Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Localización de sonidos en entorno abierto por personas ciegas

espanolEl articulo describe los resultados obtenidos en la localizacion de sonidos virtuales mediante un dispositivo detector de objetos en entorno de laboratorio y en entorno abierto con personas invidentes. En las pruebas han participado dos grupos de diez personas invidentes. Los participantes tenian edades comprendidas entre 25 y 60 anos. El dispositivo detector de obstaculos reproducia 64 sonidos en un azimut de 64o para una distancia de entre 0,5m hasta 5m en un plano horizontal al nivel de los ojos. Los sonidos virtuales se reproducian mediante auriculares. Para el experimento se ha utilizado un sonido grabado que varia entre –110dB y –23dB con frecuencia entre 86Hz hasta 18.604Hz. El sonido se reprodujo a una frecuencia de 44.1kH y 32 bits, y con una duracion de 0.04641s. Los resultados nos muestran que las personas invidentes son capaces de localizar objetos mediante sonidos simulados virtualmente y detectarlos con gran precision EnglishThe paper describes the results of virtual sound localization via an object detector in laboratory setting and open environment with blind people. In the tests have been involved two groups of ten blind people. Participants were aged between 25 and 60. The obstacle detection device reproduced 64 sounds at an azimuth of 64° for a distance of between 0.5 m to 5m in a horizontal plane to the level of the eyes. Virtual sounds were reproduced through headphones. For the experiment we used a recorded sound which varies between –110dB and –23dB with frequency between 86Hz to 18.604Hz. The sound was reproduced 44.1kH frequency and 32 bits, and a duration of 0.04641s. The results show that blind people are able to locate objects by virtually simulated sounds and detect them with high accuracy.
DIABETICS IN A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC COHORT; AN UPDATE INTO THE PATTERN OF PRESENTATION OF CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS

Objectives: To study the latest trend of cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetics in a low socioeconomic group. Design: Cross sectional observational. Place and duration: Three tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. June 2013 – Dec 2014. Methods: 824 type II adult diabetic patients of both genders were included. History was taken regarding diabetes, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and cerebrovascular accidents. Blood pressure and BMI was recorded. Investigations were done for dyslipidemia. SPSS 16 was used for means, frequencies and proportions. Results: There were 276 males (33%) and 548 females (67%) with a mean age of 52 years (±9.67). Mean duration of diabetes was 9.36 years (± 6.39). Hypertension was present in 375 (45%) diabetics of which males were 124(33%) and females were 251(66.6%). Frequency of hypertension in total diabetic males is 45% (125) and in females 45.6 %( 140). Ischemic heart disease was present in 105 patients (12.7%) in which males were 45(42.8%) and females were 60(57.1%). The male percentage of ischemic heart disease was 16.3% (45) of the total males and females 11 %( 40). Stroke was found in 19 patients (2.3%) equally distributed in both genders. Mean Body mass Index was 28.02 (+/5.31) with 135 (16.3%) being overweight and 529 (64.2%) obese. Dyslipidemia was present in 250 (42.3%) out of 591 patients. Smoking history taken in 614 patients showed that 73 (11.8%) were smokers and/or chewed tobacco. Out of a total of 595 patients, 372 (62.5%) patients had metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: There is a strong association and high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in diabetics in a low socioeconomic group. Factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and smoking further multiply the cardiovascular risk ratio in diabetics.
The Handbook of Health Behavior Change

Substantially revised to reflect current trends in the field of health behavior change, this new edition of the highly acclaimed "gold standard" text continues to provide a comprehensive overview of behavior change as it relates to public health. It has been extensively reorganized to eliminate redundancies in the earlier edition, and takes a broader, more pragmatic approach in its coverage of health behavior change.
Roses' no-take marine zone effectiveness and spatiotemporal hake population assessment using GIS tools

Trabajo final presentado por Joan Sala Coromina para el Master en Oceanografia y Gestion del Medio Marino impartido por el Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC) y la Universitat de Barcelona (UB), realizado bajo la direccion de la Dra. Laura Recasen y del Dr. Jose Antonio Garcia del Arco del Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC) y del Dr. Lluis Cardona de la Universitat de Barcelona (UB). -- 38 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables, 2 annexes
PENERAPAN ANALISIS SENTIMEN PADA TWITTER BERBAHASA INDONESIA SEBAGAI PEMBERI RATING

