Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Investigation of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus in Dairy Cattle Premises Where Aborts Occur

Bu calismanin konusu, farkli donemlerdeki in vivo sigir embriyolarinin cinsiyetlerinin non elektroforetik PCR yontemi ile tespit edilerek, cinsiyet dagiliminin ve bu dagilimin arasindaki farklarin cinsiyetten etkilenip etkilenmedigininbelirlenmesidir. Cinsiyet tayini amaciyla yedi gunluk toplam 65 adet in vivo uretilmis embriyo kullanildi. Embriyo eldeetmek icin rutin superovulasyon yontemleri kullanildi. Tohumlamalardan yedi gun sonra cerrahi olmayan yontemleuterus yikamasi yapilarak embriyolar toplandi. Elde edilen embriyolar kalite degerlendirmesinin ardindan cinsiyetleritespit edildi. Embriyolarin trophektoderm kismindan mikro manipulatore bagli mikro bicak ile %10-30 oraninda bir parca kesilerek biyopsi materyali alindi. Embriyodan biyopsi alma islemi %20 FCS iceren D-PBS solusyonu icerisindeyapildi. Alinan biyopsi parcalari, lizis ve denaturasyon islemleri amaciyla PCR cihazina yerlestirildi. Lizisi takiben DNAamplifikasyon islemi 35 dongu olarak gerceklestirildi. PCR cihazindan cikarilan tupler, 302-312 nm dalga boyunda isikveren UV lamba altinda incelendi. Pembe renk veren embriyo “erkek embriyo” olarak belirlendi. Cinsiyet tayini yapilanembriyolardan kompakt morula asamasinda olan 30 embriyodan 14’unun erkek (%46.7; 14/30), 16’sinin disi (%53.3;16/30) cinsiyette; blastosist asamasindaki 35 embriyodan 21’inin erkek (%60.0; 21/35), 14’unun disi (%40.0; 14/35)cinsiyete sahip oldugu tespit edildi. Blastosist asamasindaki erkeklerin oraninin (%60.0) morula asamasina (%46.7)gore daha yuksek bulunmasina ragmen aralarindaki farklilik istatistik onemde bulunmamistir (P>0.05).
Reliability of the Original Brunnstrom Recovery Scale Following Hemiplegia

Objective evaluation of physical functioning enables occupational therapists to quantify evaluation and re-evaluation. To this end quantitative aspects oft he original Brunnstrom motor recovery stages were extracted, the procedure standardized, and provided with a numerical score. To establish inter-rater reliability six assessors were used to assess eighteen adult cerebrovascular patients referred for comprehensive rehabilitation. The six sets of scores yielded correlation coefficient with a range of 0.74 to 0.98 and a highly significant Kendall's coefficients of concordance.
An Optimized Method for Image Classification Based on Bag of Words Model

The Bag of Words(BoW) model is applied to object classification in this paper.An optimized method based on the combination of Region Of Interest(ROI) extraction and pyramid matching scheme is proposed to optimize and improve the traditional model in order to overcome the disadvantages.First,the ROI is extracted from training images and then the codebook is generated using the features which are extracted from the ROI instead of the entire images using dense Scale-Invariant Feature Transform(SIFT) descriptor.Therefore,the codebook can describe the features of the images more accurately and also can resist the impact of the various position information as well as background.Then the images will be represented as the histogram of codebook using pyramid matching scheme as the input of Support Vector Machine(SVM) classifier.The experiments are carried out based both Caltech 101 and Caltech 256 database.The results show that the proposed method performs better than the traditional method and the state of the art.What is more,the classification accuracy is good even though under lack of training images.
Process Plan Cases Retrieval Approach Based on Part Characteristic List and Key Machine Tools

