Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Gelatin-Based Prophylactic Sealant for Bowel Wall Closure, Initial Evaluation in Mid-rectal Anastomosis in a Large Animal Model

Background: Leakage is the most significant complication of gastrointestinal surgery and advanced endoscopic procedures. Sealants applied over the closure lines may help in the prevention of leakage by reinforcing the anastomosis during the initial susceptible healing period, allowing the natural healing process additional time by mechanically supporting the bowel edges. Objective: To evaluate the safety and performance of a gelatin-based sealant in a porcine model. Design: A prospective double arm, randomized study of 21 pigs, 12 in the sealant study group and 9 controls. Setting: Animal laboratory Main Outcome Measurements: Animal wellbeing, radiological contrast studies, gross intra-abdominal pathology and histological evaluation at post-operative days 5, 7, and 10. Intervention: Transection and re-anastomosing of the mid-rectum Results: In all 12 sealant arm animals, bowel motility was restored within 24 hours. No adverse effects were detected. No significant difference was noted in type or severity of adhesions. All but one demonstrated a full staple line coverage, transparency, flexibility and perfect adherence of the sealant. Contrast studies did not show leakage. The local wound healing process in both groups was identical, as assessed by histology. The tissue reaction to the sealant was characterized by a capsular formation on the outer surface, mimicking a serosal layer. Limitation: Differences between porcine and human colorectal anatomy Conclusions: A gelatin-based liquid sealant is safe to use on colorectal closure in a swine model and shows a favorable performance profile. Clinical studies are required in order to evaluate its efficacy in reducing the rate of gastrointestinal anastomotic leakage.
Early word order and animacy

Kinderen begrijpen woorden en zinnen meestal eerder dan dat ze diezelfde woorden en zinnen zelf kunnen produceren. Maar is dat altijd zo? In dit proefschrift wordt onderzocht hoe Nederlandstalige en Engelstalige kinderen van 2 en 3 jaar oud zinnen in een bepaalde woordvolgorde kunnen begrijpen en produceren. Binnen het onderzoek zijn verschillende taken gebruikt om begrip en productie te testen. Bij een aantal van deze taken is gebruik gemaakt van eyetracking. Simpele transitieve zinnen met levende en niet-levende objecten werden gebruikt, zoals de auto duwt de koe of de koe duwt de auto. Uit het onderzoek blijkt dat jonge kinderen kunnen woorden in de goede volgorde zetten om de juiste betekenis uit te drukken. Echter, ze zijn niet zo goed in staat om de woordvolgorde juist te interpreteren als ze bepaalde zinnen horen. Jonge kinderen hebben vooral moeite met het interpreteren van zinnen met een niet-levend onderwerp in combinatie met een levend lijdend voorwerp. Ze interpreteren een zin als de auto duwt de koe eerder als een situatie waarin de koe de auto duwt, omdat de koe een levend object is (en de auto niet). Hoewel volwassenen woordvolgorde gebruiken bij het interpreteren van zinnen, werd wel gevonden dat zij langzamer waren bij het interpreteren van zinnen met een niet-levend onderwerp. Op basis van deze resultaten kan er geconcludeerd worden dat de productie van woordvolgorde eerder geleerd wordt dan het begrijpen hiervan. Verder lijkt levendheid een rol te spelen bij het interpreteren van woordvolgorde, zowel bij kinderen als bij volwassenen. De opvallende en ongewone volgorde van taalontwikkeling die dit onderzoek laat zien, is moeilijk te verklaren binnen de traditionele kijk dat begrip altijd voorloopt op productie. Deze asymmetrie heeft gevolgen voor zowel taalontwikkelingonderzoek als voor theorieen van grammatica.
The biological evidence of the San -Pau -Chi people and their affinities

Graduate Research, Project, and Travel Grants from the University of New Mexico (2002) Chiang-Ching Kuo Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad (2003) NSF Dissertation Improvement No. #0321795 (2003) DAAD Graduate Scholarship for Study and/or Research in Germany (2004) Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants No. 7323 (2005-2006)
Single and ensemble-based classifiers in biometric recognition

