Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Economic Allocation of Resources for Multiple Grid Applications

Resource allocation is an important component of a Grid Computing infrastructure. In this paper, we proposed a mathematical model for resource allocation for multiple Grid Applications with multiple processors (sinks). Most of the researches are based on the Divisible Load Theory mechanism; the processors which are participated in the processing have to select a divisible job and also all the processor has to complete the process at the same time. But in our work, initially considering the entire load from sources are divided into equally and select a set of processor from the available processors. The numbers of processors are selected with the help of its processing capacity. Equal allocation of load is attractive in multiple processor systems when real time information on processor and link capacity that is necessary for optimal scheduling is not available. A new mathematical model for minimizes the computing cost with equal allocation of divisible computation and communication load is developed. A cost optimal processor sequencing result is found which involves assigning load to processors in order of the cost per load characteristic of each processor
Prediction of fasting gastric pH using serum biological markers.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Previous studies have suggested that hypochlorhydria has the potential to produce adverse effects such as the development of infections of the intestinal or respiratory tract and impaired drug absorption. This indicates the importance of obtaining a noninvasive method by which this condition may be diagnosed. The purpose of this study was to determine whether fasting gastric pH could be predicted noninvasively using serum biological markers. METHODOLOGY One hundred thirty-two patients undergoing diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were recruited. Serum levels of pepsinogen-I, pepsinogen-II and Helicobacter pylori antibody were analyzed and the pH of fasting gastric juice determined. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the best predictors of fasting gastric pH. RESULTS Pepsinogen-I and the presence of Helicobacter pylori were independent predictors of fasting gastric pH, and a high coefficient of determination was obtained (R2 = 0.503, root mean square error = 1.45). The equation for this model was as follows: fasting gastric pH = 2.97-0.026 (pepsinogen-I)+2.76 (presence of Helicobacter pylori: 0=absent, 1=present). CONCLUSIONS The model equation offers a noninvasive method by which to identify patients at high-risk of developing complications induced by hypochlorhydria.
Effects of exogenous ghrelin infusion on feed intake and metabolic parameters of energy homeostasis in Standardbred mares

Six Standardbred mares (age 12±2 years, body weight 502±63 kg; mean ± standard deviation) were given 1.6 µg/kg acylated human ghrelin or vehicle treatment as an intravenous bolus in a randomised, cross-over design to test the hypothesis that exogenous ghrelin infusion would increase feed intake and alter metabolic parameters of energy homeostasis, leptin, glucose, insulin and cortisol. After the horses had initial access to hay cubes for 1.5 h, doses were given and hay cubes were available once again. Leftover feed was weighed 6 times over each of the 24 h testing periods. Blood samples for measurement of active ghrelin, growth hormone, leptin, glucose, insulin and cortisol were taken at time 0 (immediately before infusion) and 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 240, 480, and 720 min post-infusion. Every 10 min, the horses’ behaviour was recorded for eating, drinking, resting, and other behaviours. Ghrelin infusion did not increase (P≯0.05) feed intake in the mares as a group, but did increase feed intake (P<0.04).
Intracranial EEG Connectivity Analysis and Result Imaging

We are presenting a method for analyzing signals from deep brain structures, measured by intracranial electrodes, to reveal connectivity in the human brain. Time evaluation of the correlation technique is applied for every available contact pair to determine dependencies between EEG channels. This produces a large amount of results that are not easy to interpret. Here we introduce a procedure for complex and comprehensive result imaging which helps us focus on significant parts of the results. Changes of power are examined along with correlation changes. Results are demonstrated for one subject. Five channels were selected from the hippocampus for detailed analysis. How the changes of correlation are connected to changes of power is shown in addition to the coupling between channels.
The clinical evaluation of norethindrone in cyclic and continuous regimens.

