Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Heterogeneous Sensors Become Homogeneous Things in Smart Cities

Smart Cities offer a new approach for optimizing services, reducing costs, simplifying the management of Future Cities, enabling new services for citizens. In the Future Internet initiatives, Sensors Networks assume even more a crucial role, especially for making smarter cities. Sensors, becoming smart, will represent the peripheral elements of a complex future ICT world. However, due to the specific application field, smart sensors are very heterogeneous in terms of communication technologies, sensing features and elaboration capabilities. To overcome issues due to the high heterogeneity in this paper we present a new architecture able to make a dual abstraction of complex sensing infrastructures along with data they collect. An important key of this work is to provide a service at world wide level, that is scalable and flexible. The architecture implementation is based on Sensor Web Enablement standard specifications and makes use of the Contiki Operating System for accomplishing the Internet of Things.
Allium Thiosulfinates: Chemistry, Biological Properties and their Potential Utilization in Food Preservation

Onion (Allium cepa L.), garlic (Allium sativum L.) and other edible Allium are among the oldest cultivated plants, and are used for multiple purposes. They are a rich source of several phytonutrients, and recognized to have significant and wide biological activities. These biological activities are related to the thiosulfinates, volatile sulfur compounds which are responsible for the pungency of these vegetables. The thiosulfinates or alkane(ene) thial-S-oxide are formed by the action of the enzyme alliinase (E.C. 4.4.1.4) from their respective S-alk(en)yl cysteine sulfoxides. However, depending on the Allium species, and under differing conditions, thiosulfinates can decompose to form additional sulfur constituents, including diallyl, methyl allyl, and diethyl mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexasulfides, vinyldithiins, and (E)- and (Z)-ajoene. With increasing interest into the utilization of natural biologically active compounds and the development of specific packaging, mainly active packaging, the thiosulfinates aroused much interest for the improvement of shelf-life and safety of perishable foods, and their potency as food preservatives and substitutes for chemicals. This review examines the nature and the biological activities of Allium thiosulfinates and their potential values as food preservatives in food preservation and shelflife extension.
Transdermal Opioid Patches for Pain Treatment in Ancient Greece

Abstract: Pain treatment in ancient Greece, and through the middle ages in Europe, was to a great extent based on the expertise of the Greek physician Galen (c. 129–200 A.D.). Galen makes particular reference to “Olympic Victor’s Dark Ointment” (OVDO), which is listed with a number of collyria. Galen states that OVDO can be useful for treating extreme pain and swellings, forming one of the best eye salves.
Response to Disaster: Fact Versus Fiction and Its Perpetuation, The Sociology of Disaster.By Henry W. Fischer, III. University of America, 1994. 160 pp. Cloth, $46.50; paper, $18.50

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On Efficient Part-match Querying of XML Data

The XML language have been becoming de-facto a standard for representation of heterogeneous data in the Internet. From database point of view, XML is a new approach to data modelling. Implementation of a system enabling us to store and query XML documents efficiently (so called native XML databases) require a development of new techniques. The most of XML query languages are based on the language XPath and use a form of path expressions for composing more general queries. These languages make it possible a part-match querying string values of elements and attributes. Particularly, such queries are common for document-centric XML documents. The document-centric documents are often widely unstructured, contain the mixed content and so on. In particular, such documents are (after a transformation to well-formed XML documents) entire information of broad Web. Previously published multi-dimensional approaches to indexing XML data use paged and balanced multi-dimensional data structures. In the paper we extend the approach for the part-match querying XML data.
Jamaican adolescent girls with older male sexual partners.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe the relationships between adolescent girls and older male sexual partners in urban Kingston, Jamaica, and identify the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related sexual risks that occur within these relationships. DESIGN The study employed a descriptive qualitative design. METHODS Data were collected through focus groups and individual interviews conducted with 43 late adolescent girls (18-21 years old). An age-discordant relationship was defined as a sexual relationship between a Jamaican adolescent female and a man who was 2 or more years older. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. FINDINGS Age-discordant relationships were common and often began when girls were early adolescents. Both adolescent girls and older men tended to have multiple partners, and transactions of gifts, money, or resources from an older partner were expected and common. Older partners were highly influential in HIV-related risk behaviors. CONCLUSIONS Age-discordant relationships need to be explicitly addressed in HIV prevention programs for adolescent girls in Jamaica. Further, the implications of gift-giving, informal sexual transactions, and intradyadic power must be incorporated into strategies for reducing HIV-related sexual risk with older partners. Future studies should examine the perspectives of Jamaican men. CLINICAL RELEVANCE This study found that many Jamaican adolescent girls engage in sexual relationships with older men and that the unique characteristics of these relationships may increase girls' risks for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. HIV risk reduction interventions for adolescent girls should address sexual risks associated with older male partners.
Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of Postoperative Pulmonary Edema

