Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Red Cross gamma globulin as a prophylactic agent for poliomyelitis. 5. Reanalysis of results based on laboratory-confirmed cases.

In previous reports 1 we presented an analysis of the findings of a controlled field study 2 on the prevention of paralytic poliomyelitis by gamma globulin. The diagnosis of the cases included in these earlier reports was based entirely on rigid clinical criteria previously outlined, 2a since no laboratory data were available at that time. The accuracy of such criteria has never been completely evaluated, because suitable laboratory tests have only recently become available, but errors in etiological diagnosis were to be expected even though only paralytic cases were included. In this paper we are presenting a reanalysis of results based exclusively on laboratoryconfirmed cases. We shall also make reference to the United States Public Health Service reports 3 concerning the general use of gamma globulin in 1953 as they relate to data from our controlled study. LABORATORY METHODS Infection with poliomyelitis virus can be determined by either of two
Urban redevelopment at the block level: Methodology and its application to all Chinese cities

Urban redevelopment is the reconstruction or upgrade of current urban built-up areas; it revitalizes old towns and contributes to sustainable development. This paper proposes a methodological framework that integrates open-source street networks and point-of-interest data and aims to identify and evaluate urban redevelopment at the block level from the perspective of urban form and function. It is found that (1) urban blocks can be categorized into eight groups regarding the spatial form of road junctions that have emerged within them over time, and blocks of each group share common features that can be automatically identified; (2) there are more blocks that have been morphologically redeveloped than functionally redeveloped, and the two types of redevelopments also significantly overlap with one another; and (3) the evaluation of urban redevelopment identification results presents a high accuracy rate that verifies the validity of the proposed framework. Based on the identification results, the impact factors of urban redevelopment are explored on both the inter- and intracity levels. The intercity analysis indicates that Chinese cities with a lower administrative level, lower urbanization rate, and higher density of road junctions tend to be associated with a higher proportion of urban redevelopment. Meanwhile, the intracity analysis attempts to determine which kinds of urban blocks are more likely to undergo urban redevelopment, which are found to be the blocks with lower points of interest density, a smaller distance to city centers, higher transit accessibility, a higher land use mixed index, and larger size.
BOTOX- CHANGING FACE OF DENTISTRY-A REVIEW.

The esthetics of the smile involves more than just the teeth. In this era of passion to look beautiful various new technologies are emerging to enhance and improve the physical appearance of people . With the introduction of botox into dentistry had made remarkable changes for both the esthetics as well as therapeutic is concerned. The botox is a minimal invasive technique and may prove out to be an attractive alternative to surgery.
Real time multi-modal super-resolution microscopy through Super-Resolution Radial Fluctuations (SRRF-Stream)

Super-resolution radial fluctuations (SRRF) is a combination of temporal fluctuation analysis and localization microscopy. One of the key differences between SRRF and other super-resolution methods is its applicability to live-cell dynamics because it functions across a very wide range of fluorophore densities and excitation powers. SRRF is applied to data from imaging modes which include widefield, TIRF and confocal, where short frame bursts (e.g. 50 frames) can be processed to deliver spatial resolution enhancements similar to or better than structured illumination microscopy (SIM). On the other hand, with sparse data e.g. stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), SRRF can deliver resolution similar to Gaussian fitting localization methods. Thus, SRRF could provide a route to super-resolution without the need for specialized optical hardware, exotic probes or very high-power densities. We present a fast GPUbased SRRF algorithm termed “SRRF-Stream” and apply it to imagery from an iXon EMCCD coupled to a multi-modal imaging platform, Dragonfly. The new implementation is <300 times faster than the standard CPU version running on an Intel Xeon 3.5GHz 4 core processor, and < 20 times faster than the NanoJ GPU implementation, while also being integrated with acquisition for real time use. In this paper we explore the image resolution and quality with EMCCD and sCMOS cameras and various fluorophores including fluorescent proteins and organic dyes.
Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2012–2013 northern hemisphere influenza season.

