Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Protocol for Storage and Retrieval of Discrete-Valued Information

In this paper we present a hybrid (i.e., quantum-classical) adaptive protocol for the storage and retrieval of discrete-valued information. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a procedure that exhibits how to store and retrieve unanticipated information values by using a quantum property, that of using different vector space bases for preparation and measurement of quantum states. This simple idea leads to an interesting old wish in Artificial Intelligence: the development of computer systems that can incorporate new knowledge on a real-time basis just by hardware manipulation.
The Peptide Repertoires of HLA-B27 Subtypes Differentially Associated to Spondyloarthropathy (B*2704 and B*2706) Differ by Specific Changes at Three Anchor Positions*

HLA-B*2704 is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis. B*2706, which differs from B*2704 by two amino acid changes, is not associated with this disease. A systematic comparison of the B*2704- and B*2706-bound peptide repertoires was carried out to elucidate their overlap and differential features and to correlate them with disease susceptibility. Both subtypes shared about 90% of their peptide repertoires, consisting of peptides with Arg2and C-terminal aliphatic or Phe residues. B*2706 polymorphism influenced specificity at three anchor positions: it favored basic residues at P3 and PΩ-2 and impaired binding of Tyr and Arg at PΩ. Thus, the main structural feature of peptides differentially bound to B*2704 was the presence of C-terminal Tyr or Arg, together with a strong preference for aliphatic/aromatic P3 residues. This is the only known feature of B*2704 and B*2706 that correlates to their differential association with spondyloarthropathy. The concomitant presence of basic P3 and PΩ-2 residues was observed only among peptides differentially bound to B*2706, suggesting that it impairs binding to B*2704. Similarity between peptide overlap and the degree of cross-reaction with alloreactive T lymphocytes suggested that the majority of shared ligands maintain unaltered antigenic features in the context of both subtypes.
Reliability and Validity of the SF-12 Health Survey Among People With Severe Mental Illness

Objective.The objective of this work was to assess the reliability and validity of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 12-Item Health Survey (SF-12) in a large sample of people with severe mental illness (SMI). Methods.We examined the internal factor structure of the SF-12, compared component scores for this sample with normative levels, examined test-retest reliability, and examined convergent and divergent validity by comparing SF-12 scores to other indexes of physical and mental health. Results.The SF-12 distinguished this sample of people with SMI from the general population, was stable over a 1-week interval, consisted of 2 fairly distinct factors, and was related to physical and mental health indexes in expected ways. Conclusions.The SF-12 appears to be a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring health-related quality of life for people with SMI.
Applications of Wavelet Transforms in Image Fusion

Because of the trade off between spatial resolution and spectral resolution in satellite imagery, it is often desirable to fuse lower resolution multispectral imagery with a high-resolution panchromatic image in order to obtain an image with the spectral resolution and quality of the former and the spatial resolution and quality of the latter. In an urban setting, the spectral information can be used to discriminate between the numerous different land cover types, both natural (vegetation) and human generated (roads and buildings), while the spatial information can be used to clearly delineate their boundaries. Standard image fusion methods, such as methods involving IHS or PCA, are often successful at injecting spatial detail; however, they tend to distort the colour information. The potential benefits of wavelet-based image fusion methods have recently been explored in a variety of fields and for a variety of purposes, in particular for fusing panchromatic and multi spectral imagery. In this paper, the results from a number of wavelet-based image fusion schemes are compared in terms of their similarities and differences, and their advantages and limitations. It was found that, while even the simplest wavelet-based fusion scheme tends to produce better results than standard fusion schemes such as IHS and PCA, particularly in terms of minimizing colour distortion, decimated and un decimated algorithms often disturb the linear continuity of spatial features. The results from wavelet-based methods can be improved by applying more sophisticated schemes or more advanced models for injecting detail information; however, these schemes are more computationally complex and often require the user to determine appropriate values for certain parameters, such as thresholds. More comprehensive testing is required in order to fully assess under what conditions each approach is most appropriate.
Transmission Capacity of Ad-hoc Networks With Multiple Antennas Using Transmit Stream Adaptation and Interference Cancellation

