Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anabolic and catabolic gene expression pattern analysis in normal versus osteoarthritic cartilage using complementary DNA-array technology.

OBJECTIVE To understand changes in gene expression levels that occur during osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage degeneration, using complementary DNA (cDNA)-array technology. METHODS Nine normal, 6 early degenerated, and 6 late-stage OA cartilage samples of human knee joints were analyzed using the Human Cancer 1.2 cDNA array and TaqMan analysis. RESULTS In addition to a large variability of expression levels between different patients, significant expression patterns were detectable for many genes. Cartilage types II and VI collagen were strongly expressed in late-stage specimens, reflecting the high matrix-remodeling activity of advanced OA cartilage. The increase in fibronectin expression in early degeneration suggests that fibronectin is a crucial regulator of matrix turnover activity of chondrocytes during early disease development. Of the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), MMP-3 appeared to be strongly expressed in normal and early degenerative cartilage and down-regulated in the late stages of disease. This indicates that other degradation pathways might be more important in late stages of cartilage degeneration, involving other enzymes, such as MMP-2 and MMP-11, both of which were up-regulated in late-stage disease. MMP-11 was up-regulated in OA chondrocytes and, interestingly, also in the early-stage samples. Neither MMP-1 nor MMP-8 was detectable, and MMP-13 and MMP-2 were significantly detectable only in late-stage specimens, suggesting that early stages are characterized more by degradation of other matrix components, such as aggrecan and other noncollagenous molecules, than by degradation of type II collagen fibers. CONCLUSION This investigation allowed us to identify gene expression profiles of the disease process and to get new insights into disease mechanisms, for example, to develop a picture of matrix proteinases that are differentially involved in different phases of the disease process.
Accurate critical exponents from field theory

This is the third article in a sequence in which we reexamine the calculation of the critical exponents of the N-vector model from field theory. In the first article we have applied summation methods to the e-expansion for which new termes have been calculated (up to order e 5 ). In the second article we have incorporated in the summation method, in the case of Ising-like systems (N=1), the knowledge of the exact values of exponents in d=2 dimensions. Sine exact values are now also known in the case of polymers (N=0), we apply here the same method to this case. Moreover, since for the exponent η for N=1 the result coming from the e-expansion and perturbation series at fixed dimension are slightly different, we have recalculated the exponents in the latter case using the variant of the summation method developed for the e-expansion. The results do not change significantly showing both the Ceci est le troisieme article d'une serie dans laquelle le calcul des exposants critiques des modeles avec symetrie O (N) a partir de la theroie des champs est reexamine. Dans un premier article nous avons applique des methodes de sommation aux nouveaux termes calcules du developpement en e (connu maintenant jusqu'a l'ordre e 5 ). Dans un deuxieme article nous avons incorpore dans la methode de sommation du developpement en e, dans le cas des systemes du type Isng (N=1), la connaissance des exposants critiques a deux dimensions. Ici nous utilisons la meme methode dans le cas de la statistique des polymeres (N=0) pour laquelle les exposants sont maintenant egalement connus en dimension deux. Par ailleurs comme nous avions constate une legere difference dans le cas de l'exposant η pour N=1 entre les valeurs venant des developpements en e et a dimension fixee, nous avons applique une variante plus raffinee de la methode de sommation a ce dernier cas. Les resultats changent tres peu indiquant a la fois la fiabilite de la methode et ses limites
A configurable generalized artificial bee colony algorithm with local search strategies

In this paper, we apply a generalized artificial bee colony (ABC-X) algorithm to the learning-based real-parameter optimization competition at the 2015 Congress on Evolutionary Computation. The main idea underlying the ABC-X algorithm is to provide a flexible, freely configurable framework for artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithms. From this framework, one can not only instantiate known ABC algorithms but also configure new, previously unseen ABC algorithms that may perform even better than known ABC algorithms. One key advantage of a configurable algorithm framework is that it is adaptable to many different specific problems without requiring necessarily an algorithm re-design. This is relevant if in the application problem repeatedly instances of the problem need to be solved regularly. This situation arises in many practical settings e.g. in power control or other application areas: Routinely a sequence of specific instances of a more general continuous optimization problem arise and these instances have to be solved repeatedly (possibly for an infinite horizon) in the future: in this case the instances of the problem in the sequence will share similarities as they arise from a same source. This is also the situation that is targeted by the learning-based real-parameter optimization competition and which we have also described in our own earlier research.
Cross-sectional imaging of C. elegans by SEM-CT using Environmental SEM for nanomanipulation

