Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Taxonomie et classification en pathovars des Xanthomonas associés aux Anacardiacées par une approche polyphasique

La maladie des taches noires du manguier, maladie fortement dommageable pour l’industrie de la mangue, est causee par une bacterie du genre Xanthomonas, designee sous le nom de X. Campestris pv. Mangiferaeindicae. Des Xanthomonas ont egalement ete isoles sur plusieurs autres genres de plantes de la famille des Anacardiacees. L’ensemble de ces bacteries est regroupe au sein du pathovar mangiferaeindicae, malgre l’existence d’une grande variabilite entre ces souches. De plus, ces souches n’ont jamais ete incluses dans les dernieres etudes taxonomiques du genre Xanthomonas. L’objectif de ce travail a ete de clarifier la classification en pathovar et d’examiner la position taxonomique de ces Xanthomonas associees au Anacardiacees, en utilisant une approche polyphasique. L’utilisation de l’AFLP et de tests de pouvoir pathogene ont permis de mettre en evidence une separation des Xanthomonas des Anacardiacees en trois lignees distinctes genetiquement et par leur specificite d’hote, constituant trois pathovars : mangiferaeindicae, anacardii et spondiae. Ces trois pathovars sont genetiquement proches de representants de l’espece Xanthomonas axonopodis sensu Vauterin. La taxonomie de ces souches associees aux Anacardiacees a ete etudiee par une analyse combinant donnees AFLP et MLSA, comparees a des valeurs d’hybridations ADN/ADN et des valeurs de stabilite thermique. Cette etude a revele que les Xanthomonas des Anacardiacees sont des pathovars de la nouvelle espece Xanthomonas citri. L’apport des techniques AFLP et MLSA comme techniques alternatives aux hybridations ADN/ADN, pour la taxonomie des Xanthomonas a ete evaluee. Notre approche polyphasique illustre la non-congruence entre les classifications basees respectivement sur la phylogenie et sur le pouvoir pathogene.
Kapazitive Elektroden zur Messung bioelektrischer Signale

Kapazitive Elektroden ermoglichen eine einfache Messung des Elektrokardiogramms (EKG) und Elektroenzephalogramms (EEG). Sie koppeln im Gegensatz zu herkommlich verwendeten galvanischen Elektroden das Biosignal uber einen isolierten kapazitiven Kontakt zum Korper aus. Der Fokus dieser Arbeit liegt auf der Charakterisierung des Ubertragungsverhaltens dieser kapazitiven Elektroden und der praktischen Anwendung im Bereich der Routine-Diagnostik und spezieller Interface-Systeme am Beispiel des Brain-Computer Interfaces. Das im Rahmen dieser Arbeit entwickelte portable EKG-System ermoglicht die Messung mit 15 Elektroden, selbst durch Kleidung hindurch, und verbindet die klassische EKG-Messung mit einem einfachen Zugang zu komplexen raumlichen Darstellungen der Herzaktivitat in Form von Body-Surface-Potential-Maps. Das Verfahren wird direkt mit etablierten Verfahren verglichen und anhand realer Patientendaten validiert. Dazu wurden Messungen in klinischer Umgebung durchgefuhrt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen eine gute Ubereinstimmung der Messungen zwischen kapazitivem und galvanischem Aufbau. Durch die spezielle Anordnung der Elektroden im verwendeten System kann eine deutliche Vereinfachung der EKG-Messung realisiert werden. Die in dieser Arbeit durchgefuhrte elektrische Charakterisierung der Elektroden und die Beschreibung der Rauschprozesse ermoglicht ein besseres Verstandnis der besonders fur das EEG benotigten hoheren Messempfindlichkeit. Um diese praktisch nachzuweisen, bzw. die Grenzen des Systems aufzuzeigen, wird der Aufbau eines kapazitiven 28-Kanal Helmsystems beschrieben, welches zusammen mit der ebenfalls entwickelten analogen und digitalen Signalverarbeitung EEG-Messungen ermoglicht. Gezeigt werden Messungen der Alpha-Aktivitat und visuell evozierter Potentiale. Letztere Signale werden zusatzlich in einem speziellen Aufbau zur Realisierung eines kapazitiven Brain-Computer Interfaces verwendet und damit beispielhaft eine Steuerung eines Modellfahrzeugs demonstriert.
Early Prediction of Malignant Brain Edema After Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background and Purpose— Malignant brain edema after ischemic stroke has high mortality but limited treatment. Therefore, early prediction is important, and we systematically reviewed predictors and predictive models to identify reliable markers for the development of malignant edema. Methods— We searched Medline and Embase from inception to March 2018 and included studies assessing predictors or predictive models for malignant brain edema after ischemic stroke. Study quality was assessed by a 17-item tool. Odds ratios, mean differences, or standardized mean differences were pooled in random-effects modeling. Predictive models were descriptively analyzed. Results— We included 38 studies (3278 patients) with 24 clinical factors, 7 domains of imaging markers, 13 serum biomarkers, and 4 models. Generally, the included studies were small and showed potential publication bias. Malignant edema was associated with younger age (n=2075; mean difference, −4.42; 95% CI, −6.63 to −2.22), higher admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores (n=807, median 17–20 versus 5.5–15), and parenchymal hypoattenuation >50% of the middle cerebral artery territory on initial computed tomography (n=420; odds ratio, 5.33; 95% CI, 2.93–9.68). Revascularization (n=1600, odds ratio, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.24–0.57) were associated with a lower risk for malignant edema. Four predictive models all showed an overall C statistic >0.70, with a risk of overfitting. Conclusions— Younger age, higher National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, and larger parenchymal hypoattenuation on computed tomography are reliable early predictors for malignant edema. Revascularization reduces the risk of malignant edema. Future studies with robust design are needed to explore optimal cutoff age and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores and to validate and improve existing models.
Role of lactate in critically ill children

