Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
uWATER‐PA: Ubiquitous WebGIS Analysis Toolkit for Extensive Resources—Pumping Assessment

Introduction According to the National Research Council (2010), a significant challenge in the GISciences is the creation and development of tools that enable the results of scientific modeling to be easily understood. For science-informed decision making as well as for the purposes of informing and engaging ordinary citizens in discussions regarding geographical technologies, the National Research Council (2010) argues that it is indispensible to develop tools that can easily present scientific modeling results and translate scientific understanding into the process of decision making. Yang and Lin (2011) at the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) address this challenge in the context of assessing the effect of pumping on changes of groundwater levels (i.e., drawdown) of a confined aquifer by making freely available the GIS-based software uWATER-PA to calculate drawdown based on the Theis equation (Theis 1935). The model was developed using the Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 programming language and implemented as an extension (add-in) to ArcGIS Explorer Desktop (AGX), a free GIS by ESRI Inc. Compared to ESRI’s flagship product ArcGIS, AGX has a simplified user interface (UI) and reduced functionality. The uWATER-PA software is built on top of the uWATER framework previously developed by the ISWS (Yang and Lin 2010). The purpose of the uWATER framework is to extend AGX by enabling the execution of both spatial and attribute query functions, which are common in a more advanced GIS (e.g., ArcGIS),
Comparative efficacy of coated, oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid (Claversal * ) and sulphasalazine for maintaining remission of ulcerative colitis

The safety and efficacy of Claversal (coated, oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) 0.75 g/day) and sulphasalazine 1.5–2.0 g/day were compared for the maintenance treatment of ulcerative colitis in a 1‐year double‐blind trial. Three hundred and thirty‐four patients, whose disease was controlled on a stable dose of sulphasalazine (1.5–2.0 g/day) for a 1‐month pre‐trial, entered the study. On entry, patients were assigned in a random manner to continue sulphasalazine or to switch to coated 5‐ASA. One hundred and thirty‐one patients in the coated 5‐ASA group and 142 on sulphasalazine were analysed for efficacy.
Asymptotic analysis of solutions to parabolic systems

We study asymptotics as $$t\to\infty$$ of solutions to a linear, parabolic system of equations with time-dependent coefficients in $$\Omega \times (0,\infty)$$ , where $$\Omega$$ is a bounded domain. On $$\partial \Omega\times(0,\infty)$$ we prescribe the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. For large values of t, the coefficients in the elliptic part are close to time-independent coefficients in an integral sense which is described by a certain function $$\kappa(t)$$ . This includes in particular situations when the coefficients may take different values on different parts of $$\Omega$$ and the boundaries between them can move with t but stabilize as $$t\to\infty$$ . The main result is an asymptotic representation of solutions for large t. A consequence is that for $$\kappa \in L^1(0,\infty)$$ , the solution behaves asymptotically as the solution to a parabolic system with time-independent coefficients.
Poster : An Efficient Solution for Detecting UI-Mimicking Android Applications

In the Android system, apps are managed by centralized markets, such as Google Play. To eliminate malicious apps, the markets actively check apps using scanners, which perform program analysis to detect malicious logic in apps. Many solutions have been developed to further enhance the accuracy of detection [4], [6], [10]. Meanwhile, malicious apps often deceive users via faked UIs. For example, phishing apps [5] mimic UIs of their target apps, such as banking apps, to lure private information from users. As another example, UI-hijacking apps [3] detect internal states of target apps, and replace the fore-ground UI, such as the payment interface of Google Pay, with their faked ones to intercept user inputs. Therefore, UI similarity is an important metric in detecting this type of malicious apps, which is missed by most of the scanners used in app markets. Several techniques have been developed to detect malicious Android apps based on their resources. For example, ViewDroid [9] detects similarity in Android apps based on the relationship among apps’ activities. DroidEagle [8] and ResDroid [7] detect similar UIs in Android apps based on the syntax features of layout files. Though such solutions offer basic techniques in detecting similar UIs, they can be evaded when attackers make simple changes to the content of the resources, without significantly changing the UI’s appearance. To reliably detect similar UIs among Android apps, an effective solution needs to detect UI similarity based on the actual presence of the UI. Specifically, it needs to identify UI features that represent their visual effects. In addition, it needs to efficiently quantify UI similarity based on such features.
[Brachial plexus neuropathy following pyogenic cervical adenophlegmon].

