Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Biostimulation of Syngonium podophyllum Growth via Foliar Application of Diluted Bee Honey

A pot trial was performed throughout the two successive seasons of 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 at the nursery of Ornamental Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University to study the impact of foliar spraying of diluted preparations of bee honey, as a biostimulant, on growth and chemical constituents of Syngonium podophyllum plants. Terminal cuttings of Syngonium plant were planted and divided into 8 groups; two groups as controls i.e., the first was tap water while the second received Kristalon fertilizer at the rate of 1g/plant every two weeks. The first three treatment groups were drenched with Kristalon fertilizer and sprayed with a diluted solution of honey at the concentrations of 1, 1.5 and 2% for T1, T2 and T3 respectively. The other three treatment groups were only sprayed with a diluted solution of honey at the same concentrations. The plants were left to grow under the condition of glass house for one month before starting treatment. The procedure of spraying and drenching was repeated for different groups every two weeks for a total of 7 months. The overall analyzed results indicate that regular spraying of diluted honey for Singonium podophyllum plants with or without Kristalon was associated with adequate growth of the above ground plant parts with fluctuation of superiority between the use of honey alone or its use combined with the chemical fertilizer, Kristalon. Being a source of many essential plant nutrients and trace elements, honey can thus represent a highly nutritious fortifying biostimulant that may be used alone or in conjunction with another fertilizer, with almost the same or slightly different results. However, the amount of available information is in need for further studies on different plants, using honey with/or alternative to different fertilizers to portrait a more clear picture of this biostimulant in plant life.
The Asymmetric Impulse of the Sunshine Effect on Stock Returns and Volatilities

This study constructs a variety of GARCH models with the consideration of the generalized error distribution to analyze the relationship between the cloud cover and stock returns in Taiwan in the whole sample period (1986 to 2007) and in the two sub-sample periods (1986 to 1996 and 1997 to 2007). The data include Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index and the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average index to proxy the impact of U.S. stock market on Taiwan’s stock market performance. The empirical finding of this study could be used to reconfirm the existence of the so-called sunshine effect. The empirical results suggest that the cloud cover has significantly negative impact on Taiwan’s stock market, especially in the low cloud cover periods. Moreover, we also examine the sunshine effect with the consideration of the first and second moments and find that when adding the two moments, the sunshine effect is not significant in the stock returns but in the stock return volatilities, which is different from outcomes in previous studies.
Ultrasonic locating system optimized for low cost, high efficiency and secure application

Ultrasonic (US) positioning systems are mostly directed at indoor tracking of mobile devices. However, they also get growing importance for locating a substantial number of static sensor or actuator devices which are communicating via wired or wireless sensor networks and are applied for controlling complex decentralized functionalities. The US positioning system LOSNUS presented in this paper is designed for both locating of mobile devices and also of static devices which can be numerously deployed. Primarily for meeting the demands of static devices, the system is optimized for cheap realization, offers locating with high accuracy, and can be applied up to medium high speed. Beside of principle of operation, receiver design, and basic measurement results, also security aspects are presented in the paper.
Beyond MeSH: Fine-Grained Semantic Indexing of Biomedical Literature Based on Weak Supervision

Biomedical literature in MEDLINE/PubMed is semantically indexed with MeSH thesaurus entries (subject annotations) which may correspond to more than one related but distinct domain concepts. In such cases, the subject annotations do not follow the level of detail available in the domain and do not always suffice to meet the information needs of domain experts. In this work, we propose a method to automatically refine subject annotations at the level of concepts and employ it in the case of the MeSH descriptor for Alzheimer's Disease, which corresponds to six different concepts representing disease sub-types. The results indicate that the use of concept-occurrence as weak supervision can improve upon the predictive performance of literal string matching alone. The refined annotations can support more precise concept-based search, enable the integration of subject annotations with other semantic information and facilitate the maintenance of subject annotation consistency, as the MeSH thesaurus evolves with the addition of more detailed entries.
Pacemaker Induced Mitral Regurgitation: An Alternative Form of Pacemaker Syndrome

A patient in atrial fibrillation was referred for mitral valve replacement due to severe mitral regurgitation. A cardiac pacemaker had previously been implanted. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated large V waves in the wedge pressure tracing during ventricular pacing, which were not present during native conduction. A left ventriculogram demonstrated severe mitral regurgitation during ventricular pacing, but not during native conduction. This patient, in atrial fibrillation, had severe mitral regurgitation induced by ventricular pacing and not by native conduction. Pacemaker syndrome may be caused by mitral regurgitation that is probably not secondary to AV dissociation, but rather the result of dyssyn‐chronous ventricular contraction.
Participant 1 Participant 2 Data Collection Entry Interview Entry Interview Final Interview Final Interview Warm-up phase Discussion

