Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Disparity Map Computation from Stereo Images Using HillClimbing Segmentation

Stereo matching is one of the most active research areas in computer vision for decades. The task of stereo matching is to find the point correspondence between two images of the same scene taken from different viewpoints. This paper presents a segment-based stereo matching algorithm. Firstly, the reference image is segmented using hill-climbing algorithm and local stereo matching is performed Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) feature points with Sum of Absolute Differences (SAD) block matching. Secondly, a set of reliable pixels is constructed by comparing the matching cost and the mutual crosschecking consistent between the left and right initial disparity maps, which can lead to an actual disparity plane. Thirdly, a set of all possible disparity planes are extracted and then plane fitting and neighboring segment merging are performed. Finally, the disparity planes are set in each region using graph cuts to obtain final disparity map. The evaluation of proposed algorithm on the Middlebury data set result shows that the proposed algorithm is competitive with state-of-the-art stereo matching algorithms.
Investigating Tools Selection , Adoption Intention , and Acceptance of Computer Technology in Private Higher Education in Egypt : Project Management Software Casual End-User Perspective

صخلملا وماىالا توطارر ىوه تُثحبلا تقرىلا هذه نم ٍظُئزلا فدهلا ث ووُ مزبل ٍئ ووهللا لديخووظللا رىووملم ًوونم ثزووتر ٍووخلا ةرارإ ث موزشللا ًل والا اُوناخلا ٍوف هذوه لوشحو تزو. م ٍوف ويلا لديخوووظللا ىوووبقو ا لاديخوووط ا توووُس ا ثاور،ا ر وووُخاا وووماىالا ىلىلكخل نُُئ وهللا نُمديخوظللا ًونم تطاردلا شكزح تبىط حلا ُج ًووف نُوولمخلم زووُغلا توو ُه وو مرو ب ووعلا نووم لاديخووط ا ازوومس زو. م ٍوف ٍل والا اُووناخلا ي وعق ر وُخاإ توجزَ تضَردوخلا تومىل للا هذه ثلح لك تنُُئ هللا نُمديخظللا نم زُبكلا ردانل زووووكخم نُوووونلخحللا نُُئ ووووهللا نُمديخووووظللا نووووم لاديخووووط ا ير وحبل ق تةق وظلا ث طاردلا جلو لح تث موزشللا ةرارإ ث ُ مزبل توجزحلا ر و للا وماىم وثم يوزوشللا َ و ق ث وُلةح ا ثاوررو ث موزشللا ةرارإ ث م عةلا زبم تُله،او ا لاديخط ا يدمو ا ثاورر ًوونم شووكزح ٍووخلا ةرودووحللا ث ُئ وو. ا ا ثات ذادوونبلاو رو ا ٍئ وهللا لديخوظللا ث وُ مزبلا ا توُلةخلا ث ُو يحو ا ،بُل وط ًوووولبحو اناخوووولا تووووفاورو ووووهر ُخاإ ب بووووطرو ماديخووووطإ زووووثك،ا لاديخط ا . ث وو ف ًوونم ًوونم ةدوولخاللا ثازتلووللا نُووق شووُُلخلا زفىووَ شووَشاخل تحوو او عووَزح تووعَزا نُفزووشللاو نَزَدوولنل رازووف،ا ثازُت ووخلا هذووه تووطارر ٌرلووح تلاديخووط ا و اناخوولا ث ووُنلم ًوولإ و فر اوهف زُفىوحو اث موزوشللا ةرار تبوظخكللا دوئاىيلا ةر وَس اث موزووووشللا ةرارإ توووولُق و تووووُلهرو نُمديخووووظلل ق ل وووويخالإل ث ُ مزق ٌرىعم حللَو ا هماديخطإ ًلبحو اناخلا ب بطرو ةرارإ ث موزشللا ث وج ُخاإ ىوا تومس لا ث ُئ و. ا او ث مىناللا َ وولُف ،ووح َىلورو ٍئ ووهللا لديخووظللا ُل ووط،ا و ثاور، ووق عووناخ دوَدحح ح وشس ٍوف توَزهىج ةىوعا دواح ًوخلا تمديخظللا ث ُلةخلاو ث ُ مزبلا زَىعح تُنلم ث بنعخم . ولم،ا ةرارإ ب وح نوم نُكر وشللا توطاردلا جفدهخوطإ ٍف ضَردخلا ت ُه مرو ًل الا اُناخلا لك تز. م ٍف يلا شللا ت يل ةفو . ةخط ا تن طر فُل. ح اح ىو م ور ل ح( كر تاُبح ص طر ًنم نُكر شللا لاله ر ُخاا اخف ت)ضَردخلا ت ُه لاديخوط ا اولس وُا نم همىس نم ةدَزف زبخاح ًخلا و اهخطارر ث ووُ مزبل ٍببووظلا ب ووعلا تووطارر اووحو تث موزووشللا ةرارإ كوشق توينخيم ل وظقر ًولإ ذىولخلَ نيذولا ضَردوخلا تو ُه مرو ف ًل وووخل ق و تٍئاىوووشم وووُنحح ووونعخح وووهالج اوووح ٍوووخلا ث وووس ُبل ةخظم .
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANUAL AND SCANNING METHODS FOR SPINAL BRACES

