Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Vehicle Tracking and Locking System Based on GSM and GPS

Currently almost of the public having an own vehicle, theft is happening on parking and sometimes driving insecurity places. The safe of vehicles is extremely essential for public vehicles. Vehicle tracking and locking system installed in the vehicle, to track the place and locking engine motor. The place of the vehicle identified using Global Positioning system (GPS) and Global system mobile communication (GSM). These systems constantly watch a moving Vehicle and report the status on demand. When the theft identified, the responsible person send SMS to the microcontroller, then microcontroller issue the control signals to stop the engine motor. Authorized person need to send the password to controller to restart the vehicle and open the door. This is more secured, reliable and low cost.
THE DENSITY, COMPRESSION STRENGTH AND SURFACE HARDNESS OF HEAT TREATED HORNBEAM (Carpinus betulus ) WOOD

The heat treatment of wood is an environment-friendly method for wood preservation. The heat treatment process only uses steam and heat, and no chemicals or agents are applied to the material during the process. Tests have shown no harmful emissions are apparent when working with the material. This process improves wood’s resistance to decay and its dimensional stability. In this study, the density, compression strength and hardness of heat treated hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) wood were investigated. Wood specimens that had been conditioned at 65% relative humidity and 20 oC were subjected to heat treatment at 170, 190, and 210 oC for 4, 8, and 12 hrs. After heat treatment, compression strength and hardness were determined according to TS 2595 and TS 2479. The results showed that the decreases of compression strength and hardness were related to the extent of density loss. Both compression strength and hardness decreased with the increasing temperatures and durations of the heat treatment. While the maximum density loss observed was 16.12% at 210 oC and 12 hour, at these heat-treatment conditions, the compression strength approximately decreased 30% and hardness values in tangential, radial, and longitudinal directions approximately decreased by 55%, 54%, and 38%, respectively. Hence, it was concluded that there might be a relationship between changes of these wood properties.
Frequency‐Dependent Actions of Benzodiazepines on GABAA Receptors in Cultured Murine Cerebellar Granule Cells

1 Miniature IPSCs recorded from cultured murine cerebellar granule cells increased in half‐width and amplitude following application of the benzodiazepine (BDZ) Flunitrazepam (Flu, 1 μm). The increase in the half‐width was much greater than that in the amplitude. 2 Five‐millisecond applications of 1 mm GABA to nucleated outside‐out patches elicited rapidly rising biexponentially decaying responses that resembled IPSCs. Flu had no effect on the amplitude of such responses, but consistently slowed their deactivation by ∼50%. This effect was reversed by Flu washout or application of the BDZ antagonist Ro 15‐1788. The partial inverse agonist Ro15‐4513 speeded deactivation and depressed peak current amplitude by 23 ± 12%. 3 The EC50 for GABA was between 45 and 50 μm. At submaximally effective agonist concentrations, Flu increased response amplitude and slowed response deactivation. Both effects were present in all cells taken from young cultures (4–7 days in vitro) but the latter was absent in 55% of the neurones obtained from older cultures (14–27 days in vitro). 4 With 120 ms applications of 20 μm GABA, responses activated monoexponentially (time constant, 39.8 ± 2.8 ms) and deactivated biexponentially (time constants, 40.4 ± 2.1 and 251 ± 15 ms). Application of Flu slowed both activation and deactivation. The latter effect arose from an increased contribution of the slower component of decay. 5 Desensitization of responses to 1 mm GABA was biexponential, with time constants of 47 ± 11 and 479 ± 49 ms. Flu speeded desensitization by decreasing both fast and slow time constants. GABAA receptor desensitization consistently slowed subsequent deactivation. No significant relationship between the level of desensitization and the amount of slowing of deactivation produced by Flu was found. 6 Responses to paired 5 ms applications of 1 mm GABA indicated that the slowing of deactivation and the speeding of desensitization produced by Flu combine to generate a marked frequency dependence in the actions of this BDZ. Thus when compared with control responses, GABA‐induced charge transfer was only enhanced by Flu during the first of two successive agonist applications.
Relaxação via barreira logarítmica modificada aplicada ao problema de fluxo de potência ótimo CC com sobrecargas