The process plan case retrieval is the key procedure in Case Based Reasoning (CBR) CAPP system. In order to retrieve process plan cases quickly and effectively, a case retrieval approach based on part characteristic list (PCL) and key machine tools is presented. The whole retrieval procedure is implemented though two steps. The first step retrieved the cases by use of the PCL and the optional second step is designed to get the smaller case set by use of the heuristic key machine tools information. The part characteristic list is defined, and its building method is addressed. The algorithm for each retrieval step is discussed in detail.
Aerial Robot Localization Using Ground Robot Tracking – Towards Cooperative SLAM

Abstract Heterogeneous ground-aerial robots cooperation becomes an increasing research area for autonomous tasks. Aerial robots are prone to a position drift over time; therefore, it is important to minimize it before achieving high level tasks. In this paper, a vision based position drift minimization method is proposed for cooperative navigation of quad-rotor and ground robot. The quad-rotor is equipped with a monocular camera and an IMU. The downward looking camera minimizes the translational drift of the quad-rotor by tracking the ground robot. After estimating the aerial robot's pose with respect to the ground robot, it can now localize itself into the map built by the ground robot using an EKF based SLAM algorithm. The proposed approach is implemented by simulating virtual robots in USARSim.
Work outcome in young adults with disabilities

Een toenemend aantal jongeren ondervindt als gevolg van ziekte of aandoening beperkingen in het maatschappelijk participeren. De meeste van hen ervaren mentale beperkingen, zoals verstandelijke beperkingen, psychische en/of ontwikkelingsstoornissen. Daarnaast hebben deze jongeren vaak meerdere aandoeningen, waarbij de interactie tussen deze aandoeningen de beperkingen vergroot en het werkvermogen negatief beinvloedt. Deze jongeren hebben veel minder kans om deel te nemen aan het arbeidsproces dan hun gezonde leeftijdsgenoten. Deze beperkte arbeidsdeelname wordt niet alleen veroorzaakt door de gevolgen van de ziekte of aandoening, maar wordt ook beinvloed door persoonlijke factoren (zoals leeftijd, geslacht, zelfbeeld, en motivatie) en omgevingsfactoren (zoals de sociale context). Verwachtingen over werk en motivatie zijn significante voorspellers voor werk. De sociale omgeving, zoals ouders en leerkrachten, speelt ook een belangrijke rol in het vinden van werk door deze jongeren. Als de jongeren eenmaal aan het werk zijn, nemen werkgevers en collega’s deze rol mogelijk over. Daarom is het van belang hen te stimuleren en te faciliteren om deze jongeren te ondersteunen om het werk te kunnen behouden. Het is van belang deze factoren mee te nemen bij de ontwikkeling van interventies om jongeren met een beperking te begeleiden om werk te vinden en te behouden. Tenslotte is het van belang dat werkgevers, gemeenten en nationale overheid geschikte banen voor jongeren met een beperking beschikbaar stellen. Beleid gericht op het opnemen van deze jongeren als volwaardige burgers in onze maatschappij is daarvoor noodzakelijk.
Exploiting pitch dynamics for speech spectral estimation using a two-dimensional processing framework

This thesis addresses the problem of obtaining an accurate spectral representation of speech formant structure when the voicing source exhibits a high fundamental frequency. Our work is inspired by auditory perception and physiological modeling studies implicating the use of temporal changes in speech by humans. Specifically, we develop and evaluate signal processing schemes that exploit temporal change of pitch as a basis for high-pitch formant estimation. As part of our development, we assess the source-filter separation capabilities of several two-dimensional processing schemes that utilize both standard spectrographic and auditory-based time-frequency representations. Our methods show quantitative improvements under certain conditions over representations derived from traditional and homomorphic linear prediction. We conclude by highlighting potential benefits of our framework in the particular application of speaker recognition with preliminary results indicating a performance gender-gap closure on subsets of the TIMIT corpus.
Summarization for Oil and Gas Drilling Topic

