Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mucormycosis in the Eastern Mediterranean: a seasonal disease

Mucormycosis is a fairly rare fungal infection caused by ubiquitous fungi of the order Mucorales and primarily affects immunocompromised hosts. A series of 16 cases of invasive mucormycosis admitted to three referral centres in Beirut, Lebanon between 1981 and 1999 is described. It includes 12 patients with rhinocerebral, three with cutaneous, and one with pulmonary infection. Onset of symptoms occurred in the summer and autumn in 15 out of 16 patients, showing a statistically significant seasonal variation (P=0·007) A recent report of 19 patients from Tel Aviv describes a strikingly similar seasonal pattern. Studies on atmospheric concentration of Mucorales spores in the Eastern Mediterranean are lacking. Weather pattern analysis in Beirut revealed clustering of onset of invasive mucormycosis at the end of a dry, warm period, which begins around May and ends in October. Mucormycosis incidence appears to be seasonal in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Water diffusion compartmentation at high b values in ischemic human brain.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We studied the evolution of brain water compartments during the early stage of ischemic stroke. METHODS Diffusion-weighted imaging was performed at 1.5 T in 10 volunteers and 14 patients with stroke. We used a single-shot echo-planar technique with 11 b values of 0-5000 s/mm(2). Regions of interest were selected in the white matter (WM) and striatum of the volunteers and in the ischemic core of the patients. Measurements were fitted on the basis of a biexponential decay with the b factor as follows: S(b) = S(0)[(f(slow) x exp(-b x ADC(slow)) + (f(fast) x exp(-b x ADC(fast))] where S(b) is the signal intensity in the presence of a diffusion gradient, S(0) is the signal intensity without diffusion sensitization, ADC(slow) and ADC(fast) are the respective apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) of slow diffusing compartments (SDCs) and fast diffusing compartments (FDCs), and f(slow) and f(fast) the respective contributions to the signal intensity of SDC and FDC. RESULTS In healthy subjects, FDC represents 74.3 +/- 3.1% of brain water, with ADC(fast) = (124.6 +/- 12.0) x 10(-5) mm(2)/s and ADC(slow) = (15.5 +/- 3.9) x 10(-5) mm(2)/s. In stroke, decreased FDC (49.1% +/- 10.9%; P = 1.05 x10(-5)) and increased ADC(slow) ([22.4 +/- 8.1] x 10(-5) mm(2)/s; P = 8.07 x 10(-3)) were observed, but ADC(fast) was not significantly changed ([135.6 +/- 25.7] x 10 (-5) mm(2)/s; P =. 151). CONCLUSION The restricted diffusion observed in the early stroke is mainly related to a redistribution of water from the FDC to the SDC.
From phoneme to morpheme — another verification in English and Chinese using corpora —

Zellig S. Harris's hypothesis presented in his article ‘‘From phoneme to morpheme’’ is tested; that is, how much of morpheme/word boundaries can be detected from changes in the complexity of phoneme sequences. We re-formulate his hypothesis from a more information theoretic viewpoint and use a corpus to test whether the hypothesis holds. We found that his hypothesis holds for morphemes, with an F-score of about 80%, in both English and Chinese. However, we obtained contrary results for English and Chinese with regard to word boundaries; this reflects a difference in the nature of the two languages.
M. Vovelle. Piété baroque et déchristianisation en Provence au XVIIIe siècle. Les attitudes devant la mort d'après les clauses des testaments

Armogathe Jean-Robert. M. Vovelle. Piete baroque et dechristianisation en Provence au XVIIIe siecle. Les attitudes devant la mort d'apres les clauses des testaments. In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, tome 188, n°2, 1975. pp. 193-196.
Recommendation Semantic of Services In Smart City

The interactions in the world of the web and the possibilities offered by information and communication technologies are becoming increasingly unlimited and at the same time produce large volumes of data. The management and classification of these data becomes difficult in Many areas. The smart city seeks nature to facilitate the complexity of urban life which faces the same problems and challenges posed by large data due to the diversity and plurality of sectors (political, economic, social, administrative, cultural, etc.), Identify the problem of producing and selecting relevant and customized services, real-time decision making is a problem for users. In this contribution, we propose semantic recommendation architecture for service in the smart city, based on the user profile in order to produce relevant services adapted to their preferences, using semantic Web technologies and the Recommendation system.
Left dislocation, number marking. and (non-)standard French

