Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CONSTRUCTION OF A COOPERATION ALLOCATING INITIAL DISCHARGE PERMITS SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL SOURCE POINTS IN A LAKE BASIN ——A CASE STUDY OF THE TAIHU LAKE BASIN

This paper focused on allocating initial discharge permits problem of industry in the Taihu Lake Basin.Based on the analysis of allocation background of initial discharge permit allocation in the Taihu Lake Basin,combined the basic national conditions in China,from the perspective of multi-stakeholders cooperative,a cooperate allocation system was proposed with government limiting the quantity and price by policy-oriented government actors regulatory,business-oriented government actors leading,multi-stakeholders joining.And then,the concept structure of this cooperation allocation system and the allocation processes were built.The workflow structure of cooperative allocation system was put forward to achieve the allocation processes.And the policy recommendations to apply cooperation allocation system for industry in a Lake Basin combined with Taihu Lake Basin were proposed.
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Male Breast

To the Editor: We have carefully read the report written by Zakhireh et al. titled “Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) of the Male Breast” (1) and we agree that in DCIS patients, complete axillary dissection is not indicated. Nevertheless, lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) have become an important tool for axillary lymph node staging in women with primary invasive early stage breast cancer. Recent data also indicate that SLNB is an effective method for predicting axillary lymph node status in male breast cancer (2,3). Due to the low prevalence of lymph node metastatic involvement (4), SLNB should not be considered a standard procedure in the treatment of all patients with DCIS. In fact, in pure noncomedo DCIS completely excised by radical surgery with free resection margins, SLNB should be avoided not only because it is unnecessary, but also because it could jeopardize later SLNBs required if invasive disease recurs. SLNB should be considered only in patients with DCIS where strong doubt exists, to detect an invasive component from the definitive histologic examination, such as large solid tumors or diffuse or pluricentric microcalcifications. In any case, if a total mastectomy is performed, as in the reported case, we advise SLNB (5).
Nitric oxide mediates contraction‐induced attenuation of sympathetic vasoconstriction in rat skeletal muscle

1 Sympathetic vasoconstriction is attenuated by metabolic events in contracting rat skeletal muscle, in part by activation of ATP‐sensitive potassium (KATP) channels. However, the specific metabolites in contracting muscle that open KATP channels are not known. We therefore asked if contraction‐induced attenuation of sympathetic vasoconstriction is mediated by the endogenous vasodilators nitric oxide (NO), adenosine, or prostaglandins PGI2 or PGE2, all of which are putative KATP channel openers. 2 In anaesthetized rats, hindlimb contraction alone significantly attenuated the vasoconstrictor responses to lumbar sympathetic nerve stimulation. Inhibition of NO synthase with N‐nitro‐L‐arginine methyl ester (L‐NAME, 5 mg kg−1, i.v.) partially reversed this effect of contraction, resulting in enhanced sympathetic vasoconstriction in contracting hindlimb. Subsequent treatment with the KATP channel blocker glibenclamide (20 mg kg−1, i.v.) had no further effect on sympathetic vasoconstriction in contracting hindlimb. 3 This effect of L‐NAME to partially reverse contraction‐induced attenuation of sympathetic vasoconstriction was not replicated by D‐NAME (5 mg kg−1, i.v.) or angiotensin II (12.5 ng kg−1 min−1, i.v.), the latter used as a hypertensive control. 4 Adenosine receptor blockade with 8‐(p‐sulphophenyl)theophylline (10 mg kg−1, i.v.) or cyclooxygenase inhibition with indomethacin (5 mg kg−1, i.v.) had no effect on contraction‐induced attenuation of sympathetic vasoconstriction. 5 These results suggest that NO plays an important role in the precise regulation of blood flow in exercising skeletal muscles by opposing sympathetic vasoconstriction. Although the underlying mechanism is not known, it may involve NO‐induced activation of vascular KATP channels.
Efficient image segmentation of RGB-D images