Twitter now is the one of the most influental social media in the world, especially in Indonesia. Unfortunately, research about sentiment analysis in Bahasa (Indonesian Language) are not that many although there are many possibilities to convert the opinion inside into valuable information. One of the kind of information that can be made is rate. This research is aim to do sentiment analysis in Twitter with Bahasa so that the opinions can be converted to a rate. There are two steps in this ressearch. The first one is building the core of the application using lucene library and support vector machine. The second one is to build the application using Java. The result is, the core of the applicationâ��s accuracy is 74.34%, while the application instead give rate 4.4 for keyword â��Jokowiâ�� with 68% of accuracy, rate 2.7 for keyword â��Prabowoâ�� with 56% of accuracy, rate 4.6 for keyword â��kalimilkâ�� with 70% of accuracy and it also gave rate 3.7 for keyword â��sunmorâ�� with 74% of accuracy.
Experimental Algorithmics, From Algorithm Design to Robust and Efficient Software [Dagstuhl seminar, September 2000]

Algorithm Engineering for Parallel Computation. - Visualization in Algorithm Engineering: Tools and Techniques. - Parameterized Complexity: The Main Ideas and Connections to Practical Computing. - A Comparison of Cache Aware and Cache Oblivious Static Search Trees Using Program Instrumentation. - Using Finite Experiments to Study Asymptotic Performance. - WWW.BDD-Portal.ORG: An Experimentation Platform for Binary Decision Diagram Algorithms. - Algorithms and Heuristics in VLSI Design. - Reconstructing Optimal Phylogenetic Trees: A Challenge in Experimental Algorithmics. - Presenting Data from Experiments in Algorithmics. - Distributed Algorithm Engineering. - Implementations and Experimental Studies of Dynamic Graph Algorithms.
Indications et modalités du dépistage endoscopique des lésions néoplasiques colorectales : le dépistage des sujets à risque élevé

Les caracteristiques epidemiologiques et la gravite du cancer colorectal justifient la mise en œuvre d’une politique de depistage de masse dans les pays a forte incidence. La recherche d’un saignement occulte dans les selles correspond a la seule technique d’efficacite demontree en population et est actuellement en voie de generalisation en France. II existe par ailleurs des arguments convaincants en faveur de l’efficacite theorique de la rectosigmoidoscopie - seule ou associee au test Hemoccult ® - et de la coloscopie dans cette indication. Malgre l’absence de demonstration directe de leur efficacite reelle, les societes savantes americaines considerent qu’elles constituent des alternatives acceptables et favorisent une approche optionnelle, basee sur les preferences individuelles et la possibilite d’ « acces » aux differentes strategies, en vue de favoriser l’adhesion de la grande partie de la population cible.
Sik Rastlanan Karaciğer Metastazlari ve Modelleri The most common liver metastases and their animal models

The most common malignant toumors develop metastasis and are a central problem in tumor therapy The metastasis of the gastrointestinal tract is most frequently found in the liver. In the following you can see the list of various types of cancer that have spread to the liver. the frist two types of cancer. will be described in more detail. 1-Colorectal cancer 2-Pancreaticcarcinoma 3-Gastric cancer 4-Lung cancer 5-Breast cancer Each year worldwide an estimated one million new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed and more than half a million people died from the disease (Parkin et al. 2002). Surgical resection can offers potential tretment for colon cancer. The prognosis of patients with colon cancer dependent on the occurrence of metastases. Every year pancreatic cancer causes approximately 200.000 deaths and it is one of the most malignant types of tumors, with the poor prognosis Pancreatic carcinom has a mean survival times of 5 months. To develop new diagnostic technologies and new treatments for liver metastases the availability of a preclinical model is mandatory.
Increasing the benefits of Slovakia’s integration in global value chains

