Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The effect of dietary active dry yeast supplement on performance of sows during gestation-lactation and their pigs.

Thirty crossbred sows and their pigs were evaluated through two parities to determine any reproductive or growth performance effects of an active dry yeast supplement added to corn-soybean meal diets. Sow reproductive performance from d 93 of gestation through d 21 of lactation and sow milk composition were evaluated. Pig growth performance was measured from birth to 28 d after weaning. Active dry yeast was added at 0, 1, or . 2% of the sow gestation diet, 0, . 15, or . 3% of the sow lactation diet, 0, . 2, or . 4% of the pig prestarter diet, 1 wk before and 1 wk after weaning, and 0, . 125, or . 25% during the last 3 wk in the nursery. The yeast source consisted of a concentrate of live yeast cells of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain containing more than 15 x 10(9) live cells/g. Sow body weight at d 93 of gestation, at farrowing, and at d 21 of lactation did not differ (P > .10) among treatment groups. Milk from sows fed active dry yeast contained higher amounts of total solids (P < .05), crude protein (P < .10), and gamma globulin (P < .06) than milk from sows fed the control diet. Sow feed intake during lactation was not affected (P > .10) by treatment, nor were there differences in litter size at birth, litter birth weight, or litter weight at d 21 after farrowing. Active dry yeast supplementation to the sow and pig diets resulted in improved postweaning pig daily gain (P < .05) and gain-to-feed ratio (P < .05) but did not affect (P > .10) feed intake. Based on these data, active dry yeast supplement during late gestation, lactation, and before and after weaning does not alter litter weight at birth or weaning but does increase gamma globulin content of sow's milk and improves postweaning rate and efficiency of weight gain of pigs.
Hydrologic and geomorphic flow thresholds in the Lower Brazos River, Texas, USA

Abstract River science and management often require a design or reference discharge. The common (and sometimes unavoidable) use of such discharges may, however, obscure the fact that the magnitude and frequency of critical flows can differ due to various hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological criteria. Threshold stages and discharges were identified for six lower Brazos River, Texas gaging stations corresponding to thalweg connectivity, bed inundation, high sub-banktop flows, channel–floodplain connectivity (CFC), and overbank flooding. Critical flows were also identified for estimated thresholds for sandy bedform and medium gravel mobility, critical specific stream power for potential channel modifications, and cohesive-bank channel erosion. These thresholds have variable relationships to mean, median, and maximum flows. For four of the six stations, daily recurrence probabilities for all but flood flows are at least 1%, and as high as 11%. All stations achieve channel–floodplain connectivity at stages less than banktop. Estimated threshold flows for sediment mobility and channel erosion occur relatively frequently, with daily probabilities of 2–77%. Critical flows for bank erosion occur least often, and for sandy bedform and gravel mobility most often. Thalweg connectivity is always maintained at all sites, while bed inundation flows have a daily probability of about 80% or more. Overall, results suggest that no single flow level is dominant in hydrological or geomorphic dynamics, and that the frequency of a given threshold varies considerably even along a single river. The results support the idea that multiple flow levels and ranges are necessary to create and maintain the hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological characteristics of rivers, and that no single flow level is a reliable determinant of fluvial state. Editor Z.W. Kundzewicz; Associate editor Q. Zhang
Power-Efficient Workload Balancing for Video Applications

High workload and throughput requirements of image and video processing applications can be sustained on a many-core system. However, inefficient parallelization and processing assignments to the cores result in reduced system efficiency. Eliminating them necessitates a power-efficient and balanced workload distribution among the cores. This paper addresses these challenges by introducing a novel workload balancing and adaptation scheme. Our scheme accounts for the application characteristics and the underlying hardware, and the variation of load. Automatic selection of the number of cores and distribution of workload to each core depends on the throughput requirements, available number of cores, allowable voltage-frequency settings, and data content. Moreover, runtime derivation and fine-tuning of the workload-dependent frequency estimation models of each core are achieved using a closed-loop feedback mechanism. Furthermore, we propose an optional feedback control-based workload-tuning scheme that can further reduce the total power consumption. A case study of an advanced multithreaded video application demonstrates up to ~42% power savings (average ~39%) with negligible video quality degradation, using our proposed power-efficient workload-balancing and tuning.
BRAF Inhibitor Resistance Mechanisms in Metastatic Melanoma: Spectrum and Clinical Impact

