Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Radar Vessel Vessel Vessel Bridge Buoy Buoy Noise Radar Bridge Bridge Bridge Buoy

For coastal radar surveillance, this paper proposes a data-driven approach to estimate a blip's collision probability preliminarily based on two factors: the probability of it being a moving vessel and the collision potential of its position. The first factor is determined by a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), whose nodes represent the blip's characteristics, including the velocity, direction and size. Additionally, the structure and conditional probability tables of the DAG can be learned from verified samples. Subsequently, obstacles in a waterway can be described as collision potential fields using an Artificial Potential Field model, and the corresponding coefficients can be trained in accordance with the historical vessel distribution. Then, the other factor, the positional collision potential of any position is obtained through overlapping all the collision potential fields. For simplicity, only static obstacles have been considered. Eventually, the two factors are characterised as evidence, and the collision probability of a blip is estimated by combining them with Dempster's rule. Through ranking blips on collision probabilities, those that pose high threat to safety can be picked up in advance to remind radar operators. Particularly, a good agreement between the proposed approach and the manual operation was found in a preliminary test. & 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Nanoscale molecular reorganization of the inhibitory postsynaptic density is a determinant of 1 GABAergic synaptic potentiation 2 3 Abbreviated title : Nanoscale reshaping of gephyrin in GABAergic plasticity

Francesca Pennacchietti, Sebastiano Vascon, Thierry Nieus, Christian Rosillo, Sabyasachi Das, Shiva Tyagarajan, Alberto Diaspro, Alessio del Bue, Enrica Maria Petrini, Andrea Barberis and Francesca Cella Zanacchi Nanoscopy Dept., Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Pattern Analysis and Computer Vision Dept., Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Neuroscience and Brain Technologies Dept., Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland Nikon Imaging Center @ IIT, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Università di Genova, Department of Physics, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy.
AgRP neurons can increase food intake during 3 conditions of appetite suppression and inhibit 4 anorexigenic parabrachial neurons 5 6 Abbreviated Title : AgRP neurons can overcome appetite suppression 7 8

Author Contributions: R.A. E. , A.G. S. , and M.E. C. designed research; R.A. E. , A.G. S. , A.A. J., A.R. R. , Z.D. T. , and M.E. C. performed research. R.A. E. , A.G. S. , and M.E. C. analyzed data; R.A. E. , A.G. S. , A.A. J., A.R. R. , Z.D. T. , and M.E. C. wrote the paper. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing financial interests. This research is supported by National Institutes of Health Grant DK105510 from the National Institute of Digestive and Diabetes and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to M.E. C. We thank R. Palmiter for the CalcaCre mice, and N. Goldstein, B. Levine, and C. Mook for constructive comments and feedback on the manuscript. Corresponding Author: Matthew E. Carter, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Thompson Biology Lab room 218, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, Email: mc10@williams.edu Cite as: J. Neurosci ; 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0798-17.2017
ervice providers in timely defibrillation and related outcomes after ut-of-hospital cardiac arrest : Results from a statewide registry

