Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
WikipediaViz: Conveying article quality for casual Wikipedia readers

As Wikipedia has become one of the most used knowledge bases worldwide, the problem of the trustworthiness of the information it disseminates becomes central. With WikipediaViz, we introduce five visual indicators integrated to the Wikipedia layout that can keep casual Wikipedia readers aware of important metainformation about the articles they read. The design of WikipediaViz was inspired by two participatory design sessions with expert Wikipedia writers and sociologists who explained the clues they used to quickly assess the trustworthiness of articles. According to these results, we propose five metrics for Maturity and Quality assessment of Wikipedia articles and their accompanying visualizations to provide the readers with important clues about the editing process at a glance. We also report and discuss about the results of the user studies we conducted. Two preliminary pilot studies show that all our subjects trust Wikipedia articles almost blindly. With the third study, we show that WikipediaViz significantly reduces the time required to assess the quality of articles while maintaining a good accuracy.
Efficient reconstruction of constrained MSSM parameters from LHC data: A case study

We present an efficient method of reconstructing the parameters of the constrained MSSM from assumed future LHC data, applied both on their own right and in combination with the cosmological determination of the relic dark matter abundance. Focusing on the ATLAS SU3 benchmark point, we demonstrate that our simple Gaussian approximation can recover the values of its parameters remarkably well. We examine two popular noninformative priors and obtain very similar results, although when we use an informative, naturalness-motivated prior, we find some sizeable differences. We show that a further strong improvement in reconstructing the SU3 parameters can by achieved by applying additional information about the relic abundance at the level of WMAP accuracy, although the expected data from Planck will have only a very limited additional impact. Further external data may be required to break some remaining degeneracies. We argue that the method presented here is applicable to a wide class of low-energy effective supersymmetric models, as it does not require one to deal with purely experimental issues, e.g., detector performance, and has the additional advantages of computational efficiency. Furthermore, our approach allows one to distinguish the effect of the model's internal structure and of the external data on the final parameters constraints.
Positioning in Ad Hoc Network by Using Airship Node

Ad hoc network is a collection of wireless terminals that can be deployed rapidly in the absence of a fixed infrastructure. Positioning is a science in itself and is often associated with the general topic area of navigation. The aim of this paper is to discuss the development of an automatic, low-cost system that enables tracking the location of terminals and providing high-precision positioning in ad hoc environments. The approach provides position information of the nodes based on Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) by using airship node where an infrastructure does not exist and GPS cannot be used. In addition, we design a filtering system to remove the inappropriate positions of nodes to enhance position accuracy. Simulation results demonstrate that our approach is effective. Keywordspositioning system; ad hoc networks; SOM; airship node
The HyVac4 Subunit Vaccine Efficiently Boosts BCG-Primed Anti-Mycobacterial Protective Immunity

Background The current vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), BCG, has failed to control TB worldwide and the protective efficacy is moreover limited to 10–15 years. A vaccine that could efficiently boost a BCG-induced immune response and thus prolong protective immunity would therefore have a significant impact on the global TB-burden. Methods/Findings In the present study we show that the fusion protein HyVac4 (H4), consisting of the mycobacterial antigens Ag85B and TB10.4, given in the adjuvant IC31® or DDA/MPL effectively boosted and prolonged immunity induced by BCG, leading to improved protection against infection with virulent M. tuberculosis (M.tb). Increased protection correlated with an increased percentage of TB10.4 specific IFNγ/TNFα/IL-2 or TNFα/IL-2 producing CD4 T cells at the site of infection. Moreover, this vaccine strategy did not compromise the use of ESAT-6 as an accurate correlate of disease development/vaccine efficacy. Indeed both CD4 and CD8 ESAT-6 specific T cells showed significant correlation with bacterial levels. Conclusions/Significance H4-IC31® can efficiently boost BCG-primed immunity leading to an increased protective anti-M.tb immune response dominated by IFNγ/TNFα/IL-2 or TNFα/IL2 producing CD4 T cells. H4 in the CD4 T cell inducing adjuvant IC31® is presently in clinical trials.
IMPACT OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED TECHNIQUES ON THE ANALYSIS OF MEDIUM-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE AMAZON

