Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Towards interoperable heterogeneous information systems: an experiment using the DIOM approach

The Distributed Interoperable Object Model (DIOM) [5] introduced the approach tha t expficitly defines the interfaces of an in format ion consumer and an informat ion producer , match ing t h e m dynamical ly to achieve interoperabi l i ty in he terogeneous in format ion sys tems wi th growing number of au tonomous da t a sources as components . In this paper , we describe an exper imenta l implementa t ion of a cooperative in format ion sys tem, built on web browser interfaces, the Oracle da t abase manager , and CGI scripts. This initial implementa t ion d e m o n s t r a t e s the pract ical feasibifity of building DIOM-based cus tomizable and scalable solutions for in terconnect ing informat ion consumers with informat ion producers . Highlights of this simple sys tem include: (1) a demons t r a t i on of the D I O M query mediat ion componen t with interact ive query tracing, (2) a generic wrapper c o n s t ruc t ion library, and (3) a demo accessible over the Internet . 1 DIOM System Architecture The DIOM system architecture, first introduced in [5], is a twotier architecture offering services at both the mediator level and the wrapper level. Figure 1 presents a sketch of the Diorama architecture, which conforms to the 13 mediator-based reference framework [2]. Mediators in DIOM are application-specific. Each mediator consists of a consumer's domain model and many information producer 's source models and are described in terms of the DIOM interface definition language (DIOM IDL) [5]. The consumer's domain model specifies the querying interests of the consumer and the preferred query result representation. The producer's source models describe the information sources in terms of DIOM internal object representation generated by the DIOM interface manager. The consumer's domain model and the information producer's source models consti tute the general knowledge of a mediator and are used to determine how a consumer's information request is processed. The main task of the mediator sub-system is *The first two authors are partially supported by NSERC grant OGP-0172859 and NSERC grant STR-0181014. eThis author is partially supported by DARPA grant N00014-94-10845, NSF grant IRI-9510112, grants from the Hewlett-Packard Company and Tektronix. "'Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work tbr personal or classroom use is granted without tee provided that copies are not made or distributed Ibr profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the lhll citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a lee. " ("1997 ACM 0-89791-850-9 97 0002 3.50 . __c! __. I . ,
Gastroparesis: Clinical Update

Gastroparesis refers to chronically abnormal gastric motility characterized by symptoms suggestive of mechanical obstruction and delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction. It may be idiopathic or attributable to neuropathic or myopathic abnormalities, such as diabetes mellitus, postvagotomy, postviral infection, and scleroderma. Dietary and behavioral modification, prokinetic drugs, and surgical interventions have been used in managing patients with gastroparesis. Although mild gastroparesis is usually well managed with these treatment options, severe gastroparesis may be very difficult to control and may require referral to a specialist center if symptoms are intractable despite pharmacological therapy and dietetic support. New advances in drug therapy, botulinum toxin injection, and gastric electrical stimulation techniques have been introduced and might provide new hope to patients with refractory gastroparesis. This article critically reviews the advances in the field from the perspective of the clinician.
Fabrication of SONOS flash memory device by using engineered tunnel barrier technique

Flash memory is a device that used as a tool to store data electrically without external power supply. The charge-trap such as SONOS structure is the most widely used in flash memory technology fabrication due to the advantages of this device in term of scaling and performance characteristic. Conventional Flash memory with thickness 5nm single oxide shows good performance, but suffer leakage current and data retention. To overcome this problem, a SONOS flash memory was fabricated by using techniques that known as Engineered Tunnel Barrier to replace the conventional single oxide used in conventional flash memory. In this project, the total equivalent thickness oxide for all experiments is set at the 8nm to compare the performances. Thus, it will result in a faster write and erase speed. The analysis results will determine the most preferred structure that improved the programming characteristic.
The role of electronic communication technology in adolescent dating violence.

PROBLEM Adolescent dating violence and electronic aggression are significant public health problems. The purpose of this study was to (a) identify ways in which technology is used in dating violence and (b) present examples of dating violence in which electronic aggression played a salient role. METHODS The data set included the transcribed narratives of 56 young adults who had described their adolescent dating violence experiences for an on going study. FINDINGS Eight ways in which technology is used in dating violence were identified using qualitative descriptive methods. CONCLUSIONS The findings indicate that electronic communication technology influences dating violence by redefining boundaries between dating partners.
Performance Improvement of Quasi-Type-1 PLL by using a Complex Notch Filter

