Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Haematological Changes in Peripheral Blood of HIV Infected Persons with Correlation to CD4 Cell Count

Objective : Aims at recognizing the haematological abnormalities in peripheral blood associated with HIV infection and to correlate the haematological abnormalities with CD4 cell count to highlight these manifestations with disease progression. Methodology : Observational cross sectional study. Setting : Department of Haematology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Dhaka cantonment. Patients : Two hundred four (204) HIV – infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy aged from three years to 65 years. There were 132 male and 72 female patients. Results : Anaemia was found in 103 (50.5%) cases. Leucopenia and thrombocytopenia were observed in ten (4.9%) and seven (3.4%) cases respectively. Lymphopenia was found in 12 (5.9%) cases. In 50 (24.5%) cases Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) was > 20 mm at the end of 1st hour. Flow cytometric analysis for CD4 cell count showed 500 cells/cmm in 22 (10.8%) cases. Conclusion : Haematological abnormalities are common in HIV – infected patients and responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in these patients. These abnormalities are more frequent with disease progression. The present study revealed a significant increase in the number of anaemia, leucopenia, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia with decreasing CD4 cell count. J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2014; 32: 130-136
D – Photorealistic 3 D Images for Medical Applications

We present a technology for the creation of 3d-surface data of human faces. The radiation free technique enables the data acquisition in approx. 400 msec. The robust measurement principle uses the projection of sinusoidal fringe patterns to create three point clouds. The patented mirror setup allows to scan the patient easily from ear to ear. The data processing starts with the fully-automatic and accurate alignment of the three point clouds. Sophisticated preand post-processing algorithms enable then the creation of a curvature dependent thinned triangular mesh. Finally, a high-resolution 2d image is mapped to the mesh with sub-pixel accuracy to create a photo-realistic representation of the patient’s face. Especially in a clinical environment the acceptance of new equipment depends strongly on the convenience of the handling of the device. The FaceSCAN 3D ’s simple user interface makes this as easy as using a digital camera. Operating the scanner can be learned in less than 20 minutes. The data can be exported in a variety of formats suitable for importing into analysis software. The applications range from radiation-free cephalometrics to overlay with CBCT data. The FaceSCAN 3D data is an additional channel for the surgeon not only to do state-of-the art patient education but also gives him the possibility to plan his operations based on what we call a virtual patient model. An accurate before-after comparison enables quality control of the outcome of the surgery. In this paper the basics of our measurement principle are explained. After a short course about 3d data processing we focus on two interesting applications.
No . 2010-0 01 Marriage Relationships Among Households in the mid 19 th Century Tama , Japan

This paper studies the formation of marriage relationships between two households in 19 th century, Tama, Japan. Previous studies on marriage market or partner selection in the Japanese past tended to rely either on information from a single village in case of statistical analysis, or on collection of oral histories. By using the information from a household register that covers 35 villages, and applying the method of social network analysis, this paper goes beyond the limitation of previous studies. Our empirical results show that there was a tendency for socio-economic homogamy and endogamy (within kinship and within village) among peasants in the mid 19 th century Tama, Japan. Keyword: Marriage, Japan, Network, Household, Household registers
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ( ALL ) samples and 11 Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( AML ) samples and another data set from ApoAI Knockout Experiment

One of the most important statistical issues in array technology lies in the analysis of gene expression data is to identify genes, which are differentially expressed across tissue samples or experimental conditions. Fold change is the simplest method for identifying differentially expressed genes (De Risi et al. (1997 ), Eisen et al., (1998)). Literature on traditional clustering and discrimination methods in gene expression analysis include works by Eisen et al., (1998) , Golub et al. (1999), Spellman et al., (1998), Tamayo et al., (1999),Tibshirani et al., (1999) and Brown and Botstein (1999). Most of the methods use various types of clustering algorithms such as K-means clustering, hierarchical clustering and self organizing maps to discriminate and characterize patterns of gene expression. Dudoit et al., (2000) have proposed a method of univariate testing for each gene and correction for multiple testing in selecting differentially expressed genes with low false discovery rate. The clustering analysis after the preliminary selection of important genes
Reaction time and short term memory : Implication of negative set-1

High speed exhaustive scan hypothe~is was investigated using a modified Sternberg's RT technique. The difference of information processing methods under the varied response patternse established before carrying out the experiment was not substantiated in the findings. It was found that the mean RT of positive response without negative response and that of positive response with negative response increase approximately parallel with increasing of positive set size and that their characteristics are the same. The only difference in the response conditions that could be emphasized was that positive response without negative response was faster than positive response with negative response, but the loga' rithmic slopes of the functions relating the RT to size of the memory set did not replicate the Sternberg's hypothesis.
THE ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS NONMAXWELL RELAXATION IN DISORDERED MEDIA: PHYSICAL MECHANISMS AND FRACTIONAL RELAXATION EQUATIONS