In this paper we consider the behavior ofsubject clitics in a highly conservative variety of Acadian French spoken in Newfoundland, Canada. Following Rizzi (1986) and Brandt and Cordin (1989), we distinguish between affixal (e.g. Trentino, Quebec French) and non-qffixal (e.g. Standard French) subject clitics. We apply a sei of diagnostics drawnfrom the Romance literature and find that,for this particular feature, the Newfoundland variety patterns like Standard French and not like other v aneues ofCanadian French, that is, subject clitics behave like syntactic subjects. We argue that historical developments related to number marking have resulted in crossdialectal Variation in French subject clitic Systems. This conclusion is supported by the quantitative analysis ofsubject clitic use in present-day French dialects.
Acute perturbation bounds of weighted Moore–Penrose inverse

It is well known that the upper bounds of the weighted Moore–Penrose inverse play a fundamental role in the perturbation analysis for the weighted linear least squares problem. In this note, we provide a sharp estimation for , (1) Thus norm estimations for the weighted Moore–Penrose inverses of the acute perturbations can be improved uniformly.
Researching Globalization: Re-thinking the Future of Collaborative Research

In the late 1980s the National Science Foundation advanced a proposal to integrate researchers working in different disciplines around the United States in virtual laboratories. Inspired by the potential for physical networks like the Internet to support and foster collaboration, the emergence of these "collaboratories" was celebrated as heralding a new epoch in scientific collaboration, which would both maximize the use of remote technology and accelerate the pace of discoveries and innovations. By the late 1990s, enthusiasm was dampened by the realization that participation in collaboratories had declined considerably after the first few years, resulting in much debate over why collaboratories have not lived up to their potential. This paper examines the birth of collaboratories at a time of euphoria about the possibilities of the information society, and analyses reasons for their relative failure. It proposes a fresh approach through a network-focused matrix, dubbed the Globalization Atlas and Portal Project. A working prototype of this model may offer a solution to what remains a major problem in academia and research circles in general -the difficulty of achieving ongoing, meaningful collaboration across disciplines. It concludes with a deconstruction of the question whether collaborative research has a future. Future (Im)perfect: On the Perceptions and Expectations of Information Society
A Systems Engineering Framework for Eco–Industrial Park Formation

Understanding eco‐industrial park formation requires a multidisciplinary viewpoint [Haskins, Syst Eng 9 (2006b)] that includes systems thinking, industrial ecology, organizational dynamics, logistics, and supply chain theory. The most often referenced eco‐industrial park found in Kalundborg, Denmark, serves as an ideal, and is typified by tight interdependency between industrial partners, green logistics, and closed‐loop supply chains. But the planet is in crisis [Atiyah and Press, joint statement from The Royal Society and the Hational Academy of Sciences on Population Growth and Sustainability, February 1992 ] and cannot afford to wait 30 years for more of these parks to emerge. Systems engineering has been found to be effective when bringing together stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and experts from multidisciplinary engineering and technical backgrounds to coordinate the creation of complex systems. This paper uses literature drawn from multidisciplinary sources to investigate the attributes of eco‐industrial parks, and then proposes a systems engineering framework, iFACE, for the formation of eco‐industrial parks. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng 10: 83 –97, 2007.
Nonlinear response theory for Markov processes. II. Fifth-order response functions.

