Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fuzzy ARTMAP based feature classification for danger and safety zone prediction for toddlers using wearable electrodes

The desired performance of every childcare and monitoring system is to clearly read the user activity into a relevant category of the solution domain. This categorization highly depends on error free processing methods and systematic regression or classification. The wearable interface acquires multiple signals of the user activity that serves as the input to the monitoring system. The pattern of the signal array after necessary consolidation and feature processing, determines its candidature into defined classes. Hence it is crucial to deploy a strong classifier which can characterize the activity of the user into normal zone activities or dangerous. In this paper, we used the robust and adroitness classification model Fuzzy ARTMAP to classify signals from wearable interface for augmenting the accuracy of the child monitoring system. The Fuzzy ARTMAP is an ART network for the association of analogy pattern in supervised mode and is capable of overcoming the stability-Plasticity dilemma. In our experiments, the arrays of sensor signals extracted from the wearable interface during monitoring process from toddlers are classified using the feature signal pattern. The high accuracy obtained as classification percentages validates the suitability of our proposed Fuzzy ARTMAP classification for such critical real time system.
Genomic instability in bone marrow failure syndromes

Aneuploidy is frequently seen in leukemia and myelodysplasia (MDS) but was thought to be uncommon in aplastic anemia (AA). We examined marrow cells from 96 unselected patients with bone marrow failure syndromes to assess the frequency of undetected aneuploidy for chromosomes 7 and 8 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as compared to routine cytogenetic analysis. Twenty‐eight percent (27/96) of patients had an abnormal karyotype. FISH identified an additional 27 patients with undetected monosomy 7 or trisomy 8. Those patients with undetected monosomy 7 generally had a poor clinical outcome, suffering from lack of response to medical therapy or early death. In one AA/MDS patient with normal cytogenetics, FISH identified a large population of monosomy 7 cells, which clearly heralded a clinical relapse. In another patient, FISH studies were used to delineate instability of chromosome 8, with apparent disease progression from AA to MDS. We conclude that undetected aneuploidy exists in marrow cells of a significant percentage of patients with bone marrow failure syndromes. Am. J. Hematol. 76:220–224, 2004. Published 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Effect of salts on the properties of aqueous sugar systems, in relation to biomaterial stabilization. 1. Water sorption behavior and ice crystallization/melting.

Trehalose and sucrose, two sugars that are involved in the protection of living organisms under extreme conditions, and their mixtures with salts were employed to prepare supercooled or freeze-dried glassy systems. The objective of the present work was to explore the effects of different salts on water sorption, glass transition temperature (T(g)), and formation and melting of ice in aqueous sugar systems. In the sugar-salt mixtures, water adsorption was higher than expected on the basis of the water uptake by each pure component. In systems with a reduced mass fraction of water (w less-than-or-equal 0.4), salts delayed water crystallization, probably due to ion-water interactions. In systems where > 0.6, water crystallization could be explained by the known colligative properties of the solutes. The glass transition temperature of the maximally concentrated matrix (T(g)') was decreased by the presence of salts. However, the actual T(g) values of the systems were not modified. Thus, the effect of salts on sorption behavior and formation of ice may reflect dynamic water-salt-sugar interactions which take place at a molecular level and are related to the charge/mass ratio of the cation present without affecting supramolecular or macroscopic properties.
Semantic Interpretation of Mobile Phone Records Exploiting Background Knowledge

The increasing availability of massive mobile phone call data records (CDR) has opened new opportunities for analyzing and understanding real-life social phenomena and human dynamics. In order to better interpret this enormous amount of data it is useful to contextualize them with information about the circumstances under which they has been generated. Nowadays, linked open data initiative provide access to a huge amount of geo-time referenced knowledge about territory and events that happen in the territory. These informations can be used to characterize the aforementioned context. The aim of this Ph.D is to investigate on the intercorrelations between CDR, contexts, and human behaviors. The ultimate goal is to build a stochastic model, that can be used to predict semantic (qualitative) behavioral patterns on the basis of CDR traffic and context and identify and explain anomalous situations on the basis of deviations from standard CDR patterns.
On Synthesis of Combinational Logic Circuits

Objective of this paper is to present historiography of logic switching circuits. The research mainly focuses on chronological development and application of logic in the field of electronic and computer applications. This paper briefly discussed on the basic needs of logic synthesis and also discuss few interesting facts and design consideration regarding logic synthesis. It also enhances student’s deep understanding of different logic function minimization technique during a lecture and practical implementation.
Efficient Implementation of Multiuser Detectors for Asynchronous CDMA ∗

