Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ULTRAFINE PARTICLES IN AMBIENT AIR AND HEALTH

Air pollution is a problem which is dealt with by all societies on all development levels, whereas urban population is at special risk by it (1, 2). Studies over the last 30 years have shown that there is a connection between short-term and long-term exposure to fine particles (PM) in ambient air and an increased mortality and more frequent admissions to hospitals due to cardiac and respiratory illnesses. It is established that airborne particles are a complex compound which comprises of particles of different size and chemical compounds. What is less known is that some characteristics of these particles are more harmful for the health of the people exposed than other, so it is more important that we reduce their number in ambient air as much as possible.
INFLUENCE OF STENTS AS FLOW DIVERTERS ON THE HEMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS: A CFD STUDY

Despite the wide availability of endovascular and surgical techniques, there are still some intracranial aneurysms that remain too complex to undergo such procedures. Low-porosity stents have been proposed recently as a therapeutic alternative for such aneurysms. The purpose of this study is to assess the hemodynamic conditions in aneurysms with different morphology before and after treatment with a low-porosity stent (also known as flow diverter), using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Two patient-specific vascular models, each harboring a single aneurysm, were selected to evaluate the effect of the SILK stent (Balt Extrusion, Montmorency, France) on the intra-aneurysmal flow. One model presented a wide-necked aneurysm (AR= 1.07) at the anterior choroidal segment; the other, a narrow-necked one (AR= 2.45) at the posterior communicating segment. Vascular models were reconstructed from the available medical images. The stent was virtually implanted so as to ensure its proper apposition using the Fast Virtual Stenting method. Volumetric meshes were generated according to the results of several mesh independency tests for element size around the stent strut, boundary layer properties and size of the deployed stent. Transient blood flow simulations were carried out to solve continuity and momentum equations. Walls were set to be rigid with no-slip boundary condition and blood was considered as a Newtonian fluid. Mass flow rate at the inlet and pressure at the outlets were imposed as boundary conditions (following @neurIST data analysis protocol). Simulations were carried out in ANSYS-CFX to estimate shear stress at the aneurysmal wall and inflow at the aneurysm neck. The post-treatment reduction of flow into the wide-necked aneurysm was 9.2% at peak systole and 58.1% time-averaged over the cardiac cycle. The reduction in average shear stress on the aneurysm wall was 57.6% and 83.3%, respectively. The narrow-necked aneurysm showed a general increase in the reduction for each parameter; inflow at the neck was reduced by 37.3% and 64.7%, respectively and wall shear stress by 65.6% and 83.6%, respectively. This study allowed us to realize that CFD simulations can be employed to estimate the reduction of flow into the aneurysm due to the placement of a flow diverter. It was observed that the flow diverter was able to disrupt high-velocity flow entering the aneurysm and redirect it through the parent vessel. 2 Influence of Stents as Flow Diverters: A CFD Study
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Amit Verma Rohit Mathur Abdullah Farooque Vandana Kaul 4 Seema Gupta 5 Bilikere S Dwarakanath 6 1Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA; 2Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; 3Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Georgia, GA, USA; 4Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; 5Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; 6Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
An Open-Source Algorithm for Metamer Mismatch Bodies

Suppose that two different imaging devices produce two colour images of the same physical object, or that one device images the same object under two different illuminants. A metamer mismatch occurs when two colours are identical in one image, but different in the other image. Each colour output in the first image could have been produced by a large set, called a metamer set, of reflectance spectra. In the second image, the metamer set might produce a wide variety of colour outputs, referred to in their entirety as a metamer mismatch body (MMB). This article presents a simple algorithm for constructing an MMB, by expressing its vertex in an arbitrary direction as a solution to a linear programming program. The algorithm finds not only vertices, but also the reflectance spectra that, when imaged by the second device, produce those vertices. Geometric and algebraic structures behind the algorithm are defined and analyzed in detail. While the linear programming approach to MMBs is not new, the current paper aims to make it accessible, rigorous, and easy to use; to this end, there is an accompanying open-source Octave/Matlab implementation, containing about 30 source lines of code.
Relativistic Stern-Gerlach Interaction in an RF Cavity

