Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performance analysis of machine learning techniques in intrusion detection

With computer and Internet to be an indispensable part of our daily lives, the number of Web applications on the Internet has increased rapidly. With the increasing number of Web applications, attacks on the disclosure of data on the internet and the number of varieties has increased. Made over the Web attacks and to detect unauthorized access requests, intrusion detection systems have been used successfully. In this study, In order to develop a more efficient STS, machine learning techniques, Bayesian networks, support vector machines, neural networks, k nearest neighbor algorithm and decision trees examined the success of the STS, the success and process time of the classifier according to the types of attacks have been analyzed. Kddcup99 data sets were used in experimental studies.
Role of Angiogenesis in Cardiovascular Disease: A Critical Appraisal

The role of angiogenesis in atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases has emerged as a major unresolved issue. Angiogenesis has attracted interest from opposite perspectives. Angiogenic cytokine therapy has been widely regarded as an attractive approach both for treating ischemic heart disease and for enhancing arterioprotective functions of the endothelium; conversely, a variety of studies suggest that neovascularization contributes to the growth of atherosclerotic lesions and is a key factor in plaque destabilization leading to rupture. Here, we critically review the evidence supporting a role for angiogenesis and angiogenic factors in atherosclerosis and neointima formation, emphasizing the problems raised by some of the landmark studies and the suitability of animal models of atherosclerosis and neointimal thickening for investigating the role of angiogenesis. Because many of the relevant studies have focused on the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), we consider this work in the wider context of VEGF biology and in light of recent experience from clinical trials of VEGF and other angiogenic cytokines for ischemic heart disease. Also discussed are recent findings suggesting that, although angiogenesis may contribute to neointimal growth, it is not required for the initiation of intimal thickening. Our assessment of the evidence leads us to conclude that, although microvessels are a feature of advanced human atherosclerotic plaques, it remains unclear whether angiogenesis either plays a central role in the development of atherosclerosis or is responsible for plaque instability. Furthermore, current evidence from clinical trials of both proangiogenic and antiangiogenic therapies does not suggest that inhibition of angiogenesis is likely to be a viable therapeutic strategy for cardiovascular disease.
Resultants and Subresultants: Univariate vs. Multivariate Case

It is very well-known that this system has a non-trivial solution if and only if AD −BC equals to zero. One can generalize the previous situation in two different directions. The most classical one is the notion of determinant, which is the condition under which a system of n homogeneous equations in n unknowns    A11x1 + A12x2 + . + A1nxn = 0 A21x1 + A22x2 + . + A2nxn = 0 . An1x1 + An2x2 + . + Annxn = 0
What variables can differentiate winning and losing teams in the group and final stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup?

ABSTRACT To compare the tactical, physical and technical indicators between winners and losers of the group and final stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup (WC). Eighteen variables were analysed, divided into tactical (ball possession), physical (distance covered, sprints and intensity zones 1 [low] to 5 [high]) and technical indicators (passing, shots and corners). The losing teams had lower ball possession in the group stage when compared to the winners (p = .04). There was a tendency (p = .06) for winners to spend more time in high intensity (group stage). Winners also had a tendency towards greater passing success (p = .06), shots (p = .05) and shots on target (p < .01). In summary, the winning teams have greater ball possession and pass success during the group stage of the 2018 FIFA WC, in addition to spending more time at high intensities and achieving more shots and shots on target independent of whether the match was performed in the group or final knockout stage. Our findings do not suggest any additional physical, tactical or technical variable in the determination of success in high-level soccer competition.
Identity criteria and sortal concepts

In this paper we focus on a specific aspect of the notion ofconceptualisation, i.e. on the issue of the specification ofa certain kind of concept: sortal concept. Our startingpoint is the intuitive idea that a sortal concept cannot bespecified in isolation from a general notion of entity. We thinkthat this idea has some bearing on the way in which identitycriteria should be conceived, since they are usually taken as afundamental tool for the specification of a sortal concept. Thefirst goal of our paper is to discuss and point out somedifficulties concerning the relation between sortals and identitycriteria. In general, we think that the specification of a sortalpresupposes - in Russellian terms - a range of significance onwhich the concept is defined. It follows that the sortal cannot bestated without a specification of its range of significance. Thismeans that identity criteria for a sortal K providingconditions of identity only for objects falling under K arenot enough to specify K. Independently of this point, we arequite skeptical about the possibility of achieving a formalsatisfactory definition of sortal. We will try to show thateven Guarino and Welty's last proposal [4] does not succeed. Oursecond goal concerns which concepts are to be taken as sortals. Bythinking that identity criteria are necessary and sufficientconditions for identity, Guarino and Welty cannot accept that, say,a is S1 and a is S2, in thecase that S1 and S2 are associated withincompatible criteria. So they are lead to postulate, for example,that not a but b is S2 and a isconstituted by b. We defend the thesis that it is possibleto take some concepts - in our case S2 - as endowed onlywith necessary conditions for identity. We will argue for somespecific choices.
Fibroblasts and macrophages of mice with the Chediak-Higashi-like syndrome have microtubules and actin cables

