Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Design for the asymmetric Turbo codes

Two types of asymmetric turbo codes are proposed,which are consisted of the parallel concatenated turbo codes that use the different types of the component codes with different not only the constraint length but also the generator polynomial,the proposed scheme can improve the BER performance in the region of the lower SNR and reduce the error floor in the region of the higher SNR.The simulation results show the asymmetric turbo codes can perform better than the typical symmetric system at both low and high SNR with reduced decoding complexity.
Machine Transliteration of Proper Names

Transliteration (or forward transliteration) is the process of mapping source language phonemes or graphemes into target language approximations, the reverse process is called back transliteration. Most previous approaches to the problem have sought to model transliteration as a combination of both grapheme and phoneme level transformations (Knight and Graehl, 1997; Stalls and Knight, 1998; Al-Onaizan and Knight, 2002). This thesis describes and evaluates an automatic transliteration system built using Moses (Koehn et al., 2007), a Phrase-Based Statistical Machine Translation system, with which we model transliteration as translation only at surface level. Separate translation and target side language models are constructed and combined during decoding to find the most likely transliteration. Moses outperforms our baseline model in both directions in both English-Chinese and Arabic-English. The best forward transliteration accuracy achieved from English to Chinese was 37.8%, the best back transliteration accuracy from Chinese to English was 34.8%. The best forward transliteration accuracy achieved from Arabic to English was 43.0%, the back transliteration accuracy from English to Arabic was 39.2%. Moses’ performance is comparable to recent work in both English-Chinese (Jiang et al., 2007) and Arabic-English (Zhao et al., 2007).
Genetic programming of spacecraft attitude maneuvers under reaction wheel control

Genetic programming (GP) is used to create near-minimum-time control laws for 3D large angle spacecraft attitude maneuvers under reaction wheel control. Two classes of rigid spacecraft maneuvers are considered: rest-to-rest maneuvers and maneuvers with non-zero initial and final attitude rates. The GP solution is a direct feedback implementation which eliminates the need for trajectory planning software. GP results for the rest-to-rest maneuvers are within 2 percent of the numerical optimal solution. A general solution for maneuvers with non-zero initial and final rates was not found; however, the GP solution outperforms a hand-crafted solution to the problem. (Author)
METHODS OF EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF ADAPTIVE DESIGNS ON TREATMENT EFFECT INTERVALS AND METHODS OF DESIGNING TWO-STAGE WINNER DESIGNS WITH SURVIVAL OUTCOMES

OF THE DISSERTATION METHODS OF EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF ADAPTIVE DESIGNS ON TREATMENT EFFECT INTERVALS AND METHODS OF DESIGNING TWO-STAGE WINNER DESIGNS WITH SURVIVAL OUTCOMES BY FANG FANG Dissertation Director: Yong Lin, Ph.D. The accuracy of the treatment effect estimation is crucial to the success of phase 3 studies. The calculation of fixed sample size relies on the estimation of the treatment effect and cannot be changed during the trial. Oftentimes, with limited efficacy data available from early phase studies and relevant historical studies, the sample size estimation may not accurately reflect the true treatment effect. Several adaptive designs have been proposed to address this uncertainty in the sample size calculation. These adaptive designs provide the flexibility of sample size adjustment during the trial by allowing early trial stopping or sample size re-estimation at the interim look(s). The use of adaptive designs can optimize the trial performance when the treatment effect is an assumed constant value. However in practice, the treatment effect is more reasonable to be considered within an interval rather than as a point estimate. Proper selection of adaptive designs will decrease the failure rate of phase 3 clinical trials and increase the chance for new drug approval. This dissertation proposes an optimal design based on an interval using the "regret concept". A mathematical framework is developed to evaluate the adaptability of different designs. In addition, this dissertation identifies the factors that may affect the performance of adap-
As it was in the Beginning: A History of Peritoneal Dialysis *

