Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
From the chair

Greetings! Welcome to the new academic year. I hope it brings success and happiness to all of you. I would like to encourage you to consider sending a submission to the ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) 2004 Conference to be held April 22-24, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The theme of this year's conference is "Computer Personnel and Ethics in a Networked Environment. "The submission deadline is October 27, 2003. Your participation is welcome! For more information, please contact the Conference Chair: Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona, mtanniru@eller.arizona.edu or visit the conference website: http://www.eller.arizona.edu/mis/CPR2004.htmI would also like to encourage you to consider hosting a future SIGMIS CPR Conference. As you know, SIGMIS is committed to preserving and developing the CPR Conference. Let's all work to make it a continuing success! Please plan to attend the International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'03), which SIGMIS co-sponsors with ACM-SIGIR (Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval):Conference: International Conference on Information and Knowledge ManagementDates: November 3-8, 2003Location: New Orleans, LA USA, Hotel Inter-ContinentalWebsite: http://www.cikm. org/2003I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sajda Qureshi, University of Nebraska at Omaha, for her outstanding service as Program Chair of Knowledge Management for CIKM'02. Sajda has graciously agreed to continue in this role for CIKM'03. For additional information, you may contact her at: squreshi@ist.unomaha. edu.Finally, I would like to ask you to mark your calendar now for the "Third Annual ACM-SIGMIS Reception:"Where: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2003) Seattle, WA USA, Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, Room 418/420When: 5:30 to 7:00 pm, Saturday, December 13, 2003Who: All ACM-SIGMIS members and their invited guests are welcomeThank you for your continued support of SIGMIS. We encourage your comments and suggestions. Please feel free to contact any one of us.
Does the Unemployment Rate Really Overstate Labor Market Recovery

Unemployment rose dramatically during the 2007-09 recession, peaking at 10 percent in October 2009. It has fallen steadily since then, at times outpacing economists' forecasts. In April, unemployment reached 6.3 percent, about two-thirds of the way back to its prerecession level. Such progress is often a sign of recovery, but some observers question whether the unemployment rate accurately measures resource utilization in the current labor market.
Acoustic Description of Quebec French High Vowels: First Results

Vowels are traditionally described as static acoustic targets. This study evaluates the impact of spectral changes on the description of Quebec French tense/lax high vowels. Tense variants are expected in open syllables while lax variants are observed in syllables closed by a non-lengthening consonant. We argue that these contextual variants are more accurately described as trajectories through acoustic space.
The effect of transitioning between individualized and generic HRTFs on localization performance in a virtual environment

The main purpose of this paper is to observe and analyze how people’s localization performance changes as the HRTFs used transition from an individualized set to a non-individualized (generic) set. Two common HRTF interpolation techniques, one in the time domain and the other in the frequency domain, are used to create averaged sets of HRTFs which ﬁt between the two extremes and helps to examine the trend of localization behavior change through this continuum.
Design and Experimental Assessment of a 2D Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring

The aim of this paper is to present and experimentally verify the first prototype of a microwave imaging system specifically designed and realized for the continuous monitoring of patients affected by brain stroke, immediately after its onset and diagnosis. The device is a 2D version of the 3D system, currently under construction, and consists of an array of 12 printed monopole antennas connected to a two-port vector network analyzer through a switching matrix so that each antenna can act as a transmitter or receiver, thereby allowing the acquisition of the entire multistatic multiview scattering matrix required for the imaging. The system has been experimentally tested on 2D phantoms with electric properties mimicking the brain. The presence and the evolution of the stroke have been reproduced by filling a proper cavity in the phantom with a liquid having the electric properties of blood. A differential approach has been adopted by acquiring the scattering matrix before and after the filling of the blood cavity. The so achieved differential dataset has been processed by means of a linear imaging algorithm in order to reconstruct the stroke location and dimension. Moreover, the effect of pre- and postprocessing operations on the measured data is investigated. A good agreement has been obtained between the reconstructions and the actual scenario. As a final remark, it is worth noting that the entire data acquisition and processing are sufficiently fast to allow a real-time monitoring.
Current limiting devices-Benchmark comparison

