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Creating a Semantic Academic Lecture Video Search Engine via Enrichment Textual and Temporal Features of Subtitled YouTube EDU Media Fragments

this paper, we propose a new framework to annotating subtitled YouTube EDU media fragments using textual features such as exert all the basic portions extracted from the web-based natural language processors of in relation to subtitles and temporal features such as duration of the media fragments where proper entities are spotted. We've created the SY-E-MFSE (Subtitled YouTube EDU Media Fragment Search Engine) as a framework to cruising on the subtitled YouTube EDU videos resident in the Linked Open Data (LOD) cloud. For realizing this purpose, we propose Unifier Module of Outcomes of Web-Based Natural Language Processors (UM-OWNLP) for extracting the essential portions of the 10 NLP tools that are based on the web, from subtitles associated to YouTube videos in order to generate media fragments annotated with resources from the LOD cloud. Then, we propone Unifier Module of Outcomes of Web- Based Named Entity (NE) Booster Processors (UM- OWNEBP) containing the six web Application Programming Interfaces (API) to boost outcomes of NEs obtained from UM-OWNLP. We've presented 'UM-OWNLP ontology' to support all the 10 NLP web-based tools ontological features and representing them in a steadfast framework. KeywordsYouTube EDU video, textual metadata, semantic web, video annotation, web-based natural language processor.
A PCA-assisted EMG-driven model to predict upper extremities' joint torque in dynamic movements

To relate electromyographic signals (EMG) to net joint torque, different approaches have been taken into account. In this regard, some researchers chose to use Principal Component Analysis (PCA). A Study in 2001 reported a linear relationship between the PCA-processed EMG data and the joint torque while investigating isometric movements. In this project we questioned the possibility to use this method for free dynamic tasks. Four healthy subjects participated in the current study, performing three sets of Dumbbell Kick Back exercise for five different dumbbell weights. The net joint torque was calculated using the kinematic data in an inverse dynamics model. Meanwhile the EMG data were processed with a PCA method, and then were input to the model to estimate the joint torque. In order to predict this torque, we used two models; a single-input model that was fed with the PCA-processed EMG of the all corresponding muscles; and a double-input model that utilized the PCA-processed EMG data of the agonist and antagonist muscles separately. The results demonstrated that both the single-input and double-input models are capable of predicting the torque for both isometric and free dynamic tasks. Employing a paired t-test we found that the double-input model was significantly more successful in estimating the torque comparing to the single-input model (p <; 0.005). The other factor (the movement type) proved to also have a significant effect on the estimation outcome (p <; 0.0005). In general, this study suggests that a linear relationship exists between PCA-processed EMG data and the joint torque in both isometric and free dynamic movements; however, in order to have a better estimate of the net joint torque, distinguishing the agonist-antagonist muscle groups' generated torques may be beneficial.
Neurogenic inflammation in the upper digestive tract of the mule duck: effect of a chemical algogen and force-feeding

1. The objectives were to quantify the presence of neurogenic inflammation in 4 regions of the upper digestive tract of anaesthetised ducks (post-pharynx, pseudo-crop, transition between the pseudo-crop and the proventriculus, and proventriculus) after application of HCl stimulation of up to 4 M in the pseudo-crop. 2. The second objective was to quantify the presence of neurogenic inflammation in the same digestive tract regions as mentioned above during 4 feeding periods of foie gras production (rearing, preparation to force-feeding, and second and last meals of the force-feeding period). 3. Extravasation increased above a HCl stimulation threshold of 2 M. Furthermore, more extravasation was observed in the proventriculus compared to the other regions (P < 0·001). 4. Highest extravasation responses were observed in the proventriculus and the pseudo-crop at the end of the preparation period, and in the proventriculus after the second forced meal, compared with the rearing period (P < 0·01), with a return to rearing level at the end of force-feeding. 5. Such a kinetic could be indicative of a relative mildness of the irritant components associated with this feeding practice.
Do Collaborative Case Management Models Decrease Hospital Readmission Rates Among High-Risk Patients?