We consider a linear multistage detector with universal (large system) weighting for large asynchronous code-division multiple-access (CDMA). A convenient choice of the basis of the projection subspace allows a joint projection of all users’ signals and avoids truncation effects due to finite time windowing. Thanks to the joint projection the complexity per bit of the proposed detector scales linearly with the number of users. Under the assumption that the system is symbol asynchronous but chip synchronous the detector performance is analyzed analytically and shown to be identical to synchronous CDMA in the large system limit thanks to the absence of truncation effects. The proposed detector is compared to the finite-window linear minimum meansquare error detector (LMMSE). While in the synchronous case the LMMSE detector always outperforms weighted multistage detectors, we show that, with a sufficiently large delay, the proposed multistage detector can outperform the LMMSE detector in asynchronous CDMA due to constraints on the observation window.
Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy for Direct Observation of Polymer and Small-Molecule Materials and Structures in Solution

The application of cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) in the study of molecular self-assembly of amphiphilic macromolecules, lipid/surfactants, peptides, and other hybrid material systems is quickly growing in popularity as a standard characterization technique. Cryo-TEM allows the direct visualization of nanostructures and microstructures embedded in a thin film of vitrified solvent at liquid nitrogen temperature. This direct observation technique provides precise measurements on particle size and shape on the nanoscale and can serve as a complementary method for unambiguous interpretation of structural information obtained by model-dependent X-ray and neutron scattering and light scattering. This review covers research results over the past several years using cryo-TEM to image interesting solution-state structures in molecular and materials research areas except biology where cryo-TEM has been extensively used to image biological assemblies and particles such as membranes and viruses, respectively. Some results that discuss particularly effective use of cryo-TEM for characterization of solute-state materials are highlighted.
Abstracted Stochastic Analysis of Type 1 Pili Expression in E.coli

ed Stochastic Analysis of Type 1 Pili Expression in E. coli Hiroyuki Kuwahara, Chris Myers, and Michael Samoilov ∗ School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, U.S.A. kuwahara@cs.utah. edu † Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, U.S.A. myers@ece.utah. edu ‡ Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.
Object Tracking Using Local Multiple Features and a Posterior Probability Measure

Object tracking has remained a challenging problem in recent years. Most of the trackers can not work well, especially when dealing with problems such as similarly colored backgrounds, object occlusions, low illumination, or sudden illumination changes in real scenes. A centroid iteration algorithm using multiple features and a posterior probability criterion is presented to solve these problems. The model representation of the object and the similarity measure are two key factors that greatly influence the performance of the tracker. Firstly, this paper propose using a local texture feature which is a generalization of the local binary pattern (LBP) descriptor, which we call the double center-symmetric local binary pattern (DCS-LBP). This feature shows great discrimination between similar regions and high robustness to noise. By analyzing DCS-LBP patterns, a simplified DCS-LBP is used to improve the object texture model called the SDCS-LBP. The SDCS-LBP is able to describe the primitive structural information of the local image such as edges and corners. Then, the SDCS-LBP and the color are combined to generate the multiple features as the target model. Secondly, a posterior probability measure is introduced to reduce the rate of matching mistakes. Three strategies of target model update are employed. Experimental results show that our proposed algorithm is effective in improving tracking performance in complicated real scenarios compared with some state-of-the-art methods.
Molecular cloning and characterization of mammalian homologues of vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated (VAMP-associated) proteins.

We have identified human and rat homologues of the VAMP-associated protein (VAP) of 33 kDa of Aplysia californica (aVAP-33), which we designated VAP-A, VAP-B, and VAP-C. Human VAP-A (hVAP-A) was found to be identical to the recently reported protein hVAP-33, with the exception of two amino acid residues. VAP-B contained a coiled-coil domain and a transmembrane domain (TMD). Human VAP-B (hVAP-B) was 46 and 60% homologous of the amino acid level to aVAP-33 and hVAP-A, respectively. Human VAP-C was a splicing variant of hVAP-B, lacking both the coiled-coil domain and the TMD. hVAP-B had VAMP-binding ability. Moreover, hVAP-A and hVAP-B associated with each other through their respective TMDs. These results suggest that complex formation by VAPs might be important in the trafficking of mammalian vesicle.
Fabrication of Micropattern of Plastic Film Using Ultrasonic Micro Embossing

This study indicates the micropattern of molded plastic film from a mold insert using ultrasonic micro embossing. A mold insert and plastic film are heated above the glass transition temperature of plastic, and the softened plastic is flowed into the micropattern of a mold insert by applying pressure via a conventional technique. A longitudinal ultrasonic wave is added to the ultrasonic micro embossing process. The longitudinal ultrasonic wave generated by an ultrasonic system at a frequency of 35 KHz, has amplitude of 20 μm and output power of 900 W. The micropatterns of the Ni mold insert are groove-shaped and they are 2-μm wide and 200-nm deep. The Polypropylene (PP) is chosen as the replication materials. This study identifies the replication properties of the plastic film using different process parameters (working pressure, ultrasonic pressure, packing pressure, working time, ultrasonic time and packing time). Results of this study demonstrate that ultrasonic time is the most important process parameter for ultrasonic micro embossing.
A study on mutual information-based feature selectionfor text categorization

