Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
OverUDP: Tunneling Transport Layer Protocols in UDP for P2P Application of IPv4

The majority of Internet services today are client-server based, where the server is often designed to be a centralized system that serves many clients. In this model most user credentials and profiles are stored in corporate servers. There have been many security and privacy breaches happening in the latter model that cause a lot of personal identifiable information and private content exposure. The peer-to-peer model was introduced as an alternative to the previous model for some Internet applications such as file sharing in a decentralized system. Current P2P-based solutions suffer from covering all transport layer protocols. In this research, we address these issues and introduce the OverUDP approach that enables all transport layer protocol such as TCP, UDP, ICMP, SCTP, DCCP, RUDP, etc. to be used in P2P model.
A DL-based Approach for Product Knowledge Reasoning

In order to capture knowledge of complicated product model, the expressive language ALCNHR^+ K(D) is introduced. It cannot only be able to represent knowledge about concrete domain and constraints, but also rules in some sense of closed world semantic model hypothesis. Also the paper takes an extension to the traditional description logic (DL) reasoning method by means of decomposing complicated hybrid concepts into partitions. An approach that automatically decomposes the whole knowledge base into description logic compatible one and constraints solver one is proposed. Our arguments are two-fold. First, complex DLs with expressive ability lack effective reasoning ability. Second, we are concerned with how to reason effectively with the combination of inferences from distributed heterogeneous reasoner.
Multibiometric: Feature Level Fusion Using FKP Multi-Instance biometric

This paper proposed the use of multi-instance feature level fusion as a means to improve the performance of Finger Knuckle Print (FKP) verification. A log-Gabor filter has been used to extract the image local orientation information, and represent the FKP features. Experiments are performed using the FKP database, which consists of 7,920 images. Results indicate that the multi-instance verification approach outperforms higher performance than using any single instance. The influence on biometric performance using feature level fusion under different fusion rules have been demonstrated in this paper.
DEMO: Enabling trusted stores for android

In the Android ecosystem, the process of verifying the integrity of downloaded apps is left to the user. Different from other systems, e.g., Apple App Store, Google does not provide any certified vetting process for the Android apps. This choice has a lot of advantages but it is also the open door to possible attacks as the recent one shown by Bluebox. To address this issue, this demo presents how to enable the deployment of application certification service, we called TruStore, for the Android platform. In our approach, the TruStore client enabled on the end-user device ensures that only the applications, which have been certified by the TruStore server, are installed on the user smartphone. We envisage trusted markets (TruStore servers, which can be, e.g., corporate application markets) that guarantee security by enabling an application vetting process. The TruStore infrastructure maintains the open nature of the Android ecosystem and requires minor modifications to Android stack. Moreover, it is backward-compatible and transparent for developers, and does not change the application management process on a device.
Excitation and Excitability of Unipolar Brush Cells

markdownabstract__Abstract__ The cerebellum is a distinct brain structure that ensures the spatial accuracy and temporal coordination of movements. It is located superimposed on the brainstem and has an appearance and organization unlike that of the cerebral cortex: its surface has a highly regular foliation pattern, and its neural circuitry is organized in repeated structured modules. Neural activity enters the cerebellum via two excitatory pathways, the mossy ber system and the climbing ber system. Climbing bers originate from the inferior olivary nucleus in the brainstem, and assert a powerful in uence on cerebellar output and long-term adaptation processes. Mossy bers originate from a large number of sources, and carry contextual information on sensory inputs, aspects of motor planning and commands, and proprioceptive feedback. In the cerebellum this information is evaluated and integrated, to produce neural output that in uences ongoing movement directly. Mossy ber signals are processed in the cerebellum in three stages. In the granular layer, the input stage of the cerebellum, mossy ber signals undergo a recoding step where they are combined and expanded by granule cells. Next, in the molecular layer, granule cell signals are integrated with climbing ber signals in Purkinje cells. Together, the granular layer and molecular layer make up the cerebellar cortex. Finally, Purkinje cell activity is integrated in the cerebellar nuclei, which form the output stage, and project to various motor and pre-motor systems in the cerebral cortex and brainstem. The cerebellar cortex acts to modulate ongoing movement commands in order to make movements more accurate. Damage to the cerebellum can cause impairments in the control of movements, and bodily balance and posture.
Gene pool recombination and utilization of covariances for the Breeder Genetic Algorithm

New recombination operators based on fuzzy and gene pool recombination are introduced for continuous genes. The performance of the operators is analyzed by means of the equation describing the response to selection. The operators are evaluated according to a new design criterion: maximizing the product of heritability and standard deviation. By means of a transformation to Eigenspace unimodal functions having arbitrary shaped level sets can be optimized. A prediction model based on the response to selection equation is derived which shows good agreement with the experimental results.
Biorhythms: Fact and Fancy

