Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Best Practices for Working with Non-Technical Project Sponsors

Spurred on by the growth of project-based learning, experiential learning and service learning, many engineering programs now have engineering students working on projects sponsored by non-technical sponsors. In addition many teams include students from disciplines other than engineering. Mentoring a team of students working with non-technical project sponsors and team mates is much different than mentoring a team of engineering students working on a project with a practicing engineer serving as a sponsor. Non-technical students and sponsors do not understand the engineering design process, engineering analysis and the culture in engineering. Engineering students and faculty may know about the technology available but they may have little understanding of a problem involving other disciplines. In addition these problems may be complex in nature and involve stake holders with conflicting priorities. Finally, the project sponsors and experts with domain specific knowledge may not have the time, ability or motivation to teach engineering students and faculty the basic concepts about their discipline or problem. Communication between project stakeholders is furthered hampered by the different frames of reference, experiences, lack of common disciplinary knowledge and the tacit or unspoken knowledge of all stake holders. Similarly, engineering students and faculty struggle to understand the cultural norms of the sponsor’s profession and the priorities of the stakeholders. Some sponsors bring potential solutions to the table and can be disappointed when the design team recommends implementing other technologies. These challenges confront faculty sponsors as they try to mentor teams and satisfy all stakeholders. Ideally, the students should have a positive learning experience, the sponsor should value the final output of the project and faculty should not have to spend too much time supervising the project. Effective communication between the stakeholders from different disciplines combined with managing expectations is the best way to improve the chances of success. This paper will step through the design process and describe the best practices for facilitating communication between the sponsor, engineering students and faculty related to each step of the design process. Completed Projects are used as examples to illustrate the difficulties.
Minimal Disease Activity among Active Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Treated with Secukinumab: 2-year Results from the FUTURE 2 Study

Objective: To evaluate minimal disease activity (MDA) among psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients receiving secukinumab 2 years the FUTURE study (NCT01752634). Methods: Patients with active PsA were randomized to receive subcutaneous secukinumab 300, 150, or 75 mg or placebo. MDA was assessed in the overall population (anti-tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-naïve and inadequate responders [anti-TNF-IR]) and in patients stratified by prior anti-TNF exposure and by time since diagnosis at Weeks 16, 24, 52, and 104. Function, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) including health-related quality of life (QoL), and work productivity were assessed in MDA responders versus non-responders. Results: Overall, 28% (27/98) and 23% (23/100) of patients achieved MDA at Week 16 with secukinumab 300 and 150 mg, respectively, versus 10% (9/94) with placebo. In the anti–TNF-naïve cohort, a higher proportion of patients achieved MDA at Week 16 with secukinumab 300 and 150 mg (34% and 32%, respectively) versus placebo (13%). The corresponding value in the anti-TNF-IR cohort was 15% and 8% with secukinumab 300 and 150 mg, respectively, versus placebo (3%). At Week 16, 27.1% (16/59) of MDA responders achieved a very low disease activity (VLDA) response, with the percentage being numerically greater with secukinumab 300 and 150 mg (30% [8/27] and 26% [6/23], respectively) versus placebo (22% [2/9]). The MDA and VLDA responses with secukinumab 300 and 150 mg were sustained through 2 years. MDA responders showed greater improvements in QoL outcomes compared to non-responders through 2 years. Conclusion: A greater proportion of patients achieved MDA with secukinumab versus placebo at Week 16, with response rates sustained through 2 years. MDA was associated with improved PROs, including QoL, through 2 years.
Discourse construction at 4-5 years of age: Language specificities and 'cognitive functional' constraints

The present cross-linguistic study continues the investigation of first language (L1) acquisition and development, and tends to verify the hypothesis formulated in previous studies (Hirzalla, 2005, 2007). It aims to reconsider the interaction between cognitive determinant and typological specificities in the construction of discourse at the age of 4-5, and to show that, contrary to what is usually defended, the discourse of this acquisitional stage is not impermeable to language specificities. The study analyses two types of spatial discourse: static, elicited by the task of picture description, and dynamic, elicited by the task of describing successive images 1 , both produced orally in French and Jordanian Arabic L1 by children of 4-5 years of age 2 .
Studies of Young Children's Thought and Language. Final Report.

