Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Data modelling for web enabled design of modular precision assembly devices

One of the key factors for success in assembly automation at present is the ability of system integrators to deliver more reliable and customised systems within shorter periods of time. Despite the active research in the development of distributed engineering support systems, there is a clear need for practical methods and tools to support the interactions between different stakeholders at the early product and assembly system design stages. This paper reports on the development of assembly process and equipment data models using context free grammars. The models enable a web‐based decision‐making for formation of assembly workstations using distributed linguistic approach.
Quality of Life (QoL) in patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A Literature Review

Purpose: To describe the definition of quality of life (QoL) and identify the most appropriate tool for QoL assessment used in patients with TBI.Method: Searching was conducted from PubMed, CINAHL, EBSCO, and ProQuest during 2000-2011. A total of 33 studies were analyzed for this review consisting of 9 review studies, 2 intervention studies, and 22 descriptive studies.Result: Two important definitions of QoL were used in studies related to TBI namely achievement and subjective well-being. Although varieties of generic measurements have been used to measure QoL in TBI patients, there was a lack of TBI-specific Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) instrument. Despite the different approach and time measured either short or long outcomes, appropriate domains of QoL tool seem essential particularly among those with moderate and severe TBI.Conclusion: QoL is a wide concept which can be defined in several dimensions. The QOLIBRI as a new disease-specific QoL measurement in TBI seems a feasible and valid approach for the assessment of QoL in TBI. However, the application across cultural remains a challenge and needs a validation.
Modelagem matemática do controle de brucelose bovina por vacinação (Mathematical modeling of bovine brucellosis control by vaccination)

Due to the important role played by female bovines in the transmission and maintenance of brucellosis, they were the target of the serological surveys of the Brazilian National Program for the Control and Eradication of Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis. Based on the information obtained in Brazilian states, where the serological surveys were carried out and prevalences higher than 2% were observed, a model to simulate the dynamics of brucellosis in herds of female bovines was developed to analyze the effects of vaccination strategies. For low vaccination coverage (around 30%), the time to reduce the prevalence to 2%, adopted as a reference, may be long, approximately twice as long as the time observed for a higher coverage (90%). According to the model, the time to reduce the prevalence to levels of 1% or 2%, adequate to start the eradication phase, may reach a decade. It is recommended an intensification of the effort to vaccinate females, aiming at attaining high vaccination coverage.
Programming Evaluation Process Using Hybrid Cost Estimation Model

Programming cost estimation is genuine encountering variable in programming outlining applications, because of ordinary programming progression, nonattendance of data in new updated advances, unsatisfied customer necessities and not considering the reusable part cost. Considering these issues in made programming applications programming cost estimation may perform earnest part in programming planning. In this paper we propose to make an alternate programming gadget i.e. Hybridization programming cost estimation instrument, which covers Elaboration, advancement and move stages for supporting different programming overhauls and makes latest programming applications. The made gadget was facilitated with COCOMO and COPSEMO cost models with keen data representation of each module in programming progression process. Our trial results show compelling data examination of each item application with time backing of every one made module.
Evaluation of Antioxidative and Cytotoxic Properties of Ethanolic Extract of Salvia Officinalis on PC3 Human Prostate Cancer and Hela Cervical Cancer Cell Lines

Background and Objective: Free radicals cause many diseases in human and their neutralizing by antioxidants reduces risk of cancers. Salvia Officinalis from Lamiaceae family is one of the valuable plants in traditional medicine. The present study aimed to evaluate the antioxidative and cytotoxic properties of ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of this plant on human prostate and cervical cancer cells. Methodology: In this study, in order to evaluate the antioxidative property, diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) test was used and to investigate the cytotoxic property, PC3 prostate and Hela cervical cancer cells were cultured in RPMI-1640 medium with 10% bovine serum. The extract of Salvia Officinalis leaf powder was obtained through soaking method with 80% alcohol. The toxicity of different concentrations of extracts (12.5, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, and 1000) on the cultured cells was measured using MTT assay at three times at 24, 48, and 72 hours. Findings: In this investigation, the antioxidative property was inversely related to IC50. The results of MTT test indicated that ethanolic extracts of Salvia Officinalis show highly significant differences at different days. Results: Ethanolic extract of the plant in DPPH method had a very good and the best antioxidative activity, while its cytotoxic property was very poor.
Linear Generator Models in Simulink Block

