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Prediction of Combine ’ s Number By Using ARMAX Model in Turkey

The combine is the most expensive machine in agricultural production. Prediction of the demand of the combine will be important to plan of the future decision of producers and distributors. The aim of the study was to estimate the number of combines in the 2009-2020 periods in Turkey. This study is based on data concerning the number of combines and real agricultural gross domestic product data in Turkey for the period 1971-2008. ARMAX model was used to predict the variation of the number of the combine for the period of 2009-2020 in Turkey. According to the model results, the number of combines is estimated to reach 13292 units in 2020. The annual increase in the future number of the combines is estimated to be 54–55 units. The results from the model deviate an average 4.11% from the observed data, which may be regarded as definitely within an acceptable range. It is assumed that the estimated results created by using ARMAX for the period 2009-2020 will be useful for combine producers and distributors.
Contribution VALIDATION OF 3 D ULTRASOUND VESSEL WALL VOLUME : AN IMAGING PHENOTYPE OF CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Carotid atherosclerotic lesions are a major cause of stroke and the identification and quantification of such lesions in patients is important for the development of a better understanding of atherogenesis in high risk populations and for the design of studies to assess treatment efficacy. Our objective was to develop and validate a new three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) measurement or phenotype of carotid atherosclerosis, vessel wall volume (VWV), which is a three-dimensional measurement of vessel wall thickness and plaque within the carotid arteries measured in 3DUS images. To assess both intraobserver and interscan variability, 3DUS images were acquired from the right and left carotid arteries of ten subjects with carotid atherosclerosis scanned twice within a period of 2 wk. For both VWV and total plaque volume (TPV), an expert observer performed five measurement trials of all images acquired at baseline scan and 2-wk rescan with a 5-d period between measurement trials for images. Images were re-randomized for each measurement trial and both TPV and VWV were measured by observers who were blinded to subject identification for each time-point measurement. Coefficients of variation (COV) and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), for VWV measurements indicated higher intraobserver (scan COV 4.6% ICC 0.95, rescan COV 3.4%, ICC 0.96) and interscan reproducibility (COV 5.7%, ICC 0.85) than TPV measurements (intraobserver variability scan COV 22.7% ICC 0.85, rescan COV 21.1% ICC 0.88 and interscan variability, COV 31.1%, ICC 0.83), although absolute variances for both phenotypes were very similar (VWV 90 mm, TPV 80 mm). (E-mail: gep@imaging.robarts.ca) © 2007 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.
A Mobile Augmented Reality Application to Improve Patient Education in Urology

In urology, conveying information about pathology and treatment to the patient often proves to be di cult because the concerned organs are not visible. In order to improve the situation, this thesis aims to develop a tool for simple knowledge transfer between physician and patient. By combining an augmented reality (AR) application on a tablet computer with a 3D print of a prostate, details about pathologies and possible treatments are conveyed in a simple to understand manner. The application supports two di↵erent interaction paradigms touch based and with virtual buttons that are printed on paper that are being compared in a user study (n=11). The study aimed at evaluating the usability and the intuitive use. Completion of the given tasks was done faster on the display ( : 120s, = 33s) vs. the virtual buttons ( : 253s, = 82s). The touch-display paradigm scored 4.4 out of 5 in the QUESI questionnaire (2.95 for VB) and 86 out of 105 (vs. 74 VB) in the ISONORM questionnaire. One-tailed, paired t-tests were conducted one the mean scores per questionnaire on a per-user with ↵= 0.05. The resulting p-values 0.0045 for ISONORM and 0.003 for QUESI both show a statistically significant di↵erence. The results show that the display based paradigm is less error prone and, due to a more familiar interaction scheme, the preferred solution amongst participants. Abstrakt In der Urologie erweist sich Wissenstransfer bezüglich Erkrankung und möglicher Therapie als schwierig, da die betro↵enen Organe nicht äusserlich sichtbar sind. Um diesen Zustand zu verbessern zielt diese Masterarbeit darauf ab, ein Werkzeug für einfacheren Wissenstransfer zwischen Arzt und Patient zu entwickeln. Durch die Kombination einer Augmented Reality (AR) Applikation auf einem tragbaren Tabletcomputer mit einem 3D-gedruckten Modell einer Prostata, werden Informationen über den Zustand des Patienten und mögliche Therapien auf einfache und verständliche Art und Weise übermittelt. Die Applikation nutzt zweierlei Bedienparadigmen via Touch-Display bzw. via auf ein Papier gedruckte virtuelle Buttons (VB). Diese Bedienparadigmen werden in einer Nutzerstudie (n=11) verglichen. Die Studie zielt auf die Usability bzw. die intuitive Nutzbarkeit ab. Die gestellten Aufgaben wurden mit dem TouchDisplay schneller bearbeitet: : 120s, = 33s bzw. : 253s, = 82s mit VB. Das Touch-Display Paradigma erzielte 4.4 von 5 Punkten im QUESI Fragebogen (2.95 mit VB) und 86 von 105 (vs 74 VB) im ISONORM Fragebogen. Einseit-
In Silico Analysisof Constitutive dicot TubulinGene Promoter

