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Modelling Stack Framework for Accessing Electronic Health Records with Big Data Needs

remarkable changes in various areas including health care services. The use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for maintaining and analyzing health care data online has set the clinical environment on the accelerating path of changes. These digitized health care records are form of Big Data, as they are voluminous, dynamic and heterogeneous. It is desirable to extract relevant information from EHRs and offer healthcare recommendations to novice users or various stakeholders of the clinical environment. In this paper, a sample modelling of general framework, based on extracting patterns and generating recommendations is reviewed for maintaining and accessing EHRs, which are form of Big Data. The main focus of the paper is to propose how data storage with Big Data stores and analytics with MapReduce paradigm, may be performed on simulated health data.
A Diagnostic System for Improving Biomass Quality Based on a Sensor Network

Losses during storage of biomass are the main parameter that defines the profitability of using preserved biomass as feed for animal husbandry. In order to minimize storage losses, potential changes in specific physicochemical properties must be identified to subsequently act as indicators of silage decomposition and form the basis for preventive measures. This study presents a framework for a diagnostic system capable of detecting potential changes in specific physicochemical properties, i.e., temperature and the oxygen content, during the biomass storage process. The diagnostic system comprises a monitoring tool based on a wireless sensors network and a prediction tool based on a validated computation fluid dynamics model. It is shown that the system can provide the manager (end-user) with continuously updated information about specific biomass quality parameters. The system encompasses graphical visualization of the information to the end-user as a first step and, as a second step, the system identifies alerts depicting real differences between actual and predicted values of the monitored properties. The perspective is that this diagnostic system will provide managers with a solid basis for necessary preventive measures.
Disabilities orking memory studies among individuals with ntellectual disability : An integrative research review

Background: Integrative research review infers generalizations about a substantive subject, summarizes the accumulated knowledge that research has left unresolved and generates a new framework on these issues. Due to methodological issues emerging from working memory (WM) studies in the population with non-specific intellectual disability (NSID) (N = 64) between 1990–2014, it is difficult to conclude on WM performance in this popula-
Impact of Partial Replacement of Wheat Flour with Sorghum or Chickpea Flours on Rheological Properties of Composite Blends

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of partial substitution of wheat flour at 5, 10, 15 and 20% with sorghum and chickpea flours on chemical composition, gluten parameters, rheological properties and falling number of composite flours used in bread making. Results revealed that Chickpea flour contained a high content of protein, lipids, ash and crude fiber, compared with wheat and sorghum flours. Therefore these components increased in resulting flour by increase replacement rates from chickpea. Wet gluten decreased from 31.20 to 27.54% and 26.00% when wheat flour replacement with 20% sorghum or 20% chickpea flour, respectively. Gluten index slightly decreased when wheat flour replacement at 5, 10, 15, and 20% of chickpea flour with decreased ratios as 0.32, 1.07, 1.36 and 1.59%, respectively. Water absorption of wheat flour was gradually increased as the level of chickpea flour increased from 60.2 to 64.1% for wheat flour dough replaced with 5 to 20% of chickpea flour, respectively. Substitution of wheat flour with 15% of chickpea flour improved the extensibility and extensibility at maximum elasticity compared with other treatments and control sample. Generally, the dough energy was slightly and gradually decreased from 70 to 52 as the substitution levels increased from 5 to 20% of the sorghum flour, respectively. The falling number for wheat flour, sorghum and chickpea flours were 332, 309 and 260 sec. , respectively. The activity of alpha amylase enzyme in chickpea flour was in optimum level. Slightly decrease of falling number was noticed when wheat flour replaced with sorghum or chickpea flours. The gassing power of investigated dough was increased, especially at 15 and 20% of substitution levels with chickpea flour. Finally, it could be concluded that sorghum and chickpea flours considered as good sources for partial replacement of wheat flour to formulate different composite flours used in bread making.
Vizgr - Combining Data on a Visual Level

In this paper we present a novel method to connect data on the visualization level. In general, visualizations are a dead end, when it comes to reusability. Yet, users prefer to work with visualizations as evidenced by WYSIWYG editors. To enable users to work with their data in a way that is intuitive to them, we have created Vizgr. Vizgr.com offers basic visualization methods, like graphs, tag clouds, maps and time lines. But unlike normal data visualizations, these can be re-used, connected to each other and to web sites. We offer a simple opportunity to combine diverse data structures, such as geo-locations and networks, with each other by a mouse click. In an evaluation, we found that over 85 % of the participants were able to use and understand this technology without any training or explicit instructions.
Interaction Networks for Learning about Objects, Relations and Physics

