Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SkipMon: A locality-aware Collaborative Intrusion Detection System

Due to the increasing quantity and sophistication of cyber-attacks, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) are nowadays considered mandatory security mechanisms for protecting critical networks. Research on cyber-security is moving from such isolated IDSs towards Collaborative IDSs (CIDSs) in order to protect large-scale networks. In CIDSs, a number of IDS sensors work together for creating a holistic picture of the monitored network. Our contribution in this paper is a novel distributed and scalable CIDS, called SkipMon. Our system supports, both, the idea of locality and privacy preserving communication by means of exchanging compact alert data. Furthermore, we propose a mechanism for interconnecting sensors that experience similar traffic patterns. The experimental results suggest that our CIDS, with our technique of connecting monitoring nodes that experience similar traffic, is scalable and offers a good accuracy rate compared to a centralized system with full knowledge of the participating sensors' data.
Barcelona Economics Working Paper Series the Dynamics of Us Inflation: Can Monetary Policy Explain the Changes? the Dynamics of Us Inflation: Can Monetary Policy Explain the Changes?

We investigate the relationship between monetary policy and inflation dynamics in the US using a medium scale structural model. The specification is estimated with Bayesian techniques and fits the data reasonably well. Policy shocks account for a part of the decline in inflation volatility; they have been less effective in triggering inflation responses over time and qualitatively account for the rise and fall in the level of inflation. A number of structural parameter variations contribute to these patterns. comments and Evi Pappa for constructive suggestions on an earlier draft of the paper. The financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Education through the grant SEJ-2004-21682-E and the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics are gratefully acknowledged. † The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the Banque de France.
Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders.

T he next few issues of ‘‘Stories From the Field’’ will focus on adolescent case studies. I had the opportunity to care for an adolescent population with substance use disorders for nearly 20 years. The facility that I work at had an adolescent unit. The vast majority of these adolescents were sent to treatment from the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) in New Jersey. The length of stay was anywhere from 3 months to 1 year depending on the needs of the patient. This is a challenging patient population. I learned a lot from this patient population. It also has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my career in caring for patients with substance use disorders.
Network resiliency implementation in the ATLAS TDAQ system

The ATLAS TDAQ (Trigger and Data Acquisition) system performs the real-time selection of events produced by the detector. For this purpose approximately 2000 computers are deployed and interconnected through various high speed networks, whose architecture has already been described. This article focuses on the implementation and validation of network connectivity resiliency (previously presented at a conceptual level). Redundancy and eventually load balancing are achieved through the synergy of various protocols: link aggregation, OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol), MST (Multiple Spanning Trees). An innovative method for cost-effective redundant connectivity of high-throughput high-availability servers is presented. Furthermore, real-life examples showing how redundancy works, and more importantly how it might fail despite careful planning are presented.
Emotion Recognition from Speech: Stress Experiment

The goal of this work is to introduce an architecture to automatically detect the amount of stress in the speech signal close to real time. For this an experimental setup to record speech rich in vocabulary and containing different stress levels is presented. Additionally, an experiment explaining the labeling process with a thorough analysis of the labeled data is presented. Fifteen subjects were asked to play an air controller simulation that gradually induced more stress by becoming more difficult to control. During this game the subjects were asked to answer questions, which were then labeled by a different set of subjects in order to receive a subjective target value for each of the answers. A recurrent neural network was used to measure the amount of stress contained in the utterances after training. The neural network estimated the amount of stress at a frequency of 25 Hz and outperformed the human baseline.
An Adrenal Mass and Increased Catecholamines: Monoamine Oxidase or Pheochromocytoma Effect?

Hormonal evaluation in patients with an adrenal incidentaloma can be difficult in patients with comorbidities or in patients using interfering drugs. We present a case of a 54-year-old man who was evaluated for an adrenal mass. The medical history reported treatment with a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor for recurrent psychoses. Hormonal screening showed elevated levels of normetanephrine and metanephrine in plasma and urine, suggesting a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma (PHEO), and an adrenalectomy was performed. Histologic examination showed that the tumor had an origin of the adrenal cortex. MAO inhibitors are also known to cause elevated levels of catecholamines. In this case, a PHEO seemed more likely the cause due to repeatedly elevated levels of metanephrines and normal levels of catecholamines. Since the tumor had an origin of the adrenal cortex, the use of MAO inhibitors was the most likely explanation for the elevated levels of metanephrines. This case illustrated the difficulties in diagnosing PHEO, especially in patients with comorbidities and interfering drugs.
Classifying Biomedical Articles using Web Resources: application to KDD Cup 02

