Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Deep Learning on Mobile Systems

Training of deep learning methods which are widely utilized in intelligent systems requires powerful computers, however, they are also used on mobile systems. Hence, application programming interfaces providing execution of pre-trained models on mobile systems have been introduced. In this study, two interfaces running on Android systems are tested on 40 objects for both object detection and labelling. Morever, ease of installations, resource usages were also compared. According to the test results, labelling performance of the model provided by Tensorflow interface is higher than the model of MLKit.
ABI Neural Ensemble Model for Gender Prediction

We present our system for the CLIN29 shared task on cross-genre gender detection for Dutch. We experimented with a multitude of neural models (CNN, RNN, LSTM, etc.), more "traditional" models (SVM, RF, LogReg, etc.), different feature sets as well as data pre-processing. The final results suggested that using tokenized, non-lowercased data works best for most of the neural models, while a combination of word clusters, character trigrams and word lists showed to be most beneficial for the majority of the more "traditional" (that is, non-neural) models, beating features used in previous tasks such as n-grams, character n-grams, part-of-speech tags and combinations thereof. In contradiction with the results described in previous comparable shared tasks, our neural models performed better than our best traditional approaches with our best feature set-up. Our final model consisted of a weighted ensemble model combining the top 25 models. Our final model won both the in-domain gender prediction task and the cross-genre challenge, achieving an average accuracy of 64.93% on the in-domain gender prediction task, and 56.26% on cross-genre gender prediction.
Towards High-Performance and Energy-Efficient Multi-core Processors

Abstract Traditional uni-core processors have met tremendous challenges to improve their performance and energy efficiency, and to adapt to the deep submicron fabrication technology. Meanwhile, traditional ASIC implementations are also widely prohibited due to their inherent inflexibility and high design cost. On the other hand, rapidly advancing fabrication technologies have enabled the integration of many processors into a single chip, called multi-core processors, and promise a platform with high performance, high energy efficiency, and high flexibility. This chapter will discuss the motivations of shifting from traditional IC systems (including uni-core processors and ASIC implementations) to multi-core processors, investigate the design cases of multi-core processors and their key features, and look forward to the future work.
Inflation Targeting and Inflation Persistence in Asia1

Following the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-98, a number of regional central banks have adopted inflation targeting. We explore how successful this framework has been by looking at the persistence of inflation as measured by the sum of the coefficients in an autoregressive model for inflation using Hansen’s (1999) median unbiased estimator. In contrast to non-Asian economies, we find that persistence has not declined in recent years. We hypothesise that could reflect the continued importance of the exchange rate in monetary policy in Asia or the large weight attached to food in Asian consumer prices. JEL codes: C22, E31, E5 Email: stefan.gerlach@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de and peter.tillmann@wirtschaft.uni-giessen.de. We are grateful to Jorgo Georgiadis, Petra Gerlach and Longmei Zhang for helpful conversations.
Direct Democracy and the Party: New Participatory Mechanisms in Representative Political Parties

The declining public trust in political parties is a striking phenomenon that has attracted lots of attention from scholars. This however has rarely been theoretically connected to debates within democratic theory, and in particular those discussing the role of parties as institutions of representative democracy. This paper will address this gap by looking at parties as quintessential representative institutions, which themselves attempt to find new avenues to engage citizens directly. The central aim is to ask what the introduction of new participatory mechanisms within parties means for their modes of political representation. Two recent empirical examples serve as illustrations: The 2013 SPD membership vote on the German coalition accords and the participatory online candidate selection of the European Greens for the European Elections 2014. Drawing on new advances in the theory of representation, the paper comes to the conclusion that both examples point to insufficiencies in the conventional view of political representation and are expressions of parties’ transformation to actors closely linked to the institutions of the state.
Product differentiation: a reason to switch the existing brand