Gene transformation is a valuable application used to introduce foreign genes into plants. The expression of transgenes is regulated by the promoter attached upstream to the gene. Promoters are non coding DNA sequences which occur upstream of the coding region of gene. They are transcription control modules that control overall expression profile of the gene. A variety of promoters is necessary at all levels of genetic engineering in plants from basic research to the development of economically viable crops and plant commodities.Plant gene promoters are categorized into constitutive, inducible, tissue-specific and synthetic/ hybrid promoters. The study involves identification and analyses of constitutive dicot gene promoter isolated through High throughput Genomic Sequences (HTGS). High throughput Genomic Sequences (HTGS) in the GenBank provide one of the information databases for utilizing bioinformatics approaches to identify promoter regions of different genes. The regulatory regions of a particular gene detected on an HTGS can be further screened by different bioinformatics tools to detect cisregulatory elements, transcription start sites and transcription factor binding sites.
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 acts upstream of ADP-ribosylation factor 6 and Rac 1 to regulate epithelial cell migration

Article Chronology: Received 26 November 2005 Revised version received 16 January 2006 Accepted 17 January 2006 Available online 9 March 2006 Cell sheet movement during epithelial wound closure is a complex process involving collective cell migration. We have found that glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) activity is required formembrane protrusion and crawling of cells at thewound edge and those behind it in wounded Madin–Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial cell monolayers. RNA interference-based silencing of GSK-3α and GSK-3β expression also results in slowed cell sheet migration, with the effect being more pronounced with knockdown of GSK-3β. Both GSK-3α and GSK-3β are in activated states during the most active phase of cell migration. In addition to having a positive control or permissive, rather than negative, function in MDCK cell migration, GSK-3 appears to act upstream of the small GTPases ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6) and Rac1. Expression of constitutively active ARF6 restores a protrusive, migratory phenotype in cells treated with GSK-3 inhibitors. It does not, however, restore to normal levels the directional polarization of cells behind the wound edge toward the wound area, implying the existence of a separate ARF6-independent branch of the GSK-3 pathway that regulates proper wound-directed polarization of these cells. Finally, inhibition of GSK-3 also strongly reduces activation of Rac1 and cell scatter in response to hepatocyte growth factor/ scatter factor, which triggers dispersal and migration of cells in monolayer culture as fibroblast-like individual cells, a mode of epithelial cell motility distinct from the collective migration of wound closure. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The 26 th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence , 2012-1-An Efficient Method for Ontology Instance Matching