A series of studies on young children's use of the terms "same" and "different" are reported. The work began from the observation that young children (approximately three-and-a-half years of age) could respond correctly to instructions involving "same" but were often incorrect in response to "different. " This finding was replicated under a*variety of experimental conditions and found to be reliable and stable. Same-different judgment tasks were found to be unsuitable for use with young subjeCts. There was no significant correlation between this same-different phenomenon and classification performance. After considering several linguistic models of the phenomenon, a four stage developmental model for the child's use of "different" was postulated. It was postulated that the youngest children (approximately 3-2 and younger) reversed the meaning of "different" for "same. " Children approximately 3-3 to 3-7 believed that "different" meant a different example of a similar class of objects (i.e., a denial of identity). Older children 3-7+ apparently believed that "different" meant different with some di. mension of similarity. Still older children finally appeared to arrive at a formulation comparable to that held by adults. The signifiOance of these findings for a theory of semantic development and for experimental and instructional work with young children is
Critical behavior of the annealed ising model on random regular graphs

In [15], the authors have defined an annealed Ising model on random graphs and proved limit theorems for the magnetization of this model on some random graphs including random 2-regular graphs. Then in [9], we generalized their results to the class of all random regular graphs. In this paper, we study the critical behavior of this model. In particular, we determine the critical exponents and prove a non standard limit theorem stating that the magnetization scaled by n converges to a specific random variable, with n the number of vertices of random regular graphs.
Cell Stem Cell Generation of iN Cells from Liver 2 Cell

Samuele Marro,1 Zhiping P. Pang,2 Nan Yang,1 Miao-Chih Tsai,4 Kun Qu,4 Howard Y. Chang,3,4 Thomas C. Südhof,2,3 and Marius Wernig1,* 1Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Pathology 2Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology 3Howard Hughes Medical Institute 4Program in Epithelial Biology Stanford University School of Medicine, 265 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA *Correspondence: wernig@stanford.edu DOI 10.1016/j.stem. 2011.09. 002
Risk factors of road crash: An empirical analysis among an Italian drivers sample

With the aim of increasing information about risk factors for crashes in the area of Parma, North Italy, a total of 1489 road accidents occurred in the year 2008 was analyzed. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between drivers, accidents characteristics and accident outcomes (killed, severely, and mildly injured). Age classes much involved in road crash were 26-25 and 36-35 years. Men were much frequently responsible for accident than women. The hourly distribution of crash for working days, Saturday and Sunday showed that the prevalence was higher during the late night hours (0-3 on Sunday and 20-23 on Saturday, respectively). The youngest age class was involved in a greater number of accidents especially on 0-3 time of day class. About half of road crashes was directly attributed to violations. High-speed, alcohol and drug abuse affected only a small portion of cases. The highest combined risk of dying or being severely injured was found in males, driving a motorcycle. These results will influence transport and local safeties measures and policies, which will change inappropriate behaviors of drivers and protect the least experienced road users.
Study of deoxynivalenol effect on metallothionein and glutathione levels, antioxidant capacity, and glutathione-S-transferase and liver enzymes activity in rats

Deoxynivalenol (DON, vomitoxin) is one of several human mycotoxins acquired through residues in foods of plant origin (cereals) and through foods of animal origin (kidneys, liver, milk, eggs). The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of deoxynivalenol-contaminated mouldy grain on the health status of rats and their ability to resist oxidative stress. The rats were fed a diet supplemented with DON along with organic and inorganic Zn(II), and vitamins for 28 days. The study focuses particularly on protective mechanisms and levels of reduced glutathione and metallothioneins (MT) against the adverse effects of xenobiotics. The highest concentrations of MT were detected in the tissues of kidneys ((6.70 ± 0.05) μg g−1) and liver ((6.00 ± 0.05) μg g−1), both of which are involved in detoxifying cationic xenobiotics. Lower concentrations were also detected in heart, brain, testes, and muscle tissues (approximately 3.0 μg g−1). Antioxidant capacity, glutathione-S-transferase, and liver enzymes activity were also studied. In conclusion, MT may play an important role in the detoxification of mycotoxins. Even though its role is not fully understood, MT are crucial for the redistribution of ions important for transcription factors and interaction with reactive oxygen species that form mycotoxins.
An Improved Image Restoration Model Based on General Total Variation

The diffusion function of Aubert TV model does not satisfy the second-best condition, we improve the diffusion function to get better image restoration results. Experiments results show that the new model overcome the staircase effect in smooth area and preserving significant image details in the high frequency area. This model gain higher peak signal noise ratio and has good performance of image restoration. KEYWORD: Total variation; Diffusion function; Image gradient; Image restoration International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management Science (ITMS 2015) © 2015. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 925   0 t                 u u u u u (3) It shows that TV diffusion model spreads only along the orthogonal direction of the image gradient diffusion [9], and the diffusion strength coefficient is 1 u So Aubert and Vese proposed various members of the anisotropic more general TV image restoration model:   2 0 min ( ) ( ) 2 J dxdy dxdy           u u u u u (4)
Importance essential fatty acids (n-6 and n-3) in animal nutrition: II: Poultry