Many researches were conducted in the past on product differentiation. However, very few studies were conducted to investigate the result of product differentiation in retaining and attracting the other brand users. This study was undertaken especially to examine if the differentiation resulted in retaining existing and attracting new customers. For this objective researcher showcased and gave presentation of the TVs in showrooms to the visitors and few volunteers. 3 Showrooms in Delhi were selected to give presentation to existing LED TV users. 470 responses were collected and analysed. The results showed that Sony is most favoured brand for LED TV. It was found that product differentiation and reasons to rebuy or switch to a particular brand are significantly related. Limitations of the study are discussed in the paper.
M ar 2 01 1 Probability of Inflation in Loop Quantum Cosmology

Inflationary models of the early universe provide a natural mechanism for the formation of large scale structure. This success brings to forefront the question of naturalness: Does a sufficiently long slow roll inflation occur generically or does it require a careful fine tuning of initial parameters? In recent years there has been considerable controversy on this issue [1–4]. In particular, for a quadratic potential, Kofman, Linde and Mukhanov [2] have argued that the probability of inflation with at least 65 e-foldings is close to one, while Gibbons and Turok [4] have argued that this probability is suppressed by a factor of ∼ 10−85. We first clarify that such dramatically different predictions can arise because the required measure on the space of solutions is intrinsically ambiguous in general relativity. We then show that this ambiguity can be naturally resolved in loop quantum cosmology (LQC) because the big bang is replaced by a big bounce and the bounce surface can be used to introduce the structure necessary to specify a satisfactory measure. The second goal of the paper is to present a detailed analysis of the inflationary dynamics of LQC using analytical and numerical methods. By combining this information with the measure on the space of solutions, we address a sharper question than those investigated in [2, 4, 5]: What is the probability of a sufficiently long slow roll inflation which is compatible with the seven year WMAP data? We show that the probability is very close to 1. The material is so organized that cosmologists who may be more interested in the inflationary dynamics in LQC than in the subtleties associated with measures can skip that material without loss of continuity.
Crossing the Quality Chasm in Residency Education: Building a Bridge from Quality Improvement to Health

The principles of quality improvement (QI) are becoming a greater part of healthcare and residency training. Despite enormous racial and socioeconomic disparities of care, the QI movement has traditionally focused on healthcare delivery over health equity. With the Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER), the ACGME has recognized the importance of teaching residents to confront health disparities. We propose a curricular model for teaching health equity to residents across clinical specialties, based on initiatives at medical centers at the forefront of care for the undeserved. The model includes five components: strengthening of existing health equity curricula, interdisciplinary collaboration, hospital-wide QI focused on population health, advocacy skills training, and supporting health equity research. This model, if implemented within academic medical centers has the potential to reach over 100,000 residents and fellows.
Observation of 60 Fe in the Galactic Cosmic Rays

M. H. Israel*, W. R. Binns, E. R. Christian, A. C. Cummings, G. A. de Nolfo, K. A. Lave, R. A. Leske, R. A. Mewaldt, E. C. Stone, T. T. von Rosenvinge, M.E. Wiedenbeck Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
Hepatogenous diabetes in primary care practice - a case study Diabetes hepatogenicus w podstawowej opiece zdrowotnej - opis przypadku

Summary This case study describes a patient who admitted to a family physician and was denied basic laboratory tests although being hospitalized due to symptoms of liver insufficiency 4 years before. The laboratory test results which the patient did on her own revealed glucose level of 418 mg/dl in the blood and 7277 mg/dl in the urine. The case illustrates the importance of investigating the patient’s whole medical history. It is an example of therapeutic difficulties following primary care practitioner’s clinical inertion. It also highlights the prominent need for creating standards and guidelines on follow-up treatment of patients with diagnosed cirrhosis. Geriatria 2010; 4: 130-134.
The Effect Of Phase-Shifting Transformer On Total Consumers Payments

