Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Autonomous Controller for Flexible Operation of Heat Pumps in Low-Voltage Distribution Network

This paper aims to unleash the potential of a heat pump (HP) and its storage system, as a flexible consumer load, in the low-voltage (LV) distribution network by introducing an autonomous controller. Steady-state analysis using DigSILENT Power Factory, a power system analysis tool, is performed to verify the proposed hypothesis. The proposed controller manages to operate the individual HP and storage within the recommended operating limits of grid voltage, by sharing flexibility within the specific network. It has the capability of sensing local key control parameters for scheduling, re-scheduling, and decision-making on the operation of individual HPs. It also takes the thermal energy comfort of individual consumers into consideration. Measurement of local parameters such as grid voltage, supply temperature and level of cold water in the storage tank defines the priority for operation of HPs based on operating delays for turning it on and off. This enhances the sharing of flexibility for proper coordination, control, and management of HP systems in LV distribution networks with mutual technical benefits. From the results, the application of the proposed controller is found to be effective to manage grid congestions and local voltage regulation, satisfying the thermal energy requirements of the customer.
Effects of Sauna Alone Versus Postexercise Sauna Baths on Short-term Heart Rate Variability in Patients With Untreated Hypertension

PURPOSE: We measured the effects of sauna bathing alone or a 30-minute exercise session followed by sauna bathing on short-term heart rate variability (HRV) in subjects with untreated hypertension. METHODS: Ten patients with untreated hypertension (age 59 ± 10 years) were randomly assigned to (1) a control resting session, (2) two 8-minute sauna-only sessions (S), or (3) a 30-minute aerobic exercise session at 75% of maximal heart rate followed by a sauna session (ES). Spectral analysis of HRV was measured with a Polar S810 heart rate monitor at baseline, during the sauna session, and 15 and 120 minutes after the sauna session (T15 and T120). A Fast Fourier Transformation was used to quantify the power spectral density of the low-frequency (LF) and high-frequency (HF) bands. RESULTS: For S and ES conditions, LF (NU, normalized unit) and LF/HF were significantly higher (P < .05 and P < .01) in the first and second sauna sessions, and HF (NU) was significantly lower (P < .05, first sauna). At baseline and T15 for S and ES versus control, LF (NU) and LF/HF were significantly higher (P < .05), and HF (NU) was significantly lower (P < .05), without any effect of the 30-minute exercise session. CONCLUSIONS: A single sauna session induced a significant alteration of autonomic cardiovascular control in patients with untreated hypertension, with an increased sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic drive. These alterations were normalized within 15 to 120 minutes after sauna bathing. Additional studies are required to document long-term effects of chronic sauna bathing on autonomic control in patients with hypertension.
Developmental traumatology: The psychobiological development of maltreated children and its implications for research, treatment, and policy

In this review, a developmental traumatology model of child maltreatment and the risk for the intergenerational cycle of abuse and neglect using a mental health or posttraumatic stress model was described. Published data were reviewed that support the hypothesis that the psychobiological sequelae of child maltreatment may be regarded as an environmentally induced complex developmental disorder. Data to support this view, including the descriptions of both psychobiological and brain maturation studies in maltreatment research, emphasizing the similarities and differences between children, adolescents, and adults, were reviewed. Many suggestions for important future psychobiological and brain maturation research investigations as well as public policy ideas were offered.
An Integrated Approach to Evaluating Text Coherence and Its Application to the Prevention of Reader Misconceptions Why Study Incoherence? Classifying Incoherence

