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SAC : An Efficient Retargetable Source-to-Source Compiler for Multimedia Instruction Sets

Multimedia instruction sets allow developments of time and power efficient applications. As a consequence they are widely used in embedded systems, e.g. NEON in ARM processors, but also in general purpose processors e.g. SSEx in Intel and AMD processors and AVX for new processors). Unfortunately, it is difficult to write lowlevel code for such instruction sets, and no portability is possible. So developers rely on compilers to perform this optimization step. But the wide range of hardware targets and the diversity of multimedia instruction sets make it difficult for the compiler community to provide time-to-market compilers for all possible combination of targets. In this paper, we propose a source-to-source approach that combines an efficient vectorization algorithm with a generic instruction set. Back-ends in the form of C implementation of various intrinsics provide retargetable performances. The two first contributions are the parameterized vectorization algorithm and the use of source-to-source capabilities for easy debugging and easy retargeting. As a third contribution, the approach is validated by experiments from several scientific fields carried out on Intel and AMD machines, and comparisons with recent version of gcc, llvm and icc. The average speed-up is 10% over gcc -march=native -O3, 20% over llvm and 5% over icc -O3 with some case showing 70% speedup over gcc and 20% speedup over icc
Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture

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A fuzzy filter for images corrupted by impulse noise

A new operator is presented which adopts a fuzzy logic approach for the enhancement of images corrupted by impulse noise. The proposed operator is based on two-step fuzzy reasoning, and it is able to perform a very strong noise cancellation while preserving image details very well. The new fuzzy filter is favorably compared with other nonlinear operators in the literature.
Benzodiazepines and Z-Drug Use among HIV-Infected Patients in Taiwan: A 13-Year Nationwide Cohort Study

Introduction. Benzodiazepines (BZDs) and zolpidem, zopiclone, and zaleplon (Z-drugs) are commonly prescribed to HIV-infected patients. We hypothesized that frequent BZD and Z-drug use among these patients may be associated with psychiatric illnesses, particularly in long-term users. Methods. We included 1,081 patients with HIV between 1998 and 2011 from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database and matched them according to age, sex, and comorbidity with uninfected controls to investigate the psychiatric diagnoses and prescriptions of BZDs and Z-drugs. Cumulative defined daily dose (cDDD) was assessed as the indicator of the duration of medication exposure. Patients exhibiting a cDDD exceeding 180 were defined as long-term users. Results. The patients with HIV had an increased risk of any use (odds ratio (OR): 8.70, 95% confidence interval (CI): 6.82–10.97) and long-term use (OR: 5.06, 95% CI: 3.63–7.04) of BZD and Z-drugs compared with those without HIV during the follow-up after demographic data and psychiatric comorbidities were adjusted. Conclusion. A large proportion of the HIV-infected patients received prescriptions of BZDs and Z-drugs. Mood disorders, insomnia, anxiety disorders, HIV infection, and substance use disorder were substantial predictors among the BZD and Z-drug users. These findings suggest that providing psychiatric services for HIV-infected patients is vital.
Shear Waves and Giant-Flare Oscillations from Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters

Recent observations of giant flares from soft gamma-ray repeaters have exhibited multiple ~25-150 Hz oscillations. Frequencies in this range are expected for toroidal shear waves in a neutron star (NS) crust, lending support to Duncan's proposal that such modes may be excited in these events. This motivates a reassessment of how these waves reflect the NS structure and what role the magnetic field plays in setting their frequencies. We calculate the eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions of toroidal oscillations for a realistic NS crust, including a vertical magnetic field at magnetar strengths (B ~ 1014-1015 G). The lowest radial-order mode has a redshifted frequency of ≈28 Hz[l(l + 1)/6]1/2, with the prefactor depending on the NS's mass and radius and its crust's depth and composition. This mode is independent of the magnetic field for B ≲ 4 × 1015 G, a limit much greater than the inferred dipole magnetic fields for these objects. Although this is a good fit to the observed oscillations, only rather loose constraints can be made for the NSs' properties because all that can be fit is this prefactor (a single parameter). Modes with shorter radial wavelengths are more sensitive to the magnetic field starting at B ~ 2 × 1014 G and have higher frequencies (~600-2000 Hz). The discovery of these modes, coupled with the oscillations observed thus far, would provide a powerful probe to the NS crustal structure.
Uva-dare (digital Academic Repository) Malaria in Infants below Six Months of Age: Retrospective Surveillance of Hospital Admission Records in Blantyre, Malawi Malaria Journal Malaria in Infants below Six Months of Age: Retrospective Surveillance of Hospital Admission Records in Blantyre, Malawi

