Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES OF THE PARENT STARS OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEM CANDIDATES

The stars 1 Cnc, CrB, 16 Cyg B, 51 Peg, 47 UMa, 70 Vir, and HD 114762 have recently been proposed to harbor planetary mass companions based on small amplitude radial velocity variations. From spectroscopic analyses we derive the following values of (Fe/H) for these stars: 0.29, 0.29, 0.06, 0.21, 0.01, 0.03, and 0.60 (all with an uncertainty of 0.06 dex), respectively; the (Fe/H) value for 16 Cyg A is 0.11. The four 51 Peg-like systems, And, Boo, 1 Cnc, and 51 Peg, have a mean (Fe/H) value of 0.25. Otherwise, the abundance patterns, expressed as (X/Fe), are approximately solar. We used Fourier analysis, supplemented by line profile syn- thesis, to derive the following v sin i values: 0:66, 2:9 +13:6
Seeing blur: ‘motion sharpenin’ without motion

It is widely supposed that things tend to look blurred when they are moving fast. Previous work has shown that this is true for sharp edges but, paradoxically, blurred edges look sharper when they are moving than when stationary. This is‘motion sharpenin’. We show that blurred edges also look up to 50% sharper when they are presented briefly (8–24 ms) than at longer durations (100–500 ms) without motion. This argues strongly against high–level models of sharpening based specifically on compensation for motion blur. It also argues against a recent, low–level, linear filter model that requires motion to produce sharpening. No linear filter model can explain our finding that sharpening was similar for sinusoidal and non–sinusoidal gratings, since linear filters can never distort sine waves. We also conclude that the idea of a ‘defaul’ assumption of sharpness is not supported by experimental evidence. A possible source of sharpening is a nonlinearity in the contrast response of early visual mechanisms to fast or transient temporal changes, perhaps based on the magnocellular (M–cell) pathway. Our finding that sharpening is not diminished at low contrast sets strong constraints on the nature of the nonlinearity.
2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops Aras Human Activity Datasets in Multiple Homes with Multiple Residents

Ahstract-The real world human activity datasets are of great importance in development of novel machine learning methods for automatic recognition of human activities in smart environments. In this study, we present the details of ARAS (Activity Recogni­ tion with Ambient Sensing) human activity recognition datasets that are collected from two real houses with multiple residents during two months. The datasets contain the ground truth labels for 27 different activities. Each house was equipped with 20 binary sensors of different types that communicate wirelessly using the ZigBee protocol. A full month of information which contains the sensor data and the activity labels for both residents was gathered from each house, resulting in a total of two months data. In the paper, particularly, we explain the details of sensor selection, targeted activities, deployment of the sensors and the characteristics of the collected data and provide the results of our preliminary experiments on the datasets. I. INTRODUCTION Daily human activities and long term monitoring of those activities are important indicators of health status. The changes and the patterns in these changes help diagnosing several diseases at early stages and let the people take the necessary precautions. In order to make the long term health monitoring systems sustainable, we need smart environments in which the human activities hence the human behavior are recognized automatically. Advanced machine learning methods are used for inferring human activities using the data collected from the smart environment but those methods require annotated datasets to be trained on. The quality of the dataset in terms of accuracy and the total number of data points greatly affects the prediction power of the machine learning model. Therefore, annotated datasets are required to develop novel machine learning models with higher prediction accuracies. However, recording and annotating these datasets are costly since they require time and human effort. Hence, the publicly available annotated datasets are of significant importance to the research community and this demand tends to increase. The datasets recorded in real world conditions rather than laboratory settings are even more difficult to obtain and also more valuable since they reflect the natural human behavior. When the subjects in laboratories are replaced by the real res­ idents living in their own houses, the value of the information increases and the world wide deployments of smart health monitoring systems will become possible. For this purpose, we introduce publicly available ARAS (Activity Recognition with Ambient …
A healthy lifestyle : the attitudes and experiences of African-Caribbean adolescents and their families in West Yorkshire

