Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Divide-and-Conquer Learning with Nyström: Optimal Rate and Algorithm

Kernel Regularized Least Squares (KRLS) is a fundamental learner in machine learning. However, due to the high time and space requirements, it has no capability to large scale scenarios. Therefore, we propose DC-NY, a novel algorithm that combines divide-and-conquer method, Nystrom, conjugate gradient, and preconditioning to scale up KRLS, has the same accuracy of exact KRLS and the minimum time and space complexity compared to the state-of-the-art approximate KRLS estimates. We present a theoretical analysis of DC-NY, including a novel error decomposition with the optimal statistical accuracy guarantees. Extensive experimental results on several real-world large-scale datasets containing up to 1M data points show that DC-NY significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art approximate KRLS estimates.
Symbolic capital within the lived experiences of Eastern European migrants: a gendered perspective

ABSTRACT Despite recent large flows of migrants to the UK, the gendered nature of how men and women experience migrant entrepreneurial journeys remains under-researched. This article contributes to debates within the field of entrepreneurship by exploring the lived experiences of transnational migrant entrepreneurs setting up enterprises in the UK. Reporting the findings of interviews with forty-seven Eastern European transnational migrant entrepreneurs, this article focuses on the rarely discussed form of symbolic capital understood as the prestige, status and positive reputation individuals possess in the eyes of others. Our findings demonstrate the multifaceted and often gendered nature of forms of cultivated symbolic capital. Men use traditional conceptions of ‘status’ and ‘prestige’ to accrue forms of symbolic capital, which consequently facilitate and legitimate the transfer of economic capital into their UK businesses. In contrast, women, by setting up successful businesses in the UK, gain legitimacy in the eyes of family and friends in their home countries. This in turn enables them to overcome traditional gendered ascribed roles in which their visibility is centred solely around looking after children and the family. The article concludes by reflecting on the contributions and implications for theory and practice before identifying directions for further research.
Immunohistochemical approach to differential diagnosis of non-small cell lung carcinoma in bronchoscopic biopsy specimens

Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) includes squamous cell carcinoma, adeno-carcinoma and large cell carcinoma. Subtyping of NSCLC is essential for therapy. Classification of NSCLC into more specific histological subtypes is carried out by morpho-logic examination or immunohistochemistry. The aim of this study was immunohistochemical analysis of NSCLC (squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma) in bronchoscopic biopsies. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded bronchoscopic mucosal samples from 40 patients with NSCLC (20 patients with squamous cell carcinoma and 20 patients with adenocarcinoma) were retrieved from pulmonary pathology archives at Center for Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, Clinical Center Nis. Serial histological sections of 4 μm thickness were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and immunohistochemical method DAKO LSAB for TTF-1, p63, and CK5/6 antibodies. Positive immunoreactivity for p63 was found in 95% of squamous cell carcinomas (19/20), while for CK5/6 in 90% of squamous cell carcinomas (18/20), and in 5% of adenocarcinomas (1/20). In 80% of adenocarcinomas (16/20), a positive TTF-1 immuno-phenotype was found, while all squamous cell carcinomas were negative for this marker (0/20). Immunohistochemical analysis (panel p63, CK5/6 and TTF-1) is a useful ancillary tool for distinguishing squamous cell lung carcinoma from adenocarcinoma in broncho-scopic biopsy specimens.
Monitoring Forests in Space and Time Using Close-Range Sensing

