Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
In-Network Approximate and Efficient Spatiotemporal Range Queries on Moving Objects

Data aggregations enable privacy-aware data analytics for moving objects. A spatiotemporal range count query is a fundamental query that aggregates the count of objects in a given spatial region and a time interval. Existing works are designed for centralized systems, which lead to issues with extensive communication and the potential for data leaks. Current in-network systems suffer from the distinct count problem (counting the same objects multiple times) and the dead space problem (excessive intra-communication from ill-suited spatial subdivisions). We propose a novel framework based on a planar graph representation for efficient privacy-aware in-network aggregate queries. Unlike conventional spatial decomposition methods, our framework uses sensor placement techniques to select sensors to reduce dead space. A submodular maximization-based method is introduced when the query distribution is known and a host of sampling methods are used when the query distribution is unknown or dynamic. We avoid double counting by tracking movements along the graph edges using discrete differential forms. We support queries with arbitrary temporal intervals with a constant-sized regression model that accelerates the query performance and reduces the storage size. We evaluate our method on real-world mobility data, which yields us a relative error of at most 13 . 8% with 25 . 6% of sensors while achieving a speedup of 3 . 5 × , 69 . 81% reduction in sensors accessed, and a storage reduction of 99 . 96% compared to finding the exact count.
Fuzzy Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control of Unknown Nonlinear Systems With Time-Varying Structure

This paper explores the fault-tolerant control problem for a family of nonlinear systems in Brunovsky form. The presence of process and actuator faults leads to an unknown and time-varying system structure, such that neural networks or fuzzy logic systems cannot be utilized for approximation directly. To solve this problem, a new-type control strategy is proposed. A zero-overshoot error constraint technique is first introduced to keep the sign of a certain variable invariant, while ensuring the premise on a compact set. Then, a fuzzy logic system is adopted to approximate the bound of the unknown and time-varying nonlinear dynamics. Further a group of adaptive mechanisms are employed to compensate for the approximation error as well as actuator faults. It is proved that by applying the presented method, both the tracking performance and the boundedness of closed-loop signals can be guaranteed. Finally, simulation results are given to illustrate the established theoretical findings intuitively.
A STUDY OF CORRELATION BEETWEEN CAROTID INTIMA MEDIAL THICKNESS AND MACRO-VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic cum vascular syndrome of multiple etiology characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin action or insulin secretion or combined, that causes atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) is used as a marker of atherosclerosis that is considered to be an important pathogenic mechanism of macrovascular diseases. CIMT is measured by B mode ultrasound,This study was carried out in 100 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.In this study we can observe that macrovascular disease are more common in age group of 61 to 70 years. 21 DM patients were having macrovascular complications in this age group.This study showed values of CIMT is raised in type 2 DM patients with macro-vascular complications than Diabetic patients without complications. Risk factors like age, raised BMI, dyslipidemia, duration of uncontrolled DM, raised Hba1c, and raised BMI actually have a correlation with increased value of CIMT and promotes the disease process and contributing for macro-vascular complications like CVA
The effect of environmental variables on local West Nile Virus infection rates in Culex mosquitoes using an 'ecological niche' model

3 Acknowledgments. 5 List of Tables . 9 List of Figures . 10 Chapter 1: Introduction . 12 Background . 12 Epidemiology of WNV in the USA . 15 WNV in Ohio and Cuyahoga County . 16 WNV Surveillance . 17 Mosquito Collection . 18 Environmental Factors . 22 GIS use for WNV Studies . 23 Environmental Factors Related to WNV . 25 Significance . 27 Aims and Objectives of this Study . 28 Chapter 2: Materials and Methods . 31 Phase 1: Environmental Factors and Risk Map Development . 31 Mapping and Map Analysis . 33 Soil Types and Drainage Characteristics . 38 Slope . 39 Catch Basin, Ditches, and Streets . 40 Land Use . 41 Wetlands . 42 Temperature and Precipitation . 43 Establishing Endemic Levels and Spread Direction . 45 Phase 2: Model Development . 48 Chapter 3: Results . 55 Phase 1 Environmental Factors and MIR in Mosquitoes . 55 8 Endemic Level and Spread of Infection . 72 Phase 2 Modeling Environmental Factors . 77 Chapter 4: Discussion . 80 Phase 1 Environmental Factors and Mosquito Infection . 80 Endemic Levels and Spread of Infection in Cuyahoga County Mosquitoes . 88 Phase 2 Model Discussion . 93 Mosquito Infection and the 2002 Human Outbreak . 98 Extension of this Study . 108 Applicability in Ohio and Other Areas . 110 References . 116
EEG Neurofeedback research: a fertile ground for psychiatry?

