Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
4SP: A four stage incremental planning approach

GraphPlan-like and SATPLAN-like planners have shown to outperform classical planners for most of the classical planning domains. However, these two propositional approaches do not exhibit good results for large-size problems due to the graph size they have to handle. In this paper we show a new approach for planning as an attempt to combine the advantanges of a graph-based analysis and a partialorder planner. The fast responses obtained in the experimental results show that the application of this technique can report significant benefits in terms of a reduction in search space and that the average performance of this planner is much better: it takes a bit longer to solve some easy problems but it is capable to easily solve large problems.
Efficiency maps of electrical machines

This paper investigates the calculation, modelling and interpretation of efficiency maps for electrical machines. The efficiency maps are calculated using a finite-element based mapping of losses, torque and flux-linkage as a function of the d- and q-axis currents and speed. For modelling efficiency maps, it is shown that a number of key loss types can be described in the form Tmωn. The effect of each of these losses on the shape of the efficiency map is then explored. It is found that practical efficiency maps can be approximated using a series of such terms which leads to a better understanding of the losses in the machine. The above results are validated using the loss and efficiency maps of three example machines.
Pore Characteristics of the Fine‐Grained Tight Reservoirs in the Yabulai Basin, Northwestern China

This work investigated the pore structure characteristics and reservoir features of the finegrained tight reservoirs in the lower member of the Xinhe Formation (J2x1) in the Xiaohu subsag, Yabulai Basin based on core samples through various techniques. Interbedded silt/fine sandstones and mudstones are developed in the study area. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images were used to delineate different types of pores, including primary intergranular pores, secondary intergranular and intragranular pores, organic pores and fractures. The pore types were distinguished by pore size, pore area, location and formation process. The pore radii of the fine‐grained rocks range from 1 nm to 1.55 μm, mainly concentrated between 5 and 300 nm by low pressure N2 adsorption and MICP analyses. The pore structure parameters of pore throat size and pore throat sorting coefficient are both positively correlated with porosity, while pore throat sorting coefficient has a negative correlation with permeability. The pore structures of the studied samples are much related to the mineral type and content and grain size, followed by TOC content. In these rocks with relatively low TOC and low maturity, the rigid minerals protect pores with pressure shadow from collapse, and dissolution‐related pores contribute a lot to inorganic porosity. In contrast, these rocks with abundant TOC contain a large number of organic pores. The permeability of the fine‐grained tight reservoir is mainly dominated by larger pore throats, while a large number of small pores (mostly <0.1 μm) contribute considerably to porosity. These results have deepened our understanding of the interbedded fine‐grained tight reservoirs and can be applicable to fine‐grained reservoirs in a similar setting.
Adaptation and Maladaptation of the Heart in Diabetes: Part II: Potential Mechanisms

The prevailing concept of the heart’s response to changes in its environment is a complex network of inter-connecting signal transduction cascades.1 In such a scheme, the focus is on communication of various cell surface receptors, heterotrimeric G-proteins, protein kinases, and transcription factors.2–4⇓⇓ Diabetes is a disorder of metabolic dysregulation. At first glance it appears that metabolism and the metabolic consequences of diabetes do not fit into this signal-response coupling scheme. Two questions arise. First, is metabolism simply an “effect” rather than a “cause” of adaptation? Second, is metabolism only a by-product of signal transduction-induced adaptation, allowing equilibrium (and therefore maintenance of function) in the presence of the other adaptational responses? An alternative is to take a new, less restricted view of metabolism. Beyond its stereotypical function as a provider of ATP, alterations in metabolic flux within the cell create essential signals for the adaptation of the heart to situations such as diabetes. This concept is novel for the heart, but has already been considered in the liver. Like the phosphorylation events occurring in signal transduction cascades, changes in metabolic flux are extremely rapid. For example, translocation of GLUT4 to the cell surface in response to insulin occurs within a second.5 We have previously found that increases or decreases in workload also change metabolic fluxes in seconds.6,7⇓ Therefore, changes in metabolites are rapid enough to allow them to act as signaling molecules. Many of these acute changes in metabolic flux are brought about by the same signal transduction cascades believed to be involved in the adaptation of the heart to changes in its environment. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, Ca2+, and protein kinase C, all of which play a role in cardiac adaptation, regulate metabolism in the heart.8,9⇓ Metabolic signals therefore provide a …
The Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Community of Península Valdés in Patagonia, Argentina