In this review, we summarize the current state-of-the-art in the utilization of close-range sensing in forest monitoring. We include technologies, such as terrestrial and mobile laser scanning as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, which are mainly used for collecting detailed information from single trees, forest patches or small forested landscapes. Based on the current published scientific literature, the capacity to characterize changes in forest ecosystems using close-range sensing has clearly been recognized. Forest growth has been the most investigated cause for changes and terrestrial laser scanner the most applied sensor for capturing forest structural changes. Unmanned aerial vehicles, on the other hand, have been used to acquire aerial imagery for detecting tree height growth and monitoring forest health. Mobile laser scanning has not yet been used in forest change monitoring except for a few early investigations. Considering the length of the forest growth process, investigated time spans have been rather short, less than 10 years. In addition, data from only two time points have been used in many of the studies, which has further been limiting the capability of understanding dynamics related to forest growth. In general, method development and quantification of changes have been the main interests so far regardless of the driver of change. This shows that the close-range remote sensing community has just started to explore the time dimension and its possibilities for forest characterization.
Association between Interleukin-6 (-174 G/C and -572 C/G) promoter gene polymorphisms and risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in North Indian population: A case control study

Background: Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pro-inflammatory cytokine is involved in various vascular pathologies including stroke. Till date, no studies have been reported for the association between IL-6 gene polymorphisms with the risk of Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Objective: The aim of this present case-control study was to investigate the association between IL-6 (-174 G/C and -572 C/G) gene polymorphisms and risk of ICH in North Indian population. Methods: Genotyping was carried out by using SNaPshot method for ICH patients and 100 age-sex matched ICH free controls. Conditional logistic regression analysis with adjusting multiple demographic and risk factor variables was used to calculate the strength of association between IL-6 (-174 G/C and -572 C/G) polymorphisms and risk of ICH. Results: Hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking and low socioeconomic status were found to be associated with the risk of ICH. The distribution of -174 G/C and -572 C/G genotypes was consistent with Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) in the ICH and control subjects. Conditional logistic regression analysis showed a significant association between IL-6 -572 C/G gene polymorphism and the risk of ICH under dominant model (OR=3.7; 95%CI 1.05 to 13.1; p=0.004) and allelic model (OR=2.6; 95%CI 1.1 to 6.2; p=0.01). No significant association was observed for the association between IL-6 -174 G/C gene polymorphism and risk of ICH. Conclusion: Our results suggest that IL-6 (-572 C/G) polymorphism is significantly associated with the risk of ICH in North Indian population. Further prospective studies with large sample size are needed for independent validation.
A High Accuracy Solver for RTE in Under water Optical Communication Path Loss Prediction

In this paper, we present another improved numerical structure to assess the time-subordinate radiative transfer equation (RTE) for underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC) frameworks. The RTE predicts the optical way loss of light in an underwater channel, as a function of the inalienable optical properties (IOPs) identified with the water type, to be specific the absorption and scattering coefficients just as the phase scattering function (PSF). We achieve the reenactment execution dependent on an improvement of the limited distinction plot proposed in [1] just as an upgrade of the quadrature technique expecting to figure the necessary term of the RTE [2]. Furthermore, we assess the got power at the collector plane in three measurements by thinking about a given beneficiary opening and a field of view (FOV). At long last, we assess the UOWC framework's bit mistake rate execution metric as a function of the spread separation, and time.
Neopalatial and Mycenaean Knossos: urban expansion and collapse

While occupied as a major centre for almost eight millennia, the phase most thoroughly investigated, and for which Knossos is best known, both academically and popularly, is the Late Bronze Age. The earlier phase, the Neopalatial period, includes also the final phase of the Middle Bronze Age, beginning to receive more attention but still not as well known as its LM I successor. For this period, the survey data now documents that the site extended over approximately a square km. expanding considerably on recent estimates. This is twice the extent of any other Aegean Bronze Age centre, and on a par with very large contemporary urban centres in the East Mediterranean and Middle East. At documented LM I occupation densities, this should represent a population of around 25,000 individuals, representing a unique and challenging social environment within the prehistoric and early historic Aegean region. The later Bronze Age phases at the site are not documented in the same detail, and the study of the survey data is still at an early stage. But our preliminary analysis suggests a considerable reduction in the extent of the site in the LM II-IIIA Final Palatial period, contemporary with the development of the mainland Mycenaean centres, and probably a further significant reduction in the LM IIIB-IIIC Postpalatial period. Yet even in this late phase, with some evidence of occupation over a minimum of 20 ha. , the site would still have been a major centre, roughly comparable to contemporary mainland palatial centres. This is the least well understood prehistoric phase in terms of our survey data, as well as existing excavation data, but our preliminary work is beginning to point toward a significantly different perspective on Postpalatial Crete and the transition to the Early Iron Age.
A Cautionary Tale for Psychology and Higher Education in Asia: Following Western Practices of Incentivising Scholarship May Have Negative Outcomes

