Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pré-tratamento com somatotropina bovina (rbST) na superovulação de doadoras da raça Holandesa (Pre-treatment with bovine somatotropin (rbST) in the superovulation of Holstein donors)

ABSTRACT The use of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) in superovulated Holstein donors to increase the number and quality of the embryos was studied. Forty cows were randomly allotted into three groups: control (n=15), treated with 250mg rbST (n=11) and treated with 500mg rbST (n=14) on the 6 th day of the oestrous cycle. On the 10 th day after estrus the donors were submitted to a superovulatory treatment with 360mg of FSH in decreasing doses, twice-a-day, with 12 hours interval. Along with the 7 th application of FSH, 0.5mg of cloprostenol was injected and the donors were inseminated 12, 20 and 28 hours after the onset of estrus. Embryos were collected non-surgically on the 7 th day after the 1 st insemination. The use of 250 or 500mg of rbST increased (P<0.05) the percentage of viable embryos, but did not alter the recipient pregnancy rate. Keywords: embryo, pregnancy rate, somatotropin Recebido para publicacao, em 26 de abril de 2004 Recebido para publicacao, apos modificacoes, em 13 de outubro de 2004 *Autor para correspondencia (
The effect of an invasive bryozoan on community diversity and structure varies across two locations

: Foundation species and invasive species strongly influence community diversity and structure, but typically in dif ferent ways. However, when widespread invasive species provide novel habitat within a community, their net effect may de-pend on both the environment and community composition. Fouling communities in northern and southern California harbors were surveyed to determine whether there was variation between two locations in the percent cover of an invasive bryozoan, Watersipora subtorquata (d’Orbigny, 1852), and its relationship to community diversity and composition in these two environments. Diversity significantly differed between locations and had a location-dependent association with W. subtorquata abundance. Communities were significantly dissimilar between locations, and W. subtorquata abundance had the highest percent contribution to community dissimilarity when compared to other species in the community . These results suggest that invasive species may have both facilitative and inhibitive relationships with species in a community, but that the net balance of these interactions depends on both the environmental and community context.
People’s Opinions and Stereotypes about Stepfamilies

The stepfamily represents an increasingly common form of the family structure. Numerous studies have nonetheless shown that people living in stepfamilies are often stigmatized. The present study focused on public opinion based on a representative sample (N = 1,202) regarding: (a) stepfamilies as a unit; (b) the current situation and future of children; (c) the rights and responsibilities of stepparents; and (d) the perception of stepparents as well as the stereotypes about them. The results showed that people had a favorable opinion about some dimensions, like the future of children living in stepfamilies, but an examination of stereotypes concerning stepfathers and perceptions about stepparents showed a more unfavorable opinion. A latent class analysis showed that there were three opinion profiles. Though there was a positive perception of several stepfamily dimensions, it can be seen that the opinions about stepfamilies were not monolithic. Moreover, the stereotype of the sexual abuser was always present.
A Distributed Secondary Control Approach for Inverter-Dominated Microgrids With Application to Avoiding Bifurcation-Triggered Instabilities

The distributed secondary control is applied in an inverter-dominated microgrid (MG) for compensating the voltage and frequency deviations caused by the operation of the primary droop-based control. Despite the flexibility and reliability of the controllers, the low-inertia nature of voltage source inverters threatens the system stability against probable disturbance. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the stability of islanded MG by focusing on the hierarchical control structure. The effect of the distributed secondary control on the stability margin of the MG using bifurcation analysis when parameters change is investigated in this article. To this end, this article firstly derives a precise dynamic model of the MG with the secondary control level. Next, the eigenvalues of the system state matrix are analyzed to determine the dominant parameters affecting the stability. Then, the bifurcation theory is used to predict the parameter stability margin with/without secondary control. By changing the parameters, the Hopf and saddle-node bifurcations are detected in the system. Finally, the simulation and experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the distributed secondary control in preventing the occurrence of bifurcation.
CT volumetry for assessment of response of advanced gastric carcinoma to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: preliminary findings

