Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
[The effect of tai chi for blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipid control for patients with chronic diseases: a systematic review].

BACKGROUND Tai chi emphasizes gentle, balanced, slow, deep-breathing activity and is widely applied in healthcare and health promotion in elderly populations. Researchers have applied tai chi as an intervention to reduce hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia with unclear results. This article conducts a systematic review of tai chi intervention research with regard to its effectiveness in addressing three risk factors. PURPOSE This study conducted a systematic review of reports discussing the blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid effects of tai chi in chronic diseases clients. METHOD Researchers searched six electronic databases for relevant articles published between 1990 and May 2011. Data were collected using inclusion and exclusion criteria. A modified Jadad Scale was used to evaluate the quality of the identified articles. RESULTS Seven studies met our inclusion criteria of targeting middle-aged subjects with chronic diseases. There was a total of 947 participants, with studies ranging from 38-207 participants. The majority of participants were women (six studies with a female ratio of > 50%); participant ages ranged from 51 ± 9.8 to 81.2 ± 6.1; four studies reported that tai chi reduced blood pressure and blood lipid levels; three studies reported that tai chi did not improve blood glucose, insulin sensitivity, or HbA1C. CONCLUSION Systematic review results indicate that tai chi interventions have a significant and positive effect on blood pressure and lipid levels but not for blood sugar levels. Larger scale studies with more subjects and longer time periods are necessary to further confirm and illuminate the effects of tai chi and guide the design of effective, empirical-based intervention programs.
Some) Techniques for Handling Massive Data Sets

Geographic Information Systems Definition: “[A Geographic Information System] is a computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information” [U.S. Geological Survey, 1997] Capabilities: Storing geographically referenced information. → (Spatial) Databases Manipulating geographically referenced information. → Algorithm Engineering, Computational Geometry
Distributed Task Scheduling using a Swarm Intelligence Approach

This paper addresses distributed task scheduling problems as a distributed version of the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP). We propose and evaluate a novel approach for the distributed RCPSP based on theoretical models of division of labor in social insect colonies. Our approach uses a probabilistic decision-making model based on the social insect tendency to perform certain tasks, and was implemented as an algorithm called Swarm-RCPSP. We show that the results of the Swarm-RCPSP algorithm are better than those obtained with a distributed greedy algorithm, are not very far from the best-known solutions, and have the advantage of being computed in a distributed manner, which is an important issue when dealing with multiagent systems.
Improved Face Recognition By Combining LDA And PCA Techniques

Any face recognition system works best in ideal condition. But can be very sensitive in real time. We have presented a methodology for improving the robustness and accuracy of face recognition system based on combination of PCA and LDA face representation technique. We show that combination of PCA and LDA will outperform best individual face recognition algorithm based on PCA or LDA.
Association of Biochemical B12 Deficiency With Metformin Therapy and Vitamin B12 Supplements

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of biochemical B12 deficiency in adults with type 2 diabetes taking metformin compared with those not taking metformin and those without diabetes, and explore whether this relationship is modified by vitamin B12 supplements. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Analysis of data on U.S. adults ≥50 years of age with (n = 1,621) or without type 2 diabetes (n = 6,867) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999–2006. Type 2 diabetes was defined as clinical diagnosis after age 30 without initiation of insulin therapy within 1 year. Those with diabetes were classified according to their current metformin use. Biochemical B12 deficiency was defined as serum B12 concentrations ≤148 pmol/L and borderline deficiency was defined as >148 to ≤221 pmol/L. RESULTS Biochemical B12 deficiency was present in 5.8% of those with diabetes using metformin compared with 2.4% of those not using metformin (P = 0.0026) and 3.3% of those without diabetes (P = 0.0002). Among those with diabetes, metformin use was associated with biochemical B12 deficiency (adjusted odds ratio 2.92; 95% CI 1.26–6.78). Consumption of any supplement containing B12 was not associated with a reduction in the prevalence of biochemical B12 deficiency among those with diabetes, whereas consumption of any supplement containing B12 was associated with a two-thirds reduction among those without diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Metformin therapy is associated with a higher prevalence of biochemical B12 deficiency. The amount of B12 recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2.4 μg/day) and the amount available in general multivitamins (6 μg) may not be enough to correct this deficiency among those with diabetes.
Carcinoma of the cervix and tobacco smoking: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 13,541 women with carcinoma of the cervix and 23,017 women without carcinoma of the cervix from 23 epidemiological studies

