Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An ATE architecture for implementing very high efficiency concurrent testing

With the spread of SOC and SIP devices, the independence of IP core operations inside devices have recently been increasing, and there has been growing demand for concurrent testing. In this paper, we propose an Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) architecture that implements concurrent testing with true parallel execution. This architecture makes concurrent testing easy to develop and achieves very high concurrent efficiency. It also exhibits very high multi-site efficiency when used in combination with multi-site testing. It is therefore expected to substantially reduce the Cost of Test (CoT). To confirm these effects, we present experimental results using four mixed-signal devices in both multi-site testing and concurrent testing. We also discuss some applications of the proposed scheme.
A Fast and Accurate Algorithm for Chessboard Corner Detection

The authors point out the limitations of SUSAN corner detector in detecting chessboard corner, then describe an improved SUSAN(Smallest Univalue Segment Assimilating Nucleus) detector algorithm for detecting chessboard corner on the basis of symmetrical geometry structure of USAN (Univalue Segment Assimilating Nucleus) area. And the algorithm has been applied to the chessboard images on real photos. The improved algorithm can quickly detect corner from real photos shot from every angle. The theory of detecting corner at sub-pixel level is Orthogonal Vector Theory, that is, vector from the corner to its adjacent area pixel point should be vertical to gray grads of the adjacent area pixel point. In order to get the coordinate of corner at sub-pixel level, we establish the neighboring area equation and solve it via iterative method, and propose to check its validity according to cross ratio invariability in perspective projection. Keywords-insert chessboard corner; USAN; sub-pixel; cross ratio invariability
Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity, and child neuropsychological development: two Southern European birth cohort studies.

BACKGROUND Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity may be associated with impaired infant neuropsychological development; however, there are few studies and it is unclear if reported associations are due to intrauterine mechanisms. METHODS We assessed whether maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity were associated with cognitive and psychomotor development scores (mean 100 ± 15) of children aged 11-22 months in two birth cohorts: Environment and Childhood (INMA, Spain; n = 1967) and Mother-Child (RHEA, Greece: n = 412). Paternal body mass index (BMI) was used as a negative control exposure. RESULTS The percentage of overweight and obese mothers was 18% and 8%, respectively, in INMA and 20% and 11% in RHEA, respectively. Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity was associated with reduced infant cognitive development scores in both INMA (score reduction: -2.72; 95% CI: -5.35, -0.10) and RHEA (score reduction: -3.71; 95% CI: -8.45, 1.02), after adjusting for socioeconomic variables and paternal BMI. There was evidence in both cohorts of a dose-response relationship with continuous maternal BMI. Paternal overweight/obesity was not associated with infant cognitive development. Associations with psychomotor scores were not consistent between cohorts, and were stronger for paternal than maternal BMI in RHEA. CONCLUSIONS This study in two birth cohorts with moderately high obesity prevalence suggests that maternal pre-pregnancy obesity is associated with reduced child cognitive development at early ages. This association appears more likely to be due to maternal than shared family and social mechanisms, but further research is needed to disentangle a direct intrauterine effect from other maternal confounding factors.
RNAdb 2.0—an expanded database of mammalian non-coding RNAs

RNAdb is a comprehensive database of mammalian non-protein-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). There is increasing recognition that ncRNAs play important regulatory roles in multicellular organisms, and there is an expanding rate of discovery of novel ncRNAs as well as an increasing allocation of function. In this update to RNAdb, we provide nucleotide sequences and annotations for tens of thousands of non-housekeeping ncRNAs, including a wide range of mammalian microRNAs, small nucleolar RNAs and larger mRNA-like ncRNAs. Some of these have documented functions and/or expression patterns, but the majority remain of unclear significance, and include PIWI-interacting RNAs, ncRNAs identified from the latest rounds of large-scale cDNA sequencing projects, putative antisense transcripts, as well as ncRNAs predicted on the basis of structural features and alignments. Improvements to the database comprise not only new and updated ncRNA datasets, but also provision of microarray-based expression data and closer interface with more specialized ncRNA resources such as miRBase and snoRNA-LBME-db. To access RNAdb, visit .
Adherence issues in children and adolescents receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy

The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) for the treatment of paediatric HIV infection poses additional adherence challenges for children and families living with HIV. A preliminary survey of 18 parents of children receiving HAART in Australia showed that although parents report high levels of child adherence to HAART, specific features of the medication regimen, such as taste and number of medications made administration of HAART extremely difficult. Moreover, interaction between the treatment regimen and the day-to-day lives of families increases the adherence challenge. While some agreement exists in relation to the concerns families have about negative aspects of HAART, the diversity of issues suggests the need for ongoing and individualized support and information to families.
Solvation-Shell Effect on the Cyanine-Dye Fluorescence in Binary Liquid Mixtures

The steady-state fluorescence anisotropy and the relative quantum yield of fluorescence of cyanine dyes, 3,3′-diethyl-thiacarbocyanine iodide (DTCI) and chloride (DTCC), were measured in toluene/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) liquid mixtures. It has been found that in toluene-rich mixtures the fluorescence quantum yield of DTCC is larger by about one order of magnitude than that of DTCI, the fluorescence quantum yields being the same for both cyanines in neat DMSO. Estimations based on the Perrin formula show that on decreasing DMSO volume fraction (less than 20 vol.%) the size of the preferential solvation shell around the DTCI increases up to 23 DMSO molecules at 3 vol.% DMSO as the solvation shell of DTCC does not vary. The influence of nearby solvent environment on the cyanine dye photophysics can be explained in terms of the Onsager model by taking into account the effect of the dynamic properties of DMSO solvation shell on the dye fluorescent rate constant.
INNOVATIVE FEATURE SELECTION USED IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY CLASSIFICATION FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING

This paper concerns the evaluation of a feature selection and classification techniques for land cover classification and potential monitoring of temporal changes. For the purposes of our study, an ASTER satellite image was used, acquired on 5 October, 2001, with 14 spectral bands resampled at the spatial resolution of 15 m. The study area concerns the geographic area of the water basin of Lake Vegoritis, that is located in the northern part of Greece. A variety of industrial and agricultural activities take place in the Vegoritis lake basin, which result to constant lowering of the lake water table and the change of land use, and subsequently, lead to degrading of the lake environment. Besides the intensity level of the original bands, several features were created including spectral indices (e.g. NDVI), band ratios and products among selected bands, and Haralick texture features together with their second order combinations. The total of the features was used as input to a novel feature selection process, the Greedy Non-Redundant (GreeNRed ) feature selection algorithm. This algorithm is based on information theory, and greedily selects features with no redundant information. The algorithm succeeded in keeping the complexity at low levels by restraining evaluations in one-dimensional feature spaces, whereas non-redundancy is achieved by a boosting-like sample weighting. After the feature selection process different categories of classification methods were applied, namely, K-nearest neighbors and support vector machine. Classification accuracy assessment followed in order to derive the best classification method and consequently, to give further feedback as far as the performance of the feature selection algorithm is concerned and the usefulness of machine learning algorithms for land cover classification as a prerequisite for the assessment of the extended lake environment.
Power-aware provisioning of Cloud resources for real-time services

Reducing energy consumption has been an essential technique for Cloud resources or datacenters, not only for operational cost, but also for system reliability. As Cloud computing becomes emergent for Anything as a Service (XaaS) paradigm, modern real-time Cloud services are also available throughout Cloud computing. In this work, we investigate power-aware provisioning of virtual machines for real-time services. Our approach is (i) to model a real-time service as a real-time virtual machine request; and (ii) to provision virtual machines of datacenters using DVFS (Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling) schemes. We propose several schemes to reduce power consumption and show their performance throughout simulation results.
No beer, no way! Football fan identity enactment won't mix with Muslim beliefs in the Qatar 2022 World Cup

