Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lepton Flavor Universality tests in b→ s`+`− decays at LHCb

The electroweak sector of the Standard Model contains three generations of charged leptons `− ∈ {e−,μ−,τ−} as exact replicas of each other, except for their Yukawa couplings to the Higgs that determine their masses. The Yukawas, and thereby, the masses, are not predicted but are parameters in the theory. A basic tenet in the formalism, known as lepton universality, is equality of the couplings to the electroweak gauge bosons {γ,Z,W−} among all three generations, and has mostly stood the test of time. However, precision tests in B decays have recently posed serious challenges to lepton flavor universality, potentially pointing to New Physics beyond the Standard Model. In this work we summarize the latest LHCb results on lepton flavor universality tests in the b→ s`+`− electroweak penguin sector and mention further prospects with the upgraded LHCb detector.
SUICIDAL IDEATIONS AND ATTEMPTS IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO PSYCHIATRY OUTPATIENT CLINIC

Objective: The present study was conducted to determine the frequency of lifetime suicide attempts and suicidal ideations and to determine related risk factors on patients admitted to psychiatry outpatient clinic of Erzincan State Hospital. Material and Method: All the patients were asked for their suicidal ideations and behaviors in their lifetime. The sociodemographic data, number of application to outpatient clinics, the presence of a psychiatric disorder and a history of a suicide attempt within the family were questioned and recorded. The diagnosis based on DSM-IVTR was determined after the psychiatric interview by the same psychiatrist. Among 1378 invited, 1073 participate in the study (77.9%). Results: Suicidal ideations were 28.3% (n=303) and attempts were 18.5% (n=198) during lifetime. Rate of suicidal attempts was 65.3% (198/303). Patients who considered or attempted suicide were more common among women than men. The most frequently diagnosed psychiatric condition was mood disorders followed by anxiety disorders for the patients with suicidal ideations and suicide attempts. For the group with suicidal attempts, the third most frequent diagnosis was somatoform disorders. Undiagnosed cases ranked third for the group with suicidal ideations. Conclusion: It is crucial to examine suicidal ideations and suicide attempts in all psychiatric patients. Following mood and anxiety disorders, the third most common diagnosis was somatoform disorders in patients living in rural areas of Eastern Turkey. Suicide attempts may be used as a non-verbal language as part of somatization.
Reflections on Major Challenges facing Tourism Sector in South Africa

The article discusses impediments to tourism growth and development in South Africa. It highlights that these challenges hinder the goal of making the tourism sector an economic industry that provides for socio-economic development because they obstruct job creation which is meant to alleviate poverty and improve the livelihoods of South Africans, especially the historically disadvantaged elements of society. To maximise the potential of the tourism industry in creating employment, promoting infrastructural development and poverty alleviation, this article highlights some of the potent solutions that can be implemented to promote tourism development for positive socio-economic growth, development and transformation. South Africa already has legislation, policies, regulations and institutions seeking to achieve adequate safety and security, environmental protection, infrastructural development, skills development and so on, however, the lack of, or non-enforcement and lack of or non-compliance to policies, legislation, regulation, and institutions negates tourism development and socio-economic development for the people of South Africa.
Molecular Genetics and Functional Anomalies in a Series of 248 Brugada Cases with 11 Mutations in the TRPM 4 Channel

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a condition defined by ST-segment alteration in right precordial leads and a risk of sudden death. Because BrS is often associated with right bundle branch block and the TRPM4 gene is involved in conduction blocks, we screened TRPM4 for anomalies in BrS cases. The DNA of 248 BrS cases with no SCN5A mutations were screened for TRPM4 mutations. Among this cohort, 20 patients had 11 TRPM4 mutations. Two mutations were previously associated with cardiac conduction blocks and 9 were new mutations (5 absent from ,149000 control alleles and 4 statistically more prevalent in this BrS cohort than in control alleles). In addition to Brugada, three patients had a bifascicular block and 2 had a complete right bundle branch block. Functional and biochemical studies of 4 selected mutants revealed that these mutations resulted in either a decreased expression (p.Pro779Arg and p.Lys914X) or an increased expression (p.Thr873Ile and p.Leu1075Pro) of TRPM4 channel. TRPM4 mutations account for about 6% of BrS. Consequences of these mutations are diverse on channel electrophysiological and cellular expression. Because of its effect on the resting membrane potential, reduction or increase of TRPM4 channel function may both reduce the availability of sodium channel and thus lead to BrS. Citation: Liu H, Chatel S, Simard C, Syam N, Salle L, et al. (2013) Molecular Genetics and Functional Anomalies in a Series of 248 Brugada Cases with 11 Mutations in the TRPM4 Channel. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54131. doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0054131 Editor: Katriina Aalto-Setala, University of Tampere, Finland Received August 22, 2012; Accepted December 10, 2012; Published January 30, 2013 Copyright: 2013 Liu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: This work was supported by grants from Projet Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique 2008 and Foundation Renaud Febvre, les Etards, France to PB, and Swiss National Science Foundation TransCure and 31003
Chapter 2 Giving Shape to Data