Tobacco smoking has been classified as a cause of cervical cancer, but the effect of different patterns of smoking on risk is unclear. The International Collaboration of Epidemiological Studies of Cervical Cancer has brought together and combined individual data on 13,541 women with and 23,017 women without cervical carcinoma, from 23 epidemiological studies. Relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of carcinoma of the cervix in relation to tobacco smoking were calculated with stratification by study, age, sexual partners, age at first intercourse, oral contraceptive use and parity. Current smokers had a significantly increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix compared to never smokers (RR = 1.60 (95% CI: 1.48–1.73), p<0.001). There was increased risk for past smokers also, though to a lesser extent (RR = 1.12 (1.01–1.25)), and there was no clear trend with time since stopping smoking (p‐trend = 0.6). There was no association between smoking and adenocarcinoma of the cervix (RR = 0.89 (0.74–1.06) and 0.89 (0.72–1.10) for current and past smokers respectively), and the differences between the RRs for smoking and squamous cell and adenocarcinoma were statistically significant (current smoking p<0.001 and past smoking p = 0.01). In current smokers, the RR of squamous cell carcinoma increased with increasing number of cigarettes smoked per day and also with younger age at starting smoking (p<0.001 for each trend), but not with duration of smoking (p‐trend = 0.3). Eight of the studies had tested women for cervical HPV‐DNA, and in analyses restricted to women who tested positive, there was a significantly increased risk in current compared to never smokers for squamous cell carcinoma (RR = 1.95 (1.43–2.65)), but not for adenocarcinoma (RR = 1.06 (0.14–7.96)). In summary, smokers are at an increased risk of squamous cell but not of adenocarcinoma of the cervix. The risk of squamous cell carcinoma increases in current smokers with the number of cigarettes smoked per day and with younger age at starting smoking. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
MODY: history, genetics, pathophysiology, and clinical decision making.

Studies conducted at the University of Michigan for 60 years and at the University of Chicago for approximately 25 years form the basis of this review. As no field of study can develop or progress in isolation, we have included selected investigations performed in other centers. In the academic year 1949–1950, one of us (S.S.F.), while a first-year Fellow in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Michigan (Jerome W. Conn, Division Chief), initiated a prospective, long-term study on the diagnosis, natural history, and clinical genetics of diabetes. Starting with known diabetic patients from the Diabetes Clinic, I recruited their apparently healthy and asymptomatic first-degree relatives (parents, brothers, sisters, and children) for routine oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs). As control subjects, I recruited young individuals, many of them students, physicians, nurses, dietitians, and their spouses, who did not have a family history of diabetes or of large newborn babies. The initial objectives were 1 ) to define the normal range for the OGTT, 2 ) to attempt to unmask the potential diabetic subjects who manifest normal glucose tolerance by the standard OGTT and determine whether the diabetogenic activity of cortisone could be used to uncover a subclinical defect in the metabolism of glucose, and 3 ) to carry out periodic follow-up over many years of the apparently healthy first-degree relatives of diabetic patients. In our first publication in 1954 (1), 19% of 152 relatives of known diabetic patients were found to have diabetes by OGTT and, moreover, some were as young as 10 years of age. The same prevalence of 19% was found when testing a larger sample of 438 relatives of known diabetic patients (2). In 1960, we reported that mild, asymptomatic diabetes occurs in nonobese children, adolescents, and young adults. Their diabetic glucose tolerance and fasting hyperglycemia improved or normalized …
What Is "Heterosis"?