Ontology Instance Matching is a key interoperability enabler across heterogeneous data sources in the semantic web and a useful maneuver in some classical data integration tasks dealing with the semantic heterogeneous assignments. As heterogeneous sources of massive ontology instances grow dramatically day by day, scalability has become a major research issue in ontology instance matching of semantic knowledge bases. In this paper, we propose an efficient method by grouping instances into several sub-groups to address the scalability issue. Then, our instance matcher, which considers the semantic specification of properties associated to instances in matching strategy, works by comparing an instance within a classification group of one knowledge base against the instances of same sub-group of other knowledge base to achieve interoperability. A cunning approach for measuring the influence of properties in matching process is also presented. The experiment depicts satisfactory results in terms of effectiveness and scalability over baseline methods.
Recent Progress in Research of the Mechanism of Fertilization in Angiosperms

Fertilization in angiosperms is a complex process. When the pollen tube enters the degenerated synergid of an embryo sac, two sperm cells are released inside. The two sperm cells are connected in the pollen tube but after their release in the degenerated synergid, they must separate. One of the two sperm cells moves to the egg cell and fuses with it to form a zygote, the other one moves to the central cell to form the endosperm. The process of male and female gamete recognition is a critical interaction but remains poorly understood. In this review, we discuss recent progress in the study of the cell cycle of male and female gametes before fertilization, and the question of synergid degeneration. Herein we analyze the status of research on the movement of the two sperm cells in the degenerated synergid, and the phenomenon of signal reactions between male and female gametes. We also evaluate our progress in understanding the preferential fertilization of sperm cells and egg cell activation. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Network Anomaly Detection by Using a Time-Decay Closed Frequent Pattern

Anomaly detection of network traffic flows is a non-trivial problem in the field of network security due to the complexity of network traffic. However, most machine learning-based detection methods focus on network anomaly detection but ignore the user anomaly behavior detection. In real scenarios, the anomaly network behavior may harm the user interests. In this paper, we propose an anomaly detection model based on time-decay closed frequent patterns to address this problem. The model mines closed frequent patterns from the network traffic of each user and uses a time-decay factor to distinguish the weight of current and historical network traffic. Because of the dynamic nature of user network behavior, a detection model update strategy is provided in the anomaly detection framework. Additionally, the closed frequent patterns can provide interpretable explanations for anomalies. Experimental results show that the proposed method can detect user behavior anomaly, and the network anomaly detection performance achieved by the proposed method is similar to the state-of-the-art methods and significantly better than the baseline methods.
Simulation and Analysis of a Silicon PI-N Waveguide Based on Electro-Optic Carrier-Depletion Effect

This paper provides the analysis of a silicon P-I-N waveguide. The analysis is performed by simulating the said waveguide by applying the electro-optic carrier-depletion effect. Three design parameters have been altered, namely the rib waveguide dimensions, the doping concentration and the electrical contacts distance to the waveguide. The simulation generates the free carrier concentration around a specific region of the waveguide and the waveguide effective index change in response to the voltage applied.
Personality Determinants of the Effectiveness of the Prison Service

This paper presents the results of research on the relationship of personality with a sense of self-efficacy of the Prison Service. The results obtained on the basis of 190 prison officers from the security department, penitentiary and therapeutic. For personality analysis was used Personality Questionnaire (NEO-PI-R) Costa and McCrae. Self-efficacy was measured using the Generalized Self Efficacy Scale (GSES) Schwarzer, Jerusalem and Juczynski. The results indicate that neuroticism, extroversion, openness and conscientiousness and their components are related and affect a significant effect on self-efficacy.
Mobility Management and Congestion Control in Wireless Mesh Networks

