Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ambulance location for maximum survival

This article proposes new location models for emergency medical service stations. The models are generated by incorporating a survival function into existing covering models. A survival function is a monotonically decreasing function of the response time of an emergency medical service (EMS) vehicle to a patient that returns the probability of survival for the patient. The survival function allows for the calculation of tangible outcome measures—the expected number of survivors in case of cardiac arrests. The survival‐maximizing location models are better suited for EMS location than the covering models which do not adequately differentiate between consequences of different response times. We demonstrate empirically the superiority of the survival‐maximizing models using data from the Edmonton EMS system. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008
Candida albicans causing vulvovaginitis and their clinical response to antifungal therapy

The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Candida albicans causing vulvovaginitis , also to evaluate the utility of the E-test in determining their antifungal susceptibility to some azoles and to determine if failure of recurrent Candida albicans vulvovaginitis to respond clinically to fluconazole is related to in vitro mycologic resistance. Vaginal swabs were collected from 60 women suspected clinically to suffer from vulvovaginal candidiasis. Each was examined microscopically by Gram's stain and was inoculated on the surface of plates of Sabouraud dextrose agar. All isolates proved to be Candida species by culture and microscopy were subjected to the following tests: Germ tube test,Chlamydospore production and Sucrose assimilation. Antifungal Susceptibility testing was done using E-test (AB BIODISK) . The results of this study showed that :Total number of Candida species isolated were 33/60 of which 26(86.6%) were C.albicans. The range of antifungal susceptibility to the three azoles were as follows: 0.125 - ≥256 for fluconazole ,0.008 - ≥32 for itraconazole and 0.008 - 4 for ketoconazole. Fourteen cases were non –recurrent vulvovaginitis and they responded well to fluconazole treatment and were clinically well on next visit to the clinic. While 12 cases had history of recurrent vulvovaginitis ,only 8 of them were available for follow up . The most important risk factors for recurrent cases include: receiving antibiotics for prolonged duration, hormone-replacement therapy, combined Oral contraceptive pills and Diabetes mellitus . Three of the 12 cases with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) were resistant to fluconazole ,one of them was also resistant to ketoconazole and another case was also resistant to itraconazole.And 4 cases were susceptible dose dependant to fluconazole. All of the 12 patients were culture positive for C.albicans and 9 of them had previously responded to fluconazole (single dose) but subsequently failed.Three of the12 patients who were fluconazole resistant were given itraconazole or ketoconazole according to the results of in-vitro susceptibility tests while the other patients were treated with fluconazole plus local antimycotic.Clinical and mycological outcomes corresponded to each other. As all patients became clinically well and mycologically free (-ve culture) after therapy except one patient who refused to take maintenance dose of fluconazole for 3 weeks and so she had recurrent signs and symptoms and positive culture for C.albicans. While 4 of the 12 patients were not available for follow up. In Conclusion: The high frequency with which C.albicans was recovered in this study and its azole susceptibility support the continued use of azole agents for empirical therapy of candidal vulvovaginitis even those with RVVC . Antifungal susceptibility tests using E-test may be an important aid in treatment and the monitoring of outcome of vulvovaginal candidiasis.
The role of foreign direct investment and trade on carbon emissions in Turkey

This study aims to observe the long run and short run effects of gross domestic product, foreign direct investment inflows and trade on CO 2 emissions and causality relationships between these factors, using annual data for the period of 1974-2010. The empirical results demonstrate that the inverted U-shaped relationship of environmental Kuznets curve is valid for Turkey. In addition, there are positive long run effects of foreign direct investment and trade openness on CO 2 emissions. The authors also find a bidirectional causality relationship between CO 2 emission and FDI.
Effective actions for high energy scattering in QCD and in gravity

The scattering amplitudes in QCD and gravity at high energies are described in terms of reggeized gluons and gravitons, respectively. In particular, the BFKL Pomeron in N = 4 SUSY is dual to the reggeized graviton living in the 10-dimensional anti-de-Sitter space. The effective actions for the reggeized gluons and gravitons are local in their rapidities. The Euler-Lagrange equations for these effective theories are constructed and their solutions are used for calculations of corresponding Reggeon vertices and trajectories.
Design of Low Efficiency DSP Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks

Radio communication exhibits the highest energy consumption in wireless sensor nodes. Given their limited energy supply from batteries or scavenging, these nodes must trade data communication for on-the-node computation. Currently, they are designed around off-the-shelf low-power microcontrollers. But by employing a more appropriate processing element, the energy consumption can be significantly reduced. This paper describes the design and implementation of the newly proposed folded-tree architecture for on-the-node data processing in wireless sensor networks, using parallel prefix operations and data locality in hardware. Measurements of the silicon implementation show an improvement of 10–20× in terms of energy as compared to traditional modern micro-controllers found in sensor nodes.
Chemical identification of an active component and putative neural mechanism for repellent effect of a native ant’s odor on invasive species

