Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Low-power Scheduling Framework for Heterogeneous Architecture under Performance Constraint

Today’s computer systems are widely integrated with CPU and GPU to achieve considerable performance, but energy consumption of such system directly affects operational cost, maintainability and environmental problem, which has been aroused wide concern by researchers, computer architects, and developers. To cope with energy problem, we propose a task-scheduling framework to reduce energy under performance constraint by rationally allocating the tasks across the CPU and GPU. The framework first collects the estimated energy consumption of programs and performance information. Next, we use above information to formalize the scheduling problem as the 0-1 knapsack problem. Then, we elaborate our experiment on typical platform to verify proposed scheduling framework. The experimental results show that our proposed algorithm saves 14.97% energy compared with that of the time-oriented policy and yields 37.23% performance improvement than that of energy-oriented scheme on average.
XiangShaLiuJunZi Decoction combined with S-1 in the maintenance treatment of Stage III and IV Gastric Cancer: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Background The total effective rate of first-line chemotherapy based on fluorouracils and platinum for advanced gastric cancer is about 31%-64%, but most of Patients will develop worse after 3-8 months, while second-line chemotherapy is seems inefficient and prone to serious adverse chemotherapy reactions. The new oral fluorouracil chemotherapeutic drug, S-1, has been increasingly used in clinical maintenance after first-line chemotherapy for stage III and IV gastric cancer because of its its own advantages. In addition, the effects of XiangshaLiujunzi Decoction(XSLJZD) and other traditional Chinese medicines(TCM) on alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy and improving the quality of life of cancer patients have been gradually confirmed, no more reports about the maintenance treatment mode of combination of western medicine and TCM. We designed the trial of XSLJZD combined with S-1 in the maintenance treatment of Stage III and IV Gastric Cancer, hoped that this research program will go further and comprehensively evaluate its effectiveness, safety and superiority.Methods/design This trial is an open, Single-center, randomized trial. Patients with stage III and stage IV gastric cancer will be randomized into group A (S-1), group B (S-1 combined with XSLJZD), and group C (symptomatic treatment/observation) for five year of corresponding treatment. Accordingly, the primary endpoint of this trial was progression-free survival (PFS), along with the secondary end point was Overall survival(OS) and Quality of Life Assessment (QOLA), the latter includes improvement in symptoms before and after treatment, Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS), and adverse events (AEs) assessment.Discussion The results of this trial can uncover to some extent that S-1 or S-1 combined with XSLJZD on PFS, OS and QOLA in the maintenance period of stage III and IV gastric cancer, as well as provide a preliminary basis for the effectiveness of S-1 combined with XSLJZD in the maintenance period of stage III and IV gastric cancer.
DESIGN STUDY AND EXPERIENCE WITH THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS FOR DIESEL ENGINES

This paper describes two contracts, conducted at Hi-Z Technology, Inc., both of which involve using thermoelectric generators on Diesel engines to replace shaft-driven alternators. One program studies novel methods of recovering energy from the waste heat of a Diesel engine. A proof- of-principle thermoelectric generator for a Diesel engine is designed, built, and tested in the second program. The status of both programs, the direction of effort, and projected course of action are presented. For the covering abstract of the proceedings see IRRD 853538.
An investigation into the directional and amplitude aspects of an internal model of gravity

Studies of interception have shown that participants expect free-falling targets to descend vertically and accelerate at g (9.81 m/s2). Visuomotor delays render motor commands obsolete in such rapidly changing situations, so predictive control is necessary. Internal models have been proposed as a mechanism to predict the future position of free-falling objects. Internal models are predictive systems that provide input to the motor and sensory systems, and are acquired by the CNS from experience. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the existence of a possible internal model of gravity and to explore its directional and acceleration amplitude aspects. This thesis is the first study to investigate directional and amplitude aspects of such a model by systematically varying stimulus target kinematics. In the first two experiments, participants performed visually guided tracking of realistic virtual stimuli. In experiment 1, stimuli accelerated at g but moved in different straight-line directions. In experiment 2, stimuli always descended vertically but with different accelerations (as percentages of g). Tracking was by finger pointing, laser pointing, gaze tracking in isolation or gaze tracking with concomitant manual or laser tracking. In the absence of on-screen feedback of indicated position (i.e. non-laser trials), tracking was generally tuned for targets that a) descended vertically (or tended increasingly to vertically downwards over time) and b) accelerated at g or slightly less than g. In the third experiment, participants judged whether a target accelerating at g was moving vertically, or to the left or right of the vertical. The stimuli from experiment 1 were used. I found that a) participants’ reports were influenced by an expectation that gravity would affect the trajectory even when there is visual information to the contrary (i.e. an effect of gravity was expected on observed trajectory); and b) physics expertise yielded no difference in performance suggesting that performance, based on an internal model of gravity, is determined by experience of seeing things fall in the real-world under gravity, rather than by intellectual understanding of gravity. In the fourth experiment, participants judged whether a target accelerated at less than g, at g, or greater than g. The stimuli from experiment 2 were used. As with experiment 3, I found no effect of physics expertise and only weak evidence in support of an internal model of gravity. I conclude that the CNS is likely construct and maintain an internal model of gravity that predicts the future position of free-falling targets to be in a ‘real-world' manner – acceleration at 99% or 100% of g and vertically downwards or in a direction tending increasingly to vertically downwards over time. I found no evidence for ‘direct perception’ (observation yielding first-order time-to-contact information). In the final conclusion I briefly discuss alternative possibilities for predictive motor control.
Identifying of a Novel miR-98-5p/IGF1 Axis Contributes the Pathogenesis of Breast Cancer Using Comprehensive Bioinformatic Analyses Methods and Experiments Validation