Information sharing and gathering are important in the rapid advancement era of technology. The existence of WWW has caused rapid growth of information explosion. Readers are overloaded with too many lengthy text documents in which they are more interested in shorter versions. Oil and gas industry could not escape from this predicament. In this paper, we develop an Automated Text Summarization System known as AutoTextSumm to extract the salient points of oil and gas drilling articles by incorporating statistical approach, keywords identification, synonym words and sentence’s position. In this study, we have conducted interviews with Petroleum Engineering experts and English Language experts to identify the list of most commonly used keywords in the oil and gas drilling domain. The system performance of AutoTextSumm is evaluated using the formulae of precision, recall and F-score. Based on the experimental results, AutoTextSumm has produced satisfactory performance with F-score of 0.81. Keywords—Keyword’s probability, synonym sets.
Differential Virtualization for Large-Scale System Modeling

Today’s computer networks become more complex than ever with a vast number of connected host systems running a variety of different operating systems and services. Academia and industry alike realize that education in managing such complex systems is extremely important for computer professionals because, with computers, there are many levels of detailed configuration. Configuration points can occur during all facets of computer systems including system design, implementation, and maintenance stages. In order to explore various hypotheses regarding configurations, system modeling is employed – computer professionals and researchers build test environments. Modeling environments require observable systems that are easily configurable at an accelerated rate. Observation abilities increase through re-use and preservation of models. Historical modeling solutions do not efficiently utilize computing resources and require high preservation or restoration cost as the number of modeled systems increases. This research compares a workstation-oriented, virtualization modeling solution using system differences to a workstation-oriented, imaging modeling solution using full system states. The solutions are compared based on computing resource utilization and administrative cost with respect to the number of modeled systems. Our experiments have shown that upon increasing the number of models from 30 to 60, the imaging solution requires an additional 75 minutes; whereas, the difference-based virtualization solution requires an additional three (3) minutes. The imaging solution requires 151 minutes to prepare 60 models, while the difference-based, virtualization solution requires 7 minutes to prepare 60 models. Therefore, the cost for model archival and restoration in the difference-based virtualization modeling solution is lower than that in the full system imaging-based modeling solution. In addition, by using a virtualization solution, multiple systems can be modeled on a single workstation, thus increasing workstation resource utilization. Since virtualization abstracts hardware, virtualized models are less dependent on physical hardware. Thus, by lowering hardware dependency, a virtualized model is further re-usable than a traditional system image. If an organization must perform system modeling and the organization has sufficient workstation resources, using a differential virtualization approach will decrease the time required for model preservation, increase resource utilization, and therefore provide an efficient, scalable, and modular modeling solution.
Efficient VLSI Implementations of Vector-Thread Architectures

We present a taxonomy and modular implementation approach for data-parallel accelerators, including the MIMD, vector-SIMD, subword-SIMD, SIMT, and vector-thread (VT) architectural design patterns. We introduce Maven, a new VT microarchitecture based on the traditional vector-SIMD microarchitecture, that is considerably simpler to implement and easier to program than previous VT designs. Using an extensive design-space exploration of full VLSI implementations of many accelerator design points, we evaluate the varying tradeoffs between programmability and implementation efficiency among the MIMD, vector-SIMD, and VT patterns on a workload of compiled microbenchmarks and application kernels. We find the vector cores provide greater efficiency than the MIMD cores, even on fairly irregular kernels. Our results suggest that the Maven VT microarchitecture is superior to the traditional vector-SIMD architecture, providing both greater efficiency and easier programmability.
A trend to super distributed system and standardization activity in OMG

