Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Late Quaternary Aboriginal hunter-gatherer occupation of the Greater Swan Region, south-western Australia

Abstract The Greater Swan Region is an archaeological study area on the Indian Ocean coast in south-western Australia. It covers the central Swan Coastal Plain and the adjacent part of the formerly emergent Rottnest Shelf. Assessment of Aboriginal hunter-gatherer activity throughout this late Quaternary coastal landscape is based on dated records of open-air sites within their environmental settings, informed by historical accounts of mainland subsistence activities. Artefacts flaked from Eocene fossiliferous chert and other stone, identified, in situ, in dated dune soils on the mainland and in palaeosols and Tamala Limestone successions on Rottnest Island, show that during regressive sea levels human groups were distributed across a sand plain reaching from the Darling Scarp 70 km westward across the emergent Rottnest Shelf. On the mainland, open-air site settings near freshwater sources and terrestrial and estuarine habitats give insight into adaptive strategies of Aboriginal occupiers. A similar occupation pattern is proposed for the emergent shelf. Early Holocene records of terrestrial plant species and freshwater microfauna from Barker Swamp on Rottnest Island imply that freshwater sources and terrestrial habitats were comparable to those of the mainland. Further archaeological investigations on the Rottnest Shelf should include extant and former freshwater swamps on Rottnest Island.
An ultra-low power InAs/AlSb HEMT W-band low-noise amplifier

An antimonide-based compound semiconductor (ABCS) microstrip MMIC, a W-Band low-noise amplifier using 0.2-μm gate length InAs/AlSb metamorphic HEMTs, has been fabricated and characterized on a 50 μm GaAs substrate. The compact 1.2 mm 2 five-stage W-band LNA demonstrated a 3.9 dB noise-figure at 94 GHz with an associated gain of 20.5 dB. The measured dc power dissipation of the ABCS LNA was an ultra-low 1.2mW per stage, or 6.0 mW total which is less than one-tenth the dc power dissipation of a typical equivalent InGaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs HEMT LNA. Operation with degraded gain and noise figure at 3.5 mW total de power dissipation is also verified. These results demonstrate the outstanding potential of ABCS HEMT technology for mobile and space-based millimeter-wave applications.
Clinical and pathologic features of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia

The clinical features of 51 patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia were compared with those of 169 patients with cancer elsewhere in the stomach. The male‐to‐female ratio was cardia 7 to 1, other 2.3 to 1; birth in a country where gastric cancer is common: cardia 3 (6%), other 44 (26%); hiatus hernia: cardia 18 (35%), other 10 (6%); prominent heartburn in the past: cardia 12 (24%), other 10 (6%); past or present duodenal ulcer: cardia 9 (18%), other 9 (5%). The pathologic features of 25 cardia cancers were compared with those of 67 other gastric cancers. The fundal gland mucosa was normal in 21 of the 25 cardia cases compared with only 15 of 67 other cancers. Eight of the 25 cardia cancers had a distinctive microscopic appearance. In 7 cardia cases, there were multiple patches of columnar epithelium proximal to the tumor, and, in 6 others, the lower esophagus was lined with columnar epithelium. Marked atypia or intramucosal cancer was observed in the columnar epithelium in 5 cases. The above differences suggest that cancer of the gastric cardia may be a different disease than cancer elsewhere in the stomach.
Suivi par ré-identification dans un réseau de caméras à champs disjoints

Cet article adresse le probleme de suivi automatique de pietons au travers de reseaux de cameras a champs de vue disjoints. Le suivi dans l'image est traite de maniere locale par un algorithme de Suivi-par-Detections et re-identification. Avec du filtrage particulaire a etat mixte, nous introduisons la notion d'identite globale dans un algorithme de suivi multi-pistes pour caracteriser les personnes au niveau du reseau et pallier aux discontinuites d'observations. Nous venons renforcer la decision de re-identification en proposant un schema decisionnel haut niveau integrant les hypotheses de chaque traqueur confrontees a la topologie du reseau. La composante suivi multi-personnes et re-identification est d'abord testee en contexte monocamera. Nous evaluons ensuite notre approche complete sur un reseau de 3 cameras a champs de vue disjoints et un ensemble de 7 personnes. La seule connaissance a priori requise est la carte topologique du reseau.
Recognition of outer membrane proteins using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems

Recognition of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) from non-OMPs (global protein or inner protein) is one of the most important tasks in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. Successful discrimination of OMPs from other types of proteins would help to identify new OMPs for biological applications. In this article, protein sequence index (PSI) and dipeptide motifs were applied to recognize OMPs from non-OMPs using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS), results show that ANFIS can recognize OMPs from non-OMPs with high accuracy, and our method only depended on amino acid sequence.
White Paper on Dental Caries Prevention and Management: A summary of the current evidence and the key issues in controlling this preventable disease

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Improved ant colony algorithm for customization system into supply chain

To establish the configuration relations of complex product structure in the process of customization into supply chain, a new product structure configuration model based on polychromatic graph theory was put forward. Then the optimum product structure configuration mathematical model was got and the improved ant colony algorithm was employed to solve the problem. The results showed that the solution quality got by improved ant colony algorithm was better than the solution got by traditional ant colony algorithm, and the product configuration model can exactly present the configuration information, product attribute and assembly relation for complex product. The customization system offers a kind of new way to meet customers' requirements that the customers are eager for consumption of varieties, small batch production, short cycle and high quality.
Utilization of organs from donors after circulatory death for vascularized pancreas and islet of Langerhans transplantation: recommendations from an expert group

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are increasingly being used as a source of pancreas allografts for vascularized organ and islet transplantation. We provide practice guidelines aiming to increase DCD pancreas utilization. We review risk assessment and donor selection criteria. We report suggested factors in donor and recipient clinical management and provide an overview of the activities and outcomes of vascularized pancreas and islet transplantation.
Evolution of median fin modules in the axial skeleton of fishes.

Detailed examples of how hierarchical assemblages of modules change over time are few. We found broadly conserved phylogenetic patterns in the directions of development within the median fins of fishes. From these, we identify four modules involved in their positioning and patterning. The evolutionary sequence of their hierarchical assembly and secondary dissociation is described. The changes in these modules during the evolution of fishes appear to be produced through dissociation, duplication and divergence, and co-option. Although the relationship between identified median fin modules and underlying mechanisms is unclear, Hox addresses may be correlated. Comparing homologous gene expression and function in various fishes may test these predictions.The earliest actinopterygians likely had dorsal and anal fins that were symmetrically positioned via a positioning module. The common patterning (differentiation) of skeletal elements within the dorsal and anal fins may have been set into motion by linkage to this positioning module. Frequent evolutionary changes in dorsal and anal fin position indicate a high level of dissociability of the positioning module from the patterning module. In contrast, the patterning of the dorsal and anal fins remains linked: In nearly all fishes, the endo- and exoskeletal elements of the two fins co-differentiate. In all fishes, the exoskeletal fin rays differentiate in the same directions as the endoskeletal supports, indicating complete developmental integration. In acanthopterygians, a new first dorsal fin module evolved via duplication and divergence. The median fins provide an example of how basic modularity is maintained over 400 million years of evolution.
Retrieval of the top N matches with support vector machines

Support vector machines (SVM) have been recently proposed for pattern recognition. Their basic property allows us to find a decision surface between two classes in terms of a hyperplane in a high dimensional space. In a multiclass recognition problem, SVM are used in the form of a combination of binary classifiers. However, SVM are unable to retrieve the top N matches, since they are designed to yield only one-the best match-in a multiclass problem. In other words, there is no proper similarity measurement for ordering all the classes in a given space using SVM. In this paper, we present an efficient method for the retrieval of the top N matches in a multiclass problem using SVM. For evaluation of the proposed method, we compared its result with that of a PCA algorithm in ranking the matches between classes.
Unlearning Aristotelian Physics: A Study of Knowledge-Based Learning

