Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Radon transforms on a class of cones with fixed axis direction

Integral transforms which map functions on R 3 onto their integrals on circular cones having fixed axis direction and variable opening angle are introduced and studied as generalizations of the known Radon transform. Besides their intrinsic mathematical interest, they serve as backbone support to emission imaging based on Compton scattered radiation, the way the standard Radon transform does for emission imaging based on non-scattered radiation. In this work, we establish its basic properties and prove analytically its invertibility. Formulae to express it in terms of the standard Radon transform (or vice versa) are given. We also discuss some extensions as applications.
DIFFUSE INTERFACE ENERGIES CAPTURING THE EULER NUMBER: RELAXATION AND RENOMALIZATION ∗

We introduce a set of new interfacial energies for approximating the Euler number of level surfaces in the phase field (diffuse-interface) representation. These new formulae have simpler forms than those studied earlier in (Q. Du, C. Liu and X. Wang, Retrieving topological information for phase field models, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 65, 1913-1932, 2005), and do not contain higher order derivatives of the phase field function. Theoretical justifications are provided via formal asymptotic analysis, and practical validations are performed through numerical experiments. Relaxation and renormalization schemes are also developed to improve the robustness of the new energy functionals.
siRNA – trans-acting small interfering RNA; TRBP – TAR (HIV-1) RNA-binding protein 2 Mini review microRNAs: FINE TUNING OF ERYTHROPOIESIS

Cell proliferation and differentiation is a complex process involving many cellular mechanisms. One of the best-studied phenomena in cell differentiation is erythrocyte development during hematopoiesis in vertebrates. In recent years, a new class of small, endogenous, non-coding RNAs called microRNAs (miRNAs) emerged as important regulators of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Thousands of miRNAs have been identified in various organisms, including protozoa, fungi, bacteria and viruses, proving that the regulatory miRNA pathway is conserved in evolution. There are many examples of miRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression in the processes of cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, and in cancer genesis. Many of the collected data clearly show the dependence of the proteome of a cell on the qualitative and quantitative composition of endogenous miRNAs. Numerous
Effect of storage on desmin degradation and physico-chemical properties of poultry breast meat.

The aim of the study was to determine the postmortem desmin degradation and changes in the physico-chemical properties of poultry meat during 7-day cool storage at +4°C. Breast muscles of 40-day-old Ross 308 chickens reared under commercial environmental conditions and fed standard starter, grower and finisher diets for broilers were investigated. On day 40 of rearing, 5 males of similar body weight (2590 g on average) were randomly chosen from the flock. On the day of slaughter and on the 1st, 4th and 7th day after slaughter, the desmin degradation pattern in breast muscles was studied using Western blot analysis after SDS-PAGE. The following technological parameters of meat were determined: pH, L*a*b* colour (Minolta CR310), drip loss, thermal loss, water holding capacity, and Warner-Bratzler shear force (Instron 5542). The results were analysed statistically using variance analysis and Duncan’s test. The fastest degradation of desmin and the greatest changes in the physico-chemical properties of meat occurred within the first 24 h of storage. 15 min postmortem, breast muscles of the chickens were characterized by a high pH (6.64) and low water holding capacity (11.11%). The highest shear force was found on the day of slaughter (102.44 N) but during the following days it decreased significantly to 44.65 N and 34.26 N on days 1 and 7, respectively. A significant decrease in pH during the first 24 h postmortem was accompanied by a significant decrease in water holding capacity of muscles. As a result of storage, meat lightness (L*) increased significantly from 52.73 on the day of slaughter to 55.5 at the end of the experiment. Yellowness was increased by 2.28 units. After an initial growth, redness (a*) decreased to the value observed at the start of the experiment. The study showed that poultry meat quality traits are fixed during the first 24 h of storage, while longer storage at +4°C does not significantly affect texture, pH or water holding capacity.
Mood Disorders and Mother-Infant Relationship – The Supportive Role of a Midwife

It was Freud in 1940 [1] who referred to the mother’s bond with a child as “unique, without parallel”, and who has asserted that the mother is “established unalterably for a whole life‐ time as our first and strongest love object. the prototype of all later love relations”. It is the trust created in the mother-baby bond that sets the stage for the adult’s later relationships. At core, this trust comes from the most basic level of relating, including with touch that can be felt both literally and symbolically. Successful relating comes from the mother’s ability to connect with her baby from one mind to another as associated to empathic identification with baby’s state of mind; the Winnicott’s primarily preoccupation. It is also important that mother connects with her infant from one body to another, defining boundary between in‐ ternal and external space, forever impacting psychological development. These early senso‐ rial encounters than become the basis for our experiences of self and identity.
AWARD NUMBER: W81XWH-14-2-0144 TITLE: Evaluation of Spine Health and Spine Mechanics in Servicemembers with Traumatic Lower Extremity Amputation or Injury

