Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Silicon cycle in the tropical South Pacific: contribution to the global Si cycle and evidence for an active pico-sized siliceous plankton

Abstract. This article presents data regarding the Si biogeochemical cycle during two oceanographic cruises conducted in the tropical South Pacific (BIOSOPE and OUTPACE cruises) in 2005 and 2015. It involves the first Si stock measurements in this understudied region, encompassing various oceanic systems from New Caledonia to the Chilean upwelling between 8 and 34∘ S. Some of the lowest levels of biogenic silica standing stocks ever measured were found in this area, notably in the southern Pacific gyre, where Chlorophyll a concentrations are the most depleted worldwide. Integrated biogenic silica stocks are as low as 1.08±0.95 mmol m−2 and are the lowest stocks measured in the South Pacific. Size-fractionated biogenic silica concentrations revealed a non-negligible contribution of the pico-sized fraction (<2–3 µm) to biogenic silica standing stocks, representing 26%±12% of total biogenic silica during the OUTPACE cruise and 11%±9% during the BIOSOPE cruise. These results indicate significant accumulation in this size class, which was undocumented for 2005, but has since then been related to Si uptake by Synechococcus cells. Si uptake measurements carried out during BIOSOPE confirmed biological Si uptake by this size fraction. We further present diatoms community structure associated with the stock measurements for a global overview of the Si cycle in the tropical South Pacific.
From spatially-aware towards mobility-aware access control Position Paper

Spatially-aware access control models regulate the access to protected objects based on the position of subjects at the time of the access request. Following the experience of design of the GEO-RBAC model, in this paper we want to look at spatially-aware access control models with a critical eye and point out the limitations of current proposals. We then present the guidelines of a novel approach which attempts to overcome those limitations and discuss major open issues.
Universality of anisotropic turbulence

We review some ideas about the physics of small-scale turbulent statistics, focusing on the scaling behavior of anisotropic 1uctuations. We present results from direct numerical simulations of three-dimensional homogeneous, anisotropically forced, turbulent systems: the Rayleigh– B3 enard system, the random-Kolmogorov-1ow, and a third 1ow with constant anisotropic energy spectrum at low wave numbers. A comparison of the anisotropic scaling properties displays good similarity among these very di5erent 1ows. Our 7ndings support the conclusion that scaling exponents of anisotropic 1uctuations are universal, i.e., independent of the forcing mechanism sustaining turbulence. c © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 47.27. −i; 47.27. Gs
Efficacy of Caries Removal by Carie-Care and Erbium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser in Primary Molars: A Scanning Electron Microscope Study

Aim To compare and evaluate morphological changes and bacterial deposits in primary carious molars after caries excavation with Carie-Care, erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Er:YAG) laser, and round tungsten carbide bur. Materials and methods Thirty human carious primary molars extracted for therapeutic reasons were sectioned mesiodistally. These sectioned samples were allocated into three groups (20 samples each): group I: Carie Care, group II: Er:YAG laser, and group III: round tungsten carbide bur. After caries excavation, all samples were processed and examined under conventional light microscope to examine for bacterial deposits. Representative samples from each group were processed and analyzed to examine the morphology of caries-excavated tissue by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Statistical analysis was done using Fisher’s exact test, Kruskal–Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney U test. Results The Er:YAG laser showed best results with no smear layer followed by chemomechanically excavated surfaces with Carie-Care. Amount of bacterial deposits was observed to be more in group I while least in group II (p-value < 0.001). Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test revealed that there was statistically significant difference among all the three groups. Conclusion Among the three different methods of caries excavation, Er:YAG laser was found to be more effective compared with Carie-Care and round tungsten carbide bur. Clinical significance Laser-induced caries excavation by Er:YAG laser and chemomechanical method of caries removal by Carie-Care can be considered as future of noninvasive pediatric and preventive dentistry. How to cite this article: Prabhakar A, Lokeshwari M, Naik SV, Yavagal C. Efficacy of Caries Removal by Carie-Care and Erbium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser in Primary Molars: A Scanning Electron Microscope Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2018;11(4):323-329.
Association of NFIL 3 , XRCC 5 polymorphisms with glioblastoma in Han Chinese population

Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary glial brain tumor and the most common primary malignant brain tumor. We wanted to evaluate the potential association between gene polymorphisms and glioblastoma in Chinese population. Materials and methods: We evaluated and validated 84 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) associated with glioma susceptibility in Han Chinese population, including 122 glioblastoma cases and 298 controls. The effects of the polymorphisms on the risk of GBM cancer were expressed as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs), evaluated by genetic models using unconditional logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and gender. Results: We analyzed all of the tSNPs using the SNPStats software, we found that rs9288516 in XRCC5 decreased the risk of glioblastoma (OR=0.72, P=0.038), and rs7021746 in NFIL3 increased the risk of glioblastoma in log-additive model (OR=1.38, P=0.049). Besides, we found that CCDC26 rs891835 GT-GG genotype (OR=1.80, P=0.014) and TP53 rs1042522 CC genotype (OR=1.91, P=0.023) were increased the risk of glioblastoma and IL4R rs1801275 AG genotype (OR=0.48, P=0.0049) decreased the risk of glioblastoma.Conclusions: Our results indicate for the first time that NFIL3 associated with a risk of glioblastoma. And also verified the XRCC5, CCDC26, TP53 and IL4R genes associated with the risk of glioblastoma.
Modeling the Effects of Memory Hierarchy Performance on Throughput of Multithreaded Processors

Understanding the relationship between the performance of the on-chip processor caches and the overall performance of the processor is critical for both hardware design and software program optimization. While this relationship is well understood for conventional processors, it is not understood for new multithreaded processors that hide a workload's memory latency by executing instructions from several threads in parallel. In this paper we present a model for estimating processor throughput as a function of the cache hierarchy performance. Our model has a closed-form solution, is robust against a range of workloads and input parameters, and gives estimates of processor throughput that are within 13% of measured values for heterogeneous workloads. We demonstrate how this model can be used in an operating system scheduler tailored for multithreaded processor systems.
ON THE USE OF MASS COMMUl ) jlCATlON $ TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH

Even in the case of diseases with a known biological cause, such as AIDS, choices in lifestyle and behavior can mean the difference between living and dying. Thus, when confronted in the 1980s by the menace of the AIDS epidemic, U.S. public health officials turned to the mass media as a means of quickly educating the American general public about the disease and appropriate prevention measures (DeJong & Winsten, 1991).
Biomimetic functionalization of porous substrates: towards model systems for cellular membranes

In this review, membrane-functionalized pore arrays and pore-spanning membranes are revisited as versatile tools in biophysical research. Pore-spanning membranes can be generated on different pore arrays such as porous alumina and porous silicon substrates using appropriate surface functionalization strategies. Their mechanical properties can be readily determined by force indentation experiments revealing that the lateral tension of the membranes is strongly governed by the surface modification of the pore rims. Pore-spanning membranes separate two aqueous compartments, which makes them well-suited to study transport processes across these membranes and entrap molecules into the underlying atto- to pico-liter sized compartments. Besides pore-spanning membranes, membranes covering the entire porous area provide a large surface area for molecular recognition events making this system well-suited for biosensor applications and as an extraction unit for protein purification.
Feeding of Marigold petals , Nicobari fowl , Improved egg yolk colour , Carotenoid enrichment in yolk

| The present study was carried out with an aim of enriching desi chicken egg with carotenoid pigment and to improve its colour of consumers’ preference. A total of 96 adult Nicobari fowls at the age of 30 weeks were subjected to four dietary treatments consisting of 1 (T-1), 2 (T-2), and 3 (T-3) g marigold dried petal powder per day per hen and control (c). The mean egg production parameters, egg quality characters and reproductive trait were recorded for 120 days. Marigold feeding to Nicobari fowl up to 3 g did not show any adverse effect on the palatability of feed, egg production performance, egg weight, egg mass output, hatchability and feed efficiency. Significant (P<0.05) improvement in the Roch yolk colour score from 4 to 8 reflected the enrichment of caroteinoid pigments in egg yolk. Feeding of dried Marigold petals up to 3 g per hen per day as supplemental feed additive for rural poultry could enrich carotenoid pigments in desi eggs and thereby could improve yolk colour of consumer’s preference under semi-intensive system of management to meet the growing demand and changing consumers need for enriched poultry production.
Enhanced Approach for Construing & Reorganizing User Search Result Using Feedback Session

As different users may have different search goals or different search queries for same search results. There may be broad topic or ambiguous query which user wants to search through search engine. The reconstruction and analysis of user search results can be very useful in improving search engine relevance & user experience. In this paper we propose a enhanced approach to construe user search goals by analyzing search engine query logs. Primarily we propose a framework to find out different search results for a query by grouping the proposed feedback session. Feedback session is generated from no of clicks per query logs (click through logs) and can efficiently reflect need of user. Second we propose a enhanced approach to generate duplicated document or pseudo document to represent the result of grouping, n last we propose a new criterion “Classified Average Precision (CAP)” to conclude the performance of construing user search results. Concluded Results are presented using click-through logs from a commercial Search Engine to verify and validate the effectiveness of our proposed methods.
Fast phonetic learning occurs already in 2-to-3-month old infants: an ERP study

