Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adaptive Randomized Ensemble Tracking Using Appearance Variation and Occlusion Estimation

Tracking-by-detection methods have been widely studied with promising results. These methods usually train a classifier or a pool of classifiers in an online manner and use previous tracking results to generate a new training set for object appearance and update the current model to predict the object location in subsequent frames. However, the updating process may easily cause drifting in terms of appearance variation and occlusion. The previous methods for updating the classifier(s) decided whether or not to update the classifier(s) by a fixed learning rate parameter in all scenarios. The learning rate parameter has a great influence on the tracker’s performance and should be dynamically adjusted according to the change of scene during tracking. In this paper, we propose a novel method to model the time-varying appearance of an object that takes appearance variation and occlusion of local patches into consideration. In contrast with the existing methods, the learning rate for updating classifier ensembles adaptively is adjusted by estimating the appearance variation with sparse optical flow and the possible occlusion of the object between consecutive frames. Experiments and evaluations on some challenging video sequences have been done and the results demonstrate that the proposed method is more robust against appearance variation and occlusion than those state-of-the-art approaches.
A comparative study of neoadjuvant chronomodulated folfox and radiotherapy vs. Conventional folfox and radiotherapy in locally advanced carcinoma rectum

Aim: This study was undertaken to determine and compare the efficacy and toxicity of chronomodulated FOLFOX + radiotherapy to conventional FOLFOX + radiotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting of locally advanced rectal cancer. Materials and methods: A total of 44 patients were randomly assigned to the two arms with 24 in chronomodulated arm (Arm A) and 20 in conventional arm (Arm B). Four cycles of FOLFOX chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy were given to18 patients in Arm A and all the 20 patients in Arm B completed the treatment. All the patients were evaluated for surgery. Tumor down staging and toxicity profile were compared. Results: tumor down staging and sphincter preservation rates were similar in both the arms. Incidence of grade-III and grade-IV stomatitis, diarrhea and paresthesia was more in Arm B than in Arm A. Nausea was the most common symptom in both the treatment arms.83% patients in Arm A and 86% patients in Arm B experienced nausea at some point during the treatment. Diarrhea was more common in Arm B with 15 % patients experiencing grade 3-4 diarrhea when compared to 5.55% in Arm A. Stomatitis was more common in Arm B with 10% patients experiencing grade 3-4 toxicity as compared to 5.5% in Arm A. It was observed with increased frequency in Arm B with 7(20%) patients experiencing grade 3 sensory neuropathy compared to 2(11.1%) in Arm A. The incidence of hematological toxicities was similar in both arms with only grade 1 and 2 neutropenia occurring in both the arms. The incidence of leucopenia was greater in the conventional arm (Arm B). Conclusions: we conclude that the administration of Chronomodulated FOLFOX followed by radiotherapy has a better toxicity profile and hence better tolerance and similar tumor down staging when compared to conventional FOLFOX and radiotherapy in the neoadjuvant treatment of locally advanced carcinoma rectum.
Algorithms for Communications Systems and their Applications

Preface. Acknowledgements. Elements of signal theory. The Wiener filter and linear prediction. Adaptive transversal filters. Transmission media. Digital representation of waveforms. Modulation theory. Transmission over dispersive channels. Channel equilization and symbol detection. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. Spread spectrum systems. Channel codes. Trellis coded modulation. Precoding and coding techniques for dispersive channels. Synchronization. Self--training equalization. Applications of interference cancellation. Wired and wireless network technologies. Modulation techniques for wireless systems. Design of high speed transmission systems over unshielded twisted pair cables. Index.
The Language-Independent Interface of the Thor Persistent Object System

Thor is a new object-oriented database system being developed at MIT. It allows applications written in diierent programming languages, and possibly running on heterogeneous machines and operating systems, to share objects conveniently. Our goal is to provide safe sharing of objects with higher-level semantics than is typical for today's le systems and databases, while still providing good performance. This paper describes the interface of Thor and also discusses some of the implementation techniques we are using to achieve our performance goal.
Generation and testing of an anti-idiotype that acts as a surrogate antigen for oxidized LDL (OxLDL) in serological studies measuring anti-OxLDL antibodies

2 Declaration.4 Table of Contents . 5 List of figures.9 List of tables.11 Abbreviations . 13 Acknowledgements . 15 CHAPTER 1 Introduction . 16 1.1 Problem statement. 16 1.2 The aim and scope of the study . 17 1.3 The structure of this thesis. 17 CHAPTER 2 Background.20 2.1 Chapter Introduction . 20 2.2 Atherosclerosis is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease. 20 2.2.1 Cellular immunity . 21 2.2.2 Humoral Immunity. 22 2.3 OxLDL is the key antigen in atherosclerosis . 23 2.3. 1 The structure and function of LDL . 23 2.3. 2 The oxidation of LDL . 24 2.3. 3 The atherogenic effects of OxLDL . 26 2.3. 4 Clinical observations relating OxLDL to atherosclerosis . 27 2.4 Anti-OxLDL antibodies in atherosclerosis. 30 2.4. 1 Explanations of complex observations . 41 2.5 Representative material of OxLDL . 42
Book Review: Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines

Books applicable to the broad field of program evaluation are reviewed. Books may be reviewed singly or in groups to illuminate similarities and differences in intent, philosophy, and usefulness. Persons with suggestions of books to be reviewed, or those who wish to submit a review, should contact Perry Sailor (Planning, Budget, and Analysis, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 15, Boulder CO 80309; 303-492-2514 or e-mail: perry.sailor@colorado.edu). In general, a review of an individual book should not exceed four double-spaced typewritten pages; groups of books may require additional length. In the past, AJE policy has been to commission a single review for each book. That will continue to be the practice for most books, but two reviews will be commissioned for books judged by the Editor and/or Book Review Editor to be major works in evaluation. Such major evaluation books would include evaluation texts, edited books of evaluation readings, or other books dedicated solely to extending evaluation theory or practice. Conversely, books that focus on methods or techniques shared by evaluation and other disciplines or professions (e.g., statistics; measurement; observation methods) will receive a single review.
Prepubertal gynecomastia following topical inunction of estrogen containing ointment.

: A six and a half-year-old boy was investigated for prepubertal gynecomastia and hyperpigmentation of the skin. The biological, clinical and radiological work-up did not reveal any endocrinological or tumoral cause. It was incidentally noticed that the patient's sister presented with similar clinical signs which could be related to an estrogen containing ointment. Long-term follow-up of the boy showed complete but delayed regression of the gynecomastia and persistence of hyperpigmentation. His sister developed later on a normal puberty.
Las bandas extenso métricas para analizar el estrés de polimerización

espanolSe propone la extensometria como metodo para el analisis del estres de polimerizacion en los materiales a base de resina frente a los metodos experimentales tradicionales. Se describe y aplica el metodo propuesto (colocando en cavidades clase 11una banda extensometrica a 0'5 cms del margen cavosuperficial gingival), se analiza su validez y se valoran sus ventajas e inconvenientes EnglishThe aim of this study is to analyse the use of extensometry as a research method in restorative dentistry. We made class 11cavities in premolars previously selected, in which we set strain gauges 0,5 cm away from the margin cavity and parallel to the cavity' s floor. All phases in process were registered with strain gauges. The advantages and disadvantages of this technician dental materials are taking into account.
Création semi-automatique d’un corpus annoté pour l’analyse d’opinions

Nous decrivons une methode semi-automatique pour la creation d’un corpus annote en francais. Ce corpus vise a permettre l’apprentissage d’un systeme d’analyse d’opinions dans des textes portant sur l’evaluation d’etablissements de recherche et d’enseignement superieur. La creation de ce corpus s’effectue de maniere iterative. Au cours de ces iterations une ontologie, une terminologie ainsi qu’un ensemble de patrons syntaxico semantiques sont crees automatiquement a partir d’annotations anterieures effectuees par des experts du domaine. Ces ressources permettent par la suite de guider l’annotation automatique de nouveaux corpus. Chaque corpus annote automatiquement est alors soumis a une nouvelle annotation manuelle des experts. Des resultats empiriques montrent que notre methode permet d’accelerer et de faciliter le processus d’annotation. Le corpus resultat est annote a la fois semantiquement et syntaxiquement. Il est disponible gratuitement.
Tiered Based Addressing in Internetwork Routing Protocols for the Future Internet

The current Internet has exhibited a remarkable sustenance to evolution and growth; however, it is facing unprecedented challenges and may not be able to continue to sustain this evolution and growth in the future because it is based on design decisions made in the 1970s when the TCP/IP concepts were developed. The research thus has provided incremental solutions to the evolving Internet to address every new vulnerabilities. As a result, the Internet has increased in complexity, which makes it hard to manage, more vulnerable to emerging threats, and more fragile in the face of new requirements. With a goal towards overcoming this situation, a clean-slate future Internet architecture design paradigm has been suggested by the research communities. This research is focused on addressing and routing for a clean-slate future Internet architecture, called the Floating Cloud Tiered (FCT) internetworking model. The major goals of this study are: (i) to address the two related problems of routing scalability and addressing, through an approach which would leverage the existing structures in the current Internet architecture, (ii) to propose a solution that is acceptable to the ISP community that supports the Internet, and lastly (iii) to provide a transition platform and mechanism which is very essential to the successful deployment of the proposed design. The contribution of this work include design of the new Internet architecture that distributes the routing load across the routing domains based on the FCT concepts with new addressing scheme called Tiered Routing Address (TRA). New routing protocol called Tiered Routing Protocol (TRP) is also defined for the FCT architecture and compared with IP Routing which are both intraand inter -domain by using simulation and testbeds to validate the
A Belief Network Model for Interpretation of ICU Data

Abstract Belief networks provide a causal probabilistic framework for the representation of medical knowledge. We have developed VPnet, a belief-network model of key aspects of the pathophysiology of patients in the intensive-care unit (ICU), and have incorporated this belief-network in a system—VentPlan—that assists in the care and monitoring of patients in the ICU. VPnet converts patient observations into probability distributions for a set of physiological parameters used by VentPlan's mathematical model. VPnet represents the uncertainty of data observations explicitly and implements a model of increasing uncertainty as the time from an observation increases. We have evaluated VPnet using sets of inputs corresponding to a variety of clinical states, and we show calculated physiologic parameter distributions appropriate for the clinical state. Evaluation of complex belief-network models is difficult due to the lack of a gold standard for comparison, and because there is a large number of possible sets of input states.
Evaluation of a strategy to prevent early neonatal group B streptococcus infection: A prospective cohort study

Abstract BACKGROUND: Group B streptococcus (GBS) is one of the principal agents of neonatal early onset sepsis (EOS). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of GBS colonization and neonatal EOS due to GBS and to describe the compliance of an institutional protocol. METHODS: From January 2007 to December 2010 we conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the incidence of maternal GBS colonization in high risk pregnant women. A protocol was implemented to determine anal/vaginal GBS colonization of all women at 22 to 37 weeks of pregnancy and all patients that presented the following risk factors. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) was administered according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. From January 2009 to December 2010, data from the medical records of all newborns at the NICU were also collected to identify the incidence of newborns whose mothers were screened as indicated by the protocol. RESULTS: A total of 4,797 high risk pregnant women were included. The incidence of maternal GBS colonization was 23%. The incidence of neonatal EOS due to GBS was 0.09/1000 live births and a 50% mortality rate. Information regarding GBS maternal colonization was available for 91% of the neonates admitted to the NICU. CONCLUSIONS: The maternal GBS colonization rate was similar to that described in the literature. Information regarding maternal GBS colonization was available to the majority of neonates, which is essential for management of this high risk population. The strategy of surveillance of high risk pregnant women can provide a useful and feasible strategy.
Culturally Enhanced Collaborative Filtering

We propose an enhanced collaborative filtering method using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, calculated for 111 countries. We employ 4 of these dimensions, which are correlated to the costumers’ buying behavior, in order to detect users’ preferences for items. In addition, several advantages of this method demonstrated for data sparseness and cold-start users, which are important challenges in collaborative filtering. We present experiments using a real dataset, Book Crossing Dataset. Experimental results shows that the proposed algorithm provide significant advantages in terms of improving recommendation quality. Keywords—Collaborative filtering, Cross-cultural, E-commerce, Recommender systems
Changes in Obesity Awareness, Obesity Identification, and Self-Assessment of Health: Results from a Statewide Public Education Campaign

Background: Due to the high prevalence of obesity, individuals may be desensitized to weight as a personal health concern. Purpose: To evaluate changes in obesity awareness associated with a statewide public education campaign in Colorado. Methods: Cross-sectional random digit dial telephone surveys (n = 1,107 pre, n = 1101 post) were conducted before and after an intensive 22-week stretch of television advertising, embedded within a multimedia campaign. The main outcomes were awareness of obesity as a personal health issue; correct identification of overweight and obesity; and self-assessment of health status and health behaviors. Results: The pre-advertising survey showed that most individuals believed that their own behaviors were healthier than those of their friends. Respondents frequently were not able to correctly identify an individual as overweight or obese based on height and weight. In the postadvertising survey, individuals were less optimistic about their weight and their health behaviors and were more accurate at identifying overweight and obesity based on height and weight. Discussion: The education campaign increased understanding of obesity as a personal health issue, a necessary precursor to behavior change. Translation to Health Education Practice: Health educators can help individuals to reframe the definition of healthy weight.
Study of various Election algorithms on the basis of message- passing approach

An important challenge in distributed systems is the adoption of suitable and efficient algorithms for coordination selection. The leader election is important problem in distributed system as data is distributed among different node which is geographically separate. For maintaining co-ordination between the node, leader node have to be selected. The main role of an elected coordinator is to manage the use of shared resources in optimal manner. This paper represents the different election algorithms with their limitations as well comparative analysis of them, efficiency in terms of number of messages exchanged in each case and the complexity of various coordinator selection algorithms in distributed systems.
Should The Federal Government Focus More Attention on The Surveillance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Food Sources?

Currently, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducts active population-based surveillance for laboratory confirmed cases of infections caused by ten microorganisms (Campylobacter, Shigella, Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, Salmonella, Yersinia, Vibrio, Listeria, Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora and non-STEC) from ten state health departments, USDA FSIS and the Food and Drug Administration using a collaborative program called FoodNet. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) of CDC’s emerging infection program allows ten U.S. States to actively monitor all laboratory-confirmed infections with select enteric pathogens transmitted commonly through food. This surveillance method has been successful in helping public health agencies to determine the trends associated with the consumption of select food or microorganisms, however, no active surveillance data is available to determine the trends associated with food-related outbreaks due to contaminated agricultural products with Staphylococcus aureus using the existing FoodNet Surveillance system. Furthermore, the surveillance of foodborne diseases is complicated by several other factors, which pose serious challenges to the public health. Therefore, there is a need for base-line data and a system that actively monitor the number of cases of Staphylococcal outbreaks associated with the consumption of agricultural products, including salad crops.
Impact of Education on Antenatal Care among Pregnant Women in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bareilly District Uttar Pradesh, India

Background: Every year more than half a million women die and many millions more suffer disabilities from pregnancy and pregnancy related causes in developing countries. India accounts 20 percent of global maternal deaths, in spite of advancement of public health and medical technology. Many of the maternal deaths could be prevented with well-known intervention such as antenatal care and skilled attendant at birth. Objective: To determine the effect of education on antenatal care among pregnant women. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among pregnant women who came to ante natal clinic of obstetrics department of Rohilkhand medical college, Bareilly during January-March 2014 by using pre-designed, pretested schedule. A total of 300 pregnant women were clinically examined. Written consent was taken. Statistical analysis was done using Microsoft Excel 2007 and SPSS Version 17. Result: In present study 69% women were literate and 88% their husbands were literate. The overall 83.7% antenatal care was found in which 66.3% were regular. 90.8% antenatal care found among literate women while 67.7% among illiterate. Regular antenatal care was more (76.3%) among literate women. Conclusion: Low level of awareness and poor interest about antenatal care was found among illiterate women. They were not conscious about regular antenatal care, tetanus toxoid immunization, iron folic acid supplementation and extra diet during pregnancy. [Singh P NJIRM 2015; 6(1):66-71]
Anaphora and Conceptual Structure

This work presents an analysis of the classic problem of constraints on pronominal anaphora within the framework of cognitive grammar. The author proceeds from the position that grammatical structure can be characterized in terms of semantic and phonological representations, without autonomous syntactic structures or principles, such as tree structures or c-command. She argues that constraints on anaphora can be explained in terms of semantic interactions between nominals and the contexts in which they are embedded. Integrating the results of previous work, van Hoek develops a model in which some nominals function as "conceptual reference points" which dominate over stretches defined by the semantic relations among elements. When a full noun is in the domain of a reference point, co-reference is ruled out, since the speaker would be sending contradictory messages about the salience of the noun's referent. This book is designed to interest theoretical linguists of all persuasions.
Del teatro a la pantalla y viceversa: Josita Hernán y La tonta del bote (1939-1941)

El exito de la pelicula La tonta del bote (Gonzalo Delgras, 1939), la repentina fama y su recien adquirida condicion de «pareja ideal», llevo a sus protagonistas, los actores Josita Hernan y Rafael Duran, al emprendimiento de una aventura teatral conjunta. Entre abril y julio de 1941, la Compania de Comedia Josita Hernan-Rafael Duran recorrio la geografia espanola para llevar a los teatros de provincias un repertorio encabezado por una version mixta de la pieza teatral, de Pilar Millan Astray, La tonta del bote (1925) y la pelicula que constituyo el salto a la fama de ambos comicos. From theatre to cinema and vice versa: Josita Hernan and La tonta del bote (1939-1941) Abstract : The success of the film La tonta del bote (Gonzalo Delgras, 1939), the sudden fame and the recently acquired status of “perfect match,” led its leading actors, Josita Hernan and Rafael Duran, to undertake a theatrical adventure together. Between April and July of 1941, the Comedy Company Josita Hernan-Rafael Duran travelled around Spain taking to the theatres in the provinces a repertoire headed by a mixed version of Pilar Millan Astray’s theatre piece, La tonta del bote (1925), and the film that propelled the rising to stardom of both actors.
The Scientific Collaboration Network of Italian Academic Statisticians

The aim of this paper is to describe the collaboration network among Italian academic statisticians and to compare the resulting network characteristics with those of other disciplines in social and natural sciences. Usually, data on collaboration are derived looking at the co-authorship among scientists, mainly because of the increasing availability of archival database on publications. Several data sources can be considered but each of them presents pros and cons related to both the coverage of the target population and the inclusion of different kind of publications. In this paper we exploit the potential of integrated information to study the patterns of interactions in the given scientific community.