Cells of the beige mouse contain abnormally large lysosomes and show enhanced capping of concanavalin A. It has been suggested that these phenomena may be secondary to a defect in microtubule polymerization. We have examined the cytoskeleton of beige mouse cells by indirect immunofluorescence and find the number and distribution of microtubules and actin cables to be indistinguishable from those of normal control cells.
Detecting Grammatical Errors in Machine Translation Output Using Dependency Parsing and Treebank Querying

Despite the recent advances in the field of machine translation (MT), MT systems cannot guarantee that the sentences they produce will be fluent and coherent in both syntax and semantics. Detecting and highlighting errors in machine-translated sentences can help post-editors to focus on the erroneous fragments that need to be corrected. This paper presents two methods for detecting grammatical errors in Dutch machine-translated text, using dependency parsing and treebank querying. We test our approach on the output of a statistical and a rule-based MT system for English-Dutch and evaluate the performance on sentence and word-level. The results show that our method can be used to detect grammatical errors with high accuracy on sentence-level in both types of MT output.
Design and Implementation of Booth Multiplier using Approximate Adders

Low power is an imperative requirement for portable multimedia devices employing various signal processing algorithms and architectures. In most multimedia applications, human beings can gather useful information from slightly erroneous outputs. Therefore, we do not need to produce exactly correct numerical outputs. Previous research in this context exploits error resiliency primarily through voltage overscaling, utilizing algorithmic and architectural techniques to mitigate the resulting errors. In this paper, we propose logic complexity reduction at the transistor level as an alternative approach to take advantage of the relaxation of numerical accuracy. We demonstrate this concept by proposing various imprecise or approximate full adder cells with reduced complexity at the transistor level, and utilize them to design approximate multi-bit adders. In addition to the inherent reduction in switched capacitance, our techniques result in significantly shorter critical paths, enabling voltage scaling. Keyword: Approximate computing, low power, mirror adder. Booths multiplier, Wallace tree multiplier I. INTRODUCTION Digital signal processing (DSP) blocks form the backbone of various multimedia applications used in portable devices. Most of these DSP blocks implement image and video processing algorithms, where the ultimate output is either an image or a video for human consumption. Human beings have limited perceptual abilities when interpreting an image or a video. This allows the outputs of these algorithms to be numerically approximate rather than accurate. This relaxation on numerical exactness provides some freedom to carry out imprecise or approximate computation. We can use this freedom to come up with low-power designs at different levels of design abstraction, namely, logic, architecture, and algorithm. The paradigm of approximate computing is specific to select hardware implementations of DSP blocks. It is shown in (1) that an embedded reduced instruction set computing processor consumes 70% of the energy in supplying data and instructions, and 6% of the energy while performing arithmetic only. Therefore, using approximate arithmetic in such a scenario will not provide much energy benefit when considering the complete processor. Programmable processors are designed for general-purpose applications with no application-specific specialization. Therefore, there may not be many applications that will be able to tolerate errors due to approximate computing. This also makes general-purpose processors not suited for using approximate building blocks. This issue has already been discussed in (13). Therefore, in this paper, we consider application-specific integrated circuit implementations of error-resilient applications like image and video compression.
The Modern Myth of the Vulnerable Franchisee: The Case for a More Balanced View of the Franchisor-Franchisee Relationship

Published in Franchise Law Journal, Volume 28, Number 1, Summer 2008. © 2008 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. The Modern Myth of the Vulnerable Franchisee: The Case for a More Balanced View of the Franchisor-Franchisee Relationship
Molecular targeted therapies in non-GIST soft tissue sarcomas: what the radiologist needs to know

Abstract Non-gastrointestinal stromal soft tissue sarcomas are uncommon neoplasms that have a dismal prognosis due to a high incidence of metastases and a poor response to conventional chemotherapy. The identification of characteristic genetic alterations in several of these tumors has opened the window for molecular targeted therapies in patients who have failed conventional chemotherapy. Imaging plays a critical role in assessing the response to these novel therapeutic agents. Just like the response of gastrointestinal stromal tumors to imatinib, the response of non-gastrointestinal stromal soft tissue sarcomas to molecular targeted drugs is better evaluated on imaging by alternate tumor response criteria such as the Choi criteria. In addition, these drugs are associated with distinct class-specific drug toxicities that can come to attention for the first time on imaging. The purpose of this article is to provide a primer for the radiologist on the various molecular targeted therapies in advanced/metastatic non-gastrointestinal stromal soft tissue sarcomas with emphasis on the role of imaging in assessing treatment response and complications.
FPGA implementation of Saliency based secured watermarking framework