This paper presents a novel approach for text classification on biomedical literature, involving the use of information extracted from related web resources. Our method creates a representation of an article based on information extracted from public online databases, that is afterwards used by traditional statistical text classification algorithms. We validated this approach by implementing the proposed method, and testing it on the KDD2002 Cup challenge: bio-text task. Results show that our approach of searching for additional data on online databases can effectively improve efficiency on text classification systems for biomedical literature.
Life events and borderline personality features: the influence of gene–environment interaction and gene–environment correlation

Background Traumatic life events are generally more common in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) than in non-patients or patients with other personality disorders. This study investigates whether exposure to life events moderates the genetic architecture of BPD features. As the presence of genotype–environment correlation (rGE) can lead to spurious findings of genotype–environment interaction (G×E), we also test whether BPD features increase the likelihood of exposure to life events. Method The extent to which an individual is at risk to develop BPD was assessed with the Personality Assessment Inventory – Borderline features scale (PAI-BOR). Life events under study were a divorce/break-up, traffic accident, violent assault, sexual assault, robbery and job loss. Data were available for 5083 twins and 1285 non-twin siblings. Gene–environment interaction and correlation were assessed by using structural equation modelling (SEM) and the co-twin control design. Results There was evidence for both gene–environment interaction and correlation. Additive genetic influences on BPD features interacted with the exposure to sexual assault, with genetic variance being lower in exposed individuals. In individuals who had experienced a divorce/break-up, violent assault, sexual assault or job loss, environmental variance for BPD features was higher, leading to a lower heritability of BPD features in exposed individuals. Gene–environment correlation was present for some life events. The genes that influence BPD features thus also increased the likelihood of being exposed to certain life events. Conclusions To our knowledge, this study is the first to test the joint effect of genetic and environmental influences and the exposure to life events on BPD features in the general population. Our results indicate the importance of both genetic vulnerability and life events.
Increasing Student Responsibility through the Development of the Skills of Listening To and Following Directions.

This report describes a program for improving student responsibility through increasing the effectiveness of students listening to and following directions. Targeted groups consisted of an eighth-grade applied computer technology class, a ninth-grade English class, a ninth-grade biology class, and an eleventh-grade applied physical science class. Student and teacher surveys and a teacher observation checklist documented the problem of lack of responsibility, revealing many students who failed to bring materials for class, failed to follow class rules, failed to actively listen to the teacher as directions were given, failed to complete an activity as directed, or asked a teacher to repeat directions already given. The faculty reported that teachers enabled students by repeating or explaining directions when students did not listen the first time; students who speak English as their second language had difficulty comprehending written and oral instructions; and in previous grades, students had been promoted to the next grade level even though they failed individual courses. A literature review revealed that when students are not held accountable, they do not develop responsibility for their learning. A review of solutions strategies suggested by knowledgeable others, combined with an analysis of the problem setting, yielded three major categories of intervention: (1) the teacher will foster a sense of students' responsibility by giving students direct instruction and practice in following directions, holding students accountable, and modeling effective listening; (2) the teacher will develop a procedural model that he/she will follow when giving oral directions; and (3) the teacher will develop a procedural model that he/she will following when giving written directions. (Contains 43 references; appended are various survey results and sample survey forms.) (Author/CR) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** INCREASING STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKILLS OF LISTENING TO AND FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS Michelle Bibel Lewis Hart Gary Rizzio Patricia Tylka An Action Research Project Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the School of Education in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Teaching and Leadership U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Saint. Xavier University & IRI/Skylight Field-Based Masters Program Chicago, Illinois
Relationship between human papillomavirus and penile cancer—implications for prevention and treatment

Penile cancer is a rare disease in the United States, but rates are increasing, causing concern. Several risk factors have been associated with the disease, including human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Knowledge of HPV pathogenesis has led to the development of a vaccine, which has proven instrumental in reducing the incidence of female HPV-related cancers, but results in men have yet to be elucidated. Fortunately, rates of vaccination are up-trending in both males and females in the past several years. In addition, targeted therapies are the focus of several ongoing research efforts. Some of these therapeutics are currently in use, while several are in trials. With continued patient education and research, both treatment and prevention of HPV-related pre-malignant lesions and penile cancer will likely diminish.
Factors affecting light-adapted pupil size in normal human subjects.

