Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Estimation of a delta-contaminated density of a random intensityof Poisson data

In the present paper, we constructed an estimator of a delta contaminated mixing density function g(λ) of an intensity λ of the Poisson distribution. The estimator is based on an expansion of the continuous portion g0(λ) of the unknown pdf over an overcomplete dictionary with the recovery of the coefficients obtained as the solution of an optimization problem with Lasso penalty. In order to apply Lasso technique in the, so called, prediction setting where it requires virtually no assumptions on the dictionary and, moreover, to ensure fast convergence of Lasso estimator, we use a novel formulation of the optimization problem based on the inversion of the dictionary elements. We formulate conditions on the dictionary and the unknown mixing density that yield a sharp oracle inequality for the norm of the difference between g0(λ) and its estimator and, thus, obtain a smaller error than in a minimax setting. Numerical simulations and comparisons with the Laguerre functions based estimator recently constructed by [8] also show advantages of our procedure. At last, we apply the technique developed in the paper to estimation of a delta contaminated mixing density of the Poisson intensity of the Saturn’s rings data. MSC 2010 subject classifications: Primary 62G07, 62C12; secondary 62P35.
Modélisation déterministe et optimisation d’un schéma de sélection séquentiel : Exemple d’un schéma ”volaille de chair”

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Modélisation déterministe et optimisation d’un schéma de sélection séquentiel : Exemple d’un schéma ”volaille de chair” Herve Chapuis, Vincent Ducrocq, Florence Phocas, Y. Delabrosse
Myocardial repair/remodelling following infarction: roles of local factors

Heart failure is a global health problem, appearing most commonly in patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI). Cardiac remodelling, particularly fibrosis, seen in both the infarcted and noninfarcted myocardium is recognized to be a major determinant of the development of impaired ventricular function, leading to a poor prognosis. Elucidating cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for the accumulation of extracellular matrix is essential for designing cardioprotective and reparative strategies that could regress fibrosis after infarction. Multiple factors contribute to left ventricular remodelling at different stages post-MI. This review will discuss the role of oxidative stress and locally produced angiotensin II in the pathogenesis of myocardial repair/ remodelling after MI.
An Analysis on Animal Tracking System using Wireless Sensors

A sensor is a device for detecting and signalling a changing condition. The “changing condition” is simply the presence or absence of an object or material (discrete sensing). It can also be a measurable quantity like a change in distance, size or colour (analog sensing). This information, or the sensor’s output, is the basis for the monitoring and control of a manufacturing process. In a wireless sensor network (WSN), event detection and tracking are significant for several applications. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained worldwide attention in recent years, particularly with the proliferation in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology which has facilitated the development of smart sensors. These sensors are small, with limited processing and computing resources, and they are inexpensive compared to traditional sensors. WSNs have great potential for many applications in scenarios such as military target tracking and surveillance, natural disaster relief, biomedical health monitoring and hazardous environment exploration and seismic sensing. These sensor nodes can sense, measure, and gather information from the environment and, based on some local decision process, they can transmit the sensed data to the user. The goal of our survey is to present a comprehensive review of the recent literature on sensor networks especially in Animal Tracking. Keywords— sensor, networks, analog sensing, computing, seismic sensing
Review Paper on-Workflow Scheduling Approaches in Cloud Environment

— Cloud Computing gave a new direction for the betterment of IT industry. Cloud Computing provide services over Internet according to pay per services use. Processing of Workflow in parallel reduces the execution time, execution Cost and Cost computed by data transmission . Workflow is divided into number of stages to compute and each stage is interdependent further mapping is done to process these schedules on parallel machines. This paper focuses on the study of scheduling algorithms to compute schedule for user’s workflow. Cloud computing environments facilitate applications by providing virtualized resources that can be provisioned dynamically. The advent of Cloud computing as a new model of service provisioning in distributed systems, encourages researchers to investigate its benefits and drawbacks in executing scientific applications such as workflows. There are a mass of researches on the issue of scheduling in cloud computing, most of them, however, are bout workflow and job scheduling. A cloud workflow system is a type of platform service which facilitates the automation of distributed applications based on the novel cloud infrastructure. In this paper, the authors have reviewed different types of workflow scheduling algorithms. The main aim of this work is to study various problems, issues and types of scheduling algorithms for cloud workflows.
A Versatile Approach for Synthesis of Various Pyrimidine Derivatives Clubbed with Pyrazolone Structure and Their Biological Activities

Different pyrimidine derivatives clubbed with pyrazolone structure possessing a diversity of substituents in the 6-position have been synthesized and evaluated for Mycobacterium tuberculosis activities. Several compounds demonstrated IC 90 ≤ 10 µg/mL and were found to be active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain Compound 8d was found to be most active compound in vitro with IC 90 of 1.53.
On the cross-linguistic syntax of ellipsis

