Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fuzzy-Enhanced Modeling of Lignocellulosic Biomass Enzymatic Saccharification

The enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass incorporates many physico-chemical phenomena, in a heterogeneous and complex media. In order to make the modeling task feasible, many simplifications must be assumed. Hence, different simplified models, such as Michaelis-Menten and Langmuir-based ones, have been used to describe batch processes. However, these simple models have difficulties in predicting fed-batch operations with different feeding policies. To overcome this problem and avoid an increase in the complexity of the model by incorporating other phenomenological terms, a Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy approach has been proposed, which manages a consortium of different simple models for this process. Pretreated sugar cane bagasse was used as biomass in this case study. The fuzzy rule combines two Michaelis-Menten-based models, each responsible for describing the reaction path for a distinct range of solids concentrations in the reactor. The fuzzy model improved fitting and increased prediction in a validation data set.
Sobre la presència de Fistularia commersonii (Rüppell, 1835) en aigües de les Illes Balears (Mediterrània Occidental)

Entre octubre de 2007 i gener de 2008 es varen capturar 5 exemplars de Fistularia commersoni (Ruppell, 1835) en aigues de l’arxipelag de les Illes Balears, observantse altres dos individus. Tots els indicadors assenyalen la seva procedencia lessepsiana i es, per tant, la primera especie ictica de l’Indic que arriba a les Illes Balears des de l’obertura del canal de Suez.
On Stereoscopic Machine Vision with Limited Horizons

This paper provides a path planning algorithm based on model that contains 3D vision data. Using this model and a six-legged platform, we propose that limited vision field should be considered in a path planning of 3D vision robot. We also give out a machine learning method to analysis a robot's obstacle capacity, and formed vector to measure it. Based on the model, we designed an algorithm that allow robot to navigate in 3D environment. Observation on its behavior proof that our algorithm and model will allow a robot to pass through random 3D terrain.
Accelerated Compression Algorithm Based on Factoring Repeated Content

In this paper, we introduce the accelerated image compression method to reduce memory and bandwidth cost by factoring repeated content within images. Since the compression procedure costs much time to search for the similar regions, we adopt the feature descriptor Gray Split Rotate (GSR) to accelerate the self-similarity computation. The self-similarity computation is partly transformed into the comparison of the distances between feature descriptors. And we find that the computations of GSR distances of each feature descriptors are independent with each other. By the use of GPU parallel computing power, we filter out a huge amount of unmatched candidates. In our experiments we improve the speed of the compression process by one order of magnitude and meanwhile still preserve the quality of the compressed image by reducing unnecessary candidates.
Adaptive LDPC for Rayleigh fading channel

Two adaptive coded modulation schemes employing LDPC (low-density parity-check) code are proposed for Rayleigh fading channels. Scheme 1: we fix the code rate (rate=1/2), and only change the modulation methods according to the channel state, that is, during poor channel conditions, QPSK modulation is employed, as channel conditions improve, more efficient modulation scheme such as 8PSK is used. Scheme 2: the modulation scheme is fixed (BPSK modulation), and the code rate is changed according to the channel state. Through simulation, we get the performance of these two adaptive LDPC schemes under different demands of BER, and the comparison between adaptive LDPC and nonadaptive LDPC is also given.
LEISHMANIASIS EXPERIMENTAL EN ANIMALES SILVESTRES

Uno de los puntos de mayor importancia en lo que se refiere a la epidemiologia de la leishmaniasis tegumentaria americana, es lo relativo al conocimiento de los reservorios domesticos y silvestres. En la actualidad, la mayoria de los medicos tropicalistas y de parasitologos que se ocupan del problema, se inclinan a pensar que la infeccion humana deriva esencialmente de animales; es decir, que en la Naturaleza la enfermedad se mantiene como una autentica zoonosis y su aparicion en el hombre es un hecho puramente accidental. Summary One of the most important features in reference to epidemiology of American tegumentary leishmaniasis is related to the cognizance of domestic and wild reservoirs. At present, the majority of tropical physicians and parasitologists dealing with the problem are inclined to think that the human infection derives essentially from animals; that is to say, the disease is maintained in Nature, as an authentic zoonosis and its appearance in man is an occurrence strictly accidental.
THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS DOSES OF PREDNISOLONE ADMINISTRATION ON SERUM VASPIN LEVELS IN RATS.

Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the dose-dependent effects of prednisolone administration on serum vaspin levels and correlate this with changes in the BMI and lipogenesis in rats. Materials and Methods Twenty-four albino Wistar male rats weighing between 190-240 g were divided into four groups, three experimental (5 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, and 20 mg/kg prednisolone) and one control. The prednisolone groups were given once-daily doses for 30 days, orally. In addition, the rats were weighed, and their height and waist circumferences were measured once a week. At the end of 30 days, vaspin and glucose levels were measured from blood samples. Results In the prednisolone groups, the vaspin levels significantly increased when compared with the control group. The control group has a serum vaspin level of 155 ± 20.99 pg/mL and this level has been increased by prednisolone administration in a dose dependent manner. In the prednisolone groups, especially the 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg groups, the glucose levels increased in a dose dependent fashion. Conclusion Prednisolone administration significantly increased serum glucose and vaspin levels in a dose dependent manner, indicating that the increase in the serum vaspin levels could be related to the increase in the serum glucose concentration. Vaspin can be a molecule that is released in response to increased glucose and can be a rebound defense mechanism to modulate the blood glucose concentration. We suggest vaspin as a potential target for the treatment and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and other metabolic disorders.
Healing Public Schools: The Winning Prescription to Cure Their Chronic Illness

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgment Chapter 3 What's Ailing our Public Schools? Chapter 4 Classroom Teaching Suffers its Pain in Silence Chapter 5 Positive Steps to Help Relieve Chronic Pain Chapter 6 Reliable Treatments that Help Sick Schools Get Better Chapter 7 Using Quality to Improve the Health and Fitness of Schools Chapter 8 A Reliable Organization Inspires the Health of Public Schools Chapter 9 Continuous Improvement Helps Shape School Performance Chapter 10 Prescription for Healing the Chronic Illness of Public Schools Chapter 11 Afterword: Dr. William N. Kiefer Chapter 12 Appendix A: Getting Public Schools Back to Health Chapter 13 Appendix B: Achieving Quality Classroom Teaching Chapter 14 Appendix C: Resources for Healing Public Schools Chapter 15 Appendix D: Healthy Schools with Systems Thinking Chapter 16 Appendix E: Draft State Reliability Legislation Chapter 17 Articles, Books, and Bibliography Chapter 18 Authors and Contributors
Building a photo-realistic virtual world using view-dependent images and models

Describes a new approach for building a photorealistic virtual world based on the real world. Using an image capturing system mounted on a vehicle, we have assembled a vast image database with global position and orientation information. However, if we store all the images taken from various users' viewpoints, we might exhaust the resources. Thus, it is important to generate novel images from finite image data sets. For this purpose, we believe that a view-dependent "subjective" virtual space is sufficient, and an "objective" virtual space is not imperative. Based on this concept, we propose a view-dependent image projection method and a 3D layer presumption method to generate a subjective virtual space. By using these methods, we succeeded in constructing a photorealistic virtual world. Both methods yield only a local model of the entire virtual world. However, by changing the local models according to the user's viewpoint, the user can move around a wider area. In this paper, we demonstrate that this kind of subjective model is practical and sufficient to construct a wide photorealistic virtual world.
Driven Decoding for machine translation (Vers un décodage guidé pour la traduction automatique) [in French]

Recemment, le paradigme du decodage guide a montre un fort potentiel dans le cadre de la reconnaissance automatique de la parole. Le principe est de guider le processus de decodage via l'utilisation de transcriptions auxiliaires. Ce paradigme applique a la traduction automatique per-met d'envisager de nombreuses applications telles que la combinaison de systemes, la traduction multi-sources etc. Cet article presente une approche preliminaire de l'application de ce paradigme a la traduction automatique (TA). Nous proposons d'enrichir le modele log-lineaire d'un systeme primaire de TA avec des mesures de distance relatives a des systemes de TA auxiliaires. Les premiers resultats obtenus sur la tâche de traduction Francais/Anglais issue de la campagne d'evaluation WMT 2011 montrent le potentiel du decodage guide.
Sistemas de reconocimiento basados en la imagen facial