Purpose: Multiple BRAF inhibitor resistance mechanisms have been described, however, their relative frequency, clinical correlates, and effect on subsequent therapy have not been assessed in patients with metastatic melanoma. Experimental Design: Fifty-nine BRAFV600-mutant melanoma metastases from patients treated with dabrafenib or vemurafenib were analyzed. The genetic profile of resistance mechanisms and tumor signaling pathway activity was correlated with clinicopathologic features and therapeutic outcomes. Results: Resistance mechanisms were identified in 58% progressing tumors and BRAF alterations were common. Gene expression analysis revealed that mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity remained inhibited in 21% of resistant tumors, and the outcomes of patients with these tumors were poor. Resistance mechanisms also occurred in pretreatment biopsies and heterogeneity of resistance mechanisms occurred within patients and within tumors. There were no responses to subsequent targeted therapy, even when a progressing tumor had a resistance mechanism predicted to be responsive. Conclusions: Selecting sequential drugs based on the molecular characteristics of a single progressing biopsy is unlikely to provide improved responses, and first-line therapies targeting multiple pathways will be required. Clin Cancer Res; 20(7); 1965–77. ©2014 AACR.
A two-parameter wind speed algorithm for Ku-band altimeters

Globally distributed crossovers of altimeter and scatterometer observations clearly demonstrate that ocean altimeter backscatter correlates with both the near-surface wind speed and the sea state. Satellite data from TOPEX/Poseidon and NSCAT are used to develop an empirical altimeter wind speed model that attenuates the sea-state signature and improves upon the present operational altimeter wind model. The inversion is defined using a multilayer perceptron neural network with altimeter-derived backscatter and significant wave height as inputs. Comparisons between this new model and past single input routines indicates that the rms wind error is reduced by 10%‐15% in tandem with the lowering of wind error residuals dependent on the sea state. Both model intercomparison and validation of the new routine are detailed, including the use of large independent data compilations that include the SeaWinds and ERS scatterometers, ECMWF wind fields, and buoy measurements. The model provides consistent improvement against these varied sources with a wind-independent bias below 0.3 m s21. The continuous form of the defined function, along with the global data used in its derivation, suggest an algorithm suitable for operational application to Ku-band altimeters. Further model improvement through wave height inclusion is limited due to an inherent multivaluedness between any single realization of the altimeter measurement pair [s o, HS] and observed near-surface winds. This ambiguity indicates that HS is a limited proxy for variable gravity wave properties that impact upon altimeter backscatter.
Mobile-to-mobile communication for lung sound auscultation: A preliminary study of perspective on auto-regression model

This study employed the correlation coefficients analysis of time sequence, spectrogram, and auto-regression model of signals which were the lung sounds of subject end, and distant end where the sound was transmitted by mobile-to-mobile communication. The results presented that the correlation coefficients of time sequence, spectrogram, 4-order coefficients of auto-regression model were 0.36, 0.69, and 0.82 in the bell filtering mode, and 0.28, 0.69, and 0.81 in the diaphragm filter mode. Based on the high correlation coefficients of the spectrogram, and 4-order coefficients of auto-regression model, we believe that the mobile-to-mobile communication is a feasible method for distant lung sound auscultation.
Research on the Performance Analysis of the Concurrent System

Petri net models are widely used in modeling and analysis of the complex system[1]. But because of the explosion of states, it is extremely tedious and difficult for getting reachability tree in the concurrent system[2]. With the ‘independence-coupling’ analysis method we proposed, the traditional complicated reachability tree simple reachability tree, and the analysis procedure for concurrent system is substituted by two or more but become easier and more efficient compared with the traditional method, and the way of the transitions of system can be expressed more exactly especially for the key parts. This method was applied to analyze the example system successfully and gotten satisfied result. It can also be used to analyze other concurrent systems and the multi-thread programming.
Design of 4×1 multiplexer using dual gate mosfetfor digital applications using equivalent circuit method

