Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A note on the relation between categories and hyperstructures

Abstract In this paper, first we introduce the categories of “n-ary hyperstructures” ( HS n {{\mathrm{HS}}_{n}} ) and “n-ary hyperstructures with particular carriers and relations” ( HSP n {{\mathrm{HSP}}_{n}} ), and we prove that the categories of HS n {{\mathrm{HS}}_{n}} and HSP n - 1 {{\mathrm{HSP}}_{n-1}} are isomorphic. Then we prove that the category of “ ( n - 1 ) {(n-1)} -ary hypergroupoids” ( HG n - 1 {{\mathrm{HG}}_{n-1}} ) is a full subcategory of the category HS n {{\mathrm{HS}}_{n}} and the category of “unary binding n-ary algebra with particular properties” ( UBA n {{\mathrm{UBA}}_{n}} ) is a full subcategory of the category HSP n {{\mathrm{HSP}}_{n}} . Next, we define two functors F and G, and show that the restriction of the functor F to the category HG n {{\mathrm{HG}}_{n}} is an isomorphism of HG n {{\mathrm{HG}}_{n}} onto UBA n {{\mathrm{UBA}}_{n}} , and the restriction of the functor G to the category UBA n {{\mathrm{UBA}}_{n}} is an isomorphism of UBA n {{\mathrm{UBA}}_{n}} onto HG n {{\mathrm{HG}}_{n}} .
Know how to do better Know-how

Zusammenfassung Die Sicherung von Erfahrungswissen stellt in Unternehmen eine große Herausforderung dar. Wissensmanagementsysteme decken mit ihrem Fokus auf explizite Wissensformen aber oft nur einen Bruchteil dessen ab, was „echtes“ Wissensmanagement eigentlich zu organisieren beabsichtigt. Ein System zu etablieren, welches mit beiden Wissensformen umzugehen vermag, war Ziel des dargelegten Projektes. Zugleich soll die häufig geführte Debatte, Bibliothekare seien wohlmöglich die „besseren“ Wissensmanager, um einen praktischen Antwortversuch bereichert werden.
DESIGN OF THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN SAMPLING RECEIVER

Design of the Transconductance Amplifier for Frequency Domain Sampling Receiver. (May 2009) Xi Chen, B.S., Fudan University, Shanghai, China Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Sebastian Hoyos In this work, the circuit implementation of the front-end for Frequency Domain (FD) Sampling Receiver is presented. Shooting for two different applications, two transconductance amplifiers are designed. A high linear transconductance amplifier with 25 dBm IIP3 is proposed to form the high resolution and high sampling rate FD receiver. The whole system achieves an overall sampling rate of 2 Gs/s and resolution of 10 bits. Another low noise transconductance amplifier exploiting noise cancelling is designed to build up the FD wireless communication receiver, which is an excellent candidate for Software Define Radio (SDR) and Cognitve Radio (CR). The proposed noise cancelling scheme can suppress both thermal noise and flicker noise at the frontend. The system Noise Figure (NF) is improved by 3.28 dB. The two transconductance amplifiers are simulated and fabricated with TI 45nm CMOS technology.
Towards self-access CALL: what students say.

The success of CALL (computer-assisted language learning) self-access centres depend largely on students’ receptivity towards the use of CALL in their learning,as well as their motivation to use the facilities offered. Lack of exposure to self-access learning and computer skills required for CALL also contribute to under-utilisation of CALL self-access facilities. In UPM, in line with the direction the university is taking to encourage more student-centred learning to complement classroom teaching, a pilot CALL programme involving the participation of 1800 students was implemented as a platform to provide initial exposure to the CALL self-access mode of learning. At the end of the programme, a survey was carried out to evaluate the extent of students’ receptivity to the CALL self-access mode of learning, their acceptance of the courseware used, their preference for the types of activities, and feedback on the implementation aspects of the programme. This paper presents the survey results obtained from the project that represent feedback on the programme from the students. Students’ perception of the programme provides valuable information on how well the programme is received and how ready the students are to the practice of self-access CALL. The results of this survey will inform the university’s effort towards the implementation of full-fledged self-access CALL programmes.
A Familial Case Report of a 13;22 Chromosomal Translocation with Recurrent Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Failure