This paper introduces the model of linear generator in 3 phase analysis and in dq transformation. The linear generator is used to compare the synchronous generator because the source of the input is changing from torqueto the force. As known, force flows along the direction of the moving object. This linear generator model will use speed as the moving source to generate electricity at the output terminal. The model of the linear generator has been modeled in a simulink block diagram in MATLAB. Matlab program has been used because of its simplicity and it is easy to assemble the model. The output can be change from un-control to control source by connecting the power electronics devices such as dc-dc converter, rectifier and inverter after the linear generator model. At the end of this paper it shows the results for both models that can be used to understand more about the linear generator generation.
Visualisierung OSGi-basierter Software Architektur in Augmented Reality

Es wird ein Augmented-Reality Ansatz zur Erforschung modularer OSGi-Softwaresysteme prasentiert. Der Prototyp wird unter der Verwendung der Microsoft HoloLens implementiert. Module, wie Komponenten und Packages, werden in einer virtuellen Stadt dargestellt. Dieser Ansatz ermoglicht es dem Anwender, die Software-Architektur mittels intuitiver Navigation zu erkunden: Spracheingabe, Blickpunkt- und Gestenkontrolle. Eine multifunktionale Benutzeroberflache wird vorgestellt, die fur verschiedene Zielgruppen adaptiert werden kann. Viele veroffentlichte Visualisierungen weisen keine klare Zielgruppendefinition auf. Das Konzept kann leicht auf andere Darstellungsformen, wie beispielsweise der Inselmetapher ubertragen werden. Erste Ergebnisse einer Evaluierung, die mittels kleiner strukturierter Interviews gewonnen werden konnten, werden prasentiert. Die Probanden mussten vier Programmverstandnis Aufgaben losen und ihren Aufwand, sowie ihre Arbeitsbelastung einschatzen. Die Ergebnisse bilden eine gute Grundlage fur weitere Forschung im Bereich der Software Visualisierung in Augmented Reality
12th Multiple Sclerosis Workshop in Fukuoka

The 12th Annual Meeting of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Workshop was held at Centennial Hall, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan, from 3 August (Saturday) to 4 August (Sunday) 2013 (Figs 1 and 2). The main theme of the meeting was “Cutting Edge Research in MS and NMO from Asia”. The meeting was dedicated to the promotion of interdisciplinary exchange of information on the latest progress in multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) research among neuroimmunologists in Japan and overseas. We would like to introduce some examples in this report.
The Implications of the Pedagogic Metaphor for Teacher Education in Computing

Abstract The teaching of computing, like all subjects, requires a range of strategies to take the curriculum content (skills, knowledge, understanding and attitudes) and put it in a form that is more easily learned by students. Metaphor has a particular role in the world of computing: embedded in the design of computer hardware and software; part of the human-computer interface and underpinning important facilities such as icons, pointer actions and window displays. It is proposed that metaphor plays a particular role in pedagogic content knowledge and the training of computing teachers. This article reports on the research undertaken to identify the role metaphor plays in the teaching of computing. Through discussion of a number of difficult-toteach topics an analysis of pedagogic approaches is made. The theoretical background of metaphor is explored and used as the context for describing pedagogic content knowledge. The research adopts a grounded theory approach using text analysis software to record and process a range of documents, statements, textbook analyses and interview transcripts of experienced and successful computing teachers. The outcomes of the research reveal a new perspective upon pedagogic content knowledge with respect to the teaching of computing in post-compulsory education. A model of approaches that identifies the key areas and emphasises the role metaphor plays in both the teaching strategies and the subject knowledge of computing, is presented.
Adapting the M-ATOLL Methodology for the Generation of Ontology Lexicons to Non-Indo-European Languages: The case of Japanese