1 The clinical efficacy of neurofeedback is still a matter of debate. This paper analyzes the 2 factors that should be taken into account in a transdisciplinary approach to evaluate the use of 3 EEG NFB as a therapeutic tool in psychiatry. Neurofeedback is a neurocognitive therapy 4 based on human-computer interaction that enables subjects to train voluntarily and modify 5 functional biomarkers that are related to a defined mental disorder. We investigate three kinds 6 of factors related to this definition of neurofeedback. We focus this article on EEG NFB. The 7 first part of the paper investigates neurophysiological factors underlying the brain 8 mechanisms driving NFB training and learning to modify a functional biomarker voluntarily. 9 Two kinds of neuroplasticity involved in neurofeedback are analyzed: Hebbian 10 neuroplasticity, i.e. long-term modification of neural membrane excitability and/or synaptic 11 potentiation, and homeostatic neuroplasticity, i.e. homeostasis attempts to stabilize network 12 activity. The second part investigates psychophysiological factors related to the targeted 13 biomarker. It is demonstrated that neurofeedback involves clearly defining which kind of 14 relationship between EEG biomarkers and clinical dimensions (symptoms or cognitive 15 processes) is to be targeted. A nomenclature of accurate EEG biomarkers is proposed in the 16 form of a short EEG encyclopedia (EEGcopia). The third part investigates human-computer 17 interaction factors for optimizing NFB training and learning during the closed loop 18 interaction. A model is proposed to summarize the different features that should be controlled 19 to optimize learning. The need for accurate and reliable metrics of training and learning in 20 line with human-computer interaction is also emphasized, including targeted biomarkers and 21 neuroplasticity. All these factors related to neurofeedback show that it can be considered as a 22 fertile ground for innovative research in psychiatry.
Variability and the X-ray/UV ratio of Active Galactic Nuclei

The observed relation between the X-ray radiation from AGNs, originating in the corona, and the optical/UV radiation from the disk is usually described by the anticorrelation between the UV to X-ray slope alpha_ox and the UV luminosity. Many factors can affect this relation, including: enhanced X-ray emission associated with the jets of radio-loud AGNs; X-ray absorption associated with the UV Broad Absorption Line (BAL) outflows; other X-ray absorption not associated with BALs; intrinsic X-ray weakness; UV and X-ray variability, and non-simultaneity of UV and X-ray observations. The separation of these effects provides information about the intrinsic alpha_ox-L_UV relation and its dispersion, constraining models of disk-corona coupling. We extract simultaneous data from the second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue and the XMM-Newton Optical Monitor Serendipitous UV Source Survey Catalog, and derive the single-epoch alpha_ox indices. We use ensemble structure functions to analyse multi-epoch data. We confirm the anticorrelation of alpha_ox with L_UV, and do not find any evidence of a dependence of alpha_ox on z. The dispersion in our simultaneous data (0.12) is not significantly smaller than in previous non-simultaneous studies, suggesting that "artificial alpha_ox variability" introduced by non-simultaneity is not the main cause of dispersion. "Intrinsic alpha_ox variability", i.e., the true variability of the X-ray to optical ratio, is instead important, and accounts for ~30% of the total variance, or more. "Inter-source dispersion", due to intrinsic differences in the average alpha_ox values from source to source, is also important. The dispersion introduced by variability is mostly caused by the long timescale variations, which are expected to be driven by the optical variations.
PRE OPERATIVE HRCT OF MIDDLE EAR PATHOLOGY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO INTRA-OPERATIVE FINDINGS IN CHOLESTEATOMA