Image segmentation is a fundamental problem in computer vision. With the current advent of depth sensors, it is gradually becoming a research focus on how to utilize the depth information to improve image segmentation. This paper proposes an automatic RGB-D image segmentation method in which the depth and RGB images are separately segmented and the result is combined, hence obtaining better segmentation results. The proposed segmentation is applied in five phases: 1) Edge detection, 2) Morphological operations employed for enhancing the edge detection result. 3) Connected components' processing applied for labeling each region in the image, 4) Extraction for the missing components and merging with result in step 3. (The previous four steps are applied on the RGB image). 5) The result of depth and RGB segmentation are finally combined. Experiments carried on ‘NYU Depth Dataset V2’ which contains RGB and depth images, have proven the efficiency of the proposed segmentation method.
Aboriginal hunting buffers climate-driven fire-size variability in Australia’s spinifex grasslands

Across diverse ecosystems, greater climatic variability tends to increase wildfire size, particularly in Australia, where alternating wet–dry cycles increase vegetation growth, only to leave a dry overgrown landscape highly susceptible to fire spread. Aboriginal Australian hunting fires have been hypothesized to buffer such variability, mitigating mortality on small-mammal populations, which have suffered declines and extinctions in the arid zone coincident with Aboriginal depopulation. We test the hypothesis that the relationship between climate and fire size is buffered through the maintenance of an anthropogenic, fine-grained fire regime by comparing the effect of climatic variability on landscapes dominated by Martu Aboriginal hunting fires with those dominated by lightning fires. We show that Aboriginal fires are smaller, more tightly clustered, and remain small even when climate variation causes huge fires in the lightning region. As these effects likely benefit threatened small-mammal species, Aboriginal hunters should be considered trophic facilitators, and policies aimed at reducing the risk of large fires should promote land-management strategies consistent with Aboriginal burning regimes.
Limb-shaking TIA: Cortical myoclonus associated with ICA stenosis

Editors' Note: In WriteClick this week, regarding “Limb-shaking TIA: Cortical myoclonus associated with ICA stenosis,” Dr. Abe inquires about possible methods to induce limb-shaking in these patients, such as changing head or body position. Author Suda replies that these have yet to be determined. In regards to the review “Endovascular vs medical management of acute ischemic stroke,” Dr. Tsivgoulis et al. report inconsistencies in the patient numbers published in the meta-analysis in comparison to the original studies. The authors …
The Oscillating Universe Theory (To the Unified Field Theory)

This paper represents model of oscillating universe theory. We try to realize model of both electromagnetic waves and spectrum of elementary particles from the unified point of view. Consideration of problems of the gravitational optics and dark matter is developing from the solid crystal model for the vacuum. The vacuum is represented as a three-dimensional crystal lattice matter with a very small lattice period, much less than 10-26 cm. The oscillators are located at the nodes of an infinite lattice. It is shown that an infinite set of equations to describe the coupled oscillations of moving oscillators converges to a system of twelve equations. We have obtained the combined equations for a multicomponent order parameter in the form of the electric and magnetic vacuum polarization, which defines the spectrum and symmetry of normal oscillations in the form of elementary particles. Two order parameters—a polar vector and an axial vector— had to be introduced as electrical and magnetic polarization, correspondingly, in order to describe dynamic properties of vacuum. Vacuum susceptibility has been determined to be equal to the fine structure constant a. Unified interaction constant g for all particles equal to the double charge of Dirac monopole has been found (g = e/a, where e—electron charge). The fundamental vacuum constants are: g, a, parameters of length and parameters of time for electron and nucleon oscillations, correspondingly. Energy of elementary particles has been expressed in terms of the fundamental vacuum parameters, light velocity being equal to . The term mass of particle has been shown to have no independent meaning. Particle energy does have physical sense as wave packet energy related to vacuum excitation. Exact equation for particle movement in the gravitational field has been derived, the equation being applied to any relatively compact object: planet, satellite, electron, proton, photon and neutrino. The situation has been examined according to the cosmological principle when galaxies are distributed around an infinite space. In this case the recession of galaxies is impossible, so the red shift of far galaxies’ radiation has to be interpreted as the blue time shift of atomic spectra; it follows that zero-energy, and consequently electron mass are being increased at the time. Since physical vacuum has existed eternally, vacuum parameters can be either constant, or oscillating with time. It is the time oscillation of the parameters that leads to the growth of electron mass within the last 15 billion years and that is displayed in the red shift; the proton mass being decreased that is displayed in planet radiation.
The Family-Couple-Parenting Questionnaire