A key challenge for designers is to be able to present large amounts of data in very clear and simple ways. By this, it involves bypassing, if not eliminating entirely, sophisticated forms and convoluted graphics, as well as countless textual metadata (legends or notes). High-dimensional data space, requiring the use of advanced user tools to navigate inside, is also to avoid. What it boils down to is nothing other than data assimilated into straightforward and captivating forms. The aim is to design primitive or minimal shapes stripped down to their very essence for the purposes of delivering both a sensitive and meaningful experience of datasets— this kind of experience leads us to the fundamental principles of Gestalt perception. In this chapter, we shall attempt to prove that visual and graphic representation of “Big Data” needs to shift toward a new formalized approach using pure shapes to enhance the qualities of its aesthetic perception (and improve interaction with data representation and visualization)—note that the possibility to infer phenomena from data depends mainly on the aesthetic experience of the data itself. To do so, we will refer to some cutting-edge data design projects. It will also be an opportunity to introduce a new series of large-scale data representations currently underway, entitled Data Shapes, in which the simplicity of forms is addressed.
32 38 v 2 [ cs . S Y ] 3 A pr 2 01 5 LoopBack Interference Suppression for OFDM Signals via Sampled-Data Control

In this article, we consider the problem of loopback interference suppression for orthogonal frequency di vision multiplexing (OFDM) signals in amplify-and-forward singl efrequency full-duplex relay stations. The loop-back interference makes the system a closed-loop system, and hence it is import an not only to suppress the interference but also to stabilize t he system. For this purpose, we propose sampled-data H∞ design of digital filters that ensure the stability of the system and suppress the continuous-time effect of interference at thesame time. Simulation results are shown to illustrate the effect iveness of the proposed method.
Tail morphology and Swimming Performance in Ambystoma laterale and Plethodon cinereus BIOS 35502-01 : Practicum in Field

Morphology is known to influence performance, specifically locomotion, in all organisms. Tail morphology can have aquatic and terrestrial locomotion implications. Ambystoma laterale is a species of salamander that has a laterally compressed tail, a shape commonly associated with aquatic species, despite only spending a short time in water to breed. Plethodon cinereus is a salamander species with a round tail due to it being fully terrestrial. I hypothesized that these differences in tail morphology and life history would lead to A. laterale have greater swimming performance capabilities compared to P. cinereus when faced with swimming against varying flow rates. After taking tail and body measurements and running swimming trials with 6 salamanders of each species, I found that A. laterale have longer swimming strides compared to P. cinereus due to their relatively larger tail surface area, but no difference in swimming velocity was found. These findings highlight one morphological advantage lateral tail compression provides in terms of swimming performance. They also show that other factors, such as tail beat amplitude, swimming gait, and tail beat frequency, may have a greater influence on swimming velocity than tail morphology alone. The relationships between morphology, performance, and fitness have been documented and studied in a variety of groups, such as fish, salamanders, and snakes (Arnold, 1983; Fitzpatrick, et al., 2003; Hawkins and Quinn, 1996; Irschick and Garland Jr, 2001). Quantifying these relationships can show how well adapted an organism is to its environment. Performance is often used as a quantifiable key intermediate to determine relationships between morphology and fitness (Arnold, 1983; Urban, 2010). Arnold (1983) addressed this by broadly outlining a strategy to directly measure the selection pressure on morphological traits based on variation in performance by quantifying the relationships between morphology, performance, and fitness. When it comes to assessing how heavily performance is influenced by morphology, this is called the performance gradient, variation in the habitat of organisms must be considered. Habitat conditions influence how organisms behave and interact with their environment and community. Moermond (1979) looked at how habitat constrains behavior, morphology, and community structures of Anolis lizards. Using perch matrices as the habitat variable, Moermond
Series CHRONIC GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE Chronic graft-versus-host disease : biological insights from preclinical and clinical studies

Chronic graft-versus-host disease: biological insights from preclinical and clinical studies Kelli P. A. MacDonald, Geoffrey R. Hill,* and Bruce R. Blazar* The Antigen Presentation and Immunoregulation Laboratory and Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; and Masonic Cancer Center and the Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
A NOVEL ELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACH FOR RAPID ANALYSIS OF WHITE GRAPES POLYPHENOLS AND MONITORING OF PRE-FERMENTATIVE OPERATIONS