We examine the problem of incoherence in text and propose an integrated framework for judging it. In-coherence is one source of misconception during natural language processing | given a text which is not suuciently coherent, a listener will be unable to interpret the intended meaning; moreover, the listener may produce an interpretation which is not the the one intended by the speaker. We show how the inclusion of a coherence lter in various natural language processing systems may be useful in agging problematic input so that misconceptions may be deeected. While it is reasonable to require that only sensible, grammatical, correctly spelled, etc. input be given to NLP systems, this idealization must eventually give way to more robust systems able to deal with any kind of input. If a user is providing the input, this user can make mistakes, become confused, or even be malicious. If a system is automatically generating this input, then certainly errors may occur if the program has not yet been perfected. A good natural language system should be able to deal gracefully with all of these situations. In this paper, we suggest that programs which can recognize incoherent text are useful and necessary in many NLP systems. We rst summarize some of the linguistic aspects of incoherence and coherence, and then discuss a number of possible NLP techniques that might be applicable to the general problem of evaluating the coherence of a multi-sentence text. This leads us to propose a coherence lter, an integrated framework for evaluating coherence which works by combining coherence measures from independent coherence evaluation methods. Finally, we will suggest a number of practical applications for such a lter. Coherence determines what makes sense in an utterance. Yet, diierent readers can nd the same text to be coherent or incoherent. We believe it is ultimately an assumption of coherence that determines whether Finally, the Journal of Electronic Publishing has started to respond to the wishes of its readers. Fifthly, participants become familiar with Intel culture and products via in-house training and presentations, as well as group activities. The Port Moody Public Library is situated at 2732 St. Johns Street across from an elementary school on the main strip through Port Moody. On August 5th, 1945, Luis Alvarez was on board the 'Great Artiste', the plane that followed the A-bomb carrying 'Enola Gay' to Hiroshima. Figure 1: Can you nd a coherent interpretation …
Autonomous and adaptive congestion control for machine-type communication in cellular network

Machine-type communications have suffered serious congestion, overload, and poor quality of service problems in cellular networks, since the cellular networks are designed for human-to-human communications. Moreover, current solutions just focus on the congestion for single base station and cannot adaptively work in the dynamic and complex conditions. In this article, we provide an autonomous and adaptive attractor-selection-based congestion control scheme for massive access from machine-type communication devices based on the resource separation scheme. First, we introduce a feasible and self-adaptive extended attractor-selection mechanism to decide which base station to be chosen. Simultaneously, an effective estimation algorithm for the traffic load of base stations is also designed to represent the network traffic load without frequent information exchanges among devices or base stations. With the available access resources and estimated traffic load taken into consideration, massive access attempts can receive the decisions via the broadcast and adaptively choose proper stations for alleviation of the congestion and overload. Finally, simulation results show that the proposed attractor-selection-based congestion control scheme achieves better performance in terms of average access delay, collision probability, and throughput of the whole system, adaptively accommodating to unpredictable environments under cellular networks.
Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of p62/SQSTM1 and Its Role in Recruitment of Nuclear Polyubiquitinated Proteins to Promyelocytic Leukemia Bodies*

p62, also known as sequestosome1 (SQSTM1), A170, or ZIP, is a multifunctional protein implicated in several signal transduction pathways. p62 is induced by various forms of cellular stress, is degraded by autophagy, and acts as a cargo receptor for autophagic degradation of ubiquitinated targets. It is also suggested to shuttle ubiquitinated proteins for proteasomal degradation. p62 is commonly found in cytosolic protein inclusions in patients with protein aggregopathies, it is up-regulated in several forms of human tumors, and mutations in the gene are linked to classical adult onset Paget disease of the bone. To this end, p62 has generally been considered to be a cytosolic protein, and little attention has been paid to possible nuclear roles of this protein. Here, we present evidence that p62 shuttles continuously between nuclear and cytosolic compartments at a high rate. The protein is also found in nuclear promyelocytic leukemia bodies. We show that p62 contains two nuclear localization signals and a nuclear export signal. Our data suggest that the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of p62 is modulated by phosphorylations at or near the most important nuclear localization signal, NLS2. The aggregation of p62 in cytosolic bodies also regulates the transport of p62 between the compartments. We found p62 to be essential for accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins in promyelocytic leukemia bodies upon inhibition of nuclear protein export. Furthermore, p62 contributed to the assembly of proteasome-containing degradative compartments in the vicinity of nuclear aggregates containing polyglutamine-expanded Ataxin1Q84 and to the degradation of Ataxin1Q84.
Ultrastructure of pityriasis rubra pilaris with observations during retinoid (etretinate) treatment