Background: Cholesteatoma is a cystic lesion composed of epithelium and stroma surrounded by inflammatory reaction which is an inflammatory disease of the temporal bone, generally develops in the middle ear and is the result of the formation of keratinized squamous epithelium in the middle ear. Objective: To correlate HRCT findings with intra-operative findings in cholesteatoma. Materials and Methods: It was an observational cross sectional study, conducted in the department of Radio-diagnosis at MGM Medical College & LSK Hospital, Kishanganj, Bihar. The present study was carried out on 50 patients with microscopically evident cholesteatoma who were listed for tympano-mastoid surgery underwent preoperative high resolution CT scanning of the petrous temporal bone. All patients were subjected to full clinical, audio-logic, otoscopic and microscopic examination. Clinical data collected included information about hearingloss, otorrhea, otalgia, vertigo and facial nerve function. Results: Pars flaccidacholesteatoma was found to be the commonest type involving 40% of patients followed by combined cholesteatome found in 32% patients. The least common type was pars tens cholesteatome involving 28% patients. Extensive holotympanic acquired cholesteatoma was the commonest, involving 32% of patients, followed by attic cholesteatoma, involving 28% of patients, atticoantralcholesteatoma involving 22% patients and mesotypanumcholesteatoma involving 18% patients. Mastoid air cells were found to be fully pneumatized in all patients (100%). Acellular mastoid with sclerosiswere recorded in 92% patients while diploeicmastoidaircells were encountered only in 8% patients. Eroded scutum and lateral attic wall was the commonest finding involving 66% patients followed by eroded Korner’sseptuminvolving 64% patients. Conclusion: Correlation between HRCT and surgical finding with respect to soft tissue extension, bony boundaries of tympanum, pneumatization, status of ossicular chain, facial nerve canal and fistula of lateral Semi-circular canal were excellent in our study. HRCT is the best imaging modality to study suppurative middle ear diseases hence it plays an important role in pre-operative evaluation, guiding the surgical management and post-operated follow up patients.
TOAST CLASSIFICATION AND NIHSS SCORE IN ACUTE ISCHAEMIC STROKE IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Background: Stroke is a heterogeneous disease with more than 150 known causes. Categorization of subtypes of ischemic stroke has considerable study, but definitions are hard to formulate and their application for diagnosis in an individual patient is often problematic. Advances in diagnostic technology have allowed us to identify the potential underlying causes of stroke in patients. The fundamental goals of ischemic stroke classification are to make a correct diagnosis, enable prompt treatment, and predict future risks in subgroups of certain discrete features. Materials and Methods: It is a prospective observational study to assess the categorisation of acute ischemic stroke patients treated at the Neurology Department of Madurai Medical College, Madurai, from October 2021 to September 2022. Result: In our study, 250 ischemic stroke patients were consecutively included and classified according to TOAST. The assessment was supplemented with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) score, based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Markers of small and large vessel disease were present in all TOAST groups. Carotid stenosis and atrial fibrillation were associated with their respective TOAST groups (p = 0.023 and p < 0.001, respectively). We found no association between the SVD score and the small vessel occlusion TOAST group (p = 0.59). NIHSS score compared among patients with TOAST and severity has been assessed. An operational classification that contains quantification of each vascular pathophysiology in the individual patient is pivotal for future research and development of personalized medicine. Conclusion: Cerebral SVD were present across all TOAST groups and objective measures of large and small vessel disease (carotid atherosclerosis) were not associated to specific TOAST groups. Only strokes in patients with ipsilateral carotid stenosis _ 50% and atrial fibrillation were associated with TOAST.
Grouping of Customer Orders into Manufacturing Batches

