Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
VIS3COS : I. Survey overview and the role of environment and stellar mass on star formation

We present the VIMOS Spectroscopic Survey of a Supercluster in the COSMOS field (VIS3COS) at z~0.84. We use VIMOS high-resolution spectra (GG475 filter) to spectroscopically select 490 galaxies in and around the super-structure and an additional 481 galaxies in the line of sight. We present the redshift distribution, the catalog to be made public and the first results on the properties of individual galaxies and stacked spectra (3500{\AA}\lambda$(10 \mathrm{M_\odot}\right)
Visual Attention for Rendered 3D Shapes

Understanding the attentional behavior of the human visual system when visualizing a rendered 3D shape is of great importance for many computer graphics applications. Eye tracking remains the only solution to explore this complex cognitive mechanism. Unfortunately, despite the large number of studies dedicated to images and videos, only a few eye tracking experiments have been conducted using 3D shapes. Thus, potential factors that may influence the human gaze in the specific setting of 3D rendering, are still to be understood.
Recent developments in Boolean networks control

The aim of this survey paper is to provide the state of the art of the research on control and optimal control of Boolean control networks, under the assumption that all the state variables are accessible and hence available for feedback. Necessary and sufficient conditions for stabilisability to a limit cycle or to an equilibrium point are given. Additionally, it is shown that when such conditions are satisfied, stabilisation can always be achieved by means of state feedback. Analogous results are obtained for the safe control problem that is investigated for the first time in this survey. Finite and infinite horizon optimal control are subsequently considered, and solution algorithms are provided, based on suitable adaptations of the Riccati difference and algebraic equations. Finally, an appropriate definition of the cost function allows to restate and to solve both stabilisation and safe control as infinite horizon optimal control problems.
Big data oriented novel background subtraction algorithm for urban surveillance systems

Due to the tremendous volume of data generated by urban surveillance systems, big data oriented low-complexity automatic background subtraction techniques are in great demand. In this paper, we propose a novel automatic background subtraction algorithm for urban surveillance systems in which the computer can automatically renew an image as the new background image when no object is detected. This method is both simple and robust with respect to changes in light conditions.
Breast cancer classification improvements using a new kernel function with evolutionary-programming-configured support vector machines

Mammography is an effective tool for the early detection of breast cancer; however, most women referred for biopsy based on mammographic findings do not, in fact, have cancer. This study is part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of benign cases referred for biopsy by developing tools to aid physicians in classifying suspicious lesions. Specifically, this study examines the use of an Evolutionary Programming (EP)-derived Support Vector Machine (SVM) with a modified radial basis function (RBF) kernel, and compares this with results using a normal Gaussian radial basis function kernel. Results demonstrate that the modified kernel can provide moderate performance improvements; however, due to its ability to create a more complex decision surface, this kernel can easily begin to memorize the training data resulting in a loss of generalization ability. Nonetheless, these methods could reduce the number of benign cases referred for biopsy by over half, while missing less than 5% of malignancies. Future work will focus on methods to improve the EP process to preserve SVMs which generalize well.
The Mapping Schema from Chinese Agricultural Thesaurus to AGROVOC

This paper introduces the criteria and the procedures for mapping the Chinese Agricultural Thesaurus (CAT) to FAO’s multilingual agricultural thesaurus AGROVOC. It proposes modifications to the interthesaurus mapping rules provided in the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) specification. It outlines in detail the criteria for the application of each of the mapping rules. We will describe the procedure for the application for these rules and give concrete examples taken from both thesauri.
Enteric Infections In Hospitalized Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients With Relapse

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Enteric infections can mimic or induce Inflammatory Bowel disease (IBD) flares. Our aim was to assess the incidence and long-term impact of enteric infections in pediatric IBD patients. METHODS: Medical records of patients admitted with IBD flares between 2003 and 2010 were reviewed. Short (4 weeks) and long-term (1 year) outcomes following index admission were evaluated. RESULTS: 92 IBD flares requiring hospitalization in 59 patients were evaluated. Enteric infections contributed to 24% of all flares (22 episodes, 14 patients with ulcerative colitis and 8 with Crohn’s disease). Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) was predominant (12/22, 54%). Cryptosporidium (n=4), Salmonella (n=4), Shigella (n=1) and Coronavirus (n=1) were also isolated. Patients with CDI, had increased re-hospitalizations (p=0.03) and treatment escalation (p=0.01) within one year compared to non-CDI patients. CONCLUSIONS: Enteric infections are common, contributing to approximately 1 in 4 IBD flares. CDI is associated with increased disease severity in children.
Physical ergonomics awareness in an offshore processing platform among Malaysian oil and gas workers