Prior work has identified alterations in trunk-pelvic dynamics with lower limb amputation (LLA) during in-line walking; however, evaluations of other ambulatory tasks are limited. Turns are ubiquitous in daily life but can be challenging for individuals with LLA, prompting additional or unique proximal compensations when changing direction, which over time may lead to development of low back pain. We hypothesized such proximal kinematic differences between persons with and without LLA would exist in the sagittal and frontal planes. Three-dimensional trunk and pelvic kinematics, translational and rotational momenta, and coordination phase/variability were compared among eight persons with unilateral LLA (4 with transfemoral amputation and 4 with transtibial amputation), and five uninjured controls, who performed 90-degree turns to the left (n= 10) and right (n= 10). Participants self-selected the turn strategy (i.e., step vs. spin) and pivot limb in response to verbal cues regarding when and which direction to turn. Coordination variability and translational angular momenta did not differ between groups in either turn type. During spin turns, frontal rotational angular momenta were larger and frontal trunk-pelvis range of motion was smaller among persons with vs. without LLA. During step turns, pelvis leading transverse coordination was more frequent, frontal trunk rotational angular momentum was smaller, and sagittal pelvis range of motion was larger among persons with vs. without LLA. Altered and task-dependent modulation of trunk-pelvic dynamics among persons with LLA provides additional support for a potential link between repeated exposures to altered trunk-pelvic dynamics with elevated low back pain risk.
Gaussian estimates for fundamental solutions to certain parabolic systems.

Auscher proved Gaussian upper bound estimates for the fundamental solutions to parabolic equations with complex coefficients in the case when coefficients are time-independent and a small perturbation of real coefficients. We prove the equivalence between the local boundedness property of solutions to a parabolic system and a Gaussian upper bound for its fundamental matrix. As a consequence, we extend Auscher's result to the time dependent case.
An Ultra-Low Power Robust Koggestone Adder at Sub-Threshold Voltages for Implantable Bio-Medical Devices

The growing demand for energy constrained applications and portable devices have created a dire need for ultra-low power circuits. Implantable biomedical devices such as pacemakers need ultra-low power circuits for a better battery life for uninterrupted biomedical data processing. Circuits operating in subthreshold region minimize the energy per operation, thus providing a better platform for energy constrained implantable biomedical devices. This paper presents 8, 16 and 32-bit ultra-low power robust Kogge-Stone adders with improved performance. These adders operate at subthreshold supply voltages which can be used for low power implantable bio-medical devices such as pacemakers. To improve the performance of these adders in sub-threshold region, forward body bias technique and multi-threshold transistors are used. The adders are designed using NCSU 45nm bulk CMOS process library and the simulations were performed using HSPICE circuit simulator. Quantitative power-performance analysis is performed at slow-slow (SS), typical-typical (TT) and fast-fast (FF) corners clocked at 50 KHz for temperature ranging from 25̊C to 120 ̊C. For a supply voltage 0.3V, all the adders had the least PDP. Using 0.3V as the supply voltage, multi threshold voltage and forward body biasing techniques were applied to further improve the performance of the adders. The PDP obtained using the forward body biasing technique shows an effective improvement compared to high threshold voltage and multi threshold voltage techniques. The forward biasing technique maintains a balance between delay reduction and increase in average power, thus reducing the power delay product when compared to the other two techniques.
Structural Characteristics of Sport Organizations: Main Trends in the Academic Discussion

Organizational theorists have usually seen sports as an interesting field in which to illustrate organizational phenomena. In this literature review we examine academic papers and research which explore the particular nature of organizational phenomena in sports, specifically in relation to the structure of sport organizations. This topic has been commonly discussed in the context of wider organizational studies, mainly related to organizational change, organizational performance and the structural configuration of organizations. This means that the changes that have transformed the world of sports have affected not only the structure of sport organizations, but also the environment in which they operate and the measures traditionally used to evaluate their effectiveness. By exploring the literature we hope to identify interesting niches for future research on the structure of sport organizations and the essential elements to be considered when studying organizational phenomenon in the sport sector.
A new concept in conservatism Adult tooth pulpotomy : The promising success A nine years ’ study An evidence based study

