Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A test circuit for measurement of clocked storage element characteristics

We present a method, on-chip test circuitry, and an error analysis, for accurate measurement of timing characteristics and power consumption of clocked storage elements. The test circuit was fabricated in 0.11 /spl mu/m CMOS technology and the measurements performed automatically using a serial scan interface. The precision and accuracy of the presented method are demonstrated by the ability to measure entire clock-to-output characteristics of flip-flops. Estimated data-to-output delay systematic measurement error is 6 ps (7%), and random error is 10 ps (11%). The method and the test circuit are applicable for delay measurements of other circuit blocks as well.
Changes during Long-Term Management of Locked-In Syndrome: A Case Report

This paper describes various approaches of treatment to a male client suffering from the locked-in syndrome following closed head injury. During the course of therapy, which started more than 5 years after onset and lasted for as much as 11 years, the client progressed from the so-called classical to the incomplete locked-in state. The different approaches as well as the outcomes are presented in detail, followed by a discussion about interdisciplinary issues, duration of treatment and the impact of a patient’s personality on the course and goals of the treatment as well as on the mode of communication.
Improving smartphone based collision avoidance by using pedestrian context information

Pedestrians globally comprise 22 % of all road traffic deaths in 2013. Various approaches for reducing accident numbers have already been introduced and are still being researched. Most of these approaches have specific limitations, like requiring line of sight. To overcome these limitations, we propose the Wireless Seat Belt (WSB), a smartphone-based collision avoidance system for pedestrians. Unlike other systems, the WSB uses context information, obtained from a pedestrian's smartphone, not only as additional information but also for using the information to improve the collision detection accuracy. The WSB introduces independent, individual modules for recognizing the pedestrian's direction, position, and speed. We first evaluate the influence of the measurement errors of each module on the missed alarm probability in a typical urban collision scenario using a simulator. Then, the impact of using the pedestrian's context to decrease the missed alarm probability is evaluated. The evaluation is done using the example of a curb detection module. The curb detection is used to infer that the pedestrian has stepped onto the street to correct the pedestrian's position. The results show a decrease of the missed alarm probability by 46.5 % in the scenario considered.
Effects of maternal inattentiveness on infant social referencing

The aim of the study was to clarify the meaning of infant looking behaviour when the infant is confronted with an ambiguous situation in order to disentangle the two processes social referencing and attachment. Ninety-six 12-month-olds, presented with an ambiguous or an unambiguous toy, were assigned to one of four conditions; mother inattentive, mother conveyed positive information, and mother conveyed negative information about the ambiguous toy. In the fourth condition (control condition), an unambiguous toy was presented (mother inattentive). The ambiguous situation elicited more referencing looks than the unambiguous situation. During the presentation of the ambiguous toy, infants with inattentive mothers referenced the experimenter more than infants whose mothers provided guidance. In the following free-play situation, infants in the inattentive group referenced mother to a higher degree than did the other infants. They played less with the toy than infants who had received positive information and infants in the control group, and were less eager to explore the surroundings than infants in the other three groups. When mother turned attentive the infants ceased referencing her and showed an interest in exploring. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Measurement and characterization of pattern dependent process variations of interconnect resistance, capacitance and inductance in nanometer technologies

Process variations have become a serious concern for nanometer technologies. The interconnect and device variations include inter-and intra-die variations of geometries, as well as process and electrical parameters. In this paper, pattern (i.e. density, width and space) dependent interconnect thickness and width variations are studied based on a well-designed test chip in a 90 nm technology. The parasitic resistance and capacitance variations due to the process variations are investigated, and process-variation-aware extraction techniques are proposed. In the test chip, electrical and physical measurements show strong metal thickness and width variations mainly due to chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) in nanometer technologies. The loop inductance dependence of return patterns is also validated in the test chip. The proposed new characterization methods extract interconnect RC variations as a function of metal density, width and space. Simulation results show excellent agreement between on-wafer measurements and extractions of various RC structures, including a set of metal loaded/unloaded ring oscillators in a complex wiring environment.
Intonation in speaker identification: an experiment on pitch alignment features

While long-term fundamental frequency statistics have been shown to be useful in discriminating speakers, relatively little attention has been paid in work on speaker characterization to intonation as a linguistically and phonetically structured phenomenon. To help redress the balance, this article presents the results of an experiment on between-speaker differences in linguistically specified intonational events. An autosegmental-metrical model of intonation is assumed which uses H (high) and L (low) targets as its primes. Since the pitch of the events corresponding to these targets is highly variable due to factors such as within-speaker variation in pitch range (or ‘pitch span’), this study investigates as a source of speaker discrimination the temporal alignment of these intonational events with segmental events. A limited degree of discrimination is achieved in highly controlled materials. Of theoretical interest is that definable pitch events lying between H and L targets show more potential for betweenspeaker discrimination than the targets themselves.
Simeprevir and Sofosbuvir Combination Treatment in a Patient with HCV Cirrhosis and HbS Beta 0-Thalassemia: Efficacy and Safety despite Baseline Hyperbilirubinemia

