Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Syntax coordination: interaction of discourse and extrapositions

The model presented here for parsing spoken German offers a way to proceed incrementally discontinuous constructions. Typical constructions in task oriented dialogs are Extrapositions to the right . These are defined as syntactical constructions where a constituent is extraposed in the Nachfeld . Basing on the assumption that the extraposed constituent is not part of the source sentence the model works by coordinating the syntactical information given by the source sentence and the extraposed constituent to complete the extaposed constituent to a whole sentence. Therefore, the standard LR(1)-parser is extended by two additional actions. The parsing strategy works by deriving the first part of the construction until the extraposed constituent is reached. The both new actions enable the parser to proceed further by taking the syntactical information of the source sentence to complete the extraposed constituent to a sentence of its own. The repeated use of these actions guarantees that every intended reading will be performed.
Analyzing the workload dynamics of a mobile phone network in large scale events

The ever-increasing usage of mobile phones challenges carriers to evolve and improve their services based on their users' behavior. Nevertheless, it remains uncommon the usage of data about human mobility for discovering patterns which could support the dynamic resource allocation in urban areas. In particular, occasional large scale events impose patterns that may strongly differ from those observed in daily routines. In this paper, we present a methodology to characterize the workload dynamics of a mobile phone network during large scale events. Our study is based on calls made by mobile phone users of a major Brazilian cellphone carrier during soccer matches with a large number of attendees at Rio de Janeiro's urban area. The results of applying the proposed methodology may be used to improve the understanding on how users move within an urban area towards the location of a large scale event and how they disperse afterward, helping the management of mobile phone networks. Moreover, the uncovered mobility patterns may drive the development of target applications and gadgets for large scale events, such as World Soccer Cup matches.
High preoperative serum ferritin predicted poor prognosis in non-metastatic colorectal cancer

Objectives: To validate the prognostic significance of preoperative serum iron metabolism parameters in non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with curative resection. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study in the Department of Surgical Oncology, WuXi 4th People’s Hospital, WuxiChina, between March 2010 and September 2013. The relationships of serum iron metabolism parameters with other variables were examined. The prognostic significance was evaluated using the Kaplan Meier curve and Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results: Five hundred and fourteen patients were eligible for analysis. The levels of the 3 iron metabolism parameters were interdependent. Hemoglobin level was positively correlated with serum iron and transferrin, and was negatively correlated with ferritin. Compared with peri-neural invasion (PNI)-negative patients, PNI-positive patients had higher serum iron (p=0.03) and ferritin levels (p=0.01). Compared with patients with the lowest quartile level of ferritin, patients with the highest quartile level of ferritin had a 2.21 (95% CI: 1.18-4.14) fold increased mortality risk in the univariate and 2.56 (95% CI: 1.10-5.96) in the multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. When stratified by TNM stages, it was only in stage III patients that serum ferritin remained statistically prognostically significant. Conclusions: Preoperative serum ferritin appeared as an independent adverse risk factor in non-metastatic colorectal cancer.
A Review of the Foreign Accent Syndrome 1 When A Native Becomes Foreign in His / Her Own Homeland : A Review of the Foreign Accent Syndrome

FAS is a speech disorder characterized by changes to the normal speech patterns of the native language. This speech impairment is usually due to stroke or brain injury. Segmental, suprasegmental and prosodic features are altered. FAS speakers’ speech is perceived as foreign rather than disordered. It may be because the speech remains highly accurate and the impairments are generally within the permissible boundaries of the phonological and phonetic variants of the language. In terms of perceptual impression, FAS patients’ speech is placed between speakers with a really foreign accent and the native speaker. Some researchers propose that the impression of foreignness in FAS speakers’ accent may be caused by the listeners misinterpretation of speech markers. Lesions leading to FAS are still not completely understood; some hypothesize that the lesion is small or even down to the size of a single gyrus. New evidence suggests that FAS may be a disorder of the articulate velocity and position maps. The syndrome can be life changing to those affected. Patients report that they are no longer able to recognize themselves speaking a new accent. A whole new persona is born when the accent emerges. This paper presents a review of the syndrome’s features, including its neuropsychological/neuroanatomic aspects, its relationship with AoS and dysarthria, and the syndrome’s psychological implications.
2016 Ieee International Conference on Big Data (big Data) Lossless Compression of High-frequency Voltage and Current Data in Smart Grids