Lactic acidosis is a common finding in critically ill patients. It has been used as a prognostic marker of the outcome in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit patients. Lactic acid is produced as a product of anaerobic glycolysis and is reversibly converted to pyruvate in the presence of favorable metabolic environment. All the body tissues can produce and consume lactate with few having predominant function of production and others of consumption. Liver is a major organ for lactate consumption and it is the liver, which metabolizes the increased lactic acid produced in regional tissue beds. The lactate levels can be done on arterial, venous, or mixed venous blood and can be measured by various methods. Serial lactate concentrations and the difference in arterial and mixed venous lactate levels or between the arterial and regional blood lactate levels like jugular venous lactate levels have been shown to have better correlation with the outcome. High initial blood lactate levels and persistently high lactate levels have been correlated with poor outcome. There are various causes of lactic acid overproduction, which may produce either hyperlactatemia or lactic acidosis. High blood lactate levels are found in critically ill patients with shock of any etiology and sepsis due to various reasons, which include increased catecholamine induced glucose flux apart from the tissue hypoperfusion and hypoxia. Various other illnesses can cause an increase in blood lactate levels like acute lung/liver injury, severe asthma, poisoning, post cardiac surgery etc. Treating the underlying disease leading to lactic acidosis is the best measure to control lactic acidosis. Some therapeutic choices are available to neutralize the effect of lactic acid on cell function, but none has stood the test of time and are tried only in desperate situations.
Geometric Puzzle Design

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Domain Specific Continuous Queries Implemented using Database Management Systems

We present an alternative to Continuous Queries, these are queries that deliver streams of data to clients as opposed to common queries which only respond with a single response. We define Domain Specific Continuous Queries as a query that, apart from an initial response with the matching set of records, streams all updates affecting the query. We implement this definition of a Continuous Query for a specific domain where an existing solution and problem definition already exists. The new implementation uses classic query-response database systems to supply the initial response. A persistent data structure containing the full state of the data is kept in memory, which allows our prototype to deduce which queries an incoming update affects. The new implementation is on par with the existing solution’s feature set and greatly outperforms it for our metrics. Especially for initial response latency.
Pengembangan metodologi ekstraksi dan purifikasi DNA dari bulu burung Perkutut (Geopelia striata) untuk pemanfaatan studi sexing dan keragaman genetik

ZANUAR LINGGA PRADANA. Development of methodology of DNA Extraction and Purification of Feather Bird Turtledove (Geopelia striata) for Sexing and Utilization of Genetic Diversity Studies. Supervised by DEDY DURYADI SOLIHIN and JAKARIA. In the molecular studies of birds, the total DNA obtained from the extraction and purification of blood. Bird turtledove is very small and easy to stress so it is very risky if the blood is taken. Plumage may be other alternatives in obtaining DNA because it contains epithelial cells at their bases. The purpose of this research was to obtain a methodology of extraction and purification of DNA from the feathers of birds turtledove (Geopelia stiata) to study the utilization of sexing and genetic diversity. The method used consists of three kinds: 1) Digestion buffer-based method, 2) modification method using cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium bromide (CTAB buffer), and 3) the method of using tablets InhibitEX in CTAB buffer modification. The third method were divided into two treatments, the tablet was added before the addition of a solution of phenol or InhibitEX Before Phenol (IBP) and, the tablet was added after the addition of a solution of phenol or treatment InhibitEX After Phenol (IAP). The treatment period of soaking the samples in low-TE solution was during in 3 days and 14 days. The quality of DNA bands seen from the results of electrophoresis and spectrophotometer then compared with the control DNA from blood. Based on the purification result, the DNA was not obtained from Digestion buffer method. But, the DNA was obtained in CTAB buffer method, and the method using tablets InhibitEX been obtained DNA. Value averaging the results of the second method of DNA purity was lower (1.156) compared with the third method that is 3IBP (1.321) and 3IAP (1.551). PCR process was conducted as part to evaluate whether the DNA template (DNA template) from the extraction of fur can be amplified without a hitch or not. Based on the PCR test, 3IAP method has a high percentage (100%) compared with 3IBP method (50%) and method 2 (10%).
Symmetric block encoder based on reversible circuits

