Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Level of IgG 4 Anti-Desmoglein 3 Antibodies Correlates with Disease Activity in Patients with Pemphigus Vulgaris

Background: Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune blistering disease that involves the skin and mucous membranes. The antigen target is desmoglein, a cadherin-type cell-to-cell adhesion molecule found in desmosomes. The levels of immunoglobulin G anti-desmoglein 3 antibodies correlate positively with disease activity. Furthermore, the immunoglobulin G4 isotype appears to play a predominant role in pathogenesis. However, anti-desmoglein 3 antibodies are present in patients with pemphigus vulgaris during clinical remission. Our objective was to measure and compare the immunoglobulin G4 response to desmoglein 3 in patients with pemphigus vulgaris in clinical remission with those with clinically active disease. Methods: We included sera from 7 male and 10 female caucasian patients with an age range of 35-76 years. Patients were previously diagnosed with pemphigus vulgaris (12 with clinically active disease, 14 in clinical remission) and who were positive for anti-desmoglein 3 autoantibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were studied. Anti-desmoglein 3 (total immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin G1, and immunoglobulin G4 subclasses) antibodies were measured by modified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Also, immunoglobulin G subclasses of anti-skin antibodies were tested by indirect immunofluorescence. Results: The anti-desmoglein 3 specific immunoglobulin G1 and immunoglobulin G4 subclass study revealed that sera from patients with clinically inactive disease have lower anti-desmoglein 3 immunoglobulin G4 subclass antibody levels than sera from those with active disease by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (p=0.03). However, there was no statistically significant difference for immunoglobulin G1 between the two groups. Similarly, the presence of immunoglobulin G subclasses of anti-skin antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence between the two groups was not statistically significantly different. Conclusion: Levels of anti-desmoglein 3 immunoglobulin G4 subclass autoantibodies look very adequate to compare patients in remission with clinically active patients with pemphigus vulgaris (p=0.03).
Nutrient dynamics in lakes – with emphasis on phosphorus , sediment and lake restoration Doctor ’ s dissertation ( DSc ) , 2007

This dissertation including 16 selected English papers and book contributions was accepted by the Faculty of Science, University of Aarhus, for the doctor’s degree in natural sciences. The dissertation describes the dynamic interactions between nutrients, the sediment and the biological conditions in lakes. First, Danish lake types are characterised and their development described relative to changes in nutrient loading. After this a more detailed description is given of lake retention of nutrients, including the binding of phosphorus in the sediment and the exchange of phosphorus between the sediment and the water phase. Next follows a section on the multiple mechanisms behind the release and uptake of phosphorus in the sediment. As a user-oriented aspect, lake restoration and the results obtained from the various chemical and biological methods applied in Denmark so far are treated. Finally, reflections are made on future management and research issues for Danish lakes, including the future climate and the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive.
The optimal strategies of competitive inside traders with the existence of public information

We studied the inside traders' optimal strategies and the impact of public information on competitive insider trading in the context of Holden and Subrahmanyan(1992)'s speculative market. We explicitly described the unique linear equilibrium and found that competition among inside traders leads to more informative equilibrium price. Public information is detrimental for insiders and beneficial for the liquidity traders. Every insider also put a negative weight on the public information in formulating his optimal strategy, but the weight is bigger than that of Shunlong Luo (2001), where there is only one insider.
Intimate Partner Violence and Gender A / Symmetry : An Integrative Literature

Gender stereotypes have largely been discussed in the occurrence of marital violence, mainly in international literature. The objective was to map and analyze scientific literature, published between 2010 and 2015, using the databases ISI Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, Medline Complete, PsycInfo e Scielo. Strings used were: a) first search strategy – “intimate partner violence” AND “gender symmetry”; b) second search strategy – “intimate partner violence” AND “gender asymmetry”. We analyzed 48 journal articles entirely available online. Most publications are from The United States (60.41%) and use quantitative research designs (60.41%). The most frequently used instrument was the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2), even though criticized because of its checklist structure. Disagreement remains about gender a/symmetry in conjugal violence, however, an emerging perspective affirms that these cases should not be generalized and each couple’s specificities must be assessed. National studies are necessary to contemplate different aspects of this phenomenon.
A Theoretical Integration of Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy in OCD Treatment: Experiential Techniques and Cognitive-Based Interventions in Action (Part III)