Este articulo sintetiza las principales investigaciones que se estan llevando a cabo en el area de los sistemas de reconocimiento a traves de la imagen facial. Se realiza la descripcion de las principales lineas de trabajo en los sistema de identificacion de personas por medio de la imagen del rostro. Ademas, se realiza una sintesis de las ultimas tecnicas matematicas para realizar la extraccion de caracteristicas dentro de estos sistemas de identificacion.
Grammatiche lessicalmente esaustive delle passioni. Il caso dell'Io collerico. Le forme nominali

In base alle piu comuni definizioni della parola passione, sembra delinearsi un quadro nel quale alcuni stati emotivi - alcuni relativamente stabili alcuni altri no - presentano fondamentalmente il carattere dell'eccesso e della sofferenza acuta. Delle passioni, piu in particolare, sulla base della definizione del dizionario, appare dominante il carattere perturbante: la ragione, il giudizio, l'equilibrio, a loro contrapposti, sono condannati a subirne, a patirne, gli attacchi. L'universo del non-razionale, in tal senso, apparirebbe contraddistinto, non solo dall'assenza del logos, ma dalla presenza di slanci esplosivi volti alla negazione e alla distruzione di questo. Tra l'irrazionale, l'irragionevole e l'eccessivo costituirebbero una forza dirompente, difficilmente controllabile. Tali definizioni, in realta, sembrano riprendere, semplificandola, la lunghissima e complessa tradizione che dall'epica omerica alle scienze cognitive contemporanee ha affrontato il tema delle passioni. Ad una di esse, quella primigenia dell'ira, e dedicato questo contributo di indagine lessico-sintattica.
Glutathione and airway function

De pathologie van astma wordt onder meer gekenmerkt door luchtwegvernauwing en een ontsteking in de longen. De samenhang tussen deze kenmerken is nog slecht begrepen. Een van de gevolgen van de eerder genoemde ontsteking is dat afweercellen in de longen zgn. reactieve zuursofvormen produceren en afscheiden. Deze reactieve zuurstofvormen zijn een normaal onderdeel van een afweerreactie. Gewoonlijk kunnen lichaamseigen anti-oxidanten het weefsel beschermen tegen de reactieve zuurstofvormen, maar soms krijgen de reactieve zuurstofvormen de overhand over de anti-oxidanten. Deze situatie kan leiden tot schade aan het weefsel en wordt oxidatieve stress genoemd. Er zijn in toenemende mate aanwijzingen dat oxidatieve stress een rol speelt in het ontstaan en voortduren van astma. Het onderhavige onderzoek heeft zich gericht op de relatie tussen oxidatieve stress en de overmatige luchtwegvernauwing in diermodellen voor astma. Uit het onderzoek is allereerst gebleken dat de hoeveelheid glutathion in de longen tijdens een allergische reactie in de luchtwegen bij cavia's sterk verminderd is, vermoedelijk tengevolge van het optreden van de eerder genoemde oxidatieve stress. Daarnaast is aangetoond dat glutathion niet allen gezonde luchtwegen kan ontspannen, maar dat het bovendien de overmatige samentrekking van de luchtwegen tijdens een allergische reactie kan tegengaan. Bovendien bleek dat het bijvoeren van dieren met een voedingssupplement dat de glutathionspiegels in het lichaam verhoogt, een dempend effect had op het samentrekken van de luchtwegen tijdens een allergische reactie. Hoewel nader onderzoek nodig is, lijkt het erop dat glutathion een beschermende rol kan spelen bij astma. Als de bevindingen uit het proefdieronderzoek ook van toepassing zijn op mensen, zou suppletie van glutathion bij astmatici in de toekomst wellicht een therapeutische optie kunnen zijn.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY ON ENHANCING OF SELF-EFFICACY AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG WOMEN WITH OBESITY