The goal of the presented work is a project of a novel symmetric block encoder. The basic processing elements are cascades of reconfigurable reversible gates changing the type of gates depending on the encryption key. The presented solution proposes the use of sixteen 8-bit cascades, which configuration requires a 640-bit key. The input information is processed in five rounds. The encryption keys in the subsequent rounds differ. The design was modeled in VHDL language and placed in an FPGA chip. The project is scalable, i.e. depending on the needs, it can be modified by changing the number of gates in the cascade, the width of the information block being processed, which may result in an increase or decrease in the width of the encryption key. The number of rounds may also be modified. The large size of the encryption key should ensure the safety of the encrypted data.
Enhanced control and parameter analysis for virtual synchronous generators without PLL

Currently, virtual synchronous generator (VSG) technology is proposed to be a solution to stability controlling of micro-source inverter. However, the deviation from phase locked loop (PLL) influences the reference frequency calculating which is important to the VSG control system. This paper focuses on the virtual inertia controller in the VSG control system, an enhanced controller is achieved for avoiding the effect of PLL on the VSG dynamics. For analysing dynamic characteristics of the enhanced VSG control system, the linearised small-signal model of VSG in isolated operation is well established, including electrical system, enhanced virtual inertia controller, voltage and current controller, virtual impedance, and droop controller. By small-signal stability analysis, the influence rules of the main parameters (load, line, virtual inertia and proportional-Integral gain) on VSG system impacts are provided, which helps identifying possible feedback signals for controller design to improve the system stability. Results obtained from time-domain small-signal model are compared with those from the electrical simulation to verify its accuracy.
Error log analysis in C programming language courses

Many universities choose the C programming language (C) as the first programming language to teach to students. As novice programmers, students frequently make simple mistakes such as syntax and typographical errors. Students often find it difficult to locate these errors, as students are not yet thoroughly familiar with C’s syntax. This situation often causes students to consider programming very dull. It is therefore critical to provide clearer explanation in class, to prevent students losing interest in programming. This study aims to facilitate teaching and learning of C. We propose a system that undergraduate novice programmers may use to locate syntax errors in C. We analyze error types and resolutions using data collected during a programming course, and discuss key findings and their implications for programming education.
Physical Profiling Performance of Air Force Primary Care Providers

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to determine the test performance of primary care providers (PCPs) in screening for occupational limitations and ascertain if predictors existed to augment PCP screening. This study was a cross-sectional, retrospective medical records review of active duty U.S. Air Force (AF) members receiving care in an AF medical treatment facility (MTF) between October 31, 2013, and September 30, 2014, who had at least one encounter with their primary care team. An independent medical standards subject matter expert (SME) reviewed encounters in the electronic health record and determined whether duty, fitness, and/or mobility restrictions were indicated. PCP dispositions were obtained from archival data as were service member age, sex, job category, and years of military service. Encounter-related archival data included diagnosis; encounter type (Periodic Health Assessment [PHA] versus non-PHA); associated laboratory, radiology, and specialty consult orders; and provider type.
Australian homeless jobseekers aged 18-35 : benchmark report for YP4

YP4 is a trial of joined up services for homeless jobseekers. This is the first report of the YP4 outcome evaluation team. It presents a socio-demographic profile of homeless jobseekers aged 18-35 years, as a benchmark for the group recruited for the YP4 trial. In preparing this profile, we experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining data regarding the population from which the YP4 participants have been drawn. Planning for joined up services in the future will require much better access to a range of data in relation to target populations. This report sheds light on the unexpected slow recruitment into the trial. In addition, it presents limited outcome benchmarks for interventions with the target group. Like the demographic data, this information is not readily available. We will continue to pursue additional outcome benchmarks for our next report.
Argon plasma coagulation in treatment of post intubation tracheal stenosis

