Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The architecture of the GenTest sequential test generator

GenTest is an automatic test pattern generator for sequential circuits. There are few constraints on the circuit, and scan design is not required. GenTest consists of the STG3 test generator and the DSIM differential fault simulator. The architecture of GenTest is described in detail, including the test generator, the embedded fault simulator, and the models of sequential elements used. GenTest has recently been extended to support test generation for circuits to be tested using current monitoring or I/sub DDQ/. Results of runs on the ISCAS'89 benchmarks are provided. <<ETX>>
Two-dimensional root cepstrum as feature extraction method for speech recognition

A novel and simple feature extraction method for speech recognition using the two-dimensional root cepstrum (TDRC) has been introduced. Because of the adjustable root index parameter (/spl gamma/) it has some advantages over the original two-dimensional cepstrum (TDC). Experiments on isolated word recognition using the TIMIT data base show promising results compared with the original TDC.
Accidents vasculaires cérébraux du sujet âgé : présentations atypiques Stroke in the elderly: atypical features

Strokes are frequent in the elderly. Functional outcome is worse in the elderly population and the risk of subsequent dementia is high (20%). Clinical presentation can be atypical with delirium, seizure or symptoms modified by memory impairment. Careful and thorough clinical examination is needed. Easy access to brain imaging (notably, MRI) is mandatory for early diagnosis. Education programs about stroke prevention and risk should be proposed for the elderly population and their relatives.
Can infovis tools support the analysis of spatio-temporal diffusion patterns in historic architecture?

This paper's main claim is that analytical reasoning on spatio-temporal diffusion patterns requires a step into abstraction that traditional figurative solutions like maps or 3D virtual models do not encourage. Accordingly, we investigate alternative research practices, namely infovis (Information visualisation) and visual analytics, where the focus is put on revealing patterns of change, and more generally on gaining insight on individuals and collections through visual means. We introduce four graphic combinations implemented on a test case - Zbigniew Dmochowski's architecture of Poland, a respected and comprehensive classification of architectural facts & trends in Poland over a millennium that combines morphological, stylistic and functional division lines. The contribution presents the pluses and minuses of these combinations, the arguments behind their making, how they have shed (or not) a new light on the test case.
MULTI-CLASSIFICATION FOR ROAD DETECTION IN UNSUPERVISED ENVIRONMENT

The aim of this paper is to develop a method for low-cost and accurate classification of high way and rural way image pixels for lane detection. The method uses three main elements: adaptive image splitting, sub-image level classification and homogeneity based merging. The classification is carried out on the resulting sub-images using a K-mean. After classification through a merging process the classified road and unroad classes are grouped into road and unroad regions, respectively. A forward and backward method is used to detect borders of the road region after grouping. Finally, we use the Kalman filter and the Bresenhem line drawing to connect the border pixels.
Certificate Based Scheme and Expedite Message Authentication Protocol for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

VANET security is major issue for researcher. Thus Ad-Hoc Networks embrace the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) for their security purpose. EMAP was presented to overcome the problem of the long delay incurred in checking the revocation status of a certificate using a CRL. From the experimental analysis it was observed that it is resistant to common attacks while performing the authentication techniques. Therefore, EMAP can significantly decrease the message-loss ratio due to message verification delay as compared to the conventional authentication methods employing CRL checking. Thus to further address these issues along with EMAP protocol, new EMAP method is presented called as CEMAP (certificate based EMAP) which is intended to overcome the authentication delay in message processing by reducing the complexity in Authentication process. CEMAP authentication protocol is constructed based on the combination of the new signature scheme and EMAP. The proposed algorithm reduces the delay by 10% than EMAP. Keywords—CEMAP authentication protocol, EMAP authentication, Vehicular networks, Communication security, Message signature authentication. __________________________________________________*****_______________________________________________
Error Locked Encoder and Decoder for Nanomemory Application