—In smart grids, both, low-frequency and high-frequency measurements are performed in households for a variety of use cases. While several compressibility studies of this data have been conducted in the literature, lossless compression of high-frequency data has not yet been covered. In this paper, high-frequency voltage and current data is processed with a selection of low-complexity compression algorithms to find that the data are not equally compressible. Further, it is found that the compression performance varies with resolution as well as between households and data sets. Nonetheless, the use of compression is practically viable for the current channels of the evaluated data sets at 16 and 50 kHz, respectively.
Profiling Java programs for parallelism

One of the biggest challenges imposed by multi-core architectures is how to exploit their potential for legacy systems not built with multiple cores in mind. By analyzing dynamic data dependences of a program run, one can identify independent computation paths that could have been handled by individual cores. Our prototype computes dynamic dependences for Java programs and recommends locations to the programmer with the highest potential for parallelization. Such measurements can also provide starting points for automatic, speculative parallelization.
Altered heart rate baroreflex during pregnancy: role of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

Two studies were performed to determine whether the attenuation of baroreflex control of heart rate during late pregnancy in conscious rabbits is due to changes in parasympathetic (Para) or sympathetic (Sym) control of the heart. In the first, baroreflex relationships between arterial pressure and heart rate were generated before and after treatment with propranolol (Pro) to block Sym or with methscopolamine (Meth) to block Para. Each rabbit was studied in both the pregnant and nonpregnant state. Pregnancy decreased maximum baroreflex gain from 14.9 +/- 4.0 to 4.8 +/- 0.9 beats.min-1.mmHg-1 (P < 0.01) and decreased heart rate range from 177 +/- 6 to 143 +/- 10 beats/min (P < 0.01), primarily by increasing minimum heart rate (114 +/- 6 to 134 +/- 8 beats/min; P < 0.01). The difference between pregnant and nonpregnant rabbits in baroreflex gain was not altered by Meth but was abolished by Pro, suggesting that it is due to decreased Sym control of the heart. The elevated minimum heart rate of pregnancy persisted after Pro, but was abolished by Meth, suggesting that it is mediated by decreased Para control of the heart. In the second study, isolated buffer-perfused hearts from pregnant and nonpregnant rabbits were treated with increasing doses of isoproterenol (0.3-300 mM) or acetylcholine (0.3-10,000 microM), and the heart rate responses were determined. Hearts from pregnant rabbits were more sensitive to isoproterenol (P < 0.05), but less responsive to acetylcholine (P < 0.05). In conclusion, pregnancy-induced decreases in cardiac reflex gain and range appear to be mediated by alterations in Sym and Para, respectively. The change in Sym occurs proximal to the heart, whereas the decreased contribution of Para may be due, at least in part, to decreased sensitivity of the heart to acetylcholine.
A Development of Reflex HMD - HMD with time delay compensation capability

1 Abstract A Head Mounted Display system suffers largely from the time lag between human motion and the display output. The concept of Reflex HMD to compensate for the time lag is proposed and discussed. Based on this notion, a prototype Reflex HMD is constructed. The rotation movement of the user's head is measured by a gyroscope, modulating the driving signal for the LCD panel, and shifts the viewport within the image supplied from the computer. The merit of this system is: 1) the independence of the computer software/hardware platform; 2) simple, low cost and light weight; and 3) does not cause any additional delay.
Developing Students Critical Thinking on Speaking Through Socratic Questioning Method

