Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Why Not Make Interfaces Better than 3 D Reality ? _ _ _ _ _ _ Visualization Viewpoints

ome designers dream about building interfaces that approach the richness of 3D reality. They believe that the closer an interface resembles the real world, the easier the usage. They strive for resolution that matches film—with rapid camera movement and lively animated objects. This is a dubious proposition since user studies show that disorienting navigation, complex user actions, and annoying occlusions can slow performance in the real world as well as 3D interfaces. Many constrained interfaces are designed to be simpler than the real world by restricting movement, limiting interface actions, and keeping interface objects in a plane. However, the strong utility of pure 3D interfaces for medical, architectural, product design, and scientific visualization means that interface design for pure 3D remains an important challenge. An intriguing possibility is that enhanced 3D interfaces might offer simpler navigation, more compelling functionality, safer movements, and less occlusion, than 3D reality, especially for information exploration and visualization tasks. Such features can enable superhuman capabilities such as faster-than-light teleporta-tion, flying through objects, and x-ray vision. Enhanced 3D interfaces might have supernatural tools such as magic wands for instantly shrinking, enlarging, duplicating , or sending objects and enchanted environments that provide error prevention, history keeping, and programming-by-demonstration. Playful game designers and creative application developers have already pushed the technology further than those who seek merely to mimic reality. Advanced designs are marked by their support of I rapid situation awareness through effective overviews; I reduced numbers of actions to accomplish tasks; and I prompt, meaningful feedback for user actions. This article reviews these clever enhanced 3D-design features and encourages approaches that facilitate user tasks rather than mimic reality. For some computer-based tasks, pure 3D representations are clearly helpful and have become major industries: medical imagery, architectural drawing, computer-assisted design, and scientific simulations. Designers of these successful applications start with the goals of meeting user needs for high resolution and maintaining faithfulness to reality. However, in these cases, the success is often due to design features that make the interface even better than reality. Users can change colors or shapes, group and ungroup components, send objects by email, and attach floating labels. Users can also carry out enhanced actions such as going back in time by undoing recent actions or playing animations in reverse. They can also collaborate with distant partners and use dynamic query sliders to support exploration. Among the many innovations, there have been questionable …
Dynamic Integration of Modern Sightseeing Agriculture and Nursing Home——Taking Nursing Home Tourism Park of Xinxiang County as an Example

Taking nursing homes tourism Park of Xinxiang County as an example,and integrating science and technology agriculture,leisure tourism,ecological health and leisure experience as the " four forms integration",the paper proposed a new form of pension combining the modern sightseeing agriculture with nursing home. From four aspects of agricultural science and technology production relied on the sightseeing agriculture,the elderly ecological living environment,ecological health maintenance and leisure experience,this paper elaborated the dynamic integration of modern sightseeing agriculture and nursing home,and corresponding problems and countermeasures also have been carried out.
Critical infrastructures at risk: securing electric power supply

The proper functioning of large infrastructures and in particular, the continuity of the vital services they provide is largely taken for granted, both by direct users and by those responsible for other, dependent infrastructures and services. The current paper addresses in a methodical manner, methods to deal with issues related to the risk and risk governance of critical infrastructures, with due exemplification of the electric power sector. Based on 'lessons learned' from recent blackouts, a number of relevant solutions are offered in order to increase the reliability of such systems which are currently under stress and subject to multiple threats, and continuously being asked to respond simultaneously to the market forces, and also to achieve and operate under severe requirements of security and economic performance.
Accelerating molecular dynamic simulation on the cell processor and Playstation 3

Implementation of molecular dynamics (MD) calculations on novel architectures will vastly increase its power to calculate the physical properties of complex systems. Herein, we detail algorithmic advances developed to accelerate MD simulations on the Cell processor, a commodity processor found in PlayStation 3 (PS3). In particular, we discuss issues regarding memory access versus computation and the types of calculations which are best suited for streaming processors such as the Cell, focusing on implicit solvation models. We conclude with a comparison of improved performance on the PS3's Cell processor over more traditional processors. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2009
PRISC software acceleration techniques

Programmable reduced instruction set computers (PRISC) are a new class of computers which can offer a programmable functional unit (PFU) in the context of a RISC datapath. PRISC create application-specific instructions to accelerate the performance for a particular application. Our previous work has demonstrated that peephole optimizations in a compiler can utilize PFU resources to accelerate the performance of general purpose programs. However these compiler optimizations are limited by the structure of the input source code. This work generalizes on our previous work, and demonstrates that the performance of general abstract data types such as short-set vectors, hash tables, and finite state machines is significantly accelerated (250%-500%) by using PFU resources. Thus, a wide variety of end-user applications can be specifically designed to use PFU resources to accelerate performance. Results from applications in the domain of computer-aided design (CAD) are presented to demonstrate the usefulness of our techniques. <<ETX>>
MOSTAS: Un Etiquetador Morfo-Semántico, Anonimizador y Corrector de Historiales Clínicos