Memory cells have been protected from soft errors for more than a decade; due to the increase in soft error rate in logic circuits, the encoder and decoder circuitry around the memory blocks have become susceptible to soft errors as well and must also be protected. We introduce a new approach to design fault-secure encoder and decoder circuitry for memory designs. The key novel contribution of this paper is identifying and defining a new class of error-correcting codes whose redundancy makes the design of fault-secure detectors (FSD) particularly simple. We further quantify the importance of protecting encoder and decoder circuitry against transient errors, illustrating a scenario where the system failure rate (FIT) is dominated by the failure rate of the encoder and decoder. We prove that Euclidean Geometry Low-Density Parity-Check (EG-LDPC) codes have the fault-secure detector capability. Using some of the smaller EG-LDPC codes, we can tolerate bit or nanowire defect rates of 10% and fault rates of 10 -18 upsets/device/cycle, achieving a FIT rate at or below one for the entire memory system and a memory density of 10 11 bit/cm with nanowire pitch of 10 nm for memory blocks of 10 Mb or larger. Larger EG-LDPC codes can achieve even higher reliability and lower area overhead. Key terms: Decoder, encoder, fault tolerant, memory, density parity-check , fault-secure detector and nanotechnology.
Extrakorporale Membranoxygenierung in der Thoraxchirurgie: die Sicht des Anästhesisten

Zusammenfassung Auch in der Thoraxchirurgie sind in den letzten Jahren Behandlungspfade im Rahmen von „Enhanced-Recovery-after-Surgery“-Programmen entwickelt worden. Neben minimalinvasiven Operationstechniken sind dabei eine Vielzahl von anästhesiologischen Aspekten wie die Wahl kurz wirksamer Narkoseregime, der Einsatz von Regionalanalgesie, eine ausgeglichene intraoperative Flüssigkeitstherapie, die Vermeidung von postoperativer Übelkeit und Erbrechen und vor allem eine protektive Beatmung zu berücksichtigen. Bei einem Patientenkollektiv, das zunehmend auch bei vorbestehenden, teils schweren Lungenfunktionsstörungen operiert werden muss, führt eine protektive Beatmung unter den Bedingungen einer Ein-Lungen-Ventilation häufig zu schweren Gasaustauschstörungen. In dieser Situation stellt der Einsatz einer venovenösen extrakorporalen Membranoxygenierung (vvECMO) eine suffiziente und sichere Methode dar, die perioperative Behandlung dieser Patienten zu ermöglichen. Auch postoperativ kann die Genesung der Patienten durch eine Weiterführung des Verfahrens im Wachzustand sowohl notwendige Maßnahmen, wie Physio- und Atemtherapie und die Frühmobilisation, als auch die Ausheilung von Luftfistelung der operierten Lunge begünstigen. Zur Vermeidung von Blutungskomplikationen kann die ECMO aufgrund der Heparinbeschichtung der Schlauchsysteme intraoperativ zunächst ohne Antikoagulation betrieben werden. Postoperative Optionen der Antikoagulation stellen Heparin, Argatroban oder Bivalirudin dar. Auch neue Techniken, wie die minimalinvasive Thoraxchirurgie unter Regionalanästhesie mit Sedierung, können in der Zukunft möglicherweise durch den Einsatz einer vvECMO weiterentwickelt werden.
Blind equalization for short burst TDMA systems in wireless communications

This paper presents a equalization method to equalize the short burst without the aid of the training sequence in wireless mobile environments. This method is suitable for low-overhead and short burst TDMA systems such as personal access communications systems (PACS) whose frame is very short. In this paper, we also present a dual-mode blind equalization algorithm and discuss various blind equalization algorithms. In order to improve the system performance, we consider the use of two branch antenna diversity. The simulation results indicate that the proposed method along with the dual-mode blind equalization algorithm is feasible.
Gastrointestinal findings in children with Down syndrome: Is there an early sign for celiac disease?