This work describes the construction of family-couple-parenting (FCP) questionnaire, a new measure of three aspects related to the developmental path toward parenting choices, within the perspective of the family life cycle and attachment theory. Two studies are reported. Study 1 reports the development of the FCP questionnaire and its psychometric properties. Study 2 assesses the FCP’s nomological validity by investigating group differences on FCP factors and links between FCP factors and romantic attachment (experience in close relationships–revised) and recalled parental bonding (parental bonding instrument). Participants were 791 Italian participants: 405 young adults (203 students, 202 workers) and 193 couples (91 childless-by-choice, 102 parents-to-be). The results suggest that the FCP’s stable psychometric structure and strong theoretical basis make FCP a useful instrument for research related to the path to parenthood.
Learning to Forecast Videos of Human Activity with Multi-granularity Models and Adaptive Rendering

We propose an approach for forecasting video of complex human activity involving multiple people. Direct pixel-level prediction is too simple to handle the appearance variability in complex activities. Hence, we develop novel intermediate representations. An architecture combining a hierarchical temporal model for predicting human poses and encoder-decoder convolutional neural networks for rendering target appearances is proposed. Our hierarchical model captures interactions among people by adopting a dynamic group-based interaction mechanism. Next, our appearance rendering network encodes the targets' appearances by learning adaptive appearance filters using a fully convolutional network. Finally, these filters are placed in encoder-decoder neural networks to complete the rendering. We demonstrate that our model can generate videos that are superior to state-of-the-art methods, and can handle complex human activity scenarios in video forecasting.
Recurrence of Depression After Bereavement-Related Depression: Evidence for the Validity of DSM-IV Bereavement Exclusion From the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study

Abstract The DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder exclude bereavement-related depressive episodes that are brief and lack certain severe symptoms and are thus better explained as normal grief responses. However, the DSM-5 Task Force proposes to eliminate this exclusion because of a lack of evidence that such episodes differ relevantly from standard major depression. Using the two-wave longitudinal Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, we compared 1-yr depression recurrence rates at wave 2 of four groups at wave 1 baseline: (1) those with no history of depressive disorder (n = 18,239), (2) those who had only lifetime excludable bereavement-related depression (n = 25), (3) those with brief-episode (⩽2 months duration) lifetime standard depressive disorder (n = 446), and (4) those with nonbrief lifetime standard depressive disorder (n = 581). The recurrence rate in the excludable-depression group (3.7%) was not significantly different from the no-history group (1.7%) but was significantly and substantially lower than in the brief and nonbrief standard depression groups (14.4% and 16.2%, respectively). These findings confirm findings reported by Mojtabai (Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:920–928, 2011) using a different data set and time frame and thus substantially strengthen the support for the validity of bereavement exclusion and for its preservation in the DSM-5.
A Low-Power 4-PAM Transceiver Using a Dual-Sampling Technique for Heterogeneous Latency-Sensitive Network-on-Chip

This brief presents a four-level pulse-amplitude modulation (4-PAM) transceiver for latency-sensitive network-on-chip (NoC) applications. The proposed source-synchronous PAM transceiver uses a novel encoder/decoder and dual-sampling technique that transmits and receives two data streams through a shared single-ended channel simultaneously. A conventional PAM transceiver for heterogeneous NoCs is sensitive to a possible latency skew between on-chip intellectual properties during encoding/decoding multiple PAM signals. To mitigate this problem, a dual-sampling technique that makes the link insensitive to PAM latency skews is used to transfer data signals reliably. The proposed 4-PAM transceiver is designed and fabricated using the 130-nm CMOS technology at a 1.2-V supply. The proposed transceiver operates at 6 Gb/s/pin with a power efficiency of 0.7 pJ/b/pin and with a 0.13-mm2 die area. The proposed transceiver achieves a bit error rate of <; 10-10, with 27-1 and 215-1 pseudorandom binary sequences at 6 Gb/s/pin.
The Effect of Ash deposition on Tube Heat Transfer