The formation of manufacturing batches, given arriving orders, is a general problem in practice. In essence, it constitutes a optimization problem. The goal for this problem however, may differ from perspective. Most commonly this problem is viewed from a cost-based perspective, where minimizing costs is the goal. Other views can include minimizing overall batch lead times or the deviation from an optimal batch size derived from an operational performance perspective. This paper presents and compares these different approaches to this problem. Starting from a basic model, extensions will be proposed that incorporate operational performance measures as well. Both an integer programming model, and an dynamic programming model are discussed.
Wild Australia program - South west Australia science project

This is the final report for the Pew South-west Australia Science Project, an independent analysis of marine sanctuaries for the Commonwealth's South-west Marine Region conducted by The Ecology Centre under contract to the Pew Charitable Trusts. the report concludes all of the deliverables under the contract terms: Biophysical Resource Assessment of the SW Marine Region, Scientific Consensus Statement, and a Marxan analyis for the SW Marine Region.
TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND FACTORS INFLUENCING ADHERENCE OF DRUG SENSITIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS ON DAILY DRUG REGIMEN WITH FIXED DOSE COMBINATION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AT DOTS CENTER IN RAJENDRA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, RANCHI

Background: In Jharkhand, a tribal dominant state, tuberculosis remain the leading cause of mortality and morbidity among the infectious diseases. There are hardly any studies done to assess the adherence of TB treatment after the initiation of daily regimen under NTEP. Hence, we formed our study to identify the factors influencing adherence of daily drug regimen in FDC which will assist the effective program management. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study conducted at DOTS centre of Rajendra institute of medical sciences Ranchi. All drug sensitive pulmonary TB patients in the age group of 16-80 years who were enrolled in the DOTS centre between 12th April 2021 till 12th October 2021 were selected by consecutive sampling technique. A total of 355 patients were included in the study for outcome of which we found 15 patients got transferred out so, only the remaining 340 patients have been included in the analysis of adherence and factors influencing their adherence during the course of anti-TB treatment. The protocol of the study strictly followed the Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. Data were analysed using SPSS V.20. 0 software, and multiple logistic regression analysis was done to determine the predictors of treatment adherence. Results: We found significant association of treatment adherence with urban residence, non-tribal ethnicity, married status, nuclear family type, non-vegetarian diet habits (for support protein), positive contact history of TB, positive history of COVID-19 infection, availability of drugs in every visit, comfort in taking daily drug with fewer side effects, family supervision in taking medication and follow up after treatment are found to be statistically significant. A higher odd of adherence is seen in married patients (AOR=0.784, p=0.000), patients from a nuclear family (AOR=0.912, p=0.003) and in patients undergoing sputum examinations on follow up (AOR=0.495, p=0.000). Conclusion: From this study we concluded that family-based counselling and supervision, more care and support from a nuclear family setup and follow up after treatment can improve the adherence of the treatment based on daily drug regimen in FDC.
ROLE OF SERUM LACTATE AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN BURNS PATIENTS >15% TBSA

Background: India is a highly populated country in the world which has an estimated annual burn incidence of 6-7 million. 70 % of burn victims are in most productive age group 15-40 yrs and belong to poor socioeconomic status. Serum lactate levels are commonly elevated in acutely ill patients, in which tissue hypoperfusion is probably the most common cause of elevation. Correlation between elevated lactate levels and the clinical outcomes has been well accepted in hemorrhagic and septic shock. According to National Programme for Prevention, Management and Rehabilitation of Burn Injuries (NPPMRBI) under MOH&FW all burns above 15% in adults are considered major burns and need hospitalization and fluid resuscitation This study attempts to assess the role of initial serum lactate value in predicting the mortality in burns patient with TBSA > 15 %. Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study was done in year 2021-2022 64 patients admitted with burns TBSA >15% , in department of general surgery , Govt. Medical College Thrissur were included in the study. History , examination was done. Serum lactate was measured within the first day of admission and patients were divided in two groups, one with serum lactate more than 2 mmol/l and other group with less than or equal to 2 mmol/l and was observed for the treatment days to asses whom survived. Results: Out of 64 patients evaluated, 38 patients had serum lactate value > 2 mmol/l , of the 38 patients 34 patients succumbed, which is about 89.5% of participants. 26 patients had serum lactate value less than or equal to 2mmol/l of which 25 patients survived, which is about 96.2% of participants. Age of participants ranged from 15-88 years with mean of participants age was 46.5years (19.9%)
THE EFFECT OF CUSTOMER TRUST AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TOWARDS REPURCHASE INTENTION IN IGOR’S BAKERY SURABAYA

