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A Comprehensive Survey on Network Management System (NMS) by CISCO

: Network management system (NMS) is important both in ensuring the correct operation of network devices and in maintaining the services that run on them. However, the relentless growth of DSL’s users, meaning that IP traffic volumes nearly double every two years, renders real-time monitoring and analysis of every customer’s service parameter is a very challenging problem. The most important problem is the bottleneck in centralized NMS which most of services provider use as SNMP-based system. This paper presents a new model which will be able to ease the problem from bandwidth consumption of SNMP-based by two main methods. Firstly, to ease the problem from bandwidth consumption of SNMP-based, this model will use the probabilistic data structure to decrease the number of packets of monitoring network device’s parameter. Secondly, to ease the problem from the relentless growth of the number of the network’s devices, this model is designed to support distributed network devices' operations in a distributed NMS fashion. Meaning that, the number of NMS’s devices can be increased with the number of network’s devices if it is necessary. By using both of two methods, customer expectations with bandwidth requirements and reliability requirements can be improved with this model.
Empowering the Micro-World of the Skin Microbiota: Approaches to Maintain Nature’s Ideal Homeostasis for Betterment of Cosmetic Products

Skin is a complex environment where billions of microorganisms live providing a unique environment for each host, collectively referred to as the skin micriobiota. Skin microbiota is, therefore, the result of an equilibrium between protective and pathogens species of those microorganisms. However, this balance can be disrupted by stressors. The alteration of skin microbiota, known as dysbiosis, has been associated with skin disorders. This article is designed to demonstrate different approaches to the prevention of skin microbiota dysbiosis. Skin definition, composition and further insights The skin is the largest organ of the human body in surface and weight, serving as a physical barrier which protects the body from external aggression. An adult’s skin hosts an average population of 1,000 billion microorganisms among fungi, viruses and bacteria 1, 2, 3. This fauna lives and is mobile on the surface as well as in the superficial layers of the epidermis to down to the hair follicles and glands. The fauna forming a complex ecosystem collectively referred to as skin microbiota. This tiny, but important Micro-World is essential for the skin to main a “happy”, balanced homeostastis barrier. To environmental insultsthereby , accomplishing its mission of protection, immunity and defense. Each of us has a distinctive combination of microorganisms all over our body, although scientists point out that skin microbiome varies a lot during our lives. This variation is linked to age, changes of lifestyle and to the external stressors we are submitted to 4. Different body sites can also have completely different skin microbiota configurations, both interand intra-personally, linked to
A High-resolution Spectrum of the R CrB Star V2552 Ophiuchi

Photometry and low-resolution spectroscopy have added V2552 Oph to the rare class of R Coronae Borealis variables. We confirm this classification of V2552 Oph through a comparison of our high-resolution optical spectrum of this star and that of R CrB and other F-type members of the class. We show that V2552 Oph most closely resembles Y Mus and FH Sct, stars in which Sr, Y, and Zr are enhanced. Subject headings: stars:variables:other (R CrB)
What is the price of freedom? Estimating women’s willingness to pay for job flexibility

We conducted a discrete choice experiment to elicit revealed preferences of low-income women for job flexibility. We did so without deception reversing the methodology proposed by Kessler et al. (2019) for job seekers. We contrast the role of flexible time schedule with that of part-time employment. We find large willingness-to-pay for flexible schedule within a full-time contract but much less desire to trade-off wages for part-time contracts. This is not driven by inattention although participants appear to learn over the course of the experiment. We find that the willingness-to-pay for flexible work arrangement is largest for those with higher family income, more educated women and those out of the labor force, suggesting that flexibility is a luxury good. Demand for part-time employment is highest amongst those with children and older women, suggesting that part-time employment may be more responsive to time demands. We also find our estimates reflect self-declared preferences and provides evidence that public policies that foster higher flexibility could lead to higher female labor force participation. JEL Codes: J22, J31
A New Boxturtle from the Pleistocene of Southwestern Kansas

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DEPOSITION OF PARTICLES IN CHILDREN'S LUNGS Final Project Report

