Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A novel application of artificial neural network for recognition of target behind the wall

In this article, a methodology for recognition of an object behind a wall has been proposed. So far research is mainly focused on target detection and localization issue. Very limited work has been reported so far for complete identification (ie, shape and size) of the target. Therefore in this article, a novel Artificial Neural Network based technique is proposed for identification of the targets behind the wall with the through the wall imaging system. For this purpose, an active microwave imaging radar system operating at frequency 3.5‐5.5 GHz has been ingeniously designed. An extensive number of experiments were performed while keeping targets made of metal and wood in different shapes and sizes. For identification of the target, an artificial neural network based image reconstruction model has been proposed. From experimental results, it was found that once training of proposed neural network with sample teaching images has been done, it could automatically rectify distortions and reconstruct nearly actual shape and size of the target for test targets. The obtained results are quite satisfactory.
Community Care: New Agendas and Challenges from the Uk and Overseas

Part 1: Community care - promise, ambition and imperative, an international agenda. Part 2 The changing context of community care: the changes in community care - opportunities, constraints and concerns the future of services for elderly people. Part 3 Care and choice: user empowerment, older people and the UK reform of community care residential choice and optimization in later life - where to live? attitudes to residential care and the subsequent probability of admission - experience of a cohort of new users of community-based social services. Part 4 Carers and informal support: home at last? - impact of a local 'homely' unit for dementia sufferers on their relatives respite care - access, availability and acceptance working caregivers and frail older people inheritance, care bargains and elderly people's relationships with their children. Part 5 Assessment, case management and community services: assessment of the over-75's in general practice the new assessment - moving towards holism or new roads to fragmentation case management - the EPIC model ( a case of not grasoing the nettle) home sweet home - care mediation for the elderly budget-devolved care management in two routine programmes - have they improved outcomes? tradition and transition - the role of the support worker in community care in Sheffield. Part 6 Policy changes in contrasting countries: the Reagan-Bush legacy - privitization, the welfare state and ageing care of the elderly in the changing Swedish welfare state private insurance options for long-term care financing. Part 7 Community based care - opportunities and constraints: financing of care for elderly people in the European Community community care - implications for health services for elderly people community care, opportunities, concerns and constraints. Part 8 Community care - immediate concerns and ling-term perspectives community care - immediate concerns and long-term perspectives.
Classifying the diving behaviour of flatback turtles (Natator depressus) from multi-sensor tags

Flatback turtles (Natator depressus) are the only marine turtle endemic to Australia, occurring exclusively in turbid shelf waters and unlike other species of marine turtle, flatback turtles are considerably understudied. Understanding the diving behaviour and ecology of flatback turtles is important because they are the only species of marine turtle without a pelagic oceanic stage, and their limited geographic range means they are more susceptible to anthropogenic threats. In particular, understanding the diving behaviour during the inter-nesting interval is important as known inter-nesting areas often overlap with pressures from industry and coastal development. Flatback turtles (n=5) were equipped with Daily Diary (DD) multi-sensor tags that recorded data from movement sensors including an accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope as well as recording pressure (as a measure of depth), global positioning system (GPS) surface locations, speed and temperature at a temporal frequency of 50 Hz. High resolution data collected using multi-sensor tags were used to classify the diving behaviour of flatback turtles using unsupervised k-means clustering into k= 5 clusters, irrespective of dive depth. Here, the results from clustering and dead-reckoning identified that flatback turtles perform a combination of active and inactive dives in the initial days of the internesting interval, putatively performing a range of behaviours from resting to foraging, travelling and exploration. Notably, recreating the underwater movement paths of dives performed by flatback turtles using dead-reckoning revealed a single dive profile can have different functions associated. These results demonstrate that classifying the data collected using multi-sensor tags provide the opportunity to objectively quantify the diving behaviour of inter-nesting flatback turtles, and the activity budgets associated throughout the internesting interval.
Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Disorders

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SHV-type Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL) are encoded in related plasmids from enterobacteria clinical isolates from Mexico

Objetivo: En este trabajo se reporta la caracterizacion molecular de la resistencia a antibiotico s-lactamicos conferida por genes contenidos en plasmidos de enterobacterias productoras de s-lactamasas de espectro extendido (BLEEs). Material y metodos: Catorce aislamientos clinicos de enterobacterias fueron seleccionados por conveniencia de un banco de cepas obtenidas de siete diferentes hospitales de Mexico durante los periodos 1990-1992 y 1996-1998 y fueron procesados en el Laboratorio de Resistencia Bacteriana (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca). En la caracterizacion se empleo PFGE, IEF para s-lactamasas, conjugacion bacteriana, amplificacion por PCR y secuenciacion de DNA, extraccion y restriccion de plasmidos. Resultados: Las 14 cepas fueron no relacionadas geneticamente. Se identificaron BLEEs tipo SHV-2 (5/14) y SHV-5 (9/14). La resistencia a cefalosporinas fue transferida por conjugacion en 9 de 14 (64%) aislamientos clinicos mediante un plasmido que mostro un patron de restriccion similar entre ellos. Conclusion: Se sugiere que la diseminacion de la resistencia a cefalosporinas fue debida a plasmidos relacionados que contienen los genes que codifican BLEEs
Socioeconomic variation in the relationship between obesity and life expectancy

