Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Crosslingual distant supervision for extracting relations of different complexity

We propose crosslingual distant supervision (crosslingual DS) for relation extraction, an approach that automatically extracts labels from a pivot language for labeling one or more target languages. The approach has two benefits compared to standard DS: (i) increased coverage if target language labels are not available; and (ii) higher accuracy of automatically generated labels because noisy labels are eliminated in crosslingual filtering. An evaluation for two relations of different complexity shows that crosslingual DS increases the accuracy of relation extraction. Our approach is language independent; we successfully apply it to four different languages: Chinese, English, French and German.
A Novel Approach to Domino Circuit Synthesis

Dynamic CMOS logic in general and domino logic in particular has a number of advantages to design high speed and low power CMOS circuits. However, the main difficulty with domino logic is that it can implement only non-inverted logic. To implement inverted polarity it is required to duplicate several circuit parts using inverted polarities of inputs and hence increasing area and power dissipation. With static CMOS logic, on the other hand, it is simple to realize gate with both inverted and non-inverted logic unlike dynamic CMOS logic. In this paper, we propose a mixed approach, where it implements both static and dynamic CMOS logic styles in the same circuit eliminating intermediate inverter implementation of domino logic. Simulation results on ISCAS'85 benchmark circuits show that circuits based on our approach have on the average 34 % area and 32 % power improvement compared to circuits with only domino logic and on the average 26 % power and 38 % delay improvement compared to circuits with only static CMOS logic
A hybrid approach to automatic segmentation and labeling for Mandarin Chinese speech corpus

In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach to refine the phonetic boundaries in a Mandarin speech corpus. This approach employs different sets of acoustic features for different categories of phonetic transitions, except for the most difficult case of “periodic voiced + periodic voiced”, which is therefore handled by a heuristic scheme. Several experiments are designed to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.
Literature review of interactive cross language information retrieval tools

The unprecedented rise of multilingual resources afforded by the exponential web growth demands the development of communication technologies in order to eliminate the barriers between languages. More comprehensive tools to overcome such barriers, such as machine translation and cross-lingual information retrieval applications, are nowadays in strong demands. In this paper, we present an overview of the literature of interactive Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) tools and discuss their limitations. In addition, possible future research directions of interactive CLIR tools are discussed.
Sterile Leukocyturia Is Associated With Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Kidney Allograft Protocol Biopsies

Kidney allograft interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IF/TA) is associated with a poorer renal function and outcome. In the current clinical practice, an early diagnosis can only be provided by invasive tests. We aimed to investigate the association of sterile leukocyturia with Banff criteria histological findings in kidney allograft protocol biopsies. We studied 348 allograft biopsies from two different European countries performed at 8.5 + 3.5 months after transplantation. In these cases, the presence of sterile leukocyturia (Leuc+, n = 70) or no leukocyturia (Leuc−, n = 278) was analyzed and related to Banff elementary lesions. Only IF/TA was significantly different between Leuc+ and Leuc− groups. IF/TA was present in 85.7% of Leuc+ and 27.7% of Leuc− patients (p < 0.001). IF/TA patients had higher serum creatinine and presence of proteinuria (p < 0.05). Independent predictors of IF/TA were donor age, donor male sex, serum creatinine and Leuc+ (hazard ratio 18.2; 95% confidence interval, 8.1–40.7). The positive predictive value of leukocyturia for predicting IF/TA was 85.7% whereas the negative predictive value was 72.3%. These studies suggest that leukocyturia is a noninvasive and low‐cost test to identify IF/TA. An early diagnosis may allow timely interventional measures directed to minimize its impact and improve graft outcome.
Mobile fieldwork solution for the construction industry

In order to stay within schedule and budget limits, large construction projects require fluent communication and information exchange between the collaborating enterprises. Unnecessary project delays and rework is mostly caused by missing or outdated information. Easily available, accurate and up-to-date information on the project status can improve work efficiency and quality. Such information can be efficiently shared between project partners in electronic form, and extending the information flow to on-site workers requires mobile devices and wireless communication. This paper describes the development of a mobile solution for construction industry fieldwork. The mobile application enables the collection and access to relevant information at the point of activity, i.e., the construction site. The collected information is shared with all concerned project partners in real time. The solution was tested in a construction environment, and the results are presented and discussed. Aside from a few technical problems, the results were promising.
Thrombophilia, clinical factors, and recurrent venous thrombotic events.