An important mechanism for learning speech sounds in the first year of life is “distributional learning,” i.e., learning by simply listening to the frequency distributions of the speech sounds in the environment. In the lab, fast distributional learning has been reported for infants in the second half of the first year; the present study examined whether it can also be demonstrated at a much younger age, long before the onset of language-specific speech perception (which roughly emerges between 6 and 12 months). To investigate this, Dutch infants aged 2 to 3 months were presented with either a unimodal or a bimodal vowel distribution based on the English /æ/~/ε/ contrast, for only 12 minutes. Subsequently, mismatch responses (MMRs) were measured in an oddball paradigm, where one half of the infants in each group heard a representative [æ] as the standard and a representative [ε] as the deviant, and the other half heard the same reversed. The results (from the combined MMRs during wakefulness and active sleep) disclosed a larger MMR, implying better discrimination of [æ] and [ε], for bimodally than unimodally trained infants, thus extending an effect of distributional training found in previous behavioral research to a much younger age when speech perception is still universal rather than language-specific, and to a new method (using event-related potentials). Moreover, the analysis revealed a robust interaction between the distribution (unimodal vs. bimodal) and the identity of the standard stimulus ([æ] vs. [ε]), which provides evidence for an interplay between a perceptual asymmetry and distributional learning. The outcomes show that distributional learning can affect vowel perception already in the first months of life.
7 Advances in Soybean and Soybean By-Products in Monogastric Nutrition and Health

Soybean (Glycine max) is a leguminous oilseed and one of the world’s largest and most efficient sources of plant protein. United States holds the largest share of soybean production (32%) followed by Brazil (28%), Argentina (21%), China (7%) and India (4%). Although there are variations based on geographical location, the average crude protein (CP) content of soybean is 38% with a rich and balanced amino acid profile. It is therefore a rich source of protein for humans and food animals besides being a rich source of vegetable oil. Soybean meal is the simplest form of soybean protein and a by-product of the oil milling which by National Research Council standards contains 44-48% CP. It contains higher energy [2,460 metabolizable energy (ME) kcal/kg] and protein than other plant protein sources and has an excellent balance of highly digestible amino acids with the exception of methionine which tends to be low. Soybean meal is however rich in the amino acids lysine, tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, and valine which are deficient in cereal grains such as corn and sorghum most utilized in poultry and swine diets. These are essential amino acids for monogastric animals such as poultry and swine. Soybeans and soybean meal are also a source of isoflavones which are known to improve growth, promote tissue growth in pigs, and prevent diseases. However, soybean meal possesses anti-nutritional properties which must be overcome to increase its nutritional value. These include antitrypsin inhibitors, oligosaccharides, such as rafinose and stachyose, which are poorly utilized by most food animals. Phytic acid and antigenic factors found in certain soybean proteins cause inflammatory response in the gastrointestinal tract of monogastric animals. Soybeans also contain lectins, compounds that bind with intestinal cells and interfere with nutrient absorption and other compounds such as saponins, lipoxidase, phytoestrogens and goitrogens whose anti-nutritional effects are not known. Soybeans and soybean meal may also be contaminated in the field as a result of using contaminated irrigation water or application of contaminated manure to the growing crop. Since many animal producers use soybean meal as a major constituent of animal feeds, contamination of these feeds with zoonotic foodborne pathogens such as salmonella has increasingly become a global concern. When properly processed for specific purposes, the soybean and soybean by-products can be utilized by all classes of animals ranging from companion animals, monogastric food
Limits On Power Injections For Power Flow Equations To Have Secure Solutions

Power systems in steady-state are described by a set of nonlinear equations known as the power flow equations. The system has to be op erated within the operating limits of the equipments. This is described by a set of inequality constraints, known as the security constraints. Explicit limits on the amount of power generation and load demand within which the system can be operated with all the security constraints satisfied are obtained. The problem is approached as one of determining the existence of solutions to the power flow equations in the region defined by the security constraints. Leray-Schauder fixed-point theorem and concepts from the degree of mapping are used in the derivation. + On leave from Department of Electronics Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Sense as A Socio-psychological Phenomenon

Mathews Journal of Psychiatry & Mental Health Sense as A Socio-psychological Phenomenon Sergey Fadyushin1, Annette Kayak2, Elena Vereshchagina3 1Associate Professor, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russky Island, Russia. 2Professor, Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, Vladivostok, Russia. 3Associate Professor, Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, Vladivostok, Russia. Corresponding Author: Sergey Fadyushin, Associate Professor, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russky Island, Russia, Tel: +7423245-76-87; Email: fadyushin.sg@dvfu.ru
Design and Implementation of High Throughput and Area Efficient Hard Decision Viterbi Decoder in 65 nm Technology