The invasive Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) and the red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) constitute a worldwide threat, causing severe disruption to ecological systems and harming human welfare. In view of the limited success of current pest control measures, we propose here to employ repellents as means to mitigate the effect of these species. We demonstrate that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) used as nestmate-recognition pheromone in the Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus), and particularly its (Z)-9-tricosene component, induced vigorous olfactory response and intense aversion in these invasive species. (Z)-9-Tricosene, when given to their antennae, caused indiscriminate glomerular activation of antennal lobe (AL) regions, creating neural disarray and leading to aversive behavior. Considering the putative massive central neural effect, we suggest that the appropriate use of certain CHCs of native ants can facilitate aversive withdrawal of invasive ants.
Knowledge context, learning and innovation: an integrating framework

Abstract In this conceptual paper, we develop a framework which identifies those elements of firms’ knowledge context which are important for innovation, and the mechanisms through which that knowledge impacts on firms’ innovation performance. We make four main contributions to the existing literature. First, our characterisation of knowledge context provides the basis for a more specific identification of which elements of firms’ knowledge environment are important for innovation, discriminating between spatial, sectoral and network influences. Second, we reflect the role of innovation ambition in shaping firms’ knowledge search strategies. Third, we differentiate between firms’ interactive and non-interactive knowledge search activities and recognise that these may be complemented by unanticipated and serendipitous knowledge spillovers. Finally, we employ the notion of encoding capacity to reflect firms’ internal ability to assimilate and apply external knowledge, and clarify its distinctiveness from the more general concept of absorptive capacity. Our framework provides an integrating mechanism for existing empirical studies, and suggests a number of new research directions related to the determinants of innovation performance and the heterogeneity of innovation outcomes.
IMPACT OF LEAN IN I.T. INDUSTRY

In this paper, the implication of lean manufacturing used in information technology explored . Does the information tech. facilitate the implementation of just in time (Jit) production systems or can it serve as a substitute for JIT ? The effect on supply chains, production planning, prods. Scheduling, inventory control, procurement, quality improvement and the labour force are some of the issues addressed. Some examples of use of the information technology for these purposes are presented. Various points on the use of web to foster towards lean are discussed and proposed for integrating the information technology into production systems.
6 Endogenous Knowledge : Implications for Sustainable Development

Endogenous knowledge has become an important component of bottomup approaches to strengthening sustainable development processes. After reviewing the rise of the paradigm of endogenous development, we highlight how research within the framework of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South has contributed to the advancement of this paradigm and its cognitive basis expressed in endogenous knowledge. We explore basic features of the ontological and epistemological foundations of endogenous knowledge and show how it differs from knowledge generated by the social and natural sciences. We reveal fundamental cognitive differences which make a dialogue between them seem almost impossible at first glance. However, considering that the philosophical positions underlying these ontological and epistemological differences are not necessarily definitive, there is potential ground for joint communicative inquiry by scientists and endogenous communities into these differences. The central question to be explored in such an inquiry concerns the possibilities and conditions under which mind can interact with matter. The resulting intraand interontological dialogue is a starting point for co-creating elements for theories of cognition that reach beyond those pres-
Assesment of Autonomic Function in Slow Coronary Flow using Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Turbulence

Background: Slow Coronary Flow Syndrome (SCFS) is an angiographic observation characterized by angiographically normal or near-normal coronary arteries with the delayed progression of contrast dye injected into the coronary tree. Previous studies suggested that these patients had autonomic dysfunction. Life threatening arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death have also been reported in these patients. Aim: Our aim was to assess autonomic function in slow coronary patients using heart rate variability and heart rate turbulence. Method: We selected 40 slow coronary patients and 30 healthy individuals with normal coronary. 24 hours ambulatory holter ECG recordings were obtained from all patients. Turbulence onset (TO), Turbulence slope (TS), Time domain HRV (SDNN, Mean RR, RMSSD, Pnn50 and triangular index (TI) were analysed and compared between two groups. Results: There were no difference in Mean RR (ms), RMSSD (ms) and Total Snn50 between groups. But SDNN (ms) and Triangular index (TI) were different between groups. ( 128.52 ± 9.32 vs 174.25 ± 73 p<0.001 and 31.74 ± 4.67 vs 42.48 ± 5.86 p<0.001 respectively). TO and TS were different between groups (1.06 ± 2.4 vs -0.16 ± 0.34 p: 0.009 and 9.47 ± 6.03 vs 14.41 ± 8.66 p: 0.021). There was a negative correlation between SDNN and mean TFC (r: -0.834 p<0.001) and positive correlation between TO and mean TFC (r:0.350 p:0.003). Conclusion: We showed that some of HRV parameters and HRT was impaired in favor of slow coronary patients. Impaired autonomic activity may lead to the tendency to arrhythmias and may cause sudden cardiac death in slow coronary patients.
Recent advances in Earth remote sensing: Fourier Transform Stationary HyperSpectral Imagers