We investigate the relationship between obesity and life expectancy, and whether or not this relationship varies by socioeconomic status (SES). The underlying model is based on the "Pathways to health" framework in which SES affects health by modifying the relationship between lifestyles and health. We use data from the British Health and Lifestyle Survey (1984-1985) and the longitudinal follow-up in June 2009, and run parametric Gompertz survival models to investigate the association between obesity and life expectancy, also accounting for interactions between obesity and both age and SES. Generally we find that obesity is negatively associated with survival, and that SES is positively associated with survival, in both men and women. There is no evidence of interactions between obesity and SES in predicting survival in men, but these interactions are present in women. Obesity is associated with lower survival in women except for older women in higher SES groups, who have a longer predicted survival than women of normal weight in this group.
Dust concentration estimation of underground working face based on dark channel prior

In this paper, combined with video monitoring system for each working face under the mine, distance measurement system under the mine and Matlab software, real-time monitoring, analysis and calculation of dust concentration under the mine are carried out. Firstly, the image of dust degradation was obtained according to the video monitoring system in the underground dust environment, and the transmission chart with block effect was obtained. Secondly, the obtained transmission figure is processed by Matlab to obtain the corresponding transmission of each pixel in the dust image. Then according to the dust dispersion measurement system to calculate the extinction coefficient, according to the distance measurement system measured the length of the radiation channel distance;Finally, according to the established dust image degradation model, the dust concentration change process and dust mass concentration at each moment and point can be obtained from the extinction coefficient, transmission rate and length of radiation channel. The research method in this paper is rapid and can be used for real-time and online continuous detection, so as to obtain the dust mass concentration and dust distribution in the dust environment.
High-Efficiency Millimeter-Wave CMOS Switching Rectifiers: Theory and Implementation

This article proposes the concept of millimeter-wave (mm-wave) switching rectifiers originated from drain-pumped mixers. The topology and circuit design methodology are distinctly different from other CMOS mm-wave rectifiers which adopt voltage multiplier techniques. Operation principle and RF-to-dc power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the proposed switching rectifiers are analyzed to overcome the fundamental limits on achievable performance of switching rectifiers at mm wave. In order to demonstrate the utility of the proposed concept, two prototypes in 65-nm bulk CMOS technology have been implemented: two fully integrated switching rectifiers operating at Ka-band and W-band. A peak PCE of 36.5% at 35 GHz with a load resistance of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$50~\Omega $ </tex-math></inline-formula> at about 15-dBm input power is measured for the Ka-band rectifier. Measurement results for the W-band rectifier also indicate that the PCE peaks at 27% at 91 GHz for a load resistance of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$43~\Omega $ </tex-math></inline-formula> at about 16-dBm input power. To the best of our knowledge, the two fully integrated rectifiers which occupy the smallest chip area exhibit a competitive PCE reported among Ka-band and W-band CMOS rectifiers, competing well with GaAs counterparts where the Schottky diode is available.
INCOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE FACTORS INFLUENCING HOUSEHOLDS’ RECYCLING INTENTION: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE EXTENDED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR

Although few studies have attempted to explain residents’ waste handling behaviour from social and psychological perspective, yet, there is little understanding regarding the influence of households’ moral obligation, consequences awareness, and perceived lack of facilitating conditions on forming recycling intention. This study aims at investigating the key determinants of household recycling intention using the extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Data collected from 422 households in Kano metropolis were analysed using structural equation modelling to determine the influence of each predictor on the recycling intention. The results indicate that attitude, subjective norms, personal norm, consequences awareness and perceived lack of facilitating conditions significantly predict recycling intention, with attitude being the most significant predictor of households’ intention. Additional analysis on the effect of households’ income level on their recycling intention shows that income level moderates the relationships between attitude and recycling intention, personal norms—recycling intention, and perceived lack of facilitating conditions— recycling intention. The findings provide valuable suggestions for recycling policies that can focus on households’ intention formation by providing recycling facilities, encouraging participation through market-driven recycling programs, and promoting recycling awareness and education.
Equine neonatal medicine : a case-based approach

