Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Single Image Deblurring Algorithm for Nonuniform Motion Blur Using Uniform Defocus Map Estimation

One of the most common artifacts in digital photography is motion blur. When capturing an image under dim light by using a handheld camera, the tendency of the photographer’s hand to shake causes the image to blur. In response to this problem, image deblurring has become an active topic in computational photography and image processing in recent years. From the view of signal processing, image deblurring can be reduced to a deconvolution problem if the kernel function of the motion blur is assumed to be shift invariant. However, the kernel function is not always shift invariant in real cases; for example, in-plane rotation of a camera or a moving object can blur different parts of an image according to different kernel functions. An image that is degraded by multiple blur kernels is called a nonuniform blur image. In this paper, we propose a novel single image deblurring algorithm for nonuniform motion blur images that is blurred by moving object. First, a proposed uniform defocus map method is presented for measurement of the amounts and directions of motion blur. These blurred regions are then used to estimate point spread functions simultaneously. Finally, a fast deconvolution algorithm is used to restore the nonuniform blur image. We expect that the proposed method can achieve satisfactory deblurring of a single nonuniform blur image.
Seismic hazard in central Italy and the 2016 Amatrice earthquake

The Amatrice earthquake of August 24th, 2016 (Mw 6.0) struck an area that in the national reference seismic hazard model (MPS04) is characterized by expected horizontal peak ground acceleration (PGA) with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years higher than 0.25 g. After the occurrence of moderate-to-large magnitude earthquakes with a strong impact on the population, such as the L’Aquila 2009 and Emilia 2012 ones (Mw 6.1 and 5.9, respectively), possible underestimations of the seismic hazard by MPS04 were investigated, in order to analyze and evaluate the possible need for its update. One of the most common misunderstanding is to compare recorded PGA only with PGA with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years. Moreover, by definition, probabilistic models cannot be validated (or rejected) on the basis of a single event. However, comparisons of forecasted shakings with observed data are useful for understating the consistency of the model. It is then worth highlighting the importance of these comparisons. In fact, MPS04 is the basis for the current Italian building code to provide the effective design procedures and, thus, any modification to the seismic hazard would also affect the building code. In this paper, comparisons between recorded ground motion during the Amatrice earthquake and seismic hazard estimates are performed, showing that the observed accelerations are consistent with the values expected by the MPS04 model.
MOSQUITOCIDAL ACTIVITIES OF MALAYSIAN PLANTS

ZARIDAH, M. Z. , NOR AZAH, M. A. & ROHANI, A. 2006. Mosquitocidal activities of Malaysian plants. Extracts from about 30 species of plants in Malaysia were tested for their ability to kill the larvae or to repel or knock down the adults of Aedes aegypti, the vector mosquito for dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever. Observation of mortality was made after 24 hours of exposure to the plant extract/essential oil to obtain the median lethal concentration (LC50) of the plant extract/essential oil tested. In repellency and knockdown effects of adult mosquitoes, median effective concentration (EC50) was obtained after each test. The three best extracts for killing larvae were the essential oils of Zanthoxylum acanthopodium stem, Aquilaria malaccensis wood and Pelargonium citrosum plant. For repelling adult mosquitoes, the most effective was the leaf essential oil of Cymbopogon nardus, followed by that of A. malaccensis. Knock-down ability was best with mosquito coils made from the seed kernel of Azadirachta indica, followed by the leaf of C. nardus and the wood of Fernandoa adenophylla.
Detection of Mendelian and Parent-of-origin Quantitative Trait Loci in a Cross between Korean Native Pig and Landrace I. Growth and Body Composition Traits

