Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Physical Activity in the Quality of Life Frameworks, Social Adaptation and Physical Rehabilitation of Individuals With Disorders in the Energy Metabolism

There were described the role of motor activity in the quality of life frameworks, social adaptation and physical rehabilitation of the teens with obesity. In the paper were solved factor determining the foundation and direction of a physical rehabilitation program for the teens with primary obesity, it was a quality of life. During performed studies we’re using the common questionnaire PedsQL-4.0 (Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire) in the Ukrainian version of the two groups of the teens (group № 1, n = 72, teens with obesity, group № 2, n = 72, teens with normal body weight), it were rated basic components of the quality of life: as the physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning, school functioning and mental health. Through the data analyzation, the relationships scored indicators of quality of life parameters of physical condition that characterize the severity of obesity and fat distribution features.
The Quantum State of a Laser Field

Optical implementations of quantum communication protocols typically involve laser fields. But the standard description of the quantum state of a laser field is, surprisingly, insufficient to fully understand the quantum nature of such implementations. We give here a quantum information-theoretic description of a propagating laser field and reinterpret typical quantum-optical experiments in light of this. In particular we show that contrary to recent claims [T. Rudolph and B. C. Sanders, quant-ph/0103147], a conventional laser can be used for quantum teleportation with continuous variables and for generating continuous-variable entanglement.
How can we do better ? Pitfalls in biomedical challenge design and how to address them

Since the first MICCAI grand challenge was organized in 2007 [1], the impact of biomedical image analysis challenges on both the research field as well as on individual careers has been steadily growing. For example, the acceptance of a journal article today often depends on the performance of a new algorithm being assessed against the state-ofthe-art work on publicly available challenge datasets. Furthermore, the results are also important for the individuals scientific careers as well as the potential that algorithms can be translated into clinical practice. Yet, while the publication of papers in scientific journals and prestigious conferences, such as MICCAI, undergoes strict quality control, the design and organization of challenges do not. To investigate the effect of common practice, we have formed an international initiative dedicated to analyzing and improving a variety of aspects related to biomedical challenge design, execution and reporting [2]. In the first part of our abstract presentation at LABELS workshop, we are going to present some of the major pitfalls related to biomedical image analysis challenges today. Specifically, we will look at the following research questions: RQ1: How robust are challenge rankings? What is the effect of – the specific test cases used? – the specific metric variant(s) applied? – the rank aggregation method chosen (e.g. aggregation of metric values with the mean vs median)? Shared first/senior authors.
Surface heat flux estimation with the ensemble Kalman smoother: Joint estimation of state and parameters

The estimation of surface heat fluxes based on the assimilation of land surface temperature (LST) has been achieved within a variational data assimilation (VDA) framework. Variational approaches require the development of an adjoint model, which is difficult to derive and code in the presence of thresholds and discontinuities. Also, it is computationally expensive to obtain the background error covariance for the variational approaches. Moreover, the variational schemes cannot directly provide statistical information on the accuracy of their estimates. To overcome these shortcomings, we develop an alternative data assimilation (DA) procedure based on ensemble Kalman smoother (EnKS) with the state augmentation method. The unknowns of the assimilation scheme are neutral turbulent heat transfer coefficient (that scales the sum of turbulent heat fluxes) and evaporative fraction, EF (that represents partitioning among the turbulent fluxes). The new methodology is illustrated with an application to the First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Field Experiment (FIFE) that includes areal average hydrometeorological forcings and flux observations. The results indicate that the EnKS model not only provides reasonably accurate estimates of EF and turbulent heat fluxes but also enables us to determine the uncertainty of estimations under various land surface hydrological conditions. The results of the EnKS model are also compared with those of an optimal smoother (a dynamic variational model). It is found that the EnKS model estimates are less than optimal. However, the degree of suboptimality is small, and its outcomes are roughly comparable to those of an optimal smoother. Overall, the results from this test indicate that EnKS is an efficient and flexible data assimilation procedure that is able to extract useful information on the partitioning of available surface energy from LST measurements and eventually provides reliable estimates of turbulent heat fluxes.
The Impact of Social Media Influencers on Purchase Intention and the Mediation Effect of Customer Attitude