In the area of machine learning the concept of combining classifiers is proposed as a new direction for the improvement of the performance of individual classifiers. In machine learning, classification is the problem of identifying to which of a set of categories a new observation belongs, on the basis of a training set of data containing observations whose category membership is known. Classification and clustering are examples of pattern recognition, which is the assignment of some sort of output value to a given input value. An algorithm that implements classification in a concrete implementation is known as a classifier. The goal of classification result integration algorithms is to generate more certain, precise and accurate systems. This strategy brings a good solutions in biometrics as well as in medicine, where classifiers support the diagnosis process. Classifiers operate on the set of features and these features have to be reliably selected. Additional, uncorrelated errors made by individual classifiers can be overcome by voting. During lecture advantages as well as disadvantages of single and ensemble-based classifiers will be shown. For example, ensemble of classifiers outperforms any single classifier but learning time of a single classifier is mostly shorter. During the speech, representative examples of biometric cases as well as medical diagnosis will be also given and it will be compared with various classification methods. It will be also noted that features which are used in classifiers training stage can be unbalanced and even can be incomplete. Missing data can create problems for analyzing data, imputation is seen as a way to avoid pitfalls involved with listwise deletion of cases that have missing values. Influence of some data imputation methods on classifiers accuracy will be also performed.
Effects of Screencasting on the Turkish Undergraduate Students' Achievement and Knowledge Acquisitions in Spreadsheet Applications

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of screencasts on the Turkish undergraduate students’ achievement and knowledge acquisitions in spreadsheet applications. The methodology of the study is based on a pretest-posttest experimental design with a control group. A total of 66 undergraduate students in two groups (n=33 in experimental, and n= 33 in control) participated both in the multiple choice and practical pretests and posttests. There was no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of the experimental and control groups in the multiple choice and practical pretests. Nevertheless, there was a significant difference between the mean achievement scores of the experimental group and control group in the multiple choice and practical posttests in favor of the experimental group. Additionally, the students in the experimental group had significantly higher scores in the multiple choice and practical posttests in comparison to the pretest phases. Moreover, the differences between the mean achievement gain scores on multiple choice and practical pretests and posttest are significant in the favor of the experimental group. According to these experimental findings, the screencasts can be used as supplementary media to promote achievement and knowledge acquisitions of the undergraduate students in spreadsheet applications.
A Conceptual Study for Augmented Reality E-learning System Based on Usability Evaluation

In the study, by combining Augmented Reality (AR) with elementary learning materials, the researchers create a set of Ubiquitous Augmented Reality Digital Learning System (UARDLS) and design Augmented Reality 3D Digital Media teaching materials based on the content of textbooks. Teachers use URARDLS and proceed traditional teaching respectively. In order to evaluate whether AR teaching can inspire students' learning motivation and effects, the researchers give elementary school students attainment tests which employs eyetracking devices to record and analyze their eyes movement in the AR teaching environment. The researchers adopt Triangulation, including System Usability Scale, NASA-TLX and qualitative research methodologies, to examine Usability Evaluation of Ubiquitous Augmented Reality E-Learning System.
Los moriscos que no salieron

En l’actual commemoracio del quart centenari de l’expulsio dels moriscos d’Espanya, es inevitable que el gruix de l’atencio es dirigeixi als que van ser efectivament expulsats. Tot i aixi, hi va haver dos altres grups de moriscos que tambe es van veure afectats pels decrets d’expulsio pero que van tenir una experiencia ben diferent: en primer lloc, els que no van arribar a ser expulsats, ja que, per varies raons, van aconseguir romandre en els seus pobles; i, en segon lloc, els que si van ser expulsats pero van aconseguir retornar a Espanya, alguns d’ells mes d’una vegada. Per be que cap dels dos grups es pot comparar amb els expulsats en termes quantitatius, van sumar varis mil·lers de moriscos, potser fi ns a un 40% del total. Van romandre a Espanya superant el periode de les expulsions i, amb el temps, es van incorporar al si de la poblacio general, de tal manera que la seva condicio de moriscos va acabar per ser oblidada. Nosaltres, pero, no hem de deixar-los en el oblit en aquest anys de commemoracions, ja que la seva peripecia de supervivencia i retorn constitueix una part vital de la historia dels moriscos en el seu conjuntexpulsio, moriscos, supervivencia, retorn, assimilacio
Echtzeit-Ballerkennung mit Hilfe von Tiefeninformationen im RoboCup-Szenario

