Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Angle-based constrained dominance principle in MOEA/D for constrained multi-objective optimization problems

This paper proposes a new constraint handling method named Angle-based Constrained Dominance Principle (ACDP). Unlike the original Constrained Dominance Principle (CDP), this approach adopts the angle information of the objective functions to enhance the population's diversity in the infeasible region. To be more specific, given two infeasible solutions, if the angle of the solutions is greater than a given threshold, they are considered to be non-dominated by each other. For a feasible solution and an infeasible solution, if the angle of the solutions is less than a given threshold, the feasible solution is better, otherwise they are non-dominated. To verify the proposed constraint handling approach ACDP, eight test problems CMOP1 to CMOP8 are introduced. The suggested algorithm MOEA/D-ACDP is compared with MOEA/D-CDP and NSGA-II-CDP on CMOP1 to CMOP8. The experimental results demonstrate that ACDP performs better than CDP in the framework of MOEA/D, and MOEA/D-ACDP is significantly better than NSGA-II-CDP, especially on the test instances with the very low ratio of feasible region against the whole objective space.
A 120 GHz Fully Integrated 10 Gb/s Short-Range Star-QAM Wireless Transmitter With On-Chip Bondwire Antenna in 45 nm Low Power CMOS

In this paper, a fully integrated D-band transmitter with on-chip dipole bondwire antenna implemented in 45 nm low-power CMOS is presented. The purpose of this 120 GHz wireless connector is to provide a high-speed short-range wireless communication link. On-chip frequency generation, insensitive to VCO pulling, is integrated together with a direct carrier quadrature vector modulator, ASK modulator, four-stage differential transformer-coupled power amplifier, and bondwire antenna. A 29-1-bit PRBS generator, capable of generating three parallel bit streams at a clock frequency of 8 GHz, is integrated on the same chip for measurement purposes. The transmitter is capable of efficiently generating BPSK, QPSK, and Star-QAM modulation formats. Data transmission over a distance up to 1 m is achieved for data rates as high as 2 Gb/s. For shorter distances, data rates up to 10 Gb/s are measured.
VISUAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ESTHETIC QUALITY OF THE ROSEBUSH

Since its introduction into the analysis of foodstuffs, sensory analysis has been applied in several contexts. This work seeks to widen the field of sensory analysis to include ornamental plants and to characterize their esthetic quality. Using the rosebush as a plant model, an attribute generation protocol is proposed in order to develop a conventional profile of such products. Further to statistical treatments aiming to verify the unambiguity, discrimination and independence of these attributes, a reduced list of 18 attributes has been set up. These attributes make up the very core of the conventional profiling studies currently undertaken.
Relationship strength estimation for social media using Folksonomy and network analysis

We propose a relationship strength estimation method in social media. We estimate relationship strength between web pages in social bookmarking services using a tag vocabulary and construct a network of the web pages. In this step Bayes theorem is used to estimate true strength from each user's strength estimation. After estimation using tags the network is represented in lower dimension space and some non-important links are removed. In this step the network is approximated keeping neighborhood of data in the original network. To evaluate our proposed method we carry out some experiments using artificially generated data and real social bookmarking data. And we confirm that 1) the proposed method can estimate more appropriate relationship strength than ordinary methods based on cooccurrence frequency and tags sharing rate and 2) the proposed method can remain essential links and delete pseudo relationship.
ER Calcium and Alzheimer’s Disease: In a State of Flux

Mutations in presenilin 1 may exaggerate Ca2+ signaling in neurons, increasing their vulnerability. The calcium ion (Ca2+) plays fundamental roles in orchestrating dynamic changes in the function and structure of nerve cell circuits in the brain. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), an organelle that actively removes Ca2+ from the cytoplasm, can release stored Ca2+ through ER membrane receptor channels responsive either to the lipid messenger inositol trisphosphate(IP3) or to cytosolic Ca2+. Emerging findings suggest that perturbed ER Ca2+ homeostasis contributes to the dysfunction and degeneration of neurons that occurs in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Presenilin-1 (PS1) is an integral membrane protein in the ER; mutations in PS1 that cause early-onset inherited AD increase the pool of ER Ca2+ available for release and also enhance Ca2+ release through ER IP3- and ryanodine-sensitive channels. By enhancing Ca2+ flux across the ER membrane, PS1 mutations may exaggerate Ca2+ signaling in synaptic terminals and thereby render them vulnerable to dysfunction and degeneration in the settings of aging and amyloid accumulation in AD.
External Sources of Individual Differences? A Cross-Linguistic Analysis of the Phonetics of Mothers' Speech to 1-Year-Old Children.