Awarding the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar was a bold move involving many firsts: the first Islamic nation to host the Cup, the first Arab nation, and the first desert nation are to name a few. Controversy quickly swirled around the decision, with allegations of bribery, treatment of migrant workers, and restrictions on alcohol availability among other dominating news stories. Assuming the immediate concerns regarding significant safety issues for the laborers are addressed, Qatar must develop a plan for alcohol availability at matches, a FIFA requirement. Use of alcohol is especially a troubling issue for Muslims, who may be deeply offended if they are in the vicinity of alcohol. The recent development in Qatar must be appreciated to contextualize the belief system that drives governmental alcohol policy as they highlight significant contradictions. Additionally, the use of public spaces is quite different for alcohol-consuming fans and Muslim fans. Qatari officials have indicated they will have fans’ zones to keep alcohol separate from Muslims; however, such a policy will fail to prevent the same public spaces from being occupied by alcohol-consuming and alcohol-abstaining fans, creating an uneasy use of public spaces, especially for Muslim football fans.
Australian football player work rate: evidence of fatigue and pacing?

UNLABELLED Previous research has suggested elite Australian footballers undertake pacing strategies to preserve high intensity activity later in matches. However, this research used GPS with slow sample rates, did not express performance relative to minutes played during games and used lowly ranked players. METHODS Therefore in this study movement was recorded by GPS at 5 Hz. Running performance was expressed per period of the match (rotation) divided into low-intensity activity (LIA, 0.10 to 4.17 m x s(-1)); high-intensity running (HIR, 4.17 to 10.00 m x s(-1)) and maximal accelerations (2.78 to 10.00 m x s(-2)). All data were expressed relative to the first period of play in the match and the magnitude of effects was analyzed with the effect size (ES) statistic and expressed with confidence intervals. RESULTS The total and LIA distance covered by players did not change by a practically important magnitude during games (ES< 0.20). High intensity running was reduced in both rotations of the second quarter, Q3R2 and both rotations of the fourth quarter (ES -0.30 ± 0.14; -0.42 ± 0.14; -0.30 ± 0.14; -0.42 ± 0.14; and -0.48 ± 0.15 respectively). Maximal acceleration performance was reduced in Q1R2, and each rotation of the second half of matches. CONCLUSION When expressed per minute of game time played, total distance and low intensity activity distance are not reduced by a practically important magnitude in AF players during a match. These data are therefore inconsistent with the concept of team sport players pacing their effort during matches. However, both high intensity running and maximal accelerations are reduced later in games, indicative of significant fatigue in players.
North Africa, the Nile Valley, and the Problem of the Late Paleolithic

Chicago, Ill. , U.S.A. 30 vi 70 Prior to the initiation of the Nubian campaign in 1961, it was widely accepted that during the terminal Pleistocene the Nile Valley was occupied by conservative groups with an essentially Mousterian technology. Blade and bladelet industries were unknown except for the Helwan, which was thought to be a late intrusion either from the Levant or from the western part of North Africa. Research since 1961 has demonstrated the presence of blade and bladelet industries as early as ca. 16,000 B.C., predating comparable material in both North Africa and the Levant. This report deals with the results of research conducted at two sites providing large bladelet assemblages. Both are located on the West Bank of the Nile River, near the town of Esna in Upper Egypt (Fig. 1). Excavated in 1967, they occur in identical stratigraphic circumstances, and date from the interval 15,500-14,000 B.C. Known as Sites E71K12 and E71K13, thev-i snnctitlitfnnliv tIAn of tlhe msnnn sites discovered in this previously little-known area. ' Both sites occur within the Ballana dune unit, which near Esna may be seen to interfinger with the silt of the Debeira-Jer Aggradational Phase of the Nile (Fig. 2; see De Heinzelin and Paepe 1965; De Heinzelin 1967, 1968; Wendorf and Said 1967). Artifacts were first found on the eroded surface
Signaling mechanisms of LOV domains: new insights from molecular dynamics studies