The transmission capacity of an ad-hoc network is the maximum density of active transmitters per unit area, given an outage constraint at each receiver for a fixed rate of transmission. Assuming that the transmitter locations are distributed as a Poisson point process, this paper derives upper and lower bounds on the transmission capacity of an ad-hoc network when each node is equipped with multiple antennas. The transmitter either uses eigen multi-mode beamforming or a subset of its antennas without channel information to transmit multiple data streams, while the receiver uses partial zero forcing to cancel certain interferers using some of its spatial receive degrees of freedom (SRDOF). The receiver either cancels the nearest interferers or those interferers that maximize the post-cancellation signal-to-interference ratio. Using the obtained bounds, the optimal number of data streams to transmit, and the optimal SRDOF to use for interference cancellation are derived that provide the best scaling of the transmission capacity with the number of antennas. With beamforming, single data stream transmission together with using all but one SRDOF for interference cancellation is optimal, while without beamforming, single data stream transmission together with using a fraction of the total SRDOF for interference cancellation is optimal.
Recategorization and Subgroup Identification: Predicting and Preventing Threats From Common Ingroups

Much work has supported the idea that recategorization of ingroups and outgroups into a superordinate category can have beneficial effects for intergroup relations. Recently, however, increases in bias following recategorization have been observed in some contexts. It is argued that such unwanted consequences of recategorization will only be apparent for perceivers who are highly committed to their ingroup subgroups. In Experiments 1 to 3, the authors observed, on both explicit and implicit measures, that an increase in bias following recategorization occurred only for high subgroup identifiers. In Experiment 4, it was found that maintaining the salience of subgroups within a recategorized superordinate group averted this increase in bias for high identifiers and led overall to the lowest levels of bias. These findings are discussed in the context of recent work on the Common Ingroup Identity Model.
Recommender system based on data mining: Interlibrary case study

This paper introduces architecture for recommender system in domain of interlibrary services. The system works based on rules that was extracted from historical usage logs by the aid of data mining techniques. The paper also describes experimental results of pilot implementation of system for Ghadir project (resource sharing program in Iran). The pilot design and implementation phases were data gathering, pre-processing and warehousing, data mining and association rules extraction that all were described in the paper. The logs of 10 years usage of Ghadir project were processed and stored in data warehouse. Then CLOPE algorithm was applied on data to cluster users. After that decision tree technique was used for rule extraction.
A 0.23- $\mu \text{g}$ Bias Instability and 1- $\mu \text{g}/\surd $ Hz Acceleration Noise Density Silicon Oscillating Accelerometer With Embedded Frequency-to-Digital Converter in PLL

This paper presents a silicon oscillating accelerometer (SOA) with a new CMOS readout circuit architecture. A phase lock loop (PLL) with a hybrid and antinoise folding PFD is employed to sustain the oscillation of the MEMS oscillator, and the oscillation amplitude is set by an external reference. In addition, a sigma-delta frequency-to-digital converter is combined with the PLL to digitize the accelerometer’s frequency output for low power consumption. The MEMS transducer and the readout circuit are fabricated in an 80-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> SOI and standard 0.35-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> CMOS process, respectively. The SOA achieves 0.23-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{g}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> bias instability and 1-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{g}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/Hz<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{1/2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> acceleration noise density with a ±30 g full-scale, which are equivalent to 4-ppb relative instability and 17-ppb/Hz<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{1/2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> relative acceleration noise density. It only consumes 2.7 mW under a 1.5 V supply.
Finding Potential News from Trends Originating in the Blogosphere

Tracking current population interests by trends in online media of entities and topics has become increasingly popular. But while notable world events often spur online public discussion, some have been observed originating in social media postings. A natural question arises: Can analysis of social media trends be used to ﬁnd mainstream newswor-thy material? The work reported here takes initial steps towards answering this by investigating whether some characteristics of trending nouns and entities originating in blogs could predict a subsequent trend in mainstream news. Results show that many trends do originate in blogs, with approximately 12% seen subsequently in news media. Frequency based ranking provides a basis for selecting the most predictive trends. The study also suggests that named entity mentions, and co-occurrences thereof, may provide more focused trends than common nouns.
VRK1 Signaling Pathway in the Context of the Proliferation Phenotype in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The vaccinia-related kinase (VRK) proteins are a new family with three members in the human kinome. The VRK1 protein phosphorylates several transcription factors and has been postulated to be involved in regulation of cell proliferation. In normal squamous epithelium, VRK1 is expressed in the proliferation area. Because VRK1 can stabilize p53, the expression of the VRK1 protein was analyzed in the context of the p53 pathway and the proliferation phenotype in a series of 73 head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. VRK1 protein level positively correlated with p53 response proteins, particularly hdm2 and p21. The VRK1 protein also correlated positively with several proteins associated with proliferation, such as cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2), CDK6, cdc2, cyclins B1 and A, topoisomerase II, survivin, and Ki67. The level of VRK1 protein behaves like a proliferation marker in this series of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. To identify a possible regulatory role for VRK1 and because it regulates gene transcription, the promoters of two genes were studied, CDK2 and SURVIVIN, whose proteins correlated positively with VRK1. VRK1 increases the activity of both the CDK2 and SURVIVIN gene promoters. The expression of VRK1 was analyzed in the context of regulators of the G1-S transition. VRK1 protein levels increase in response to E2F1 and are reduced by retinoblastoma and p16. These data suggest that VRK1 might play a role in cell cycle regulation and is likely to represent the beginning of a new control mechanism of cell cycle, particularly late in the G1-S phase. (Mol Cancer Res 2006;4(3):177–85)
Molecular characterization of the genotype G9 human rotavirus strains recovered in Palermo, Italy, during the winter of 1999–2000