Between September 2011 and January 2012, influenza activity was reported in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses circulated at very low levels in general with the exception of some countries in Asia and the Americas. Influenza A(H3N2) viruses were predominant in Europe, many countries in the Americas and northern Africa and some countries in Asia. Influenza B viruses circulated in many parts of the world and predominated in some countries.
BELTWAYS: BOON, BANE, OR BLIP? FACTORS INFLUENCING CHANGES IN URBANIZED AREA TRAFFIC, 1990-1997

Do beltways increase sprawl and traffic congestion? Over the past 30 years many (but not all) major US urbanized areas have completed or initiated circumferential roadways, but all cities have also increased in geographic area, population, employment and commuting, wealth, and road system capacity. These factors cloud clear relationships between beltway construction, sprawl, transit service, and traffic congestion. This study reviews the aggregate (urbanized area) changes in traffic density by road class, against measures of size, economic activity, transit service and use, and roadway investment for the 65 largest US urbanized areas, from 1990 to 1997, using stepwise regression. Cities are classified according to their extent of beltway completion and road additions in 1990 and 1998. After extensive testing and review of elasticities, the study concludes that urbanized areas with no or partial belt have actually grown faster in area, population and employment than cities with largely complete or completed beltways. The single most important factor influencing the growth of traffic in urbanized areas is the growth of employment. Beltway construction is a secondary factor in increasing freeway traffic. There is some limited evidence that beltways actually reduce overall traffic and slow its growth rate, by diverting traffic from lower systems. Population density was found to positively influence traffic congestion: generally, the greater the density the greater the city's traffic congestion. As a city spreads, its increasing geographic area actually helps to alleviate traffic congestion by providing a larger road network. Transit ridership can serve as a modest factor in reducing VMT on higher systems, but transit service is positively correlated with VMT on the lower systems. Finally, the level of traffic on lower systems was found to be quite uniform nationwide, and independent of city size or major road construction. In short, the paper concludes that if urbanized areas want economic growth they must be prepared to accept the increased traffic that will come with it.
Motions of the core surface derived by SV data

Summary. Examples of core motions which generate the observed secular variation field – as given by various models for 1970 and 1980 – from the main field have been computed in the frozen flux approximation, assuming that the spectrum of the motion is of low degree and decreases with wave-number. No mode of degree > 4 in the expansion of the motion can be derived with any degree of confidence. Among the low degree modes, some appear to be stable (they come out with the same magnitude whatever the inversion scheme used). The flow made of these stable modes is then examined. An outstanding feature of the flow is the body westward drift. But it seems necessary, if one looks for such a regular flow, to consider both toroidal and poloidal components, which would imply upwelling and down-welling in the upper layers of the core. The toroidal part of the flow appears to be enhanced by the 1969 impulse, although its geometry is nearly unchanged. On the contrary the geometry of the computed poloidal part is different in 1980 and in 1970;
AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)

With the rapid development of social media, online video platform market is growing rapidly. Video analytics are becoming increasingly in demand as they help identify viewership patterns, which enable the solution provider to better understand the behavior of viewers in order to cater to their inclinations. On the basis of homogeneity theory, this paper analyzes the effect of users’ similarity network and online social interaction on consumer viewing demand. Based on data from aiqiy.com, we build the dynamic reviewer networks considering their preference similarity. The result reveals that both the density and connection intensity of reviewers' similarity network have negative demand effect, while the average node degree has positive impact. We found empirical evidence that the homogeneity of reviewers has negative effect on video views. Furthermore, we explore the comments generated from reviewers’ interaction. We find that the diversity of comments and the volume of comments have positive demand effect.
Detection of Circumstellar Material in a Normal Type Ia Supernova

Type Ia supernovae are important cosmological distance indicators. Each of these bright supernovae supposedly results from the thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf star that, after accreting material from a companion star, exceeds some mass limit, but the true nature of the progenitor star system remains controversial. Here we report the spectroscopic detection of circumstellar material in a normal type Ia supernova explosion. The expansion velocities, densities, and dimensions of the circumstellar envelope indicate that this material was ejected from the progenitor system. In particular, the relatively low expansion velocities suggest that the white dwarf was accreting material from a companion star that was in the red-giant phase at the time of the explosion.
Identifying Risk Factors for Female Cardiovascular Disease Patients in Malaysia: A Bayesian Approach

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) includes coronary heart disease, cerebrovasculardisease (stroke), peripheral artery disease, and atherosclerosis of the aorta. All femalesface the threat of CVD. But becoming aware of symptoms and signs is a great challengesince most adults at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have no symptoms orobvious signs especially in females. The symptoms may be identified by the assessmentof their risk factors. The Bayesian approach is a specific way in dealing with this kindof problem by formalizing a priori beliefs and of combining them with the available ob-servations. This study aimed to identify associated risk factors in CVD among femalepatients presenting with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) using Bayesian lo-gistic regression and obtain a feasible model to describe the data. A total of 874 STEMIfemale patients in the National Cardiovascular Disease Database-Acute Coronary Syn-drome (NCVD-ACS) registry year 2006-2013 were analysed. Bayesian Markov ChainMonte Carlo (MCMC) simulation approach was applied in the univariate and multivariateanalysis. Model performance was assessed through the model calibration and discrimina-tion. The final multivariate model of STEMI female patients consisted of six significantvariables namely smoking, dyslipidaemia, myocardial infarction (MI), renal disease, Killipclass and age group. Females aged 65 years and above have higher incidence of CVD andmortality is high among female patients with Killip class IV. Also, renal disease was astrong predictor of CVD mortality. Besides, performance measures for the model wasconsidered good. Bayesian logistic regression model provided a better understanding onthe associated risk factors of CVD for female patients which may help tailor preventionor treatment plans more effectively.
Theoretical investigation of energy levels and transition data for P II