Feature selection plays an important role in text categorization. Automatic feature selection methods such as document frequency thresholding (DF), information gain (IG), mutual information (MI), and so on are commonly applied in text categorization. Many existing experiments show IG is one of the most effective methods, by contrast, MI has been demonstrated to have relatively poor performance. According to one existing MI method, the mutual information of a category c and a term t can be negative, which is in conflict with the definition of MI derived from information theory where it is always non-negative. We show that the form of MI used in TC is not derived correctly from information theory. There are two different MI based feature selection criteria which are referred to as MI in the TC literature. Actually, one of them should correctly be termed "pointwise mutual information" (PMI). In this paper, we clarify the terminological confusion surrounding the notion of "mutual information" in TC, and detail an MI method derived correctly from information theory. Experiments with the Reuters-21578 collection and OHSUMED collection show that the corrected MI method’s performance is similar to that of IG, and it is considerably better than PMI.
Strong Chromatic Index Of Planar Graphs With Large Girth

Abstract Let Δ ≥ 4 be an integer. In this note, we prove that every planar graph with maximum degree Δ and girth at least 1 Δ+46 is strong (2Δ−1)-edgecolorable, that is best possible (in terms of number of colors) as soon as G contains two adjacent vertices of degree Δ. This improves [6] when Δ ≥ 6.
ReHRI'17 - Towards Reproducible HRI Experiments: Scientific Endeavors, Benchmarking and Standardization

This workshop aims at advancing the topic of the relationships between robotics science and experiments in HRI. The full-day workshop follows on previous events in interdisciplinary venues focusing on efforts to establish reproducible, standardized experiments in order to adequately benchmark and evaluate human-robot interaction, scientific achievements and results in the areas of industrial, medical, social, service and personal-care robots. The words "standard" and "standardized" sometimes are misunderstood as fixing and blocking the freedom of the researcher to create new experiments and therefore to advance the scientific knowledge. As per this workshop, the words must be intended as a "way of experimenting temporarily agreed by the community, that is evolving and tracking the scientific progress through continuous revision by the community itself".
Application of photonic crystal for establishment monomode operation in VCSELs

Development of Internet with its basics component based on fiber-optical networks assumes the creation of new and further development of existing network services. The network capacity defined by modulation properties of lasers and modal dispersion can be increased due to the improving of the dynamical properties and the establishment of monomode operation of the lasers. Semiconductor oxide-confined Vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) are leaders in their application in local communication systems due to their high-speed rates, wafer-scale integration, high efficiency and small radiated power. Further grow of the output power can be obtained with and increase of the oxide aperture mainly, and it leads to both the multimode regime and an increase of mode dispersion. The aim of the work is the theoretical consideration of the application of the defect in the two-dimensional photonic crystal for establishing the monomode operation of VCSELs.
Efficient Anonymous Authenticated Key Agreement Scheme for Wireless Body Area Networks

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) are widely used in telemedicine, which can be utilized for real-time patients monitoring and home health-care. The sensor nodes in WBANs collect the client’s physiological data and transmit it to the medical center. However, the clients’ personal information is sensitive and there are many security threats in the extra-body communication. Therefore, the security and privacy of client’s physiological data need to be ensured. Many authentication protocols for WBANs have been proposed in recent years. However, the existing protocols fail to consider the key update phase. In this paper, we propose an efficient authenticated key agreement scheme for WBANs and add the key update phase to enhance the security of the proposed scheme. In addition, session keys are generated during the registration phase and kept secretly, thus reducing computation cost in the authentication phase. The performance analysis demonstrates that our scheme is more efficient than the currently popular related schemes.
Population Pharmacokinetics of Rifapentine and Its Primary Desacetyl Metabolite in South African Tuberculosis Patients