As the penetration of computers in household and industrial devices continues to grow, much attention is being focused on ubiquitous and wearable computers. All around us, devices and equipment in buildings, homes, offices, factories, streets, and automobiles, as well as various entities of the social infrastructure, are incorporating computer power and interconnecting via the network. In short, it is now becoming possible to construct a super distributed system. Furthermore, next-generation information systems that combine this super distributed system with the so-called Internet system promise to provide people and society with even better services. In the home automation and factory automation fields, development and world standardization has begun on the "Home Network" and "Field Network" for industrial control, both of which should become part of the communication platform for the super distributed system. These fields also make use of distributed-object technology. Making this a reality will require, at the very minimum, the development of interworking standards, enabling, for example, a processor to detect processors in other devices with which it can safely interact, in new and unknown environments, the formation of groups that support interworking among processors, the deployment of processors in mobile units, and intelligent devices to work together in real time. Systems supported by such interworking processors are called super distributed systems.
Methodological challenges for music therapy controlled clinical trials in palliative care

Since the late 1970s, music therapy has been an important part of multidisciplinary palliative care programs. Despite its wide application and high acceptance by patients, caregivers and staff members, recent systematic reviews and reports point to a lack of research, and the need for controlled clinical trials. The present article reviews the methodological quality of controlled clinical trials on the effects of music therapy in palliative care and addresses issues regarding the implementation of such designs. We identified eight studies (both published and unpublished), conducted between 2003 and 2013, through a systematic search of the scientific literature. We present major challenges according to the PICOS taxonomy and provide recommendations for future research using controlled clinical trial designs.
Seven-year follow-up in a case of primary hyperparathyroidism using quantitative ultrasound and dual X-ray absorptiometry

We have previously reported a case of a 36-year-old woman who was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism following initial skeletal abnormalities in the hand phalanges and calcaneus revealed by quantitative ultrasound (QUS). Successful parathyroid adenoma surgery resulted in progressive increase of bone mineral density and QUS parameters within 6 months, 1 year and 2 years of follow-up. Now, 5 years after the last measurement and at the onset of her menopause, the study was repeated. It has shown further increase in some ultrasonic and densitometric parameters but decrease in others. This discrepancy could be associated with the early influence of perimenopause on trabecular bone. Based on the current report one can conclude that peripheral QUS used on the hand phalanges and calcaneus is a useful tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of skeletal alterations due to parathyroid dysfunction. Moreover, it can detect early changes associated with perimenopause.
The future of psychiatric epidemiology

I am honored to be a member of the International Advisory Board of the new Italian journal on epidemiology and social psychiatry. The topic of the journal and the presence of an international board is a reflection of the rapid developments in epidemiology and the refinement of epidemiologic methods that now make cross-national comparisons using similar methods a reality. In the past, the conventional wisdom was that two psychiatrists couldn't agree on the diagnosis of any one patient. Given this situation, comparisons between countries on the rates, the risk factors, the natural history, and the clinical phenomena of specific psychiatric disorders based on community samples across countries were unobtainable goals. The landmark World Health Organization (WHO) studies in the 1960s and 70s demonstrated that the major differences in the US-UK rates of the major psychiatric disorders were mostly due to differences in methodology and were not real differences in rates between countries. The WHO then launched a series of studies looking at schizophrenia and depression based on clinical samples in a variety of countries. With the exception of a few studies in Europe and Scandinavia, epidemiologic approaches were infrequently applied to the study of psychiatric disorders in the community until the 1970s. The major obstacle was the lack of specification of the diagnostic criteria and, again, the difficulty of obtaining reliable diagnoses in large community samples. The period after World War II in the United States was one of considerable activity in research on the epidemiol-
Learning Confirmatory Patterns in Exploratory Factor Analysis Using ICOMP and Genetic Algorithm

The dissertation intends to develop a new approach to the identification of the best factor pattern structure. This new approach is a multivariate regression analysis where factor scores are regressed on original variables. The dissertation shows the versatility of information model selection criteria, Bozdogan’s ICOMPtype criteria in particular, in two types of modeling problems: determining the number of factors in factor analysis and working as the fitness function for Genetic Algorithm.
Otolith mass asymmetry in the mugilid fish, Liza klunzingeri (Day, 1888) collected from Persian Gulf near Bandar Abbas