In order to make the growing amount of conceptual knowledge available through ontologies and datasets accessible to humans, NLP applications need access to information on how this knowledge can be verbalized in natural language. One way to provide this kind of information are ontology lexicons, which apart from the actual verbal- izations in a given target language can provide further, rich linguistic information about them. Compiling such lexicons manually is a very time-consuming task and requires expertise both in Semantic Web technologies and lexicon engineering, as well as a very good knowledge of the target language at hand. In this paper we present an alternative approach to generating ontology lexicons by means of the framework M-ATOLL. So far, M-ATOLL has been used with Indo-European languages that share a large set of common characteristics. We explore if M-ATOLL can also be used fruitfully with Non-Indo-European languages; for this purpose, we use M-ATOLL to generate a Japanese ontology lexicon for DBpedia
Evaluation of The Gonadotrophin Levels (LH & FSH) in The Sera of Some Iraqi Female Patients with DM1

This study has focused on gonadotrophins (luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone) in the sera of (61) Iraqi female patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus with duration of the diseases equal to 8.26±7.7 year. In addition to control group involving (35) healthy women. We found delay in menarche about 1 year in the patients with DM1 when compared with the control group, and the family history to type 1 diabetes mellitus is present in (36.1%) of the diabetic subjects,and a highly significant increase was found in HbA1c range; (75.4%) of patients had HbA1c > 8. By using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) technique; LH and FSH levels in the patient groups there were highly significant differences (P<0.01) when compared with the control group, so the distribution of each hormone was divided into three levels (normal, high, and low), and Patients were divided according to their menstrual frequency (normal cycle, oligoamenorrhea, and secondary amenorrhea), highly significant differences (P<0.01) were present between the levels; and between the mean concentrations of (LH and FSH) in these groups. Elevated HbA1c range had no relation with (LH & FSH) levels, but it might be associated with it. And no significant relation (P>0.05) was found between mean BMI and the hormonal levels (LH & FSH), menstrual frequency, and HbA1c ranges. Abbreviations: BMI, Body mass index; ELASA, Enzyme Linked ( Immunoabsorbent Assay; FSH, Follicle Stimulating Hormone ; GnRH, Gonadotophin Releasing Hormone; HbA1c , Hemoglobin A1c ; LH, Luteinizing Hormone; PCOS, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; T1DM, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus ) LH (FSH 61 8.26 7.7 35
Biology of the Tribal Groups of Rajasthan, India: 4. Age Changes in Somatotype

Abstract The present study is based on a cross-sectional investigation on 2928 samples consisting of 1503 males and 1425 females belonging to both adolescent (8+ to 18+) and adult age groups (19 & above). The study was carried out on the Scheduled Tribes, namely Mina, Bhil, Sahariya, Garasia, Damor and Kathodi of Rajasthan. Samples are collected from the place of residence and schools. The data for somatotype were collected following the internationally accepted standards. The calculated somatotypes are plotted on somatochart triangle to determine their physique. Study of body physique reveals that in all the tribal groups ectomorphic component is dominant, which indicates their linear physique. This is also reflective of their overall poor conditions and undernutrition prevailing in the area. Both males and females of Bhils show least endomorphy rating i.e. lowest relative fatness and highest ectomorphy rating indicating linear physique than the other tribal groups. Distribution of somatotypes on somatochart indicates that values plotted, in all the age groups, lie in mesomorphic ectomorph or endomorphic ectomorph region, thus showing a greater linearity among the tribal groups.
High-Power-Density Three-phase Interleaved Boost Converter with a Novel Coupled Inductor