This present work evaluates the use of knowledge-based techniques for the analysis of medium-resolution satellite images of the Amazon, and estimates the impact they may bring to the task of mapping the deforestation in this region by. Landsat images of Rondônia State were submitted to a supervised classification; the editing of these classifications, an usually manual process that depends totally on the knowledge and experience of the analyst, was then performed using a knowledge base implemented in eCognition. The results showed that more than 30% of the editing step could be automated using these techniques, increasing the efficiency of the deforestation mapping from Landsat images in the study area.
Tactical Models based on a Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem Using the Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm

— This article deals with the metaheuristic solution to the Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem (MDVRP) using the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm. The first part of this article presents the original algorithm of the authors. It introduces pivotal principles of the algorithm, along with conducted experiments and acquired results on benchmark instances in comparison with rival state of the art methods. The primary part of the article deals with two tactical models based on our problem solution: (a) optimal supply distribution on the battlefield and (b) optimal UAVs reconnaissance. Both models have become a part of our tactical information system which serves as a tool for commanders to support them in their decision making process. The models are introduced in terms of problem formulation, implementation, and application in practical situations in the domain of the military.
Feasibility of international genetic evaluation for calving ease and stillbirth in Holstein

International EBV for milk production and type traits are important criteria for the selection of sires by dairy farmers. However, functional traits become much more important for sire selection. The results of the study leading to international genetic evaluations for udder health showed that MACE is feasible for traits having lower heritabilities. Beside this, there are still important functional traits for which there is no international genetic evaluation yet. Especially the demand for international evaluations for longevity and calving traits is high. VIT and NRS jointly investigated the feasibility of international evaluations for these traits. The part of calving traits includes a comparison of evaluation systems for calving ease (CE) and stillbirth (SB) and a comparison of EBV for Holstein.
The Analytical Solution of the Average Distance for Delayed Deterministic Recursive Trees

On the basis of the recursive trees, we propose a kind of delayed recursive trees with the feature that not all the existing nodes produce new nodes in each evolving step. Using the solutions of difference equation, the analytical expression of the average distance is obtained. This family of delayed recursive trees exhibits small-world characteristics. In addition, the average distance of this delayed trees is smaller than that of the recursive trees.
The Ethics of Tax Evasion: An Empirical Study of New Zealand Opinion

The present study discloses the results of a survey on the ethics of tax evasion that was distributed to accounting, business and law students in New Zealand. Eighteen arguments that have historically been used to justify tax evasion were ranked in terms of relative strength. Analyses were done by gender, age, education, religion and ethnicity to determine whether different groups had different views on tax evasion.
Escaping the Poverty Trap: Expectations, Adaptive Learning and Human Capital Accumulation

This paper studies the transition from poverty to prosperity using a model of multiple equilibria. Existing theoretical work in this area has been dominated by perfect foresight models. In a stochastic growth model with human capital externalities, I study the role of expectations in transition dynamics. In particular, I assume that agents are boundedly rational and examine the effect of econometric learning on stability and transitional dynamics. I find two equilibria, of which only the poverty trap with no education is locally stable under learning. However, even with low existing levels of human capital, shocks to expectations permit the economy to escape the poverty trap under learning. The escape path does not lead to the upper steady state. Instead, adaptive learning generates endogenous oscillations in investment in physical and human capital. ∗Department of Economics, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Email: lcsteiger@gmail.com. I thank George Evans, Shankha Chakraborty, Jeremy Piger, Yue Fang, Bill Dickens, Maria Luengo-Prado and seminar participants at the University of Oregon, University of Oklahoma, Northeastern University, Middlebury College, Rutgers University Newark, University of Georgia, Lawrence University, and California State University Sacramento for insightful comments, suggestions and stimulating conversations out of which this product emerged. All remaining errors are mine.
AR2C2: Actively replicated controllers for SDN resilient control plane

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a promising architectural approach based on a programmatic separation of the control and data planes. For high availability purposes, logically centralized SDN controllers follow a distributed implementation. While controller role features in the OpenFlow protocol allow switches to communicate with multiple controllers, these mechanisms alone are not sufficient to guarantee a resilient control plane, leaving the actual implementation as open challenge for SDN designers. This paper explores OpenFlow roles for the design of resilient SDN control plane and proposes AR2C2 as an actively replicated multi-controller strategy. As proof of concept, AR2C2 is implemented based on the Ryu controller and relying on OpenReplica to ensure consistent state among the distributed controllers. Our prototype is experimentally evaluated using real commodity switches and Mininet emulated environment. Results of the measured times to recover from failures for different workloads shed some light on the practical trade-offs on replication overhead and latency as a step forward towards SDN resiliency.
UBF complexes with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in nucleolar organizer regions regardless of ongoing RNA polymerase I activity