Os metodos de pontos interiores apresentam bons resultados na resolucao de problemas de fluxo de potencia otimo CC, porem, podem sofrer problemas numericos quando variaveis de decisao permanecem, por diversas iteracoes, proximas a valores de fronteira, influenciando na convergencia do metodo. Estes erros numericos ocorrem com mais frequencia quando ha sobrecargas de geracao e/ou transmissao no sistema. Estas sobrecargas podem ocasionar blackouts devido a incapacidade de satisfazer a demanda ou mesmo de transmitir a carga gerada, ocasionando em um problema infactivel. A fim de eliminar estas dificuldades destes metodos, e proposta uma troca de funcao barreira, substituindo a barreira logaritmica classica pela modificada. Esta mudanca permite que haja violacoes controladas em algumas restricoes de desigualdade, permitindo o uso em problemas de fluxo de potencia com sobrecargas. Estudos de casos sao feitos simulando situacoes normais e de sobrecargas no sistema IEEE-30.
Prevalence of maternal obesity in an urban center.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changing prevalence of maternal obesity in an urban center. STUDY DESIGN The prevalence of obesity in 31,542 pregnancies from January 1986 to December 1996 (group 1) was compared with the prevalence of obesity in 15,600 pregnancies between January 1997 and June 2001 (group 2). Maternal weight was divided into two groups according to measurements performed at delivery (<or=200 pounds and >200 pounds). Women who weighed >or=200 pounds were divided into subgroups for analysis (201-250 pounds, 251-300 pounds, and >300 pounds). The incidence of obesity by weight group was evaluated for a change over time; the impact of race and socioeconomic status was analyzed. A probability value of <. 05 was considered significant. RESULTS Maternal obesity was significantly more common in group 2 (>200 pounds: 28% vs 21%; relative risk, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.3-1.4; 201-250 pounds: 20% vs 16%; relative risk, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.2-1.3; 251-300 pounds: 5.5% vs 3.7%; relative risk, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.3-1.6; >300 pounds: 1.6% vs 1.2%; relative risk, 1.4; 95% CI,1.2-1.7; P <.001 for each). Obesity was most common in African American women (>200 pounds, 28.1%; 201-250 pounds, 20.5%; 251-300 pounds, 5.5%; and >300 pounds, 2.1 %). The prevalence of obesity increased most among African American women (>200 pounds: 35 % vs 25%; relative risk, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.4-1.5; 201-250 pounds: 25 % vs 18%; relative risk, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.3-1.5; 251-300 pounds: 7.3 % vs 4.6%; relative risk, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.4-1.6; >300 pounds: 2.7% vs 1.8%; relative risk, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.3-1.9; P <.001 for each), and it decreased in Asian women (>200 pounds: 6.8% vs 11%; relative risk, 0.6; 95% CI, 0.4-0.9; P <.05; 201-250 pounds: 6.3% vs 9.7%; relative risk, 0.6; 95% CI, 0.4 -1.1; P >.05; 251-300 pounds: 0.6% vs 1%; relative risk, 0.6; 95% CI, 0.1- 2.9; P >.05; >300 pounds: 0.0% vs 0.3%). The increase in weight over time remained statistically significant after being controlled in multivariate analysis for socioeconomic status and race. Women with milder obesity (201-250 pounds prepregnancy weight) were at increased risk for preeclampsia, gestational and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, advanced gestational age (>or=42 weeks), fetal macrosomia, and cesarean delivery (P <.001 for each), with increasing weight being associated with higher risk. CONCLUSION Obesity that complicates pregnancy has increased significantly over the past 15 years. The risk of perinatal complications increases with increasing maternal pregravid weight; even those women with moderate obesity are at increased risk of adverse outcomes.
Ovulation in Drosophila is controlled by secretory cells of the female reproductive tract