Wide individual differences in early word production characterize children learning the same language, but the role of specific adult input in this interchild variability is unknown. Sampling the speech of American, French, and Swedish mothers (5 in each language group) to their 1-year-old children, this study analyzed the distribution of consonantal categories, word length, and final consonants in running speech, content words, initial consonant of content words, and target words (adult models of words attempted by the children) as well as the children's own early words (from age 9 months to about 18 months). Variability is greater in child words than adult speech, and individual mother-child dyads show no evidence of specific maternal influence on the phonetics of the child's speech
Carbohydrate utilization in rat soleus muscle is influenced by carbonic anhydrase III activity

Côté, Claude H. , Guylaine Perreault, and Jérôme Frenette. Carbohydrate utilization in rat soleus muscle is influenced by carbonic anhydrase III activity. Am. J. Physiol. 273 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 42): R1211– R1218, 1997. —Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase III (CA III; EC 4.2.1.1) activity in type I muscle can influence resistance to fatigue and glycogen utilization. Our aim was to determine if CA III inhibition could influence muscle pH and glycolytic rate. Muscle pH, hexosemonophosphates (HMP), glycolytic intermediates, ATP, and creatine phosphate (CP) were measured at rest and during a fatigue protocol in rat soleus muscles in vitro with or without CA inhibitors (CAI). In resting muscles, CAI resulted in a significant drop in pH (7.11 vs. 7.06, P , 0.05) and in a twoto threefold increase in HMP content compared with control muscles. Measurements of HMP and glycolytic intermediates during the fatigue protocol suggested, however, that the glycolytic flux was not influenced. Globally, muscles incubated with CAI showed larger perturbations of their CP and ATP content than control muscles. The accumulation of HMP induced by the CAI was found to be totally dependent on the combined presence of external glucose and contractile activity, suggesting that inhibiting CA III may augment the responsitivity of the contraction-induced glucose uptake process.
Elongation of fatty acids in human brain tissue

FATTY acid synthesis proceeds by two mechanisms. The first mechanism is de mvo synthesis of saturated fatty acids, primarily palmitic acid, by cytoplasmic enzymes. The second mechanism is elongation of the fatty acids by mitochondria1 and microsomal enzymes. The process of fatty acid elongation by the brain is similar to that found in noncerebral tissues and has recently been elucidated (AEBERHARD and MENKES, 1968; YATSU and Mass, 1971). The importance of long chain fatty acids, as obligate constituents of sphingolipids and phospholipids, is suggested by the proposal that their interdigitations may convey stability and cohesiveness to membranes (VANDENHELWEL, 1963). O’BRIEN (1964) has postulated that defective membranes resulting from an altered structure may cause neurological disease. The relevance of fatty acid elongation to brain disease is also suggested by its possible involvement in multiple sclerosis (GERSTL, ENG, TAVASTSTIERNA, SMITH and KRUSE, 1970) and the ‘Quaking Mouse’ (BAUMANN, JACQUE, POLLET and HARPIN, 1968). A paucity of information exists, however, on the process of fatty acid elongation in pathological specimens. Our report concerns an assessment of fatty acid elongation by mitochondria obtained from the brains of four patients exhibiting a heterogeneous group of dementias (including one case of Alzheimer’s disease) and from one human control specimen obtained from a normal appearing cortex adjacent to a brain tumour. Elongation of fatty acids in cerebral mitochondria from these five patients was also compared to that in cerebral mitochondria from normal adult rats. We thought it of interest to study these patients, since the possible involvement of lipid and fatty acid metabolism in dementia has been reported by several authors (ROUSER, FELDMAN and GALLI, 196%; ROUSER, GALL[ and KRITCHEVSKY, 19656; SUZUKI, KATZMAN and KOREY, 1965).
Withdrawal Symptoms and Nicotine Dependence Severity Predict Virtual Reality Craving in Cigarette-Deprived Smokers.

