Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MashQL: A Query-by-Diagram Topping SPARQL Towards Semantic Data Mashups

ABSTRACT This article is motivated by the importance of building web data mashups. Building on the remarkable success of Web 2.0 mashups, and specially Yahoo Pipes, we generalize the idea of mashups and regard the Internet as a database. Each internet data source is seen as a table, and a mashup is seen as a query on these tables. We assume that web data sources are represented in RDF, and SPARQL is the query language. We propose a query-by-diagram language called MashQL . The goal is to allow people to build data mashups diagrammatically. In the background, MashQL queries are translated into and executed as SPARQL queries. The novelty of MashQL is that it allows querying a data source without any prior understanding of the schema or the structure of this source. Users also do not need any knowledge about RDF/SPARQL to get started. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3. 3 [ Information Search and Retrieval ]: Query formulation, Information filtering, Retrieval models General Terms Languages, Human Factors, Design, Management
Joint Learning of Constituency and Dependency Grammars by Decomposed Cross-Lingual Induction

Cross-lingual induction aims to acquire for one language some linguistic structures resorting to annotations from another language. It works well for simple structured predication problems such as part-of-speech tagging and dependency parsing, but lacks of significant progress for more complicated problems such as constituency parsing and deep semantic parsing, mainly due to the structural non-isomorphism between languages. We propose a decomposed projection strategy for crosslingual induction, where cross-lingual projection is performed in unit of fundamental decisions of the structured predication. Compared with the structured projection that projects the complete structures, decomposed projection achieves better adaptation of non-isomorphism between languages and efficiently acquires the structured information across languages, thus leading to better performance. For joint cross-lingual induction of constituency and dependency grammars, decomposed cross-lingual induction achieves very significant improvement in both constituency and dependency grammar induction.
Bronchial valve treatment for pulmonary air leak after anatomical lung resection for cancer

A persistent post-operative pulmonary expiratory air leak after an anatomical pulmonary resection is usually managed conservatively, but can be associated with significant morbidity and increased costs. The use of bronchial valves is a minimally invasive method that may be an effective and safe treatment in this setting. In a prospective study, the clinical efficacy of intrabronchial valve treatment in patients with a prolonged persistent pulmonary air leak after anatomical surgical resection for cancer was investigated. 10 out of 277 patients with anatomical pulmonary resection for cancer were included, and 90% were scheduled for valve treatment. We demonstrated an air leak cessation at a median of 2 days after valve placement, which resulted in chest tube removal at a median of 4 days after valve placement. Elective removal of the intrabronchial valves could be safely planned 3 weeks after valve implantation. Lung function alteration associated with airway occlusion by valves was limited. Intrabronchial valve treatment with the aid of a digital thoracic drainage system is an effective and safe therapy for patients with a prolonged pulmonary air leak after anatomical lung resection for cancer. Bronchial valve placement is an effective and safe treatment for a pulmonary air leak after lung resection http://ow.ly/swou7
A Consensus-Based Algorithm for Truck Platooning

The platooning of trucks can be considered to be a potential approach to mitigate some of the negative effects that trucking can have on traffic streams. This paper proposes a cooperative distributed approach for forming/modifying platoons of trucks based on consensus algorithms. In this approach, trucks exchange information about their current status in real time, and the platoon is formed in consecutive iterations. This distributed consensus-based algorithm is compared with a centralized optimization-based algorithm for truck platooning, in which the trucks move with a set of predetermined speeds for a definite amount of time to form a platoon. The two approaches are tested and compared using various scenarios generated based on real data collected on a highway in Basel, Switzerland. Based on the results, the consensus-based algorithm proved to be a more general scheme that is able to form platoons even in cases with large initial separation of trucks. This algorithm is able to handle complex situations using its capability to form partial platoons.
Spatial variations in evapotranspiration over East Asian forest sites. I. Evapotranspiration and decoupling coefficient

Evapotranspiration (ET) is not only a vital component of water budget, but also plays an important role in the energy budget of the earth-atmospheric system, ultimately driving many regional and global scale climatological processes. This paper describes the ET characteristics and factors controlling ET across the 17 forest sites in East Asia (2°S to 64°N latitude). ET was measured using the eddy covariance technique at each site. Daytime dry-canopy data for the growing season were used in this study. Growing season mean ET gradually decreased as latitude increased, with a range of 4.4 to 1.2 mm d−1. The growing season mean decoupling coefficient (Ω) ranged from 0.42 to 0.11 across the studied sites. At low-latitude forest sites, Ω was close to 0.50, indicating that the bulk surface was partially decoupled from the atmosphere and ET was strongly controlled by net radiation and vapour pressure deficit. At high-latitude forest sites, Ω was low (∼0.12), indicating that the bulk surface was well coupled to the atmosphere and ET was mainly controlled by surface conductance. The value of Ω was determined mainly by the ratio of aerodynamic conductance to surface conductance across the studied forests of East Asia.
Leaf water stress detection utilizing thematic mapper bands 3, 4 and 5 in soybean plants