Poster: "ECR 2011 / C-0860 / CT volumetry for assessment of response of advanced gastric carcinoma to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: preliminary findings" by: "J. T. P. D. Hallinan, S. K. Venkatesh, W. P. Yong, J. B. Y. So; Singapore/SG"
Coexistance of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Wstep . Celem niniejszego opracowania bylo określenie czestości wystepowania przewleklej obturacyjnej choroby pluc (POChP) u chorych na zaawansowanego raka pluca. Material i metody . Badaniem objeto kolejnych 51 chorych na zaawansowanego (stopien IIIB i IV) raka pluca - 13 kobiet (25%) i 38 mezczyzn (75%) w wieku 40-80 lat (średnia wieku: 63 lata). Wyniki . Wśrod 51 chorych na zaawansowanego raka pluca w 18 przypadkach (35%) rozpoznano POChP. W tej grupie u niemal 3/4 osob (72%) wystepowala umiarkowana, a u 28% ciezka i bardzo ciezka postac choroby. Związek miedzy POChP a rakiem pluca byl najsilniejszy u chorych na raka plaskonablonkowego (wspolczynnik korelacji Spearmana: r = 0,43; roznica w porownaniu z pozostalymi typami: p = 0,002). Wykazano, ze wspolwystepowanie raka pluca i POChP wiązalo sie z wiekszym narazeniem na dym tytoniowy, jednak zaleznośc ta nie osiągnela znamienności statystycznej (p = 0,072). Nie stwierdzono korelacji miedzy obecnością POChP w badanej grupie a innymi klinicznymi cechami, takimi jak wiek, plec i zaawansowanie choroby nowotworowej. Wnioski . Wspolwystepowanie raka pluca i POChP jest czeste. Wydaje sie, ze uwzglednienie wspolistniejących pneumonologicznych schorzen w opiece paliatywnej nad chorymi w koncowej fazie choroby nowotworowej pozwoliloby poprawic jakośc ich zycia.
Post-Newtonian Equations for Laser Links in Space

The purpose of this article is threefold. We first show that the second-order post-Newtonian (p-N) equations for the Earth exterior Schwarzschild field introduced in this article are the equations that, unlike those of the first p-N order, allow the space-based pointing, acquisition, and tracking laser systems to substantially reduce the size of the p-N corrections to the Newtonian location from the systems of middle size targets in orbit about the Earth. To achieve this goal the trackers must be endowed with very narrow laser beams and atomic clocks. Second, we show that these corrections can be used to speed up the trackers’ shooting systems in any scenario where this kind of beam may be involved. In fact, since the first step in any procedure aimed to achieve this goal is to accurately determine the ranging and shooting directions to the targets from the lines of sight, the computation of the second p-N relative orbits of the targets with respect to the trackers must be carried out in real time. Then, the solution of these equations for the target of interest can be uploaded in the closed-loop control system on board the tracker involved, in order to initiate the control process of the respective ranging and shooting direction, as well as to reinitiate it, as soon as the target ceases to be hidden for the tracker due to the Earth. Third, we to show that these equations will be very useful for autonomous trackers to carry out two demanding tasks, namely 1) to steadily maintain intersatellite optical links and 2) to perform laser ablation of middle size LEO debris objects at operative distances.
Lactation and Incidence of Premenopausal Breast Cancer

Results:We ascertained 608 incident cases of premenopausal breast cancer during 357556 person-years of follow-up. Women who had ever breastfed had a covariateadjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 0.75 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.56-1.00) for premenopausal breast cancer compared with women who had never breastfed. No linear trend was found with duration of total lactation (P=.95), exclusive lactation (P=.74), or lactation amenorrhea (P=.88). The association between lactation and premenopausalbreastcancerwasmodifiedbyfamilyhistoryofbreastcancer(Pvalueforinteraction=.03). Among women with a first-degree relative with breast cancer, those who had ever breastfed had a covariate-adjusted HRof0.41(95%CI,0.22-0.75)forpremenopausalbreast cancer compared with women who had never breastfed, whereasnoassociationwasobservedamongwomenwithout a family history of breast cancer. Conclusion: In this large, prospective cohort study of parouspremenopausalwomen,havingeverbreastfedwas inverselyassociatedwithincidenceofbreastcanceramong women with a family history of breast cancer. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(15):1364-1371
Oxygen supply and demand in humans: cardiovascular and metabolic implications

The purpose of this dissertation was to elucidate the regulation of skeletal muscle oxygen (O2) supply and demand and determine their influence on physical function in health and disease. In the first study, motivated by the theory that heat generated by a muscle attunes O2 supply to metabolic demand, we explored the mechanisms by which moderate heat inhibits a-adrenergic vasocontraction in isolated human skeletal muscle feed arteries. Of note, the previously recognized sympathoinhibitory effect of heat on a 1adrenergic vasocontraction could be prevented by inhibiting the temperature-sensitive TRPV4 ion channels or by endothelial denudation, which indicates that TRPV4 ion channels contribute to this response in an endothelium-dependent manner. In the second study we sought to determine if qualitative changes in mitochondrial O2 consumption contribute to the exercise intolerance exhibited by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Compared to that of healthy controls, permeabilized muscle fibers from the vastus lateralis of patients with COPD exhibited a reduced mitochondrial respiratory capacity that was related to a less-efficient pattern of respiration. Importantly, this altered pattern of respiration, which likely demands more O2 to resynthesize adenosine triphosphate (ATP), was correlated with knee extensor (KE) endurance among patients, suggesting that altered mitochondrial O2 demand contributes to exercise intolerance in COPD. In the third study, inspired by the theory of symmorphosis, which postulates that no single step of the O2 cascade restricts maximal skeletal muscle O2 consumption (VO2max), we investigated the role of O2 supply and demand in determining VO2max in endurance exercise-trained and untrained humans by comparing in vivo (skeletal muscle VO2max, direct Fick) and in vitro (permeabilized muscle fiber mitochondrial VO2max) measures of respiratory capacity. Interestingly, skeletal muscle VO2max of untrained subjects was limited by mitochondrial O2 demand, while in trained subjects, who exhibited a training-induced mitochondrial reserve, VO2max was limited by O2 supply. These findings challenge the concept of symmorphosis by clearly revealing unique constraints to VO2max in untrained and trained humans. In summary, this set of studies helps to elucidate the mechanisms that regulate O2 supply and demand, and clarifies the influence of these factors on physical function in health and disease.
Resist or Give in to an Alternative: Post-Decisional Evaluations of Cost, Value and Regret in the Choice