In a study to establish the clinical effectiveness of . 35 mg norethindrone taken daily and cyclically 112 women age 16-39 para 1-8 who took cyclic norethindrone for a total of 392 cycles and 318 women age 16-42 para 1-9 who took continuous norethindrone for a total of 3453 cycles were compared. Of the 112 women who used the drug cyclically 11 became pregnant on therapy and the program was discontinued due to its ineffectiveness. Cyclic medication did not result in cyclic bleeding episodes. 7 of the 318 women on continuous therapy became pregnant. 111 women discontinued therapy for drug related reasons which included acyclic bleeding other menstrual complaints and other drug related side effects. Glucose tolerance was decreased below pretreatment levels during therapy and returned to normal after cessation of therapy in a small number of patients. It is suggested that the mode of action of continuous dosages of norethindrone is suppression of gonadotrophin. No adverse side effects have been observed in progeny of patients who became pregnant on treatment and continued pregnancy to term.
The effects of education on health

This paper investigates the effects of education on health. The determinants of mortality are receiving increasing scrutiny because the rate of mortality reduction in the developing world appears to have slowed at levels of life expectancy below those thought attainable only a few years ago. The first perspective employed in this paper is a broad assessment of the socioeconomic determinants of mortality on a cross-national basis; using aggregate data, this paper contains a review and a reanalysis of the large body of literature that has accumulated on international differences in mortality and life expectancy. The second perspective sharpens the focus by concentrating on the relationship between education and mortality since the cross-national evidence suggests that education, or its proxy literacy, is the most important variable involved. A theoretical model of the relationship between parental education and child health is developed and used to describe how aggregate and individual data may give different estimates of the relationship. The third perspective employed reviews and reanalyzes the evidence at the subnational level. Individual evidence is reviewed on the relationship between parental education and both child nutrition and child mortality.
RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM REKOMENDASI BEASISWA MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA KLASIFIKASI C4.5 PADA UNIVERSITAS DIAN NUSWANTORO

Dalam 4 tahun terakhir (2010 - 2013), jumlah mahasiswa Udinus sebanyak 9289 mahasiswa. Berdasarkan data penghasilan orang tua, terdapat 1405 mahasiswa yang penghasilan orang tuanya berada di kisaran 3 juta rupiah. Diantara mahasiswa yang penghasilan orang tua berada di kisaran di bawah 3 juta rupiah, 222 mahasiswa di antaranya memiliki status "mangkir". Status mangkir adalah status dimana mahasiswa tersebut tidak melakukan pembayaran uang kuliah. Hal tersebut disebabkan karena kondisi ekonomi yang tidak mampu. Tentunya jumlah ini dapat tekan dengan adanya program beasiswa. Beasiswa adalah tunjangan yang diberikan kepada pelajar atau mahasiswa sebagai bantuan biaya belajar. Banyaknya jumlah pendaftar beasiswa menyebabkan sulitnya proses penentuan penerima beasiswa. Data mining telah terbukti dan banyak digunakan untuk mengatasi berbagai permasalahan yang ada salah satunya dengan penerapan metode klasifikasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode klasifikasi dengan algoritma C4.5 yang merupakan pengembangan dari algoritma klasifikasi ID3. Dari hasil penelitian membuktikan bahwa algoritma C4.5 dapat diterapkan untuk melakukan klasifikasi penerima beasiswa berdasarkan dataset pendaftar dan penerima beasiswa. Adapun hasil klasifikasi dan tingkat akurasi yang terbentuk tergantung pada jenis, jumlah, isi data set dan jumlah partisi data set. Dari hasil uji coba, ditemukan jumlah akurasi tertinggi yaitu sebesar 92,31% pada partisi data sebanyak 90%.
Research and Improvement of Test Case Design Method for Program Logic

Test case design is an extremely important but very complicated task for dynamic test in white-box testing. In this paper, two commonly used methods, logical covering and basic path method are analyzed in detail, in order to show the deficiencies of them in high complexity, hard to use, and error prone. By combining the advantages of them, we make some improvement to the basic path testing, where independent paths are selected one by one, whose effectiveness is checked and conditions and data for the path is collected at the same time. An example is illustrated to show the feasibility and good traceability of the new design method for practical application.
Classification of Malaria-Infected Cells Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes. Automation of the diagnosis process will enable accurate diagnosis of the disease and hence holds the promise of delivering reliable health-care to resource-scarce areas. Machine learning technologies have been used for automated diagnosis of malaria. We present some of our recent progresses on highly accurate classification of malaria-infected cells using deep convolutional neural networks. First, we describe image processing methods used for segmentation of red blood cells from wholeslide images. We then discuss the procedures of compiling a pathologists-curated image dataset for training deep neural network, as well as data augmentation methods used to significantly increase the size of the dataset, in light of the overfitting problem associated with training deep convolutional neural networks. We will then compare the classification accuracies obtained by deep convolutional neural networks through training, validating, and testing with various combinations of the datasets. These datasets include the original dataset and the significantly augmented datasets, which are obtained using direct interpolation, as well as indirect interpolation using automatically extracted features provided by stacked autoencoders. This chapter ends with a discussion of further research.
Genetics of mood disorders : from pharmacogenetics to disease genetics