Hyperbilirubinemia is an adverse reaction of simeprevir (SMV). The majority of these patients were taking concurrent ribavirin presenting elevated unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia due to hemolysis. However, cases of hepatic failure with elevated bilirubin level have also been reported in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. We describe a 51-year-old female patient with HbS beta 0-thalassemia and recently diagnosed compensated cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C infection. Laboratory evaluation revealed total bilirubin: 2.7 mg/dL and serum HCV-RNA 137.204 IU/mL. HCV was genotyped as 4. A FibroScan revealed 35.3 kPa. She was considered as illegible for pegylated-interferon-free treatment with direct acting antivirals and a course with simeprevir and sofosbuvir (SOF) combination for twelve weeks was planned. Hyperbilirubinemia developed from the beginning with peak values during the 3rd month of treatment. However, no findings of liver decompensation were noticed. Hyperbilirubinemia was benign and fully reversible and our patient finally achieved sustained virological response 24 weeks after the end of treatment.
Explaining Persistence and Resilience of Inter-Organisational Information Systems: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

The study of diffusion, adoption and implementation of inter-organisational information systems (IOIS) so far relies on theories which do not address the question of why systems continue to be used once adopted and implemented. We call such theories inertia theories because they imply that continued used can be taken for granted once the adoption decision has been made and the systems are implemented if decision parameters do not change. We identify two distinct aspects of ongoing use, namely persistence and resilience which are in need of theoretical explanation. In order to fill this gap, we aim to build a theoretical framework which specifically asks how systems are reproduced in their day-to-day routine operation. For this purpose, we offer a new conceptualization of IOIS by combining core ideas from Structuration and Practice Theory. Based on this framework, we define the twin problems of persistence and resilience. We find that these issues can be related to two core processes in our theoretical model and thus offer the conceptual tools for their theoretical explanation. We discuss the methodological implications of this framework and suggest possible directions for future
Highly porous regenerated cellulose hydrogel and aerogel prepared from hydrothermal synthesized cellulose carbamate

Here, a stable derivative of cellulose, called cellulose carbamate (CC), was produced from Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) core pulp (KCP) and urea with the aid of a hydrothermal method. Further investigation was carried out for the amount of nitrogen yielded in CC as different urea concentrations were applied to react with cellulose. The effect of nitrogen concentration of CC on its solubility in a urea-alkaline system was also studied. Regenerated cellulose products (hydrogels and aerogels) were fabricated through the rapid dissolution of CC in a urea-alkaline system. The morphology of the regenerated cellulose products was viewed under Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The transformation of allomorphs in regenerated cellulose products was examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The transparency of regenerated cellulose products was determined by Ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectrophotometer. The degree of swelling (DS) of regenerated cellulose products was also evaluated. This investigation provides a simple and efficient procedure of CC determination which is useful in producing regenerated CC products.
Bilateral proprioceptive defects in patients with a unilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A comparison between patients and healthy individuals

Proprioception of the knee was measured in 20 patients with reconstructed anterior cruciate ligaments and in 19 age‐matched controls. The mean time from surgery was 2 years. Three tests of proprioception were used: (a) threshold to detection of passive motion from 20 and 40° toward flexion and extension, (b) active reproduction of a 30° passive angle change, and (c) visual reproduction of a 30° passive angle change. The aim was a complete, bilateral, proprioceptive evaluation of patients who had undergone reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. As compared with those in the control group, the knees with reconstructed anterior cruciate ligaments had a higher threshold to detection of passive motion in the extension trials from 20 and 40° (p = 0.0003 and 0.04, respectively) and in the flexion trials from 20 and 40° (p = 0.004 and 0.0008, respectively). When the uninjured knees of the patients were compared with those in the control group, higher values for threshold to detection of passive motion were found in the flexion trials from 20° (p = 0.002) and 40° (p = 0.02). Thus, decreased proprioceptive ability was present in some measurements of these patients after reconstructive surgery, not only in injured knees but also in uninjured knees, as compared with the reference group. The functional relevance of these findings was not investigated in this study, but the results suggest that bilateral proprioceptive considerations should be made when evaluating prognostic factors, treatment, and risk of contralateral knee injury in patients with reconstructed anterior cruciate ligaments.
Areca (betel) nut chewing habit among high-school children in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Micronesia).

