Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Champions of Conservation

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The rs 1447295 polymorphism in the 8 q 24 gene contributes to cancer risk , especially prostate cancer : a meta-analysis

Background: Several studies have suggested a significant association between 8q24 polymorphisms rs1447295 C>A and the risk of different types of cancer. However, the results from published studies are inconclusive. Materials and Methods: Eligible studies from 2007 to 2017 were collected through researching from PubMed, Embase, and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The pooled odds ratios (ORs) with their 95% confidence interval (95% CIs) were calculated to assess the associations. Begg’s funnel plot was applied to check the publication bias. Results: A total of 37 articles and 51 studies were contained for 21523 cases and 26180 controls to evaluate the relationship between rs1447295 polymorphisms and risk of cancer. Overall, a significantly increased risk of cancer was found to be associated with rs1447295 polymorphism (AA + AC vs. CC, OR = 1.283, 95% CI: 1.175-1.402, p value <0.001; CC vs. AA + AC, OR = 1.467, 95% CI = 1.298-1.659, p value <0.001; AA vs. CC, OR = 1.571, 95% CI: 1.284-1.921, p value <0.001; AC vs. CC, OR = 1.251, 95% CI = 1.142-1.371, p value <0.001; A vs. C, OR = 1.298, 95% CI: 1.200-1.404, p value <0.001). In subgroup analysis by cancer types, rs1447295 polymorphism was significantly associated with prostate cancer. However, there was not sufficient evidence and data to assess an association of rs1447295 polymorphism and other cancers risk. Conclusions: Meta-analysis showed that the rs1447295 polymorphism contributes to cancer risk, especially prostate cancer.
Stress and drug resistance in cancer

Patients diagnosed with cancer often undergo considerable psychological distress, and the induction of the psychological stress response has been linked with a poor response to chemotherapy. The psychological stress response is mediated by fluctuations of the hormones glucocorticoids (GCs) and catecholamines. Binding to their respective receptors, GCs and the catecholamines adrenaline/noradrenaline are responsible for signalling a wide range of processes involved in cell survival, cell cycle and immune function. Synthetic GCs are also often prescribed as co-medication alongside chemotherapy, and increasing evidence suggests that GCs may induce chemoresistance in multiple cancer types. In this review, we bring together evidence linking psychological stress hormone signalling with resistance to chemo- and immune therapies, as well as mechanistic evidence regarding the effects of exogenous stress hormones on the efficacy of chemotherapies.
MULTIPLET SLOT MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA WITH SHORTING PIN CONFIGURATION FOR WIMAX APPLICATIONS

In this paper, a low profile, less weight and low cost microstrip patch antenna with frequency agility is used to achieve broad bandwidth with high radiation efficiency which is the basic requirement of today’s wireless application. This is achieved by cutting six symmetrical slots of unequal sizes in the rectangular patch to increase the current intensity which in turn increases the bandwidth and efficiency. The trade off between antenna size and bandwidth is compensated by introducing a shorting pin at the center line of the patch. The result is simulated using HFSS software in the middle band of WiMAX and the antenna is found to be resonating at 3.7GHz. The observed bandwidth is 51.98 percent with a return loss of -16.94dB.
Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Learning Management System as a Learning Tool.

A Learning Management System (LMS) can be a singularly critical platform to report on students’ learning progress and to monitor students’ learning engagement. At the only defence university in Malaysia, the National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM) adopts the LMS as a supplementary learning and teaching tool. Nonetheless, the aspiration of Malaysia to ensure that higher learning institutions actively participate in the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has further emphasised the need for the NDUM to provide an effective LMS to the students. This paper aims at examining the perceptions of students at the Defence University on the use of the LMS. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is used as the basis for generating hypotheses and conceptual framework for the paper. Five classes of students were involved in the data collection resulting in 100 returned questionnaires. Preliminary findings highlight students’ positive attitudes towards the use of the LMS; however, there are technical issues that must be addressed to ensure that the LMS can function effectively.
The preventive role of Arabic gum in the treatment of Toxicity Research Article 27 Corresponding

Copyright: ©2018 Said Said Elshama. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited Citation: Said Said Elshama. (2018), The preventive role of Arabic gum in the treatment of Toxicity. Opn acc Tox & Res.1:1, 27-29 Abstract Arabic Gum has a wide spectrum of health benefits because of its antioxidant, antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial effects. It was approved as a food additive by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee due to its stabilizing, emulsifying and thickening properties that induce the attractive flavors. Many research demonstrated the Arabic gum as one of the natural antioxidants that have an effective protective and curative role in many intoxicated cases. Recent studies showed that Arabic gum has the ability to prevent or treat the toxic manifestations of some common drugs such as indomethacin, aspirin, acetaminophen, and gentamicin as well as some chemotherapeutic drugs such as cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin besides its potent prophylactic role in some chemicals toxicity cases such as trichloroacetic acid, paraquat, and mercuric chloride Said Said Elshama* Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, College of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia City, Egypt, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
An empirical analysis of Drug Reimbursement Decisions in 6 European countries *