Among the known human rotavirus serotypes, types G1–G4 are ubiquitous and account for >80% of global human rotavirus strains. Since 1994 an increase in reports of G9 serotype isolates has been observed in both developed and developing countries. In the winter season of 1999–2000 we detected the appearance of G9 rotavirus in Palermo, Italy, accounting for 19% of all rotaviruses circulating in our geographical area. Some of these Italian G9 isolates have been submitted to partial sequencing of their VP7 gene. All of them showed complete nucleotide identity suggesting a clonal origin. The Italian VP7 sequences were found to be very closely related to that of other G9 strains recently isolated in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Our results confirm that G9 strains circulating worldwide since 1994 are closely related genetically in their VP7 genes.
Evaluation of Antdiabetic, Hypocholesterolemic of Pomegranate (Punica Granatum L.) Juice Powders and Peel Powder Extracts In Male Albino Rats

Punica granatum L. , commonly known as pomegranate and belonging to the family of Punicacceae, is a unique plant. Two varieties of pomegranate including Manfaloty and Wonderful were used in this study. The juice powders (JP) subjected to freeze-drying and peel powder extracts (PPE) of the two varieties were used as hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic agents by using albino rats. The juice powder was used in two different concentrations (1 and 1.5 g/kg/day/ rat), meanwhile the peel powder extract was used in only one concentration (0.3 g/kg/day/rat). Results show the effect of JP and PPE on the glucose level of diabetic rats. The superior effect was with G6 rats administrated with 0.3 g MPE/kg/day/rat (Manfaloty peel extract) followed by G9 0.3 g WPE/kg/day/rat (Wonderful peel extract). On the other hand results show the effect of JP and PPE on the level of total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides in rats serum as hypocholesterolemic agents. These results show that G5 (HFD+1%cholesterol+300mgMPE/kg /day/ rat) recorded the best results of all the aforementioned experiments, this could be attributed to the phenolic content in peel powder extract of pomegranate. Keyword: pomegranate, juice powder, peel, hypoglycemic, hypercholesterolemia, rats.
The people that the ostomy industry forgot.

An intestinal stoma is a profound alteration in body function that a patient must manage day to day over significant periods of time, often permanently. Although the creation of a stoma takes place in a tertiary care surgical context, long-term management is very often a primary care issue and most GPs and community-based nurses are familiar with patients with stomas. In developed countries, where the costs of stoma management supplies are often met wholly or in part by state or insurance-funded health systems, patients with stomas can choose from a range of disposable collection systems for stoma management that afford hygienic, discrete, and reliable collection. An entire subspecialty of nursing has grown that focuses on stoma care and guidelines have been developed for best practice in pre-operative and post-operative care, often including elements of counselling and stoma management education as well as medical care.1,2 But despite the health care and products that are available, the undoubted difficulty in adjusting to having a stoma results in considerable psychological stress in many, and the incidence of dermatitis and other complications around stomas is relatively high at between 15–43%. 3–5 Living with a …
Studies on simian virus 40 excision from cellular chromosomes.

