Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
NOAA's Coastal Oceanographic Applications and Services of Tides And Lakes (COASTAL) Program

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Ocean Service (NOS) operates and maintains the National Water Level Program (NWLP) whose backbone is a network of 175 long-term, continuously operating water level stations. Tidal datums derived from these stations have traditionally been important for navigation and shoreline boundary purposes, however there are other beneficial applications and services that water level and datum information can provide. The NOS created its Coastal Oceanographic Applications and Services of Tides And Lakes (COASTAL) Program to focus on such applications. For example, real-time water level information is not only essential for programs supporting safe navigation, such as the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS/spl reg/), but is also critical for storm surge monitoring for effective evacuation route decision-making efforts. Water level information is also required for successful wetlands restoration projects and for assessing long-term sea level trends. This paper discusses some applications of water level and datum information.
The detection of astrovirus in sludge biosolids using an integrated cell culture nested PCR technique

The work presented here demonstrates the utility of the integrated cell culture‐reverse transcriptase ‐polymerase chain reaction (ICC‐RT‐PCR) coupled with nested PCR to detect human astroviruses and enteroviruses in sludge biosolids. Viruses were concentrated by beef extract elution and organic flocculation prior to analysis by a plaque assay and ICC‐RT‐PCR. Astroviruses were detected in all but one sample and all of the samples were positive for enteroviruses. We have demonstrated the prevalence and frequency of astrovirus in sludge and validated the ICC‐RT‐PCR/nested PCR technique as a useful tool to detect viruses in sludge.
Factors Influencing Online Repurchase Behavioral Intention of University Students in Malaysia

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BCR gene disruption in a pilomyxoid astrocytoma

We report here a 4‐month‐old child with a large, solid enhancing mass involving predominantly the suprasellar and diencephalic regions, with extension of both hemispheres. The patient underwent partial resection of the mass by right temporal craniotomy. Histological diagnosis was of a low‐grade glioma consistent with pilomyxoid astrocytoma. Cytogenetic analyses revealed an insertion on chromosome 17 that involved disruption of the BCR gene. This finding suggests a possible rearrangement of this gene that could act in a similar way to chronic myeloid leukemia with formation of a chimeric tyrosine kinase protein. This study may suggest the use of inhibitors of tyrosine kinase proteins as an alternative treatment approach in cases of refractory or disseminated pilocytic astrocytomas.
Handbook of Chemometrics and Qualimetrics, Part B

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Bioimpedance and impedance vector patterns as predictors of league level in male soccer players.

PURPOSE Bioelectrical-impedance standards (resistance, reactance, and phase angle) are well established for the normal population or in the clinical setting and are considered indicators for cell mass, cell function, and hydration status. However, such standards do not exist for the male soccer population. Therefore, the goal of the current investigation was to provide a set of bioelectrical-impedance data of a large sample of soccer players with different performance levels. METHODS A sample of 893 players, registered in all Italian soccer divisions, was divided into 5 groups according to their performance level. Whole-body impedance measurements were performed during the first half of the competitive period. Besides estimation of body composition, bioelectrical-impedance vector analysis (BIVA) was performed. BIVA does not depend on equations and displays differences in hydration and body-cell mass (BCM). Individual vectors can be classified by using the 50%, 75%, and 95% tolerance ellipse. RESULTS In comparison with the other divisions and the normal population, the mean vector of the elite level showed a shift to the left (P < .001). Compared with the elite level, players of a lower performance level had lower phase angles, BCM, and fat-free mass. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, soccer players belong to a specific population. Muscle mass and function, as indicated by BCM and phase angle, increase with increasing performance level. The soccer-specific tolerance ellipses might be used for classifying individual vectors and to define target regions for low-level players.
SRM/MRM targeted proteomics as a tool for biomarker validation and absolute quantification in human urine