INTRODUCTION Virtual reality (VR) has been shown to be effective in eliciting responses to nicotine cues in cigarette smokers. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether cigarette-deprived smokers would exhibit increased craving and changes in heart rate when viewing cigarette related cues as compared to non-smoking cues in a VR environment, and the secondary aim was to assess the extent to which self-assessed measures of withdrawal and dependence correlated with VR craving. METHODS Nicotine-dependent cigarette smokers were recruited for a 2 day study. On Day 1, participants smoked as usual and on Day 2 were deprived from smoking overnight. On both days, participants completed self-assessment questionnaires on withdrawal, craving, and nicotine-dependence. Participants completed a VR session during the cigarette deprivation condition only (Day 2). During this session, they were exposed to active smoking and placebo (non-smoking) cues. RESULTS The data show that self-reported levels of "craving" (p < .01) and "thinking about cigarettes" (p < .0001) were significantly greater after exposure to the active cues versus non-smoking cues. Significant increases in heart rate were found for 3 of 4 active cues when compared to non-smoking cues (p < .05). Finally, significant positive correlations were found between self-reported craving prior to the VR session and craving induced by active VR cues (p < .01). CONCLUSIONS In this report, active VR cues elicited craving during cigarette deprivation. This is the first study to demonstrate that self-reported craving, withdrawal symptoms, and nicotine dependence severity predict cue-induced craving in the VR setting.
The Influence of Interpolated Recall upon Recognition

An experiment was designed to show how immediate recall may affect recognition. A number of subjects were shown a picture. Some were asked to recall it and were then given a recognition test. Others were given only the recognition test after the same interval. Only 4 of the 16 subjects who had recalled it identified it; whereas 14 of the 16 others did so. A second experiment gave similar results. Recall was constructed round dominant items of the picture. This distribution of emphasis together with the acceptance of an invented detail as genuine were the common causes of errors in subsequent recognition. Both the dominant and invented items in recall were those which became most obviously merged into an organization of related experiences and in consequence those which militated against subsequent recognition. The recognition test was applied in two further groups of 16 subjects with a change in one of the dominant details (i.e. the wording). The number of subjects who now correctly identified the remainder of the material was 9 when there was no intermediate recall, and nil when immediate recall of the original material was interposed.
Wafer-scale integration of analog neural networks

This paper introduces a novel design of an artificial neural network tailored for wafer-scale integration. The presented VLSI implementation includes continuous-time analog neurons with up to 16 k inputs. A novel interconnection and routing scheme allows the mapping of a multitude of network models derived from biology on the VLSI neural network while maintaining a high resource usage. A single 20 cm wafer contains about 60 million synapses. The implemented neurons are highly accelerated compared to biological real time. The power consumption of the dense interconnection network providing the necessary communication bandwidth is a critical aspect of the system integration. A novel asynchronous low-voltage signaling scheme is presented that makes the wafer-scale approach feasible by limiting the total power consumption while simultaneously providing a flexible, programmable network topology.
Comment: Where is the Theory? A Critical Comment on Multiple Arousal Theory

Multiple arousal theory suggests that there is more than one arousal system and that the activity of the multiple arousal systems can be observed using electrodermal measures at various body sites. The ideas expressed by multiple arousal theory are interesting but they do not constitute a theory. The absence of a specific definition of arousal and the lack of testable predictions prevent multiple arousal theory from constituting a useful theoretical framework for focussed empirical research.
Perspectives of Turning Prague Dependency Treebank into a Knowledge Base