iii ABSTRAK . iv Table of Content . v LIST OF FIGURES . vii LIST OF TABLES . viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS . ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1. Overview . 1 1.2. Problem statement . 2 1.3. Report organization . 2 1.4. Scope of the research . 3 1.5. Objective . 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW . 4 2.1. Deformities of the spine . 4 2.2. Scoliosis . 5 2.3. Degree of angle of curvature in Scoliosis . 7 2.4. Methods for the treatment of scoliosis . 10 2.5. Bracing treatment for scoliosis . 11 2.5. 1. History. 11 2.5. 2. Types of spinal braces . 12 2.5. 3. Methods of fabricating spinal braces. 14 2.5. 4. Comparing manual versus scanning fabricated brace . 17 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY . 27 3.
Spirituality: A Way to Realise Sustainable Tourism

When deliberating on the spiritual dimension of tourism, one key question is that how individuals are seeking for their life meaning and experiences of divine existence, as well as their connectedness as subjectively lived during their travel. In fact, tourism is closely connected to religion which has always been a powerful travel motivation from the time of early pilgrimages to contemporary journeys to sacred places. Religious sites, rituals, festivals and ceremonies are considered important attractions for both religious followers with special systems of belief and tourists with a casual interest. Perhaps, this characteristic of the tourism experience is the main reason for spiritual tourism experiences being recently popular among individuals who have started engaging in spiritualitydriven experiences and among persons aiming to develop their continuing sublime engagement by means of travel. There are various reasons for travelling for spiritual growth which is opposed to the traditional notions of pilgrimage and religious tourism. However, relatively few scholars have explored the multitudinous relationships between religion, spirituality, and sustainable tourism, despite the pervasiveness of religious tourism and spiritual connections to place. A subject that has received only scant attention in the literature is the negative social and ecological impacts of religious (mass) tourism. Several authors have noted the negative impacts of religious tourism on the commercialization of places and artifacts that were once held as sacred locations. The commodification of religious symbols and the economic implications of selling them should become of increased interest to researchers as the world becomes more consumption-oriented.
Towards Automatic Bird Detection: An Annotated and Segmented Acoustic Dataset of Seven Picidae Species