Future trends for the development of new remote sensing imagers have being defined since the launch of the first Fourier Transform HyperSpectral Imager (FTHSI) on board of DoD technological satellite MightySat II.1. Starting from the analysis of FTHSI optical configuration we have proposed an interesting modification which produces an image of the observed surface superimposed to a stationary interference pattern. This new optical arrangement together with the possibility to accommodate the spectral resolution by changing the device optical aperture and the sensor sampling step make the new instrument interesting for Earth remote sensing purposes. In this paper we present some preliminary results obtained from a laboratory prototype developed at our Institute. Some hints are discussed about the use of such an instrument on board of airborne and satellite platforms.
Reconnaissance des actions humaines : méthode basée sur la réduction de dimensionnalité par MDS spatio-temporelle

Human action in a video sequence can be seen as a space-time volume induced by the concatenation of silhouettes in time. We present a space-time approach for human action recognition, which exploits global characteristics generated by the technique of dimensionality reduction MDS and a cube division into sub-blocks to model the dynamics of the actions. The objective is to provide a method that is simple, inexpensive and robust allowing simple action recognition. The process is fast, does not require video alignment, and is applicable in many scenarios. Moreover, we demonstrate the robustness of our method to partial occlusion, deformation of shapes, significant changes in scale and viewpoint, irregularities in the performance of an action, and low-quality video.
Production and Application of Extracellular Laccase Produced by Fusarium oxysporum EMT

Laccase enzymes are multi-copper oxidases mainly produced by fungi, and have the ability to oxidize various phenolic compounds and discharge of synthetic dyes which considered toxic, carcinogenic, neurotoxic and mutagenic for human and environment. In the current study, highly active extracellular laccase was produced by fungus isolated from soil and identified as Fusarium oxysporum EMT (KT182633) using 18S rRNA gene as a molecular identification tool. Laccase was active optimally at pH 4-5 and 60°C utilizing ABTS as an enzyme substrate. The decolorization of 3 synthetic dyes using direct fungal cultures was carried out at concentrations of 50 and 100 mg/L. The highest percentage of decolorization by laccase was exhibited for malachite green (98% and 96.8%) followed by Congo red (95% and 85%) and methyl orange (87.6% and 83%). The laccase was able to detoxify the cytotoxicity of the synthetic dyes against Caco-2 and fibroblast cells, which determined using a microculture tetrazolium assay (MTT) method. Additionally, the highest detoxification was revealed with malachite green that showed cell viability up to 100%. The outcomes demonstrated that laccase enzyme could be applied in environmental and agricultural applications. © 2016 Friends Science Publishers
An empirical study on the prevalence of anaplasmosis in north eastern agro-climatic zone of Tamil Nadu, India

The present study was conducted to assess the prevalence of anaplasmosis in cattle farms. The data were collected from 120 sample cattle owners selected from 6 blocks in 3 districts of North east zone of Tamil Nadu viz. Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts. A total of 60 anaplasmosis affected cattle farms were studied. The results of the study indicated that the overall prevalence of anaplasmosis was 25.10 percent. The prevalence of anaplasmosis was higher among the cattle owned by illiterate farmers than literate farmers. The prevalence of anaplasmosis was high in small herd than medium and large herd size. The mortality rate in anaplasmosis was 3.35 percent whereas the overall case fatality rate in anaplasmosis was 13.33 percent. Thus, the appropriate policy suggestions have to be made to control of anaplasmosis in cattle and minimise the economic losses due to this disease by application of scientific management practices and control over these predisposing factors.
Pressure-Force Transformation for Transient Wear Simulation in Two-Dimensional Sliding Contacts