This paper proposes a new, cross-linguistically refined theory of sluicing and examines the predictive force of this new theory in various domains of whand focus syntax. We start out by showing that the restriction of sluicing to wh-questions is not a reliable test for diagnosing this construction cross-linguistically. Instead, we put a new generalization in place, which informally states that the types of sluicing in any given language track the overt syntax of wh-movement in that language. This new generalization is put to work in the second part of the paper, where we show on the basis of Italian, Venetian and Bulgarian that the availability of non-wh-sluicing can provide new evidence for or against syntactic accounts positing that whmovement and focusing target the same left peripheral position. In the last section we show that discrepancies between non-elliptical and elliptical syntax are due to the fact that ellipsis can repair certain PF-deficient configurations. keywords: sluicing, single and multiple wh-movement, single and multiple focus movement, elliptical repair, Hungarian, Italian, Venetian, Bulgarian
18 Task performance using 3D displays

This paper presents the results of a recent Ph.D. research programme encompassing the design, development, and evaluation of a variety of stereoscopic display systems. Emphasis is placed upon four distinct methodologies: anaglyphic display, a commercial frame sequential display using a switchable polarisation rotator and passive spectacles, a frame sequential display using active spectacles, and an autostereoscopic (no glasses) system, developed in our laboratory which uses a flat panel display with a specially produced lenticular faceplate. The operation and technical limitations of the various display types is discussed and a robust assessment methodology based upon visual search and spatial tracking tasks is presented. The limitations of the four display types are discussed to provide an indication of the ergonomic factors likely to contribute to a differential display performance. The data analysis and inferences drawn from this cross-display evaluation are presented and a hypothesis is formulated which describes the causal relationship between stereoscopic display methodology and isolated aspects of observer performance. A subjective ranking of 3D display 'quality' was solicited from participants in the evaluation and this is compared with the display ordering derived from the experimental study.
Fully tailorable integrated-optic resonators based on chirped waveguide Moiré gratings: supplementary material

In this section, we compare the spectral response of a typical Moiré grating to that of a similar π-phase shifted grating. A regular π-phase shifted grating can be considered as a uniform Bragg grating with an abrupt π-phase shift occurring at the middle of the grating [Fig. S1(a)]. Such a π-phase shift will form a micro-cavity, thus creating a resonance peak at the Bragg wavelength. The grating profiles of the π-phase shifted and Moiré gratings are plotted in Figs. S1(a) and S1(b), respectively. The two gratings have the same lengths of ∼0.126 mm. The grating strengths of the two gratings have been chosen such that their resonance peaks have the same extinction ratios [Fig. S1(c)]. Figures S1(c) and S1(d) compare their transmission and reflection spectra, respectively, which are calculated by using the transfer matrix method based on coupled-mode theory (CMT-based TMM) [1]. It can be seen that the two gratings show similar resonant responses, except that the Moiré grating contains weaker lobes and ripples on either side of the operation band in both transmission and reflection responses as compared to the πphase shifted grating. This is because the Moiré strength profile of the Moiré grating smooths the transition from non-grating to grating, thus decreasing the side-lobes and ripples. Such weaker spectral side-lobes and ripples for Moiré gratings are desired in most cases, such as filtering, laser engineering, and spectroscopy.
Effect of fibre loading and treatment on porosity and water absorption correlated with tensile behaviour of oil palm empty fruit bunch fibre reinforced composites

The challenge of replacing conventional plastics with biodegradable composite materials has attracted much attention in product design, particularly in the tensile-related areas of application. In this study, fibres extracted from oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) were treated and utilized in reinforcing polyester matrix by hand lay-up technique. The effect of fibre loading and combined influence of alkali and silane treatments on porosity and water absorption parameters, and its correlation with the tensile behaviour of composites was analyzed. The results showed that tensile strength decreased whilst modulus of elasticity, water absorption and porosity parameters increased with increasing fibre loading. The composites of treated oil palm EFB fibre exhibited improved values of 2.47 MPa to 3.78 MPa for tensile strength; 1.75 MPa to 2.04 MPa for modulus of elasticity; 3.43% to 1.68% for porosity and 3.51% to 3.12% for water absorption at respective 10 wt. % fibre loadings. A correlation between porosity and water absorption with tensile behavior of composites of oil palm EFB fibre and positive effect of fibre treatment was established, which clearly demonstrate a connection between processing and physical properties with tensile behavior of fibre composites. Accordingly, a further exploitation of economic significance of oil palm EFB fibres composites in areas of low-to-medium tensile strength application is inferred.
Oxygen Regeneration by Algae Cultivation in Photo-Bioreactor for ISS Cabin Technology Demonstrator