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a huge threat for the health of women worldwide. Although the numerous microRNAs (miRNA) have been identified to be aberrantly expressed in BC, the construction of a comprehensive miRNA-messenger RNA (mRNA) network is still needed. This study was aimed to identify BC-associated miRNAs through analyzing microarray datasets obtained from GEO database and to construct a miRNA-mRNA network for BC. Methods: Limma package was used to identify differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) in microarray datasets. Genes targeted by DEMs were analyzed with mirTarBase. Gene Ontology and pathway enrichment analysis for the predicted target genes were performed at DAVID. Correlation of DEMs and target genes was analyzed at ENCORI. Based on these results, a miRNA-mRNA regulatory network was constructed. Results: A total of 17 overlapping DEMs were identified at these two microarray datasets. Expression of DEMs in BC were further validated by ENCORI. By utilizing miRTarBase, a total of 167 target genes for DEMs were obtained. 10 hub genes (AKT1, MYC, VEGFA, CCND1, PTEN, IL6, CASP3, KRAS, IGF1, ESR1) were identified after network analysis at STRING and CytoScape. Through analyzing the effects of hub genes on overall survival of BC patients and correlation of DEMs and hub genes, we found hsa-miR-98-5p/IGF1 axis may play a crucial role in BC progression. The connections of hsa-miR-98-5p and IGF1 were further validated by luciferase activity reporter assay and functional assays. Conclusion: In this work, a miRNA-mRNA network related to BC progression was built, and identified one important miRNA-mRNA axis in BC.
Investigating Inequalities in Access to Healthcare: The Case of Townships of Kermanshah, Iran

Background: Access to medical care is one of the major issues affecting human health. This study aims to investigate inequality in access to medical care in the townships in Kermanshah, Iran. Methods: Methodology approach includes a descriptive-analytic study followed by determining the degree of development of the townships calculated in terms of access to medical care through the hierarchical cluster analysis and the combined model of human development index. Additionally, the mean center and standard distance tests are handled in a geographic information system software to identify the deployment pattern of the status of access to medical care indexes. Results: As for the ratio of physicians, nursing staff, paramedical staff, administrative staff of health care, dentists, pharmacists, hospitals, general and specialized clinics, radiology, rehabilitation centers and laboratories to a population of 10,000, the results of analyzing the findings were indicative of unequal distribution of facilities at the level of townships. This is based on The results of comparing the mean centers of population and health facilities showed that the centers of both data categories were located in Kermanshah. The two standard distances (i.e., population and health facilities) demonstrated that the health facilities witnessed more dispersion in the northwestern regions than the concentration of population in the central and southeastern regions of the province. Conclusions: The results indicated that the indexes of development of facilities and healthcare resources were not distributed equitably and with a balance between the townships of the Kermanshah Province. Keywords: healthcare; medical care inequality; human development index; spatial analysis, cluster analysis; Kermanshah, Iran
Clinical and Anthropometric Characteristics of the Metabolically Unhealthy Phenotype in Adolescents with Adequate and High BMI

Background The metabolically healthy (MH) and metabolically unhealthy (MUH) phenotypes have been discussed in the literature but the factors related to the development of these phenotypes, in adolescents with adwuate and high body mass index (BMI), are not yet fully understood. Objective To evaluate the relationship between age during the menarche, serum leptin concentrations, body composition and MH and MUH phenotypes, in adolescents with adequate and high BMI. Methods Observational and cross-sectional study made up of female adolescents attended at Centro de Referência do Adolescente, in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. The stage of sexual maturation and the age at menarche were analyzed based on the self-declaration of the participants. The menarche was considered early (EM) when the �rst menstruation occurred up to 11 years of age; normal (NM) between 12 and 14 years old; and late after 15 years of age. Body mass and height were measured to calculate BMI, and the following body variables were analyzed: waist circumference (WC), waist/height ratio (WHR), body fat (BF%), fat body mass index (FBMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI), visceral adiposity index (VAI). In addition, cardiometabolic components and serum leptin concentrations were measured. Results 82% (n=114) of the adolescents were classi�ed as MH and 18% (n=25) as MU. The mean age at menarche was 11.79 ± 1.39 years. 60% (n=15) of EM and 84% (n=21) of inadequacy of serum leptin were identi�ed in the MUH group. Among eutrophic women, there was 85.7% (n=6) of inadequate WC among MUH adolescents and 2.5% (n=2) among MH ones ( p <0.01), while among adolescents with high BMI, 88.9% (n=16) and 28.6 (n=10) of the MUH and MH groups, respectively, showed inadequacy of this variable ( p <0.01). Among MUH
Cutting Your Car Use: Save Money, Be Healthy, Be Green!