In support of predictions for inhaled particle deposition, morphometric measurements were taken on 20 replica airway casts of people aged 11 days to 21 years. Measurements of right upper lobe airway lengths, diameters, and branching angles were made such that a growth model suitable as input to predictive equations for particle deposition efficiency was obtained. The tracheobronchial airways growth was describable by linear regressions on body length. The length to diameter ratio of growing airways did not change in any simple way as a function of airway generation. Airflow rates for a given state of physical activity for various ages were found from previously published data to be describable by linear regressions on body mass. Three states of physical exertion, low activity, light exertion and heavy exertion were used for modeling purposes. The computed particle deposition efficiencies indicate that under most circumstances smaller (younger) people will have greater tracheobronchial deposition efficiencies than larger (older) people. For example, tracheobronchial dose on a per kg body mass basis for 5 micrometer diameter particles may be more than 6 times higher in the resting newborn than in the resting adult assuming equivalent deposition efficiencies above the larynx.
Battery Operated Iontophoresis for Hyperhidrosis and Cardiovascular Drug Delivery System

Excessive amount of sweat by sweat glands is known as Hyperhidrosis. It is categorized into localised and general forms. Initially, iontophoresis uses Direct Current(DC) in the treatment of palmoplantar hyperhidrosis. In the treatment of hyperhidrosis, antichlorogenic drugs are used. The DC used may results in side effects such as pain and burns. In order to reduce side effects, iontophoresis with Alternating Current(AC) was propsed and experiment was performed in patients efficiently. We have proved that it reduces side effects during iontophoresis using AC. In addition, we combined palmoplantar hyperhidrosis with cardiovascular drug delivery system. In this proposed work drugs are penetrated adequately through the skin. Thus by utilizing small amount of current, the cardiovascular drugs are penetrated and helps in delivery of protein and low molecular weight drugs. To reduce shocking effects, the battery operated iontophoresis can be used in future. So, it will be an efficient and highly safest method.
Assessing and Prioritizing Critical Success Factors and Delays of Project Management Implementation: Empirical Evidence at Construction Projects in Jordan

The main goal of this research is to examine and then prioritize the critical success factors (CSFs) and delay reasons across the project management implementation stage. The study adopted the qualitative approach to introduce a full classification of the CSFs and delay reasons in project management. 44 studies have been reviewed in total to mine the various CSFs and delays based on conclusions of previous literature. This review leads to define a matrix of factors that are aligned with the project management in the context of the Jordanian construction project. Besides, the questionnaire instrument was designed based on outcomes of the critical analysis of literature; this instrument was administrated to a sample of 198 respondents across 20 Jordanian construction projects. The study sample entailed project managers, engineers, and senior department heads who were asked to assess the relevance and importance of the extracted CFSs. The questionnaire instrument was designed based on a 5-points Likert scale. Further, the data analysis was conducted based on the means values of the responses. The literature review resulted in categorizing the factors into five groups, namely, human’s related factors, organizational and managerial, material factor, project-related factors, and the external environment and stakeholders’ factors. This research applied a taxonomy approach to classifying the mean values throughout three ideas, namely, the classification of the major success factors and delays, the exploration of the sub success factors and delays within each significant factor, and last the exploration of the most critical sub success factors and delays regardless of the significant factor they are linked to this group. According to the analyses results, the major success factors were evaluated based on priority ranking, and the results showed that the projects related factors group was the most crucial motive of either success or delays. Still, human-related factors were the least important factors group; however, the “coherent team. ” was the most sub factor evaluated. For the organizational and managerial sub-factors, the functional manager support was the most evaluated subfactor. Last, the materials sub-factor of the availability of materials was ranked as the most subfactor evaluated.
The critical role of BAP1 mutation in the prognosis and treatment selection of kidney renal clear cell carcinoma

