Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Vinall Maturation in Preterm Newborns Slower Postnatal Growth Is Associated with Delayed Cerebral Cortical

determine how differences in brain anatomy and MRI data translate into developmental and cognitive outcomes. developing brain to develop methods for preventing any resulting injury. In addition, long-term studies should help to More studies are needed to understand how postnatal growth, nutrition, illness, and prenatal ischemia affect the neurons. disturbances in the branching of neuronal dendrites and abnormal formation of synapse connections with other histological and structural aberrations. The growth impairment seen in the animals' brains by MRI corresponded to ischemic episodes. Here, the authors also saw abnormalities in brain development by MRI and correlated them with undergo after an in utero ischemic event, and these data were compared to those of age-matched animals that did not gestation time. The lambs were analyzed both by MRI and by histological analysis of the brain at 1, 2, or 4 weeks structures of fetal lambs that had experienced ischemia in utero at a time that corresponded to about two-thirds of full took a different approach to studying premature brain development: they analyzed the brain et al. Dean illnesses the infants may have experienced early in life. brain structure correlated with postnatal growth (and presumably nutrition) even after accounting for any other of infections or other serious illnesses. A detailed analysis of the MRI scans showed that the development of normal as well as data on other factors that could affect brain growth, including the presence −− weight, length, and head size −− dates and the other scan when they reached full term. The authors also tracked the infants' growth parameters The authors performed two sets of MRI scans on these infants: one scan was done about 2 months before their due Vinall and coauthors examined 95 premature newborn babies who were born at 24 to 32 weeks of gestation. angles using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in human infants and newborn lambs. can be difficult to predict. Now, two sets of authors have obtained new data that approach this problem from different complications. In particular, cognitive problems and developmental delays are common in this patient population and Despite all of the recent advances in medical care for premature newborns, these infants still often experience Early Start for Better Brains
Parental language mixing: Its measurement and the relation of mixed input to young bilingual children's vocabulary size*

Is parental language mixing related to vocabulary acquisition in bilingual infants and children? Bilingual parents (who spoke English and another language; n = 181) completed the Language Mixing Scale questionnaire, a new self-report measure that assesses how frequently parents use words from two different languages in the same sentence, such as borrowing words from another language or code switching between two languages in the same sentence. Concurrently, English vocabulary size was measured in the bilingual children of these parents. Most parents reported regular language mixing in interactions with their child. Increased rates of parental language mixing were associated with significantly smaller comprehension vocabularies in 1.5-year-old bilingual infants, and marginally smaller production vocabularies in 2-year-old bilingual children. Exposure to language mixing might obscure cues that facilitate young bilingual children's separation of their languages and could hinder the functioning of learning mechanisms that support the early growth of their vocabularies.
MXFusion: A Modular Deep Probabilistic Programming Library

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have seen great successful in various areas such as computer vision, speech recognition, and artificial intelligence. A major driver of such success is the rise of deep learning libraries, starting from Theano (Theano Development Team, 2016) and following by many popular libraries such as TensorFlow (Abadi et al., 2015), PyTorch (Paszke et al., 2017). The unique benefits that these libraries bring are: (1) completely transparent training and prediction, (2) modular DNN construction with interchangeable components. A DNN component can vary dramatically in terms of size and complexity, ranging from a single matrix operator, to a highly complex deep neural network such as convolutional neural networks (CNN) or long short-term memory (LSTM). All the components share the same interface, which enables a user to replace one component by another with almost no changes on other parts of the code. Modularity in the programming languages used by deep learning libraries revolutionizes the development, communication and deployment of DNNs. The ability to package a state-of-the-art implementation into a standard module and distribute enables rapid development with much lower chance of having bugs and performance issues comparing with re-implementing from scratch, which makes research results more reproducible. Communication about ongoing research method and results becomes much easier, as running a different experiment or modifying a network only requires to change a few lines of code. The standardized interface of components enables better testing and maintainability. It eases the transition of a research implementation into an industrial software.
In Vitro Multiplication of Ceropegia Bulbosa VAR . Lushii Roxb

CeropegiabulbosavarbulbosaRoxb is member of family Asclepiadaceae which was described by William Roxburgh. It is widely distributed, growing sporadically almost throughout India in red laterite soil. The leaves are subsessile to petiolate while Ceropegiabulbosa var. bulbosa has orbicular to ovate. It cures the disorder Urolithiasis which is the development of stones in the urinary tract. This may lead to pain and bleeding. It is considered as the third most common affliction of the urinary tract. In most of the types of stones that are formed, the most frequent are calcium oxalate. As per clinical and epidemiological studies, calcium oxalate followed by calcium phosphate is the most commonly encountered crystalline components found in urolithiasis. During present piece of work nodal explants from mature plant were surface sterilized and aseptically cultured on MS medium supplemented with various concentrations (0.5, 1.0 and 3.0 mg l-1) of cytokinins (BAP and Kn) and auxins (IAA, NAA and 2, 4-D) alone and in various combinations under controlled condition. Successful regeneration was achieved by this method.
Two-Timescale Stochastic Dispatch of Power Distribution Networks