How oocytes are transferred into an oviduct with a receptive environment remains poorly known. We found that glands of the Drosophila female reproductive tract, spermathecae and/or parovaria, are required for ovulation and to promote sperm storage. Reducing total secretory cell number by interferring with Notch signaling during development blocked ovulation. Knocking down expression after adult eclosion of the nuclear hormone receptor Hr39, a master regulator of gland development, slowed ovulation and blocked sperm storage. However, ovulation (but not sperm storage) continued when only canonical protein secretion was compromised in adult glands. Our results imply that proteins secreted during adulthood by the canonical secretory pathway from female reproductive glands are needed to store sperm, while a non-canonical glandular secretion stimulates ovulation. Our results suggest that the reproductive tract signals to the ovary using glandular secretions, and that this pathway has been conserved during evolution. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.7554/eLife.00415. 001
Influência do Capital Intelectual na Avaliação de Desempenho aplicada no Terceiro Setor

Este trabalho tem como foco central uma discussao dos modelos de avaliacao de desempenho economico-financeiro nas organizacoes hospitalares. No contexto em que a tecnologia e a economia avancam rapidamente, o conhecimento, a experiencia, a especializacao e diversos outros ativos intangiveis tem sido, cada vez mais, determinantes em termos de desempenho e geracao de valor. Para tanto, o texto foi dividido em quatro partes, alem dos aspectos introdutorios e das consideracoes finais. Inicialmente, sera contextualizado o terceiro setor, mais especificamente os hospitais universitarios. Logo apos, serao apresentadas as definicoes, a natureza e mensuracao do capital intelectual (principais modelos de gestao do conhecimento), seguidas da evidenciacao dos principais modelos avaliacao de desempenho economico-financeiros. Finalmente, sera apresentado um modelo adaptado, sob o enfoque da gestao baseada no valor, propondo ajustes nos indicadores de retorno e do respectivo investimento, demonstrando os impactos da gestao do capital intelectual e da atividade de ensino no resultado economico de tais instituicoes. O estudo foi elaborado por intermedio de uma metodologia consubstanciada em uma pesquisa bibliografica, sob o prisma do metodo de procedimento comparativo na modalidade descritiva.
Avaliação ambiental do processo de reciclagem de chumbo

O chumbo e o quinto metal mais utilizado na industria. E empregado principalmente na fabricacao de baterias acidas. Sua reciclagem e feita devido a escassez do mesmo nas jazidas existentes, alem da preocupacao com o meio ambiente. Os residuos contendo chumbo sao classificados segundo a norma brasileira de residuos (NBR-IOO4) como perigosos. O processo de reciclagem e constituido por duas fases: separacao dos componentes da bateria acida de chumbo e fusao do metal em fornos de reducao. Este trabalho realizou uma avaliacao ambiental do processo de reciclagem de chumbo utilizado em tres unidades de reciclagem no Brasil. Para atingi-Io, foram desmontadas baterias e seus componentes analisados com o intuito de caracterizar o material a ser reciclado. Tambem foram feitas visitas a recicladoras para coleta de dados, que proporcionou o levantamento de alguns indices ambientais e de consumo de insumos. Os principais fatores potenciais de contaminacao ambiental identificados foram a emissao de material particulado contendo chumbo e a formacao de escoria tambem contaminada pelo mesmo metal. O resultado da caracterizacao das baterias e a analise dos dados obtidos nas visitas mostram que a reciclagem de chumbo e uma fonte potencial de poluicao ambiental. O controle do processo de reciclagem deve ser rigoroso para se atingir padroes ambientais aceitaveis e a necessidade de muitos equipamentos de controle ambiental contribui de forma significativa para um elevado custo do processo Abstract
A Measurable Activation of the bZIP Transcription Factor Atf1 in a Fission Yeast Strain Devoid of Stress-activated and Cell Integrity Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Activities*

