Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Localized Message Passing Structure for High Speed Ethernet Packet Switching

1 Corresponding author and presenter Abstract In this paper, we will introduce two different physical structures and topologies to realize an ethernet layer-2 switch. To evaluate these two structures and produce throughput projections we have utilized MPI. This simulation environment has helped us identify performance bottlenecks and to give an overall estimation of the switch throughput. Our results show that for a hardware implementation of this switch in . 18um technology, assuming a 200 MHz clock rate for the processing elements and 100 MHz clock rate for the memory blocks, our design can support multiple gigabit channel ports.
Electron Beam Tomography Imaging of Coronary Calcium: The Effect of Body Mass Index on Radiologic Noise

Purpose To measure selected parameters of radiologic noise in electron beam tomographic (EBT) images obtained for coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening, and to determine an association between the level of radiologic noise and patient body mass index (BMI). Methods Electron beam tomographic CAC studies were performed on 311 persons. The study sample was stratified into three groups according to subjects' BMI. Three regions of interest (ROI) parameters of radiologic noise were used to measure the strength of association between the level of radiologic noise and BMI. Results The measured ROI parameters of radiologic noise demonstrated a significant difference across the strata, with values gradually increasing from the normal weight group to the obese group. All ROI parameters showed significant correlations with BMI. Conclusion These findings support proposals to modify the current EBT CAC scoring methodology to account for variability in patient body size. These modifications may reduce the image noise levels and subsequently decrease the number of false-positive results.
Statistical Optimization of Milk Clotting Enzyme Biosynthesis by Mucor mucedo Kp736529 and its Further Application in Cheese Production

Microbial sources of bioagents are coinciding with the attempts to find cheap alternative substrates for high production. Rennet is the golden element in the dairy industry, particularly cheese making. Commonly, the use of statistical models to optimize culture medium components and conditions has increased in present-day biotechnology, due to its ready applicability and aptness. The present study adopted statistical approach for Milk Clotting Enzyme (MCE) production by Mucor mucedo KP736529 which was isolated, selected and molecularly identified, as the most potent active strain in MCE biosynthesis. Screening of various medium constituents using the statistical Plackett-Burman design showed glucose and KH PO as the significant factors affecting 2 4 MCE biosynthesis. Optimizing MCE production by the central composite design led to 6.12 fold increase in MCE production, compared with initial activity. Domiati cheese was manufactured using the M. mucedo KP736529 enzyme (E-cheese) or using commercial calf rennet (C-cheese) as control. During two months under pickling conditions, the yield and chemical properties of E-cheese were better than those of C-cheese. The fungal enzyme (MCE) showed proteolytic activity higher than calf rennet with the absence of taste defects such as bitter taste. Organoleptically, E-cheese scored the highest points.
Tötungsdelikte an Kindern

Immer wieder und besonders auch in jüngster Zeit werden spektakuläre Fälle von Tötungen an Kindern bekannt, die die Öffentlichkeit aufwühlen. So wurde Ende Mai 2006 in Frankfurt/Oder eine Frau zu 15 Jahren Freiheitsstrafe wegen Totschlags in acht Fällen verurteilt, weil sie seit 1988 neun ihrer Kinder gleich nach der Geburt getötet und die Leichen in verschiedenen Behältnissen aufbewahrt haben soll. In Hamburg starb die sieben Jahre alte Jessica als Folge von schwerster Vernachlässigung und Misshandlung durch ihre Eltern – sie wurden im November 2005 wegen Mordes zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Ebenfalls in Hamburg kam die zweijährige Michelle zu Tode, nachdem ihre völlig überforderten Eltern eine Mandelentzündung nicht ärztlich behandeln ließen. In Sachsen-Anhalt wurde im Mai 2006 auf dem Grundstück seiner Eltern die Leiche des zweijährigen Benjamin gefunden, der offenbar verhungert war. In den USA wird seit Jahren auch in der Wissenschaft (vgl. u.a. Finkel, 2003; Prejean, 2006; West & Lichtenstein, 2006) intensiv der Fall von Andrea Yates erörtert, einer nach Ansicht aller Prozessbeteiligten psychisch kranken Frau, die ihre fünf Kinder in der Badewanne ertränkt hatte und im März 2002 zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt wurde.
Measurement of masculinity ideologies: A (critical) review.

