Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
[Functions of exogenous application of connective tissue growth factor in stimulating human dermal papilla cells and human hair follicle outer root sheath cells for reconstructive tissue-engineering hair follicles].

OBJECTIVE To explore the functions of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in the restoration of hair follicles with a mixture of human dermal papilla cells and human hair follicle outer root sheath cells in vitro in nude mice. METHODS Human hair follicle outer root sheath cells (hfORS) and human hair dermal papilla cells (hDP) were cultured in vitro and mixed in a fixed ratio (hfORS: hDP = 5:1). Flow cytometry was used to detect the content of CD200(+) cells in human hair follicle outer root sheath cells.And 8 nude mice were divided randomly into 2 groups according to a random number table and back wounds produced. Group A was transplanted with cell mixture plus 20 µg/L CTGF. Group B was transplanted with cell mixture alone. After 8 weeks of transplantation, the development of hair follicle formation was observed histologically.PCR was used to detect the expression of human specific DNA and mice DNA in transplants. RESULTS The portion of CD200(+) cells in cultured hfORS was 19.65%. At 8 weeks after implantation, hair follicle formation could be observed in Group A (268 ± 96) more than Group B (62 ± 20). The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). And PCR showed that there was human composition in transplant. CONCLUSION CTGF can induce the formation of hair follicle by promoting the interference between hDP and hfORS.
Ground-based FTIR measurements of CO from the Jungfraujoch: characterisation and comparison with in situ surface and MOPITT data

CO vertical profiles have been retrieved from so- lar absorption FTIR spectra recorded at the NDSC station of the Jungfraujoch (46.5 N, 8 E and 3580 m a.s.l.) for the pe- riod from January 1997 to May 2001. The characterisation of these profiles has been established by an information con- tent analysis and an estimation of the error budgets. A partial validation of the profiles has been performed through com- parisons with correlative measurements. The average vol- ume mixing ratios (vmr) in the 3 km layer above the station have been compared with coincident surface measurements. The agreement between monthly means from both measure- ment techniques is very good, with a correlation coefficient of 0.87, and no significant bias observed. The FTIR total columns have also been compared to CO partial columns above 3580 m a.s. l. derived from the MOPITT (Measure- ment Of Pollution In The Troposphere) instrument for the pe- riod March 2000 to May 2001. Relative to the FTIR columns, the MOPITT partial columns exhibit a positive bias of 8±8% for daytime and of 4±7% for nighttime measurements. ments provide accurate measurements of total columns of many atmospheric trace gases. Profile retrieval algorithms improve the quality of the total column measurements while providing information on the vertical distributions. We present a characterisation and a partial validation of the re- trieved ground-based FTIR profiles of CO at the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Changes (NDSC) Inter- national Scientific Station of the Jungfraujoch (ISSJ) in the Swiss Alps. The characterisation includes an information content analysis and a determination of the error budgets. The validation is performed through comparisons between the FTIR retrieved "surface" (3.58-6.5 km) vmr and correl- ative surface in situ measurements. We also present com- parisons between CO columns and profiles from the FTIR retrievals with MOPITT partial columns.
Quantification of Diatom and Dinoflagellate Biomasses in Coastal Marine Seawater Samples by Real-Time PCR

ABSTRACT Two real-time PCR assays targeting the small-subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were designed to assess the proportional biomass of diatoms and dinoflagellates in marine coastal water. The reverse primer for the diatom assay was designed to be class specific, and the dinoflagellate-specific reverse primer was obtained from the literature. For both targets, we used universal eukaryotic SSU rDNA forward primers. Specificity was confirmed by using a BLAST search and by amplification of cultures of various phytoplankton taxa. Reaction conditions were optimized for each primer set with linearized plasmids from cloned SSU rDNA fragments. The number of SSU rDNA copies per cell was estimated for six species of diatoms and nine species of dinoflagellates; these were significantly correlated to the biovolumes of the cells. Nineteen field samples were collected along the Swedish west coast and subjected to the two real-time PCR assays. The linear regression of the proportion of SSU rDNA copies of dinoflagellate and diatom origin versus the proportion of dinoflagellate and diatom biovolumes or biomass per liter was significant. For diatoms, linear regression of the number of SSU rDNA copies versus biovolume or biomass per liter was significant, but no such significant correlation was detected in the field samples for dinoflagellates. The method described will be useful for estimating the proportion of dinoflagellate versus diatom biovolume or biomass and the absolute diatom biovolume or biomass in various aquatic disciplines.
Algorithmic stemmers or morphological analysis? An evaluation