Heavy involvement in international trade and global value chains has been an effective way for promoting Slovakia's economic and social catch-up. Large foreign direct investment inflows have helped develop a competitive export-led manufacturing industry, with a strong specialisation in the automotive and electronics sectors, fostering robust growth and productivity performance with good fiscal and external balance results. However, the benefits of this development strategy have diminished since the 2008-09 crisis and the subsequent slowdown in world trade growth. Moreover, over the years Slovakia’s integration into world trade has remained for a large part based on downstream activities of value chains that incorporate little domestic value added, such as the assembly of imported intermediate goods, and further expansion of this growth model is hindered by employers’ increasing difficulties in finding skilled labour. There is a need to help local firms to better benefit from foreign companies’ know-how, further prepare the workforce for the increasing digitalisation and automation of most industries, promote the diversification of the economy and, in particular, strengthen the role of the services sector. This assessment, which is derived from the first part of this chapter, is followed by a discussion of the changes required to better leverage Slovakia’s experience with global value chains. All in all, a broad range of well-coordinated policies is called for. This entails better adapting the skills of the workforce to the changing needs of the labour market, enhancing the business environment, improving transport infrastructure and stimulating firms’ innovation capacity. This Working Paper relates to the 2019 OECD Economic Survey of Slovak Republic (http://www.oecd.org/economy/surveys/slovak-republic-economic-snapshot/)
Effect of cycling versus treadmill walking on function and quality of life in subjects with osteoartritis of knee

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) refers to a clinical syndrome of joint pain, accompanied by varying degrees of functional limitation and reduced quality of life. It is, by far, the most common form of arthritis, and one of the leading causes of pain and disability worldwide. Aims & Objectives: To see and compare the effect of cycling and walking on pain, function and quality of life in patients with OA knee. Materials and Methods: 30 patients were divided into 2 groups, 15 patients in each. Group A and Group B underwent conventional physiotherapy in the form of warm up exercises. Group A performed cycling and Group B did supervised walking for 30 minutes. Both the protocols were followed by a cool down period of stretching exercises for tendoachillis and hamstring. Pre and post treatment measurement of Visual Analog Scale for pain, Lequesne index for function and SF-36 scores for quality of life were documented for both groups. Results: There was statistically significant improvement in VAS, Lequesne index and physical component of SF 36 scores in both groups. But there was no statistically significant improvement in mental component scores of Quality of life in either group. There was no statistically significant difference in outcome measures between both the groups. (p>0.05) Conclusion: Cycling and walking both are effective in treating patients with OA knee, and there is no difference in the effect of cycling and walking.
Research on image retrieval using deep convolutional neural network combining L1 regularization and PRelu activation function

In this paper, the image retrieval using deep convolutional neural network combined with regularization and PRelu activation function is studied, and improves image retrieval accuracy. Deep convolutional neural network can not only simulate the process of human brain to receive and transmit information, but also contains a convolution operation, which is very suitable for processing images. Using deep convolutional neural network is better than direct extraction of image visual features for image retrieval. However, the structure of deep convolutional neural network is complex, and it is easy to over-fitting and reduces the accuracy of image retrieval. In this paper, we combine L1 regularization and PRelu activation function to construct a deep convolutional neural network to prevent over-fitting of the network and improve the accuracy of image retrieval
Profitability Analysis of Select Private Equity Funds in India

This study analyzes the solvency and profitability of select private equity funds in India: Sequoia Capital India, ChrysCapital, Everstone Capital Advisors Pvt, ICICI Ventures, and West Bridge Capital. Solvency is determined by the debt-to-equity ratio, interest coverage ratio, and proprietary ratio, and profitability is determined using ratios such as return on total assets, return on investment, and earnings per share. It can be concluded that there are significant differences in terms of the current ratio, debt-to-equity ratio, proprietary ratio, and return on total assets ratio of select private equity funds in India, meaning that at least one of the means of a sample is different. The test results also indicate that there is no significant difference in terms of return on shareholders’ funds, return on investment, and earnings per share. Hence, this ratio analysis is a useful management tool to improve the understanding of financial results and trends over time and can provide key indicators of organizational performance. TOPICS: Emerging markets, private equity, performance measurement
PTC: Performance Tuning Component for Auto-Tuning of MapReduce's Configuration