Most European countries have Health Technology Assessment procedures for informing drug reimbursement decisions. Depending on the drug and the country assessing it, the decision can be Favourable, Favourable with restrictions or NonFavourable. The main objective of this paper is to determine empirically the factors that may lead to different drug reimbursement decisions across countries. For this purpose, a taxonomy has been developed, comprising two groups of variables: system-level and product-specific. Our goal is achieved through modelling a Multilevel mixed-effects Ordered Probit. This model is run on a database containing cancer drug reimbursement decisions of six European countries (20062014). The main results show that the system variables are not determinants of a higher or lower probability of reimbursement. However, the probability of reimbursement is higher when a drug is considered cost-effective by NICE/SMC and when there is a financial Managed Entry Agreement. Finally, the model shows that the probability of reimbursement is lower when there is a higher incidence rate.
Finite difference schemes for singular free boundary problems

In this paper a class of singular free boundary value problems arising in plasma physics is considered. Taking into account the behavior of the solution in the neighborhood of the singular points, a smothing variable substitution is proposed in order to avoid the decreasing of the convergence order of the finite difference scheme caused by the presence of singularities. Numerical results are presented and discussed.
Number : wucse-2009-76 2009 Globally Clocked Magnetic Logic Circuits

Magnetic spin valve devices enable the design of logic and memory elements that are suitable for use when constructing digital systems. A master-slave flip-flop design is proposed that can be clocked using an externally applied global magnetic field. With an external global clock, the digital system no longer needs to deliver the clock on-chip, thereby eliminating the need for a clock distribution network. We assess the power, area, and speed implications associated with the ability to eliminate the clock distribution network on a hybrid CMOS-magnetologic digital system. Type of Report: Other Department of Computer Science & Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Campus Box 1045 St. Louis, MO 63130 ph: (314) 935-6160 Globally Clocked Magnetic Logic Circuits Michael Hall∗, Albrecht Jander†, Roger D. Chamberlain, and Pallavi Dhagat Abstract Magnetic spin valve devices enable the design of logic and memory elements that are suitable for use when constructing digital systems. A master-slave flip-flop design is proposed that can be clocked using an externally applied global magnetic field. With an external global clock, the digital system no longer needs to deliver the clock on-chip, thereby eliminating the need for a clock distribution network. We assess the power, area, and speed implications associated with the ability to eliminate the clock distribution network on a hybrid CMOSmagnetologic digital system.Magnetic spin valve devices enable the design of logic and memory elements that are suitable for use when constructing digital systems. A master-slave flip-flop design is proposed that can be clocked using an externally applied global magnetic field. With an external global clock, the digital system no longer needs to deliver the clock on-chip, thereby eliminating the need for a clock distribution network. We assess the power, area, and speed implications associated with the ability to eliminate the clock distribution network on a hybrid CMOSmagnetologic digital system.
Visible Photoluminescence from a Si-rich Oxide and the Electronic Structures of Silicon Quantum Dots

In spite of the low quantum efficiency of indirect bandgap materials, such as Si and Ge, the discovery of strong luminescence spectra from porous silicon has opened a new possibility for optoelectronic applications [1]. In the bulk electronic structure of indirect-gap materials, the wave-vector difference between the edges of the conduction band and the valence band results in phononassisted electron-hole recombination. The indirect optical transition can be converted to a direct one as the translational symmetry is broken. The size of the Brillouin zone is reduced by folding the conduction-band edge onto the Γ point. Furthermore, the isolated quantum dot shows that the electron and hole wave functions are spread in momentum space by breaking the crystal momentum selection rule so that the electronic states become completely discrete as in atoms and molecules [2]. The crystallite model suggests that for sizes above 20 Å the phonon-assisted transition dominates and the picture of zone folding is approximately applicable, while the zero-phonon transition due to the quantum state is more important for smaller size crystallites [3]. For relatively large Si dots, the optical transition is closely related to the radiative recombination of electrons and holes due to the large density of surface states. The density of surface states (DOS) is localized below the conduction-band edge for electrons and above the valence-band edge for holes [4]. The quantum efficiency of the photoluminescence (PL) of porous silicon depends on passivation of the grain boundaries of the Si nanocrystallite (nc-Si). The stability of the PL of porous silicon can, thus, be significantly improved by passivating the grain boundaries with oxides by using rapid thermal processing [5,6]. The PL output from quasi-isolated silicon clusters with an oxidized grain-surface embedded in an oxide matrix has been reported [7,8]. Si particles with different sizes can be embedded by conventional rf-magnetron sputtering at various substrate temperatures. Si-ionimplanted SiO2 also shows a light emission band from the nanocrystalline phase of silicon after rapid thermal annealing [9,10]. Another method of light emission has been suggested for hydrogenated amorphous silicon films produced by plasma-induced deposition with subsequent dry oxidation [11]. With this process, it is easy to control the crystallite size and the fraction of nanocrystalline silicon in the film. However, in the preparation of samples, it is hard to oxidize at high temperatures of more than 1000◦C. Stoichiometric SiO2 film can be grown by thermal oxidation [12,13] and plasma oxidation [14]. Off-stoichiometric oxide films can be deposited by a plasma process. In spite of extensive experimental work and theoretical calculations, the formation mechanism of Si quantum dots and the origin of the strong
The Benefits of Accommodating Latent Demand Introduction Latent Demand

Latent demand consists of trips not made at a particular time on a particular route because the cost of the trips is too high but which would be made if the cost were lower. If capacity on a congested freeway is increased, some of this latent demand will be accommodated. As a result, the reduction in peak period delay on the freeway will be less than would be projected if there were no latent demand, and there will be some increase in overall vehicle miles. Generally, only these negative aspects of latent demand are considered. However, there are significant benefits from accommodating latent demand. The most important is the reduction in “schedule delay,” that is leaving earlier than desired in order to reach one’s destination on time, perhaps arriving earlier than desired. When capacity is increased, people can leave later and still arrive on time. Another important benefit is the reduction in delay on alternate routes as people shift from these routes to the highway. With such shifts the total delay reduction on all routes is greater than if there were no route shift. There may also be new trips that would not have been taken before the improvement because they took too long or preferred destinations not visited because they took too long. A balanced assessment of the benefits and costs of increased capacity would include the positive, as well as the negative, effects of latent demand. TRB 2003 Annual Meeting CD-ROM Paper revised from original submittal.
Non-invasive prenatal testing assisted in detecting fetus sex chromosome aneuploidy: a retrospective study of 6,002 singleton pregnancy women cohort

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in detecting fetus sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA). Methods: This was a retrospective study in a large patient cohort of 6,002 singleton pregnancy women which underwent NIPT as a prenatal screening test for trisomies 21, 18 and 13, with X and Y chromosomes as secondary findings, in Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital. Results: In the present study, 26 cases were classified as SCA-positive by NIPT. In these cases, karyotyping confirmed 11 cases of the NIPT results (four XXX cases, two XXY cases, three XYY cases and two X cases), giving a positive predictive value of 52.38% (11/21 cases confirmed by karyotyping), ten cases received the examination results and terminated pregnancy, one case decided to continue with pregnancy and there was no abnormality in the appearance of the newborn. In addition, the false positive rate was 38.09% (8/21) and seven cases could not be confirmed by karyotyping. Conclusion: Based on our results, clinical application of NIPT on the non-invasive detection of fetal SCA is feasible. Along with other clinical testing methods, it would provide a simple, safe and convenient clinical way for patients to make decisions.
The Future of Web and Mobile Game Development

Since HTML5 has become open to the public many developers have been experimenting with the new possibilities for web development, the aim of this research paper is to give an overview of what this means to the game development community. This research paperwill evaluate new HTML5 elements and JavaScript features. We highlight WebGL, Canvas and WebSockets, which have given developers the opportunity to flaunt their creativity by manipulatingimages, creating3D environments and providing real-time interaction.
Graphical displays in information systems: some data properties influencing the effectiveness of alternative forms

Abstract Abstract. A number of indications which bear upon the utility of graphical representations of data are presented. The indications are based upon the apparent cognitive demands of particular forms of information abstraction. A study is reported where hypotheses concerning the appropriateness of alternative forms of graphical display for the presentation of particular properties of data are tested. A large number of significant differences between alternative forms of presentation in terms of effectiveness for communicating major features of data are identified and discussed.
High-Speed Area-Efficient Implementation of AES Algorithm on Reconfigurable Platform

Nowadays, digital information is very easy to process, but it allows unauthorized users to access to this information. To protect this information from unauthorized access, cryptography is one of the most powerful and commonly used techniques. There are various cryptographic algorithms out of which advanced encryption standard (AES) is one of the most frequently used symmetric key cryptographic algorithms. The main objective of this chapter is to implement fast, secure, and area-efficient AES algorithm on a reconfigurable platform. In this chapter, AES algorithm is designed using Xilinx system generator, implemented on Nexys-4 DDR FPGA development board and simulated using MATLAB Simulink. Synthesis results show that the implementation consumes 121 slice registers, and its maximum operating frequency is 1102.536 MHz. Throughput achieved by this implementation is 14.1125 Gbps.
OBSTACLE DETECTING ROBOT FOR UBIQUITOUS ENVIRONMENT - DEVOID OF SENSOR

Autonomous path tracking robot without any knowledge about the environment must muddle through the obstacle. The onboard sensing technique uses sensor to detect obstacle. The vision based technology progress with camera to become aware of obstacle. On comparing the above two approach, the latest one provides detailed information about the environment which is not obtained by using sensor. There are some drawbacks in onboard sensing technology like selection of sensor based on color and lightning condition which can be overcome by the proposed method. The proposed method depends on vision based technology which is capable of providing detailed description about the environment to avoid obstacles. The piecewise linear contrast stretching is used for image segmentation. The map less navigation where the robot is not trained to any environment behaves like a human when the robot detects an obstacle from the captured image. Once the obstacle is detected the robot takes another possible path for the further safe navigation.
Trade-elasticities for China and the OECD countries . Facts and myths of global disequilibria

This paper provides new evidence on trade price-elasticities by analysing the case of China and the Oecd countries over the period 1990-2013. Import and export equations have been made using time-series framework and panel data techniques for non-stationary data. The contributions are threefold. Firstly, the panel data econometric specification allows for cross-country common factors, thereby controlling for unobserved time-varying omitted variables. Secondly, we complement the study by referring to a single-country time-series analysis based on a VECM model. This is a powerful robustness test on the results of our panel data setting, whose dimension, however, is large enough to ensure the reliability of estimations. Thirdly, we control for structural stability of export and import price elasticities and, thus, test the relevance of several breaks that we identify as potential source of randomness in the long-run equilibrium of each country.
Aberrant expression of MCM 2 and Ki-67 are associated with endometrial carcinoma and its survival rate

Objective: Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is one of the most common gynecologic malignancies. Minichromosome maintenance-2 (MCM2) and Ki-67 are both expressed during whole cell cycle to regulate proliferation and they have been proposed as potential prognostic markers in various tumors. In present study, we aim to examine the relationship between endometrial carcinoma and aberrant expression of MCM2 and Ki67. Methods: The expression of MCM2 and Ki-67 in normal endometrium tissues, atypical hyperplasia of endometrium (EAH) tissues and endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EAC) tissues were detected by immunohistochemical staining and statistically analyzed subsequently. Results: The positive expression rate of MCM2 and Ki67 both showed statistical difference among normal tissues, EAH tissues, and EAC tissues. For clinical pathological characteristics, the positive expression of MCM2 was related to the histopathologic grade and depth of stromal invasion, while the positive expression of Ki67 was related to the lymph node metastasis. There was a positive correlation between MCM2 and Ki-67 protein in EA tissues. Moreover, the 3-years survival rate in MCM2 high expression group was significantly lower than that in the low expression group. Conclusions: MCM2 and Ki-67 expression are significantly higher in EC tissues and their expressions are positively correlated. Expression of MCM2 affects the 3-year survival rate in patients with EAC, indicating MCM2 can be regarded as a prognosticator in EAC diagnosis.
A Survey of Natural Language Processing

Processing of natural language is branch of linguistics, artificial intelligence & computer science and its purpose is to have interaction among natural language of human beings and computers. We can say it is related to field of computer-human interaction. There are different challenges in this field like understanding of natural language i.e. allowing machines to have understanding from natural language of human beings. Mostly available tasks of natural language processing are: analysis of discourse, morphological separation, machine translation, generation and understanding of natural language, recognition of named entities, part of speech tagging, recognition of optical characters, recognition of speech and analysis of sentiments etc. Current research in NLP is showing more interest on learning algorithms which are either unsupervised or semi-supervised in nature. These techniques of learning can perform this task of learning from data which is not annotated manually with required answers or by applying mixture of non-annotated & annotated data. Normally, this job is very hard as compared to learning which is supervised & usually shows little correct results for particular amount of data as input. But there is large quantity of data is available which is non annotated in nature i.e. whole contents available on world wide web and it normally produces less accurate results. This paper discusses about a survey of different techniques of natural language processing.