The phenolic compounds present in the grape are strongly implicated in several aspects of wine quality, including color and mouthfeel, aroma stability and aging potential. Grape variety, viticultural factors, vintage, and degree of maturity play a major role in determining the phenolic composition of grape at harvest, eventually influencing the potential quality of the finished wine. Additionally, grape phenolic compounds undergo major transformation during the winemaking process, especially with respect the processes leading to their extraction from the grape cells to the must and the chemical and enzymatic oxidations taking places in must and wine (Singleton 1987). Overall, many of the notions that are positively associated with wine quality, such as balanced structure, smooth mouthfeel, smooth aftertaste, aroma longevity, are linked with the management of wine phenolics.
Performance Review of the Stereo Matching Algorithms

Stereo correspondence or disparity is a common tool in computer or robotic vision, essential for determining three-dimensional depth information of object using a pair of left and right images from a stereo camera system. Some applications of disparity are autonomous vehicle and robot navigation, virtual reality and stereo image analysis. Stereo correspondence or disparity is determined of matching windows of pixels by using Sum of Square Differences (SSD), Sum of Absolute Differences (SAD), or normalized correlation techniques. As a result to identify the problem of matching pixels between two images of a stereo pair several algorithms have been invented in the respective arena. In this paper comparative performance analysis of existing stereo matching algorithms are explored detailed up to date. The methods that are considered in the paper are classified into two categories. First one is named as local method while the second one is global method. The algorithms taken consideration in literature are analyzed by speed, accuracy and disparity range. Experimental results applied on different image sizes and different image sets (Tsukuba Stereo pair, Sawtooth stereo pair, Map Stereo pair and Venus Stereo pair) are also presented. Some neural network and automata based latest algorithms are discussed. Besides these some algorithms are not fallen into above mentioned categories are also discussed in details.
Revisiting Blind Photography in the Context of Teachable Object Recognizers

For people with visual impairments, photography is essential in identifying objects through remote sighted help and image recognition apps. This is especially the case for teachable object recognizers, where recognition models are trained on user's photos. Here, we propose real-time feedback for communicating the location of an object of interest in the camera frame. Our audio-haptic feedback is powered by a deep learning model that estimates the object center location based on its proximity to the user's hand. To evaluate our approach, we conducted a user study in the lab, where participants with visual impairments (N=9) used our feedback to train and test their object recognizer in vanilla and cluttered environments. We found that very few photos did not include the object (2% in the vanilla and 8% in the cluttered) and the recognition performance was promising even for participants with no prior camera experience. Participants tended to trust the feedback even though they know it can be wrong. Our cluster analysis indicates that better feedback is associated with photos that include the entire object. Our results provide insights into factors that can degrade feedback and recognition performance in teachable interfaces.
Distributions of Cu and Zn in the Shell Lipped Part Periostracum and Soft Tissues of Perna viridis : The potential of Periostracum as a Biomonitoring Material for Cu Contamination

Periostracum is the outer shell layer composes mainly of organic materials. In the present study, the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis was used to investigate the distributions of Cu and Zn in the periostracum and soft tissues of the P. viridis which were sampled from 17 geographical sites [23 populations] along the coastal waters of Peninsular Malaysia. The concentrations of Cu in the periostracum and the soft tissues of P. viridis were 7.4142. 63 mg/g dry weight and 3.49-31.1 mg/g dry weight, respectively. Meanwhile, the concentrations of Zn in the periostracum and soft tissues of P. viridis were 4.90-39.79 mg/g dry weight and 65.75-144.9 mg/g dry weight, respectively. The ratios of the metals in periostracum to soft tissues were 0.73-3.99 mg/g for Cu and 0.05-0.36 mg/g for Zn. These ratios indicated that the concentrations of Cu in the periostracum were generally greater than those in the soft tissues while the concentrations of Zn were generally higher in the soft tissues than those in the periostracum. The higher Cu levels in the soft tissues compared to that in the periostracum (Fig. 2) and the relatively close relationships of Cu between periostracum and sediment indicated that the periostracum was a good biomonitoring material for Cu, but periostracum was not a good biomonitoring material for Zn because it did not reflect the environmental contamination as reflected in the low correlation between the periostracum and sediment.
THE EFFECT OF SHEAR-INDUCED FIBER ALIGNMENT ON VISCOSITY FOR 3 D PRINTING OF REINFORCED POLYMERS