BACKGROUND Brachial plexopathy is rare in children; it may follow a non-specific respiratory infection or occur after a specific viral disease or immunization. CASE REPORT An 8 year-old girl was admitted suffering from presuppurative acute cervical adenitis. She was given penicillin V, netilmicin and corticosteroids. The adenitis gradually resolved over a period of ten days. There was no evidence of a specific bacterial infection. The patient suffered from pain localized to her right shoulder 15 days after admission; this pain was resolved within 3-4 days but was followed by paralysis affecting the upper brachial roots without sensory signs. EMG performed 15 days later showed signs of denervation. Amyotrophy set in rapidly but recovery under physiotherapy was complete 5 months later. CONCLUSION This plexopathy resembling the Parsonage-Turner syndrome could be allergic in pathogenesis although similar cases after bacterial, possibly streptococcal, infection remain to be confirmed.
Towards Lexical Chains for Knowledge-Graph-based Word Embeddings

Word vectors with varying dimensionalities and produced by different algorithms have been extensively used in NLP. The corpora that the algorithms are trained on can contain either natural language text (e.g. Wikipedia or newswire articles) or artificially-generated pseudo corpora due to natural data sparseness. We exploit Lexical Chain based templates over Knowledge Graph for generating pseudo-corpora with controlled linguistic value. These corpora are then used for learning word embeddings. A number of experiments have been conducted over the following test sets: WordSim353 Similarity, WordSim353 Relatedness and SimLex-999. The results show that, on the one hand, the incorporation of many-relation lexical chains improves results, but on the other hand, unrestricted-length chains remain difficult to handle with respect to their huge quantity.
Synergistic effects of pain and alcohol use in relation to depressive and anxiety symptoms among Latinos in primary care

Abstract Although past work has shown that alcohol use co-occurs with anxiety/depression among Latinos, little work has examined the variables that qualify such associations. The present investigation sought to address whether pain severity (i.e. pain intensity and/or pain-related disability, respectively) moderated relations between hazardous drinking and depressive/anxious arousal symptoms among an economically disadvantaged Latino sample recruited from a primary care medical setting. Participants included 253 adult Latinos (Mage = 38.5 years, SD = 10.8; 86.6% female) who attended a community-based primary care clinic. There was a significant interaction of hazardous drinking with pain intensity in relation to depressive symptoms and significant interactions of hazardous drinking and pain-related disability in relation to depressive and anxious arousal symptoms. Hazardous drinking was associated with more severe depressive/anxious arousal symptoms only when pain intensity/disability was high. This is the first study to demonstrate the moderating role of pain intensity and disability in associations between hazardous drinking and anxiety/depression among Latinos in a primary care medical setting.
The Study on the Fixed Nitrogen and Nitrogenase Activity in the Day-Round of Azotobacter and Azosprillum Grown with Maize in KamphaengSaen Soil Series

The aim of this study was to determine not only the activity of the nitrogenase enzyme, the fixed nitrogen in the day-round of Suwan 5 maize when inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum and Azospirillum lipoferum but also the correlation between the nitrogenase activity and total fixed nitrogen. The statistical arrangement was 3 × 4 factorial in completely randomized design with 4 replications. The first factor was inoculation (Azotobacter chroococcum, Azospirillum lipoferum and non-inoculation (control)). The second factor was the observation time of nitrogenase activity (6:00, 12:00, 18:00, 24:00 hr.). The data were collected at 4 and 6 weeks. The results showed that the different time in a day-round did not affect the nitrogenase activity. Inoculation of azotobacter gave the highest total soil nitrogen at 4 and 6 week. (729.77 and 750.47 mg/10 kg-soil) while, the highest total plant nitrogen was found as inoculated with azospirillum (159.11 and 840.35 mg/plant of 4 and 6weeks). However, the total fixed nitrogen of azotobacter and azospirillum treatments were in the same level. Azotobacter treatment gave higher nitrogenase activity in soil than that of azospirillum treatment, while that in plant it was lower. The total nitrogenase activities of both inoculums were not different during the time of this study. The bulk (over all) correlation of total fixed nitrogen and total nitrogenase activity at week 4 and 6 were linear equations as y = 0.0224x + 18.045, R2= 0.8687 and y = 0.0117x + 14.57, R2= 0.7604 respectively.
The puzzling orbital period evolution of the LMXB AX J1745.6−2901

The orbital period evolution of X-ray binaries provides fundamental clues to understanding mechanisms of angular momentum transfer and loss in these systems. We present an X-ray eclipse timing analysis of the transient low-mass X-ray binary AX J1745.6-2901. This system shows full eclipses and thus is one of the few objects of this class for which accurate orbital evolution studies can be carried out. We report on XMM-Newton and ASCA observations covering 30 complete X-ray eclipses spanning an interval of more than 20 yr. We improve the determination of the orbital period to a relative precision of 2 x 10(-8), two orders of magnitudes better than previous measurements. We determine, for the first time, a highly significant rate of decrease of the orbital period. P-orb = -4.03 +/- 0.32 x 10 (11) s s(-1). This is at least one order of magnitude larger than expected from conservative mass transfer and angular momentum losses due to gravitational waves and magnetic braking, and might result from either non-conservative mass transfer or magnetic activity changing the quadrupole moment of the companion star. Imprinted on the long-term evolution of the orbit, we observe highly significant eclipse leads-delays of similar to 10-30 s, characterized by a clear state dependence in which, on average, eclipses occur earlier during the hard state.
How Do Men Construct and Explain Men’s Violence?