Biological rhythms in physical, emotional and intellectual states in humans are discussed. Both popular and scientific views of biorhythms are given and compared. The popular view is found to be inconsistent with scientifically-collected data. Data on real biological cycles and examples of individual biorhythms are given. The significance of accepting and using biorhythmic phenomena is briefly discussed.
Sentiment Analysis of Social Issues

Sentiment analysis refers to a broad range of fields of natural language processing, computational linguistics, and text mining. Sentiment classification of reviews and comments has emerged as the most useful application in the area of sentiment analysis. Bag of words and feature based sentiment are the most popular approaches used by researchers to deal with sentiment analysis of opinions about products such as movies, electronics, cars etc. Up until recently most researches have been done on the sentiment analysis of products and services. This paper focuses on the sentiment analysis of social issues. In this paper we initially conduct a statistical investigation on the differences between sentiment analysis of products and social issues. Then, based on our findings, we propose an approach to take into account the role of verb as the most important term in expressing opinions regarding the social issues. Statistical and experimental results show that considering verbs not only is required and undeniable, but also improves the performance of sentiment analysis.
The Phylogeographic and Spatiotemporal Spread of HCV in Pakistani Population

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is the most prevalent human pathogen in Pakistan and is the major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in infected patients. It has shifted from being hypo-endemic to being hyper-endemic. There was no information about the origin and evolution of the local variants. Here we use newly developed phyloinformatic methods of sequence analysis to conduct the first comprehensive investigation of the evolutionary and biogeographic history in unprecedented detail and breadth. Considering evolutionary rate and molecular-clock hypothesis in context, we reconstructed the spatiotemporal spread of HCV in the whole territory of its circulation using a combination of Bayesian MCMC methods utilizing all sequences available in GenBank. Comparative analysis were performed and were addressed. Whole genome and individual gene analysis have shown that sub-types 1a, 1b and 3a are recognized as epidemic strains and are distributed globally. Here we confirm that the origin of HCV 3a genotypes is in South Asia and HCV has evolved in the region to become stably adapted to the host environment.
A hierarchical approach for identifying user activity patterns from mobile phone call detail records

With the increasing use of mobile devices, now it is possible to collect different data about the day-to-day activities of personal life of the user. Call Detail Record (CDR) is the available dataset at large-scale, as they are already constantly collected by the mobile operator mostly for billing purpose. By examining this data it is possible to analyze the activities of the people in urban areas and discover the human behavioral patterns of their daily life. These datasets can be used for many applications that vary from urban and transportation planning to predictive analytics of human behavior. In our research work, we have proposed a hierarchical analytical model where this CDR Dataset is used to find facts on the daily life activities of urban users in multiple layers. In our model, only the raw CDR data are used as the input in the initial layer and the outputs from each consecutive layer is used as new input combined with the original CDR data in the next layers to find more detailed facts, e.g., traffic density in different areas in working days and holidays. So, the output in each layer is dependent on the results of the previous layers. This model utilized the CDR Dataset of one month collected from the Dhaka city, which is one of the most densely populated cities of the world. So, our main focus of this research work is to explore the usability of these types of dataset for innovative applications, such as urban planning, traffic monitoring and prediction, in a fashion more appropriate for densely populated areas of developing countries.
Algorithm for Primary Full-thickness Skin Grafting in Pediatric Hand Burns

Background Pediatric hand burns are a difficult problem because they lead to serious hand deformities with functional impairment due to rapid growth during childhood. Therefore, adequate management is required beginning in the acute stage. Our study aims to establish surgical guidelines for a primary full-thickness skin graft (FTSG) in pediatric hand burns, based on long-term observation periods and existing studies. Methods From January 2000 to May 2011, 210 patients underwent primary FTSG. We retrospectively studied the clinical course and treatment outcomes based on the patients' medical records. The patients' demographics, age, sex, injury site of the fingers, presence of web space involvement, the incidence of postoperative late deformities, and the duration of revision were critically analyzed. Results The mean age of the patients was 24.4 months (range, 8 to 94 months), consisting of 141 males and 69 females. The overall observation period was 6.9 years (range, 1 to 11 years) on average. At the time of the burn, 56 cases were to a single finger, 73 to two fingers, 45 to three fingers, and 22 to more than three. Among these cases, 70 were burns that included a web space (33.3%). During the observation, 25 cases underwent corrective operations with an average period of 40.6 months. Conclusions In the volar area, primary full-thickness skin grafting can be a good indication for an isolated injured finger, excluding the web spaces, and injuries of less than three fingers including the web spaces. Also, in the dorsal area, full-thickness skin grafting can be a good indication. However, if the donor site is insufficient and the wound is large, split-thickness skin grafting can be considered.
Integration models in a .NET plug-in framework

