Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Efficient multi-party privacy preserving data mining for vertically partitioned data

The data in computational domain stored in digital format. This format of data, consumes less effort and storage. Thus a number of organization and institutes are preserving their information in this format. In this presented work the data and their privacy is the main area of study. In the proposed work an organization is considered where the decisions are made with the different department based data and their attributes. Additionally to make decisions the attributes of all the departments are required. But the departments are not able to disclose the privacy of data owner. Therefore to combine the data attributes and mining of the combined data need a privacy preserving technique for preventing the privacy issues in a centralize database. In this paper we demonstrate how the different departments of same organization combine their data without harming the privacy of the client for making effective decisions in efficient and accurate manner. Thus the method vertically data combination, cryptography and decision mining is demonstrated. To mine the decisions from the data a C4.5 decision tree is used. The implementation of the proposed privacy preserving data mining and decision making technique is performed using JAVA technology. Additionally the performance of the system is computed in terms of accuracy, error rate, memory consumption and time consumption. Finally to justify the outcomes of the proposed data mining technique the traditional J4.5 tree using WEKA tool is used with same data for comparative performance study. The experimental results show the effective performance and security in the given privacy preserving technique.
Validation of a New Scale for Measuring Problematic Internet Use: Implications for Pre-employment Screening

The current study introduced a theory-driven, multidimensional measure of problematic Internet use: the Online Cognition Scale (OCS). Undergraduate students (n = 211) in an industrial/organizational psychology course completed the OCS, along with measures of procrastination, rejection sensitivity, loneliness, depression, and impulsivity. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated that problematic Internet use consists of four dimensions: diminished impulse control, loneliness/depression, social comfort, and distraction. As hypothesized, the OCS predicted all of the study variables in the expected directions. Representing a departure from previous research in this area, the current article focused on procrastination, impulsivity, and social rejection as key elements of problematic Internet use. Furthermore, interactive applications (e.g., chat) were most related to problematic Internet use, and scores on the OCS predicted being reprimanded at school or work for inappropriate Internet use. As a result, the utility of the OCS for both clinical assessment of Internet addiction and as an organizational preemployment screening measure to identify potential employees who are likely to abuse the Internet in the workplace (also known as "cyberslacking") were discussed.
Signaling Responses After Varying Sequencing of Strength and Endurance Training in a Fed State.

PURPOSE To compare anabolic signaling responses to differing sequences of concurrent strength and endurance training in a fed state. METHODS Eighteen resistance-trained men were randomly assigned to the following experimental conditions: strength training (ST), strength followed by endurance training (ST-END), or endurance followed by strength training (END-ST). Muscle tissue samples were taken from the vastus lateralis before each exercise protocol, on cessation of exercise, and 1 h after cessation of strength training. Tissue was analyzed for total and phosphorylated (p-) signaling proteins linked to the mTOR and AMPK networks. RESULTS Strength-training performance was similar between ST, ST-END, and END-ST. p-S6k1 was elevated from baseline 1 h posttraining in ST and ST-END (both P < .05). p-4E-BP1 was significantly lower than baseline post-ST (P = .01), whereas at 1 h postexercise in the ST-END condition p-4E-BP1 was significantly greater than postexercise (P = .04). p-ACC was elevated from baseline both postexercise and 1 h postexercise (both P < .05) in the END-ST condition. AMPK, mTOR, p38, PKB, and eEF2 responded similarly to ST, ST-END, and END-ST. Signaling responses to ST, ST-END, and END were largely similar. As such it cannot be ascertained which sequence of concurrent strength and endurance training is most favorable in promoting anabolic signaling. CONCLUSIONS In the case of the current study an acute bout of concurrent training of differing sequences elicited similar responses of the AMPK and mTOR networks.
Noradrenaline in the brain of the south african clawed frog Xenopus laevis: A study with antibodies against noradrenaline and dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase

To obtain insight into the noradrenergic system of amphibians, the distribution of noradrenaline was studied immunohistochemically with antibodies against noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase (DBH) in the brain of the South African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. Noradrenaline‐containing cell bodies are found in the hypothalamic periventricular organ, the isthmic region, and in an area ventral and medial to the solitary tract. Noradrenaline‐immunoreactive (NAi) fibers are widely, but not uniformly, distributed throughout the brain and spinal cord. In the telencephalon, dense plexuses of NAi fibers are present dorsomedial to the nucleus accumbens, in the nucleus of the diagonal band, the dorsolateral part of the striatum, the medial amygdala, and in an area that encompasses the lateral forebrain bundle. In the diencephalon, dense plexuses are found ventrolateral to the periventricular organ, in the posterior tubercle, and in the intermediate lobe of the hypophysis. Compared to the forebrain, the brainstem and spinal cord are less densely innervated by NAi fibers.
An mHealth Intervention Using a Smartphone App to Increase Walking Behavior in Young Adults: A Pilot Study

Background Physical inactivity is a growing concern for society and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, obesity, and other chronic diseases. Objective This study aimed to determine the efficacy of the Accupedo-Pro Pedometer mobile phone app intervention, with the goal of increasing daily step counts in young adults. Methods Mobile phone users (n=58) between 17-26 years of age were randomized to one of two conditions (experimental and control). Both groups downloaded an app that recorded their daily step counts. Baseline data were recorded and followed-up at 5 weeks. Both groups were given a daily walking goal of 30 minutes, but the experimental group participants were told the equivalent goal in steps taken, via feedback from the app. The primary outcome was daily step count between baseline and follow-up. Results A significant time x group interaction effect was observed for daily step counts (P=.04). Both the experimental (P<.001) and control group (P=.03) demonstrated a significant increase in daily step counts, with the experimental group walking an additional 2000 steps per day. Conclusions The results of this study demonstrate that a mobile phone app can significantly increase physical activity in a young adult sample by setting specific goals, using self-monitoring, and feedback.
INFRARED ECLIPSES OF THE STRONGLY IRRADIATED PLANET WASP-33b, AND OSCILLATIONS OF ITS HOST STAR

We observe two secondary eclipses of the strongly irradiated transiting planet WASP-33b, in the Ks band at 2.15 μm, and one secondary eclipse each at 3.6 μm and 4.5 μm using Warm Spitzer. This planet orbits an A5V δ-Scuti star that is known to exhibit low-amplitude non-radial p-mode oscillations at about 0.1% semi-amplitude. We detect stellar oscillations in all of our infrared eclipse data, and also in one night of observations at J band (1.25 μm) out of eclipse. The oscillation amplitude, in all infrared bands except Ks, is about the same as in the optical. However, the stellar oscillations in Ks band (2.15 μm) have about twice the amplitude (0.2%) as seen in the optical, possibly because the Brackett-γ line falls in this bandpass. As regards the exoplanetary eclipse, we use our best-fit values for the eclipse depth, as well as the 0.9 μm eclipse observed by Smith et al., to explore possible states of the exoplanetary atmosphere, based on the method of Madhusudhan & Seager. On this basis we find two possible states for the atmospheric structure of WASP-33b. One possibility is a non-inverted temperature structure in spite of the strong irradiance, but this model requires an enhanced carbon abundance (C/O > 1). The alternative model has solar composition, but an inverted temperature structure. Spectroscopy of the planet at secondary eclipse, using a spectral resolution that can resolve the water vapor band structure, should be able to break the degeneracy between these very different possible states of the exoplanetary atmosphere. However, both of those model atmospheres absorb nearly all of the stellar irradiance with minimal longitudinal re-distribution of energy, strengthening the hypothesis of Cowan & Agol that the most strongly irradiated planets circulate energy poorly. Our measurement of the central phase of the eclipse yields ecos ω = 0.0003 ± 0.00013, which we regard as being consistent with a circular orbit.
Impact of Fresh or Used Litter on the Posthatch Immune System of Commercial Broilers