The electricity supply industry is undergoing a profound transformation worldwide. After the deregulation, the transmission networks are operated near their operation constraints and it causes some problems. The most important problem is the congestions in the transmission network that would increase the LMPs. The ISO by managing transmission flow can contribute to social welfare, considerably. FACTS devices have the capability to control power flow over the lines. Therefore, they can be used by ISO to manage congestions in the transmission network. In this paper, a precise model of Phase shifting (PHS) transformer is presented to investigate its effects on the real time LMPs. This model is a full AC that considers system security constraints properly, and can be used in real time redispatching of the power system. The proposed model is implemented on the IEEE 24 bus test system, and the results show the effectiveness of PHS transformer in improving system security and reducing LMP of load buses and therefore, decreasing the total consumers' payment.
INTERFERENCE OF L1 SYLLABIFICATION PATTERNS IN L2 SPEECH OF CHINESE LEARNERS OF RUSSIAN AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE

An experimental study of syllabification behaviours of speakers of syllable-timed and stressed-timed languages proves our hypothesis that differences in a language’s rhythmical organisation comprise a significant source of foreign accents in L2 speech. The experimental material consisted of Russian words with various types of rhythmical structures and consonantal clusters as syllabified by Chinese learners of Russian. The syllabification patterns of Chinese learners were compared with the syllabification patterns of the same word list produced by native Russian speakers. The principal differences in syllabification behaviour occur in V and CV syllable types. The prevalence of CVsyllables was higher in the Chinese syllabification inventory than in Russian speakers’ data, and vice versa for V-type syllables. Other differences in Chinese learners’ syllabification results included variations in phoneme additions and deletions, as well as modifications of a Russian word’s rhythmical structure. We consider the latter difference proof that the concept of ‘phonetic word’ (rhythmical structure) lacks in the Russian speech of Chinese learners.
Crystalline Characteristics and Their Influence in the Mechanical Performance in Poly(ε-Caprolactone) / High Density Polyethylene Blends

Blends of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) have been prepared at different compositions in order to assess the effect of HDPE on gas transport and mechanical behaviors of PCL. Previous to this evaluation, a complete morphological, structural, and thermal characterization were performed using techniques, including SEM, contact angle, FTIR, differential scanning calorimetry, and X-ray diffraction with synchrotron radiation at small and wide angles. Low HDPE incorporations allow interactions to be established at interfaces in the amorphous regions and the enhancement of the mechanical performance. Consequently, the addition of a small amount of HDPE (ranging from 5 to 10 wt%) appears to be appropriate in certain bio-applications where a higher mechanical behavior is required.
On Successful Team Formation

Teamwork plays an important role in many areas of today’s society. Thus, the question of how to form an effective team is of increasing interest. In this paper we use the teamoriented multiplayer online game Dota 2 to study cooperation within teams and the success of teams. Making use of game log data, we choose a statistical approach to identify factors that increase the chance of a team to win. The factors that we analyze are related to the roles that players can take within the game, the experiences of the players and friendship ties within a team. Our results show that such data can be used to infer social behavior patterns.
HOW ACCENTED DO CAUCASIAN-LOOKING VS. ASIAN-LOOKING NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS SOUND TO A JAPANESE LISTENER?

Speech perception involves the integration of acoustic features with socioindexical information (e.g., speaker’s ethnicity). English speakers, for instance, may rate English utterances produced by a native speaker as more accented if they believe the speaker to be Asian than if they believe the speaker to be Caucasian. This study investigates whether Japanese speakers will similarly rate English utterances as more accented when made to believe that the speaker was Asian-looking. Forty-eight participants rated the accentedness (9-point Likert-scale) of a set of sentences spoken by native English speakers. Sixteen listeners were made to believe the speakers were Caucasian, sixteen that the speakers were Asian, and sixteen were assigned to the audio-only condition. The results indicate no effect of ethnicity on accent rating by the non-native raters. Hence, non-native (Japanese) speakers may be less influenced by the speaker’s perceived ethnicity when evaluating the level of English accent as spoken by native speakers.
Effectiveness of low-level laser as a treatment for pain management in arthrogenic temporomandibular disorders