Urine has always been one of the most suitable body fluids for clinical applications. Absolute quantification of disease protein biomarkers in body fluids such as urine is a key step in the biomarker development pipeline. Nevertheless, identification of groups of proteins in complex biological samples is challenging. Traditional affinity-based methodologies such as ELISA are used to verify the presence of biomarkers in clinical samples. More recently, targeted mass spectrometry-based strategies have been developed for biomarker validation, offering an alternative. The great advantage of targeted mass spectrometry-based methodologies is that they allow accurate and specific simultaneous quantification of several biomarkers (multiplexing). Peptides are used as protein surrogates, measured using triple quadrupole instruments in selected reaction monitoring/multiple reaction monitoring mode. In this review, the workflow of selected reaction monitoring/multiple reaction monitoring for disease biomarker validation in urine is presented and assay performance in the latest studies is described.
Présentation du premier Atelier sur l ’ Extraction et la Modélisation de Connaissances à partir de Textes Scientifiques ( Emc-Sci 2017 )

The number of papers and the available scientific knowledge is growing rapidly, making increasingly harder to keep track of all the relevant knowledge that could facilitate a research endeavour. The availability of research materials on the Web and the presence of systems for exploring the research environment alleviate this issue only to some degree. I suggest that we need to switch to a modern research paradigm in which researchers will be assisted by software capable of applying data-driven methodologies on a machine-readable description of research knowledge. The aim is expanding the conceptual horizon of researchers and combining human creativity with the data mining ability of computers. I will elaborate on this perspective and discuss relevant research trends. Invited Talk at Emc-Sci A propos des territoires dans les corpus scientifiques A propos des territoires dans les corpus scientifiques Marie-Noëlle Bessagnet (1), Eric Kergosien (2), MohammadAmin Farvardin (3), Annig Le Parc-Lacayrelle (1), Christian Sallaberry (1) 1 Laboratoire LIUPPA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, prenom.nom@univ-pau.fr 2 Laboratoire GERICOO, Université de Lille 3, prenom.nom @univ-lille.fr 3 Laboratoire LAMSADE, Université Paris-Dauphine MohammadAmin.Farvardin@dauphine.eu Résumé : Le projet interdisciplinaire TERRE-ISTEX a pour objectif d’identifier l’évolution des fronts de recherche en relation avec les territoires d’études, les croisements disciplinaires ainsi que les modalités concrètes de recherche à partir des contenus numériques hétérogènes disponibles dans les corpus scientifiques. Le projet se décompose en trois actions principales : (1) identifier les périodes et les lieux qui ont fait l’objet d’études empiriques et dont rendent compte les publications issues des corpus analysés, (2) identifier les approches (méthodes et concepts) mobilisées pour la réalisation de ces études et enfin (3) développer un démonstrateur Web de recherche d’information géographique (RIG). Les deux premières actions font intervenir des approches combinant des patrons du traitement automatique du langage naturel à des méthodes de fouille de textes. En croisant les trois dimensions (spatial, thématique et temporel) dans un moteur de RIG, il sera ainsi possible de comprendre quelles recherches ont été menées sur quels territoires, selon quelles approches et à quel moment. Dans le cadre du projet, les expérimentations sont menées sur un corpus hétérogène constitué de thèses électroniques et d’articles scientifiques provenant des bibliothèques numériques d’ISTEX et du centre de recherche CIRAD. Mots-clés : Fouille de textes, Traitement Automatique du Langage Naturel, information géographique, territoire, multidisciplinarité, veille, fronts de recherche.
Adaptive synchronized control for coordination of multirobot assembly tasks

Coordination of multirobot systems has received extensive studies in the past decade. The majority of previous approaches require a complex setup of the hybrid position/force-control architecture, and have not fully addressed the coordination problem when the robots are not kinematically constrained but perform a common task. In this paper, we propose to use a new coordination scheme that is more straightforward and easier to implement and is applicable to a wider area. The basic idea of the new coordination strategy is to use the concept of motion synchronization, since the problem of coordinating multiple manipulators is basically the problem of maintaining certain kinematic relationships amongst robots. The key to the success of the new method is to ensure that each manipulator tracks its desired trajectory while synchronizing its motion with other manipulators' motions, so that differential (or synchronization) position errors amongst manipulators converge to zero. The controller, designed by incorporating the cross-coupling technology into an adaptive-control architecture, successfully guarantees asymptotic convergence to zero of both position tracking and synchronization errors simultaneously. Experiments and simulations on multirobot assembly systems demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
A sensitive model for prediction of relapse in adult acute myeloid leukaemia with t(8;21) using white blood cell count, CD56 and MDR1 gene expression at diagnosis