This final article is part of the trilogy presenting a possible integration of Schema Therapy (ST) and Cognitive Therapy (CT) in Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment. It aims at describing how experiential and cognitive based acceptance techniques might be applied to treat this psychopathological condition. In the first article published in this special issue (Luppino et al., 2018) we reported the main data supporting the role of proximal psychological determinants in the genesis and maintenance of the obsessive symptomatology, highlighting the role of deontological guilt and disgust, and of the Not Just Right Experience. According to these, we described the internal profile of the disorder as conceptualized by Mancini’s (2018) cognitive model. In the second manuscript (Tenore et al., 2018) we proposed a conceptualization of OCD, in terms of schemas and modes (as proposed by ST), integrating it with the previously described cognitive model. In agreement with these two articles, the aim of this work is to explain how experiential and cognitive techniques can be integrated to explain obsessive functioning and to achieve a successful treatment. We first describe emotion focused-experiential procedures derived from the ST framework, specifically focusing on imagery techniques, such as diagnostic imagery, rescripting and Healthy Adult imagery. Secondly we explain how chairwork can be applied to change obsessive dysfunctional schema modes. Finally, we focus on cognitive based acceptance intervention aimed at reducing the typical feelings of deontological guilt and disgust, two core emotions in OCD. In the conclusion we briefly resume the major aspects proposed in the three articles, and we present some potential further applications of a joined approach applied to other psychopathological conditions.
Labral (Pathologic) Similarities for the Human Shoulder and Hip Joint

Large differences exist between twoand four-legged locomotion, major morphological changes occurred in the human musculoskeletal system to facilitate its new purpose. The shoulder (glenohumeral) joints’ primary purpose shifted from stability to increase mobility. Contradictory, the hip (acetabulofemoral) joints’ primary purpose shifted from mobility to increase stability. However, stability and mobility are opposing functions and an optimal new equilibrium needed to be generated by means of morphological changes.
Focus+Context Display of Web Pages: Implementation Alternatives

This paper describes an outline processor display of Web pages. We attach icons, called zippers, to the HTML heading tags (H1, H2, .), and the user can dynamically include or elide the body of each section by clicking on the zipper. We have implemented zippers in three different ways: zippers that are inserted by a custom-built Web browser and that control the browser's display engine; zippers that are inserted into the HTML document by a Web proxy and that use the proxy to generate modified HTML reflecting the changed state of the zipper; and zippers that trigger a JavaScript program which redisplays an appropriately modified version of the page.
Price Determinants of Bred Cows in Oklahoma Auctions

Bred cows are an input into beef production. Often producers are directly marketing bred cows as beef replacement animals. Alternatively, some producers are capitalizing on alternative marketing opportunities and are selling cull cows as bred. However, in auctions across the state of Oklahoma, quality and value variation in the bred cows is apparent. Product differentiation and price variability is frequently modeled using the hedonic approach. Hedonic models have previously been applied to various classes of cattle including cull cows and cow-calf pairs. However, no previous research has determined the value of bred cow characteristics. The objective of this paper is to determine the market value of various bred cow traits, including age, weight, months bred, cow quality, and hide color. The model accounts for seasonal and cyclical influences on bred cow value. Fifteen years of USDA AMS data for seven Oklahoma auctions is used to estimate the bred cow hedonic model. We expect significant premiums for young, productive, black-hided, late gestation cows. Results will help producers improve replacement cow procurement and cow marketing strategies. Producers will be able to identify traits buyers find desirable allowing them to market a more valuable product.
Tableau-based decision procedures for the logics of subinterval structures over dense orderings

In this paper, we develop tableau-based decision procedures for the logics of subinterval structures over dense linear orderings. In particular, we consider the two difficult cases: the relation of strict subintervals (with both endpoints strictly inside the current interval) and the relation of proper subintervals (that can share one endpoint with the current interval). For each of these logics, we establish a small pseudo-model property and construct a sound, complete, and terminating tableau that searches systematically for existence of such a pseudo-model satisfying the input formulas. Both constructions are non-trivial, but the latter is substantially more complicated because of the presence of beginning and ending subintervals which require special treatment. We prove PSPACE completeness for both procedures and implement them in the generic tableau-based theorem prover Lotrec.
The Ecumene Experience to Data Integration in Cultural Heritage Web Information Systems

A number of diverse data sources on cultural/artistic heritage, hosted by local institutions, may provide a rich collection of study material for experts in this field. Anyway, a wide exploitation of such a huge amount of information is hampered by the heterogeneity and the physical distribution of data sources. The experience presented here relates to problems and solutions found in making use of this kind of data sources within a single Web Information System that offers a framework for accessing the artistic/cultural information. In particular, design issues in dealing with metadata are discussed, as well as architectural aspects from the metadata harvesting to the presentation tier. All the system leverages the web infrastructure to cope with both organizational and technological diversity among the composing modules.
An efficient solution of the perspective problem via a suitable delay Riccati equation