Postoperative pulmonary edema is a well-known postoperative complication caused as a result of numerous etiological factors which can be easily detected by a careful surveillance during postoperative period. However, there are no preoperative and intraoperative criteria which can successfully establish the possibilities for development of postoperative pulmonary edema. The aims were to review the possible etiologic and diagnostic challenges in timely detection of postoperative pulmonary edema and to discuss the various management strategies for prevention of this postoperative complication so as to decrease morbidity and mortality. The various search engines for preparation of this manuscript were used which included Entrez (including Pubmed and Pubmed Central), NIH.gov, Medknow.com, Medscape.com, WebMD.com, Scopus, Science Direct, MedHelp.org, yahoo.com and google.com. Manual search was carried out and various text books and journals of anesthesia and critical care medicine were also searched. From the information gathered, it was observed that postoperative cardiogenic pulmonary edema in patients with serious cardiovascular diseases is most common followed by noncardiogenic pulmonary edema which can be due to fluid overload in the postoperative period or it can be negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE). NPPE is an important clinical entity in immediate post-extubation period and occurs due to acute upper airway obstruction and creation of acute negative intrathoracic pressure. NPPE carries a good prognosis if promptly diagnosed and appropriately treated with or without mechanical ventilation.
Cervical Inflammation and Immunity Associated With Hormonal Contraception, Pregnancy, and HIV-1 Seroconversion

Objective:Hormonal contraception (HC), younger age, and pregnancy have been associated with increased HIV risk in some studies. We sought to elucidate the biological mechanisms for these associations. Design:Case–control selection of specimens from a large, prospective, clinical study. Methods:We enrolled and followed 4531 HIV-negative women from Uganda and Zimbabwe using either the injectable depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), combined oral contraception, or no HC (NH). Innate immunity mediators were measured in cervical samples collected from women at their visit before HIV seroconversion (n = 199) and matched visits from women remaining HIV uninfected (n = 633). Generalized linear models were applied after Box–Cox power transformation. Results:Higher RANTES and lower secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) levels were associated with HIV seroconversion. DMPA users had higher RANTES and lower BD-2 levels. Most inflammation-promoting and/or inflammation-inducible mediators were higher [interleukin (IL)-1&bgr;, IL-6, IL-8, MIP-3&agr;, vascular endothelial growth factor, and SLPI], and the protective BD-2 and IL-1RA:IL-1&bgr; ratio were lower among combined oral contraception users. Pregnant women showed a similar cervical immunity status (higher IL-1&bgr;, IL-6, IL-8, vascular endothelial growth factor, SLPI, and IL-1RA; lower IL-1RA:IL-1&bgr;). Age <25 years was associated with lower SLPI, IL-8, MIP-3&agr; but higher IL-1RA:IL-1&bgr;. Zimbabwean women (with higher HIV seroconversion rates) had overall higher pro-inflammatory and lower anti-inflammatory protein levels than Ugandan women. Conclusions:HC use, pregnancy, and young age alter cervical immunity in different ways known to increase risk of HIV, for example, through increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines or decreased levels of SLPI. Higher levels of RANTES may be one factor underlying a possible association between DMPA use and risk of HIV acquisition.
Matrix Rigidity Controls Endothelial Differentiation and Morphogenesis of Cardiac Precursors

