Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does Iron Deficiency Cause Low Birth Weight, Prematurity, Anemia, and Mortality in Early Infancy?

Observational studies over the past 30 years document a strong association between maternal anemia and birth outcomes such as low birth weight (LBW), prematurity, infant anemia, and mortality for either mother or infant. There is a consistent U-shaped curve relating maternal Hb to these outcome measures. High Hb in the second or third trimester likely reflects a failure of proper expansion of the maternal plasma volume while a low Hb may reflect both abnormal volume expansion and/or Hb production. The true proportion of anemia due to iron deficiency in most studies is unknown so the attribution of iron deficiency to these outcomes in speculative. The timing, during pregnancy, of maternal iron status evaluation is critical to determining if there is a ‘causal’ relationship between iron nutriture, anemia, and maternal and infant outcomes. Biologically feasible concepts include increased mortality due to poor immune functioning, improper neonatal growth and development secondary to anemia and poor placental delivery of iron to the fetus, insufficient iron for proper hormonal and neuronal regulation of pregnancy, and poor oxygenation of the fetal tissues when maternal anemia is quite severe. LBW is a strong predictor of mortality and LBW babies are at greater risk of developing anemia during infancy. Other recent studies demonstrate that low plasma ferritin at birth is related to poorer cognitive development of the child at 5 years of age. Insufficient delivery of iron to developing brain tissue is a feasible explanation for this relationship. Associations of maternal iron status and anemia with maternal and fetal outcomes do exist but plausible biological ‘causal’ linkages are lacking in most cases. Delange FM, West KP Jr (eds): Micronutrient Deficiencies in the First Months of Life. Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series Pediatric Program, Vol. 52, pp. 129–141, Nestec Ltd.; Vevey/S. Karger AG, Basel, © 2003.
Control and Management of Distribution System Using MAS

In this paper, application of MAS for the frequency & Voltage control of islanded Micro grid by Load shedding method is presented. Frequency & Voltage stability of micro grids under islanded operation attracts particular attention recently. The islanded micro grid makes its frequence & Voltage control more difficult than the conventional grids. On This strategy, agents sent data and furthermore each component has its own to center operating decisions (MGCC). The simulation results show the promising performance of the proposed structure of the controller based on multi agent systems. Keywords: Control and Management, Distribution System.
Semantic Annotation of unstructured Wiki Knowledge according to Ontological Models

The paper deals with the issue of supporting users to enrich unstructured wiki contents with semantic annotations. The authors present the development of a semantic wiki that provides semantic annotations compliant to ontological models. The semantic wiki developed, called WiWork, is presented with two related ontological models, the WiWork Core ontology and the Labour Market ontology. Finally, a methodology to define ontology concepts and properties is proposed by using Information Retrieval and statistical techniques.
A Deepening Involvement in Life with Others. Towards a Philosophy of Aging

Although many people are living longer and healthier than before and life expectancies have even more than doubled in the last 150 years, cultures of aging have not kept up with these developments. On the contrary: in most Western countries people are driven from the labor market at a younger age than was still the case in the 1960s and they are labeled as ‘aged ‘as soon as they have become 50 years old. Partly as a response to this early exclusion from normal adulthood, cultures of aging have developed which paradoxically define aging well as “staying young”. This article argues that contemporary developments in longevity ask for inspiring cultures of aging which do not deny its vulnerabilities nor belittle its potentials. As unique lives are deepened in aging, they may lead to inspiring cultures of aging which go beyond the dominant perspectives that emphasize either staying young or hopeless decline.
Ordonnancement de threads OpenMP et placement de données coordonnés sur architectures hiérarchiques

Exploiter le potentiel des machines multiprocesseurs hierarchiques necessite une repartition precise des threads et des donnees sur l'architecture non-uniforme sous-jacente aﬁn d'eviter des penalites d'acces memoire. Les langages a base de directives comme OpenMP fournissent au programmeur une facon simple de structurer le parallelisme de leurs applications et de transmettre cette information au support d'execution. Notre support executif, base sur une ordonnanceur de threads multi-niveaux combine a un gestionnaire memoire specialement concu pour les architectures NUMA, convertit cette information en indications a l'ordonnanceur pour respecter les afﬁnites entre threads et donnees. Il offre une distri- bution dynamique de la charge de travail guidee par la structure de l'application et la topologie de la machine cible, dans le but d'atteindre la portabilite des performances. Les premieres experiences mon- trent qu'une approche mixte, faisant intervenir conjointement deplacement de threads et migration de donnees se comporte mieux que les politiques de distribution de donnees basees sur next-touch, laissant entrevoir la possibilite de nouvelles optimisations.
Trading Privacy for Utility in Database-Assisted Dynamic Spectrum Access