General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: Abstract Background: Information on the burden of malaria in early infancy is scarce. Young infants are relatively protected against clinical malaria during the first six months of life due to the presence of maternal antibodies and foetal haemoglobin, and have received relatively little attention with respect to research and treatment guidelines. The World Health Organization provides treatment guidelines for children from six months onwards, without specific treatment guidelines for the younger infants. A number of recent reports however suggest that the burden in this young age group may be underestimated.
L'impact de l'état de santé sur l'emploi des seniors en Europe

L'etat de sante des seniors europeens joue fortement sur la probabilite d'etre en emploi, selon l'etude realisee a partir de l'enquete SHARE 2004. A l'echelle europeenne, le taux d'emploi des personnes de 50 ans et plus est en effet beaucoup plus faible pour les personnes declarant une maladie ou une limitation severe dans leurs activites quotidiennes. Il est, par exemple, deux fois moins eleve que la moyenne chez celles qui declarent souffrir d'un occident vasculaire cerebral (AVC). De meme, pour les personnes atteintes d'un cancer, le taux d'emploi passe de 43 % a 34 % pour les femmes et de 63 % a 42 % pour les hommes. Apres avoir elimine les effets de l'âge, du niveau d'etudes, du statut marital et du pays de residence sur l'etat de sante, l'analyse montre que les maladies les plus invalidantes pour l'emploi sont pour les hommes : les fractures de la hanche, les accidents vasculaires cerebraux et le cancer et pour les femmes : les accidents vasculaires cerebraux, les maladies cardiaques et le diabete. L'etude montre enfin que l'etat de sante n'explique pas les differences entre les taux d'emploi des seniors des pays europeens etudies, qui varient dans la population masculine d'un peu plus de 40 % en Autriche a 80 % en Suisse. Ces ecarts seraient a mettre plutot sur le compte des conjonctures economiques nationales et des cadres institutionnels concernant par exemple l'âge legal de depart a la retraite ou les dispositifs de cessation d'activite.
Participatory journalism in the mainstream: Attitudes and implementation at British news websites

Established Internet news media have been criticized for an alleged reluctance to react to ‘grassroots’ and ‘citizen’ journalists who via websites, blogs, and wikis are publishing and promoting alternative current affairs journalism. This paper contends that the adoption of user generated content initiatives by mainstream news sites is as much a function of local organizational and technical circumstances as it is of any adherence to traditional editorial practices. The study employed qualitative research interviews with senior journalists at national and regional news websites in England and Scotland to examine the editorial, commercial, legal, technical, and personnel issues involved. For scholars of interactive media and journalism it offers case studies on the changing patterns of news consumption and production. Date of manuscript: 27 March, 2006.
An enhanced threshold based technique for white blood cells nuclei automatic segmentation

One of the most important clinical examination tests is the blood test. In a clinical laboratory, counting different blood cells is important. Manual microscopic inspection is time-consuming and requires technical knowledge. Therefore, automatic medical diagnosis systems are required to help physicians to diagnose diseases in a fast and yet efficient way. Cell automatic classification has larger interest especially for clinics and laboratories; the most important step in automatic classification success is segmentation. This paper shows an efficient technique for automatic blood cell nuclei segmentation. This technique is relying on enhancing and filtering the gray scale image contrast. False objects are removed utilizing minimum segment size. 365 blood images were used to examine this segmentation technique. Quantitative analysis of the proposed segmentation technique on the blood image set gives 80.6% accuracy. In comparison to other techniques the proposed segmentation technique performance was found to be superior. The five normal white blood cells types were used for evaluation to compare isolated performance. Eosinophil was found to have the lowest segmentation accuracy which is 71.0% and Monocyte was the highest one with 85.9%. The blood images dataset and the source code are published on MATLAB file exchange website for comparison and re-production.
Spotting East African Mammals in Open Savannah from Space

Knowledge of population dynamics is essential for managing and conserving wildlife. Traditional methods of counting wild animals such as aerial survey or ground counts not only disturb animals, but also can be labour intensive and costly. New, commercially available very high-resolution satellite images offer great potential for accurate estimates of animal abundance over large open areas. However, little research has been conducted in the area of satellite-aided wildlife census, although computer processing speeds and image analysis algorithms have vastly improved. This paper explores the possibility of detecting large animals in the open savannah of Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya from very high-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite images. A hybrid image classification method was employed for this specific purpose by incorporating the advantages of both pixel-based and object-based image classification approaches. This was performed in two steps: firstly, a pixel-based image classification method, i.e., artificial neural network was applied to classify potential targets with similar spectral reflectance at pixel level; and then an object-based image classification method was used to further differentiate animal targets from the surrounding landscapes through the applications of expert knowledge. As a result, the large animals in two pilot study areas were successfully detected with an average count error of 8.2%, omission error of 6.6% and commission error of 13.7%. The results of the study show for the first time that it is feasible to perform automated detection and counting of large wild animals in open savannahs from space, and therefore provide a complementary and alternative approach to the conventional wildlife survey techniques.
Predominance of Gastrointestinal Protozoan Parasites in Children: A Brief Review

