Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Public health allergy surveillance using micro-blogs

In recent days, lot of data getting generated in internet especially in micro blogs like Twitter. 500 million tweets are getting generated every year and it keeps increasing exponentially. It is observed that people tweet about wide range of subjects which includes politics, weather, sports, health etc. Our study focuses on analyzing health related tweets and the main focus is on allergy disease. We are trying to classify the tweets into two classes, one contains the tweets which are actual incidents of allergy and another class contains awareness tweets. Classification is done using different classifiers such as Naïve Bayes, Naive Bayes Multinomial Modal, Support Vector Machine, k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) and it is found that k-NN classifiers' precision is better than other classifiers. The study also includes fetching the types of allergy from collected tweets. And the trained classifier model is used to classify the live streaming tweets of different locations. Location wise spread of allergy is analyzed by using the geo-code of different geographic location.
The research of property convergence of multi-agents based on virtual forum

The research goals of this paper are the mental state coordination and collective synchronization mechanism of multi-agent groups. In this paper, I create a virtual forum using partial of the existing data of Facebook. Based on the virtual forum, I put forward a non-smooth synchronization model on the basis of global coordination of the mental state of agent groups. I also perform simulation experiments through the virtual forum, and carry out in-depth analysis and researches of the prominent aggregation phenomenon. With the above activities, I obtain the conclusion that in the organization networks like Facebook, public opinions are easy to tend to convergence.
Assessment of novel disinfection technologies, and bacterial contamination in the healthcare setting

Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) are reported each year. Contamination of hospitals is a source of, and allows dissemination of HAIs. In healthcare settings one of the major vectors of contamination is healthcare workers’ uniforms. As surfaces become contaminated, bacteria can then be contacted by patients or staff who may indirectly spread bacteria to patients. Direct and indirect spread of bacteria could result in infection of patients and increased infection rates. Further consequences include increased levels of antibiotic use and costs. A pilot study was conducted at Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust. 100 pre-shift and 100 post-shift healthcare workers’ uniforms were assessed for Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus spp. isolates. We found increased levels of antibiotic resistant S. aureus and Enterococcus spp. contamination on post-shift uniforms compared to zero to minimal contamination of pre-shift uniforms. A biobank of isolates was subsequently characterised for antibiotic sensitivity using European Union Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guidelines – 51 % of S. aureus isolates were classed multi-drug resistant. Genomic diversity was assessed using Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) – high levels of similarity was found amongst isolates. As one means of reducing uniform bioburden, we conducted analysis of a novel surface-active organisilane disinfectant named Goldshield (GS). GS was marketed as a long lasting antimicrobial prevent (re)contamination. GS technology displayed bactericidal, sporicidal and anti-biofilm properties in laboratory testing providing rationale for an intervention where GS could be incorporated into hospital laundry and assessed for potential use in infection control.
I Think, Therefore Eyeblink

Can conditioning occur without conscious awareness of the contingency between the stimuli? We trained participants on two separate reaction time tasks that ensured attention to the experimental stimuli. The tasks were then interleaved to create a differential Pavlovian contingency between visual stimuli from one task and an airpuff stimulus from the other. Many participants were unaware of the contingency and failed to show differential eyeblink conditioning, despite attending to a salient stimulus that was contingently and contiguously related to the airpuff stimulus over many trials. Manipulation of awareness by verbal instruction dramatically increased awareness and differential eyeblink responding. These findings cast doubt on dual-system theories, which propose an automatic associative system independent of cognition, and provide strong evidence that cognitive processes associated with awareness play a causal role in learning.
The source effect: development of a scale and assessment of the influence of self-esteem

4 Introduction . 7 Disgust Sensitivity and Individual Differences . 8 Self-Disgust . 9 The Source Effect for Disgust . 13 Experimental Research on The Source Effect . 13 How Can the Source Effect Inform Self-Disgust? 16 Self-Disgust and The Source Effect . 16 Overview of the Present Studies . 18 Study 1 – The development of a Source Effect scale . 19 Method . 19 Results . 24 Discussion . 27 Study 2 – Behavioural Exploration of the Source Effect . 29 Method . 29 Results . 35 Discussion . 38 General Discussion . 40 Future Research . 42 THE SOURCE EFFECT SCALE 3 Conclusion . 43 References . 45 Appendix . 51 THE SOURCE EFFECT SCALE 4
Intelligently controllable Ankle Foot Orthosis (I-AFO) and its application for a patient of Guillain-Barre syndrome

Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are orthotic devices supporting movements of ankles for disabled people for example hemiplegia, peroneal nerve palsy, etc. In our research, we have developed the intelligently controllable AFO (I-AFO) which can control its ankle torque by using compact Magneto-rheological fluid (MRF) brakes. In this paper, we describe the gait-control tests with I-AFO for a patient of the Guillain-Barre syndrome. The subject has difficulty in his voluntary movement of the peripheral part of the inferior limb, and there are physical limitations on his ankle. By applying the I-AFO, his gait control was improved by the prevention of drop-foot in the swing-phase and the forward promotion in the stance-phase.
Hospital Blood Transfusion Patterns During Major Noncardiac Surgery and Surgical Mortality

AbstractWe retrospectively examined intraoperative blood transfusion patterns at US veteran's hospitals through description of national patterns of intraoperative blood transfusion by indication for transfusion in the elderly; assessment of temporal trends in the use of intraoperative blood transfusion; and relationship of institutional use of intraoperative blood transfusion to hospital 30-day risk-adjusted postoperative mortality rates.Limited data exist on the pattern of intraoperative blood transfusion by indication for transfusion at the hospital level, and the relationship between intraoperative transfusion rates and institutional surgical outcomes.Using the Department of Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, we assigned 424,015 major noncardiac operations among elderly patients (≥65 years) in 117 veteran's hospitals, from 1997 to 2009, into groups based on indication for intraoperative blood transfusion according to literature and clinical guidelines. We then examined institutional variations and temporal trends in surgical blood use based on these indications, and the relationship between these institutional patterns of transfusion and 30-day postoperative mortality.Intraoperative transfusion occurred in 38,056/424,015 operations (9.0%). Among the 64,390 operations with an indication for transfusion, there was wide variation (median: 49.9%, range: 8.7%–76.2%) in hospital transfusion rates, a yearly decline in transfusion rates (average 1.0%/y), and an inverse relationship between hospital intraoperative transfusion rates and hospital 30-day risk-adjusted mortality (adjusted mortality of 9.8 ± 2.8% vs 8.3 ± 2.1% for lowest and highest tertiles of hospital transfusion rates, respectively, P = 0.02). In contrast, for the 225,782 operations with no indication for transfusion, there was little variation in hospital transfusion rates (median 0.7%, range: 0%–3.4%), no meaningful temporal change in transfusion (average 0.0%/y), and similar risk-adjusted 30-day mortality across all tertiles of hospital transfusion rates.Among patients ≥65 years with an indication for intraoperative transfusion, intraoperative transfusion patterns varied widely across hospitals and declined through the 1997 to 2009 study period. Hospitals with higher transfusion rates in these patients have lower risk-adjusted 30-day postoperative mortality rates.
The role of Chromium III in the organism and its possible use in diabetes and obesity treatment.

INTRODUCTION Diabetes and obesity are diseases characterized by their increasing incidence every year. When comparing with healthy subjects, the serum levels of chromium (Cr) are lowered in these two diseases. Several studies conducted in laboratory animals with experimentally- induced diabetes demonstrated that supplementation with chromium ions (III) decreased glucose concentration in the blood, reduced the probability of atherosclerosis and heart attack, lowered the levels of cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL). The Importance of chromium is actually challenged due to lack of clear manifestations of Cr deficiency in humans and animals. OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to present current knowledge about Cr its role in the organism and possible mechanisms of its action also in metabolic disorders such as diabetes or obesity. STATE OF KNOWLEDGE In the last decade, Cr was established to be rather a beneficial than essential trace element in mammals, and has gained popularity as a nutritional supplement and a component of many multivitamin/mineral formulations, fortified food and energy drinks. Cr supplements are widespread for diabetes and obesity treatment, despite conflicting reports on its efficacy. It was suggested that Cr shows a beneficial influence upon glucose and lipid disturbances. CONCLUSIONS The recent clinical trials provided evidence both in favor and against the importance of Cr in healthy and ill organisms. Unfortunately, also the molecular mechanism by which chromium affects glucose and lipid metabolism is still unclear. Beneficial effects of diet supplementation with different sources of Cr³⁺ can be potentially explained by rather pharmacological than nutritional effects.
Simulation analysis of grid-connected inverter based on space vector pulse width modulation

The concept of smart distribution system emerges as the traditional distribution system no longer fits the rapid development of distributed generation. However, the disadvantages of pulse width modulation inverter, such as low efficiency and high current harmonic, restrict the application of grid-connected inverter in distributed generation system. Thus, we proposed an inverter based on LCL filter, improved space vector pulse width modulation in this essay. The generation mechanism of improved space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) and simulation analysis of inverter have been presented. Simulation results show the smoother waveform and better sinusoidal of the proposed inverter compared with normal inverter. Besides, the efficiency and total harmonic distortion (THD) also been improved.
Évaluation de la dégradation des forêts primaires par télédétection dans un espace de front pionnier consolidé d’Amazonie orientale (Paragominas)