This study explores the attitudes and experiences of African-Caribbean adolescents and their families towards a healthy lifestyle. Findings from the study highlighted a number of contrasting multidimensional factors that either facilitated or limited the choices for a healthy lifestyle. This is particularly significant since research on African-Caribbean families has usually failed to take into account the central aspects of their life experiences. The study took an ethnographic perspective, which provided the opportunity of making African-Caribbean lives visible and placing them as participants, rather than subjects or victims. This was central for acknowledging and understanding their attitudes and experiences towards a healthy lifestyle. The main finding was that for African-Caribbean families everyday life is inseparable from a healthy lifestyle. In the management of everyday life, adolescents and their families interacted with a range of resources, which were socially, economically, historically and culturally structured. The resources became the medium through which attitudes and experiences for a healthy lifestyle were negotiated, articulated and practised. Some of these resources, such as spirituality, strength of African-Caribbean identity, familylkin systems, values and beliefs were described as facilitating the individuals' experiences of a healthy lifestyle. In this context, poor educational outcomes, socio-economic disadvantages, racism and discrimination, failure to recognise and appreciate the individual's identity, values and beliefs constrained and limited the options to practise a healthy lifestyle. The analysis of these factors allowed a conceptualisation of the reality of African-Caribbean families' way of life. The study concludes by suggesting that the intricate connection between healthy lifestyles and the prevailing African-Caribbean life situation must be recognised. For these families, social and economic disadvantages including the effects of racism, discrimination and its effects of social exclusion were real and relevant. These were important areas for an understanding and explanation of how contemporary African-Caribbean families' lives are constructed and how this affects their participation in a healthy lifestyle. Since the issues were multidimensional, individualised and collective, the strategies facilitating African-Caribbeans to live a healthy lifestyle must reflect the complexity of their life experiences. In addition, future research and actions on African-Caribbeans' needs should take cognisance of the multidimensional and contextual nature of their history and life experiences.
Designing a pre-degree program to foster a sense of belonging

Enabling or bridging programs are a social inclusion strategy to widen participation in higher education. Research suggests these programs achieve some measure of success in fostering a sense of belonging and preparing students for university, which are both linked to student retention. However, such programs are characterised by high rates of attrition. The recent introduction of a Diploma of University Studies at the University of Tasmania, as part of a suite of pre-degree programs, differs from other enabling and bridging courses. It includes compulsory weekly Supported Studies sessions, designed to foster both academic and social outcomes. Findings from the study indicate student satisfaction with compulsory Supported Studies sessions. In particular, students on the two larger university campuses, and students who attend more than nine sessions per semester, find sessions useful for social and academic integration. Integrated support sessions should be an integral part of enabling programs.
Relationship between disease duration and predominant orbital T cell subset in Graves' ophthalmopathy.

We sought to determine whether the predominant orbital T helper (T(H)) cell subset in orbital T cell clones established from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) might be related to disease duration. A total of 117 clones were established from orbital adipose/connective tissues of 6 GO patients, and cytokine production was measured in 57 CD3+CD4+ clones. T(H)1-type clones were predominant in cultures from patients with recent onset (<2 yr) Graves' hyperthyroidism (n = 44; TH1/TH0/TH2 = 57/29/14%) or GO (n = 53 clones; TH1/TH0/TH2 = 47/30/23%). In contrast, TH2-type clones predominated in cultures from patients with more remote onset (>2 yr) hyperthyroidism (n = 13; TH1/TH0/TH2 = 0/31/69%; P < 0.005) or GO (n = 4; TH1/TH0/TH2 = 0/25/75%; P = 0.05). In addition, we established T cell clones from 1 TH1-dominant patient with recent-onset thyroid and eye disease using either IL-2 (12.5 ng/mL) alone or IL-2 plus IL-4 (5 ng/mL) and found no shift toward recovery of TH2-type clones in the latter. In conclusion, although the CD3+CD4+ clones characterized were not necessarily tissue antigen specific, our findings suggest that cell-mediated (TH1-type) immune reactions may predominate in the orbit in early GO, whereas humoral immunity (TH2-type) might play the greater role in later stages of the disease.
Clinical, demographic and laboratory characteristics of methotrexate‐responsive eczema