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of its use by high-school children in Saipan in Micronesia. Usage of the areca nut is indigenous to south Asia and the western and south Pacific. Some serious health effects of areca nut chewing are recognized and the International Agency for Research on Cancer has recently classified regular use of areca nut as being carcinogenic to humans. Information on usage by young people, however, is scarce. METHODS Data on consumption of areca nut were obtained by a self-administered questionnaire. Following an oral mucosal examination using WHO criteria any detectable oral mucosal diseases were recorded. FINDINGS Of 309 schoolchildren surveyed (mean age 16.3 +/- 1.5 years), 63.4% claimed regular use, the highest level recorded in any school population survey. Significant oral diseases detected were oral leukoplakia in 13% and oral submucous fibrosis in 8.8% of children. CONCLUSION These findings from Saipan suggest that areca nut chewing starts at a young age in Micronesia. As many users develop dependency this raises important concerns regarding its consequences for oral health.
Infinitely many small exotic Stein fillings

We show that there exist infinitely many simply connected compact Stein 4-manifolds with b_2=2 such that they are all homeomorhic but mutually non-diffeomorphic, and they are Stein fillings of the same contact 3-manifold on their boundaries. We also describe their handlebody pictures.
Resources on Training Requirements for Applied Behavior Analysts: The Behavior Analyst Certification Board and the Autism Special Interest Group Consumer Guidelines

The field of applied behavior analysis has rapidly evolved in a short time. The development of certification standards and procedures by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board set minimal requirements for competence in the field. This objective index of professional competence empowered consumers in identifying practitioners who can potentially deliver effective services. The BACB’s Task List outlines the essential areas of knowledge and skills that are necessary in behavior analytic practice. The BACB has also identified autism-specific knowledge that may enhance the effectiveness of practitioners serving this unique group of learners in their Autism Task List. The Association of Behavior Analysis International’s Autism Special Interest Group’s Consumer Guidelines uses certification as the basis for competence, and outlines additional autism-specific skill sets that are important for the population of individuals with autism. All of these resources can be used to guide the development of training programs in behavior analysis, and in evaluating clinically competent performance.
Analysis of Galaxy Morphology and Evolution Using the Pointwise Dimension

In this paper we explore the application of the pointwise dimension (PD) analysis as a large-scale structure descriptor to the RC3 catalog of galaxies (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991). This technique, which originated in the field of fractal geometry (Mandelbrot 1983) and found many applications in non-linear dynamics, is particularly illuminating in the study of correlations between morphology and environment. To our knowledge the technique is being applied for the first time to the study of galaxy morphology and evolution. The PD is the slope of the curve representing the number of galaxies within some radius, determined separately for each galaxy in the catalog. Thus the distributions of PD's can be compared for subsamples based on morphological type or luminosity. The conclusions of this analysis of RC3 are: 1) The PD elucidates the tendency for early-type galaxies to cluster more than late-type galaxies; however, there is considerable overlap between these populations. 2) The PD statistic does not find a significant relationship between luminosity and clustering in RC3, but it could be an effective diagnostic in larger 2D catalogs. 3) The majority of galaxies in RC3 (excluding clusters) are spread out in space much like a random distribution. A population of objects that traces the distribution of galaxies, but avoids clusters, would have only small correlations. It is worthwhile to pursue application of the PD to larger catalogs with a wider range of luminosities.
[Safety of tirofiban in patients with acute cerebral infarct receiving endovascular therapy].

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of tirofiban on hemorrhagic transformation and neurological outcome in patients with acute cerebral infarct treated with endovascular therapy. METHODS One hundred and fifteen patients with acute cerebral infarct who received endovascular stent mechanical thrombectomy in the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine during October 2013 and April 2017 were included in the study. Among 115 patients, 30 received tirofiban treatment. Hemorrhagic transformation and neurological outcomes were assessed using the ECASS Ⅱ criteria and modified Rankin scale (mRS), respectively. Unfavorable outcome was defined as mRS>2. Binary logistic regression model was used to analyze the independent predictors of hemorrhagic transformation and neurological outcome. RESULTS Binary logistic regression analysis showed that tirofiban treatment did not increase the risk of hemorrhagic transformation (OR=0.437, 95% CI:0.168-1.132, P>0.05); baseline NIHSS (OR=1.136, 95% CI:1.014-1.273, P<0.05), recanalization (OR=0.060, 95% CI:0.010-0.365, P<0.01), hypertension (OR=4.233, 95% CI:1.320-13.570, P<0.05) and onset to treatment time(OR=1.006, 95% CI:1.001-1.011, P<0.05) were independently associated with unfavorable outcome, while such association was not observed in tirofiban treatment (OR=1.923, 95% CI:0.536-6.568, P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS Tirofiban appears to be safe for patients with acute cerebral infarct receiving endovascular therapy.
Investigating the Adoption of Agile Practices in Mobile Application Development

The mobile application development market has been dramatically growing in the last few years as the complexity of its applications and speed of software development process. These changes in the mobile development market require a rethinking on the way the software development should be performed by teams. In order to better understand how agile practices support mobile application development, we applied a questionnaire to 20 undergraduate students. These students have been training in an iOS development course combined with agile practices. Our study aims to identify challenges and to report the students experience on the adoption of agile practices to develop mobile applications. Our findings reveal that agile practices help mobile software development mainly in terms of project management and control and development speed. However, aspects of user interface and user experience, different development platforms, and users expectations still point challenges in developing mobile applications.
The effect of 2-deoxy-D-glucose infusions on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in man.