Background and objectives:Acquired tracheal stenosis can be created by various causes.The most common cause of acquired non-malignant tracheal stenosis is endotracheal intubation,even for a short period.Argon plasma coagulation(APC) is a non-contact method of thermal hemostasis which can be used easily and fast and has low depth of penetration.Therefore,we decided to evaluate efficacy of this method in treatment of Tracheal stenosis. Methods: This study is single blinded.Subjects were patients with tracheal stenosis after endotracheal intubation who were selected by non-probability sampling in bronchoscopy unit of Masih Daneshvari Hospital.First,for each patient,a diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy was performed to identify the type,location,and severity of the stenosis.Then, under general anesthesia,patients underwent rigid bronchoscopy.After that,the stenosis was removed as possible by APC device.After two weeks,a pulmonary function test(PFT)was done to check the obstructive signs. Results: Of all 34 patients,24 were asymptomatic for more than 1 year and responded to treatment(70/6%),5 were asymptomatic for more than 10 months and less than 12 months(14/7%)and 5 did not have asymptomatic period more than 10 months,and did not respond to treatment.In follow-up PFT,FEV1 in all patients who were asymptomatic for more than 10 months (29 patients) showed a significant progress. (At the end of the period,FEV1 was more than 90% in 27 patients and 70-90% in 2 patients.) Conclusion: On the whole, although the surgical treatment remains the main treatment of tracheal stenosis after intubation,if this method is not possible for any reason,APC is useful as a safe and effective method.
Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Metabolism and Antioxidant Status in Male Soccer Players

Background & Objectives: Because of inconsistent results that does exist we tried to examine the effects of Ramadan fasting on athletes’ general health antioxidant activity and metabolism. Materials & Methods: 21 healthy male volunteer football players who were continued on their regular exercise during Ramadan were studied and the results were compared with controls who were not on fasting, and the blood samples were collected after 12 hours of fasting in two occasions (One day prior to Ramadan start and in the end of Ramadan in both group). Total antioxidant capacity was also measured in both groups. The data were compared using t test for independent and paired samples. Results: Fasted (Age: 22.61±3.83 yrs, Height: 174.12±6.33 cm and weight: 69.61±15.05 kg) and Control (Age: 24.7±3.54 yrs, Height: 172.98±5.44 cm and weight: 67.74±10.15 kg) fasting state doesn’t cause a significant changes in FBS, Urea, creatinine, TC, TG, HDL, LDL, VLDL, ASP, AST, ALT, hs-CRP, body weight, fat mass, lean body mass and also total antioxidant capacity (P>0.05). Conclusion: Continuation of regular football training doesn’t have any complications or health hazard in those who are practicing Ramadan fasting.
Mysterious Fears: Lexical Means of Expressing the Conceptual Category of the Mystic In English Gothic Narration of the 18th Century

Abstract The article focuses on the study of lexical means expressing the category of the Mystic in English Gothic narration of the 18th century. The mystic in early Gothic prose is viewed as a genre characteristic based on the atmosphere of escalating fear in the face of the unknown and connected with the motif of mystery, belief in the supernatural and irrationalism as a specific way of world perception. The research proceeds from the conceptual category as a universal notional constant to its linguistic interpretation in a systemic presentation within a synchronic approach.
Prescription Opioid Abuse, Prescription Opioid Addiction, and Heroin Abuse Among Adolescents in a Recovery High School: A Pilot Study

ABSTRACT The progression from prescription opioid (RXO) abuse to RXO addiction is not well understood in adolescents, nor is the progression from RXO addiction to heroin abuse. The purpose of this pilot study was to characterize the development of RXO drug abuse, RXO drug addiction, and heroin abuse in a small cohort of adolescents recovering from opioid addiction at Massachusetts Recovery High Schools (RHS). A self-report questionnaire was administered to 31 adolescent, former RXO abusers across two Massachusetts RHS. RXO abuse was primarily initiated due to curiosity; RXOs were initially obtained through illicit and licit methods. Fifty-eight percent (N = 18) of the RXO abusers became addicted to RXOs. Many addicted adolescents initiated RXO abuse under the influence of marijuana, yet believed that they became addicted due to the stress from difficult life situations. A subgroup indicated they abused and became addicted to RXOs that had been obtained from legitimate prescriptions due to their pain. Sixteen percent (N = 5) of the sample abused heroin. Most heroin abusers (4/5) were addicted to RXOs prior to onset of heroin use. Heroin abusers indicated that they considered using heroin after they began tampering with RXOs. A portion of the sample felt that abuse deterrent formulations (ADFs) would have reduced their RXO use. This pilot study discovered areas where further research could be targeted, such as drug combinations, adolescent coping mechanisms, adolescent pain management, and the use of ADFs to disrupt the transition from RXO addiction to heroin use.
Adaptive wavelet packet decomposition for ECG data compression

Adaptive wavelet packet decomposition produces a better compression ratio for ECG signals than other traditional wavelet decompositions. Though computationally more intensive, it provides a better error control by isolating and discarding only those coefficients whose contribution is below a preset threshold. The decomposition algorithm is simple and can be implemented in real time.