There is considerable interest in the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in human health. It has been demonstrated that the FA composition of broiler meat can be altered by changing the content of the broiler’s diet.The lipid composition of broiler meat can be modified by adding linoleic and linolenic acids and fish oils (FO). Fish oil may inhibit the desaturation of n-6 FA, with a subsequent lowering of plasma lipids. The FA composition of the broiler chicken carcass may be influenced considerably by the diet administered. Dietary n-3 FA has been reported to aid in the prevention of certain diseases, especially cardiovascular disorders. The present paper will discuss the essential fatty acid useful for enrichment of layinghen and broiler rations and provide guidelines on how these sources can best be used in the development of a healthful, n-3 FA-rich whole egg and meat.
Real Estate Investment Trusts and Calendar Anomalies

There have been numerous studies in the finance literature on the existence of calendar anomalies in common stock and a few studies of individual anomalies in the markets for real estate investment trusts. This study provides a comprehensive examination of the existence of four calendar anomalies for REITs and common stocks from 1986 through 1993. The results show the existence of the January effect, the turn-of-the-month effect, the day-of-the-week effect, and the pre-holiday effect in REITs and equally weighted index of stocks. REIT returns tend to be higher in January, on Friday, on turn-of-the-month trading days, and on pre-holiday trading days.
Assessing REDD+ performance of countries with low monitoring capacities: the matrix approach

Estimating emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests in many developing countries is so uncertain that the effects of changes in forest management could remain within error ranges (i.e. undetectable) for several years. Meanwhile UNFCCC Parties need consistent time series of meaningful performance indicators to set credible benchmarks and allocate REDD+ incentives to the countries, programs and activities that actually reduce emissions, while providing social and environmental benefits. Introducing widespread measuring of carbon in forest land (which would be required to estimate more accurately changes in emissions from degradation and forest management) will take time and considerable resources. To ensure the overall credibility and effectiveness of REDD+, parties must consider the design of cost-effective systems which can provide reliable and comparable data on anthropogenic forest emissions. Remote sensing can provide consistent time series of land cover maps for most non-Annex-I countries, retrospectively. These maps can be analyzed to identify the forests that are intact (i.e. beyond significant human influence), and whose fragmentation could be a proxy for degradation. This binary stratification of forests biomes (intact/non-intact), a transition matrix and the use of default carbon stock change factors can then be used to provide initial estimates of trends in emission changes. A proof-of-concept is provided for one biome of the Democratic Republic of the Congo over a virtual commitment period (2005–2010). This approach could allow assessment of the performance of the five REDD+ activities (deforestation, degradation, conservation, management and enhancement of forest carbon stocks) in a spatially explicit, verifiable manner. Incentives could then be tailored to prioritize activities depending on the national context and objectives.
The Basic Package of Health Services [ 11 ] developed by South Sudan ’ s Ministry of Health promotes primary health care at multiple levels in the health system

a Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, Jhpiego, Washington DC, USA b Ministry of Health, Government of South Sudan, Juba, South Sudan c Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, JSI Research and Training Institute, Washington DC, USA d Integrated Service Delivery Project, Jhpiego, Juba, South Sudan e Mundri Relief and Development Association, Juba, South Sudan f International Finance Corporation, Juba, South Sudan g Jhpiego, Baltimore, MD, USA
ognitive impairment and malnutrition , predictors of ll-cause mortality in hospitalized elderly subjects ith cardiovascular disease es troubles cognitifs et la malnutrition sont prédictifs de la mortalité chez les atients âgés hospitalisés ayant des maladies cardiovasculaires

a UMR U557 Inserm, U1125 Inra, CNAM, université Paris 13, CRNH Île-de-France, Bobigny, France b Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, AP—HP, Paris, France c Centre de diagnostic et de thérapeutique, hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, AP—HP, 1, place du Parvis-Notre-Dame, 75004 Paris, France d Service de gériatrie, hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, AP—HP, Paris, France e Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Left ventricular dyssynchrony and 2 D and 3 D global longitudinal strain for differentiating physiological and pathological left ventricular hypertrophy Comment reconnaître une hypertrophie du sportif avec le speckle tracking ( 2 D et 3 D )

Please cite this article in press as: Ternacle J, et al. Left ventricular dyssynchrony and 2D and 3D global longitudinal strain for differentiating physiological and pathological left ventricular hypertrophy. Arch Cardiovasc Dis (2016), http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.acvd. 2016.11. 003 Left ventricular hypertrophy; Athlete’s heart Methods. — We retrospectively included 100 men: 50 elite rugby players (25 with moderate LVH and 25 with no LVH), 25 patients with HCM and moderate LVH and 25 controls. LV dyssynchrony was defined as the standard deviation of time to peak 2D longitudinal strain (16-segment model) and global strain components were computed from two(2D) and three-dimensional (3D) speckle tracking.
Success and Failure of Reform: Insights from the Transition of Agriculture

