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A Method of Context Inference in Variable Multi-Sensors Signal Environment

The reliability of the values detected and reported from sensors is important in the context awareness by multi-sensors. However, difficulties and errors occurred in sensors’ detection and reports negatively affect the reliability of these values. It is inevitable to damage the accuracy and reliability of information on context awareness collected from data with low reliability. Therefore, the study was to present a method to evaluate reliability of acquired sensing values in each interval before conducting multi-sensors data fusion for context awareness. The reliability was obtained based on occurrence rates of sensors’ events and change patterns in certain period of time. This was to improve the quality level of context information processed only when those values have assured reliability.
The complex interaction of tone and prominence The complex interaction of tone and prominence

Certain positions in phrases, feet, words and syllables permit a larger range of contrasts than other positions. There is an ongoing debate about the need for, and the division of labor between, positional faithfu1ness constraints and positional markedness constraints in any account of these facts. This paper investigates this issue within the domain of tone, and concludes that there is no alternative to admitting both positional markedness and positional faithfulness constraints. It further suggests that constraints may have to be positively as well as negatively stated, and that some constraints may have to govern sequences of tones, not just individual tones.
Efecto del ácido giberélico, nitrato de potasio y agua de coco en la germinación de semillas de quina, Cinchona pubescens

Cinchona pubescens Vahl. es una especie forestal de gran valor medicinal, comercial y ecologica que se encuentra distribuido desde Costa Rica hasta el Peru y que, por la alteracion de su habitat y la dificil germinacion de sus semillas en campo, se encuentra en peligro de extincion. En el presente trabajo se evaluo el efecto del acido giberelico, nitrato de potasio y agua de coco en la germinacion de sus semillas en material colectado en las montanas del distrito de Colasay (Jaen, Peru). El nitrato de potasio actuo como un promotor en la aceleracion de la germinacion de las semillas, donde a la concentracion de 1000 ppm brindo la mas alta tasa en porcentajes de germinacion, energia germinativa y valor de germinacion; en cambio, el tratamiento con AG3 a las concentraciones de 1000, 2000 y 3000 ppm actuo como un inhibidor en la germinacion de estas semillas; recomendando que no se justifica una alta inversion en la adquisicion del acido giberelico, cuando se puede implementar un sistema facil y economico, como lo es el tratamiento con KNO3. Palabras clave : Germinacion, Cinchona pubescens Vahl, acido giberelico.
I NDEPENDENT F ISCAL C OUNCILS IN C ONTINENTAL E UROPE : O LD W INE IN N EW B OTTLES ?

The budgetary footprint of the economic and financial crisis of 2008–09 brought to the fore renewed concerns about governments’ commitment to sustainable public finances, leaving financial markets increasingly jittery. Indeed the crisis-related spike in government debts came in addition to worrying upward trends observed since the 1970s and before rapidly intensifying demographic pressures on unfunded entitlement spending have reached their peak. While today’s debt levels are not unprecendented, current dynamics are inconsistent with public sector solvency, unless action is urgently taken (Figure 1).
IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF CLASSIFIERS PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING & DATA PREPROCESSED METHODS ON NSL-KDD DATA SETS

Classification is the method of discovering a set of models that describes data classes for the purpose of being able to utilize the model to forecast the class of objects whose class label is unknown. The derived model is based on the analysis of a set of training data set. Since the class label of each training sample provides this step is referred as supervised learning. The manuscript describes a system that uses Feature Selection [17, 18] as a data pre-processing activities. Feature selection may present us with the means to reduce the number of network parameters made while still maintaining or even elevating the accuracy and reducing false negative rates. In this document, we used variance-Threshold method which finds an optimum feature subset that enhances the classification accuracy. After this step various classifiers are used such as support vector machine, KNN [12]. Experiments were conducted on the NSL_KDD dataset to assess the effectiveness of our approach. The results prove that SVM Ranking with variance threshold feature selection approach leads to promising step up to feature selection and enhances classification accuracy. Based on the system output the Accuracy and error rate of each classifier is computed.
Analysis of Data Security in Data Mining