Aim: Defibrillation by bystanders and first responders has been associated with increased survival, but limited data are available from non-metropolitan areas. We examined time from 911-call to defibrillation (according to who defibrillated patients) and survival in North Carolina. Methods: Through the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, we identified 1732 defibrillated outof-hospital cardiac arrests from counties with complete case capture (population 2.7 million) from 2010 to 2013. Results: Most patients (60.9%) were defibrillated in >10 min. A minority (8.0%) was defibrillated <5 min; most of these patients were defibrillated by first responders (51.8%) and bystanders (33.1%), independent of location of arrest (residential or public). Bystanders initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in 49.0% of cases and defibrillated 13.4% of those. Survival decreased with increasing time to defibrillation (<2 min: 59.1%; 2 to <5 min: 38.5%; 5–10 min: 33.1%; >10 min: 13.2%). Odds of survival with favorable neurologic outcome adjusted for age, sex, and bystander CPR improved with faster defibrillation (<2 min: OR 7.73 [95% CI 3.19–18.73]; 2 to <5 min: 3.78 [2.45–5.84]; 5–10 min: 3.16 [2.42–4.12]; >10 min: reference). Conclusion: Bystanders and first responders were mainly responsible for defibrillation within 5 min, independent of location of arrest. Bystanders initiated CPR in half of the cardiac arrest cases but only defibrillated a minority of those. Timely defibrillation and defibrillation by bystanders and/or first responders were strongly associated with increased survival. Strategic efforts to increase bystander and first-responder defibrillation are warranted to increase survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix n the final online version at http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.resuscitation. 2015.09. 002. ∗ Corresponding author at: Duke Clinical Research Institute, 2400 Pratt St, urham, NC 27705, United States. E-mail address: Carolina.hansen@duke.edu (C.M. Hansen). ttp://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.resuscitation. 2015.09. 002 300-9572/© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Further compression of focal plane array in compressive spectral imaging architectures

Context: It is possible to capture High-resolution 3D hyper-spectral images in a single 2D image through techniques based on compressed sensing. A variety of architectures have proposed Compressive Spectral Imaging (CSI) technique during the last years. An optical camera designed to capture spatio-spectral information of the scene prints projections towards a Focal Plane Array (FPA) giving the capability of storing or transmitting them. Afterwards, the original image can be reconstructed via an -norm-based optimization algorithm. The size in bytes of the FPA measurement is less than the original image; for that reason, this FPA is considered a 2D compressed version of the original 3D image. Objective: To perform a further compression of the FPA measurement for four CSI architectures, in order to increase transfer rates or to decrease storing sizes. Method: In this work, the design of the further compression using arithmetic coding is presented for four CSI architectures, and an inverse transformation is proposed. This transformation is applied to the FPA based on the structure of the optical filters and the coded apertures of the cameras used in the CSI, allowing an increasing in the compression rate. Results: Results show that the compression rate rises between 1 and 2 points in three of the architectures. Conclusions: Despite data loss in the process of transformation-quantification-compression-decompression of the FPA, the quality of the reconstructed data cube (expressed in terms of the PSNR between the reconstructed image and the original one) remains close to the original version with no further compression.
UV photoprocessing of NH3 ice: photon-induced desorption mechanisms

Ice mantles detected on the surface of dust grains toward the coldest regions of the interstellar medium can be photoprocessed by the secondary ultraviolet (UV) field present in dense cloud interiors. In this work, we present UV-irradiation experiments under astrophysically relevant conditions of pure NH3 ice samples in an ultra-high vacuum chamber where solid samples were deposited onto a substrate at 8 K. The ice analogs were subsequently photoprocessed with a microwave-discharged hydrogen- flow lamp. The induced radiation and photochemistry led to the production of H2, N2 and N2H4. In addition, photodesorption to the gas phase of the original ice component, NH3, and two of the three detected photoproducts, H2 and N2, was observed thanks to a quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS). Calibration of the QMS allowed quantifica- tion of the photodesorption yields, leading to Ypd(NH3)=2.1+2.1-1.0 x 10^-3 molecules per incident photon, which remained constant during the whole experiments, while photodesorption of H2 and N2 increased with fluence, pointing toward an indirect photodesorption mecha- nism involving energy transfer for these species. Photodesorption yield of N2 molecules after a fluence equivalent to that experienced by ice mantles in space was similar to that of the NH3 molecules (Ypd (N2) = 1.7+1.7-0.9 x 10^-3 molecules incident photon ).
Investigating the utility of ecoacoustic metrics in marine soundscapes