Background: The multifactorial etiology of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) justifies the various therapeutic approaches. Low-level laser Therapy (LLLT) is a new treatment modality. The aim of this study is contrast the analgesic effectiveness of active and passive LLLT in the treatment of arthrogenic TMD. Methods: 15 patients (30 TMJs) with bilateral Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) arthralgia were included. Patients were assigned to two groups of treatment: active LLLT (Gallium-Aluminum-Arsenide laser) vs inactive LLLT (laser turned off). The treatments were evaluated at three, six, nine and twelve days after the first evaluation with registration of pain in Visual Analogue Scale. Results: Most patients were women, aged 33 years. In the right TMJ, pain decreased with both treatments without significant differences. However, the left TMJ had significant differences in both groups (p =0. 004) and the ANOVA test reported intragroup differences (p <0.000) in the left TMJ in the active LLLT. Conclusion: LLLT is an effective treatment for reducing pain associated with arthrogenic TMD, specifically in the left side. The likely explanation is that most right-handed patients prefer chewing on the right side. However, weaknesses of this study were not to consider the type of pain and the size sample.
Effects and Costs of Breast Cancer Screening in Women with a Familial or Genetic Predisposition

textabstract"Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, who have a considerable increased risk of developing breast cancer, now face the choice of intensive screening, prophylactic surgery or chemoprevention. The efficacy of the various medical options and the durability of its effects are of major concern to female BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, and will influence their choices. Although prophylactic mastectomy reduces the rate of breast cancer risk of 90 % or more, the intervention is irreversible, with potential harms that may be unacceptable for certain women. This thesis shows that intensive screening is an appropriate alternative to reduce the risk of breast cancer death for both BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and for women with a clear family history of breast cancer where a mutation has not (yet) been found. Intensive screenings expected to lead to significant breast cancer mortality reductions with no adverse effect on short-term generic health-related quality of life and general distress. Including magnetic resonance imaging in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers (50-85% cumulative lifetime risk for developing breast cancer) surveillance is cost-effective. For moderate-risk women (15-30% cumulative lifetime risk for developing breast cancer), intensive screening with only mammography, alternatively in combination with clinical breast examination, is most cost-effective. "
HIV Disease Progression Among Antiretroviral Therapy Patients in Zimbabwe: A Multistate Markov Model

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) impact has prolonged survival of people living with HIV. We evaluated HIV disease progression among ART patients using routinely collected patient-level data between 2004 and 2017 in Zimbabwe. Methods: We partitioned HIV disease progression into four transient CD4 cell counts states: state 1 (CD4 ≥ 500 cells/μl), state 2 (350 cells/μl ≤ CD4 < 500 cells/μl), state 3 (200 cells/μl ≤ CD4 < 350 cells/μl), state 4 (CD4 < 200 cells/μl), and the absorbing state death (state 5). We proposed a semiparametric time-homogenous multistate Markov model to estimate bidirectional transition rates. Covariate effects (age, gender, ART initiation period, and health facility level) on the transition rates were assessed. Results: We analyzed 204,289 clinic visits by 63,422 patients. There were 24,325 (38.4%) patients in state 4 (CD4 < 200) at ART initiation, and 7,995 (12.6%) deaths occurred by December 2017. The overall mortality rate was 3.9 per 100 person-years. The highest mortality rate of 5.7 per 100 person-years (4,541 deaths) was from state 4 (CD4 < 200) compared to other states. Mortality rates decreased with increase in time since ART initiation. Health facility type was the strongest predictor for immune recovery. Provincial or central hospital patients showed a diminishing dose–response effect on immune recovery by state from a hazard ratio (HR) of 8.30 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 6.64–10.36] (state 4 to 3) to HR of 3.12 (95% CI, 2.54–4.36) (state 2 to 1) compared to primary healthcare facilities. Immune system for male patients was more likely to deteriorate, and they had a 32% increased mortality risk (HR, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.23–1.42) compared to female patients. Elderly patients (45+ years) were more likely to immune deteriorate compared to 25–34 years age group: HR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.18–1.54; HR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.34–1.81 and HR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.32–1.79 for states 1 to 2, state 2 to 3, and states 3 to 4, respectively. Conclusion: Immune recovery was pronounced among provincial or central hospitals. Male patients with lower CD4 cell counts were at a higher risk of immune deterioration and mortality, while elderly patients were more likely to immune deteriorate. Early therapeutic interventions when the immune system is relatively stable across gender and age may contain mortality and increase survival outcomes. Interventions which strengthen ART services in primary healthcare facilities are essential.
The Roles of Four Novel P450 Genes in Pesticides Resistance in Apis cerana cerana Fabricius: Expression Levels and Detoxification Efficiency