The synchronous reference frame phase-locked loop (SRF-PLL) is widely used for synchronization applications. However, it suffers from a poor performance under unbalanced and distorted grid conditions. To improve the filtering capability of SRF-PLL, moving average filter (MAF) is incorporated into its control loop at the cost of a slow transient response of PLL in recently published literature. To further improve their dynamic performance without compromising the disturbance rejection capability and stability, a novel PLL based on quasi-type-1 PLL structure is proposed in this paper. A complex notch filter is incorporated into the QT1-PLL to eliminate the fundamental frequency negative sequence voltage component. The window length of MAF in QT1-PLL is reduced. And MAF is responsible for rejecting the rest of harmonics. Parameter design guidelines are suggested to obtain the minimum settling time for both phase jump and frequency jump. The proposed PLL provides a faster transient response with higher stability margins. The effectiveness of the proposed PLL is confirmed through simulation and experimental results and comparison with advanced PLLs.
Armut: Konzepte, Definitionen und Operationalisierungsansätze in der BRD: wider ein Ende der Grundsatzdiskussion

This paper discusses the major controversies surrounding the concepts, theoretical approaches, and methods o f measuring poverty in Germany. It is shown how the con­ ceptualization o f poverty is crucial fo r both its empirical assessment and its potential ex­ planation in terms o f cause and effect. In particular, the conceptualization o f poverty predetermines the political and social measures that are used to fight it. In Germany, the quasi-official poverty line is based on a conventional subsistence level derived from the common subsistence concept. It is shown how this conception o f poverty leads to an (intentional) limitation o f sociopolitical measures to combat and reduce poverty. The classical resource concept is contrasted with definitions based on Gerhard Weisser's Le­ benslage approach, which considers the acutal life situation o f the poor. This approach also implicitly reveals causes o f poverty. The Lebenslage concept and its potentials are discussed in detail, and concrete examples o f its operationalization are reported. 194 Soziale Probleme, 4. Jg. , 1993
Document and Corpus Level Inference For Unsupervised and Transductive Learning of Information Structure of Scientific Documents

Inferring the information structure of scientific documents has proved useful for supporting information access across scientific disciplines. Current approaches are largely supervised and expensive to port to new disciplines. We investigate primarily unsupervised discovery of information structure. We introduce a novel graphical model that can consider different types of prior knowledge about the task: within-document discourse patterns, cross-document sentence similarity information based on linguistic features, and prior knowledge about the correct classification of some of the input sentences when this information is available. We apply the model to Argumentative Zoning (AZ) scheme and evaluate it on a fully unsupervised learning scenario and two transduction scenarios where the categories of some test sentences are known. The model substantially outperforms similarity and topic model based clustering approaches as well as traditional transduction algorithms. TITLE AND ABSTRACT IN FINNISH Dokumenttija korpustason inferenssiin perustuva ohjaamattomankoneoppimisen tekniikka tieteellisen julkaisujen rakenteen analyysissa Tieteellisten julkaisujen rakenteen analyysi voi tukea tietojen saatavuutta eri tieteenaloilta. Nykyiset koneoppimismetodit ovat pitkalti ohjattuja ja niiden soveltaminen uusille tieteenaloille on kallista. Tama artikkeli tutkii paaasiassa ohjaamatonta julkaisujen rakenteen analyysia. Lahtokohtana on uusi graafinen malli, joka pystyy integoimaan erilaista etukateistietoa tehtavasta: dokumenttien sisaisen diskurssin, dokumenttienvalisten samankaltaisuuden kielellisten ominaisuuksien suhteen, ja tietoa joidenkin lauseiden oikeasta luokittelusta, silloin kun tamankaltaista tietoa on saatavilla. Malli sovellettiin Argumentative Zoning (AZ) -analyysiin ja sen soveltuvuutta taysin ohjaamattomaan oppimiseen seka transduktio-oppimiseen, jossa joidenkin testilauseiden luokat on tiedossa, tutkittiin. Malli osoittautuu huomattavasti tarkemmaksi kuin samankaltaisuuteen ja klusterointiin perustuvat vertailumallit seka perinteiset transduktio-algoritmit.
Backward-shifted strategies based on SVC for HTTP adaptive video streaming

Although HTTP-based video streaming can easily penetrate firewalls and profit from Web caches, the underlying TCP may introduce large delays in case of a sudden capacity loss. To avoid an interruption of the video stream in such cases we propose the Backward-Shifted Coding (BSC). Based on Scalable Video Coding (SVC), BSC adds a time-shifted layer of redundancy to the video stream such that future frames are downloaded at any instant. This pre-fetched content maintains a fluent video stream even under highly variant network conditions and leads to high Quality of Experience (QoE). We characterize this QoE gain by analyzing initial buffering time, re-buffering time and content resolution using the Ballot theorem. The probability generating functions of the playback interruption and of the initial buffering latency are provided in closed form. We further compute the quasi-stationary distribution of the video quality, in order to compute the average quality, as well as temporal variability in video quality. Employing these analytic results to optimize QoE shows interesting trade-offs and video streaming at outstanding fluency.
Hybrid FMCW-interferometry radar system in the 5.8 GHz ISM band for indoor precise position and motion detection