In this paper authors proposed a secured Digital Biometric based watermarking algorithm and its hardware realization by means of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The scheme focuses on the Graph Based Visual Saliency (GBVS) technique. Biometric watermarking has been introduced for validity and ultimate security of a digital media. Biometric information which is basically fingerprint is being hidden in a cover image in an efficient way such that the quality of the original information is not corrupted. The result of imperceptibility is promising; moreover several attacks were made to prove the robustness of this technique. The hardware implementation of this algorithm is provided to validate this scheme.
Sevoflurane Increases Glucose Transport in Skeletal Muscle Cells

Sevoflurane activates phospholipase C and protein kinase C, leading to an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, which modulates glucose transport. We studied in vitro the effect of sevoflurane on the uptake of 2-deoxyglucose in rat skeletal muscle cells and the mechanism that modulates the glucose transport. Sevoflurane 0.8, 1.2, and 2.0 mM significantly increased glucose uptake from 13.1 ± 1.2 pmol · h−1 · mg protein−1 to 22.6 ± 1.4, 32.1 ± 1.8, and 37.4 ±2.7 pmol · h−1 · mg protein−1, respectively. Tyrphostin A-23 (a highly selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor) 1 and 10 nM significantly decreased the sevoflurane-stimulated glucose uptake from 32.1 ± 1.8 to 25.8 ± 1.1 and 15.2 ± 1.7 pmol · h−1 · mg protein−1, respectively. Genistein (a selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor) 1 and 10 nM also significantly decreased the sevoflurane- stimulated glucose uptake from 32.1 ± 1.8 to 25.7 ± 1.5 and 15.2 ± 1.4 pmol · h−1 · mg protein−1, respectively. The sevoflurane-stimulated glucose uptake was decreased by 100 nM and 1 &mgr;M TMB-8 (an intracellular Ca2+ antagonist), from 32.1 ± 1.8 pmol · h−1 · mg protein−1 to 25.6 ± 3.3 and 20.3 ± 1.6 pmol · h−1 · mg protein−1, respectively. Staurosporine (a protein kinase C antagonist) 100 nM significantly decreased sevoflurane-stimulated glucose uptake to 26.1 ± 1.5 pmol · h−1 · mg protein−1. We conclude that sevoflurane increases glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells and that the sevoflurane-stimulated glucose uptake was associated with tyrosine kinase, protein kinase C, and intracellular Ca2+.
Predictive Value of Plasma MicroRNA-216a/b in the Diagnosis of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a common human malignancy with poor survival, which was usually diagnosed at an advanced stage. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of single stranded noncoding RNAs with only 17–25 ribonucleotides, were demonstrated to play an important role in lots of cancers. In the recent years, increasing evidence revealed that circulating miRNAs exhibited great potential in the diagnosis of various types of cancers. The present study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic value of plasma miRNA-216a/b for ESCC. Our results showed that the expression level of plasma miRNA-216a/b was significantly lower in ESCC patients compared with that of healthy controls. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis yielded an area under the ROC curve (AUC) value of 0.877 [95% CI (confidence interval): 0.818–0.922] for miRNA-216a and 0.756 (95% CI: 0.685–0.819) for miRNA-216b. Clinical data indicated that plasma miRNA-216a/b were inversely correlated with lymph node metastasis and TNM stage. Additionally, the plasma miRNA-216b expression level was significantly upregulated in postoperative samples compared to preoperative samples. Our study, for the first time, demonstrated that plasma miRNA-216a/b might serve as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of ESCC and dysregulation of miRNA-216a/b might be involved in the progression of ESCC.
Effective multi-path vector channel simulator for antenna array systems

We present a new, computationally efficient simulator for time-varying multi-path (fast fading) vector channels that can be used to evaluate the performance of antenna array wireless receivers at the base station. The development of the simulator is based on the emulation of the spatio-temporal correlation properties of the vector channel. The channel is modeled as a single-input multi-output finite impulse response (FIR) system with time-varying coefficients which are obtained via the application of a space-time correlation shaping transformation on some independent random sequences. The various parts of the new simulator are detailed and channel simulation realizations are presented and commented on.
Prevalence of obesity, food choices and socio-economic status: a cross-sectional study in the north-west of Iran