Smart distribution grids should optimally integrate stochastic renewable resources while effecting voltage regulation. Since some decisions have to be designed in advance, energy management is a multistage problem. For early stages, finding the optimal energy procurement accounting for the variability during real-time operation is a challenging task. The joint dispatch of slowand fast-timescale controls in a distribution grid is considered here. The substation voltage, the energy exchanged with a main grid, and the generation schedules for small diesel generators have to be decided on a slow timescale; whereas optimal photovoltaic inverter setpoints are found on a more frequent basis. While inverter and looser voltage regulation limits are imposed at all times, tighter bus voltage constraints are enforced on the average or in probability, thus enabling more efficient renewable integration. Upon reformulating the two-stage grid dispatch as a stochastic convex-concave problem, two distribution-free schemes are put forth. An average dispatch algorithm converges provably to the optimal two-stage decisions via a sequence of convex quadratic programs. Its non-convex probabilistic alternative entails solving two slightly different convex problems and is numerically shown to converge. Numerical tests on a real-world distribution feeder verify that both novel schemes yield lower costs over competing alternatives.
Equilibria Governing the Membrane Insertion of Polypeptides and Their Interactions with Other Biomacromolecules

Many biological processes are governed by chemical equilibria and the conventional thermodynamic formalisms apply. In particular the association of ligands to macromolecules, such as enzymes to large supramolecular structures, to large assemblies of proteins and/or nucleic acids (e.g. the ribosome) or to membranes has important consequences for the regulation of many biological activities and a quantitative understanding of these processes is of utmost importance for basic biological sciences and even more so for applied biomedical research. As the macromolecules involved can participate in many such regulatory interactions and these interactions are interconnected it is often necessary to describe such interaction networks by systems biology approaches. Here we illustrate the underlying thermodynamic principles by taking as an example a family of peptides that exhibit antimicrobial and cell penetrating activities which are potentially at the center for the transport of nucleic acids into cells, a property that is useful for some of state-of-the art medical treatments using highly-specific small interfering RNA or DNA molecules. The thermodynamic concepts will be illustrated by focusing on the interactions of these peptides, namely their partitioning into lipid membranes and the association of such peptides with nucleic acids, and we conclude with more detailed presentations of some of the methods that have been used for their investigation.
Single Eye 3D Imaging Perception Model

Yupapin PP1,2* 1Advanced Studies Center, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand 2Quantum Life Institute, Supakprn Biz-Town, Nonthaburi, Thailand *Corresponding author: Preecha Yupapin P, Advanced Studies Centre, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok 10520, Thailand, Tel: +66
Conditional Conservatism and the Cost of Equity Capital: Information Precision and Information Asymmetry Effects

Prior studies report negative or insignificant relations between conditional conservatism and the cost of equity capital, arguing that conservatism reduces information risk. Using accounting-based conditional conservatism proxies, however, we find a significantly positive association between conditional conservatism and the cost of equity. This positive relation operates via improving information precision about negative earnings shocks and generally inflating information asymmetry among investors, both of which increase the cost of equity. We further find that the cost of equity effect of conditional conservatism disappears in the period after the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), consistent with the notion that nationwide improvement of information precision about negative news and diminished information asymmetry are engendered by the SOX regulation. This study adds to researches on conditional conservatism, SOX, and the cost of equity, and also has policy implications.
The VOT Category Boundary in Word-Initial Stops: Counter-Evidence Against Rate Normalization in English Spontaneous Speech

Some languages, such as many varieties of English, use short-lag and long-lag VOT to distinguish word- and syllable-initial voiced vs. voiceless stop phonemes. According to a popular view, the optimal VOT category boundary between the two types of stops moves towards larger values as articulation rate becomes slower (and speech segments longer), and listeners accordingly shift the perceptual VOT category boundary. According to an alternative view, listeners do not shift the VOT category boundary with a change in articulation rate, because the same category boundary remains optimal across different rates of articulation in normal speech, although a shift in the optimal boundary location can be induced in the laboratory by instructing speakers to use artificially extreme articulation rates. In this study we compared the effectiveness of rate-independent VOT category boundaries applied to word-initial stop phonemes in spontaneous English speech, against the effectiveness of Miller et al.’s (1986) rate-dependent VOT category boundary applied to laboratory speech. The effectiveness of the two types of category boundaries were comparable, when spontaneous speech data were controlled for factors other than articulation rate. Our results suggest that perceptual VOT category boundaries need not shift with a change in articulation rate under normal circumstances.
Influence of supplementing pasture-based primiparous Holstein-Friesian dairy cows with crude degummed canola oil on milk fatty acid composition