Cases of scientific fraud and research misconduct in general have escalated in Western higher education over the last 20 years. These practices include forgery, distortion of facts and plagiarism, the outright faking of research results and thriving black markets for positive peer reviews and ghost-written papers. More recently, the same abuses have found their way into Asian higher education with some high profile and widely covered cases in India, South Korea, China and Japan. Reports of misconduct are now reaching alarming proportions in Asia, and the negative consequences for individuals, institutions, governments and society at large are incalculable. The incentives for academic scientists in Asia are approaching and even surpassing those ordinarily seen in the West. Cash payments for publishing articles in high impact journals can double or even triple yearly salaries in some cases. Combining this environment with the simultaneous pressure to obtain oftentimes scarce funding for research has produced a culture of unethical behaviour worldwide. This article assesses three important issues regarding scientific fraud and research misconduct: distorted incentives for research and overreliance upon metrics, damage to the integrity of higher education and public trust and improving research environments so as to deter unethical behaviour. This is especially crucial for emerging Asian countries, in particular Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), whose scientific infrastructure is less developed, but nonetheless has the potential to become a major player in the development of psychology as well as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research and training.
A Review on Noninvasive Beat-to-Beat Systemic and Pulmonary Blood Pressure Estimation Through Surrogate Cardiovascular Signals

Blood pressure monitoring is essential in hospital and home monitoring scenarios, with applications requiring on-line beat-to-beat blood pressure estimation, such as tele-monitoring of neurally mediated syncope. This chapter presents a comprehensive review of investigated approaches and reported performance, using different noninvasive correlates of the circulatory and cardiovascular system. Papers of interest were located in Scopus, IEEE Xplore and PubMed databases. The resulting pool of papers was then methodologically reviewed using 5 thematic taxonomies developed: 1) pulse arrival time and pulse transit time, 2) vascular transit time, 3) RS2 time, 4) heart sound characteristics, 5) PPG characteristics. The status of evidence in the literature demonstrates that cardiovascular signals such as the electrocardiogram, photoplethysmogram, and phonocardiogram contain important information for the estimation of blood pressure. Still, there are open issues regarding the validity, reliability and stability of these methods. A Review on Noninvasive Beat-to-Beat Systemic and Pulmonary Blood Pressure Estimation through Surrogate Cardiovascular Signals
Étude de l’âge au premier vêlage des vaches laitières en Ille-et-Vilaine à l’échelle de l’animal et des élevages

Dans les elevages bovins laitiers, limiter la periode improductive des genisses en diminuant l’âge au premier velage permet de reduire les charges economiques qui leurs sont allouees. Dans l’objectif de sensibiliser les eleveurs sur cette problematique, Eilyps, entreprise de conseil en elevages, souhaitait s’assurer de l’absence d’effet nefaste d’une diminution de l’âge au premier velage sur les performances zootechniques ulterieures des vaches laitieres. Pour cela, les performances zootechniques de 30 000 vaches Prim’Holstein ont ete analysees grâce a des tests d’analyses de variances et des regressions logistiques. A l’echelle de la carriere, les vaches velant a 24 mois ont des performances zootechniques similaires aux vaches velant a 28 mois. Les vaches qui velent a 24 mois ont de meilleures performances de production laitiere et de reproduction que celles qui velent a plus de 32 mois : 2 361 kg de lait produit en plus sur la carriere et des intervalles velage-velage plus courts de 6 jours. Sur le plan zootechnique, diminuer l’âge au premier velage s’avere etre sans risque, mais est-ce une priorite dans tous les elevages ? Une classification ascendante hierarchique a permis de caracteriser les differents types d’elevages adherant aux services d’Eilyps. Diminuer l’âge au premier velage n’apparait pas comme une priorite dans certains types d’elevages : les elevages avec une conduite alimentaire econome basee sur le pâturage et les elevages dans lesquels la technique est moins maitrisee.
Musei, Patrimonio Digitale e Questioni Organizzative: Stato dell’Arte.Museums, Digital Heritage and Organizational Issues: State of the Art