Due to the abundant coal reserves in China, coal is expected to be the most important energy resource in the future. The ash deposition/slagging behavior can obviously affect the heat transfer efficiency of heat transfer tubes in boiler, and cause increasing coal consumption. In order to clarify the effect of ash deposition behavior on heat transfer characteristics of the tube in boiler, a pulverized coal combustion facility was used to test the ash deposition behavior as well as their effect on heat transfer characteristics of probe in furnace. The results shown that the vaporization and condensation behavior of alkali metals as well as the inter reaction of minerals in ash is the dominant factors for initial deposition behavior, which significantly decrease the heat transfer efficiency rapidly in the first 1.5 hrs. The reduction rate of heat transfer at the initial stage is 4~9 times higher than that at the growing stage. INTRODUCTION Approximately 290 billion tons of coal has been explored recently in Xinjiang, China, which is estimated to last more than a century at the current consumption rate[1]. Compared to bituminous coal, the newly found Xinjiang coal is notorious for its serious ash fouling/slagging problems due to the large amount of alkali metals in ash. The rapid ash deposition and dense structure cause serious problems for boilers when using this kind of coal. In light of this, most units have to be operated under low generating capacity (70~80% BMCR) or blend with other kind of coals or additive which incurs the operating cost. The factors that influence ash deposition/slaging behavior are complicated and interactive with one another, including chemical/mineral composition of original ash-forming metals in coal, aerodynamics of flue gas in boiler, temperature profile, flue gas compositions and tube surface temperature [2-5]. Extensivecharacterization on ash deposits have been conducted to clarify their properties, including particle size, chemical/mineral composition, fusion temperature, viscosity, contact angle of liquid phase on tube surface in laboratory scale tests[6-9]. Previous studies have shown that, the inner layer formed at the initial stage of ash deposition consists of fine particles (<10μm) with high content of alkali vapors, including sodium and potassium[10]. Along with the development of the initial layer on the tube surface, the initial deposition layer will capture particles entrained in flue gas and react with
Activation of Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Olfactory Neuroblastoma

Objectives: Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway is associated with tumor development; however, the role of Shh signaling in the development of olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB) is unknown. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the regulation of Shh signaling and the pathogenesis of ONB. Methods: The expression of Shh signaling components was characterized by immunohistochemistry in human non-tumor olfactory epithelium and ONB specimens, and by RT-PCR and immunoblotting in human ONB cell lines. The impact of the treatment with cyclopamine (a selective inhibitor of the Shh pathway) and/or exogenous Shh on ONB cell proliferation, cycle and apoptosis was examined by MTT, soft agar colony formation and flow cytometry assays, respectively. The influence of Shh signaling on the expression of Shh signaling components and cell cycle-related regulators was determined by immunoblotting and quantitative RT-PCR, respectively. Results: The expression of Pacthed1, Gli1 and Gli2 was detected in 70, 70, and 65% of human ONB specimens, respectively, and in proportion of ONB cell lines, but not in non-tumor olfactory epithelium. Treatment with cyclopamine inhibited the proliferation and colony formation of ONB cells, induced ONB cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, and down-regulated the expression of Pacthed1, Gli1 and cyclin D1, but up-regulated p21 expression in vitro. These regulatory effects of cyclopamine were partially or completely erased by exogenous Shh. Conclusion: These data suggest that the Shh signaling pathway is crucial for the growth of ONB.
Early dissemination of foot-and-mouth disease virus through sheep marketing in February 2001