The quest for alternative sources of healthy nutrients that facilitate the modification of milk without compromising drinking quality is a continuous research endeavour. The objective of the study was to quantify the milk fatty acid composition of pasture-based primiparous Holstein-Friesian dairy cows supplemented with crude degummed canola oil (CDCO) with a view to improving the milk quality for beneficial health effects. This study tested the hypothesis that incremental supplementation of grazing primiparous Holstein-Friesian cows with CDCO will alter milk fatty acid composition towards increased total monounsaturates. Comparisons were made between unsupplemented grazing dairy cows and their peers on dietary supplements containing low (25ml/Kg DM), medium (35ml/Kg DM) or high levels (50ml/kg DM) of CDCO in addition to ad libitum grazing access to pasture. There was no significant effect (p>0.05) of CDCO supplementation for eight weeks on the proportions of total polyunsaturated fatty acids (tPUFA), omega-3 (�-3) and omega-6 (�-6) fatty acids in milk. However, significant impacts of CDCO were observed on the proportions of 18:1�9c, 18:1�7t, total saturated (tSFA) and total monounsaturated (tMUFA) fatty acids (p<0.005), with a significant increase in the tMUFA/tSFA ratio in cows consuming CDCO. It was concluded that incremental levels of CDCO supplementation can modify the fatty acid composition of milk towards increased monounsaturates without any negative impact on grazing primiparous cows.
Costs of Persisting Unreliable Memory: Reduced Foraging Efficiency for Free-Flying Parasitic Wasps in a Wind Tunnel

Parasitic wasps are known to improve their foraging efficiency after learning of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) upon encountering their hosts on these plants. However, due to spatial and temporal variation of herbivore communities, learned HIPV cues can become unreliable, no longer correctly predicting host presence. Little is known about the potential fitness costs when memories holding such unreliable information persist. Here we studied how persistent memory, containing unreliable information, affects the foraging efficiency for hosts in Cotesia glomerata. Wasps were conditioned to associate one of two types of HIPVs with either P. brassicae frass, 1 single oviposition in P. brassicae, 3 ovipositions in P. brassicae spaced in time or they were kept unconditioned. The following day, wasps were allowed to forage in a wind tunnel, in an environment that either conflicted or was congruent with their learned plant experience. The foraging environment consisted of host (P. brassicae) and non-host (Mamestra brassicae) infested plants. The conflicting environment had non-hosts on the conditioned plant species and hosts on the non-conditioned plant species, whereas the congruent environment had hosts on the conditioned plant species and non-hosts on the unconditioned plant species. Wasps had to navigate through five non-host infested plants to reach the host-infested plant. Since C. glomerata wasps do not distinguish between HIPVs induced by host and non-host caterpillars, the conflicting foraging situation caused a prediction error, by guiding wasps to non-host infested plants. Especially wasps given 3 spaced oviposition experiences, tested in a conflicting situation, spent significantly more time on non-host infested plants and showed a high tendency to oviposit in the non-hosts. As a result, they took significantly more time to find their hosts. Conditioned wasps, which were tested in a congruent situation, were more responsive than unconditioned wasps, but there was no difference in foraging efficiency between these two groups in the wasps that showed a response. We conclude that persistent memories, such as formed after 3 experiences spaced in time, can lead to maladaptive foraging behavior if the contained information becomes unreliable.
Daily Deal Promotions: An Explorative Research on Consumers' Motivations in Italy

In the last months the real and the virtual world have been shattered by a spreading phenomenon: the daily deal promotions. Daily deal (dd) sites offer every day for a limited time to their subscribers, at a very discounted price, a deal for a product or a service. Although the first Groupon deal goes back to 2008, in the US, and the financial value of the company has skyrocketed since then, there is a lack of academic research on this topic. The aim of this paper is to present the results of an explorative research conducted on Italian dd shoppers to understand the motivations behind the success of the phenomenon. The authors conducted four synchronous online focus groups on 21 participants deep investigating five areas: level of awareness, perceptive area, social dimension, consumer behavior, and relationship with e-commerce. Some brand-new data helped in achieving another goal of this paper: finding out how dds fit into the more general frame of e-commerce worldwide and in Italy. Even if the results of a qualitative research cannot be generalized to the population, this study provides insights for dd sites and retailers to understand their customers’ shopping motivations, behaviors, and intentions.
Efficacy of Ozone as an Adjunctive Anti-microbial in the Non-surgical Treatment of Chronic and Aggressive Periodontitis: A Systematic Review Protocol

