Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Device Names in the Wild: Investigating Privacy Risks of Zero Configuration Networking

Zero configuration networking aims to support users in seamlessly connecting devices and services. However, in public networks associated service announcements pose substantial privacy risks. A major issue is the inclusion of identifying information in device names, often automatically set or suggested by devices upon initial configuration. Focusing on mDNS, we assess this issue by studying its actual extent, awareness about the problem, and potential consequences for privacy. We collected a one-week dataset of mDNS announcements in a semi-public Wi-Fi network at a university. Of 2,957 unique device names, 59% contained real names of users, with 17.6% containing first and last name. An online survey (n=137) revealed that 29% of the participants did not know the current device name of their smartphone, but that the vast majority considered periodic announcement of their full names worrisome. We further discuss specific potential privacy threats and attack scenarios stemming from mDNS device names.
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) Genotype Affects Rectal Cancer Susceptibility Due to Alcohol Consumption

Background: Epidemiologic studies have shown the association between alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer, especially for rectal cancer. The alcohol related enzyme encoding gene ALDH2 has polymorphism Glu487Lys, and 487Lys allele is closely linked with phenotypic loss of enzyme activity. Materials and Methods: A hospital-based case-control study was conducted with 72 colon and 70 rectal cancer cases and 241 non-cancer controls to evaluate the alcohol consumption and ALDH2 Glu487Lys polymorphism. The logistic regression model was applied to estimate the odds ratios (ORs). Result: The crude ORs for Glu/Lys and Lys/Lys genotype relative to Glu/Glu for colon and rectal cancer were not statistically significant. However, with the rectal cancer analysis, the ORs for high alcohol consumption were greater with 487Glu/Lys genotype compared with Glu/Glu, albeit not. Conclusions: These observations suggested rectal cancer risk might be influenced by ALDH2 gene polymorphism. The prevention effect by alcohol reduction might differ by ALDH2 genotype.
The endoderm specifies the mesodermal niche for the germline in Drosophila via Delta-Notch signaling

Interactions between niche cells and stem cells are vital for proper control over stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. However, there are few tissues where the initial establishment of a niche has been studied. The Drosophila testis houses two stem cell populations, which each lie adjacent to somatic niche cells. Although these niche cells sustain spermatogenesis throughout life, it is not understood how their fate is established. Here, we show that Notch signaling is necessary to specify niche cell fate in the developing gonad. Surprisingly, our results indicate that adjacent endoderm is the source of the Notch-activating ligand Delta. We also find that niche cell specification occurs earlier than anticipated, well before the expression of extant markers for niche cell fate. This work further suggests that endoderm plays a dual role in germline development. The endoderm assists both in delivering germ cells to the somatic gonadal mesoderm, and in specifying the niche where these cells will subsequently develop as stem cells. Because in mammals primordial germ cells also track through endoderm on their way to the genital ridge, our work raises the possibility that conserved mechanisms are employed to regulate germline niche formation.
Video show helps in improving IYCF knowledge and practice: Experience from rural Bangladesh

Proper Infant and young child feeding is crucial for growth and development of an infant and child under two years. In Bangladesh government has taken many initiatives for improving nutritional status of children less than two years. One of them is mass media campaign. To evaluate the effectiveness of media campaign on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in rural Bangladesh. An ecological study was conducted in a rural setting of Bangladesh during 2011. Higher proportion of mothers in intervention area had the right knowledge on initiation of breastfeed-ing and right practice was also found better in intervention area (p=0.003). Compare to control correct knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding found significantly higher (p=0.02) in intervention area. Better EBF practice was found in intervention area, it was 79% and 71% in intervention and control area respectively. Compare to control area, significantly higher proportion of mothers in intervention area had correct knowledge of adequacy of breast milk till six month of child (P=0.000). Right knowledge regarding way of increase breast milk supply was also found significantly higher in intervention area (P=0.003). Correct knowledge regarding initiation of complementary feeding found significantly higher in intervention area (p=0.012), proportions were 53% and 41% in intervention and control area respectively. Animal food feeding practice was found higher in intervention area (P=0.015). Both knowledge and practices of mothers on IYCF found better in intervention area. This better effect suggests video DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/seajph.v4i1. 21835 South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.4(1) 2014: 25-29
The Rise of the Meritocracy

Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy. " Indeed, the word is now part of the English language. It would appear that the formula: IQ+Effort=Merit may well constitute the basic belief of the ruling class in the twenty-first century. Projecting himself into the year 2034, the author of this sociological satire shows how present decisions and practices may remold our society. It is widespread knowledge that it is insufficient to be somebody's nephew to obtain a responsible post in business, government, teaching, or science. Experts in education and selection apply scientific principles to sift out the leaders of tomorrow. You need intelligence rating, qualification, experience, application, and a certain caliber to achieve status. In a word, one must show merit to advance in the new society of tomorrow. In a new opening essay, Young reflects on the reception of his work, and its production, in a candid and lively way. Many of the critical ambiguities surrounding its original publication are now clarified and resolved. What we have is what the Guardian of London called "A brilliant essay. " and what Time and Tide described as "a fountain gush of new ideas. Its wit and style make it compulsively enjoyable reading from cover to cover. "
AIPSO: Adaptive Informed Particle Swarm Optimization

a novel technique is proposed in this paper to optimize the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. It is named Informed Particle Swarm Optimization (IPSO). A new treatment is added to the conventional PSO which eliminates blind searching in the conventional PSO. In the proposed algorithm, each particle will search it's around by a variable radius before following the gbest and pbest. It makes the proposed algorithm faster in searching the search space and better in finding the optimum point. The radius which each particle can will be decreases look around during the optimization by a nonlinear function. Because of the non blinding search, in the proposed algorithm, probability of falling in the best local is significantly decreased. The proposed algorithm is applied on some benchmarks and simulation results show advantages of the proposed IPSO.
Flow-Dependent Dilation Mediated by Endogenous Kinins Requires Angiotensin AT2 Receptors

The vascular kallikrein-kinin system contributes to about one third of flow-dependent dilation in mice carotid arteries, by activating bradykinin B2 receptors coupled to endothelial nitric oxide (NO) release. Because the bradykinin/NO pathway may mediate some of the effects of angiotensin II AT2 receptors, we examined the possible contribution of AT2 receptors to the kinin-dependent response to flow. Changes in outer diameter after increases in flow rate were evaluated in perfused arteries from wild-type animals (TK+/+) and in tissue kallikrein-deficient mice (TK−/−) in which the presence of AT2 receptor expression was verified. Saralasin, a nonselective angiotensin II receptor antagonist, impaired significantly flow-induced dilation in TK+/+, whereas it had no effect in TK−/− mice. In both groups, blockade of AT1 receptors with losartan or candesartan did not affect the response to flow. Inhibition of AT2 receptors with PD123319 reduced significantly flow-induced dilation in TK+/+ mice, but had no significant effect in TK−/− mice. Combining PD123319 with the bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist HOE-140 had no additional effect to AT2 receptor blockade alone in TK+/+ arteries. Flow-dependent-dilation was also impaired in AT2 receptor deficient mice (AT2−/−) when compared with wild-type littermates. Furthermore, HOE-140 significantly reduced the response to flow in the AT2+/+, but not in AT2−/− mice. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the presence of functional AT2 receptors is necessary to observe the contribution of the vascular kinin-kallikrein system to flow-dependent dilation.
FDG PET/CT of primary bone tumors.

OBJECTIVE Numerous primary bone tumors are encountered on (18)F-FDG PET/CT, and many are FDG avid. The degree of FDG uptake in bone tumors does not necessarily reflect malignant potential. In conjunction with radiographs, evaluation of morphologic characteristics on the CT portion of PET/CT scans is important for characterization of the lesions. FDG PET/CT has been found to be useful for staging and has also been found to reflect prognosis in some primary bone malignancies. The purpose of this article is to familiarize the reader with topics regarding FDG PET/CT and both malignant and benign primary bone tumors. CONCLUSION FDG uptake alone is not adequate for characterizing primary bone tumors, and morphologic evaluation is an important factor in the interpretation of PET/CT scans. After diagnosis, FDG avidity and morphologic features can play an important role in staging and determining response to therapy. On completion of this article, readers should have an improved ability to evaluate the FDG uptake and CT morphologic features of malignant and benign primary bone tumors. Readers should also have a better understanding of the potential role of FDG PET/CT in the management of patients with osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma.
Evolutionary Diversification of the Lizard Genus Bassiana (Scincidae) across Southern Australia

Background Relatively recent (Plio-Pleistocene) climatic variations had strong impacts on the fauna and flora of temperate-zone North America and Europe; genetic analyses suggest that many lineages were restricted to unglaciated refuges during this time, and have expanded their ranges since then. Temperate-zone Australia experienced less severe glaciation, suggesting that patterns of genetic structure among species may reflect older (aridity-driven) divergence events rather than Plio-Pleistocene (thermally-mediated) divergences. The lizard genus Bassiana (Squamata, Scincidae) contains three species that occur across a wide area of southern Australia (including Tasmania), rendering them ideally-suited to studies on the impact of past climatic fluctuations. Methodology/Principal Findings We performed molecular phylogenetic and dating analyses using two partial mitochondrial genes (ND2 and ND4) of 97 samples of Bassiana spp. Our results reveal a pattern of diversification beginning in the Middle Miocene, with intraspecific diversification arising from 5.7 to 1.7 million years ago in the Upper Miocene-Lower Pleistocene. Conclusions/Significance In contrast to the temperate-zone Northern Hemisphere biota, patterns of evolutionary diversification within southern Australian taxa appear to reflect geologically ancient events, mostly relating to east-west discontinuities imposed by aridity rather than (as is the case in Europe and North America) relatively recent recolonisation of northern regions from unglaciated refugia to the south.
A new approach for mobile agent fault-tolerance and reliability using distributed systems