T IS not my purpose in this paper to present or to discuss the actual basic I causes or the fundamental mechanisms which bring about the increased size, the excessive kinetic energy, the increased productiveness, resistance to disease or to unfavorable conditions of the environment, the “stimulating effects of hybridity,” the so-called “hybrid vigor” of English writers and “Luxurieren” of many German writers, which may be observed in this or that cross-bred organism when compared with corresponding inbred or relatively more pure-bred organisms. My object is merely to consider the spirit and the coverage of the word “heterosis” which I proposed in 1914 to replace the more cumbersome word “heterozygosis” which had been found useful by a few geneticists of that time, myself among them. What I have to say about the meaning of the word “heterosis” will be better understood if it be kept in mind that I was, as far as I know, the first Englishlanguage geneticist to adopt and promote the use of the brilliantly conceived terminological proposals of the Danish plant physiologist, DOCTOR W. JOHANNSEN, which have contributed so much to the precision, clarity and stability of modern genetical terminology. JOHANNSEN’S proposals of “phenotype,” “biotype,” “gene,” “genotype,” etc., were launched in 1909 in his “Elemente der exakten Erblichkeitslehre,” and in that same year his word “biotype” appeared in the title of one of my Carnegie Institution publications, ‘(Bursa &~sa-pastoris and Bama Heegeri; biotypes and hybrids. ” In proposing the German word “Gen,” for whose English form “gene” I was more or less responsible, JOHANNSEK pointed out that DARWIN’S word pangene which had come into use as a specific improvement over the older, ambiguous term “Anlage,” was a double expression, consisting of the two parts, “pan” and “gene” of which the first syllable, “pan,” was wholly immaterial and irrelevant, and only the second syllable represented the concept which it was desired to express. The word “pangene” had the further disadvantage that it was closely identified with DAKWIN’S “provisional hypothesis” with its migrating gemmules and their differential assortment during ontogenetic development. By omitting the non-essential half of the word “pangene,” JOHANNSEN arrived at his neat word “Gen” which was thus freed from the Darwinian proposals, and he added the specific stipulation that “das Wort ‘Gen’ ist vollig
Vibration and Acoustic Emission Signal Monitoring for Detection of Induction Motor Bearing Fault

Vibration and acoustic emission (AE) signal monitoring are popular techniques for detecting bearing fault, the main cause in induction motor failure which can lead to catastrophic damage. This paper presents comparison between vibration and AE signal monitoring as a tool for induction motor bearing fault detection. The effectiveness of time-domain analysis is compared with frequency-domain. Statistical parameters used in time-domain include RMS, crest factor, and kurtosis whereas for frequency-domain, normal spectrum and envelope spectrum using Hilbert transform are applied. The results reveal that vibration and AE signals are effective measurement to detect bearing fault in both timeand frequency-domain. Keywords— Induction motor bearing; fault detection; condition monitoring.
Inspection Models Considering the Overlapping of Inspection Span and Failure Downtime

在文学，由延期时间概念决定检查间隔上的许多工作通常假设检查跨度的时间和失败更新的时间是可以忽略的。 在现实主义的情况中，然而，上述时间不应该为时间本身和它的效果被忽视。 为了为检查的可能的重叠的效果建模，在决定最佳的检查间隔上与失败空闲时间跨越，我们为在延期时间基于部件的一个单身者建议一个基于块的检查模型概念。 我们进一步把这个模型与基于年龄的模型作比较显示出实际感觉。 发达模型被数字例子也表明。
Utilização de GPGPUs para a identificação de objectos em imagens tomográficas