ABSTRACT This study was designed to describe the population pharmacokinetics of rifapentine (RFP) and 25-desacetyl RFP in a South African pulmonary tuberculosis patient population. Special reference was made to studying the influence of previous exposure to rifampin (RIF) and the variability in pharmacokinetic parameters between patients and between occasions and the influence of different covariates. Patients were included in the study if they had been receiving first-line antimycobacterial therapy (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol) for not less than 4 weeks and not more than 6 weeks and were divided into three RFP dosage groups based on weight: 600 mg, <45 kg; 750 mg, 46 to 55 kg; and 900 mg, >55 kg. Participants received a single oral dose of RFP together with concomitant antimycobacterial agents, excluding RIF, on study days 1 and 5 after they ingested a soup-based meal. The RFP and 25-desacetyl RFP concentration-time data were analyzed by nonlinear mixed-effect modeling using NONMEM. The pharmacokinetics of the parent drug were modeled separately, and the individual pharmacokinetic parameters were used as inputs for the 25-desacetyl RFP pharmacokinetic model. A one-compartment disposition model was found to best describe the data for both the parent and the metabolite, and the metabolite was assumed to be formed only from the central compartment of the parent drug. Prior treatment with RIF did not alter the pharmacokinetics of RFP but appeared to increase the excretion of 25-desacetyl RFP in a nonlinear fashion. The RFP oral clearance and volume of distribution were found to increase by 0.049 liter/h and 0.691 liter, respectively, with a 1-kg increase from the median weight of 50 kg. The oral clearance of 25-desacetyl RFP was found to be 35% lower in female patients. The model developed here describes the population pharmacokinetics of RFP and its primary metabolite in tuberculosis patients and includes the effects of prior administration with RIF and covariate factors.
Shrinkage of Hardened Cement Paste at Temperatures up to 670 C (1238 F)

The transient and ultimate shrinkage behavior of unsealed hardened cement paste of water-cement ration (w/c)=0.3 was investigated for maximum exposure temperatures up to 670 C (1238 F) and a heating rate of 1 C/min (1.8 F/min). The shrinkage phase, the duration of which was dependent on the maximum exposure temperature, was modeled mathematically using a combined logarithmic and exponential expression. The amount of shrinkage experienced and the temperature at which the trend of increasing ultimate shrinkage is reversed was found to depend on the w/c ratio.
Prognostic typing in breast cancer

A comparison of material from necropsy and surgical series has shown that breast carcinoma of cytological types II and III are rare. The majority of cases are of type I. Of the latter, tumours in TNM stage I were not found in the necropsy series, while infiltrating duct carcinomas of type I TNM stage II were also absent. This suggests that the possibility of surgical cure may be better in type I duct carcinomas in stage II than with other histological types. Prolonged survival in contrast to surgical cure was related to type III tumours irrespective of TNM stage.
Silica-on-Silicon Waveguide Quantum Circuits

Quantum technologies based on photons will likely require an integrated optics architecture for improved performance, miniaturization, and scalability. We demonstrate high-fidelity silica-on-silicon integrated optical realizations of key quantum photonic circuits, including two-photon quantum interference with a visibility of 94.8 ± 0.5%; a controlled-NOT gate with an average logical basis fidelity of 94.3 ± 0.2%; and a path-entangled state of two photons with fidelity of >92%. These results show that it is possible to directly “write” sophisticated photonic quantum circuits onto a silicon chip, which will be of benefit to future quantum technologies based on photons, including information processing, communication, metrology, and lithography, as well as the fundamental science of quantum optics.
TRANCE (Tumor Necrosis Factor [TNF]-related Activation-induced Cytokine), a New TNF Family Member Predominantly Expressed in T cells, Is a Dendritic Cell–specific Survival Factor

TRANCE (tumor necrosis factor [TNF]–related activation-induced cytokine) is a new member of the TNF family that is induced upon T cell receptor engagement and activates c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) after interaction with its putative receptor (TRANCE-R). In addition, TRANCE expression is restricted to lymphoid organs and T cells. Here, we show that high levels of TRANCE-R are detected on mature dendritic cells (DCs) but not on freshly isolated B cells, T cells, or macrophages. Signaling by TRANCE-R appears to be dependent on TNF receptor–associated factor 2 (TRAF2), since JNK induction is impaired in cells from transgenic mice overexpressing a dominant negative TRAF2 protein. TRANCE inhibits apoptosis of mouse bone marrow–derived DCs and human monocyte-derived DCs in vitro. The resulting increase in DC survival is accompanied by a proportional increase in DC-mediated T cell proliferation in a mixed leukocyte reaction. TRANCE upregulates Bcl-xL expression, suggesting a potential mechanism for enhanced DC survival. TRANCE does not induce the proliferation of or increase the survival of T or B cells. Therefore, TRANCE is a new DC-restricted survival factor that mediates T cell–DC communication and may provide a tool to selectively enhance DC activity.
Realizing Undelayed N-step TD prediction with neural networks

There exist various techniques to extend reinforcement learning algorithms, e.g., eligibility traces and planning. In this paper, an approach is proposed, which combines several extension techniques, such as using eligibility-like traces, using approximators as value functions and exploiting the model of the environment. The obtained method, ‘Undelayed n-step TD prediction’ (TD-P), has produced competitive results when put in conditions of not fully observable environment.