La degradation de la foret est un changement de sa structure et de la composition floristique et faunistique, ce qui conduit a une perte de biodiversite, de production de biens et de services et a un accroissement de la vulnerabilite aux aleas climatiques et aux incendies. Elle concerne de vastes espaces en zone tropicale particulierement dans les regions de fronts pionniers plus ou moins consolides ou la foret primaire est soumise a l’extraction de bois, aux incendies et a la fragmentation. Pour evaluer son ampleur et son intensite, il est necessaire de recourir a la teledetection. Mais les methodologies disponibles restent encore insuffisantes.L’enjeu scientifique est de developper des methodes adaptees a de grandes surfaces afin d’analyser l’effet de differentes perturbations sur les trajectoires suivies par le couvert forestier. Il s’agit egalement de distinguer differentes intensites de degradation suite a l’accumulation de perturbations. C’est un prealable indispensable pour definir et mettre en œuvre des plans de gestion adaptes. Le premier axe de ce travail a pour objectif de cartographier annuellement l’ampleur des perturbations, d’identifier les principaux types de perturbations et de caracteriser la trajectoire de restauration de l’activite photosynthetique. Il est realise a partir de series temporelles d’images Landsat traitees au moyen du progiciel CLASlite. L’agregation des couvertures annuelles resultant des traitements avec CLASlite a egalement permis de constituer un indicateur de degradation resultant du cumul de processus de perturbations sur plusieurs annees.
View Dependent Mesh Streaming based on Geometry Image and JPEG 2000 Standard

For PC and even mobile devices, video and image streaming technologies, such as H.264 and JPEG/JPEG 2000, are already mature. However, the 3D model streaming technology is still far from practical use. Therefore, we wonder if 3D model streaming can directly benefit from current image and video streaming technologies. Hence, in this paper, we propose a mesh streaming method based on geometry image [3] to represent a 3D model or a 3D scene and integrate it into an existed client-server multimedia streaming server. In this method, the mesh data of a 3D model is first converted into a JPEG 2000 (J2K) [7] image. Based on the JPEG 2000 streaming technique, the mesh data can then be transmitted over the Internet as a mesh streaming. Furthermore, the view-dependent issue is also taken into account. Moreover, since this method is based on JPEG 2000 standard, our system is much suitable to be integrated into any existed image and video streaming system.
CoFeel : Using Emotions to Enhance Social Interaction in Group Recommender Systems

Group recommender systems aim to suggest items of interest to a group or a community of people. Different from recommending to individuals, group recommender systems should also consider social interaction within group members. Prior art suggest that designing social interfaces is translated to a set of methods that enhance mutual awareness among group members. In this paper, we address emotional awareness. After a report in the current art, we describe how our work contributes to emotion awareness in group recommenders by introducing CoFeel, an interface that aims to enhance social interaction.
A machine learning approach to distinguish Parkinson’s disease (PD) patient’s with shuffling gait from older adults based on gait signals using 3D motion analysis

In recent times the adverse impact of Parkinson’s disease (PD) getting worse and worse with the increasing rate of old age population through out the world. This disease is the second common neurological disorder and has a tremendous economical and social impact because the cost associated with the healthcare as well as service is extremely high. The diagnosis process of this disease mostly done by closely observing the patient in the clinic as well as using the rating scale. However, this kind of diagnosis is subjective in nature and usually takes long time and assessment of this disease is complicated and cannot replicated in other patients. This kind of diagnosis method is also not suitable for the early detection of the PD. So, with this shortcoming it is necessary to find a suitable method that can automate the process as well as useful in the initial phase of diagnosis of PD. Recently with the invention of motion capture equipment’s and artificial intelligent technique, the feasibility of the objective nature-based diagnosis is getting lot of attention, especially the objective quantification of gait parameters. Shuffling of gait is one of the important characteristics of PD patients and it is usually defined y shorter stride length and low foot clearance. In this study a novel method is proposed to quantify the gait parameters using 3D motion captures and then various feature selection algorithm have used to select the effective features and finally machine learning based techniques were implemented to automate the classification process of two groups composed of PD patients as well as older adults. We have found maximum accuracy of 98.54 %by using support vector machine (SVM) classifier with radial basis function coupled with minimum redundancy and maximum relevance (MRMR) algorithm-based feature set. Our result showed that the proposed method can help the clinicians to distinguish PD patients from the older adults. This method helps to detect the PD at early stage.
Influential News: Impact of Print Media Reports on the Fulfillment of Election Promises