This study presents a comparative analysis of post-decisional evaluations with reference to a choice made by the subject between an option with an antecedent that had a pleasurable finality while the alternative option was orientated respectively to the undertaking something useful, to fulfilling an obligation, or to the respect of a prior commitment with others. The study focalizes on a particular condition of the subject’s awareness; that is to say that the decision was made with a will to resist to the alternative option, or the knowledge that he has substantially chosen to succumb to the pressure exercised by the alternative option. The study showed such an awareness condition had a significant effect on fundamental judgments that accompany and follow the decisional act, i.e. the rating of the cost of the choice, the value attributed to the choice, the regret associated to the option renounced by the subject.
MONITORAMENTO DE Listeria monocytogenes EM FRIGORÍFICOS DA REGIÃO METROPOLITANA DE CURITIBA – PR

A Listeria monocytogenes e um importante patogeno emergente relacionado a alimentos. Essa bacteria se tornou um grande desafio para as industrias alimenticias assim como para os orgaos de vigilância sanitaria, pela sua alta capacidade de se desenvolver em condicoes adversas. Os surtos por listeriose tem sido associada a diversos alimentos, entre eles a carne de frango. No Brasil a carne de frango e essencial para a economia, e nos ultimos anos o consumo dessa proteina tem aumentado bastante. Diversos estudos revelaram a presenca de Listeria monocytogenes nesse alimento. Neste trabalho foi realizado o monitoramento de especies de listeria no processamento da carne de frango, em tres frigorificos com vigilância sanitaria, na regiao metropolitana de Curitiba-PR, pois a presenca de Listeria spp. representa risco a saude do consumidor, e demonstra a necessidade de controles de qualidade mais eficientes. Para isso analisou-se o frango inteiro, mecanicamente separado (CMS), congelado e o equipamento onde as amostras foram manipuladas. O isolamento e a identifi cacao do genero foram feitos por metodologia convencional e a distincao das especies foi verifi cada por testes bioquimicos especifi cos: teste de motilidade a 25°C; producao de catalase (peroxido de hidrogenio a 3%); β hemolisina (Agar Sangue de Coelho a 5%); da fermentacao de dextrose, ramnose, xilose e agar manitol. Isolou-se Listeria spp. em 50% de 48 amostras analisadas, nos tres estabelecimentos estudados. Dentre as especies de Listeria spp. isoladas a encontrada com maior frequencia foi a L. innocuaem 87,5% das amostras.
Incidence of autism spectrum disorders: Changes over time and their meaning *

Aim: Several reviews have noted a huge increase in the rate of diagnosed autism spectrum disorders. The main aims of this paper are: 1) to use published empirical findings to consider whether the rise reflects a true increase in incidence, as distinct from the consequences of better ascertainment and a broadening of the diagnostic concept; and 2) to consider how epidemiological data may be used to test hypotheses about possible causal influences, using MMR and thimerosal as examples. Methods: Search of the literature for studies with a large epidemiological base population, systematic standardized screening, a focus on an age group for which diagnostic assessments are reliable and valid, and diagnosis by trained professionals using high‐quality research assessments. Also, search of a broader literature to consider the evidence from all epidemiological studies with respect to the hypothesized causal effect of MMR and thimerosal on autism spectrum disorders. Results: The true incidence of autism spectrum disorders is likely to be within the range of 30–60 cases per 10 000, a huge increase over the original estimate 40 years ago of 4 per 10 000. The increase is largely a consequence of improved ascertainment and a considerable broadening of the diagnostic concept. However, a true risk due to some, as yet to be identified, environmental risk factor cannot be ruled out. There is no support for the hypothesis for a role of either MMR or thimerosal in causation, but the evidence on the latter is more limited.
Modeling Empathy in Embodied Conversational Agents: Extended Abstract