The author evaluates performance characteristics such as I/sup 2/t limitation, peak current limitation, and interrupting capacity. He shows that the key indicator of current-limiting fuses provide a much higher degree of thermal energy restriction. Class J fuses provide the highest degree of current-limitation. The current-limiting standard on circuit breakers is a move in the right direction. The lack of formal performance umbrellas and device interchangeability, though, is disconcerting. Until these issues are addressed, current-limiting circuit breakers might not enjoy the universal acceptance of current-limiting fuses. He also reviews the test standards and discusses basic criteria, such as availability, initial cost, and size. <<ETX>>
Accurate Indoor Location Estimation by Incorporating the Importance of Access Points in Wireless Local Area Networks

Abstract-This study focuses on indoor localization in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). We investigate the unequal contribution of each access point (AP) on location estimation. The main contribution is two parts. First, a novel mechanism is proposed to measure the degrees of the AP importance. The importance of each AP is quantified by the signal discrimination between distinct locations. We utilize such numerical relevancies to select important APs for positioning. Second, the importance is further embedded into our positioning system. We provide a weighted kernel function where the effect of APs is differentiated. That is, the larger weights are assigned to the more important APs. Moreover, we develop a quasi-entropy function to avoid an abrupt change on the weights. Our positioning system is developed in a real-worldWLAN environment, where the realistic measurement of receive signal strength (RSS) is collected. Experimental results show that the positioning accuracy is significantly improved by taking the different importance into consideration.
A united residue force‐field for calcium–protein interactions

United‐residue potentials are derived for interactions of the calcium cation with polypeptide chains in energy‐based prediction of protein structure with a united‐residue (UNRES) force‐field. Specific potentials were derived for the interaction of the calcium cation with the Asp, Glu, Asn, and Gln side chains and the peptide group. The analytical expressions for the interaction energies for each of these amino acids were obtained by averaging the electrostatic interaction energy, expressed by a multipole series over the dihedral angles not considered in the united‐residue model, that is, the side‐chain dihedral angles χ and the dihedral angles λ for the rotation of peptide groups about the Cα•••Cα virtual‐bond axes. For the side‐chains that do not interact favorably with calcium, simple excluded‐volume potentials were introduced. The parameters of the potentials were obtained from ab initio quantum mechanical calculations of model systems at the Restricted Hartree‐Fock (RHF) level with the 6–31G(d,p) basis set. The energy surfaces of pairs consisting of Ca2+‐acetate, Ca2+‐propionate, Ca2+‐acetamide, Ca2+‐propionamide, and Ca2+‐N‐methylacetamide systems (modeling the Ca2+‐Asp−, Ca2+‐Glu−, Ca2+‐Asn, Ca2+‐Gln, and Ca2+‐peptide group interactions) at different distances and orientations were calculated. For each pair, the restricted free energy (RFE) surfaces were calculated by numerical integration over the degrees of freedom lost when switching from the all‐atom model to the united‐residue model. Finally, the analytical expressions for each pair were fitted to the RFE surfaces. This force‐field was able to distinguish the EF‐hand motif from all potential binding sites in the crystal structures of bovine α‐lactalbumin, whiting parvalbumin, calbindin D9K, and apo‐calbindin D9K.
NPWT and moist wound dressings in the treatment of the diabetic foot.