A study of a group of elementary school students learning to control a computer-implemented Newtonian object reveals a surprisingly uniform and detailed collection of strategies, at the core of which is a robust “Aristotelian” expectation that things should move in the direction they are last pushed. A protocol of an undergraduate dealing with the same situation shows a large overlap with the set of strategies used by the elementary school children and thus a marked lack of influence of classroom physics training on this student's naive physics. The data from these two studies are pooled and elaborated into a “genetic task analysis” of how one might come to understand Newtonian dynamics as a more or less natural evolution from the naive state.
Safe zone for bone harvesting from the interforaminal region of the mandible.

AIMS The mandibular incisive nerve can be subjected to iatrogenic injury during bone graft harvesting. Using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), this study aims to determine a safe zone for bone graft harvesting that avoids injuring this nerve. METHODS Sixty CBCT examinations of patients were included in this study. The examinations were taken using the i-CAT CBCT imaging system, applying a standardized exposure protocol. Image reconstruction from the raw data was performed using the SimPlant dental implant software. The distances of mandibular incisive canal (MIC) to the inferior border and the labial and lingual cortices of the mandible were measured at 3, 5, 7 and 9 mm mesial to the mental foramen. RESULTS The MIC was visible in all (100%) CBCT images. The median distance and interquartile range from the lower border of the mandible was 9.86 (2.51) mm, curving downwards toward the inferior mandibular border at the symphysis menti. It was located closer to the buccal border of the mandible (3.15 [1.28] mm) than lingual cortex (4.78 [2.0] mm). The MIC curves toward the lingual side at the symphysis menti. There was gender difference in a number of these measurements. Current recommendation for chin bone graft harvesting can be applied to Asian subjects. CONCLUSIONS While acknowledging that there is human variability, this study provides an accurate anatomic location of the MIC, which in turn helps to determine a safe zone for chin bone graft harvesting. This information can become a useful guide in centers where CBCT is not available.
Identification of tyrosine kinases expressed in the male mouse gubernaculum during development

The gubernaculum is a mesenchymal tissue that connects the gonads to the inguinal abdominal wall in the mammalian embryo. During gestation in the male, differential development of the gubernaculum and regression of the cranial suspensory ligament coordinate the first phase of testicular descent. As many as 1–3% newborn boys show impaired testicular descent, in part due to problems in gubernacular development. Little is known about the signaling molecules and cascades that are required for the development and differentiation of the gubernaculum. Protein tyrosine kinases comprise a large class of proteins that play important roles in proliferation, differentiation, and many aspects of cell–cell signaling in tissues. To date, no information on the existence of members of tyrosine kinase family in gubernaculum is available. We used a reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction approach to identify 25 individual members of cytoplasmic and receptor tyrosine kinase classes in the developing male gubernaculum. The analysis of cellular distribution suggests that each tyrosine kinase examined may play a unique role in gubernacular development and differentiation. Developmental Dynamics 230:660–665, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Change in chest wall dimensions on induction of anaesthesia: a reappraisal.

We used a linearized magnetometer to measure the changes in rib cage and abdominal dimensions which occurred during induction of anaesthesia with i.v. methohexitone when spinal movement was prevented. By plotting the changes on an adaptation of the Konno and Mead plot, we inferred changes in chest wall volume, which decreased in 11, did not change in two and increased in four patients (n = 17). The mean change was a decrease (P < 0.05). These results differ from previous studies using magnetometry but are consistent with those of three-dimensional imaging. A decrease in chest wall volume could explain the decrease in functional residual capacity associated with general anaesthesia.
Elevated serum concentrations of interleukin-10 in nonneutropenic patients with invasive aspergillosis.

tent aliquots are used, 1 nonresponder would be expected only among 10 million OPV recipients. To conclude, stabilized OPV will boost global plans to eradicate poliomyelitis by 2005 [8]. Multiple doses of potent OPV will be an asset to disease surveillance and will stop wild-virus transmission in Angola and elsewhere. Stabilized formulations will enhance the probability of every OPV recipient receiving the full immunizing dose. Field scrutiny of OPV, existing or stabilized, for 3 serotypes should banish poliomyelitis among recipients of multiple doses of OPV.
The influence of neighborhood socioeconomic status and walkability on TV viewing time.

