Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Mixed Covolume Method For The Pseudo-Parabolic Integro-Differential Equation On Triangular Grids

In this paper, we present a mixed covolume method for the initial-boundary value problem of the pseudo-parabolic integro-differential equation. This method uses the lowest order Raviart-Thomas mixed element space on triangles as the trial space. The convergence analysis shows that this method yields the approximate solution with optimal accuracy in 2 div;Ω (Ω) H () L × .
Interaction opportunities around helmet design

People wear helmets to protect themselves in case of accidents. We are asking: what other purposes could a helmet serve? Our answer LumaHelm turns the helmet into a display for communication, expression and play. LumaHelm allows us to explore how to support cyclists' safety, skateboarders' self-expression and riders' communication of heart rate. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of helmets as platform for mounting interactive technology. It also highlights a new interaction technique, possible when the data on wearable displays is available to others nearby, but not to the wearer. With our work, we aim to inspire fellow design researchers to consider how safety gear like helmets can use interactivity technology to support the activities in which they are used.
Pathogenicity of Salmonella enteritidis phage types 3A and 35 after experimental infection of White Leg horn chicks.

Out of 155 newly hatched SPF White Leghorn chicks, five chicks were randomly separated to confirm the SPF status of the chicks before inoculation. The remaining 150 chicks were divided into six groups. The three sacrificed groups (A, B and C) of 30 chicks each and their respective three mortality groups (MA, MB and MC) of 20 chicks each. The chicks in groups A and MA, and in groups B and MB were challenged orally with 0.1mL containing 107 cfu of SE phage type 3A(UPM-0541) and SE phage type 35 ( UPM-0525), respectively. The un-inoculated groups C and MC served as negative controls. Pathogenicity of Salmonella enteri caserovar enteritidis (S.Enteritidis) phage types (PTs) 3A and 35 infections was determined through inoculation orally with (0.1mL/chick) 107 colony forming units (cfu). Clinical signs and mortality were observed for 21 days post inoculation (pi). Body weights, bacterial isolation, gross lesions and histological lesions were recorded on days 1, 3,5,7,14 and 21pi. The inoculated chicks in A and B groups showed clinical signs of depression, anorexia, ruffled feathers, vent pasting and diarrhea starting from day 1pi. Lifting of wings from thorax was observed in group A only at day 5 and 7pi. The chicks in MA and MB groups that died during experiment showed all the clinical sings before death. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in body weight gain among the inoculated and the control groups. The growth index value (0.035) for all the groups remained increased. The mortality caused by SE PT3A and PT35 was 10% and 5%, respectively. About 20-10% inoculated sacrificed and all the dead birds showed gross lesions of enlarged livers, fibrinous perihepatitis and pericarditis which was supported by histopathology. The Salmonella was isolated from the cultured samples of chicks inoculated with SE PT3A and SE PT35 throughout the experiment period with the individual variation of chicks and samples. It was concluded that newly hatched SPF chicks are susceptible to PT3A and PT35 infections. These phage types are mild to moderately pathogenic for SPF chicks.
TREINAMENTO DA POTENCIA MUSCULAR NAS MODALIDADES COLETIVAS: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar os metodos (protocolos) e resultados obtidos em estudos que buscaram o treinamento da potencia em atletas das modalidades coletivas com controle atraves dos testes de saltos verticais. Foi realizada uma revisao sistematica a partir da consulta das principais bases de dados com intuito de investigar a producao bibliografica sobre o assunto, utilizando como palavras-chaves “saltos basquetebol”, “saltos voleibol”, “salto futebol” e “salto handebol”, em portugues e ingles. Apos a obtencao dos artigos, foram excluidos os estudos que tratavam de lesoes (injuries). Como criterio de inclusao adotou-se: a) publicados nos ultimos 5 anos (2011 – 2015); b) possuissem como sujeitos atletas das modalidades basquetebol, handebol, voleibol e futebol; c) que possuissem intervencoes de no maximo de 12 semanas; d) estudos que descrevessem com clareza o metodo (protocolo) de treinamento utilizado para desenvolvimento da potencia. Conclui-se que diferentes metodos de treinamento foram eficazes no aumento dos indicadores da potencia e os saltos verticais foram sensiveis na avaliacao desta capacidade. Em relacao a periodo de intervencao observam-se dois estudos que apresentaram alteracoes significativas nos teste de saltos com 5 semanas, porem outro estudo nao demonstrou essas alteracoes em um periodo de 6 semanas. Nao houve diferencas entre a quantidade de semanas treinadas e a melhora na forca e potencia.
Catecholamine release from bovine adrenal medulla in response to maintained depolarization.