Abstract The importance of cytogenetic analysis in a family with reproductive failure in two siblings is highlighted, where two siblings and their mother presented with a balanced translocation between chromosomes 13;22. The clinical evaluation had shown the female to be normal and the male to be oligoasthenoteratozoospermic despite repeated semen analysis. The couple was referred to our laboratory after three consecutive intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) failures at a local assisted reproductive technique (ART) center. Peripheral blood lymphocytes, obtained for karyotyping, were studied by a standard G-banding technique. Chromosomal analysis of the members of the pedigree, including the probands, showed the presence of the same translocation, t(13;22)(q21.2;q13.3), carried by three generations of the family. The sister and the mother of the proband had multiple spontaneous abortions in the first trimester. The spouses, when examined cytogenetically, were found to be normal. We propose the involvement of a balanced t(13;22)(q21.2;q13.3) chromosomal translocation in the pathogenesis of recurrent ART or spontaneous reproductive failures. Hence, it is suggested that all cases with structural chromosomal abnormalities be counseled prior to opting for ART and undergoing pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). This would prevent recurrent financial, physical and emotional stress in couples seeking ART.
Demokratische Stadtentwicklung

Zusammenfassung Der Fokus auf Stadtentwicklung bekommt eine neue Dimension, weil gesamtgesellschaftliche Krisen (Flüchtlinge, Zuwanderung, Rechtspopulismus, Arbeitsmarkt, Klima etc.) sich unmittelbar lokal entzünden und sofortige Lösungen lokal brauchen, zu denen der Nationalstaat nicht in der Lage ist. Der Vertrauensverlust ist unübersehbar. Stadtquartiere mit hoher kultureller Heterogenität sind praktische europäische Innenpolitik. Die nationalstaatliche Förderpolitik greift nicht mehr. Gerade wird von Rechtspopulisten die Ohnmacht des Nationalstaates gefordert und entlarvt. Demokratie braucht die Stärkung der lokalen Handlungsebene.
Conversion of A Second- To First-Order Linear Nomoto Model in the Light of Zigzag Manoeuvre Performance

Abstract The problem of considerable difference between the first- and second-order linear Nomoto models is undertaken, not well covered in literature so far. If the former approximates the latter (better one, of a sound hydrodynamic interpretation) for some reasons, its parameters can not be easily derived from the other one, except for some specific rare cases. For such an identification purpose, we can use a simulated zigzag response and the classic procedure proposed by Nomoto in 1960. However, the first-order model thus developed yields somehow redefined constants against the original model, which lose their normal hydrodynamic (or kinematic) sense. In other words, it is very sensitive to the manoeuvre type on input, being therein the zigzag test. Therefore, the model is allowed to be only used for simulating motions essentially similar to the input zigzag. In other words, the identification procedure works like a blind curve-fitting and the first-order model (in contrast to second-order one) is inadequate for reflecting arbitrary manoeuvres, even for mild rudder as to be within ‘linear’ assumptions. This study examines systematically and in detail such an incompatibility of the first order model in that it presents the conversion charts from the standpoint of 10°/10° zigzag test matching. One can receive higher or lower values for the parameters of first-order model, versus the second-order one, depending on the T3/T2 ratio of the latter model.
Optimal Forestry Contract with Interdependent Costs

Abstract This article determines an optimal forestry contract when firms’ harvesting costs are interdependent. The value of the optimal allocation depends on the private signals of all firms. We show that the optimal rotation of the winning firm must satisfy a modified version of the usual Faustmann rule, which holds under perfect information. This modification is necessary in order to induce the revelation of private signals on the part of all participating firms. We find conditions under which the optimal mechanism can be implemented as a second-price auction. The optimal rotation period and the reservation price are derived. Theoretically and numerically, we show that the predicted forest owner surplus is considerably misestimated under the independent private value paradigm and the predicted forest owner profit is more affected when the interdependence is negative.
Identification of microRNAs responding to cold stress in Dongxiang common wild rice.

