Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Multichannel data acquisition system using multirate signal processing

Acquisition is an essential building block in almost any real life data processing. In acquisition it is key target to keep aliasing low often dictates the use of a complex analog anti-aliasing filter. In case of multichannel system, each channel must be fitted with a separate anti-aliasing filter as such filter cannot be multiplexed but this exercise becomes expensive. In this paper the cost optimized structure for multiple channel data acquisition system is proposed, the cost optimization achieved by using multistage decimation. The MATLAB simulation has been used to evaluate proposed model and in result cost reduced by 53.27% when (M=16*2) has been used instead of M=32. The cost has been further reduced by 69% for combination of M=(8*4), Key targets are filter length reduction and aliasing. Finite-impulse-response (FIR) has been used for implementation of idea.
Low-power LVDS for digital readout circuits

This paper presents a mixed-signal LVDS driver in 90 nm CMOS technology. The designed LVDS core is to be used as a data link between Infrared Focal Plane Array (IRFPA) detector end and microprocessor input. Parallel data from 220 pixels of IRFPA is serialized by LVDS driver and read out to microprocessor. It also offers a reduced power consumption rate, high data transmission speed and utilizes dense placement of devices for area efficiency. The entire output driver circuit including input buffer draws 5mA while the output swing is 500mV at power supply of 1.2V for data rate of 6.4Gbps. Total LVDS chip area is 0.79 mm2. Due to these features, the designed LVDS driver is suitable for purposes such as portable, high-speed imaging.
Cyber Security Risk Management: Public Policy Implications of Correlated Risk, Imperfect Ability to Prove Loss, and Observability of Self‐Protection

The correlated nature of security breach risks, the imperfect ability to prove loss from a breach to an insurer, and the inability of insurers and external agents to observe firms’ self‐protection efforts have posed significant challenges to cyber security risk management. Our analysis finds that a firm invests less than the social optimal levels in self‐protection and in insurance when risks are correlated and the ability to prove loss is imperfect. We find that the appropriate social intervention policy to induce a firm to invest at socially optimal levels depends on whether insurers can verify a firm's self‐protection levels. If self‐protection of a firm is observable to an insurer so that it can design a contract that is contingent on the self‐protection level, then self‐protection and insurance behave as complements. In this case, a social planner can induce a firm to choose the socially optimal self‐protection and insurance levels by offering a subsidy on self‐protection. We also find that providing a subsidy on insurance does not provide a similar inducement to a firm. If self‐protection of a firm is not observable to an insurer, then self‐protection and insurance behave as substitutes. In this case, a social planner should tax the insurance premium to achieve socially optimal results. The results of our analysis hold regardless of whether the insurance market is perfectly competitive or not, implying that solely reforming the currently imperfect insurance market is insufficient to achieve the efficient outcome in cyber security risk management.
Dual-Band Unequal-Power Quadrature Branch-Line Coupler With Coupled Lines

A planar dual-band quadrature branch-line coupler with coupled lines is presented in this letter. The quarter-wavelength transformers in a conventional branch-line coupler are replaced by coupled lines. With derived explicit design formula, the proposed branch-line coupler can not only be operated at two arbitrary frequencies, but it can also exhibit the required output power ratio at the designed dual frequencies. The measured return losses and isolation are all better than 16 dB at the operating frequencies. Phase imbalance less than 1° is obtained. The measured data validate the proposed design methodology, and show good agreement with the simulation results.
Radical Prostatectomy in the Robotic Era. Comparison of Three Different Methods: Retropubic, Robotic and Perineal

Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among men and is the 6th cancer type leading to death. Starting with the use of PSA screening, there has been a steep increase in the number of cases diagnosed with and treated for localized prostate cancer. Radical prostatectomy use has increased following the increase in the number of cases and has become the golden standard for surgical procedures for their treatment. For over 50 years, while open retropubic and perineal methods have been used separately, advantages and disadvantages of each method have been expressed in official and unofficial grounds. The use of nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy that began particularly after the clearer definition of the neurovascular bundles and the anatomy of the prostate by Walsh and the improvements in continence and potency has proved open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) more advantageous. The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), developed to qualify disadvantages of laparoscopy in radical prostatectomy, came into use in 2000. With Abbou’s identification of first robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), it finds increasing areas of application. Still there is need for further comparison of especially the three methods (RPP, RRP, and RARP) in prostate cancer treatment with more patients and longer follow-up periods. The objective of the first part of this paper is to provide a brief comparison of RRP and RARP results and in the second part we will discuss the perineal radical prostatectomy.
A generalized p-value approach for assessing noninferiority in a three-arm trial

The existing generalized p-value approach, from statistical literature, is applied to assess noninferiority of an experimental treatment in a three-arm clinical trial including a placebo. Two generalized test functions (GTFs) are constructed and Monte Carlo simulations are used to compute the p-value. The GTFs perform well in terms of maintaining the Type-I error probabilities, and the power of the tests are shown to increase to 1 as both the sample size and the parameter denoting the fraction of the effect of the reference drug with respect to placebo increase. The generalized confidence intervals are shown to retain the coverage probabilities. A published dataset is re-analysed using the proposed test and the results are in agreement with earlier findings.
A Jigsaw-Based Sensor Placement Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

Current deterministic sensor deploying methods always include the uncovered space greedily to reduce the number of deployed sensors. Because the sensing area of each sensor is circle-like, these greedily methods often divide the region of interest to multiple tiny and scattered regions. Therefore, many additional sensors are deployed to cover these scattered regions. This paper proposes a Jigsaw-based sensor placement (JSP) algorithm for deploying sensors deterministically. Sensors are placed at the periphery of the region of interest to prevent separating the region of interest to isolated regions. An enhanced mechanism is also proposed to improve the time complexity of the proposed method. The scenarios with and without obstacles are evaluated. The simulation results show that the proposed method can cover the whole region of interest with fewer deployed sensors. The effective coverage ratio of JSP method is less than 2. It is better than the maximum coverage method and the Delaunay triangulation method. The deploying sensors have more efficient coverage area, and the distribution of the incremental covered area is close to normal distribution.
An Approach to Work‐Related Disorders of the Upper Extremity

&NA; Management of work‐related musculoskeletal disorders has been frustrating for the orthopaedist. The so‐called cumulative‐trauma disorders have few objective findings, and patients often do not respond to well‐established orthopaedic treatments, both nonsurgical and surgical. In some areas of the country the rate of reimbursement is low; that factor, combined with the excessive paperwork and the legal burden, discourages many orthopaedists from treating patients with these conditions. However, the incidence and cost of work‐related disorders continue to increase, and the orthopaedic community is being called on to help understand their etiology and to attempt to control the “epidemic” that has significantly affected the survival of certain industries. The authors review the current orthopaedic and occupational medicine literature and suggest a management approach that has been found effective in reducing both costs and disability due to these disorders. The annual incidence of work‐related cumulative‐trauma and soft‐tissue disorders has increased markedly over the past decade.1,2 The “epidemic” of so‐called repetitive‐strain injuries and cumulative‐trauma disorders was first noted in Australia 15 years ago3–6 and then emerged in many of the industrialized countries.3 According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, cumulative‐trauma disorders have accounted for more than 60% of all occupational illnesses reported in the United States since 1991.7 The resultant costs of these conditions are between $60 billion and $100 billion a year and are thought to affect the very survival of certain industries.8–12 According to an insurance company analysis, the average cost related to an upper‐extremity cumulative‐trauma disorder in 1989 was $8,070—almost twice the average workers’ compensation claim of $4,075.13 This analysis also found that 25% of the cases accounted for 89% of the costs. Medical expenses were paid for only 49.9% of cases, which indicates that half of the patients had lost no time from work. In contrast, when all work‐related injuries were evaluated together, 73.9% of patients had no lost time. This illustrates the significantly longer disability associated with cumulative‐trauma disorders.
Is the prevalence of adult asthma and allergic rhinitis still increasing? Results of an Italian study.