A novel technique was presented for a cross-sectional imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) by Scanning Electron Microscope - Computed Tomography (SEM-CT) using Environmental-SEM (E-SEM) for nanomanipulation applications. In our previous works, a nanorobotic manipulation system was established inside the E-SEM for water-contained samples including biological organism with a real-time high resolution observation. However, the SEM image is two dimensional (2D) and surficial information from the secondly electrons. Hence, it is not able to evaluate the targeted structure inside the sample. In this research, we presented the cross-sectional observation of the sample by SEM-CT system which is used the X-ray generated by the electron beam of SEM. To improve the signal-to-noise ratio of CT imaging, we evaluated the following ways, 1) apertures for X-ray before/after irradiating the sample, 2) adjustment of emission currents of the electron beam, 3) iteration processing of captured images. To reduce the damage of C. elegans during observation, a method was used to immerse the C. elegans by a liquid oil. The proposed 3D imaging technique is useful to evaluate the 3D manipulation of the C. elegans, such as nano-injection application with functional micro-nano beads inside the C. elegans.
Stock market over and under-reaction: Evidence from investor psychology

Extracted from text . Can the small investor beat the market by 'Dow investing'? 5 Stock market over and under-reaction: Evidence from investor psychology 1. INTRODUCTION* There is evidence, of an empirical nature, that financial markets tend to overreact to some types of information but under-react to others. Under-reaction is said to occur if the market price does not move upward far enough following a signal of good news or, downward enough following bad. Overreaction, on the other hand, is said to occur if the market moves upward too far following good news or, moves downward too far after bad. The relevant .
Master thesis Robust Multi-Hypothesis Tracker Fusing Diverse Sensor Information

This Master’s Thesis presents a developed tracking algorithm which fuses different object detections. These object detections are obtained from different detectors. These detectors are: a laser leg detector and a tag vision detector. The fusion has the objective to obtain more robust object detections; moreover, it has the capability to distinguish specific people. In the future, it is intend to add new detectors, such as: a skeleton person detector and a radar detector. Adding new detectors is direct and easy, since the tracker has a general and flexible implementation which allows the change of the type and number of detectors. The Robust multi-hypothesis tracker fusing diverse sensor information uses as the backbone of the theory the multi-hypothesis tracker approach proposed by Reid [28]. Then, the algorithm has been modified to add some new improvements. For work with social robots in the algorithm was added two functions in the probabilities of the hypothesis which allows us to control the confirmation and the deletion of the tracks. Also, the algorithm was improved by adding another function that lets we use the people’s velocities orientations to improve the association between tracks and detections in crossing situations. Furthermore, the algorithm was extended with the fusion of different detections. For work with autonomous vehicles in the European Project Cargo ANTs the algorithm was adapted for tracking locally (without map) and global (with a map); was improved to use the track velocity and a specific detector to distinguish between dynamic and static objects and was adapted to group different objects of the same type using distance. The objects can have dynamic or static type. Finally, the tests of the tracker algorithm have been carried out in the fields of social robots and autonomous vehicles (Cargo ANTs project). The experiments have been carried out with Tibi and Dabo robots, illustrate that our tracking approach can robustly and efficiently track multiple people without changes on their id ’s and without losing them. Also, the experiments show that the tracker can distinguish a specific person by using the fusion; even in situations which has several people or objects that cross with or occlude the specific person. The experiments have been carried out in the Cargo ANTs project show that the tracker is able to follow only the single real dynamic object, and that the tracker is able to group different detections obtained inside the same object.
Performance analysis of dual-frequency buck converter for integrated power management