report experiments with peritoneal lavage (5), Georg Ganter in 1923 published the first trials of peritoneal dialysis for uremia (6). He ligated the ureters of rabbits and guinea pigs, showed that peritoneal dialysis could produce favourable biochemical effects, and attempted to use the method in one uremic patient. Dr. Ganter (Fig. 1 ) studied at Freiberg, Munich, Greiswald and Wurzburg where his work on peritoneal dialysis was done, and he became Professor of Internal Medicine at Rostock. In the same year, Tracy Putnam (Fig. 2) working as assistant pathologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, published his comprehensive studies of the peritoneum as a dialyzing membrane in animals (7), but it is unlikely that Ganter would have been aware of by that method (3, 4). This reversal of gloomy predictions recalls Winston Churchill's famous comment in 1940 after the Battle of Britain, "Some chicken, some neck" (when the Nazis failed to crush England like "wringing the neck of a chicken"). The remarkable success of peritoneal dialysis is the summation of the work of researchers, clinicians, nurses, dieticians, technologists, social workers, chemists, engineers, industrialists, and members of voluntary and official agencies -all of whom required trusting acceptance of courageous patients. It is the evolution of an idea, which began to glimmer in 1877. Unfortunately it is impossible to do justice to all who have contributed, particularly members of teams and those whose efforts failed because essential resources were unavailable. In December 1979 a review of dialytic therapy dismissed peritoneal dialysis as "the poor stepchild in therapy for endstage renal disease", and said "of the small proportion of patients in the United States maintained with peritoneal dialysis, many are either in investigative situations or for medical reasons cannot be treated by maintenance hemodialysis. " (I). In the same year, Oreopoulos made the more perceptive prediction that soon 30-50% of the dialysis population would be maintained by CAPD (2). In 1980 and 1981 in a number of Canadian centers, 6070% of new patients are being treated
Renal Sympathetic Denervation Therapy for Treatment of Resistant Hypertension

Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease [1]. Hypertension is present in 69% of patients with a first myocardial infarction [2], in 77% of patients with a first stroke [2], in 74% of patients with congestive heart failure [2], and in 60% of patients with peripheral arterial disease [3]. Hypertension is also a major risk factor for a dissecting aortic aneurysm, sudden cardiac death, angina pectoris, atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, the metabolic syndrome, chronic kidney disease, thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, left ventricular hypertrophy, vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and ophthalmologic disorders [1].
Cryptanalysis of secure addition chain for SASC applications

A security analysis of a recently proposed technique, the secure addition chain (SAC), used to improve the performance of server-aided secret computation (SASC) protocol is given. It is shown that without taking certain precautions, the secret information can be easily derived from the secure addition chain and the SASC protocol with the aid of SAC will be insecure. A countermeasure is also given based on a recommended nonuniformly distributed random number generator.
Exhibition Visitors are Sensitive to Patterns of Display Covisibility

We report a study designed to test whether visitors to virtual exhibition environments are sensitive to patterns of display covisibility. We show that visitors' assessment of the clarity of presentation of a pictorial theme is associated with the degree of covisibility of member works. We also show that visitors are effortlessly able to identify locations and orientations which maximize the covisibility of member works. The analysis involves the refinement of existing measures of the objective covisibility affordances of layouts to take into account orientation, viewing angle, and subtended angle. By showing that exhibition visitors are sensitive to patterns of display covisibility we complement a growing literature which offers assessments of exhibition environments from the point of view of covisibility affordances.
Superthreading: Integrating Compilation Technology and Processor Architecture for Cost-Effective Concurrent Multithreading

This thesis presents a concurrent multiple-threaded architectural model, called superthreading, for exploiting fine-grained thread-level parallelism on a processor. This architectural model adopts a thread pipelining execution model that allows threads with data dependences and control dependences to be executed in parallel. The basic idea of thread pipelining is to compute and forward recurrence data and possible dependent store addresses to the next thread as soon as possible, so the next thread can start execution and perform run-time data dependence checking. Thread pipelining also forces contiguous threads to perform their memory write-backs in order, which enables the compiler to fork threads with control speculation. With run-time support for data dependence checking and control speculation, the superthreaded architecture can exploit loop-level and instruction-level parallelism from a broad range of applications. In this thesis we also present the compiler techniques for superthreaded processors. Many existing compiler techniques used in traditional parallelizing compilers for multiprocessors as well as some specific compiler techniques for superthreaded processors are needed for generating superthreaded codes and enhancing parallelism between threads. We evaluate the performance of the superthreaded architecture with a trace-driven, cycle-by-cycle superthreaded processor simulator by using codes transformed by hand and codes generated by our superthreading compiler prototype. The simulation results show that a superthreaded processor can achieve good performance by exploiting both thread-level and instruction-level parallelism in programs.
Methods In Neuronal Modeling From Synapses To Networks

Thank you very much for reading methods in neuronal modeling from synapses to networks. As you may know, people have search numerous times for their favorite books like this methods in neuronal modeling from synapses to networks, but end up in infectious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of tea in the afternoon, instead they cope with some harmful virus inside their desktop computer.
The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence: Selected Letters

Few figures have influenced 20th-century music as much as Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. Their letters, one of the most important sources of information about the background to their music, are here published for the first time. The editors have transcribed, translated and annotated more than 800 letters and from this vast body of material have selected 370 that reflect the lives and times of these two great composers. The letters reveal much about the relationship between Berg and Schoenberg: first as pupil and teacher, then as friends and finally, after the premier of Wozzeck, as colleagues and peers. They also shed light on the reasons for Schoenberg's move to Berlin in 1911, the intrigue behind the early demise of the Society for Private Musical Performance, and Schoenberg's feigned indifference to the success of Wozzeck. Schoenberg describes his first years in America and the correspondence ends with Berg's death in 1935. The letters are fully annotated and supplemented with appendices, facsimiles and many photographs.
The MODIS land data storage methodology: level 2 grid