It is important in information retrieval (IR), information extraction, or classiﬁcation tasks that morphologically related forms are conﬂated under the same stem (using stemmer) or lemma (using morphological analyzer). To achieve this for the English language, algorithmic stemming or various morphological analysis approaches have been suggested. Based on Cross-Language Evaluation Forum test collections containing 284 queries and various IR models, this article evaluates these word-normalization proposals. Stemming improves the mean average precision signiﬁcantly by around 7% while performance differences are not signiﬁcant when comparing various algorithmic stemmers or algorithmic stemmers and morphological analysis. Accounting for thesaurus class numbers during indexing does not modify over-all retrieval performances. Finally, we demonstrate that including a stop word list, even one containing only around 10 terms, might signiﬁcantly improve retrieval performance, depending on the IR model.
Miu Miu Diffuses Prada: Coupling Country-of-Origin versus Country-of-Manufacture Effects with Brand Authenticity and Contagion

ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to investigate: (1) whether incongruence (or conflicting COO-COM scenario) versus congruence (or matching COO-COM scenario) between COO and COM images for parent and diffusion brands affect consumers' purchase intentions with respect to levels of purchase involvement (high versus low involvement brands); and (2) how conflicting versus matching COO-COM situations lead to perceptions of contagion and brand authenticity for everyday consumer products and brands. In four experiments, the authors find that due to contagion (i.e., the notion that objects may acquire a special aura or essence or charisma) beliefs of consumers, consumers viewed parent brands as more contagious and authentic over diffusion brands during conflicting COO-COM situations; while they preferred diffusion brands over parents during matching COO-COM situations. The research aims to broaden the scope of COO-COM and diffusion branding literature with psychological phenomena of contagion and authenticity.
Automatic Speech Recognition - A Brief History of the Technology Development

Designing a machine that mimics human behavior, particularly the capability of speaking naturally and responding properly to spoken language, has intrigued engineers and scientists for centuries. Since the 1930s, when Homer Dudley of Bell Laboratories proposed a system model for speech analysis and synthesis [1, 2], the problem of automatic speech recognition has been approached progressively, from a simple machine that responds to a small set of sounds to a sophisticated system that responds to fluently spoken natural language and takes into account the varying statistics of the language in which the speech is produced. Based on major advances in statistical modeling of speech in the 1980s, automatic speech recognition systems today find widespread application in tasks that require a human-machine interface, such as automatic call processing in the telephone network and query-based information systems that do things like provide updated travel information, stock price quotations, weather reports, etc. In this article, we review some major highlights in the research and development of automatic speech recognition during the last few decades so as to provide a technological perspective and an appreciation of the fundamental progress that has been made in this important area of information and communication technology.
Hybrid parallel counters - domino and threshold logic

Parallel counters are the building blocks of partial product reduction tree (PPRT) circuits, which are required for high-performance multiplication. In this paper we will implement novel counters using a hybrid of domino and threshold logic. A test 64 /spl times/ 64 PPRT using these counters was found to reduce latency by 39% and device count by 38% compared to the domino logic equivalent.
A review of hyperspectral remote sensing and its application in vegetation and water resource studies

Multispectral imagery has been used as the data source for water and land observational remote sensing from airborne and satellite systems since the early 1960s. Over the past two decades, advances in sensor technology have made it possible for the collection of several hundred spectral bands. This is commonly referred to as hyperspectral imagery. This review details the differences between multispectral and hyperspectral data; spatial and spectral resolutions and focuses on the application of hyperspectral imagery in water resource studies and, in particular the classification and mapping of land uses and vegetation.
Teacher perspectives on integrating ICT into subject teaching: commitment, constraints, caution, and change

This paper examines how secondary teachers of the core subjects of English, mathematics, and science have begun to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) into mainstream classroom practice in English schools. It draws on an analysis of 18 focus‐group interviews with subject departments in these fields. Evident commitment to incorporating ICT was tempered by a cautious, critical approach, and by the influence of external constraints. Teacher accounts emphasized both the use of ICT to enhance and extend existing classroom practice, and change in terms of emerging forms of activity which complemented or modified practice. A gradual process of pedagogical evolution was apparent; teachers were developing and trialling new strategies specifically for mediating ICT‐supported learning. In particular, these overcame the potentially obstructive role of some forms of ICT by focusing pupils’ attention onto underlying learning objectives.
Computing exact P-values for DNA motifs