The MOSTAS (MOrpho-Semantic Tagger, Anonymizer and SpellChecker for biomedical texts) system preprocesses Clinical Reports in order to facilitate rear information retrieval of these texts. MOSTAS system annotates clinical reports with morpho-semantic information, applies abbreviation and acronyms conversions and detects biomedical concepts using specialized biomedical resources (databases, thesaurus, a multilingual terminology server, etc.). Moreover, MOSTAS is able to anonymize and correct the clinical reports.
On the combination of user-based and item-based collaborative filtering

In this paper, we propose two new filtering algorithms which are a combination of user-based and item-based collaborative filtering schemes. The first one, Hybrid-Ib, identifies a reasonably large neighbourhood of similar users and then uses this subset to derive the item-based recommendation model. The second algorithm, Hybrid-CF, starts by locating items similar to the one for which we want a prediction, and then, based on that neighbourhood, it generates its user-based predictions. We start by describing the execution steps of the algorithms and proceed with extended experiments. We conclude that our algorithms are directly comparable to existing filtering approaches, with Hybrid-CF producing favorable or, in the worst case, similar results in all selected evaluation metrics. E-mail: kmarg@uom.gr
β-Functionalized Push-Pull opp-Dibenzoporphyrins as Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

A novel class of β-functionalized push-pull zinc opp-dibenzoporphyrins were designed, synthesized, and utilized as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Spectral, electrochemical, and computational studies were systematically performed to evaluate their spectral coverage, redox behavior, and electronic structures. These porphyrins displayed much broader spectral coverage and more facile oxidation upon extension of the π conjugation. Free-energy calculations and femtosecond transient absorption studies (charge injection rate in the range of 1011 s-1 ) suggested efficient charge injection from the excited singlet state of the porphyrin to the conduction band of TiO2 . The power conversion efficiency (η) of YH3 bearing acrylic acid linkers (η=5.9 %) was close to that of the best ruthenium dye N719 (η=7.4 %) under similar conditions. The superior photovoltaic performance of YH3 was attributed to its higher light-harvesting ability and more favorable electron injection and collection, as supported by electrochemical impedance spectral studies. This work demonstrates the exceptional potential of benzoporphyrins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells.
Flash memory under cosmic and alpha irradiation

Neutron and proton irradiation to simulate cosmic ray jeopardy were used to establish that NOR Flash memory (conventional floating polySi gate or ONO floating gate MirrorBit) soft error failure rate (cross section) is 3-5 orders of magnitude better than SRAM. Flash memory soft error rate for a given dose of alpha particle irradiation is much less than for the same dose from simulated cosmic rays.
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID

Several recent studies have shown that Arthrospira sp. supplementation of feeds has a beneficial effect on fish health and growth, but less is known about its possible effects on stress responsiveness. The present study was designed to evaluate using Arthrospira platensis as a feed supplement for Oreochromis niloticus fry, reared in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). Two isocaloric and isonitrogenous (5.00/4.98 kcal/g DM and 44.6/44.8 CP% DM, respectively) fishmeal-based diets were prepared with 0% and 1% A. platensis and fed to fry (approximately 10 mg live weight, n=16 tanks with 25 fry each, feeding rate 6% live weight, four meals a day for 50 d). The weight gain per tank, specific growth rate and feed conversion ratio were similar among treatments, but A. platensis supplementation significantly increased survival (p<0.05). Stress responsiveness was measured in all fish from 12 tanks using a non-invasive two-choice test. All fish from one home tank (n=6 per treatment), were placed into a shaded tank where oxygen levels were slowly reduced. A doorway was then opened to a second illuminated tank with normal oxygen levels and the number of fish who left the home tank were counted. Significantly more of the fish fed A. platensis stayed in the home tank compared to controls, suggesting a lower stress responsiveness and a higher tolerance to hypoxia.
An electrooptic intensity modulator with improved linearity

A highly linear electrooptic modulator has been designed, fabricated, and evaluated. The design of this modulator consists of only a simple modification to the directional coupler. Two-tone testing has demonstrated that, for an optical modulation depth of 30% per channel, the third-order intermodulation distortion is more than 30 dB lower than that of the conventional directional coupler or Mach-Zehnder modulators. This improvement was not observed to be accompanied by any increase in second harmonic distortion. Also included are results of two-tone computer simulations which predict the improvement in linearity of this device for a range of modulation depths. <<ETX>>
A wavelet-based parameterization for speech/music segmentation