SUMMARY. This study was carried out to investigate the effects of exposure of growing broiler chickens of commercial origin to used poultry litter on intestinal and systemic immune responses. The litter types evaluated were fresh wood shavings or used litter obtained from commercial poultry farms with or without a history of gangrenous dermatitis (GD). Immune parameters measured were serum nitric oxide (NO) levels, serum antibody titers against Eimeria or Clostridium perfringens, mitogen-induced spleen cell proliferation, and intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte or splenic lymphocyte subpopulations. At 43 days posthatch, birds raised on used litter from a GD farm had higher serum NO levels and greater Eimeria or C. perfringens antibody levels compared with chickens raised on fresh litter or used, non-GD litter. Birds raised on non-GD and GD used litter had greater spleen cell mitogenic responses compared with chickens raised on fresh litter. Finally, spleen and intestinal lymphocyte subpopulations were increased or decreased depending on the litter type and the surface marker analyzed. Although it is likely that the presence of Eimeria oocysts and endemic viruses varies qualitatively and quantitatively between flocks and, by extension, varies between different used litter types, we believe that these data provide evidence that exposure of growing chicks to used poultry litter stimulates humoral and cell-mediated immune responses, presumably due to contact with contaminating enteric pathogens.
Ca2+ sparks and Ca2+ waves in saponin‐permeabilized rat ventricular myocytes

1 We carried out confocal Ca2+ imaging in myocytes permeabilized with saponin in ‘internal’ solutions containing: MgATP, EGTA and fluo‐3 potassium salt. 2 Permeabilized myocytes exhibited spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and waves similar to those observed in intact myocytes loaded with fluo‐3 AM. 3 In the presence of ‘low’[EGTA] (0·05 mm), Ca2+ waves arose regularly, even at relatively low [Ca2+] (50–100 nm, free). Increasing [EGTA] resulted in decreased frequency and propagation velocity of Ca2+ waves. Propagating waves were completely abolished at [EGTA] > 0·3 mm. 4 The frequency of sparks increased as a function of [Ca2+] (50–400 nm range) with no sign of a high affinity Ca2+‐dependent inactivation process. 5 The rate of occurrence of Ca2+ sparks was increased by calmodulin and cyclic adenosine diphosphate‐ribose (cADPR).
Teaching Embedded Systems Design &#8211; An International Collaborative Project

This paper covers an international collaborative teaching project involving the design of a state-of-the-art microprocessor and embedded system between the University of New South Wales, Manchester University and the Imperial College, London University. This project, being the first of its kind anywhere in the world, provides an environment that replicates the current industrial practice in embedded system design in an easy and comprehensible setting; an environment where the processor, dedicated coprocessors and software are all integrated to create a functional system such as used in sophisticated electronic devices, including mobile phones, webphones, photocopiers, televisions, digital cameras and PDAs. We see such collaboration as important in both reducing development costs in developing up to date - and increasingly sophisticated - courses as well as fostering good relations between peer departments
Performance of RBF equalizer in data storage channels

In order to compensate for severe intersymbol interference (ISI) and combat nonlinear distortions in digital magnetic recording systems, Bayesian equalizer using the radial basis function (RBF) network, REQ, is applied as a channel equalizer to a data storage system using partial erasure (PE) model. It can be seen from various computer simulation results that the REQ has a more complex structure than a conventional linear equalizer (LE) while the bit-error-ratio (BER) of the REQ is lower than that of the LE. Using various simulation parameters such as the width of the basis function, the updating algorithm for the centers in REQ, the recording density of a data storage system, and so forth, the performance in terms of BER of the REQ is examined.
CookieFlavors: easy building blocks for wireless tangible input

We present CookieFlavors, a TUI prototyping tool that provides a set of physical input primitives realized by coin-size Bluetooth wireless sensors named Cookie. Developers can attach CookieFlavors on any physical objects and examine the suitability of tangible input in a TUI prototype phase. We have built a map viewer application and projected it in an experimental room that contains various physical objects and several CookieFlavors. We asked the focus group to manipulate the map viewer application by augmenting CookieFlavors into physical objects. In this paper we present the interesting result of their perception and activities regarding this intuitive TUI, CookieFlavors.
Simulation de l"agglomération lausannoise, SIMLO