Social media influencers are first explored in the advertising field, particularly to create buzz in the younger markets and further expand social media coverage in businesses. This study is designed to investigate the effectiveness of social media influencers, focusing on source credibility, source attractiveness, product match-up, and meaning transfer. Consumer attitude is proposed to mediate between both the exogenous and endogenous relationships. Data collection was designed using the purposive sampling method and the dataset of 200 respondents was then analysed using PLS-SEM technique. All hypotheses are found to be supported except for source credibility. Mediating effects of consumer attitude are also determined. Implications, limitations, and suggestion for recommended research are further discussed.
Polyethylene glycol reduces the net fl ux of branched-chain amino acids across the mammary gland in ewes fed

Six lactating ewes were orally drenched each day with polyethylene glycol to remove the effects of the condensed tannins in sulla (Hedysarum coronarium) and six other ewes (control) received a drench of water. The treatments were started 28 days prior to the measurement period. At week 6 of lactation, net absorption of branched-chain amino acids in the mesenteric vein was not affected by PEG. Valine and leucine were released by the liver in the PEG ewes and extracted in the control ewes. The net mammary uptake of isoleucine and leucine was lower in the PEG ewes.
Dive to survive: effects of capture depth on barotrauma and post-release survival of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in recreational fisheries

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) caught in recreational fisheries are commonly released, often with barotrauma after rapid decompression. Mouth-hooked, non-bleeding cod kept in a floating net pen showed mortalities =40% when angled from >50 m depth, likely because of cumulative stress from ongoing barotrauma and exposure to warm surface water. In a natural setting, however, cod have the opportunity to descend after release and are not restricted to the surface. In a follow-up study, 97.8% of similarly selected cod managed to dive following immediate release, whereas 2.2% were floaters. No mortality was observed for divers kept in cages, which were lowered to capture depth for 72 h. While the floaters would likely have died in a natural setting, no mortality was observed when they were recompressed and kept at capture depth for 72 h. The occurrence of swim bladder ruptures, swollen coelomic cavities, venous gas embolisms, and gas release around the anus was significantly influenced by capture depth (range 090 m). A supplementary radiology study showed inflated swim bladders in 87% of the cod after 72 h, and most barotrauma signs had disappeared after 1 month. This study encourages investigation of survival potential for physoclistous species when high mortalities are assumed but undocumented. Matching natural post-release and containment environment is essential in the experimental setup, as failure to do so may bias survival estimates, particularly when a thermocline is present. Assuming minimal predation, short-term mortality of cod experiencing barotrauma is negligible if cod submerge quickly by themselves and are otherwise not substantially injured. Survival of floaters may be increased by forced recompression to capture depth. Sublethal and long-term impacts of barotrauma remain to be studied. To ensure that cod have sufficient energy to submerge, anglers are encouraged to avoid fighting the fish to exhaustion and to minimize handling before release.
Strong State and Weak Universities: the Long-Term Roots of the Spanish University System Problems