Abstract Foliar water stress in a mature soybean canopy, manifested as wilt rather than as a reflectance shift, was studied using reflectance measurements for Thematic Mapper bands 3 (0.63-0.69 μm), 4 (0.76-0.90 μm) and 5 (1.55-1.75μm). Diffuse and total reflectances were determined using polarization measurements and compared statistically at a variety of look angles at 15min intervals from about 09.00 until 14.00 hours EST. Plots of the data from unstressed canopy show that the behaviour of both the diffuse and total reflectances mimics that of the solar radiance curve with time of day, whereas the stressed canopy reflectance data revealed a nearly linear behaviour with a small negative slope. For both the diffuse and total reflectances measured in the nadir position, TM4 was found to be the most responsive spectral band for foliar water stress detection when the water deficit was sufficient to cause wilting, implying that substantial changes in canopy leaf geometry can best be monitored by TM4. TM3 was.
A‐, T‐, and H‐type Currents Shape Intrinsic Firing of Developing Rat Abducens Motoneurons

During postnatal development, profound changes take place in the excitability of nerve cells, including modification in the distribution and properties of receptor‐operated channels and changes in the density and nature of voltage‐gated channels. We studied here the firing properties of abducens motoneurons (aMns) in transverse brainstem slices from postnatal day (P) 1–13 rats. Recordings were made from aMNs in the whole‐cell configuration of the patch‐clamp technique. Two main types of aMn could be distinguished according to their firing profile during prolonged depolarizations. Both types were identified as aMns by their fluorescence following retrograde labelling with the lipophilic carbocyanine DiI in the rectus lateralis muscle. The first type (BaMns) exhibited a burst of action potentials (APs) followed by an adaptation of discharge and were encountered in ∼70 % of aMns. Their discharge profile resembled that of adult aMns and was encountered in all aMns after P9. BaMns exhibited a hyperpolarization‐induced rebound potential that was blocked by low concentrations of Ni2+ or by Ca2+‐free external solution. This current had the properties of the T‐type current. Action potentials of BaMns showed a complex afterhyperpolarization (AHP). An inward rectification was evidenced following hyperpolarization and was blocked by external application of caesium or ZD7288, indicating the presence of the hyperpolarization‐activated cationic current (IH). Blocking the IH current almost doubled the input resistance of BaMns. The second class of aMns (DaMns) displayed a delayed excitation that was mediated by A‐type K+ currents and was observed only between P4 and P9. DaMns exhibited immature characteristics: an action potential with a simple AHP, a linear current‐voltage relation and a large input resistance. The number of aMns remained unchanged when both types were present (P5–P6) and later in development when only BaMns were encountered (P19), suggesting that DaMns mature into BaMns during postnatal development. We conclude that aMns display profound reorganization in their intrinsic excitability during postnatal development.
Novel Ultra Low Cost Remote Monitoring System for Home Automation Using Cell Phone

Home automation systems have been developed by many researchers. However, the installation and operational cost of such system is relatively high. In this paper, development of two remote monitoring systems using cell phone with a major focus on cost reduction to allow wider utilization even in undeveloped and developing countries are discussed. The first system has relatively simple features and designed with objective of keeping very low operational cost using novel concept of miscalls. The second system incorporates additional security features like image capture and transmission for intrusion detection. Based on commands received from user cell phone and present sensor conditions, micro controller system send signals through its ports to switch on/off appliances like AC, lights, fan, siren, etc. The sensors used in the system are microphone, temperature sensor and passive infrared (PIR) intrusion detector sensors. The system informs user about any abnormal conditions like intrusion, temperature rise, etc. through miscall or SMS.
Sudden Cardiac Death Caused by Coronary Heart Disease