Lightweight and compact high-power-density boost converters are required for many applications. This paper presents a three-phase interleaved boost converter with a novel coupled inductor that can achieve high-power-density. The novel coupled inductor is especially suitable for the three-phase interleaved boost converter, from the core structure standpoint. The electrical and magnetic characteristics of the three-phase interleaved boost converter are analyzed in detail to illustrate the e ﬀ ectiveness of the novel coupled inductor. Furthermore, maximum output power calculation methods for the novel coupled inductor and a non-coupled inductor are proposed to demonstrate the performance of high-power-density converters. On the basis of the calculation method, the maximum output power of the proposed coupled inductor is about 2.6 times greater than that of the non-coupled inductor under continuous current mode (CCM) conditions. The compact volume, low-weight characteristics, and the performance of the three-phase interleaved boost converter with the novel coupled inductor are discussed from both the theoretical and experimental standpoints.
Mineralenconcentraten uit mest; Economische analyse en gebruikerservaringen uit de pilots mestverwerking in 2009 en 2010

De haalbaarheid van de installaties voor verwerking van dierlijke mest met omgekeerde osmose staat of valt met de hoogte van de mestprijzen, zowel de aanvoerprijs van ruwe drijfmest als de afvoerprijzen van de eindproducten en concurrerende mestproducten en meststoffen. Ten tijde van het onderzoek waren de installaties om mineralenconcentraat te produceren gemiddeld rendabel bij een mestaanvoerprijs van 11 tot 13 euro per ton, waarbij de mestleverancier transport, wegen en bemonsteren betaalt.
Performance Evaluation of Optimized Physical Layer Network Coding

With the development of the wireless networks these years, devices are required to have an even higher data rate, and thus the interference between devices remains a significant problem to be solved. In order to secure a reliable transmission with- out wasting network capacity, we would necessarily select a proper transmission scheme. The Physical layer Network Coding (PNC) , is one of the optimum choices as it can increase the efficiency largely, especially in a system with 2 users and 1 relay (TWRC). Generally speaking, we may divide our research into two aspects: channel and channel coding. From the channel coding’s view, we build the system of uncoded QPSK mod- ulated PNC and convolutional coded PNC (again modulated by QPSK). Due to the feature of the superimposed QPSK constellation, we introduce 3 different fixed mappings (plus the adaptive mapping) in order to decode the superimposed sym- bols at the relay more preciously. Also, we derive the theoretical upper bound of the error rate of the superimposed symbols at the relay. For uncoded PNC, we derive the SER; for coded PNC, we derive the BER, and we focus on an finite accumulation of the terms so as to obtain a tight error bound which is closer to the BER curve of the symbol-level simulation. From the channel’s view, we build the system of QPSK modulated PNC on single- carrier channel and the PNC on OFDM channels. For PNC on single-carrier channels, we assume the transmission channels are all flat fading channels. Never- theless, it is quite difficult for it to cope with the frequency selective channels and time delay channels. As a result, we introduce OFDM technique which can largely resist their interferences. We develop different adaptive mappings on OFDM inside the sub-band to further improve the performance. The theoretical upper bound for the error rate of the superimposed signals received at the relay will be vital in the system-level simulation, which is the part of the project DIWINE that my research benefits from.
Combining the SHA and ELD3 techniques to achieve energy-efficient data cache accesses