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) carrying t(8;21) has an overall favourable prognosis. However, relapse occurs and the impact of multidrug resistance gene (MDR1) expression on recurring disease in this group of patients is not known. We determined quantifiable MDR1 expression in the bone marrow of 28 AML patients with t(8;21) by a validated real‐time polymerase chain reaction assay. Using MDR1 expression, white blood cell count and CD56 expression at diagnosis we observed complete concordance of predicted and observed relapses. A calculated logit out of these three variables was a strong independent prognostic factor for overall (P = 0·007) and disease‐free survival (P = 0·002).
Effect of Dry Heat Treatment of Six Spices on Antioxidant Activity of their Water Extracts

This study investigated the effect of dry heat on the antioxidant capacity of water extracts of six spices, namely black pepper (Piper nigrum Linn.), cumin (Cuminum cyminum Linn.), clove (Syzygium aromaticum Linn.), cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum, syn. C. zeylanicum Blume), sumac (Rhus coriaria L.) and golpar (H. persicum Desf. Ex.), which were either roasted or heated in a microwave oven, powdered and extracted with water. Untreated spices served as controls. The antioxidant capacities of water extracts of spices were measured by reducing power, DPPH assay and total antioxidant capacity. Varying results were obtained depending upon the assay used and the spice. Clove had the highest radical scavenging activity (85.5% at 0.2 mg level) among all six spices and it was higher than the control in heat-treated samples. Heat-treated samples of cinnamon showed significantly lower activity with reducing power (0.609-1.910) but not with other assays whereas black pepper and cumin exhibited higher activities with reducing power (ranging from 0.276-1.026). Roasted golpar sample also had a higher antioxidant potential in all assays, but sumac was significantly different only in the DPPH assay. Microwave treatment did not affect the antioxidant activity of sumac. Results indicate that heat treatment of spices influenced the antioxidant activity of their water extracts. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dual Drivers of Facebook Usage and Regret Experience in Networking versus Brand page Usage

In this article, we draw on Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) to identify the dual drivers (positive and negative) of two Facebook usage types: online networking versus brand page usage; how they potentially induce regret experience; and by doing so, how they affect Facebook continuous intention. We also investigate the role played by perceived privacy concerns in these two mechanisms. Our findings indicate that exhibitionism, entertainment value and specific functional gratifications; i.e. interpersonal connectivity for social networking and information value for brand page usage; are significant drivers for both usage types. Whereas, regret experienced by users in these two contexts seem to follow divergent paths and affect differently Facebook continuance intention.
Video-based Flame Detection using LBP-based Descriptor: Influences of Classifiers Variety on Detection Efficiency

Techniques to detect the flame at an early stage are necessary in order to prevent the fire and minimize the damage. The flame detection technique based on the physical sensor has limited disadvantages in detecting the fire early. This paper presents the results of using local binary patterns for solving flames detecting problem and proposes modifications to improve the quality of detector work. Experimentally found that using support vector machines classifier with a kernel based on Gaussian radial basis functions shows the best results compared to other SVM cores or classifier k-nearest neighbors.
Ammonium Removal in Constructed Wetland Microcosms as Influenced by Season and Organic Carbon Load

Abstract We evaluated ammonium nitrogen removal and nitrogen transformations in three-year-old, batch-operated, subsurface wetland microcosms. Treatments included replicates of Typha latifolia, Carex rostrata, and unplanted controls when influent carbon was excluded, and C. rostrata with an influent containing organic carbon. A series of 10-day batch incubations were conducted over a simulated yearlong cycle of seasons. The presence of plants significantly enhanced ammonium removal during both summer (24°C, active plant growth) and winter (4°C, plant dormancy) conditions, but significant differences between plant species were evident only in summer when C. rostrata outperformed T. latifolia. The effect of organic carbon load was distinctly seasonal, enhancing C. rostrata ammonium removal in winter but having an inhibitory effect in summer. Season did not influence ammonium removal in T. latifolia or unplanted columns. Net production of organic carbon was evident year-round in units without an influent organic carbon source, but was enhanced in summer, especially for C. rostrata, which produced significantly more than T. latifolia and unplanted controls. No differences in production were evident between species in winter. COD values for C. rostrata microcosms with and without influent organic carbon converged within 24 hours in winter and 7 days in summer. Gravel sorption, microbial immobilization and sequential nitrification/denitrification appear to be the major nitrogen removal mechanisms. All evidence suggests differences between season and species are due to differences in seasonal variation of root-zone oxidation.
Minimum-time feedforward control for industrial processes