An association between the anatomic pathology and pathophysiology of coronary atherosclerosis and sudden cardiac death (SCD) has been long recognized. At the end of the 15th century, Da Vinci described a personally witnessed SCD that he attributed to a “parched and shrunk and withered … artery that feeds the heart” at autopsy,1 and in 1812, Warren, commenting on the significance of Heberden's description of angina pectoris, reported a patient who died suddenly a short time after presenting with an anginal pattern of chest pain.2 However, insights into the magnitude and mechanisms of SCD as a consequence of the presence and extent of coronary atherosclerosis, its underlying vascular pathophysiology, the myocardial electrophysiology, and the role of ischemic cardiomyopathy began to unravel only during the past 50 years. Despite a rapidly developing base of knowledge about the tachyarrhythmic manifestations of acute coronary syndromes and chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy, especially during the past 25 years, that resulted from extensive clinical, investigative, and interventional advances, important challenges remain for the prediction and prevention of SCD caused by coronary heart disease (CHD). 3 The total population burden of SCD resulting from CHD remains incompletely defined and debated.4 Estimates of the total number of SCDs annually in the United States are based largely on retrospective death certificate analyses,5,6 the American Heart Association statistical updates based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics,7 and nationwide extrapolations from well-studied community experiences.8,9 The most widely cited estimates have remained in the range of 300 000 to 350 000 SCDs annually since the early 1980s,10 suggesting an overall incidence between 1 and 2 deaths per 1000 person-years among the general population. However, estimates from the same death certificate sources range from 460 000 SCDs …
Waterfilling: Balancing the Tor network with maximum diversity

Abstract We present the Waterfilling circuit selection method, which we designed in order to mitigate the risks of a successful end-to-end traffic correlation attack. Waterfilling proceeds by balancing the Tor network load as evenly as possible on endpoints of user paths. We simulate the use of Waterfilling thanks to the TorPS and Shadow tools. Applying several security metrics, we show that the adoption of Waterfilling considerably increases the number of nodes that an adversary needs to control in order to be able to mount a successful attack, while somewhat decreasing the minimum amount of bandwidth required to do so. Moreover, we evaluate Waterfilling in Shadow and show that it does not impact significantly the performance of the network. Furthermore, Waterfilling reduces the benefits that an attacker could obtain by hacking into a top bandwidth Tor relay, hence limiting the risks raised by such relays. Waterfilling does not require any major change in Tor, and can co-exist with the current circuit selection algorithm.
Added Value of PET-CT in Patients with Metastases of Unknown Primary

Purpose: To assess the value of PET/CT in metastases of unknown primary. Materials and methods: prospective analysis of 100 patients, presenting with pathology proved or clinically suspected metastatic lesions of unknown primary, all patients had undergone prior investigations with clinical examination and routine workup with follow up for a period of 3-9 months.Results: PET/CT findings among 100 patients of study group: 64 patients were true positive, 4 patients were false positive, 9 patients were true negative & 23 patients were false negative with sensitivity of 73.6% and specificity of 69.2%. PET-CT detected more additional sites of metastases in 64 patients.
Polarization diversity antenna with current block element and open stub

In this paper, the design of a planar polarization diversity antenna with low mutual coupling is presented. A current block element is inserted between a RF module and a feed element of an inverted-F antenna to block the current on the nonactivated antenna induced by mutual coupling, and an open stub is inserted to cancel reactance, which is induced by mutual coupling. The prototype of diversity antenna has been developed and measured. The measured result demonstrated the very low correlation coefficient of 0.02 and very low mutual coupling about -15 dB at 1 GHz in this work.
Missing expression of pRb2/p130 in human retinoblastomas is associated with reduced apoptosis and lesser differentiation.

PURPOSE Although the retinoblastoma gene (RB/p105) has been intensely investigated as a prototype suppressor gene in humans, mutational data on the Rb family member pRb2/p130 (p130) has only recently been reported. A protective role against apoptosis has been suggested for pRb/p105, both in vitro and in vivo. However, only limited information is available on the role of pRb2/p130 in controlling apoptosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of a role of this gene in the neoplasms that give the Rb family its name. METHODS Forty-two human retinoblastomas were retrospectively examined by immunohistochemical labeling of the Rb-related proteins and the results compared with cellular kinetic characteristics: the apoptotic index (AI) and the mitotic index (MI). RESULTS The retinoblastomas that did not express p130 showed a significantly lower AI than those that expressed p130. This result was also supported by flow cytometry on a human Saos-2 cell line that was transiently transfected with RB2/p130. The p130(-) tumors displayed a lesser degree of differentiation than the p130(+) ones. CONCLUSIONS These observations give evidence that expression of p130 is inversely correlated with higher rates of apoptosis in human retinoblastomas and give an additional example of this regulator's role in cellular differentiation.
Cart Velocity Tracking of General IPC Model Using ZG Control Compared with Cart Path Tracking