This research was carried due to the lack of students’ critical thinking at English department on speaking. Answering questions were approximately found more popular than asking questions. Socratic questioning is a method of learning with the conversation or debate confronted with a series of questions. The research used descriptive qualitative design by collecting the documents, observation and interview data. Then the data was analyzed by using qualitative data analysis with Miles and Huberman data analysis by covering data collection, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The result showed that the appearance of Socratic Question varied from the easiest to the most difficult. Percentage of the result showed that ten point five percent belonged to clarification, twenty one percent belonged to assumption, twenty five point five percent belonged to reason and evidence thirty one point five percent belonged to viewpoints, twenty five point five percent for implication and consequences, and ten point five percent for questions to question. The interview data from the lecturer showed that Socratic Questioning method could improve not only students’ speaking skill but also their critical thinking even though some obstacles faced during teaching and learning process such as; self-confidence problem, the lack of grammar and vocabularies, lack for knowledge background relating to the material, data, fact and evidence. Keywords-critical thinking; Socratic questioning; speaking .
Decision-making during NHEJ: a network of interactions in human Polμ implicated in substrate recognition and end-bridging

Human Polμ is a DNA polymerase belonging to the X family that has been implicated in the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway during repair of double-strand breaks in DNA. Loop1 is a flexible piece of Polμ which has a critical role during terminal transferase and end-joining activities: it acts as a pseudo-template when the template strand is discontinuous or unavailable, whilst diffusing away if present to avoid steric clashes. Mutational analysis and inspection of the 3D structures available allowed us to identify a network of residues in charge of sensing the presence or absence of discontinuities in the template strand, which will in turn determine the final position adopted by Loop1. This network is formed by the previously uncharacterized thumb mini-loop (NSH motif) and the positively charged helix N, which contribute to the correct positioning of Loop1 and to juxtapose the discontinuous template strand during NHEJ of incompatible ends. Accordingly, single mutation of specific conserved residues in these motifs, whilst irrelevant in most of the cases for gap filling, largely affected terminal transferase and end-joining activities. Other point mutations in the ‘hinges’ of Loop1, such as residues Phe385 or Phe389, corroborated the flexibility requirements of this motif.
HAMIDS: Hierarchical Monitoring Intrusion Detection System for Industrial Control Systems

In this paper, we propose a hierarchical monitoring intrusion detection system (HAMIDS) for industrial control systems (ICS). The HAMIDS framework detects the anomalies in both level 0 and level 1 of an industrial control plant. In addition, the framework aggregates the cyber-physical process data in one point for further analysis as part of the intrusion detection process. The novelty of this framework is its ability to detect anomalies that have a distributed impact on the cyber-physical process. The performance of the proposed framework evaluated as part of SWaT security showdown (S3) in which six international teams were invited to test the framework in a real industrial control system. The proposed framework outperformed other proposed academic IDS in term of detection of ICS threats during the S3 event, which was held from July 25-29, 2016 at Singapore University of Technology and Design.
The Microvesicle Component of HIV-1 Inocula Modulates Dendritic Cell Infection and Maturation and Enhances Adhesion to and Activation of T Lymphocytes

HIV-1 is taken up by immature monocyte derived dendritic cells (iMDDCs) into tetraspanin rich caves from which the virus can either be transferred to T lymphocytes or enter into endosomes resulting in degradation. HIV-1 binding and fusion with the DC membrane results in low level de novo infection that can also be transferred to T lymphocytes at a later stage. We have previously reported that HIV-1 can induce partial maturation of iMDDCs at both stages of trafficking. Here we show that CD45+ microvesicles (MV) which contaminate purified HIV-1 inocula due to similar size and density, affect DC maturation, de novo HIV-1 infection and transfer to T lymphocytes. Comparing iMDDCs infected with CD45-depleted HIV-1BaL or matched non-depleted preparations, the presence of CD45+ MVs was shown to enhance DC maturation and ICAM-1 (CD54) expression, which is involved in DC∶T lymphocyte interactions, while restricting HIV-1 infection of MDDCs. Furthermore, in the DC culture HIV-1 infected (p24+) MDDCs were more mature than bystander cells. Depletion of MVs from the HIV-1 inoculum markedly inhibited DC∶T lymphocyte clustering and the induction of alloproliferation as well as limiting HIV-1 transfer from DCs to T lymphocytes. The effects of MV depletion on these functions were reversed by the re-addition of purified MVs from activated but not non-activated SUPT1.CCR5-CL.30 or primary T cells. Analysis of the protein complement of these MVs and of these HIV-1 inocula before and after MV depletion showed that Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) and nef were the likely DC maturation candidates. Recombinant HSP90α and β and nef all induced DC maturation and ICAM-1 expression, greater when combined. These results suggest that MVs contaminating HIV-1 released from infected T lymphocytes may be biologically important, especially in enhancing T cell activation, during uptake by DCs in vitro and in vivo, particularly as MVs have been detected in the circulation of HIV-1 infected subjects.
Sidelobe Suppression in NC-OFDM Systems using Phase Shift