Introduction. The reliability of offshore oil and gas (O&G) facilities depends on the operation and maintenance activities, where human physical intervention is involved. Workers are often exposed to ergonomics hazards due to inefficient workplace design. Ergonomics awareness among workers is a crucial factor in mitigating such hazards. Objectives. This study intends to evaluate the state of physical ergonomics awareness among Malaysian O&G workers and to assess their perception toward the criticality of physical ergonomics issues within an offshore processing facility. Methods. Data were collected through online questionnaire distribution. The respondents were required to evaluate three sections of the questionnaire to reflect their state of physical ergonomics awareness: design criteria in an offshore workplace that are related to physical ergonomics; effects of physical ergonomics implementation in design; criticality of physical ergonomics issues. Results. The results showed a good level of physical ergonomics awareness among respondents without them being influenced by dissimilar experiences (engineering design and operation/maintenance) and the range of experience in an offshore workplace. Conclusion. This study provides an overview of Malaysian O&G workers’ outlook toward the physical ergonomics issues in an offshore workplace. These data could be further analyzed in future as relevant aspects of designing an offshore facility.
miR-381 regulates pituitary adenoma cell growth and migration by targeting TWIST 1

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate tumor development, invasion and metastasis. Although miR-381 has been shown to play different roles in tumors, its function in pituitary adenoma is unknown. qRT-PCR assays revealed lower miR-381 expression in pituitary adenoma cell lines than in normal pituitary cell lines, and miR-381 overexpression using miR-381 mimics in a pituitary adenoma cell line inhibited proliferation and migration and promoted apoptosis. miR-381 is predicted to target the 3’UTR of TWIST1, which was confirmed by luciferase reporter assays, and TWIST1 overexpression abrogated miR-381 function. These results suggest that miR-381 influences pituitary tumor growth and migration by targeting TWIST1. Therefore, we propose that up-regulating miR-381 could be a potential new strategy for treating pituitary adenoma.
Description of a new type of benign recurrent vertigo of central origin

Lee et al.1 describe a series of patients with episodic vertigo with marked interictal headshaking nystagmus (HSN). These patients had no evidence of peripheral vestibular disease; brain imaging and prolonged follow-up revealed no evidence of a structural brain lesion or a neurodegenerative disease of the brainstem or cerebellum. Additional features included nonmigrainous headache, autonomic symptoms, and a lifelong high susceptibility to motion sickness.
An Insight into Architectural Modeling , applications and Limitations of Wireless Sensor Networks

Evolution of Wireless sensor networks brought a great revolution in the field of wireless networks. Sensor nodes are scattered over the targeted field to sense environmental activities and their characteristics. Sensor nodes in a sensor network pass the information gathered by them to each other and a collective report can be produced. WSNs are having certain architectural characteristics, based on which they have certain limitations also. In this paper architecture of WSN is discussed along with its area of applications and limitations.
Isolation of Lichen Forming Fungus ofEverniastrum cirrhatum and Evaluate itsAntagonistic and Antimicrobial Activity

Mycobiont is a lichen forming fungi (LFF) symbiotically associated with phycobiont (algae) of lichens. Here LFF was isolated from Everniastrum cirrhatum lichen and checked its antagonist and antimicrobial properties against pathogens with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The isolated LFF was inhibited the growth of several plant pathogens viz, Fusarium moniliforme, F. oxysporum and F. udum and Human pathogenic fungi viz, Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton rubrum as well as pathogenic bacteria viz, Streptococcus mutant, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella typhi. The antagonistic activity of LFF was found most effective against Fusarium udum and caused 55.55% inhibition of mycelial growth and antimicrobial substances from LFF were also compared with natural thallus extract, maximum activity was observed by acetone extracts of LFF against Microsporum gypseum (21mm) and its MIC was found to be 0.78125×10-7 μl against Microsporum gypseum and Candida albicans. Therefore acetone extracts of LFF found most effective inhibitor rather than other extracts. This is the 1st attempt to evaluate antagonistic and antimicrobial properties of LFF (Everniastrum cirrhatum) against pathogenic fungi and bacteria.
Deploy Large-Scale Deep Neural Networks in Resource Constrained IoT Devices with Local Quantization Region

Implementing large-scale deep neural networks with high computational complexity on low-cost IoT devices may inevitably be constrained by limited computation resource, making the devices hard to respond in real-time. This disjunction makes the state-of-art deep learning algorithms, i.e. CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks), incompatible with IoT world. We present a low-bit (range from 8-bit to 1-bit) scheme with our local quantization region algorithm. We use models in Caffe model zoo as our example tasks to evaluate the effect of our low precision data representation scheme. With the available of local quantization region, we find implementations on top of those schemes could greatly retain the model accuracy, besides the reduction of computational complexity. For example, our 8-bit scheme has no drops on top-1 and top-5 accuracy with 2x speedup on Intel Edison IoT platform. Implementations based on our 4-bit, 2-bit or 1-bit scheme are also applicable to IoT devices with advances of low computational complexity. For example, the drop on our task is only 0.7% when using 2-bit scheme, a scheme which could largely save transistors. Making low-bit scheme usable here opens a new door for further optimization on commodity IoT controller, i.e. extra speed-up could be achieved by replacing multiply-accumulate operations with the proposed table look-up operations. The whole study offers a new approach to relief the challenge of bring advanced deep learning algorithm to resource constrained low-cost IoT device.
THE WORKSHOP ON THE SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF PM HEALTH EFFECTS: INTER-COMPARISON OF RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS

INTRODUCTION While the association between exposure to ambient fine particulate matter mass (PM2.5) and human mortality is well established, the most responsible particle types/sources are not yet certain. In May 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’ s Particulate Matter Centers Program sponsored the “Workshop on the Source Apportionment of PM Health Effects”. The goal was to evaluate the consistency of the various source apportionment methods in assessing source contributions to daily PM2.5 mass-mortality associations. Nine research institutions, using varying methods, participated in the estimation of source apportionments of PM2.5 mass samples collected in Washington, DC and Phoenix, AZ. Apportionments were evaluated for their respective associations with mortality using Poisson regressions, allowing a comparative assessment of the extent to which variations in the apportionments contributed to variability in the source-specific mortality results. Ther results of this workshop have been summarized in a series of papers1-4
Topological States in the Kuramoto Model

The Kuramoto model is a system of nonlinear differential equations that models networks of coupled oscillators and is often used to study synchronization among the oscillators. In this paper we study steady state solutions of the Kuramoto model by assigning to each steady state a tuple of integers which records how the state twists around the cycles in the network. We then use this new classification of steady states to obtain a "Weyl" type of asymptotic estimate for the number of steady states as the number of oscillators becomes arbitrarily large while preserving the cycle structure. We further show how this asymptotic estimate can be maximized, and as a special case we obtain an asymptotic lower bound for the number of stable steady states of the model.
Provisión de anonimato en redes P2P

Resumen. En este trabajo se presenta un nuevo mecanismo para proporcionar anonimato en redes peer-to-peer (P2P) de comparticion de ficheros. El anonimato se consigue conectando los nodos origen y destino a traves de un conjunto de nodos intermedios, creando un camino multi-salto. La principal contribucion es un algoritmo distribuido capaz de garantizar el anonimato incluso cuando un nodo en el camino falla. El algoritmo tiene en cuenta los costes asociados con las comunicaciones multi-salto e intenta alcanzar un compromiso entre el grado de anonimato y los costes asociados.
ProphetMT: controlled language authoring aid system description

This paper presents ProphetMT, a monolingual Controlled Language (CL) authoring tool which allows users to easily compose an in-domain sentence with the help of tree-based SMT-driven auto-suggestions. The interface also visualizes target-language sentences as they are built by the SMT system. When the user is finished composing, the final translation(s) are generated by a tree-based SMT system using the text and structural information provided by the user. With this domain-specific controlled language, ProphetMT will produce highly reliable translations. The contributions of this work are: 1) we develop a user-friendly auto-completion-based editor which guarantees that the vocabulary and grammar chosen by a user are compatible with a tree-based SMT model; 2) by applying a shift-reduce-like parsing feature, this editor allows users to write from left-to-right and generates the parsing results on the fly. Accordingly, with this in-domain composing restriction as well as the gold-standard parsing result, a highly reliable translation can be generated.
The Wage Effects of Obesity in the U.S. Labor Market: Are Obese Paid Less Because of Health Insurance?

Past economic literature has consistently found depressant effects of obesity on wage levels. However, the research provides mixed results on both the magnitude of the obese wage differential as well as a conclusive explanation for its occurrence. In this article, I use data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to further investigate the relationship among obesity, wages, and the hypothesis that obese workers with employer-provided health insurance pay for their higher medical expenditure through reduced wages. The results present evidence that obesity is a significant factor in determining women’s wage rates, reducing wages by 3.2%. Using a quantile regression approach, I find obesity to have larger depressant effects on wages at higher paying jobs for both men and women. Moreover, the interaction effects of obesity and employer-provided health insurance suggest women’s obese wage penalty is confounded in jobs offering health insurance.
The Source Model of Group Threat: Responding to Internal and External Threats

