Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Design , Modelling , Fabrication of a Single-axis Attraction type Levitation Prototype with 3-degree Freedom Control

This paper presents a 3-degree of freedom control of a single-axis attraction type levitation prototype. A thin rectangular steel block weighing 148 gms is being levitated under an electro-magnet under closed-loop control. The entire set-up has been designed, fabricated, mathematically modelled and analysed. Both electromagnetic and control system analysis has been conducted and a controller has been designed. An integrated 3-axis control scheme has been designed on the basis of the small signal model linearised about the operating point. Implementation of the controller poses real challenges due to limitations of the practical sensors used (sensitivity etc.).
Study of the low temperature anoxic ammonia oxidation feasibility

The paper presents results of study of anoxic ammonia oxidation at low temperature conducted at JSC Mosvodokanal, Moscow, Russia. The study was carried out in two reactors, 5 l each, operated at the temperature of 5–10 °С. Both reactors were inoculated with the soil, collected from waste water sludge landfill, that presumably, contained low-temperature adapted nitrifying bacteria. Reactor No. 1 contained nitrifying bacteria only. Reactor No. 2 was further inoculated by anammox bacteria. Filtrate from digested sludge belt thickeners was added into the reactors to achieve a final N-NH4 concentration of 70–95 mg/l. The reactors were operated as sequencing batch reactors. After 90 days of incubation maximal nitrification rate in reactor No. 1 was 1.4 mg N-NH4/g VSS*h, and in reactor No. 2–1.0 mg N-NH4/g VSS*h. Estimated doubling time of nitrifying bacteria was 45 days. Total mineral nitrogen removal in the 1st reactor was 20% (via process of heterotrophic denitrification), and in the 2nd – 60% (via both the processes of heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrate reduction). Through the process of autotrophic denitrification (anammox), two times as much nitrogen was removed, compared to the heterotrophic denitrification process. Anammox process rate was 0.4 mg N-NH4/g VSS*h.
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Associated with Liver Transplantation in 2011: Past and Future

Liver transplantation has evolved as the therapy of choice for patients with end-stage liver disease. However, the waiting list for liver transplantation is growing at a fast pace, whereas the number of available organs is not growing at a proportional rate. The potential use of steatotic livers for transplant, one of the most common types of organs from marginal donors, has become a major focus of investigations. However the clinical problem is still unresolved since steatotic livers are more susceptible to ischemiareperfusion (I/R) injury and, when used, have poorer outcome than non-steatotic livers. Indeed, the use of steatotic livers for transplantation is associated with increased risk of primary non-function or dysfunction after surgery. Therefore, minimizing the adverse effects of I/R injury could improve outcomes in steatotic liver surgery, increase the number both of suitable transplantation grafts and of patients who successfully recover from liver transplantation.
Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunctions: A Systemic Approach

Azita Goshtasebi1, Samira Behboudi Gandevani2, and Abbas Rahimi Foroushani3 1Department of Family Health, Mother and Child Health Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, 2Midwifery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Tehran, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
SUPRESSING ARTEFACT FROM COLOR AND CONTRAST MODIFICATION

This work is concerned with the modification of the gray level or color distribution of digital images. A common draw-back of classical methods is that it allows large number of artifacts or the attenuation of details and textures. In this work, we propose a generic filtering method enabling, given the original image and the radio metrically corrected one, to suppress artifacts while preserving details. The approach relies on the key observation that artifacts correspond to spatial irregularity of the so called transportation map, defined as the difference between the original and the corrected image. Then Transportation map which is the difference between original image and transformed image is calculated, then a generic filtering method also called TMR filter which draws on the nonlocal Yaroslavsky filter is used to regularize the transportation map so that artifacts are suppressed. Keywords— Color and Contrast Modifications, Histogram Equalization, Adaptive Histogram Equalization, TMR Filter, Color Transfer
Undergraduate Learning

This paper aims to explore the potential for using a live clinical information system as a teaching tool to enhance and reinforce learning in a primary care environment, particularly regarding the enhanced use of IT systems in the primary care consultation. Supporting undergraduate learning and teaching should reflect the context in which the students will be ultimately working. The progress made by the Connecting for Health investment makes the reality of the clinical IT system or electronic medical record (EMR) very real and these are in widespread use in British primary care. This reflects changing times as 20% of GP practices had installed computers in 1988 and the new GP contract in 2004 nearly completed the computerisation. GPs increasingly use their electronic medical record for effective communication, clinical care, service organisation, quality and audit, professional development and selfdirected learning. However, to date the use of electronic records has not featured prominently in the teaching curriculum and indeed, for students the use of computers in practice can be bewildering as many of the functions are hidden or implicit in the delivery of care. Within Leeds Medical School we have developed a training and education environment with a live electronicmedical record (TPP SystmOne) and are exploring how to use this in core learning and teaching for our medical students. This was developed in response to our changing working environment and following a recent student survey exploring experiences of GP systems on clinical placement (A Lea et al unpublished). A working group was formed to address these issues, with the aim of improving the primary care learning environment for our students (Box 1). Teaching was centred around Bradford & Airedale where 95% of GPs currently use TPP SystmOne and this therefore reflects one of the main systems students will meet on their clinical placements. Our objectives are for students to learn about and learn to use the EMR and to embed this in their course. We support the learning with supervised, hands-on expoEducation for Primary Care (2008) 19: 656–9 # 2008 Radcliffe Publishing Limited
SUPPORT THE RESTORATION OF CLASSIC CARS