In this paper it is proposed a new approach to the solution of the classical state estimation problem for a general time-varying perspective system. The solution is achieved by the definition of a virtual output which has the property to convert the original nonlinear output measurement function into a linear time-varying one. This allows the computation of an efficient observer gain matrix by the real-time solution of a suitable delay Riccati equation. Numerical results show high performances of the observer.
Childhood conditions and education as determinants of adult height and obesity among Greenland Inuit

Height and obesity are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and other physical and mental health conditions. Their association with childhood socioeconomic position has been demonstrated in studies among European and a few third world populations. In a random sample of adult Greenland Inuit (N = 2302) we studied the association between childhood socioeconomic conditions and height as well as prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30) in a cross sectional design. In block recursive graphical independence models, height was associated with mother's place of birth, birth cohort, childhood residence, alcohol problems in childhood home, and education among both men and women. Obesity was associated with mother's place of birth (for men) and with alcohol problems (for women). In General Linear Models, men with an all rural background and no education beyond primary school measured on average 165.1 cm compared with 172.1 cm for men with an all urban background (P < 0.001); women measured 153.9 and 161.1 cm (P < 0.001). Rural‐urban differences in prevalence of obesity were not statistically significant. The height differences were considerably larger than between educational groups in European countries and of the same order of magnitude as those reported between men from the 17th century and men from 400 BC in the European and Mediterranean region. The rural‐urban gradient in height follows the socioeconomic gradient and may negatively affect cardiovascular risk among the rural Greenlanders, while their physically active lifestyle and high consumption of n‐3 fatty acids may counteract this. Am. J. Hum. Biol., 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
'Large' Versus 'Small' Players: A Closer Look at the Dynamics of Speculative Attacks

What is the role of “large players” (e.g., hedge funds) in speculative attacks? Recent work suggests that large players move early to induce smaller agents to attack. However, many observers argue that large players move late in order to benefit from interest-rate differentials. We propose a model in which large players can do both. Using data on currency trading by foreign (large) and local (small) players, we find that foreign players moved last in three attacks on the Norwegian krone during the 1990s. During the attack on the Swedish krona after the Russian moratorium in 1998, foreign players moved early. Gains by delaying attack were small, however, because interest rates did not increase.
First Insight into the Current Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle Slaughtered in Cameroon : the Case of Main Abattoirs of Yaoundé and Douala-Francioli

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the current prevalence of bovine tuberculosis at Yaoundé and Douala abattoirs. Study Design: Many investigations confirmed that bovine tuberculosis is prevalent in cattle destined for consumption in Cameroon but the magnitude and the distribution of animal tuberculosis in the country are unknown. Place and Duration of Study: Sampling was made during routine meat inspection, in the Yaoundé and Douala abattoirs located in the Central and Littoral regions of Cameroon respectively. Sampling was successively carried out from November 2010 to April 2011. Sample processing (culture, acid-fast staining and spoligotyping) was made at Short Communication British Microbiology Research Journal, 3(3): 272-279, 2013 273 Mycobacteriology Reference Laboratory in Centre Pasteur of Cameroon. Methods: About 16,316 slaughtered cattle, were successively inspected for tuberculosis during this study. Among them 9,127 and 7,189 were slaughtered in Yaoundé and Douala abattoirs respectively. Evidence of pathology was supported by postmortem examination of carcasses using visual examination and palpation of lungs, livers, hearts, internal bodies and lymph nodes. The prevalence was calculated as the number of cattle with suspected TB lesions divided by the number of cattle examined at post mortem within the specified period. Ziehl-Neelsen staining, culture on solid medium and spoligotyping were made to identify acid-fast Bacilli and Mycobacterium bovis. Results: The overall apparent prevalence of bovine tuberculosis based on suggestive macroscopic lesions induced by tuberculosis was 1.03%. This prevalence was split to 0.81% and 1.3% in Yaoundé and Douala abattoirs respectively. Mycobacterium bovis accounted for 47.62% of the tuberculous lesions and its prevalence was 0.49%. Conclusion: This result show that bovine tuberculosis is still prevalent in cattle destined for human consumption in Cameroon and highlighted the contribution of M. bovis as the leading cause of bovine tuberculosis in Cameroon.
Thai Phonetically Balanced Word Recognition Test : Test-retest Reliability and Error Analysis

To develop a new Thai word recognition test with emphasis on phonetic balance, reliability, and inter-list equivalency, Thammasat University Phonetically Balanced Word Lists 2014 were created with five different lists. TU PB’14 reflects Thai phoneme distribution [1] based on large-scale written Thai corpora, InterBEST [2]. To further evaluate its test-retest reliability, the lists are given in test and retest sessions to 30 normal-hearing subjects. Percent correct discrimination scores between the two sessions are not significantly different. Detailed analysis of listeners’ errors reveals that errors occurred predominantly in the case of initial only, final only, and initial along with final consonants.
Autoencoders for QoS Prediction at the Edge