In this study, we examine men’s constructions of violence and their explanations of their own violent behavior. Interviews were conducted with 12 adult men, employed in industrial and manual labor, regarding their associations with violence, their reasons for engaging in violent behavior, and their reasons for not engaging in violent behavior. Utilizing consensual qualitative research methodology, our findings indicated that men’s constructions of violence and their justifications for engaging in violence were linked to their constructions of masculinity and what it meant to them to be a man. Results are discussed through the lenses of multiple gender-based theories and ultimately, deemed to demonstrate the most support for the notion of precarious manhood. Specifically, violence was viewed as necessary in particular situations to assert or maintain one’s social status and sense of self as masculine when faced with threats to manhood status. Implications for psychological intervention and practice with men are discussed, including identifying positive alternatives to violence that preserve one’s sense of self as masculine.
Emergency-relief coordination on social media: Automatically matching resource requests and offers

Disaster affected communities are increasingly turning to social media for communication and coordination. This includes reports on needs (demands) and offers (supplies) of resources required during emergency situations. Identifying and matching such requests with potential responders can substantially accelerate emergency relief efforts. Current work of disaster management agencies is labor intensive, and there is substantial interest in automated tools.We present machine–learning methods to automatically identify and match needs and offers communicated via social media for items and services such as shelter, money, clothing, etc. For instance, a message such as “we are coordinating a clothing/food drive for families affected by Hurricane Sandy. If you would like to donate, DM us” can be matched with a message such as “I got a bunch of clothes I’d like to donate to hurricane sandy victims. Anyone know where/how I can do that? ” Compared to traditional search, our results can significantly improve the matchmaking efforts of disaster response agencies.
Combining Entropy Measures and Cepstral Analysis for Pathological Voices Assessment

Laryngeal diseases usually affect vocal quality. An appropriate acoustic analysis of the voice can be used as an auxiliary non-invasive tool for the pre-diagnosis of laryngeal pathologies. It is possible to evaluate the effectiveness of some medical treatments, as well as pre or post-surgical patient evaluation. This work investigates the use of some speech signal features to discriminate pathological voices from healthy voices. To detect vocal disorders caused by Reinke’s edema or vocal fold paralysis, an acoustic analysis is conducted using three entropy measures (Shannon, relative, and Tsallis) and four cepstral coefficients (cepstral, delta cepstral, weighted cepstral, and weighted delta cepstral). The performance of individual classifiers based on each measure is evaluated. Then, the measures are combined considering three rules: average, product, and weighted sum. Classification accuracy is improved when combinations of acoustic features are considered compared to using individual classifiers.
Myosin isoforms show unique conformations in the actin-bound state

Crystallographic data for several myosin isoforms have provided evidence for at least two conformations in the absence of actin: a prehydrolysis state that is similar to the original nucleotide-free chicken skeletal subfragment-1 (S1) structure, and a transition-state structure that favors hydrolysis. These weak-binding states differ in the extent of closure of the cleft that divides the actin-binding region of the myosin and the position of the light chain binding domain or lever arm that is believed to be associated with force generation. Previously, we provided insights into the interaction of smooth-muscle S1 with actin by computer-based fitting of crystal structures into three-dimensional reconstructions obtained by electron cryomicroscopy. Here, we analyze the conformations of actin-bound chicken skeletal muscle S1. We conclude that both myosin isoforms in the nucleotide-free, actin-bound state can achieve a more tightly closed cleft, a more downward position of the lever arm, and more stable surface loops than those seen in the available crystal structures, indicating the existence of unique actin-bound conformations.
Brucellosis Vaccines: An Overview

Objective: Brucellosis is considered as an important zoonotic and worldwide infection with more than half of million human cases, which it occurs more and more in animals like as wild and live stocks. Sheep, cattle, and goats are animal samples that listed. Symptoms of this disease in human are consisted of: undulant fever, back pains, faint, spondylitis, arthritis and orchitis. This infection causes abortion in livestock, and this point is one of the important economic losses. Reduction in milk production is another problem in this disease too. Materials and Methods: This study is conducted by reviewing of the literatures, which are related to this concern, and also visiting PubMed, ISI and other websites. Results: We must pay heed that most zoonoses are maintained in the animal reservoir. These diseases, such as leptospirosis, Q-fever, brucellosis etc. which among them brucellosis can transfer to human via close contact with infected animals or consumption of unpasteurized dairy. Therefore, eradication of this infection in human population is depended on omission of that in possible methods among animals reservoir. Such methods are like test-slaughter and vaccination of livestock. Hence, vaccination is not alone method for controlling, but it is probably economic one. Conclusion: Nowadays a vaccine which is effective for this disease control in human is not available. Of course presented some different vaccines for this infection in livestock that cleave live attenuated, killed bacteria and sub unit. Therefore, for eradication of this disease some vaccines with more effectiveness protection mid fewer side effects are necessary.
Fabrication of 24-MHz-Disk Resonators With Silicon Passive Integration Technology