The aim of the present study was to test a possible effect of the G-protein b3-subunit (Gb3) C825T gene variant on the antidepressant activity of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in a sample of major and bipolar depressives, with or without psychotic features. Four hundred and ninety inpatients were treated with fluvoxamine 300 mg/day ( n5362) or paroxetine 40 mg/day ( n5128) and either placebo or pindolol in a double-blind design for 6 weeks. The severity of depressive symptoms was weekly assessed with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. G b3 allelic variants were determined in each subject using a PCR-based technique. Subjects with G b3 T/T variants showed better response to treatment ( P50.009) and this effect was independent from analyzed demographic and clinical variables. These results confirm preliminary reports and shed further light on the genetics of the response to antidepressant treatments.  2003 Elsevier Science B.V. /ECNP All rights reserved.
Apprentissage discriminant sur des graphes pour la caractérisation des paysages propices à l'étalement urbain

Un paysage peut-etre decrit comme une organisation spatiale d'elements paysagers. Pour caracteriser des paysages propices a l'etalement urbain, des outils lies a leur representation sous forme de structures apparentees a des graphes ou a un ensemble de relations doivent etre consideres. Differentes approches ont ete etudiees : pour les graphes, une caracterisation a partir de la fouille de motifs pour l'utilisation d'un classifieur classique, des SVM avec noyaux adaptes ou des arbres de decision particuliers, et la programmation logique inductive pour la representation sous forme de relations. L'approche relationnelle a ete retenue pour son expressivite et les outils puissants disponibles (Prolog). Une implementation de Foil (First-Order Inductive Learner) avec quelques extensions est devenue l'objectif du stage.
Menentukan Keandalan Komponen Mesin Produksi Pada Model Stress Strength yang Berdistribusi Gamma

Dalam dunia perindustrian, produk yang dihasilkan oleh suatu Perusahaan akan sangat diperhatikan. Kualitas dari suatu produk akan sangat ditentukan oleh tingkat keandalan komponen mesin produksinya. Salah satu aplikasi dari distribusi Gamma adalah tentang keandalan komponen. Dalam menentukan fungsi keandalan pada Model Stress Strength digunakan kurva interferensi dari Stress-Strength. Jika Stress-Strength berdistribusi Gamma, didapatkan fungsi keandalan yang berupa fungsi beta tak lengkap, . Dengan batas integrasi 0 sampai 0,5, saat parameter skala 1 dan batas integrasi 0 sampai saat parameter skala selain 1 dimana . Perhitungan dari studi kasus pada mesin pembuat pupuk di PT Petrokimia Gresik Cabang Nganjuk menggunakan fungsi keandalan dengan bantuan sofware Matlab, didapat hasil bahwa masing-masing mesin bekerja dalam kondisi prima, dan laju kerusakan tergolong konstan.
Den anden modernitet - kritisk diskussion af Ulrich Becks teori om risikosamfundet

Temaets anden artikel – Klaus Rasborgs artikel ”Den anden modernitet – en kritisk diskussion af Ulrich Becks teori om risikosamfundet” – praesenterer og diskuterer teorien om risikosamfundet og perspektiverer den i forhold til andre diskussioner om risici og modernitet.
EpiReview: Hepatitis C in NSW, 1991-1999

Hepatitis C is a blood borne virus that may present as an acute illness with jaundice, but more commonly passes unnoticed. Most people infected are symptomless initially, but 65–85 per cent will progress to chronic HCV infection (persistent viraemia) and 15–20 per cent will develop long-term liver damage. Liver cancer has been reported in approximately 1–4 per cent of cases, and cirrhosis after an average of 25–30 years of infection. Over the past decade hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections have been identified as one of the common important infections, with an estimated 170 million persons infected worldwide.
The economics of type 2 diabetes in middle-income countries