The methodology used to store a number of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land products is described. The approach has several advantages over conventional approaches used to store remotely sensed data sets and may be applied to any remote sensing data set where the observations are geolocated to sub-pixel accuracy. The methodology will enable new algorithms to be more accurately developed because important information about the intersection between the sensor observations and the output grid cells are preserved. The methodology will satisfy the needs of the MODIS land product generation algorithms; will allow sophisticated users to develop their own application specific MODIS land data sets; and will enable efficient processing and reprocessing of MODIS land products.
A Complete Automated Chain for Flexible Assembly using Recognition, Planning and Sensor-Based Execution

This paper presents a fully automated system for automatic assembly of aluminum profile constructions. This high grade of automation of the entire process chain requires novel strategies in recognition, planning and execution. The system includes an assembly sequence planner integrated with a grasp planning tool, a knowledge-based reasoning method, a skill-based code generation, and an error tolerant execution engine. The modular structure of the system allows its adaptation to new products, which can prove especially useful for SMEs producing small lot sizes. The system is robust and stable, as demonstrated with the repeated execution of different geometric assemblies.
EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT THERAPY IN GENERAL HEALTH OF ASTHMATIC PATIENTS

Introduction: Psychological therapy can have significant effects on improving the general health in asthmatic patients. The purpose of this research is to study the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) therapy in general health of asthmatic patients. Methods: In this experimental study, 24 female asthmatic patients were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The data was gathered using the Global Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), completed in pretest, posttest and follow-up stages by the participants. While CBSM therapy was conducted in 8 sessions on the experimental group, the control group received common medical treatments and meanwhile was laid in waiting list for psychological therapy. The obtained data was analyzed with SPSS software, mainly through the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Results: The findings showed that mean scores of general health were decreased significantly in post-test and follow-up phases in experiment group (pre-test: 37.83 post-test: 30.33 follow-up: 35.66) compared to control group (pre-test: 38.17 post-test: 39.91 follow- up: 41.66) (P=0.0001). Conclusion: The results of present study demonstrate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral stress management therapy in the improvement of general health of female asthmatic patients. Due to the decrease of mental health in asthmatic patients and the effectiveness of mental intervention, special attention should be given to psychological treatment in this group of patients.
Multiple Sclerosis and Falls—An Evolving Tale

Falls are a common health concern in the multiple sclerosis (MS) community with one out of two individuals with MS reporting a fall in the previous 6 months. Falls often lead to physical injury and have been found to be associated with reduced participation and quality of life. These adverse consequences underscore the importance of identifying risk factors for falls in MS so that appropriate interventions can be designed and tested. Ongoing research has suggested that clinical disability, balance and gait impairment are related to past and future falls. The data also suggest that cognitive impairment is related to falls. Fortunately, it appears that these fall risk factors and falls per se can be reduced with targeted interventions in persons with MS. However, the most effective fall-prevention strategy in persons with MS has yet to be elucidated. Ultimately, the reduction of falls in persons with MS has the potential to improve participation and quality of life.
Librarians and marketing : an ambiguous relationship

While librarians show a growing interest for marketing, their concept of marketing seems inaccurate. Librarians' outlook is mostly organizational, and focused on sales- and product-oriented strategies which fail to embrace a truly client-centered marketing orientation. After a brief review of the literature, the author reports on a qualitative study confirming that the marketing orientation, as defined by experts, is insufficiently developed among librarians. A discussion follows, trying to present the reasons of this gap, as well as ways to overcome this problem.
The effect of a combined exercise programme for people with Multiple Sclerosis: a case series

The purpose of this study was to pilot an eight-week programme of aerobic, stretching, strengthening and balancing exercises in four people with MS. The programme was initiated in a clinical setting under physiotherapy supervision for four weeks and then continued in the home environment for a further four weeks. The programme was assessed for its impact on participants’ fitness and function, and for its appropriateness for use in a private home. Participants reported that the exercise programme was enjoyable and beneficial, and these positive results were substantiated in improvements in muscle strength, Berg Balance scores, mobility and ability to cycle. This confirms recent evidence that, contrary to earlier opinions, people with mild to moderate MS disability can exercise at an appropriate intensity and duration to achieve positive results without noticeably increasing fatigue symptoms or exacerbating the disease process. However three participants felt that it was difficult to keep up the motivation to exercise at home indicating that long-term compliance may be an issue in maintaining exercise programmes. Two participants demonstrated abnormal cardiovascular responses to aerobic exercise which may have been associated with autonomic dysfunction, emphasising that exercise programmes for people with MS must be carefully prescribed and monitored. Leigh Hale, *Elaine Schou, Jan Piggot, Andy Littmann, Steve Tumilty. The effect of a combined exercise programme for people with Multiple Sclerosis: a case series. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy 31 (3): 130-138.
Asymptomatic Giardiasis and Nutritional Status of Children in Two Local Government Areas in Kaduna State , Nigeria