Phototropins are one of several classes of photoreceptors used by plants and algae to respond to light. These proteins contain flavin-binding LOV (Light-Oxygen-Voltage) domains that form covalent cysteine- flavin adducts upon exposure to blue light, leading to the enhancement of phototropin kinase activity. Several lines of evidence suggest that adduct formation in the phototropin LOV2 domains leads to the dissociation of an alpha helix (J_α) from these domains as part of the light-induced activation process. However, crystal structures of LOV domains both in the presence and absence of the J_α helix show very few differences between dark and illuminated states, and thus the precise mechanism through which adduct formation triggers helical dissociation remains poorly understood. Using Avena sativa phototropin 1 LOV2 as a model system, we have studied the interactions of the LOV domain core with the J_α helix through a series of equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. Here we show that conformational transitions of a conserved glutamine residue in the flavin binding pocket are coupled to altered dynamics of the J_α helix both through a shift in dynamics of the main β-sheet of the LOV domain core and through a secondary pathway involving the N-terminal A′_α helix.
Discourses of Employability and Empowerment: Foundation Degrees and ‘Third Way’ discursive repertoires

This paper contextualises the UK Foundation Degree within competing economic and democratic agendas. In tracing the development within these ideological and discursive priorities it analyses how they are textually represented in policy speeches, and in particular in ‘New Labour’ consultation documents. The purpose of this is to critically evaluate New Labour's attempt to offer, through the Foundation Degree, a ‘Third Way’ synthesis of these traditionally competing agendas, facilitating a neat discursive synchronisation of utilitarian and progressive objectives—democratising access to higher education and empowering the individual, while tooling up ‘UK PLC’ (public limited company) to compete in a global economy. The paper, however, sees significant potential, provided by the discourses of the Foundation Degree experience, for further democratisation of higher education. It is argued that this provides opportunities to facilitate diversity and differentiation by involving the further education sector through partnerships with higher education, and providing opportunities to stem and reverse academic drift.
Sympathetic and haemodynamic responses to lipids in healthy human ageing

Plasma non‐esterified fatty acids (NEFAs) activate the sympathetic nervous system and increase vascular resistance and blood pressure (BP); however, the response with ageing is not known. The objectives of this study were to characterize the cardiovascular, neural and endocrine responses to acute elevation of NEFA concentration. Seventeen healthy older volunteers (7 male and 10 female; age, 69 ± 1 years; body mass index, 24 ± 0 kg m−2; values are means ±s.e.m.) received a 4 h intravenous infusion of the lipid emulsion Intralipid® 20% or placebo (single‐blind, randomized, balanced order) on two different days separated by at least 2 weeks. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), heart rate (HR), BP, cardiac output, leptin, insulin, aldosterone, angiotensin II and F2‐isoprostanes were measured. The change in HR (+8.8 ± 0.9 versus+3.0 ± 0.9 beats min−1), systolic BP (+13.9 ± 2.2 versus+6.6 ± 2.4 mmHg) and diastolic BP (+7.4 ± 1.5 versus+1.3 ± 0.8 mmHg) was significantly greater after Intralipid®versus placebo infusions (P < 0.001). Lipid infusion increased MSNA burst frequency (+6.7 ± 1.6 bursts min−1), total MSNA (+45%; P < 0.001) and concentrations of insulin (+40%), aldosterone (+50%) and F2‐isoprostanes (+80%), but not leptin. Hyperlipidaemia caused directionally opposite responses for insulin (increased) and calf vascular resistance (decreased) in men, whereas insulin and calf vascular resistance responses were severely blunted and non‐existent, respectively, in women. We conclude that direct vascular mechanisms and central sympathetic activation contribute to the NEFA pressor response; though absolute values are higher, the change is not different compared with previous studies in a younger population.
Pre- and Postnatal Determinants of Parenting Stress in Mothers of One-Year-Old Twins

SUMMARY This study examined whether parenting stress in mothers of one-year-old twins can be predicted by their prenatal and postnatal personal well-being, marital support, social support and the presence of other children in the family. Forty mothers of twins participated in a research study conducted pre- and postnatally in their homes. The first interview was at around 27 weeks of pregnancy; the second occurred one year following the twins' birth. At both times, the mothers completed the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30). At the second interview, the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) was also administered. Regression analyses showed that parenting stress was significantly predicted by pre- and postnatal personal well-being and marital support. Neither social support nor the presence of other children in the family predicted parenting stress in a significant way.
An efficient, short synthesis and potent anti-hepatitis B viral activity of a novel ring-expanded purine nucleoside analogue containing a 5:7-fused, planar, aromatic, imidazo[4,5-e][1,3]diazepine ring system.