At the present time, the direction of change of the plasma free fatty acid (FFA) level is considered to serve as an index to the pattern of fat metabolism, representing an indicator of the balance between fat storage and fat mobilization. In the fasting, nonexercising individual, a rising plasma FFA level suggests net fat mobilization and a falling FFA level suggests net fat storage. If the status of carbohydrate metabolism does relate to fat metabolism, then plasma FFA levels may be expected to change in a number of experimental situations. Dole Was the first to (lemonstrate that glucose and insulin administration decreased fasting FFA levels (1) and Bierman, Dole and Roberts that patients with diabetes niellitus have high FFA levels (2). Experimental inteference with carbohydrate metabolism might also be expected to influence plasma FFA levels. The availability of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has made it possible to test this hypothesis. 2-DG is phosphorylated to 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate (2-DG-6-P), and it has been postulated that the 2-DG-6-P may compete for transport into the cell with glucose-6-phosphate (3). The purpose of this study was to observe the effect of 2-DG administration on FFA levels in normal human subjects and to study in addition the effect of glucose, insulin, fructose and lactate upon the pattern of response to 2-DG.
A Dynamic Compensation LSB Steganography Resisting RS Steganalysis

Through dynamic compensation of pixel values of the LSB embedded image, this paper presents a novel LSB steganography method against RS, a powerful LSB steganalysis technique proposed by Fridrich with high precision. Firstly, this method embeds message in the LSB plane of the carrier image randomly, then make a dynamic compensation on the steg-image. Theoretic analysis and experimental results show that even the embedding rate is near 100% in this steg-image, such dynamic compensation can make RS steganalysis get a very small estimate value close to 0, which will cause an incorrect judgement. Moreover, the selection parameters of the compensation can be used as a part of the steganography system key to improve the steganography system's security, and the experimental results also indicate that this method is efficient to defeat some other LSB steganalysis methods
Online Professional Experiences in Teacher Preparation Program: A Preservice Teacher Study EXPERIENCES PROFESSIONNELLES DANS LE PROGRAMME DE LA PREPARATION DES ENSEIGNANTS EN LIGNE: UNE ETUDE PREALABLE DES ENSEIGNANTS

Teacher preparation is a process of instructional fulfillment in teacher education. This program is widely used in school that need professionalism in terms of networking. Supervisor take their role to support preservice teacher in many expected attributes which school workers should be known and learned in various kind of school contexts. This study aims to investigate the implementation of professional experiences through online reflection in teacher preparation program. The study divided into 3 phases: analyze criteria relevant to professional experience, develop online reflection, implement how online react with preservice teachers. Two hundred and thirty nine preservice teachers in seven majors of Mahasarakham university, enrolled in Professional Experiences I, academic year 2010 in which provide their expression about professional experiences through online reflection. Data were collected by questionnaire and supporting interview. This study revealed that professional experiences can enable preservice teachers to remain connected to peers and university supervisors. However, it did not reach some preservice teachers who those no need internet and also some criteria relevant to time at online was limited due to lots of responsibilities to do in school hours.
Single‐Dose Pharmacokinetics of Oral Ciprofloxacin in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

The singie‐dose pharmacokinetics of oral ciprofloxacin were studied in ten patients with cystic fibrosis aged 18 to 34 years. Each patient received three different drug doses (500 mg, 750 mg, and 1,000 mg) at successive one‐week intervals. Dosing and drug assays were double blinded. Blood and urine were assayed over the 48 hours following each dose. Ciprofloxacin was absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Peak serum concentrations averaged 2.8, 4.5, and 4.6 μg/mL respectively at the three doses, well above the mean inhibitory concentrations of most isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Time to peak concentration was approximately two hours. The range of sputum levels in three patients was 1.1–2.1 μg/mL at four hours after the three doses. The serum elimination half‐life was 3.7 hours and was independent of dose. Urinary recovery was 26%; greater than 90% of urinary excretion occurred within the first 12 hours. The results of this study indicate that ciprofloxacin has potential for use in the treatment of P aeruginosa infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.