The age of ubiquitous computing has brought a large number of interactive surfaces into our lives. Interactive surfaces are present in various forms, and various contexts from tabletops to mobile devices, and touchscreens continue to remain the main input technique. In current systems, a finger touching a screen or surface is typically reduced to simple two-dimensional coordinates. To overcome the limited expressiveness when using touchscreens, a large body of research proposes to enrich such a touch interaction. In particular, previous work suggests using the finger orientation as a means of input, to address this is the fundamental problem when using touchscreens. Wang et al. [13] have proposed to adapt menus to finger orientation, e.g., for pie and torus menus. Finger orientation was also considered for creating novel interaction techniques for mobile devices. For example, understanding touch as a finger orientation was the underlying concept of Z-touch [12] which used finger pitch angle as an input dimension in a drawing application. Similarly, Kratz et al. [5] enabled finger orientation gesture detection with a depth camera above the touchscreen. While Z-touch and the work by Kratz et al. [5] detect finger orientation using a vision-based sensing system, Rogers et al. [11] used a capacitive sensor array to detect the pitch and yaw of the finger. Finally, Xiao et al. [14] used an off-the-shelf consumer touchscreen device to detect pitch and yaw as additional input. Xiao et al. [14] reported their method leads to a pitch error of 9.7◦ and a yaw error of 26.8◦ for their prototype. They further reported that during their study they faced ergonomic problems, such as long fingernails and cretin finger orientations which are hard to perform. Therefore, they limit their input space. This work focuses on three different aspects in using finger orientation as a additional input dimension. First, we investigative two different approaches to detect the finger orientation when interacting with touchscreens. Second, we study the ergonomic constraints which constrain designers in the ways
Reprocess : Process Refinement for Improving Accuracy in Hybrid Planning Domain Models

The creation and maintenance of a domain model is a well recognised bottleneck in the use of automated planning; indeed, ensuring a planning engine is fed with an accurate model of an application is essential in order that generated plans are effective. Engineering domain models using a hybrid representation is particularly challenging as it requires accurately describing continuous processes, which can have complex numeric effects. In this work we consider the problem of the refinement of an engineered hybrid domain model, to more accurately capture the effect of the underlying processes. Our approach exploits the information content of the original model, utilising machine learning techniques to identify important situation and temporal features that indicate a variation in the original effect. We use the problem of modelling traffic flows in an Urban Traffic Management setting as a case study and demonstrate in our evaluation that the refined domain models provide more accurate simulation, which can lead to higher quality plans.
"Natural concepts" revisited in the spatial-topological domain: Universal tendencies in focal spatial relations

It has long been noted that the best examples, or foci, of color categories tend to align across diverse languages (Berlin & Kay, 1969)—but there is limited documentation of such universal foci in other semantic domains. Here, we explore whether spatial topological categories, such as “in” and “on” in English, have focal members comparable to those in color. We document names and best examples of topological spatial relations in Dutch, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish, and find substantial consensus, both within and across languages, on the best examples of such spatial categories. Our results provide empirical evidence for focal best examples in the spatial domain and contribute further support for a theory of “natural concepts” in this domain.
Parental Responses to Information About School Quality: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data

We study the interaction between family and school inputs by identifying the causal impact of information about school quality on parental time investment into children. Inspection ratings provide news that shifts parental beliefs about school quality, and hence investment into children. We study this using household panel data from England, linked to administrative records on school inspection ratings. We find that parents receiving good news over school quality significantly decrease time investment into their children. We provide insights on the distributional and test score impacts of the nationwide inspections regime, through multiple margins of endogenous response of parents and children.
Web Based Automated Workflow System for Employees ’ Welfare and Loan Scheme Using Lightweight Methodology

This paper addresses the daily challenges encountered by employees as it relates to their voluntary contributory welfare scheme in most established institutions, establishments or organizations in Nigeria. We critically examined the challenges of joining as member, amount to save, dividends sharing, assets and liabilities, and also the loan scheme using Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria as our study center. A Web Based Automated Workflow System for Employees Welfare and Loan Scheme was developed, which captured the employees’ monthly contributory savings, and other parameters through an interface. Employees’ can interact with the system from the comfort of their homes and from anywhere in the world via Internet connectivity. The application is web based and enables functions like online application for loan facilities, checking of total contributions, tracking of loan application status and other services rendered by the respective welfare scheme. The Web Based Automated Workflow System was developed based on light-weight methodology. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), Javascript, Dreamweaver and MySQL were used to realize the interface and Web Based solutions for the Automated Workflow System for Employees Welfare and Loan Scheme. However, the security built into the scheme was not discussed in this paper.
ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNALS GENERATED BY MONOPOLE ( PENCIL-LEAD BREAK ) VERSUS DIPOLE SOURCES : FINITE ELEMENT MODELING AND EXPERIMENTS

Acoustic emission (AE) practitioners routinely use surface pencil-lead breaks (monopoles) to observe expected AE signal characteristics. In contrast, stress-generated AE sources are almost universally composed of dipoles. Thus, understanding the primary differences between the signals generated by these two different source classes is of key importance. This research had the goal of analyzing and contrasting the AE signals generated by monopole and dipole sources. A finite-element-modeled (FEM) database of AE signals provided an ideal means to study these two source types. The AE signals represented the top-surface out-of-plane displacement versus time from point sources inside an aluminum plate of 4.7-mm thickness. In addition, monopole sources both on the plate top surface and the edge surface were included in the database. The AE signals were obtained from both in-plane and out-of-plane monopole and dipole sources. Results were analyzed with both a bandpass filter of 100 to 300 kHz and a 40-kHz high-pass filter. The wide-plate specimen domain effectively eliminated edge reflections from interfering with the direct signal arrivals. To supplement and compare with the FEM results, experiments with pencil-lead breaks were carried out on the top surface and the edge of a large aluminum alloy plate of 3.1-mm thickness.
Application of Kansei Engineering and DEMATEL to Priori tize Service Quality for Public Hospital in Thailand

The health care industry is one of the rapid growth industries in Thailand. Thai government has promoted and set out a strategic policy to be ‘‘Medical Hub of Asia’’ since 2004. Therefore, the chief executive officers of many hospitals have determined strategies to improve their service quality because of the global competition. Service quality which refers to customer perceptions of the service process has been considered. Kansei Engineering can be the best tool for translating customer perceptions and emotions to the psychical desire attributes. This study conducted Kansei Engineering and service quality to analyze the relationships between service quality and customer’s emotion and feeling. Furthermore, the decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) was employed to constructs the cause-effect relationship of criteria of the model that can be described complexity of causal relationships. The results show that tangible and empathy are the key factors that should be considered as the first priority for improving by public hospitals directors.
Hypotension following combined spinal‐epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section

Summary Eighty‐seven pregnant mothers undergoing elective Caesarean section were randomly allocated either to the full left lateral position (n = 45) or to the supine position with 12° left lateral tilt (n = 42) after a combined spinal–epidural (CSE) in the sitting position and an initial 2 min in the full right lateral position. Fewer mothers were hypotensive while in the study position [29 (64%) in lateral group vs. 38 (90%) in the tilted supine group; p = 0.03]. Mothers in the lateral group tended to become hypotensive after turning them back to the tilted supine position immediately before surgery; hence the number of mothers who were hypotensive from the insertion of the CSE until delivery were similar [36 (80%) vs. 38 (90%)]. Mothers in the lateral group needed a lower dose of ephedrine to treat their hypotension while in their study position {median (interquartile range [range]) 6 (0–12 [0–36]) mg vs. 12 (6–18 [0–36]) mg, respectively; p = 0.04} but ephedrine requirements were similar overall {12 (6–12 [0–36]) mg vs. 12 (6–18 [0–36]) mg}, respectively. The full left lateral position reduces the incidence of early hypotension compared with the tilted supine position with tilt, and makes it easier to treat.
PRACTICAL MODELING OF BUCKET-BRIGADE DEVICE CIRCUITS

This paper discusses the sonic characteristics of the bucket-brigade device (BBD) and associated circuitry. BBDs are integrated circuits which produce a time-delayed version of an input signal. In order to reduce aliasing, distortion, and noise, BBDs are typically accompanied by low-pass filters and compander circuitry. Through circuit analysis and measurements, each component of the BBD system can be accurately modeled.
Special Section – New Models in Drug Metabolism and Transport Cryopreserved Human Intestinal Mucosal Epithelium : A Novel In Vitro Experimental System for the Evaluation of Enteric Drug Metabolism , Cytochrome P 450 Induction , and Enterotoxicity

We report here a novel in vitro enteric experimental system, cryopreserved human intestinal mucosa (CHIM), for the evaluation of enteric drugmetabolism, drug-drug interaction, drug toxicity, and pharmacology. CHIM was isolated from the small intestines of four human donors. The small intestines were first dissected into the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, followed by collagenase digestion of the intestinal lumen. The isolated mucosa was gently homogenized to yield multiple cellular fragments, which were then cryopreserved in a programmable liquid cell freezer and stored in liquid nitrogen. After thawing and recovery, CHIM retained robust cytochrome P450 (P450) and non-P450 drug-metabolizing enzyme activities and demonstrated dose-dependent induction of transcription of CYP24A1 (approximately 300-fold) and CYP3A4 (approximately 3-fold) by vitamin D3 as well as induction of CYP3A4 (approximately 3-fold) by rifampin after 24 hours of treatment. Dose-dependent decreases in cell viability quantified by cellular ATP content were observed for naproxen and acetaminophen, with higher enterotoxicity observed for naproxen, consistent with that observed in humans in vivo. These results suggest that CHIM may be a useful in vitro experimental model for the evaluation of enteric drug properties, including drug metabolism, drug-drug interactions, and
MINING FOR PREDICTING THE MILITARY CAREER CHOICE