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of age, gender, refractive error, and iris color on light-adapted pupil size in humans. METHODS Pupil diameters of 91 subjects (age range, 17 to 83 years) with normal, healthy eyes were measured using an objective infrared-based continuous recording technique. Five photopic ocular illuminance levels were used (2.15 to 1050 lumens m-2), and the accommodative status of each subject was precisely controlled at a constant level. RESULTS Pupil size decreased linearly as a function of age at all illuminance levels. Even at the highest illuminance level, there was still a significant effect of age upon pupil size. The rate of change of pupil diameter with age decreased from 0.043 mm per year at the lowest illuminance level to 0.015 mm per year at the highest. In addition, the variability between pupil sizes of subjects of the same age decreased by a factor of approximately two as luminance was increased over the range investigated. Pupil size was found to be independent of gender, refractive error, or iris color (P > 0.1). CONCLUSIONS Of the factors investigated, only chronologic age had a significant effect on the size of the pupil. The phenomenon of senile miosis is present over a wide range of ocular illuminance levels.
Fuzziness and noise in nucleosomal architecture

Nucleosome organization plays a key role in the regulation of gene expression. However, despite the striking advances in the accuracy of nucleosome maps, there are still severe discrepancies on individual nucleosome positioning and how this influences gene regulation. The variability among nucleosome maps, which precludes the fine analysis of nucleosome positioning, might emerge from diverse sources. We have carefully inspected the extrinsic factors that may induce diversity by the comparison of microccocal nuclease (MNase)-Seq derived nucleosome maps generated under distinct conditions. Furthermore, we have also explored the variation originated from intrinsic nucleosome dynamics by generating additional maps derived from cell cycle synchronized and asynchronous yeast cultures. Taken together, our study has enabled us to measure the effect of noise in nucleosome occupancy and positioning and provides insights into the underlying determinants. Furthermore, we present a systematic approach that may guide the standardization of MNase-Seq experiments in order to generate reproducible genome-wide nucleosome patterns.
Socio-Theoretic Accounts of IS: The Problem of Agency

A long-standing debate in the IS literature concerns the relationship between technology and organization. Does technology cause effects in organizations, or is it humans that determine how technology is used? Many socio-theoretic accounts of a middle way between the extremes of technolog- ical and social determinism have been suggested: in recent years the more convincing explanations have been based on Giddens' structuration theory and, more recently, on actor network theory. The two theories, however, may be seen to adopt rather different, and potentially incompatible, views of agency. Thus, structuration theory sees agency as a uniquely human prop- erty, whereas the principle of general symmetry in actor network theory implies that machines may also be actors. This rather fundamental disagree- ment may be characterized as the problem of agency. At the empirical level the problem of agency can be studied through ERP systems. These systems, though built and implemented by people, are thought to be wide-ranging in
High Virulence of African Swine Fever Virus Caucasus Isolate in European Wild Boars of All Ages

To the Editor: African swine fever (ASF) is a serious disease that is currently affecting domestic pigs and wild boars in the Russian Federation. The disease is caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV; family Asfarviridae), and its continuing spread imposes a growing risk for introduction to disease-free areas with a high density of pigs and/or wild boars. We recently reported on the experimental characterization of ASFV Caucasus isolates in European wild boar piglets and juveniles (1), age classes that were deemed to be the most susceptible to ASFV. The extreme virulence of the virus strain led to an almost peracute disease and 100% mortality. On the basis of these data, a scenario of endemicity driven by chronically diseased animals or ASFV carriers seems unlikely. Nevertheless, ASF continues to occur in wild boars.
The mesorectum in rectal cancer surgery—the clue to pelvic recurrence?