OBJECTIVES To compare the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and conventional wound dressings in the treatment of diabetic foot wounds. This article reviews research that compares the two treatments on partial foot amputations, foot ulcers, infected wounds and dehisced post-surgical wounds. METHODS A systematic literature search was carried out using CINAHL, MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library to locate and critique key studies comparing NPWT and conventional wound dressings to determine their quality. FINDINGS NPWT was found to be more effective in treating diabetic foot wounds compared with conventional wound dressings. NPWT was quicker at forming granulation tissue, achieving wound closure, removing infection from foot ulcer beds and decreasing wound dimensions. Data also showed greater incidence of amputations in those patients treated with moist wound dressings. IMPLICATIONS Findings suggest that NPWT could be used as a primary treatment for diabetic foot wounds. Factors such as cost effectiveness and patient acceptability may have an impact on this treatment and will need to be investigated in implementing NPWT into practice.
Myelin‐specific proteins: A structurally diverse group of membrane‐interacting molecules

The myelin sheath is a multilayered membrane in the nervous system, which has unique biochemical properties. Myelin carries a set of specific high‐abundance proteins, the structure and function of which are still poorly understood. The proteins of the myelin sheath are involved in a number of neurological diseases, including autoimmune diseases and inherited neuropathies. In this review, we briefly discuss the structural properties and functions of selected myelin‐specific proteins (P0, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, myelin‐associated glycoprotein, myelin basic protein, myelin‐associated oligodendrocytic basic protein, P2, proteolipid protein, peripheral myelin protein of 22 kDa, 2′,3′‐cyclic nucleotide 3′‐phosphodiesterase, and periaxin); such properties include, for example, interactions with lipid bilayers and the presence of large intrinsically disordered regions in some myelin proteins. A detailed understanding of myelin protein structure and function at the molecular level will be required to fully grasp their physiological roles in the myelin sheath. © 2013 BioFactors, 2013
Gender differences in job satisfaction.

The competing hypotheses of socialization, structural, and social role theories were used to investigate the possible existence of gender differences in job satisfaction. The hypotheses were tested in a sample of over 13,000 U.S. employees from approximately 130 organizations and divisions across a variety of industries. The organizations were clients of a North American-based management consulting company. T tests and effect sizes were calculated to test for the possible existence of group differences in job satisfaction between women and men in both clerical and managerial positions. The results indicate support for structural theory, some support for social role theory, and a lack of support for socialization theory. An important finding is that U.S. women and men in management apparently did not differ from one another in their sources of satisfaction at work.
Extrachromosomally determined antibiotic production.

TESTS FOR EXTRACHROMOSOMAL CONTROL OF ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION 375 Is Extrachromosomal Control Likely, A Priori? 375 Acceptable Evidence for Plasmid Determination 376 Segregational evidence 377 Infectious transfer 377 Correlation with plasmid DNA . 378 II/Swhilily alld curillg 378 PLASMID-DETERMINED EUBACTERIAL ANTIBIOTICS 378 Microcins and Pseudomonas Toxins 379 Microcins 379 Toxins in plant-pathogenic pseudomonads . 380 Two sides of the same coin? 380 Nisin in Streptococcus lactis . 380 A Myxobacterial Antibiotic 381
Emerging Technologies [wireless communication systems for implantable medical devices]

The reference to wireless medical telemetry includes measurement and recording of physiological parameters and other patient-related information via radiated electromagnetic signals. This paper discusses matters concerning the design of such wireless systems and review several existing and future clinical applications. The potential advantages of remote monitoring of implantable devices could include timely monitoring of clinical events and symptoms, a reduction in routine patient follow-up, closer monitoring of device longevity that may extend usage, and reduced patient transport costs. The development of new diagnostics techniques could highly benefit from the wide deployment of wireless solutions as data computation and analysis tasks could be seamlessly shared between the implanted devices and their paired external appliances.
Souvenirs - Factor Influencing the Tourism Activity. Case Study: Opinions of Young People on Souvenirs

The capacity, or more precisely the “task” of concentrating, both from a functional and aesthetic perspective, the essence of a tourism destination into a single object, represents the main explanation why the marketing specialist of the respective destination attaches an enhanced importance to souvenirs. Therefore, due to synthesizing the important, or so considered elements, souvenirs significantly influence the image the potential consumers may form, as well their reiteration by the existing consumers. In order to find out the consumers’ opinions on the representativeness of the souvenirs sold in shops, deemed as the most important by the authors of this article, a quantitative, exploratory research was performed, whose purpose is identifying young peoples’ position on the image conveyed by means of souvenirs. The need for this research is incontestable in order to create a connection among the desired image, the conveyed image, the perceived image and the expected image.
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in young children with cystic fibrosis