This is a protocol for a review so there is no abstract. The main objective of this review is to compute a summary effect for the adjunctive use of ozone with scaling and root planning (SRP) in the treatment of these diseases. This review will also seek to explore possible heterogeneity that may be present due to different ozone forms used during treatment.
A curious case of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar GX 1+4

We present detailed spectral and timing studies using a NuSTAR observation of GX 1+4 in 2015 October during an intermediate-intensity state. The measured spin period of 176.778 s is found to be one of the highest values since its discovery. In contrast to a broad sinusoidal-like pulse profile, a peculiar sharp peak is observed in profiles below ∼25 keV. The profiles at higher energies are found to be significantly phase shifted compared to the soft X-ray profiles. Broad-band energy spectra of GX 1+4, obtained from NuSTAR and Swiftobservations, are described with various continuum models. Among these, a two-component model consisting of a bremsstrahlung and a blackbody component is found to best fit the phase-averaged and phase-resolved spectra. Physical models are also used to investigate the emission mechanism in the pulsar, which allows us to estimate the magnetic field strength to be in ∼(5–10) × 10^(12) G range. Phase-resolved spectroscopy of NuSTAR observation shows a strong blackbody emission component in a narrow pulse phase range. This component is interpreted as the origin of the peculiar peak in the pulse profiles below ≤25 keV. The size of emitting region is calculated to be ∼400 m. The bremsstrahlung component is found to dominate in hard X-rays and explains the nature of simple profiles at high energies.
LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION OF TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION IN TALL ENCLOSURES

In this paper Lattice Boltzmann simulation of turbulent natural convection with large-eddy simulations (LES) in tall enclosures which is filled by air with Pr=0.71 has been studied. Calculations were performed for high Rayleigh numbers (Ra=107-109) and aspect ratios change between 0.5 to 2 (0.5<AR<2). The present results are validated by finds of an experimental research at Ra=1.58x109. Effects of the aspect ratios in different Rayleigh numbers are displayed on streamlines, isotherm counters, vertical velocity and temperature at the middle of the cavity, local Nusselt number and average Nusselt number. The average Nusselt number increases with the augmentation of Rayleigh numbers. The increment of the aspect ratio causes heat transfer to decline in different Rayleigh numbers.
Wanting to and Doing So: Parental Intent to Change Weight Does Not TranslateInto Behavior

Abstract Objective: Because poor parental recognition of overweight is so common in young children, we sought to determine whether demographics or family behaviors differed in children whose parents were actively trying to reduce excess weight in their child compared with those who were unaware there was an issue. Methods: Parents of 271 overweight (body mass index≥85th) children aged 4-8 years completed questionnaires on demographics, weight, feeding practices, social desirability, dietary intake, and home food availability. Children wore accelerometers over 7 days to measure physical activity/inactivity. Results: 113 parents (41.7%) classified their child as overweight, 96 (35.4%) indicated at least some concern, but only 66 (24.4%) parents were trying to (probably or definitely) change their child’s weight. In total, 56 children met all three criteria. These children were older, heavier and more likely to be female (P<0.001), but did not differ in socioeconomic status (P=0.614), maternal education (P=0.615), or ethnicity (P=0.051), compared to the remaining children. Few differences in feeding practices were observed, except for higher food restriction in those trying to change their child’s weight (P<0.001). These children were significantly less physically active (P=0.033) and more sedentary (P=0.002) than the other children. Despite strong intent to change the diet (P<0.001), this did not translate to differences in home food availability or dietary intake. Social desirability was also not related to efforts to change. Conclusion: Parental awareness of excess weight in young children and attempts to address the issue do not appear to translate into healthier behaviors in the home.
High speed motion in water with supercavitation for sub-, trans-, supersonic Mach Numbers

The results of research for supercavitating motion in water at very high speeds – comparable with sonic speed ~1500m/s – are presented. At such speeds the water is a compressible fluid and the basic compressible hydrodynamics of supercavitating flows together with practical approaches and experimental data are considered. The theory of ballistic projectiles motion is developed with emphasis on the problems of maximal range, lateral motion prediction and problems of minimal declination, hydro-elastic effects, and resonant oscillation frequencies. One main purpose of the article is an attempt to advance the level of understanding of the problem of very high-speed underwater launch by a comprehensive review of previous research on this topic.