Intestinal parasitic infections are among the major diseases of concern to public health throughout the world [1]. About 25% of world’s population suffers from one or more kinds of intestinal parasitic infections (helminthes/protozoa). Children because of their complex nutritional requirements and less developed immune systems are observed to be the principal sufferers of these parasitic infections [2]. Moreover, they have an extremely delicate physiology which can result in severe upsetting of their biochemical and physiological processes associated with these infections. Intestinal protozoan parasites can affect children in a variety of ways; they cause mal-absorption, reduced growth, increased risk for protein energy malnutrition, reduced psychomotor development and anemia. This report addresses Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Entamoeba as the main parasitic protozoa of concern among children worldwide.
Complex-Shaped Platinum Coils for Brain Aneurysms: Higher Packing Density, Improved Biomechanical Stability, and Midterm Angiographic Outcome

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Five to 60% of coiled brain aneurysms recanalize, generally because of coil compaction. In vitro exclusive use of complex-shaped coils allows better packing of the aneurysmal sac and the neck as compared with helical coils. We report a single-center, prospective study using complex coils. Safety, packing density, and recanalization rate were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-seven aneurysms were embolized using complex coils alone. Aneurysms had a volume of 265 mm3 (diameter: 7.1 ± 3.3 mm) and a neck size of 4.1 ± 1.8 mm (range: 1.5–12 mm). Average follow-up available in 31 patients was 10.5 ± 7.6 months (range: 3–36 months). Primary angiographic endpoints included aneurysmal recanalization and (re)rupture. Primary adverse events included stroke or death. RESULTS: Complete or near-complete occlusion was achieved in all of the aneurysms but required balloon assistance in 24.6%. The packing density was computed as 37% ± 13%. No rerupture was observed during the follow-up interval. Recanalization was seen in 4 (12.9%) of 31. Two basilar tip aneurysms underwent a safe and complete recoiling. Periprocedural nondevice-related neurologic deficits were seen in 2 (2.9%) of 69 patients. CONCLUSIONS: The use of complex-shaped coils allows higher packing density, which may improve the recanalization rate. Basilar tip aneurysms remain a challenge.
State Transition Model for Test Sequence Generation of MANET Clustering Protocols

Conformance test is test to confirm whether an implemented software satisfies the designed specification or not. In order to execute conformance test, test sequences need to be generated from the state transition diagram, which represents the specification of the implemented software. There are some different behaviors of nodes between wireless mobile ad hoc networks and wired fixed networks. Since nodes move around in the ad hoc networks, any node in the ad hoc networks receives packets from an unexpected number of neighbor nodes during a specified period. So the length of test sequences generated from the state transition diagram is affected by the number of such neighbor nodes. In order to reduce the length of test sequences, this paper proposes conditions to redefine transitions to receive packets from neighbor nodes as a set of transitions in the state transition diagram. Then this paper shows how many number of test sequence can be reduced using the redefined transitions.
Trust, Privacy, and Security in Digital Business: 11th International Conference, TrustBus 2014, Munich, Germany, September 2-3, 2014. Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Trust and Privacy in Digital Business, TrustBus 2014, held in Munich, Germany, in September 2014 in conjunction with DEXA 2014. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: trust management; trust metrics and evaluation models; privacy and trust in cloud computing; security management; and security, trust, and privacy in mobile and pervasive environments.
A methodology for scaling power dissipation values between different FPGAs

Power dissipation is one of the key parameters when designing digital circuits. While an ASIC can be exactly fitted to the requirements, targeting an FPGA means to select one of many commercially available FPGAs having different power characteristics. In this work an approach for scaling existing power values from one FPGA implementation to other FPGAs is presented. This enables a fast design space exploration of many different FPGA target architectures. The methodology is based on characterising the most important properties of each relevant FPGA type using some test designs. Afterwards, a modelling process is started for each aspect of power dissipation. The model is evaluated using a secure hashing algorithm and a Viterbi codec as benchmark designs. The mean absolute relative error for the total dynamic power dissipation is 7.3% while static power can be modelled nearly perfectly with a mean error below 0.01%. The methodology can be used to choose the most power-efficient target FPGA for an existing design without executing the traditional power estimation flow for every device under consideration.
Effect Of Ph On The Growth Performance Of Heterobranchus Bidorsalis (♂) X Clarias Gariepinus (♀) Hybrid Juveniles