Mobile agents have attracted considerable interest in recent years. In the context of mobile agents, fault tolerance is crucial to enable the integration of mobile agent technology into today's business applications. To further develop mobile agent technology, reliability mechanisms such as fault tolerance and transaction support are required. For this purpose, we first identify two basic requirements for fault-tolerant mobile agent execution: (1) non-blocking (i.e., a single failure does not prevent progress of the mobile agent execution); and (2) exactly-once (i.e., multiple executions of the agent are prevented). To achieve fault tolerance for the agent system, especially for the agent transfer to a new host, we use distributed transaction processing. This paper proposes a novel approach to fault-tolerant mobile agent execution, which is based on modeling agent execution as a sequence of agreement problems. Each agreement problem is one instance of the well-understood consensus problem. Our solution does not require a perfect failure detection mechanism, while preventing blocking and ensuring that the agent is executed exactly once
ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY IN PIETRO MENGOLI (1625-1686) 1

One of the most important steps in the research carried out in the seventeenth century into new ways of calculating quadratures was the proposal of algebraic procedures. Pietro Mengoli (1625-1686), probably the most original student of Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598-1647), was one of the scholars who developed algebraic procedures in their mathematical studies. Algebra and geometry are closely related in Mengoli's works, particularly in Geometriae Speciosae Elementa (Bologna, 1659). Mengoli used algebraic procedures to deal with problems of quadratures of figures determined by coordinates which are now represented by y =K. x. (t-x). This paper analyses the interrelation between algebra and geometry in the above-mentioned work, showing the complementary nature of the two disciplines, and how their conjunction allowed Mengoli to calculate these quadratures in an innovative way. L'un des plus grands pas en avant, au XVIIe siècle, dans la recherche de nouvelles méthodes de quadrature fut l'introduction des procédures algébriques. 1 A first version of this work was presented at the University Autònoma of Barcelona on June 26, 1998 for my Doctoral Thesis in the history of sciences.
Automatic identification and generation of highlight cinematics for 3D games

Online multiplayer gaming has emerged as a popular form of entertainment. During these games, the players' main focus is usually placed on achieving the objectives that must be completed to win the game. Over the course of the game, however, their interactions may result in interesting emergent narratives that go unnoticed. Afterthought is a system that monitors player activity, recognizes instances of story elements in gameplay and renders cinematic highlights of the story-oriented game play, allowing players to view these emergent narratives after completing their gameplay session. This paper outlines Afterthought's design at a high level.
HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy, and hepatic function. Emerging epidemiological, pathogenetic, and clinical issues, and their consequences on disease management.

Multiple concurrent factors make the study of liver function during HIV disease treated with antiretroviral combinations an emerging issue. Although the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) led to sharp drop of immunodeficiencyrelated opportunistic infections (including hepatobiliary ones), shortand long-term toxicity of each single antiretroviral agent and their combination may add its effect to the frequently underlying chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and their specific antiviral treatment [1–3].
The SOWES approach to P2P web search using semantic overlays

Peer-to-peer (P2P) Web search has gained a lot of interest lately, due to the salient characteristics of P2P systems, namely scalability, fault-tolerance and load-balancing. However, the lack of global knowledge in a vast and dynamically evolving environment like the Web presents a grand challenge for organizing content and providing efficient searching. Semantic overlay networks (SONs) have been proposed as an approach to reduce cost and increase quality of results, and in this paper we present an unsupervised approach for distributed and decentralized SON construction, aiming to support efficient search mechanisms in unstructured P2P systems.
Genetic Analysis for Two Italian Siblings with Usher Syndrome and Schizophrenia

Usher syndrome is a group of autosomal recessive genetic disorders characterized by deafness, retinitis pigmentosa, and sometimes vestibular areflexia. The relationship between Usher syndrome and mental disorders, most commonly a “schizophrenia-like” psychosis, is sometimes described in the literature. The etiology of psychiatric expression of Usher syndrome is still unclear. We reported a case of two natural siblings with congenital hypoacusis, retinitis pigmentosa, and psychiatric symptoms. Clinical features and genetic analysis were also reported. We analyzed possible causes to explain the high prevalence of psychiatric manifestations in Usher syndrome: genetic factors, brain damage, and “stress-related” hypothesis.
FOXC2 controls formation and maturation of lymphatic collecting vessels through cooperation with NFATc1