Soundscape analysis is a potentially powerful tool in ecosystem monitoring. Ecoacoustic metrics, including the Acoustic Complexity Index (ACI) and Acoustic Entropy (H), were originally developed for terrestrial ecosystems and are now increasingly being applied to investigate the biodiversity, habitat complexity and health of marine systems, with mixed results. To elucidate the efficacy of applying these metrics to marine soundscapes, their sensitivity to variations in call rate and call type were evaluated using a combination of field data and synthetic recordings. In soundscapes dominated by impulsive broadband snapping shrimp sounds, ACI increased nonlinearly with increased snapping rate (∼100–3500 snaps/min), with a percent range of variation (∼40–50%) that exceeds that reported in most studies. H, however, decreased only slightly (∼0.04 units) in response to these same snap rate changes. The response of these metrics to changes in the rate of broadband snapping was not strongly influenced by the spectral resolution of the analysis. For soundscapes dominated by harmonic fish calls, increased rates of calling (∼5–120 calls/min) led to decreased ACI (∼20–40% range of variation) when coarse spectral resolutions (Δf = 94 or 47 Hz) were used in the analysis, but ACI increased (∼20% range of variation) when a finer resolution (Δf = 23 Hz) was employed. Regardless of spectral resolution used in the analysis, H decreased (∼0.20 units) in response to increased rates of harmonic calling. These results show that ACI and H can be modulated strongly by variations in the activity of a single sound-producing species, with additional sensitivity to call type and the resolution of the analysis. Variations in ACI and H, therefore, cannot be assumed to track call diversity, and the utility of these metrics as ecological indicators in marine environments may be limited.
Pricing Debit Card Payment Services: An Io Approach

A valve assembly has a housing forming an outlet, having an axis, and secured on a support surface. A support block in the housing has a pair of inlet ports adapted to be connected to pressurized feed lines and an output port communicating with the outlet of the housing. A valve cartridge sitting on the support block includes a casing centered on the housing axis and having a rear end formed with axially rearwardly directed bumps and a stack of disks in the casing including an end disk formed with ports provided with seals projecting axially forward past the casing to the respective support-block ports and at least one valve disk displaceable to vary flow from the inlet ports to the outlet port. A stem projecting axially rearward from the casing is displaceable to move the valve disk. A retaining sleeve formed with a screwthread threadedly engaging the housing is centered on the axis, surrounds the valve cartridge, has a front end bearing directly on the support block, and has a shoulder bearing axially forward on the bumps of the casing and pressing the seals into the support-block ports so that the casing is retained by the sleeve on the support block. A handle is mounted on the stem outside the housing. \!
Exponential ergodicity for Markov processes with random switching

We study a Markov process with two components: the first component evolves according to one of finitely many underlying Markovian dynamics, with a choice of dynamics that changes at the jump times of the second component. The second component is discrete and its jump rates may depend on the position of the whole process. Under regularity assumptions on the jump rates and Wasserstein contraction conditions for the underlying dynamics, we provide a concrete criterion for the convergence to equilibrium in terms of Wasserstein distance. The proof is based on a coupling argument and a weak form of the Harris theorem. In particular, we obtain exponential ergodicity in situations which do not verify any hypoellipticity assumption, but are not uniformly contracting either. We also obtain a bound in total variation distance under a suitable regularising assumption. Some examples are given to illustrate our result, including a class of piecewise deterministic Markov processes.
Patterns of Sexual Mixing and STIs in Intimate Partner Relationshipsamong Female Sex Workers in Nepal