Das Ergebnis der Arbeit ist eine Echtzeit-Ballerkennung, die hauptsachlich auf Tiefeninformation aufbaut. Die Farbinformation dient ausschlieslich als Unterstutzung, um die wenigen Punkte, die sich nach der Bearbeitung der initialen Punktwolke durch die auf Tiefeninformation beruhenden Verfahren noch in der Punktwolke befinden, eindeutig einem Ball zuordnen zu konnen bzw. auszuschliessen. Die Ballerkennung wurde speziell fur die Verwendung im RoboCup Szenario entwickelt und an die dort herrschende Gegebenheiten angepasst. Mit einer maximalen Rechenzeit pro Ausfuhrung des Ballerkennungsalgorithmus von 15,44 ms wurde die zeitliche Vorgabe zur Integration in die Architektur des RoboCup Teams der Universitat Stuttgart eingehalten. Mit Einbusen in der Robustheit des Algorithmus von 15-20 % lassen sich Zeiten von ca. 4 ms pro Iteration erreichen. Dies kann ausschlaggebend sein, um den Prozessor innerhalb des 33,3 ms Zyklus fur andere Funktionen frei zu halten.
First and Repeat Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases in Elderly Patients

Objective:The objective of this study was to evaluate the short- and long-term outcome after first and repeat resection in patients older than 70 years. Summary Background Data:Liver resection is the best treatment for colorectal liver metastases and is currently increasingly performed in elderly patients. The benefit of resection for these patients needs to be evaluated. Methods:Between 1990 and 2000, 56 first and 16 repeat liver resections were performed in 61 patients older than 70 years. Patients were identified from a prospective database and records were reviewed retrospectively. Results:First and repeat liver resection resulted, respectively, in a 0% and 7% postoperative mortality rate and a 41% and 38% complication rate, respectively. Median survival after first resection of 53 patients with R0 resection was 33 months, and the 5-year survival rate was 22%. Factors associated with poor long-term survival in multivariate analysis were extrahepatic disease, high carcinoembryonic antigen level over 200 ng/mL, and the presence of 3 or more liver metastases. Patients without these risk factors showed a median survival of 42 months and a 5-year survival rate of 36%. Repeat liver resection resulted in a median survival of 17 months and in a 3-year survival rate of 25%. Conclusion:First and repeat liver resection for colorectal liver metastases can be performed safely in patients older than 70 years. A 5-year survival rate similar to those of younger patients can be expected after first liver resection for patients without the presence of risk factors.
KOBİ’LERİN YABANCI PAZARLARA AÇILMADA KULLANDIKLARI STRATEJİLER

Bu calismada, Ankara’da Ostim’de bulunan kucuk ve orta buyuklukteki isletmelerin (KOBI) yabanci pazarlara acilmada kullandiklari dogrudan ihracat, sektorel dis ticaret sirketleri ile dolayli ihracat, stratejik isbirlikleri, ortak girisim olusturma, yurt ici ve yurt disi fuarlara katilma, elektronik ticaret stratejileri incelenmis ve yabanci pazarlara acilmada yasadiklari zorluklar tespit edilmistir. Veriler ve bilgiler, literatur taramasi ve OSTIM’de CE isaretinin ilistirilmesinin gerekli oldugu sektorlerde calisan 89 KOBI yoneticisi ile yapilan anket ile elde edilmistir. Calisma kapsamina alinan KOBI’lerin yabanci pazarlara girmede yeterince problemlerinin oldugu, dogrudan ihracat, SDTŞ ile ihracat, stratejik isbirligi ve ortak girisim stratejilerini kullanmadiklari, bununla birlikte yabanci isletmelerle isbirligi yapmayi istedikleri, cok azinin ihracat yaptigi ve ihracat yapanlarin da elektronik ticareti kullandigi belirlenmistir. Elektronik ticaret gittikce yabanci pazarlara girmenin normal bir yolu olarak kullanilmaktadir. KOBI’1er, yabanci isletmelerle isbirligi yaparak, fuarlara katilarak ve elektronik ticareti kullanarak, yabanci pazarlarda daha iyi imkânlara sahip olabilirler. Dis Ticaret Mustesarligi, KOSGEB gibi kuruluslarin KOBI’lere yonelik egitim programlari yurutmelerine, cesitli konularda destek olmalarina ragmen, KOBI’lerin buyuk bir kisminin bu desteklerden, egitimden yararlanmadiklari, degisiklikleri ve bilgilendirme toplantilarini takip etmedikleri belirlenmistir.
Innovations In Biotechnology