Over the 20 years since Thompson and Pleck’s review of masculinity measures, much has changed with respect to measurement of masculinity ideologies. In this review, we examine the theoretical foundations and psychometric properties of measures of masculinity ideologies. We frame the review with a brief discussion of the 2 distinct conceptualizations of masculinity ideologies, then provide a synopsis of the 16 measures that meet our selection criteria: have been used in empirical studies since 1995, were published in peer-reviewed psychology or gender-related journals, contain full presentation of psychometric properties, are not study-specific modifications of earlier scales, and focus directly or indirectly on masculinity ideologies. We show that there are now 2 generations of measures. The 1st focuses on the hegemonic, traditional masculinity ideologies in North America. The 2nd-generation theorizes local masculinities and explicitly recognizes that different groups of individuals hold different standards. These have begun to map the geography of masculinities for men of different birth cohorts, life stages, social classes, sexual orientations, cultures, and racial/ethnic communities. We conclude by suggesting that there is value for a 3rd generation of measures to capture the changing face of men’s gendered lives.
Using state and provincial surveillance programs to reduce risk of recurrence of neural tube defects in the United States and Canada: A missed opportunity?

BACKGROUND Once a woman has had a fetus or infant affected with a neural tube defect (NTD), the risk of recurrence is approximately 3%. This risk can be significantly reduced by folic acid supplement consumption during the periconceptional period; however, this requires women at risk to be adequately informed about the appropriate dosage and timing of supplement intake before planning another pregnancy. As birth defects surveillance programs are tasked with identifying and documenting NTD-affected pregnancies and births, they are in a unique position to support recurrence prevention activities. METHODS In 2015, we surveyed state and provincial birth defects surveillance programs to assess their NTD recurrence prevention activities. The online survey was sent to programs in 52 United States (U.S.) jurisdictions and all 13 provinces and territories in Canada. Findings were compared with a similar survey conducted in 2005 among U.S. programs. RESULTS In 2015, of the 44 U.S. and Canadian surveillance programs that responded, only 9 programs (7 U.S. and 2 Canadian) reported currently having activities specifically directed toward preventing NTD recurrence. Compared with a 2005 survey of U.S. programs, the number of U.S. programs working on NTD recurrence prevention decreased by almost 50% (from 13 to 7 programs). CONCLUSION The number of birth defects surveillance programs with NTD recurrence prevention activities has decreased over the past decade due to a range of barriers, most notably a lack of resources. However, while some recurrence prevention activities require part-time staff, other activities could be accomplished using minimal resources. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 106:875-880, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Gastric proliferative lesions induced by duodenogastric reflux in rats.

PURPOSE To analyze mucosal proliferation and its characteristics, through specific models of duodenogastric reflux, in the stomach of Wistar rats. METHODS Seventy-five healthy and adult male rats were divided into three groups: group I--control (n = 25 animals), submitted to gastrotomy of the posterior wall of the glandular stomach; group II--DGR (n = 25 animals), submitted to duodenogastric reflux through latero-lateral gastrojejunal anastomosis in the posterior wall of the glandular stomach and group III--DGR-P (n = 25 animals), submitted to duodenogastric reflux through the pylorus following the same procedure of group II, sectioning and closing the afferent loop. The animals were observed during 36 weeks and subsequently the mucosal lesions were analyzed, with macroscopic and microscopic examination of the prepyloric, the gastrojejunostomy and the squamous area of the stomach. RESULTS Group I did not present any kind of lesion. Macroscopic lesions of the prepyloric area in groups II and III were 0% and 20%, respectively. Macroscopic lesions of the gastrojejunal stoma in groups II and III were 36% and 88%, respectively, and 12% and 28%, respectively, in the squamous area. Microscopically, adenomatous hyperplasia (AH), squamous hyperplasia (SH) and adenocarcinoma (AC) were diagnosed. The occurrence of AH at the prepyloric area in groups II and III was 0% and 40%, respectively, and in the gastrojejunal stoma, 40% and 72%, respectively. The occurrence of SH in the squamous area in groups II and III was 12% and 20%, respectively, without statistical differences between the groups. AC was found only in three animals of groups III (12%). CONCLUSIONS The duodenogastric reflux in this experimental model caused high frequency of proliferative lesions of the gastrojejunal stoma and in the prepyloric area, while adenocarcinoma was a rare occurrence.
The Initiative and Referendum in Cities