Hadoop's MapReduce framework was developed to process large datasets in a distributed environment. Performance of MapReduce job is driven by large number of settings and configuration parameters. Manual configuration of these parameters and identification of optimal values is an error prone and tedious task. Improving Performance of MapReduce framework is important in order to effectively utilize the resource. In this work, existing research methodologies has been evaluated to understand the impact of these configuration parameters and approaches to identify their optimal values. In this research, we propose Performance Tuning Component for Auto-Tuning of configuration parameter with optimal values of io.sort. factor and mapreduce.job. reduces parameters. Prediction model has been developed in order to find the optimal values of these parameters using Ridge Regression Algorithm. Prediction model has accuracy of 91.26% for predicting values of configuration parameters. TeraSort and WordCount have been used as benchmark for evaluation of performance for MapReduce job. Experiments results show that the proposed solution provided about 6-48% improvement in execution time for different MapReduce jobs executed. Cost of MapReduce in cloud is associated with the time spent and resources utilized by MapReduce job. Hence, our proposed solution will not only save time, but also cost associated by reducing the execution time of the MapReduce job.
A Comparison of Quality, Speed, Scope and Usability between English and Chinese CQAs

This paper compares CQAs from two popular languages used on the internet, English and Chinese, on the basis of four dimensions, namely, answer quality, answer speed, corpus scope and interface usability. To enhance granularity, answers are compared separately in terms of their content quality, cognitive quality and socio-emotional quality. Results indicate that the English CQAs fared better than the Chinese CQAs in terms of answer quality and answer speed, while the Chinese CQAs outperformed the English counterparts in terms of corpus scope and interface usability. However, the English CQAs and the Chinese CQAs did not differ significantly in terms of content quality of answers. The implications of the findings are discussed. Finally, the paper concludes with notes on limitations and directions for future research.
Cauda equina lymphoma: a case report including postmortem examination.

While primary central nervous system (CNS) lympho­ mas are rare, aggressive B­cell lymphomas may second­ arily involve the CNS in up to 25% of patients with risk factors, particularly multiple extranodal sites of dis ease.1,2 B­cell lymphomas very rarely present solely with lumbosacral neurologic signs consistent with cauda equina syndrome. Detection of lymphoma with CNS involvement can be difficult, in spite of advances in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and imaging techniques. Herein, we describe a case of fatal large B­cell lymphoma presenting with cauda equina syndrome, without discernible nodal disease but with diffuse extranodal involvement at autopsy. We review radiographic and pathologic features of cauda equina lymphomas in light of 19 cases reported in the last 2 decades.3­21
Hacia una gramática para elno nativo: replanteamiento y definición de la gramática pedagógica

as gramáticas descriptivas de gran calidad son las gramáticas pedagógicas por excelencia”. Esta afirmación (Muñoz Liceras, 1988) con la que abrimos el presente trabajo no está falta de razón, aunque también da mucho que pensar a quien en algún momento se ha planteado qué es realmente una gramática pedagógica y qué características debería reunir. Evidentemente, una gramática pedagógica debe ser descriptiva y sin duda existe una relación muy estrecha entre ésta y la gramática descriptiva. ¿Tendríamos que llegar a un “hipotético” estadio en la descripción en el que ambas constituyeran una identidad?
Suplementasi bFGF (basic Fibroblast Growth Factor) meningkatkan kecepatan migrasi sel kultur HDF (Human Dermal Fibroblast) pada model luka in vitro