MOTIVATION Many heuristic algorithms have been designed to approximate P-values of DNA motifs described by position weight matrices, for evaluating their statistical significance. They often significantly deviate from the true P-value by orders of magnitude. Exact P-value computation is needed for ranking the motifs. Furthermore, surprisingly, the complexity of the problem is unknown. RESULTS We show the problem to be NP-hard, and present MotifRank, software based on dynamic programming, to calculate exact P-values of motifs. We define the exact P-value on a general and more precise model. Asymptotically, MotifRank is faster than the best exact P-value computing algorithm, and is in fact practical. Our experiments clearly demonstrate that MotifRank significantly improves the accuracy of existing approximation algorithms. AVAILABILITY MotifRank is available from http://bio.dlg. cn. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Resonance and cross-polarization effects in conventional and complementary split ring resonators periodic screens

Frequency selective surfaces made of conventional and complementary split ring resonators (SRR and CSRR) are analyzed theoretically and experimentally. For the theoretical study a surface admittance approach is used, which holds for any arbitrary angle and polarization of a plane wave. This method is based on reported theories about the behavior of single SRR and CSRR. Experimental results in free space are provided in order to check the theory. Good qualitative agreement is observed between theory and experiment, although some quantitative disagreements still remain and need explanation. Application of these devices as frequency selective surfaces and polarization converters could be possible due to the high variety of the resonant and cross-polarization effects seen.
Performance Analysis of Adaptive Algorithm in Future Cellular Networks

For requirements of high data coverage and rate challenging throughput of future wireless cellular networks, the concept of relaying is found to be a promising solution.It can be explained in this thesis that the high data coverage rate as well as throughput can be efficiently improved in such networks by making use of digital fixed relays rather working with simple protocols, which do not sustain any penalty of capacity; this explanation is the most significant contribution of thesis. Particularly, the downlink network of non-CDMA is considered in which six digital fixed relates are located simultaneously in every cell in hexagonal arrangement.Equipment of user is selected to obtain the conveyed signal either through one of the relays or directly from the BD (base station). This paper addresses the influe nce of multi-cell interference, BER, path loss and the effect of QAM on overall radio communication. This project sets a new direction for future research on resource scheduling strategies in a multi-cell system. Index terms – path loss, cell size, QAM, signal to noise
A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Impression Management Strategies Used by Women in Indian Organizations

This article attempts to understand the impression management strategies used by women in Indian organizations. The extant research on gender differences in impression management, primarily conducted in Western cultures, has been inconclusive. This may be a result of attempting to generalize across cultures and/or the lack of research on moderating variables in the choice of impression management strategies by women. India provides an interesting context with high power distance culture, low social status of women as well as an emerging women’s movement. These factors set the context for the choice of impression management strategies by women in Indian organizations. This article proposes relevant moderators that could contribute towards a better understanding of the impression management strategies of women in Indian organizations. The nature of the job role and the attitude towards gender stereotypes provide a conceptual framework to understand the impression management strategies of women in Indian organizations. The proposed framework is explained and relevant propositions are suggested. The opportunities for future research are also indicated.
p53 PCNA, and Ki-67 in hydropic molar and nonmolar placentas: an immunohistochemical study.

Sixty molar and nonmolar placentas with hydropic features [23 complete moles, 14 partial moles, 8 moles-not further classified, and 15 hydropic, nonmolar placentas] were evaluated immunohistochemically for expression of Ki-67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and p53, and the results were compared with DNA ploidy and S-phase fractions derived from flow cytometric analysis. The data were evaluated to determine if proliferation marker staining could aid in distinguishing mole from non-mole and partial from complete mole. PCNA and p53 expression did not discriminate between moles and non-moles. However, the percentage of rimming villous cytotrophoblast nuclei reactive for Ki-67 differed significantly between moles and non-moles (p < 0.001). All molar specimens contained at least one medium-sized villus with > 70% Ki-67-positive cells, whereas the maximum percentage of reactive cells in hydropic abortuses was 22%. These results suggest that percentage Ki-67 positivity in rimming cytotrophoblast nuclei may aid in distinguishing a mole from a nonmolar, hydropic abortion.
Predictor effect of parental authority on the children’s self-care skills