Although nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are recognized pathogens in adolescent and adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), the role of NTM in younger CF patients is not well‐defined. To explore NTM infection in CF patients less than 12 years old, a retrospective review was performed. Prevalence was estimated from routine mycobacterial cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens collected over a 3‐year period. NTM‐positive cultures were obtained from 9 of 258 BALs collected from 7 of 114 different patients (5 months to 11 years of age). Further data were acquired from microbiological and clinical records of all pediatric patients with CF over a 10‐year period. A total of 17 patients had at least one positive mycobacterial culture at less than 12 years of age, 5 of whom had positive cultures before age 5. The most commonly identified organisms were Mycobacterium avium‐complex and Mycobacterium abscessus. Of the 17 patients, 10 met American Thoracic Society (ATS) microbiological criteria for mycobacterial disease, and 7 did not. The two groups did not differ with respect to age, gender, or presence of other respiratory pathogens. Patients who met ATS microbiological criteria for disease were more likely to have positive smears for acid‐fast bacilli and grow Mycobacterium abscessus from culture. These patients also had a greater decline in lung function over time than patients who did not meet the microbiologic criteria. These data suggest that NTM represent a clinically significant pathogen, even in young patients with cystic fibrosis. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Prediction of recurrent cytomegalovirus disease after treatment with ganciclovir in solid-organ transplant recipients.

CMV disease often recurs after initially successful antiviral therapy. We retrospectively determined in a group of 36 organ transplant patients whether clinical, virological, or immunological parameters during or shortly after cessation of antiviral therapy can identify those at high risk of relapse. Eleven of 36 patients had recurrent CMV disease after ganciclovir therapy. Neither donor or recipient CMV serostatus, type of baseline immunosuppression, antirejection treatment, indication for antiviral treatment, nor presence of CMV in the blood during or after therapy (as detected by antigenemia, viremia, or a positive polymerase-chain-reaction signal) were helpful in identification of patients with subsequent relapse. However, quantitative monitoring of antigenemia fascilitated early diagnosis of relapse since 10 of 11 patients with > or = 10 antigen-positive cells per 50,000 PMNs relapsed (99.1%, 95% CI 58.7-99.8). IgM and IgG responses against CMV during primary infection were comparable in relapsing and nonrelapsing patients. During secondary infection relapse occurred only in the 4 patients with the lowest IgG responses. The number of activated CD8bright lymphocytes in the peripheral blood as determined by flow cytometry at the end of antiviral therapy was a strong risk factor for the subsequent clinical course: 6 of 7 patients (85.7%, 95% CI 42.1-99.6%) with < 100 x 10(3) HLADR+CD8bright cells/ml blood relapsed, while 8 of 8 (100%, 95% CI 63-100) with activated CD8bright cells above that level remained asymptomatic (P < .025). These data show that patients with a high risk of relapse of CMV disease can be identified at the end of antiviral therapy.
A crosstalk error correction algorithm for Capacitive Sensor panels

Projected Capacitive Sensors can be found in many applications in portable devices, integrated in touch screen sensor panels. In these systems, crosstalk between sensors can lead to inaccurate touch location. Parasitic capacitances in the sensor routing can cause shifts in the final capacitance measurements. In this paper, a novel algorithm is presented aimed at tackling this problem. With the sole knowledge of the panel layout, a simple correcting matrix is derived and applied to the readings, producing a more precise touch placement. No prior knowledge of the active circuitry or the parasitic capacitances is needed. This makes the approach “driver-independent”, meaning that the resulting matrix is only linked to the actual panel layout. The effectiveness of the algorithm is demonstrated with a full custom Controller IC and sensor panel.
How important is age in defining the prognosis of patients with community-acquired pneumonia?