The nonlinear response of stochastic models obeying a master equation is calculated up to fifth order in the external field, thus extending the third-order results obtained earlier [G. Diezemann, Phys. Rev. E 85, 051502 (2012)PLEEE81539-375510.1103/PhysRevE.85. 051502]. For sinusoidal fields the 5ω component of the susceptibility is computed for the model of dipole reorientations in an asymmetric double well potential and for a trap model with a Gaussian density of states. For most realizations of the models a hump is found in the higher-order susceptibilities. In particular, for the asymmetric double well potential model there are two characteristic temperature regimes showing the occurrence of such a hump as compared to a single characteristic regime in the case of the third-order response. In the case of the trap model the results strongly depend on the variable coupled to the field. As for the third-order response, the low-frequency limit of the susceptibility plays a crucial role with respect to the occurrence of a hump. The findings are discussed in light of recent experimental results obtained for supercooled liquids. The differences found for the third-order and the fifth-order response indicate that nonlinear response functions might serve as a powerful tool to discriminate among the large number of existing models for glassy relaxation.
Protection against Establishment of Retroviral Persistence by Vaccination with a Live Attenuated Virus

ABSTRACT Many human viruses not only cause acute diseases but also establish persistent infections. Such persistent viruses can cause chronic diseases or can reactivate to cause acute diseases in AIDS patients or patients receiving immunosuppressive therapies. While the prevention of persistent infections is an important consideration in the design of modern vaccines, surprisingly little is known about this aspect of protection. In the current study, we tested the feasibility of vaccine prevention of retroviral persistence by using a Friend virus model that we recently developed. In this model, persistent virus can be detected at very low levels by immunosuppressing the host to reactivate virus or by transferring persistently infected spleen cells into highly susceptible mice. Two vaccines were analyzed, a recombinant vaccinia virus vector expressing Friend virus envelope protein and a live attenuated Friend virus. Both vaccines reduced pathogenic virus loads to levels undetectable by infectious center assays. However, only the live, attenuated vaccine prevented immunosuppression-induced reactivation of persistent virus. Thus, even very low levels of persistent Friend virus posed a significant threat during immunosuppression. Our results demonstrate that vaccine protection against establishment of retroviral persistence is attainable.
[Relationship between reduced expression of surfactant protein B and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in twenty Han ethnic group neonates in China].

OBJECTIVE To investigate possible relationship between expression of surfactant protein B (SP-B) gene product and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) in Han ethnic group. METHOD Unrelated 20 cases with NRDS of Han ethnic group were selected as NRDS group while unrelated 20 diseases cases of Han ethnic group with diseases were selected as control group. The cases in the control group had congenital heart disease or bronchopulmonary dysplasia or persistent pulmonary hypertension. Blood sample was taken from every case. Lung tissues were taken from the patients who died half an hour after death in the two groups. Expression of SP-B in lung tissue was determined with immunohistochemical tecnique. Genetic deficiency variant of SP-B intron IV was screened with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS Two cases at gestational age 26 weeks and one case at gestational age 34 weeks and two cases at gestational age 42 weeks of NRDS groups had lower level expression of SP-B in lung tissue than those at the same age of NRDS. Expression of SP-B in lung tissue of control group increased with gestational age, but no such phenomenon was found in NRDS group. Further, two cases at gestational age 42 weeks of NRDS group had genetic deficiency variant of SP-B intron IV with gene analysis of five cases who had lower expression of SP-B. Clinical data suggest that patients at 42 weeks of gestational age had severe illness. CONCLUSIONS Decrease of SP-B expression may participate in occurrence of NRDS, genetic deficiency variant of SP-B intron IV exists in the NRDS cases of Han ethnic group of China.
Application of spatial contrast techniques on satellite imagery for cloud shape differentiation

Pixels' edges can yield useful information on physical properties of objects featured on satellite images. These properties can be derived through the use of the imagery spatial contrast techniques. To differentiate various cloud types based on their shapes, one of these techniques is applied on thermal products from a polar orbiting satellite, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Advanced Very-High-Resolution Radiometer (NOAA-AVHRR). Edge gradients extracted from daily global cloud temperature images of this satellite and the spatial relationship between these gradients permit the distinction of nine major cloud shapes distributed along three cloud pressure levels (high, middle and low). The cloud shape differentiation method utilized is a histogram-based gradient scheme describing the occurrence of different gradients' levels (high, middle and low) in each block of pixels. A detailed analysis of the distribution of the cloud shapes obtained is conducted, and the frequency of each cloud shape is evaluated with another cloud classification method (based on cloud optical properties) for validation purposes. Finally, implications of the results obtained, on the estimation of the impact of cloud shapes variations on the recent climate are discussed.
Entropie et complexité locale des systèmes dynamiques différentiables