Abstract This is the first study based on a planned and intensive sampling effort that describes the community composition and structure of the ground-dwelling arthropod assemblage of Península Valdés (Patagonia). It was carried out using pitfall traps, opened for two weeks during the summers of 2005, 2006 and 2007. A total of 28, 111 individuals were caught. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) dominated this community, followed by beetles (Coleoptera) and spiders (Araneae). The most abundant species were Pheidole bergi Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Blapstinus punctulatus Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Two new species were very recently described as new based on specimens collected during this study: Valdesiana curiosa Carpintero, Dellapé & Cheli (Hemiptera, Miridae) and Anomaloptera patagonica Dellapé & Cheli (Hemiptera, Oxycarenidae). The order Coleoptera was the most diverse taxa. The distribution of abundance data was best described by the logarithmic series model both at the family and species levels, suggesting that ecological relationships in this community could be controlled by a few factors. The community was dominated by predators from a trophic perspective. This suggests that predation acts as an important factor driving the distribution and abundances of surface-dwelling arthropods in this habitat and as such serves as a key element in understanding desert, above-ground community structure. These findings may also be useful for management and conservation purposes in arid Patagonia.
Early occlusion of the non-infarct-related coronary artery following successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

We present a clinical case of early occlusion of the non-infarct-related artery (non-IRA) in a patient with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). Several hours after successful percutaneous treatment of the occluded right coronary artery the patient developed a second myocardial infarction, which was caused by acute occlusion of the left anterior descending artery, which had a significant lesion in the proximal segment. The lesion was diagnosed during the first catheterization, but was left untreated. We discuss the potential advantages and risks associated with the ad-hoc multivessel PCI strategy in STEMI.
Genome Sequences of 64 Non-O157:H7 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains

ABSTRACT Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are human pathogens. Although >400 non-O157 serotypes have been involved in human disease, whole-genome sequencing information is missing for many serotypes. We sequenced 64 STEC strains comprising 38 serotypes, isolated from clinical sources, animals, and environmental samples, to improve the phylogenetic understanding of these important foodborne pathogens.
Co-training using prosodic and lexical information for sentence segmentation

We investigate the application of the co-training learning algorithm on the sentence boundary classification problem by using lexical and prosodic information. Co-training is a semisupervised machine learning algorithm that uses multiple weak classifiers with a relatively small amount of labeled data and incrementally uses unlabeled data. The assumption in cotraining is that the classifiers can co-train each other, as one can label samples that are difficult for the other. The sentence segmentation problem is very appropriate for the co-training method since it satisfies the main requirements of the cotraining algorithm: the dataset can be described by two disjoint and natural views that are redundantly sufficient. In our case, the feature sets are capturing lexical and prosodic information. The experimental results on the ICSI Meeting (MRDA) corpus show the effectiveness of the co-training algorithm for this task. Index Terms: co-training, sentence segmentation, prosody, self-training, Boosting
3D Face Template Registration Using Normal Maps

This paper presents a semi-automatic method to fit a template mesh to high-resolution normal data, which is generated using spherical gradient illuminations in a light stage. Template fitting is an important step to build a 3D morph able face model, which can be employed for image-Based facial performance capturing. In contrast to existing 3D reconstruction approaches, we omit the structured light scanning step to obtain low-frequency 3D information and rely solely on normal data from multiple views. This reduces the acquisition time by over 50 percent. In our experiments the proposed algorithm is successfully applied to real faces of several subjects. Experiments with synthetic data show that the fitted face template can closely resemble the ground truth geometry.
Stability-based multi-objective clustering in mobile ad hoc networks

In this paper, we propose a stability-based multi-objective clustering algorithm, which can achieve stable cluster structure by exploiting the node movement proximity, and meanwhile optimize multiple clustering metrics simultaneously by a reputable multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA). The performance of the proposed algorithm has been evaluated through extensive simulations with network topologies of various sizes. The results demonstrated that the clustered topologies generated by our algorithm have good performance in terms of stability. Our algorithm can achieve optimal cluster structure with respect to each clustering metric on small-scale network topology. For large-scale network topology, it also outperforms WCA, a well known multi-objective clustering algorithm using a weighted sum of multiple metrics.
A Transformative Topological Representation for Link Modeling, Prediction and Cross-Domain Network Analysis.

Many complex social, biological, or physical systems are characterized as networks, and recovering the missing links of a network could shed important lights on its structure and dynamics. A good topological representation is crucial to accurate link modeling and prediction, yet how to account for the kaleidoscopic changes in link formation patterns remains a challenge, especially for analysis in cross-domain studies. We propose a new link representation scheme by projecting the local environment of a link into a "dipole plane", where neighboring nodes of the link are positioned via their relative proximity to the two anchors of the link, like a dipole. By doing this, complex and discrete topology arising from link formation is turned to differentiable point-cloud distribution, opening up new possibilities for topological feature-engineering with desired expressiveness, interpretability and generalization. Our approach has comparable or even superior results against state-of-the-art GNNs, meanwhile with a model up to hundreds of times smaller and running much faster. Furthermore, it provides a universal platform to systematically profile, study, and compare link-patterns from miscellaneous real-world networks. This allows building a global link-pattern atlas, based on which we have uncovered interesting common patterns of link formation, i.e., the bridge-style, the radiation-style, and the community-style across a wide collection of networks with highly different nature.
A FRAMEWORK FOR A MULTIFACETED ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

The rapid advancement in information and communications technologies has given rise to new applications that were impossible just few years ago. One of these applications is e-voting. The term “e-voting” is defined as any voting method where the voter’s intention is expressed or collected by electronic means. This paper details the requirements, design and implementation of a generic and secure electronic voting system where voters can cast their votes anytime, anywhere and using a number of electronic devices including private computer networks, web and mobile phones.
Privacy Preserving Path Recommendation for Moving User on Location Based Service

With the increasing adoption of location based services, privacy is becoming a major concern. To hide the identity and location of a request on location based service, most methods consider a set of users in a reasonable region so as to confuse their requests. When there are not enough users, the cloaking region needs expanding to a larger area or the response needs delay. Either way degrades the quality-of-service. In this paper, we tackle the privacy problem in a predication way by recommending a privacy-preserving path for a requester. We consider the popular navigation application, where users may continuously query different location based servers during their movements. Based on a set of metrics on privacy, distance and the quality of services that a LBS requester often desires, a secure path is computed for each request according to user's preference, and can be dynamically adjusted when the situation is changed. A set of experiments are performed to verify our method and the relationship between parameters are discussed in details. We also discuss how to apply our method into practical applications.
Plant‐type ferredoxin‐NADP+ reductases: a basal structural framework and a multiplicity of functions

Ferredoxin‐NADP+ (oxido)reduc‐tase (EC 1.18.1.2, FNR) is an FAD‐containing enzyme that catalyzes the reversible electron transfer between NADP(H) and electron carrier proteins such as ferredoxin and flavodoxin. Isoforms of this flavoprotein are present in chloroplasts, mitochondria, and bacteria in which they participate in a wide variety of redox metabolic pathways. Although fer‐redoxin‐NADP+ reductases have been thoroughly investigated and their properties reviewed on several occasions, considerable advances in the understanding of these flavoenzymes have occurred in the last few years, including the characterization of cDNA and genomic clones encoding FNR proteins from plants, algae, vertebrates, and bacteria, determination of the atomic structure of a plant FNR at high resolution, and the expression of functional reductases in microorganisms like Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The aim of this article is to summarize information gained through these recent developments, including the phyloge‐netic relationships among ferredoxin reductases and the key structural features of the plant FNR family. Other aspects such as the catalytic mechanism of FNR and the molecular events underlying biogenesis, intracellular sorting, folding, and holo‐enzyme assembly of this important flavoenzyme are also discussed in some detail. Ferredoxin‐NADP+ reductases display several outstanding properties that make them excellent model proteins to address broad biological questions. —Arakaki, A. K. , Ceccarelli, E. A. , Carrillo, N. Plant‐type ferredoxin‐NADP+ reductases: a basal structural framework and a multiplicity of functions. FASEB J. 11, 133‐140 (1997)
Birds of Lake McLarty Nature Reserve, Western Australia: an internationally important wetland facing an uncertain future

Freshwater wetlands are the most threatened major habitat type globally and freshwater birds are consequently disproportionately threatened among birds worldwide. These facts emphasise the need for obtaining detailed data on the occurrence and abundance of waterbirds against which to compare population trends and management actions designed to maintain populations. In response to this need we present information on the occurrence, seasonality and abundance of waterbirds and landbirds at Lake McLarty Nature Reserve, located approximately 85 km SSW of Perth, Western Australia. Most of the reserve consists of Lake McLarty, a shallow freshwater lake, with a narrow (~40 m wide) fringe of riparian paperbarks (Melaleuca spp.) and Flooded Gums (Eucalyptus rudis ) along ~90% of the lake’s margin. A total of 100 species of waterbird and 78 species of landbird have been recorded at the reserve. Of the landbirds, the reserve provides habitat for one globally threatened species and one globally threatened subspecies as well as a range of species declining regionally. On the basis of its waterbird populations, Lake McLarty qualifies as a wetland of international importance in its own right. Over 20,000 waterbirds have been recorded on the reserve on 19 separate dates between 1996 and 2008. The reserve has also supported >1% of the global population of six species and >1% of the flyway population of one additional species. Furthermore, the lake has supported numbers exceeding these thresholds on as many as 50 dates, depending on the species, indicating that the reserve consistently supports globally significant populations of most of these species. Despite the importance of the reserve for waterbird populations, it faces serious threats from a variety of factors of which our data indicate that the changed hydroperiod resulting from reduced rainfall and, likely, groundwater extraction from an adjacent residential development, is the most significant. This changed hydroperiod, which means the lake is now normally dry for four to seven months annually, has also resulted in the increased expression of acid sulphate soils and colonisation of the lakebed by terrestrial plants. All of these threats combine to reduce the habitat quality that Lake McLarty provides for waterbirds. There are current plans to return the lake to an earlier hydroperiod, where it dries for between one and three months annually, and the data presented here should provide a robust baseline against which to assess the success of any future management actions.
Nuclear mechanics