As a typical model, the inverted pendulum on a cart (IPC) has nonlinear, unstable and non-minimum-phase characteristics and is investigated widely for tracking control problem solving. In this paper, we investigate a more general IPC model, in which the link of the pendulum has nonzero mass. Due to device velocity constrained, it is important and meaningful to investigate and analyze the velocity tracking control. To achieve velocity tracking control purposes, the presented ZG controllers consist of controllers of z1g0 and z1g1 types, named by the numbers of times of using Zhang dynamics (ZD) and gradient dynamics (GD) methods. Computer simulations and numerical experiments substantiate the feasibility and effectiveness of the ZG controllers for the velocity tracking control of the general IPC model. Furthermore, the superiority [in conquering the singularity problem (i.e., Division-by-zero problem)] of z1g1 controller for velocity tracking control of the general IPC model is well substantiated via comparative simulation and numerical experiment results. At last, the ZG controllers for cart velocity tracking are compared with those for cart path tracking.
Semianalytical Solution to the Wave-Induced Dynamic Response of Saturated Layered Porous Media

AbstractThis paper proposes a semianalytical solution to the dynamic response of saturated-layered porous media under harmonic waves. The equations governing the dynamics of porous media are written in their fully dynamic form and possible simplifications are introduced based on the presence of inertial terms associated with both solid and fluid phases, called formulations. The semianalytical solutions to the response of multiple layers with various physical properties are presented in terms of normalized pore pressure and shear stress variations considering a set of nondimensional parameters and their respective ratios. The effects of layering and inertial terms on the response are also presented.
Efficiency Bounds for Semiparametric Estimation of Quantile Regression under Misspecification

Allowing for misspecification in the linear conditional quantile function (CQF), we calculate the semiparametric efficiency bound for the solution to the population quantile regression (QR) problem or the best linear predictor for a response variable under the asymmetric check loss function. The pseudo-true QR parameter that solves a non-differentiable unconditional moment restriction is interpreted explicitly by Angrist, Chernozhukov, & Fernández-Val (2006) as the best weighted meansquared linear approximation to the true CQF. Alternatively, the QR parameter for the misspecified linear projection model can be understood by the orthogonality condition of the covaritates and the distribution error, i.e., the deviation of the true conditional distribution function, evaluated at the approximated quantile, from the true probability. This suggests that even though the CQF is nonlinear in the covariates, the sample analog estimator by Koenker & Bassett (1978) semiparametrically efficiently estimates a pseudo-true parameter that offers meaningful descriptive statistics for the conditional distribution of the dependent variable. These properties, analogous with ordinary least squares, reinforce our understanding of QR.
Eocene arc-continent collision in New Caledonia and implications for regional southwest Pacific tectonic evolution

New Caledonia preserves evidence that constrains models for the tectonic evolution of the southwest Pacific region. Onland geology reflects four main tectonic phases: (1) early Mesozoic development of subduction-related terranes and their accretion to the Gondwana margin; (2) Cretaceous passive margin development and sea-floor spreading during the Gondwana breakup; (3) foundering of an oceanic basin and the Eocene arrival of thinned Gondwana margin crust at a southwest-facing subduction zone, resulting in collisional orogenesis and obduction of an ophiolitic nappe from the northeast; and (4) detachment faulting during extensional collapse, resulting in unroofing of metamorphic core complexes. The last phase explains supposedly anomalous metamorphic gradients in the northeast of the island.
Understanding Vehicular Mobility in Network Simulation

Within the extent of research activity in the field of vehicular networking, notwithstanding the quantity of simulative studies carried out on protocols performance, the impact of vehicular mobility characterization has been often overlooked. Realistic mobility models are seldom employed, and when used, no comment is usually provided on the different effects that such models have on the results with respect to simpler mobility descriptions. In this paper, we address this issue, and analyze the impact that various levels of details in vehicular mobility modeling have on the simulation of networking protocols.
Topographic analysis for the prairie pothole region of Western Canada

The unique topography of the pothole region of the North American prairies creates challenges for properly determining basin contributing area. Numerous depressions or potholes within the landscape impound runoff. However, potholes can ‘fill‐spill’ resulting in surface water connections between the potholes. Surface water connectivity between potholes ultimately influences basin contributing area. Currently, automated methods, such as landscape analysis tools, treat depressions in the landscape as artifacts and simply fill the depressions to delineate a drainage basin. Using this method to calculate contributing area assumes that all surface storage has been satisfied (threshold) and the drainage basin will contribute 100% of its area for all runoff events. However, most runoff events in the prairie pothole region are pre‐threshold events that contribute only a portion of surface runoff to the outlet. These pre‐threshold events have surface storage that varies because of antecedent water levels and have a variable or dynamic potential to store further runoff in the basin. Government agencies have developed methodologies for determining pre‐threshold contributing areas, but these methodologies do not incorporate current technologies and, as a result, have limitations.