Reasoning about objects, relations, and physics is central to human intelligence, and a key goal of artificial intelligence. Here we introduce the interaction network, a model which can reason about how objects in complex systems interact, supporting dynamical predictions, as well as inferences about the abstract properties of the system. Our model takes graphs as input, performs object- and relation-centric reasoning in a way that is analogous to a simulation, and is implemented using deep neural networks. We evaluate its ability to reason about several challenging physical domains: n-body problems, rigid-body collision, and non-rigid dynamics. Our results show it can be trained to accurately simulate the physical trajectories of dozens of objects over thousands of time steps, estimate abstract quantities such as energy, and generalize automatically to systems with different numbers and configurations of objects and relations. Our interaction network implementation is the first general-purpose, learnable physics engine, and a powerful general framework for reasoning about object and relations in a wide variety of complex real-world domains.
A comparison of TCP unfriendly-region congestion control solutions

Providing effective means of congestion control in high BDP networks represents a complex paradigm facing a variety of challenges. The landscape of such paradigm is complicated considering limited availability of congestion signaling information as well as the diverse range of utilized links including but not limited to wireless and satellite links. In this paper, the results of a performance profiling study of a number of congestion control solutions for high BDP networks is provided. The subjects of interest span over two major categories namely feedback-based congestion control solutions and TCP unfriendly-region congestion control solutions. We discuss the applicability of both types of solutions to the networks of interest and how the utilization of these solutions impacts the operation of such networks.
Edge- Preserving Smoothening of Images using Guided Filter

Filtering is widely used in image and video processing for various applications among which EdgePreserving is the most popular one. Edge-preserving image smoothening has recently emerged as a valuable tool for a variety of applications such as denoising, tone mapping, nonphotorealistic rendering in computer graphics and image processing. This can be achieved by a local filtering method such as bilateral filter [1]. However, this method has to face the problem of trade-off between edge-preservation abilities and smoothening abilities [2] and tends to result in staircase effect which is not acceptable for some applications. Hence, in this paper the guided filter is proposed which filters the output depending upon the information provided by the guidance image.
A sublinear space, polynomial time algorithm for directed s-t connectivity

A deterministic sublinear space, polynomial-time algorithm for directed s-t connectivity, which is the problem of detecting whether there is a path from vertex s to vertex t in a directed graph, is presented. For n-vertex graphs, the algorithm can use as little as n/2/sup Theta /( square root log n) space while still running in polynomial time. <<ETX>>
Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis

Introduction: Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by constriction of the heart secondary to pericardial inflammation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is useful imaging modality for addressing the challenges of confirming this diagnosis. It can be used to exclude other causes of right heart failure, such as pulmonary hypertension or myocardial infarction, determine whether the pericardium is causing constriction and differentiate it from restrictive cardiomyopathy, which also causes impaired cardiac filling. Case Presentation: A 77-year-old man from a country with high incidence of tuberculosis presented with severe dyspnea. Echocardiography revealed a small left ventricle with normal systolic and mildly impaired diastolic function. Left heart catheterization revealed non-obstructive coronary disease, not felt contributory to the dyspnea. Anatomy imaging with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) showed global, severely thickened pericardium. Short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequences for detection of oedema/ inflammation showed increased signal intensity and free breathing sequences confirmed septal flattening on inspiration. Late gadolinium imaging confirmed enhancement in the pericardium, with all findings suggestive of pericardial inflammation and constriction. Conclusions: CMRwith STIRsequences, free breathing sequences and late gadolinium imaging can prove extremely useful for diagnosing constrictive pericarditis.
Prognostic value of initial antithrombin levels in neonatal sepsis.

OBJECTIVES We determined whether initial antithrombin (AT) levels help in diagnosis and prognosis of neonatal sepsis. METHODS Sepsis was diagnosed according to clinical and laboratory findings and positive culture results in 34 of the 54 newborns who presented to the hospital with suspected sepsis. Between AT levels and hematological parameters (fibrinogen levels, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and liver function tests), these were correlated each other and with outcome of the babies. RESULTS Initial AT and fibrinogen levels were significantly lower in newborns with sepsis compared to control (P < 0.05). Initial AT levels were lower in the ones who developed disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) compared to those without DIC (P < 0.05). Initial AT levels were significantly lower in newborns who died as compared to survivors (P < 0.05). Sensitivity of AT was highest at 15 mg/dL for prognosis in neonatal sepsis (sensitivity:92.3%, specificity:61.9%, positive predictive value : 61.9 %; negative predictive value: 61.9%;). CONCLUSION Lower initial AT levels in neonatal sepsis are associated with a severe disease and increased mortality. It may be useful in predicting clinical outcome in neonatal sepsis.
Coordination based on obligation

The authors explore the view that coordinated behavior is driven by the social constraints (e.g. obligations and interdictions) that agents in organizations are subject to. In this framework, agents adopt those goals that are requested by their obligations, knowing that not fulfilling obligations induces a price to pay or a loss of utility. Based on this idea they build an integrated agent coordination system where they represent the organization, the roles played by agents, the obligations imposed among roles, the goals and the plans that agents may adopt. To consistently update an agent's obligations and interdictions they present an incremental propagation method that also helps with detecting and deciding between conflicting obligations. One strength of this method is that it supports a generic coordination method based on ex-changing and locally propagating obligations and interdictions. Once a goal adopted, a special brand of plans, conversation plans, are available to the agents for effectively carrying out coordinated action. They illustrate the framework with examples from service provisioning in telecommunication networks and supply chain integration.
Rapid prototyping of complete systems, the case study of a smart parking

This paper details how LINC a coordination middleware, can fasten the development of prototypes that integrate several equipment. A case study of rapid prototyping is presented. It illustrates how a smart parking prototype has been built from several independent and autonomous equipment, coming from different vendors. This has been achieved by parallel development thanks to the resource based approach offered by LINC. This paper also describes how LINC helps building rich user interfaces quickly and easily.
Data and algorithmic bias in the web

The Web is the largest public big data repository that humankind has created. In this overwhelming data ocean we need to be aware of the quality of data extracted from it. One important quality issue is data bias, which appears in different forms. These biases affect the (machine learning) algorithms that we design to improve the user experience. This problem is further exacerbated by biases that are added by these algorithms, especially in the context of recommendation and personalization systems. We give several examples, stressing the importance of the user context to avoid these biases.
CRACKING DUE TO FROST ACTION IN PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS - A LITERATURE SURVEY. CONCRETE DURABILITY. KATHERINE AND BRYANT MATHER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, HELD AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, 27 APRIL-MAY 1987

A comprehensive review of the literature about durability (d-) cracking due to frost action in portland cement concrete pavements is developed. An introduction as to the definition and description of durability cracking is given. The mechanisms causing this type of cracking are discussed. This discussion established the idea that d-cracking is a moisture oriented distress. It is affected by freezing temperatures that cause enough volumetric change in the moisture that exists in the cement-aggregate matrix. This initiates a durability line crack in the concrete. Factors such as physical characteristics of aggregates and mortar, geographic location, maximum size of coarse aggregates, source of aggregates, and use of deicing agents are found to be among the main factors that affect the development of durability cracking. (TRRL)
Design and installation of a CO_2-pulsed laser plasma deposition system for the growth of mass product nanostructures

A CO_2-pulsed laser plasma deposition (CO_2-PLD) system is installed and used for the quick synthesis of various hexagonal boron nitride ( h -BN) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures. Each part of the CO_2-PLD system, such as focusing of laser beam on the target surface, sample holder, shutter, heater, type of the gas, and gas flow rate, can be easily controlled independently to fit different experimental conditions. After installation of the system, a series of experiments were conducted using h BN and ZnO targets. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the entire surface (2 × 2 cm^2) of the substrate is covered with the conical- and disk-shaped BN nanostructures and web-like highly dense ZnO nanowires, indicating a significantly short-time approach to grow mass product nanostructures. Raman spectroscopy identified the hexagonal structure of the synthesized samples.
Three phase photovoltaic grid-connected generation technology with MPPT function and voltage control

Three phase photovoltaic grid-connected generation technology with maximum power point tracking(MPPT) and voltage control function is proposed in this paper. According to the equivalent circuit of the photovoltaic(PV) array, it builds the mathematic model of PV array. Based on the V-I characteristic curve, it calculates the MPPT of PV array in grid-connected system by using the Newton's method. By the structure of the three phase photovoltaic grid-connected system, it establishes the dual-loop feedback control strategy. The voltage loop is considered as the external loop, and the grid-connected current loop as the internal loop. Based on the transformation of dqo coordinates, the grid-connected current is decoupled into active current and reactive current. The DC voltage control from the MPPT reference is used to adjust the active current, however, the AC voltage control from the system voltage is used to dominate the reactive current. It carries out the MPPT and voltage control function of the grid-connected generation. At last, the three phase photovoltaic grid-connected generation system is injected to distribution system. The control strategy with MPPT and voltage function is implemented with the example system, and the simulation is accomplished successfully. The simulation results verify that the proposed models of the three grid-connected phase photovoltaic system and the control strategy are valid and correct.
Hot Ductility of Titanium Alloys–A Comparison with Carbon Steels–