In this paper we present a design methodology for Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control loops in order to obtain a minimum-time process output transition subject to constraints on the process variable and on the manipulated variable. The technique relies on the synthesis of a suitable command input that has to be applied to the closed-loop system, where the PID controller has been tuned previously by any conventional method. Simulation as well as experimental results related to a level control problem in a laboratory setup are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
No increase in blood transfusions during liver transplantation since the withdrawal of aprotinin

The aims of this study were to determine whether the withdrawal of aprotinin (APRO) led to an increased bleeding risk in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). A retrospective analysis compared consecutive patients undergoing OLT and treated with aprotinin (APRO group; n = 100) with a group in which aprotinin was not used (no‐APRO group; n = 100). Propensity score matching was then performed for each group to identify 2 matched cohorts. Patients were matched by their primary diagnoses and Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease scores. This resulted in 2 matched cohorts with 55 patients in each group. None of the patients in the APRO group had significant fibrinolysis. In the no‐APRO group, 23.6% of the patients developed fibrinolysis (P < 0.003). Tranexamic acid was used in 61.5% of the patients (n = 8) in the no‐APRO group in whom lysis was present, and this resolved the fibrinolysis in all but 1 of these patients. There were no differences in red blood cell, fresh frozen plasma, platelet concentrate, or cryoprecipitate transfusions between the 2 groups. In conclusion, we have shown a significant increase in the prevalence of fibrinolysis during OLT since the withdrawal of APRO. However, there has been no increase in transfusion requirements. Liver Transpl 20:584‐590, 2014. © 2014 AASLD.
Imaging-based selection for intra-arterial stroke therapies

Reperfusion therapy is the only proven treatment for acute ischemic stroke.1 ,2 For proximal arterial occlusions, intra-arterial treatment (IAT) yields substantially higher rates of early revascularization than FDA-approved treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). 3 However, recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) show no added clinical benefit of IAT compared with standard medical management.4–6 Although there are clear limitations to these trials,7 a major lesson is that the signal of benefit favoring IAT is much smaller than expected. In this context, improving patient selection for IAT remains essential, with neuroimaging playing a central role. This article begins with a pathophysiologic argument for the importance of imaging, discusses the available neuroimaging tools and their reliability and reviews the evidence supporting the use of imaging to predict the response to IAT. Current guidelines recommend a time window of 6 h for intra-arterial thrombolysis.8 Mechanical therapies are cleared for use up to 8 h. Although the time window for IAT efficacy remains unclear,9 treatment efficacy erodes with time,10 placing a clear emphasis on rapid treatment delivery. However, this has come at the expense of potentially valuable neuroimaging as well as a rigorous approach to imaging interpretation. In both the SYNTHESIS Expansion and Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) III trials (table 1), only a non-contrast CT (NCCT) scan was required prior to enrollment.5 ,6 The primary imaging exclusion criterion for the SYNTHESIS Expansion trial (in addition to hemorrhage) was the presence of well-established infarction (as a marker of potentially longer stroke duration). For IMS III, it was the presence of clear hypodensity involving more than one-third of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory. As will be discussed, these findings are of limited value in excluding patients who are unlikely to respond to treatment. The major limitation of …
Object detection with novel shape representation using bounding edge fragments

This paper proposes a new method to detect objects in images. Boundaries contain shape of the objects. To detect objects in cluttered images, we use boundary fragments. Boundary fragments are obtained by our new training procedure. Poisson equation is used to divide edges and extract generic model of the object. Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) is used to model shape of the object. This creates relation between local boundary fragments. To localize our desired object in image, a voting process is performed in Hough space. A scale adaptive search algorithm is used in this voting space to find the most probable regions of object presence. By learned GMM, shape of the object is obtained from test image. We remove false positives, usual problems in object detection tasks, by matching generic model to the extracted shapes. Local orientations histograms of the objects model are used for matching. We evaluate our method and compare with state-of-the-art methods. Experimental results show the power of our proposed method in detection and its robustness in face to scale and translation variations.