To maintain growth and division, cells require a large-scale production of rRNAs which occurs in the nucleolus. Recently, we have shown the interaction of nucleolar phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) with proteins involved in rRNA transcription and processing, namely RNA polymerase I (Pol I), UBF, and fibrillarin. Here we extend the study by investigating transcription-related localization of PIP2 in regards to transcription and processing complexes of Pol I. To achieve this, we used either physiological inhibition of transcription during mitosis or inhibition by treatment the cells with actinomycin D (AMD) or 5,6-dichloro-1β-d-ribofuranosyl-benzimidazole (DRB). We show that PIP2 is associated with Pol I subunits and UBF in a transcription-independent manner. On the other hand, PIP2/fibrillarin colocalization is dependent on the production of rRNA. These results indicate that PIP2 is required not only during rRNA production and biogenesis, as we have shown before, but also plays a structural role as an anchor for the Pol I pre-initiation complex during the cell cycle. We suggest that throughout mitosis, PIP2 together with UBF is involved in forming and maintaining the core platform of the rDNA helix structure. Thus we introduce PIP2 as a novel component of the NOR complex, which is further engaged in the renewed rRNA synthesis upon exit from mitosis.
Debt and Depression: Causal Links and Social Norm Effects

Individuals exhibiting problems repaying their debt obligations also exhibit much worse psychological health. Selection into problem debt on the basis of poor psychological health accounts for much of this difference. The causality between problem debt and psychological health may be two way. Using individual level UK panel data, local house price movements exogenous to individual households are used to establish the causality from problem mortgage debt to psychological health. In addition, the social norm effects of problem debt are investigated using local bankruptcy and repossession rates. RESULTS indicate there are sizeable causal links and social norm effects in the debt-psychological health relationship. Language: en
The Association between Dietary Quality and Dietary Guideline Adherence with Mental Health Outcomes in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

The prevalence of adverse mental health outcomes in adults is increasing. Although beneficial effects of selected micronutrients and foods on mental health have been reported, they do not reflect the impact of the habitual diet on mental health. Therefore, our objective is to examine potential associations between dietary quality, dietary composition and compliance with food pyramid recommendations with depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being (assessed using CES-D, HADS-A and WHO-5 screening tools) in a cross-sectional sample of 2047 middle-aged adults. Diet was assessed using a self-completed FFQ. Chi-square tests, t-tests and logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the associations between dietary components and mental health outcomes. Dietary quality, but not dietary composition or guideline adherence, was associated with well-being. Those with high dietary quality were more likely to report well-being (OR =1.67, 95% CI 1.15–2.44, p = 0.007) relative to those with low dietary quality. This remained significant among females (OR = 1.92, (95% CI 1.14–3.23, p = 0.014) and non-obese individuals (OR = 2.03, 95% CI 1.28–3.20, p = 0.003). No associations between any dietary measures with anxiety or depressive symptoms were observed. These novel results highlight the importance of dietary quality in maintaining optimal psychological well-being. Better understanding of the relationship between dietary quality and mental health may provide insight into potential therapeutic or intervention strategies to improve mental health and well-being.
Linearization of Isomap

The problem of dimensionality reduction arises in many fields of information processing. In this paper, we propose a novel linear dimensionality reduction algorithm called Linear Isomap (Lisomap). It preserves the geodesic distances in the low-dimensional space which is linearly mapped from the high-dimensional space. Numerical examples are given to show the improvement and efficiency of the proposed algorithm.
Aspect-Oriented Programming and Component Weaving: Using XML Representations of Abstract Syntax Trees

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) and related techniques propose solutions to the problem of crosscutting requirements, usually by providing a weaver that reimplements major parts of a compiler. This paper proposes XML based “operators” as an extensible aspect language. We work on XML representations of abstract syntax trees (AST) for the base language. These can be generated by modifying an existing compiler and allow us to use XML tools for tree query and manipulation. A prototype that encompasses constructs from several aspect languages, in particular AspectJ and Composition Filters, has been implemented.
Devices for Prevention of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent sustained cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice and, although its importance has been underestimated even in recent years, we are now becoming aware of its clinical transcendence1,2,3. The classical treatment is pharmacological, but its efficacy is limited and it does have side effects4,5. Therefore, in recent years, there has been an increasing interest in other types of non-pharmacological treatments6,7. Physiologic cardiac pacing has proven to be more effective than VVI mode pacing to prevent the occurrence of AF during the follow-up of patients who have had a permanent pacemaker implanted 8,9,10. There are currently different lines of research that use different atrial pacing techniques to prevent and treat episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation11,12. Techniques of multi-site pacing in the right atrium or both atria, new atrial pacing sites, prevention algorithms for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes, and even high-frequency atrial tachyarrhythmia termination algorithms have all been proposed. In this article, we will try to synthesize the grounds for and findings of the different lines of research currently being developed.
Control design for specifications on stochastic hybrid systems