Background: Case management provides a process and structure in health care systems that influence and control quality of care while reducing costs. A quality indicator of widespread concern is 30-day readmission of patients. There is significant initiative to drive down hospital readmission rates through development and/or redesign of case management models. Purpose: To examine the relationship of a collaborative case management model on hospital readmission rates among patients aged 65 years and older. Methodology and Sample: A retrospective chart review of patients discharged alive (n = 978) was conducted to evaluate and compare 2 care management models on hospital readmission rates. Demographic data, diagnosis, insurance carrier, admission source, discharge disposition, and incidence of readmission were collected using a structured data extraction tool. Logistic regression was used to identify predictors of readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge. Results: The sample was elderly (mean age = 79.5 years), White (88.8%), and primarily female (60%). Mean length of stay between pre- and postmodel groups was not statistically different (p = .2). The model contained 6 independent variables (gender, payer, admission source, discharge disposition, diagnosis, and length of stay) and none were statistically significant, &khgr;2 (1, n = 978) = 1.97, p = . 58. The analysis indicates that group characteristics did not distinguish who would get readmitted on the basis of independent variables measured. Implications for Case Management Practice: Age, gender, admit source, diagnosis, length of stay, and discharge disposition are not significant predictors of readmissions. Hospital case management programs may want to consider structuring processes to support patient adherence. Additional research is needed in this area.
Effects of rehydration fluid temperature and composition on body weight retention upon voluntary drinking following exercise-induced dehydration

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of beverage temperature and composition on weight retention and fluid balance upon voluntary drinking following exercise induced-dehydration. Eight men who were not acclimated to heat participated in four randomly ordered testing sessions. In each session, the subjects ran on a treadmill in a chamber maintained at 37℃ without being supplied fluids until 2% body weight reduction was reached. After termination of exercise, they recovered for 90 min under ambient air conditions and received one of the following four test beverages: 10℃ water (10W), 10℃ sports drink (10S), 26℃ water (26W), and 26℃ sports drink (26S). They consumed the beverages ad libitum. The volume of beverage consumed and body weight were measured at 30, 60, and 90 min post-recovery. Blood samples were taken before and immediately after exercise as well as at the end of recovery in order to measure plasma parameters and electrolyte concentrations. We found that mean body weight decreased by 1.8-2.0% following exercise. No differences in mean arterial pressure, plasma volume, plasma osmolality, and blood electrolytes were observed among the conditions. Total beverage volumes consumed were 1,164 ± 388, 1,505 ± 614, 948 ± 297, and 1,239 ± 401 ml for 10W, 10S, 26W, and 26S respectively (P > 0.05). Weight retention at the end of recovery from dehydration was highest in 10S (1.3 ± 0.7 kg) compared to 10W (0.4 ± 0.5 kg), 26W (0.4 ± 0.4 kg), and (0.6 ± 0.4 kg) (P < 0.005). Based on these results, carbohydrate/electrolyte-containing beverages at cool temperature were the most favorable for consumption and weight retention compared to plain water and moderate temperature beverages.
Acoustic feature extraction for robust event recognition on cleaning robot platform

If a cleaning robot can understand auditory scene, it can do a variety of roles including that of surveillance for home/office security. However, ego noise generated by the embedded motors can pose a serious problem against accurately performing auditory scene analysis. We propose an appropriate feature set using log-scale filter bank that effectively performs acoustic event recognition robust against ego noise and in home environment. Its effectiveness is demonstrated against the most prominent conventional feature set.
Externalizing symptoms, effortful control, and intrusive parenting: A test of bidirectional longitudinal relations during early childhood

Abstract At approximately 30, 42, and 54 months of age (N = 231), the relations among children's externalizing symptoms, intrusive maternal parenting, and children's effortful control (EC) were examined. Both intrusive parenting and low EC have been related to psychopathology, but children's externalizing problems and low EC might affect the quality of parenting and one another. Mothers’ intrusive behavior with their children was assessed with observations, children's EC was measured with mothers’ and caregivers’ reports, and children's externalizing symptoms were assessed with mothers’, fathers’, and caregivers’ reports. In a structural equation panel model, bidirectional relations between intrusive parenting and EC were found: EC at 30 and 42 months predicted low levels of intrusive parenting a year later, controlling for prior levels of parenting and vice versa. Moreover, high levels of children's externalizing problems at both 30 and 42 months negatively predicted EC a year later, controlling for prior levels of EC. Although externalizing problems positively predicted high EC over time, this appeared to be a suppression effect because these variables had a strong negative pattern in the zero-order correlations. Moreover, when controlling for the stability of intrusive parenting, EC, and externalizing (all exhibited significant stability across time) and the aforementioned cross-lagged predictive paths, EC and externalizing problems were still negatively related within the 54-month assessment. The findings are consistent with the view that children's externalizing behavior undermines their EC and contributes to intrusive mothering and that relations between intrusive parenting and EC are bidirectional across time. Thus, interventions that focus on modifying children's externalizing problems (as well as the quality of parenting) might affect the quality of parenting they receive and, hence, subsequent problems with adjustment.
LTCC 3D resonator applied to the design of a very compact bandpass filter for Q band applications

