Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Kernel Techniques in Support Vector Machines for Classification of Biological Data

In this paper, we consider the problem of protein classification, which is a important and hot topic in bioinformatics. We propose a novel kernel based on the K- Spectrum Kernel by incorporating physico-chemical and biological properties of amino acids as well as the motif information for the captured protein classification problem. Similarity matrix is constructed based on an AAindex2 substitution matrix which measures the amino acid pair distance. Together with the motif content posing importance on the protein sequences, a new kernel is then constructed. We adopt the Eigen-matrix translation techniques for improving the classification accuracy. Experimental results indicate that the string-based kernel in conjunction with SVM classifier performs significantly better than the traditional spectrum kernel method. Furthermore, numerical examples also confirm the use of the Eigen- matrix translation techniques as general strategy.
Multi-scale Modeling of Concrete Performance

Multi-scale modeling of structural concrete performance is presented as a systematic knowledge base of coupled cementitious composites and structural mechanics. An integrated computational scheme is proposed for life-span simulation of reinforced concrete. Conservation of moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen, chloride, calcium and momentum is solved with hydration, carbonation, corrosion, ion dissolution, damage evolution and their thermodynamic/mechanical equilibrium. The holistic system is verified by the reality.
Multidetector computed tomographic angiography in evaluation of neonates with suspected extracardiac congenital heart disease: experience in Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos

Summary The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of extracardiac pathology in neonatal patients with suspected congenital heart disease referred to undergo multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography in Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos. The safety of MDCT angiography (intravenous contrast media volume injected, scanning time and exposure to ionising radiation) was also evaluated. Patients and Methods: During the period of 2006-2012, in Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos 186 pediatric patients were referred to undergo MDCT angiography of whom 71 were neonates with suspected complex congenital heart disease (CHD) and extracardiac pathology. Results: Sixty nine (97.2%) of referred neonates were found to have extracardiac pathology (36 had extracardiac vascular pathology only, 4 - extracardiac non-vascular pathology only and 29 - both extracardiac vascular and non-vascular pathology). In 47 patients diagnosis of extracardiac pathology was verified intraoperatively. Remainder (n = 24) of the group were not operated (12 patients died because of hemodynamic instability and inoperable complex CHD, 9 patients were scheduled for later surgery, in 3 patients surgery was not indicated). Mean contrast media volume used was 4.18±1.03 ml, mean scanning time was 1.07±0.77 s and mean effective radiation dose was 2.8± 0.69 mSv. No adverse reactions or complications were observed. Conclusions: MDCT angiography is accurate and safe method in diagnosis of complex congenital heart disease with extracardiac pathology.
Metastable Decomposition of High-Dimensional Meteorological Data with Gaps

This paper presents an extension of the recently developed method for simultaneous dimension reduction and metastability analysis of high-dimensional time series. The modified approach is based on a combination of ensembles of hidden Markov models (HMMs) with state-specific principal component analysis (PCA) in extended space (guaranteeing that the overall dynamics will be Markovian). The main advantage of the modified method is its ability to deal with the gaps in the high-dimensional observation data. The proposed method allows for (i) the separation of the data according to the metastable states, (ii) a hierarchical decomposition of these sets into metastable substates, and (iii) calculation of the state-specific extended empirical orthogonal functions simultaneously with identification of the underlying Markovian dynamics switching between those metastable substates. The authors discuss the introduced model assumptions, explain how the quality of the resulting reduced representation can be assessed, and show what kind of additional insight into the underlying dynamics such a reduced Markovian representation can give (e.g., in the form of transition probabilities, statistical weights, mean first exit times, and mean first passage times). The performance of the new method analyzing 500-hPa geopotential height fields [daily mean values from the 40-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40) dataset for a period of 44 winters] is demonstrated and the results are compared with information gained from a numerically expensive but assumption-free method (Wavelets–PCA), and the identified metastable states are interpreted w.r. t. the blocking events in the atmosphere.
A Catalyst for Digital Design Media

This study aims to understand whether time restriction along with a situational influence on creativity can act as a catalyst to speed up unique design alternative generation when digital media is being used compared to sketching. In order to achieve this, an experiment with undergraduate architectural design students is conducted. The results are measured with the flexibility and fluidity measures of creativity proposed by the Torrance Test.
Attachment style and the mental representation of the self.