This book provides a practical introduction to ways of reducing or eliminating use of a car, such as cycling, walking, car sharing and the use of public transport. Topics covered include reasons for reducing car use including environmental and health benefits, travelling less, making better use of a car, alternatives to car use, and cost benefit analysis. A directory of useful addresses and websites is provided.
LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF LATERAL STRESS INDUCED BY A CAVITY EXPANSION IN A HOLLOW CYLINDER CELL

The use of a specially designed hollow cylinder cell in the measurement, under laboratory controlled conditions, of the lateral stress and the excess pore water pressure induced by a cavity expansion in both clayey and granular soils is discussed. The hollow cylinder cell permits the performance of a cavity expansion test in an annular soil specimen under three independent stresses (i.e., axial stress, radial cavity pressure, and lateral confining stress) with measurement of cavity volume change and excess pore water pressures at several locations in the soil specimen. Effective stress analysis of the soil response to the cavity expansion illustrates that the effective lateral stress is independent of the specimen geometry, and intrinsic effective stress-strain relationships can be derived from the experimental expansion curve. However, the specimen geometry does affect the excess pore water pressure generated under undrained conditions, and, therefore, the total stress analysis conventionally used for interpretation of pressuremeter test results is not appropriate for analysis of hollow cylinder cavity expansion test.
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TRIFLUOPERAZINE; IN VITRO SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MRSA STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA AND E. COLI, AND IN VIVO EVALUATION AGAINST METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION MODEL

Management of surgical site infections (SSI) becomes very difficult due to Bacterial resistance. Current study was designed to determine in vitro susceptibility and minimum inhibitory concentration of trifluoperazine against MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E. coli, and determination of in vivo antibacterial activity of trifluoperazine in induced surgical site infections by MRSA. In vitro antibacterial activity of trifluoperazine was determined by disc diffusion susceptibility testing while determination of MIC by agar dilution technique. In vivo antibacterial activity was observed by microbiological assessment of tissue harvested from the experimentally infected wound site and number of colony forming units per gram (cfu/gm) of tissue. The zones of growth inhibition of trifluoperazine were determined against MRSA, E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. At a disc potency of 25 μg no zone of inhibition was produced against any isolate. 50 μg produced 13 mm and 16 mm zone of inhibition against MRSA and Pseudomonas aeruginosa respectively. Whereas, No zone against E. coli was observed at this concentration but, 12mm, 15mm and 18mm zones of inhibition were produced by 100 μg, 150 μg, and 200 μg per disc concentration of trifluoperazine respectively. The colony forming units/gram observed in trifluoperazine treated wounds were 2.93±0.02 x 106 while in case of normal saline treated wounds the value was 6.68±0.07 x 106. Results revealed the efficacy of trifluoperazine as a potentially therapeutic agent in the treatment of wound infection beds especially against MRSA.
Engineering Documentation Control Handbook: Configuration Management for Industry

From the Publisher: The control of engineering documentation in a manufacturing company is an important emerging discipline. It is sometimes called Configuration Management (CM). The latter term is one that has been used in conjunction with DoD/Military requirements. This book covers the subject on a generic basis that will be usable by industrial companies. Engineering Documentation Control is a significant company strategy. The methods for releasing a new product and its documentation, requesting changes to the product, making changes, and developing bills of material must be simple, fast, and accurate. Rules and guidelines are developed and explained for creating world class Engineering Documentation Control processes. Configuration Management is the communications bridge between Design Engineering and the "rest of the world;" the single most important function served by the CM organization. For the quick release of new product documentation, the ability to change the documentation and the product quickly is critical to a company's profitability. Thus, the development and implementation of a simple, make-sense, fast, accurate, and well understood CM system is an important business strategy. This book has primary emphasis on the simpler term (Engineering Documentation Control) while recognizing the near equality of the Configuration Management (CM) term.
Emancipatory Peace