Prolonged exposure of venous‐perfused bovine adrenal glands to high K in the presence of external Ca produces a transient increase in catecholamine output that reaches a maximum after about 1 min and then declines with a half‐time of about 1‐2 min. 2. The time course of the transient secretory response to high K does not depend appreciably on the total catecholamine output which indicates that depletion of releasable catecholamine is unlikely to be responsible for the transient nature of the response. 3. Application of 3‐6 mM‐Ba stimulates secretion from a gland after many minutes exposure to high K, when catecholamine output has declined close to resting levels. This provides further evidence that depletion does not play a major role in the transient response and shows that maintained depolarization does not inhibit the secretory mechanism. 4. Exposure to high K solutions in which Ca has been replaced isomotically by Mg does not evoke any catecholamine output. Subsequent application of Ca always elicits some secretion although the size of this response to added Ca declines rapidly during exposure to Ca‐free, high K solutions. The failure of the secretory response in these experiments is more rapid, and earlier in onset than the declining phase of the normal secretory response evoked in the presence of calcium. 5. Pre‐treatment with Ca‐free solutions of intermediate K content reduces the response to subsequent simultaneous application of high K and Ca. There is a roughly sigmoidal relation between the reduction in response and the logarithm of the K concentration used for pre‐treatment. 6. Thin slices of bovine adrenal medulla show qualitatively similar responses on exposure to high K. Examination of the flourescent signal from slices dyed with the potential‐sensitive dye DiS‐C(3)‐(5) suggests that maintained exposure to high K produces a stable depolarization. 7. The most likely explanation for these results is that K‐depolarization first activates and subsequently inactivates a potential‐sensitive Ca permeability channel. This inactivation is time and possibly potential dependent. 8. The effect of high K on calcium movements in medullary slices was examined. Exposure to 72 mM‐K increases (45)Ca uptake, the increase being greatest during the first 10 min. The efflux of Ca is also increased on exposure to high K in the presence of Ca. The net Ca uptake in 72 mM‐K is smaller than the tracer uptake of Ca. These findings indicate that K depolarization stimulates a Ca‐Ca exchange process. They are also consistent with, but do not offer strong positive support for, the idea that K‐depolarization first activates and subsequently inactivates Ca entry. 9. It is suggested that Ca inactivation might play a role in the modulation of neurosecretion and neurotransmitter release by changes in membrane potential.
Prevention of adhesions in surgery of the flexor tendons of the hand: what is the evidence?