Six studies examined the association between attachment style and several aspects of the mental representation of the self in adolescents. Studies 1 and 2 focused on the hedonic tone of the selfstructure, Studies 3 and 4 focused on its complexity, and Studies 5 and 6 focused on discrepancies between domains and standpoints of the self. Results indicated that secure and avoidant persons had a more positive view of themselves than anxious-ambivalent persons. In addition, secure persons were found to have a more balanced, complex, and coherent self-structure than insecure persons, either avoidant or anxious-ambivalent. The discussion emphasizes the connection between the internalization of attachment experiences and the construction of the self. Research on adult attachment uses Bowlby's (1973) construct of working models—mental representations of attachment figures and the self—to explain how past interactions with significant others influence social and emotional development. Initial studies of adult attachment focused on the way people think about and behave in their relationships (e.g., Hazan & Shaver, 1987). The present series of studies focuses on a neglected aspect of attachment working models: the mental representation of the self. Attachment Theory and Research Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969, 1973, 1980) proposes that the quality of infant-caregiver interactions results in mental working models that organize cognitions, affects, and behavior in later relationships; guide affect regulation; and shape selfimage. Following these ideas, Hazan and Shaver (1987) examined attachment working models in adults, using the tripartite classification of infant attachment style (Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, & Wall, 1978). The secure style is defined by confidence in the availability of attachment figures in times of need, comfort with closeness, interdependence, and trust. The avoidant style is characterized by insecurity in others' intentions and preference for emotional distance. The anxious-ambivalent style portrays a strong desire for intimacy together with insecurity about others' responses to this desire and high fear of rejection. Hazan and Shaver (1987) found that self-reports of adult attachment style were related to reports of parent-child attachment. Adults who defined themselves as secure in their close relationships reported more secure interactions with their parents than adults who described themselves as insecure, either avoidant or anxious-ambivalent. Building on Hazan and Shaver's (1987) work, a wealth of studies have assessed several correlates of adult attachment
Glass viscosity calculation based on a global statistical modelling approach

A viscosity model for predicting the complete viscosity curve of glass was developed using a global statistical approach and more than 2200 composition-viscosity data for silicate glasses collected from over 50 years of scientific literature, including soda-lime-silica container and float glasses, TV panel glasses, borosilicate fibre wool and E type glasses, low expansion borosilicate glasses, glasses for nuclear waste vitrification, lead crystal glasses, binary alkali silicates, and various other compositions. It is shown that, within a measurement series from a specific laboratory, the reported viscosity values are commonly overestimated at higher temperatures due to evaporation losses during the measurement and glass preparation; this includes data presented by Lakatos et al (1972) and the recent 'High temperature glass melt property database for process modelling' by published by Seward et al (2005). Similarly, in the glass transition range many experimental data reported for borosilicate glasses are too high due to phase separation effects. The global model developed here corrects those errors. The model standard error was 9-17°C, with R 2 =0.985-0.989. The prediction confidence interval in mass production largely depends on the glass composition of interest, the composition uncertainty, and the viscosity level. The mixed alkali effect for the viscosity is derived from nonlinear alkali-silica interactions in binary systems.
The third cohomology group classifies crossed module extensions

We give an elementary proof of the well-known fact that the third cohomology group H 3 (G;M) of a group G with coecients in an abelian G-module M is in bijection to the set Ext 2 (G;M) of equivalence classes of crossed module extensions of G with M.
Experimental data and statistical models for optimization of ageing model of lead-free electronic interconnection material