Background The BAP1 mutation is commonly found kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) and a potential biomarker of individualized therapy. We evaluated the clinical significance of BAP1 mutation in the prognosis and treatment therapies for KIRC. Potential key pathways and related genes associated with these mechanisms were also identified in this investigation. Methods We identified the relevant data of patients BAP1 mutated on the cBioPortal and the compounds with significant selectivity to BAP1 mutations on the Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC). And then, we identified the differences in mRNA expression levels of biological function annotation and pathways between mutated and wild type BAP1 patients by GSEA analysis. Furthermore, we screened the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between BAP1 mutated and wild typed in KIRC patients and performed the GO and KEGG analysis. Finally, we conducted a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network to investigate the interaction between proteins encoded by candidate DEGs. Results Review of the TCGA data revealed 41 patients (10%) with KIRC displayed the BAP1 mutation. Further analysis led to the identification of 730 DEGs, while 617 genes were shown to be down-regulated, with 113 genes displaying upregulation. GO and KEGG pathway analysis indicated DEGs as enriched in metabolism, drug metabolism-cytochrome P450, and Drug-metabolizing enzymes. Subsequently, the top 10 hub genes, ranked by the degree in the PPI network were identified. Furthermore, our findings verify that the BAP1 mutation was associated with the deterioration of prognosis in patients with KIRC. Additionally, analysis of the GDSC database revealed that KIRC patients with BPP1 mutation are more prone to responding to Linsitinib. Conclusions Our investigation identified the main pathways and relevant genes related to the BAP1 mutation in KIRC, which can contribute to the development of targeted treatment strategies for enhanced prognostic predictions of KIRC.
Partially Instantiated Representations for Automated Planning

This thesis presents and evaluates techniques for classical planning with partially instantiated representations. All successful state-of-the-art planners ground the problem at hand before they even start the actual planning. Therefore, sophisticated methods to efficiently generate compact ground representations have been proposed. In some cases, grounding still consumes a lot of resources (time as well as memory) and can even be the bottleneck of the planning procedure. We propose planning algorithms that circumvent this bottleneck and even handle planning tasks that other planners are not able to ground in the first place. They gradually ground the planning problem and solve encodings for partially instantiated representations of it using incremental SAT solvers. The experimental evaluation confirms that grounding is unnecessary or even counterproductive in some cases. Moreover, our planners are capable of solving planning problems from popular planning competitions that no state-of-the-art classical planner we tested is able to. However, due to the limited scope of this thesis, our work lacks some common optimizations that are necessary to be competitive with other SAT based planners across the broad variety of popular benchmark problem sets. We also briefly look into parallelization of the grounding and planning routines. We achieve significant speedups for the grounding time on most complex tasks, while the imposed synchronisation affects the grounding of some tasks negatively. Solving encodings for different partially instantiated representations in parallel can be beneficial for a small number of parallel executions at the cost of increased memory consumption. We conclude that our approach is promising and still has much potential for future work. Our planners might be useful in planner portfolios due to its unconventional approach.
Nomograms predicting Overall Survival and Cancer-specific Survival for Synchronous Colorectal Liver-limited Metastasis

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as the third most frequent cancer type and the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The liver is the most common metastatic site of CRC with 20%-34% of patients suffering synchronous liver metastasis. Patients with colorectal liver-limited metastasis account for one-third of deaths from colorectal cancer. Moreover, some evidence indicated that CRC patients with synchronous liver disease encounter a worse prognosis and more disseminated disease state comparing with metastatic liver disease that develops metachronously. Methods: Data in this retrospective analysis were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Nomograms were constructed with basis from a multivariate Cox regression analysis. The prognostic nomograms were validated by C-index, time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, decision curve analysis (DCA) and calibration curves. Results: A total of 9,958 CRC patients with synchronous liver-limited metastasis were extracted from the SEER database during 2010-2016. Both overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were significantly correlated with age, marital status, race, tumor location, pathological grade, histologic type, T stage, N stage, surgery for primary tumor, surgery for liver metastasis, chemotherapy and CEA. All of the significant variables were used to create the nomograms predicting OS and CSS. C-index values, time-dependent ROC curves, DCA curves and calibration curves, proved the superiority of the nomograms. Conclusions: Our research investigated a national cohort of almost 10,000 patients to create and verify nomograms based on pathological, therapeutic and demographic features to predict OS and CSS for synchronous colorectal liver-limited metastasis (SCLLM). The nomograms may act as an excellent tool to integrate clinical characteristics to guide the therapeutic choice for SCLLM patients.
Automatic detection of pulmonary nodules on CT images with YOLOv3: development and evaluation using simulated and patient data.

