Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Improvement and Realization of CamShift Algorithm Based MotionImage Tracking

Abstract The detection and tracking technology of moving object image is one of the key technologies of computer vision, and is widely used in many fields such as industry, transportation, and military. The detection and tracing of moving object in the motion scenes based on the UAV platform is a technical difficulty in this field. In practical applications, the characteristics of complicated environment, small target object and moving platform require higher real-time performance and reliability of the algorithm. If it is possible to add some other features of the target to the tracking process, it will be possible to improve the shortcomings of Camshift itself. Based on the Camshift tracking algorithm, this paper integrates SURF feature detection into the algorithm, which greatly improves the tracking accuracy of the target object, and also has better real-time performance which can achieve better tracking performance of the object.
IJPRES OPERATION OF A PEBB THROUGH SELECTIVE HARMONIC ELIMINATION MODULATION-BASED VSC FOR FACTS APPLICATIONS

-Development of self-commutated switches and multilevel topologies have allowed increasing the power rate of voltage-source converters (VSCs). Due to the flexibility and controllability of the VSCs, they are used in FACTS applications. The demand of powerelectronic devices is increasing in several applications, and power-electronic building blocks (PEBBs) are a strategic concept to increase the reliability of the powerelectronic converters and to minimize their cost. A possible solution to increase the power rate of these converters is the use of series or parallel connected PEBBs in multi-pulse configurations. Magnetic elements, such as zig-zag transformers, phase-shifted transformers (PST), or zero-sequence blocking transformers (ZSBT), are used to interconnect the PEBBs.The harmonic cancellation and minimization in multi-pulse converters has been analyzing and describing, focusing on VSC power-electronics converters using PEBBs for FACTS applications. The harmonic elimination and minimization techniques used in this multi-pulse VSC have been explaining. Here, a full-wave modulation strategy is used, and the amplitude of the fundamental component of the output voltage is controlled by changing the dc bus voltage but it has the slow dynamic response of the system. The operation of multi-pulse converters will be analyzing, describing the harmonic cancellation and minimization techniques that could be used in these multi-pulse converters, focusing on the power-electronics flexible ac transmission systems devices installed at the NYPA Marcy substation. In order to improve the dynamic response of this system, the use of selective harmonic elimination modulation is proposing and implementing. Resultshave been verified by using MATLAB/SIMULINK.
Standards and datasets for reporting cancers Dataset for colorectal cancer histopathology reports July 2014

Produced by Dr Maurice Loughrey, Professor Philip Quirke and Professor Neil Shepherd, Professor of Gastrointestinal Pathology, on behalf of the College’s Cancer Services Working Group. MBL leads the pathology QA process for Bowel Cancer Screening in Northern Ireland and sits on the National NHSBCSP Pathology Steering Committee. PQ chairs the NHSBCSP Pathology Committee, is on the NCRI colorectal cancer study group and the NCIN colorectal SSRG and has co-authored the EU screening guidelines. NAS has authored ten national management guidelines documents for gastrointestinal diseases and has been an author of more than 50 books, chapters, papers and reviews on colorectal neoplasia.
miR-let-7 e and miR-34 a mediate apoptosis induced by ischemic hypoxia of cardiomyocytes in myocardial infarction models

The aim of this present study was to investigate the change of miR-34a and miR-let-7e expression in cardiomyocyte apoptosis induced by hypoxia and ischemia of cardiomyocytes in myocardial infarction models. Realtime PCR was used to quantify miR-34a and miR-let-7e expression in cardiomyocytes under hypoxia incubation and after transfection of mimic-miR-34a, miR-let-7e, and its inhibitor. CCK8 assay and flow cytometry were also performed to detect influence on cell viability, proliferation, and apoptosis after treatment by hypoxia and transfection. RT-PCR analysis showed that expression levels of miR-34a were upregulated, whereas miR-let-7e levels were downregulated in a time-dependent manner in cardiomyocyte and cardium tissues under conditions of ischemic hypoxia. CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry indicated that cell viability could be increased and apoptosis could be inhibited when accompanied by knockout of miR-34a and upregulation of miR-let-7e. Additionally, Western blotting revealed that bcl-2 protein levels were significantly inhibited after knockout of miR-34a of myocardiocytes, whereas they were overexpressed with upregulation of miR-34a (miR-34a-Inhibitor vs NC, p = 0.02; miR-34a-mimic vs NC, p = 0.02). Correlation between circulation expression of miR-34a and miR-let-7e was negative in the myocardium infarction model (Spearman’s correlation analysis, r = -0.942, p<0.001). In conclusion, this study indicates that miR-34a promotes the apoptosis of cardiomyocytes in a myocardial infarction model, whereas miR-let-7e inhibits occurrence of apoptosis. Pro-apoptotic effects of miR-34a may be associated with upregulation of bcl-2 but the mechanisms of miR-let-7e need to be further studied. Therefore, miR-34a and miR-let-7e may be potential therapeutic targets in myocardial infarction.
L-3-n-butylphthalide may attenuate Aβ1-42-induced neuronal apoptosis and synaptotoxicity in primary cultured cortical neurons possibly via modulating both PI3K/AKT and ERK signaling pathways