This paper is intended to outline the PhD research that is aimed to model empathy in embodied conversational systems. Our goal is to determine the requirements for implementation of an empathic interactive agent and develop evaluation methods that is aligned with the empathy research from various fields. The thesis is composed of three scientific contributions: (i) developing a computational model of empathy, (ii) implementation of the model in embodied conversational agents and (iii) enhance the understanding of empathy in interaction by generating data and build evaluation tools. The paper will give results for the contribution (i) and preliminary results for contribution (ii). Moreover, we will present the future plan for contribution (ii) and (iii).
Blockchain-Based Mobile Crowd Sensing in Industrial Systems

The smart factory is a representative element reshaping conventional computer-aided industry to data-driven smart industry, while it is nontrivial to achieve cost effectiveness, reliability, mobility, and scalability of smart industrial systems. Data-driven industrial systems mainly rely on sensory data collected from statically deployed sensors. However, the spatial coverage of industrial sensor networks is constrained due to the high deployment and maintenance cost. Recently, mobile crowd sensing (MCS) has become a new sensing paradigm owing to its merits, such as cost effectiveness, mobility, and scalability. Nevertheless, traditional MCS systems are vulnerable to malicious attacks and single point of failure due to the centralized architecture. To this end, in this article we integrate MCS with industrial systems without introducing any additional dedicated devices. To overcome the drawbacks of traditional MCS systems, we propose a blockchain-based MCS system (BMCS). In particular, we exploit miners to verify the sensory data and design a dynamic reward ranking incentive mechanism to mitigate the imbalance of multiple sensing tasks. Meanwhile, we also develop a sensory data quality detection scheme to identify and mitigate the data anomaly. We implement a prototype of the BMCS on top of Ethereum and conduct extensive experiments on a realistic factory workroom. Both experimental results and security analysis demonstrate that the BMCS can secure industrial systems and improve the system reliability.
A New Formulation for Hand–Eye Calibrations as Point-Set Matching

Conventional methods formulate the calibration problem between a robot hand and a camera, also known as hand–eye-calibration problem, as AX = XB. However, in practice, these methods have limited accuracy, as will be shown in our experimental results. In this article, we formulated the hand–eye calibration problem as a point-set-matching problem and proposed a new approach to solve this problem. The proposed approach is particularly suitable for robotic applications and offers good accuracy. We obtain a solution for the said problem using the gradient-descent (GD) technique on the special Euclidean group SE(3). We call this approach GD-SE(3). To prove the validity of the proposed approach and to demonstrate its advantages, experimental results are provided, where we compare the performance of GD-SE(3) with both conventional solutions for the hand–eye calibration problem as well as those based on point-set matching. The results show that the accuracy of GD-SE(3) is comparable with those based on other point-set-matching algorithms. Yet, it outperforms conventional formulations based on AX = XB while offering a more suitable approach for the hand–eye calibration problem of robot manipulators.
Spatiotemporal Modeling and Real-Time Prediction of Origin-Destination Traffic Demand

Abstract Traffic demand prediction has been a crucial problem for the planning, scheduling, and optimization in transportation management. The prediction of traffic demand counts for origin-destination (OD) pairs has been considered challenging due to the high variability and complicated spatiotemporal correlations in the data. Though several articles have considered estimating traffic flows from counts observed at specific locations, existing traffic prediction models seldom dealt with spatiotemporal demand count data of certain OD pairs, or they failed to effectively consider domain knowledge of the traffic network to enhance the prediction accuracy of traffic demand. To tackle the aforementioned challenges, we formulate and propose a multivariate Poisson log-normal model with specific parameterization tailored to the traffic demand problem, which captures the spatiotemporal correlations of the traffic demand across different routes and epochs, and automatically clusters the routes based on the demand correlations. The model is further estimated using an expectation-maximization algorithm and applied for predicting future demand counts at the subsequent epochs. The estimation and prediction procedures incorporate Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling to overcome the computational challenges. Simulations as well as a real application on a New York yellow taxi data are performed to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
The Effect of Financial Technology, Demography, and Financial Literacy on Financial Management Behavior of Productive Age in Surabaya, Indonesia

This study aims to examine the effect of financial technology, demographics, and financial literacy on the financial decision making of the productive age population in Surabaya. The type of research is quantitative and conclusive in the form of causality. The data used are primary data obtained from the questionnaire. The population which is used as much as 180 respondents was selected by way of judgmental sampling. The characteristics of respondents are the productive age population in Surabaya who has income and work. Mechanical analysis of the use of researchers is an analysis of regression doubled by using SPSS software version 20. Results of the study showed that the variables demographics are proxied by type of sex, income, and age did not influence on the financial management behavior in the population age productive in Surabaya. Whereas Financial Technology and Financial Literacy have a significant positive effect on Financial Management Behavior in the productive age population in Surabaya