Twelve plastic basins each filled with 6 litres of dechlorinated tap water at pH 6 7 (control), 75 and 8 such that each pH treatment was replicated three timesin a Latin square design were used for the study. The tanks were randomly stocked with 10 four-week-old Clarias gariepinus (♀) x Heterobranchus bidorsalis (♂) hybrid juvenies (mean weght 3.32 ± 0.05 g) and fed 30.25% crude protein diets for five weeks. Fish growth was measured by weighing the juveniles every week and the weight differences, specific growth rate (SGR) and food conversion ratio (FCR) determined. Fsh raised at pH treatment 7.0 recorded signfcantly higher weght gan (P 005) from that offish raised on pH 8.0 treatment. There was significant diference (P 0.05) between the SGR of fsh rased at pH 7 and pH 7.5 bu there was sgnificant difference between the SGR of fish raised at pH 7 and fish raised at other treatments. Fish showed reduced growth when raised at pH 6 andpH 8 and positive growth when raised at pH 7 and 7.5 though there was no significant dfference (P> 005) in FCR o fish cultured at all pH treatments. Our results showed that the optimal pH rangeor raisng the hybrid catish juvenies was between 7.0 – 7.5 pH. Keywords : Heterobranchus bidorsalis x Clarias gariepinus hybrid, Optimal pH range Animal Research International Vol. 4 (1) 2007 pp. 639-642
Weight loss to treat urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women.

BACKGROUND Obesity is an established and modifiable risk factor for urinary incontinence, but conclusive evidence for a beneficial effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence is lacking. METHODS We randomly assigned 338 overweight and obese women with at least 10 urinary-incontinence episodes per week to an intensive 6-month weight-loss program that included diet, exercise, and behavior modification (226 patients) or to a structured education program (112 patients). RESULTS The mean (+/-SD) age of the participants was 53+/-11 years. The body-mass index (BMI) (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) and the weekly number of incontinence episodes as recorded in a 7-day diary of voiding were similar in the intervention group and the control group at baseline (BMI, 36+/-6 and 36+/-5, respectively; incontinence episodes, 24+/-18 and 24+/-16, respectively). The women in the intervention group had a mean weight loss of 8.0% (7.8 kg), as compared with 1.6% (1.5 kg) in the control group (P<0.001). After 6 months, the mean weekly number of incontinence episodes decreased by 47% in the intervention group, as compared with 28% in the control group (P=0.01). As compared with the control group, the intervention group had a greater decrease in the frequency of stress-incontinence episodes (P=0.02), but not of urge-incontinence episodes (P=0.14). A higher proportion of the intervention group than of the control group had a clinically relevant reduction of 70% or more in the frequency of all incontinence episodes (P<0.001), stress-incontinence episodes (P=0.009), and urge-incontinence episodes (P=0.04). CONCLUSIONS A 6-month behavioral intervention targeting weight loss reduced the frequency of self-reported urinary-incontinence episodes among overweight and obese women as compared with a control group. A decrease in urinary incontinence may be another benefit among the extensive health improvements associated with moderate weight reduction. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00091988.)
Changes in growth and cell wall extensibility of maize silks following pollination

In response to pollination maize silks undergo an accelerated process of senescence which involves an inhibition of elongation. To gain insight into the mechanism underlying this growth response, the relationships among silk elongation kinetics, cell wall biophysical properties, pollen tube growth, and expansin protein abundance were investigated. The inhibition of silk elongation became apparent beyond 12 h after pollination. Pollinated walls were less responsive in assays of extension induced by pollen β-expansin. Expansin protein abundance and endogenous expansin activity were not considerably reduced after pollination. Silk wall plastic compliance was significantly reduced 6 h post-pollination and beyond, suggesting that the wall undergoes structural modifications leading to its rigidification in response to pollination. The reduction in the plastic compliance occurred locally and progressively, shortly after pollen tubes traversed through a region of silk. Though numerous pollen grains germinated and initiated pollen tubes at the silk tip, the density of pollen tubes gradually declined along the length of the silk and only 1–2 reached the ovary even 24 h after pollination. These results support the notion that pollination-induced cell wall rigidification plays multiple roles in maize reproduction, including inhibition of silk growth and prevention of polyspermy.