Background To develop a high-efficiency pulmonary nodule computer-aided detection (CAD) method for localization and diameter estimation. Methods The developed CAD method centralizes a novel convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithm, You Only Look Once (YOLO) v3, as a deep learning approach. This method is featured by two distinct properties: (I) an automatic multi-scale feature extractor for nodule feature screening, and (II) a feature-based bounding box generator for nodule localization and diameter estimation. Two independent studies were performed to train and evaluate this CAD method. One study comprised of a computer simulation that utilized computer-based ground truth. In this study, 300 CT scans were simulated by Cardiac-torso (XCAT) digital phantom. Spherical nodules of various sizes (i.e., 3-10 mm in diameter) were randomly implanted within the lung region of the simulated images-the second study utilized human-based ground truth in patients. The CAD method was developed by CT scans sourced from the LIDC-IDRI database. CT scans with slice thickness above 2.5 mm were excluded, leaving 888 CT images for analysis. A 10-fold cross-validation procedure was implemented in both studies to evaluate network hyper-parameterization and generalization. The overall accuracy of the CAD method was evaluated by the detection sensitivities, in response to average false positives (FPs) per image. In the patient study, the detection accuracy was further compared against 9 recently published CAD studies using free-receiver response operating characteristic (FROC) curve analysis. Localization and diameter estimation accuracies were quantified by the mean and standard error between the predicted value and ground truth. Results The average results among the 10 cross-validation folds in both studies demonstrated the CAD method achieved high detection accuracy. The sensitivity was 99.3% (FPs =1), and improved to 100% (FPs =4) in the simulation study. The corresponding sensitivities were 90.0% and 95.4% in the patient study, displaying superiority over several conventional and CNN-based lung nodule CAD methods in the FROC curve analysis. Nodule localization and diameter estimation errors were less than 1 mm in both studies. The developed CAD method achieved high computational efficiency: it yields nodule-specific quantitative values (i.e., number, existence confidence, central coordinates, and diameter) within 0.1 s for 2D CT slice inputs. Conclusions The reported results suggest that the developed lung pulmonary nodule CAD method possesses high accuracies of nodule localization and diameter estimation. The high computational efficiency enables its potential clinical application in the future.
Land Sparing Can Maintain Bird Diversity in Northeastern Bangladesh

One of humanity’s most significant challenges in the process of attaining the established sustainability goals is balancing the growing human demand for food and the need to conserve biodiversity. This challenge requires appropriate land uses that are able to conserve biodiversity while ensuring ample food supply. This study compares bird species diversity and abundance in areas undergoing land sharing and land sparing in northeastern Bangladesh (West Bhanugach Reserved Forest). Birds serve as useful biologic indicators because of their presence within different trophic levels and their well-studied ecology. To survey birds, we selected a total of 66 sampling sites within land-sharing (33) and land-sparing (33) land-use areas. Between May and June 2017, we observed and recorded bird calls within a 50-m radius around each sampling site. We counted 541 individuals from 46 species of birds. The Shannon bird diversity was higher in the land-sparing sites (1.52) than in the land-sharing sites (1.23). We found approximately 30% more bird species (39 vs. 30) and 40% more individuals (318 vs. 223) in the land-sparing areas than land-sharing areas. Three bird species, Arachnothera longirostra , Micropternus brachyurus and Copsychus malabaricus , were significantly associated with the land-sparing sites. This study shows that land sharing negatively affects bird diversity, richness and abundance compared to land-sparing. The use of chemical fertilizers and the lack of food, such as insects, for birds can explain the lower diversity, richness and abundance of birds in the land-sharing areas. Although land sharing is an effective means of producing food, land sparing is the most effective land-use practice for preserving bird diversity in northeastern Bangladesh.