Low temperature stress is a major restrictive effector of normal plant growth, especially in tropical and subtropical rice crops, which often encounter low temperatures during growth, resulting in yield reductions. Cold injury can cause leaf discoloration, decreased tiller numbers, rotting and mortality at the seedling stage, delayed heading, and spikelet sterility, which eventually lead to decreased yields (Suh et al. 2012; Kim et al. 2014). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play vital roles in plant growth and development, and especially in abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. As of 2018, 38,589 miRNAs have been documented in MiRBase (Kozomara and Griffiths-Jones 2014; http://www.mirbase.org/), including 1,447 mature miRNAs coming from rice. In rice, several stress-responsive miRNAs have been identified and characterized (Gao et al. 2010; Yang et al. 2013; Fang et al. 2014; Wang et al. 2014; Yuan et al. 2015; Iwamoto and Tagiri 2016; Liu et al. 2017; Salvador-Gulrao et al. 2018; Wang et al. 2018; Yu et al. 2018), such as miR319 improving cold tolerance in rice. Dongxiang common wild rice from Jiangxi Province, China, which possesses the most wild rice habitats (28°14'N) in the north, has a strong cold tolerance at the seedling, booting, and flowering stages, and its underground stem can tolerate -12.8C (Zhang et al. 2014). Several quantitative trait loci and candidate genes related to cold tolerance have been identified in Dongxiang common wild rice (Zhang et al. 2005; Xie et al. 2010; Zhao et al. 2016; Liang et al. 2018). Therefore, it is an ideal germplasm for identifying genes favorable to cold tolerance for rice improvement. However, to date, there is no report on miRNAs related to cold tolerance in Dongxiang common wild rice at the seedling stage. Here, through RNA sequencing for Dongxiang common wild rice under cold treatment, 16 miRNAs, including nine upregulated and seven downregulated ones under cold stress, were identified. Moreover, 45 co-target genes of these 16 differentially expressed miRNAs were predicted, and these targets were significantly enriched for terms involved in cold-stress responses by ontology (GO) analysis.
Patient-Perceived Lack of Choice in Receipt of Radioactive Iodine for Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

PURPOSE For many patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, use of radioactive iodine (RAI) does not improve survival or reduce recurrence risk. Yet there is wide variation in RAI use, emphasizing the importance of understanding patient perspectives regarding RAI decision making. PATIENTS AND METHODS All eligible patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer from 2014 to 2015 from the Georgia and Los Angeles SEER registries were surveyed (N = 2,632; response rate, 63%). Patients in whom selective RAI use is recommended were included in this analysis (n = 1,319). Patients were asked whether they felt like they had a choice to receive RAI (yes or no), how strongly their physician recommended RAI (5-point Likert-type scale), whether they received RAI (yes or no), and how satisfied they were with their RAI decision (more [score of 4 or greater] v less). Multivariable, weighted logistic regression with multiple imputation was used to assess the associations between patient characteristics and perception of no RAI choice and between perception of no RAI choice with receipt of RAI and decision satisfaction. RESULTS More than half of respondents (55.8%) perceived they did not have an RAI choice, and the majority of patients (75.9%) received RAI. The odds of perceiving no RAI choice was greater among those whose physician strongly recommended RAI (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.56; 95% CI, 1.13 to 2.17). Patients who perceived they did not have an RAI choice were more likely to receive RAI (adjusted OR, 2.50; 95% CI, 1.64 to 3.82) and report lower decision satisfaction (adjusted OR, 2.31; 95% CI, 1.67 to 3.20). CONCLUSION Many patients did not feel they had a choice about whether to receive RAI. Patients who perceived they did not have a choice were more likely to receive RAI and report lower decision satisfaction, suggesting a need for more shared decision making to reduce overtreatment.
The Importance of the Built Environment in Person-Centred Rehabilitation at Home: Study Protocol