In dynamic spectrum access, commercially operated database servers are often used to assist opportunistic users (OUs) to query and access spectrum vacancies of incumbent users (IUs). This query and answer process introduces significant privacy concerns due to the potential leakage of sensitive operational details about IUs, especially their locations. Existing privacy-preserving mechanisms, such as spatial obfuscation, k-anonymity and cryptographic approaches, can be used to hide IU locations. They, however, cannot guarantee that the interference level caused by OU activity remains under required limits. Moreover, privacy mechanisms do not account for spectrum efficiency (i.e., the loss of OU transmission opportunities) in their designs. The complex three-way tradeoff between privacy, interference, and utility has not been systematically studied in the literature. In this paper, we tackle this challenge by formalizing the relationship between privacy and spectrum efficiency using the concept of a privacy zone (PZ) contained in an exclusion zone (EZ). Within the PZ, IU location is indistinguishable, whereas the EZ guarantees an interference limit for any IU located within the PZ. By fixing either the privacy or the interference requirement, we formulate and solve corresponding optimization problems that maximize utility under fixed and probabilistic OU location deployments, respectively. Our formulations can accommodate the privacy requirements of multiple IUs. Simulation results using real-world maps/parameters show that the IU’s privacy increases with decreasing OUs’ utility, given a fixed allowable interference for the IUs. Furthermore, we show that this paper outperforms the work of Bahrak et al.
Arterial audiophotoplethysmography

Summary Background: Digital blood pressure is an important prognostic parameter in peripheral arterial disease. However, it is rarely determined in clinical routine because the methods available are too cumbersome. Patients and methods: Arterial audiophotoplethysmography (APPG) uses an in-built audio output. The systolic pressure corresponds to the reappearance of a pulssynchrone beep during deflation of the pressure cuff (25 mm wide on fingers and toes) after suprasystolic inflation. Measurements can be performed either in transmission or reflection mode. 50 healthy volunteers (age: 23-75 years) were examined in supine position. Blood pressure was taken at the A. brachialis, A. ulnaris, A. radialis, A. poplitea, A. tibialis anterior and posterior using ultrasound Doppler (USD), at the A. brachialis, fingers 1-5, A. poplitea and toes 1-3 using APPG. Results: Regarding the A. brachialis and poplitea, we found an excellent correlation between values obtained by USD and APPG in transmission mode (r: 0.92-0.99), the correlation with the reflection mode-values was slightly lower (r: 0.81- 0.93). The values obtained in reflection mode were significantly lower than in transmission mode (average 5.2 mmHg on the arms, 12.9 mmHg on the legs). Finger pressure was identical with A. brachialis-pressure. Toe/- brachial index was 0.81-0.86 (transmission) and 0.72- 0.78 (reflection). No significant difference was found between any of the fingers, respectively the toes. Conclusions: APPG is a reliable method for determination of digital blood pressure, which can be easily performed. Measurements in transmission mode should be preferred.
Contralateral reexpansion pulmonary edema.

: Reexpansion pulmonary edema (RPE) is an unusual complication of thoracentesis. Significant morbidity can result, and death is reported in 20% of cases. It is typically manifested as edema within a lung that has recently been reexpanded. Few reports document contralateral edema formation. We present a case of recurrent left-sided pulmonary edema after repeated drainage of a right-sided pleural effusion due to hepatic hydrothorax. We believe this is the first reported case of recurrence and only the fifth overall case of contralateral RPE. We also review the pathophysiology, treatment, and case reports of contralateral RPE. Physicians should be aware of the complications of thoracentesis, particularly RPE, given the significant morbidity and mortality associated with it.
Defecto septal atrial. Estudio morfopatológico, embriológico