The use of dual-frequency (DF) buck converter architecture consisting of a merged structure of high and low frequency buck cells is presented as a candidate topology for integrated power management to obtain favorable tradeoffs in terms of efficiency, switching ripple, and bandwidth. It is shown that having two degrees of freedom in designing the DF buck helps to achieve high efficiency and low output ripples, simultaneously. A comparison analysis is done with regards to the aforementioned performance indexes with the standard and three-level buck converters and the results are validated in HSPICE in a 0.35 μm CMOS process.
Composition of Foods Commonly Used in Diets for Persons with Diabetes

Information on the carbohydrate, protein, fat, kilocalorie, and plant fiber content of 152 common foods has been collated. These data are based on information currently available and will need to be modified and updated as more information emerges. These data are presented in six tables that follow the format of the commonly used Exchange Lists for Meal Planning for patients with diabetes mellitus.
When Hurt Will Not Heal

Recent discoveries suggest that socialpain is as real and intense as physical pain, and that the social-pain system may have piggybacked on the brain structure that had evolved earlier for physical pain. The present study examined an important distinction between social and physical pain: Individuals can relive and reexperience social pain more easily and more intensely than physical pain. Studies 1 and 2 showed that people reported higher levels of pain after reliving a past socially painful event than after reliving a past physically painful event. Studies 3 and 4 found, in addition, that people performed worse on cognitively demanding tasks after they relived social rather than physical pain. Implications for research on social pain and theories about social pain are discussed.
Miniaturization and reduction of mutual coupling for four arrays antennas using new structure of EBG

The design of more than one antenna system called antenna arrays. Patch antenna arrays are used extensively due to their high directivity and gain, also light weight and low cost. In antenna arrays energy is wasted in backward radiation as well as losses due to mutual coupling. Placing of elements close to each other can minimize the overall size of an array. On the other hand, a major drawback of this type of antenna arrays is mutual coupling; that depends on the separation between the elements, causes unfavorable effects on antenna characteristics. The use of Electromagnetic Band Gap structures, also called photonic band gap (PBG) structures in the antenna arrays can limit the coupling by suppressing the surface waves. In this paper, a novel electromagnetic band gap (EBG) surface has been introduced by some modifications in conventional mushroom-like EBG structure which has more compact electrical dimensions. This structure is proposed to be placed in between four patch arrays antennas to reduce the mutual coupling loss. The investigation included E coupling direction, and antennas array system is analyzed using CST mws. A significant value of −27.036 dB mutual coupling reduction is reached at 5.8 GHz resonant frequency.
User Adaptation and IS Success: An Empirical Investigation among French Workers

Overall, IS research provides powerful tools that allow understanding individual acceptance and use of systems. However, researchers are increasingly concerned that it provided very little indications about how user adaptive strategies to IT influence IT adoption and success. Drawing on the Coping Model of User Adaptation (CMUA) (Beaudry and Pinsonneault 2005) and on the Information Systems Success Model (ISM) (DeLone and McLean 2003), we elaborate a research model for gaining further knowledge into the influence of user adaptive strategies on IS success. The four generic adaptive strategies of CMUA are posited to moderate the influences of information and system quality on intention to use and user satisfaction. A longitudinal quantitative research design is then presented. It deals with individuals adaptation to new Cloud Computing IT in a large, 6,500 employee French corporation. Expected contributions for research and practice are presented.
Learning to use prepositions: a case study

ABSTRACT The current study documented one child's earliest use of prepositions during her second year of life. The spatial oppositions up-down, on-off, in—out and over—under were first to be learned. These words were all used initially in non-prepositional senses (mostly as holophrastic, verb-like requests for activities) prior to prepositional usage. They were seldom omitted or misused. The prepositions with, by, to, for, at and of were learned later. Four of these were used to express at least two distinct case relationships, and some case relationships (instrumental and dative) were indicated by more than one of these words. These later learned prepositions were not used by adults or learned by the child as holophrases, but rather they were acquired as distinct lexical items by means of analytic learning strategies that employed some form of ‘extraction’ from adult phrases. These words were omitted and misused much more often than the spatial oppositions. Differences in the acquisition pattern of these two groups of prepositions were attributed to linguistic rather than to cognitive factors.
Solving flexible job-shop scheduling problem using hybrid particle swarm optimisation algorithm and data mining

Flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSSP) is an extension of the classical job-shop scheduling problem that allows an operation to be processed by any machine from a given set along different routes. It is very important in both fields of production management and combinatorial optimisation. This paper presents a new approach based on a hybridisation of the particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithm with data mining (DM) technique to solve the multi-objective flexible job-shop scheduling problem. Three minimisation objectives - the maximum completion time, the total workload of machines and the workload of the critical machines are considered simultaneously. In this study, PSO is used to assign operations and to determine the processing order of jobs on machines. The objectives are optimised by data mining technique which extracts the knowledge from the solution sets to find the near optimal solution of combinatorial optimisation problems. The computational results have shown that the proposed method is a feasible and effective approach for the multi-objective flexible job-shop scheduling problems.
Capacitive Coupling Element Antennas for Multi-Standard Mobile Handsets

Antenna prototypes based on a simple capacitive coupling element (CCE) on a compact smartphone chassis are presented. This versatile antenna structure is easily modifiable with circuit design. We show with experimental data how the same CCE is implemented first with single-feed and then with dual-feed interface towards the transceiver front-end. These two antennas operate at the LTE-A frequencies 698–960 MHz and 1710–2690 MHz with good efficiency, owing to a novel dual-branch impedance matching circuit which utilizes the properties of the CCE and the chassis in a proficient way. A third antenna based on the same CCE is designed for a software defined radio receiver. This tunable antenna operates at 750–2500 MHz with acceptable efficiency.
Performance Study of De-Oiling Spiral Tube Separators

State-of-the-art of oily water treatment and basic working principle of spiral tube separator are first introduced. Laboratory testing system and facility are described. By experimental study, effect of flow rate and gyration radius on both separation efficiency and split ratio is studied. This work would provide theoretical basis and references for further research on the separation characteristic of spiral tube separators.
Near-term Climate Protection and Clean Air Benefits: Actions for Controlling Short-Lived Climate Forcers

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Additional Psychometric Evaluation of the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)

ABSTRACT The OASIS represents a rich opportunity for researchers interested in home health care outcomes. However, little psychometric information has been published. The purpose of this study was to provide additional psychometric data for selected portions of the OASIS using a sub-set of 201 subjects from a previously published study. Conceptual domains were identified-functional, affect, behavioral and clinical. Reliability was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha and the kappa coefficient for intra-rater reliability. Construct validity was evaluated by principal axis factor analysis within each domain. The functional domain had the best reliability and validity. The affect and behavioral domains had adequate kappa scores, but the alphas and the factor analyses were problematic. Two of the clinical items did not perform well with kappa scores. Recommendations and suggestions for use of the OASIS are made.
Beyond Visible Persistence: An Alternative Account of Temporal Integration and Segregation in Visual Processing

When processing sequences of rapidly varying stimuli, the visual system must satisfy two conflicting requirements. To maintain perceptual continuity, sequential stimuli must be integrated into a single, unified percept. On the other hand, to detect rapid changes, sequential stimuli must be segregated from each other. We propose that these conflicting demands are reconciled by a process that codes the temporal relationship between contiguous stimuli: Stimuli that are coded as co-extensive are integrated and those that are coded as disjoint are segregated. This approach represents a conceptual departure from the more traditional "intrinsic persistence" view of temporal integration. The approach provides a parsimonious account of the results of two temporal-integration tasks in which the durations of the leading and trailing displays were varied over a broad range. The data were accurately fit by a quantitative model in which temporal codes were determined by the correlation in time between the visual responses to the leading and trailing displays.