Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Diagnostic Classification of Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Using Ventricular Strain Analysis Algorithm

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a cardiomyopathy with left ventricle or double ventricle enlargement and systolic dysfunction. It is an important cause of sudden cardiac death and heart failure and is the leading indication for cardiac transplantation. Major heart diseases like heart muscle damage and valvular problems are diagnosed using cardiac MRI. However, it takes time for cardiologists to measure DCM-related parameters to decide whether patients have this disease. We have presented a method for automatic ventricular segmentation, parameter extraction, and diagnosing DCM. In this paper, left ventricle and right ventricle are segmented by parasternal short-axis cardiac MR image sequence; then, related parameters are extracted in the end-diastole and end-systole of the heart. Machine learning classifiers use extracted parameters as input to predict normal people and patients with DCM, among which Random forest classifier gives the highest accuracy. The results show that the proposed system can be effectively utilized to detect and diagnose DCM automatically. The experimental results suggest the capabilities and advantages of the proposed method to diagnose DCM. A small amount of sample input can generate results comparable to more complex methods.
Transplantation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes for Cardiac Regenerative Therapy

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and bears an immense economic burden. Late-stage heart failure often requires total heart transplantation; however, due to donor shortages and lifelong immunosuppression, alternative cardiac regenerative therapies are in high demand. Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), including human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells, have emerged as a viable source of human cardiomyocytes for transplantation. Recent developments in several mammalian models of cardiac injury have provided strong evidence of the therapeutic potential of hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CM), showing their ability to electromechanically integrate with host cardiac tissue and promote functional recovery. In this review, we will discuss recent developments in hPSC-CM differentiation and transplantation strategies for delivery to the heart. We will highlight the mechanisms through which hPSC-CMs contribute to heart repair, review major challenges in successful transplantation of hPSC-CMs, and present solutions that are being explored to address these limitations. We end with a discussion of the clinical use of hPSC-CMs, including hurdles to clinical translation, current clinical trials, and future perspectives on hPSC-CM transplantation.
Eddy current damper

A high torque capacity eddy current damper used as a rate limiting device for a large solar array deployment mechanism is discussed. The eddy current damper eliminates the problems associated with the outgassing or leaking of damping fluids. It also provides performance advantages such as damping torque rates, which are truly linear with respect to input speed, continuous 360 degree operation in both directions of rotation, wide operating temperature range, and the capability of convenient adjustment of damping rates by the user without disassembly or special tools.
A Study on Innovative Design of Dancesport Choreography

With the growing development of dancesport, people have gradually had more knowledge about dancesport choreography. Dance choreography refers to sequences of movements and steps that are created by choreographers and performed by dancers usually to musical accompaniment in line with the rules of contests and based on dancers’ athletic capability, which are rationally conceived, designed and processed with music as per the required time, fields, extents, routes and directions; it is an innovative activity combining together with visual thought. In this paper, the author specifically explores the elements and structures of an entire set of choreography and its innovation, which plays an active role in upgrading the theory and practice of dancesport in education trainning. Index Terms dancesport; choreography, innovative design,
Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law

“I have studied Rosen's book in detail and am impressed with its scope and content. I strongly recommend it to anybody interested in the current controversies surrounding open source licensing. ” -John Terpstra, Samba.org; cofounder, Samba-Team “Linux and open source software have forever altered the computing landscape. The important conversations no longer revolve around the technology but rather the business and legal issues. Rosen's book is must reading for anyone using or providing open source solutions. ” -Stuart Open Source Development LabsA Complete Guide to the Law of Open Source for Developers, Managers, and LawyersNow that open source software is blossoming around the world, it is crucial to understand how open source licenses work-and their solid legal foundations. Open Source Initiative general counsel Lawrence Rosen presents a plain-English guide to open source law for developers, managers, users, and lawyers. Rosen clearly explains the intellectual property laws that support open source licensing, carefully reviews today's leading licenses, and helps you make the best choices for your project or organization. Coverage includes: Explanation of why the SCO litigation and other attacks won't derail open source Dispelling the myths of open source licensing Intellectual property law for nonlawyers: ownership and licensing of copyrights, patents, and trademarks “Academic licenses”: BSD, MIT, Apache, and beyond The “reciprocal bargain” at the heart of the GPL Alternative licenses: Mozilla, CPL, OSL and AFL Benefits of open source, and the obligations and risks facing businesses that deploy open source software Choosing the right license: considering business models, product architecture, IP ownership, license compatibility issues, relicensing, and more Enforcing the terms and conditions of open source licenses Shared source, eventual source, and other alternative models to open source Protecting yourself against lawsuits
Occurrence of Transient Low and Negative Pressures in Distribution Systems