The problem of charge relaxation in disordered systems has been solved. It is shown, that due to the inhomogeneity of the medium the charge relaxation has a non-Maxwell character. The two physical mechanisms of a such behavior have been founded. The first one is connected with the ”fractality” of conducting ways. The second mechanism of nonexponential non-Maxwell behavior is connected with the frequency dispersion of effective conductivity of heterogeneous medium, initially consisting of conducting phases without dispersion. The new generalized relaxation equations in the form of fractional temporal integro-differential equations are deduced. MIRAMARE – TRIESTE December 2004
Design and Development 3 . 1 Design and Development of Emotional Speech Databases

3.1 Design and Development of Emotional Speech Databases Nowadays the researchers are taking interest in emotion detection by Speech. In HCI, many researchers are finding the depth of the area for emotion detection from speech. The emotional speech differs from the normal speech in terms of change in pitch, loudness, timbre, speech rate, and pauses. The design and development of emotional speech database is essential for analyzing the emotions from the speech. The emotional speech database is needed for the further study of robust automatic speech recognition (ASR) and for robotics. The emotional speech database might be useful to challenge the robustness of a variety of speech applications in automatic speech recognition systems (ASRS). We have developed two speech data corpuses. First, we have designed and developed a simulated database by using the isolated words which have been taken from Marathi movies. The emotional dialogues were recorded which were acted by actors and actress simulating the emotions. As the recorded samples were mimicked by the actor and actress we call it as Artificial Marathi Emotional Speech corpora and later we have developed an isolated words Marathi emotional speech corpora which was collected by fifty Marathi speakers. The detail development process along with the text corpus development and the standard steps of emotional speech database development is discussed below.
Development of planted seagrass beds in Tampa Bay , Florida , USA . 11 . Fauna 1 components

In this paper we report on changes in shrimp, fish and crab abundance, composition and size in planted Halodule wrightii and Syringodium filiforme beds as compared to unvegetated, and natural. H. wrightii, S. filiforme, and Thalassia testudinum habitats in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, over a 3 yr period (1987 to 1990). Using a gear type selective for small resident macroepibenthic fauna (1 m2 dropnets), we found that in 1.8 yr H. wrightii planted on 0.5 m centers developed an animal density, number of taxa, and species composition equivalent to that found in natural beds. Animals tended to be larger in planted beds over the course of the study. Comparison of planted S. filiforme and mixed H. wrightii and S. fjliforme with natural beds was impaired due to failure of several planting areas but exhibited a pattern of development similar in some ways to that of planted H. wrightii. Macroepibenthic animal density in planted beds displayed an asymptotic relationship with areal shoot density, where animal densities became equal to natural beds at shoot densities only a third of the average density for natural beds. This pattern corroborates the existence of threshold values of habitat structure in seagrass beds influencing numerical abundance of some associated animal communities. Macroepibenthic fauna1 abundance and composition in planted beds could be inferred from the amount of areal coverage of seagrass and its persistence over time, while measurement of areal shoot density may provide an important first check point on the road to functional restoration of seagrass habitat.
HERWIG 6: an event generator for hadron emission reactions with interfering gluons (including supersymmetric processes)

HERWIG is a general-purpose Monte Carlo event generator, which includes the simulation of hard lepton-lepton, lepton-hadron and hadron-hadron scattering and soft hadron-hadron collisions in one package. It uses the parton-shower approach for initial- and final-state QCD radiation, including colour coherence effects and azimuthal correlations both within and between jets. This article updates the description of HERWIG published in 1992, emphasising the new features incorporated since then. These include, in particular, the matching of first-order matrix elements with parton showers, a more correct treatment of heavy quark decays, and a wide range of new processes, including many predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, with the option of R-parity violation. At the same time we offer a brief review of the physics underlying HERWIG, together with details of the input and control parameters and the output data, to provide a self-contained guide for prospective users of the program.
TREATING PREMENSTRUAL DYSMORPHIC DISORDER Treating Premenstrual Stress and Premenstrual Dysmorphic Disorder : A Best Practices Manual