The results of epidemiological investigations suggest that livestock on up to 79 premises, spread widely throughout the British Isles, may have been exposed to infection by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus by the movement of infected sheep before the first case of the disease was confirmed at an abattoir in Essex on February 20, 2001. A further 36 premises may have been infected by this route before the national livestock movement ban was imposed on February 23.
Concurrent pharmacological modification of cannabinoid-1 and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor activity affects feeding behavior and body weight in rats fed a free-choice, high-carbohydrate diet

To extend preliminary studies on the effects on food intake of the combined use of cannabinoid (CB) 1 and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and antagonists, the effect of these drugs on the feeding behavior in rats maintained on a free-choice, high-carbohydrate diet was investigated over a longer period of time. Rats were fed a standard diet for 3 days and then fed with both the standard and the high-sucrose chow. After 4 days of the high-calorie diet, the following combination treatments were administered daily by an intraperitoneal injection for the next 3 days: 1 mg/kg AM 251 (a CB1 receptor antagonist) or 1 mg/kg WIN 55,212-2 (a CB1 receptor agonist) together with 3 µg/kg exendin-4 (Ex-4, a GLP-1 receptor agonist) or 160 µg/kg exendin (9-39) [Ex (9-39), a GLP-1 receptor antagonist]. The total daily caloric intake and body weight were significantly reduced in rats treated with Ex-4 and AM 251 or WIN 55,212-2 compared with either of the drugs injected alone and the saline-injected controls. Both drug combinations selectively inhibited ingestion of the high-sucrose chow. Although Ex (9-39) administration did not significantly affect food consumption, it resulted in a marked body weight gain, indicating that the GLP-1 receptor antagonist caused a positive energy balance. It is concluded that AM 251 or WIN 55,212-2 and Ex-4, injected together, exert additive, inhibitory effects on the consumption of high-sugar food.
Organizational Status of RDA

The Research Data Alliance is an agile, adaptive, community-driven organization that is growing rapidly. More than one thousand members from around the world have come together to develop Interest and Working Groups dedicated to improving data exchange. Members meet twice each year at formal RDA Plenaries and in more informal regional workshops. A senior Council provides strategic direction and an elected Technical Advisory Board ensures technical viability, applicability, and balance. RDA is also building an organizational membership. The full RDA structure will be in place by March 2014, only one year after the launch.
Deep Exploration of Multidimensional Data with Linkable Scatterplots

Clarity, simplicity and visual adjustability to the preference of the analyst are key aspects of the visualization techniques required by visual analytics in broad sense. Scatterplots and scatterplot matrices are commonly used for visually analyzing multidimensional multivariate data. This paper presents a new approach for deep visual exploration of large multi-attribute data using linkable scatterplots. Proposed method overcomes the limitations of the single scatterplot by providing more plot panels for better comparison while it reduces the unnecessary number of panels of the scatterplot matrix method. The panels are fully interactive and linking together where variables can be mapped on axes independently or on common visual attributes such as color, size and shape. We illustrate the effectiveness of proposed linkable scatterplot method on various data sets.
Truthful reverse auction for relay selection, with high data rate and base station utility, in D2D networks

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication allows a mobile device (node) to relay data between a base station and another mobile device (destination) with poor direct channel conditions. However, the battery energy of a node serving as a relay gets depleted, and hence, to compensate for this loss, relays need to be provided incentives. Also, for a given destination, there usually exist multiple nodes in the network capable of providing relaying services. In this paper, we propose a reverse auction mechanism to select a node from among the available nodes to act as a relay for a destination in each of the following three scenarios: 1) when nodes are allocated a fixed transmission power, 2) when nodes are allocated the transmission power required to achieve a desired data rate, and 3) when the transmission power of nodes is selected so as to approximately maximize the base station's utility. Monetary payments (incentives) are provided to the selected node in each of the above three scenarios. We prove that all the proposed reverse auctions can be truthfully implemented as well as satisfy the individual rationality property. Finally, using numerical computations, we show that in the fixed transmission power scenario, our proposed auction significantly outperforms an auction based on the widely used Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism in terms of the data rate achieved by the destination node as well as the utility of the base station.