In this paper, we propose a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) U-shape /spl lambda//sub g//2 resonator. The advantages of multilayered LTCC technology such as high integration are employed to design this three dimensional resonator. The circuit is modeled and optimized by 3-D electromagnetic simulations and presents good experimental results. Compared to planar resonator, the U-shape resonator presents smaller size and comparable losses. Then, a three pole bandpass filter is presented with 2,6 % -3 dB bandwith centered at 38 GHz.
Geriatric gambling disorder: challenges in clinical assessment

To the Editor: The gaming industry is growing rapidly, as is the proportion of older adults aged 65 years or older who participate in gambling (Tse et al., 2012). With casinos tailoring their venues and providing incentives to attract older adults, and with the increasing popularity of “pleasure trips” to casinos organized by retirement homes, plus active promotion of government-operated lotteries in many countries, this trend is likely to continue. Gambling disorder (GD) or “pathological” or “problem” gambling presents a public health concern in the geriatric population. However, ascertainment of its prevalence and diagnostic accuracy have proven challenging. This is largely due to the absence of diagnostic criteria specific to the geriatric age and rating scales validated for use in this population.
A Method for the In Vitro Exposure of Human Cells to Environmental and Complex Gaseous Mixtures: Application to Various Types of Atmosphere

The application of in vitro methods to the analysis of the effects of airborne materials is still limited, because there are no generally accepted concepts and technologies for efficiently exposing adherent growing cells to test atmospheres, especially those comprising complex mixtures of gaseous and particulate phases. The introduction of in vitro research into the field of inhalation toxicology offers a unique possibility for using human cells and tissues for pre-screening studies, thus reducing the necessity for animal experiments, and cutting the numbers of animals used in toxicological testing. We therefore developed a novel experimental concept that uses an exposure device based on the cell cultivation system CULTEX (Patent No. DE 198011763; PCT/EP99/00295). This allowed us to investigate environmental atmospheres, which were chemically and physically unmodified, in an in vitro system, by exposing the target cells directly at the air/liquid interface. The exposure device itself is small and flexible enough to be connected to a variety of aerosol-generating systems without the need for an incubator, as it fulfils all the requirements for maintaining cell viability over a defined period. The general applicability and the sensitivity of this in vitro approach for testing various generated atmospheres under the same cell-exposure conditions were demonstrated by studying dose-dependent cytotoxic effects in human lung epithelial cells exposed to air contaminated with single gases or complex mixtures, such as diesel exhaust fumes and side-stream cigarette smoke.
Plant regeneration of Agave tequilana by indirect organogenesis

SummaryIndirect organogenesis was developed in Agave tequilana. Leaf segments and meristematic tissue from the central head (‘piña’) were evaluated as explant sources. A minimal-sized explant with high bud-forming capacity (19.5 BFC) was obtained through a cross section of meristematic tissue from in vitro plantlets. In callus culture, the best growth response was due to naphthalene acetic-acid (NAA) presenting a contrasting response compared to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Regeneration from meristem segments and callus was obtained using 1.1 μM 2,4-D and 44 μM 6-benzylaminopurine (BA). The regeneration capacity of callus was maintained for 3 mo. Shoots regenerated were rooted in a hormone-free MSI medium and acclimatized in a greenhouse with a 100% survival.
Embedding a restricted class of partial K4-designs

Given a partial K-4-design (X, P), if x is an element of X is a vertex which occurs in exactly one block of P, then call x a free vertex. In this paper, a technique is described for obtaining a cubic embedding of any partial K-4-design with the property that every block in the partial design contains at least two free vertices.
Different Viewpoints Image Registration for Remote Sensing Based on Multiple Image Features

Remote sensing image registration with different viewpoints plays an important role in the field of geographic information system. However, when there exists ground relief variations and imaging viewpoint changes, non-rigid distortion occurs thus the registration becomes increasingly challenging. The current methods will suffer from missing true correspondences when non-rigid geometric distortion occurs. To address the problem, we propose a robust remote sensing image registration method based on SIFT feature distance and geometric structure features. At first, the scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT), a partial intensity invariant feature descriptor is used to extract reliable feature point set from sensed and reference image respectively. Secondly, a novel algorithm based on multiple image features which constrains the geometric structure during transformation is used to estimate exact correspondences between point sets. Finally, an accurate alignment is achieved by mapping the sensed image to reference image using thin-plate spline. We evaluated the performances of the proposed method by three sets of remote sensing images obtained from the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the Google earth, and compared with five state-of-the-art methods where our algorithm solved the non-rigid registration problem of remote sensing image with different viewpoints and showed the best alignments in most cases.
Non-parametric Wiener-Granger causality in partially observed systems

Wiener's definition of causality, commonly known as Wiener-Granger causality, has become a frequently used quantification of temporally resolved causality in numerous fields of science. In many empirical studies, the system of interest cannot be observed in its entirety and relevant information may reside outside of the sampled observations. To this end, partial Wiener-Granger causality has been developed to circumvent this issue. In this paper, we extend partial Wiener-Granger causality to the non-parametric case and discuss different approaches to estimate it.
Closing an Era: Historical Perspectives on Modern Archives and Records Management