The production of transient low and negative pressures in otherwise pressurized potable water supply distribution systems creates the opportunity for contaminated water to enter the system from external environments. This article documents the occurrence of transient low and negative pressures in distribution systems as a result of a variety of system features and operations. Fifteen surge events were observed that resulted in a negative pressure, with most of these caused by the sudden shutdown of all of the pumps at a pump station because of either unintentional (e.g., power outages) or intentional (e.g., pump stoppage or startup tests) circumstances. Smaller but still substantial surges were produced by shutdown of pumps while other pumps remained running as well as by operational occurrences such as flushing, hydrant use, and main breaks. The authors also compare the efficacy of different types of pressure‐monitoring devices for detecting transient pressure surges.
Marketing Research And Modeling Progress And Prospects A Tribute To Paul E Green

Paul Green and a Brief History of Marketing Research. - 1. When BDT in Marketing Meant Bayesian Decision Theory: The Influence of Paul Green's Research. - 2. Applications of Multivariate Latent Variable Models in Marketing. - 3. Multidimensional Scaling and Clustering in Marketing: Paul Green's Role. - 4. Market Research and the Rise of the Web: The Challenge. - 5. Thirty Years of Conjoint Analysis: Reflections and Prospects. - 6. Conjoint Analysis, Related Modeling, and Applications. - 7. Buyer Choice Simulators, Optimizers, and Dynamic Models. - 8. A 20+ Years' Retrospective on Choice Experiments. - 9. Evolving Conjoint Analysis:From Rational Features/Benefits to an Off-the-Shelf Marketing Database. - 10. The Vagaries of Becoming (and Remaining) a Marketing Research Methodologist. - 11. The Journal of Marketing Research: Its Initiation, Growth, and Knowledge Dissemination. - 12. Personal Reflections and Tributes from the May 2002 Conference Celebrating Paul Green's Career. - 13. Continuing the Aldersonian Tradition. - 14. Reflections and Conclusions: The Link Between Advances in Marketing Research and Practice. - Appendix: Paul E. Green's Curriculum Vita.
Comparative Performance Evaluation of Sewage Treatment Plants in Gurgaon

The rapid growth of the population, the technological and industrial boom has brought enormous problems and degradation of the environment. Pollution caused by sewage discharged from cities and towns is the primary cause for degradation of water resources. Hence a proper and planned sewage treatment is needed. Gurgaon city hosts two sewage treatment plants located in Dhanwanpur village. These plants are designed and constructed with an aim to manage wastewater so as to minimize and/or remove organic matter, solids, disease- causing organisms and other pollutants, before disposal. This article evaluates and compares the actual behaviour of full-scale anaerobic and aerobic wastewater treatment plants in operation in Gurgaon, providing information on the performance of the processes in terms of the quality of the generated effluent and the removal efficiency achieved. The observed results of effluent concentrations and removal efficiencies of the constituents TSS, BOD, COD, VSS and BOD/COD ratio have been compared with the typical expected performances as per the standards given by CPCB. The treatment technologies selected for study were anaerobic-UASB and aerobic-ASP plants. The results, confirmed by statistical tests, showed that, in general, the best performance was achieved by ASP, but closely followed by UASB reactor, when operating with any kind of post-treatment. It was revealed from the performance study that efficiency of the two treatment plants was adequate with respect to removal of TSS, BOD, COD and VSS. In UASB, TSS, BOD, COD and VSS removal efficiency was 90.2, 87.4, 86.96 and 86.4% respectively, while in ASP, TSS, BOD, COD and VSS removal efficiency was 88.8, 90.07, 84.15 and 90.5 % respectively. The order of removal efficiency was VSS < COD < BOD < TSS and COD < TSS < BOD < VSS respectively in UASB and ASP STPs. Additionally, the problems associated with the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment plants is discussed.
The Use of Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase in Paediatric Haemato-Oncology—When and Why?

The fundamental pathophysiology of malignancies is dysregulation of the signalling pathways. Protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) are among the enzymes which, if mutated, play a critical role in carcinogenesis. The best-studied rearrangement, which enhances PTK activity and causes atypical proliferation, is BCR-ABL1. Abnormal expression of PTKs has proven to play a significant role in the development of various malignancies, such as chronic myelogenous leukaemia, brain tumours, neuroblastoma, and gastrointestinal stromal tumours. The use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is an outstanding example of successful target therapy. TKIs have been effectively applied in the adult oncology setting, but there is a need to establish TKIs’ importance in paediatric patients. Many years of research have allowed a significant improvement in the outcome of childhood cancers. However, there are still groups of patients who have a poor prognosis, where the intensification of chemotherapy could even cause death. TKIs are designed to target specific PTKs, which lead to the limitation of severe adverse effects and increase overall survival. These advances will hopefully allow new therapeutic approaches in paediatric haemato-oncology to emerge. In this review, we present an analysis of the current data on tyrosine kinase inhibitors in childhood cancers.
Design considerations of high-/spl kappa/ gate dielectrics for sub-0.1-/spl mu/m MOSFET's

The potential impact of high-/spl kappa/ gate dielectrics on device short-channel performance is studied over a wide range of dielectric permittivities. It is shown that the short-channel performance degradation caused by the fringing fields from the gate to the source/drain regions, is mainly determined by the gate thickness-to-length aspect ratio. In addition, the gate stack configuration also plays an important role in the determination of the device short-channel performance degradation.
Gamma-ray measurements with the segmented gamma scan. [Maintenance manual]

A revised and updated operation and maintenance manual for the segmented gamma-scan instrument is presented, which describes routine assay techniques as well as the theory of operation in sufficient depth that an experienced assayist can make nonroutine assays on a wide variety of materials and samples. In addition, complete electronic and electrical schematics of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL)-designed portions of the system are presented, along with sufficient system and circuit description to facilitate maintenance and troubleshooting. Complete software system descriptions are included, although detailed listings would have to be obained from LASL in order to make machine-language code changes.
STRUCTURAL ROBUSTNESS OF ELECTRIC MACHINE APPLICATIONS USING THE ICAD FRAMEWORK

Adequate control of three-phase machines (e.g., induction motors -IMs- and synchronous generators SGs-) is of paramount importance for the electric power industry. These are multivariable, non-linear systems. In this paper, it is formally demonstrated using the ICAD framework that the electrical subsystems of the IM and of the permanent magnet SG, due to their inherent structural robustness, are the multivariable equivalent to stable, minimum-phase, single-input single-output systems. As a consequence, an adequate performance and robustness may be achieved through fixed, stable, minimum-phase, diagonal controllers ‐ justifying the widespread use of control schemes based on fixed, classical linear controllers such as PIs.
The Importance of a Teacher in a Distance Education and the Progressive Methods of Teaching in a Virtual Learning Environment

The purpose of the article is to analyze the experience of the first work years of teaching the students, who study by distance, to compare other authors’ experience and to examine the advantages of Moodle virtual learning environment (VLE), searching for new applications of it. The relevance of e-learning is noted. It is affirmed that metacognitive learning strategies are typical for learning foreign languages in virtual environment. It is said that the Internet is a tool that ensures studies by distance. It is said that raising the qualification and learning by distance allows a responsible employee to improve foreign language skills while lifelong learning. VLE adaptability for teaching and studying English is being discussed. It is stated that the Internet conditions all types of methods in the virtual environment, application, and its existence expands and deepens the learning approach. In the paper it is claimed that the Moodle VLE function is to improve the learning process to ensure a high level of expertise and the objectivity of assessment. Studying in conventional way and in the virtual environment are briefly compared. Moodle virtual learning environment application objectives to learning outcomes, emphasizing the importance of the traditional teaching methods, the student’s responsibility to call attention to the learning process and system characteristics are defined. It is noted that learning in the virtual environment is based on the principles of epistemology, therefore the Moodle system meets the didactic tasks. The virtual learning environment possibilities ensure a very good feedback and increase students’ motivation, and, consequently, that provides better knowledge. It is emphasized that while teaching by distance, the teacher’s responsibility, his role in the development of educational material and the course tasks have increased. Some specific cases for various forms of studies and exercises to perform in the Moodle e-system are given. Some statistical data demonstrate the improvement of the quality of knowledge due to the Moodle system application for training foreign language.
Laser 3D Printing of Inorganic Free-Form Micro-Optics

A pilot study on laser 3D printing of inorganic free-form micro-optics is experimentally validated. Ultrafast laser nanolithography is employed for structuring hybrid organic-inorganic material SZ2080TM followed by high-temperature calcination post-processing. The combination allows production of 3D architectures and the heat-treatment results in converting the material to inorganic substance. The produced miniature optical elements are characterized and their optical performance demonstrated. Finally, the concept is validated for manufacturing compound optical components such as stacked lenses. This is opening for new directions and applications of laser made microoptics under harsh conditions such as high intensity radiation, temperature, acidic environment, pressure variations, which include open space, astrophotonics, and remote sensing.
Handbook of VLSI microlithography : principles, technology, and applications

Issues and Trends Affecting Lithography Tool Selection Strategy Resist Technology u Design, Processing, and Applications Lithography Process Monitoring and Defect Detection Techniques and Tools for Photo Metrology Techniques and Tools for Optical Lithography Microlithography Tool Automation Electron-Beam ULSI Applications Rational Vibration and Structural Dynamics for Lithographic Tool Installations Applications of Ion Microbeams Lithography and Direct Processing X-Ray Lithography Part I Part II Acknowledgment References Index
Convective Heat Transfer from In-Tube Cooling of Turbulent Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Part 2—Experimental Data and Numerical Predictions

A combined experimental and numerical study of the heat transfer and pressure drop associated with in-tube cooling of supercritical carbon dioxide was conducted. The experimental measurements are presented and compared with numerical predictions obtained from the mathematical model presented in the first part of this two-part paper. Heat transfer and pressure drop data of practical utility for the design of a supercritical carbon dioxide gas cooler are also presented in this paper. The effects of the mass flow rate and pressure on the heat-transfer coefficient and the friction factor are examined and explained.
Effective Controlling Scheme to Mitigate Flood Attack in Delay Tolerant Network

Conventional routing protocols breaks down in opportunistic networks due to long delays, frequent disconnectivity and resource scarcity. Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) has been developed to cope with these mentioned features. In the absence of connected link between the sender and the receiver, in DTN mobile nodes replicate bundles and work cooperatively to improve the delivery probability. Malicious nodes may flood the network as possible by a huge number of unwanted bundles (messages) or bundle replicas which waste the limited resources. DOS (Denial of Service) attack especially Flooding attack attempt to compromise the availability service of the network. Traditional congestion control strategies are not suitable for DTN, so developing new mechanisms to detect and to control flooding attack is a major challenge in DTN network. In this paper, we presented a comprehensive overview of the existing solutions for dealing with flooding attack in delay tolerant network, and we proposed an effective controlling mechanism to mitigate this threat. The main goal of this mechanism is first to detect malicious nodes that flood the network by unwanted messages, and then to limit the damage caused by this attack. We also ran a large number of simulations with the ONE simulator to investigate how changing buffer capacity, message lifetime, message size, and message replicas affect DTN network performance metrics. Keywords—DTN; flooding attack; DOS; congestion; buffer capacity; bundle; ONE
Non-Stationary Responses of Non-Linear Rectangular Plates during Transition through Parametric Resonances. Part 2. Experiment,

Abstract : Although several theoretical investigations have been carried out on the non-stationary parametric response of structures, experimental evidence is far from adequate in many cases and is even non-existent in some cases. In this context, an experimental study of the non-stationary parametric response of simply-supported non-linear rectangular plates was performed. Special attention was paid to satisfy the boundary conditions assumed in the analytical model so as to draw conclusions with sufficient degree of confidence. Experimental data have been compared with analytical predictions to form a qualtitative and quantitative verification of the solution.
Exhaust Emissions of a Diesel Engine Fueled with Soybean-Oil-Methyl-Ester-Diesel Blends and their Fuel Properties

Biodiesel has been gaining worldwide popularity as an alternative energy source because of its many benefits. In order to optimize the application of biodiesel the low-temperature fluidity, pulverization, evaporation, invariability, erosion capability, cleanliness and mutual solubility of the low blending rate soybean-oil-methyl-ester biodiesel-diesel blends were compared and analyzed. Then the engine tests have been carried out with the aim of obtaining comparative measures of emissions such as CO, smoke density, HC and NOx to evaluate and compute the behavior of the diesel engine running on the low blending rate biodiesel-diesel blends. The experimental results show that the low blending rate biodiesel -diesel blends conform to the standard GB252-2000 of China. Compared with the original diesel engine, the smoke, HC and CO emissions of diesel engine fueled with low blending rate soybean-oil-methyl-ester decrease, but NOx emissions increase.
The Korean War

Despite the American tendency to bypass it, the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 was a watershed in American history. It was in Korea, for the first time, that the United States committed its armed forces to limiting an expansion, by Communist forces, which many believed was designed to take over the world; it was also the first war that a world organization, the United Nations, played a military role. The conflict in Korea was a war that was fought in hardship and danger by the grunt, the man and woman in the field, bringing an end to the myth that possession of an atomic bomb made conventional warfare unnecessary. Training, usually with World II weapons, life on the front, care of the wounded and the dead, and coming home, are just some of the topics covered in The Korean War. In addition, a timeline of events, a helpful topically arranged bibliography of recommended sources, and illustrations, including many photos taken by the soldiers themselves, bring this period into full focus.