The paper describes an on-going project of applied research aimed at reinterpreting in a modern way the restoration of classic cars with the support of front-end technologies, identifying new processes and methodologies at the service of artisan know-how. The restoration of classic cars relies indeed on mature technologies that require high skills improved through years of experience and involve long lead times. The research activity is being carried out with a long experienced laboratory, Laboratorio Lopane, and its main aim is to evaluate the employment of digital technologies across all the steps of the restoration and to improve the company know-how. Low cost and user friendly technologies have been employed and tested for real projects within the company and with its employees in order to improve their knowledge about the topic and evaluate the results. To date, diverse technologies ranging from high quality laser scanners to the Microsoft Kinect, have been employed to acquire the shape of the cars to be restored, the resulting meshes and points clouds reversed to mathematical surfaces with commercial and open-source software and the final models prototyped to obtain different maquettes.
A branch‐and‐cut algorithm for a bipartite graph construction problem in digital communication systems

We study a bipartite graph (BG) construction problem that arises in digital communication systems. In a digital communication system, information is sent from one place to another over a noisy communication channel using binary symbols (bits). The original information is encoded by adding redundant bits, which are then used to detect and correct errors that may have been introduced during transmission. Harmful structures, such as small cycles, severely deteriorate the error correction capability of a BG. We introduce an integer programming formulation to generate a BG for a given smallest cycle length. We propose a branch‐and‐cut algorithm for its solution and investigate the structural properties of the problem to derive valid inequalities and variable fixing rules. We also introduce heuristics to obtain feasible solutions for the problem. The computational experiments show that our algorithm can generate BGs without small cycles in an acceptable amount of time for practically relevant dimensions.
Türkiye'de Cinsel Yolla Bulaşan Enfeksiyonların Epidemiyolojisi

Changes in the frequency of sexually transmitted infections in the world lead the countries to conduct various studies to assess the spreading patterns of diseases and human sources of infections, esp e- cial ly for HIV/AIDS. Determination of vulnerable groups for the diseases results with the development of policies on disease control and prevention programs. In our country, although many studies are carried out and data are gathered systematically, the inform ation obtained is not analyzed and the results are not shared. At present, syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis B are considered notif i- able diseases; notification data are collected by the Ministry of Health. The results of the data on notifiable diseases and researches demo n- strate that syphilis and HIV/AIDS infections, although in a slow manner, are increasing. Gonorrhea is more frequent among people who have genitourinary infections. Hepatitis B infections do not show an escalating trend due to rou tine vaccination programs in childhood. Chlamydia infections show a distribution similar to gonorrhea infe c- tions and have a major role in infertility cases. The demographic structure and socio-cultural features of our community suggest that sexually transm itted infections are more likely to spread among women, children and adolescents, registered-unregistered sex workers, intravenous drug users, heterosexuals and male homosexuals. Raising sensitivity among primary health care workers/employees on disease co ntrol, intersectoral information sharing, increasing laboratory use and facilities, setting up/establishing a surveillance system including specialties of behavior are the major preventive measures for sexually transmitted infections.
Transition-Based Coding and Formal Language Theory for Ordered Digraphs

Transition-based parsing of natural language uses transition systems to build directed annotation graphs (digraphs) for sentences. In this paper, we define, for an arbitrary ordered digraph, a unique decomposition and a corresponding linear encoding that are associated bijectively with each other via a new transition system. These results give us an efficient and succinct representation for digraphs and sets of digraphs. Based on the system and our analysis of its syntactic properties, we give structural bounds under which the set of encoded digraphs is restricted and becomes a context-free or a regular string language. The context-free restriction is essentially a superset of the encodings used previously to characterize properties of noncrossing digraphs and to solve maximal subgraphs problems. The regular restriction with a tight bound is shown to capture the Universal Dependencies v2.4 treebanks in linguistics.
Supplementary Materials for Optimized Diamond Quantum Photonics