Recently, the Prague Dependency Treebank 2.0 (PDT 2.0) has emerged as the largest text corpora annotated on the level of tectogrammatical representation (linguistic meaning) described in Sgall et al. (2004) and containing about 0.8 milion words (see Hajic (2004)). We hope that this level of annotation is so close to the meaning of the utterances contained in the corpora that it should enable us to automatically transform texts contained in the corpora to the form of knowledge base, usable for information extraction, question answering, summarization, etc. We can use Multilayered Extended Semantic Networks (MultiNet) described in Helbig (2006) as the target formalism. In this paper we discuss the suitability of such approach and some of the main issues that will arise in the process. In section 1, we introduce formalisms underlying PDT 2.0 and MultiNet, in section 2. We describe the role MultiNet can play in the system of Functional Generative Description (FGD), section 3 discusses issues of automatic conversion to MultiNet and section 4 gives some conclusions.
Assessing ‘fun foods’: nutritional content and analysis of supermarket foods targeted at children

This article provides a nutritional profile of foods targeted specifically at children in the Canadian supermarket. Excluding confectionery, soft drinks and bakery items, 367 products were assessed for their nutritional composition. The article examines the relationship between ‘fun food’ images/messages, product claims and actual product nutrition. Among other findings, it concludes that approximately 89% of the products analysed could be classified as of poor nutritional quality owing to high levels of sugar, fat and/or sodium. Policy considerations need to be made in light of the fact that ‘fun food’ is a unique category that poses special challenges; as such, recommendations regarding food labelling and packaging are presented.
Superstars and giant gravitons

We examine a family of BPS solutions of ten-dimensional type-IIB supergravity. These solutions asymptotically approach AdS5 × S5 and carry internal `angular' momentum on the five-sphere. While a naked singularity appears at the center of the anti-de Sitter space, we show that it has a natural physical interpretation in terms of a collection of giant gravitons. We calculate the distribution of giant gravitons from the dipole field induced in the Ramond-Ramond five-form, and show that these sources account for the entire internal momentum carried by the BPS solutions.
Antecedents and Outcomes of Empowerment

Using a statistical model, this study examined the correlates and consequences of psychological empowerment among a group of 612 technically skilled, professional, and managerial hospital employees (129 men and 483 women). Whereas individual as well as group and organizational characteristics influenced feelings of empowerment, group and organizational variables accounted for more variance in empowerment than did the individual variables. Empowerment perceptions increased with organizational rank and with leader approachability, group effectiveness, and worth of group. Individuals with more tenure in the organization felt more empowered; however, men and women, and Whites and non-Whites reported no significant differences in feelings of empowerment. Empowerment perceptions also were associated with increased job satisfaction and work productivity/effectiveness, as well as a decreased propensity to leave the organization.
Computational Theories of Vision

This exciting and original book describes the work of David Marr and his colleagues at MIT on the computational theory of vision, particularly the early stages of shape analysis. Although much of the theorising is frankly speculative and not certain to survive without major modification, it sets new standards of rigour in its formal approach and is certain to have a stimulating effect upon the field. Sadly, Marr's death from leukaemia at the age of 35 means that he will not himself be able to take part in the further development of his ideas, but the book itself will exert an important influence for some time to come. The first point to make, for those who may already have attempted Marr's lengthy and difficult research papers, is that the book is clearly and entertainingly written: It can be tackled by the non-specialist who wishes to see why Marr's work has caused such interest in the vision community. Despite the very difficult circumstances in which the book must have been written, it is carefully put together and gives a fascinating insight into the way in which the author's ideas developed.
An Empirical Comparison of Commitment Scales

In a previous review of the literature, Morrow (1983) identified a redundancy or overlap among the various measures of commitment. The present study employed a factor analytic design to examine the intercorrelations among various job, organizational, and value commitment scales. In addition, possible consequences of the various scales were analyzed. Results from 216 police officers identified a general factor as well as unique components. The commitment scales were able to explain between 20% and 40% of the variance of several self-report measures. Explanations and implications of the results were discussed.
Monitoring the Prosecution of Gender-Related Crimes in Rwanda: A Brief Field Report