High sidelobe power could cause strong interference to primary users in the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based cognitive radio systems, i. e. non-contiguous (NC) OFDM systems. In this paper, a phase shift method for sidelobe suppression for NC-OFDM systems is proposed and investigated. Instead of multiplying the phase shift sequences with all the active subcarriers, we consider applying these sequences to the subcarriers on the border of cognitive user's band since they affect the primary users most. Simulation results show that significant gain is achieved in sidelobe suppression and little change is introduced to the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) in the proposed algorithm.
Web behavior and personality: A review

Traditionally, questionnaire is used in psychological investigation to collect experiment data. With the prevalence of Internet, web behavior record may provide a new choice for data collection. In this paper, we investigate both web behavior and psychological characteristic, and summarize the worldwide achievement on this direction. We find strong relations between web behavior and the users' personalities and other psychological traits.
Carbon fixation by basalt-hosted microbial communities

Oceanic crust is a massive potential habitat for microbial life on Earth, yet our understanding of this ecosystem is limited due to difficulty in access. In particular, measurements of rates of microbial activity are sparse. We used stable carbon isotope incubations of crustal samples, coupled with functional gene analyses, to examine the potential for carbon fixation on oceanic crust. Both seafloor-exposed and subseafloor basalts were recovered from different mid-ocean ridge and hot spot environments (i.e., the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and the Loihi Seamount) and incubated with 13C-labeled bicarbonate. Seafloor-exposed basalts revealed incorporation of 13C-label into organic matter over time, though the degree of incorporation was heterogeneous. The incorporation of 13C into biomass was inconclusive in subseafloor basalts. Translating these measurements into potential rates of carbon fixation indicated that 0.1–10 nmol C g-1rock d-1 could be fixed by seafloor-exposed rocks. When scaled to the global production of oceanic crust, this suggests carbon fixation rates of 109–1012 g C year-1, which matches earlier predictions based on thermodynamic calculations. Functional gene analyses indicate that the Calvin cycle is likely the dominant biochemical mechanism for carbon fixation in basalt-hosted biofilms, although the reductive acetyl-CoA pathway and reverse TCA cycle likely play some role in net carbon fixation. These results provide empirical evidence for autotrophy in oceanic crust, suggesting that basalt-hosted autotrophy could be a significant contributor of organic matter in this remote and vast environment.
Biochemical and biological characterization of lymphocyte regulatory molecules. I. Purification of a class of murine lymphokines