The basic purpose of this study was to examine whether there was a predictor effect of the types of authority in the relationship between mothers and their children on the levels of parental support their children’s self-care skills or not. 419 mothers with 6 years old children took part in the sample of this study. “Family Information Questionnaire”, “Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ)” and “Parental Support Inventory for Self-Care Skills (PSISS)” were used as data collection tools. It was identified that the types of parental authority are “permissive”, “authoritarian” and “authoritative” authorities in this study. The levels of mothers’ support in children’s self-care skills were regarded in the sub-dimensions which were “cleanliness and property”, “nutrition”, “dressing”, “personal security”, and “rest”. According to the results of this study, a significant relation was determined between the types of authority of mothers and the levels of mother’s support on children’s self-care skills. It was seen that there was a negative reasonable relationship between “permissive” and “authoritative” authority of mothers and the levels of theirs support on their children’s self-care skills. It was also conferred that there was a positive reasonable relationship mothers between “authoritarian” authority and behavior and the levels of theirs support on their children’s self-care skills. It was found that there was a predictor effect of points of authority mothers’ who have 6 years old children to points support on their children’s self-care skills. * * Corresponding author. Tel. : +0-090-224-0089 (42189); fax: +0-090-223-1901. E-mail address: mykilicgun@erzincan.edu. tr http://dx.doi. org/10.15405/epsbs.2014. 05.8 The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences eISSN: 2357-1330 European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences eISSN: 2357-1330 60-68 61 © 2014 The Authors. Published by Cognitive – crcs under responsibility of the Author(s).
Flexible and timely on-line integration of medical services using iLand middleware

Modern medical systems are intensive in the use of distribution technology in medical services. Communication among professionals and patients is enabled to exchange patient information, and for on-line monitoring of health conditions. A miriad of specialized middleware solutions that have appeared in this domain, typically focus on providing more and more patient-data processing services over basic communication backbones (e.g., from pure socket communication to more sophisticated interaction models). Paradigms such as service oriented architectures and decoupled communication middleware support the development of emerging medical systems based on the composition of existing (posibly remote) services into a new application. This adjusts to the phylosophy of systems of systems (SoS) development. In a cyber-physical medical domain, service based applications require support for this composition in a way that a new application is created (or simply modified) in a timely fashion. iLand middleware supports this phylosophy, enabling both off-line and run-time reconfiguration of distributed service based applications. It provides timely operation, controlled communication delays, and a decoupled interaction model for stateless services. iLand has been used in medical applications for remote patient monitoring and in surveillance domains for remote real-time video transmission. This paper presents the systems that iLand has enabled in the medical domain, mainly based on remote patient monitoring. These iLand-based systems have shown to be flexible and capable of undergoing timely service reconfigurations.
An Analysis of the Dynamics of Adaptive Multiagent Systems, with an Application to Global Information Exchange Systems

In the past twenty years we have seen an increasing emphasis on the study of the dynamics of complex systems such as the human immune system and the economy. Some of this work is reflected in volumes such as (Kauffman, 1993) (Resnick, 1994) (Axelrod, 1997). The belief is that we need to understand the relationships between disparate phenomena in order to determine the long-term repercussions of local actions. For example, economic policies like sanctions can have dire consequences on the environment because they might set off a sequence of events that result in undesirable consequences. The rise of Internet and pervasive computing are prompting the need to understand and engineer systems of similar complexity. These systems, however, are composed of articial agents which implement machine learning techniques and will be refered to as adaptive multiagent systems. Examples range from simple adaptive embeded systems for pervasive computing and systems for dynamic resource allocation under uncertainty to grandiose world-wide electronic marketplaces of agents, global information exchanges, and “global brains” (Brooks, 2000) that accrue humanity’s knowledge. In this proposal I detail my plan to study the dynamics of adaptive multiagent systems in order to develop a predictive theory of their dynamics and a methodology for the engineering of utilitybased adaptive multiagent systems. I also present an system architecture and development plan for an incentive-compatible information exchange system. This system will use the engineering techniques I develop as well as serve as a first step towards realizing the visionary scenarios described above. Finally, my teaching plan incorporates the decentralized mindset into the teaching of software enginerring and develops an applied curricula and supporting materials for the nascent field of agent-based software engineering.
Takayasu arteritis associated with ulcerative colitis and optic neuritis: first case in Korea

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis that affects the aortic arch and its primary branches. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology. Patients diagnosed with both TA and UC have rarely been reported. The pathogenesis of TA and UC is uncertain, but cell-mediated mechanisms play an important role in both diseases, and a genetic factor is thought to have an effect on the coincidence of these two diseases. We herein report a 38-year-old female with TA who had a history of UC with optic neuritis. We believe that this is the first case of the coexistence of TA and UC in Korea.