Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
QAque: faceted query expansion techniques for exploratory search using community QA resources

Recently, query suggestions have become quite useful in web searches. Most provide additional and correct terms based on the initial query entered by users. However, query suggestions often recommend queries that differ from the user's search intentions due to different contexts. In such cases, faceted query expansions and their usages are quite efficient. In this paper, we propose faceted query expansion methods using the resources of Community Question Answering (CQA), which is social network service (SNS) that shares user knowledge. In a CQA site, users can post questions in a suitable category. Others answer them based on the category framework. Thus, the CQA "category" makes a "facet" of the query expansion. In addition, the time of year when the question was posted plays an important role in understanding its context. Thus, such seasonality creates another "facet" of the query expansion. We implement two-dimensional faceted query expansion methods based on the results of the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) analysis of CQA resources. The question articles deriving query expansion are provided for choosing appropriate terms by users. Our sophisticated evaluations using actual and long-term CQA resources, such as "Yahoo! CHIEBUKURO," demonstrate that most parts of the CQA questions are posted in periodicity and in bursts.
SQWRL: A Query Language for OWL

A method for detecting core faults includes (a) positioning a magnetic yoke near at least one tooth of the core, the magnetic yoke being wound by a winding; (b) supplying current to the winding to inject magnetic flux into the at least one tooth of the core; (c) measuring a signal resulting from the injected magnetic flux; and (d) using the measured signal to detect core faults.
Biovar diversity of Ureaplasma urealyticum in amniotic fluid: distribution, intrauterine inflammatory response and pregnancy outcomes

Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the distribution of two biovars of Ureaplasma urealyticum (parvo and T960) in human amniotic fluid and to examine whether the magnitude of the intrauterine inflammatory response and pregnancy outcomes are different between patients with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity with “parvo biovar” and those with “T960 biovar”. Study design: This cohort included 77 preterm singleton pregnancies (gestational age < 37 weeks) in whom U. urealyticum was detected from amniotic fluid using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Amniotic fluid was obtained by transabdominal amniocentesis. Amniotic fluid was cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria as well as mycoplasmas. U. urealyticum was biotyped by PCR methods. Amniotic fluid inflammatory response was determined by amniotic fluid white blood cell count and interleukin-6 concentration. Results: 1) The “parvo biovar” was detected in 82% (63/77) and “T960 biovar” was in 18% (14/77) of cases; 2) U. urealyticum was isolated by conventional culture method from amniotic fluid in 56% (35/63) of cases with positive for “parvo biovar” and in 50% (7/14) of cases with positive for “T960 biovar”; 3) There were no significant differences in the median gestational age at amniocentesis, gestational age at delivery, birth weight, amniotic fluid white blood cell count, amniotic fluid interleukin-6 concentration and the rates of clinical chorioamnionitis, histologic chorioamnionitis, funisitis and neonatal morbidity between patients in the two biovar groups. Conclusions: 1) The “parvo biovar” is more frequently isolated from amniotic fluid of preterm gestations than the “T960 biovar”; 2) Biovar diversity of U. urealyticum in amniotic fluid was not associated with different pregnancy outcome and magnitude of the intraamniotic inflammatory response.
Applicability of the current hypertension guidelines in Latin America

Recent research has focused on the development of evidence-based guidelines that are intended to regulate the conduct of physicians in the diagnosis and control of hypertension, with the goal of achieving greater effectiveness and equity at the lowest possible cost. In Latin America, guidelines are available for the management of hypertension at three levels: national, regional and international. The national and regional Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) guidelines are in fact adaptations of the international guidelines. The potential benefit of applying guidelines developed in other regions to local healthcare decision making is that it will enable decision makers to take advantage of existing analyses and transfer or adapt them to their local contexts. However, this adaptation precludes the assessment of their generalizability and potential transferability. In addition, this region is characterized by wide socioeconomic differences between its inhabitants, both among and within nations. Therefore, new guidelines for the LAC region must include recommendations that are common to all hypertensive patients in the region. Moreover, we advocate the inclusion of a specific section that makes comprehensive recommendations and provides strategies for implementation according to the socioeconomic conditions of particular groups. In addition to developing guidelines that are truly applicable to the LAC region, it seems sensible to consider information that is specific to this region. Furthermore, developing evidence-based guidelines is not enough to affect positively the burden of disease caused by hypertension. Therefore, professional programs are required for the implementation of such guidelines as well as the auditing of their results. Achieving these ambitious goals will require collaborative efforts by many groups including policymakers, international organizations, healthcare providers, universities and society.
Genetic studies in mood disorders

Mood disorders, including bipolar disorder (BPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), are highly complex psychiatric disorders. Decades of genetic studies have generated a large number of putative genetic susceptibility variants. However, with exception of CACNA1C, SYNE1 and ANK3 in BPD no robust association has as yet been identified. In this thesis my aim was to find predisposing genetic risk factors for mood disorders. In paper I, my hypotheses were that the FKBP5 gene is a risk gene for MDD, contributes to severity and is involved in treatment response to an antidepressant, Citalopram. We tested for association of three markers using the STAR*D cohort (Level 1). Rs1360780 was significantly associated with MDD. Rs4713916 was significantly associated with remission following treatment with Citalopram when two study populations were analyzed together. We determined that there is a stratification issue and no correlation can be made for treatment response or severity of MDD. In paper II, my hypothesis was that candidate genes for MDD are acting synergistically to contribute to risk for MDD. We applied three different algorithms to evaluate SNP-SNP interactions. Although none of the interactions survived corrections for multiple comparisons, our results contribute valuable information to future genetic studies in MDD. The logistic regression methods identified large interaction effects. None of the top interactions explain a large proportion of MDD in the general population. Among the top interactions, none of the three algorithms identify identical pairs of markers for risk of MDD. Moreover, none of the top ranked interactions has previously been implicated to act synergistically in MDD-susceptibility. We also noted that markers selected for predicted interaction effects were not among the top interactions. In paper III, my hypothesis was that rare and highly penetrant large structural genomic variations (CNVs) increase the risk for BPD. We searched for CNVs across diagnostic boundaries and included individuals with BPD, schizophrenia (SZ) or schizoaffective disorder (SA). To increase the possibility that the CNV should be highly penetrant we searched for CNVs in affected individuals in BP-pedigrees and identified CNVs in the MAGI1 gene in two families and showed that it was more frequent in individuals with BPD, SZ and SA than controls. In paper IV, my hypothesis was that inherited CNVs contribute with risk to BPD irrespective of their frequency. We developed an algorithm that combines linkage-data with the CNV content within and across families. We identified one significant region with a CNV that maps to 19q13, and stretches over the PSG genes. The PSG proteins has been shown to activate TGF-? Moreover, two CNV SNPs are reported as likely eQTL’s for regulation of NF? B. Thus, this CNV involves several putative molecular targets in BPD-etiology. In conclusion, the work conducted in this thesis has contributed to our knowledge of the etiology of…
Métodos e métricas para estimativas e planejamento de projetos ágeis de software : estudo comparativo entre pontos de função e story points

In recent years, agile methods of software development have gained a lot of attention in the field of software engineering. The nature of agile software projects is different from traditional software projects. Therefore, using traditional techniques of estimates of effort, time, and cost may produce imprecise estimates. Several techniques have been proposed by various authors and developers. One of the objectives of this work is to search the literature through a Systematic Review (SR) the current practices of estimates in the development of agile software and the most used size metrics as inputs for these estimates, collecting them in a study for a future comparison of their accuracy. With the realization of SR, it was concluded that Story Point and Point of Function are the metrics most used in agile projects as the basis for estimating size, time, effort, productivity and cost. Based on these two size metrics, a case study was performed with estimates of effort, time, and cost for an agile project of a software factory, where actual development values were compared with estimates to analyze which of them provided the estimates that were closest to the real values. Key-words: Agile Software Development; Software Estimation; Software Metrics; Scrum; Lista de ilustrações Figura 1 – Visão Geral do Processo do Scrum (LI, 2008) . 21 Figura 2 – Principais Etapas para Realização de Estimativas (FILHO, 2014) . 27 Figura 3 – Visão Geral do Processo da Revisão Sistemática. (Autoria própria, 2017) 32 Figura 4 – Visão Geral do Processo de Pesquisa. (Autoria Própria, 2017) . 33 Figura 5 – Quantidade de artigos relevantes por Biblioteca Digital. Autor. 37 Figura 6 – Prioridade de Leitura dos Artigos na etapa 1 . 38 Figura 7 – Porcentagem de artigos aceitos na segunda etapa. Autor. 39 Figura 8 – Prioridade de Leitura dos Artigos na Segunda Etapa . 39 Figura 9 – Critérios de Inclusão dos Artigos Aceitos . 40 Figura 10 – Critérios de Exclusão dos Artigos Rejeitados . 40 Figura 11 – Principais Etapas para Realização de um Estudo de Caso. 41 Figura 12 – Procedimento de Contagem de Ponto de Função (SISP, 2016) . 54
Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators for Improving Your Investment Results

Acknowledgments. Introduction. The What and Why of this Book. Part I. The Traditional Dow Theory. Chapter 1. By Way of Background. Chapter 2. Signals Described. Chapter 3. A Look at The Record. Chapter 4. Give-and-Take about the Theory. Part II. Bulls And Bears. Chapter 5. Bull Markets. Chapter 6. Bear Markets. Chapter 7. Bull and Bear Markets of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. Part III. The Dow Theory for the TwentyFirst Century. Chapter 8. Capitulation: The Selling Climax. Chapter 9. The Heart Of The Theory. Part IV. Other Important Indicators. Chapter 10. Schannep Timing Indicator: The Other Major-Trend Indicator. Chapter 11. "Three Tops And A Tumble": Leading Topping Indicators. Chapter 12. Bonus Indicators. Part V. The Epitome Of Synergy. Chapter 13. The All-Inclusive Composite Indicator. Chapter 14. Practical Usages: Putting It All Together. Appendix A. "Official" Complete and Detailed Record of the Original Dow Theory. Appendix B. Capitulation Indicators Detailed Record. Appendix C. CPA Verification of the Schannep Indicator. Appendix D. Complete Record of the Composite Timing Indicator. About The Author. Index.
PENINGKATAN DAYA SAING UMKM DI KOTA DENPASAR DENGAN KEGIATAN PELATIHAN DAN PENDAMPINGAN DIGITAL MARKETING

Setiap UMKM dalam pengelolaannya untuk mencapai keberhasilan usaha memerlukan penerapan prinsip-prinsip manajemen dan peranan pelaku usaha untuk menjalankan fungsi-fungsi utama manajemen. Dengan memiliki orientasi kewirausahaan dan kemampuan manajemen yang baik diharapkan dapat membuat dan menjalankan strategi yang tepat bagi usahanya. Salah satu fungsi manajemen yang sangat penting adalah fungsi pemasaran. Strategi pemasaran perlu dilakukan untuk menghadapi persaingan dan memenuhi keinginan konsumen Para pelaku UMKM dituntut dapat menghadapi persaingan bisnis yang semakin ketat. Strategi digital marketing dapat membantu menciptakan koneksi dan membangun hubungan dengan konsumen, serta meningkatkan kesadaran merek dan loyalitas konsumen. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa para UMKM di Kota Denpasar memiliki potensi yang besar dalam pengembangan usaha dengan strategi digital marketing dan meningkatkan perekonomian di Kota Denpasar. Faktor pendukung dalam pengembangan masyarakat ini meliputi sumber daya alam, nilai kearifan lokal dan sumber daya manusia serta partisipasi para pelaku usaha yang cukup tinggi. Sedangkan faktor penghambatnya adalah keterbatasan modal.
DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION MODALITIES TO IMPROVE THE LITERACY OF THE DUMAGATS.

* Valdez. Janet R. 1 , Galvez. Rosalyn 2 , Vistan. Alejandro Saratan 3 , Dr. Claudio Jr. Dayao 4 , Ryan. Vivar 5 and Elizabeth 6 . 1. La Consolacion University Philippines Graduate School. 2. La Consolacion University Philippines Student Affairs and Services. 3. La Consolacion University Philippines Quality Assurance Office. 4. Manila City Hall. 5. La Consolacion University Philippines Basic Education Department. 6. La Consolacion University Philippines Night College. Manuscript Info Abstract . Manuscript History
Evolution of the neuronal substrate for kin recognition in social Hymenoptera

In evolutionary terms, life is about reproduction. Yet, in some species, individuals forgo their own reproduction to support the reproductive efforts of others. Social insect colonies for example, can contain up to a million workers that actively cooperate in tasks such as foraging, brood care and nest defence, but do not produce offspring. In such societies the division of labour is pronounced, and reproduction is restricted to just one or a few individuals, most notably the queen(s). This extreme eusocial organisation exists in only a few mammals, crustaceans and insects, but strikingly, it evolved independently up to nine times in the order Hymenoptera (including ants, bees and wasps). Transitions from a solitary lifestyle to an organised society can occur through natural selection when helpers obtain a fitness benefit from cooperating with kin, owing to the indirect transmission of genes through siblings. However, this process, called kin selection, is vulnerable to parasitism and opportunistic behaviours from unrelated individuals. An ability to distinguish kin from non‐kin, and to respond accordingly, could therefore critically facilitate the evolution of eusociality and the maintenance of non‐reproductive workers. The question of how the hymenopteran brain has adapted to support this function is therefore a fundamental issue in evolutionary neuroethology. Early neuroanatomical investigations proposed that social Hymenoptera have expanded integrative brain areas due to selection for increased cognitive capabilities in the context of processing social information. Later studies challenged this assumption and instead pointed to an intimate link between higher social organisation and the existence of developed sensory structures involved in recognition and communication. In particular, chemical signalling of social identity, known to be mediated through cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), may have evolved hand in hand with a specialised chemosensory system in Hymenoptera. Here, we compile the current knowledge on this recognition system, from emitted identity signals, to the molecular and neuronal basis of chemical detection, with particular emphasis on its evolutionary history. Finally, we ask whether the evolution of social behaviour in Hymenoptera could have driven the expansion of their complex olfactory system, or whether the early origin and conservation of an olfactory subsystem dedicated to social recognition could explain the abundance of eusocial species in this insect order. Answering this question will require further comparative studies to provide a comprehensive view on lineage‐specific adaptations in the olfactory pathway of Hymenoptera.
The Politics of Ecosystem Management

Within the professions of environmental and natural resource management, the late 1980s and early 1990s witnessed the emergence of a new concept—ecosystem management. The concept was part rhetoric, management paradigm, social movement, and political strategy. In the US, the concept seemed poised to temporarily flourish, momentarily guide, and then decline in influence until its ultimate disappearance into conservation nostalgia ("Who came up with the term 'new forestry' and what are they doing now? "). But something unusual happened. Ecosystem management was embraced by both the Washington, DC, policy community and grass-roots organizations, and by the scientific community and training universities that prepare resource managers. Mission statements and policy guidance began to espouse "ecosystem management principles" with some seriousness of purpose, and well-funded opponents appeared—a sure sign of "traction" in the vernacular of American politics.
University of São Paulo “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture Comparative analysis of the transcriptional profile of the sugarcane smut pathogen during the interaction with resistant and susceptible genotypes

8 CHAPTER 1: Sugarcane smut: the state of art . 9 1. Sugarcane . 9 2. Smut disease. 9 3. Secretome, effectors, and plant host defense responses . 12 4. Sugarcane-smut molecular interaction . 15 5. Dual transcriptomics in plant-fungal interaction: difficulties in the data collection and analysis . 17 6. Hypothesis. 20 7. Objectives . 20 CHAPTER 2: The smut pathogen Sporisorium scitamineum uses different strategies to infect resistant and susceptible sugarcane genotypes . 31 ABSTRACT . 31
Re-analysis of single-cell transcriptomics reveals a critical role of macrophage-like smooth muscle cells in advanced atherosclerotic plaque

Aims: Smooth muscle cell (SMC) remodeling poses a critical feature in the development and progression of atherosclerosis. Although fate mapping and in silicon approaches have expanded SMC phenotypes in atherosclerosis, it still remains elusive about the contributions of individual SMC phenotypes and molecular dynamics to advanced atherosclerotic plaque. Methods: Using single-cell transcriptome, we investigated cellular compositions of human carotid plaque laden with atherosclerotic core, followed by in vivo experiments utilizing SMC-lineage tracing technology, bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and both in vivo and in vitro validation of the underlying molecular mechanism. Results: 5 functionally distinct SMC subtypes were uncovered based on transcriptional features (described as contractile, fibroblast-like, osteogenic, synthetic and macrophage-like) within the niche. A proinflammatory, macrophage-like SMC subtype displaying an intermediary phenotype between SMC and macrophage, exhibits prominent potential in destabilizing plaque. At the molecular level, we explored cluster-specific master regulons by algorithm, and identified interferon regulatory factor-8 (IRF8) as a potential stimulator of SMC-to-macrophage transdifferentiation via activating nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling. Conclusions: Our study illustrates a comprehensive cell atlas and molecular landscape of advanced atherosclerotic lesion, which might renovate current understanding of SMC biology in atherosclerosis.
SAM “Significance Analysis of Microarrays” Users guide and technical document

2 Summary of Changes 3 2.1 Changes in SAM 2.21 . 3 2.2 Changes in SAM 2.20 . 4 2.3 Changes in SAM 2.10 . 4 2.4 Changes in SAM 2.01 . 4 2.5 Changes in SAM 2.0 . 5 2.6 Changes in SAM 1.21 . 5 2.7 Changes in SAM 1.20 . 5 2.8 Changes in SAM 1.15 . 5 2.9 Changes in SAM 1.13 . 6 2.10 Changes in SAM 1.12 . 6 2.11 Changes in SAM 1.10 . 6
Pedestrian navigation systems and location-based services

Pedestrians must often find their way in unfamiliar urban environments or complex buildings. In these cases they need guidance to reach their desired destination, for example a specific room in a local authorities' building, a counter, or a department at an university. The goal of location-based mobile services is to provide such guidance on demand (anywhere, anytime), individually tailored to the actual information needs and presented in preferred forms. Thereby the navigation service requires positioning and tracking capabilities of a mobile user with a certain positioning accuracy and reliability. In particular, navigating in urban areas is a very challenging task as pedestrians move in spaces where none of the known positioning techniques works continuously in standalone mode and the movement is in a much more complex space than 2D networks (i.e. on pedestrian paths and along roads, outdoor and indoor, through underground passages, etc.). To solve this challenging task of continuous position determination, a combination of different location technologies is required. The integration of the sensors should be performed such that all the sensors are tightly coupled in the sense of a so-called multi-sensor system. In a new research project in our University entitled "Pedestrian Navigation Systems in Combined Indoor/Outdoor Environments (NAVIO)" we are working on the improvement of such navigation services. The project is mainly focusing on the information aspect of location-based services, i.e. on the user's task at hand and support of the user's decisions by information provided by such a service. Specifications will allow selection of appropriate sensor data and to integrate data when and where needed, to propose context-dependent routes fitting to partly conflicting interests and goals as well as to select appropriate communication methods in terms of supporting the user guiding by various multimedia cartography forms. To test and to demonstrate our approach and results, the project takes a use case scenario into account, i.e. the guidance of visitors to departments of the Vienna University of Technology. First results of our project are presented in this paper.
Accelerating Bayesian Inference for Evolutionary Biology Models

2 Results 6 2.1 Multivariate normal based models . 7 2.1. 1 Validation against an optimal proposal. 7 2.1. 2 Exploiting parameters correlation. 8 2.2 Performance gain on PyRate model . 9 2.2.1 Mixing efficiency. 9 2.2.2 Impact on the burn-in. 11 2.2.3 Block size . 12 2.3 Detailed experiments settings and measures for substitution models . 13 2.3. 1 Codon-substitution models . 13 2.3. 2 Convergence measures on phylogenetic tree distributions. 13