mutation leads to the abolition of an acceptor-splicing site resulting in the absence of the XPC protein. The same mutation was found in her younger brother. Excisional palatine surgery and radiotherapy to the central face were deemed too mutilating. A combined chemotherapy regimen with 5fluorouracil and cisplatinum (three courses) was elected with remarkable tumour size reduction (>45%), pain control and improved feeding after 4 months of therapy. Still, despite initial adequate surgical management of the other skin carcinomas, rapidly relapsing invasive scalp SCCs occurred after chemotherapy. Salvage therapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin was unsuccessful. The patient died 15 months later from loco-regional cranial invasion. Patients younger than 40 years of age account for less than 4% of all oral malignancies. Oral SCC in paediatric patients is believed to be aetiologically distinct from oral SCC in adults due to different risk factor exposures. Genetic disorders predisposing to cancer are related to paediatric oral SCC. Then again, primary gingival SCC has only been described in Fanconi anemia or after bone marrow transplantation; XP being associated with SCC of the lips and tip of the tongue. Based on clinicopathological and radiological findings, the tumour of our XP-C patient with a Mayotte’s founder effect mutation could not be explained by a metastatic process or a local invasion from a prior skin SCC. Superior lip ulceration occurred after gingival tumour enlargement. Interestingly, UV-light exposure could hardly be responsible for the SCC development at the mucogingival junction; a photoprotected area even in patients with a ‘gummy’ smile. Still, internal malignancies have been describe in XP-C patients suggesting that UV-light may not be the only culprit of tumour development in this population. Nonetheless, periodical complete skin and mucosal examination, including sun-protected areas and oral cavity, should be conducted in XP patients to enhance cancer detection. Avoidance of additional risk factors, i.e. smoking, is undeniably recommended.
Engagement, education and sustainability

Develops a case for the enabling potential of environmental accounting (EA). Investigates three areas to support this case. The first concerns the manner in which EA actively and critically engages with practice in an attempt to change practice along lines that are more socially and environmentally sound; EA’s desire to do this is not without problems. Examines the critical school’s reservations concerning the ability of EA to engage with practice in a manner which allows the latter to act as an enabling force. The second theme focuses on the extent to which accounting education, and particularly EA education, can be used to empower future generations of accountants. Third, examines a new area of concern to EA, that of sustainable development, and considers the likelihood that EA can contribute in an enabling manner to this debate.
Genetics and right: a methodology

Abstract The theme of the free availability of genetic information is, by its nature, the heart of attention in most areas of investigation. From biology to medicine, from philosophy to law, from theology to biotechnology there isn’t an area of science that cannot be said to be interested in the subject, nor has not, in recent years, tried to deepen it.
Product-Placement Planning

Abstract In the sphere of product placement, institutionalization of the industry has been paralleled by accumulation of research in recent years. However, there is a remarkable lack of attention to the planning of placements in the literature, especially when compared to traditional advertising. This study examines the success rate of 470 products placed in 35 movies to reach the corresponding consumers. As the resulting trends show, these product placements took advantage of the positive association existing between viewers and consumers, and the movie-product pairings were relatively successful in an intuitive way. Secondly, targeting was more accurate in placements highly connected to the plot, and in American productions more than in European ones despite the study being carried out in Spain. Nevertheless, ability to select movies was clearly insufficient, because decisions on movie choice were not systematically made according to the anticipated impact on consumers.
Clinical and radiographic outcomes at 2 years and the effect of tocilizumab discontinuation following sustained remission in the second and third year of the ACT-RAY study

Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) plus methotrexate/placebo (MTX/PBO) over 2 years and the course of disease activity in patients who discontinued TCZ due to sustained remission. Methods ACT-RAY was a double-blind 3-year trial. Patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite MTX were randomised to add TCZ to ongoing MTX (add-on strategy) or switch to TCZ plus PBO (switch strategy). Using a treat-to-target approach, open-label conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs), other than MTX, were added from week 24 if Disease Activity Score in 28 joints based on erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR) >3.2. Between weeks 52 and 104, patients in sustained clinical remission (DAS28-ESR <2.6 at two consecutive visits 12 weeks apart) discontinued TCZ and were assessed every 4 weeks for 1 year. If sustained remission was maintained, added csDMARDs, then MTX/PBO, were discontinued. Results Of the 556 randomised patients, 76% completed year 2. Of patients entering year 2, 50.4% discontinued TCZ after achieving sustained remission and 5.9% achieved drug-free remission. Most patients who discontinued TCZ (84.0%) had a subsequent flare, but responded well to TCZ reintroduction. Despite many patients temporarily stopping TCZ, radiographic progression was minimal, with differences favouring add-on treatment. Rates of serious adverse events and serious infections per 100 patient-years were 12.2 and 4.4 in add-on and 15.0 and 3.7 in switch patients. In patients with normal baseline values, alanine aminotransferase elevations >3×upper limit of normal were more frequent in add-on (14.3%) versus switch patients (5.4%). Conclusions Treat-to-target strategies could be successfully implemented with TCZ to achieve sustained remission, after which TCZ was stopped. Biologic-free remission was maintained for about 3 months, but most patients eventually flared. TCZ restart led to rapid improvement. Trial registration number NCT00810199.
Title of Document : SALMONELLA-INDUCED SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE IN TOMATO AND ITS IMPACT ON SALMONELLA COLONIZATION OF TOMATO

Title of Document: SALMONELLA-INDUCED SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE IN TOMATO AND ITS IMPACT ON SALMONELLA COLONIZATION OF TOMATO LEAVES Tommy Phannareth M. S. 2015 Directed By: Dr. Shirley A. Micallef Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Center for Food Safety and Security Systems Salmonella enterica is an enteric human pathogen that lives in gastrointestinal tract; however, Salmonella are able to survive in plants. Thus, vegetables such as tomato are vectors for Salmonella. Evidence suggests that Salmonella induces PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) in plants, however, plant systemic acquired resistance (SAR), which may act to suppress Salmonella populations, has not been explored. This research investigates whether Salmonella triggers SAR in tomato, and whether SAR activation restricts epiphytic Salmonella populations. Inoculation of tomato leaves with Salmonella increased SAR marker gene expression in distal tomato leaves, but did not reduce populations of the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae or Salmonella on distal leaves, even following treatment with chemical SAR activators. NahG plants, which are deficient in SAR signaling, supported higher Salmonella populations, and nitric oxide depletion on leaf surfaces favored Salmonella growth, suggesting that SAR is involved. SAR alone is insufficient to restrict Salmonella growth on tomato, despite being triggered. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TOMATO SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE AND SALMONELLA ENTERICA
A Part of Speech Estimation Method for Japanese Unknown Words using a Statistical Model of Morphology and Context

We present a statistical model of Japanese unknown words consisting of a set of length and spelling models classified by the character types that constitute a word. The point is quite simple: different character sets should be treated differently and the changes between character types are very important because Japanese script has both ideograms like Chinese (kanji) and phonograms like English (katakana). Both word segmentation accuracy and part of speech tagging accuracy are improved by the proposed model. The model can achieve 96.6% tagging accuracy if unknown words are correctly segmented.
Mechanical properties of the electrically silent adult rat soleus muscle