Aims. The main goal of this paper is to present accurate and extensive transition data for the P II ion. These data are useful in various astrophysical applications. Methods. The multiconfiguration Dirac–Hartree–Fock (MCDHF) and relativistic configuration interaction (RCI) methods, which are implemented in the general-purpose relativistic atomic structure package GRASP2K, were used in the present work. In the RCI calculations the transverse-photon (Breit) interaction, the vacuum polarization, and the self-energy corrections were included. Results. Energy spectra are presented for 48 even states of the 3s23p2, 3s23p{4p, 4f, 5p, 5f, 6p}, 3s3p23d configurations, and for 58 odd states of the 3s3p3, 3s23p{3d, 4s, 4d, 5s, 5d, 6s} configurations in the P II ion. Electric dipole (E1) transition data are computed between these states along with the corresponding lifetimes. The average uncertainty of the computed transition energies is between five and ten times smaller than the uncertainties from previous calculations. The computed lifetimes for the 3s23p4s3Po states are within the error bars of the most current experimental values.
Ambiente de explotación de información basado en la integración de clasificación, selección y ponderación de reglas

At the moment it does not exist a scene that integrates the mechanisms of classification of instances, selection and ponderacion of rules, and therefore to use to each one of these mechanisms as complement one of the other, to obtain a deep and complete investigation of the characteristics of the populations that are desired to study. This falencia does that whenever it is wanted, for example, to extract the production rules that give like consequence the classification of a population, is needed first to classify to the individuals of a population in a classification scene, soon to enter these individuals classified in a scene different, able to infer and to extract the rules. Here one sets out to develop a tool able to integrate the three mechanisms.
Fermion Bag Approach for Hamiltonian Lattice Field Theories

Two formidable bottlenecks to the applicability of QMC include: (1) the sign problem and (2) algorithmic update inefficiencies. In this thesis, I overcome both these difficulties for a class of problems by extending the fermion bag approach to the Hamiltonian formalism and demonstrating progress using the example of a specific quantum system known as the $t$-$V$ model, which exhibits a transition from a semimetal to an insulator phase for a single flavor of four-component Dirac fermions. The success of this extension is demonstrated in two ways: first, through solutions to sign problems, and second, through the development of new efficient QMC algorithms. In addressing the first point, I present a solution to the sign problem for the aforementioned $t$-$V$ model, which is then extended to many other Hamiltonian models within a class that involves fermions interacting with quantum spins. Some of these models contain an interesting quantum phase transition between a massless/semimetal phase to a massive/insulator phase in the Gross-Neveu universality class. The second point is addressed through the construction of a Hamiltonian fermion bag algorithm, which is then used to compute critical exponents for the second-order phase transition in the $t$-$V$ model and is described in detail here. The largest lattice sizes of $64^2$ at a comparably low temperature are reachable due to efficiency gains from this Hamiltonian fermion bag algorithm. The two independent critical exponents I find, which completely characterize the phase transition, are $\eta=. 51(3)$ and $\nu=. 89(1)$. The finite size scaling fit is excellent with a $\chi^2/DOF=. 90$, showing strong evidence for a second-order critical phase transition, and hence a non-perturbative QFT can be defined at the critical point.
L’économie des organisations