The light and electron microscopic structure of pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is described in five patients. Hyperkeratosis, hypergranulosis, keratotic plugs in the follicular openings, acanthosis and focal parakeratosis were observed. A moderate perivascular infiltrate was seen in the upper dermis. Electron microscopy revealed moderately activated keratinocytes, a decreased number of tonofilaments and desmosomes, enlarged intercellular spaces, parakeratosis with lipid‐like vacuoles and a large number of keratinosomes. Lymphoid cells were present in the epidermis in moderate numbers. At the dermo‐epidermal junction, the basal lamina was focally split, containing gaps.
Estimation of disturbance torque for ballscrew drive system with using high resolution encoder

Ballscrew drive system has high mechanical efficiency and is able to get high gear ratio easily. But it also has non liner friction elements like rolling friction and viscous friction, so it makes ballscrew control accuracy worse. For that reason, it is proposed that inserting disturbance observer into control system and compensating disturbance torque. Generally, rotary encoder is used for position sensor in ballscrew control, but its resolution affects accuracy of drive control and disturbance observer. In this paper, we propose a speed control system using AC servo motor ball screw drive system, compare driving characteristics in low speed range when using low resolution encoder and high resolution encoder as position sensor. Also we examine effects for driving characteristics by using and compensating disturbance observer. These verifications were carried out by simulation and actual machine.
A Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density smoothing algorithm for multi-target track-before-detect

When the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is reduced in case of track-before-detect (TBD) for weak target detection, the TBD algorithm based on Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density (GM-PHD) filter cannot estimate the number or status of targets accurately. In order to solve this problem, a TBD algorithm based on GM-PHD smoothing filter (SGM-PHD-TBD) is proposed. Within the framework of TBD standard observation model, the algorithm employs smooth recursive method, using quantities of measurement data to smooth the filtering results. The simulation result shows that the proposed algorithm is better than the GM-PHD-TBD algorithm under low SNR, especially in the accuracy of target number estimation and the precision of target status estimation.
Phylogeography of the fire‐bellied toads Bombina: independent Pleistocene histories inferred from mitochondrial genomes

The fire‐bellied toads Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata, interbreed in a long, narrow zone maintained by a balance between selection and dispersal. Hybridization takes place between local, genetically differentiated groups. To quantify divergence between these groups and reconstruct their history and demography, we analysed nucleotide variation at the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1096 bp) in 364 individuals from 156 sites representing the entire range of both species. Three distinct clades with high sequence divergence (K2P = 8–11%) were distinguished. One clade grouped B. bombina haplotypes; the two other clades grouped B. variegata haplotypes. One B. variegata clade included only Carpathian individuals; the other represented B. variegata from the southwestern parts of its distribution: Southern and Western Europe (Balkano–Western lineage), Apennines, and the Rhodope Mountains. Differentiation between the Carpathian and Balkano–Western lineages, K2P ∼ 8%, approached interspecific divergence. Deep divergence among European Bombina lineages suggests their preglacial origin, and implies long and largely independent evolutionary histories of the species. Multiple glacial refugia were identified in the lowlands adjoining the Black Sea, in the Carpathians, in the Balkans, and in the Apennines. The results of the nested clade and demographic analyses suggest drastic reductions of population sizes during the last glacial period, and significant demographic growth related to postglacial colonization. Inferred history, supported by fossil evidence, demonstrates that Bombina ranges underwent repeated contractions and expansions. Geographical concordance between morphology, allozymes, and mtDNA shows that previous episodes of interspecific hybridization have left no detectable mtDNA introgression. Either the admixed populations went extinct, or selection against hybrids hindered mtDNA gene flow in ancient hybrid zones.
On estimating the Robust Domain of Attraction for uncertain non-polynomial systems: An LMI approach