Culturing cardiac precursors on a surface with the rigidity of heart tissue increases the yield of endothelial cells. The Heart of the Matrix Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) are adult stem cells with the potential to differentiate into endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes, which are the major cell types of the heart. Their potential to induce cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarct is currently being clinically tested. Kshitiz et al. showed that CDCs cultured on a substrate with a rigidity matching that of normal myocardium yielded higher proportions of cells with the adhesion molecule CD31 (a marker of differentiated endothelial cells) than did those cultured on less or more rigid substrata. CDCs cultured on substratum equivalent in rigidity to the myocardium developed into organized cellular networks reminiscent of blood vessels and appeared to integrate more efficiently into the vasculature of ischemic rat myocardium. The process of sensing substratum rigidity occurred throughout the in vitro culture period, and the signaling pathway involved required the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase)–activating protein p190RhoGAP acting through various downstream effectors, including the GTPase RhoA. These results could potentially increase the efficacy of regenerative therapies that use CDCs to repair hearts after myocardial infarction. Tissue development and regeneration involve tightly coordinated and integrated processes: selective proliferation of resident stem and precursor cells, differentiation into target somatic cell type, and spatial morphological organization. The role of the mechanical environment in the coordination of these processes is poorly understood. We show that multipotent cells derived from native cardiac tissue continually monitored cell substratum rigidity and showed enhanced proliferation, endothelial differentiation, and morphogenesis when the cell substratum rigidity closely matched that of myocardium. Mechanoregulation of these diverse processes required p190RhoGAP, a guanosine triphosphatase–activating protein for RhoA, acting through RhoA-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Natural or induced decreases in the abundance of p190RhoGAP triggered a series of developmental events by coupling cell-cell and cell-substratum interactions to genetic circuits controlling differentiation.
Semantics of programming languages - an elementary introduction using structural operational semantics

This book is based on a course given to second-year computer science undergraduates at the University of Sussex in the spring of 1988 and 1989. It offers an elementary introduction to the semantics of programming languages in a form which is designed to be accessible to students who are not very advanced in their undergraduate career. All the material in the book may easily be covered in a one-term course. There are very few prerequisites. Students who have undertaken an introductory programming course and who are familiar with elementary mathematical notation should have little difficulty in following it. A first course in discrete mathematics would be more than sufficient to cover the required background material.
On the Road to Healthy Communities: Cyclists’ Perceptions of the Environment

This focus of this research was to gain insight into environmental perception as it relates to the connection between ecological and human health. Methodology for this task involved a photo elicitation process, which asked cyclists to photograph certain environments that they experience on a regular basis and discuss them during a formal interview. Findings supported the literature related to traditional ideas of nature as well the scenic aesthetic as popular environmental views. Appearance played a dominant role in perception of environmental quality, although sense of place, visual literacy, and other personal connections were highly important as well. Subjects displayed traits of anthropocentric, biocentric, or ecocentric viewpoints, with the majority of the participants falling into the biocentric category.
Being in Myth and Community: Resistance, Lived Existence, and Democracy in a North England Mill Town

‘Community’ has long been critiqued in academic circles as a social construct with the potential to subsume and exclude individuals under a determination of collectivity. In contrast, community continues to be posed as an ideal in urban policy, particularly in the United Kingdom. In this paper I employ Jean-Luc Nancy's thinking of community as myth and as existential being to interrogate the thorny issue of how community is constructed and the effects of those constructions on being and living in a place. I explore the constitution of collectivities and their interruption by lived existence in an urban regeneration project in north England, where a proposal to demolish and renew housing was contested by local residents. I argue that a Nancian lens provides a nuanced view of how myth and being are entangled and requires one another to ensure a vibrant democratic politics rested on an openness to alterity.
Influence of ginsenoside Rg1, a panaxatriol saponin from Panax notoginseng, on renal fibrosis in rats with unilateral ureteral obstruction

Total saponins of Panax notoginseng (PNS) have been shown to ameliorate renal interstitial fibrosis. Ginsenoside Rg1, a panaxatriol saponin, is one of the major active molecules from PNS. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of ginsenoside Rg1 on renal fibrosis in rats with unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). The rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: sham-operation (n=15), UUO (n=15) and UUO with ginsenoside Rg1 treatment (n=15, 50 mg per kg body weight, intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected). The rats were sacrificed on Days 7 and 14 after the surgery. Histological examination demonstrated that ginsenoside Rg1 significantly inhibited interstitial fibrosis including tubular injury as well as collagen deposition. α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and E-cadherin are two markers of tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transition (TEMT). Interestingly, ginsenoside Rg1 notably decreased α-SMA expression and simultaneously enhanced E-cadherin expression. The messenger RNA (mRNA) of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), a key mediator to regulate TEMT, in the obstructed kidney increased dramatically, but was found to decrease significantly after administration of ginsenoside Rg1. Further study showed that ginsenoside Rg1 considerably decreased the levels of both active TGF-β1 and phosphorylated Smad2 (pSmad2). Moreover, ginsenoside Rg1 substantially suppressed the expression of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a cytokine which can promote the transcription of TGF-β1 mRNA and the activation of latent TGF-β1. These results suggest that ginsenoside Rg1 inhibits renal interstitial fibrosis in rats with UUO. The mechanism might be partly related to the blocking of TEMT via suppressing the expression of TSP-1.
Sympatric Speciation in Birds Is Rare: Insights from Range Data and Simulations