CONTEXT Data on the recurrence rate of venous thrombotic events and the effect of several risk factors, including thrombophilia, remain controversial. The potential benefit of screening for thrombophilia with respect to prophylactic strategies and duration of anticoagulant treatment is not yet known. OBJECTIVES To estimate the recurrence rate of thrombotic events in patients after a first thrombotic event and its determinants, including thrombophilic abnormalities. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Prospective follow-up study of 474 consecutive patients aged 18 to 70 years without a known malignancy treated for a first objectively confirmed thrombotic event at anticoagulation clinics in the Netherlands. The Leiden Thrombophilia Study (LETS) was conducted from 1988 through 1992 and patients were followed up through 2000. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Recurrent thrombotic event based on thrombophilic risk factors, sex, type of initial thrombotic event (idiopathic or provoked), oral contraceptive use, elevated levels of factors VIII, IX, XI, fibrinogen, homocysteine, and anticoagulant deficiencies. RESULTS A total of 474 patients were followed up for mean (SD) of 7.3 (2.7) years and complete follow-up was achieved in 447 (94%). Recurrence of thrombotic events occurred in 90 patients during a total of 3477 patient-years. The rate of thrombotic event recurrence was 25.9 per 1000 patient-years (95% confidence interval [CI], 20.8-31.8 per 1000 patient-years). The incidence rate of recurrence was highest during the first 2 years (31.9 per 1000 patient-years; 95% CI, 20.3-43.5 per 1000 patient-years). The risk of thrombotic event recurrence was 2.7 times (95% CI, 1.8-4.2 times) higher in men than in women. Patients whose initial thrombotic event was idiopathic had a higher risk of a thrombotic event recurrence than patients whose initial event was provoked (hazard ratio [HR], 1.9; 95% CI, 1.2-2.9). Women who used oral contraceptives during follow-up had a higher thrombotic event recurrence rate (28.0 per 1000 patient-years; 95% CI, 15.9-49.4 per 1000 patient-years) than those who did not (12.9 per 1000 patient-years; 95% CI, 7.9-21.2 per 1000 patient-years). Recurrence risks of a thrombotic event by laboratory abnormality ranged from an HR of 0.6 (95% CI, 0.3-1.1) in patients with elevated levels of factor XI to an HR of 1.8 (95% CI, 0.9-3.7) for patients with anticoagulant deficiencies. CONCLUSIONS Prothrombotic abnormalities do not appear to play an important role in the risk of a recurrent thrombotic event. Testing for prothrombotic defects has little consequence with respect to prophylactic strategies. Clinical factors are probably more important than laboratory abnormalities in determining the duration of anticoagulation therapy.
Knowledge, Information, and Views of Climate Change: An Examination of Coastal Stakeholders along the Gulf of Mexico

The ability to understand complex issues is essential to adequately evaluate risk and policy alternatives. Stakeholders are more likely to understand and influence these issues. While stakeholders that specialize in coastal regions have many issues that demand their attention, there are a few that potentially affect everyone within this community. We utilize in-depth interviews to examine climate change attitudes, and the influence of knowledge, information, and institutions within a sample of stakeholders along the Gulf Coast in Florida, Texas, and Louisiana. Our analysis is the first to reveal that institutional forces may influence climate change attitudes for members of that institution. Furthermore, we learn that different sources of information directly influence these attitudes.
COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT OPTIMUM DESIGN OF LARGE SCALE STEEL FRAMES

Computational cost of metaheuristic based optimum design algorithms grows excessively with structure size. This results in computational inefficiency of modern metaheuristic algorithms in tackling optimum design problems of large scale structural systems. This paper attempts to provide a computationally efficient optimization tool for optimum design of large scale steel frame structures to AISC-LRFD specifications. To this end an upper bound strategy (UBS), which is a recently proposed strategy for reducing the total number of structural analyses in metaheuristic optimization algorithms, is used in conjunction with an exponential variant of the well-known big bang-big crunch optimization algorithm. The performance of the UBS integrated algorithm is investigated in the optimum design of two large-scale steel frame structures with 3860 and 11540 structural members. The obtained numerical results clearly reveal the usefulness of the employed technique in practical optimum design of large-scale structural systems even using regular computers.
“Weak, Sad, and Lazy Fatties”: Adolescents’ Explicit and Implicit Weight Bias Following Exposure to Weight Loss Reality TV Shows

ABSTRACT Weight loss reality TV shows, which portray obese individuals and their struggle to lose weight, are highly popular. However, the shows often contain negative and stereotypical portrayals of obese individuals that can contribute to the formation of weight bias among viewers. In particular, adolescents might be highly susceptible to such portrayals, since physical appearance and body image play an important role during adolescence. In our experimental study, we investigated the priming effects of exposure to weight loss reality TV shows on implicit and explicit attitudes toward obese individuals among 353 adolescents. We exposed a treatment group (n = 173) to video clips of a weight loss reality TV show and a control group (n = 180) to video clips of an information-based TV magazine. Results indicated that for individuals who expressed a fear of being obese, exposure to the weight loss reality TV show reinforced negative explicit attitudes toward obese individuals by activating a perception of weight controllability. Exposure to the weight loss reality TV show also enhanced negative implicit attitudes toward obese individuals among all adolescents, irrespective of their fear of being obese. Altogether, our findings underscore the role of media in perpetuating weight bias.
Tachyon condensation on the brane antibrane system

