Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Developing a cancer-specific geriatric assessment : A feasibility study

BACKGROUND. As the U.S. population ages, there is an emerging need to characterize the functional age of older patients with cancer to tailor treatment decisions and stratify outcomes based on factors other than chronologic age. The goals of the current study were to develop a brief, but comprehensive, primarily self-administered cancer-specific geriatric assessment measure and to determine its feasibility as measured by 1) the percentage of patients able to complete the measure on their own, 2) the length of time to complete, and 3) patient satisfaction with the measure. METHODS. The geriatric and oncology literature was reviewed to choose validated measures of geriatric assessment across the following domains: functional status, comorbidity, cognition, psychological status, social functioning and support, and nutritional status. Criteria applied to geriatric assessment measurements included reliability, validity, brevity, and ability to self-administer. The measure was administered to patients with breast carcinoma, lung carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, or lymphoma who were fluent in linglish and receiving chemotherapy at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY) or the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL). RESULTS. The instrument was completed by 43 patients (mean age, 74 yrs; range, 65-87 yrs). The majority had AJCC Stage IV disease (68%). The mean time to completion of the assessment was 27 minutes (range, 8-45 mins). Most patients were able to complete the self-administered portion of the assessment without assistance (78%) and were satisfied with the questionnaire length (90%). There was no association noted between age (P = 0.56) or educational level (P = 0.99) and the ability to complete the assessment without assistance. CONCLUSIONS. In this cohort, this brief but comprehensive geriatric assessment could be completed by the majority of patients without assistance. Prospective trials of its generalizability, reliability, and validity are justified.
GR{\"O}BNER BASES FOR PERFECT BINARY LINEAR CODES

There is a deep connection between linear codes and combinatorial designs. Combinatorial designs can give rise to linear codes and vice versa. In particular, perfect codes always hold combinatorial designs. Recently, linear codes have been associated to binomial ideals by the so-called code ideal which completely describes the code. It will be shown that for a perfect binary linear code, the codewords of minimum Hamming weight are in one-to-one correspondence with the elements of a reduced Gröbner basis for the code ideal with respect to any graded order. AMS Subject Classification: 13P10, 94B05, 51E10
Deficiency of FRAS 1-related extracellular matrix 1 ( FREM 1 ) causes congenital diaphragmatic hernia in humans and mice

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Department of Pediatric Surgery, and Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 GJ, The Netherlands, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA, Institute for Genetic Medicine and Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA, and Department of Pediatrics and Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Top-K Dominating Queries Data

Top-K dominating query returns the k objects that are dominated in a dataset. Finding dominated elements on incomplete dataset is more complicated than in case of complete dataset. In the realtime datasets the dataset can be incomplete due to various reasons such as data loss, privacy preservation or awareness problem etc. In this paper we aims to find top elements from an incomplete dataset by providing priority values to each dimension in the data object. Skyline based algorithm is applied for that purpose. Since the priority value is used while determining the dominance this method return the most suitable and efficient result than other previous methods. output will be more preferable according to the users purpose.
Reexamining the Expiration Day Effects of Stock Index Derivatives: Evidence from Taiwan

This study examines whether the expiration of derivative contracts affects the underlying spot assets in Taiwan. The expiration effect refers to abnormal return, price reversal, abnormal return volatility, and abnormal volume in underlying spot stock markets as derivatives contracts expire. Due to the unique settlement procedure in the Taiwan Futures Exchange, this study also examines if the expiration effects occur on the settlement day which is the next business day after the expiration day. Our empirical results indicate that expiration day effects do exist in Taiwan. However, the more pronounced expiration day effect occurs on the settlement day due to the unique settlement mechanism in Taiwan. This paper also investigates the expiration effect of MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures traded on the Singapore Exchange, which also uses Taiwan’s stock market as the underlying asset. The results indicate that as SGXTW expires, there are also expiration effects such as abnormal return, abnormal return volatility, and abnormal volume in the Taiwan spot market.
Integrin a V b 6 is a high-affinity receptor for coxsackievirus A 9

Received 12 June 2008 Accepted 9 September 2008 Coxsackievirus A9 (CAV9), a member of the genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae, possesses an integrin-binding arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) motif in the C terminus of VP1 capsid protein. CAV9 has been shown to utilize integrins aVb3 and aVb6 as primary receptors for cell attachment. While CAV9 RGD-mutants (RGE and RGDdel) are capable of infecting rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cell line, they grow very poorly in an epithelial lung carcinoma cell line (A549). In this study, the relationships between CAV9 infectivity in A549 and RD cells, receptor expression and integrin binding were analysed. A549 cells were shown to express both integrins aVb3 and aVb6, whereas aVb6 expression was not detected on the RD cells. Native CAV9 but not RGE and RGDdel mutants bound efficiently to immobilized aVb3 and aVb6. Adhesion of CAV9 but not RGE/RGDdel to A549 cells was also significantly higher than to RD cells. In contrast, no affinity or adhesion of bacterially produced VP1 proteins to the integrins or to the cells was detected. Function-blocking antibodies against aV-integrins blocked CAV9 but not CAV9-RGDdel infectivity, indicating that the viruses use different internalization routes; this may explain the differential infection kinetics of CAV9 and RGDdel. In an affinity assay, soluble aVb6, but not aVb3, bound to immobilized CAV9. Similarly, only soluble aVb6 blocked virus infectivity. These data suggest that CAV9 binding to aVb6 is a high-affinity interaction, which may indicate its importance in clinical infections; this remains to be determined.
Testing Williamson's Theory on Transaction-Specific Governance Structures: Evidence from Electricity Markets

Long term contracts increase the hazard of ex post maladaptation, creating demand for processes that enable adaptation over the course of long-term exchange. Enabling adaptation, however, may diminish the effectiveness of the long-term contracts, designed as prima facie hold-up remedies. Following Joskow (1987), we attempt to empirically capture the positive relationship between physical asset specificity and the duration of long-term contracts between California electricity generators. In addition, following Masten and Crocker (1985), we try to measure the effect of legal provisions on contract duration and interpret them as efficient instruments for providing flexibility in long-term relationships. The more important the investment in relationship-specific assets, the longer the contractual duration. However, parties mitigate long-term contract inflexibility, based on ex ante bargained terms and conditions, with provisions that allow for contingent adaptation. Our empirical results provide support for the hypothesised relationships under different model specifications and alternative estimation techniques.
Monitoring Electrical Power Consumption with Kieker

Detailed knowledge about the electrical power consumption is a prerequisite for reducing it in manufacturing enterprises. Therefore, a continuous monitoring and analysis of the power usage of the overall business as well as of its individual devices, machines, and production plants is demanded. In this paper, we present an approach for such a monitoring infrastructure. It facilitates the integration of different types of sensors in order to make their measurements comparable. Automatically and in real time, it analyzes and visualizes recorded data in a number of ways. Supported by patterns and technologies for scalable, big data processing systems, this approach utilizes the software performance monitoring framework Kieker in large parts. We implement a prototype of this approach and inspect the power consumption of servers in a medium-sized enterprise.
Epidemiological factors associated to bovine coccidiosis in calves ( Bos indicus ) in a sub-humid tropical climate

Objetives. To identify some of the factors associated with bovine coccidiosis in calves ( Bos indicus) in a subhumid tropical climate and identify the species of Eimeria present in the animals. Material and Method. The state of Yucatan, Mexico was divided into three zones according to annual rainfall records. In each zone two small herds (<100 animals) and two large herds (>200 animals) were selected. Faecal samples were taken from two hundred calves ( Bos indicus) six times in one year (1200 faecal samples). Samples were tested by McMaster and flotation techniques. Samples positive to Eimeria oocysts were cultured in potassium dichromate. Results. Eimeria oocysts were found in 87.8% of the samples (1054/1200). A high prevalence was associated with the high rainfall zone (OR= 1.93; 1.16 to 3.20 CI 95%), with large herd-size (OR= 1.83; 1.27 to 2.63 CI 95%) and with rainy season (OR= 3.34; 2.03 to 5.56 CI 95%) . Oocyst excretion was positively affected by large herd-size and rainy season. Nine species of Eimeria were identified. The most frequent species were E. bovis (26.4%), E. auburnensis (16.2%), E. ellipsoidalis (14.7%), E. canadensis (12.1%) and E. zuernii (10.6%). Conclusions. In the subhumid tropical climate, the enviroment and some farm management are important factors in the presentation of bovine coccidiosis in calves.
Stress Field Distribution and Deformation Law of Large Deformation Tunnel Excavation in Soft Rock Mass

The problem of large deformation is very prominent in deep-buried tunnel excavation in soft rock, which brings serious potential safety hazards and economic losses to projects. Knowledge of the stress field distribution and deformation law is the key to ensuring rational design and safe construction in large deformation tunnels of soft rock. As described in this paper, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation and field monitoring were employed to investigate the surrounding rock stress and displacement state in the Dongsong hydropower station in Sichuan Province, China. The results show that the short-bench construction method can effectively control the deformation of surrounding rock and range of the plastic zone. In order to reserve enough working space, the optimum bench length in the actual construction was 10 to 14 m. The peripheral displacement and plastic radius decreased with the increase of tunnel support strength and the advance of supporting time. The displacement can be effectively controlled by applying the second lining in time at a position about twice the diameter of the hole (16 m) from the working face. A reasonable reserved deformation should be adopted to avoid secondary expanding excavation. The values of different positions in the tunnel laterally and longitudinally may be different, and adjustments are needed according to the actual situation.
METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING OF SKIN DISEASES CAUSED

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THE USE OF ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS FOR PREDICTION

In literature Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used for decision making. Reliability of the AHP in decision making is proven with many applications. In many prediction processes, BackPropagation Multi-Layer Perceptron (BPMLP) is a proven and reliable method. A new system for prediction is proposed which uses basic principles of AHP with alterations on criteria and alternative weight determination. Comparison of the prediction results obtained from well known BPMLP and modified AHP showed that; it is possible to use AHP framework for prediction as well.
A Machine Vision Based Automatic Optical Inspection System for Detecting Defects of Rubber Keypads of Scanning Machine

In order to detect defective rubber keypads, factories have to devote massive manpower and financial resources. In this paper, a vision-based system for the detection of a number of rubber keypad defects is designed and developed. To improve the lens distortion rectification, a novel, easy calibration method using image local transformations defined by both sets of points that are detected in the distorted image and the undistorted ones without using any model for a wideangle and lowcost lens camera was proposed. The system detects the defects of 14 different types of rubber keypads quickly (~within about 1.8 seconds) and accurately even with a normal laptop and a low-price webcam.
24 MILLION AND COUNTING: REFLECTIONS ON 40 YEARS OF HEAD START RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 1

1965. 41 years ago. I suspect many of you were not ready to submit Head Start research grant proposals when the program began! In fact, it’s hard to remember what the world was like 41 years ago, even if you were alive then. I was still a year away from completing my Ph.D. and was narrowly focused on testing Hull-Spence learning theory in an experiment with young children in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Most of you probably know only second hand about events of the mid-1960s: the “British Invasion” of 1964-1966 that found the Dave Clark 5, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones on our shores and airwaves. Bob Dylan penned “Like a Rolling Stone” at the beginning of the summer that Head Start began serving 561,000 children in 2,400 communities, and Sergeant Shriver, the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), believed he had found his “direction home. ”
Pretreatment of Crop Residues by Application of Microwave Heating and Alkaline Solution for Biofuel Processing: A Review

The effect of microwave-assisted alkaline pretreatments and enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic agricultural crop residues are reviewed. Pretreatment is a major step for the efficient and effective biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuel. Microwave-assisted alkali pretreatment is one of the promising techniques used in the bioconversion of biomass into useful energy product. The advantages of microwave heating coupled with alkaline pretreatment include reduction of the process energy requirement, rapid and super heating, and low toxic compound formation. This chapter reviews recent microwave-assisted alkali pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification techniques on different agricultural residues highlighting lignocellulosic biomass treatments and reducing sugar yields, and recovery. In addition, compiled up-to-date research studies, development efforts and research findings related to microwave-assisted alkali, and enzymatic hydrolysis are provided.
Genome analysis DNAVis : interactive visualization of comparative genome annotations

Summary: The software packageDNAVis offers a fast, interactive and real-time visualization of DNA sequences and their comparative genome annotations. DNAVis implements advanced methods of information visualization such as linked views, perspective walls and semantic zooming, in addition to the display of heterologous data in dot plot-like matrix views. Availability: The software is freely available at www.win. tue.nl/dnavis; the source code is available upon request. Contact: janpeter.nap@wur.nl Supplementary information: Figures are available at Bioinformatics online; documentation and data are available at www.win. tue.nl/dnavis
Novel demonstration of the renormalization group invariance of the fixed-order predictions using the principle of maximum conformality and the 
C
-scheme coupling

As a basic requirement of the renormalization group invariance, any physical observable must be independent of the choice of both the renormalization scheme and the initial renormalization scale. In this paper, we show that by using the newly suggested $C$-scheme coupling, one can obtain a demonstration that the principle of maximum conformality prediction is scheme-independent to all-orders for any renormalization schemes, thus satisfying all of the conditions of the renormalization group invariance. We illustrate these features for the nonsinglet Adler function and for $\ensuremath{\tau}$ decay to $\ensuremath{\nu}+$ hadrons at the four-loop level.
ANTIOXIDANT PROFILE OF HAEMATOCARPUS VALIDUS ( MIERS ) BAKH . F . EX FORMAN ( KHOONPHAL ) LEAF AND FRUIT : A MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT RARE ETHNIC FRUIT CROP

The present study was undertaken for the antioxidant profiling of the lesser known underexplored ethnic fruit crop Haematocarpus validus (Miers) Bakh.f. ex Forman (Khoon phal). Reports on nutritional status and phytoconstituents of this plant are scanty and there is no scientific report on antioxidant potential of H. validus leaf eventhough, it is used as a hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory agent in ethnomedicine. Methanolic extracts prepared from shade dried and powdered samples of both leaf and fruit were used in the study. The secondary metabolite content recorded were: total phenolics 113.33 and 86.67 mg GAE/g, flavonoids 67.93 and 59.63 mg QE/g and alkaloids 2.72 and 1.93% for leaf and fruit, respectively. H. validus methanolic leaf and fruit extracts are found to be a potent source of natural antioxidants as it was evidenced by DPPH free radical scavenging activity and DNA protective properties (at 500 μg/ml concentration) in vitro.
THE GAMMA-RAY AND NEUTRINO SKY: A CONSISTENT PICTURE OF FERMI-LAT, MILAGRO, AND ICECUBE RESULTS

We compute the γ-ray and neutrino diffuse emission of the Galaxy on the basis of a recently proposed phenomenological model characterized by radially dependent cosmic-ray (CR) transport properties. We show how this model, designed to reproduce both Fermi-LAT γ-ray data and local CR observables, naturally reproduces the anomalous TeV diffuse emission observed by Milagro in the inner Galactic plane. Above 100 TeV our picture predicts a neutrino flux that is about five (two) times larger than the neutrino flux computed with conventional models in the Galactic Center region (full-sky). Explaining in that way up to ∼25% of the flux measured by IceCube, we reproduce the full-sky IceCube spectrum adding an extra-Galactic component derived from the muonic neutrinos flux in the northern hemisphere. We also present precise predictions for the Galactic plane region where the flux is dominated by the Galactic emission.
Performance of Automotive Air Suspension Control System

One type of vehicle suspension is the pneumatic suspension. This paper is an analytical investigation of the air spring stiffness variation under different operating conditions of input frequencies and amplitudes. Usually changing the stiffness of the air spring involves variations of the enclosed air pressure by pumping air into or out of air chamber or by changing its volume. Since, changing spring stiffness through controlling its pressure consumes power and is not instantaneous; hence controlling the stiffness through volume control is adapted in this investigation. This has been achieved by connecting the air spring volume to multiple auxiliary volumes through On-Off valves. By choosing two unequal additional volumes, four different stiffness setting are examined. Keywords—Pneumatic Active Suspension; Air Spring; Vehicle Ride
The balanced scorecard logic in the management control and reporting of small business company networks: A case study

The purpose of this paper is to assess and integrate the application of the balance scorecard (BSC) logic into business networks identifying functions and use that such performance measuring tool may undertake for SME’s collaborative development. Thus, the paper analyses a successful case study regarding an Italian network of small companies, evaluating how the multidimensional perspective of BSC can support strategic and operational network management as well as communication of financial and extra financial performance to stakeholders. The study consists of a qualitative method, proposing the application of BSC model for business networks from international literature. Several meetings and interviews as well as triangulation with primary and secondary documents have been conducted. The case study allows to recognize how BSC network logic can play a fundamental role on defining network mission, supporting management control as well as measuring and reporting the intangible assets formation along the network development lifecycle. This is the first time application of a BSC integrated framework for business networks composed of SMEs. The case study demonstrates operational value of BSC for SME’s collaborative development and success.
GTS Attack: An IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Layer Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks

In the last several years IEEE 802.15. 4 has been accepted as the major MAC layer protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). It has attracted the interest of the research community involved in security issues because the increased range of application scenarios brings out new possibilities for misuse and taking improper advantage of sensor nodes and their operation. As these nodes are very resource restrained such possible attacks and their early detection must be carefully con- sidered. This paper surveys the known attacks on wireless sensor networks, identifies and investigates a new attack, Guaranteed Time Slot (GTS) attack, taking as a basis the IEEE 802.15. 4 MAC protocol for WSN. The GTS Attack is simulated with different scenarios using ns-2 and the results are evaluated both from the point of view of the attacked and the attacker.