L’agglomeration lausannoise comprend un reseau routier et autoroutier complexe et fortement charge. Deja actuellement un besoin important se fait sentir en ingenierie du trafic et en gestion des flux de circulation. Pour evaluer, deja a court terme, le fonctionnement de ces reseaux il est souhaitable de recourir a une approche par micro simulation. Des problemes sont a resoudre comme l’effet de nouveaux grands generateurs de trafic, l’adaptation des jonctions et carrefours ou encore le choix de strategie de gestion. Le but de ce projet est de modeliser l’agglomeration lausannoise, d’en valider les parametres et d’en etudier divers scenarii. Le modele de l’agglomeration peut servir a des etudes d’evaluation du reseau routier et de son evolution. Le Service des routes du canton de Vaud est interesse a mener de telles etudes, afin d’analyser differents problemes qui se manifestent sur le reseau autoroutier, le reseau des routes cantonales et aux interfaces entre ces deux reseaux.
Patterns of Change During Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Panic Disorder

The present investigation examined patterns of change in basic features of panic and anxiety during cognitive behavioral treatment for panic disorder. Data were collected in the context of a study comparing the efficacy of cognitive therapy (CT) and relaxation training, both administered without exposure-based treatments of any kind. Thirty-six panic disorder patients completed 10 weeks of either CT or relaxation training. Weekly measures of panic frequency, state and trait anxiety, and associated fears were obtained. Data were examined using both multivariate techniques (which conceptualize change as incremental) and analysis of response slopes (wherein change is conceptualized as continuous). Results indicated that during the first half of treatment, relaxation training led to greater reductions in state and trait anxiety and agoraphobic fear, whereas CT demonstrated a slight advantage on change in panic frequency. During the second half of treatment, CT produced faster reductions in state anxiety and agoraphobic fears. Over the entire treatment course, CT conferred an advantage in rate of change in social fears. The data provide support for the utility of a more process-oriented approach to the examination of treatment effects.
Catecholamine exocytosis is diminished in R6/2 Huntington’s disease model mice

In this work, the mechanisms responsible for dopamine (DA) release impairments observed previously in Huntington’s disease model R6/2 mice were evaluated. Voltammetrically measured DA release evoked in striatal brain slices from 12‐week old R6/2 mice by a single electrical stimulus pulse was only 19% of wild‐type (WT) control mice. Iontophoresis experiments suggest that the concentration of released DA is not diluted by a larger striatal extracellular volume arising from brain atrophy, but, rather, that striatal dopaminergic terminals have a decreased capacity for DA release. This decreased capacity was not due to an altered requirement for extracellular Ca2+, and, as in WT mice, the release in R6/2 mice required functioning vesicular transporters. Catecholamine secretion from individual vesicles was measured during exocytosis from adrenal chromaffin cells harvested from R6/2 and WT mice. While the number of exocytotic events was unchanged, the amounts released per vesicle were significantly diminished in R6/2 mice, indicating that vesicular catecholamines are present in decreased amounts. Treatment of chromaffin cells with 3‐nitropropionic acid decreased the vesicular release amount from WT cells by 50%, mimicking the release observed from untreated R6/2 cells. Thus, catecholamine release from tissues isolated from R6/2 mice is diminished because of impaired vesicle loading.
Investigation of the effects of acupuncture stimulation on the size and blood flow of corpus luteum and progesterone levels in dairy cows.

In this study, effect of acupuncture (AP) on the luteal size (LS), luteal blood flow (LBF) and progesterone (P4) levels were investigated in the presence of corpus luteum (CL) in cows. Seven days after 14-days interval PGF2α estrus synchronization protocol, CL positive animals were assigned either to a control group (AP–, n=10) or to an AP group (AP+, n=10) stimulated by using B22 and B23 sensitive acupoints. LS and LBF examinations were carried out before the stimulation (0h) and at 1st, 3rd, 6th hour on d7 and thereafter on d9, d10, d11, d12 and d13 following the AP stimulation in each group with a portable color Doppler ultrasonography. Blood samples for P4 measurement were collected during each examination. There was no significant difference in LS, LBF, or P4 mean values between groups. However, LBF significantly increased at 6h after stimulation (P<0.05) in AP+ group but it increased at d11 in AP– group (P<0.05). The significant increase in LS was observed earlier in AP+ group (on d9; P<0.01) than AP– (on d11; P<0.05). Serum P4 concentrations increased at 3h, d9 and d10 in AP+ group (P<0.05), however a significant difference was only observed at 3h in AP– group (P<0.05). In conclusion, AP stimulation induces earlier increases in LS, LBF and P4 parameters in cows during luteal phase.
El primer periodo de desempleo de técnicos y técnicos superiores