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are widely distributed multifunctional enzymes that play crucial roles in insecticide detoxification or activation. In this study, to ascertain the molecular mechanisms of P450s in the detoxification of Chinese honeybees, Apis cerana cerana Fabricius (A. c. cerana), we isolated and characterized four new P450 genes (Acc301A1, Acc303A1, Acc306A1, and Acc315A1). The open reading frames of the four genes are 1263 to 1608 bp in length and encode four predicted polypeptides of 499 to 517 amino acids in length. Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) results showed that expression of all four genes was observed in all developmental stages. In addition, Western blot assays further indicated the RT-qPCR results that showed that the four genes were induced by pesticide (thiamethoxam, deltamethrin, dichlorovos, and paraquat) treatments. Furthermore, we also used double-stranded RNA-mediated RNA interference to investigate the functions of Acc301A1, Acc303A1,and Acc306A1 in the antioxidant defense of honeybees. RNA interference targeting Acc301A1, Acc303A1, and Acc306A1 significantly increased the mortality rate of A. c. cerana upon pesticide treatment. These results provide important evidence about the role of the four P450 genes involved in detoxification.
Radiation-Induced Changes in Tumor Vessels and Microenvironment Contribute to Therapeutic Resistance in Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a largely fatal and highly angiogenic malignancy with a median patient survival of just over 1 year with radiotherapy (RT). The effects of RT on GBM remain unclear, although increasing evidence suggests that RT-induced alterations in the brain microenvironment affect the recurrence and aggressiveness of GBM. Glioma stem cells (GSCs) in GBM are resistant to conventional therapies, including RT. This study aimed to investigate the effect of radiation on tumor growth and the GSC microenvironment in a mouse model of glioma. To evaluate the growth-inhibitory effects of ionizing radiation on GSCs, tumor volume was measured via anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after the intracranial injection of 1 × 104 human patient-derived GSCs (83NS cells), which exhibit marked radioresistance. When a tumor mass of ~5 mm3 was detected in each animal, 10 Gy of cranial irradiation was administered. Tumor progression was observed in the orthotopic xenografted GSC tumor (primary tumor) from a detectable tumor mass (5 mm3) to a lethal tumor mass (78 mm3) in ~7 d in the non-irradiated group. In the RT group, tumor growth was halted for almost 2 weeks after administering 10 Gy cranial irradiation, with tumor growth resuming thereafter and eventually approaching a lethal mass (56 mm3) 21 d after radiation. Radiation therapy yielded good therapeutic effects, with a 2-fold increase in GSC glioma survival; however, tumor relapse after RT resulted in higher mortality for the mice with a smaller tumor volume (p = 0.029) than the non-irradiated tumor-bearing mice. Moreover, tumor regrowth after IR resulted in different phenotypes associated with glioma aggressiveness compared with the non-irradiated mice; the apparent diffusion coefficient by diffusion MRI decreased significantly (p < 0.05, 0 Gy vs. 10 Gy) alongside decreased angiogenesis, abnormal vascular dilatation, and upregulated CD34, VWF, AQP1, and AQP4 expression in the tumor. These findings demonstrate that radiation affects GSCs in GBM, potentially resulting in therapeutic resistance by changing the tumor microenvironment. Thus, the results of this study suggest potential therapeutic targets for overcoming the resistance of GBMs to RT.