This study was conducted to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting growth and body composition in an F 2 reference population of Korean native pig and Landrace crossbreds. The three-generation mapping population was generated with 411 progeny from 38 F 2 full-sib families, and 133 genetic markers were used to produce a sex-average map of the 18 autosomes. The data set was analyzed using least squares Mendelian and parent-of-origin interval-mapping models. Lack-of-fit tests between the models were used to characterize QTL for mode of expressions. A total of 8 (39) QTL were detected at the 5% genome (chromosome)-wise level for the 17 analyzed traits. Of the 47 QTL detected, 21 QTL were classified as Mendelian expressed, 13 QTL as paternally expressed, 6 QTL as maternally expressed, and 7 QTL as partially expressed. Of the detected QTL at 5% genome-wise level, two QTL had Mendelian mode of inheritance on SSC6 and SSC9 for backfat thickness and bone weight, respectively, two QTL were maternally expressed for leather weight and front leg weight on SSC6 and SSC12, respectively, one QTL was paternally expressed for birth weight on SSC4, and three QTL were partially expressed for hot carcass weight and rear leg weight on SSC6, and bone weight on SSC13. Many of the Mendelian QTL had a dominant (complete or overdominant) mode of gene action, and only a few of the QTL were primarily additive, which reflects that heterosis for growth is appreciable in a cross between Korean native pig and Landrace. Our results indicate that alternate breed alleles of growth and body composition QTL are segregating between the two breeds, which could be utilized for genetic improvement of growth via marker-assisted selection.
Une methode dirigée par la syntaxe pour l'extraction de champs numériques dans les courriers entrants

Dans cet article, nous presentons une methode generique d'extraction et de reconnaissance de champs numeriques (numero de telephone, code postal, etc.) dans des courriers manuscrits non contraints. La methode d'extraction exploite la syntaxe des champs comme information a priori pour les localiser. Un analyseur syntaxique a base de modeles de Markov filtre les sequences de composantes qui respectent la syntaxe d'un type de champ connu du systeme. Notre approche permet ainsi d'eviter la reconnaissance totale du document, operation delicate et couteuse en temps de calcul, puisque seuls les champs localises sont soumis a un systeme de reconnaissance. Nous montrons l'efficacite de la methode sur une base de courriers manuscrits reels de type courrier entrant.
Comparison of microvessel density and PSA level in prostatic adenocarcinoma of Gleason score 6 and 7

Purpose: The aim of our investigation was to determine differences in microvessel density (MVD) and serum levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) between groups of patients with Gleason score (GS) 6 adenocarcinoma and patients with GS 7 adenocarcinoma. Methods: The study was done in a series of 26 patients with prostatic adenocarcinoma. Specimens were divided into two groups: GS 6 (13 cases) and GS 7 (13 cases). Intratumoral microvasculature was highlighted by immunohistochemical means using an antibody against endoglin. Endoglin stained microvessels in and around the tumor but showed weak or no staining for bloodvessels in non-neoplastic tissue. Areas of maximal angiogenesis within the tumor were identified and microvessels counted at ×400 magnification (0.19 mm2 field). Results: The GS 6 group had lower MVD per field(19.9 vs. 25.6; P=0.05) and MVD per mm2 (89.7 vs. 117.7; P=0.05) when compared with the GS 7 group. No significant difference in mean serum levels of PSA between the two groups was observed (5.7 vs. 10.2 ng/ mL; P=0.10). MVD per mm2 was not correlated with PSA (r=0.20; P=0.30). The age of patients at diagnosis was significantly lower in cases with GS 6 prostatic adenocarcinoma (61.2 vs. 66.2 years; P=0.01). Conclusion: Our preliminary results suggest a possible difference in the neovascularization between the two groups of specimens, but a difference in PSA level was not proved. Nevertheless, a future large-scale study is needed to confirm these findings.
M/M/C: N/FIFO Queueing Analysis for Patient Flow in Hospital

: The increasing population and health-need due to adverse environmental conditions have increased the waiting times and congestion in hospitals especially in the emergency and accident departments. In such cases, to enhance the level of admittance to care, optimal beds required in hospital is needed and this can be achieved by adequate knowledge of patient flow. In this paper, M/M/C: N/FIFO Queueing analysis of Patient flow in hospital is determined. Further their performance measures and numerical example is analysed. In this model capacity of the system is finite.
Putting Facial Expressions Back in Context