1. Assessing the Newborn Foal 2. High Risk Pregnancies 3. Neonatal Immunology 4. Foal Nutrition 5. Septicemia 6. Manifestations of Septicemia 7. Resuscitation of the Critically Ill Foal 8. Non-Infectious Respiratory Conditions in the Neonate 9. Non-Infectious Musculoskeletal Problems in the Neonatal Foal 10. Neurological Dysfunction in the Neonatal Foal 11. Gastrointestinal Problems in the Neonatal Foal 12. Umbilical and Urinary Disorders 13. Cardiac Disorders 14. Ophthalmologic Disorders of the Neonate
Satisfação com os estudos, cansaço emocional e estratégias de enfretamento em estudantes universitários em manaus - brasil

The aim of this work was to find the relationship between satisfaction with studies, coping strategies and emotional exhaustion. The participants were 100 economics students from a private university in the city of Manaus, between 18 and 56 years old. They were applied the Scale of Emotional Fatigue (ACE) of Ramos, Manga and Moran (2005) as a measure of stress; this questionnaire also has two items, one to assess self-esteem and another to satisfaction with the studies. And COPE Breve de Carver (1997) to evaluate the 14 coping strategies. The results inform that the strategies most used by the participants in the study were: Planning, Active Coping, Religion and Emotional Support; that students with high self-esteem have greater satisfaction with studies, and less emotional fatigue. On the contrary, students who have low self-esteem report more stress and use more impoverished coping strategies and with less competence to solve problems.
Background radiation in Akwanga, Nigeria

Man is exposed to ionizing radiation with or without his consent. Indoor and outdoor measurements of background radiation were taken using an Inspector alert nuclear radiation meter (of 3500CPM/mR/hr gamma sensitivity referenced to Cs-137 with an inbuilt halogen-quenched Geiger-Muller tube of 45mm effective diameter and 2.0mg/cm mica window density). The indoor readings ranged from 1.04 to 1.75mSv/yr while the outdoor readings ranged from 0.24 to 0.44mSv/yr. The Annual mean equivalent doses for indoor and outdoor backgrounds are 1.29±0.13 to 0.31±0.14mSv/yr respectively. The outdoor-indoor background level ratio is 24% which is in agreement with the ratio obtained when the assessment was conducted in Keffi. Based on our results, all areas are within the safety limit for the public, set by national and international regulatory authorities.
Design and Modeling of a Continuously Tunable Stiffness Arm for Safe Physical Human–Robot Interaction

To reduce injury in physical human–robot interactions (pHRIs), a common practice is to introduce compliance to joints or arm of a robotic manipulator. In this paper, we present a robotic arm made of parallel guided beams whose stiffness can be continuously tuned by morphing the shape of the cross section through two four-bar linkages actuated by servo motors. An analytical lateral stiffness model is derived based on the pseudo-rigid-body model and validated by experiments. A physical prototype of a three-armed manipulator is built. Extensive stiffness and impact tests are conducted, and the results show that the stiffness of the robotic arm can be changed up to 3.6 times at a morphing angle of 37 deg. At an impact velocity of 2.2 m/s, the peak acceleration has a decrease of 19.4% and a 28.57% reduction of head injury criteria (HIC) when the arm is tuned from the high stiffness mode to the low stiffness mode. These preliminary results demonstrate the feasibility to reduce impact injury by introducing compliance into the robotic link and that the compliant link solution could be an alternative approach for addressing safety concerns of physical human–robot interactions.
The Self-Reference Effect on Memory Is Not Diminished in Autism: Three Studies of Incidental and Explicit Self-Referential Recognition Memory in Autistic and Neurotypical Adults and Adolescents

Three experiments investigated the extent to which (a) individuals with autism show a self-reference effect (i.e., better memory for self-relevant information), and (b) the size of the self-reference effect is associated with autism traits. Participants studied trait adjectives in relation to their own name (self-referent) or a celebrity’s name (other-referent) under explicit and incidental/implicit encoding conditions. Explicit encoding involved judging whether the adjectives applied to self or other (denoted by proper names). Implicit encoding involved judging whether the adjectives were presented to the right or left of one’s own or a celebrity’s name. Recognition memory for the adjectives was tested using a yes/no procedure. Experiment 1 (individual differences; N = 257 neurotypical adults) employed the Autism-spectrum Quotient as a measure of autistic traits. Experiments 2 (n = 60) and 3 (n = 52) involved case-control designs with closely matched groups of autistic and neurotypical adults and children/adolescents, respectively. Autistic traits were measured using the Autism-spectrum Quotient and Social Responsiveness Scale, respectively. In all experiments, a significant self-reference effect was observed in both explicit and implicit encoding conditions. Most importantly, however, there was (a) no significant relation between size of the self-reference effect and number of autistic traits (Experiments 1, 2, and 3), and (b) no significant difference in the size of the self-reference effect between autistic and neurotypical participants (Experiments 2 and 3). In these respects, Bayesian analyses consistently suggested that the data supported the null hypothesis. These results challenge the notion that subjective or objective self-awareness are impaired in autism.
The Impact of Neonatal Inflammatory Insult on Adult Somatosensory Processing: The Role of the Descending Nociceptive Circuit