A hybrid FMCW-interferometry radar sensor is presented. The proposed measurement system incorporates the linear frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) mode and the continuous wave (CW) interferometry mode. The radar system works in 5.8 GHz ISM band with a bandwidth of 160 MHz. Equipped with a special signal processing method, the hybrid system is capable of detecting absolute distance as well as slow motion. Experiments show that the absolute position detection has an average accuracy of 1.65 cm, and the accuracy of relative motion tracking is better than 2 mm.
Microbial habitat connectivity across spatial scales and hydrothermal temperature gradients at Guaymas Basin

The Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California) hydrothermal vent area is known as a dynamic and hydrothermally vented sedimentary system, where the advection and production of a variety of different metabolic substrates support a high microbial diversity and activity in the seafloor. The main objective of our study was to explore the role of temperature and other environmental factors on community diversity, such as the presence of microbial mats and seafloor bathymetry within one hydrothermally vented field of 200 × 250 m dimension. In this field, temperature increased strongly with sediment depth reaching the known limit of life within a few decimeters. Potential sulfate reduction rate as a key community activity parameter was strongly affected by in situ temperature and sediment depth, declining from high rates of 1–5 μmol ml−1 d−1 at the surface to the detection limit below 5 cm sediment depth, despite the presence of sulfate and hydrocarbons. Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis yielded a high-resolution fingerprint of the dominant members of the bacterial community. Our analyses showed strong temperature and sediment depth effects on bacterial cell abundance and Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) number, both declining by more than one order of magnitude below the top 5 cm of the sediment surface. Another fraction of the variation in diversity and community structure was explained by differences in the local bathymetry and spatial position within the vent field. Nevertheless, more than 80% of all detected OTUs were shared among the different temperature realms and sediment depths, after being classified as cold (T < 10°C), medium (10°C ≤ T < 40°C) or hot (T ≥ 40°C) temperature conditions, with significant OTU overlap with the richer surface communities. Overall, this indicates a high connectivity of benthic bacterial habitats in this dynamic and heterogeneous marine ecosystem influenced by strong hydrothermalism.
QMON: QoS- and Utility-Aware Monitoring in Enterprise Systems

The scale, reliability and cost requirements of enterprise data centers require automation of center management. Examples include provisioning, scheduling, capacity planning, logging and auditing. A key component of such automation functions is online monitoring. In contrast to monitoring systems designed for human users, a particular concern for online enterprise monitoring is Quality of Service (QoS). Since breaking service level agreements (SLAs) has direct financial and legal implications, enterprise monitoring must be conducted so as to maintain SLAs. This includes the ability to differentiate the QoS of monitoring itself for different classes of users or more generally, for software components subject to different SLAs. Thus, without embedding notions of QoS into the monitoring systems used in next generation data centers, it will not be possible to accomplish the desired automation of their operation. This paper both demonstrates the importance of QoS in monitoring and it presents a QoS-capable monitoring system, termed QMON. QMON supports utility-aware monitoring while also able to differentiate between different classes of monitoring, corresponding to classes of SLAs. The implementation of QMON offers high levels of predictability for service delivery (i.e., predictable performance) and it is dynamically configurable to deal with changes in enterprise needs or variations in services and applications. We demonstrate the importance of QoS in monitoring and the QoS capabilities of QMON in a series of case studies and experiments, using a multi-tier web service benchmark.
A private ultraviolet channel in visual communication

Although private communication is considered an important diversifying force in evolution, there is little direct behavioural evidence to support this notion. Here, we show that ultraviolet (UV) signalling in northern swordtails (Xiphophorus) affords a channel for communication that is not accessible to their major predator, Astyanax mexicanus, the Mexican tetra. Laboratory and field behavioural experiments with swordtails (X. nigrensis) and predators (A. mexicanus) demonstrate that male UV ornamentation significantly increases their attractiveness to females but not to this predator, which is less sensitive to UV. UV reflectance among swordtail species correlates positively with tetra densities across habitats, and visual contrast estimates suggest that UV signals are highly conspicuous to swordtails in their natural environment. Cross–species comparisons also support the hypothesis that natural selection drives the use of UV communication. We compared two species, one with high (X. nigrensis) and one with low (X. malinche) Mexican tetra densities. Xiphophorus nigrensis males reflect significantly more UV than X. malinche, exhibit significant UV sexual dimorphism, and UV is a salient component of the sexual communication system. In X. malinche, however, males reflect minimally in the UV, there is no UV sexual dimorphism, and UV does not play a part in its communication system.
Effect of coil surface area on the hemodynamics of a patient-specific intracranial aneurysm: A computational study

The purpose of this work is to evaluate the influence of coil diameters on the hemodynamics of intracranial aneurysms by using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations. Three virtual treatments were performed varying packing density and coil surface area, by changing coil diameter. Hemodynamic parameters such as wall shear stress (WSS), average velocity and dye concentration at the aneurysm site were qualitative and quantitatively analyzed. Simulations with same coil area (958 mm2) but different packing density (21.0% and 41.6%) show similar hemodynamic alterations. Besides, the treated model with the highest coil area (1596 mm2) and intermediate packing density (33.2%) exhibited the highest reduction in the studied hemodynamic variables. Our findings show that coil area plays an important role in the resistance (pressure and frictional drags) of blood flow through the coils.
Pharmacokinetics of Etoricoxib in Patients with Renal Impairment

The effect of renal insufficiency on the pharmacokinetics of etoricoxib, a selective inhibitor of cyclooxygenase‐2, was examined in 23 patients with varying degrees of renal impairment (12 moderate [creatinine clearance between 30 and 50 mL/min/1.73 m2], 5 severe [creatinine clearance below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2], and 6 with end‐stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis) following administration of single 120‐mg oral doses of etoricoxib. Even the most severe renal impairment was found to have little effect on etoricoxib pharmacokinetics. The low recovery of etoricoxib in dialysate (less than 6% of the dose) supports that hemodialysis also has little effect on etoricoxib pharmacokinetics, and binding of etoricoxib to plasma proteins was generally unaffected by renal disease. Single doses of etoricoxib were generally well tolerated by patients with renal impairment. Based on pharmacokinetic considerations, dosing adjustments are not necessary for patients with any degree of renal impairment. However, because patients with advanced renal disease (creatinine clearance below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2) are likely to be very sensitive to any further compromise of renal function, and there is no long‐term clinical experience in these patients, the use of etoricoxib is not recommended in patients with advanced renal disease.
The Human-size Humanoid Robot That Can Walk, Lie Down and Get Up

In this paper we present a humanoid robot, HRP-2P, which can walk, lie down and get up. We believe that HRP-2P (154 cm height and 58 kg weight) is the first humanoid robot that is the size of a human and can lie down and get up. Biped walking is realized by a walking pattern generator using a preview control and a feedback control. The lying down and getting up motions were made possible by HRP-2P’s compact body with a waist joint and a novel motion controller.
Long-Term Risk of Cancer in Survivors of Pediatric ESRD.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ESRD is associated with an increased risk of malignancies. We analyzed the incidence of cancer in patients with pediatric ESRD after long-term follow-up. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS All Dutch patients born before 1979 who were transplanted at age <15 years old in 1972-1992 were followed until 2010. We explored type and incidence of malignancies in patients compared with the general population using the National Cancer Registry. RESULTS After a median of 25.3 years (1.3-37.8) of transplantation and at a median age of 33.5 years old (11.0-49.0), 105 primary malignancies had occurred in 54 of 249 patients. Among them, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma was most frequent. Patients ages 25-30 years old had developed 16.5 times (95% confidence interval, 7.9 to 34.6) as many de novo tumors and 991 times (95% confidence interval, 313 to 3137) as many de novo cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas as their general population counterparts; in survivors ages 45-50 years old, these numbers were 81.5 (95% confidence interval, 50.7 to 131.1) and 2610 (95% confidence interval, 1596 to 4267), respectively. Cumulative incidence competing risk analysis showed that, after 30 years of transplantation, 41% of the survivors had developed cancer; 31% had developed a second de novo cancer <1 year after initial cancer diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS Cancer is highly prevalent among patients with pediatric ESRD after 25.3 years of transplantation, with a high rate of recurrence.
Foxn1 is required for tissue assembly and desmosomal cadherin expression in the hair shaft

The mouse nude mutation inactivates the gene encoding the Foxn1 transcription factor, causing defective hair morphogenesis. Here, we show for the first time that Foxn1 is required for proper assembly of the hair medulla, and we identify Foxn1‐regulated genes by transcript profiling. One such gene encodes the desmosomal cadherin, Dsc2. Significantly, Foxn1‐dependent Dsc2 expression is restricted to the hair medulla, and within these cells, Dsc2 protein is predominantly localized to specialized adhesion junctions between the cortex and the medulla. Our results reveal Foxn1 as an essential regulator of tissue assembly in the growing hair shaft and implicate Dsc2 as a downstream effector of this activity. Developmental Dynamics 232:1062–1068, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Where to Play?: How Student-Athletes Perceive the College Choice Process

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