Applications based on plug-in architectures are extensible through thirdparties and enable customized user environments. We argue that extensibility and customization are important features in enterprise application software. In an ongoing research project we are developing a plug-in platform in . NET for the enterprise domain. Targeting the enterprise domain raises special requirements with security, reliability and versioning. This paper presents models for host and plug-in integration that address execution of plug-ins in reliable settings and allowing independent evolution of core applications and plug-ins and it will show how this has been solved in a consistent and transparent way in the . NET plug-in framework.
User Information Satisfaction with a Knowledge-based Virtual Community: An Empirical Investigation

Building upon the expectation disconfirmation theory and prior satisfaction studies, this study proposes a research model explaining user information satisfaction in knowledge-based virtual communities. The proposed model was tested using an online survey that was conducted among the users of a non-profit-making Bulletin Board Systems established by a local university in mainland China. The results suggest that user information satisfaction with knowledge-based virtual communities is determined by four attributes of information quality, including accuracy, comprehensiveness, relevance and timeliness, and their disconfirmations.
Ex Vivo Activated Human Macrophages Improve Healing, Remodeling, and Function of the Infarcted Heart

Background— Activated macrophages have a significant role in wound healing and damaged tissue repair. We sought to explore the ability of ex vivo activated macrophages to promote healing and repair of the infarcted myocardium. Methods and Results— Human activated macrophage suspension (AMS) was prepared from a whole blood unit obtained from young donors in a closed sterile system and was activated by a novel method of hypo-osmotic shock. The AMS (≈4×105 cells) included up to 43% CD14-positive cells and was injected into the ischemic myocardium of rats (n=8) immediately after coronary artery ligation. The control group (n=9) was treated with saline injection. The human cells existed in the infarcted heart 4 to 7 days after injection, as indicated by histology, human growth hormone-specific polymerase chain reaction, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tracking of iron oxide–nanoparticle-labeled cells. After 5 weeks, scar vessel density (±SE) (25±4 versus 10±1 per mm2; P<0.05), myofibroblast accumulation, and recruitment of resident monocytes and macrophages were greater in AMS-treated hearts compared with controls. Serial echocardiography studies, before and 5 weeks after injection, showed that AMS improved scar thickening (0.15±0.01 versus 0.11±0.01 cm; P<0.05), reduced left ventricular (LV) diastolic dilatation (0.87±0.02 versus 0.99±0.04 cm; P<0.05), and improved LV fractional shortening (31±2 versus 20±4%; P<0.05), compared with controls. Conclusions— Early after myocardial infarction, injection of AMS accelerates vascularization, tissue repair, and improves cardiac remodeling and function. Our work suggests a novel clinically relevant option to promote the repair of ischemic tissue.
Detecting a light gravitino at a linear collider to probe the SUSY-breaking scale.

If supersymmetry is dynamically broken at a low scale (${M}_{\mathrm{SUSY}}$), within a few orders of magnitude of the weak scale, then the lightest supersymmetric partner is the gravitino and the next-to-lightest supersymmetric partner is a neutralino ${\ensuremath{\chi}}_{1}^{0}$ with mass ${m}_{{\ensuremath{\chi}}_{1}^{0}}$, which can decay into a photon ($\ensuremath{\gamma}$) plus a gravitino ($\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{G}$). We study the detection of ${e}^{\ensuremath{-}}{e}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\chi}}_{1}^{0}{\ensuremath{\chi}}_{1}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\gamma}\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{G}\ensuremath{\gamma}\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{G}$ at the proposed Linear Collider, and find the range of the parameters ${M}_{\mathrm{SUSY}}$ and ${m}_{{\ensuremath{\chi}}_{1}^{0}}$ that can be accessible with a right-hand polarized electron beam at $\sqrt{S}=500$ GeV, with 50 ${\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ integrated luminosity. We also discuss briefly the accessible range for current electron and hadron colliders.
Solving the Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem by a Novel Meta- heuristic Algorithm

The multiple traveling salesman problem (MTSP) is a generalization of the famous traveling salesman problem (TSP), where more than one salesman is used in the solution. Although the MTSP is a typical kind of computationally complex combinatorial optimization problem, it can be extended to a wide variety of routing problems. This paper presents an efficient and evolutionary optimization algorithm which has been developed through combining Modified Imperialist Competitive Algorithm and Lin-Kernigan Algorithm (MICA) in order to solve the MTSP. In the proposed algorithm, an absorption function and several local search algorithms as a revolution operator are used. The performance of our algorithm was tested on several MTSP benchmark problems and the results confirmed that the MICA performs
THE ROLE OF EARLY MALADAPTIVE SCHEMAS ON ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: A REVIEW STUDY