— In new era the information and data communication technologies are highly used in the Business Industry. The data warehouse is used in the significant business value by improving the effectiveness of managerial decision-making. Naturally such a process may open up new assumption dimensions, detect new invasion patterns, and raises new data security problems. Recent developments in information technology have enabled collection and processing of enormous amount of personal data, such as criminal records, shopping habits, banking, credit and medical history, and driving records. This information is undoubtedly very useful in many areas, including medical research, law enforcement and national security. Data Storage, data access efficiently and speedily is not only the key for competitiveness but the date security and privacy is important and is the new research challenges for Researchers as well as for any business industry.
Analysis of a New Human Parechovirus Allows the Deﬁnition of Parechovirus Types and the Identiﬁcation of RNA Structural Domains (cid:1)

Human parechoviruses (HPeV), members of the Parechovirus genus of Picornaviridae , are frequent pathogens but have been comparatively poorly studied, and little is known of their diversity, evolution, and molecular biology. To increase the amount of information available, we have analyzed 7 HPeV strains isolated in California between 1973 and 1992. We found that, on the basis of VP1 sequences, these fall into two genetic groups, one of which has not been previously observed, bringing the number of known groups to ﬁve. While these correlate partly with the three known serotypes, two members of the HPeV2 serotype belong to different genetic groups. In view of the growing importance of molecular techniques in diagnosis, we suggest that genotype is an important criterion for identifying viruses, and we propose that the genetic groups we have deﬁned should be termed human parechovirus types 1 to 5. Complete nucleotide sequence analysis of two of the Californian isolates, representing two types, conﬁrmed the identiﬁcation of a new genetic group and suggested a role for recombination in parechovirus evolution. It also allowed the identiﬁcation of a putative HPeV1 cis -acting replication element, which is located in the VP0 coding region, as well as the reﬁnement of previously predicted 5 (cid:1) and 3 (cid:1) untranslated region structures. of the of were subjected to RT-PCR using a SuperScript one-step RT-PCR kit (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. For the RT-PCR, 5 (cid:3) l of template RNA, 50 to 100 pmol of each primer, 1 (cid:3) l of RT- Taq mix, and 25 (cid:3) l of 2 (cid:4) reaction mix were mixed together in a total volume of 50 (cid:3) l. Thermal cycling was carried out automatically using a thermal cycler (Perkin Elmer 2400 or Appligene Crocodile speciﬁc amplicon was isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and cloned into pGEM-T Easy was sequenced primers speciﬁc newly sequences. design RT-PCR. matched they improved PCR products sequenced trees using approach PHYML folding
Proprioceptive Focal Stimulation (Equistasi®) May Improve Motor Symptoms in Moderate Parkinson’s Disease Patients Italian Multicentric Preliminary Open Study