The mechanisms of blood vessel maturation into distinct parts of the blood vasculature such as arteries, veins, and capillaries have been the subject of intense investigation over recent years. In contrast, our knowledge of lymphatic vessel maturation is still fragmentary. In this study, we provide a molecular and morphological characterization of the major steps in the maturation of the primary lymphatic capillary plexus into collecting lymphatic vessels during development and show that forkhead transcription factor Foxc2 controls this process. We further identify transcription factor NFATc1 as a novel regulator of lymphatic development and describe a previously unsuspected link between NFATc1 and Foxc2 in the regulation of lymphatic maturation. We also provide a genome-wide map of FOXC2-binding sites in lymphatic endothelial cells, identify a novel consensus FOXC2 sequence, and show that NFATc1 physically interacts with FOXC2-binding enhancers. As damage to collecting vessels is a major cause of lymphatic dysfunction in humans, our results suggest that FOXC2 and NFATc1 are potential targets for therapeutic intervention.
PEP1 of Arabis alpina Is Encoded by Two Overlapping Genes That Contribute to Natural Genetic Variation in Perennial Flowering

Higher plants exhibit a variety of different life histories. Annual plants live for less than a year and after flowering produce seeds and senesce. By contrast perennials live for many years, dividing their life cycle into episodes of vegetative growth and flowering. Environmental cues control key check points in both life histories. Genes controlling responses to these cues exhibit natural genetic variation that has been studied most in short-lived annuals. We characterize natural genetic variation conferring differences in the perennial life cycle of Arabis alpina. Previously the accession Pajares was shown to flower after prolonged exposure to cold (vernalization) and only for a limited period before returning to vegetative growth. We describe five accessions of A. alpina that do not require vernalization to flower and flower continuously. Genetic complementation showed that these accessions carry mutant alleles at PERPETUAL FLOWERING 1 (PEP1), which encodes a MADS box transcription factor orthologous to FLOWERING LOCUS C in the annual Arabidopsis thaliana. Each accession carries a different mutation at PEP1, suggesting that such variation has arisen independently many times. Characterization of these alleles demonstrated that in most accessions, including Pajares, the PEP1 locus contains a tandem arrangement of a full length and a partial PEP1 copy, which give rise to two full-length transcripts that are differentially expressed. This complexity contrasts with the single gene present in A. thaliana and might contribute to the more complex expression pattern of PEP1 that is associated with the perennial life-cycle. Our work demonstrates that natural accessions of A. alpina exhibit distinct life histories conferred by differences in PEP1 activity, and that continuous flowering forms have arisen multiple times by inactivation of the floral repressor PEP1. Similar phenotypic variation is found in other herbaceous perennial species, and our results provide a paradigm for how characteristic perennial phenotypes might arise.
The Impact of Ethical Work Climate on Work Alienation Feelings (An Empirical Study of the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research)

The aim of this study was to identify the degree of impact of Ethical Climate (Individual and Organizational dimensions) on Work Alienation Feelings (Pessimism, Powerlessness, Isolation and Dissatisfaction) at Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research in Jordan which has staff of around (200) employees.The applied methodology is analytical and descriptive one, it uses both theoretical and field approaches. The major findings of the study were as follows: • High perceptions of the respondents regarding the existence of ethical climate within the ministry However their perceptions regarding work alienation is considered to be at average i.e. moderate level. • The study showed a significant statistical impact of ethical work climate for both dimensions (individual and organizational) on work alienation at the Ministry. Furthermore , it showed that there was a statistical significant impact of the ethical individual side on work alienation and that there is no a statistical impact of organizational ethical side on the work alienation. Accordingly, the study highly recommended for the Ministry to pay more attention for work environment, Human Recourses incentive schemes, job security and building attractive organizational culture that strives for employees self belonging and loyalty .
Autism-Asperger's & Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond

Many people on the spectrum never get "the talk" from their parents, and suffer from "information deficit. " This book goes a long way toward filling in the gaps in their knowledge. It takes a candid look at aspects of sex and relationships as they apply to people on the autism spectrum: building self-confidencedatingpersonal groomingcleanlinessexplicit advice on how to initiate sex with a partner Also covered: avoiding pregnancy and STDsdealing with rejectionhow to build a loving relationship that includes sexual intimacy This is an "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know" kind of book! Helpful chapters include: Surviving the First Wave of Sexual InterestWhat Should Parents Say and When Should They Say It? The Best Way to Date Someone is to Be YourselfMale & Female Advantages and Challenges in the Sexual ArenaSensory Issues in Sex! When Desire Leads to a Bad RelationshipWhat Do Men Really Want? What Do Women Really Want? Birth Control, Disease Prevention and Personal ResponsibilityRape, Molestation, and Abuse