BACKGROUND Influences on TV viewing time, which is associated with adverse health outcomes such as obesity and diabetes, need clarification. We assessed the relation of neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and walkability with TV viewing time in the Black Women's Health Study, a prospective study of African American women. METHODS We created neighborhood SES and walkability scores using data from the U.S. census and other sources. We estimated odds ratios for TV viewing 5+ hours/day compared with 0-1 hours/day for quintiles of neighborhood SES and walkability scores. RESULTS Neighborhood SES was inversely associated with TV viewing time. The odds ratio for watching 5+ hours/day in the highest compared with the lowest quintile of neighborhood SES was 0.66 (95% CI 0.54-0.81). Neighborhood walkability was not associated with TV viewing time. CONCLUSIONS Neighborhood SES should be considered in devising strategies to combat the high levels of sedentariness prevalent in African American women.
A new active soft-switching circuit for full bridge converters

This paper proposes an active soft-switching circuit for bridge converters aiming at improving the power conversion efficiency. The proposed circuit achieves loss-less switching for both main and auxiliary switches without increasing the main device current/voltage rating. It is capable of operating at elevated switching frequencies of several hundreds of kHz, at low and high power levels with a wide range of load variations. A winding coupled to the primary of power transformer ensures soft switching for the auxiliary switches during turn-on and turn-off. Phase Shifted Full Bridge (PSFB) topology is chosen to validate the design. Operation principle with analytical expressions for the proposed circuit are outlined. The proposed active soft switched PSFB DC-DC converter circuit is designed and implemented for 350 W, switching at 100 kHz. The simulation and experimental results are presented. Experimental results are used to validate the analysis.
Simulating the Emergence of Mutations and Their Subsequent Evolution in an Age-Structured Stochastic Self-Regulating Process with Two Sexes

The stochastic process under consideration is intended to be not only part of the working paradigm of evolutionary and population genetics but also that of applied probability and stochastic processes with an emphasis on computer intensive methods. In particular, the process is an age-structured self-regulating multitype branching process with a genetic component consisting of an autosomal locus with two alleles for females and males. It is within this simple context that mutation will be quantified in terms of probabilities that a given allele mutates to the other per meiosis. But, unlike many models that are currently being used in mathematical population genetics, in which natural selection is often characterized in terms of parameters called fitness by genotype or phenotype, in this paper the parameterization of submodules of the model provides a framework for characterizing natural selection in terms of some of its components. One of these modules consists of reproductive success that is quantified in terms of the total expected number of offspring a female contributes to the population throughout her fertile years. Another component consists of survival probabilities that characterize an individual’s ability to compete for limited environmental resources. A third module consists of a parametric function that expresses the probabilities of survival in a birth cohort of individuals by age for both females and males. A forth module of the model as an acceptance matrix of conditional probabilities such female may show a preference for the genotype or phenotype as her male sexual partner. It is assumed that any force of natural selection acts at the level of the three genotypes under consideration for each sex. By assigning values of the parameters in each of the modules under consideration, it is possible to conduct Monte Carlo simulation experiments designed to study the effects of each component of selection separately or in any combination on a population evolving from a given initial population over some specified period of time.
Teilchenpopulationen in der inneren Jupitermagnetosphäre - Untersuchung der EPI-Daten von der Galileo-Probe