Direct legislation has returned to excite considerable interest after a quiet period of a few years in which the traditional legislative processes were allowed to operate undisturbed in the states and cities. Old age pension plans put before the voters by initiative petitions in Colorado, California, and Ohio have excited more inspection of direct legislation procedures than at any time in their history. Several studies have been made of the laws governing the initiative and referendum, and also of their operation in the states. No less significant than state-wide initiatives and referenda have been the anti-picketing and labor regulating initiatives in Los Angeles; ordinances in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland, California, requiring two operators on street cars; attacks upon proportional representation in New York by petitions; attempts by labor organizations in Detroit to set policies regarding working conditions on the city's street railways by initiative ordinances; or the attempts by firemen and police in many cities to obtain civil service and pension systems through the same device. Several of these cities now have approximately thirty-five years of experience with municipal direct legislation. Numerous factors in American municipal politics have combined within the past fifty years to develop a sentiment for laying upon the electorate a portion of the responsibility for determining local policy. The idea that the voters of the municipality should be allowed, to decide certain policies was developed chiefly by the home rule movement.
The management of pay , wage classification and performance in the UK subsidiaries of US MNCs

Despite the existence of a substantial literature on the management of pay within multinational corporations (MNCs) (cf. for example, Bloom et al 2003; Gomez-Meija and Welbourne 1994; Schuler and Rogovsky 1998; Sparrow 1999), our knowledge of the nature of pay policy in the foreign subsidiaries of such firms remains very limited. The overwhelming majority of the existing literature, written from a management perspective, concentrates almost exclusively on reward management for international managers (cf., for example, Toh and Denisi 2003; Fenwick 2004), or senior subsidiary management (Tosi and Gomez-Meija 1989; Kosnik and Battenhausen 1992). Indeed, in spite of the evident significance of the subject, the management of pay of non-managerial workers is not explicitly mentioned at any point in several major textbooks on international HRM (cf., for example, Harzing and Van Ruysseveldt, eds., 2004; Dowling and Welch 2004). This not only influences the likely results of the research that is carried out – given the higher likelihood that senior managers will participate in an international internal labour market, one might deduce that systems at this level are relatively likely to be ‘global’ in nature but more importantly it fails fully to tackle the issue of how MNCs deal with variation in the national employment systems they deal within. In other words, in order to examine the influences on how MNCs act in this central area of personnel policy, it is necessary to take account of the management of the full range of those employed by them.
DERIVATION OF BASIC HUMAN GAIT CHARACTERISTICS FROM FLOOR VIBRATIONS