BACKGROUND The prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis has increased worldwide during the 1970s and 1980s. OBJECTIVE This study was aimed at evaluating whether the increasing trend in prevalence persisted during the 1990s in the young adult Italian population. METHODS In 1998 to 2000 a screening questionnaire was sent by mail to a general population sample aged 20 to 44 years; nonresponders were contacted again first by mail and then by phone, achieving a final response rate of 78.1% (6876 of 8800). Prevalence estimates, adjusted to correct for nonresponse bias, were compared with those recorded in Italy in 1991 to 1993 during the European Community Respiratory Health Survey, when response rate had been slightly higher (87.6%). Temporal variations in symptom prevalence were analyzed by a logistic regression model, controlling for sex, age, site of residence (urban vs suburban areas), season of response, response rate, and type of contact (mail vs phone). RESULTS The prevalence of asthma attacks did not vary significantly from 1991 to 1993 (3.6%) to 1998 to 2000 (3.2%) (P =.188). The prevalence of asthma-like symptoms (wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath) tended to decrease in the age classes of 32.5 to 45 years, while increasing in the youngest age class (20 to 26 years). A clear-cut increase from 15.4% to 18.3% was observed for the prevalence of allergic rhinitis (P <.001), whereas the proportion of people under antiasthmatic treatment increased in suburban areas but not in urban areas (interaction time-site of residence, P <.001). CONCLUSION Asthma prevalence has not increased during the last decade in Italy. The persistence of an increasing trend in allergic rhinitis prevalence deserves attention.
Detection of Polarized Millimeter and Submillimeter Emission from Sagittarius A*

We report the detection of linear polarization from Sgr A* at 750, 850, 1350, and 2000 μm which confirms the contribution of synchrotron radiation. From the lack of polarization at longer wavelengths, it appears to arise in the millimeter/submillimeter excess. There are large position angle changes between the millimeter and submillimeter results, and these are discussed in terms of a polarized dust contribution in the submillimeter and various synchrotron models. In the model that best explains the data, the synchrotron radiation from the excess is self-absorbed in the millimeter region and becomes optically thin in the submillimeter. This implies that the excess arises in an extremely compact source of ~2 Schwarzschild radii.
Characterization of the Complete Genome Sequence of a Beak and Feather Disease Virus from a Moluccan Red Lory (Eos bornea)

ABSTRACT The complete genome sequence of a beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) encoding two major open reading frames (ORFs) was characterized in a wild Moluccan red lory (Eos bornea). This is the first report of a BFDV genome from Indonesia and the first reported BFDV infection for this host species.
Use of Cyclopropane to Test Generality of Anesthetic Requirement in the Elderly

The minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of cyclopropane was determined in young (mean age, 32 yr; n = 16) and older (mean age, 81 yr; n = 12) surgical patients. Cyclopropane requirement was 23% lower in the elderly (P < 0.01). This reduction in anesthetic requirement with age is similar to that reported previously for halothane and isoflurane and supports the thesis of a general effect of age on anesthetic requirement.
Targeting the Breast Cancer Kinome