Analysing behavioural patterns of bird species in a certain region enables researchers to recognize forthcoming changes in environment, ecology, and population. Ornithologists spend many hours observing and recording birds in their natural habitat to compare different audio samples and extract valuable insights. This manual process is typically undertaken by highly-experienced birders that identify every species and its associated type of sound. In recent years, some public repositories hosting labelled acoustic samples from different bird species have emerged, which has resulted in appealing datasets that computer scientists can use to test the accuracy of their machine learning algorithms and assist ornithologists in the time-consuming process of analyzing audio data. Current limitations in the performance of these algorithms come from the fact that the acoustic samples of these datasets combine fragments with only environmental noise and fragments with the bird sound (i.e., the computer confuses environmental sound with the bird sound). Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to release a dataset lasting more than 4984 s that contains differentiated samples of (1) bird sounds and (2) environmental sounds. This data descriptor releases the processed audio samples—originally obtained from the Xeno-Canto repository—from the known seven families of the Picidae species inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula that are good indicators of the habitat quality and have significant value from the environment conservation point of view.
Scoring of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes : from visual estimation to machine learning

1 Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Machine Learning Group, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore 4 Department of Pediatrics, Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 5 Department of Pathology, IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Tumori and University of Milan, School of Medicine, Milan, Italy. 6 Service de Biostatistique et d'Epidémiologie, Gustave Roussy, B2 M, RdC,114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif, France; CESP, Fac. de médecine Univ. Paris-Sud, Fac. de médecine UVSQ, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, 94805, France. 7 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA. 8 Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations, INSERM U1018, Service de Biostatistique et d'Epidémiologie, Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France. 9 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Genetic Pathology Evaluation Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 10 Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Medical School, New York, USA 11 Division of Research and Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 12 Department of Pathology, The UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. 13 Dept. of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Avera Cancer Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, USA 14 Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West Rm511, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada 15 Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada 16 Medical Biophysics Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 17 Computer Science Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 18 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada 19 Vector Institute, Toronto, Canada 20 US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability, Silver Spring, MD, USA 21 Department of Pathology, Ninewells Hospital &Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK. 22 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France 23 Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels. 24 Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 25 Department of Pathology, Yale Schoole of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA 26 Department of Pathology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. 27 German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg, Germany 28 Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory/Breast International Group, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels Department of Pathology and TCRU, GZA, Antwerp, Belgium.
Orc 6 is required for dynamic recruitment of Cdt 1 during repeated Mcm 2 – 7 loading

The origin recognition complex (ORC) nucleates DNA replication initiation in eukaryotic cells. This six-protein complex binds replication origin DNA, recruits other initiation factors, and facilitates loading of the DNA helicase. Studying the function of individual ORC subunits during pre-RC formation has been hampered by the requirement of most subunits for DNA binding. In this study, we investigate the function of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Orc6, the only ORC subunit not required for DNA binding. In vivo, depletion of Orc6 inhibits prereplicative complex (pre-RC) assembly and maintenance. In vitro, ORC lacking Orc6 fails to interact with Cdt1 and to load the Mcm2–7 helicase onto origin DNA. We demonstrate that two regions of Orc6 bind Cdt1 directly, and that the extreme C terminus of Orc6 (Orc6-CTD) interacts tightly with the remaining five ORC subunits. Replacing Orc6 with a fusion protein linking Cdt1 to the Orc6-CTD results in an ORC complex that loads Mcm2–7 onto DNA. Interestingly, this complex can only perform a single round of Mcm2–7 loading, suggesting that a dynamic association of Cdt1 with ORC is required for multiple rounds of Mcm2–7 loading.
WP / 18 / 123 Does Financial Tranquility Call for Stringent Regulation ? by Deepal Basak and Yunhui

Consistent with the Minsky hypothesis and the “volatility paradox” (Brunnermeier and Sannikov, 2014), recent empirical evidence suggests that financial crises tend to follow prolonged periods of financial stability and investor optimism. But does financial tranquility always call for more stringent regulation over time? We examine this question using a simple portfolio choice model that features the interaction between learning and externality. We evaluate the potential of a macroprudential policy to restore efficiency, and characterize the necessary and sufficient condition for the countercyclicality of the optimal regulation/macroprudential policy. Our paper implies that policymakers should not only consider the cyclical indicators “on the surface” (for example, credit growth), but also closely examine the deep structural change of the resilience of the system. The paper also highlights the importance of assigning the macroprudential policy function to independent agencies with technical expertise. JEL Classification Numbers: G01, G18, G28
Modelling the Information Structure of the Document Based on Specialised Markup Language