Background and objective: Varying degrees of sexual mixing in an intimate partner relationship which provides emotional support and social security, in addition to the economic benefits to female sex workers (FSWs)—often results in risky sexual behaviour (for example, unprotected sex), hence increasing the vulnerability of FSWs to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This paper analyses the pattern of sexual mixing and the major covariates of STIs in intimate partner sexual relationships among FSWs in Nepal. Method: The findings are based on information collected from 2901 FSWs, selected by using the modified timelocation cluster sampling as part of mapping and size estimation of MARPs across different districts of Nepal in year 2010-11. Results: Findings reveal that almost 40 percent or two-fifths of FSWs in Nepal have commercial as well as noncommercial sexual partners. Further, 5.2 percent of the FSWs reported having more than one non-commercial partner along with commercial partners. Half of the FSWs in intimate partner relationships reported their last sexual encounter as unprotected, which was further lower among those currently married. Adjusted effects of socio-demographic and behavioural correlates portray that being married (p<0.01) and having a higher client load—a proxy of poverty and powerlessness (p<0.05)—are significant determinants of unprotected sex, which may also be attributed to a lack of risk perception in intimate relationships. A higher incidence of unprotected sex further leads to substantially higher prevalence of STIs (35%), which is disproportionately higher among those aged 30 and above, and among those having no formal education. Conclusion: Findings of this study highlight the requirement of strategies to address sexual rights of FSWs within intimate partner relationships, in addition to the need for occupational empowerment of FSWs in order to combat prevalence of STIs and improving their quality of life.
The Localization of the Single Pulse in VLBI Observation

In our previous work, we proposed a cross spectrum–based method to extract single-pulse signals from RFI-contaminated data, which is originated from geodetic VLBI postprocessing. This method fully utilizes fringe-phase information of the cross spectrum and hence maximizes the signal power. However, the localization was not discussed in that work. As the continuation of that work, in this paper, we further study how to localize single pulses using an astrometric solving method. Assuming that the burst is a point source, we derive the burst position by solving a set of linear equations given the relation between the residual delay and the offset to a priori position. We find that the single-pulse localization results given by both astrometric solving and radio imaging are consistent within the 3σ level. Therefore, we claim that it is possible to derive the position of a single pulse with reasonable precision based on only three or even two baselines with 4 ms integration. The combination of cross spectrum–based detection and the localization proposed in this work then provide a thorough solution for searching for single pulses in VLBI observation. According to our calculation, our pipeline gives comparable accuracy to the radio imaging pipeline. Moreover, the computational cost of our pipeline is much smaller, which makes it more practical for a fast radio burst (FRB) search in regular VLBI observation. The pipeline is now publicly available and named the VLBI Observation for FRB Localization Keen Searcher (VOLKS).
. S . adults with diabetes aged 18 years or older in 2012 , NHANES 2007-2012

v ider and 91 . 7% m ade 2 o r m ore visits in the past year. In contrast, am ong undiagnosed adults, 84 . 5% had a usual care prov ider and 66 . 5% reported 2 o r m ore visits in the past year. A m o n g diagnosed adults, 63 . 7% , 6 5 . 5 % , 5 6 . 6 % , and 80 . 6% m et individualized he­ m og lob in A 1c, b lood pressure (BP < 1 4 0 /8 0 m m H g), lipid (low density lipoprote in [LDL] cholesterol < 2 .6 m m o l/L [< 1 0 0 m g/dL ]), and nonsm oking goals, respectively; 26 . 7% m et com bined ABC (hem oglob in A 1c, BP, and LDL cholesterol) targets, and 21 . 3% m et
Are there any links among psychopathological symptoms, musical preferences and verbal working memory in female adults?

The question ‘Do psychopathology dimensions correlate with musical preferences in healthy individuals? ’ still remains poorly investigated. Additionally, verbal working memory, psy cho pa tho logy and music preferences have not been examined together. Participants consisted of ninety-three young women without a previous or current psychiatric diagnosis. All participants were examined with the Forward Digit Span Task, and com pleted a psychopathology symptom instrument along with a musical preferences question. Results revealed that the Global Score Index, Somatization, Hos tility and Depression correlated in a statistically signif i cant way with musical preferences in female adults. Hostility and Depression predicted classical music preferences. De pres sion, Obsessive/Compulsive, Somatization and Hostility pre dicted a pop preference, while Somatization and Psycho ticism predicted a rock preference. No significant correlations were found between the above variables and verbal working memory, except for a significant correlation between age and the span of the working memory. Certain psychopathology dimensions do not influence cognition in the form of the verbal working memory in women, but can predict a specific choice of music genres. Findings suggest that music listening preferences may re present a field of inner experiences that could reveal easyto-obtain information about the mental health of women who have not an official psychiatric diagnosis, but may be at risk of developing psychological problems due to high self-re ported symptoms of psychopathology.
An improved understanding for the transient operation of the power insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)