Protein kinases are highly tractable targets for the treatment of many cancers including breast cancer, due to their essential role in tumor cell proliferation and survival. Sequencing of the breast cancer genome and transcriptome has defined breast cancer as a heterogeneous disease that is classified into five molecular subtypes: luminal A, luminal B, HER2‐enriched, basal‐like, and claudin‐low. Each subtype displays a unique expression profile of protein kinases that can be targeted by small molecule kinase inhibitors or biologics. An understanding of genomic changes, including mutations or copy number variations, for specific protein kinases and dependencies on kinases across breast cancer subtypes is allowing for a more rational design of targeted breast cancer therapies. While specific kinase inhibitors have had success in the clinic, including the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib in combination with aromatase inhibitors in luminal breast cancer, patients often become resistant to treatment. An understanding of the mechanisms allowing cells to bypass targeted kinase inhibition has led to the development of combination therapies that are more durable in pre‐clinical studies. However, the heterogeneity of resistance mechanisms and rapid adaptability of the kinome through feedback regulation greatly inhibit the long‐term efficacy of combination kinase inhibitor therapies. It is becoming apparent that epigenetic inhibitors, such as HDAC and BET bromodomain inhibitors can block the transcriptional adaptability of tumor cells to kinase inhibitors and prevent the onset of resistance. Such novel combination therapies are currently showing promise in preclinical studies to markedly increase the durability of kinase inhibitors in breast cancer. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 53–60, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Assessing Public Speaking Ability from Thin Slices of Behavior

An important aspect of public speaking is delivery, which consists of the appropriate use of non-verbal cues to strengthen the message. Recent works have successfully predicted ratings of public speaking delivery aspects using the entire presentations of speakers. However, in other contexts, such as the assessment of personality or the prediction of job interview outcomes, it has been shown that thin slices, brief excerpts of behavior, provide enough information for raters to make accurate predictions. In this paper, we consider the use of thin slices for predicting ratings of public speaking behavior. We use a publicly available corpus of public speaking presentations and obtain ratings of full videos and thin slices. We first study how thin slices ratings are related to full video ratings. Then, we use automatic audio-visual feature extraction methods and machine learning algorithms to create models for predicting public speaking ratings, and evaluate these models for predicting thin slices ratings and full videos ratings.
New approaches to relaxed quadratic stability condition of fuzzy control systems

This paper deals with the quadratic stability conditions of fuzzy control systems that relax the existing conditions reported in the previous literatures. Two new conditions are proposed and shown to be useful in analyzing and designing fuzzy control systems. The first one employs the S-procedure to utilize information regarding the premise parts of the fuzzy systems. The next one enlarges the class of fuzzy control systems, whose stability is ensured by representing the interactions among the fuzzy subsystems in a single matrix and solving it by linear matrix inequality. The relationships between the suggested stability conditions and the conventional well-known stability conditions reported in the previous literatures are also discussed, and it is shown in a rigorous manner that the second condition of this paper includes the conventional conditions. Finally, some examples and simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the stability conditions.
Novel Dual-Layer and Triple-Layer Permanent-Magnet-Excited Synchronous Motors

This paper first presents a novel dual-layer permanent-magnet (PM)-excited (DPME) synchronous motor in which an extra set of iron teeth is employed in an inner stator between the PM rotor and the shaft. It can provide additional variation of magnetic reluctance along the circumferential direction of the air gap, and the strength of the flux modulation among the magnetic fields produced by the armature windings and the PMs is improved. The proposed motor has tactfully integrated the two pairs of flux-modulated motors inside one frame with one shared set of armature windings. The advantage of the proposed DPME motor is that it offers much higher torque capability than its conventional counterparts, making it more competitive for low-speed high-torque applications. In this paper, a novel triple-layer PM-excited (TPME) synchronous motor is further presented with the similar operating principle of the DPME, and it has three PM layers inside the frame. Finite-element method of magnetic field with mechanical motion coupled computation is employed to evaluate the electromagnetic torque precisely, showcasing that the proposed DPME motor can output an extra 37.5% more torque compared with a conventional synchronous motor, and the proposed TPME motor can output an additional 70% more torque with a similar power efficiency compared with the conventional PM synchronous motor.
SIR Balancing for strongly connected interference networks — Existence and uniqueness of a solution