Today, wireless mesh networks are increasingly popular. In order to be better adapted to the increasing number of offered services in telecommunications, many Quality of Service (QoS) problems are being considered. Some of the important issues are: admission control, congestion control, and handoff management of the network. Our research focuses on those issues individually and combining them together in order to find solutions to enhance the quality of service provided to each user as demanded in their SLA. A novel Markov Decision-based Admission Control and Routing (MDACR) algorithm is proposed. The MDACR algorithm finds a sub-optimal solution using the value iteration method. Admission rate increases for both types of user associations (handoff and new user association request), which is addressed by a proposed multi-homing admission and routing algorithm. This algorithm associates the user with two different access points. This is beneficial in a highly congested network, which permits a new routing metric to assure seamless handoff in the network. When a user is moving, MDACR algorithm finds a maximally jointed route with the old route, which decreases the handoff delay. Another aspect is considered in order to improve the QoS in WMN, which is the congestion control, a novel proactive approach is proposed. Where a Variable Order Markov (VOM) prediction model is introduced to predict the congestion status in each link in the network, a new route is established for the traffic based on the output of the VOM model, and the transmission rate is adjusted based on the link congestion status to increase the overall user satisfaction. Sub-optimal model is introduced and solved using Lagrange method. Based on the predicted link congestion, rerouting algorithm is implemented in order to insure load balancing and to mitigate congestion over WMN network. Our ultimate goal is to improve the QoS in WMN by dealing individually with the issues stated above and try to combine them together and provide QoS framework which deals with many types of services.
Stative Passives and Event Kinds

Motivated by particular restrictions on event-related modiﬁcation with German stative passives, this paper proposes that stative passives instantiate a consequent state kind of an event kind. The participle in such constructions has to be derived from a verb whose event structure contains a consequent state, represented by an event-semantically interpreted BECOME component. Event-related modiﬁers with BE -passives modify either the event kind argument or the state itself, and are therefore semantically licensed.
Accurate POD Reduced-Order Models of separated flows

During the past decades, the study and the control of boundary layer separation have motivated lots of research projects within a wide part of the scientific community, in close interactions with the aeronautical industrial network. In order to develop an energetically efficient strategy to control separation, it is interesting and effective to formulate active flow control problems in terms of optimization problems. In this context we propose here to derive Reduced-Order Models based on Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD ROM) that can reproduce with a sufficient degree of reliability the spatio-temporal dynamics of separated flows. As a matter of fact, the growing interest for these models comes from their potential role as surrogate models, in the resolution of large-scale constrained optimization problems that are frequently encountered in flow control. The general approach consists in substituting the high-fidelity model of Navier-Stokes equations by an approximated model that captures the essential features of the original dynamics, and furthermore is cheaper to compute. POD, which is the optimal decomposition in terms of energy, can be used to describe the flow in a low dimensional subspace spanned by a few number of dominant modes. However, it can happen that the traditional POD-Galerkin approach results in a poorly accurate or unstable POD ROM. Thus in this work various calibration methods are set up and compared to improve the efficiency of this model. The main idea behind the calibration framework proposed here is to determine in the POD ROM system of equations, auxiliary parameters that are computed by resolving appropriate constrained minimization problems. Finally the calibration methods are assessed for three flow configurations of different complexity: the wake flow behind a circular cylinder simulated by DNS at Re = 200; the separated flow on the upper-surface of an airfoil, measured by PIV at Re = 4.6 × 10 6 and simulated by DNS at Re = 5000. Electronic address: Julien.Favier@unige.it Electronic address: Laurent.Cordier@univ-poitiers.fr Electronic address: kourta@imft.fr 2
Synthetic Regeneration of Relational Data at Scale

To locally reproduce and analyze a client’s problem, database vendors often construct a synthetic version of the client’s database and query workload at their development sites. Such a regenerative approach becomes imperative in the world of Big Data systems, where transferring and storing client data at vendor sites has impractical space and time overheads, apart from the standard privacy and liability risks. A rich body of literature exists on synthetic database regeneration, but suffers critical limitations with regard to maintaining statistical fidelity to the client database and/or scaling to large volumes. In this report, we present PhoneyMocker, a database generator that leverages the declarative approach to data regeneration proposed in [1], and materially improves on it by adding scale, dynamism and functionality. Specifically, PhoneyMocker incorporates an optimized LP (linear programming) formulation that replaces the grid-partitioning approach of [1] by a region-partitioning approach, in the process delivering an algorithm that reduces the LP complexity by orders of magnitude. Secondly, PhoneyMocker introduces the potent concept of dynamic regeneration by using a minuscule database summary that can on-the-fly create databases of arbitrary size. Finally, PhoneyMocker extends the scope of the generation framework to a richer set of database schemas, query workloads and data operators. A detailed experimental evaluation based on the TPC-DS benchmark demonstrates that PhoneyMocker can be successfully used to handle the requirements of contemporary database deployments.
Heat shock proteins reduce a-synuclein aggregation induced by MPP + in SKN-SH cells