A coincident D-brane - anti-D-brane pair has a tachyonic mode. We present an argument showing that at the classical minimum of the tachyonic potential the negative energy density associated with the potential exactly cancels the sum of the tension of the brane and the anti-brane, thereby giving a configuration of zero energy density and restoring space-time supersymmetry.
Towards a streaming content delivery network

The distribution of multimedia streaming requires efficient management strategies in multisite environment with multiple senders and receivers. The intermediate nodes between senders and receivers act as the Streaming Routers (SR1). They play an important role in the distribution of required contents by relaying and dropping video frames which depends on the network characteristics of peer receivers. In the highly changing network conditions, the SRs can leave or join the system anytime in the middle of stream transmission. In this scenario, it becomes a tedious task to manage the SRs when frequent switching of streaming sources occur. The coordination among streaming sources is also a challenging task. The emphasis of this work is to create the self-configured streaming system for the high quality streaming and highly unstable heterogeneous environment. The goal of self-configuration is to eliminate or minimize the configuration effort required by the system administrator. The application independent approach is taken so that various ranges of applications can be used without altering the system. We are conducting experiments over the PlanetLab. This paper describes an architectural design of a streaming content delivery network along with the experiments conducted on the PlanetLab testbed environment.
Puzzles at Large N

We consider the AdS/CFT correspondence in the context of 2d CFT and find that essentially all ``single particle'' primary fields with higher spin, predicted from the CFT side are missing from the Kaluza-Klein excitations of the AdS supergravity. The high mass extension of these missing states gives rise to the macroscopic entropy of extremal 5d black holes.
An Intelligent Decision Support System for the Treatment of Patients Receiving Ventricular Assist Device Support

E. C. Karvounis1,2; M. G. Tsipouras1,2; A. T. Tzallas1,2; N. S. Katertsidis1,2; K. Stefanou1,2; Y. Goletsis1,3; M. Frigerio4; A. Verde4; R. Caruso5; B. Meyns6; J. Terrovitis7; M. G. Trivella5; D. I. Fotiadis1,2 1Biomedical Research Institute-FORTH, Ioannina, Greece; 2Unit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; 3Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; 4Cardiology 2 – Heart Failure and Transplantation Division, „A. De Gasperis“ Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy; 5CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy; 6Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 73rd Cardiology Department, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
PENERAPAN SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF GROUP THERAPY (SFBGT) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN SELF-ESTEEM REMAJA PUTRA DI PANTI ASUHAN X

Self-esteem merupakan satu aspek diri yang mengalami perubahan yang berarti pada masa remaja. Selain perkembangan kognitif dan pembentukan self-identity, self-esteem pada remaja juga dipengaruhi oleh kondisi ekonomi serta dukungan yang diterima dari orang tua. Mengingat dampak yang dikontribusikan self-esteem terhadap berbagai aspek kehidupan remaja, diperlukan suatu intervensi untuk memastikan bahwa individu tidak memiliki tingkat self-esteem yang rendah selama masa ini. Oleh sebab itu, Solution-Focused Brief Group Therapy (SFBGT) diterapkan untuk meningkatkan level self-esteem dari 5 remaja putra di panti asuhan X yang berasal dari keluarga dengan kondisi ekonomi rendah dan mendapatkan dukungan yang terbatas baik dari keluarga maupun pengasuh. Kelima remaja ini, secara spesifik, memiliki keyakinan yang kurang akan diri sendiri yang berdampak pada performa mereka sehari-hari dan memerlukan dorongan yang lebih sebelum akhirnya menunjukkan beberapa perilaku yang sebenarnya dapat dilakukan tanpa kesulitan yang berarti. Penelitian ini menggunakan mixed method one group pre-test post-test design dimana alat ukur State Self-Esteem Scale dan Machover’s Draw-A-Person Test dianalisa untuk mengetahui perbandingan hasil sebelum dan sesudah pemberian intervensi. Berdasarkan hasil, dapat disimpulkan bahwa efektivitas dari Solution-Focused Brief Group Therapy untuk meningkatkan self-esteem dari lima remaja putra di Panti Asuhan X tergolong kurang.
Two Ways to Trade Bandwidth for Latency Joe Touch