Murine spleen cells activated by concanavalin A (Con A) in culture produce a class of lymphokine molecules which possess biological activity in a number of lymphocyte response assays. Lymphokines with a mol wt of 30,000, as estimated from gel filtration studies, can be resolved into two components which differ by charge, with isoelectric point (pI) values of 4.3 and 4.9, respectively. Both components stimulate (a) the growth of established T-cell lines in culture, (b) the proliferation of thymocytes in the presence of Con A under culture conditions where Con A alone is nonmitogenic, (c) the induction of antibody responses to heterologous erythrocyte antigens in athymic (nude) spleen cultures, (d) the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in thymocyte cultures, and (e) the generation of CTL in nude spleen cultures. In each of these culture systems we suggest that the assays are detecting a single class of lymphokine which acts directly on activated T cells. Nonactivated T cells must be stimulated by either antigen or mitogen before becoming responsive to lymphokine, but do not require antigen or mitogen for continued growth with lymphokine. The two molecular species, separable by isoelectric focusing are referred to as the T-cell growth factor (TCGF). A lymphokine, similar in size (30,000 daltons) to TCGF but heterogeneous in charge (pI 3.0--4.0), stimulates immune responses to erythrocyte antigens in T-cell-depleted spleen cultures but has no stimulatory activity in the other lymphocyte assay systems described. The data have been interpreted as showing the two molecular forms of murine TCGF (pI 4.3 and 4.9) are responsible for many of the lymphokine activities described elsewhere as thymocyte mitogenic factor, nonspecific T-cell-replacing factor and killer helper factor or costimulator. The other lymphokine, separable from TCGF by charge, appears to have true T-cell-replacing activity.
Geometric origin of the Kalb-Ramond field

Classical dynamics of a brane-like object in Riemann-Cartan geometry is obtained from the conservation law of its stress-energy and spin tensors. We apply the general world-sheet equations to the Nambu-Goto type of membrane with totally antisymmetric spin tensor parallel to the world-sheet. The resulting equations are recognized as the 3dimensional analogue of the known 2-dimensional equations that describe string in the antisymmetric tensor field background. Thus obtained generalized Kalb-Ramond field is shown to coincide with the totally antisymmetric part of the spacetime torsion. In the second part of the paper, we apply this result to cylindrical membranes wrapped around the extra compact dimension of a (D+1)-dimensional spacetime. In the narrow membrane limit, we reveal the effective string dynamics in D-dimensional spacetime. It turns out to coincide with the known dynamics of a string interacting with the Kalb-Ramond field. In our geometric picture, the Kalb-Ramond field is represented by the extra dimensional components of the spacetime torsion.
NEURAL NETWORK BASED FACE RECOGNITION USING GABOR TRANSFORM

The position, spatial frequency and orientation selectivity properties are believed to have an important role in visual perception. This paper proposes a novel face representation and recognition approach by exploring information jointly in image space, scale and orientation domains. The face image is first decomposed into different scale and orientation responses by convolving multiscale and multiorientation Gabor filters. Second, local binary pattern analysis is used to describe the neighboring relationship not only in image space, but also in different scale and orientation responses. Thus information from different domains is explored to give a novel face image representation for recognition.Neural Networks provide significant benefits in face recognition. They are actively being used for such advantages as locating previously undetected patterns, controlling devices based on feedback, and detecting characteristics in face recognition. It improves the level of accuracy compared with existing face recognition methods. Keywords—Gabor Volume Based Local Binary Pattern (GV-LBP),Gabor Volume Representation, Local Binary Pattern (LBP).
Rapid antibiotic resistance predictions from genome sequence data for S. aureus and M. tuberculosis

Rapid and accurate detection of antibiotic resistance in pathogens is an urgent need, affecting both patient care and population-scale control. Microbial genome sequencing promises much, but many barriers exist to its routine deployment. Here, we address these challenges, using a de Bruijn graph comparison of clinical isolate and curated knowledge-base to identify species and predict resistance profile, including minor populations. This is implemented in a package, Mykrobe predictor, for S. aureus and M. tuberculosis, running in under three minutes on a laptop from raw data. For S. aureus, we train and validate in 495/471 samples respectively, finding error rates comparable to gold-standard phenotypic methods, with sensitivity/specificity of 99.3%/99.5% across 12 drugs. For M. tuberculosis, we identify species and predict resistance with specificity of 98.5% (training/validating on 1920/1609 samples). Sensitivity of 82.6% is limited by current understanding of genetic mechanisms. Finally, we demonstrate feasibility of an emerging single-molecule sequencing technique.