Modelling and understanding the electrical ageing is a complex phenomenon, in particular for composite material as electrically conductive adhesive consisting of a nonconductive polymer binder and conductive filler particles. This research involves a large amount of parameters related to both operating conditions and material structure, which act together. Accelerated testing used in order to describe the ageing process and to determine the lifetime of these material are difficult to implement with the aim to consume rapidly lifetime without inducing incorrect failure mechanisms. Further difficulties are the implementation of the right chemico-physical ageing model for lifetime prediction under accelerated testing and new statistical approach for reliability data analysis and treatment.
Establishing a Standardised Procedure for Building Learner Corpora

Decisions at the outset of preparing a learner corpus are of crucial importance for how the corpus can be built and how it can be analysed later on. This paper presents a generic workflow to build learner corpora while taking into account the needs of the users. The workflow results from an extensive collaboration between linguists that annotate and use the corpus and computer linguists that are responsible for providing technical support. The paper addresses the linguists’ research needs as well as the availability and usability of language technology tools necessary to meet them. We demonstrate and illustrate the relevance of the workflow using results and examples from our L1 lea rner corpus of German (“KoKo”).
THE LANGUAGE OF SOCIAL PLAY ITT YOUNG C by*

,). Selected studies that examine social interaction i'ablesIthich affeCt the language young childten use in social play reviewed. Interaction variables discussed in major sections of th poer Are (1) the nature of social play; (2) egocen i/sm and itspadt on-verbal communication; (3) language as a funct nal behavior; 1(4) adaptation of language to.environpental demands; and . ( ),'social play training for language productioh. Findings discussed . a e,summarized atthe ehd'of'each section. Studies' selected for eview are taken as represeAtative of contemporary research and not as inclusive. It is concludedthat,the language of social play is a ' ich, viable and rapidly expanOing%rea for investigation, The
National contexts and effective school improvement: an exploratory study in eight European countries

Hechuan Sun onderzocht of de landelijke context van invloed is op de effectiviteit van scholen. Daarvoor vergeleek ze de schooleffectiviteit van vier noord-Europese landen (Finland, Engeland, Nederland en Wallonie) en vier zuid-Europese landen (Griekenland, Italie, Portugal en Spanje). Sun concludeert dat voor een effectieve schoolontwikkeling centralisatie of decentralisatie niet zo belangrijk is als algemeen wordt aangenomen. Volgens haar is het van wezenlijker belang om de drijvende krachten van de scholen te stimuleren en een deugdelijk landelijk systeem voor procesbewaking op te zetten, inclusief beoordeling en terugkoppeling. Zij pleit ervoor om scholen op bepaalde gebieden een zekere autonomie te geven op het gebied van personeelsbeleid, zoals bij het aannemen, ontslaan, begeleiden, beoordelen, belonen en bevorderen van docenten en ander personeel. Wanneer scholen meer autonomie krijgen moeten ze wel verantwoording afleggen. Verder concludeert ze dat de overheid een grote rol kan spelen bij de vormgeving van de nationale onderwijscultuur. De overheid moet naast doelen stellen, middelen verschaffen en resultaten sturen ook de scholen ondersteunen en autonomie geven zodat ze doelmatige onderwijsorganisaties kunnen worden, aldus Sun
Global analysis of approaches for deriving total water storage changes from GRACE satellites

