Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
1041-1048 Noratikah Awang Hasyim.pmd

Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by inhalation of Histoplasma capsulatum, which is mainly found in bird and bat droppings. Oral manifestation of histoplasmosis may be the only initial manifestation of the disease or associated with chronic disseminated histoplasmosis. The first review of oral histoplasmosis among Malaysian population from 1967 to 1994 (27 years) revealed the occurrence of 37 cases, reported by Ng and Siar in 1996. This current study is the updated overview of oral histoplasmosis cases in Malaysia. The objective of the study was to review and describe clinical and demographic profile of oral histoplasmosis in Malaysia and to correlate histopathological features of oral histoplasmosis with patient’s immunity status. We reviewed oral histoplasmosis cases diagnosed in Stomatology Unit, Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Kuala Lumpur from 1995 until 2016. The data was retrieved from the Oral Pathology Information system (OPIS) Stomatology Unit, IMR, which is the largest oral pathology database in Malaysia. Information regarding patients’ sociodemographic data, medical illness, clinical presentation, histopathological features, and referring healthcare institutions was extracted from the clinical information which accompanied the biopsy request form. A total of 39 cases of oral histoplasmosis were identified from 1995-2016. Majority of them were male (89.7%). The age ranges from 29 to 85 years with mean age of 57.8 years. Almost half of them were Malays (51.3%), followed by Chinese (33.3%), Indians (7.7%), and other races (7.7%). The most common sites of oral histoplasmosis were tongue, gingiva, palate, and alveolar ridge. The main clinical presentation was ulcer (61.5%) whereas 38.5% presented clinically as swelling. 17.9% of patients were seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 12.8% had tuberculosis, 10.3% had diabetes mellitus, and 2.6% with hepatitis C. The incidence of oral histoplasmosis should raise suspicion of hidden immunodepression and may be the first manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Early recognition and diagnosis is crucial to reduce risk of morbidity and mortality.
New approaches for face recognition using neural networks

This paper propose new hybrid approaches for face recognition. Gabor wavelets representation of face images is an effective approach for both facial action recognition and face identification. Perform dimensionality reduction and linear discriminant analysis on the down sampled Gabor wavelet faces can increase the discriminant ability. Nearest feature space is extended to various similarity measures. In our experiments, proposed Gabor wavelet faces combined with extended net feature space classifier shows very good performance, which can achieve 93% maximum correct recognition rate on ORL data set without any pre-processing step.
Technological greening, eco-efficiency and no-regret strategy

In this paper we analyze the relationship between technological greening, eco-efficiency and no- regret strategies. By using a simple theoretical model, we evaluate the effects of technological greening on creation value, pollution level, and eco-efficiency. We show three contrasting effects of technological greening. First, technological greening may increase the pollution of a firm, and also of the whole industry. Second, the indicator of eco-efficiency can be misleading because it may improve in situations where pollution increases and/or profit decreases after technological greening. Third, technological greening that induces an improvement of the eco-efficiency indicator does not necessarily lead to a no-regret strategy. As a result, the indicator should not be used for decision making.
The Advent of the Internet of Things in Airfield Lightning Systems: Paving the Way from a Legacy Environment to an Open World

This paper discusses the design and prototype implementation of a software solution facilitating the interaction of third-party developers with a legacy monitoring and control system in the airfield environment. By following the Internet of Things (IoT) approach and adopting open standards and paradigms such as REpresentational State Transfer (REST) and Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) for message dispatching, the work aims at paving the way towards a more open world in the airfield industrial sector. The paper also presents performance results achieved by extending legacy components to support IoT standards. Quantitative results not only demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solution, but also its suitability in terms of prompt message dispatching and increased fault tolerance.
Characterization of Single-Nucleus Electrical Properties by Microfluidic Constriction Channel

As key bioelectrical markers, equivalent capacitance (Cne, i.e., capacitance per unit area) and resistance (Rne, i.e., resistivity multiply thickness) of nuclear envelopes have emerged as promising electrical indicators, which cannot be effectively measured by conventional approaches. In this study, single nuclei were isolated from whole cells and trapped at the entrances of microfluidic constriction channels, and then corresponding impedance profiles were sampled and translated into single-nucleus Cne and Rne based on a home-developed equivalent electrical model. Cne and Rne of A549 nuclei were first quantified as 3.43 ± 1.81 μF/cm2 and 2.03 ± 1.40 Ω·cm2 (Nn = 35), which were shown not to be affected by variations of key parameters in nuclear isolation and measurement. The developed approach in this study was also used to measure a second type of nuclei, producing Cne and Rne of 3.75 ± 3.17 μF/cm2 and 1.01 ± 0.70 Ω·cm2 for SW620 (Nn = 17). This study may provide a new perspective in single-cell electrical characterization, enabling cell type classification and cell status evaluation based on bioelectrical markers of nuclei.
A sub-fi eld scale critical source area index for legacy phosphorus management using high resolution data