A new approach for the fabrication of large contour-mode single-crystal silicon resonators has been demonstrated without the use of SOI substrates. Twenty-four-megahertz disk resonators have been built thanks to industrial facilities dedicated to the integration of passive components on silicon and exhibit a good compromise between the quality factor higher than 50 000 and the motional resistance of a few kiloohms.
“ PREPARATION OF SOLID DISPERSION OF POORLY WATER SOLUBLE DRUG FORMULATION AND CONSIDERATION ”

ABSTRACT This article investigates enhancement of the dissolution profile of furosemide using solid dispersion (SD) with eudragit(RLPO & RSPO) & also control it’s by using solvent evaporation technique. 1: 0.5(w/w) 1:1(w/w) ,1:1.5 solid dispersions were prepared by solvent evaporation technique using solvent water and methanol in 1:1 ratio. Dissolution studies using the USP paddle method were performed for solid dispersions of furosemide at 37 ± 0.5 C and 55 rpm in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) of pH 1.2. Fourier transformer infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and x-ray diffractometry (XRD) were performed to identify the physicochemical interaction between drug and carrier, hence its effect on dissolution. Tablets were formulated containing solid dispersion products and compared with pure drug . IR spectroscopy, XRD, and DSC showed change in the crystal structure towards amorphous one of furosemide (FRMD). Dissolution of furosemide improved and release is controlled significantly in solid dispersion with the ratio 1:1.5 of eudragit RLPO & RSPO . Tablets containing solid dispersion exhibited better dissolution profile than pure drug. Thus, the solid dispersion technique can be successfully used for improvement of dissolution of furosemide as well as control it’s release.
Improved Differential Signaling of the DeCap-Loaded Rectangular Power-Bus With a Fast Calculation Method

This letter analyzes decoupling capacitor(DeCap)s' mitigating effects on resonance from the differential signaling for the rectangular power-bus structure. Also, it is suggested the single-sum expression is used to directly consider lumped-element loading in the structure without loss of accuracy and it leads to fast calculation. The validity of the proposed single-sum expression is proven by the use of the double-sum and the finite difference time domain method. And the DeCap is shown to improve the differential-signaling performance
Molecular Genetic Analysis of MODY Candidate Genes in Japanese Patients with Non-Obese Juvenile Onset Diabetes Mellitus

We analyzed 84 Japanese patients with juvenile-onset (before 18 years of age) non-obese diabetes mellitus (DM) for mutations in the genes for HNF-1alpha, HNF-4alpha and HNF-1beta. In HNF-1alpha, previously reported mutations (R271W and R272C) and one novel sequence variant (at nucleotide -129/-130 insTTGGGG of the promoter region) were identified in three different patients. In vitro functional study of the new promoter variant demonstrated that the transcriptional activity was 1.6-2.0 times higher than that of the wild-type. This may lead to overexpression of HNF-1alpha and subsequent negative regulation of the target genes of HNF-1alpha. No mutation was identified in the HNF-4alpha and HNF-1beta genes. In this study on a small series of non-obese Japanese patients with juvenile-onset DM, the prevalence of MODY3 was 3.5%. The significance of the new promoter variant in the development of DM is unclear; however, a promoter mutation in the HNF-1alpha gene could be diabetogenic.
A Visual Technique to Assess the Quality of Datasets - Understanding the Structure and Detecting Errors and Missing Values in Open Data CSV Files

Nowadays, more and more information is flowing in and is provided on the Web. Large datasets are made available covering many fields and sectors. Open Data (OD) plays an important role in this field. Thanks to the volumes and the variety of the released datasets, OD brings high societal and business potential. In order to realize this potential, the reuse of the datasets (e.g. in internal business processes) becomes primordial. However, if the aim is to reuse OD, it is also necessary to be able of assessing its quality. This paper demonstrates how Information Visualization may help on this task and presents Stacktab chart - a new chart to analyse and assess CSV files in order to understand their structure, identify the location of relevant information and detect possible problems in the datasets.
A panel-sized TFT-LCD scan driver

Panel-sized drivers are LSIs with lengths nearly equal to the width/height of LCDs. They have equal outputs to scan column/lines and do not need tapes or PCBs for assembly. These SOI devices employ CMOS TFTs on a glass substrate. Including the floating body effect, a 189 mm-long scan driver with 768 outputs for TFT-LCDs is fabricated successfully.