The prevalence of Premenstrual Stress (PMS) is 30% and Premenstrual Dysmorphic Disorder (PMDD) is 8% of the current female population. There is very little research available on PMS and PMDD, however, the manual created for this thesis covers various topics and techniques to help reduce aversive the symptoms. The manual also provides easy to access information that is understandable to all women from various backgrounds. The manual focuses on best practices according to the literature. It includes techniques known as common treatments for PMS and PMDD such as stress reduction, cognitive behavioural therapy, maintaining a healthy life style, antidepressants, and hormone therapy. The manual was informally reviewed by women who provided feedback on strengths and limitations of the content. iii TREATING PREMENSTRUAL DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
Draft Vertical distribution of fine root area in relation to stand age and environmental factors in black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia L . ) forests of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Journal: Canadian Journal of Forest Research Manuscript ID cjfr-2018-0149.R1 Manuscript Type: Article Date Submitted by the Author: 26-Jun-2018 Complete List of Authors: Zhang, Zhongdian; Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University Huang, Mingbin; Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University Zhang, Yongkun; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources Keyword: fine root area, rooting pattern, stand age, precipitation gradient, Hillslope Is the invited manuscript for consideration in a Special Issue? : Not applicable (regular submission)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recent Work Title A Unified Approach to Noise Removal , Image Enhancement , and Shape Recovery Permalink

We present a unified approach to noise removal, image enhancement, and shape recovery in images. The underlying approach relies on the level set formulation of curve and surface motion, which leads to a class of PDE-based algorithms. Beginning with an image, the first stage of this approach removes noise and enchances the image by evolving the image under flow controlled by min/max curvature flow and by the mean curvature. This stage is applicable to both salt-and-pepper grey-scale noise and full-image continuous noise present in black and white images, grey-scale images, texture images and color images. The noise removal/enhancement schemes applied in this stage contains only one enhancement parameter, which in most cases is automatically chosen, and stop automatically at some optimal point. Continued application of the scheme produces no further change. The second stage of our approach is the shape recovery of a desired object; we again exploit the level set approach to evolve an initial curve/surface towards the desired boundary, driven by an image-dependent speed function which automatically stops at the desired boundary. *Supported in part by the Applied Mathematics Subprogram of the Office of Energy Research under DE-AC03-76SF00098, and the National Science Foundation DARPA under grant DMS-8919074. tNSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Science and Engineering
Interactive comment on “ Spatial and temporal variation of anthropogenic black carbon emissions in China for the period 1980 – 2009 ” by

The authors developed an anthropogenic BC emission inventory in China for the period 1980-2009. The BC emission inventory is essential and important data for atmospheric science community and policymaker in the field of PM pollution as well as climate change due to the SLCF. The topic certainly is suitable for ACP. The manuscript presents the spatial and temporal variations for BC emissions in China, the comparison with other inventories, and uncertainty analysis. The author’s inventory has some
Safety of tremelimumab (CP-675,206) in patients (pts) with advanced cancer

3040 Background: Tremelimumab is an investigational anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody that prolongs T-cell activation and expansion. It has been shown to induce durable tumor responses in patients with melanoma and is undergoing evaluation as a cancer therapy. Methods: An analysis of safety data across 6 single-agent clinical studies at the intended dose (15 mg/kg Q3mo) was performed. Adverse events (AEs) were graded according to NCI-CTC criteria. Results: As of November 2007, 786 pts (91% with melanoma) had received ≥1 cycles of tremelimumab constituting 1,249 doses (range 1–7 doses/pt). 60% of pts were male, 93% were white, and 29% were >65 years of age. Seventy-nine percent of pts reported one or more treatment-related AEs; 70% of which were mild to moderate (CTC grade 1 or 2). 15.4% of pts had grade 3 and 2.8% had grade 4 treatment-related events. Treatment discontinuation due to AEs was 6%. Event frequency and severity was lower in cycle ≥2. The most common and clinically significant AE was diarrhea (36.
Application , characterization and model development of Cassia obtusifolia seed gum in 1 treating raw and complex industrial effluent together with alum 2 3

Coagulation is effective, simple to operate, and widely used in treatment of industrial effluent. However, commonly used inorganic coagulants pose detrimental effects on human health and living organisms, and generate large amount of toxic sludge. Thus, this study investigated the optimized use of Cassia obtusifolia alone or combination of alum with lower dosages in treatment of industrial effluent. In this study, raw pulp and paper mill effluent was used as a model wastewater in confirming the potential use of C. obtusifolia seed gum as a plant0based coagulant or coagulant aid. Response surface methodology enabled the study of interactive effects between operating treatment conditions, and to determine the optimal treatment conditions. The analysis of variance results obtained in the present study reflected significant quadratic models and strong correlations between operating conditions and treatment performance. In addition, current findings suggested that the coagulation mechanism using C. obtusifolia seed gum was most likely based on adsorption with inter-particle bridging. Floc characterization also showed distinctive results, indicating the presence of active functional groups and the thermal stability of floc formed using C. obtusifolia seed gum. A significant reduction of coagulant dosages up to 67-91% was attained with the combined use of C. obtusifolia seed gum and alum. At natural pH of raw PPME (pH 7.2), optimal dosages of 0.17 and 0.09 g/L C. obtusifolia seed gum and alum, respectively were required to achieve maximum total suspended solids and chemical oxygen demand removals (91.6 and 58.3%, respectively). The present study revealed C. obtusifolia seed gum could be used as a potential plant-based coagulant or coagulant aid in treatment of raw and complex industrial effluent.
New diagnostics and biological predictors of outcome in early breast cancer