Characteristics of hot ductility of various kinds of titanium alloys were examined and compared with that of carbon steels. Although carbon steels have three typical embrittling zones above 900 K, titanium alloys do not show any embrittlement in the temperature range between β transus and 1 500 K, which is considered to be best region for hot rolling. The embrittlement occurs just below the β transus in the coarse grain titanium alloys. The ductility is poor in the coarse grain materials, but independent of the strain rate. The mechanism of the embrittlement is considered to be due to the accumulation of strain in the β phase attached to the grain boundary α in α and α+β alloys.
Riddim: A Rhythm Analysis and Decomposition Tool Based On Independent Subspace Analysis

The goal of this thesis was to implement a tool that, given a digital audio input, can extract and represent rhythm and musical time. The purpose of the tool is to help develop better models of rhythm for real-time computer based performance and composition. This analysis tool, Riddim, uses Independent Subspace Analysis (ISA) and a robust onset detection scheme to separate and detect salient rhythmic and timing information from different sonic sources within the input. This information is then represented in a format that can be used by a variety of algorithms that interpret timing information to infer rhythmic and musical structure. A secondary objective of this work is a "proof of concept" as a non-real-time rhythm analysis system based on ISA. This is a necessary step since ultimately it is desirable to incorporate this functionality in a real-time plug-in for live performance and improvisation.
Regulation of dorso‐ventral polarity by the nerve cord during annelid regeneration: A review of experimental evidence

Abstract An important goal for understanding regeneration is determining how polarity is conferred to the regenerate. Here we review findings in two groups of polychaete annelids that implicate the ventral nerve cord in assigning dorso‐ventral polarity, and specifically ventral identity, to the regenerate. In nereids, surgical manipulations indicate that parapodia develop where dorsal and ventral body wall territories contact. Without a nerve cord at the wound site, the regenerate differentiates no evident polarity (with no parapodia) and only dorsal identity, while with two nerve cords the regenerate develops a twinned dorso‐ventral axis (with four parapodia per segment instead of the normal two). In sabellids, a striking natural dorso‐ventral inversion in parapodial morphology occurs along the body axis and this inversion is morphologically correlated with the position of the nerve cord. Parapodial inversion also occurs in segments in which the nerve cord has been removed, even without any segment amputation. Together, these data strongly support a role for the nerve cord in annelid dorso‐ventral pattern regulation, with the nerve cord conferring ventral identity.
An adequate level of training for technically competent colonoscopic polypectomy

Abstract Goals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the learning curve for colonoscopic polypectomy (CP) by trainee endoscopists. Background. The amount of training required to achieve technical competence for CP is uncertain. Study. The CP times and en bloc resection rates of three experienced colonoscopists were obtained from 240 procedures. These data were compared to those of three gastroenterology trainees who performed 750 CP procedures. A trainee procedure was deemed to be a success if en bloc resection was obtained and the CP time was within twice the median CP time of the experienced colonoscopists. Trainees were deemed to be technically competent when they achieved a CP success rate of greater than or equal to 80%. Results. The median CP times and en bloc resection rates for the experienced colonoscopists and trainees were 79 s (range, 20–301 s) and 99.6% (239/240), and 118 s (range, 36–1051 s) and 95.6% (717/750), respectively. The trainee success rate of CP was 72% (540/750). The success rate of the procedure was associated with increased trainee experience (p = 0.003) and reached 80% after 250 procedures. The CP time significantly decreased (p < 0.001) and en bloc resection rate significantly increased (p = 0.011) as trainee experience accumulated. The level of experience was an independent predictor for successful CP. Conclusions. The achievement of technical competence with CP was associated with an accumulation of approximately 250 procedures. These findings suggest that dedicated education and training programs for CP are warranted.
Exploring the suitability of 60 GHz radio for building in-home networks

60 GHz radio technology is highly promising since it can offer multi-Gbps data rate for short range wireless communication. Hence it is able to support in-home wireless multimedia applications such as high-definition video streaming, ultra high speed content downloads, etc. Hitherto, the main research efforts have been on 60 GHz physical layer design and channel model investigations. However, the unique properties of 60 GHz radio, viz, the use of directional antennas and link blockage problem impose new challenges for the higher layer protocol design. We explore the suitability of 60 GHz radio technology for in-home networks. In this paper we provide a comprehensive overview regarding medium access control related protocol design issues. Moreover, we also identify a number of directions which are helpful to develop the future architecture as well as technology to realize the grand vision of 60 GHz home networks.
Application of an ant colony metaphor for network address management in MANETs

Address management is a critical process in a computer network. The ownership of a network address is a requisite for every node willing to make part of a network. In ad-hoc networks, address management is a particularly tough challenge, because of their dynamically changing topology, and the sort of events that occur in their environment. This article proposes a solution to the aforementioned problem, involving the self-organization and emergency principles governing the behavior of social insect colonies. In particular, the solution uses the organization and behavior principles present in ant colonies.