Diffuse phosphorus (P) mitigation in agricultural catchments should be targeted at critical source areas (CSAs) that consider source and transport factors. However, development of CSA identification needs to consider the mobilisation potential of legacy soil P sources at the field scale, and the control of (micro) topography on runoff generation and hydrological connectivity at the sub-field scale. To address these limitations, a ‘next generation’ sub-field scale CSA index is presented, which predicts the risk of dissolved P losses in runoff from legacy soil P. The GIS-based CSA Index integrates two factors; mobile soil P concentrations (water extractable P; WEP) and a hydrologically sensitive area (HSA) index. The HSA Index identifies runoff-generating-areas using high resolution LiDAR Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), a soil topographic index (STI) and information on flow sinks and effects on hydrological connectivity. The CSA Index was developed using four intensively monitored agricultural catchments (7.5–11 km) in Ireland with contrasting agri-environmental conditions. Field scale soil WEP concentrations were estimated using catchment and land use specific relationships with Morgan P concentrations. In-stream total reactive P (TRP) concentrations and discharge were measured sub-hourly at catchment outlet bankside analysers and gauging stations during winter closed periods for fertiliser spreading in 2009–14, and hydrograph/loadograph separation methods were used to estimate TRP loads and proportions from quickflow (surface runoff). A strong relationship between TRP concentrations in quickflow and soil WEP concentrations (r = 0.73) was used to predict dissolved P concentrations in runoff at the field scale, which were then multiplied by the HSA Index to generate sub-field scale CSA Index maps. Evaluation of the tool showed a very strong relationship between the total CSA Index value within the HSA and the total TRP load in quickflow (r = 0.86). Using a CSA Index threshold value of 0.5, the CSA approach identified 1.1– 5.6% of catchment areas at highest risk of legacy soil P transfers, compared with 4.0–26.5% of catchment areas based on an existing approach that uses above agronomic optimum soil P status. The tool could be used to aid cost-effective targeting of sub-field scale mitigation measures and best management practices at delivery points of CSA pathways to reduce dissolved P losses from legacy P stores and support sustainable agricultural production. ã 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Irrationality in the housing market? - An empirical analysis of the capitalisation of local property taxes in the Norwegian housing market

This thesis presents new evidence on the effects of local property taxes on house prices. Since 2007 there has been a significant increase in the number of Norwegian municipalities that tax housing using the local property tax, which leads to rich variations in tax rates, both over time and between municipalities. I use data from the period 2007-2015 to examine the effects of local property tax changes on house prices, exploiting these variations. I find that the effects from property taxes are heterogeneous, and not in line with what the theory of capitalisation would predict. Using fixed effects in a hedonic time dummy framework, I find no systematic effect of local property taxes on house prices, inconsistent with the theory. Further exploration show that the lack of a systematic effect does not rule out capitalisation in areas with specific characteristics. Using the difference-in-difference framework, I find capitalisation in urban areas, but not in the rural areas investigated. These diverging findings may be explained by the variation in salience of property taxes between rural and urban areas, a sign of bounded rationality in the housing market.
Modulational instability of dust ion acoustic waves in astrophysical dusty plasmas with non thermal electrons

Propagation of dust ion acoustic waves in plasmas composed of nonthermal distributed electrons and stationary dust particles is investigated. Nonlinear Schrdinger equation is derived to describe small amplitude waves, using the reduction perturbation technique. Modulation instability of dust ion acoustic waves is analysed for this system. Parametric investigation indicates that growth rate of the modulational instability is sensitive to the value of non-thermal parameter and relative density of plasma constituents.
Heterogeneous Multiscale Methods for Mechanical Systems with Vibrations

We are concerned with heterogeneous multiscale methods for the numerical integration of the equations of motion of mechanical systems subjected to fast vibrations. We suggest easily formulated asynchronous algorithms that bypass the need for explicitly determining the relations between macro- and microstates. The new algorithms have good geometric properties and in some cases may incorporate a simplified filtering technique that leads to large savings in computational effort. The problems considered may be modeled either by ordinary differential equations (state space description) or by differential algebraic equations (descriptor form). A SHAKE-SHAKE and a RATTLE-SHAKE algorithm are presented, but higher-order versions exist.
Museums 2.0: A study into expertise and culture within the museum blogosphere