Increasing interest in use of GRACE satellites and a variety of new products to monitor changes in total water storage (TWS) underscores the need to assess the reliability of output from different products. The objective of this study was to assess skills and uncertainties of different approaches for processing GRACE data to restore signal losses caused by spatial filtering based on analysis of 1° × 1° grid‐scale data and in 60 river basins globally. Results indicate that scaling factors from six LSMs, including GLDAS‐1 four models (Noah2.7, Mosaic, VIC, and CLM 2.0), CLM 4.0, and WGHM, are similar over most of humid, subhumid, and high‐latitude regions but can differ by up to 100% over arid and semiarid basins and areas with intensive irrigation. Temporal variability in scaling factors is generally minor at the basin scale except in arid and semiarid regions, but can be appreciable at the 1° × 1° grid scale. Large differences in TWS anomalies from three processing approaches (scaling factor, additive, and multiplicative corrections) were found in arid and semiarid regions, areas with intensive irrigation, and relatively small basins (e.g., ≤200,000 km2). Furthermore, TWS anomaly products from gridded data with CLM4.0 scaling factors and the additive correction approach more closely agree with WGHM output than the multiplicative correction approach. This comprehensive evaluation of GRACE processing approaches should provide valuable guidance on applicability of different processing approaches with different climate settings and varying levels of irrigation.
The Impact of Frailty in the Outcomes of Hip Fracture Surgery in the Elderly Patients

Osteoporotic hip fracture is as common health issue in an elderly population. With ageing, frailty comes into play as a complex geriatric syndrome. Studies have shown that frailty has negative consequences in the outcomes of health related interventions. Studies have indicated that the outcomes of any form of medical or surgical interventions are relatively poorer for the frail individuals in comparison to their pre-frail counterparts. 100 older patients of age 60 or more were with hip fracture undergoing hip fracture surgery were included in the study. FRAIL scale was used for the diagnosis of frailty in those patients. Preoperative complications like delirium were not significantly different among the frail and the pre-frail patients. Pre-frail patients could be ambulated early in comparison to their frail counterparts. The incidence of bedsores, postural hypotension and hospital acquired pneumonia was not significantly different among the frail and the pre-frail patients. But complications like urinary tract infection, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism were significantly higher among the frail patients. Similarly, hospital stay was longer in the frail group in comparison to the pre-frail ones. A significantly higher number of frail patients died within their hospital stay. In addition to that, mortality at 30th day was significantly higher in the frail group. The overall outcomes of hip fracture surgery were significantly poorer in the frail group in comparison to the pre-frail ones
Crimes Committed By Tattooed Female Offenders and the Significance of Body Art Content and Location

Crimes Committed by Tattooed Female Offenders And the Significance of Body Art Content and Location The body is a site of manipulation, mutilation, and decoration, evident through centuries of body marking and tattooing. There is a very compelling relationship between tattooed individuals and crime, and this descriptive study investigates the presence of tattoos amongst female offenders. Research analysis identified the relationship between tattoos and convicted female offenders, along with the significance of the content and location of the offenders' tattoos.
DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF POLYMERIC OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE

The field of Ocular drug delivery is one of the interesting and challenging endeavors facing the pharmaceutical scientist. The most frequently used dosage forms i.e. ophthalmic solutions and suspensions are compromised in their effectiveness by several limitations, leading poor ocular bioavailability. Ocuserts (or) Ophthalmic inserts are sterile preparations containing drug as dispersion or as solution in the polymeric support. Ocusert helps to improve ocular bioavailability by increasing the duration of contact with corneal tissue, thereby reducing the frequency of administration. Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibacterial drug effective in the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis. The ciprofloxacin hydrochloride ocuserts were then evaluated for their physicochemical parameters like uniformity of thickness, weight, drug content and in vitro release pattern. It can be concluded that this ocular inserts formulation can be a promising for controlled release formulation. Keywords: Ocusert, Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, In vitro release pattern, controlled release.
Assessment of Aspergillus niger biofilm growth kinetics in minibioreactors by carbon dioxide evolution