The otolith mass asymmetry, x, was calculated as the difference between the mass of the right and left paired otoliths divided by average otolith mass. Saccular otolith mass asymmetry was studied in the mugilid fish Liza klunzingeri. As in the case of other symmetrical fish species, the absolute value of x in L. klunzingeri does not depend on fish length and otolith growth rate. The mean value of x was between -0.2 and +0.2.
Introduction to sterilization : definitions and challenges

Abstract: Sterilization is an important step in manufacturing medical devices, as well as in the reprocessing of reusable ones in healthcare centers. This chapter will present the main definitions related to sterilization and the classification of sterilization technologies into industrial/clinical and into traditional/non-traditional methods. The main challenges related to sterilization will also be discussed, such as prion and endotoxin deactivation, the growing use of small and delicate materials, as well as new economic and ecological constraints related to the reduction of costs and the protection of the population/environment, respectively. Finally, a brief overview of the book content will be presented.
Automated CFD Parameter Studies on Distributed Parallel Computers

The objective of the current work is to build a prototype software system which will automated the process of running CFD jobs on Information Power Grid (IPG) resources. This system should remove the need for user monitoring and intervention of every single CFD job. It should enable the use of many different computers to populate a massive run matrix in the shortest time possible. Such a software system has been developed, and is known as the AeroDB script system. The approach taken for the development of AeroDB was to build several discrete modules. These include a database, a job-launcher module, a run-manager module to monitor each individual job, and a web-based user portal for monitoring of the progress of the parameter study. The details of the design of AeroDB are presented in the following section. The following section provides the results of a parameter study which was performed using AeroDB for the analysis of a reusable launch vehicle (RLV). The paper concludes with a section on the lessons learned in this effort, and ideas for future work in this area.
A Two Stage Approach with ICA and Double Density Wavelet Transform for Artifacts Removal in Multichannel EEG Signals

Presence of artifacts in electroencephalographs (EEG) is major hurdles for the precise analysis of spectral behavior. For suppression of ocular artifact in EEG this paper proposes a component based Independent Component Analysis (ICA) model. It involves the generating a set of individual components of given signal followed by rejection of unwanted artifacts. Further this paper presents a novel method with combination of ICA, information sharing and double density wavelet transform to reject the artifacts from the signal. The Independent Component Analysis (ICA) here is used to segment artifact peaks in the signal. Then the Discrete Wavelet Transform is applied for multi-level transfer of signal data until the reception of significant result. The Wavelet ICA suppression not only removes artifacts but also preserves the spectral and coherence properties of brain signals.
Designing vocabulary tests for English, Spanish and other languages

This paper describes an approach to lexical competence in an L2. The model suggests that it might be possible to describe lexical competence in terms of three dimensions: vocabulary size, depth of vocabulary knowledge, and the accessibility of core lexical items. Some formal tests which assess these subcomponents of lexical competence are described. The paper then goes on to argue that it is not straightforward to adapt these tests for languages other than English. "Typical vocabulary size" appears to be a flexible concept, which varies from one language to another. This means that a statement such as "X has a vocabulary of N words" may have different practical implications in different languages. Similar arguments apply to measures of vocabulary depth and to measures of accessibility of the core vocabulary. The paper argues that the relationship between these three subcomponents of lexical competence may vary from one language to another, and that "the same" data culled from "the same" test in different languages may need to be interpreted in different ways.
Preseason Strength and Conditioning for Collegiate Tennis Players

TENNIS HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS A FAST-PACED GAME THAT REQUIRES PRECISE MOVEMENT COORDINATION, AGILITY, EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND STRATEGIC SKILL MASTERY. THESE OUTCOMES CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ADHERING TO AN ANNUAL PLAN CONSISTING OF VARIOUS PHASES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ARTICLE ARE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW OFF-SEASON STRENGTH TRAINING; TO PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF PRESEASON STRENGTH AND POWER TRAINING; AND TO REVIEW PRESEASON GENERAL AND SPORT-SPECIFIC CONDITIONING.