The paper presents an approach to modelling the document information structure to provide the operational document formation based on database information. The method of document structuring by highlighting the specific elements of variable information and applying a specialised markup language is proposed here. The algorithm for analysing the document information structure and constructing the adaptive model for visual setting of generation parameters is considered. The examples of method implementation are presented in this paper in case of bidding for government and municipal procurement. Keywords-modeling the document information structure; variable information elements; specialised markup language; adaptive model; data exchange
Characterization of FGD 5 expression in primary breast cancers and lymph node metastases

1Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 2Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 3Department of Pathology, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway 4Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway 5Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway 6Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway
Transgender and gender non-conforming bereavement (TGNC): A case study on complicated grief experienced and the effect of partner suicide on interpersonal relationships and subsequent partnerships of the bereaved

Abstract Grief, death, bereavement, and loss do not discriminate based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Limited attention has been given to the bereaved partners of transgender and gender non-conforming persons (TGNC). Despite recent efforts to protect the rights of TGNC persons, the death of a TGNC partner is often complicated, marked by family members and friends who might never have known or refused to acknowledge the deceased in his, her, or their preferred gender. The present study adopted a single case study design to examine the death of a TGNC spouse through the unique lens of a bereaved partner.
YB1 protects cardiac myocytes against H2O2-induced injury via suppression of PIAS3 mRNA and phosphorylation of STAT3

Oxidative stress serves important roles in cardiac injury during the process of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Y-box protein 1 (YB1), a member of the highly conserved Y-box protein family, is closely associated with inflammation and stress responses by regulating gene transcription, RNA splicing and mRNA translation. However, the roles of YB1 in oxidative stress-induced myocardial-I/R (M-I/R) injury are unknown. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of YB1 on H2O2-induced cardiomyocyte injury and its underlying mechanism. The results demonstrated that YB1 expression was upregulated during H2O2-induced myocardial injury. YB1 knockdown through transfection of small interfering RNA significantly aggravated cardiac cell apoptosis. Furthermore, YB1 knockdown significantly reversed the H2O2-mediated increase in phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3, but did not affect the phosphorylation of P38, extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2, c-Jun N-terminal kinases, P65, Janus kinase 1 and 2 or STAT1. Moreover, protein co-immunoprecipitation and RNA-binding protein immunoprecipitation assays revealed that YB1 interacted with protein inhibitor of activated STAT 3 (PIAS3) mRNA but not its translated protein. YB1 overexpression may have promoted PIAS3 mRNA decay, decreasing PIAS3 protein levels, and therefore increased the levels of phosphorylated STAT3. Finally, YB1 knockdown, mediated by a lentivirus carrying YB1 targeted short hairpin RNA, significantly decreased left ventricle percentage fractional shortening and ejection fraction values, while increasing the infarct sizes in a rat model of M-I/R injury. These results demonstrated for the first time (to the best of our knowledge) that YB1 may protect cardiac myocytes against H2O2 or M-I/R-induced injury by binding to PIAS3 mRNA and resulting in the phosphorylation of STAT3.
Ecological monitoring of population mortality in Kaunas microdistricts with different levels of an ambient air pollution 1992 – 1997