INTRODUCTION This abstract describes a passive unobtrusive gait-monitoring device, based on a highly sensitive optic fiber floor vibration sensor. Long-term in-home gait monitoring provides a measure of a person's functional ability and activity levels, which can help 'evaluate' a person's health over a long period of time. Such a passive gait-monitoring device can be useful for assessing healing/deterioration following therapeutic interventions. It can also contribute to the detection of general health problems early. The ability to distinguish between normal walking and limping or shuffling, which may be precursors to a fall, as well as detecting falls, is of utmost value to elder populations. Elders, who represent 12% of the population, account for 7 5% of deaths from falls [1]. The considerable cost involved in the treatment and hospitalization of fall injuries and even death due to falls could be greatly reduced if falls could be predicted and avoided through appropriate intervention. BACKGROUND Current gait analysis techniques broadly fall under three categories depending upon the type of device used: wearable devices, walk on devices and visual gait analysis tools and techniques. These gait laboratory equipment and analysis techniques yield excellent and detailed gait characteristics and enable clinicians to prescribe an appropriate intervention. However, the equipment required is extremely expensive, in the range of tens of thousands to a few hundred thousand dollars. The computational power required for the image based analysis make longitudinal in-home gait monitoring using these technologies impractical.
The pharmacotherapy of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia: a cross-sectional study in 18 homes for the elderly in Berlin.

BACKGROUND The neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia, including aggressiveness, agitation, depression, and apathy are often treated with psychotropic drugs and are a frequent reason for hospitalization, placing an economic burden on the health care system. International guidelines recommend syndrome-specific pharmacotherapy. We studied the question whether drug-prescribing practices are, in fact, syndrome-specific. METHODS In a cross-sectional study in 18 homes for the elderly in Berlin, we used syndrome-specific scales to determine the prevalence of apathy, depression, and aggressiveness and the quantity of psychotropic drugs prescribed, in defined daily dosages (DDD), among 304 demented inhabitants. The diagnosis of dementia was ascertained by chart review and confirmed by administration of a mini mental status test. RESULTS More than 90% of the demented patients had neuropsychiatric symptoms, most commonly apathy (78%). 52% were treated with neuroleptic drugs, 30% with antidepressants and 17% with anti-dementia agents. There was no significant difference between the frequency of neuroleptic treatment given to apathetic and depressed patients and that given to aggressive patients (chi(2) = 7.03; p = 0.32). CONCLUSION Although our sample of patients was not representative, these findings suggest that neuropsychiatric symptoms in demented patients are not being treated in syndrome-specific fashion. This is troubling, because neuroleptic medications administered to demented patients can have serious adverse effects, including an elevated mortality. The German guidelines for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disturbances were recently published; the findings presented here suggest that their implementation would be advantageous.
Electronic Trading and Work Transformation in the London Insurance Market

The integration of information and communications technologies (IT) is playing a key role in transforming the nature of work. The link between IT and tra nsformation is poorly understood, and further theoretical developments are needed to advance our current knowledge of this relationship. In this paper, we develop a conceptual scheme by drawing on and extending Giddens' social theory of transformation that relates changes in modern institutions to shifts in self-identity. We illustrate the value of these ideas in making sense of the introduction of an electronic trading system, LIMNET EPS, across the London Insurance Market. Furthermore, our case analyses suggest some practical implications on electronic trading and work transformation.
Virtual Heritage, Immersive Environments and Photorealism

This paper describes the 3D digital reconstruction of Sinhaya, a X th-XII th century Muslim suburb in the city of Zaragoza. The visualization is based on archaeological evidence from excavations and accurate historical documents. Precise lighting algorithms developed by GIGA (Grupo de Informatica Grafica Avanzada) along with accurate models and textures, provide a photorealistic look. Images and animations can be viewed in a low-cost, CAVE-like System (CLS) designed and developed by our group.
The Cognitive Profiles of Maltreated Children in Care and Their Educational Needs: Supporting Good Outcomes

Children in care, who have been maltreated, consistently demonstrate poorer educational outcomes than their peers. A number of reasons have been suggested for this such as a lack of stability and opportunities, as compared to their peers. One possible contributor to the poorer educational attainment of children in care is their underlying cognitive vulnerabilities. Cognitive deficits in maltreated children are thought to arise as a result of the impact of trauma on the developing brain. These cognitive deficits include difficulties with executive functioning. Executive functioning abilities include the ability to inhibit behaviour, plan ahead and switch from task to task and are critical for navigating the day to day requirements of educational settings. This article summarises what we know about the cognitive vulnerabilities of maltreated children in care and outlines the implications of these cognitive deficits for supporting maltreated children.
Role of the intracellular domains of LRP5 and LRP6 in activating the Wnt canonical pathway