This summary reviews the issues in reducing Internet latency. It suggests key ways forward to reduce latency by using smaller packets or anticipation, each of which benefit at the expense of increased bandwidth. I. INTRODUCTION Latency is the fundamental metric of all computing and communication. Many brag about CPU clock rates, gigabits-per-second, and the number of cores, but all are merely means to an end-reducing latency. The following is a discussion of latency reduction techniques, focusing on communication issues. A framework is presented to organize concepts and issues, as well as ways to mitigate latency effects. Variations of these approaches, as deployed in the Internet, are discussed. Some remaining opportunities for latency reduction are presented.
ASSETS 2013 Doctoral Consortium Project Summary: Motion-Based Game Interaction for Older Adults

Decreased activity reduces life expectancy, yet many institutionalized older adults lead sedentary lifestyles: agerelated changes and impairments limit the number accessible leisure activities, and nursing homes struggle to provide mental and physically stimulating activities for their residents. In this context, motion-based video games – games that integrate physical user input – are one opportunity of fostering physical activity, and research suggests that these games have a variety of positive effects on the well-being of older adults. However, currently available games are too demanding for this audience. My research will help foster the design of accessible and safe motion-based video games for older adults. In my PhD research, I explore motion-based game interaction design for older adults. By creating enjoyable video games for this audience, my research will help encourage cognitive and physical activity among nursing home residents, thereby increasing their quality of life.
Different Modeling Strategies for Discrete Choice Models of Labor Supply : Estimates for Switzerland

In recent applications of discrete choice models of labor supply considerable attention has been devoted to strategies to increase the flexibility of models for a better fit to the data. However the functional form of preferences in these models remained restrictive. The question is therefore if we can gain something by allowing for more flexible preferences. This paper compares four different modeling strategies: (1) A structural model with fixed costs of work and random heterogeneity (2) A model with a nonparametric specification of the direct utility function. (3) A model which allows parameters to be fully alternative specific and which remains agnostic about the interpretation of its parameters (4) A model that is equivalent to the one in (3) but allows for price and income dependent preferences. Results show a clear rejection of the restrictions imposed in the structural model. Moreover estimation of the model with price and income dependent preferences lead to a clear rejection of the standard unitary approach. However model (3) and especially (4) cause a significant portion of the sample to not respect the needed regularity condition (utility increasing in income). Based on the estimates of models (1) to (3) the introduction of a flat rate tax is simulated and the estimated elasticities of the models are compared. Correspondence: Reto Nyffeler Department of Economics University of Bern Gesellschaftsstr. 49 3012 Bern Switzerland reto.nyffeler@vwi.unibe. ch
SNOMED RT: a reference terminology for health care

We describe the framework for SNOMED RT (Reference Terminology), designed to complement the broad coverage of medical concepts in SNOMED with a set of enhanced features that significantly increases its value as a reference terminology for representing clinical data. We describe what is meant by a reference terminology, and differentiate SNOMED RT from specialized terminologies that enable user interfaces, electronic messaging, or natural language processing, as well as from other specialized reference terminologies whose primary purpose is for representing data that is not primarily clinical in nature. We then describe how SNOMED RT represents multiple hierarchies and incorporates description logic. We believe that such a comprehensive set of concepts at multiple levels of granularity, with multiple logic-based subsumption hierarchies can meet the requirements of a reference terminology for health care.
Relationship Between Osteoporosis and Periodontal Disease: Review of the Literature

Objective Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease characterized by reduction in bone mass and micro architectural changes in the bone, which leads to increased bone fragility. The gold standard for the diagnosis of osteoporosis is the measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Periodontal disease is a chronic destructive disease which can occur in adults, young people and children. Periodontal pathogens cause inflammation of the gingiva which is called gingivitis. When periodontal tissue destruction and alveolar bone loss happen, it is called periodontitis. Since both osteoporosis and periodontal diseases are bone destructive diseases, it has been hypothesized that osteoporosis could be a risk factor for the progression of periodontal disease. The aim of this study is to review the articles assessing the relationship between osteoporosis and periodontitis Materials and Methods: In this review, articles were selected from PubMed between January of 1998 and June 2010. Amongst 508 articles identified from the electronic search, 17 articles were selected for a full-text reading based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Among the 17 studies focused on, 11 studies showed a positive relation between osteoporosis and periodontal disease and the six remaining studies found no significant relation between osteoporosis and periodontal disease. Conclusion: These data indicate a greater propensity to lose alveolar bone in subjects with osteoporosis, especially in subjects with preexisting periodontitis. This would indicate that osteoporosis or low systemic BMD should be considered a risk factor for periodontal disease progression.
On the three-dimensional Singer Conjecture for Coxeter groups

We give a proof of the Singer conjecture (on the vanishing of reduced $\ell^2$-homology except in the middle dimension) for the Davis Complex $\Sigma$ associated to a Coxeter system $(W,S)$ whose nerve $L$ is a triangulation of $\mathbb{S}^2$. We show that it follows from a theorem of Andreev, which gives the necessary and sufficient conditions for a classical reflection group to act on $\mathbb{H}^3$.