Sympatric speciation is now accepted as theoretically plausible and a likely explanation for divergence in a handful of taxa, but its contribution to large‐scale patterns of speciation remains contentious. A major problem is that it is difficult to differentiate between alternate scenarios of geographic speciation when species ranges have shifted substantially in the past. Previous studies have searched for a signal of the geographic mode of speciation by testing for a correlation between time since speciation and range overlap. Here we use simulations to show that the proportion of species showing zero or complete range overlap are more reliable indicators of the geography of speciation than is the correlation between time since speciation and overlap. We then apply these findings to the distributions of 291 pairs of avian sister species. Although 49% of pairs show some overlap in their ranges, our simulations show that this is not surprising under allopatric models of speciation. More revealingly, less than 2% show complete range overlap. Our simulations demonstrate that the observed patterns are most consistent with a model in which allopatric speciation is dominant but in which sympatric speciation is also present and contributes 5% of speciation events.
A comparative evaluation of gene set analysis techniques in predictive classification of expression samples

We demonstrate how some recently developed techniques of set-level gene expression data analysis may be exploited in the context of predictive classification of gene expression samples for the tasks of attribute selection and extraction. With four benchmark gene expression datasets, we empirically test the influence of these method on the predictive accuracy of constructed classification models in a comparative setting. Our results mainly indicate that gene set selection methods (SAM-GS and the global test) can boost the predictive accuracy if used with caution.
Measurement-Based Real-Time Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch

In this paper, we propose a measurement-based approach to the real-time security-constrained economic dispatch (SCED). The real-time SCED is a widely used market scheduling tool that seeks to economically balance electricity system supply and demand and provide locational marginal prices (LMPs) while ensuring system reliability standards are met. To capture network flows and security considerations, the conventional SCED relies on sensitivities that are typically computed from a linearized power flow model, which is vulnerable to phenomena such as undetected topology changes, changes in the system operating point, and the existence of incorrect model data. Our approach to the formulation of the SCED problem utilizes power system sensitivities estimated from phasor measurement unit (PMU) measurements. The resulting measurement-based realtime SCED is robust against the aforementioned phenomena. Moreover, the dispatch instructions and LMPs calculated with the proposed measurement-based SCED accurately reflect real-time system conditions and security needs. We illustrate the strengths of the proposed approach via several case studies.
Distinct Roles for Specific Leptin Receptor Signals in the Development of Hypothalamic Feeding Circuits

Circulating hormones influence multiple aspects of hypothalamic development and play a role in directing formation of neural circuits. Leptin is secreted by adipocytes and functions as a key developmental signal that promotes axon outgrowth from the arcuate nucleus (ARH) during a discrete developmental critical period. To determine the cellular mechanisms by which leptin impacts development of hypothalamic circuits, we examined roles for leptin receptor (LepRb) signals in neonatal mice. LepRb, ERK, and STAT3 signaling were required for leptin-stimulated neurite outgrowth from ARH explants in vitro. Neonatal mice with disrupted LepRb→ERK signaling displayed impaired ARH projections but were able to compensate by adulthood. LepRb→STAT3 signaling also plays a role in early circuit formation and controls the ultimate architecture of POMC, but not AgRP, projections. Thus, the developmental actions of leptin on feeding circuits are dependent on LepRb, and distinct signaling pathways are responsible for directing formation of NPY and POMC projections.
TLP IV characterization of a 40 nm CMOS IO protection concept in the powered state

In this paper, the interaction between the ESD protection concept and a powered output driver in a 40 nm CMOS process are investigated and characterized by TLP. By using IO test chips designed for HBM and CDM validation, the IV behavior of the pin is measured with the driver placed into various states.
Optimal Channel Training in Uplink Network MIMO Systems

We consider a multicell frequency-selective fading uplink channel (network MIMO) from K single-antenna user terminals (UTs) to B cooperative base stations (BSs) with M antennas each. The BSs, assumed to be oblivious of the applied codebooks, forward compressed versions of their observations to a central station (CS) via capacity limited backhaul links. The CS jointly decodes the messages from all UTs. Since the BSs and the CS are assumed to have no prior channel state information (CSI), the channel needs to be estimated during its coherence time. Based on a lower bound of the ergodic mutual information, we determine the optimal fraction of the coherence time used for channel training, taking different path losses between the UTs and the BSs into account. We then study how the optimal training length is impacted by the backhaul capacity. Although our analytical results are based on a large system limit, we show by simulations that they provide very accurate approximations for even small system dimensions.