Rodent cells in culture which do not support SV40 replication can be stably transformed by the virus. The resulting cells, which invariably harbor integrated viral DNA sequences (Sambrook et al. 1968; Hirai et al. 1971; Gelb et al. 1971), often can be manipulated to become infectious centers of viral production by fusion with permissive simian cells (Gerber 1966; Watkins and Dulbecco 1967; Koprowski et al. 1967). The source of the progeny viral DNA molecules is the integrated copy (see Discussion). This is remarkable in view of the fact that previous work from our laboratory and others has shown that integrated SV40 DNA can be attached to chromosomal DNA at various positions on the viral genome and also that multiple sites in cellular DNA are available for this viral insertion (Botchan et al. 1976; Ketner and Kelly 1976; Kucherlapati et al. 1978).
Reconstruction of the ankle complex wound with a fabricated superficial circumflex iliac artery chimeric flap including the sartorius muscle: A case report

Free flap reconstruction of the foot and ankle can be challenging in that it must fulfill functional and esthetic demands. Injury of this region is often associated with fractures, and muscle flaps are sometimes preferred. Here we present a case of the use of superficial circumflex iliac artery (SCIA) chimeric flap for reconstruction of ankle complex wound. A 78‐year‐old lady sustained open fractures of the left distal tibia, fibula, and talus, with a 10 × 6 cm2 soft‐tissue defect over the lateral aspect of her left ankle due to an automobile accident. A 7 × 3 cm2 sartorius muscle component was inset to cover the exposed left ankle joint capsule, and a 5 × 10 cm2 SCIP skin paddle was used for coverage of the defect. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the sartorius muscle component and the SCIP skin paddle survived completely. Six months after the reconstruction, the flap and the donor site showed pleasing cosmesis, and the patient could ambulate with a supple ankle without crutches. The sartorius muscle component was elevated based on the deep branch of the SCIA, and was chimerically combined with a SCIP skin paddle for reconstruction of a complex ankle injury. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microsurgery 37:421–425, 2017.
Role of Antonymy Relations in Semantic Judgments

Decision times for sentences or word pairs involving direct (e.g., boy-girl) or indirect (e.g., boy-sister) antonyms were measured in a sentence verification task and a lexical decision task. In Experiment 1 false sentences involving the direct antonyms were disconfirmed faster than sentences involving the indirect antonyms, even though the former were rated as more closely related in meaning. In Experiment 2 a smaller advantage for the direct antonyms was found in a lexical decision task, although "word" decisions were made more quickly for both types of antonym pairs than for pairs of unrelated words. Experiment 2 also investigated the degree of semantic facilitation obtained for category-instance word pairs. No significant latency differences were found for lexical decisions involving word pairs consisting of a category name (e.g., bird) and either a high frequency (e.g., robin) or low frequency (e.g., chicken) instance. The locus of the positive effect of semantic relatedness on falsification time for sentences involving antonyms is discussed in light of these results, as is the locus of the "typicality effect" obtained in previous semantic memory studies.
Sample Size Calculation for Weighted Rank Tests Comparing Survival Distributions Under Cluster Randomization: A Simulation Method

We propose a sample size calculation method for rank tests comparing two survival distributions under cluster randomization with possibly variable cluster sizes. Here, sample size refers to number of clusters. Our method is based on simulation procedure generating clustered exponential survival variables whose distribution is specified by the marginal hazard rate and the intracluster correlation coefficient. Sample size is calculated given significance level, power, marginal hazard rates (or median survival times) under the alternative hypothesis, intracluster correlation coefficient, accrual rate, follow-up period, and cluster size distribution.
STRUCTURAL AND HIDDEN BARRIERS TO A LOCAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE: AUTONOMY, DECISIONS ABOUT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, AND THE CENTRALITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF POWER.

PURPOSE To examine a local primary health care infrastructure and the reality of primary health care from the perspective of residents of a small, urban community in the southern United States. METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Data derive from 13 semi-structured focus groups, plus three semi-structured interviews, and were analyzed inductively consistent with a grounded theory approach. FINDINGS Structural barriers to the local primary health care infrastructure include transportation, clinic and appointment wait time, and co-payments and health insurance. Hidden barriers consist of knowledge about local health care services, non-physician gatekeepers, and fear of medical care. Community residents have used home remedies and the emergency department at the local academic medical center to manage these structural and hidden barriers. RESEARCH LIMITATIONS/IMPLICATIONS Findings might not generalize to primary health care infrastructures in other communities, respondent perspectives can be biased, and the data are subject to various interpretations and conceptual and thematic frameworks. Nevertheless, the structural and hidden barriers to the local primary health care infrastructure have considerably diminished the autonomy community residents have been able to exercise over their decisions about primary health care, ultimately suggesting that efforts concerned with increasing the access of medically underserved groups to primary health care in local communities should recognize the centrality and significance of power. ORIGINALITY/VALUE This study addresses a gap in the sociological literature regarding the impact of specific barriers to primary health care among medically underserved groups.