Il seguente articolo indaga gli effetti che un uso diffuso delle tecnologie digitali ha generato nelle istituzioni museali, adottando una prospettiva organizzativa e gestionale. Attraverso una approfondita revisione della letteratura, basata sulla selezione di fonti eterogenee, lo studio identifica tre macroaree di cambiamento riscontrate nell’ambito museale: innovazione dei modelli di business, professioni emergenti e strategia digitale. L’obiettivo principale e quello di raccogliere informazioni frammentate, provenienti sia da studi accademici che relazioni progettuali al fine di ricostruire un quadro unitario dello stato dell’arte sulla relazione tra musei e tecnologie digitali, offrendo spunti di riflessione utili per ulteriori ricerche.
Social Networks as a Tool for Leadership in Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

In the spread of digital technologies, the development of entrepreneurship ecosystems based on social networks is considered to be a business development strategy contributing to the achievement of market leadership. The value of entrepreneurship ecosystems development is determined by the effects of using social networks. Our paper shows that the effects of using social networks may occur at different levels and may also be both positive and negative. At the microeconomic level using social media expands markets for products though causing an increase in competition among companies. Networking at the meso-economic level is a positive effect; however, there is a shift in industry proportions in the economy towards the services sector. And, finally, at the macroeconomic level using social media encourages the development of the domestic market, but this is accompanied by an increase in costs of control and maintenance of economic institutions. In addition, the strategy for the development of entrepreneurship ecosystems is to consider a regional and content differentiation of social networks. Furthermore, our paper analyzes a regional differentiation of social networks markets considering certain global and national features of their development. The analysis of a content differentiation included studying the development of field-specific sites of social networks.
Congenital muscular dystrophy a case study with a mutation in the POMT1 gene

Background: The congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) are a group of heterogeneous diseases, manifested with a wide variety of clinical findings. Dystroglycanopathy is regarded as a subgroup among the CMD group of diseases. POMT1 mutations that cause alpha-dystroglycan hypoglycolization are reported to cause CMD diseases with autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. Case Presentation: A 14-year-old girl patient was referred with classical symptoms for CMDs. Whole exome sequencing (WES) analysis revealed a mutation in the POMT1 gene after the differential diagnosis of the patient. A homozygous mutation detected in the patient diagnosed muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with mental retardation), type B, 1 (OMIM 613155). Conclusion: Different mutations in the POMT1 gene have been found to cause three different types of diseases (CMDs). The differential diagnosis for these diseases clinically remains difficult, as a result, detailed clinical evaluation of patients becomes mandatory. Also, a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach involving complete clinical information and anamnesis is essential for the interpretation of genetic test results for such complex disorders.
The end of the refugee cycle? Refugee repatriation & reconstruction.