Material printed with large scale additive manufacturing systems such as the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) system experience a wide range of shear rates during the extrusion process. The shear rate can vary over five orders of magnitude as the material passes through the single screw extruder and is deposited onto previous layers. When fiber reinforced materials are deposited, the fibers can become highly aligned in the direction of flow due to the high shear stresses experienced as the material passes through the nozzle. Therefore, accurate analysis of the viscoelastic response of a polymer during extrusion should replicate these conditions as closely as possible. This study evaluates the effect of a pre-conditioning shear strain on the extrusion viscosity of carbon fiber reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
Authentication of Animated GIF Images by Using A Fragile Watermarking Scheme Based on EzStego Algorithm

Fragile watermarking could be used to authenticate a digital image due to modification or altering. A mark (or watermark) is embedded into the image. When the image was modified or altered, the mark is also altered or fragile. There is no a fragile watermarking algorithm especially for the animated GIF image. However, we could modify the existing steganography algorithm to build a fragile watermarking scheme. In this paper, we used EzStego, an existing steganography algorithm for GIG image, to embed a watermark into frames of the animated GIF image. Before embedding, the watermark is encrypted with the random bits. Authentication is performed by extracting the watermark from the watermarked image and then compare it with the original watermark. If the extracted watermark is fragile, so it indicates that the image is not authentic anymore. We also could find parts of the image that has been altered. We have test performance of the proposed scheme by doing some typical attacks to the watermarked images. Based on experiments results we conclude that the watermarking scheme can detect the authentication of the animated GIF image due to the attacks.
Artificial neural networks for predicting real estate prices

Econometric models, in the estimation of real estate prices, are a useful and realistic approach for buyers and for local and fiscal authorities. From the cIassical hedonic models to more data driven procedures, based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), many papers have appeared in economic literature trymg to compare the results attamed wlth both approaches. We insist on the use of ANN, when there is enough statistical information, and will detail sorne comparisons to hedonic modelling, in a medium size city in the South of Spain, with an extensive set of data spanning over several years, coIlected before the actual downturn of the market. Exogenous variables include each dwelling's external and internal data (both numerical and qualitative), and data from the building in which it is located and its surroundings. AI­ ternative models are estimated for several time intervals, and enabling the comparison of the ettects of the rising prices during the buIl market over the lasi decade
INTEGRATION OF VIRTUAL ROBOTS WITH PHYSICAL ROBOTS BASED ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

In this paper, we propose the idea of integration of virtual robots prototypes with physical robots, based on wireless communications. The goal of this paper is to discuss how the virtual prototyping can be effectively employed for design challenges dealing with non-material concepts, in form of virtual prototypes, that permits to examine on a computer monitor, the behavior of the physical robots using her virtual prototype to predictive programming idea. Virtual prototypes as non-material systems can communicate wirelessly with physical robots by transferring the virtual path of virtual robot prototypes in domains of the work space of the physical robots. In this paper we discuss the requirements and opportunities of such an approach.
outputs c-Fos immunoreactivity in prefrontal , basal ganglia and limbic areas of the rat brain after central and peripheral administration of ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde Journal Item

c-Fos immunoreactivity in prefrontal, basal ganglia and limbic areas of the rat brain after central and peripheral administration of ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde Journal Item How to cite: Segovia, Kristen N. ; Vontell, Regina; Lopez-Cruz, Laura; Salamone, John D. and Correa, Mercè (2013). cFos immunoreactivity in prefrontal, basal ganglia and limbic areas of the rat brain after central and peripheral administration of ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 7, article no. 48.
THE DETERMINANTS OF RAINY DAY FUND CHARACTERISTICS

This paper investigates the factors that affect the configuration choices of rainy day funds along their two most important dimensions, deposit and withdrawal requirements. Most states in the United States have created budget stabilization funds (or rainy day funds) to accumulate savings that would allow them to reduce the impact of adverse fiscal conditions. However, it has been shown that the effectiveness of these funds greatly depends on their institutional set-up and that most states choose configurations that compromise the efficacy of the fund. Using multinomial discrete techniques, and introducing for the first time the ordered nature of the requirements in the analysis, our results indicate that political and institutional factors, like political fragmentation and some strict fiscal institutions are associated with weak (less effective) budget stabilization funds, while some economic factors -such as the volatility of state tax revenuesare related with stricter funds. * I would like to thank Dr Wallace Oates, Dr John Wallis and Dr Robert Schwab for their immense support and guidance; Dr Jeff Werling for his assistance with the BEA data; and Dr. Mark Duggan, Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo, Helena Schweiger, Gunjan Sharma, Marilyn John and Roberto DuránFernández for their helpful comments and suggestions. All remaining errors are my own. † Email address: rodrig-t@econ.bsos. umd.edu