INTRODUCTION Despite advances in knowledge and refinements of technique, the management of flexor tendon injuries within the digital sheath continues to present a formidable challenge. This in turn has led to a massive expansion in search of modified surgical therapies and various adjuvant therapies, which could prevent adhesion formation without compromising digital function. SOURCES OF DATA A search of PubMed, Medline, CINAHL and Embase databases was performed using the keywords 'tendon adhesion prevention', 'tendon healing', 'adhesion prevention in tendons' and 'adjuvants for adhesion prevention'. Studies detailing the use of surgical, pharmacological and non-pharmacological agents for adhesion prevention in digital flexor tendons were identified, and their bibliographies were thoroughly reviewed to identify further related articles. This search identified 41 studies, which investigated the use of various pharmacological agents in adhesion prevention in digital tendons. AREAS OF AGREEMENT There is a need to develop and utilize an optimal method for the prevention of adhesions in the flexor tendons of the hand, due to post-surgical complications. AREAS OF CONTROVERSY Even though there have been significant advances in the prevention of adhesions in flexor tendons, it remains to be proved which, if any, of the current methods are the most beneficial. GROWING POINTS The only thing that appears clinically justified in adhesion prevention is the need for early post-operative mobilization of digits after tendon injury or repair but the best method of mobilization remains controversial. AREAS TIMELY FOR DEVELOPING RESEARCH Suggested changes in surgical techniques and various proposed pharmacological and non-pharmacological modalities need to withstand the test of adequately powered human trials, before their justification for potential benefit in clinical practice is accepted.
Interplay of inertia and deformability on rheological properties of a suspension of capsules

Abstract The interplay of inertia and deformability has a substantial impact on the transport of soft particles suspended in a fluid. However, to date a thorough understanding of these systems is still missing, and only a limited number of experimental and theoretical studies are available. We combine the finite-element, immersed-boundary and lattice-Boltzmann methods to simulate three-dimensional suspensions of soft particles subjected to planar Poiseuille flow at finite Reynolds numbers. Our findings confirm that the particle deformation and inclination increase when inertia is present. We observe that the Segré–Silberberg effect is suppressed with respect to the particle deformability. Depending on the deformability and strength of inertial effects, inward or outward lateral migration of the particles takes place. In particular, for increasing Reynolds numbers and strongly deformable particles, a hitherto unreported distinct flow focusing effect emerges, which is accompanied by a non-monotonic behaviour of the apparent suspension viscosity and thickness of the particle-free layer close to the channel walls. This effect can be explained by the behaviour of a single particle and the change of the particle collision mechanism when both deformability and inertia effects are relevant.
A randomized, controlled trial of surgery for temporal-lobe epilepsy.

BACKGROUND Randomized trials of surgery for epilepsy have not been conducted, because of the difficulties involved in designing and implementing feasible studies. The lack of data supporting the therapeutic usefulness of surgery precludes making strong recommendations for patients with epilepsy. We conducted a randomized, controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of surgery for temporal-lobe epilepsy. METHODS Eighty patients with temporal-lobe epilepsy were randomly assigned to surgery (40 patients) or treatment with antiepileptic drugs for one year (40 patients). Optimal medical therapy and primary outcomes were assessed by epileptologists who were unaware of the patients' treatment assignments. The primary outcome was freedom from seizures that impair awareness of self and surroundings. Secondary outcomes were the frequency and severity of seizures, the quality of life, disability, and death. RESULTS At one year, the cumulative proportion of patients who were free of seizures impairing awareness was 58 percent in the surgical group and 8 percent in the medical group (P<0.001). The patients in the surgical group had fewer seizures impairing awareness and a significantly better quality of life (P<0.001 for both comparisons) than the patients in the medical group. Four patients (10 percent) had adverse effects of surgery. One patient in the medical group died. CONCLUSIONS In temporal-lobe epilepsy, surgery is superior to prolonged medical therapy. Randomized trials of surgery for epilepsy are feasible and appear to yield precise estimates of treatment effects.
Three perspectives on technology support in inquiry learning: personal inquiry, mobile collaboratories and emerging learning objects

Our hands-on workshop convenes educational designers and learning technology architects to author inquiry learning activities and user experiences. Participants will use a scenario editor to design classroom and field activities based on pedagogical approaches such as personal inquiry. Designs will be implemented using modeling tools, mobile devices and inquiry management tools provided by the organizers. Participants will gain insight into new pedagogical and technological approaches for inquiry learning and discuss implications for their future work.
Rayleigh Noise Mitigation Using Single-Sideband Modulation Generated by a Dual-Parallel MZM for Carrier Distributed PON