Aspergillus niger ATCC 10864 was grown on bubble minicolumns aerated with pure oxygen either as biofilm or free-mycelium submerged systems. Growth kinetics was followed by estimating biomass from released carbon dioxide using a titration method and mathematical models. Submerged cultures showed increased endogenous respiration rates (0.0298 vs. 0.0004 g biomass/g biomass.h) possibly related to stress condition since this type of growth is not the natural way of life of A. niger . On the other hand, A. niger biofilm growth followed a logistic model having higher maximal specific growth rate than submerged cultures (0.061 vs. 0.045 h -1 ). This may be related to better mass transfer processes due to a channeled mycelial microstructure. Biofilm growth can be easily and reliable assessed by evaluating the CO 2 released during the fermentation in minibioreactors. Key words : Aspergillus niger, biofilm, mathematical modeling, endogenous respiration, Cryo-SEM.
Algoritmo KNN basado en Informaci

Incomplete data is a common drawback in reallife classification problems. Missing values in data sets may have different origins such as death of patients, equipment malfunctions, refusal of respondents to answer certain questions, and so on. This work presents an effective and robust approach for classification with unknown input data. In particular, an enhanced version of the K-Nearest Neighbours algorithm using Mutual Information is proposed. Results on two classification datasets shows the usefullness of this approach.
Thermophysical Properties of Helium under Multiple Shock Compression

The results on measurements of thermodynamic properties and electrical conductivity of Helium compressed with shock wave reverberation technique up to pressure and density of 200 GPa and 1.4 g/cc are presented. The increase of the Helium conductivity up to the values of 1000 1/(Ohm⋅cm) was found at the densities more than 0.7 g/cc and temperature more than 15 kK. Comparison of the experimental results with different theoretical models of thermodynamic and transport properties of shocked Helium was done.
Evaluation of ultrasound guided verses nerve stimulator technique of interscalene brachial plexus block: insights from Indian multi-super specialty hospital

Background: To provide adequate intraoperative anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia for orthopaedic surgery continues to be a procedural challenge. The administration of brachial plexus anaesthesia can be facilitated through nerve stimulation or by ultrasound guidance. Hence study was conducted to compare differences in these techniques in patients undergoing interscalene brachial plexus block (ISSB). Methods: In this prospective, randomized, observer-blinded study, 60 patients (Male=41, Female=19) were scheduled for orthopaedic shoulder and upper arm surgeries matching inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients were randomly allocated to either Ultrasound (US, n=30) group or Nerve Stimulator (NS, n=30) group through a computer-generated randomization.Results: There was significant difference between US and NS group with respect to average number of attempts taken, block performance time (BPT), onset of sensory and motor block, duration of motor block and patient satisfaction score. Whereas not much significant difference was observed in duration of sensory block, block success rate and incidence of post operative side effects.Conclusions: The results suggest that US guided ISBB is significantly superior to NS guided block in terms of faster onset of action; lower number of attempts to locate Interscalene brachial plexus; longer duration of block and overall success rate with favourable tolerability at real-life scenario.
Bemisia tabaci, Brevicoryne brassicae and Thrips tabaci abundance on Brassica oleracea var. acephala

Kale Brassica oleracea var. acephala is attacked by whitefly Bemisia tabaci, aphid Brevicoryne brassicae and Thrips tabaci. One of the main reasons for extensive insecticide application is the lack of information about factors that control insect population. The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationships between predators and parasitoids, organic compound leaves, levels of leaf nitrogen and potassium, total rainfall, relative humidity, sunlight and median temperature on the abundance of whitefly, aphid, and thrips in kale genotype "Talo Roxo". The beating tray method, direct counting and magnifying lens were used to estimate the number of these pests, predators and parasitoids. Median temperature, sunlight and relative humidity correlated to the amount of leaf nonacosane, which in turn was associated with aphids population increase. A tendency in the reduction of aphids and thrips populations with increase in total rainfall was observed. The whitefly can be a harmful pest in kale producing regions of higher temperature and smaller rainfall. In regions which present moderate temperature, where there is a high incidence of aphids, genotype with low leaf wax content should be chosen. Natural enemies, especially the parasitoid Adialytus spp. , can control agents of the aphids population in kale.