Imagine yourself walking alone down a dark alley after midnight. Suddenly, you freeze. The man seen in Figure 11.1 is standing straight ahead of you. In a split second, you recognize the anger so strongly evident by the expression on his face and by his tightly clenched fist. Terrified, you turn around, running for your life. Two long minutes later, you are safe in the main street. Admittedly, this scenario might seem to be taken from yet another rejected Hollywood script, and such an event would certainly prove quite rare in our everyday life. Nevertheless, it captures an essential but seemingly forgotten truth, namely, that facial expressions are typically perceived in a rich context (Russell, 2003; Trope, 1986). In our everyday experiences, angry faces might be accompanied by clenched fists, sad faces are more frequent at funerals than at weddings, and disgusted faces seem to be paired with that unidentified lump of mold growing at the back of our refrigerator. From an evolutionary standpoint, it seems safe to assume that our ancestors had no exposure to isolated facial expres-
EFFECT OF AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS LEVELS AND SOURCES OF PHOSPHATES ON THE PERFORMANCE AND BONE MINERALIZATION OF BROILERS / Efeito dos níveis de fósforo disponível e fontes de fosfatos sobre o desempenho e a mineralização óssea de frangos de corte.

Um experimento foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos de tipos de fosfatos e niveis de fosforo disponivel, na alimentacao de frangos de corte machos de 1 a 28 dias de idade sobre o desempenho e a mineralizacao ossea. Dois mil e quatrocentos pintos com um dia de idade foram distribuidos em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 4x4, com quatro tipos de fosfatos: 1. fosfato bicalcico em po com grânulos menores do que 1 mm (FP); 2. fosfato monobicalcico mistura com maximo de 10% grânulos entre 1 e 2 mm (FM – 10%); 3. fosfato monobicalcico mistura com maximo de 30 a 40% de grânulos entre 1 e 2 mm (FM – 30 a 40%); 4. fosfato monobicalcico granulado com grânulos maiores que 2 mm (FMG) e quatro niveis (0,30; 0,36; 0,42 e 0,48% de fosforo disponivel), totalizando 16 tratamentos com cinco repeticoes de 30 aves cada. As exigencias em fosforo disponivel dentro de cada tipo de fosfato utilizado foram estimadas por intermedio dos modelos de regressao polinomial. Considerando as respostas biologicas, para as variaveis de desempenho e caracteristicas osseas, pode-se sugerir que a exigencia de fosforo disponivel, para frangos de corte machos, de 1 a 28 dias de idade, e de 0,48% de fosforo disponivel, independente da fonte utilizada. SUMMARY The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of phosphate sources and available phosphorus levels present in the diet of male broilers had on performance and bone mineralization. We used 2,400 one-day old chicks that were distributed in a completely randomized design in a 4x4 factorial arrangement, and fed diets containing four types of phosphates: 1) dicalcium phosphate with granules smaller than 1 mm (DP); 2) monocalcium phosphate with up to 10% of granules between 1 and 2 mm (MP – 10%); 3) monocalcium phosphate with 30 to 40% of granules between 1 and 2 mm (MP – 30-40%); and, 4) granulated monocalcium phosphate with granules larger than 2 mm (GMP) and four levels (0.30; 0.36; 0.42 and 0.48%) of available phosphorus, totaling 16 treatments with five replicates of 30 birds each. The available phosphorus requirements for each type of phosphates were estimated by polynomial regression models. Considering the biological responses of the variables, performance and bone mineralization, it could be concluded that 0.48% of available phosphorus is required for male broilers aged between 1 and 28 days, independent of the source.
Effectiveness of ISO 9001 System Implementation in Japanese Companies