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Phosphorylation of an N-terminal Motif Enhances DNA-binding Activity of the Human SRY Protein*

Of the several strategies that eukaryotes have evolved to modulate transcription factor activity, phosphorylation is regarded as one of the major mechanisms in signal-dependent transcriptional control. To conclusively demonstrate that the human sex-determining gene SRY is affected by such a post-translational control mechanism, we have analyzed its phosphorylation status in living cells. In the present study, we show that the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) phosphorylates the human SRY protein in vitro as well as in vivo on serine residues located in the N-terminal part of the protein. This phosphorylation event was shown to positively regulate SRY DNA-binding activity and to enhance the ability of SRY to inhibit a basal promoter activity located downstream of an SRY DNA-binding site concatamer. Together these results strongly support the hypothesis that human SRY is a natural substrate for PKA in vivo and that this phosphorylation significantly modulates its major activity, DNA-binding, thereby possibly altering its biological function.
Treatment switching in oncology trials and the acceptability of adjustment methods

Treatment switching has become an important issue in the development and approval of new drugs, particularly in oncology. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) represent the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, but often patients randomized to the control group are permitted to switch onto the experimental treatment at some point during the trial. This is important, because standard statistical approaches used to analyze RCTs compare groups as randomized, based upon an intention-to-treat principle. When patients in both groups receive the new drug, such analyses do not provide an accurate estimate of the comparative effectiveness of the two treatments. This may lead to inappropriate decision-making – cost-effective drugs may not be approved. Limited healthcare finances may be used inefficiently. Health-related quality-of-life and lives may be lost.
From cumulative NWP precipitation data to small scale rain intensity distribution: Assessment of a procedure

Numerical Weather Predictions (NWPs) may be used as global meteorological input to several models for the estimation of radiowave atmospheric impairments. This contribution extends the evaluation of the effectiveness of SPET (Spatial P(R) Estimation Technique), a methodology recently proposed to estimate the spatial distribution of point rain rate, PS(R), from cumulative rain precipitation data, namely the total rain amount, Mt, and the convective rain amount, Mc, fallen in a reference time period T within a given area A on a snapshot basis.
Geographical patterns of mesothelioma incidence and asbestos exposure in Lombardy, Italy.

BACKGROUND Measuring malignant mesothelioma (MM) occurrence is a useful means to monitor the impact of past asbestos exposure and possibly identify new sources of asbestos exposure. OBJECTIVES Aim of this study is to describe the results of the MM registry of the Lombardy Region, North-West Italy, the most populated (currently, 10 million inhabitants) and industrialised Italian region. METHODS We extracted from the Lombardy Region Mesothelioma Registry (Registro Mesoteliomi Lombardia, RML) database all incident cases of MM (pleura, peritoneum, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis testis) with first diagnosis in 2000 through 2012. For each Province, we calculated crude and standardised incidence rates using Italy 2001, European, and world (Segi's) standard populations. To examine spatial patterns of MM occurrence across municipalities we drew maps of crude rates smoothed according to the Besag, York and Mollié (BYM) method. RESULTS We recorded 4442 MM cases (2850 in men and 1592 in women), representing about one fourth of MM cases occurring in Italy. Occupational exposure was more frequent in men (73.6%) than in women (38.2%). The crude regional rates were 4.7 per 100,000 person-years in men and 2.5 per 100,000 person-years in women. The highest rates were observed in the Pavia Province (crude rates: 8.7 per 100,000 in men and 5.3 and per 100,000 person-years in women). CONCLUSIONS This study documented high MM occurrence in both genders, attributable to extensive asbestos exposure in the past.
Inflammation and plaque vulnerability

Atherosclerosis is a maladaptive, nonresolving chronic inflammatory disease that occurs at sites of blood flow disturbance. The disease usually remains silent until a breakdown of integrity at the arterial surface triggers the formation of a thrombus. By occluding the lumen, the thrombus or emboli detaching from it elicits ischaemic symptoms that may be life‐threatening. Two types of surface damage can cause atherothrombosis: plaque rupture and endothelial erosion. Plaque rupture is thought to be caused by loss of mechanical stability, often due to reduced tensile strength of the collagen cap surrounding the plaque. Therefore, plaques with reduced collagen content are thought to be more vulnerable than those with a thick collagen cap. Endothelial erosion, on the other hand, may occur after injurious insults to the endothelium instigated by metabolic disturbance or immune insults. This review discusses the molecular mechanisms involved in plaque vulnerability and the development of atherothrombosis.