The general expression of the Stern-Gerlach (SG) force is deduced for a relativistic charged spin-1/2 particle which travels inside a time varying magnetic field. This result was obtained either by means of two Lorentz boosts or starting from Dirac's equation. Then, the utilization of this interaction for attaining the spin states separation is reconsidered in a new example using a new radio-frequency arrangement. On the basis of the previous estimates, we feel ready to propose the time varying SG interaction as a method for attaining a spin state separation of an unpolarized beam of, say (anti)protons, since the energy of particles with opposite spin orientations will differ and beams in the two states can be separated. In a first stage of the study of a sensible practical design, we intend to proceed with numerical simulations. As a first step, we intend to verify the correctness of Eqs.(42) and (43) setting once {beta}{sub ph} = 2 and then {beta}{sub ph} = 3, in a cavity where the field line pattern can be realistically controlled. Beyond the verification of the present theory, there is also the aim of studying the effects generated by the spin precession inside the cavity, that we didmore » not yet address in this note. Next, we shall consider a spin splitter scheme based on the lattice of an existing or planned (anti)proton ring endowed with an array of splitting cavities. The principal aim of the latter implementations is to check the mixing effect of the longitudinal phase-plane filamentation, i.e. the actual foe which could frustrate the entire spin splitting process. « less
Hardware Automated Data ow Deployment of CNNs

Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are the state of the art systems for image classi cation and scene understating. However, such techniques are computationally intensive and involve highly regular parallel computation. CNNs can thus bene t from a signi cant acceleration in execution time when running on ne grain programmable logic devices. As a consequence, several studies have proposed FPGAbased accelerators for CNNs. However, because of the huge amount of the required hardware resources, none of these studies directly was based on a direct mapping of the CNN computing elements onto the FPGA physical resources. In this work, we demonstrate the feasibility of this so-called direct hardware mapping approach and discuss several associated implementation issues. As a proof of concept, we introduce the haddoc2 open source tool, that is able to automatically transform a CNN description into a platform independent hardware description for FPGA implementation.
A Joint Robust Header-Compression and Multi-layer RTP packet Multiplexing for Real-time IP services over DVB-S2 Networks

Interactive and real-time IP service provisioning over DVB-S2 network is a difficult task that underlies several control and optimization mechanisms. This paper describes a joint header compression and packet encapsulation scheme that aims to maximize the resource efficiency in all-IP DVB-S2 satellite networks. The bandwidth gain is obtained by means of the integration of a robust headers compression (ROHC) and a novel low-overhead IP/RTP packet encaspulator & multiplexor called RTP4mux. RTP4mux uses several encapsulation and multiplexing profiles that are defined via a Satellite Resource Management System and service-level priority lists. The targeted IP real-time services over DVB-S2 are Voice over IP, IP Videoconferencing, Low resolution multicast DTV for mobile and embedded devices. Finally, the integration of RTP4mux in the satellite platform of IST IMOSAN project is also presented.
6-Methylsulfinylhexyl Isothiocyanate, japonica MATUM, Ameliorates Diabetic an Antioxidant Derived Nephropathy in Type 2 from Wasabia Diabetic Mice

IDivision ofNutrition & Health, School and Graduate School ofLife Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, 1 7-3, Hoshigaokamotomachi, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8662, Japan 2School of Humanities for Environmental Policy and Technology, Himeji Institute of Technology, Himeji 670-0092, Japan 3Kinjirushi Co., Ltd. Nagoya 454-8526, Japan 4Laboratory of Food and Biodynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School ofBioagricultural Science, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Costs and Benefits of the Financial Sector∗

The financial sector allows a better allocation of capital compared to autarchy, increasing the aggregate technology and thus the income growth rate of the economy. At the same time, however, it also amplifies the business cycles through the financial accelerator which increases the volatility of income. In this paper we first present a general equilibrium model which captures both effects of the financial sector. We then parametrize the model to analyze the quantitative effects of policies aimed at reducing the income volatility caused by the financial system. Finally, we study whether limiting the size of the financial sector is welfare enhancing in the context of this model. [PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE: DO NOT QUOTE NOR CIRCULATE] JEL classification numbers: E32, E60.
Martingales and Restricted Ratio Betting

Let A and B be two finite sets of computable real numbers which denote the allowable wagers, i.e. the additive difference of capital at any betting position, . Following the terminology in Chalcraft et. al., an A-martingale is a martingale whose wagers are limited to elements in A, and a B-martingale has wagers limited to elements in B. Extending the work of Chalcraft et. al., Bavly and Peretz establish necessary and sufficient conditions for some A-martingale to succeed betting on sequences that B-martingales can succeed betting on for arbitrary infinite sets of reals. In this paper, we investigate the analogous question of comparative betting power of martingales when the ratios of bets are restricted to a finite set of rationals which excludes 1. This contrasts with the setting of simple martingales and almost simple martingales as investigated by Ambos-Spies, Mayordomo, Wang and Zheng. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for deciding when a set of ratios allows greater power in betting as compared to another. Analogous to a recent work of Teutsch, we establish that success and strong success of martingales are distinct notions in the setting of restricted ratio betting.
PACS numbers: 81.15.Pq, 61.46.Km TEMPLATE ASSISTED GROWTH OF ZINC OXIDE-BASED NANOWIRES BY ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION

Ordered ZnO and Zn1 – xCdxO nanowire/nanorod arrays were fabricated by cathodic electrodeposition based on anodic alumina (AAO) membrane and polycarbonate membrane (PCM) from an aqueous solution containing zinc nitrate precursor at different bath temperatures. The electrodeposition process involves the electroreduction of nitrate ions to alter the local pH within the pores and precipitation of the metal oxide within the pores. X-Ray diffraction measurements showed that the nanowires/nanorods were of wurtzite crystallographic structures and the average length and diameter of nanorods were measured by SEM and TEM. HRTEM measurements confirm the crystallinity and elemental composition of grown nanowires on PCM/AAO templates.
Performance Analysis of Mixed-Wall CNT Interconnects Using Colliding Bodies Optimization Technique

In recent years, carbon nanotube (CNT) interconnects have emerged as a potential alternative to copper interconnects due to their several magnificent properties. Due to fabrication issues, realization of densely packed CNTs with uniform diameters in a bundle structure is difficult to achieve. Consequently, it is advantageous to obtain a combination of CNTs with non-uniform diameters in the bundle, thereby leading to a densely packed mixed-wall CNT bundle (MWCB). In a MWCB structure, tube density plays a major role to determine the parasitic elements associated with the interconnects. For this, prospectively, colliding bodies optimization (CBO) technique has been incorporated. It is inferred from the study that the overall crosstalk noise, delay, and power dissipation of MWCB interconnect with higher tube density (i.e., obtained using CBO technique) are lesser than other CNT structures. Henceforth, it is determined from the proposed work that prospective CBO technique for advanced MWCB structure is highly efficient and effective for on-chip interconnects in IC designs. Performance Analysis of Mixed-Wall CNT Interconnects Using Colliding Bodies Optimization Technique
Exploring A Place-based Approach for Civic Engagement

This paper explores a place-based approach for civic engagement by identifying some of the main themes related to this approach. The development and evolution of place-based thinking has been facilitated by the contributions of a number of scholars (Bonner, 2002; Bradford, 2004, 2005; Hanna and WaltonRoberts, 2004; Healey, 1999, 2003; and Nilsen, 2005), who have disseminated place-based research findings focused on selected cities and communities in Canada and abroad. Considering a place-based approach can offer the opportunity to search for patterns from which to study civic engagement in selected urban sites. Large cities are becoming increasingly important players in Canada’s political, social, and economic life. The ideas offered in this paper are to provide a possible starting point for a research project using a place-based approach as the lens from which to study civic engagement in a particular Toronto setting.
Analytical estimation of the beam–beam interaction limited dynamic apertures and lifetimes in eþe circular colliders

Physically speaking, the delta function like beam–beam nonlinear forces at interaction points act as a sum of delta function nonlinear multipoles. By applying the general theory established by J. Gao (Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 451 ð2000Þ 545), in this paper we examine analytically the beam–beam interaction limited dynamic apertures and the corresponding beam lifetimes for both the round and the flat beams. Relations between the beam–beam limited beam lifetimes and the beam–beam tune shifts are established, which show clearly why experimentally one has always a maximum beam–beam tune shift, xy;max, around 0.045 for eþe circular colliders, and why one can use round beams to double this value approximately. Comparisons with some machine parameters are given. # 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Trattamento delle fratture vertebrali con vertebroplastica percutanea: risultati in una casistica di pazienti osteoporotici Percutaneous vertebroplasty as therapy of vertebral fractures: results in a series of osteoporotic patients

SUMMARY In the recent years, percutaneous vertebroplasty is available for the treatment of the vertebral fractures, primarily to relieve pain related to the lesion. In order to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of this technique, we have treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty, using polymethil-methacrylate, 22 patients, affected by one or more vertebral fractures caused by osteoporosis. All the patients satisfied the inclusion criteria of the American College of Radiology for percutaneous vertebroplasty. These patients were compared with a control group of 23 not treated subjects with vertebral fractures, using questionnaires for assessment of pain and quality of life, drug intake, use of corset, and tolerability of the surgery. In the large majority of patients, the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures with percutaneous vertebroplasty resulted in a prompt, marked and sustained relief of vertebral pain with a persistent improvement of quality of life.
D-Printed mm-Wave Antenna Fabricated using Spray-Coating Technology for 5 G Communication Systems

Abstract— this paper presents a 3D-printed millimeterwave antenna for 5G applications. The proposed antenna has a measured bandwidth of 3.6 GHz with a peak measured gain of 7.5 dBi at 28.5 GHz. Furthermore, the antenna is fabricated using simple, yet low cost and novel method utilizes 3D printing and commercial conducive spray-coating technology. The proposed antenna is small, light, compact, and rigid. Besides, it delivers good performance over a wide band which qualifies it to be an excellent candidate for 5G applications.
SNS Search in Under-Developed Countries-Survey and Statistical Analysis

The last decade has seen the emergence of the Social Networking Sites (SNS) and researchers are investigating the useful applications of this technology in various areas apart from its recreational value. Its ubiquitous presence has enabled people to obtain customized information seamlessly from their acquaintance. There have been many works that analyzed the types and topics of questions people ask in these networks and why. Topics like what motivate people to answer such queries, how to integrate the traditional search engines and SNS together are also well investigated. In this paper, we focus on the use of this technology in under-developed parts of the world and the new doors it has opened for its inhabitants. Based on a structured survey on 328 persons, we have tried to emphasize the differences between social search and traditional web-search. Our statistical analysis finds the correlations among different relevant parameters and provides insight that one might require to consider while developing any application for SNS based searching.
Short Communication Seroprevalence and spatial distribution of canine leishmaniasis in an endemic region in Brazil: how has the situation changed after 10 years?

Introduction: Herein, we assessed the seroprevalence and spatial distribution of Leishmania infantum in dogs in Garanhuns, Northeastern Brazil. Methods: Sera samples (n = 242) were analyzed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The spatial distribution of dogs seropositive for anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies was evaluated using kernel density estimation. Results: A total of 2.4% (6/242) of the animals were seropositive for anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies. The kernel map showed their distribution to be heterogeneous over the city, with a hotspot in the northeastern region. Conclusions: The reported data illustrate the circulation of parasites of the genus Leishmania in a canine population.
Predicting Assertiveness in Conversation Using Deep Learning

Assertiveness is important for success in society. A person’s perceived assertiveness in their speech affects how they perform in interviews and how they contribute to group dynamics. We are particularly interested in applying both machine learning and deep learning to model and predict how assertive someone in the context of conversation. We used the Stanford Speed-date Corpus, which provided us with 2,020 4-minute conversations labeled with assertiveness ratings from both oneself and one’s conversational partner, on a scale from 1-10. We used text features from the transcripts of the conversations as well as Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) features to capture energy elements of speech. To create our baseline, we trained Logistic Regression, Linear SVC, and Random Forest machine learning models. Then, we trained a twolayer and three-layer feed-forward neural network, an RNN-LSTM, and a CNN. The RNN-LSTM performed the best, producing an accuracy of 66.5%. In future work, we would like to explore other speech features and generalize our model to work with other datasets.
Factors Affecting Patient Safety Culture in Selected Base Hospitals inthe Regional Director of Health Services Division Kalmunai- Sri Lanka

Patient safety is crucial to the quality of patient care and remains as a challenge. World Health Organization describes patient safety as a global issue, affecting all countries . Sri Lanka ,being a developing country, may encounter adverse events in health care system due to lack of infra structure, equipments, quality and supply of drugs and shortage of essential financial investments. By assessing the current patients safety culture in the selected Base Hospitals from the perspectives of the Healthcare Professional ,, one can identify the important issues regarding the quality service delivery of Sri Lankan Hospitals and the Government will be able to do remedial activities. Methodology-Thiscross sectional descriptive study was carried out to assess the current patient safety culture of 317 Health Care Professionals , using a self administered questionnaire with seven dimension of Patient Safety Culture. Respondents consisted of Medical Officers (28.6%), Nursing officers (57.8%) and Para Medical Service & Supplementary to Medical Services (13.6%). Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to test statistical relationship between each of independents variables and overall patient safety culture. One way ANOVA was used for the mean difference in each 08 dimensions positive response scores among the selected Base Hospitals. Linear multivariate regressionanalysis will be conducted to examine the association between independents variable and controlling variables with Patient Safety Culture with mean percentage reporting a positive score as the dependent variables.FindingThe important factors contributing to the Patient Safety Culture are Just culture, Learning culture and Informed culture. According to the study, the maturity level of the all these selected Hospitals are at Reactive and Calculative stage.There is a severe lacking of Open culture and Reporting culture in the hospitals. Originality /Value -Patient Safety Culture is a multidimensional phenomenon and highly required to improve health status. This study identified some important factors which could be taken into consideration when a government designs for a cost effective quality service.