—Object of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of propriocettive Focal Stimulation on Gait in moderate Parkinson (PD) patients by a preliminary open multicentric study, using Equistasi®, nanotechnological device of the dimension of a plaster which generates High Frequency segmental vibration. The efficacy of Gait Analysis (GA) on evaluating gait modification on Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Patients is already well known. On the other hand, several studies have shown that Proprioceptive Focal Stimulation seems to be useful in symptoms amelioration in several neurological disease. Therefore, GA was recorded in a group of PD patients. Twenty-one PD patients (age 69,51 years, Duration disease 8.52 years, Duration Therapy 7,19 years; H&Y 2.46) at their best on therapy, were enrolled in the study. Two GA were performed always at the morning, before and after the treatment. Three plaques devices were put on the skin: one at C7, one at the right and the left leg, on soleus muscle. Equistasi® is a nanotechnological device of the dimension of a plaster which generates High Frequency segmental vibration. Clinical state was monitored by MDUPDRS part III. Parametric (One-way ANOVA and paired t-Student) and not – parametric statistic (Freidman ANOVA and Wilcoxon test) were used. The analysis of the Spatial –Temporal variables showed a significant improvement of Mean Velocity (MV) p=. 002, Stride Lenght (SL) in right and left respectively p=. 0013 and p=. 017, Stance (STA) in right and left respectively p=. 025 and p=. 047 and Double Support Stance (DSS) in left and right stride respectively p=. 034 and p=. 033. MDUPDRS Part III was statistically reduced with p=0.017; furthermore the items 3.10, and 3.12 were statistically reduced respectively with p=. 025 and p=. 046. The results, in this group of patients, encourage to investigate the mechanical focal vibration as stimulation of proprioceptive system in PD. The effect of the device on patients may open a new possibility to the management of PD. The data indicates as the device ameliorates postural stability and gait performance and confirms the support that GA gives to underlight the modifications of gait in PD patients. Equistasi; Gait Analysis.
Evaluating Magnetocaloric E ﬀ ect in Magnetocaloric Materials: A Novel Approach Based on Indirect Measurements Using Artiﬁcial Neural Networks

: The thermodynamic characterisation of magnetocaloric materials is an essential task when evaluating the performance of a cooling process based on the magnetocaloric e ﬀ ect and its application in a magnetic refrigeration cycle. Several methods for the characterisation of magnetocaloric materials and their thermodynamic properties are available in the literature. These can be generally divided into theoretical and experimental methods. The experimental methods can be further divided into direct and indirect methods. In this paper, a new procedure based on an artiﬁcial neural network to predict the thermodynamic properties of magnetocaloric materials is reported. The results show that the procedure provides highly accurate predictions of both the isothermal entropy and the adiabatic temperature change for two di ﬀ erent groups of magnetocaloric materials that were used to validate the procedure. In comparison with the commonly used techniques, such as the mean ﬁeld theory or the interpolation of experimental data, this procedure provides highly accurate, time-e ﬀ ective predictions with the input of a small amount of experimental data. Furthermore, this procedure opens up the possibility to speed up the characterisation of new magnetocaloric materials by reducing the time required for experiments.
More Than Just not Being Alone: The Number, Nature, and Complementarity of Meal-Time Social Interactions Inﬂuence Food Intake in Hospitalized Elderly Patients