List of Tables and Figures Acknowlegements Abbreviations Introduction: The End of the Refugee Cycle? Richard Black and Khalid Koser Chapter 2. Researching Repatriation And Reconstruction: Who Is Researching What And Why? Rosemary Preston Chapter 3. Revisiting a 'Repatriation Success': The Case of Cambodia Marita Eastmond and Joakim A-jendal Chapter 4. Repatriation and Reconstruction: The Case of Afghanistan Peter Marsden Chapter 5. Contradictions and Control in Repatriation: Negotiations For The Return Of 500,000 Eritrean Refugees Lucia Ann McSpadden Chapter 6. Repatriation from South Africa to Mozambique - Undermining Durable Solutions? Chris Dolan Chapter 7. Repatriation from the European Union to Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Role of Information Martha Walsh, Richard Black and Khalid Koser Chapter 8. The Point of No Return: The Politics of the Swiss Tamil Repatriation Agreement Christopher McDowell Chapter 9. The 'Self' in Self-Repatriation: Closing Down Mugunga Camp, Eastern Zaire Johan Pottier Chapter 10. From 'Refugee' to 'Repatriate': Russian Repatriation Discourse in the Making Hilary Pilkington and Moya Flynn Chapter 11. Why Angolan Soldiers Worry about Demobilisation and Reintegration Art Hansen and David Tavares Chapter 12. Repatriation and Everyday Forms of State Formation in Guatemala Finn Stepputat Chapter 13. Examining the Discourse of Repatriation: Towards a More Proactive Theory of Return Migration Laura Hammond Notes Contributors Bibliography Index
The Impact of Performance Anxiety on Female Athletes

4 Chapter 1: Introduction.5-7 Chapter 2: Methods and Procedures.8-10 Chapter 3: Literature Review.11-18 Chapter 4: Results and Discussion.19-21 References.22-23 Appendix A: Article Grid.24-29 IMPACT OF PERFORMANCE ANXIETY ON FEMALE ATHLETES 4 Abstract The purpose of this synthesis is to examine the impact of performance anxiety onThe purpose of this synthesis is to examine the impact of performance anxiety on female athletes. Articles reviewed were aimed at answering two questions, what are the major sources that contribute to performance anxiety, and how does anxiety impact female athletes. Delimiting variables were used to do an exhaustive data-based search which yielded 10 articles. The research studies synthesized through this project were analyzed with the goal of concluding about the impact of performance anxiety on female athletes. It was revealed that while females experience higher levels of cognitive anxiety compared to males, cognitive and somatic anxiety increases from training to competition. Also, the sources of that anxiety can be both internal and external.
The Correlation between Serum Level of N-Terminal Pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide and Gensini Score in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Introduction: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has emerged as an important biomarker for developing the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases, as several studies have shown that serum levels of NT-proBNP elevate in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD). We performed this study to find any possible correlation between serum levels of NT-proBNP and Gensini score in patients diagnosed with ACS. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 100 consecutive patients with ACS who were candidates of angiography were recruited and their serum levels of NT-proBNP, Gensini scores, lipid profiles and troponin I levels were measured. Results: Sixty six male and 34 female patients with a mean age of 57.5 years, including 44 with unstable angina, 33 with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, and 23 with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction were enrolled. The mean serum NT-proBNP level and the Gensini score were 1987.16 pg/mL (17.9-8841) and 31.09 (6-92.5), respectively. The serum NT-proBNP levels and Gensini scores were significantly correlated with a Spearman correlation coefficient of 0.953 (P < 0.001). Serum levels of NT-proBNP were not different in patients with single-vessel disease, 2-vessel disease and 3-vessel disease (P = 0.257). NT-Pro-BNP levels were also correlated positively with troponin I levels (correlation coefficient = 0.779) and negatively with left ventricular ejection fraction (correlation coefficient = -0.55). Smoker patients had higher NT-proBNP levels (P = 0.047). Neither Gensini scores nor NT-Pro-BNP levels had significant correlation with lipid profile or blood sugar. Conclusions: NT-proBNP is directly correlated with Gensini score in patients with ACS and might be used as an important marker for risk stratification in those patients.
Vitamin D Status in Saudi Population: A Minireview

Vitamin D plays a major role in growth, development and overall health status. Vitamin D levels in serum are affected by various factors and a wide range of variation is being observed in different populations across the world. It is now believed that genetic factors may also contribute to the vitamin D levels in various ethnic groups. The present review aims at discussing the factors affecting vitamin D levels in Saudi population.