Obesity is one of the mental health problems in the world that have important risk factors for mental and physical health. Self-efficacy is an important component that plays critical role in reduction of women weight. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitivebehavioral therapy on enhancing self-efficacy and mental health among women with obesity. Materials & Methods: The design of the study is quasi-experimental design with pre/post test with a control group. 30 women with obesity were selected by available sampling method and randomly allocated into two groups: experimental group and one control group. The independent variable was cognitive-behavioral therapy which was administrated in 8 sessions on the experimental group while the control group did not receive any treatment. The research instrument was General HealthQuestionnaire- 28 (GHQ-28) and self-efficacy Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using covariance analysis. Results: The results of the study showed significant differences between the mean scores of the pre-test and post-test of the experimental and control groups, so cognitive behavioral therapy improved mental health and increased self-efficacy mean score in the experimental group (p<0.001). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that cognitive behavior therapy can improve mental health and increase self-efficacy. Therefore, it can be considered as an effective method for encountering and coping with obesity
Desenvolvimento de iogurte grego sabor café

Os produtos derivados lacteos tem papel de destaque na industria alimenticia devido a quantidade e variedade de produtos e seus sabores. O iogurte grego e um iogurte concentrado que difere dos demais pela etapa de retirada de soro do iogurte tradicional atraves de centrifugacao em processos industriais e pela dessoragem atraves de panos em pequena escala. O cafe e um produto consumido diariamente no mundo por todas as classes sociais sendo apreciado por seu aroma e sabor, tem importante papel na sociedade como um todo e considerado como alimento funcional. Objetivou-se elaborar com esse trabalho, iogurtes gregos com diferentes quantidades de solucao de cafe soluvel e avaliar a aceitabilidade sensorial pelos provadores. Foram elaboradas tres formulacoes de iogurte grego com concentracao de 1,2 g/mL, 2,0 g/mL e 2,4 g/mL de cafe soluvel. Foram verificadas as caracteristicas fisico-quimicas, microbiologicas e sensoriais (teste de aceitacao por escala hedonica). As analises fisico-quimicas apresentaram os seguintes resultados: o pH variou entre 4,31±0,07 e 4,47±0,03, a acidez (g de acido latico/100 g) apresentou valores entre 1,29±0,04 e 1,34±0,02. As analises microbiologicas apresentaram resultados que atendem os padroes da IN 46 (BRASIL, 2007). Os resultados das analises de bolores e leveduras apresentaram quantidade inferior a <10 UFC/g, ausencia de salmonella, contagem de estafilococos coagulase positiva <100UFC/g, contagem de coliformes termotolerantes 1,1 NMP/ml e contagem de coliformes totais 2,2 NMP/ml. A analise sensorial nao apresentou diferenca significativa de preferencia entre as amostras. Contudo, a amostra contendo 2,4 g/mL de cafe soluvel apresentou nota 7,82±0,08 para o atributo impressao global, maior indice de aceitabilidade, com 86,8% e intencao de compra de 47% dos provadores participantes, que certamente o comprariam. Todas as formulacoes apresentaram boas avaliacoes, o que viabiliza novas pesquisas para possibilitar o processamento em grande escala do produto e diversificar as opcoes de consumo.
MELOMICS: Contributions of computer science and biology to receptive music therapy

It is surprising the fact that while the personaliz ed medicine model is more and more accepted, receptive music therapy is still applied collective ly. Although, in some hospitals the subject (patient or health-medical staff) is allowed to sel ect the genre or artist, with most published clinical studies reporting on concrete types of mus ic (eg, relaxing or classical) that are applied to groups of patients. Customizing songs to patient characteristics would make the study much more complex: on the one hand, a higher variability demands a larger sam ple and, on the other hand, it significantly increases the time and care dedicated to each patie nt. In any case, customization is a subjective element which strongly depends on individual prefer ences. MELOMICS integrates computer technology that adapts mu ic to the condition of the patient, in an automatic and objective way. This enables the fu ture design of biofeedback devices, which in the long run results in being favorable for the the rap utic response of the patient.
Processos atencionais em idosos saudáveis com alta escolaridade da comunidade da cidade de São Paulo