Professeur a l'universite catholique de Louvain. La science economique a, ces dernieres annees, transforme notre comprehension du role central des organisations dans les systemes de marche. Elle permet aujourd'hui non seulement d'ameliorer leur fonctionnement interne, mais elle montre egalement dans quelles situations des organisations comme des entreprises peuvent se reveler plus efficaces que les marches pour gerer les transactions entre agents. L'objectif de cet ouvrage est de proposer aux lecteurs une presentation des themes clefs developpes par l'economie des organisations. Illustre par de nombreux exemples concrets, cet ouvrage s'adresse en premier lieu aux etudiants des cursus economiques ou de gestion (LMD) souhaitant comprendre les apports de l'economie des organisations a la comprehension du monde economique contemporain. II sera egalement utile aux etudiants des ecoles de commerce souhaitant approfondir leurs connaissances des modes de fonctionnement des entreprises. La premiere partie aborde les sujets suivants :. Le role de l'information dans les choix d'organisation des acteurs economiques. Les arbitrages economiques qui conduisent a internaliser ou externaliser les transactions. La logique de fonctionnement des mecanismes internes des organisations. La diversite des choix organisationnels selon les environnements socio-economiques. La seconde partie permet de controler l'acquisition des connaissances a l'aide de 100 questions a choix multiples et de leurs corriges. Elle contient egalement 6 exercices d'application et de reflexion qui permettent au lecteur de verifier son appropriation des connaissances. Un index permet de se reperer rapidement dans l'ouvrage.
Differential regulation of RNF8-mediated Lys48- and Lys63-based poly-ubiquitylation

Pairing of a given E3 ubiquitin ligase with different E2s allows synthesis of ubiquitin conjugates of different topologies. While this phenomenon contributes to functional diversity, it remains largely unknown how a single E3 ubiquitin ligase recognizes multiple E2s, and whether identical structural requirements determine their respective interactions. The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF8 that plays a critically important role in transducing DNA damage signals, interacts with E2s UBCH8 and UBC13, and catalyzes both K48- and K63-linked ubiquitin chains. Interestingly, we report here that a single-point mutation (I405A) on the RNF8 polypeptide uncouples its ability in catalyzing K48- and K63-linked ubiquitin chain formation. Accordingly, while RNF8 interacted with E2s UBCH8 and UBC13, its I405A mutation selectively disrupted its functional interaction with UBCH8, and impaired K48-based poly-ubiquitylation reactions. In contrast, RNF8 I405A preserved its interaction with UBC13, synthesized K63-linked ubiquitin chains, and assembled BRCA1 and 53BP1 at sites of DNA breaks. Together, our data suggest that RNF8 regulates K48- and K63-linked poly-ubiquitylation via differential RING-dependent interactions with its E2s UBCH8 and UBC13, respectively.
LAS TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y COMUNICACIÓN (TIC) EN EL PROCESO DE ENSEÑANZA Y APRENDIZAJE DEL ALUMNADO CON TRASTORNO DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA (TEA) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) IN TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)

In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of the use of information technology and communication (ICT) in teaching and learning process of students with special needs. Specifically, the analysis shows the potential of ICT in teaching and learning process of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). From various investigations that collect educational experiences conducted with these students, we indicate the results obtained that show evidence of the benefits of ICT in teaching these people. In this sense, we define some of the features of ICT that make them an aid for the education of students with ASD. Next, we show how one of the main applications of ICT use in
Las tecnologías de la información y comunicación en los programas de gestión de la insuficiencia cardiaca crónica. Retos organizativos y estado de la evidencia

Este documento se ha realizado en el marco de colaboracion previsto en el Plan de Calidad para el Sistema Nacional de Salud, al amparo del convenio de colaboracion suscrito por el Instituto de Salud Carlos III, organismo autonomo del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, la Agencia de Evaluacion de Tecnologias Sanitarias del Instituto de Salud Carlos III y la Fundacion Canaria de Investigacion y Salud “FUNCIS”
Impiego dell'informazione climatica e del remote sensing nella valutazione regionalizzata della disponibilità idrica

SOMMARIO. Nell’ambito delle analisi statistiche regionali finalizzate alla valutazione delle risorse idriche è utile indagare le connessioni tra parametri climatici e grandezze idrologiche, allo scopo di introdurre basi fisiche nella determinazione della variabilità spaziale di queste ultime. In questo lavoro, alle grandezze climatiche usualmente considerate nella definizione di indici di aridità/umidità, sono state aggiunte informazioni derivanti da osservazione remota da satellite. Lo scopo è quello di tentare di minimizzare le informazioni disponibili da reti al suolo per migliorare le stime di grandezze idrologiche in bacini privi di dati. La grandezza di più facile osservazione con tecniche di telerilevamento e più strettamente connessa al clima è la vegetazione, generalmente caratterizzata dall’indice Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). La distribuzione spaziale del NDVI annuo e le sue aggregazioni su gruppi omogenei di pixel e su alcuni bacini idrografici di Puglia e Basilicata qui esaminati, mostra che tale indice è significativamente legato ad indici climatici di aridità. Tale legame si estende anche alle variabili descrittive della disponibilità idrica (media e varianza del deflusso annuo), evidenziando interessanti prospettive in ordine alla possibilità di introdurre informazioni da sensori remoti nelle analisi regionali di grandezze idrologiche.