Background: Activation of Atf1 is regulated by the Sty1 MAPK under multiple stresses, and the Pmk1 MAPK is also suggested to regulate the activity of Atf1. Results: We obtained a measurable activation of Atf1 in Δsty1Δpmk1 cells. Conclusion: Activation of Atf1 is not fully dependent on Sty1 and Pmk1. Significance: The Renilla reporter assay identified a Sty1-independent activation of Atf1. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the stress-activated Sty1 MAPK pathway is essential for cell survival under stress conditions. The Sty1 MAPK regulates Atf1 transcription factor to elicit stress responses in extreme conditions of osmolarity and reactive oxygen species-generating agents such as hydrogen peroxide, heat, low glucose, and heavy metal. Herein, using a newly developed Renilla luciferase reporter assay with enhanced detection sensitivity and accuracy, we show that distinct signaling pathways respond to cadmium and other reactive oxygen species-generating agents for the activation of Atf1. Also, surprisingly, a measurable activation of Atf1 transcription factor was still observed devoid of Sty1 MAPK activity. Further genetic and biological analyses revealed that the residual activation is caused by the activation of the cell wall integrity Pmk1 MAPK pathway and a redox-mediated activation of Atf1.
It's not just about the HbA1c, Doc! Understanding the psychosocial is also important in managing diabetes?

OBJECTIVE Despite significant efforts at a primary care level, at least 35% of people with diabetes fail to meet health targets. It is assumed that these poor results are a consequence of the patient not understanding their disease or not caring. This study seeks to understand what really lies behind poor control. DESIGN SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A qualitative study using semistructured interviews was conducted in a primary care setting in rural Western Australia. People living with diabetes for at least two years were specifically selected on the basis of whether they had either 'good' (HbA1c < 7%) or 'poor' (HbA1c > 8%) control. RESULTS Interviews revealed that people understood only too well their disease and their responsibilities. Frequently, either they did not choose to make diabetes a priority in their lives or were unable to make appropriate lifestyle changes which were demanded for good blood sugar control. Their life/social stresses often influenced their glucose control. CONCLUSION Poor control in our study was not related to lack of knowledge but more to how diabetes was prioritised in their lives. Attention to the patients' priorities is required to accomplish improved glycaemic control.
The RhoA Effector mDia Is Induced During T Cell Activation and Regulates Actin Polymerization and Cell Migration in T Lymphocytes 1

Regulation of actin polymerization is critical for many different functions of T lymphocytes, including cell migration. Here we show that the RhoA effector mDia is induced in vitro in activated PBL and is highly expressed in vivo in diseased tissue-infiltrating activated lymphocytes. mDia localizes at the leading edge of polarized T lymphoblasts in an area immediately posterior to the leading lamella, in which its effector protein profilin is also concentrated. Overexpression of an activated mutant of mDia results in an inhibition of both spontaneous and chemokine-directed T cell motility. mDia does not regulate the shape of the cell, which involves another RhoA effector, p160 Rho-coiled coil kinase, and is not involved in integrin-mediated cell adhesion. However, mDia activation blocked CD3- and PMA-mediated cell spreading. mDia activation increased polymerized actin levels, which resulted in the blockade of chemokine-induced actin polymerization by depletion of monomeric actin. Moreover, mDia was shown to regulate the function of the small GTPase Rac1 through the control of actin availability. Together, our data demonstrate that RhoA is involved in the control of the filamentous actin/monomeric actin balance through mDia, and that this balance is critical for T cell responses.
Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens Implicated as Natural Vectors of Dirofilaria repens in Central Italy

Abstract To identify the natural vectors of Dirofilaria repens Railliet et Henry, entomological samplings were carried out in four sites within the Lazio region, foci of canine subcutaneous dirofilariasis. Collections were made in 2002–2003 by means of dog-baited and miniature Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traps as well as on humans. Microscopy identified 1,576 attracted mosquito females as belonging to six species, but molecular diagnostics detected filarial DNA only in Culex pipiens L. and Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894). Dirofilaria immitis Leidy DNA, D. repens DNA, or both were found in the head and thorax of both mosquitoes. The simultaneous presence of vectors showing diurnal and nocturnal activity patterns is of concern for animal and human health. The finding of D. immitis DNA in mosquitoes in areas where only D. repens was been recovered in dogs also demonstrates that this filarial parasite circulates among carnivores (wild or domesticated pets).
Relationships between visual acuity and anomalous head posture in patients with congenital nystagmus.