While studies on popular culture have a more vast understanding of the impact of the participatory culture on experts and expertise, there is a dearth of literature on the impact of Web 2.0 on museums, which are established authorities within the cultural field. We aim to answer the following research question here: who are the experts and what is the nature of their expertise in the museum blogosphere? In addition, we look at the spatial culture on these museum blogs and its role in shaping expertise. We address this question by conducting a content analysis on a sample of the top ten ranked museum blogs, and find that new experts have entered the playing field and expertise is constructed in the personal and social context of an entertainment-oriented blogosphere.
Nanoparticle Coatings for UV Protective Textiles

TAs the intensity of ultraviolet (UV) radiation increases every year, effective methods to block UV rays to protect human skin, plastics, timber and other polymer materials are urgently sought. Textiles serve as important materials for UV protection in many applications. The utilisation of nanoparticles to textile materials has been the object of several studies aimed at producing finished fabrics with different performances. This article reviews the recent advancements in the field of UV blocking textiles and fibers that are functionalised with nanostructured surface coatings. Different types of UV blocking agents are discussed and various examples of UV blocking textiles that utilise zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are presented. Future challenges, such as wash-fastness and photocatalysis, are also discussed.
FN Aquilae { an unusual Cepheid with anomalous CNO abundances ?

Spectroscopic analysis of the classical Cepheid FN Aql from three high{resolution CCD spectra near minimum and maximum light gives the following results: 1) Mean Te = 5483 K; log g =1 :25 and Vt =4 : 0k m s 1 ; 2) Metallicities derived for each phase are consistent with each other and close to the solar value; 3) The Cepheid is crossing the instability strip for at least the third time. 4) It has anomalously low carbon ((C=H) = 0:93 dex) and nitrogen ((N=H) = +0:09 dex) abundances, which is unusual for a Cepheid not crossing the instability strip for the rst time. Since FN Aql is an IRAS object and candidate protoplanetary nebulae according to Volk & Kwok (1989), we assume that the star's peculiarities are caused either by envelope loss after the second dredge-up or that it is an unusual Cepheid for which existing nucleosynthesis and mixing models are unable to reproduce the CNO abundance pattern.
Association DEFINITENESS AND REFLEXIVITY : INDEXING SOCIALLY SHARED EXPERIENCE

This paper examines the use of definite and indefinite noun phrases in everyday conversations in Finnish and English to establish meaning and to alter and build context in interaction. The paper shows that participants in conversation use the formal contrast between definite and indefinite NPs not only to express identifiability and non-identifiability of the referent to their addressees, but that they also use it dynamically to make claims about socially shared reality, to create referents in discourse and to build a novel identity for existing referents, to actively construct frames and create roles within them, and to reorganize the participant structure of a speech event.
Resource-Based View ( RBV ) review , conceptual model and application methodology for the Integrated Public Transport System ( IPTS ) of Bogotá

The main purpose of this paper is, based on a theoretical review, to propose a conceptual framework and the respective application methodology of the REsource Based View (RBV), applicable to the Integrated Public Transport System (SITP for its acronym in Spanish) of Bogota-Colombia, so that it can be taken as a starting point in future research which aim to: (i) analyze and evaluate their use empirically, (ii) determine the effects of their implementation in this type of systems; and (iii) the impacts that integrated transport systems have had in the business and economic context.
Detection of avian haemosporidia from captive musophagid birds at a zoological garden in Japan

One captive musophagid bird at a zoological garden in Japan showed clinical symptoms and was found to be infected with avian haemosporidia. We subsequently collected blood from all musophagid birds kept in the garden and examined for avian haemosporidia using both microscopic and molecular examination. Only Haemoproteus gametocytes were observed in the blood of two Guinea turaco (Tauraco persa). Three genetic lineages of Haemoproteus were identified from three Guinea turacos and one genetic lineage of Leucocytozoon was identified from a grey plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator). Detected Haemoproteus lineages were all identical and completely different from those previously reported in Japan, suggesting that these birds were infected in their original habitat. This is the first record of Haemoproteus infection in Guinea turacos.
Synthesis and Chemiluminescent Properties of Amino-Acylated luminol Derivatives Bearing Phosphonium Cations