The paper analyzes the linkages between the reform strategies in transition countries and economic performance. We focus on agriculture because of the sharpness of the policy changes, fundamental differences among countries, and relative simplicity of agricultural relationships. We document post reform performance in the transition countries of Asia and Europe. We show how: a. ) pricing reform and subsidy reductions; b. ) land rights reform and policies that affect farm restructuring; and c. ) the presence institutions that facilitate exchange (either markets or market substitutes) affect output and productivity. The paper ends with general lessons on reforms and transition.
DETERMINATION OF THE CP-VIOLATING PHASE φ s IN B 0 s → J/ψφ DECAYS ∗

The determination of the CP-violating phase φ s in B 0 s → J/ψφ decays is one of the key goals of the LHCb experiment. Its value is predicted to be very small in the Standard Model. However, it can be signiﬁcantly enhanced by contributions from eﬀects of new physics. The most precise measurements of φ s and ∆ Γ s to date are presented. Using a dataset corresponding to 3 fb − 1 collected at the LHCb during 2011–2012, they are measured to be φ s = − 0 . 010 ± 0 . 039 rad and ∆ Γ s = 0 . 0805 ± 0 . 0091 ± 0 . 0032 ps − 1 .
Incidence of anaphylaxis in the city of Alcorcon (Spain): a population‐based study

SummaryBackground Relatively few studies have examined the incidence of anaphylaxis in the general population. Objective To report the incidence of anaphylaxis among the general population of the city of Alcorcon, Spain, using various public health care databases. Methods Episodes of anaphylaxis were recovered using validated alphanumeric strings in different fields of electronic clinical records used in the different public health settings in the city of Alcorcon (primary care, Emergency Department, hospitalized patients and Allergy Outpatient Clinic). Patients with anaphylaxis were tracked across the different clinical settings in Alcorcon. Results The incidence of anaphylaxis in Alcorcon was 103.37 episodes per 100 000 person-years (total standardized incidence rate of 112.2). There was a peak of 313.58 episodes in the 0–4 years age group and a different distribution of incidence rates (although non-significant) among different age groups between male patients and female patients. In most age groups, incidence tended to be higher for female patients aged over 10 years. Patients were attended at two or more levels in 76.78% of episodes, and a new evaluation was often made at a primary care centre (71.43%), Allergy Outpatient Clinic (75.6%), or both after the episode (58.93%). Conclusion and Clinical Relevance This study revealed a higher rate of anaphylaxis than that in previous studies, although this incidence rate is probably lower than the real incidence rate. Studies exploring potential methodological, genetic and environmental factors accounting for these higher rates of anaphylaxis are required.
Title Privacy-Preserving Aggregation of Time-Series Data

We consider how an untrusted data aggregator can learn desired statistics over multiple participants’ data, without compromising each individual’s privacy. We propose a construction that allows a group of participants to periodically upload encrypted values to a data aggregator, such that the aggregator is able to compute the sum of all participants’ values in every time period, but is unable to learn anything else. We achieve strong privacy guarantees using two main techniques. First, we show how to utilize applied cryptographic techniques to allow the aggregator to decrypt the sum from multiple ciphertexts encrypted under different user keys. Second, we describe a distributed data randomization procedure that guarantees the differential privacy of the outcome statistic, even when a subset of participants might be
Title : Exploiting The Substrate Promiscuity of Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA : shikimate Hydroxycinnamoyl Transferase to Reduce Lignin Running title : Substrate promiscuity of HCT and lignin reduction Corresponding

© The Author(s) 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com Plant and Cell Physiology Advance Access published February 8, 2016
High-performance computing of 1 = ffiffi x p i and exp ð xi Þ for a vector of inputs xi on Alpha and IA-64 CPUs

The modern microprocessors have become more sophisticated, the performance of software on modern architectures has grown more and more difficult to dissect and prognosticate. The execution of a program nowadays entails the complex interaction of code, compiler and processor micro-architecture. The built-in functions to compute 1= ffiffi x p or expð xÞ of math library and hardware are often incapable of achieving the challenging performance of high-performance numerical computing. To meet this demand, the current trend in constructing high-performance numerical computing for specific processors Alpha 21264 & 21364, and IA-64 has been optimized for 1= ffiffi x p i and expð xiÞ for a vector of inputs xi which is significantly faster than optimized library routines. A detailed deliberation of how the processor micro-architecture as well as the manual optimization techniques improve the computing performance has been developed. 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.