PURPOSE To determine whether patients with congenital nystagmus and an anomalous head posture have better binocular visual acuity than such patients without an anomalous head posture. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was an observational case series of prospectively collected data for 125 patients with clinical and oculographically confirmed congenital nystagmus. Clinical data were tabulated using computer software. Statistical analyses compared binocular visual acuity with and without the presence of a clinically evident anomalous head posture and visual acuity with and without associated sensory disease. RESULTS The mean visual acuity was 20/42 (log of the minimal angle of resolution [MAR], 0.32) in patients with an anomalous head posture and 20/83 (logMAR, 0.62) in patients with no anomalous head posture (P < .001). Among patients with disease of the sensory system, those with an anomalous head posture had a mean visual acuity of 20/55 (logMAR, 0.44) and those without an anomalous head posture had a mean visual acuity of 20/108 (logMAR, 0.73; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Visual acuity was found to be significantly better in patients with congenital nystagmus who had an anomalous head posture versus those without such a head posture. Our findings indicate that the presence of an anomalous head posture in a patient with congenital nystagmus correlates with good vision and thus may be considered a positive prognostic sign in a preverbal child.
Efecto mediador del optimismo en los sesgos cognitivos provocados por emociones inducidas

De acuerdo con la teoria "broaden and build" de las emociones positivas, determinadas emociones positivas tienen la capacidad de ampliar momentaneamente los repertorios de pensamientoaccion, contribuyendo a construir unos recursos personales resistentes, alcanzando desde los recursos fisicos e intelectuales a los sociales o psicologicos. Una de las implicaciones del modelo original de la teoria, es el hecho de que las emociones positivas sirven para deshacer los efectos cardiovasculares producidos por las emociones negativas. El presente estudio pretende contrastar si, al igual que sucede con la reaccion cardiovascular producida por la induccion de una emocion negativa, un rasgo disposicional positivo como es el optimismo, seria capaz de minimizar un posible sesgo cognitivo hacia el recuerdo diferencial de determinados contenidos tras haber inducido a los participantes una determinada emocion. Asimismo se estudia la relacion entre optimismo, estilos atribucionales y factores de personalidad.
Foreshore Sand as a Source of Escherichia coli in Nearshore Water of a Lake Michigan Beach

ABSTRACT Swimming advisories due to excessive Escherichia coli concentrations are common at 63rd Street Beach, Chicago, Ill. An intensive study was undertaken to characterize the source and fate of E. coli in beach water and sand at the beach. From April through September 2000, water and sand samples were collected daily or twice daily at two depths on three consecutive days per week (water samples, n = 1,747; sand samples, n = 858); hydrometeorological conditions and bird and bather distributions were also recorded. E. coli concentrations in sand and water were significantly correlated, with the highest concentration being found in foreshore sand, followed by those in submerged sediment and water of increasing depth. Gull contributions to E. coli densities in sand and water were most apparent on the day following gull activity in a given area. E. coli recolonized newly placed foreshore sand within 2 weeks. Analysis of variance, correlation, cluster analyses, concentration gradients, temporal-spatial distribution, demographic patterns, and DNA fingerprinting suggest that E. coli may be able to sustain population density in temperate beach sand during summer months without external inputs. This research presents evidence that foreshore beach sand (i) plays a major role in bacterial lake water quality, (ii) is an important non-point source of E. coli to lake water rather than a net sink, (iii) may be environmentally, and perhaps hygienically, problematic, and (iv) is possibly capable of supporting an autochthonous, high density of indicator bacteria for sustained periods, independent of lake, human, or animal input.