Dans ce travail nous nous interessons aux systemes dynamiques du point de vue de l'entropie. Nous rappellons tout d'abord le formalisme des structures d'entropie introduit par T.Downarowicz. Dans ce cadre on donne en particulier une preuve elementaire du principe variationnel pour l'entropie de queue et on generalise certaines structures d'entropie aux endomorphismes. Dans un deuxieme temps, nous reprenons l'approche semi-algebrique de Y. Yomdin et M. Gromov pour controler la dynamique locale des applications de classe $C^r$. On presente une preuve complete du lemme algebrique de Gromov, qui est un point cle de la theorie de Yomdin. Aussi nous deduisons de nouvelles applications dynamiques de cette theorie : d'une part nous bornons l'entropie de queue mesuree en fonction de l'exposant de Lyapounov ; d'autre part nous generalisons une formule due a J.Buzzi pour l'entropie k-dimensionnelle d'un produit d'applications de classe $C^{\infty}$. On s'interesse enfin a la theorie des extensions symboliques due a M.Boyle et T.Downarowicz pour les applications $C^r$ et affines par morceaux du plan. On exhibe en particulier des exemples de dynamique $C^r$ de l'intervalle ayant une grande entropie d'extension symbolique. Nous donnerons aussi une borne de l'entropie d'extensions symboliques pour les applications affines par morceaux du plan.
Robust temporal alignment of multimodal cardiac sequences

Given the dynamic nature of cardiac function, correct temporal alignment of pre-operative models and intraoperative images is crucial for augmented reality in cardiac image-guided interventions. As such, the current study focuses on the development of an image-based strategy for temporal alignment of multimodal cardiac imaging sequences, such as cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or 3D Ultrasound (US). First, we derive a robust, modality-independent signal from the image sequences, estimated by computing the normalized cross-correlation between each frame in the temporal sequence and the end-diastolic frame. This signal is a resembler for the left-ventricle (LV) volume curve over time, whose variation indicates different temporal landmarks of the cardiac cycle. We then perform the temporal alignment of these surrogate signals derived from MRI and US sequences of the same patient through Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), allowing to synchronize both sequences. The proposed framework was evaluated in 98 patients, which have undergone both 3D+t MRI and US scans. The end-systolic frame could be accurately estimated as the minimum of the image-derived surrogate signal, presenting a relative error of 1.6 ± 1.9% and 4.0 ± 4.2% for the MRI and US sequences, respectively, thus supporting its association with key temporal instants of the cardiac cycle. The use of DTW reduces the desynchronization of the cardiac events in MRI and US sequences, allowing to temporally align multimodal cardiac imaging sequences. Overall, a generic, fast and accurate method for temporal synchronization of MRI and US sequences of the same patient was introduced. This approach could be straightforwardly used for the correct temporal alignment of pre-operative MRI information and intra-operative US images.
Familial cancer aggregation and the risk of lung cancer.

CONTEXT Around 90% of lung cancer worldwide is attributable to cigarette smoking, although less than 20% of cigarette smokers develop lung cancer. Other factors such as diet, chronic lung diseases, occupation and possibly environmental agents also contribute to this cancer. Genetic factors seem to play a role in lung cancer, but the precise characteristics influencing lung cancer susceptibility are not known, since genetic factors are easily obscured by the strong environmental determinants of lung cancer, particularly smoking. OBJECTIVE To estimate the effect that cancer occurrence among first-degree relatives has on the risk of lung cancer. DESIGN Hospital-based case-control study. SETTING The metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil. PARTICIPANTS 334 incident lung cancer cases and 578 controls matched by hospitals. MAIN MEASUREMENTS By means of a structured questionnaire, cases and controls were interviewed about cancer occurrence in first-degree relatives, tobacco smoking, exposure to passive smoking, occupation, migration and socioeconomic status. Non-conditional logistic regression was used to calculate the risk of familial cancer aggregation, the effect of cancer in first-degree relatives and smoking in conjunction, and for controlling confounders. RESULTS The adjusted odds ratio (OR) revealed a slight, but not statistically significant, excess risk of lung cancer for subjects with a history of lung cancer in relatives (OR 1.21; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.50 - 2.92). The same was found among those with a history of other tobacco-related cancers in relatives (OR 1.36; 95% CI 0.87 - 2.14). A step gradient effect was observed regarding lung cancer risk, in accordance with increases in the number of pack-years of cigarette consumption. An interaction between familial cancer aggregation and tobacco smoking was detected. CONCLUSIONS A mildly elevated risk of lung cancer among persons with a positive history of lung and other tobacco-related cancers was observed. The finding of an interaction between the variables of familial cancer aggregation and smoking suggests that familial cancer aggregation could be considered as a marker of susceptibility, increasing the risk of lung cancer among smokers. These results improve our knowledge of lung carcinogenesis and can guide future cancer genetic studies.
Metabolism of Tritiated Gibberellins in d-5 Dwarf Maize: I. In Excised Tissues and Intact Dwarf and Normal Plants.