a-Synuclein has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Heat shock proteins (HSPs) can reduce protein misfolding and accelerate the degradation of misfolded proteins. 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP) is the compound responsible for the PD-like neurodegeneration caused by MPTP. In this study, we found that MPP could increase the expression of a-synuclein mRNA but could not elevate proteasome activity sufficiently, leading to a-synuclein protein accumulation followed by aggregation. Both HSPs and HDJ1, a homologue of human Hsp40, can inhibit MPP-induced asynuclein mRNA expression, promote ubiquitination and elevate proteasome activity. These findings suggest that HSPs may inhibit the MPP-induced a-synuclein expression, accelerate a-synuclein degradation, thereby reducing the amount of a-synuclein protein and accordingly preventing its aggregation. 2006 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
GENETIC DETECTION AND PATHOLOGICAL FINDING OF BVDV AND BHV-1 IN CAMEL CALVES

Received at: 18/6/2015 Accepted: 30/6/2015 The objectives of this study are directed to employ multiplex PCR assay and some virological techniques for detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and bovine herps virus-1 (BHV-1) in clinical samples with clarification of their pathological effects on camel calves. A total of 124 different types of samples were collected from 43 camel calves (clinically ill n=28, apparently healthy n=10 and recently dead camel calves n=5), from two different localities in Egypt. All samples were subjected to virological (immunoflurece and immunoperoxidase) and molecular investigation. Tissue samples from recently dead animals were subjected to histopathological studies. BHV-1 was detected in 6(13.95%) using immunoflurece versus to 7(16.27%) by immunoperoxidase while BVDV was detected with same percentage (11.62%) in both techniques. Results of PCR demonstrated a specific amplicon of 389bp indicating the presence of BHV-1 in 8(21.21%) out of examined 33 clinically ill animals. While successful amplification of 288bp indicating the presence of BVDV in 6 (13.95%) out of total 43 animals under investigation. Histopathological examinations revealed encephalitis and necrosis in the brain with interstitial lymphocytic pneumonia. Lymphocytic portal hepatitis, hyperplasia of spleen follicles, ulcerative enteritis and hemorrhagic lymphadenitis were observed. Results concluded that the use of multiplex PCR can be a rapid cost-effective way for simultaneous detection so that consider a valuable practical diagnostic tool for BVDV and BHV-1 in clinical samples. Immunoflurecent and immunoperoxidase regard as simple confirmative tools for identification of both viruses. This study confirmed the lesions in several organs of camel calves infected with BVD and BHV-1.
On the Distribution of an Effective Channel Estimator for Multi-Cell Massive MIMO

Accurate channel estimation is of utmost importance for massive MIMO systems to provide significant improvements in spectral and energy efficiency. In this work, we present a study on the distribution of a simple but yet effective and practical channel estimator for multi-cell massive MIMO systems suffering from pilot-contamination. The proposed channel estimator performs well under moderate to aggressive pilot contamination scenarios without previous knowledge of the inter-cell large-scale channel coefficients and noise power, asymptotically approximating the performance of the linear MMSE estimator as the number of antennas increases. We prove that the distribution of the proposed channel estimator can be accurately approximated by the circularly-symmetric complex normal distribution, when the number of antennas, $M$ , deployed at the base station is greater than 10.