An efficient, short synthesis of a ring-expanded nucleoside analogue containing a novel 5:7-fused, planar, and potentially aromatic imidazo[4,5-e][1,3]diazepine heterocyclic ring system is reported. The target compound, 6-amino-8-hydroxy-4H-1-beta-D- ribofuranosylimidazo[4,5-e][1,3]diazepin-4-one (2) was synthesized in a single step in > or = 90% yield by condensation of guanidine with either methyl 1-beta-D-ribofuranosylimidazole-4,5- dicarboxylate(1a) or its 2',3',5'-tri-O-benzoyl derivative (1b). Compound 2 showed potent anti-hepatitis B virus (anti-HBV) activity with an EC50 value of 0.17 microM in the transfected hepatoma cell line 2.2. 15, and a low cellular toxicity with a CC50 value of 2.4 mM (TI > 14,000).
Affective state, stress, and Type A-personality as a function of gender and affective profiles

Three studies were performed to examine positive and negative affect, stress and energy, and Type-A personality as a function of Gender and Affective profiles. In Study I, 304 university students (152 male and 152 female), in Study II, 142 pupils at upper secondary school (95 male and 47 female) and in Study III, 166 pupils at upper secondary school (84 male and 82 female) completed self-report questionnaires pertaining to Positive affect and Negative affect Scales (PANAS), stress and energy (SE), the Type A-personality scale and a Background and Health questionnaire. The results indicated gender effects by which female participants expressed a higher level of negative affect, stress and Type A-personality were found in all three studies, as well as for energy in Study I. There were marked effects of Affective profiles upon stress, energy and Type A-personality in all three studies. Regression analysis indicated that Type A-personality could be predicted from a high level of Negative Affect (Study I, II and III) as well as from high levels of stress (Study I and II). All three studies indicate a link between negative affectivity, stress and Type A-personality with consequences for the maladaptive behavioral patterns implying health hazards.
ErsatzPasswords: Ending Password Cracking and Detecting Password Leakage

In this work we present a simple, yet effective and practical, scheme to improve the security of stored password hashes, rendering their cracking detectable and insuperable at the same time. We utilize a machine-dependent function, such as a physically unclonable function (PUF) or a hardware security module (HSM) at the authentication server to prevent off-site password discovery, and a deception mechanism to alert us if such an action is attempted. Our scheme can be easily integrated with legacy systems without the need of any additional servers, changing the structure of the hashed password file or any client modifications. When using the scheme the structure of the hashed passwords file, etc/shadow or etc/master.passwd, will appear no different than in the traditional scheme.1 However, when an attacker exfiltrates the hashed passwords file and tries to crack it, the only passwords he will get are the ersatzpasswords --- the "fake passwords". When an attempt to login using these ersatzpasswords is detected an alarm will be triggered in the system. Even with an adversary who knows about the scheme, cracking cannot be launched without physical access to the authentication server. The scheme also includes a secure backup mechanism in the event of a failure of the hardware dependent function. We discuss our implementation and provide some discussion in comparison to the traditional authentication scheme.
BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE: A REVIEW

We discuss the evolution and state-of-the-art of the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the field of culture heritage documentation. BIM is a hot theme involving different characteristics including principles, technology, even privacy rights for the cultural heritage objects. Modern documentation needs identified the potential of BIM in the recent years. Many architects, archaeologists, conservationists, engineers regard BIM as a disruptive force, changing the way professionals can document and manage a cultural heritage structure. The latest years, there are many developments in the BIM field while the developed technology and methods challenged the cultural heritage community in the documentation framework. In this review article, following a brief historic background for the BIM, we review the recent developments focusing in the cultural heritage documentation perspective.