An Bord der Galileo Probe, die am 7. Dezember 1995 den Jupiter erreichte, wurden vom Energetic Particles Investigation (EPI) Experiment innerhalb der Umlaufbahn des Mondes Io omnidirektionale und sektorisierte Messungen energiereicher Teilchen durchgefuhrt. Dabei konnte erstmals der Bereich unterhalb von 1.6 Jupiterradien (1 Rj = 71372 km) untersucht werden. Die mit Hilfe einer Computersimulation fur verschiedene Teilchensorten berechneten Ansprechfunktionen des EPI-Instruments zeigen, das alle Zahlkanale auf mehrere Teilchensorten ansprechen. Last sich das Energiespektrum der Teilchen durch ein Potenzgesetz beschreiben, kann ein Fitverfahren mit Hilfe der Ansprechfunktionen die Parameter der verschiedenen Teilchensorten bestimmen. Die im Bereich der Monde und Ringe beobachteten Strukturen der Zahlratenverlaufe sind fur Elektronen, Protonen und Helium unterschiedlich stark ausgepragt. Das bei 1.82 Rj beobachtete Minimum der Zahlrate liegt im Bereich der Bahnen der Monde Adrastea und Metis sowie dem Beginn des Staubringes (Main-Ring). Das zweite Minimum bei 1.65 Rj wird moglicherweise durch die Dichtestruktur im Halo-Ring verursacht. Der Ruckgang der Zahlrate zwischen 2 und 2.3 Rj ist auf den Einflus des Mondes Amalthea zuruckzufuhren, wahrend der steile Abfall bei 1.2 Rj durch die Wechselwirkung der Teilchen mit der Restatmosphare des Jupiter verursacht wird und den unteren Rand des Strahlungsgurtels darstellt, der vom EPI erstmalig gemessen wurde. Die vom EPI beobachteten Elektronenintensitaten sind deutlich groser als die von Protonen und Heliumteilchen. Eine erste Untersuchung der Sektordaten zeigt, das die Winkelverteilungen im Bereich starkerer Absorption mehr um 90° gebundelt sind. Die aus den EPI-Daten berechneten Elektronenintensitaten liegen etwas hoher als die Werte aus den vorhergehenden Untersuchungen mit Pioneer 11 vom Dezember 1974.
Interferometric radar waveform design and the effective interferometric wavelength

Interferometric radar systems are used by the research, commercial and military communities for applications ranging from topographic mapping to measuring subtle deformations of the Earth's surface for geophysical processes such as earthquakes, volcanoes and ice motion. These systems operate at a variety of wavelengths from 1 cm to 1 m depending on the application. As the number of users of the spectrum increases it is becoming increasingly necessary for these systems to alter their waveforms to have the necessary interoperable compatibility. In particular, notching of certain spectral bands within the radar transmit band may be required to avoid interference with critical users operating in the same band. For high accuracy applications it is necessary to account for how these waveform differences affect the interferometric phase and correlation. We have developed a formula for the effective interferometric wavelength that accounts for the effect of the transmitted waveform on the effective interferometric wavelength and the way the data is processed.
Epithelial crosstalk at the microbiota–mucosal interface

This article provides an overview of how intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) recognize commensals and how they maintain host-bacterial symbiosis. Endocrine, goblet cells, and enterocytes of the intestinal epithelium express a range of pattern recognition receptors (PRR) to sense the presence of microbes. The best characterized are the Toll-like receptors (TLR) and nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLR), which play a key role in pathogen recognition and the induction of innate effectors and inflammation. Several adaptations of PRR signaling have evolved in the gut to avoid uncontrolled and potentially destructive inflammatory responses toward the resident microbiota. PRR signaling in IEC serve to maintain the barrier functions of the epithelium, including the production of secretory IgA (sIgA). Additionally, IECs play a cardinal role in setting the immunosuppressive tone of the mucosa to inhibit overreaction against innocuous luminal antigens. This includes regulation of dendritic cells (DC), macrophage and lymphocyte functions by epithelial secreted cytokines. These immune mechanisms depend heavily on IEC recognition of microbes and are consistent with several studies in knockout mice that demonstrate TLR signaling in the epithelium has a profoundly beneficial role in maintaining homeostasis.