In this paper we revisit the problem of SIR Balancing which was extensively studied in the wireless communication literature. We generalize existing results by showing conditions for the existence and uniqueness of a max-min optimizer. It is shown that a unique positive optimizer exists if the underlying asymptotic coupling matrix is irreducible and the interference functions are strictly monotonic on the dependency set. We also show how the solution can be extended to include power constraints.
Forest tree growth response to hydroclimate variability in the southern Appalachians

Climate change will affect tree species growth and distribution; however, under the same climatic conditions species may differ in their response according to site conditions. We evaluated the climate‐driven patterns of growth for six dominant deciduous tree species in the southern Appalachians. We categorized species into two functional groups based on their stomatal regulation and xylem architecture: isohydric, diffuse porous and anisohydric, ring porous. We hypothesized that within the same climatic regime: (i) species‐specific differences in growth will be conditional on topographically mediated soil moisture availability; (ii) in extreme drought years, functional groups will have markedly different growth responses; and (iii) multiple hydroclimate variables will have direct and indirect effects on growth for each functional group. We used standardized tree‐ring chronologies to examine growth of diffuse‐porous (Acer, Liriodendron, and Betula) and ring‐porous (Quercus) species vs. on‐site climatic data from 1935 to 2003. Quercus species growing on upslope sites had higher basal area increment (BAI) than Quercus species growing on mesic, cove sites; whereas, Acer and Liriodendron had lower BAI on upslope compared to cove sites. Diffuse‐porous species were more sensitive to climate than ring porous, especially during extreme drought years. Across functional groups, radial growth was more sensitive to precipitation distribution, such as small storms and dry spell length (DSL), rather than the total amount of precipitation. Based on structural equation modeling, diffuse‐porous species on upslope sites were the most sensitive to multiple hydroclimate variables (r2 = 0.46), while ring‐porous species on upslope sites were the least sensitive (r2 = 0.32). Spring precipitation, vapor pressure deficit, and summer storms had direct effects on summer AET/P, and summer AET/P, growing season small storms and DSL partially explained growth. Decreasing numbers of small storms and extending the days between rainfall events will result in significant growth reduction, even in regions with relatively high total annual rainfall.
Retrospective evaluation of microbial presence in existing saliva repository: A PCR based molecular survey of oral microbial populations from existing saliva samples

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v CHAPTER 1 1 Background and Significance 1 Research Questions and Hypotheses 4 Experimental Design and Theoretical Framework 5 Preliminary Results 6 CHAPTER 2 10 Background 13 Methods 14 Results 18 Discussion 26 CHAPTER 3 GENERAL DISCUSSION 36 APPENDIX IRB APPROVAL 40 BIBLIOGRAPHY 41 VITA 43
Early Infection and Competition for Nodulation of Soybean by Bradyrhizobium japonicum 123 and 138

Interactions of soybean with Bradyrhizobium japonicum 123 (serogroup 123) and 138 (serogroup c1) were used to examine the relationship between early infection rates, competition for nodulation, and patterns of nodule occupancy. Both strains formed more infections in autoclaved soil (sterile soil) than in untreated soil (unsterile soil). Inoculation did not increase numbers of infection threads in unsterile soil-grown plants, where infection of proximal portions of primary roots was complete by 5 days after planting. Both strains infected and nodulated at similar rates in sterile soil. Nodules were always clustered on the upper root system, regardless of inoculation and soil treatment. Sixty-seven percent of the nodules of uninoculated plants grown in unsterile soil were occupied by rhizobia belonging to serogroups other than 123 or c1. Inoculation with strain 123 or 138 increased occupancy by that strain at the expense of residency by other rhizobia. Eighty-three percent of all nodules on plants dually inoculated with both strains in sterile soil contained strain 138. The corresponding value for plants inoculated in unsterile soil was 31%. Neither inoculum strain dominated occupancy of first-formed nodules in unsterile soil. It appears that north central Missouri soil may not have populations of highly competitive serogroup 123 and that early infection and nodulation rates do not contribute to the competitive success of strain 138.