Hybrid passive optical networks (PONs) with a centralized light source (CLS) could be a promising solution for the next-generation PON. However, the network with a loop-back architecture will give rise to interferometric noise caused by Rayleigh backscattering (RB). Here, we propose and demonstrate a colorless optical networking unit (ONU) using a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DP-MZM) to mitigate RB noise in a hybrid wavelength-division-multiplexing-time-division-multiplexing PON with CLS. Both dominant contributions of RB, carrier RB and signal RB, are experimentally characterized, for the first time, when using a DP-MZM as a reflective ONU. In addition, the split-ratio of a long-reach PON using the DP-MZM-based ONU is also investigated and analyzed, showing RB noise can be efficiently reduced.
Synthesis of multiple-valued decision diagrams using current-mode CMOS circuits

In this paper, an algorithm for generating modular designs of Ordered Multiple Decision Diagrams (OMDDs) for Current-Mode CMOS Logic (CMCL) implementation is introduced. The OMDD structures for a set of twelve benchmark circuits from the LGSynth93 using radices ranging from r=2 to r=10 are generated and compared in terms of size and speed. It is observed that MODDs with radices r/spl isin/(2, 4, 8) result in the smallest area. They also achieve the smallest normalized (with respect to the AT/sup 2/ measure for r=2) AT/sup 2/, where A is the area and T is the delay.
Release criteria for the Linux kernel

Before software is released to its users, software developers will ensure that the software has met specified functional and technical requirements and that it is as free from bugs as possible. Users should be able to have a high degree of confidence that the software will perform as specified and without fault. With open source development practices such as those employed on the Linux kernel project, there are no detailed specifications and little formal testing processes. The questions, then, are what criteria, if any, are used in determining the suitability for release of a particular version of this software, and do users have any degree of confidence in the quality of that release of software? These questions were examined in this study using information from the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), the primary forum for discussion of development issues of the Linux kernel, and change logs submitted with version releases of the Linux kernel. It was determined that very little planning is employed in determining the release of a particular version of the software and that a version of the software is essentially a collection of source patches released at regular intervals with some stabilisation of the code base before each release. Very little attempt is made to verify that the code is bug free, and consequently, the code released is of a largely unknown level of quality. End users are left to decide for themselves the suitability and robustness of a particular version of the software.
Serotonin syndrome with fluoxetine plus tramadol

The serotonin syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal reaction to the combination of a serotonergic agent and a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant1. It arises most often when a monoamine oxidase inhibitor is given with an SSRI2. Tramadol is an analgesic commonly used in patients with chronic pain, who are often receiving an SSRI as well. Tramadol inhibits the reuptake of serotonin and the serotonin syndrome has been reported when it was given with the SSRIs paroxetine and sertraline3'4. We report a case with fluoxetine.
Acquisition of Viral Receptor by NK Cells Through Immunological Synapse1

Occasional EBV infection of human NK cells may lead to malignant diseases such as naso-pharyngeal NK lymphoma although NK cells do not express CD21, the primary receptor for EBV. Here we show that during early EBV infection in patients, NK cells attacked EBV-infected autologous B cells. In vitro, NK cells activated by conjugation to CD21+ B-EBV cell targets transiently acquired a weak CD21+ phenotype by synaptic transfer of few receptor molecules onto their own membrane. In the presence of viral particles, these ectopic receptors allowed EBV binding to the novel NK cell host. Hence, trans-synaptic acquisition of viral receptor from target cells might constitute an unsuspected mode of infection for otherwise unreachable lymphoid hosts.
A Rating Scale for Evaluation of the Clinical Course and Symptomatology in Amphetamine Psychosis