Metabolism of [(3)H]gibberellin A(1) ([(3)H]GA(1)) was followed in intact seedlings and excised apices and leaf tissue of both dwarf and normal (tall) plants of d-5 maize (Zea mays L.). The three metabolites produced were tentatively identified as [(3)H]GA(s), [(3)H]GA(s)-glucoside ([(3)H]GA(s)-glu), and [(3)H]GA(1)-X, an unknown.In 3-hour, pulse-labeling experiments with tissues of incubated, expanding leaves, more than 70% of the [(3)H]GA(1) taken up was metabolized to the three products within 12 to 15 hours. [(3)H]GA(1) fed to the roots of 7-day-old seedlings was readily translocated to the leaves, and all three metabolites were found in both roots and leaves. [(3)H]GA(1)-X was the major metabolite in roots, whereas in leaves the major metabolite was [(3)H]GA(s)-glu. There were no consistent differences in [(3)H]GA(1) metabolism between dwarf and normal plants, indicating that dwarfism in d-5 maize is not associated with modified GA(1) metabolism.In excised, mature leaf tissue, [(3)H]GA(1) metabolism was slower than in excised, young leaf tissue. Mature leaf tissues produced [(3)H]GA(s)-glu as by far the major metabolite, with [(3)H]GA(s) and [(3)H]GA(1)-X as minor metabolites. In contrast, in young leaves the three metabolites appeared sequentially in significant proportions: [(3)H]GA(8) first, followed by [(3)H]GA(s)-glu and, finally, [(3)H]GA(1)-X.
Estimation of the time of pulmonary metastasis in colorectal cancer patients with isolated synchronous liver metastasis.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the time when pulmonary metastases began to grow in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with isolated synchronous liver metastasis based on the tumor doubling time (DT). METHODS We examined 23 pulmonary metastases in 14 patients detected after resection of liver metastases from CRC (group 1) and 19 pulmonary metastases in eight patients detected after initiation of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for synchronous unresectable liver metastases (group 2). The regression line was determined from the chest X-ray films, and the DT was calculated. RESULTS We estimated the DTs of pulmonary metastases as 65.0 +/- 28.9 and 76.2 +/- 23.0 days in groups 1 and 2, respectively, and the time when pulmonary metastases began to grow as 16-1418 and 112-1464 days before the resection of liver metastases for 19 lesions in 12 out of 14 patients of group 1 and before resection of primary CRC in group 2, respectively. CONCLUSION It appears that in some CRC patients in whom the metastatic site is considered to be limited to the liver at diagnosis, occult pulmonary metastasis has already taken place.
A theoretical foundation of multi-level concurrency control

Until recently concurrency control theory has focussed on one-level systems, I. 8. regarding schedules simply as sequences of read and write operatlons on objects of one particular abstractlon level (/Pa79/, /BSW79/). usually pages or tuples. Nevertheless. real data base systems sometlmes go beyond this classlcal view. a well-known eXarI’tple being System R. To Increase concurrency, locking Is applied twice within thls prototype. on tuples until end-of-transactlon and on pages for the scope of each tuple operatlon. Since page locks are released before the commitment of the complete transaction. the approach Is called ‘open nested transactlon’ (/Tr83/) , A typical schedule acting on two layers would look like: