Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fundamentos de Design Combinatórios e aplicações em Códigos

A teoria de design combinatorio e uma estrutura que possui importantes padroes relacionados a construcoes de conjuntos finitos. Essa estrutura combina- toria teve suas origens mais formais com os trabalhos de Euler sobre quadrados latinos no fim do seculo XVIII. Como e uma area recente, os designs combinatorios contem diversos problemas em aberto. Os designs combinatorios tem aplicacoes na elaboracao e analise de estatistica, tambem dispoem de muitas outras aplicacoes, como na programacao, biologia, matematica, design e analise de algoritmos, redes, teoria de grupos, codigos e criptografia. Alem disso, faz uso de conceitos como a de algebra linear, grupos, aneis, corpo e teoria dos numeros. Iremos apresentar alguns exemplos de codigos corretores de erros, derivado de modelos simples, do ponto de vista combinatorio e de visualizacao, o plano projetivo BIBD − (7, 3, 1) e o espaco cubo 3 − design(8, 4, 1). Esses codigos sao casos especiais de uma familia de codigos, chamados codigos de Reed-Muller.
Condition-Dependent Mutual Mate Preference and Intersexual Genetic Correlations for Mating Activity

Although mating represents a mutual interaction, the study of mate preferences has long focused on choice in one sex and preferred traits in the other. This has certainly been the case in the study of the costs and condition-dependent expression of mating preferences, with the majority of studies concerning female preference. The condition dependence and genetic architecture of mutual mate preferences remain largely unstudied, despite their likely relevance for the evolution of preferences and of mating behavior more generally. Here we measured (a) male and female mate preferences and (b) intersexual genetic correlations for the mating activity in pedigreed populations of southern field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) raised on a favorable (free-choice) or a stressful (protein-deprived) diet. In the favorable dietary environment, mutual mate preferences were strong, and the intersexual genetic covariance for mating activity was not different from one. However, in the stressful dietary environment, mutual mate preferences were weak, and the intersexual genetic covariance for mating activity was significantly smaller than one. Altogether, our results show that diet environments affect the expression of genetic variation in mating behaviors: when the environment is stressful, both (a) the strength of mutual mate preference and (b) intersexual genetic covariance for mating activity tend to be weaker. This implies that mating dynamics strongly vary across environments.
Construction of Continuous Bivariate Distribution by Transmuting Dependent Distribution

In this study, a new bivariate distribution family is introduced by adding an appropriate term to independent class. By choosing a base distribution which is negatively dependent from the same marginals we derive a new distribution around the product of marginals, i.e. independent class of distribution. We note that the new distribution has additional parameter which would provide additional flexibility in applications. The joint probability density, joint reliability and reversed hazard rate functions of the new bivariate distribution are obtained. Furthermore, we obtain lower and upper bounds of Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Two example are given to illustrate this family. This new bivariate continuous distribution can make more appropriate modeling of some data sets in terms of the Spearman rank coefficient.
Analisisis and correlation DCE-MRI, biomarkers and hormonal receptors in breast cancer

Poster: "ECR 2012 / C-2234 / Analisisis and correlation DCE-MRI, biomarkers and hormonal receptors in breast cancer" by: "R. Dominguez Oronoz1, O. Raigosa Garcia1, Y. Sapunar Gonzalez2, R. Salvador Tarrason1, V. Peg Camara1, S. Gispert3, D. Armario Bel1, K. Piccotti4; 1Barcelona/ES, 2Santiago de Chile/CL, 3Badalona/ES, 4Roma/IT"
Estudos de implementação de políticas públicas: uma revisão da literatura

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar uma revisão crítica da literatura sobre os Estudos de Implementação de Políticas Públicas, de forma a contribuir para o desenvolvimento desta disciplina em Portugal. A relevância desta análise decorre de a implementação ser ainda pouco estudada no país, sobretudo numa vertente processual, mesmo sendo frequentemente apontada como das principais lacunas da governação pública nacional. O artigo começa por analisar os principais contributos das diferentes gerações de estudos e dos desenvolvimentos recentes da disciplina, concluindo com algumas pistas sobre como desenvolver investigação nesta área disciplinar.
Mosquito-Borne Illnesses and their Disproportionate Impact on Variant Infrastructures: A GIS Map Comparison of Three Regions.

Mosquito-borne Illnesses and their Disproportionate Impact on Variant Infrastructure: A GIS Map Comparison of Three Regions. Jenna Nicole Price Dr. Julie A. Lasslo, Assistant Professor of Public Health Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth and they spread diseases through their bites. Chikungunya, Dengue, Malaria, Yellow Fever, West Nile Virus, and Zika are six diseases of concern that are transmitted by mosquitoes. This honors thesis will attempt to provide relevant information and a critical analysis of current literature. Disease descriptions of the aforementioned illnesses and country evaluations for Niger, South Sudan, and the United States of America are included for comparison and evaluation. A Geographic Information System was used to create several maps comparing the three regions of the earth specified. The models are used to show country data in a visual way that is instantly intuitive to understand. Combining literature reviews, world data, and maps of mosquito-borne diseases and regional world-standings, this thesis indicates macroand microlevel risk factors that influence the rate of disease spread, morbidity and mortality rates, and incidence and prevalence of the viral and parasitic infections found around the world. Education and infrastructure were two upstream risk factors indicative of endemic areas of mosquito-borne diseases. Figures and tables have been included to condense information and MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE iii provide easy analysis and comparison of preventative measures or country information.
Start‐up circuit for an electric vehicle fast charger using SSICL technique and a slow estimator

With the increase in power rating of electric vehicle chargers, concerns regarding their integration to the grid have likewise grown. This paper investigates a novel technique for start-up of high-power fast electric vehicle (EV) charger using a solid-state inrush current limiter (SSICL). The circuit consists of three similar sets of bidirectional switch and limiting resistor that utilizes a control strategy based on a simple Kalman filter (KF) to suppress the converter start-up current and transient over-voltages. In fact, the built-up profile of the inrush current is dictated in accordance with the estimated current by the slow dynamic KF. Compared to alternatives, such as start-up resistors, the presented SSICL achieves faster start-up with comparable peak current, tends to provide lower distortion, and provides a good balance between speed and efficiency. Simulation and experimental results confirm that the proposed method can considerably suppress inrush currents, while improving the total harmonic distortion. Comparing the behaviour of the SSICL to other relevant techniques underlines the advantages of the proposed solution. Furthermore, although the focus of this paper is start-up of the fast EV chargers, the proposed circuit can act as an inrush-current limiter in most AC to DC converter structures.
Accuracy of stockpile estimates using low-cost sUAS photogrammetry

ABSTRACT The ability to accurately estimate the amount of stockpile material for construction projects can have a substantial impact on project budgets and schedules as well as public safety. Recent proliferation of small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) platforms has made it possible to estimate these stockpiles using inexpensive aerial imagery and photogrammetry at a fraction of the cost and time compared to traditional methods. This study examines the quality of height and volume estimates from sUAS photogrammetry processed through Agisoft Metashape, Bentley ContextCapture, and PixElement, and compared with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based surveying and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) measurements. Measurements made on three co-located stockpiles occupying in total 345 m2 and a volume of 487.11 m3 showed that all three software produced results within 3% of TLS measured height and 2% of TLS volume overall, with greater local variation. Moreover, photogrammetry provided complete coverage while the TLS data had voids due to scanner obstructions. Considering that results could be further improved with refinements in technique, this study joins others in demonstrating that sUAS photogrammetry provides a viable alternative to conventional methods for estimating stockpiles.
Evaluation the Effect of Intrathecally Fentanyl Added to Lidocaine on Interception of Shivering in Abdominal Hysterectomy: Randomized Clinical Trial

Background: Shivering is a frequent phenomenon in postoperative period. Post spinal shivering causes a major distress for patients and may induce some complications. Investigations to control shivering could not mange it completely. Objectives: The aim of this randomized single-blind study was to investigate how much the high dose (50 μg) of intrathecally administered fentanyl would influence the incidence and severity of shivering in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy. Methods: In this prospective clinical trial, seventy healthy patients scheduled for abdominal hysterectomy under spinal anesthesia using 75 mg of hyperbaric 5% lidocaine were randomly allocated to receive an additional 50 μg (1 mL) of fentanyl intrathecally (group F) or normal saline 1 mL (groups). Then the level of shivering was measured with crossly and mahajon scale and analyzed with chi-square test using SPSS version 17 software. Results: The incidence of shivering up to two hours after spinal anesthesia was 13 from 35 patients (37.2 %) in group F, and 27 from 35 patients (77.2%) in group S. The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01). The shivering score was significantly lower in group F. There was no difference in the incidence of pharmacologic side effects. Conclusions: Addition of 50μg fentanyl to 75 mg of hyperbaric 5% lidocaine intrathecally can reduce the incidence and severity of shivering in patients who receive abdominal hysterectomy without increasing other side effects.
Characteristics of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes in Asians