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) management systems are represented by ISO 9001:2000. Since the establishment of the ISO 9000 series in 1984, many manufacturers in Japan that perform international transactions have adopted the ISO management systems, and now, companies in various industries, including those in the service sector, have implemented ISO management systems. The ISO 9001 system specifies operational procedures that reflect business policy, organizational characteristics, environmental factors, etc., and conformance to the international standard has been the requirement of ISO 9001 certification. In recent years, increasing importance has been attached to the effectiveness of ISO 9001 system implementation from the management perspective. In this study, we analyze the impact of ISO 9001 system implementation on operational effectiveness with management philosophy, MBO (management by objectives), management control, and management justice. We also introduce external characteristics to examine the effectiveness of ISO system implementation under the trading partners' strong/weak pressure on the company to implement the ISO system. We conducted a mail survey with corporate heads and administrative managers, and obtained 511 effective responses from 1,250 unlisted Japanese companies.
Shrinkage Parameters for Each Explanatory Variable Found Via Particle Swarm Optimization in Ridge Regression

Ridge regression method is an improved method when the assumptions of independence of the explanatory variables cannot be achieved, which is also called multicollinearity problem, in regression analysis. One of the way to eliminate the multicollinearity problem is to ignore the unbiased property of  . Ridge regression estimates the regression coeffi cients biased in order to decrease the variance of the regression coeffi cients. One of the most important problems in ridge regression is to decide what the shrinkage parameter (k) value will be. This k value was found to be a single value in almost all these studies in the literature. In this study, different from those studies, we found different k values corresponding to each diagonal elements of variance-covariance matrix of  instead of a single value of k by using a new algorithm based on particle swarm optimization. To evaluate the performance of our proposed method, the proposed method is fi rstly applied to real-life data sets and compared with some other studies suggested in the ridge regression literature. Finally, two different simulation studies are performed and the performance of the proposed method with different conditions is evaluated by considering other studies suggested in the ridge regression literature. Research Article Shrinkage Parameters for Each Explanatory Variable Found Via Particle Swarm Optimization in Ridge Regression Eren Bas1*, Erol Egrioglu1 and Vedide Rezan Uslu2 1Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Forecast Research Laboratory, Giresun University, Giresun, 28200, Turkey 2Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, 55139, Turkey Dates: Received: 02 December, 2016; Accepted: 30 December, 2016; Published: 31 December, 2016 *Corresponding author: Eren Bas, Giresun University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistics, Gure Campus, Giresun, Turkey, Tel: +90 454 3101400; Fax: +90 454 3101477; Email:
Drift corrected Odin-OSIRIS ozone product: algorithm and updated stratospheric ozone trends

Abstract. A small long-term drift in the Optical Spectrograph and Infrared Imager System (OSIRIS) stratospheric ozone product, manifested mostly since 2012, is quantified and attributed to a changing bias in the limb pointing knowledge of the instrument. A correction to this pointing drift using a predictable shape in the measured limb radiance profile is implemented and applied within the OSIRIS retrieval algorithm. This new data product, version 5.10, displays substantially better both long- and short-term agreement with Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone throughout the stratosphere due to the pointing correction. Previously reported stratospheric ozone trends over the time period 1984–2013, which were derived by merging the altitude–number density ozone profile measurements from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II satellite instrument (1984–2005) and from OSIRIS (2002–2013), are recalculated using the new OSIRIS version 5.10 product and extended to 2017. These results still show statistically significant positive trends throughout the upper stratosphere since 1997, but at weaker levels that are more closely in line with estimates from other data records.
Dissolution Method Development and Validation of Paracetamol – Aceclofenac Tablets