The neonatal period represents a critical window of increased neurodevelopmental plasticity in the immature nervous system. Unlike other sensory modalities, which require appropriate stimulation for proper development, maturation of nociceptive circuitry in neonates typically occurs in the absence of noxious stimulation. Premature infants, however, are routinely exposed to multiple invasive medical procedures during neonatal intensive care treatment, which are largely performed in the absence of anesthetics or analgesics. To date, it is largely unknown how exposure to early noxious insult during this time of increased plasticity alters the development of the CNS and influences future nociceptive responses. As previous studies examining the impact of neonatal inflammatory insult on adult nociceptive responses have been conducted primarily in males, the potential adverse effects in females are unknown. Furthermore, the biological mechanisms underlying neonatal insult-induced deficits in nociceptive processing have yet to be elucidated. Therefore, this dissertation addressed the following questions: (1) Does neonatal inflammatory insult differentially alter male and female baseline somatosensory thresholds and response to re-inflammation in adulthood? ; (2) Are neonatal inflammation-induced deficits in nociceptive responsiveness mediated by a potentiation in endogenous opioid tone? ; and (3) Does pre-emptive morphine analgesia attenuate the behavioral consequences of neonatal inflammatory insult? Collectively, these studies will provide valuable information about the long-term consequences of neonatal noxious stimulation in males and females, which may lead to improved understanding and prevention of the lasting effects of repeated invasive interventions in premature infants in the NICU. INDEX WORDS: Pain, Neonate, Periaqueductal Gray, Nociception, Inflammation, Endogenous Opioids, Preterm Infant THE IMPACT OF NEONATAL INFLAMMATORY INSULT ON ADULT SOMATOSENSORY PROCESSING: THE ROLE OF THE DESCENDING NOCICEPTIVE CIRCUIT
Integrating House of Risk Method with PESTLE and CIMOSA for Risk Assessment of Java-Bali I Power Plant Construction Project

Java-Bali I Combined Cycle Power Plant Project is part of 35,000 MW electrical generating development program. To fulfil the project construction objectives, a risk assessment is needed. It is started with risk identification using PESTLE analysis and CIMOSA approach. It can be identified that there are 18 risk events for external factor, 22 risk events for internal factor and 54 risk agents that will be analysed using House of Risk (HOR) stage 1 method. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) is held for assessing severity of each risk events and occurrence of risk agents, also the correlation between them. Using HOR stage 1 is obtained Aggregate Risk Potential (ARP) value for each risk agents. Using pareto analysis, 11 risk agents is chosen as priority and will be evaluated using HOR stage 2. Using HOR stage 2 method, 7 preventive actions (PA) are identified to prevent risk agents occur. As final result, using Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), 7 recommendations is suggested in order to make project successful according to the target specified.
THE EFFECT OF NATURAL HARMONY, SELF-RENEWAL, COMMUNITY, AND HEDONISM ON THE SATISFACTION OF RAFTING ADVENTURE TOURISM PRODUCT CONSUMERS

This research examines the relationship of factors influencing consumer satisfaction namely natural harmony, self-renewal, community, and hedonism towards adventure tourism products. The research used multiple regression analysis to test the factors that influence consumer satisfaction on adventure tourism products. The respondents were 412 people who had taken adventure tours in groups in Yogyakarta and West Java last year. The characteristics of the participants were dominated by men with the age range of 18-50 years, and the occupational background were students and employees. The result of this research revealed that natural harmony, self-renewal, community, and hedonism were positive factors that had a significant influence on customer satisfaction toward rafting adventure tourism products. The research suggestions and implications are also discussed in this research.
Three-Dimensional Cooperative Mapping for Connected and Automated Vehicles

To improve the efficiency of three-dimensional (3-D) LIDAR mapping, multiple robots cooperation has been considered in mapping of large areas. In order to merge the local maps acquired by independent robots, it is crucial to identify common areas among the local maps. In this article, we propose a novel 3-D cooperative mapping approach for connected and automated vehicles that use only 3-D LIDAR data to cooperatively create globally consistent maps among multiple robots. Assuming each individual vehicle is able to create its own local map, the cooperative mapping process is divided into two main tasks: The common area detection task and the map merging task. We first significantly reduce the time cost of common area detection task by utilizing ground information as features. Further, the accuracy of map merging is guaranteed by whole frame matching of the common area frame pairs generated in the previous step. The proposed method is tested and validated by experiments in real-world environment for various scenarios; results show that the efficiency and accuracy of mapping are both improved compared to the individual robot mapping approach.