This research was conducted with the goal of examine and test the influence of customer trust and customer experience towards repurchase intention in Igor’s bakery. This research uses a quantitative research method and SPSS to analyze the data. Based on the data analysis that was done, it can be concluded that customer trust as well as customer experience has a partial significant influence towards repurchase intention and both customer trust and customer experience has a simultaneous influence towards repurchase intention.
Scholars Archive Scholars Archive

Despite significant advancement in Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Handwritten Hangul (Korean) Recognition, abbreviated as HHR, remains largely unsolved due to the similarity found in Hangul handwriting and a much larger number of syllables ( ∼ 11 , 000 ) to classify compared to English or Latin script languages. The state-of-the-art approach toward HHR on the SERI95a handwritten Korean dataset was based on the AlexNet trained with data augmentation and hybrid learning. While this method has achieved a higher classification performance than the traditional approaches, it is limited in learning feature representations at various levels. In this study, we adopt a variation of Xception which exploits depthwise separable convolutions to enhance the recognition rate of individual syllables. In addition, we propose a progressive training method from Progressive Growing GAN to provide a stabilized training process with reduced training time. Through this approach, the empirical results demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms the state-of-the-art method and demonstrates its effectiveness on HHR.
Effect of dietary crude protein levels on feed intake and nutrient digestibility of Wagyu crossbred cattle

The objective of the experiment was to determine the suitable crude protein level on feed intake and digestible nutrient value of Wagyu crossbred cattle from 13 to 20 months of age. The research included 2 experiments. Experiment 1: five male Wagyu x Zebu crossbred cattle (12.2±0.56 months of age and average live weight of 179±24.2 kg, Mean±SD). Experiment 2: five male Wagyu x Zebu crossbred cattle (16.7±1.05 month’s old and live weight of 276±22.0 kg). Two experiments were Latin square design (5x5) with 5 treatments and 5 periods (21 days per period). The treatments were different crude protein levels at 210, 245, 280, 315, and 350 g per 100 kg live weight (LW) corresponding to CP210, CP245, CP280, CP315, and CP350 treatments, respectively. The basal diet was commercial concentrate (1.2 kg/day), fresh Elephant grass (5.0 kg/day) and ad libitum rice straw. While soybean meal was used to adjust the dietary CP level per 100 kg LW in diets. The result showed that increasing nutrient consumption and metabolism energy (P<0.05) but reduced fiber intakes (P>0.05) by increasing crude protein levels. Experiment 1: the CP digestibility was highest (P<0.05) of CP350 (72.8%) treatment compare to CP210 (58.8%) treatments, while the CP280 (67.2%) treatment was not significant (P>0.05) with CP245 (62.9%) and CP315 (71.7%) treatments. Experiment 2: the highest CP digestibility (P<0.05) of CP350 treatment as compared to CP315, CP280, CP245, and CP210 treatments (80.2, 77.4, 73.1, 70.5, and 65.0%, respectively). As a result, increasing CP levels per 100 kg BW could rise nutrients digestibility and digestible value for Wagyu crossbred cattle. The level of 245 g CP per 100kg live weight in Wagyu crossbred cattle diet from 13 to 20 months of age could be recommended for application.