Human beings are a social entity, and the relationships have an important role in the lives of people. Beliefs and patterns of behavior in relationships are shaped by early life experiences (Bartholomew & Shaver, 1998; Hazan & Shaver, 1994). Ainsworth and Bowlby (1991) have stated that babies can only feel safe when they can have parent figures that care for them and take responsibility for the consequences of their behavior. A similar view of object relations and attachment theories is that the individual develops schemas according to the level of meeting the needs of early childhood and reflects these schemas to current life events (Rafaeli, Bernstein & Young, 2013). There are 18 early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) that arise due to most of the relational needs, and they arise in distressed relational processes. In the relationship, if the partners are faced with situations that trigger their schemas, they may be insufficient to meet each other's needs, show sensitivity and cognitive distortion (Young, Klosko & Weishaar, 2013). As a result, the purpose of this study is to briefly introduce the EMSs, to provide some research on the role of EMSs on romantic relationships, and to suggest recommendations to mental health professionals on how to conceptualize and treat romantic relationship problems. Research conducted over the past two decades shows that attachment problems persist in adulthood and these problems have a strong influence on a large number of behaviors in relationships. Research on the role of EMSs on romantic relationships show that schemas play an active role in adult-related conflict (Messman Moore and Coates (2007), divorce process (Yousefi, Etemadi, Bahrami, Ahmadi & Sadat Fatehi 2010), inclinations of romantic relationship (Cihan Gungor, 2015), marital satisfaction (Kebritchi, & Mohammadkhani, 2016), couple satisfaction and individual mate value (Dumitrescu, & Rusu, 2012). Thus, it can be said that moving through EMSs in relational problems enables the systematic understanding of emotional, cognitive and behavioral structures.
Recovery concepts for data sharing systems

Crash and media recovery problems that have to be addressed in data sharing systems are addressed. Recovery is complicated by dependencies on other functions such as buffer management and concurrency control. Furthermore, a global log file is to be constructed where the modifications of committed transactions are reflected in chronological order. Logging and recovery protocols that employ the primary copy approach for concurrency/coherence control are proposed for loosely coupled data sharing systems. A comparison with existing data sharing system shows that the protocols support high performance during normal processing as well as efficient recovery that provides high availability. <<ETX>>
Search Engine Overlaps : Do they agree or disagree?

Secondary studies, such as systematic literature reviews and mapping studies, are an essential element of the evidence-based paradigm. A critical part of the review process is the identification of all relevant research. As such, any researcher intending to conduct a secondary review should be aware of the strengths and weakness of the search engines available. Analyse the overlap between search engine results for software engineering studies. Three independent studies were conducted to evaluate the overlap between multiple search engines for different search areas. The findings indicate that very little overlap was found between the search engines. To complete a systematic review, researchers must use multiple search terms and search engines. The lack of overlap might also be caused by inconsistent keyword selection amongst authors.
Tracking and speed estimation of selected object in video sequence

Object tracking and speed estimation is one of the important tasks in video processing. The availability of high quality and cheap video camcorders and the increasing need for automated video analysis has generated a great deal of interest in video processing algorithms. Numerous approaches for speed estimation have been proposed. This paper deals with object tracking and speed estimation in a video sequence. We proposed a novel method to estimate the speed of moving object in video sequences captured with a static camcorder. The movement of object is determined by direction and speed. The article describes the algorithms used in the novel technique that were implemented in Rapidminer. One new operator for speed measurement was developed and implemented. This operator provides information about the movement of selected object in video sequence. Finally, three short shots were captured to test of the proposed solution. Results of these tests are presented at the end of this paper.
A heparin-binding domain from N-CAM is involved in neural cell- substratum adhesion

Cell-substratum adhesion in the embryonic chicken nervous system has been shown to be mediated in part by a 170,000-mol-wt polypeptide that is a component of adherons. Attachment of retinal cells to the 170,000- mol-wt protein is inhibited by the C1H3 monoclonal antibody and by heparan sulfate (Cole, G. J., D. Schubert, and L. Glaser, 1985, J. Cell Biol., 100:1192-1199). In the present study we have demonstrated that the 170,000-mol-wt C1H3 polypeptide is immunologically identical to the neural cell adhesion molecule N-CAM, and that the 170,000-mol-wt component of N-CAM is preferentially secreted by cells as a component of adherons. We have identified a monoclonal antibody, designated B1A3, that inhibits heparin binding to N-CAM and cell-to-substratum adhesion. A 25,000-mol-wt heparin (heparan sulfate)-binding domain of N-CAM has been identified by limited proteolysis, and this fragment promotes cell attachment when bound to glass surfaces. The fragment also partially inhibits cell binding to adherons when bound to retinal cells, and the B1A3 monoclonal antibody inhibits retinal cell attachment to substrata composed of intact N-CAM or the heparin-binding domain. These data are the first evidence that N-CAM is a multifunctional protein that contains both cell-and heparin (heparan sulfate)-binding domains.