The isometric and isotonic in situ mechanical properties of the soleus muscle of adult female rats were determined after 60 days of inactivity induced by spinal cord isolation (SI). Compared to control, the absolute muscle mass, physiological cross‐sectional area, and maximum tetanic tension of the soleus in SI rats were reduced by 69%, 66%, and 77%, respectively. Isometric twitch time‐to‐peak‐tension and half‐relaxation times were 41% and 60% shorter in SI than control rats. The maximum velocity of shortening (mm/s), as determined using the afterloaded technique, was 66% faster in SI than control rats, whereas unloaded shortening velocity was similar in the two groups (9% faster in SI rats). Peak power was 48% lower in SI than control rats. The SI soleus was 39% more fatigable than control. Thus, the soleus became a smaller, faster, and more fatigable muscle following 60 days of inactivity. In general, the results indicate that the adaptations are of a lesser magnitude than those reported previously following denervation for the same duration. These data provide a baseline for future efforts to experimentally define the mechanisms of neurally mediated, but activity‐independent, regulation of the mechanical properties of the rat soleus muscle. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Muscle Nerve 26: 404–412, 2002
Bad News for β-Cell Apoptosis

Although necrosis also plays a role, β-cell death by apoptosis precipitates type 1 diabetes and also contributes to both type 2 diabetes and islet graft failure after transplantation (1). It is therefore surprising that apoptotic pathways, so well explored in other cell types, have barely been characterized in β-cells. A new study in Diabetes now adds to a growing body of work that addresses how proinflammatory cytokines stimulate the intrinsic apoptotic pathway in β-cells (2). Apoptotic pathways converge on the activation of cysteine proteases of the caspase family (3). The distal point of this cascade, caspase-3, in turn regulates the morphological and other features that characterize apoptosis. Signaling upstream of caspase-3 involves two major arms known as extrinsic and intrinsic pathways. The extrinsic route is triggered by ligands of so-called death receptors, which include Fas and tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR). Activation of these receptors facilitates recruitment and cleavage of initiator caspases (such as caspase-8) that act directly on effector caspases such as caspase-3. In contrast, the intrinsic pathway (also called the mitochondrial or Bcl-2–regulated pathway) is triggered by a loss of mitochondrial outer membrane potential, which facilitates release of cytochrome c from the mitochondrial membrane to seed a signaling complex that activates a different set of initiator caspases, including caspase-9 (4). This mitochondrial pathway can be initiated by multiple stimuli and is subject to a complex hierarchical regulation by members of the Bcl-2 family (5). Notably, the proapoptotic members, Bax and Bak, …
Memorability of pre-designed and user-defined gesture sets

We studied the memorability of free-form gesture sets for invoking actions. We compared three types of gesture sets: user-defined gesture sets, gesture sets designed by the authors, and random gesture sets in three studies with 33 participants in total. We found that user-defined gestures are easier to remember, both immediately after creation and on the next day (up to a 24% difference in recall rate compared to pre-designed gestures). We also discovered that the differences between gesture sets are mostly due to association errors (rather than gesture form errors), that participants prefer user-defined sets, and that they think user-defined gestures take less time to learn. Finally, we contribute a qualitative analysis of the tradeoffs involved in gesture type selection and share our data and a video corpus of 66 gestures for replicability and further analysis.
Formalizations and algorithms for optimized parallel protocol implementation

We propose a formalized method that allows one to automatically derive an optimized implementation from the formal specification of a protocol. Our method starts with the SDL specification of a protocol stack. We first derive a data and control flow dependence graph from each SDL process. Then, in order to perform cross-layer optimizations we combine the dependence graphs of different SDL processes. Next, we determine the common path through the multi-layer dependence graph. We then parallelize this graph wherever possible which yields a relaxed dependence graph. Based on this relaxed dependence graph we interpret different optimization concepts that have been suggested in the literature, in particular lazy messages and combination of data manipulation operations. Together with these interpretations the relaxed dependence graph can be used as a foundation for or compile-time schedule on a sequential or parallel machine architecture. The formalization we provide allows our method to be embedded in a more comprehensive protocol engineering methodology. <<ETX>>