Composite materials are used in several areas such as the automotive, aeronautics and, space industries. These materials are built using a base element (for example aluminum) reinforced with particles (for example silicon): this combination leads to a composite material that can have physical properties that are very different from those of the base material. X-Ray micro tomography with synchrotron’s radiation is used to obtain tomographic images, allowing a Materials specialist to characterize the reinforcement population of these composite materials. This analysis may require a considerable amount of computing resources due to the size of the data and the complexity of the processing required. At DI-FCT-UNL a project is running, among at the support of the processing of tomographic images of composite materials in desktop PCs containing multi-core CPUs and GPGPUs. This dissertation has the main objective of designing efficient algorithms for object identification in 3-D images of composite materials suited for execution in GPGPUs. This identification will allow the chacterization of the object population, according to criteria defined by a Materials researcher. The algorithms were developed targeting the OpenCL platform that supports the development of heterogeneous applications running in classical CPUs and accelerators, in particular the most cost-effective ones, GPGPUs. After the analysis of several alternatives, an algorithm for object identification of the Connected-Component Labeling fanmily was developed. The algorithm was adapted to the processing of 3D images, an modified in order to exploit efficiently the GPGPU hardware. The main contribution of this thesis is the design, implementation and assessment of a set of object identification algorithms, that in the processing of very large 3D images, achieve execution times below 10 seconds. This is much better than the execution times of similar algorithms executing in distributed and shared memory multiprocessors, that executed in minutes. The reduction of execution time achieved is an important contribution to the building of interactive tomographic image analysis systems.
Drosophila paramyosin is important for myoblast fusion and essential for myofibril formation.

The authors retract the above-referenced manuscript on the basis of the fact that one of the major conclusions, regarding the function of paramyosin in myoblast fusion, is incorrect. The authors stand by all of the other data with the exception of one correction. See below for details. In this paper, a myoblast fusion defect was attributed to mutation of the Drosophila melanogaster paramyosin gene. We now show that the fusion defect instead apparently arises from the TM3 balancer chromosome. Experiments subsequent to publication using a TM3-containing line that lacked a paramyosin mutation suggested that we had mis-identified balancer chromosome–containing individuals before the late embryonic stage as paramyosin mutant ho-mozygotes (prm 1 / prm 1). By using a lacZ-expressing version of TM3 , staining experiments unambiguously identified young prm 1 homozygotes and showed them all to lack the fusion defect, implying that the fusion defect is due to the presence of the TM3 chromosome. We have not tested whether this is a homozygous or heterozygous effect of TM3. The apparent rescue of the fusion defect by the wild-type paramyosin transgene is presumably due to the absence of the TM3 chromosome, instead of the presence of the paramyosin transgene. We conclude that embryos identified as prm 1 homozygotes in Figs. 3 and 4 of the paper, as well as on the cover of the journal, are not of this genotype. We thus retract the conclusion that paramyosin is important for myoblast fusion. In contrast, prm 1 / prm 1 late-stage embryos and larvae were unambiguously identified by mouth hook color, and so our conclusion regarding myofibril defects in prm 1 homozygotes remains valid. As a result of a PCR artifact and an error in notation, the deletion in the prm 1 allele was stated to be 4 kb in size. Reanalysis of the data as well as additional cloning and sequencing indicate that the deletion is actually 1.05 kb in length and is internal to the P element. The deleted region encompasses portions of the upstream region and first exon of the white ϩ gene, removing 163 codons. Thus, the paramyosin coding region itself is not disrupted in either prm 1 or its parent line and both contain a P element insert in the transcribed, but not translated, region of prm exon 1. Since the normal prm transcription start site is upstream of the P element, prm transcripts likely are produced by …
ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA

'Ataxia telangiectasia' is the name given by Boder and Sedgwick (1958) to an entity characterized by progressive ataxia of cerebellar and extra-pyramidal type with onset in infancy; striking symmetrical telangiectasia affecting the bulbar sclera and the butterfly area of the face and other areas, including ears, palate, chest, and legs; frequent respiratory tract infections, and cafe-au-lait spots which may or may not be present. this condition Shy and a good proportion of them with a strong familial incidence. We report here the first South African case.
Quality evaluation of defects with indefinite or unlimited borders