Amac: Down sendromlu (DS) cocuklarda colyak hastaliginin (CH) sikligini ve gastrointestinal semptomlar ve eslik eden diger hastaliklarla birlikteligini saptamak. Yontemler: Calismaya klinigimizde takip edilen reguler trizomi 21 olan hastalar alindi. Yas, cinsiyet, gastrointestinal semptomlar (karin agrisi, kabizlik, diyare, abdominal distansiyon, kusma, siskinlik ve kilo alimi / kilo kaybi) ve eslik eden ek hastaliklar kaydedildi. Tum olgularda anti-doku transglutaminaz (anti-tTG) immunoglobulin A (IgA) duzeyleri analiz edildi. Serolojik olarak pozitif hastalar, bagirsak biyopsisi cocuk gastroenterolojisi tarafindan yapildi. Bulgular: Calismaya yas ortalamasi 3,2 ± 2,81 yil (2-13 yil) olan 98 cocuk alindi. Hastalarin 46 (% 46,9) kizdi. Hastalarin 3'unde (% 3,1) anti-tTG IgA pozitifligi vardi ve endoskopik biyopsilerin hepsinde Marsh tip 3b CH tanisi saptandi. CH saptanan DS'lu cocuklarda, korelasyon analizinde, hipotiroidizm (p=0,03) ve diyare (p=0,04) gorulmesi anlamliydi. DS'lu hastalarda, ishal gorulme riski 1,5 kat (0,67-3,34) artarken hipotiroidizm gorulme riski 2.75 kat (0.55-13.67) arttirdigi saptandi. Sonuc: Klinisyenler, DS'li cocuklarda ozellikle diyare ve / veya hipotiroidili varliginda Colyak hastaligi akilda tutulmalidir.
Antihormonelle Therapie des Prostatakarzinoms − Behandlungsindikation und kardiovaskuläres Risikoprofil − Vorteil für GnRH-Antagonisten?

Zusammenfassung Das Prostatakarzinom ist die häufigste urologische Tumorerkrankung des Mannes. Im lokalisierten Tumorstadium in Kombination mit der Strahlentherapie und insbesondere im fortgeschrittenen metastasierten Tumorstadium stellt die klassische antihormonelle Therapie ein wesentliches Therapieverfahren dar. Seit ca. 10 Jahren nimmt unser Wissen um das kardiovaskuläre Risiko dieser Therapie ständig zu. Die hier vorliegende Übersichtsarbeit stellt die wesentlichen Arbeiten zum kardiovaskulären Risiko der antihormonellen Therapie vor und beschreibt im Besonderen die aktuellen Daten zum kardiovaskulären Risiko beim Einsatz der GnRH-Antagonisten. Die multizentrische prospektive PRONOUNCE-Studie soll die Frage nach einem tatsächlichen Vorteil der GnRH-Antagonisten-Therapie im Vergleich zur klassischen LHRH-Analoga-Therapie im Hinblick auf kardiovaskuläre Ereignisse detaillierter beantworten. Der Artikel stellt weiterhin das Problem der heutigen antihormonellen Übertherapie trotz fehlender wissenschaftlicher Evidenz heraus und weist auf eine verbesserte Patientenselektion für den Einsatz der antihormonellen Therapie hin.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Thermotherapy Versus Pentavalent Antimonials for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Introduction: The treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis is toxic, has contraindications and a high cost. Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of thermotherapy versus pentavalent antimonials for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Methods: Effectiveness was the proportion of healing, and safety with the adverse effects; these parameters were estimated from a controlled clinical trial and a meta-analysis. A standard costing were conducted. Average and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were estimated. The uncertainty regarding effectiveness, safety and costs was determined through sensitivity analyses. Results: The total costs were $66,807 with Glucantime and $14,079 with thermotherapy. The therapeutic effectiveness rates were 64.2% for thermotherapy and 85.1% for Glucantime. The average cost-effectiveness ratios ranged between $721 and $1,275 for Glucantime and between $187 and $390 for thermotherapy. Based on the meta-analysis thermotherapy may be a dominant strategy. Conclusion: The excellent cost-effectiveness ratio of thermotherapy shows the relevance of its inclusion in guidelines for the treatment.
Interference Characteristics Of Microwave Ovens in Indoor Radio Communications

The scarcity of suitable radio spectrum for indoor radio communications under the regulatory constraints has prompted endeavors to investigate means of utilizing the valuable channel bandwidths available within these constraints. The interference potential of the microwave oven is characterized in an attempt to render the ISM band it occupied useful for indoor radio communications. The Characterization process included an in-depth power spectral measurement of the radiation. A theoretical model of the radiation characteristics i s then proposed. The interference characterization results point to a possible valuable fiequency bandwidth that may be available for high speed indoor communications usage in the YOW cost” consumer product arena.
Cross-site scripting detection based on an enhanced genetic algorithm