The monitoring of reactive oxygen species in living cells provides valuable information on cell function and performance. Lately, the development of chemiluminescence-based reactive oxygen species monitoring has gained increased attention due to the advantages posed by chemiluminescence, including its rapid measurement and high sensitivity. In this respect, specific organelle-targeting trackers with strong chemiluminescence performance are of high importance. We herein report the synthesis and chemiluminescence properties of eight novel phosphonium-functionalized amino-acylated luminol and isoluminol derivatives, designed as mitochondriotropic chemiluminescence reactive oxygen species trackers. Three different phosphonium cationic moieties were employed (phenyl, p-tolyl, and cyclohexyl), as well as two alkanoyl chains (hexanoyl and undecanoyl) as bridges/linkers. Synthesis is accomplished via the acylation of the corresponding phthalimides, as phthalhydrazide precursors, followed by hydrazinolysis. This method was chosen because the direct acylation of (iso)luminol was discouraging. The new derivatives’ chemiluminescence was evaluated and compared with that of the parent molecules. A relatively poor chemiluminescence performance was observed for all derivatives, with the isoluminol-based ones being the poorest. This result is mainly attributed to the low yield of the fluorescence species formation during the chemiluminescence oxidation reaction.
Monothalamous foraminifera from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica

During the late 2007 austral summer, 20 sediment samples were collected in Ad− miralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetlands, West Antarctica) from 8 down to 254 m water−depth (mwd). The samples yielded abundant assemblage of monothalamous benthic foraminifera, belonging to at least 40 morphospecies. They constituted the first such collec− tion from Antarctic Peninsula fjords and provided a new insight into this group's diversity and distribution. Among organic−walled taxa, Psammophaga sp. , Allogromia cf. crystalli− fera, and three morphotypes of Gloiogullmia were especially abundant. Agglutinated forms were dominated by Hippocrepinella hirudinea, Psammosphaera spp. , Lagenammina spp. , and various mudballs. Although, the majority of the morphotypes were known from other high−latitude locations, some were reported for the first time. Our quantitative data (>125 µm) showed the greatest differences between monothalamous foraminifera assemblages at shal− lowest water depths above 50 mwd. The deepest assemblages from between 179 and 254 mwd, were most similar, suggesting uniform near−bottom conditions at ~200 mwd throughout the Admiralty Bay.
Nanotoxicity in cancer research: technical protocols and tips considerations for the use of 3D tumour spheroids

The poor clinical translation of oncological nanomedicine products is one of the greatest challenges faced by research today. The use of reductionist in vitro models of human cancer and non-predictive animal models is generally considered as one of the main causes of such very low translation rate. The integration of three-dimensional (3D) tumour spheroids in the early stages of the preclinical screening pipeline could significantly facilitate the translation of nanomedicine candidates into clinical practice, by allowing for a more reliable prediction of their efficacy and safety in humans. To lead a successful integration of 3D spheroids, protocols that satisfy issues of ease-of-use, reproducibility and compatibility with conventional and high-throughput assays, without losing the advantages offered by two-dimensional (2D) cell systems, are still needed. To address such need, protocols for the formation and characterisation of scaffold-free 3D tumour spheroids of human adenocarcinoma cells were developed and optimised in this study for their application in nanomedicine safety testing. The protocols reported in this chapter provide the ground on how 3D tumour spheroids could be implemented to design nanomedicine products and speed up experimental cancer research, eliminating those candidates that are likely to be ineffective or unsafe in human at early development stages.
LEARNING TEMPORAL CORRELATION BETWEEN INPUT NEURONS BY USING DENDRITIC PROPAGATION DELAYS AND STOCHASTIC SYNAPSES.

The ability of neural circuits to respond preferentially to inputs with a given arrivaltime difference is required for functions such as visual speed discrimination or soundsource localization. The responses of such circuits are generally well reproduced bycorrelation detectors using a delay line on one of the inputs (see e.g. Zanker et al.,1999). A number of models have been proposed for the direction selectivity and speedtuning of visual cortical cells using various extra-cellular delay mechanisms. Forspeed selective cells closer to sensory inputs, such as those feeding into the H1 cell inthe fly, the delay could be generated within the cell itself, using the propagation timeof EPSPs in the dendritic tree (Christodoulou et al., 1992). In this paper we examine apossible mechanism that enables neurones to learn the dendritic time delay, simply bybeing repeatedly exposed to inputs separated by given time intervals.Recent results using a temporally assymetric Hebbian learning rule haveshown that a neurone could learn the delay separating a dendritic input and a somaticspike (Senn et al. (to appear)). The question addressed here is that of learning thetemporal delay between two inputs at different dendritic locations.
Generation of high-quality terahertz OAM mode based on soft-aperture difference frequency generation.

We demonstrate the generation of high-quality tunable terahertz (THz) vortices in an eigenmode by employing soft-aperture difference frequency generation of vortex and Gaussian modes. The generated THz vortex output exhibits a high-quality orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode with a topological charge of ℓTHz = ±1 in a frequency range of 2-6 THz. The maximum average power of the THz vortex output obtained was ∼3.3 µW at 4 THz.