Giardiasis is found throughout the world but more prevalent in developing countries. The present study utilised ELISA coproantigen to determine the prevalence of Giardia lamblia in stool samples of children in day-care centres, nursery and primary schools in two Local Government Areas, Sabon-Gari and Zaria, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Of 374 samples examined, 150 (41.45%) were positive for Giardia lamblia. The prevalence of giardiasis was higher in males (50.3%) than females (49.7%). There was no significant difference in the level of infection in both sexes (p = 0.808). The highest prevalence of asymptomatic giardiasis was in the age group 3-5 years (32.9%) while the lowest was in the 0-2 years (11.6%). There was no significant difference in the prevalence of the disease between the age groups (p = 0.414). There was association between asymptomatic giardiasis and wasting (p = 0.030, ANOVA). There was also a positive association between asymptomatic giardiasis and Body Mass Index (p = 0.024, ANOVA) indicating malnutrition. In this study, giardiasis was a predictor of wasting and malnutrition in Sabo-Gari Local Government Area. It is therefore recommended that parents or guardians should provide nutritious meals for school-aged children and treatment of parasitic infections be included in the curriculum of school children.
Investigation of Epidemiologic Toxicities Caused by Paraquat Herbicide and Comparing Factors Influencing These Patients’ Causality in Kermanshah Imam Khomeini Hospital (2002-2013)

Herbicide toxicities are considered as an important issue in public health programs of developing countries. This investigation aims at studying epidemiologic toxicities caused by Paraquat herbicide and comparing factors influencing these patients’ causality in Kermanshah Imam Khomeini Hospital. In a descriptive-survey study, 9 patients poisoned by Paraquat herbicide were considered statistically. They visited Kermanshah Imam Khomeini Hospital during 2002-2013. Needed information obtained from patients’ medical files. SPSS21 software was used for data analysis. From 9 patients who were involved in this study ,5 of them died. 8 patients were male and just 1 of them was female. 66.7% of patients were single and 33.3% of them were married. 8 patients were poisoned intentionally. 77.8% of these patients were dialyzed. 5 of them had eaten more than 30cc. there was a significant relation between consumption amount and toxicity consequences (p=0.014). Results obtained from this study indicated that most of toxicities were intentional. These results recommend paying attention to risky factors and toxicity consequences among population
A Physical Training Framework for Reserve Personnel: A Rationalization and Recommendations

ABSTRACT RESERVE (PART-TIME) ARMY PERSONNEL TYPICALLY PERFORM OCCUPATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL TASKS AKIN TO THOSE OF THEIR ACTIVE-DUTY COUNTERPARTS BUT MAY HAVE LOWER FITNESS BECAUSE OF LESS PHYSICAL TRAINING. AS SUCH, RESERVE MILITARY PERSONNEL MAY BE AT A GREATER RISK OF INJURY AND HAVE PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE DEFICITS. TO IMPROVE FITNESS AND PERFORMANCE, TRAINING GUIDELINES SUGGEST 3 D/WK AEROBIC TRAINING AND 2 D/WK OF STRENGTH TRAINING, ALTHOUGH SOME DAYS MAY INCLUDE BOTH. AMONG RESERVE MILITARY PERSONNEL AWAY FROM THEIR UNITS, BOTH GENERAL AND OCCUPATIONALLY ORIENTED TRAINING COULD BE TRACKED USING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND/OR BY EVENING TRAINING IN GROUPS, WHICH MAY IMPROVE COMPLIANCE AND MOTIVATION.
Ocular growth in infant aphakia

In a prospective study the changes in the ocular axial lengths and in the overall refractions were examined in cases of unilateral and bilateral congenital cataract requiring surgery during the first year of life. Measurements were taken on 18 children with unilateral and on 20 children with bilateral congenital cataract at the time of surgery and up to eight years postoperatively. Surgery was performed via a pars plana/plicata approach, and all infants were fitted with contact lenses. In cases of unilateral cataract, the ocular axial length tended to be superior to the age-matched values already prior to surgery. After four to eight years, one third of the eyes were clearly above normal. In cases of bilateral cataract, the axial lengths were reduced at the age of surgery in the majority of cases, and particularly in eyes that required surgery during the first six months of life. The curvatures of the contact lenses tended to remain unchanged in bilateral cataract, and decreased by about 0.7 mm in unilate.