The quest for emancipation remains an aspirational project in critical peace and conflict studies. Recently, however, new proposals for emancipatory peace have emerged in conflict-affected societies. This chapter gives an overview of different visions of emancipatory peace and examines their key features. Whereas, for the proponents of liberal peace, local subjects need to be freed from the local practices, identities, habits, and structures that have caused violent conflict in the first place, critical scholars focus their emancipatory project on the importance of not only tackling the root causes of conflict but also unmaking the negative legacies of liberal peacebuilding’s failed attempts to resolve the tier-one suppressive structures. The first part of the chapter briefly outlines the significance of emancipation for different strands of critical theory. The tensions between deconstructive and reconstructive modes of critique will be examined to shed light on the extent to which critical theory can contribute to the development of emancipatory knowledge for social and political change. The discussion then surveys the early critiques of liberal peacebuilding and outlines some of the emerging visions of what emancipatory peace would look like in conflict-affected societies. Finally, the chapter traces some of the critiques of and responses to the visions of an emancipatory peace, and it concludes by exploring the limits of existing work in critical peace and conflict studies and exploring ideas for a future direction.
Dynamic Wireless Sensor Networks

1. Evolution of Wireless Sensor Networks. 2. Shifting to Dynamic WSN Paradigms. 3. Resilience and Post-Deployment Maintenance. 4. Current Hindrances in WSNs. 5. Cloud-Centric WSNs. 6. The Resource-Reuse WSN Paradigm. 7. Component-Based WSNs: a Resilient Architecture. 8. Dynamic WSNs Utilizing Ubiquitous Resources. 9. Realizing a Synergetic WSN Architecture for All Resources. 10. Future Directions in Sensor Networks.
Identifying Users' Conceptual Organization of Menu Functions in an Automotive Electronic Navigation Product

The purpose of this investigation was to identify users' conceptual organization of functions in an electronic menu in an automotive navigation product. One group of participants consisted of engineers with experience designing electronic automotive products and another group consisted of participants with a nontechnical background more typical of average drivers. Participants judged the degree of similarity among 31 written descriptions of functions that appeared in the product's electronic menu. Similarity data were submitted to a cluster analysis which revealed nine clusters for each group. With minor differences, cluster content was similar between the two groups indicating a shared conceptual organization. The cluster structure suggested important changes to the current menu to make it more consistent with users' conceptual organization of menu functions.
Compatibility of information and mode of control: The case for natural control systems

The operation of control systems has been determined largely by mechanical constraints. Compatibility with the characteristics of the operator is a secondary consideration, with the result that control may never be optimal, control workload may interfere with performance of secondary tasks, and learning may be more difficult and protracted than necessary. With the introduction of a computer in the control loop, the mode of operation can be adapted to the operator, rather than vice versa. The concept of natural control is introduced to describe a system that supports control of the information used by the operator in achieving an intended goal. As an example, control of speed during simulated approach to a pad by helicopter pilots is used to contrast path-speed control with direct control of global optical flow-pattern information. Differences are evidenced in the performance domains of control activity, speed, and global optical flow velocity.
Unlicensed Mobile Access Technology: Protocols, Architectures, Security, Standards and Applications

The goal of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) is to provide seamless access to GSM and GPRS mobile service networks via unlicensed spectrum technologies, including Bluetooth, WiMAX, and Wi-Fi. Expanding on the level of knowledge in this growing field, Unlicensed Mobile Access Technology: Protocols, Architectures, Security, Standards, and Applications presents the first complete cross-referenced resource exploring UMA and UMA-relevant technologies. When operating successfully, the technology supporting dual-mode enabled mobile terminals allows subscribers to roam freely and seamlessly between cellular networks. However, various technical challenges still occasionally impede clear communication. This book explores the complex issue of mobility management and emphasizes the need for intelligently designed vertical and horizontal handoff algorithms that will improve adaptability in heterogeneous wireless environments. In addition, it reviews the various strategies to guarantee Quality-of- Service (QoS) during movement and handoff. The first chapters introduce the basic technology of these systems and discuss QoS, resource management, mobility management, and security issues in UMA technology. The middle section concentrates on protocols and security challenges in UMA-related technologies, which include Bluetooth, WirelessPAN, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) and WiMAX (IEEE 802.16). The final chapters present standard specifications and various applications. Comprised of contributions from world-wide experts, this book is a complete reference, offering guidance on all aspects of the technical and practical issues in UMA technology.
Optimization of rotor blades for combined structural, performance, and aeroelastic characteristics

The strategies whereby helicopter rotor blades can be optimized for combined structural, inertial, dynamic, aeroelastic, and aerodynamic performance characteristics are outlined. There are three key ingredients in the successful execution of such an interdisciplinary optimization. The first is the definition of a satisfactory performance index that combines all aspects of the problem without too many constraints. The second element is the judicious choice of computationally efficient analysis tools for the various quantitative components in both the cost functional and constraints. The third element is an effective strategy for combining the various disciplines either in parallel or sequential optimizations.