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Enhanced Automatic Speech Recognition System Based on Enhancing Power-Normalized Cepstral Coefficients

Many new consumer applications are based on the use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems, such as voice command interfaces, speech-to-text applications, and data entry processes. Although ASR systems have remarkably improved in recent decades, the speech recognition system performance still significantly degrades in the presence of noisy environments. Developing a robust ASR system that can work in real-world noise and other acoustic distorting conditions is an attractive research topic. Many advanced algorithms have been developed in the literature to deal with this problem; most of these algorithms are based on modeling the behavior of the human auditory system with perceived noisy speech. In this research, the power-normalized cepstral coefficient (PNCC) system is modified to increase robustness against the different types of environmental noises, where a new technique based on gammatone channel filtering combined with channel bias minimization is used to suppress the noise effects. The TIDIGITS database is utilized to evaluate the performance of the proposed system in comparison to the state-of-the-art techniques in the presence of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and seven different types of environmental noises. In this research, one word is recognized from a set containing 11 possibilities only. The experimental results showed that the proposed method provides significant improvements in the recognition accuracy at low signal to noise ratios (SNR). In the case of subway noise at SNR = 5 dB, the proposed method outperforms the mel-frequency cepstral coefficient (MFCC) and relative spectral (RASTA)–perceptual linear predictive (PLP) methods by 55% and 47%, respectively. Moreover, the recognition rate of the proposed method is higher than the gammatone frequency cepstral coefficient (GFCC) and PNCC methods in the case of car noise. It is enhanced by 40% in comparison to the GFCC method at SNR 0dB, while it is improved by 20% in comparison to the PNCC method at SNR −5dB.
Heuristics for electric taxi fleet management at Teo Taxi

Abstract The advent of new technologies in the area of transportation has led to the creation of new business models that benefit from their capabilities. Among them, Teo Taxi, a Taxelco project, uses a unique business model: taxi drivers are employees instead of being self-employed. In addition, the company uses only electric vehicles. This shift entails new challenges regarding fleet management and process optimization. This article tackles these issues and proposes solutions to three operational problems: the dispatch, relocation and charging of electric taxis. To evaluate the performance of our algorithms, we designed a discrete-event simulator. The application models a taxi fleet and computes relative performance according to average waiting time and hourly income per taxi. We show that dispatching taxis based on the solution to an assignment problem can provide a 20% increase in income relative to the simplistic approach where requests are assigned to the nearest taxi. Furthermore, we adapt to the case of taxi fleet management a relocation strategy designed for ambulances. Finally, in order to efficiently manage battery charges, we use a strategy that involves terminal calls. This strategy stabilizes the average state of charge and eases operations overall.
Adsorption Study of Rhodamine B and Methylene Blue Dyes with ZSM-5 Directly Synthesized from Bangka Kaolin without Organic Template

Rhodamine B (RB) and Methylene Blue (MB) dyes adsorption using adsorbent ZSM-5 synthesized from Bangka kaolin were investigated in this study. The effects of the initial concentration, contact time and temperature on the adsorption process were also analyzed. The effect of the initial concentration and contact time played an important role in the adsorption process; however, the effect differs significantly in both dyes. The temperature plays little role in the dye adsorption process. The results showed the adsorption process occurred in ZSM-5 adhere to Langmuir isothermal adsorption model showing that the adsorption process occurred to be monolayer. Based on the kinetics studies, the pseudo-first-order kinetic model represents the adsorption kinetics that occurs for both dyes onto the synthesized ZSM-5. Thermodynamic parameters namely Gibbs free energy (ΔG°), standard entropy changes (ΔS°) and standard enthalpy (ΔH°) reveal that the adsorption process onto ZSM-5 for both dyes was spontaneous and exothermic.
"It's as if the student is in front of you" - Using Wimba Voice email for feedback on formative assessment

This webinar reports on a project principally concerned with evaluating the role of formative audio feedback in improving student learning, but also in exploring student perceptions of feedback delivered via such technologies, and better understanding how this audio feedback is used after its delivery to students. This webinar will demonstrate how Liverpool John Moores University is using Wimba Voice email for effective feedback on formative assessment.
Tekst- en beeldanalyse in één zoekmachine met menselijke trekjes