Abstract Aim To document the epidemiological features and influencing factors of obesity in the north-west of Iran, to provide baseline information for setting up a regional population-based centre to control and prevent obesity-related disorders in the area. Methods In this cross-sectional study, a total of 300 subjects were selected/studied in Tabriz, one of the major cities in Iran. Data on basic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, dietary assessment and physical activity were collected. Obesity was defined as body mass index ≥ 30 kg m− 2 for both women and men. Results Total prevalence of obesity in the area was 22.4% (95% confidence interval (CI): 18.0–27.6). The prevalence of obesity was 24% (95% CI: 18.5–31.4) for women and 18% (95% CI: 12.5–25.6) for men. For both women and men obesity prevalence showed a positive association with age (P < 0.001), while there was a negative correlation of obesity with education and income (P < 0.001). Fruit consumption decreased the risk of obesity in both women and men (odds ratio (OR) = 0.60, 95% CI: 0.49–0.71 vs. OR = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.51–0.74, respectively). The same significant pattern was observed for the consumption of green vegetables (OR = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.57–0.63 vs. OR = 0.86, 95% CI: 0.77–0.98 for women and men, respectively), legumes (OR = 0.70, 95% CI: 0.59–0.84 vs. OR = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.66–0.91 for women and men, respectively) and dairy products (OR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.61–0.91 vs. OR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.63–0.93 for women and men, respectively). Conclusions Our study showed that educational attainment, higher income and consumption of certain food groups (i.e. vegetables, fruits, legumes and dairy products) may decrease the risk of obesity. Our findings also indicate the crucial necessity of establishing a population-based centre for obesity in the area. The essential information is now achieved to propose to local health authorities to act accordingly. However, more population-based investigations on dietary choices are needed to develop effective preventive strategies to control overweight and obesity disorders in different regions.
WX Cen (≡ WR 48c) – a possible Type Ia supernova progenitor

We confirm the orbital period of WX Cen ≡ WR 48c determined by Diaz & Steiner and refined its value to P orb = 0.416 961 5(±22) d. The light curve of this object has a peak-to-peak variation of approximately 0.32 mag. It is non-sinusoidal in the sense that it has a V-shaped narrow minimum, similar to the ones seen in V Sge, V617 Sgr and in compact binary supersoft sources (CBSS). Most of the emission lines in the optical spectrum are due to Balmer, He II, C IV, N v, O v and O vi. An analysis of the He II Pickering series decrement shows that the system has significant amount of hydrogen. The emission lines of He II 4686 A became weaker between the 1991 and 2000/2002 observations, indicating distinct levels of activity. The spectra of WX Cen show variable absorption features in the Balmer lines with V = -2900 km s -1 and in emission with V = ±3500 km s -1 . These highly variable features remind us of the satellite emission lines found in the spectra of CBSS. We estimate the colour excess as E(B - V) = 0.63 on the basis of the observed diffuse interstellar band at 5780 A. Given the distance-colour excess relation in the direction of WX Cen, this implies a distance of 2.8 ± 0.3 kpc. Interstellar absorption of the Na I D lines show components at -4.1 km s -1 , which corresponds to the velocity of the Coalsack, and three other components at -23.9, -32.0 and -39.0 km s -1 . These components are also seen with similar strengths in field stars that have distances between 1.8 and 2.7 kpc. The intrinsic colour of WX Cen is (B - V) 0 = -0.2 and the absolute magnitude is M V = -0.5. Extended red wings in the strong emission lines are seen. A possible explanation is that the system has a spill-over stream similar to what is seen in V617 Sgr. We predict that when observed in opposite phase, blue wings would be observed. A puzzling feature that remains to be explained is the highly variable red wing (V ∼ 700 km s -1 ) of the O VI emission lines as well as of the red wings of the H and He lines. The velocity of the satellite-like feature is consistent with the idea that the central star is a white dwarf with a mass of M ∼ 0.9 M ○. With the high accretion rate under consideration, the star may become a Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) in a time-scale of 5 x 10 6 yr.
Design and Implementation of a Rule-based Recommender Application Framework for the Semantic Web Data

This paper describes the design and implementation of a recommender application framework which aims to simplify development of ontology-based recommender applications over the Semantic Web data. Recommender system is a type of system that generates meaningful recommendations to support user’s decision. Development of recommender system for the Semantic Web data typically requires ontology, rules and rule-based inference engine to be applied over the RDF data. To facilitate development of recommender applications, our application framework introduces a recommendation template that is a specific form of rule language that provides high-level abstraction in generating recommendations. Recommendation rules can be created based on the template using recommendation editor to hide complexity of rule language syntax. The framework proposes two implementation approaches for generating recommendation results based on the recommendation rules: rule-based reasoner and SPARQL-based implementation. The preliminary evaluation results over a data set in public health domain showed more efficient execution time using the SPARQL-based implementation approach. The results suggested that, by limiting expressiveness of recommendation rules, a specialized form of recommendation processor can be developed for more efficient system performance.