The problem of speech/music discrimination is a challenging research problem which significantly impacts Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) performance. This paper proposes new features for the Speech/Music discrimination task. We propose to use a decomposition of the audio signal based on wavelets, which allows a good analysis of non stationary signal like speech or music. We compute different energy types in each frequency band obtained from wavelet decomposition. Two class/non-class classifiers are used : one for speech/non-speech, one for music/non-music. On the different test corpora, the proposed wavelet approach gives better results than the MFCC one. For instance, we have a significant relative improvements of the error rate of 71.6% on the ``Scheirer'' corpus for the speech/music discrimination task.
Cancer risk following primary hemochromatosis: A population‐based cohort study in Denmark

A population‐based cohort of 120 Danish men, discharged with a hospital diagnosis of primary hemochromatosis from 1977 to 1989, was followed up to 1989 for subsequent cancer risk. Nineteen subjects (including 6 with primary liver cancers) were excluded from the analysis, either because they died within the same month of hemochromatosis diagnosis or because they had cancer prior to diagnosis of hemochromatosis. Among the 101 remaining subjects, 4 primary liver cancers occurred one year or more after the diagnosis of hemochromatosis, far surpassing the expected number based on incidence rates from the Danish population (standardized incidence ratio 92.9, 95% confidence interval 25.0 to 237.9). The excess of liver cancer was associated with cirrhosis and included cholangiocarcinoma as well as hepatocellular carcinoma. Significantly elevated risks were also observed for non‐hepatic cancers (13 cases; SIR 3.5, 95% CI 1.9 to 6.0), notably esophageal cancer (2 cases; SIR 42.9, 95% CI 4.8 to 154.9) and skin melanoma (2 cases; SIR 27.8, 95% CI 3.1 to 100.3). The results of this population‐based study are in accordance with the hypothesis that patients with primary hemochromatosis have a substantial risk of primary liver cancer. Further studies of hemochromatosis may be useful in clarifying the relation of non‐hepatic malignancies to body iron stores in the general population. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Long chain omega-3 dietary supplements: a review of the National Library of Medicine Herbal Supplement Database.

BACKGROUND Dietary fish oil supplements are increasingly used as an alternative to prescription-grade omega-3 fatty acids (P-OM3) for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia. The content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in these supplement products varies widely and may result in a suboptimal response. The aim of this study was to review marketed fish oil supplements and to develop a reference for clinicians to compare products. METHODS The National Library of Medicine Herbal Supplement Database was systematically searched using fish oil, EPA, DHA, and omega-3 fatty acid as search terms. Daily doses needed to achieve the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved dose (RxDose) (3,360 mg of combined EPA and DHA) were calculated from the milligrams of EPA and DHA per serving, and suggested retail prices were used to calculate monthly cost of each product. A "usage criteria" was set to highlight products at the RxDose with a monthly cost of <$50, daily servings <8, daily amount of vitamins A and D less than or equal to the U.S. Dietary Reference Intake upper limit defined as 10,000 and 4,000 IU, respectively, and if the product was U.S. Pharmacopeia verified. RESULTS A total of 163 products were identified, and 102 nonliquid and liquid products met our entry criteria. The median amount of EPA and DHA per serving in the nonliquid products was 216 mg and 200 mg, respectively, and the median number of servings at the RxDose was 11.2 at a median monthly cost of $63.49. The median amount of EPA (460 mg) and DHA (400 mg) per serving in the liquid products was higher than the nonliquid products. Thus, the median number of servings at the RxDose was only 3.6 teaspoons and the median monthly cost of $13.60. Only 22% of products met our "usage criteria. " CONCLUSIONS The amount of EPA and DHA per recommended serving in these products was highly variable. Clinicians should heighten their scrutiny in terms of selection of the appropriate product.
Sixth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring

This paper presents a frequency-domain, nonparametric method for identification of added masses, and reports on its experimental verification. The identification is directly based on experimentally collected characteristics of the unmodified structure, so that no parametric numerical model of the monitored structure is required. Consequently, there is no need for the initial stage of model updating. This is a continuation of and an improvement over a previous research that resulted in a time-domain identification method, which was tested to be accurate but significantly time-consuming. For the experimental verification, a 4 m long 3D truss structure with 26 nodes and 70 elements is used. A total of 12 modification cases is tested: in each of 3 selected nodes, 4 additional masses are separately added and successfully identified.
“One level more:” A narrative review on internet gaming disorder