Oral intake of amphetamine may cause the development of a schizophrenia-like paranoid psychosis (Monroe and Drell 1947, Connell 1958, Kiloh and Brandon 1962). Intravenous abuse of the drug causes more intense psychotic manifestations dominated by vivid visual and auditory hallucinations (Connell 1958, Kramer et al. 1967, Rylander 1967, Cohen 1968). In the present investigation a rating scale, was designed for the study of amphetamine psychosis in 15 intravenous abusers. A preliminary report of this work has been given earlier (Jönsson and Gunne 1969).
Residential treatment outcomes for adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Abstract Objective: We examined outcomes from a residential treatment program emphasizing exposure and response prevention (ERP) to determine if the typically robust response to this treatment in outpatient settings extends to patients treated in this unique context. Method: One hundred and seventy-two adolescents with primary Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) completed measures at admission and discharge. Almost all (92.4%) participants had at least two diagnoses and nearly half (44.2%) had three or more. Treatment consisted of intensive ERP (i.e., approximately 26.5 hr per week), additional cognitive behavioral therapy interventions, and medication management within a residential setting. In contrast to the samples reported on in the vast majority of other pediatric OCD trials, participants in the current study were living apart from their families and were immersed within the treatment setting, with staff members available at all times. Results: Paired sample t-tests revealed significant decreases in OCD and depression severity. Conclusions: Results suggest that residential treatment for adolescents with OCD using a multimodal approach emphasizing ERP can be effective for complex cases with significant comorbidity. Results were comparable with several randomized controlled trials.
Recent work often develops a probabilistic model of the caption , conditioned on a video

Previous models for video captioning often use the output from a specific layer of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) as video representations, preventing them from modeling rich, varying context-dependent semantics in video descriptions. In this paper, we propose a new approach to generating adaptive spatiotemporal representations of videos for a captioning task. For this purpose, novel attention mechanisms with spatiotemporal alignment is employed to adaptively and sequentially focus on different layers of CNN features (levels of feature “abstraction”), as well as local spatiotemporal regions of the feature maps at each layer. Our approach is evaluated on three benchmark datasets: YouTube2Text, M-VAD and MSR-VTT. Along with visualizing the results and how the model works, these experiments quantitatively demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive spatiotemporal feature abstraction for translating videos to sentences with rich semantics.
Pulmonary function and symptom responses after 6.6-hour exposure to 0.12 ppm ozone with moderate exercise.

Episodes occasionally occur when ambient ozone (O3) levels remain at or near 0.12 ppm for more than 6 h. Small decrements In lung function have been reported following 2-h exposures to 0.12 ppm O3. For short exposures to higher O3 concentrations, lung function decrements are a function of exposure duration. Thus, we investigated the hypothesis that prolonged exposure to 0.12 ppm O3 would result in progressively larger changes in respiratory function and symptoms over time. Ten nonsmoking males (18-33 yr) were exposed once to clean air and once to 0.12 ppm O3 for 6.6 h. Exposures consisted of six 50-min exercise periods, each followed by 10-min rest and measurement; a 35-min lunch period followed the third exercise period. Exercise ventilation averaged approximately 40 L/min. Forced expiratory and inspiratory spirometry and respiratory symptoms were measured prior to exposure and after each exercise. Airway reactivity to methachollne was determined after each exposure. After correcting for the air exposure.
Detection of virulence factors in culturable Escherichia coli isolates from water samples by DNA probes and recovery of toxin-bearing strains in minimal o-nitrophenol-beta-D-galactopyranoside-4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-g luc uronide media

A total of 449 Escherichia coli isolates in treated and raw water sources were submitted to DNA-DNA hybridization using seven different DNA probes to detect homology to sequences that code for Shiga-like toxins I and II; heat-stabile and heat-labile toxins, adherence factors EAF and eae, and the fimbrial antigen of entero-hemorrhagic E. coli. Fifty-nine (13%) of the isolates demonstrated homology with one or more specific DNA probes. More than 50% of the isolates in treated water were not recovered in MMO-4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide media designed for detection of this indicator.