Pendahuluan Fibroblas adalah sel utama sebagai penentu keberhasilan penyembuhan luka. Untuk mempercepat penyembuhan luka, diperlukan molekul untuk meningkatkan kemampuan proliferasi dan migrasi fibroblas. bFGF merupakan faktor pertumbuhan yang biasa digunakan sebagai suplemen dalam kultur sel dalam rangka meningkatkan kemampuan proliferasi dan mempertahankan stemness sel. Diduga selain berperan dalam proliferasi sel, bFGF juga berperan meningkatkan kemampuan migrasi fibroblas. Studi ini bertujuan untuk verifikasi peningkatan kemampuan migrasi fibroblas oleh bFGF. Metode Studi ini menggunakan desain eksperimental. Fibroblas diperoleh dari Laboratorium Stem Cell Universitas YARSI. Studi ini menggunakan 4 kelompok kultur fibroblas yaitu, kontrol tanpa perlakuan, DMSO 2%, bFGF 8ng/ml, DMSO 2%+bFGF 8ng/ml. Perlukaan dilakukan menggunakan tip 10ul. Kemampuan migrasi dinilai 4 jam dan 24 jam pasca perlukaan dengan software mikrofotografi nikon. Analisis data dilakukan menggunakan paired student t-test . Hasil Pada 4 jam pasca luka, belum terlihat perbedaan yang bermakna pada semua kelompok. Pada 24 jam pasca luka, kemampuan migrasi fibroblas dengan bFGF meningkat 40% dibandingkan kontrol (p<0,05). Pada sel yang diberi DMSO 2% sebagai inhibitor migrasi, kemampuan migrasi turun hingga 40,83% dibandingkan kontrol (p<0,05). Sel yang diberi DMSO2%+bFGF 8ng/ml menunjukkan kemampuan migrasi yang hampir sama dengan kontrol. Kesimpulan bFGF terbukti mampu meningkatkan kecepatan migrasi fibroblas sehingga berpotensi sebagai alternatif terapi luka. Perlu studi lanjut tentang mekanisme peningkatan kecepatan migrasi fibroblas oleh bFGF.
Beyond Calories: The New Economics of Nutrition

The economics of human nutrition has changed greatly in recent years as researchers have moved beyond supply and demand of specific foods and total calories to functional aspects of diet quality, such as nutrient composition, sustainability, and a variety of credence attributes. New kinds of data and methods allow researchers to focus on beneficial or harmful attributes of dietary patterns and the cost-effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving health through diet. This review describes some of the recent literature in nutrition economics and its implications for food policy around the world. The new economics of nutrition is benefiting from a strong foundation in the behavioral and social sciences, building on evidence from the natural and health sciences to address fundamental aspects of human well-being and sustainable development.
Composants céramiques 3D innovants pour des applications spatiales de télécommunications millimétriques en bandes Q et V

Ce memoire est consacre au developpement de technologies de filtrage novatrices qui apportent un gain en performance permettant de repondre aux besoins de filtrage pour telecommunications spatiales a moyen et long termes. Il s’inscrit dans le projet ANR ATOMIQ coordonne par Thales Alenia Space ayant comme partenaires le laboratoire SPCTS et la societe 3D CERAM. Le premier chapitre est constitue d’une etude bibliographique sur les filtres en bande Q et V ainsi que les technologies de fabrication 3D. Le deuxieme chapitre est consacre a l’elaboration d’une nouvelle formulation d’alumine tres pure a faible pertes et stable en temperature. Le troisieme chapitre presente une conception de filtres hyperfrequences en bande Q et V a base de cavites resonantes dielectriques. Le quatrieme chapitre concerne la fabrication des filtres par usinage en cru ainsi que la presentation des differents demonstrateurs fabriques par stereolithographie et moulage basse pression. Il presente aussi des solutions de correction post-fabrication par tir laser. Ce travail est original par l’utilisation de la stereolithographie ceramique 3D ainsi que du moulage basse pression pour fabriquer des filtres hyperfrequences de petites tailles en bande Q et V.
Flexible macroblock ordering for video over P2P

Peer-to-peer (P2P) is a promising technology for video streaming, and offers advantages in terms of re-configurability and scalability. It gains advantage from and share the resources owned by the end-users who are distributed around the Internet. P2P has shown an alternative solution for the traditional Client-Server approach limitations. However, due to the churn of peers, issues of video quality arise such as packet loss. This in turn degrades the QoS, then the QoE. Moreover, in current networking conditions, congestions and bottlenecks cannot be circumvented easily due to the increase in Internet traffic. Therefore, this paper introduces a novel combination of two well known techniques known as "locality awareness" and "Flexible Macroblock Ordering" (FMO). Locality-awareness plays a vital role in reducing the transmission cost among the peers whilst FMO is shown to be superior to other error resilience techniques in case of packet loss. However these two approaches have not been studied in conjunction. A comparative simulation-based study has been carried out for the proposed approach against a benchmark system, i.e., without introducing any error resilience technique. The results have shown better performance of the proposed approach in terms of End-to-End delay and video quality, as measured by PSNR.