In Lithuania, the mortality rate is constantly increasing. However, regional differences of mortality rates in a large industrial town were unexplored. The study was carried out in Kaunas, second biggest town of Lithuania with a well-developed industry, as well as high atmospheric air pollution. Harmful effects of the regional environmental complex (dustiness, carbon monoxide, sulfur and nitrogen dioxides) were evaluated by sumarized pollution index. Causes of death were taken from certificates of death for 1992–1997. In the study, the 9th revision of International Classification of Diseases and the European age standard were used. Mortality was studied in three microdistricts with threefold differences in levels of air pollution. The age-adjusted death rate (SMR) from all causes in a relatively clean microdistrict – D3 (SMR=1720.5±60.4) is higher than the same indicator of microdistricts with developed industry – D1 (SMR=1446.5±102.1) or heavy traffic – D2 (SMR=1402.7±86.2). In terms of causespecific mortalities, there is a prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms. The SMR from circulatory system disorders (ICD–9 390–459) in D3 is equal 562±56.1, compared to D2 – 509.7±63.9 and D1 – 479.7±79.2. Neoplasms (ICD–9 140–239) are ranked second in the list of causes of deaths. They account for 244.8±32.0 per 100,000 population in D3, 184.4±40.8 in D2 and 221.1±47.6 in D1, respectively. The overall mortality of the population did not relate to the levels of outdoor pollution. Circulatory disorders and neoplasms are the main cause of death. In a polluted micro district risk of death for a young person is higher, irrespective of accidents, injuries and poisonings.
Design & Implement Location-Aware of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Sub-Project(2): Location-Aware Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

In this project, we solve the problems occurring in multi-tier mobile ad hoc network. We focus on the two research topics. First, in order to integrate the system we design and implement and roaming between systems. We design multi-tier mobile ad hoc network mobile IP for multi-hop ad hoc network to solve the problem of multi system integration, e.g. GPRS and Bluetooth. And then, we focus on the problem of interference when WiFi and Bluetooth coexist by choosing better channel or designing packets format.
Titre : Title : Multiscale Mesoscopic Entropy of Driven Macroscopic Systems

How do macroscopic systems react to imposed external forces? Attempts to answer this question by a general principle have a long history. The general feeling is that the macroscopic systems in their reaction to imposed external forces follow some kind of optimization strategy in which their internal structure is changed so that they offer the least possible resistance. What is the potential involved in such optimization? It is often suggested that it is entropy or entropy production. But entropy is a potential arising in thermodynamics of externally unforced macroscopic systems. What exactly shall we understand by a mesoscopic entropy of externally driven systems and how shall we find it for a specific macroscopic system?
Validation of three postoperative risk prediction models for ICU mortality after cardiac surgery

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Classification Models for RST Discourse Parsing of Texts in Russian

The paper considers the task of automatic discourse parsing of texts in Russian. Discourse parsing is a well-known approach to capturing text semantics across boundaries of single sentences. Discourse annotation was found to be useful for various tasks including summarization, sentiment analysis, question-answering. Recently, the release of manually annotated Ru-RSTreebank corpus unlocked the possibility of leveraging supervised machine learning techniques for creating such parsers for Russian language. The corpus provides the discourse annotation in a widely adopted formalisation – Rhetorical Structure Theory. In this work, we develop feature sets for rhetorical relation classification in Russian-language texts, investigate importance of various types of features, and report results of the first experimental evaluation of machine learning models trained on Ru-RSTreebank corpus. We consider various machine learning methods including gradient boosting, neural network, and ensembling of several models by soft voting.
PARTISAN BIAS AND ITS DISONTENT 1 Partisan Bias and Its Discontents

Baron and Jost (this issue) present three critiques of our meta-analysis demonstrating similar levels of partisan bias in liberals and conservatives: 1) that the studies we examined were biased toward finding symmetrical bias among liberals and conservatives, 2) that the studies we examined do not measure partisan bias but rather rational Bayesian updating, and 3) that social psychology is not biased in favor of liberals but biased instead toward creating false equivalencies. We respond in turn that: 1) the included studies covered a wide variety of issues at the core of contemporary political conflict and fairly compared bias by establishing conditions under which both liberals and conservatives would have similar motivations and opportunity to demonstrate bias, 2) we carefully selected studies that were least vulnerable to Bayesian counterexplanation and most scientists and laypeople consider these studies demonstrations of bias, and 3) there is reason to be vigilant about liberal bias in social psychology, but this does not preclude concern about other possible biases, all of which threaten good science. We close with recommendations for future research and urge researchers to move beyond broad generalizations of political differences that are insensitive to time and context.