This thesis researches the economics of type 2 diabetes in middle-income countries (MICs). Given the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in MICs, in-depth country specific analysis is key for understanding the economic consequences of type 2 diabetes. The thesis consists of four studies with the unifying theme of improving the understanding of the causal impact of diabetes on economic outcomes. Study (1) provides an updated overview, critically assesses and identifies gaps in the current literature on the economic costs of type 2 diabetes using a systematic review approach; study (2) investigates the effects of self-reported diabetes on employment probabilities in Mexico, using cross-sectional data and making use of a commonly used instrumental variable approach; study (3) revisits and extends these results via the use of a fixed effects panel data analysis, also considering a broader range of outcomes, including wages and working hours. Further, it makes use of cross-sectional biomarker data that allow for the investigation of undiagnosed diabetes. Study (4) researches the effect of a diabetes diagnosis on employment as well as behavioural risk factors in China, using longitudinal data and applying an alternative identification strategy, marginal structural models estimation, while comparing these results with fixed effects estimation results. The thesis identifies a considerable economic burden of diabetes in middle-income countries and uncovers several inequities affecting women, the poor and the uninsured. Biomarker results indicate that the adverse effects are limited to those aware of their diabetes. Finally, women are also found to achieve fewer positive changes of their behavioural risk factors after a diabetes diagnosis than men, offering a potential explanation for their more adverse employment outcomes compared to men. To reduce the economic burden, the groups most affected by the identified inequities should be targeted. Further, the underlying reasons for the found sex differences need to be identified.
ROLES OF THE Na,K-ATPase ALPHA AND Na/H EXCHANGER (NHE) ISOFORMS, pH AND PROTEIN KINASE A (PKA) IN SPERM PHYSIOLOGY: REGULATION OF SPERM MOTILITY AND ACROSOMAL EXOCYTOSIS

ROLES OF THE Na,K-ATPase ALPHA AND Na/H EXCHANGER (NHE) ISOFORMS, pH AND PROTEIN KINASE A (PKA) IN SPERM PHYSIOLOGY: REGULATION OF SPERM MOTILITY AND ACROSOMAL EXOCYTOSIS by Arunima Chakraborty (Sengupta) Acquisition and maintenance of motility and acrosomal exocytosis are important components of sperm physiology in that they play critical roles in ensuring fertility. The roles that membrane transporters play in regulating sperm motility and acrosomal exocytosis are not well understood. However, recent evidence suggests that the coordinated activity of the Na,K-ATPase alpha4 isoform and a NHE is important in maintaining an optimal intracellular pH critical for sperm motility. In addition, knockout of the sperm-specific NHE, NHE10, results in immotile mouse sperm confirming a link between NHE activity and sperm motility. NHE10 knockout sperm motility can be restored either by increasing intracellular pH or by stimulating protein kinase A (PKA) suggesting that PKA either bypasses the inhibitory effect of pH on motility or that PKA directly affects a pH-dependent motility regulating pathway in sperm. In this study, the inter-relationship between the Na,K-ATPase alpha4 isoform, the NHE, intracellular pH, and PKA in sperm motility and in acrosomal exocytosis were examined. Data presented here demonstrate that stimulation of PKA can reinitiate motility of cytoplasmically acidified sperm only in the presence of an active NHE. Furthermore, it was found that PKA is upstream of a Na,K-ATPase alpha4-dependent, NHE-induced intracellular pH change in a single motility-restoring pathway. In addition, our results show that PKA influences Na,K-ATPase activity at least partially by inhibiting ouabain’s ability to bind to the alpha4 isoform. In an effort to determine which NHEs are involved in this PKA-mediated motility restoration, a novel role for NHE as a receptor which can transduce a signaling cascade via sAC/cAMP/PKA-dependent mechanism was uncovered. Finally, our data demonstrate that inhibition of both the Na,K-ATPase and NHE result in significant increases in the percentage of sperm undergoing acrosomal exocytosis, highlighting important roles for these transporters in the regulation of sperm capacitation in addition to their regulatory roles in maintaining sperm motility. ROLES OF THE Na,K-ATPase ALPHA AND Na/H EXCHANGER (NHE) ISOFORMS, pH AND PROTEIN KINASE A (PKA) IN SPERM PHYSIOLOGY: REGULATION OF SPERM MOTILITY AND ACROSOMAL EXOCYTOSIS
An Efficient Variable-Consistency Replicated File Service