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is characterized by progressively cognitive decline and neuronal loss, is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. The β-amyloid (Aβ)-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and eventually neuronal apoptosis contribute to the pathogenesis of AD. L-3-n-butylphthalide (L-NBP) has been proven to have significant protective effects in many stoke and AD models. Our study is to investigate the protective effects and mechanisms of L-NBP against Aβ induced cell injury in cortical neurons. Material and method: The primary cortical neurons treated with Aβ1-42 were used as the AD cell model. Then the cells were treated with or without L-NBP. MTT assay were used to assess the cell viability. Apoptosis of cortical neurons was analyzed by Hoechst 33342 staining. The flow cytometry was used to assess the mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm). The apoptotic and signaling associated protein expression levels were measured using Western blotting. Results: Pretreatment with L-NBP effectively inhibited Aβ1-42-induced cytotoxicity, apoptosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, and synaptotoxicity in primary cultured cortical neurons in a dose-dependent way. The protective effects of L-NBP were accompanied by increased phosphorylation of AKT and decreased phosphorylation of the extracellular protein kinase (ERK). The neuroprotective effects could be abolished by LY294002, an inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-dependent protein kinase B (AKT). Furthermore, ERK pathway inhibitor U0126 enhanced the beneficial effects of L-NBP in inhibiting Aβ-induced apoptosis. Conclusions: L-NBP may exert protective effects on Aβ induced cell injury in cortical neurons through regulating both PI3K/AKT and ERK signaling pathways.
The Asian Economic Integration Cooperation Agreement : lessons for economic and social development

This paper examines the impact of regional integration on development in the ASEAN economic community. The study presents a measure of bilateral trade balances showing that despite rapid trade expansion, imports have grown faster than exports resulting in a deterioration of the trade balances in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam the less developed members of the agreement. The analysis also throws light on ASEAN's emphasis on promoting equitable economic development between its members. The study argues that trade agreements should seek to promote coherence between country-level and regional strategies to achieve the complex and multifaceted development objectives beyond trade integration.
Architecture Description Languages 35 HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITION AND ABSTRACTION IN ARCHITECTURE MODELS

We present a compositional approach to generate linear hybrid automata timing models, and Markovian stochastic automata safety models, from an architecture specification. Formal models declared for components are composed to form an overall model for the system, where the composition rules depend on the semantics of the architecture specification. We further allow abstract models to be specified for a subsystem of components, where the abstract model may be substituted for the concrete model of that subsystem when composing the overall system model. We assume both abstract and concrete models are given, we address the problem of verifying that the abstractions yield safe if approximate results. An abstract model may be viewed as a formal subsystem specification used for both conformance checking and improving the tractability of system analysis.
A Multimodal Dialogue System for Conversational Image Editing

In this paper, we present a multimodal dialogue system for Conversational Image Editing. We formulate our multimodal dialogue system as a Partially Observed Markov Decision Process (POMDP) and trained it with Deep Q-Network (DQN) and a user simulator. Our evaluation shows that the DQN policy outperforms a rule-based baseline policy, achieving 90\% success rate under high error rates. We also conducted a real user study and analyzed real user behavior.
More Than the Sum of Its Parts–A University for Cumbria

Arising from the influential report by Sir Martin Harris in 2005, the University of Cumbria was created on August 1, 2007. It was formed from an amalgamation of St Martin's College, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, and the Cumbrian campuses of the University of Central Lancashire. The vision and mission of the new university is to widen access to higher education in Cumbria where traditionally there is low aspiration, socioeconomic disadvantage, and lack of opportunity. This article reflects on the process of merger from the perspective of one service department, Learning and Information Services (LIS), and discusses in brief the various integration projects and the impact on staff during the many changes. It benchmarks lessons learned against a similar library case study (of which there are few in the literature) and poses questions about the role of culture in such processes. Finally, the article reflects on the institution-wide response required in bringing about successful management of change through its leaders and concludes that effective communication and development of staff are essential ingredients in shaping the future of the university.
West Nile Virus Detection and Commercial Assays

1154 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc. gov/eid • Vol. 11, No. 7, July 2005 PanBio Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Australia). The same acute-phase serum was tested for flavivirus RNA by seminested reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) by using flavivirus consensus primers PF1S and PF2R as previously described (1) in conjunction with the sense primer PF3S (GCIATHTGGTAYATGTGGYT). Attempts to isolate viruses by using C6/36 and Vero cells were unsuccessful, which might be expected given the delay between the onset of symptoms and specimen collection. Sequence analysis of the 163-bp (primers excluded) PCR product (GenBank accession no. AY862501) showed 89%–99.4% range of homology with 34 dengue 3 virus strains by using the BLAST nucleotide program. Similarities obtained with sequences of dengue virus 1, 2, and 4 were <87%. Phylogenetic analysis performed with the patient sequence together with homologous sequences from dengue viruses and other flaviviruses showed that it corresponded to dengue 3 virus species. RT-PCR amplification on the convalescent-phase serum was negative. Based on World Health Organization criteria, the patient was diagnosed with dengue fever (2). The patient’s interview showed a previous dengue fever episode in Haiti in 1995 and a previous malaria episode in Burundi in 2002, but biologic confirmation was not available, and serum was not collected before this episode. Therefore, we could not determine definitively whether this patient experienced primary or secondary dengue. In light of virologic tests results, the diagnosis of secondary dengue infection was more likely (3). A PubMed search using the keywords dengue, mixed infections, dual infections, simultaneous infections, and concurrent infections retrieved 14 references published since 1958. In most cases, concurrent infection was with 2 dengue virus strains from 2 different serotypes in a single patient (4,5). Only 6 published studies reported concurrent infection with dengue virus and a bacterium (Salmonella typhi, Shigella sonnei, Leptospira spp.) (6–8) or with a virus such as Chikungunya virus (9). To our knowledge, this is the first report of mixed dengue–parasite infection, dengue virus with P. falciparum. The authors previously questioned the accuracy of a serologic test to diagnosis dengue fever in patients experiencing malaria because reactivity was nonspecific on certain rapid serologic assays (10); however, serologic tests used in this study have demonstrated good specificity (10), and molecular tests are not prone to such specificity problems. Classifying this case as dengue hemorrhagic fever is questionable since some of the hemorrhagic signs may have been caused by acute malaria. In cases of concurrent infections involving a dengue virus, questions related to the influence of mixed infection on severity and prognosis are, therefore, impossible to address because of lack of information. Further investigations are required because this situation likely occurs frequently in nature, despite scant available data.
Effects of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with COPD

Correspondence: Sophia.schmitz@student.maastrichtuniversity. nl Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the major respiratory Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the current decade and probably, the prevalence will further increase. According to the risk factors of COPD, it seems that this disease is preventable. Nevertheless, a great amount of money is spent on developing drug therapies for patients with COPD. One of these treatments are inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). ICS are known to beneficial for patients with asthma. Despite the differences between asthma and COPD in the pathogenesis, ICS have commonly been used to treat COPD patients. Therefore, this narrative review aims to collect and assess the available evidence of the effects of ICS in COPD. The special focus is on the comparison between placebo groups and groups that get ICS alone. Different randomized controlled trials with different study designs will be discussed. The effects of ICS alone depend mainly on the outcome measures. For further research, the comparison between ICS alone and placebo groups is not recommended.
How does the network structure influence decentralized interactions among networked agents

How does the network structure influence decentralized interactions among networked agents (e.g., firms, customers)? We examine a coordination game in which each agent engages with an exogenously connected “local” subset of the agent population, the pattern of links defining a network. Agents know the number of local links they possess but otherwise have incomplete information about the global network structure. All networks in our experiment have the same pooling equilibria. Each also exhibits separating equilibria in which agent actions differ by the number of social links they possess. The behavior in our experiment exhibits a clear pattern of equilibrium selection. When network density is low, agents with more connections exhibit higher levels of coordination, with overall coordination levels consistent with separating equilibria. When network density is high, we observe near full coordination consistent with pooling equilibrium. Our findings suggest that both global and local networks impact coordination, and simple topological measures (e.g. network density and one’s number of connections) may be sufficient for predicting the level of success of coordination.
READING COMPREHENSION EVALUATION AS A TEACHING PRACTICE

This research aims to determine the way professors from two higher education institutions of the Colombian Air Force evaluate reading comprehension in their educational practice. Its results allow to understand the role of evaluation in the process of reading comprehension throughout a qualitative method in the Noncommissioned Officers Academy and the Aeronautical Military Institute. The conclusions open a path of pondering about reading comprehension evaluation in the classroom by professors of the Colombian Air Force. It permits to recognize the basic role of evaluation in the teaching – learning process to achieve permanent knowledge in the students.
The Origin And Evolution Of Cultures

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Inflation and Social Welfare in a New Keynesian Model: The Case of Japan and the U.S

In this paper, we investigate the steady-state inflation rate that maximizes social welfare in a New Keynesian model. We calibrate the model on the Japanese and the U.S. economies, and we solve the model employing a computation method that addresses the non-linear dynamics associated with four major factors affecting the costs and benefits of inflation: (i) nominal price rigidity; (ii) money holdings; (iii) downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR); and (iv) the zero lower bound of the nominal interest rates (ZLB). The calibrated model suggests the steady-state inflation rate that maximizes social welfare is close to two percent for both Japan and the U.S., though the main driver differs by country: the ZLB for Japan, but the DNWR for the U.S. In addition, around one percentage point absolute deviation from the close-to-two-percent rate induces only a minor change in social welfare. We also find that the lower-end of the range that is acceptable in terms of welfare losses is reduced when we introduce forward guidance in monetary policy through which private agents anticipate a prolonged zero interest rate once the ZLB binds. The estimates of the steady-state inflation rate are subject to a considerable margin of error due to parameter uncertainty in ZLB parameterization.
Protocols for Coding-Aware Routing in Wireless Networks

Cope, an opportunistic network coding mechanism, investigates how to implement network coding in a wireless network.However, Cope passively waits for the appearance of network coding opportunities.To further improve the performance of network coding, integration of network coding and wireless routing protocol is required to greatly improve the throughput of wireless networks by creating more coding opportunities at wireless nodes.In this article, we introduce typical coding-aware wireless routing protocols, which mainly include Markovian metric based routing protocol, coding-aware opportunistic routing mechanism CORE, Distributed Coding-Aware Routing(DCAR), Rate-Adaptive Coding-Aware Multiple Path Routing(RCR), and Coding-Aware Multi-Path Routing(CAMP). Some problems like selection of new routing metric and cross layer design still require further investigation to enable efficient coding-aware routing.
Circulating Haemoglobin Levels and the Risk of Atherosclerosis in Asian Indian Populations

Background: The global burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) is estimated to be the highest on the Indian subcontinent. The pathophysiology of this increased risk is complex, multifactorial, and its magnitude increases with migration from India to Britain. Haemoglobin disorders, which also frequent this ethnic group, have been linked to cardiovascular disease. We investigated the impact of migration and nutritional intake on haematological parameters amongst South Asians, with a focus on their relation to molecular indices of oxidative atherogenesis. Methods: Haematology, diet, oxidised low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and serum paraoxonase activity were measured in 230 migrant Indian Gujaratis (Britain), and 305 matched contemporaries living in rural villages (India). Results: Median levels of haemoglobin were higher amongst migrant men (14.5 µmol/l) compared to rural men (15.0 µmol/l, P=0.004) and higher in migrant women (12.7 µmol/l) compared to rural women (11.8 µmol/l, P<0.001). Irrespective of site, haemoglobin levels in South Asians were positively associated with high blood pressure, high serum cholesterol, low high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, and increased CHD risk scores (P<0.001). Haemoglobin concentrations were higher amongst migrants compared to rural contemporaries (P<0.001). In rural women, red cell volume was lower, and co-ordinated with lower levels of oxidised LDL compared with migrant women (P<0.001). On multivariate analysis, haemoglobin was independently associated with oxidised LDL (P=0.001) and paraoxonase activity (P=0.025). Conclusion: Levels of haemoglobin were independently associated with indices of atherogenesis in our populations of rural and migrant Indians. Iron availability may underline the pathogenesis for the oxidative modification of LDL in this group.
COMPARING COPING STRATEGIES , AFFECTIVE SELF-REGULATION AND RESILIENCY IN CANCER PATIENTS BASED ON GENDER , AGE , OCCUPATION AND EDUCATION *

The present study was conducted with aim of investigating and comparing the coping strategies, selfregulation and emotional resiliency among cancer patients in Tehran, according to sex, age, occupation and education. Therefore, through using a multistage cluster sampling, 200 cancer patients (100 females and 100 males) were selected. The research instrument was questionnaires of: 1) Lazarus Stress Assessment 2) Larsen Emotional self-regulation 3) Resilience for Adults Freiberg et al.,. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient, and t-test. Results showed significant predictive variables of gender and job type resiliency, coping with stress and emotional self-regulation, respectively. However, age and education level predicted for resiliency, coping with stress and emotional self-regulation was not significant. The results also indicated the role of emotional self-regulation and resilience in coping with the stress caused by internal and external factors in patients with cancer is effective.
Smart Energy Systems Impact on Supermarkets

Figure: 2. The Supermarket in the electrical and thermal grid Figure: 1. Schematic link between flexibility and the drivers of the energy agenda The energy agenda globally shifts towards reduced and zero emission scenarios and a substantial part of future energy supply will be based on renewables. To establish resiliency around a fundamentally unstable energy production flexible consumption and storage is necessary. This is smart energy systems.