Een nieuwe generatie zoekmachines is in ontwikkeling om de steeds meer eisende consument tevreden te stellen. Tekst- en beeldanalyse worden gecombineerd tot een hybride zoeksysteem. De menselijke cognitie dient als voorbeeld. Naadloze aansluiting op het denken van de individuele gebruikers is het doel. Maar de praktijk blijkt weerbarstig.
PLANTES TRANSGÈNIQUES EN RECERCA

El conjunt d'aproximacions presentades en aquest article il·lustra alguns dels usos mes habituals de les plantes transgeniques en la recerca, que han permes, i encara permeten, respondre moltes preguntes genuines de gran interes biologic dificilment resolubles per altres aproximacions. Per aixo es pot afirmar que les plantes transgeniques han revolucionat la recerca basica i aplicada en el camp de la biologia vegetal. La seua utilitzacio ens esta ajudant a entendre millor com uns organismes tan fascinants i plastics com les plantes es formen i, en interaccionar amb el medi, responen alterant la seua forma o fisiologia. Encara ens queda molt per coneixer, i l'us de plantes transgeniques en la nostra recerca encara te molt a dir. Esbrinar mes o menys depen, en gran mesura, de la imaginacio dels investigadors.
Modified K-NN algorithm and Its Application to Medical Image Processing

Objective: When magnetic resonance(MR) images are segmented by k-nearest neighbor(KNN) algorithm,it is necessary to select some pixels as training samples through human experience.It is discussed to alleviate human labor and make the algorithm proceed automatically in this paper.Methods: Some pixels,referring to the clustering centers obtained by k-means clustering algorithm,are regarded as training samples.In addition,before KNN method is applied,edge-tracing method is used to move the non-brain tissues,such as skull and muscle,in order to avoid the non-brain tissues boring image segmentation for brain structure.Results: A MR image can be segmented into three quality images: gray matter(GM),white matter(WM) and cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) through methods used in the paper.Conclusion Tests show modified KNN method can be independent of manual work and obtain good segmentation result.
With dark, rose-coloured glasses: gothic, queer and intertextual labyrinths in the novels by Louise Welsh

En esta tesis se analizan las cinco primeras novelas publicadas por la autora escocesa Louise Welsh (1965). En ellas, a pesar de que ? aparentemente al menos ? parece que ella sigue los convencionalismos de las novelas de detectives, existe un subtexto de identidades y realidades goticas y queer. El objetivo de esta investigacion consiste en analizar como las novelas de Louise Welsh presentan distintos laberintos que los personajes recorren y en los que se pierden al mismo tiempo que los lectores tambien se ven implicados en dicho proceso. En ambos casos, los personajes y los lectores descubren que esta percepcion laberintica de la realidad llega a ser mas real que cualquier otra version oficial de la realidad. Para analizar dichos laberintos, se parte de un enfoque multidisciplinar aplicando un modo gotico y otro queer, ya que ambos comparten ciertas caracteristicas ? como por ejemplo, la necesidad de ? leer? los signos adecuadamente ? y se complementan y enriquecen el analisis de las obras de Louise Welsh. La estructura de esta investigacion se divide claramente en dos partes distintas, aunque relacionadas entre si: por un lado, el enfoque gotico y queer propuesto a las novelas de Louise Welsh y, por otro, la lectura de los distintos laberintos al aplicar dichos enfoques. La Parte Uno es mas teorica ya que propone un modo de lectura gotico y queer ? las gafas rosa oscuro ? tras analizar algunas de las contribuciones mas relevantes a las dos disciplinas. La Parte Dos se centra sobre todo en las novelas de Louise Welsh para conducir su argumentacion a traves de los distintos laberintos. Sin embargo, las dos comparten el hecho de que pretenden ser una lectura detallada de las novelas. Los conceptos tanto de la Parte Uno como de la Dos aparecen ejemplificados con las citas relevantes de los textos y, en ambos casos, se crean nuevos hipervinculos con otros textos. La tesis tambien incluye una entrevista con la autora, realizada en agosto de 2013, en la que ella reflexiona sobre algunos de los temas clave de la novela y que complementa el analisis ofrecido en esta investigacion.