Anomalies in the three-dimensional shape of the nucleus are associated with a number of genetic diseases. These shape distortions include lobulated structures, with localized bulges referred to as nuclear blebs. Blebbing can result from mutations in genes encoding lamin intermediate filaments that form the lamin cortex, a thin meshwork lining the nuclear envelope. However, the biophysical origins of nuclear blebs remain a mystery. A recent study by Funkhouser et al. provides a theoretical model in which the lamin cortex is modeled as a thin, inhomogeneous elastic shell. This model shows that partial segregation of different lamin sub-networks—each with distinct mechanical properties—can lead to shell morphologies similar to blebbed nuclei in living cells.
Diversidad de aves residentes permanentes asociadas a un pinar natural de Pinus tropicalis y su relación con la estructura vertical de la vegetación

In order to determine the diversity of permanent resident birds associated with a natural pine forest of Pinus tropicalis and its relationship with the vertical structure of the vegetation; 30 circular plots were established in a natural forest of Pinus tropicalis of the locality Tibisi, of the Agroforestry Mines Company. All the birds seen or heard in each sample unit were inventoried, according to the vegetation strata (high, medium and low). The inventoried birds were classified according to endemism, threat, trophic groups. The alpha diversity of the species was determined by interpreting the range-abundance curve, the smoothed curves of estimated species accumulation according to the nonparametric estimators based on abundance (CHAO 1, ACE and Cole). The frequency of observation of the individuals in each stratum was determined. The Kruskall-Wallis nonparametric variance analysis was applied to determine if there were differences between the abundance values of the birds detected and the strata; In addition, the Mann-Witney and Wilcoxon tests were used to establish between those who were the differences. In the studied pine forest 32 species of permanent resident birds were inventoried, of which 9 are endemic and 5 are endangered. The majority of the birds detected are trophically insectivorous. There were significant differences between the strata occupied by them, in relation to the abundance of the same; being in a greater proportion in the high stratum, followed by the medium and finally the low one.
Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) in the Treatment of Neurological Disorders

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a well-established renal replacement therapy commonly employed in clinical practice. While its primary application is in the treatment of kidney disease, its potential in addressing other systemic disorders, including neurological diseases, has garnered increasing interest. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the related technologies, unique advantages, and clinical applications of PD in the context of neurological disorders. By exploring the mechanism underlying PD, its application in neurological diseases, and associated complications, we addressed the feasibility and benefits of PD as an adjunct therapy for various neurological conditions. Our study aims to highlight its role in detoxification and symptom management, as well as its advantages over other universally accepted methods of renal replacement therapy. Our goal is to bring to the spotlight the therapeutic potential of PD in neurological diseases, such as stroke, stimulate further research, and broaden the scope of its application in the clinical setting.
The MexJK Efflux Pump of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Requires OprM for Antibiotic Efflux but Not for Efflux of Triclosan

ABSTRACT Using the biocide triclosan as a selective agent, several triclosan-resistant mutants of a susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain were isolated. Cloning and characterization of a DNA fragment conferring triclosan resistance from one of these mutants revealed a hitherto uncharacterized efflux system of the resistance nodulation cell division (RND) family, which was named MexJK and which is encoded by the mexJK operon. Expression of this operon is negatively regulated by the product of mexL, a gene located upstream of and transcribed divergently from mexJK. The triclosan-resistant mutant contained a single nucleotide change in mexL, which caused an amino acid change in the putative helix-turn-helix domain of MexL. The MexL protein belongs to the TetR family of repressor proteins. The MexJK system effluxed tetracycline and erythromycin but only in the presence of the outer membrane protein channel OprM; OprJ and OprN did not function with MexJK. Triclosan efflux required neither of the outer membrane protein channels tested but necessitated the MexJ membrane fusion protein and the MexK inner membrane RND transporter. The results presented in this study suggest that MexJK may function as a two-component RND pump for triclosan efflux but must associate with OprM to form a tripartite antibiotic efflux system. Furthermore, the results confirm that triclosan is an excellent tool for the study of RND multidrug efflux systems and that this popular biocide therefore readily selects mutants which are cross-resistant with antibiotics.