We introduce a model of group threat that articulates the opposing effects of intergroup (between-groups) and intragroup (within-group) threat on identity processes and group relations. The source model of group threat argues that the perceived source of a threat is critical in predicting its consequences, such that perceptions of intergroup threat will strengthen (in)group identity processes and relations, whereas perceptions of intragroup threat has the potential to undermine the same. In addition to reviewing the large literature on intergroup threat and a smaller body of unsynthesized work on intragroup threat, we discuss how these processes are captured in representations of monsters (aliens, vampires, and zombies) in popular media and how these ideas can inform interpretation of current political debates, such as those around homegrown terrorism. This model provides a novel summary of the core effects of intergroup and intragroup threat, generating testable hypotheses about the psychological effects of different types of threat. Applying this model will help to make sense of seemingly contradictory findings in the literature, illustrating how appraisal of a threat as originating from an intergroup or intragroup source has the capacity to change the group-based effects of that threat.
Stimulation of Sirt 1-Regulated FoxO Protein Function by the Ligand-Bound Vitamin D Receptor

Hormonal vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D), signals through the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR). 1,25D regulates cell proliferation and differentiation and has been identified as a cancer chemopreventive agent. FoxO proteins are transcription factors that control cell proliferation and survival. They function as tumor suppressors and are associated with longevity in several organisms. Accumulating data have revealed that 1,25D and FoxO proteins regulate similarly common target genes. We show here that the ligand-bound VDR regulates the posttranslational modification and function of FoxO proteins. 1,25D treatment enhances binding of FoxO3a and FoxO4 within 4 h to promoters of FoxO target genes and blocks mitogen-induced FoxO protein nuclear export. The VDR associates directly with FoxO proteins and regulators, the sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) class III histone deacetylase (HDAC), and protein phosphatase 1. In addition, phosphatase activity and trichostatin A-resistant HDAC activity coimmunoprecipitate with the VDR. 1,25D treatment rapidly (in <4 h) induces FoxO deacetylation and dephosphorylation, consistent with activation. In contrast, ablation of VDR expression enhances FoxO3a phosphorylation, as does knockdown of Sirt1, consistent with the coupling of FoxO acetylation and phosphorylation. 1,25D regulation of common VDR/FoxO target genes is attenuated by blockade of phosphatase activity or by small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown of Sirt1 or FoxO protein expression. Finally, 1,25D-dependent cell cycle arrest is blocked in FoxO3a-deficient cells, indicating that FoxO proteins are key downstream mediators of the antiproliferative actions of 1,25D. These studies link 1,25D signaling through the VDR directly to Sirt1 and FoxO function and provide a molecular basis for the cancer chemopreventive actions of 1,25D.
Inactivation of Spoilage Yeasts by Mentha spicata L. and M. × villosa Huds. Essential Oils in Cashew, Guava, Mango, and Pineapple Juices

This study evaluated the efficacy of the essential oil from Mentha spicata L. (MSEO) and M. × villosa Huds. (MVEO) to inactivate Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, Pichia anomala and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Sabouraud dextrose broth and cashew, guava, mango, and pineapple juices during 72 h of refrigerated storage. The effects of the incorporation of an anti-yeast effective dose of MSEO on some physicochemical and sensory characteristics of juices were evaluated. The incorporation of 3.75 μL/mL MSEO or 15 μL/mL MVEO caused a ≥5-log reductions in counts of C. albicans, P. anomala, and S. cerevisiae in Sabouraud dextrose broth. In cashew and guava juices, 1.875 μL/mL MSEO or 15 μL/mL MVEO caused ≥5-log reductions in counts of P. anomala and S. cerevisiae. In pineapple juice, 3.75 μL/mL MSEO caused ≥5-log reductions in counts of P. anomala and S. cerevisiae; 15 μL/mL MVEO caused ≥5-log reductions in counts of S. cerevisiae in mango juice. The incorporation of 1.875 μL/mL MSEO did not affect the physicochemical parameters of juices and did not induce negative impacts to cause their possible sensory rejection. These results show the potential of MSEO and MVEO, primarily MSEO, to comprise strategies to control spoilage yeasts in fruit juices.
Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors in VTA Glutamate Neurons Modulate Excitatory Transmission

Ventral tegmental area (VTA) glutamate neurons are important components of brain reward circuitry, but whether they are subject to cholinergic modulation is unknown. To study this, we used an array of molecular, physiological, and photostimulation techniques to examine nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in VTA glutamate neurons. VTA neurons positive for the vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2+) are responsive to acetylcholine (ACh) released from mesopontine cholinergic axons. VTA VGLUT2+ neurons express mRNA and protein subunits known to comprise typical heteromeric nAChRs. Electrophysiology, coupled with 2-photon microscopy and laser flash photolysis of a photoactivatable nicotine probe, was used to demonstrate nAChR functional activity in the somatodendritic subcellular compartment of VTA VGLUT2+ neurons. Finally, optogenetic isolation of intrinsic VTA glutamatergic microcircuits demonstrated that nicotine potently modulates excitatory transmission within the VTA. These results indicate that VTA glutamate neurons are modulated by cholinergic mechanisms and participate in the cascade of physiological responses to nicotine exposure.