An efficient wear integration algorithm is crucial for the simulation of wear in complex transient contact situations. By rewriting Archard’s wear law for two dimensional problems, the wear integration can be replaced by the total contact force. This avoids highly resolved simulations in time and space, so that the proposed method allows a significant acceleration of wear simulations. All quantities, including the average contact velocity, slip rate and total contact force, which are required for the pressure-force transformation, can be determined from geometric and motion analysis, or alternatively, from Finite Element simulations. The proposed CForce method has been implemented into the finite element based wear simulation tool Wear-Processor and was validated for a twin-wheel and a camshaft-follower model. A series of simulations have been carried out at high resolution. Resulting wear profiles from the conventional time integration approach and CForce method have been of excellent agreement. Further, it has been shown that the computation time can be significantly reduced. The simulation results from the CForce method remains robust against coarsening of the finite element mesh and increasing time increments.
Estimating the qos parameters and enhancing performance by implementing cluster head in MANET

In the MANET each node communicates with the other node temporarily and stops all the communication when all the data transfers done. Clustering (used in MANET) provides an effective way to allocate wireless channels among different clusters. Within a cluster a cluster head controlled token protocol (i.e., polling) is used to allocate the channel among competing nodes. The token approach allows us to give priority to cluster heads in order to maximize channel utilization and minimize delay. A cluster head should get more chances to transmit because it is in charge of broadcasting within the cluster and of forwarding messages between mobile hosts, which are not connected. The simulated results presented in the paper and compared with other papers [4, 5] and found that the proposed approach used in this paper shows that QOS improved well.
On the Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays

We present results of elaborate four-dimensional simulations of the propagation of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), which are based on a realistic astrophysical scenario. The distribution of the arrival directions of the UHECRs is found to have a pronounced dipolar anisotropy and rather weak higher-order contributions to the angular power spectrum. This finding agrees well with the recent observation of a dipolar anisotropy for UHECRs with arrival energies above by the Pierre Auger Observatory and constitutes an important prediction for other energy ranges and higher-order angular contributions for which sufficient experimental data are not yet available. Since our astrophysical scenario enables simulations that are completely consistent with the available data, this scenario will be a very useful basis for related future studies.
Exploring the cognitive-emotional pathways between adult attachment and ego- resiliency.

Adult attachment-related anxiety and avoidance are associated with maladaptive social functioning. We investigated the cognitive-emotional patterns associated with these adult attachment dimensions and their relations to a flexible and resilient approach to life. A sample of adults (N = 388) completed questionnaires regarding adult attachment, emotional expression and regulation, and ego-resiliency. Structural equation modeling showed that attachment anxiety, together with rumination, contributed to elevated negative affect, decreased mood repair, and in turn, lower ego-resiliency. In contrast, attachment-related avoidance, together with emotional suppression, was associated with diminished clarity and repair of moods, which together predicted lower ego-resiliency. Total indirect effects were significant in each model, but specific mediating pathways involving rumination and suppression were significant for women, but not for men. These results reaffirm that attachment insecurities are associated with suboptimal socioemotional functioning, but suggest distinct pathways depending on the form of insecurity and its related emotional dynamics. Human development is profoundly influenced by social relationships. Throughout the lifespan, experiences in close relationships help to shape developmental processes, including ones that determine socioemotional functioning. Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1982/1969) has been an exceptionally productive approach to the study of close relationships, both parent-child relationships and adult couple relationships. Social psychologists have found that attachment insecurities can be reliably assessed by self- report measures in terms of two orthogonal dimensions; attachment-related anxiety and avoidance, with attachment security indicated by low scores on both dimensions (e.g., Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007). There is considerable evidence that attachment security is associated with many cognitive, emotional, and social benefits (Cassidy & Shaver, 2008). One way that attachment security may contribute to positive adjustment is by fostering an open, flexible, and optimistic approach to life's diverse and often unpredictable challenges. The development of such a flexible and adaptive stance, operationalized here as ego- resiliency (Block & Block, 1980), may occur as repeated experiences in secure attachment relationships organize and optimize emotion-regulation strategies and cognitive representations of self and others.
Does the Provision of Free Technical Information Really Influence Firm Behavior

Significant environmental benefits are often associated with the rapid diffusion of new energy-saving technologies. Over the past decade, the federal government, as well as electric and gas utilities, have begun to provide free technical information to potential buyers to stimulate private investment in certain technologies, particularly for retrofitting existing buildings. Yet it has not been demonstrated that this provision of technical information can truly accelerate the rate of technology diffusion. This study develops a model of firm behavior that incorporates multiple factors in the decision to retrofit high efficiency lighting technologies. Technology retrofit and the acceptance of technical information are modeled as jointly determined dichotomous variables, and their determinants are estimated using a bivariate probit specification. The principal conclusion is that information programs make a significant contribution to the diffusion of high efficiency lighting in commercial office buildings, although these programs are less important than basic price signals.