Adult tooth pulpotomy is continuously proving to be a more reliable pulpal therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical success rates of adult tooth pulpotomy. Thirty permanent molars belonging to thirty healthy adults were included in this study. The treated teeth were re-evaluated after six weeks, six months, two, four, six and nine years; clinically and radiographically. For 28 teeth, clinical and radiographic examination revealed appropriate function, absence of any signs and symptoms and normal periodontium apparatus. This has been the clinical condition of all the examined cases until today. Further basic research should be carried out with larger samples and at, comparatively, longer evaluation time periods. [Hala Fares and Nihal Kabel. A new concept in conservatism Adult tooth pulpotomy: The promising success A nine years’ study An evidence based study. Life Sci J 2014;11(6):276-282]. (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 36
Componentware for Autonomic Supervision Services: The CASCADAS Approach

This paper describes two complementary mechanisms for the supervision of large scale and highly distributed systems structured as a cloud of autonomic computing components. The first one is based on the creation of supervision pervasions, for the supervision of clusters of components (i.e., aggregates structurally organized through one or several contracts) implementing specific services in accordance to service-specific management policies. This mechanism is designed as a supplementary service that can be requested by operational components and is structured as an ensemble of self-contained objects that implement an autonomic control loop, which does not require any a priori knowledge on the structure of the supervised system. The second mechanism promotes supervision logic embedded in the autonomic components, which exploit autonomic features and cooperate through dedicated protocols over self-organized overlay networks; this mechanism is suitable for supervising infrastructural (service-independent) functions of autonomic components, and their aggregates. The main contribution of the paper is to define those two mechanisms and to shown that they are complementary, and can be combined to achieve cross-layer supervision.
The future of the CAVE

The CAVE, a walk-in virtual reality environment typically consisting of 4–6 3 m-by-3 m sides of a room made of rear-projected screens, was first conceived and built in 1991. In the nearly two decades since its conception, the supporting technology has improved so that current CAVEs are much brighter, at much higher resolution, and have dramatically improved graphics performance. However, rear-projection-based CAVEs typically must be housed in a 10 m-by-10 m-by-10 m room (allowing space behind the screen walls for the projectors), which limits their deployment to large spaces. The CAVE of the future will be made of tessellated panel displays, eliminating the projection distance, but the implementation of such displays is challenging. Early multi-tile, panel-based, virtual-reality displays have been designed, prototyped, and built for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. New means of image generation and control are considered key contributions to the future viability of the CAVE as a virtual-reality device.
Towards a Hierarchical-Control Architecture for Distributed Autonomous Systems

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IoT Based Intelligent Traffic Information System with the integration of SCOOT Control and Secured Automotive Communication System : A brief Analysis

IoT based intelligent transportation systems are designed to support the Smart City vision, which aims at employing the advanced and powerful communication technologies for the administration of the city and the citizens. In this paper, we focus on to an IoT system that is used to build intelligent transportation system (ITS). The proposed idea is to integrate an adaptive system called as Split Cycle Offset Optimization Technique (SCOOT) and Secured automotive communication. This proposed idea responds automatically to traffic fluctuations. The Prime objective of this is to minimize the sum of the average queues in the area. It is an elastic coordination plan that can be stretched or shrunk to match the latest traffic situation. It also helps the future traffic system with respect to their security against various malicious attacks. After a brief description of the most well-known and established vehicular communication systems, we present feasible attacks and potential exposures for these automotive networks. We also provide an approach for secured automotive communication Keywords—IoT, SCOOT, Intelligent traffic system (ITS); Agent Technology
TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED PERSUASION FOR DIETARY HABIT CHANGE

New technology provides an opportunity for people to access their shopping data digitally. With an increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity and the implications that follow, research on diet interventions is in high demand. This paper describes a study of the Food4Thought system: an approach to persuasive technology that focuses on providing information to users just-in-time and in-situ. A smartphone application was implemented and deployed to eleven participants over a period of three to five weeks. The application notified the participants of how their dietary habits related to the food pyramid when they entered a supermarket. Activity data was recorded and interviews were conducted. The findings illustrate that most participants reflected on their dietary habits, while almost half described a change in their shopping habits. Conflicting statements showed that most of these participants were unaware of having been influenced, which suggests a nudging effect. Author
ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY ON CONFIGURATION SPACES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS INVITED LECTURES IN LUBLIN

