compliance with a State and Local Government GIS Metadata Profile in Large Geospatial Databases

— Under the supervision of the North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council (NCGICC) and Statewide Mapping Advisory Committee (SMAC), a committee defined and developed a State and Local Government Metadata profile intended for use in North Carolina. This profile is based on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 191** standards. In addition to dictating best practices and conventions for existing metadata entries such as the Title, Publication Date and Use Constraints, this standard accounts for evolving technologies that did not exist when original metadata standards were first developed . While the rate at which geoinformation is created has exponentially increased, the time dedicated to cataloging and subsequently assessing and evaluating this metadata information remains nearly the same. In addition to educating the North Carolina Geographic Information Systems (GIS) community on this new standard, the research team is currently developing tools so GIS managers can gauge standard compliance more efficiently and proactively than in the past. In this short paper, the research team has begun using programming methods in which metadata entries from multiple layers in large geospatial databases can be assessed and evaluated. These methods will be tested using various quantitative methods, including the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). This can provide insight into the various accuracies (horizontal, vertical, temporal, etc.) of layers which in turn can dictate future efforts. It can also be used to identify inconsistencies in metadata entries with an end goal of understanding misinterpretation of the profile so it can be improved in future incarnations.