Asia is considered as the epicenter of recent worldwide epidemic of diabetes owing to its large population and high prevalence of diabetes. In Asia, type 1 diabetes is relatively rare in comparison with European countries. Therefore, the rapid increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is the driving force of the epidemic. Interestingly, the phenotypes of Asian type 2 diabetes are distinct as compared by non-Asians, particularly Caucasians. Asian type 2 diabetes patients are generally non-obese, have a prominent impairment in insulin secretion and a better insulin sensitivity than non-Asians. Whereas incretin effect is remarkably reduced in European patients with type 2 diabetes, Asian patients with type 2 diabetes exhibited a similar incretin effect compared to non-diabetic subjects. Type 2 diabetes diagnosed by isolated postprandial hyperglycemia is more common in Asia than in Europe. Interestingly, glucose lowering efficacy is greater in Asians than in non-Asians. Genetic backgrounds in both nuclear and mitochondrial genome are different among ethnic groups, which may contribute to unique features of type 2 diabetes found in Asians. Considering the differences in pathophysiology and clinical features of Asian type 2 diabetes, we need to use different approach in diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes including selecting patients eligible for bariatric/metabolic surgery.
Perception of weight and BMI among high school athletes

Athletes tend to have greater muscle mass than non-athletes and muscle mass is more dense than fat, hence there is a bias in BMI with athletes having a higher BMI compared to similarly sized non-athletes. A measurement called percentile of body mass index (BMI) is used to identify overweight and obesity in study subjects. NCHS/CDC -2000 growth charts for children and adolescents aged 2–20 years. 72.7% of study subjects perceived themselves as of normal weight for their age and height, 16.8% perceived as of underweight and 10.5% perceived as of overweight/obese.
Self-Rated Health and Life Satisfaction in Iranian Children and Adolescents at the National and Provincial Level: The CASPIAN-IV Study

Background: Self-rated health (SRH) and life satisfaction (LS) are of increasing interest to medical researchers, because of their close relationship with different aspects of health. Objectives: This paper describes the patterns of LS and SRH among Iranian children and adolescents, analyzed by sex and residence area, at the national and provincial levels. Methods: In this nationwide study 14880 students, aged 6-18 years, were selected by multistage random cluster sampling from urban and rural areas of 30 provinces in Iran, as part of the fourth survey of a national surveillance program conducted in 2011-2012. LS and SRH were assessed through a questionnaire following the World Health Organization-Global School-based Student Health Survey (WHO-GSHS) protocols. Results: 13486 out of 14880 invited students completed the study (participation rate: 90.6%). Their average age was 12.47 ± 3.36 years. The prevalence of good SRH at national level was 80.13 (95% CI: 79.25, 80.99); the prevalence of LS among Iranian students at the national level was 80.17 (95% CI: 79.18, 81.13). At the provincial level, the highest and the lowest LS scores were 85.42 (80.01, 89.55) and 74.78 (68.74, 79.99), respectively. Likewise, the highest and the lowest prevalence of good SRH was 88.36 (83.99, 91.66) and 74.22 (69.06, 78.78), respectively. Conclusions: Our findings show that, at provincial levels, a complex set of known/unknown influencing factors affect individuals’ assessments of their own health quality. Understanding these patterns of SRH and LS could be useful for better health policy and more targeted studies in this field.
Quantitative Analyse des Zusammenhangs vom Gluteus medius-Volumen und der Hüftgeometrie