Health services will change dramatically as the prevalence of home healthcare increases. Only technologically advanced acute care will be performed in hospitals. This—along with the increased healthcare needs of people with long-term conditions such as stroke and the rising demand for services to be more person-centred—will place pressure on healthcare to consider quality across the continuum of care. Research indicates that planned discharge tailored to individual needs can reduce adverse events and promote competence in self-management. However, the environmental factors that may play a role in a patient’s recovery process remain unexplored. This paper presents a protocol with the purpose to explore factors in the built environment that can facilitate/hinder a person-centred rehabilitation process in the home. The project uses a convergent parallel mixed-methods design, with ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) and person–environment theories as conceptual frameworks. Data will be collected during home visits 3 months after stroke onset. Medical records, questionnaires, interviews and observations will be used. Workshops will be held to identify what experts and users (patients, significant others, staff) consider important in the built environment. Data will be used to synthesise the contexts, mechanisms and outcomes that are important to support the rehabilitation process at home.
Early Response of Radish to Heat Stress by Strand-Specific Transcriptome and miRNA Analysis

Radish is a crucial vegetable crop of the Brassicaceae family with many varieties and large cultivated area in China. Radish is a cool season crop, and there are only a few heat tolerant radish varieties in practical production with little information concerning the related genes in response to heat stress. In this work, some physiological parameter changes of young leaves under short-term heat stress were detected. Furthermore, we acquired 1802 differentially expressed mRNAs (including encoding some heat shock proteins, heat shock factor and heat shock-related transcription factors), 169 differentially expressed lncRNAs and three differentially expressed circRNAs (novel_circ_0000265, novel_circ_0000325 and novel_circ_0000315) through strand-specific RNA sequencing technology. We also found 10 differentially expressed miRNAs (ath-miR159b-3p, athmiR159c, ath-miR398a-3p, athmiR398b-3p, ath-miR165a-5p, ath-miR169g-3p, novel_86, novel_107, novel_21 and ath-miR171b-3p) by small RNA sequencing technology. Through function prediction and enrichment analysis, our results suggested that the significantly possible pathways/complexes related to heat stress in radish leaves were circadian rhythm-plant, photosynthesis—antenna proteins, photosynthesis, carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms, arginine and proline metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, peroxisome and plant hormone signal transduction. Besides, we identified one lncRNA–miRNA–mRNAs combination responsive to heat stress. These results will be helpful for further illustration of molecular regulation networks of how radish responds to heat stress.
Diverse Cellular Roles of Autophagy.

Macroautophagy is an intracellular degradation system that delivers diverse cytoplasmic materials to lysosomes via autophagosomes. Recent advances have enabled identification of several selective autophagy substrates and receptors, greatly expanding our understanding of the cellular functions of autophagy. In this review, we describe the diverse cellular functions of macroautophagy, including its essential contribution to metabolic adaptation and cellular homeostasis. We also discuss emerging findings on the mechanisms and functions of various types of selective autophagy. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology Volume 35 is October 7, 2019. Please see http://www.annualreviews. org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
Edinburgh Research Explorer Detection of Chlamydiaceae in ocular swabs from Australian pre-export feedlot sheep