An increasingly important issue in the area of uncertain systems is the estimation of the Robust Domain of Attraction (RDA). Though this topic is of great interest, most of attention has been paid to the RDA for uncertain polynomial systems. This paper considers the RDA for rational polynomial systems and non-polynomial systems, both with parametric uncertainties, which are constrained in a semialgebraic set. The main underlying idea is to reformulate the original system to an uncertain rational polynomial system by using the truncated Taylor expansion and the parameterizable remainder of non-polynomial functions. A novel way to compute the largest estimate of the RDA is proposed by using a given rational Lyapunov function and the squared matrix representation technique (SMR). Lastly, the benefits of this approach are presented by a numerical example.
Reasoning about Preferences in Structured Extended Argumentation Frameworks

This paper combines two recent extensions of Dung's abstract argumentation frameworks in order to define an abstract formalism for reasoning about preferences in structured argumentation frameworks. First, extended argumentation frameworks extend Dung frameworks with attacks on attacks, thus providing an abstract dialectical semantics that accommodates argumentation-based reasoning about preferences over arguments. Second, a recent extension of the ASPIC framework (ASPIC+) instantiates Dung frameworks with accounts of the structure of arguments, the nature of attack and the use of preferences to resolve attacks. In this paper, ASPIC+ is further developed in order to define attacks on attacks, resulting in a dialectical semantics that accommodates argumentation based reasoning about preferences in structured argumentation. Then, some recently proposed rationality postulates for structured extended argumentation are proven to hold.
Head-to-Head Comparison of the Activities of Currently Available Antifungal Agents against 3,378 Spanish Clinical Isolates of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi

ABSTRACT We have compared the activities of posaconazole and other currently available antifungal agents against a collection of 3,378 clinical isolates of yeasts and filamentous fungi. A total of 1,997 clinical isolates of Candida spp. , 359 of other yeast species, 697 strains of Aspergillus spp. , and 325 nondermatophyte non-Aspergillus spp. were included. The average geometric means of the MICs of agents that were tested against Candida spp. were 0.23 μg/ml for amphotericin B, 0.29 μg/ml for flucytosine, 0.97 μg/ml for fluconazole, 0.07 μg/ml for itraconazole, 0.04 μg/ml for voriconazole, 0.15 μg/ml for caspofungin, and 0.03 μg/ml for posaconazole. Voriconazole and posaconazole were active in vitro against the majority of isolates, with resistance to fluconazole and itraconazole, and against Cryptococcus neoformans and other Basidiomycota yeasts. Posaconazole was the most active of antifungal agents tested against Aspergillus spp. , with an average geometric mean of 0.10 μg/ml. It was active against Paecilomyces spp. , Penicillium spp. , Scedosporium apiospermum, and some black fungi, such as Alternaria spp. Multiresistant filamentous fungi, such as Scedosporium prolificans, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, and Fusarium solani, were also resistant to voriconazole, caspofungin, and posaconazole. Amphotericin B and posaconazole were found to be active against most of the Mucorales strains tested. Posaconazole and currently available antifungal agents exhibit a potent activity in vitro against the majority of pathogenic fungal species.
Implications of subzero metabolic activity on long-term microbial survival in terrestrial and extraterrestrial permafrost.