SummaryA TRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT . A MORPHOPATHOLOGICALAND EMBRYOLOGICAL STUDY To contribute to a better understanding of themorphopathology of atrial septal defects (ASD),we describe and classify topographically a se-ries of hearts obtained from necropsies. We per-formed an anatomo-embryological correlationto gain insight on the pathogenesis of this typeof congenital heart disease. Seventy-one heartswith ASD and twenty-three normal hearts withpatent foramen ovale from the collection at theInstituto Nacional de Cardiologia “IgnacioChavez” were studied morphologically; segmen-tal sequential analysis was used. The topogra-phy of the interatrial septum was determined onthe basis of the structures related to it in order toclassify the ASD. The FS area was projected onthe right septal surface using pins. To stablishthe anatomo-embryological correlation, theASD’s anatomy was compared with the embryo-logical processes that take place in atrial septa-tion. The most frequent ASD was the OO type(FS) with 64.78%, followed by common atrium,true FS, FP, superior and inferior sinus venosus,types each one with 2.81% and one coronarysinus venosus type (1.40%). The FS area wasprojected below the superior vena cava. Themorphologically and topographically knowledgeof atrial septal defect is useful to interpret theimaging studies of this cardiopathy and is basicfor the surgeon and the interventionist cardiolo-gist. Abnormal apoptosis and retarded develop-mental growth are proposed as pathogenicmechanisms. (Arch Cardiol Mex 2006; 76: 355-365)
Calibration and verification of a hydrological model using event data

The topic of calibration and verification of rainfall-runo ff model has been subject of many researches. However, most of the researches using the continuous data for this task, while in the conditions of Vietnam, it is difficult to collect the sub-day continuous data. This leads to the need for methods that can calibrate and verify the model parameters from the event data. This paper introduces such a method. Idea of the method is to combine the auto-calibration and trial- and-error methods. Auto-calibration is executed to locate the optima sets of parameters for individual storm event by using the shuffled complex evolution algorithm. Then, the trial-and- error method will attempt to find the most suitable parameters for all of the events in the ranges defined by the parameters in the auto-calibration step. The method was applied to calibrate and verify MIKE-NAM model parameters with the case study of Ben Hai river basin. Because the searching space of parameters is narrowed, it is much easier and quick to find the best overall parameters than the traditional trial-and-error method.
Is there a place for logic in recognizing textual entailment

From a purely theoretical point of view, it makes sense to approach recognizing textual entailment (RTE) with the help of logic. After all, entailment matters are all about logic. In practice, only few RTE systems follow the bumpy road from words to logic. This is probably because it requires a combination of robust, deep semantic analysis and logical inference—and why develop something with this complexity if you perhaps can get away with something simpler? In this article, with the help of an RTE system based on Combinatory Categorial Grammar, Discourse Representation Theory, and first-order theorem proving, we make an empirical assessment of the logic-based approach. High precision paired with low recall is a key characteristic of this system. The bottleneck in achieving high recall is the lack of a systematic way to produce relevant background knowledge. There is a place for logic in RTE, but it is (still) overshadowed by the knowledge acquisition problem.
Realization and evaluation of two speech communication aids

Two projects dealing with the possibilities of speech communication aids for the speech impaired will be discussed in this paper. Since the group of speech impaired is very diverse, the two projects differ in target group, in the speech technology used and consequently in the complexity of input of the aids. In both projects (Tiepstem and Pocketstem) experimental models and in one project (Pocketetem) prototypes have been realized. All models were eval uated with potential users. This paper describes the aids, their evaluation, the evaluation results and finally some conclusions and future plans.
Defending Primary User Emulation Attack in Cognitive Radio Networks

In cognitive radio network, an un-licensed user can use a vacant channel in a spectrum band of licensed user. Spectrum sensing is one of the critical function in spectrum management. Cognitive radio is the promising technology to solve the problem of spectrum scarcity in which the secondary users can sense the spectrum and utilize the licensed bands when the spectrum is not being utilized by the primary user. Many malicious secondary users can generate the signals similar to primary transmitter to confuse the good secondary users into thinking that a primary transmission is in progress. The good secondary users then will vacate the spectrum unnecessarily. The malicious users would then use the evacuated white space for themselves. This attack by malicious secondary users is called as primary user emulation attack (PUEA) and it considerably increase the spectrum access failure probability. In this paper we analyze the probability density function (PDF) at both good and malicious users. We also considered the cooperation between the secondary users to detect primary user emulation attack.
Performance Measurement in Planning—Towards a Holistic View

The UK's House of Commons Public Services Committee has described the state of performance measurement across the public sector as being data rich and information poor. This reflects the fact that the performance of most public services is extremely complex to measure, and as a result, performance measurement is often limited to those aspects that can easily and expediently be measured. Examining this conundrum, and in particular the processes, impact, and future of performance measurement in planning, provided the basis for research reported in this paper. The research drew from and relates to a profound and complex discussion about how the quality of the planning process per se can be reliably and usefully measured. The paper begins by summarising the results of a wide-ranging literature review in the form of a series of conceptual dilemmas. The objectives and methods of the research are then established, before the key research tool—the analytical framework—is presented. Space does not permit a full examination of the empirical phases of the research, although the results from this work is summarised before the research objectives are once again revisited. These lead, finally, to a suggested new model for measuring performance in planning.
Chapter 3: Going West to Get East: Using Metaphors as Instructional Tools