Several applications of quality control refer to a kind of defects that do not have well defined or delimited borders. Wall tiles, pieces of wood or textiles are products where this kind of problem has been observed very often. In terms of production processes, this is the case of spots caused by finish imperfections, failures resulting from corrosion processes, cracks as a consequence of internal breaks or damage from handling or material accumulation as a result of warping, The present paper describes a model which detects defects on the external surface of industrial products, especially those whose borders are indefinite. The model uses pattern recognition procedures. In addition to describing the model, a practical application and the results obtained are described, including an important extension of this work, i.e. the comparison of pieces with standards (defect control by means of matching procedures).
Tangled1: a microtubule binding protein required for the spatial control of cytokinesis in maize.

Spatial control of cytokinesis in plant cells depends on guidance of the cytokinetic apparatus, the phragmoplast, to a cortical "division site" established before mitosis. Previously, we showed that the Tangled1 (Tan1) gene of maize is required for this process during maize leaf development (Cleary, A.L., and L.G. Smith. 1998. Plant Cell. 10:1875-1888.). Here, we show that the Tan1 gene is expressed in dividing cells and encodes a highly basic protein that can directly bind to microtubules (MTs). Moreover, proteins recognized by anti-TAN1 antibodies are preferentially associated with the MT-containing cytoskeletal structures that are misoriented in dividing cells of tan1 mutants. These results suggest that TAN1 protein participates in the orientation of cytoskeletal structures in dividing cells through an association with MTs.
Improving Translation of Organization Names Combining Translation Model and Web Mining

Named entity (NE) translation is a fundamental task in machine translation (MT) and cross-language information retrieval (CLIR). Furthermore, Organization name (ON) translation is the most complex among all the NEs. A novel system for translating ONs from Chinese to English, with a translation model and web resources, is proposed. Firstly, we built a translation model with Chunk. Then query expansion was adopted with the translation model and term-subject co-occurrence. Thirdly, we extracted the Chinese Organization names with English sentences using the method of frequency shifting and adjacency information to find English fragments as translation candidates. Finally, we found the best translation by computing the trustworthiness of all candidates. The experimental results showed that the approach returned a better performance than machine translation-based systems.
My View on My Research

I enrolled Faculty of Medicine – Department of Dentistry out of love. In fact, as a little girl I adored my dentist, so my teddy bear was often sat on a chair as patient. I mixed flour and water in the saucers, and put it in teddy bear's mouth as a base. I imitated dentist movements for reparation or washing teeth. Later, when I grew up, my parents influenced me (my mother was professor microbiologist, my father was professor of pathology) and I loved both the scientific and educational work.
A corpus analysis of pedagogical monologues in a content-based EFL context

concepts. However, differences were found between the teachers in the ways they communicated the content to the classes and the ways they engaged students with the subject matter, regarding positioning of participants, and choices of independent and dependent clauses and verbs. This, we argue, resulted in two different learning environments. The corpus approach, while not unproblematic, enabled us to discern lexico-grammatical and discoursal patterns of the monologues by processing the data differently from labor-intensive line-by-line analysis of text in discourse analysis. The small-scale corpus approach provides a level of confidence that it can be applied to similar investigations on a larger scale. The findings help raise awareness of educators in bilingual classrooms of the workings of monologues in teacher-fronted subject teaching, and of different discourse orientations of two superficially similar semiotic events.
Fill the Gaps between A&A Industrial Practice and Academic Research via Product Lifecycle Management

Approached by the Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering, it is my great honour to provide my personal observations in the active research field of aeronautics and aerospace (A&A) engineering in relation to industrial development. The products in the A&A industry have become more complex than ever before as have the related processes, such the A380 airplane [1]. The product lifecycle management concept has been broadly addressed as a holistic approach to connect product and process modeling domains so that the industry can take full advantage of engineering informatics supported by modern information and computer technologies (ICTs). However, there are many gaps between A&A industrial practice and academic research.