Several studies have shown that more than a third of the aging people would have attention impairment, regardless of there is no commun effect of age in this process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the attentional performance of healthy elderly subjects with hight level of education. For this, 14 subjects between 60 and 89 years old and between 12 and 17 years of education were assessed through WAIS
COMPLEXITY OF BINARY PICTURES AND IMAGE THRESHOLDING - AN APPLICATION OF DF - EXPRESSION TO THE THRESHOLDING PROBLEM.

A vibrator utilizing a disposable bite probe subject to vibrations of the vibrator is used to seat crowns, bridges and the like. After cement has been applied to the underside of the crown and the prepared tooth surface and the crown initially positioned, the bite probe is received between the crown and opposing teeth in the patient's mouth or dentist's finger in the absence of opposing teeth, the patient or dentist applying pressure on the bite probe. When the vibrator is energized, the vibrations express excess cement working the crown down into a proper and secure position on the patient's tooth. Continued pressure on the bite probe by the patient and/or dentist holds the bite probe in position, the vibrator itself being disconnected from the probe and the probe itself being retained in a stationary position for a sufficient length of time to assure proper seating of the crown as the cement hardens.
Enabling Optimizations Through Demodularization

Enabling Optimizations Through Demodularization Blake Dennis Johnson Department of Computer Science, BYU Master of Science Programmers want to write modular programs to increase maintainability and create abstractions, but modularity hampers optimizations, especially when modules are compiled separately or written in different languages. In languages with syntactic extension capabilities, each module in a program can be written in a separate language, and the module system must ensure that the modules interoperate correctly. In Racket, the module system ensures this by separating module code into phases for runtime and compile-time and allowing phased imports and exports inside modules. We present an algorithm, called demodularization, that combines all executable code from a phased modular program into a single module that can then be optimized as a whole program. The demodularized programs have the same behavior as their modular counterparts but are easier to optimize. We show that programs maintain their meaning through an operational semantics of the demodularization process and verify that performance increases by comparing modular Racket programs to the equivalent demodularized and optimized programs. We use the existing Racket optimizer to optimize the demodularized programs by decompiling them into an intermediate form that the optimizer uses. We also demonstrate a dead code elimination optimization that dramatically reduces the file size of demodularized Racket programs.
Optimal Left Ventricular Lead Position Predicts Reverse Remodeling and Survival After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Abstract. Objectives. The aim of the current study was to evaluate echocardiographic parameters after 6 months of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) as well as long-term outcome in patients with the left ventricular (LV) lead positioned at the site of latest activation (concordant LV lead position) as compared with that seen in patients with a discordant LV lead position. Background. A nonoptimal LV pacing lead position may be a potential cause for nonresponse to CRT. Methods. The site of latest mechanical activation was determined by speckle tracking radial strain analysis and related to the LV lead position on chest x-ray in 244 CRT candidates. Echocardiographic evaluation was performed after 6 months. Long-term follow-up included all-cause mortality and hospitalizations for heart failure. Results. Significant LV reverse remodeling (reduction in LV end-systolic volume from 189±83 mL to 134±71 mL, P<.001) was noted in the group of patients with a concordant LV lead position (n=153, 63%), whereas patients with a discordant lead position showed no significant improvements. In addition, during long-term follow-up (32±16 months), less events (combined for heart failure hospitalizations and death) were reported in patients with a concordant LV lead position. Moreover, a concordant LV lead position appeared to be an independent predictor of hospitalization-free survival after long-term CRT (hazard ratio: 0.22, P=.004). Conclusions. Pacing at the site of latest mechanical activation, as determined by speckle tracking radial strain analysis, resulted in superior echocardiographic response after 6 months of CRT and better prognosis during long-term follow-up.