Oxygen regeneration from ambient carbon dioxide is a fundamental technology building block for future life support systems for space applications. BIORAT1 Phase B2 project consists in the development of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) level design of an On Board Demonstrator (OBD) to be hosted in European Drawer Rack 2(EDR2) facility on board of the ISS. The core of the OBD is a Photo-Bioreactor (PBR) filled with spirulina ( Limnospira indica PCC 8005) producing oxygen from carbon dioxide and light by photosynthesis. A Liquid Loop (LL) transports the oxygen & carbon dioxide dissolved into the cultivation medium liquid between the Photobioreactor (PBR) and the ISS cabin ambient air. The Gas Exchange Module (GEM) enables the exchange of Oxygen & Carbon Dioxyde separates the cultivation medium liquid to the ambient air while keeping the liquid inside the LL. The design of this flight hardware is supported by tests results obtained with a Bread Board Model (BBM). In this paper, we present the results of the long duration spirulina cultivation test performed with the BBM. allowing verification of the long term functionality of the PBR & LL including the GEM. The PBR performances together with correlation to the model of the cultivated algae growth and oxygen production are presented. Future development and expected results and perspectives are also presented and discussed.
Resistance Factor Irgb10-Inducible Host g Restriction by the IFN-Evades Growth Chlamydia muridarum

Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens that exhibit a broad range of host tropism. Differences in host tropism between Chlamydia species have been linked to host variations in IFN- (cid:1) -mediated immune responses. In mouse cells, IFN- (cid:1) can effectively restrict growth of the human pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis but fails to control growth of the closely related mouse pathogen Chlamydia muridarum . The ability of mouse cells to resist C. trachomatis replication is largely dependent on the induction of a family of IFN- (cid:1) -inducible GTPases called immunity-related GTPases or IRGs. In this study we demonstrate that C. muridarum can speciﬁcally evade IRG-mediated host resistance. It has previously been suggested that C. muridarum inactivates the IRG protein Irga6 (Iigp1) to dampen the murine immune response. However, we show that Irga6 is dispensable for the control of C. trachomatis replication. Instead, an effective IFN- (cid:1) response to C. trachomatis requires the IRG proteins Irgm1 (Lrg47), Irgm3 (Igtp), and Irgb10. Ectopic expression of Irgb10 in the absence of IFN- (cid:1) is sufﬁcient to reduce intracellular growth of C. trachomatis but fails to restrict growth of C. muridarum , indicating that C. muridarum can speciﬁcally evade Irgb10-driven host responses. Importantly, we ﬁnd that Irgb10 protein intimately associates with inclusions harboring C. trachomatis but is absent from inclusions formed by C. muridarum
Interfacing Software Agents with Power System Simulations

:- A preliminary implementation of communication interface between a Multi-Agent system developed by The Center for Advanced Power Systems, and Virtual Test Bed simulation package developed by University of South Carolina is discussed. This interface enables hardware/software interaction between remote programs on several microcontrollers and system models in software simulation on a desktop or larger computer platform. Such an interface will provide Multi-Agent Systems an increased level of validation before implementation.
Does pay dispersion affect firm performance ?

This thesis investigates the short and long-term effects of pay dispersion on firm performance in publicly listed Swedish firms. Pay dispersion refers to the difference in compensation between or within organizational levels. There are two contradicting theoretical views of pay dispersions effect on firm performance. While tournament theory suggests that high pay dispersion increase employees’ incentives to exert higher effort, thus increasing firm performance, fairness approaches predicts that high pay dispersion creates feelings of unfairness, thus negatively affecting firm performance. Based on these theories and previous research, Hypothesis 1 predicts a positive short-term effect of pay dispersion on firm performance, and Hypothesis 2 predicts a negative long-term effect of pay dispersion on firm performance. Using a first differences fixed-effects regression including controls for firm characteristics and corporate governance indicators, three measures of pay dispersion are tested on two proxies for firm performance (price to book and return on assets). We conclude after extensive robustness tests that pay dispersion has no effect on firm performance, neither on short nor on long-term. Therefore, both hypotheses are rejected.
The Choice Modeling Approach To Analyzed Hospital Quality Parameters In Indonesia

Received: April 29, 2021 This paper investigates how the choice modeling approach is used to assess the effect of dominant factors on patient preferences in Indonesia over two years. The dominant factors include distance, cost of health expenditure, and quality outcome. We focus on B-Class hospitals operated either by the state or through private or military institutions. These results indicate that patient's health access (distance) and delivering health quality providers (mortality rate, income group, and severity level significantly affect patient preference. The UHC is still a challenge for a large country like Indonesia. The UHC must increase access capacity and health service quality in order to achieve success in Indonesia. Accepted: July 24, 2021
TCRM_A_269161 1081..1088

1Ramathibodi Poison Center, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 1400, Thailand; 3Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 1400, Thailand Introduction: Imidacloprid is the most commonly used neonicotinoid insecticide worldwide. Despite its reputation for safety, there is increasing evidence regarding its toxicity. This study characterized the clinical manifestations and outcomes of acute imidacloprid poisoning. Methods: This was a retrospective study of patients with imidacloprid poisoning who were referred to the Ramathibodi Poison Center in Bangkok, Thailand between 2010 and 2018. Results: A total of 163 patients with imidacloprid-only exposure were included. Most were exposed by ingestion (93.3%). The patients were predominantly male (55.8%), with a median age of 41.3 years. The common presenting features were gastrointestinal symptoms (63.8%) with no corrosive injuries and neurological effects (14.2%). The majority of medical outcomes was no (18.4%) to mild (76.1%) toxicity. One patient had symptoms mimicking cholinergic syndrome, three developed liver injury, and five died. Among the five deaths, two patients presented severe initial severity, and one presented moderate initial severity. Two of the patients who died initially presented only mild severity. The mortality rate was 3.1%. The estimated amount of ingestion, cardiovascular effects (especially tachycardia and cardiac arrest), central nervous system effects (especially coma), dyspnea, and diaphoresis were significantly associated with mortality. Patient management primarily included supportive and symptomatic care. Conclusion: Most patients with imidacloprid poisoning developed only mild toxicity. The mortality rate was low, but a few patients with mild initial severity died. Patients who ingest a large amount or show these warning signs including cardiovascular effects, central nervous system effects, dyspnea, and diaphoresis at the initial presentation should be considered for close observation and monitoring.
ArticleFructose 1

Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a molecular basis of memory formation. Here, we demonstrate that LTP critically depends on fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase 2 (Fbp2)—a glyconeogenic enzyme and moonlighting protein protecting mitochondria against stress. We show that LTP induction regulates Fbp2 association with neuronal mitochondria and Camk2 and that the Fbp2– Camk2 interaction correlates with Camk2 autophosphorylation. Silencing of Fbp2 expression or simultaneous inhibition and tetramerization of the enzyme with a synthetic effector mimicking the action of physiological inhibitors (NAD+ and AMP) abolishes Camk2 autoactivation and blocks formation of the early phase of LTP and expression of the late phase LTP markers. Astrocyte-derived lactate reduces NAD+/NADH ratio in neurons and thus diminishes the pool of tetrameric and increases the fraction of dimeric Fbp2. We therefore hypothesize that this NAD+-level-dependent increase of the Fbp2 dimer/tetramer ratio might be a crucial mechanism in which astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle stimulates LTP formation.
Effect of sodium nitroprusside on sperm lipid peroxidation status of frozen thawed buffalo semen

The experiment was conducted to assess the effect of exogenous supplementation of sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor on lipid peroxidation (LPO) status of frozen thawed buffalo semen. Frozen semen straws from 6 buffalo bulls were procured from Central Frozen Semen Production and Training Institute, Hesseraghatta, Banglore-51. The straws were thawed at 37 ̊C for 30 seconds and emptied into 15 ml sterile plastic centrifuge tube containing 1 ml of capacitation medium (control), addition of 100 μM SNP to capacitation medium (SNP treatment I) and 100 nM SNP to capacitation medium (SNP treatment II) and incubated at 37 ̊C for 1 hour. After incubation, sperm LPO status was measured by production of malondialdehyde (MDA) level. The MDA levels were significantly (P<0.01) low in control (1.48 μmol/ml ± 0.12) when compared to SNP treatment I (3.79 μmol/ml ± 0.07) and II (2.76 μmol/ml ± 0.06). Between treatments, MDA level was low in SNP treatment II than SNP treatment I. This study indicates that addition of SNP in the capacitation medium increases sperm LPO in frozen thawed buffalo semen in concentration dependent manner.
Control Framework for Ultra-dense cellular networks

The current work focuses on the current network deployments and the transition to the 5G era, toward encompassing the proposed approaches in the network design. In this direction, the base station densification gain and the control/coordination of the Radio Access Network (RAN) are being taken into account. The densification gain (with respect to the Base Station density) represents the ability of the network to offer the desired data rate and comply with other important key performance indices for a 5G environment. Finally, load balancing and offloading techniques are discussed which are going to play an important role in the future networks. A coordination framework for the whole RAN infrastructure has been described by setting the criteria and the control mechanisms for the management of the network.