Five cases are described where minute foci of adenocarcinoma have been demonstrated in the mesorectum several centimetres distal to the apparent lower edge of a rectal cancer. In 2 of these there was no other evidence of lymphatic spread of the tumour. In orthodox anterior resection much of this tissue remains in the pelvis, and it is suggested that these foci might lead to suture‐line or pelvic recurrence. Total excision of the mesorectum has, therefore, been carried out as a part of over 100 consecutive anterior resections. Fifty of these, which were classified as ‘curative’ or ‘conceivably curative’ operations, have now been followed for over 2 years with no pelvic or staple‐line recurrence.
Modification of Asphalt Binder by Incorporating Coconut Shell Powder

This research objective is to determine the performance of coconut shell powder with bitumen comparing with base bitumen of grade 60/70 pen and grade 80/100 pen in terms of strength and stability. Coconut shell is chosen because it is a natural waste product which can be recycled and cheaper in cost. Besides, this is also way to reduce the waste product of coconut and to reduce pollution by using natural product. The coconut shell are crushed into powder of ASTM no.100 or 150 micron. Then, the coconut shell powder were added to modify the bitumen of grade 60/70 pen and grade 80/100 pen. The base bitumen and modified bitumen were tested with different test such as Penetration Test, Softening Point Test and Ductility Test. This test were carried out for the virgin bitumen and aged bitumen which were aged using Rolling Thin Film Oven Test (RTFOT) which simulate short term aging process and Pressure Aging Vessel (PAV) Test which simulate long term aging process. The results achieved for base bitumen and modified bitumen are analyzed and compared to determine the rheological properties and physical properties of modified bitumen of grade 60/70 pen and modified bitumen of grade 80/100 pen.
Shuffle design to improve time series forecasting accuracy

In this work new improvements from a previous approach of an Automatic Design of Artificial Neural Networks applied to forecast time series is tackled. The automatic process to design Artificial Neural Networks is carried out by a Genetic Algorithm. These improvements, in order to get an accurate forecasting, are related with: to shuffle train and test patterns obtained from time series values and improving the fitness function during the global learning process (i.e. Genetic Algorithm) using a new patterns set called validation apart of the two used till the moment (i.e. train and test). The object of this study is to try to improve the final forecasting getting an accurate system. Results of the Artificial Neural Networks got by our system to forecast a set of famous time series are shown.
Full diversity spatial multiplexing based on SISO channel coding, spatial spreading and delay diversity

The use of multiple transmitter and r eceiver antennas allows to transmit multiple signal streams in parallel and hence to increase communication capacity. To distribute the multiple signal streams over the MIMO channel, linear space-time codes have been shown to be a convenient way to reach high capacity gains with a reasonable complexity. The space-time codes that have been introduced so far are block codes, leading to the manipulation of possibly large matrices. To reduce complexity, we propose an approach based on spatial spreading and delay diversity. The approach allows full symbol rate transmission in the sense that the number of symbols transmitted per sample equals the number of transmit antennas. The approach allows furthermore for full diversity in the sense that each transm itted symbol passes thr ough all channel elements in a uniform fashion. Some optimal and suboptimal receivers schemes are discussed also.
Pharmacotherapy Consultation on Polypharmacy Patients in Ambulatory Care

OBJECTIVE: To investigate actual cost and adverse effect outcomes associated with a pharmacotherapy consultation in ambulatory care patients receiving polypharmacy. METHODS: Patients receiving five or more chronic medications were randomized to receive pharmacotherapy consultation or usual medical care. Outcomes measured were changes in drug costs, medical costs, and drug-related symptoms six months after the consultation. Data were analyzed with unpaired Student's t-test for continuous data. χ2 Analysis was used for categorical data. Patients and physicians were surveyed about their perceptions of the consultations after the study period. RESULTS: Drug and medical costs did not differ before and after the consultation. More patients in the consultation group had adverse symptom scores improve by two or more points, and fewer had symptom scores worsen by two or more points than in the control group. Seventy percent of patients and 76% of physicians believed that the consult was beneficial. CONCLUSIONS: Polypharmacy patients are the most likely to have drug-related problems and require intervention. Of all the interventions performed in this study, 73% of the original problems were recognized only through a patient interview, suggesting that an interpersonal relationship remains critical to the provision of pharmaceutical care. Although patients and physicians see intuitive value in pharmaceutical care, pharmacists need to exert more energy in the direction of marketing the profession. Finally, there are numerous difficulties in measuring the benefits of these interventions, possibly making broad-based interventions in complicated patients too difficult to assess accurately. Future studies should focus on patients with limited, specific problems or on interventions with narrow goals.