This short field report describes the work of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD) as it pertains to the prosecution of gender-related crimes in Rwanda. The ICHRDD organized a coalition of women's groups to advocate for prosecution, monitor prosecution proceedings, and support women involved in the process. This work is one example of calls for treatment of rape as a war crime and of support for victims of gender-based violence made by the Machel Study.
Soluble peptidoglycan-induced monokine production can be blocked by anti-CD14 monoclonal antibodies and by lipid A partial structures

We have investigated the interaction of soluble peptidoglycan (sPG), in comparison with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), with human mononuclear cells (MNC) by determining the capacity of sPG to induce interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-1 release. In addition, we investigated the modulation of their interaction by anti-CD14 monoclonal antibody and by partial structures of LPS. We found that sPG, like LPS, was able to induce IL-6 and IL-1 production by MNC. However, dose-response experiments revealed that at least 3,000 ng of sPG per ml was necessary for induction, whereas the optimal LPS concentration was 1 ng/ml. Anti-CD14 monoclonal antibody reduced sPG- and LPS-induced IL-6 and IL-1 production. Moreover, partial structures of LPS were able to reduce monokine production induced by sPG and LPS. We conclude that sPG constitutes, like LPS, an inflammatory cytokine inducer and that CD14 is involved in the activation of human monocytes not only by LPS but also by sPG.
Egg Yolk Protein Delays Recovery while Ovalbumin Is Useful in Recovery from Iron Deficiency Anemia

Protein is a main nutrient involved in overall iron metabolism in vivo. In order to assess the prevention of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) by diet, it is necessary to confirm the influence of dietary protein, which coexists with iron, on iron bioavailability. We investigated the usefulness of the egg structural protein in recovery from IDA. Thirty-one female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into a control group (n = 6) fed a casein diet (4.0 mg Fe/100 g) for 42 days and an IDA model group (n = 25) created by feeding a low-iron casein diet (LI, 0.4 mg Fe/100 g) for 21 days and these IDA rats were fed normal iron diet with different proteins from eggs for another 21 days. The IDA rats were further divided into four subgroups depending on the proteins fed during the last 21 days, which were those with an egg white diet (LI-W, 4.0 mg Fe/100 g, n = 6), those with an ovalbumin diet (LI-A, 4.0 mg Fe/100 g, n = 7), those with an egg yolk-supplemented diet (LI-Y, 4.0 mg Fe/100 g, n = 6), and the rest with a casein diet (LI-C, 4.0 mg Fe/100 g, n = 6). In the LI-Y group, recovery of the hematocrit, hemoglobin, transferrin saturation level and the hepatic iron content were delayed compared to the other groups (p < 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, and 0.05, respectively), resulting in no recovery from IDA at the end of the experimental period. There were no significant differences in blood parameters in the LI-W and LI-A groups compared to the control group. The hepatic iron content of the LI-W and LI-A groups was higher than that of the LI-C group (p < 0.05). We found that egg white protein was useful for recovery from IDA and one of the efficacious components was ovalbumin, while egg yolk protein delayed recovery of IDA. This study demonstrates, therefore, that bioavailability of dietary iron varies depending on the source of dietary protein.
Goal-oriented Query Rewriting for OWL 2 QL

We present an optimized query rewriting algorithm for OWL 2 QL that computes the rewriting set of a user query by avoiding unnecessary inferences and extended clause subsumption checks. The evaluation shows a significant performance improvement in comparison to other similar approaches. Alternatively, instead of a rewriting set, the algorithm can produce an equivalent non-recursive datalog program.
De Bruijn Graph as a Low Latency Scalable Architecture for Energy Efficient Massive NoCs

In this paper, we use the generalized binary de Bruijn (GBDB) graph as a scalable and efficient network topology for an on-chip communication network. Using just two-layer wiring, we propose an optimum tile-based implementation for a GBDB- based Network-on-Chip (NoC). Our experimental results show that the latency and energy consumption of generalized de Bruijn graph are much less with compared to Mesh and Torus, the two common NoC architectures in the literature.