In our experiments we use electronic grade diamond from Element Six and grow 200 nm SixNy using low pressure chemical vapor deposition. We then spin coat hydrogen silsesquioxane FOx-16 and define the patterns using electron-beam lithography. With a SF6, CH4 and N2 reactive ion etch (RIE), we transfer the pattern into the SixNy hard mask (Fig. S1A). With *Also at: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA †Now at: Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
The Circular Economy Strategy in Hospitality: A Multicase Approach

The circular economy (CE) is considered a possible solution to problems, such as the increasing global demand for resources, climate change and worldwide pollution. CE can help to transform the hospitality industry from its current linear model of production to a circular one. However, there is a lack of research on circular tourism, therefore, this paper’s main purpose is to shed light on CE strategies—reduction, reuse, recycle, redesign, replace and rethink—developed in the tourism sector, as well as the tourism sector’s CE initiatives by means of a business case analysis method. This qualitative multicase analysis allows us to comprehend the CE practices deployed by large hotel chains, thus identifying the CE strategies and best practices. The results show that the main strategies adopted are the reduction, recycle and reuse, in this order. Nevertheless, the remaining strategies have yet to be adopted in the mainstream. This research emphasises the need to promote the CE in the hospitality industry, especially among independent hotels.
Input Classifier 1 Classifier 2 Combiner Decision ... Classifier N Ensemble Architecture 2

In this paper we describe the language identification system we developed for the Discriminating Similar Languages (DSL) 2015 shared task. We constructed a classifier ensemble composed of several Support Vector Machine (SVM) base classifiers, each trained on a single feature type. Our feature types include character 1–6 grams and word unigrams and bigrams. Using this system we were able to outperform the other entries in the closed training track of the DSL 2015 shared task, achieving the best accuracy of 95.54%.
Learning To Explore Using Active Neural Mapping

This work presents a modular and hierarchical approach to learn policies for exploring 3D environments. Our approach leverages the strengths of both classical and learning-based methods, by using analytical path planners with learned mappers, and global and local policies. Use of learning provides flexibility with respect to input modalities (in mapper), leverages structural regularities of the world (in global policies), and provides robustness to errors in state estimation (in local policies). Such use of learning within each module retains its benefits, while at the same time, hierarchical decomposition and modular training allow us to sidestep the high sample complexities associated with training end-to-end policies. Our experiments in visually and physically realistic simulated 3D environments demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed approach over past learning and geometry-based approaches.
A Critical Assessment on the Need for Integrating Alternative Birth Attendant into Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) Programme in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Background: The 2014 National ANC Sero-prevalence Survey result for Ekiti State, Nigeria recorded HIV prevalence rate of 2.9% for the state, yet the uptake of PMTCT services was found to be low despite the availability of services even in the remotest local government area in the State. This survey investigated factors influencing the low patronage of government facilities and the possibility of integrating TBA/MBA into the PMTCT programme in the state. Methods: Study conducted in the sixteen local Government area of Ekiti State. The sample size was 160 women of reproductive age (18-48) years of age, 35 ABH, and their clients (122), research period of 12 months. The instruments used were questionnaire, unstructured personal interviews and documentary reports. Data were collected and analysed by the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 20) Software. Results: Of the 16 LGAs in Ekiti State, 14 participated in the survey. Reasons for patronizing TBA/MBA are spiritual assistance 40%, Low bills 10%, Church influence 5.5%, availability 3.4%, personal relationship 7.6%, and other minor reasons. Less than 45%”, 32% of the respondents have very low knowledge of HIV; its mode of transmission and prevention, and 32% also score above 79% (Very good knowledge). 76% of the respondents have linkage system with the Government health facilities, while 24% respondents (24%) said NO. Conclusions: This study showed that integrating TBA/MBA in health care service can be very effective in promoting PMTCT in Nigeria.
APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES FOR LEGACY SOFTWARE MODERNIZATION

This paper aims to provide an overview of the basi c pproaches to legacy software modernization. Discussed are bla ck-box and white-box modernization techniques. Modernization towards an SOA environment and its realization through wrapping is also considered. A reference to a real world use case of modernization of legacy software in the dom ain of plasma physics and simulation of metal vapour lasers is also provided.
Inequalities in Health: The Black Report/the Health Divide

From birth to old age those at the bottom of the social scale have much poorer health and quality of life than those at the top. Gender, area of residence and ethnic origin also have a deep impact. When the Black Report first revealed these tragic inequalities and made urgent recommendations for change, the "British Medical Journal", and many others, regarded it as the most important medical report since World War II. It's findings however, were dismissed by the incoming government, which tried unsuccessfully to bury it. Despite this it had, and continues to have, a profound influence on the medical and academic worlds. This book examines the inequalities that exist in the British Health system.
No Country for Old Men? Increasing the Retirement Age in the Norwegian Armed Forces