The best way of decoding against random errors is to compute the received sequence with every possible code sequence. This is called maximum likelihood (ML) decoding. The criterion for deciding between two paths is to select the one having the smaller metric. The rule maximizes the probability of a correct decision. Initially the digital signal is applied to the constellation mapper then the obtained output is given to puncture block. Punctured codes can be used in communication systems with a rate-adaption mechanism. It converts the code rate from one to two bits which can be carried by conventional encoder. The viterbi decoder performs the decoding mechanism by accepting the encoder output through the interface which can be converted into original form through the constellation demapper blocks. The MB OFDM reduces the number of computations and maintains the orthogonality. The Proposed Viterbi decoder reduces memory and the hardware resources. Exploiting parallelism with-n way parallel architecture enables to keep throughput constraint at n times lower clock speeds. The proposed architecture checks every node for path metric value and eliminates the path that is found if it is not having minimum distance.This architecture is simulated, synthesized and implemented by VERILOG language using XILINX ISE
Assessment of Radiation Dose from CT to Workers and Public from Common Diagnostic Investigations in Qatif Hospital

In general, the exposure to ionizing radiation, whether accidental, occupational or medical leads to harmful biological consequences like death or the initiation of cancer formation. The aim of the research project is to evaluate the radiation dose from computed tomography (CT) to workers and public from common diagnostic investigation in Qatif hospital. Also the annual effective doses due to diagnostic investigations will be calculated and compared with maximum permissible of the world recommended limits. And finally to create interest and increase the radiation workers and public awareness about the ionizing radiation hazard from CT particularly due to repeated scans. In this work the measured annual absorbed dose of 8.01±0.51mSv and 3.07±0.15mSv at the control area was found to be received by operators working in Qatif central hospital (Phillips ICT-128 slices) and Qatif central hospital (Somatom Definition AS-64 slices) respectively. The public in these hospital was found to expose to annual doses of 2.29±0.09mSv and 1.41±0.09mSv from Qatif central hospital (Somatom Definition AS-64 slices), and Qatif central hospital (Phillips ICT-128 slices) respectively. Although there are some slightly differences in our measurements in comparison of these hospital, all the findings are within the allowable recommended limits of annual absorbed dose from the ionizing radiation by the international cooperation of radiation protection (ICRP).
VARIANCE OF THE AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDE AS A METRIC FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

of Thesis VARIANCE OF THE AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDE AS A METRIC FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder associated with aging. AD is by far the best understood and most studied neurodegenerative disease. Substantial advances have been made over the last decade, however it is debatable how much closer we are to a clinically useful therapy. A long standing goal in the AD field has been to improve the accuracy of early detection, with the assumption that the ability to intervene earlier in the disease process will lead to a better clinical outcome. Major facets of this effort have been the continued development and improvement of AD biomarkers, with a strong focus on developing imaging modalities. AD is accompanied by two pathological hallmarks in the brain: extracellular neuritic plaques composed of the beta‐amyloid peptide (Aβ) and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Evidence of Aβ as the driving force behind the progression of AD (the amyloid cascade hypothesis) was first published by Hardy & Higgins in 1992, and this peptide has been the focus of therapeutic and diagnostic testing for decades. Significant technological advances in recent years now allow imaging of amyloid pathology in vivo. These methods evaluate Aβ burden in a living person, and could potentially serve as both a biomarker, and as a diagnostic tool to detect disease. Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) is currently the best studied of these imaging agents, however, our current knowledge of the quantitative relationship between PiB binding and amyloid pathology in the brain is limited. A better understanding of how these variables relate to one another is essential for the continued development of reliable diagnostic biomarkers for AD. We analyzed increasingly insoluble pools of Aβ to quantify their relative contributions to the overall Aβ burden, and to determine if any of these measures could be used to predict disease status. We found that the amount of PiB binding in a cortical region of the brain could distinguish cases of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) when corrected to the amount of PiB binding in the cerebellum. As the Aβ peptide ages, the amino acid aspartate may spontaneously convert to an isoaspartate residue through a succinimide intermediary. The presence of iso‐Asp Aβ has been used to indicate the presence of aged plaques in AD and Down syndrome cases. We sought to investigate the potential relationship between levels of ‘aged’ Aβ in the plasma as indicated by iso‐Asp Aβ and disease state, as a potential biomarker for the presence of AD pathology. We found that AD cases had lower levels of all forms of Aβ in plasma when standardized to the group average, and that plasma levels of Aβ and iso‐Asp Aβ were reversed between disease groups. A follow up study is required, however, these initial data are a promising step towards utilizing aged iso‐Asp Aβ plasma levels as a potential biomarker to indicate disease state.