State intervention in the academic world has been excessive and inadequate in Spain. It has crowded out industry rather than promoted a fruitful relationship among “academia, government and industry” as the support for a long-term knowledge-based advanced society. Enrollment rates from 1857 to 2000, as well as research indicators support this hypothesis. This has resulted in a university and research system too closely linked to public demands rather than to social and economic needs. Spain’s ability to produce and apply new knowledge has thus been hampered, in spite of significant public investments in higher education and science. Keywords : Spain, University, Research, Higher education, Long-term trends, Human capital. Resumen : Intervencion del Estado en el mundo academico ha sido excesiva e inadecuada, y ha desplazado a la industria en lugar de promover una relacion fructifera entre “academia, gobierno e industria”, como base de una sociedad avanzada sustentada en el conocimiento a largo plazo. Las tasas de matricula 1857-2000, asi como los indicadores de investigacion apoyan esta hipotesis. Esto ha dado lugar a un sistema universitario y de investigacion en exceso vinculado a las demandas publicas en lugar de a las necesidades sociales y economicas. La capacidad de Espana para producir y aplicar nuevos conocimientos se ha visto asi obstaculizada, a pesar de las inversiones publicas importantes en la educacion superior y la ciencia. Palabras clave : Espana, Universidad, Investigacion, Educacion superior, tendencias a largo plazo, capital humano.
An Open-Source Python-Based Hardware Generation, Simulation, and Verification Framework

We present an overview of previously published features and work in progress for PyMTL, an open-source Python-based hardware generation, simulation, and verification framework that brings compelling productivity benefits to hardware design and verification. PyMTL provides a natural environment for multi-level modeling using method-based interfaces, features highly parametrized static elaboration and analysis/transform passes, supports fast simulation and property-based random testing in pure Python environment, and includes seamless SystemVerilog integration.
The influence of protected natural and cultural heritage on land management/market - the case of Slovenian natural protected areas.

This article is focused on finding problems in land use domain in the areas of protected natural and cultural heritage. In the paper, the influence of special regulation in the natural and cultural protected areas on land management is presented. The paper gives an overview on history of cultural heritage and nature protection initiatives in Slovenia and provides a review on basic EU and international initiatives, conventions in this field. For the case of Slovenian rural land market, it highlights the problem of complex institutional regulations relating to land management in the protected areas, which affect mostly local people. Here, the impact of the protected regimes, the case of pre-emption right, on land management and consequently spatial development in local communities is stressed, which is an important topic in particular in less developed regions since restriction of land use often means more complex, costly and time lasting procedures in land management and less opportunities as the consequence.
Towards SMT-Assisted Error Annotation of Learner Corpora

English. We present the results of prototypical experiments conducted with the goal of designing a machine translation (MT) based system that assists the annotators of learner corpora in performing orthographic error annotation. When an annotator marks a span of text as erroneous, the system suggests a correction for the marked error. The presented experiments rely on word-level and characterlevel Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) systems. Italian. Presentiamo i risultati degli esperimenti prototipici condotti con lo scopo di creare un sistema basato sulla traduzione automatica (MT) che assista gli annotatori dei corpora degli apprendenti di lingue durante il processo di annotazione degli errori ortografici. Quando un annotatore segna un segmento di testo come errato il sistema suggerisce una correzione dell’errore segnato. Gli esperimenti presentati utilizzano dei sistemi statistici di traduzione automatica (SMT) al livello di parole e di caratteri.
A Codesigned Compact Dual-Band Filtering Antenna with PIN Loaded for WLAN Applications

A codesigned compact dual-band filtering antenna incorporating a PIN diode for 2.45/5.2 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) applications is proposed in this paper. The integrated filtering antenna system consists of a simple monopole radiator, a microstrip dual-band band-pass filter, and a PIN diode. The performance of the filtering antenna is notably promoted by optimizing the impedance between the antenna and the band-pass filter, with good selectivity and out-of-band rejection. The design process follows the approach of the synthesis of band-pass filter. In addition, the PIN diode is incorporated in the filtering antenna for further size reduction, which also widens the coverage of the bandwidth by about 230% for 2.4 GHz WLAN. With the presence of small size and good filtering performances, the proposed filtering antenna is a good candidate for the wireless communication systems. Prototypes of the proposed filtering antenna incorporating a PIN diode are fabricated and measured. The measured results including return losses and radiation patterns are presented.
A Hybrid Neuro Genetic Approach forAnalyzing Dissolved Gases in PowerTransformers

Transformers being a key element in power systems need to be maintained and monitored on a regular basis. Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) has been used as a reliable tool in maintaining the safe operation of transformers for a long time. In this paper, genetic algorithm based back propagation neural network (GA - ANN) has been proposed for analyzing Dissolved Gases in Transformer Oil. The proposed approach utilizes a hybrid algorithm that integrates genetic algorithm and the back propagation neural network. The GA-based weight optimization during training of an ANN is employed to improve diagnostic accuracy. The primary motivation for the work is to provide a platform for analysis of dissolved gases to help in the early detection and diagnosis of transformer faults. This work is carried out with assistance from with Andhra Pradesh State Transmission Corporation (APTRANSCO) in the form of required transformer analysis data and expert opinion for validation of the tool.
An Overview of Text Summarization

The amount of e-information available has increased greatly over the past few decades. As the vast amount of information is available for every theme on Internet, shortening the information in the form of summary would immensely benefit readers. Hence, the natural language processing research community is developing new methods for summarizing the text mechanically. Automatic text summarization system produces a summary, i
Predicting Bank Insolvency in the Middle East and North Africa

This paper uses a panel of annual observations for 198 banks in 19 Middle East and North Africa countries over 2001-12 to develop an early warning system for forecasting bank insolvency based on a multivariate logistic regression framework. The results show that the traditional CAMEL indicators are significant predictors of bank insolvency in the region. The predictive power of the model, both in-sample and out-of-sample, is reasonably good, as measured by the receiver operating characteristic curve. The findings of the paper suggest that banking supervision in the Middle East and North Africa could be strengthened by introducing a fundamentals-based, off-site monitoring system to assess the soundness of financial institutions.
Effects of different levels of rice bran with and without enzyme on performance and size of the digestive organs of broiler chickens

L'objectif de cette experience etait d'evaluer les effets de differents niveaux d'apport alimentaire de son de riz, avec ou sans addition d'enzyme, sur les performances et la taille des organes digestifs chez les poulets de chair. Au total, 416 poussins (Avian Farm) de sexe mâle et âges d'une journee ont ete au hasard divises en 8 groupes, chaque groupe comportant 4 lots identiques (4 repetitions) de 13 animaux. Du son de riz, avec ou sans addition concomitante d'enzyme, a ete incorpore dans l'alimentation a des doses de 0, 10, 15 et 20% selon le regime. Le poids vif et le gain de poids vif des animaux ont ete significativement diminues par l'addition de son de riz dans l'alimentation. Parallelement a l'augmentation de la teneur en son de riz dans les regimes, l'ingestion diminuait significativement au 21 eme jour de l'experience. Au contraire, au 42 eme jour de l'experience, les animaux recevant 20% de son de riz dans leur ration, ont consomme significativement plus d'aliments par rapport aux autres groupes. L'indice de conversion alimentaire a ete significativement diminue par l'augmentation de l'apport de son de riz. De meme, l'augmentation de quantite de son de riz dans l'alimentation des poulets a resulte en une diminution significative du poids chaud des carcasses. Le rendement des carcasses chaudes des animaux recevant 20% de son de riz dans leur ration, etait significativement plus faible que celui des autres groupes. Par ailleurs, il a ete mis en evidence une augmentation relative de la taille des organes du tube digestif par l'inclusion de son de riz dans l'alimentation des poulets. L'addition d'enzyme n'a pas eu d'effet significatif sur les performances et la taille des organes digestifs des poulets.
Proline and abscisic acid content in droughted corn plant inoculated with Azospirillum sp. and arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi.

Plants that undergo drought stress perform a physiological response such as accumulation of proline in the leaves and increased content abscisic acid. A research was conducted to study proline and abscisic acid (ABA) content on drought-stressed corn plant with Azospirillum sp. and arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF) inoculated at inceptisol soil from Bogor, West Java. The experiments were carried out in a green house from June up to September 2003, using a factorial randomized block design. In pot experiments, two factors were assigned, i.e. inoculation with Azospirillum (0, 0.50, 1.00, 1.50 ml/pot) and inoculation with AMF Glomus manihotis (0, 12.50, 25.00, 37.50 g/pot). The plants were observed during tasseling up to seed filling periods. Results of experiments showed that the interaction between Azospirillum sp. and AMF was synergistically increased proline, however it decreased ABA.
Estrogen-regulated proteins cathepsin D and pS2 in breast carcinoma

In addition to classical prognostic/predictive factors, significant biological markers have been identified to provide potentially relevant information regarding natural or clinical course of breast cancer. Steroid receptor status of the primary breast cancer have been proven to be a predictor of response to endocrine therapy since up to 80 % of patients with steroid receptor-positive tumors respond to endocrine treatment. In order to improve the predictive value of steroid receptor status, attention has been paid to estrogen-regulated proteins, including pS2 and cathepsin D among others that may be indicators of a functional signal transduction pathway through which tumor cells respond to estrogen stimulation. It has been shown that pS2 protein may be constitutive product as well as estrogen-regulated product in breast carcinoma. pS2 appears to be positively correlated with ER, associated with a good prognosis and a predictor of response to endocrine treatment of primary and metastatic breast cancer. The expression cathepsin D may be both constitutive and overexpressed as a result of estrogen-induced transcription. It was believed that the main role of cathepsin D was to degrade protein, but many other biological functions of cathepsin D were recognized. Cathepsin D level in primary breast cancer has been demonstrated as an independent marker of poor prognosis associated with increased risk for metastasis and shorter survival times. Our recent results show direct correlation of cathepsin D positivity with pS2 expression. Additionally, we found that cathepsin D is statistically significantly associated with pS2 both in node-negative and node-positive patients bearing tumors smaller than 2 cm.
PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF CERTAIN PLANT SPECIES OF AGRA CITY

Plant kingdom harbours an inexhaustible source of active ingredients invaluable in the management of many intractable diseases. Phytochemical techniques played a significant role in searching raw materials and resources for pharmaceutical industry. Preliminary Phytochemical tests are helpful in finding and locating chemical constituents which are source of pharmacologically active principles. Hence during the present study. Phytochemical screening of six native plants of Agra city i.e. Achyranthus aspera, Acalypha indica, Euphorbia hirta, Lindenbergia indica, Parthenium hysterophorus and Peristrophe bicalyculata were carried out by employing standard methods for conducting Qualitative phytochemical analysis for studying the presence of active compounds like Alkaloids, Tannins, Saponins, Glycosides, Phenols, Flavonoids, Anthroquinone, Terpenoids and Steroids. Ethanolic extract of Achyranthus aspera showed all of these phytocompounds except Tannins in comparison to other extracts. However ethanolic extracts of all plant species revealed the presence of most of the phytocompounds in comparison to other extracts tested. Successive isolation of phytocompounds from plant materials depended on the type of solvent used in extraction procedure. The qualitative changes in the Phytochemical analysis of tested plant species are correlated to methods of preparation. The plants tested are found to be potential due to the presence of various active principles among which Achyranthus aspera is found to be constituted of various primary & secondary metabolites which can be quantified for application in pharmaceutical industry.
Bell monogamy relations in arbitrary qubit networks

Characterizing trade-offs between simultaneous violations of multiple Bell inequalities in a large network of qubits is computationally demanding. We propose a graph-theoretic approach to efficiently produce Bell monogamy relations in arbitrary arrangements of qubits. All the relations obtained for bipartite Bell inequalities are tight and leverage only a single Bell monogamy relation. This feature is unique to bipartite Bell inequalities, as we show that there is no finite set of such elementary monogamy relations for multipartite inequalities. Nevertheless, many tight monogamy relations for multipartite inequalities can be obtained with our method as shown in explicit examples.