Due to explosive growth in technology and internet usage in the last few years, internet gaming disorder (IGD) has manifested as rapidly growing public health problem mainly affecting the teen and preteen population worldwide. It has a negative impact upon physical, psychological, social, and occupational functioning of the affected individual, often leading to severe consequences. It was only recently that it has been recognized as a separate diagnosable disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition. Not much data is available regarding the exact prevalence and the various sociodemographic, clinical, and other risk factors to identify the individuals vulnerable to develop this disorder, especially in the developing countries such as India. According to a recent report, India ranks 22nd in the list of highest revenue-generating countries from gaming-related businesses, thus highlighting the magnitude of risk faced by Indian population. The aim of this review is to provide an insight about the disorder to identify the risk factors and clinical features, to understand the effect of IGD upon the psychological and physical health with a special focus on neural changes, and to provide information on the various upcoming preventive and treatment strategies.
Notch‐regulated oligodendrocyte specification from radial glia in the spinal cord of zebrafish embryos

During vertebrate neural development, many dividing neuroepithelial precursors adopt features of radial glia, which are now known to also serve as neural precursors. In mammals, most radial glia do not persist past early postnatal stages, whereas zebrafish maintain large numbers of radial glia into adulthood. The mechanisms that maintain and specify radial glia for different fates are still poorly understood. We investigated formation of radial glia in the spinal cord of zebrafish and the role of Notch signaling in their maintenance and specification. We found that spinal cord precursors begin to express gfap+, a marker of radial glia, during neurogenesis and that gfap cells give rise to both neurons and oligodendrocytes. We also determined that Notch signaling is continuously required during embryogenesis to maintain radial glia, limit motor neuron formation and permit oligodendrocyte development, but that radial glia seem to be refractory to changes in Notch activity in postembryonic animals. Developmental Dynamics 237:2081–2089, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Raman amplifier-soliton compressor and its application to all-channel hybrid OTDM demultiplexing

An all-optical demultiplexing of 40-Gb/s hybrid OTDM channels by using Raman-amplifier-soliton-compressor-flexible control-window is demonstrated. Error-free operations with less than 1.3-dB power penalties were obtained and this scheme is expected to be scalable toward higher bit-rates.
Evaluation of meningococcal meningitis vaccination strategies for the meningitis belt in Africa.

BACKGROUND Although the meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine has contributed to the control of Group A meningitis in the "meningitis belt" of Africa, recurrent large outbreaks have led to questions regarding vaccination strategy. We evaluated current and hypothetical vaccination strategies for the region. METHODS A model was formulated to analyze the effectiveness and costs of vaccine campaigns in response to outbreaks based on 7 years of weekly incidence data from Burkina Faso. Additional models analyzed the potential impact and costs of either a 1- or 4-dose routine scheduled delivery of meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine based on data reported to the World Health Organization from 16 countries during 1948 through 1996. Vaccine efficacy, vaccination coverage and economic data from literature reviews provided model assumptions. RESULTS For Burkina Faso neither 1- nor 4-dose vaccination schedules would prevent >30% of meningitis cases compared with the 42% prevented through an outbreak response program of vaccinating districts, which reach an incidence of 15 per 100000 persons for 2 weeks. For the entire meningitis belt, routine coverage with the 1- or 4-dose schedule meningococcal vaccine would require 4.9 and 19.6 million doses annually, respectively, for an annual net cost of $4.4 to $12.3 million and prevent an average 10300 to 12600 cases (23 to 28%), assuming a long term vaccine efficacy of 50%. In addition an initial "catch-up" campaign costing up to $72 million to vaccinate the population from 1 to 30 years of age would be required before achieving that level of effectiveness. CONCLUSION Given the relatively poor routine vaccination coverage in this region, current strategies of vaccination campaigns that achieve higher coverage would generally be more effective and less costly than the modeled routine scheduled programs, assuming that campaigns can be rapidly implemented. Until a better vaccine is available, countries in this region would be more efficient in improving the response times to outbreaks, perhaps through improved surveillance, and in bolstering existing vaccination infrastructures rather than embarking on strategies of questionable effectiveness.
The Recognition of Antonymy by a Language-Enriched Right Hemisphere

A commissurotomy patient with limited language in the right hemisphere was tested for ability to recognize direct and indirect antonyms. Normal subjects performing this task recognize direct antonyms faster than indirect. The patient's left hemisphere responded normally, but his right showed no difference in response to direct and indirect antonyms. It is concluded that the patient's right hemisphere had not learned that particular pairs of adjectives (the direct antonyms) can be used to represent the attribute whose contrasting values they express. Such learning normally occurs in the course of reasoning about attributes of things and events, but presumably failed to occur in this patient's right hemisphere because its powers of reasoning are severely limited.