The survival of microorganisms over extended time frames in frozen subsurface environments may be limited by chemical (i.e., via hydrolysis and oxidation) and ionizing radiation-induced damage to chromosomal DNA. In an effort to improve estimates for the survival of bacteria in icy terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments, we determined rates of macromolecular synthesis at temperatures down to -15°C in bacteria isolated from Siberian permafrost (Psychrobacter cryohalolentis K5 and P. arcticus 273-4) and the sensitivity of P. cryohalolentis to ionizing radiation. Based on experiments conducted over ≈400 days at -15°C, the rates of protein and DNA synthesis in P. cryohalolentis were <1 to 16 proteins cell(-1) d(-1) and 83 to 150 base pairs (bp) cell(-1) d(-1), respectively; P. arcticus synthesized DNA at rates of 20 to 1625 bp cell(-1) d(-1) at -15°C under the conditions tested. The dose of ionizing radiation at which 37% of the cells survive (D(37)) of frozen suspensions of P. cryohalolentis was 136 Gy, which was ∼2-fold higher (71 Gy) than identical samples exposed as liquid suspensions. Laboratory measurements of [(3)H]thymidine incorporation demonstrate the physiological potential for DNA metabolism at -15°C and suggest a sufficient activity is possible to offset chromosomal damage incurred in near-subsurface terrestrial and martian permafrost. Thus, our data imply that the longevity of microorganisms actively metabolizing within permafrost environments is not constrained by chromosomal DNA damage resulting from ionizing radiation or entropic degradation over geological time.
Are All Hip Extension Exercises Created Equal

TARGETED HIP EXTENSION EXERCISES ARE OFTEN PERFORMED TO DEVELOP STRENGTH, POWER, AND ENDURANCE IN THE HIP EXTENSORS. ALTHOUGH THESE EXERCISES CAN POSSESS SIMILAR MOVEMENT PATTERNS, BIOMECHANICALLY THE INSTANTANEOUS TORQUE AT DIFFERENT RANGES OF HIP EXTENSION VARIES DEPENDING ON BODY POSITION RELATIVE TO SPACE. FOR THESE REASONS, IT IS PROPOSED THAT: (A) HIP EXTENSION EXERCISES MIGHT TRANSFER BETTER TO SPORT ACTIONS WHERE THE REGION OF FORCE ACCENTUATION IS MOST SPECIFIC; (B) HIP EXTENSION EXERCISES MAY LEAD TO UNIQUE STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS; AND (C) A VARIETY OF EXERCISES MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO MAXIMIZE HIP EXTENSION STRENGTH AND POWER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RANGE OF MOTION.
Exploring Photo Privacy Protection on Smartphones

The proliferation of modern smartphone camera use in the past decade has resulted in unprecedented numbers of personal photos being taken and stored on popular devices. However, it has also caused privacy concerns. These photos sometimes contain potentially harmful information if they were to be leaked such as the personally identifiable information found on ID cards or in legal documents. With current security measures on iOS and Android phones, it is possible for 3 party apps downloaded from official app stores or other locations to access the photo libraries on these devices without user knowledge or consent. Additionally, the prevalence of smartphone cameras in public has reduced personal privacy, as strangers are commonly photographed without permission. To mitigate the privacy risk posed by apps and unwanted public photos, this research project explores 3 main topics: developing a two-step method including permission analysis and system call analysis to identify the possibility of 3 party applications accessing sensitive photos without user knowledge, developing an automated classifier to identify and protect private photos in smartphone media storage, and creating an accurate computer vision model for identifying bystanders in photos, so that their faces might be later blurred or otherwise obfuscated to protect their privacy. The resulting data from the system call analysis will hopefully improve public awareness on the vulnerabilities created by downloading untrustworthy apps. The private photo classifier and bystander detection model are able to achieve acceptable accuracy on the test datasets and can be used in future works to implement working systems to protect individual privacy in the aforementioned threat cases.
Multi-Gbit/sec low density parity check decoders with reduced interconnect complexity

A 3.2-Gbit/sec 2048-bit parallel LDPC decoder is implemented in a 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS process. We employ two new techniques to address the interconnect problem: A broadcasting technique reduces the total amount of check-to-variable interconnect wires by more than 40%. A hierarchical placement algorithm places the variable and check nodes in the top-level hierarchy of the design and reduces the maximum wire length by up to 50%.