Purpose of review Given that the population is increasing in age, a better understanding of the relationship between chronological age and health-related outcomes (especially mortality) is needed, for both chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes) and acute illnesses (e.g. pneumonia). Our purpose was to review the impact of age on the prognosis of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Recent findings Many studies in patients with CAP have suggested that chronological age is not necessarily independently associated with mortality. Poorer outcomes in the elderly with CAP have been related to severity of disease, comorbid disease burden, functional status, and frailty, but not to age alone. However, many of these studies suffer from ‘over-adjustment’ due to the use of unmodified severity scores such as the Pneumonia Severity Index or Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (that already include age) in multivariable analyses. Studies accounting for this over-adjustment suggest that age is, in fact, independently associated with mortality in hospitalized patients with CAP. Other outcomes including hospitalization and readmission rates, hospital length of stay, and cost of care are similarly associated with increasing age. Residual confounding is still a problem in many of the observational studies reviewed. Summary Contrary to conventional wisdom, chronological age is independently associated with adverse outcomes in patients with CAP. Until better methods (or more clinically-rich datasets) for observational studies are developed that can avoid over-adjustment and better deal with residual confounding, physicians should take into account both a patient's overall health status and his or her chronological age.
Electromechanical Effects of Caroverine, a New Slow‐Channel Blockade, on the SA Node Cells of Rabbit and Atrial Muscle Fibers of Rabbit and Guinea Pig

Summary The effects of caroverine on electrical activity of isolated rabbit sinoatrial (SA) node cells and atrial muscle fibers and on contractile force of atrial muscle preparations were examined. In spontaneously firing SA node cells, caroverine (1 × 10−7 M-1 × 10−5 M) decreased the action potential amplitude (APA) and the maximal rate of depolarization (MRD) in a concentration-dependent manner. However, the spontaneous firing cycle length of these cells was not prolonged significantly with the drug except at a high concentration. In constantly driven atrial muscle fibers, caroverine at the same concentration range shortened the 30% repolarization time coupled with a depression of the plateau phase of action potentials. The effects of caroverine on the developed tension (DT) of atrial muscle were compared with that of verapamil. The 50% effective dose (ED50) for inhibition on atrial DT was 1 × 10−5 M for caroverine and 8 × 108 M for verapamil. Caroverine as well as verapamil had a frequency-dependent inhibitory action on atrial DT, which indicates that both of the drugs have an influence on the kinetics of slow channel of cardiac fibers. In conclusion, it is suggested that caroverine has only a small negative inotropic effect while electrophysiological effects are similar to slow-channel blockers.
An Accelerated Online PCA with O(1) Complexity for Learning Molecular Dynamics Data

In this paper, we discuss the problem of decomposing complex and large Molecular Dynamics trajectory data into simple low-resolution representation using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Since applying standard PCA for such large data is expensive in terms of space and time complexity, we propose a novel online PCA algorithm with O ( 1 ) complexity per new time-step. Our approach is able to approximate the full dimensional eigenspace per new time-step of MD simulation. Experimental results indicate that our technique provides an effective approximation to the original eigenspace computed using standard PCA in batch mode.
Prospect of the European Union to becomea Defence Union:Analysis of the major nation-state actors’perspectives on the European Security andDefence Policy

v List of Acronyms . vi List of Figures and Tables . vii CHAPTER ONE: Introduction. 1 1.1 Defining the Object of Research . 2 1.2 Outlining the Concept of Analysis . 4 1.3 The Literature and Structure. 6
Innovative ESD protections for UTBB FD-SOI technology

We present an innovative set of UTBB (Ultra-Thin Body and BOX) ESD protection devices, which achieves remarkable performance in terms of leakage current and triggering control. Ultra-low leakage current below 0.1 pA/μm and adjustable triggering (1.1V <; Vt1 <; 2.6V) capability are demonstrated. These devices rely on gate-controlled injection barriers and match the 28nm UTBB-FDSOI ESD design window by triggering before the nominal breakdown voltage of digital core MOS transistors.