6 1. Einleitung 7 1.1 Gluteus mediusAnatomie und Funktion 7 1.2 Zusammenhang zwischen Muskelvolumen und Kraft 9 1.3 Einfluss des Gluteus medius auf die Hüftfunktion und das Gehen 11 1.4 Hüftgeometrie und Hebelarme 14 1.5 Arbeitshypothese 16 1.6 Studienziel 16 2. Methoden und Materialien 17 2.1 Studiendesign 17 2.2 Methodik der Datenerfassung 17 2.3 Aufnahmetechnik der Computertomographie (CT) Bilder 18 2.4 Analyse der CTBilder 18 2.4. 1 Muskelvermessung 19 2.4. 2 Knochenvermessung 21 2.5 Statistische Auswertungen 23 3. Ergebnisse 24 3.1 Demographie 24 3.2 Messergebnisse der Muskelvolumenberechnung und Hüftgeometrie 27 3.3 Analyseergebnisse der ermittelten Hüftgeometriedaten und demographischen Gegebenheiten hinsichtlich des Gluteus medius Volumen (GMV) 29
Weekend Light Shifts Evoke Persistent Drosophila Circadian Neural Network Desynchrony

We developed a method for single-cell resolution longitudinal bioluminescence imaging of PERIOD (PER) protein and TIMELESS (TIM) oscillations in cultured male adult Drosophila brains that captures circadian circuit-wide cycling under simulated day/night cycles. Light input analysis confirms that CRYPTOCHROME (CRY) is the primary circadian photoreceptor and mediates clock disruption by constant light (LL), and that eye light input is redundant to CRY; 3-h light phase delays (Friday) followed by 3-h light phase advances (Monday morning) simulate the common practice of staying up later at night on weekends, sleeping in later on weekend days then returning to standard schedule Monday morning [weekend light shift (WLS)]. PER and TIM oscillations are highly synchronous across all major circadian neuronal subgroups in unshifted light schedules for 11 d. In contrast, WLS significantly dampens PER oscillator synchrony and rhythmicity in most circadian neurons during and after exposure. Lateral ventral neuron (LNv) oscillations are the first to desynchronize in WLS and the last to resynchronize in WLS. Surprisingly, the dorsal neuron group-3 (DN3s) increase their within-group synchrony in response to WLS. In vivo, WLS induces transient defects in sleep stability, learning, and memory that temporally coincide with circuit desynchrony. Our findings suggest that WLS schedules disrupt circuit-wide circadian neuronal oscillator synchrony for much of the week, thus leading to observed behavioral defects in sleep, learning, and memory.
Dual-branch dense residual network for hyperspectral imagery classification

ABSTRACT Hyperspectral imagery (HSI) classification is an essential task in remote sensing. In recent years, convolutional neural network (CNN) applied to HSI has achieved significant improvement compared with the traditional machine learning approaches. However, three main issues still exist in applying CNN. First, excessively increasing the number of layers in CNN will hamper the convergence of network. Second, most existing methods ignore the correlated information among different layers. Third, there still exist challenges when jointly extracting spectral and spatial features. To address these problems and improve the performance, we propose a novel dual-branch dense residual network (DRN), where one branch based on 1D convolution is used to extract the spectral features, the other branch based on 2D convolution is used to extract the spatial features, which effectively make use of the complementary benefits of the spectral and spatial information. Moreover, DRN utilized in each branch is designed to ease the training procedure of network by residual units, and the dense structure is introduced to fuse the information of different convolution layers. We conducted experiments on four well-known hyperspectral imagery datasets, i.e. Indian Pines, Pavia University, Salinas and Pavia Centre. The promising experimental results demonstrate that our dual-branch dense residual network achieved superior classification performance compared with other state-of-the-art methods. Abbreviations: The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:CNN: Convolutional Neural Network; HIS: Hyperspectral Imagery; RU: Residual Unit; DRN: Dense Residual Network; PCA: Principal Component Analysis; ICA: Independent Component Analysis; LADA: Locality Adaptive Discriminant Analysis; SIFT: Scale-invariant Feature Transform; LBP: Local Binary Pattern; HOG: Histogram of Oriented Gradient; KNN: K Nearest Neighbours; RF: Random Forest; SVM: Support Vector Machine; AEs: Automatic Encoders; GSR: Group Sparse Representation; DD: Diverse Density; ISBDD: Instance Space-based Diverse Density; MCNN: Multiscale Convolutional Neural Network; DCPN: Deep Cube-Pair Network; FDSSC: Fast Dense Spectral-spatial Convolution; SSUN: Spectral-spatial Unified Network; AVIRIS: Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer; OA: Overall Accuracy.
Short-term fingertip contact with cold materials.