LDL‐receptor related proteins 5 and 6 (LRP5/6) are co‐receptors of Frizzled receptors that mediate Wnt‐induced activation of the transcription factor family TCF/LEF‐1. Even though LRP5 and LRP6 are highly homologous, LRP6, but not LRP5, is expressed primarily in the nervous system and deletion of the LRP6 gene results in significant brain abnormalities, while deletion of LRP5 results in primarily decreased bone density. Additionally, the exact function of LRP5 and LRP6 have not been clearly defined, although it is clear that they both play key roles in the Wnt canonical pathway. In this study the role of the intracellular domains of LRP5/6 in mediating Wnt signaling was examined. In the absence of exogenous Wnt 3a, full‐length (FL) LRP6, but not LRP5, increased TCF/LEF‐1 transcriptional activity, however both significantly potentiated Wnt 3a‐induced TCF/LEF‐1 activation. In contrast to the findings with the FL constructs, the intracellular domains (membrane‐anchored and cytosolic) of both LRP5 and LRP6 significantly increased TCF/LEF‐1 activation in the absence of Wnt 3a, and potentiated the Wnt 3a‐induced decrease in β‐catenin phosphorylation, increase in free β‐catenin levels and the increase in TCF/LEF‐1 activity. These findings demonstrate that: (1) LRP5 and LRP6 differentially modulate TCF/LEF‐1 activation in the absence of Wnt 3a and (2) the intracellular C‐terminal domains of LRP5/6 potentiate Wnt 3a‐induced TCF/LEF‐1 activation whether or not they are membrane‐anchored. These findings provide significant new insights into the roles of LRP5/6 in modulating canonical Wnt signaling. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
About Some Controllability Properties of Linear Discrete-Time Systems in Probabilistic Metric Spaces

This paper investigates in a formal context some fundamental controllability properties “from” and “to” the origin of probabilistic discrete-time dynamic systems as well as their uniform versions and complete controllability in a class of probabilistic metric spaces or probabilistic normed spaces, in particular, in probabilistic Menger spaces. Some related approximate probabilistic controllability properties are also investigated for the case when a nominal controllable system is subject to either parametrical perturbations or unmodelled dynamics. In this context, the approximate controllability of a perturbed system is a robustness-type approximate controllability provided that the nominal system is controllable. Some illustrative examples are also given.
Isocyanato- and Methacryloxysilanes Promote Bis-GMA Adhesion to Titanium

In dentistry, adhesion promotion with 3-methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane is usually sufficient, but its hydrolytic stability is a continuous concern. The hydrolytic stability of an alternative, 3-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane, was compared with that of conventional 3-methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane. Two silanes, both in 0.1 and 1.0 vol-% in ethanol-water, were evaluated in the attachment of an experimental bis-phenol-A-diglycidyldimethacrylate (Bis-GMA) resin to grit-blasted (with two different systems) titanium. Silane hydrolysis was monitored by FTIR spectrometry. Bis-GMA resin was applied and photo-polymerized on titanium. The specimens were thermocycled (6000 cycles, 5–55°C). Surface analysis was carried out with scanning electron microscopy. Statistical analysis (ANOVA) showed that the highest shear bond was achieved with 0.1% 3-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane (12.5 MPa) with silica-coating, and the lowest with 1.0% 3-methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (3.4 MPa) with alumina-coating. The silane, its concentration, and the grit-blasting method significantly affected the shear bond strength (p < 0.05). SEM images indicated cohesive failure of bonding, and, in conclusion, 3-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane is a potential coupling agent.