Abstract. Many fundamental phenomena in nature are described by usually nonlinear partial differential equations derived in a rather phenomenological way. Perhaps the most known ones are the Bolzmann equation, the Navier-Stokes equation, the reaction-diffusion equation, Fisher’s equation, Vlasov’s equation, etc. These equations describe a substance, e.g. gas or liquid, as a whole, without explicit considering its microscopic structure. They are fairly deterministic and operate with such macroscopic notions as pressure, fluid velocity, viscosity, and so on. On the other hand, the systems of large number of interacting microscopic agents (particles) are described by infinite chains of linear differential equations. For example, the systems of interacting gas molecules are described by the Bogoliubov hierarchy of linear differential equations, also called BBGKY (Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon) hierarchy. In this case, the motion of the particles and the inter-particle interactions are described explicitly and – due to the huge number of particle – in a probabilistic way. This means that the solutions give the time evolution of the probability distributions on the system’s phase space. Since the very appearance of these methods, the problem of deriving the macroscopic description of interacting particle systems from their microscopic statistical mechanical description was considered as a challenging mathematical task. The proposed cycle of lectures presents a number of examples where such derivation can be performed, including also the description on the intermediate (mesoscopic) level. Along with the statistical mechanical models, there will be considered models used in plant ecology, genetics, oceanology, economic and social sciences. In these models, the particles can die, be born, diffuse, perform jumps, etc. The microscopic description is performed in terms of the Markov evolution of states of infinite systems of interacting particles located in the space Rd. Then the mesocopic description, which leads to nonlocal nonlinear differential equations, is obtained by means of a procedure called scaling. In this way, a number of known phenomenological equations are obtained and studied.
Responsibility Centre Budgeting and Responsibility Centre Management in Theory and Practice

By the end of the 1980s a number of large, research intensive universities in North America had begun experimenting with an organizational and budgetary concept that later became known as Responsibility Center Budgeting or Responsibility Center Management. The principal objectives of RCB/RCM were to relocate and enhance responsibility for planning and budgeting, usually by decentralization, and in turn improve institutional performance in making decisions about the allocation and generation of resources, and in delivering services. More than a dozen major American and Canadian universities have now deployed RCB/RCM to one degree or another. This makes it possible to begin to test the hypotheses and expectations on which RCB/RCM was originally based, and to determine some of its practical implications and
Application of Hidden Markov Model in Question Answering Systems

By the increase of the volume of the saved information on web, Question Answering (QA) systems have been very important for Information Retrieval (IR). QA systems are a specialized form of information retrieval. Given a collection of documents, a Question Answering system attempts to retrieve correct answers to questions posed in natural language. Web QA system is a sample of QA systems that in this system answers retrieval from web ‎environment doing. In contrast to the databases, the saved information on web does not follow a distinct structure and are not generally defined. Web QA systems is the task of automatically answering a question posed in Natural Language Processing (NLP). NLP techniques are used in applications that make queries to databases, extract information from text, retrieve relevant documents from a collection, translate from one language to another, generate text responses, or recognize spoken words converting them into text. To find the needed information on a mass of the non-structured information we have to use techniques in which the accuracy and retrieval factors are implemented well. In this paper in order to well IR in web environment, The QA system in designed and also implemented based on the Hidden Markov Model (HMM) .
Abiotic and Biotic Elicitors–Role in Secondary Metabolites Production through In Vitro Culture of Medicinal Plants

Plant secondary metabolites are having the great application in human health and nutri‐ tional aspect. Plant cell and organ culture systems are feasible option for the production of secondary metabolites that are of commercial importance in pharmaceuticals, food ad‐ ditives, flavors, and other industrial materials. The stress, including various elicitors or signal molecules, often induces the secondary metabolite production in the plant tissue culture system. The recent developments in elicitation of plant tissue culture have opened a new avenue for the production of secondary metabolite compounds. Secondary metab‐ olite synthesis and accumulation in cell and organ cultures can be triggered by the appli‐ cation of elicitors to the culture medium. Elicitors are the chemical compounds from abiotic and biotic sources that can stimulate stress responses in plants, leading to the en‐ hanced synthesis and accumulation of secondary metabolites or the induction of novel secondary metabolites. Elicitor type, dose, and treatment schedule are major factors de‐ termining the effects on the secondary metabolite production. The number of parameters, such as elicitor concentrations, duration of exposure, cell line, nutrient composition, and age or stage of the culture, is also important factors influencing the successful production of biomass and secondary metabolite accumulation. This chapter reviews the various abiotic and biotic elicitors applied to cultural system and their stimulating effects on the accumulation of secondary metabolites.