We synthesize controllers for discrete-time stochastic hybrid systems such that the probability of satisfying a given specification on the system is maximized. The specifications are defined with finite state automata. It is shown that automata satisfaction is equivalent to a reachability problem in an extended state space consisting of the system and the automaton state spaces. The control policy is defined as a map from this extended state space to the input space. Using existing results on maximizing reachability probability, the control policy is designed to maximize probability of satisfying the specification.
Endoscopic Ablation Therapy for Biliopancreatic Malignancies

Biliopancreatic malignancies such as cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) has notoriously been diagnosed late. As such most therapy have been palliative in nature. Cholangioscopy allows for an earlier diagnosis to be made. Brachytherapy with the insertion of catheter with iridium-132 seeds, percutaneously or through endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was the earliest ablative techniques used. It has been shown to have a beneficial effect only in prolonging survival. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has also been used for several years. stenting with PDT versus stenting alone for unresectable CCA showed a marked survival benefit with the addition of PDT. However the most exciting endoscopic ablative modality appears to be intraductal radiofrequency ablation using the Habib catheter and device. Several case series have shown the effectiveness of this technique in ablating tumors. This technique is evolving and coupled with early diagnosis of CCA through cholangioscopy will allow for a curative therapy. The crux to the effective treatment of early cancerous lesions in the bile or pancreatic duct is the early diagnosis of such lesions. Effective endoscopic ablative therapy is now available with the advent of radiofrequency ablation probes that can be passed through the duodenoscope via ERCP.
Assessing the geographic scale of genetic population management with microsatellites and introns in the clam Ruditapes decussatus

Abstract The clam Ruditapes decussatus is commercially important in southwestern Europe, suffering from population decline and hybridization with exotic Manila clam (R. philippinarum). Previous studies with intronic markers showed a genetic subdivision of the species in three races (Atlantic, West Mediterranean, and Adriatic‐Aegean). However, detailed population genetic studies to help management of the main production areas in the southwest of Europe are missing. We have analyzed eight Atlantic and two Mediterranean populations from the Spanish coasts using 14 microsatellites and six intronic markers. Microsatellites confirmed the Atlantic and West Mediterranean races detected with introns and showed that genetic variability was higher in Mediterranean than in Atlantic populations. Both marker types showed that genetic differentiation of Atlantic populations was low and indicated that populations could be managed at the regional level in the case of Cantabrian and Gulf of Cadiz areas, but not in the case of Rias Baixas and the Mediterranean. This study shows the interest of including different types of markers in studies of genetic population structure of marine organisms.
Towards a linguistic description of dependencies in data

The problem of a linguistic description of dependencies in data by a set of rules Rk: “If X is Tk then Y is Sk” is considered, where Tk’s are linguistic terms like SMALL, BETWEEN 5 AND 7 describing some fuzzy intervals Ak. Sk’s are linguistic terms like DECREASING and QUICKLY INCREASING describing the slopes pk of linear functions yk = pkx + qk approximating data on Ak. The decision of this problem is obtained as a result of a fuzzy partition of the domain X on fuzzy intervals Ak, approximation of given data {xi, yi}, i = 1, . , n by linear functions yk = pkx + qk on these intervals and by re-translation of the obtained results into linguistic form. The properties of the genetic algorithm used for construction of the optimal partition and several methods of data re-translation are described. The methods are illustrated by examples, and potential applications of the proposed methods are discussed.
The canonical connection in quantum mechanics

In this paper we investigate the form of induced gauge fields that arises in two types of quantum systems. In the first we consider quantum mechanics on coset spaces G/H, and argue that G invariance is central to the emergence of the H connection as induced gauge fields in the different quantum sectors. We then demonstrate why the same connection, now giving rise to the non‐Abelian generalization of Berry’s phase, can also be found in systems that have slow variables taking values in such a coset space.