In recent years, CPU performance has become energy constrained. If performance is to continue increasing, new methods for creating more energy efficient CPUs will have to be explored. Current computing systems use complex CPUs that interface to the main memory through a hierarchy of caches. These performance-centric designs use a lot of power and chip-area to minimize the gap between CPU and main memory speeds. Caches contribute much of a systems’s energy consumption. Conventional set-associative level-one data caches (L1 DCs) are performance-critical and are therefore optimized for speed. The access latency is optimized by accessing all ways in parallel for load operations. However, this results in a significant amount of wasted energy, since only data from one way is used. To reduce energy, numerous cache architectures, such as way-prediction, way-shutdown and highly-associative have been proposed. However, these optimizations in many cases increase latency and complexity, which makes them unattractive for L1 caches. This thesis cover the implementation and evaluation of a combination of techniques that enables access to only the way where the data resides. The first technique is Speculative Halt-Tag Access (SHA) and works by halting cache ways that cannot possibly contain the requested data. The technique, Early Load Data Dependence Detection (ELD) , has no performance penalty and adds very little complexity to a conventional CPU core design. The second technique works by sequentially accessing tag and data ways when there is no data dependency with a subsequent instruction. These techniques have been implemented both independently and in combination. The SHMAC framework is used to evaluate the implementation by running a subset of MiBench benchmarks. The results show that on average, 40% of energy dissipation is reduced for loads with small displacement when using the SHA technique. By performing loads sequentially, the ELD technique is able to reduce the overall enregy dissipation by 27%. When both techniques are combined, the ELD technique is able to reduce the energy dissipation when the displacement is too large for the SHA technique. This combination of techniques gives an overall energy reduction of 43%.
DISMINUCIÓN DE LAS PREVALENCIAS DE DESNUTRICIÓN MEDIANTE LA PROMOCIÓN DE LA SALUD EN GRUPOS DE ESCOLARES EN UNA LOCALIDAD DE BOGOTÁ

Malnutrition is prevalent in school aged children. It impairs the health and school performance of those affected in the short and in the long run. The objective of this study was to identify the changes in the prevalence of malnutrition in groups of school-aged children that were intervened by medical students with a strategy that combined educational activities, health evaluation, and actions directed to children with particular problems. This article presents the evaluation of the program “Salud Escolar Integral” [Comprehensive School Health]. This program was conducted by medical students from Universidad del Rosario School of Medicine and Health Sciences. An ecological study was done with measures before and after intervention. Population: Elementary school students from 5 to 8 years of age. Acute, chronic, and global undernourishment were calculated. During the five years of monitoring an statistically significant decrease was found in the prevalence of acute malnutrition from 4.5 to 0.6%, global malnutrition from 11.8 to 5.8%, and chronic malnutrition from 16.4 to 8.3%. This study presents evidence on the effectiveness of a comprehensive interventional program developed by medical students to decrease undernourishment on school age children.
Heightened Interferon‐α/β Response Causes Myeloid Cell Dysfunction and Promotes T1D Pathogenesis in NOD Mice

Abstract: Increasing attention is drawn to the contributions of abnormalities in both innate and acquired immune responses to the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes (T1D). Dendritic cells (DC) are critical immune cells linking innate and acquired immune responses and previous studies in NOD mice suggest abnormalities in these cells. To address DC dysregulation we examined kinetic global gene expression in NOD and B6 GM‐CSF/IL‐4‐induced bone marrow‐derived DC following lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‐stimulation. We identified expression differences in over 300 genes including a cluster of 16 interferon (IFN‐α/β) target genes overexpressed in NOD DC. Mechanistically, heightened IFN‐α/β responses were not due to increased production of this cytokine, IFN‐γ priming or increased Syk kinase activity. We found, however, heightened responses to IFN‐α/β in NOD versus B6 as demonstrated by increased type 1 IFN target gene expression, for example, IRF‐7, in NOD DC and macrophages. Analysis of multiple congenic strains demonstrated that the Idd5 susceptibility region largely governed heightened IFN‐α responses. Of interest, heightened IFN‐α/β response in NOD mice was not confined to hematopoietic cells but was also seen in the pancreas and β cells. Compounding the IFN‐α response defect, NOD mice harbor significantly more PDC in spleen in comparison to B6 and produce four‐ to sixfold more IFN‐α when stimulated with CpG. Finally, treatment of NOD mice with IFN‐α inducing agents, for example, high‐dose poly I:C accelerates diabetes in both female and male mice. The abnormalities in the IFN‐α/β axis appear to play a significant role in T1D pathogenesis.