It is shown that a nonquasi-static analysis must be used to describe the transient current and voltage waveforms of the IGBT (insulated-gate bipolar transistor). The nonquasi-static analysis is necessary because the transports of electrons and holes are coupled for the low-gain, high-level injection conditions, and because the quasi-neutral base width changes faster than the base transit speed for typical load circuit conditions. To verify that both of these nonquasi-static effects must be included, the predictions of the quasi-static and nonquasi-static models are compared with measured current and voltage switching waveforms. The comparisons are performed for different load circuit conditions and for different device base lifetimes. <<ETX>>
Determinants and environmental outcome of green technology innovation adoption in the transportation industry in Malaysia

In the twenty-first century, transportation services and infrastructure will play a central role in the logistics systems of corporations competing in the global market. As transportation and logistics systems continue to integrate, their impact on the physical environment will become a major issue. This study investigates the antecedents and outcomes of green technology innovation adoption in transportation companies in Malaysia. A questionnaire survey on the green technology innovation adoption of Malaysian transportation companies was conducted, in which 252 samples were analysed. Based on the survey results, this study finds that the quality of human resources, customer pressure, and environmental uncertainty significantly influence green innovation adoption for transportation companies, while the influence of organizational and governmental support is not significant. In addition, the findings of this study indicate that there is a significant relationship between green technology innovation adoption and environmental outcome. The practical implications of the research findings are discussed.
Plasmonic Hybrid Thin Film for Broadband Absorption and Characterization of Its Optical and Electrical Properties

We developed a simple and effective technique for fabricating a hybrid nanostructure of graphene-silver nanoparticles. The structure was prepared by stacking method with polyvinylpyrrolidone as a stabilizer. The chemical linking of G-PVP-Ag is possible through PVP-based ligand chemistry. The resulting hybrid film exhibited 87% transparency. The electrical properties under UV light increased compared with only one material. The conversion efficiency of a solar cell fabricated with the hybrid structure also increased approximately by 1.5% compared with that of solar cell fabricated without the hybrid film.
Recent advances in the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

The prognosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) has remarkably improved from an almost uniformly fatal disease about three decades back, to a chronic manageable disease with survival rates in excess of 80%. Induction of remission largely relies on cyclophosphamide or rituximab-based regimens, although emerging data suggest some potential role of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), especially in milder disease phenotypes. Recent emphasis has shifted to exploration of treatment regimens minimizing dosage and duration of corticosteroid exposure, or replacing corticosteroids altogether with agents like avacopan, in an effort to ameliorate risks due to glucocorticoids as well as minimize damage accrual. Maintenance regimens traditionally have used azathioprine, methotrexate, or less commonly, MMF. However, rituximab is emerging as a useful maintenance agent, with the advantage of single-dose administration 6 monthly. Dosing interval for rituximab maintenance is another area of active research, with emerging literature suggesting the effectiveness of a dosing schedule based on B-cell repopulation or rise in ANCA titers. Long-term considerations for patients with AAV include the risk of infections (which can be minimized with alternate-day cotrimoxazole therapy), hypogammaglobulinemia in patients on rituximab, and accrual of damage, including drug-related damage (such as diabetes and osteoporosis) and malignancies. Ongoing clinical trials attempt to decipher the role of plasma exchange, as well as delineate the exact role of newer steroid-sparing therapeutic modalities such as avacopan. Recent clinical guidelines for the management of AAV from multiple societies, including the European League against Rheumatism and the British Society for Rheumatology, provide common treatment recommendations for AAV management.