Choosing a career is a difficult decision for a young person at the beginning of their professional life and a good piece of advice in this respect is necessary. Statistics show that young people turn mainly on careers in areas such as banking, engineering, marketing, administration, medicine, law, education and only a small proportion choose a military career. Even if working in the Romanian Army does not mean only the development of your personality, but also a variety of opportunities and possibilities that the military profession provides, the number of those interested in this field is declining. The present study refers to the possibility of applying data mining techniques in order to predict the choice of a military career by the youth. Data mining is a process of analysing large amounts of data and extracting relevant information from them, by using mathematical and statistical methods. Algorithms such as decision trees, regression linear/logistic artificial neural network algorithms, Naive Bayes are examples for problems’ classification and prediction. Experiments were conducted on a sample of 500 records (249 instances being used for training and the rest for testing the models), and after comparing the results, the algorithm with the best rate of prediction was identified.
Bounded-depth Frege complexity of Tseitin formulas for all graphs

We prove that there is a constant K such that Tseitin formulas for an undirected graph G requires proofs of size 2twpGq Ωp1{dq in depth-d Frege systems for d ă K logn log logn , where twpGq is the treewidth of G. This extends H̊astad recent lower bound for the grid graph to any graph. Furthermore, we prove tightness of our bound up to a multiplicative constant in the top exponent. Namely, we show that if a Tseitin formula for a graph G has size s, then for all large enough d, it has a depth-d Frege proof of size 2twpGq Op1{dq polypsq. Through this result we settle the question posed by M. Alekhnovich and A. Razborov of showing that the class of Tseitin formulas is quasi-automatizable for resolution.
T‐type Ca2+ current as a trigger for Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in guinea‐pig ventricular myocytes

1 We have investigated whether Ca2+ entry through T‐type Ca2+ channels participates in triggering Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in single guinea‐pig ventricular myocytes (whole‐cell voltage clamp, K5fura‐2 as [Ca2+]i indicator; all monovalent cations replaced by impermeant ions to record uncontaminated Ca2+ currents; T= 23 or 36 °C). 2 T‐type Ca2+ currents were elicited from a holding potential of ‐90 mV during steps to ‐50 to ‐20 mV. For steps to ‐50 mV, very small [Ca2+]i transients could be recorded with high loading of the SR (peak Δ[Ca2+]i, 67 ± 41 nM; n= 9). 3 For steps to ‐40, ‐30 and ‐20 mV, we compared the amplitude of Ca2+ release for a holding potential of ‐50 mV with L‐type Ca2+ current only to Ca2+ release for a holding potential of ‐90 mV with both T‐ and L‐type Ca2+ current. Significantly more Ca2+ release was observed with T‐type current present, and both the T‐type current and the additional Ca2+ release were suppressed by 50 μM NiCl2. 4 Ca2+ influx through T‐type Ca2+ channels triggered less Ca2+ release than a comparable Ca2+ influx through L‐type Ca2+ channels. 5 Rapid block of T‐type Ca2+ current during the action potential (50 μM NiCl2 during steady‐state stimulation at 1 or 2 Hz) did not immediately reduce Ca2+ release, although a small decrease was observed after longer application. 6 We conclude that T‐type Ca2+ current can trigger Ca2+ release from the SR albeit less efficiently than L‐type Ca2+ current. T‐type current is most likely to provide only a small contribution to the trigger for Ca2+ release in normal conditions. These results support the hypothesis that L‐type Ca2+ channels have a privileged role in excitation‐contraction coupling.
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SUPERELASTIC NITINOL STENT

The mechanical properties of Nitinol stents are normally evaluated experimentally due to complexities resulting from large deformations and material nonlinearity. Despite difficulties associated with Finite Element Analysis (FEA), the success of computational analysis in combination with experimental study leads to better understanding of stent performance. This paper compares experimentally evaluated radial resistive forces of a Nitinol stent to predictions based on nonlinear FEA. The FEA was performed using ABAQUS with two user material subroutines independently developed specifically for Nitinol. Good agreements between the FEA and the experiments are shown for both user material subroutines.
Chapter 7 : Assessing Software Reliability Enhancement Achievable through Testing

In actual practice, the process may be more complex. There may be a partial release to allow external beta testing. Most successful software products undergo periodic revisions for bug fixing and the addition of features/capabilities. This may be termed the maintenance phase which includes regression testing that ensures that the existing functionality is not impaired by the revision. With the emergence of internet-based automated patch delivered, the software can evolve nearly continuously using an agile (Rawat 2017) or DevOps development approach.