The key to optimising our approach in early breast cancer is to individualise care. Each patient has a tumour with innate features that dictate their chance of relapse and their responsiveness to treatment. Often patients with similar clinical and pathological tumours will have markedly different outcomes and responses to adjuvant intervention. These differences are encoded in the tumour genetic profile. Effective biomarkers may replace or complement traditional clinical and histopathological markers in assessing tumour behaviour and risk. Development of high-throughput genomic technologies is enabling the study of gene expression profiles of tumours. Genomic fingerprints may refine prediction of the course of disease and response to adjuvant interventions. This review will focus on the role of multiparameter gene expression analyses in early breast cancer, with regards to prognosis and prediction. The prognostic role of genomic signatures, particularly the Mammaprint and Rotterdam signatures, is evolving. With regard to prediction of outcome, the Oncotype Dx multigene assay is in clinical use in tamoxifen treated patients. Extensive research continues on predictive gene identification for specific chemotherapeutic agents, particularly the anthracyclines, taxanes and alkylating agents.
φ 2 as dark matter

In this paper, we consider φ 2 scalar field potential as a candidate to dark matter. If it is an ultralight boson particle, it condensates like a Bose–Einstein system at very early times and forms the basic structure of the Universe. Real scalar fields collapse in equilibrium configurations which oscillate in space–time (oscillatons). The cosmological behaviour of the field equations are solved using the dynamical system formalism. We use the current cosmological parameters as constraints for the present value of the scalar field and reproduce
The use of the plusoptiX photoscreener for vision screening

Aim: Auto-refractors have evolved into tools that can be used for vision screening by detecting uncorrected refractive errors and eye misalignment in less than a second. By comparing the measured levels of refractive error to pre-set criteria and assessing ocular alignment, the device will advise a ‘Pass’ or ‘Fail’ result for each child screened. The aim of this review is to determine if the plusoptiX photoscreener provides a viable alternative to traditional screening methods. Methods: A literature search of databases was performed, focusing on publications from the last 5 years. Results: The ability of the device to detect the presence of a referral factor (sensitivity) ranges from 47% to 99%. The ability of the device to correctly identify that referral factor (specificity) ranges from 49% to 100%. Low sensitivity resulted in up to a 6.3% rate of under-referral by the device (false negative) with low specificity resulting in 35% of those screened being referred unnecessarily (false positives). These ranges can be changed by adjusting the referral criteria within the device, with the level of hypermetropia detected the greatest cause of under- or over-referral. Conclusion: By setting the appropriate criteria for referral within the device, a reasonable level of sensitivity and specificity have been demonstrated. The device could provide a useful tool for screening, offering a good level of accuracy for the detection of amblyogenic risk factors in children.
THE COMPARISON AND EVALUATION cOF FORECASTERS ' by

In this paper, we present methods for comparing and evaluating forecasters whose predictions are presented as their subjective probability distributions of various random variables that will be observed in the future, eg. weather forecasters who each day must specify their own probabilities that it will rain in a particular location. We begin by reviewing the concepts of calibration and refinement, and describing the relationship between this notion of refinement and the notion of sufficiency in the comparison of statistical experiments. We also consider the question of interrelationships among forecasters and discuss methods by which an observer should combine the predictions from two or more different forecasters. Then we turn our attention to the concept of a proper scoring rule for evaluating forecasters, relating it to the concepts of calibration and refinement. Finally, we discuss conditions under which one forecaster can exploit the predictions of another forecaster to obtain a better score. Accession For NTIS GRA&I DTIC TAB Unannounced 0 Justification By Distribution/ Availability Codes ,Avail and/or Dist Special
Merced Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Title Learning near-optimal search in a minimal explore / exploit task Permalink

How well do people search an environment for non-depleting resources of different quality, where it is necessary to switch between exploring for new resources and exploiting those already found? Employing a simple card selection task to study exploitation and exploration, we find that the total resources accrued, the number of switches between exploring and exploiting, and the number of trials until stable exploitation becomes more similar to those of the optimal strategy as experience increases across searches. Subjects learned to adjust their effective (implicit) thresholds for exploitation toward the optimal threshold over 30 searches. Those implicit thresholds decrease over turns within each search, just as the optimal threshold does, but subjects’ explicitly stated exploitation threshold increases over turns. Nonetheless, both the explicit and learned implicit thresholds produced performance close to optimal.