Summary Theory and research on the dynamics of instructional metaphors, analogies, and models, children's ability to comprehend figurative language, and the effectiveness of figurative devices as instructional tools are reviewed. Conclusions from this theory and research are used to argue that metaphors and other figurative devices can play a uniquely effective role in the acquisition of new knowledge. Recommendations for the design and use of instructional metaphors based on research findings are also presented.
Coping with dementia and older families of adults with Down syndrome

The authors studied a group of older carers of aging adults with Down syndrome (DS) to ascertain what effects such caregiving may have on them given the presence or possibility of age-associated decline or dementia. The study also examined the comparative levels of care provided, key signs noted when decline was beginning, the subjective burden experienced, and what were the key associated health factors when carers faced a changed level of care. The authors found that this group was made up of long-term, committed carers who have decided early on to look after their relative with DS over their lifetime. When faced with the onset and ongoing progression of dementia, their commitment was still evident as evidenced by adopting physical accommodations and finding ways to continue to provide care at home, while also seeking help from outside sources. Most saw a family or group home environment as the place of choice for their relative with DS when they decided they could no longer offer care. The study did not ascertain any burn-out or significant health related problems associated with their continued caregiving save for their concerns about day-to-day strain and what will happen in the future.
SUBMANIFOLD SPARSE CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS FOR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF LARGE-SCALE ALS POINT CLOUDS

Abstract. Semantic segmentation of point clouds is one of the main steps in automated processing of data from Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS). Established methods usually require expensive calculation of handcrafted, point-wise features. In contrast, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have been established as powerful classifiers, which at the same time also learn a set of features by themselves. However, their application to ALS data is not trivial. Pure 3D CNNs require a lot of memory and computing time, therefore most related approaches project ALS point clouds into two-dimensional images. Sparse Submanifold Convolutional Networks (SSCNs) address this issue by exploiting the sparsity often inherent in 3D data. In this work, we propose the application of SSCNs for efficient semantic segmentation of voxelized ALS point clouds in an end-to-end encoder-decoder architecture. We evaluate this method on the ISPRS Vaihingen 3D Semantic Labeling benchmark and achieve state-of-the-art 85.0% overall accuracy. Furthermore, we demonstrate its capabilities regarding large-scale ALS data by classifying a 2.5 km2 subset containing 41 M points from the Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (AHN3) with 95% overall accuracy in just 48 s inference time or with 96% in 108 s.
The hesitation of a robot: a delay in its motion increases learning efficiency and impresses humans as teachable

If robots learn new actions through human-robot interaction, it is important that the robots can utilize rewards as well as instructions to reduce humans' efforts. Additioanlly, "interval" which allows humans to give instructions and evaluations is also important. We hence focused on "delays in initiating actions" and changed them according to the progress of learning: long delays at early stages, and short at later stages. We compared the proposed varying delay with a constant delay by an experiment. The result demonstrated that the varying delay improves learning efficiency significantly and impresses humans as teachable.
A Hypervisor for Protecting Information of Public Cloud's User on Memory and on Storage from Malicious Operators

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Non-Overlapping Community Detection Algorithms: A Comparative Study on Real-World Networks

A network has a non-overlapping community structure if the nodes of the network can be partitioned into disjoint sets of nodes such that each set of nodes is densely connected to the nodes inside the set and sparsely connected to the nodes outside it. To uncover the community structure in a network, many methods have been proposed till now. Even though there have been a multitude of comparative studies of these methods, there has not been any comparative study of community detection methodologies that rely only on structural data with methodologies that rely entirely on behavioral data. For this purpose, we execute some behavioral property based community detection methods along with some structural property based methods on two real-world networks: Filmtipset and Twitter. The results are then objectively evaluated using two well-defined quality functions: modularity and like-mindedness. We also present two new behavioral property based community finding algorithms called Modified Louvain Method and Like-Mindedness Maximization. The first algorithm attempts to achieve a community structure with approximately the highest modularity and reasonably good like-mindedness. The second algorithm attempts to maximize the like-mindedness of the identified community structure.