In a previous paper, we introduced a new method of le replica management designed to address the problems faced by mobile clients. Two goals shaped our design: minimizing synchronous operations, and letting clients determine the level of consistency desired. The previous paper was a high-level view of the most fundamental issues; here, we reene our previous ideas and esh out the rest of the design.
Développement des techniques de test et de diagnostic pour les FPGA hiérarchique de type mesh

L’evolution tendant a reduire la taille et augmenter la complexite des circuits electroniques modernes, est en train de ralentir du fait des limitations technologiques, qui generent beaucoup de d’imperfections et de defaults durant la fabrication ou la duree de vie de la puce. Les FPGAs sont utilises dans les systemes numeriques complexes, essentiellement parce qu’ils sont reconfigurables et rapide a commercialiser. Pour garder une grande fiabilite de tels systemes, les FPGAs doivent etre testes minutieusement pour les defaults. L’optimisation de l’architecture des FPGAs pour l’economie de surface et une meilleure routabilite est un processus continue qui impacte directement la testabilite globale et de ce fait, la fiabilite. Cette these presente une strategie complete pour le test et le diagnostique des defaults de fabrication des “mesh-based FPGA” contenant une nouvelle topologie d’interconnections a plusieurs niveaux, ce qui promet d’apporter une meilleure routabilite. Efficacite des schemas proposes est analysee en termes de temps de test, couverture de faute et resolution de diagnostique.
Contraintes temporelles des traitements visuels dans une tâche de catégorisation de scènes naturelles

L'ensemble des resultats de cette these a ete obtenu grâce a une tâche de categorisation dans laquelle les sujets devaient effectuer une reponse motrice rapide sur la base d'informations visuelles incompletes. L'utilisation d'un protocole de masquage a permis de visualiser au cours du temps le decours des traitements impliques dans la reconnaissance d'objets. Les resultats obtenus confirment non seulement que les traitements visuels sont extremement robustes et rapides (Chapitre 2), mais aussi que les informations accumulees dans le systeme sensoriel peuvent etre transformees en signal decisionnel pour guider la reponse du sujet de maniere efficace, en fonction du type d'effecteur utilise (manuel ou oculaire - Chapitre 3) et du niveau de representation requis dans la tâche (detection, categorisation, identification - Chapitre 4). 40 a 50 millisecondes de SOA semblent etre suffisantes pour extraire la majorite de l'information pertinente dans la tâche de categorisation animal/non-animal, un delai qui est encore plus court lorsqu'il s'agit de categoriser des visages. Cette latence est tout a fait compatible avec l'idee que la reconnaissance d'objet s'appuie d'abord sur un transfert rapide, feed-forward et massivement parallele des premieres informations tout au long du parcours cortical visuel.
The Ball Point Pen Assembly Company

The ball point pen assembly exercise is a management simulation that can be used to experientially teach multiple concepts in the areas of management theory and related business disciplines. Its primary goal is to teach quality management, process and work redesign, and re-engineering, but the exercise easily lends itself to the demonstration of learning organization and empowerment. The exercise is most effective with 16-30 participants but it can easily be adapted for smaller or larger classes. It takes approximately an hour to complete and debrief. Complete details about this exercise are provided in this paper.
Cross-domain image matching improved by visual attention

A good accuracy in image retrieval across different visual domains, such as photos taken over different seasons or lighting conditions, paintings, drawings, hand-drawn sketches, still is a big challenge. This paper proposes the use of visual attention to estimate the relative importance of some regions in a given query image. Recently, researchers used different databases in specific domains to validate their hypothesis. In this paper, we also pro-pose a database with multiple image domains, called UFU-DDD. We used the UFU-DDD database to demonstrate the performance and accuracy gains from the association of visual attention with orientation-based feature descriptors. The analysis of the results showed that our approach outperforms all the standard descriptors used in the experiments. We hope the UFU-DDD database constitutes a valuable benchmark to the future research in cross-domain similarity searching.