In this work, a novel multiplexer is outlined utilizing dual gate MOSFET. This work has been completed utilizing comparable circuit of the DGMOSFET. PSPICE Simulation has been done for acquiring the reaction for the boost to the DGMOSFET based multiplexer outline. The most extreme deplete current got is 80 mA at an entryway source voltage of 5V and the variety of the deplete current as for deplete voltage is additionally gotten. 2×1 and 4×1 multiplexer configuration has been done and acquired the reaction for the jolts connected. The reenactment results are in well concurrence with the usefulness of the average multiplexer truth tables.
Formal Modeling, Simulation, and Validation of Communication Platforms

Human-centric communication-based systems, including social networks as Skype, Facebook, and Second Life, have been of increasing interest throughout the last years. Up to now, however, there are no adequate modeling techniques for this kind of communication platforms that would allow formal modeling, simulation, and validation of the user behavior. In this thesis, we propose a suitable integration of algebraic high-level Petri nets and high-level replacement systems, based on well-known graph transformation techniques, in order to close this gap. On the theoretical side, this requires to develop a theory of algebraic high-level nets with individual tokens, such that the corresponding high-level replacement systems satisfy the requirements ofM-adhesive transformation systems and allow the platform designer to model and to analyze tokenring and rule-based modi cation within a single framework. On the conceptual side, we are able to show that typical features of communication platforms such as direct calls, multi-user chats, conferences, data multicasting, platform constraints and other requirements can be modeled and validated in this framework combining suitable modeling techniques. This is demonstrated for Skype, which is used as a running example and case study. Last but not least, it is shown how to develop a visual Eclipse-based tool for communication platforms, which supports modeling, simulation, and validation of typical scenarios.
Fraud detection using outlier predictor in health insurance data

In day today life, health insurance data collection plays major role for employers. In several countries misbehavior in health insurance is a major problem. Health insurance data fraud is an intentional act of misleading, hiding or misrepresenting information that makes profit to a single or group of members. These kind of violation leads to major loss for health insurance providing organisation. Hence Detecting fraudulent and abusive cases in health insurance is one of the most challenging problems. The aim of the project is fraud detection in health insurance data. In order to increase the accuracy of the framework, several methods are utilized, such as the pairwise comparison method of analytic hierarchical processing (AHP). Its mainly focus on a concrete problem of probabilistic outlier detection. Overcoming the existing drawback of time consuming, proactive and retrospective analysis are integrated together, which significantly reduces the time requirements for the fact-finding process.
Oxygen exchange in leaves in the light.

Photosynthetic O(2) production and photorespiratory O(2) uptake were measured using isotopic techniques, in the C(3) species Hirschfeldia incana Lowe. , Helianthus annuus L. , and Phaseolus vulgaris L. At high CO(2) and normal O(2), O(2) production increased linearly with light intensity. At low O(2) or low CO(2), O(2) production was suppressed, indicating that increased concentrations of both O(2) and CO(2) can stimulate O(2) production. At the CO(2) compensation point, O(2) uptake equaled O(2) production over a wide range of O(2) concentrations. O(2) uptake increased with light intensity and O(2) concentration. At low light intensities, O(2) uptake was suppressed by increased CO(2) concentrations so that O(2) uptake at 1,000 microliters per liter CO(2) was 28 to 35% of the uptake at the CO(2) compensation point. At high light intensities, O(2) uptake was stimulated by low concentrations of CO(2) and suppressed by higher concentrations of CO(2). O(2) uptake at high light intensity and 1000 microliters per liter CO(2) was 75% or more of the rate of O(2) uptake at the compensation point. The response of O(2) uptake to light intensity extrapolated to zero in darkness, suggesting that O(2) uptake via dark respiration may be suppressed in the light. The response of O(2) uptake to O(2) concentration saturated at about 30% O(2) in high light and at a lower O(2) concentration in low light. O(2) uptake was also observed with the C(4) plant Amaranthus edulis; the rate of uptake at the CO(2) compensation point was 20% of that observed at the same light intensity with the C(3) species, and this rate was not influenced by the CO(2) concentration. The results are discussed and interpreted in terms of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate oxygenase reaction, the associated metabolism of the photorespiratory pathway, and direct photosynthetic reduction of O(2).
Cochlear implant infection due to cholesteatoma

Abstract There are an increasing number of young children undergoing cochlear implantation. Cholesteatoma is a serious, although rare, long-term complication. We present the only documented case in which cholesteatoma has presented with late abscess formation in the bed of a cochlear implant package of a child. Cholesteatoma may be an iatrogenic complication of implantation surgery. Damage to the bony part of the external auditory canal should be avoided. The successful two-staged surgical treatment using explantation, debridement, gentamycin bead insertion, cholesteatoma excision and modified radical mastoidectomy is described. The intra-cochlear electrode was removed precluding cochlear implant reimplantation. This late presentation supports regular longterm otoscopic review of cochlear implant patients by experienced otologists. Suspicion should be raised in patients with persistent otorrhoea. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
One Anchor Distance and Angle Based Multi - Hop Adaptive Iterative Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper presents distance and angle measurements based Multi-Hop Adaptive and Iterative Localization algorithm for localization of unknown nodes in wireless sensor networks WSNs. The present work determines uncertainty region of unknown nodes with respect to known anchor nodes using noisy distance and angle measurements. This node transmits its uncertainty region to other unknown nodes to help them determine their uncertainty region. Because of noisy distance and angle measurements, the error propagation increases the size of regions of nodes in subsequent hops. Using only one anchor node as reference, the proposed iterative localization algorithm reduces the error propagation of this noisy distance and angle measurements and the uncertainty region of all unknown nodes within a given communication range. The results clearly indicate the improved efficiency of the proposed algorithm in comparison with existing algorithms.
CK-MM gene polymorphism does not influence the blood CK activity levels after exhaustive eccentric exercise

Gene variants, such as creatine kinase (CK) polymorphisms, have been suggested to explain the inter-individual CK response. However, this association is still unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the association between the magnitudes of the CK response to exercise with the occurrence of muscle-CK-MM NcoI polymorphism in young healthy subjects. Blood CK activity was assessed in 70 subjects immediately before and 3, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 168 hours after an unusual and eccentric exhaustive exercise. Based on the amount of CK release by each subject, sample was distributed in quartiles being the genotype and allele frequency distribution compared among quartiles. Despite the inter-individual variability of CK response observed between subjects, there were no differences in genotype and allele frequencies among quartiles. The results allowed us to conclude that CK response after exhaustive eccentric exercise is not associated with CK-MM Ncol polymorphism.
Representing Permutations with Few Moves

Consider a finite sequence of permutations of the elements 1,. ,n, with the property that each element changes its position by at most 1 from any permutation to the next. We call such a sequence a tangle, and we define a move of element i to be a maximal subsequence of at least two consecutive permutations during which its positions form an arithmetic progression of common difference +1 or -1. We prove that for any initial and final permutations, there is a tangle connecting them in which each element makes at most 5 moves, and another in which the total number of moves is at most 4n. On the other hand, there exist permutations that require at least 3 moves for some element, and at least 2n-2 moves in total. If we further require that every pair of elements exchange positions at most once, then any two permutations can be connected by a tangle with at most O(log n) moves per element, but we do not know whether this can be reduced to O(1) per element, or to O(n) in total. A key tool is the introduction of certain restricted classes of tangle that perform pattern-avoiding permutations.
Robert Mundell, avagy egy nonkonformista közgazdász Nobel-díja [Robert Mundell, a Nobel Prize for a non-conformist economist]

Az 1999-es kozgazdasagi Nobel-dij az előző evekhez hasonloan ismet elenk vitat kavart. Az egyetertők nepes tabora lelkesen udvozolte a dontest, hiszen Robert Mundell szemelyeben olyan kozgazdasz jutott a kulonleges nemzetkozi elismereshez, akinek elmeleti tevekenysege a legizgalmasabb es napjaink legaktualisabb gyakorlati kerdeseihez kapcsolodik. Masok viszont ugy ereztek, hogy a gesztus egy, az idők folyaman igencsak beporosodott elmeleti tevekenysegnek szolt. Teny, hogy a kituntetes Robert Mundellnek a csaknem negy evtizeddel ezelőtti tudomanyos tevekenyseget honoralta. Bar a New York-i Columbia Egyetem professzora valtozatlanul igen aktiv, nemzetkozi hirnevet a hatvanas evek elejen kidolgozott elmeleteivel alapozta meg.
Charakterisierung von Promethazin als Antagonist von N-Methyl-D-Aspartat-Rezeptoren

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Hemmwirkung von Promethazin auf den N-Methyl-DAspartat-Rezeptor zu charakterisieren. Die Untersuchungen werden an tumorspezifischen Antigen-Zellen, die transient N-Methyl-D-Aspartat-, Alpha-Amino-3-Hydroxy-5-Methylisoxazol-4-Propionsaure- und 2-Carboxy-3-Carboxymethyl-4-Isopropenylpyrrolidon-Rezeptoren exprimieren, durchgefuhrt. Als Untersuchungsmethode wird die Patch-Clamp-Technik eingesetzt, um N-Methyl-D-Aspartat-induzierte Membranstrome zu messen. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse zeigen, dass Promethazin N-Methyl-D-Aspartatinduzierte Membranstrome nicht-kompetitiv hemmt. Die Hemmung hangt in einem begrenzten Bereich (- 80 bis - 20 mV) vom Membranpotential ab. Bei positiveren Membranpotentialen verandert sich die Wirkung nicht mehr mit dem Membranpotential. Die Hemmwirkung von Promethazin ist bei allen GluN2-Untereinheiten gleich stark. Als mogliche Bindungsstelle fur Promethazin fungiert die Kanalpore. Im Vergleich zur Bindungsstelle fur Magnesium-Ionen befindet sich die Bindungsstelle fur Promethazin weiter in Richtung des extrazellularen Raumes. Andere Rezeptoren der Familie der ionotropen Glutamatrezeptoren werden durch Promethazin nur wenig beeintrachtigt. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit sprechen dafur, dass der NMDA-Antagonismus an der Ausbildung mehrerer Eigenschaften von Promethazin beteiligt ist.
Group-theoretical formalism of quantum mechanics based on quantum generalization of characteristic functions.

Fourier transforms of the von Neumann density operators could be regarded as functions on a Lie group whose infinitesimal generators correspond to dynamical variables characterizing a given quantum system. Called ``characteristic functions'' in this paper, they are discussed with a view to reformulating quantum statistical mechanics in a group-theoretical formalism. It is shown that these characteristic functions allow a universal differentiating procedure for calculating averages of arbitrary ordered noncommuting observables and satisfy the same criterion of non-negative definiteness as the Fourier transforms of the everywhere non-negative probability distribution (the characteristic functions in classical probability theory). The group-theoretical characteristic-function formalism is especially useful in providing easy reductions of the dynamics of complicated quantum systems to the evolutions of a set of quantum variables that are of particular interest. As examples of applications, the following results are derived: (a) a hierarchy of equations of motion for subsystems of a given N-body quantum system (a quantum analog of the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon hierarchy), (b) an equation of motion for centers of mass of two interacting quantum systems, and (c) the behavior of spin fluctuations of an ideal spin gas in the thermodynamic limit.
45 GHz bandwidth travelling wave electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator with integrated spot size converter

We report on the design, fabrication and experimental results of an InP based travelling wave electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator integrated with a vertical taper for spot size conversion. The device displays high alignment tolerances and an improved insertion loss. The 3 dBe bandwidth of the modulator amounts to 45 GHz.
A new wideband antenna: Comprising planar-dipole and short-circuited-patch

A wideband unidirectional antenna comprising a planar dipole and a shorted patch antenna is described. The antenna is excited by a square-cap coupled feed line. A wide impedance bandwidth of 62% (SWR¿2) from the frequency of 1.83 to 3.50 GHz is achieved. Stable radiation pattern with low cross-polarization, low backlobe radiation, nearly identical E-and H-plane patterns and an antenna gain of ~8dBi is found across the entire operating bandwidth.