A dissolution method and an analytical procedure by UV spectrophotometry were developed and validated for evaluation of the dissolution behavior of tablet dosage form containing aceclofenac and paracetamol as there was no official method available. Four different commercially available products were selected for this study. The analytical method developed by UV spectrophotometry was based on the application of Vierodts equation which involved the formation and solving of simultaneous equations at two wavelengths 243 nm as the λmax of paracetamol and 273 nm as λmax of aceclofenac. The method was validated according to International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines which include accuracy, precision, specificity, linearity, and analytical range. In addition, stability and solubility of both the drugs in different media i.e., water, 0.1 N HCl, acetate buffer and phosphate buffer of different pH were studied. Based on this, dissolution medium containing 0.02 M phosphate buffer, pH 6.8, was found suitable to ensure sink conditions and chemical stability for both the drugs. The established dissolution conditions were 900 ml dissolution medium at temperature 37 ± 0.5°C, using USP apparatus II at stirring rate of 50 rpm for 40 min. The corresponding dissolution profiles were constructed and all the selected brands showed more than 80% drug release within 30 min. The in vitro release profiles were compared for the similarity using the f2 test. Thus, the proposed dissolution method can be applied successfully for the quality control of aceclofenac and paracetamol
Cross-Cultural Validation of the Five-Factor Structure of Social Goals

The aim of the present study was to test the cross-cultural validity of the five-factor structure of social goals that Dowson and McInerney proposed. Using both between-network and within-network approaches to construct validation, 1,147 Filipino high school students participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the five-factor model provided the best fit to the data compared with a series of alternative models. In addition, the five types of social goals also showed meaningful relationships to theoretically relevant constructs. Taken together, this study supports the applicability of the five-factor structure of social goals among Filipino respondents.
A Constraint-based Tourist Attraction Recommender System

The paper develops a constraint-based tourist attraction recommender system. The recommended system acts as a web-based application. It can generate a recommendation list of attractions for the tourists. Traditional recommender systems, content-based filtering and collaborative filtering, for instance, would not be satisfied for the application of tourist recommendation. Tourist attraction recommendation can be deemed as a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). The constraint-based recommender system is illustrated. In order to demonstrate the calculation process of the system, the case is described in detail. Some thought and systematically work in the future is also explored.
Review on Ebola Virus Disease: Its Outbreak and Current Status

Background : Ebola virus disease (EVD) is caused by Ebola viruses (EBOV), members of the group of hemorrhagic fevers and it is one of the most dangerous infection diseases with mortality rates up to 90%. Ebola was firstly described in 1976 and since then occurred sporadically in Central Africa. Till 2014, twenty four outbreaks were described, but the number of deaths not exceeding 300 per outbreak. As of May 20, 2015 the cumulative number, suspected, and laboratory-confirmed cases attributed to Ebola virus was 26, 969, including 11,135 deaths. Pathogenesis : Ebola Viruses do not replicate through cell division, but instead insert their own genetic sequencing into the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of the host cell and subsequently hijack all cellular processes, including transcription and translation. In essence, the host cell becomes a factory of viral proteins. As new viral capsules are formed, they bud from the host cell, taking a part of the host cell’s outer membrane, thus cloaking themselves against detection by the host’s immune system. In some cases, the patient’s immune system can produce enough antibodies to defeat the infection. With EVD, the virus can often reproduce so rapidly that the immune system never catches up. Transmission : The natural reservoir of EBOV is believed to be bats, particularly fruit bats, and it is primarily transmitted between humans and from animals to humans through body fluids. Clinical presentation : Symptoms of EVD include abrupt onset of fever, myalgias, and headache in the early phase, followed by vomiting, diarrhea and possible progression to hemorrhagic rash, life-threatening bleeding, and multi organ failure in the later phase. Treatment : There are no approved treatments or vaccines available for EVD until today; the mainstay of therapy is supportive care. However, there are a bunch of therapeutic approaches on the track which could have the real impact on control and prevention of this global threat. High fatality, combined with the absence of treatment and vaccination options, makes Ebola virus an important public health pathogen and biothreat pathogen of category A. Keywords: Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, hemorrhagic fever, outbreak, epidemic, supportive care, reservoir, West Africa.