Typically, industry workers are exposed to, and may touch, either accidentally or intentionally, many surfaces of different materials (e g machine parts, walls etc.) For environments containing hot surfaces, standards are available to determine the temperature limits for these surfaces in order to minimise safety risks (skin bums, EN 563 1994). However, no such standard is available for cold surfaces and for those working in such a cold environment, accidental skin contact exposure and the resultant skin cooling could pose a health and safety risk in terms of discomfort, pain, numbness and skin damage Data was collected for the derivation of a cold surfaces safety standard (European Union project SMT4-CT97-2149), providing a relation between material type, surface temperature and risk of pain and frostbite for the index fingertip of the non-dominant hand, the overall aim being to use the data to develop a predictive model of fingertip contact cooling allowing the prediction for various materials, temperatures and body thermal states within and outside the actual tested ranges. [Continues. ]
Transcendence, religion and social bonding

This article examines the relationship between religion, transcendence and social bonding. I speculate that the capacity to undergo transcendent experiences facilitated social bonding. Following a discussion of Gorelik’s typology of transcendence, it examines the relationship between ritual, transcendence and bonding with an emphasis on singing, dancing and synchrony. It then moves on to explore theory of mind and transcendence. Finally, transcendent emotions like compassion, admiration, gratitude, love and awe will be discussed. I conclude by arguing that transcendence originates from group-level selection.
Morbilidad en niños menores de un año considerados de riesgo: estudio prospectivo

Aim: To analyze the profile of morbidity of children in risky conditions during their first year. Method: This is a prospective study of a cohort type, performed in the municipality of Maringa, Brazil, over 12 months, with regard to 237 children in risky conditions, born between May 1st and October 31st 2008. Results: In the first year, 118 children (49.8%) needed at least one period of hospitalization. The majority were male (55%), within the first 15 days of life (72%), and underweight and premature (34.1%). Discussion: It was evidenced that, with the growth and development of the children, the reasons for hospitalization are switched from typical conditions of newborns in risky conditions to common illnesses of infancy. Conclusion: The findings confirm the necessity for a differentiated follow by the health team for children in risky conditions, in order to reduce the likelihood of hospitalization during the first year of life. (AU) Objetivo: Analizar el perfil de morbilidad de ninos considerados de riesgo, durante el primer ano de vida. Metodo: estudio prospectivo de tipo coorte, realizado en Maringa-PR, por medio del acompanamiento durante 12 meses, de 237 ninos de riesgo, nacidos entre el primero de mayo y el 31 de octubre de 2008. Resultados: En el primer ano de vida, 118 ninos (49,8%) necesitaron de por lo menos una hospitalizacion, con mayor frecuencia del sexo masculino (55,0%); en los primeros 15 dias de vida (72,0%) y; entre los de bajo peso y prematuros (34,1%). Discusion: Se evidencio que, con el crecimiento y el desarrollo de los ninos, las causas de internacion se modificaron de afecciones tipicas de recien-nacidos de riesgo para enfermedades comunes de la infancia. Conclusion: Los hallazgos reiteraron la necesidad de acompanamiento diferenciado a los ninos de riesgo, por el equipo de salud, para disminuir la hospitalizacion durante el primer ano de vida. (AU) Objetivo: analisar o perfil de morbidade de criancas consideradas de risco, durante o primeiro ano de vida. Metodo: estudo prospectivo do tipo coorte, realizado em Maringa-PR, por meio do acompanhamento durante 12 meses, de 237 criancas de risco, nascidas entre primeiro de maio e 31 de outubro de 2008. Resultados: no primeiro ano de vida, 118 criancas (49,8%) necessitaram de pelo menos uma hospitalizacao, entre as quais, a maior frequencia se deu no sexo masculino (55,0%); nos primeiros 15 dias de vida (72,0%) e; entre os de baixo peso e prematuros (34,1%). Discussao: Evidenciou-se que, com o crescimento e desenvolvimento das criancas, as causas de internacao modificaram de afeccoes tipicas de recem-nascidos de risco para doencas comuns da infância. Conclusao: Os achados reiteraram a necessidade de acompanhamento diferenciado as criancas de risco, pela equipe de saude, a fim de se diminuir a hospitalizacao durante o primeiro ano de vida. (AU)