In service-oriented architectures, collaborative filtering is a key technique for service recommendation based on QoS prediction. Matrix factorisation has emerged as one of the main approaches for collaborative filtering as it can handle sparse matrices and produces good prediction accuracy. However, this process is resource-intensive and training must take place in the cloud, which can lead to a number of issues for user privacy and being able to update the model with new QoS information. Due to the time-varying nature of QoS it is essential to update the QoS prediction model to ensure that it is using the most recent values to maintain prediction accuracy. The request time, which is the time for a middleware to submit a user’s information and receive QoS metrics for a candidate services is also important due to the limited time during dynamic service adaptations to choose suitable replacement services. In this paper we propose a stacked autoencoder with dropout on a deep edge architecture and show how this can be used to reduce training and request time compared to traditional matrix factorisation algorithms, while maintaining predictive accuracy. To evaluate the accuracy of the algorithms we compare the actual and predicted QoS values using standard error metrics such as MAE and RMSE. In addition, we propose an alternative evaluation technique using the predictions as part of a service composition and measuring the impact that the predictions have on the response time and throughput of the final composition. This more clearly shows the direct impact that these algorithms will have in practice.
Uun Yanuhar The Role of Immunogenic Adhesin Vibrio alginolyticus 49 kDa to Molecule Expression of Major Histocompatibility Complex on Receptors of Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis

The purpose of research was to know the role of immunogenic protein of 49 kDa from V.alginolyticus which capable to initiate molecule expression of MHC Class II in receptor of Cromileptes altivelis. The method used was in vivo experimental research through testing of immunogenic protein 49 kDa from V.alginolyticus at Cromileptes altivelis (size of 250 300 grams) using 3 times booster by injecting an immunogenic protein in a intramuscular manner. Response of expressed MHC molecule was shown using immunocytochemistry method and SEM. Results indicated that adhesin V.alginolyticus 49 kDa which have immunogenic character could trigger expression of MHC class II on receptor of grouper and has been proven by staining using immunocytochemistry and SEM with labeling using antibody anti MHC (anti mouse). This visible expression based on binding between epitopes antigen and antibody anti MHC in the receptor. Using immunocytochemistry, intracellular response of MHC to in vivo induction of immunogenic adhesin from V.alginolyticus was shown. Keywords—C.altivelis, immunogenic, MHC, V.alginolyticus.
Sparsity-based online missing sensor data recovery

In sensor networks, due to power outage at a sensor node, hardware dysfunction, or bad environmental conditions, not all sensor samples can be successfully gathered at the sink. Additionally, in the data stream scenario, some nodes may continually miss samples for a period of time. In this paper, a sparsity-based online data recovery approach is proposed. We construct an over complete dictionary composed of past data frames and traditional fixed transform bases. Assuming the current frame can be sparsely represented using only a few elements of the dictionary, missing samples in each frame can be estimated by Basis Pursuit. Our method was tested on data from a real sensor network application: monitoring the temperatures of the disk drive racks at a data center. Simulations show that in terms of estimation accuracy and stability, the proposed approach outperforms existing average-based interpolation methods, and is more robust to burst missing along the time dimension.
Botulinum Toxin A Injections to the Upper Limbs in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Duration of Effect

We report our experience on the duration of effectiveness of botulinum toxin A injections to the upper extremities of children with cerebral palsy. A retrospective chart review was conducted on 30 consecutive patients (mean age, 9.9 ± 5.0 years) with spastic hemiparesis and quadriparesis. They received 1 to 5 treatments, totaling 56 treatments for the entire cohort. The injected muscles were the pronator teres (50/56), flexor carpi radialis (39/56), biceps (38/56), flexor carpi ulnaris (35/56), opponens (21/56), and adductor pollicis (17/56). Children were assessed for muscle tone and classified according to the Manual Ability Classification System before and after treatment. Functional improvement was apparent after 42 of 56 treatments, and muscle tone decreased significantly (P < .001). The mean duration of the effect was 7.0 ± 3.0 months. We conclude that the effect of botulinum toxin A to the upper limbs is retained for longer periods of time than those reported for lower limbs.
Extended Mind , Power , & Prayer Morphic Resonance and the Collective Unconscious PART III

This i s the third in our series of essays by Rupert Sheldrake on the implications of his hypothesis of Formative Causation for the psychology of C. G. Jung. The intense controversy this hypothesis generated with the publication of his f irst book, A New Science of Life (1981), has stimulated a number of international competitions for evaluating his ideas via experimental investigations. The results of these experimental tests are reported in his new book, "be Presence of tbe Past (1988) wherein he writes: