Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Model Transfer for Tagging Low-resource Languages using a Bilingual Dictionary

Cross-lingual model transfer is a compelling and popular method for predicting annotations in a low-resource language, whereby parallel corpora provide a bridge to a high-resource language, and its associated annotated corpora. However, parallel data is not readily available for many languages, limiting the applicability of these approaches. We address these drawbacks in our framework which takes advantage of cross-lingual word embeddings trained solely on a high coverage dictionary. We propose a novel neural network model for joint training from both sources of data based on cross-lingual word embeddings, and show substantial empirical improvements over baseline techniques. We also propose several active learning heuristics, which result in improvements over competitive benchmark methods.
Gait analysis and recognition for automated visual surveillance

Human motion analysis has received a great attention from researchers in the last decade due to its potential use in different applications such as automated visual surveillance. This field of research focuses on the perception and recognition of human activities, including people identification. We explore a new approach for walking pedestrian detection in an unconstrained outdoor environment. The proposed algorithm is based on gait motion as the rhythm of the footprint pattern of walking people is considered the stable and characteristic feature for the classification of moving objects. The novelty of our approach is motivated by the latest research for people identification using gait. The experimental results confirmed the robustness of our method to discriminate between single walking subject, groups of people and vehicles with a successful detection rate of 100%. Furthermore, the results revealed the potential of our method to extend visual surveillance systems to recognize walking people. Furthermore, we propose a new approach to extract human joints (vertex positions) using a model-based method. The spatial templates describing the human gait motion are produced via gait analysis performed on data collected from manual labeling. The Elliptic Fourier Descriptors are used to represent the motion models in a parametric form. The heel strike data is exploited to reduce the dimensionality of the parametric models. People walk normal to the viewing plane, as major gait information is available in a sagittal view. The ankle, knee and hip joints are successfully extracted with high accuracy for indoor and outdoor data. In this way, we have established a baseline analysis which can be deployed in recognition, marker-less analysis and other areas. The experimental results confirmed the robustness of the model-based approach to recognise walking subjects with a correct classification rate of 95% using purely the dynamic features derived from the joint motion. Therefore, this confirms the early psychological theories claiming that the discriminative features for motion perception and people recognition are embedded in gait kinematics. Furthermore, to quantify the intrusive nature of gait recognition we explore the effects of the different covariate factors on the performance of gait recognition. The covariate factors include footwear, clothing, carrying conditions and walking speed. As far as the author can determine, this is the first major study of its kind in this field to analyse the covariate factors using a model-based method.
Modélisation numérique de l'interface acier-béton : application au comportement des structures en béton renforcées par des aciers plats crantés

Depuis plusieurs annees, la societe MATIERE developpe un nouveau type de renforcement des structures en beton reposant sur l'utilisation d'aciers plats crantes en substitution des aciers ronds a haute adherence habituellement utilises. Ce travail entre dans le cadre du programme de Recherche - Developpement des techniques couvertes par les brevets de M. Marcel MATIERE. L'interet de ces nouveaux aciers plats crantes reside principalement dans leur geometrie qui permet d'envisager de nouvelles dispositions constructives associees a un gain sur l'epaisseur de beton, notamment au niveau de l'enrobage. Ces aciers sont principalement destines aux elements de type dalle ou aux voiles minces ou ils permettront de realiser les economies de beton les plus significatives. Cependant, aucune norme ou reglement ne prend en compte, a ce jour, ces nouveaux aciers. Une etude scientifique validee, principalement basee sur la modelisation numerique, s'est averee necessaire pour d'une part modeliser et comprendre l'interaction entre l'acier plat et le beton et, d'autre part, pour justifier que les methodes de calcul traditionnelles restent applicables a ce genre de renforcement. Dans le cadre de la problematique de la fissuration, une strategie de modelisation reposant sur une approche probabiliste multi-echelles a ete developpee. Cette approche multi-echelles ne consiste pas a developper une modelisation qui inclut, dans son formalisme, toutes les echelles, depuis l'echelle tres locale jusqu'a l'echelle globale (une structure complete), mais a developper une panoplie de modelisations qui apportent des informations pertinences a l'echelle d'analyse choisie. Quelle que soit l'echelle consideree, la modelisation est succeptible de donner des informations sur l'ouverture et l'espacement de fissures. L'aspect probabiliste est essentiellement lie a l'heterogeneite du materiau beton. Les modeles developpes permettent aussi de tenir compte des effets d'echelle, propres aux materiaux heterogenes, qui jouent un role preponderant dans le comportement des structures en beton. Le travail de recherche a donc consiste a developper des outils de modelisation du comportement d'interface en parfaite coherence avec l'echelle de modelisation des phenomenes envisages, notamment au regard des processus de fissuration des structures renforcees par aciers plats. La demarche scientifique s'est appuyee sur une identification des parametres de la modelisation par analyse inverse effectuee sur la base de resultats d'essais experimentaux realises sur de grands tirants en beton arme par aciers plats. Les outils de modelisation ont ensuite ete valides sur des modelisations du comportement en flexion de poutres-dalles de grandes dimensions comparees a des resultats d'essais experimentaux. L'ensemble des essais experimentaux, necessaires a cette etude, ont ete realises par Polytech' Clermont a la demande de l'entreprise MATIERE
Sampling on the Sphere by Mutually Orthogonal Subspaces

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we provide an optimal $\Omega(\sqrt{n})$ bits lower bound for any two-way protocol for the Vector in Subspace Communication Problem which is of bounded total rank. This result complements Raz's $O(\sqrt{n})$ protocol, which has a simple variant of bounded total rank. Second, we present a plausible mathematical conjecture on a measure concentration phenomenon that implies an $\Omega(\sqrt{n})$ lower bound for a general protocol. We prove the conjecture for the subclass of sets that depend only on $O(\sqrt{n})$ directions.
Gonad evaluation in male systemic lupus erythematosus.

OBJECTIVE To assess gonad function in male patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS Thirty-five consecutive male patients with SLE according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology were prospectively evaluated for demographic and clinical features as well as previous and current treatment. Patients underwent urologic evaluation and testicular Doppler ultrasound. We obtained a hormone profile and performed a semen analysis including morphology and testing for the presence of antisperm antibodies. Patients were compared with 35 age-matched healthy controls. RESULTS Compared with controls, SLE patients had lower median testicular volumes in both testes, a lower median total sperm count, and a lower median total motile sperm count. The mean sperm volume and percentage of normally formed sperm were lower in SLE patients than in controls. Since all SLE patients had semen alterations, they were further subdivided into 2 groups according to the severity of these abnormalities (group 1, with teratozoospermia [n = 18], and group 2, with azoospermia or teratozoospermia in combination with oligozoospermia and/or asthenozoospermia [n = 17]). The frequency of treatment with intravenous cyclophosphamide (IV CYC) after the first ejaculation was higher in group 2 than in group 1. The median testicular volumes measured by ultrasound in both testicles were lower in group 2 than in group 1. Follicle-stimulating hormone levels were higher in group 2 than in group 1. The overall frequency of antisperm antibodies in SLE patients was 40%. The apparent higher frequency of antisperm antibodies in group 1 than in group 2 did not reach significance. CONCLUSION SLE patients have a high frequency of sperm abnormalities associated with reduced testicular volume. Postpubertal IV CYC treatment was the major factor in potential permanent damage to the testes.
Simultaneous prospective purification of adult subventricular zone neural stem cells and their progeny

The ability to prospectively isolate adult neural stem cells and their progeny is crucial to study their biology and therapeutic potential. Stem cells in adult mammalian neurogenic niches are a subset of astrocytes. A major limitation in the field has been the inability to distinguish stem cell astrocytes from niche astrocytes. Here, we show that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-positive subventricular-zone (SVZ) astrocytes are activated stem cells that are eliminated by antimitotic treatment. We developed a simple strategy to simultaneously purify cells at different stages of the adult SVZ stem cell lineage by using FACS. This method combines the use of fluorescent EGF ligand, CD24, and GFP expression in GFAP::GFP transgenic mice and allows the simultaneous purification of activated stem cell astrocytes (GFP+EGFR+CD24−), niche astrocytes (GFP+EGFR−CD24−), transit amplifying cells (GFP−EGFR+CD24−), and neuroblasts (GFP−EGFR−CD24low). One in three EGFR+ astrocytes gives rise to neurospheres in vitro, a 20-fold enrichment over unsorted cells. Importantly, these cells constitute the neurosphere-forming population among SVZ astrocytes. This approach will be of great utility for future functional and molecular studies of the SVZ stem cell lineage.
Model predictive control of Murray-darling basin networks

River basins are the most significant component in water supply grids and are under increasing pressure from competing demands for fresh water. However, unlike energy grids which are managed very efficiently using closed-loop operation, water grids, and river basins in particular, are largely open-loop systems. One reason is the difficulty associated with developing suitable models and feedback controllers. This paper proposes a systematic approach using model predictive control based on simple low order models for the real-time operation of entire river basin networks.
El impacto de los impuestos y el gasto social en la desigualdad y la pobreza en El Salvador

El análisis muestra que los programas de transferencias directas (a veces también llamados programas sociales), en general, se concentran mayormente en los hogares con menores ingresos, pero que, dado que el presupuesto dedicado a ellos es pequeño, su efecto en la desigualdad y la pobreza es limitado. También se muestra que una porción significativa de los recursos dedicados a subsidiar el gas licuado, la electricidad, el agua y el transporte público llegan a hogares en los deciles superiores de la distribución de ingreso, por lo que, aunque su presupuesto es mayor, su impacto es pequeño. Por su parte, los impuestos son progresivos en su conjunto, pero - dado su tamaño- el impacto sobre la desigualdad es igualmente limitado. El análisis también muestra que el componente que tiene el mayor efecto sobre la desigualdad es el (valor monetizado del) gasto social dedicado a los servicios de educación y salud prestados por el gobierno. Este documento está organizado de la siguiente manera. En el apartado 2 se presenta la evolución de la pobreza y la desigualdad en El Salvador, y se compara con el resto de la región; también se hace una descripción del contexto fiscal. En la sección 3 se comentan los impuestos y el gasto público, en general, y se describen con detalle los impuestos y los gastos que se han incluido en el análisis. La metodología y los datos son abordados en los apartados 4 y 5. En la parte 6 se discuten los principales resultados y en el apartado 7 se presentan conclusiones y recomendaciones.
Arteriovenous malformation presenting as hemidystonia

Two men, aged 25 and 33 years, had progressive hemidystonia and an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in the contralateral cerebral hemisphere. One patient with an AVM in the posterior basal ganglia of the right hemisphere had an older brother with severe generalized dystonia. The second patient had an AVM in the left cortical and subcortical parietal area with no obvious lesion in the basal ganglia. Unlike generalized dystonia, a focal lesion is commonly found in patients with unilateral dystonia. The association of AVM- induced hemidystonia and family history of dystonia suggests that genetic predisposition may be important in some patients with hemidystonia.
Fast shape matching and retrieval with dynamic angular partition descriptor

Shape matching and retrieval are fundamental topics in image processing area. With the rapid growing number of images, fast speed in shape matching is necessary, but most methods focus on the retrieval accuracy. In this article, we propose a dynamic angular partition descriptor (DAPD) based on the statistical distribution of the shape contour points, which is scale invariant inherently. DAPD has low computational complexity which enables fast shape matching, and naturally sacrifices a little accuracy in retrieval. However, we leverage the angle sensitivity in the structure of DAPD, which can compensate the loss in accuracy by 4.46% on average. Experiments on several shape databases show that, our descriptor can speed up shape matching by up to 13X, but still retains 91.92% accuracy in the top-4 similar shapes in retrieval tests. Meanwhile, we generate some distorted shapes to verify the robustness of DAPD against rotation and noise.
The Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System

The Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System (SMDCS) was developed in 1991 in response to the need for a classification system that could capture detail relevant to sport-related injury. It employs a 6 character structure with 1 pair of digits for each of the body region, the structure, and the diagnosis. This format permits sorting of data on the basis of any pair of digits to allow analysis of the body region, the structure, and the diagnosis type. They can also be combined to search for unique diagnoses. These codes have been used in a clinical setting since inception and have also been used in studies on sport injury surveillance and injury prevention. A number of organizations currently use this system in their ongoing surveillance. With the publication of recent consensus statements on injury data collection in the sports of football (soccer) and rugby, the SMDCS has been updated with new data columns to “cross map” the SMDCS to the broader consensus categories. This manuscript is accompanied by a downloadable data file to enable other groups to use the SMDCS for their own purposes.
Lewis Type 1 Antigen Synthase (β3Gal-T5) Is Transcriptionally Regulated by Homeoproteins*

The type 1 carbohydrate chain, Galβ1–3GlcNAc, is synthesized by UDP-galactose:β-N-acetylglucosamine β1,3-galactosyltransferase (β3Gal-T). Among six β3Gal-Ts cloned to date, β3Gal-T5 is an essential enzyme for the synthesis of type 1 chain in epithelium of digestive tracts or pancreatic tissue. It forms the type 1 structure on glycoproteins produced from such tissues. In the present study, we found that the transcriptional regulation of the β3Gal-T5 gene is controlled by homeoproteins, i.e. members of caudal-related homeobox protein (Cdx) and hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF) families. We found an important region (–151 to –121 from the transcription initiation site), named the β3Gal-T5 control element (GCE), for the promoter activity. GCE contained the consensus sequences for members of the Cdx and HNF families. Mutations introduced into this sequence abolished the transcriptional activity. Four factors, Cdx1, Cdx2, HNF1α, and HNF1β, could bind to GCE and transcriptionally activate the β3Gal-T5 gene. Transcriptional regulation of the β3Gal-T5 gene was consistent with that of members of the Cdx and HNF1 families in two in vivo systems. 1) During in vitro differentiation of Caco-2 cells, transcriptional up-regulation of β3Gal-T5 was observed in correlation with the increase in transcripts for Cdx2 and HNF1α. 2) Both transcript and protein levels of β3Gal-T5 were determined to be significantly reduced in colon cancer. This down-regulation was correlated with the decrease of Cdx1 and HNF1β expression in cancer tissue. This is the first finding that a glycosyltransferase gene is transcriptionally regulated under the control of homeoproteins in a tissue-specific manner. β3Gal-T5, controlled by the intestinal homeoproteins, may play an important role in the specific function of intestinal cells by modifying the carbohydrate structure of glycoproteins.
Managing Future offshore wind power variability in a European Supergrid

The future European power system will have a hierarchical structure created by layers of system control from a Supergrid via regional high-voltage transmission through to medium and low-voltage distribution. Each level will have generation sources such as large-scale offshore wind, wave, solar thermal, nuclear directly connected to this Supergrid and high levels of embedded generation, connected to the medium-voltage distribution system. It is expected that the fuel portfolio will be dominated by offshore wind in Northern Europe and PV in Southern Europe. The strategies required to manage the coordination of supply-side variability with demand-side variability will include large scale interconnection, demand side management, load aggregation and storage in the context of the Supergrid combined with the Smart Grid. The design challenge associated with this will not only include control topology, data acquisition, analysis and communications technologies, but also the selection of fuel portfolio at a macro level. This paper quantifies the amount of demand side management, storage and so-called `back-up generation' needed to support an 80% renewable energy portfolio in Europe by 2050.
Clinical course of severe poisoning with thiomersal.

CASE REPORT A 44-year-old man ingested 83 mg/kg Thiomersal. He developed gastritis, renal tubular failure, dermatitis, gingivitis, delirium, coma, polyneuropathy and respiratory failure. Treatment was symptomatic plus gastric lavage and the oral chelating agents dimercaptopropane sulfonate and dimercaptosuccinic acid. The patient recovered completely. Maximum mercury concentrations were blood 14 mg/L, serum 1.7 mg/L, urine 10.7 mg/L, and cerebrospinal fluid 0.025 mg/L. Mercury concentration in blood declined with two velocities: first with half-time 2.2 days, then with half-time 40.5 days. The decline of mercury concentration in blood, urinary mercury excretion, and renal mercury clearance were not substantially influenced by chelation therapy.
MATLAB Toolbox implementation and interface for motion control of KUKA KR6- R900-SIXX robotic manipulator

MATLAB Toolbox functions and communication tools are developed, interfaced, and tested for the motion control of KUKA KR6-R900-SIXX. This KUKA manipulator has a new controller version that uses KUKA.RobotSensorInterface s KUKA.RobotSensorInterface package to connect the KUKA controller with a remote PC via UDP/IP Ethernet connection. This toolbox includes many functions for initialization, networking, forward kinematics, inverse kinematics and homogeneous transformation.
Tracking Individuals Shows Spatial Fidelity Is a Key Regulator of Ant Social Organization

It's an Ant's Life Eusocial insects live in highly organized societies where groups of individuals carry out specific tasks; for example, caring for the eggs, cleaning the nest, or foraging, which might suggest the presence of an advanced form of organization, similar to what might be expected from more cognitively advanced species. Mersch et al. (p. 1090, published online 18 April) tracked individual ant movements and interactions to show that their precise social organization results from temporal changes in the spatial location of workers. As they aged, ants largely progressed from being nurses located near the queen, to nest cleaners who move throughout the colony, and finally to foragers moving in and out at the colony edges. Monitoring of individually tagged worker ants revealed three distinct groups that greatly differ in behavior. Ants live in organized societies with a marked division of labor among workers, but little is known about how this division of labor is generated. We used a tracking system to continuously monitor individually tagged workers in six colonies of the ant Camponotus fellah over 41 days. Network analyses of more than 9 million interactions revealed three distinct groups that differ in behavioral repertoires. Each group represents a functional behavioral unit with workers moving from one group to the next as they age. The rate of interactions was much higher within groups than between groups. The precise information on spatial and temporal distribution of all individuals allowed us to calculate the expected rates of within- and between-group interactions. These values suggest that the network of interaction within colonies is primarily mediated by age-induced changes in the spatial location of workers.
Loss of the female advantage with cardiovascular disease forwomen with diabetes

Background: The relative risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with diabetes is greater for women than men, and diabetic women did not experience temporal declines in CVD mortality observed for the general population and diabetic men. Objective: To examine sex differences in CVD risk factors for persons with diabetes over time. Design: Population-based historical cohort study. Methods: The provider-linked medical records of all Rochester, MN, residents assigned a clinical diagnosis of diabetes were reviewed to confirm case status and assign diagnosis date. Data on fasting glucose, obesity, persistent proteinuria, smoking, hypertension, and dyslipidemia were obtained at diagnosis for confirmed incidence cases. Results: There were 1330 diabetes cases 1970–1989. Compared to men, women at diagnosis were older and more likely hypertensive, had similar levels of fasting glucose and persistent proteinuria, and less likely to smoke. Among persons diagnosed at younger ages, women were more likely than men to be obese. Comparison with published data for the Rochester population revealed the excess obesity and hypertension associated with diabetes were highest for women < age 55 y. Temporal trends in CVD risk factors did not differ between diabetic men and women.