ABSTRACT Ageing workforces due to low fertility rates and higher life expectancies challenge modern industrialized economies. In order to secure economic welfare and to balance public budgets, governments worldwide implement reforms to increase the retirement age. The trend towards a higher retirement age confronts defense sectors that for centuries have been in search of an age structure characterized by ‘youth and vigor’. In this article, we study the economic gains to society when the special retirement age for military personnel in the Norwegian Armed Forces is increased. Combining the literatures on pension, personnel, and military economics, we identify mechanisms crucial to the outcome of a special retirement age reform. Monte Carlo simulation is applied to illustrate the potential impact on the economic net gains of uncertain variables. We find that an increase in the retirement age provides substantial net benefits to society, even under fairly negative assumptions about the consequences for retention, motivation and efforts, and the value of elderly personnel in the Norwegian Armed Forces.
Magnesium supplementation during cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent junctional ectopic tachycardia after pediatric TOF surgery -A randomized controlled study

Objective: The occurrence of postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is more frequent in certain types of congenital heart surgery. Magnesium decreases the incidence of junctional ectopic tachycardia after surgery. Therefore we prospectively examined the effect of magnesium treatment on the incidence of postoperative JET in pediatric patients undergoing surgical repair of congenital heart defects.Methods and results: We performed a randomized, double-blind, controlled study in 90 pediatric patients. Magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) or placebo was administered during the rewarming phase of cardiopulmonary bypass: group 1, placebo group (30 patients); group 2, 25 mg/kg of MgSO4 (30 patients); and group 3, 50mg/kg of MgSO4(30 patients). The overall incidence of JET was 11.1%. Group 1 patients had higher proportion of JET 6 (20%), than group 2 and group 3 (10 %, 3.3%). Conclusions: Supplementation with MgSO4 during cardiopulmonary bypass seems to reduce the incidence of hypomagnesemia and junctional ectopic tachycardia at admission to the cardiac intensive care unit. This effect seems to be dose related.
Relationships between Serum Uric Acid, Malondialdehyde Levels, and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Oxidative stress is the major cause of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. This cross-sectional study is aimed at determining if parallel serum markers of oxidative stress are related to carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). We enrolled 134 participants with varied metabolic syndrome (Met-S) scores (zero, n = 21; one, n = 19; two, n = 27; three, n = 26; four, n = 25; five, n = 16). Biochemical profiles and potential oxidative stress biomarkers malondialdehyde (MDA) and uric acid were measured in fasting plasma. We found that carotid IMT positively correlated with both MDA and uric acid levels. Multivariate analysis revealed that both MDA (p < 0.05) and uric acid (p < 0.01) levels were significantly associated with carotid IMT in participants whose Met-S scores were ≥1 or ≥2. However, only uric acid (p < 0.01) levels were positively associated with carotid IMT in patients with metabolic syndrome. Linear regression model analysis revealed that the prediction accuracies for carotid IMT from MDA combined with uric acid and from a combination of MDA, uric acid, and Met-S score were 0.176 and 0.237, respectively. These were better than the predication accuracies from MDA (r2 = 0.075) and uric acid (r2 = 0.148) individually. These results suggest that measuring uric acid levels along with MDA biomarkers and Met-S scores may be a promising step in the development of an effective model for monitoring the severity of carotid IMT and atherosclerosis in the patients with metabolic syndrome.
Assessing the potential impact of a shock from the US and the euro zone on the Hong Kong economy

Worries about the global economic prospect have escalated over the past few months. The pace of recovery in the G2 economies has been much weaker than expected, triggering repeated downgrades of their output growth projections. Market confidence has also become fragile, following the downgrade of the US sovereign rating and the slow progress in resolving the intensifying debt crisis in the euro area.
Influence of different levels of calcium and phosphorus fertilization on growth and yield attributes of groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L . )

A field experiment was conducted at crop research farm, Department of Agronomy, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agricultural, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad (U. P) near the Yamuna river to study the effect of different levels of calcium and phosphorus on growth and yield attribute of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) during Kharif season, 2014. It was consisting of combination of four levels of phosphorus (0, 25, 50 and 75 kg P 2 O 5 ha) and four levels of calcium (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg Ca ha). The field experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The results showed that application of calcium fertilizer (150 kg ha) had a significantly maximum growth and yield attributes viz., plant height (9.17, 22.36 and 36.38 cm, at 30, 60, 90 DAS), plant dry weight (2.33, 4.55, 5.93 and 14.66 g at 15, 30, 45 and 60 DAS), CGR (g m day) (1.92, 1.77, 2.10 and 6.98 g at 0-15, 15-30, 30-45, and 45-60 DAS), number of nodule plant, seed yield (2.065 t ha), pod yield (2.70.85 t ha), number of filled pods plant (38.00), shelling percentage (76.41 %) respectively than other application of fertilizers application levels treatments.