Software security vulnerabilities have led to many successful attacks on applications, especially web applications, on a daily basis. These attacks, including cross-site scripting, have caused damages for both web site owners and users. Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are easy to exploit but difficult to mitigate. Many solutions have been proposed for their detection. However, the problem of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities present in web applications still persists. In this paper, we propose to explore an approach based on genetic algorithms that will be able to detect cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the source code before an application is deployed. The proposed approach is, so far, only implemented and validated on Java-based web applications, although it can be implemented in other programming languages with slight modifications. Initial evaluations have indicated promising results.
[The clinical significance of severe human parechovirus infections in newborns and infants in Hungary].

INTRODUCTION Most human parechovirus (HPeV, family Picornaviridae) infections are asymptomatic but may cause gastroenteritis in children. New reports show that HPeVs can be associated with severe central nervous system symptoms and sepsis-like syndromes in infants. The clinical significance of HPeVs in Hungary has not been investigated before. AIM The aim of this study was to detect genotype HPeV in faecal samples of children and analysis of the clinical symptoms. METHOD For the detection and genotyping of HPeV strains, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and sequencing methods were used from faecal samples of children with gastroenteritis divided into three groups: group A) hospitalised children younger than 10 years (n = 75); group B) 0-12 months infants (n = 237) and group C) children less than 18 years of age with sepsis-like/neurological symptoms (n = 105) were tested. RESULTS Three HPeV positive samples (3/75, 4%) were found in group A, two of them belong to the HPeV type 1, the third was non-typeable. All positive samples were from infants of 7 to 11 months of age. In group B, HPeV was detected in 6.8% (16/237) of the samples. Five were HPeV1, six were HPeV3 and five were non-typeable. While most of the infants with HPeV1 (4/5) did not require hospitalisation, 83% of the HPeV3 infected infants (5/6) did. Five (4.8%) HPeV strains detected from children less than 18 years of age with sepsis-like/neurological symptoms (group C) belonged to HPeV1 (three) and HPeV3 (two). All positive samples were from hospitalised infants less than 2 months of age. CONCLUSION HPeV1 infections are less severe in infants than HPeV3 infections. The leading symptom of HPeV1 was diarrhoea, although in infants less than 1-2 months neurological symptoms (somnolence, lassitude) were also present. HPeV3 infections were more common among newborns. The main symptoms of severe HPeV3 infection are: gastroenteritis (7/8), fever ≥38 °C (6/7), loss of appetite (6/7), rash (4/7), somnolence/lassitude (3/7), sepsis-like syndrome (3/7) and respiratory symptoms (2/7). Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(10): 386-395.
Elastic Prefetching for High-Performance Storage Devices

Elastic Prefetching for High-Performance Heterogeneous Storage Devices The spectrum of storage devices has expanded dramatically in the last several years with the increasing popularity of NAND flash memory. While hard drives hold on to the capacity advantage, flash-based solid-state drives (SSD) with high IOPS and low latencies have become good candidates for data-intensive applications. As scientific and enterprise data requirements continue to grow rapidly, high-performance storage systems will consistently be in high demand. Although commonly used to improve the I/O performance of data-intensive applications, data prefetching, if inappropriately controlled, is likely interfere with normal I/O requests and result in lower application performance. In this work, we demonstrate that good performance benefits from data prefetching can be achieved with the help of accurate prediction and an adaptive feedback-directed prefetching rate that scales with application needs and is also sensitive to varying storage device architectures. We call this combined approach elastic prefetching. We have designed prefetchd, an elastic data prefetcher, that understands the architectural characteristics of heterogeneous storage devices and carefully prefetches data in a manner that closely matches application needs in runtime. We have implemented a Linux-based prototype that runs in userpsace, monitors application read requests, predicts which pages are likely to be read in the near future, and issues readahead system calls to load those pages into the system page cache, monitors its performance in time and space, and adjusts its operating parameters based on the results. We have evaluated the prototype on different SSDs, as well as SSD RAIDs, with a wide range of data-intensive applications and benchmarks. The prototype
Online Shop Web Tier in Java EE

This thesis is mainly focused on the Java Enterprise Edition 5 platform and the web application frameworks based on this platform. Brief introduction to the Java EE 5 platform helps understand the concepts used by the modern Java web application frameworks and other powerful tools used by Java web application developers. Some of the most widely used request-based and component-based Java web application frameworks are described in detail, as well as some other tools and approaches to Java web application development. Based on the specified requirements, a conceptual design of an online shop web tier in Java EE is proposed. Finally, a reference implementation of the online shop web tier following the proposed conceptual design is provided.
Instrucciones a los Autores

La revista Biociencias es el medio oficial de difusión científica de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Libre de Barranquilla, con periodicidad de publicación semestral, en ella se publican artículos de investigación científica y tecnológica, artículos de reflexión, artículos de revisión, artículos cortos o comunicaciones breves, reportes de casos, revisión de temas, cartas al editor, documentos de reflexión no derivados de investigación, traducción de artículos científicos y otros que a juicio del Comité Editorial sean de interés. El ámbito de las publicaciones está relacionado con la medicina, biotecnología, ciencias biológicas, salud pública y educación; asimismo se acoge al acuerdo sobre Requisitos de Uniformidad para los Manuscritos Enviados a Revistas, elaborado por el Comité Internacional de Directores de Revistas Médicas (Disponible en: versión en inglés; http://www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf. Consultado 18de mayo de 2010).
Creating and Assembling Virtual Exhibitions from Existing X3D Models

Virtual visits on the Web are an important means to publicize a museum collection and attract visitors. Software applications for building virtual exhibitions, in addition to being tools to create content for virtual visits, may help the staff of a museum to conceive and mount exhibitions. This report presents the Virtual Exhibition Builder, an interactive software tool aimed at the creation of virtual exhibitions, given a 3D model of the physical environment of the museum described in an X3D file, and information about the artworks. The development of this tool involves inputs proposed by museum experts.
A formalization of object-oriented database and its functional query language

An object-oriented database enables one to model complex phenomena in the real world effectively. This database is independent of the impedance-mismatch problem that is inevitable in relational databases since the data manipulation facilities are inherently designed as database programming languages. However, higher-level data manipulation facilities such as the relational calculus and relational algebra must also be supplied, so that the object-oriented database is powerful in its functionality. Generally, object-oriented query languages are complex in comparison with relational query languages because object-oriented databases should deal with complex objects and object-specific methods. In this paper, we address a formal model of object-oriented databases and attach to it a query language on the basis of this formal model. <<ETX>>
SECURING ROUTE DISCOVERY IN MAODV FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

The deployment of sensor networks for security and safety related environments requires securing communication primitives such as broadcast, multicast and point to point communication. Recent research shows that multicast provides high energy saving in IP supported wireless sensor networks (WSN). In this work, we investigate how to secure route discovery of the Multicast Ad-hoc on Demand Distance Vector (MAODV) protocol for WSNs. For the ad-hoc networks ARIADNE, SEAD, ARAN are some of the solutions, which cannot be directly applied to energy constrained WSNs. Here, we propose a secure route discovery of MAODV based on TESLA and one-way hash function. We have simulated our work using NS-2. The performance of the secured MAODV and the unsecured MAODV is compared.
Mücken und Zecken als Krankheitsvektoren: der Einfluss der Klimaerwärmung

Abstract During the last 135 years, the average temperature in Germany has increased by 1.4 °C. By 2050, a further rise by 1.5 °C is expected. This is associated with an increase of precipitation during the winter months. This climate change probably will improve both the growth conditions for mosquitoes and ticks, as well as their ability to transmit infectious diseases. Today, vectors that have not yet been present are invading into Germany. Among them is Aedes albopictus, which transmits Chikungunya, Zika, and Dengue Fever. Also, spreading of autochthonous malaria and West Nile Fever appear possible in Germany. Because of the increased presence of Phlebotomus species, leishmaniasis should be considered as a potential differential diagnosis in unclear hematologic diseases. Among the tick-borne diseases, climate change has already led to increased case numbers of Borreliosis and Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), and Crimean Congo Virus is spreading from the Balkan region towards Central Europe. This requires physicians to consider additional differential diagnoses in febrile illnesses.