Building on the mandate theory of democracy and literature on media coverage of elections, this article theorizes why information regarding party promises that is transmitted through the media could affect the former’s fulfillment. Utilizing a unique data set composed of 2,676 promises issued by 14 legislative parties over a 15-year period in post-communist Bulgaria, the study is among the first to longitudinally analyze the role of media in pledge fulfillment, while controlling for institutional and other explanations. The conclusions demonstrate that media reporting of election promises affects the fulfillment of pledges made by coalition parties, when more than one outlet has printed a promise, and under conditions of strong ideological divisions within the cabinet. Furthermore, the impact of media reporting is greater for pledges that do not otherwise have a high likelihood of being fulfilled.
Demonstrating the Temperature Sensitivity of Synaptic Transmission in a Drosophila Mutant

We describe exercises that illustrate the temperature sensitivity of synaptic transmission. The temperature dependence of synaptic transmission is demonstrated by cooling the larval Drosophila melanogaster preparation and recording excitatory junction potentials. Vesicle recycling is explored by utilizing a mutation of the shibire gene. This shibire mutant shows a robust reduction in synaptic vesicle recycling when temperature exceeds a known threshold (∼29° C). Students gain proficiency with the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction preparation while investigating principles of vesicle release, vesicle recycling, synaptic facilitation and synaptic depression. We show that the viability of the larval preparation is prolonged in vitro with moderate cooling, which is particularly important when introducing the preparation as a novel exercise.
Towards fine-grained fixation analysis: distilling out context dependence

In this paper, we explore the problem of analyzing gaze patterns towards attributing greater meaning to observed fixations. In recent years, there have been a number of efforts that attempt to categorize fixations according to their properties. Given that there are a multitude of factors that may contribute to fixational behavior, including both bottom-up and top-down influences on neural mechanisms for visual representation and saccadic control, efforts to better understand factors that may contribute to any given fixation may play an important role in augmenting raw fixation data. A grand objective of this line of thinking is in explaining the reason for any observed fixation as a combination of various latent factors. In the current work, we do not seek to solve this problem in general, but rather to factor out the role of the holistic structure of a scene as one observable, and quantifiable factor that plays a role in determining fixational behavior. Statistical methods and approximations to achieve this are presented, and supported by experimental results demonstrating the efficacy of the proposed methods.
Oxidative stress in severe pulmonary hypertension.

Severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurs in a primary or "unexplained" form and in a group of secondary forms associated with a number of diseases. Because the lung tissue from patients with severe PH demonstrates complex vascular lesions, which contain inflammatory cells, we wondered whether the lung tissue from patients with severe PH was "under oxidative stress. " We used immunohistochemistry to localize nitrotyrosine and 8-hydroxy guanosine in the lung tissue sections from patients with primary and secondary PH. In some lung tissue extracts, the eicosanoid metabolites 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid, leukotriene B4 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE), 12-HETE, and 15-HETE were measured using mass spectroscopy, and superoxide dismutase amount and activity were measured. Nitrotyrosine expression was ubiquitous in all PH lungs, and 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid and HETE levels were elevated in the lungs of patients with severe PH but not in those lungs that were from the patients with severe PH treated chronically with prostacyclin. We conclude that indeed the lungs from patients with severe PH are under oxidative stress and that chronic prostacyclin infusion has an antiinflammatory effect on the lung tissue.
Dynamic Routing Trees with Energy Harvesting Constraints for Wireless Body Area Networks

Routing under energy harvesting constraints is considered. A routing protocol based on Dijkstra's global routing algorithm is proposed and evaluated. The protocol dynamically modifies routing trees based on available energy accumulated through energy harvesting. Channel-state information is gathered in typical indoor environments using two experimental setups; one with eight nodes and on-body access point and the other with five nodes and an off-body access point equipped with four antennas. Collected data is used to evaluate network connectivity in conjuncture with throughput using computer simulations and models of energy harvesting. Energy sources of body heat, ambient light, direct sunlight and ambient airflow are considered. A threshold effect is observed for all energy sources and both experimental setups; if the throughput is set below threshold value the network is reliably connected. The thresholds are shown to be higher than 500 bytes/sec for direct sunlight and within 80--190 bytes/sec for other energy sources when using currently available energy harvesting technology.
Incompressible one-sided surfaces in filled link spaces

When a Dehn filled link manifold contains a geometrically incompressible one-sided surface, it is shown there is a unique boundary incompressible position that the surface can take in the link space. The proof uses a version of the sweep-out technique from two-sided Heegaard splitting theory. When applied to one-sided Heegaard splittings, this result can be used to complete the classification of one-sided splittings of (2p, q) fillings of Figure 8 knot space: determining that fillings with |2p/q|<3 have two non-isotopic geometrically incompressible one-sided splitting surfaces.