Purpose: This study evaluated the social facilitation of elderly patients’ food intake beyond the presence of mealtime companions by assessing various relationships. The study examined the relationships between patients’ intake and (a) the number of interpersonal exchanges with mealtime fellows, (b) the nature of behaviors expressed by the patients themselves and their fellows, and (c) the degree of complementarity between these. Design and Methods: Interpersonal exchanges and intake were observed on repeated mealtime occasions ( n = 1,477) nested within 32 geriatric patients (21 women, 11 men; age, M = 78.8 years). Participants’ intake was estimated from plate leftovers. Interpersonal behaviors were examined for both participants and patients with whom they interacted in terms of agency and communion dimensions, following the interpersonal circumplex model of human interaction. With the use of multilevel regression analyses, the number, nature, and complementarity of behaviors that participants engaged in and were exposed to on a given meal were computed to test their impact on intake. Results: The total amount of interaction between patients was positively related to intake. The effect was signiﬁcant for both participants’ own behaviors and those to which they were exposed, and it varied with the nature of the interaction; effects were signiﬁcant in terms of frequency and complementarity for communal behaviors, and complementarity only for agentic behaviors. Effects could only partly be explained by meal duration effects. Implications: The results provide support for the effect of the number, nature, and complementarity of mealtime interpersonal behaviors on the food intake of elderly patients, and they may inspire new approaches to ensure adequate intake in this malnutrition-prone population.
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1Chair and Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland; 2Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland; 3Department of Pulmonology, Allergology and Pulmonological Oncology, Military Clinical Hospital No. 10 with Policlinic in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland; 4Department of Obstetrics, Women’s Diseases and Oncological Gynecology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland Purpose: Affective temperament shows innate predisposition to affective disorders and has been studied in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity. Studies describing connections between depressive disorders, obesity and T2DM, show a bidirectional way in which these disorders affect each other. Given that obesity, depression, and T2DM are still growing health problems of our times, the improvement of therapeutic strategies is required. The aim of our study was to evaluate affective temperament in obese individuals with T2DM and pre-diabetes and to investigate the correlations between affective temperaments and glycemic control. Materials and Methods: The study enrolled 185 obese individuals (146 females; 39 males) who were diagnosed with pre-diabetes, diabetes or without any carbohydrate disorder. For affective temperament evaluation, Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) was utilized; for glycemic control, the assessment of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was performed. Results: We did not observe any significant differences of affective temperament between studied groups. In the group of patients with diabetes, depressive, cyclothymic and anxious temperaments positively correlated with HbA1c values indicating worse glycemic control. Inversly, hyperthymic dimension showed negative correlation with HbA1c values. Conclusion: Affective temperaments may affect glycemic control in obese individuals with carbohydrate disorders. Individuals with stronger expression of cyclothymic, depressive and anxious temperaments may need more medical aid for better self-management. Hence, TEMPS-A is an easy and useful tool which may significantly improve the compliance in obese patients with carbohydrate disorders.
Impact of Changes in Consensus Diagnostic Recommendations on the€Echocardiographic Prevalence of Diastolic€Dysfunction

Values are n, n (%), mean SD, or median (interquartile range). Shock impedance and time to therapy refer to intraoperative shock impedance and time to therapy (at 65 J) in the DT group and shock impedance and time to therapy during spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias (at 80 J) in the no-DT group. Differences between means were calculated using unpaired Student t tests, and differences between medians were calculated using Mann-Whitney U tests. DT 1⁄4 defibrillation testing; ESRD 1⁄4 end-stage renal disease; VF 1⁄4 ventricular fibrillation; VT 1⁄4 ventricular tachycardia. J A C C V O L . 6 9 , N O . 2 5 , 2 0 1 7 Letters
Factors associated with HIV and syphilis co-infection among men who have sex with men in seven

HIV-syphilis co-infection is often cited as a major reason behind recent resurgence in syphilis prevalence among men who have sex with men in China. Most published literatures explore factors associated with either HIV or syphilis, but not their co-infection. We analysed data from a cross-sectional survey on men who have sex with men in seven Chinese cities. Snowball sampling was used to recruit participants for the survey. Socio-demographic and behavioral predictors for HIV-syphilis mono/co-infection were examined using ordinal logistic regression. Factor scores were used to sum-marise (1) HIV-related knowledge and (2) access to HIV preventive services. Prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and their co-infection, among 2936 self-identified men who have sex with men, were 7.7%, 14.3%, and 2.6%, respectively. In the adjusted analysis, the significant positive correlates of poorer diagnoses (co-infection vs mono- and no infection or co-and mono-infection vs no infection) were (cid:2) 30 to 39 years and (cid:3) 40 years age, education up to senior high school, unprotected anal intercourse, recent sexually transmitted disease symptoms, incorrect knowledge about routes of transmission, and access to preventive or counselling/testing services for HIV. For effective control of this dual epidemic, integrated HIV and syphilis surveillance and targeted intervention strategies for Chinese men who have sex with men are need of the hour. This study measured the HIV and syphilis co-infection as well as the factors correlated with this co-infection
Role of the Anti-Sigma Factor SpoIIAB in Regulation of (cid:2) G during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation

RNA polymerase sigma factor (cid:1) F initiates the prespore-speciﬁc program of gene expression during Bacillus subtilis sporulation. (cid:1) F governs transcription of spoIIIG , encoding the late prespore-speciﬁc regulator (cid:1) G . However, transcription of spoIIIG is delayed relative to other genes under the control of (cid:1) F , and after synthesis, (cid:1) G is initially kept in an inactive form. Activation of (cid:1) G requires the complete engulfment of the prespore by the mother cell and expression of the spoIIIA and spoIIIJ loci. We screened for random mutations in spoIIIG that bypassed the requirement for spoIIIA for the activation of (cid:1) G . We found a mutation ( spoIIIGE156K ) that resulted in an amino acid substitution at position 156, which is adjacent to the position of a mutation (E155K) previously shown to prevent interaction of SpoIIAB with (cid:1) G . Comparative modelling techniques and in vivo studies suggested that the spoIIIGE156K mutation interferes with the interaction of SpoIIAB with (cid:1) G . The (cid:1) of sporulation stage: the asymmetric prespore nucle- oid appears highly condensed, whereas conclusion of the engulfment process, nucleoids equally condensed
Existence of regular solutions to the full Liquid Crystal System

We study the general Ericksen-Leslie system with non-constant density, which describes the flow of nematic liquid crystal. In particular the model investigated here is associated with Parodi's relation. We prove that: in two dimension, the solutions are globally regular with general data; in three dimension, the solutions are globally regular with small initial data, or for short time with large data. Moreover, a weak-strong type of uniqueness result is obtained.
University of Birmingham Catheter ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Catheter ablation is increasingly offered to patients who suffer from symptoms due to atrial ﬁbrillation (AF), based on a growing body of evidence illustrating its efﬁcacy compared with antiarrhythmic drug therapy. Approximately one-third of AF ablation procedures are currently performed in patients with persistent or long-standing persistent AF. Here, we review the available information to guide catheter ablation in these more chronic forms of AF. We identify the following principles: Our clinical ability to discriminate paroxysmal and persistent AF is limited. Pulmonary vein isolation is a reasonable and effective ﬁrst approach for catheter ablation of persistent AF. Other ablation strategies are being developed and need to be properly evaluated in controlled, multicentre trials. Treatment of concomitant conditions promoting recurrent AF by life style interventions and medical therapy should be a routine adjunct to catheter ablation of persistent AF. Early rhythm control therapy has a biological rationale and trials evaluating its value are underway. There is a clear need to generate more evidence for the best approach to ablation of persistent AF beyond pulmonary vein isolation in the form of adequately powered controlled multi-centre trials. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Keywords
CESifo Working Paper Series THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SUSTAINABLE FEDERATIONS

This paper studies a constitutional framework that enables sustainable federative agreements. In the model, districts decide on local policies and envision the possibility of entering a federation. Focusing on rules for legislative bargaining in the federation, I find that a non-egalitarian bargaining rule, which assigns policy making power to one of the district’s representatives is welfare inferior to the decentralized status quo. In contrast, under an egalitarian bargaining procedure, federation yields a welfare superior outcome. The analysis indicates the desirability of making such egalitarian bargaining rules credible.
Invertibility and Singularity for Bounded Linear Operators

This introduction to functional analysis focuses on the types of singularity that prevent an operator from being invertible. The presentation is based on the open mapping theorem, Hahn-Banach theorem, dual space construction, enlargement of normed space, and Liouville's theorem. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in functional analysis, this volume is also a valuable resource for researchers in Fredholm theory, Banach algebras, and multiparameter spectral theory. The treatment develops the theory of open and almost open operators between incomplete spaces. It builds the enlargement of a normed space and of a bounded operator and sets up an elementary algebraic framework for Fredholm theory. The approach extends from the definition of a normed space to the fringe of modern multiparameter spectral theory and concludes with a discussion of the varieties of joint spectrum. This edition contains a brief new Prologue by author Robin Harte as well as his lengthy new Epilogue, "Residual Quotients and the Taylor Spectrum. " Dover republication of the edition published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1988.