El presente trabajo estudia la longitud del primer episodio de desempleo, entre los titulados de Ciclos Formativos de la isla de Gran Canaria, a partir de una muestra de 2054 egresados que obtuvieron su titulacion entre los cursos academicos 1997/98 a 1999/2000. Mediante la estimacion de modelos de duracion no parametricos se identifican los factores que afectan a la duracion del primer periodo de desempleo de tecnicos y tecnicos superiores, para, seguidamente, obtener estimaciones mas precisas mediante la utilizacion de modelos de distribucion de supervivencia. De esta manera detectamos diferencias significativas en funcion del genero asi como de la Familia Profesional elegida.
Security and privacy issues for an IoT based smart home

Internet of Things (IoT) can support numerous applications and services in various domains, such as smart cities and smart homes. IoT smart objects interact with other components e.g., proxies, mobile devices, and data collectors, for management, data sharing and other activities in the context of the provided service. Though such components contribute to address various societal challenges and provide new advanced services for users, their limited processing capabilities make them vulnerable to well-known security and privacy threats. Until now various research works have studied security and privacy in IoT, validating this claim. However, to the best of our knowledge literature lacks research focusing on security and privacy flaws introduced in IoT through interactions among different devices supporting a smart home architecture. In particular, we set up the scene for a security and privacy threat analysis for a typical smart home architecture using off the shelf components. To do so, we employ a smart home IoT architecture that enables users to interact with it through various devices that support smart house management, and we analyze different scenarios to identify possible security and privacy issues for users.
A Dynamic Programming Based Path-following Controller for Autonomous Vehicles

The problem of path following for autonomous vehicles under adversarial behaviour is considered. The objective is to keep the cross-track error to the reference path inside a given tolerance interval. The adversarial behaviour models system uncertainty and unknown or poorly estimated bounded disturbances to ensure that the concept of weakly invariant set is used, i.e., the set of states that the vehicle may enter while ensuring that the cross-track error will never exceed the tolerance interval. Two modes of operation are then considered: when the vehicle is inside the invariant set, the objective is to stay inside it while minimizing a combination of the actuation effort and cross-track error; otherwise, the objective becomes to reach the invariant set in minimum time. Each mode corresponds to a different optimal control problem which is dealt independently; thus, there is one different control law for each mode. The control laws are synthesized using a dynamic programming approach. Simulation results with a full nonlinear dynamical model illustrate the performance and robustness of the control strategy.
[The loss of visual field after proliferative diabetic retinopathy treatment with two different techniques of panretinal photocoagulation].

UNLABELLED Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common cause of blindness in the active population of industrialized countries. Panretinal argon laser photocoagulation (PRP) is used in the treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Despite its usefulness, the mentioned treatment has some side effects such as permanent visual field damage. The treatment was performed with two PRP techniques, peripheral panretinal photocoagulation (PPRP) and central panretinal photocoagulation (CPRP). Peripheral visual fields defects were assesed with Vaughans method. The aim of the study was to determine the extent of visual field defects entailed by the two different PRP techniques. RESULTS Visual field loss in percentage was greater in the group treated with PPRP (mean 9.09 +/- 6.36%) than in group treated with CPRP (mean 4.9 +/- 4.5%) (p = 0.000037). The initial functional DR severity and presence of risk factors that influence DR severity were similar in the two treatment groups. Different results were mostly attributable to the PRP techniques employed, being significantlly less favorable with PPRP.