16 Infectious Ovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IOK) is a contagious ocular disease of sheep. A range of 17 organisms have been observed as the aetiological agents of IOK. In this study, the presence 18 of chlamydial pathogens ( C. pecorum, C. abortus, C. psittaci ) in conjunctival swabs was tested 19 for. The swabs were collected from sheep with varying grades of IOK in an Australian pre- 20 export feedlot. The sheep had been rejected from a shipment because of the eye disease. The 21 relative contribution of chlamydial pathogens to IOK and the rejection of animals was 22 evaluated. 23 24 In total, 149 conjunctival swabs were taken from rejected sheep (IOK Grades 1 to 6; n=126) 25 as well as those with healthy eyes (Grade 0; n = 23). Screening for chlamydial pathogens was 26 done using species–specific qPCR assays. Chlamydial DNA was detected in 35.6% (53/149) of 27 conjunctival samples. C. pecorum was the most predominant species with an overall 28 prevalence of 28.9% (43/149). C. psittaci prevalence was 6.7% (10/149). Both organisms were 29 detected in healthy as well as IOK-affected eyes. All swabs tested negative for C. abortus. 30 31 The results from this study demonstrate that Chlamydia spp. can be readily detected in sheep 32 presenting with IOK. The zoonotic C. abortus was not detected in any of the samples in this 33 study, providing further evidence to the suggestion that this pathogen remains absent from 34 Australia. Although the exact contribution of Chlamydia spp. in the IOK pathogenesis is 35 unclear, such studies are anticipated to be of benefit to Australian domestic and live export production systems.
The Role of APAL/ST8SIA6-AS1 lncRNA in PLK1 Activation and Mitotic Catastrophe of Tumor Cells.

BACKGROUND Tumor growth can be addicted to vital oncogenes, but whether long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are essential to cancer survival is largely uncharacterized. METHODS We retrieved GEO datasets to identify lncRNAs overexpression in 257 cancers versus 196 normal tissues and analyzed the association of ST8SIA6-AS1 (termed Aurora A/PLK1 associated lncRNA, APAL) with the clinical outcomes of multiple types of cancer from the public RNA-seq and microarray datasets, as well as from in-house cancer cohorts. Loss- and gain-of-function experiments were performed to explore the role of APAL in cancers in vitro and in vivo. RNA pulldown and RNA IP were used to investigate APAL-interacting proteins. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS APAL is overexpressed in multiple human cancers, associated with poor clinical outcome of patients. APAL knockdown causes mitotic catastrophe and massive apoptosis in human breast, lung and pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpressing APAL accelerates cancer cell cycle progression, promotes proliferation and inhibits chemotherapy-induced apoptosis. Mechanism studies show that APAL links up PLK1 and Aurora A to enhance Aurora A-mediated PLK1 phosphorylation. Notably, targeting APAL inhibits the growth of breast and lung cancer xenografts in vivo (MCF-7 xenografts: mean tumor weight, control =0.18 g [SD = 0.03] vs APAL LNA = 0.07 g [SD = 0.02], P < 0.001, n = 8 mice per group; A549 xenografts: mean tumor weight control = 0.36 g [SD = 0.10] vs APAL LNA = 0.10 g [SD = 0.04], P < 0.001, n = 9 mice per group) and the survival of patient-derived breast cancer organoids in three-dimensional cultures. CONCLUSIONS Our data highlight the essential role of a lncRNA in cancer cell survival and the potential of APAL as an attractive therapeutic target for a broad-spectrum of cancers.
A Global Perspective on H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus

H9N2 avian influenza viruses have become globally widespread in poultry over the last two decades and represent a genuine threat both to the global poultry industry but also humans through their high rates of zoonotic infection and pandemic potential. H9N2 viruses are generally hyperendemic in affected countries and have been found in poultry in many new regions in recent years. In this review, we examine the current global spread of H9N2 avian influenza viruses as well as their host range, tropism, transmission routes and the risk posed by these viruses to human health.
Comparing Face Recognition Technologies

An automated system for human face recognition in a real time background world for a large homemade dataset of persons face. There is overview and different steps of face recognition. Because the face system is totally non-intrusive, thus without bothering the user in any way it can therefore make an existing security system more effective. To detect real time human face AdaBoost is used and a 2DFLD is used to recognize the faces detected. The 2DFLD is used to select an optimal subset of features that gives a better accuracy results in solving the face recognition problem. This approach is compared with the AdaBoost plus standard PCA.