Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Minimum-Delay Routing for Integrated Aeronautical Ad Hoc Networks Relying on Real Flight Data in the North-Atlantic Region

Relying on multi-hop communication techniques, aeronautical ad hoc networks (AANETs) seamlessly integrate ground base stations (BSs) and satellites into aircraft communications for enhancing the on-demand connectivity of planes in the air. The goal of the paper is to assess the performance of the classic shortest-path routing algorithm in the context of the real flight data collected in the North-Atlantic Region. Specifically, in this integrated AANET context we investigate the shortest-path routing problem with the objective of minimizing the total delay of the in-flight connection from the ground BS subject to certain minimum-rate constraints for all selected links in support of low-latency and high-speed services. Inspired by the best-first search and priority queue concepts, we model the problem formulated by a weighted digraph and find the optimal route based on the shortest-path algorithm. Our simulation results demonstrate that aircraft-aided multi-hop communications are capable of reducing the total delay of satellite communications, when relying on real historical flight data.
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1Epstein Health, LLC. , Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA; 2LUNGevity Foundation, Bethesda, MD, USA; 3Clinique De Genolier, Genolier, Switzerland; 4G1 Therapeutics Ltd., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; 5HealthiVibe, a Division of Corrona, LLC. , Arlington, VA, USA; 6Chapel Hill Consulting, LLC. , Chapel Hill, NC, USA; 7UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; 8Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA Purpose: To evaluate which side effects of chemotherapy are considered most burdensome by patients with cancer, identify which health care professionals pay most attention to symptoms associated with chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression (CIM) from the patient perspective, and capture the “patient voice” describing how CIM impacts their daily lives. Participants and Methods: Online survey of participants with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer who had received chemotherapy within the past 12 months and experienced ≥1 episode of CIM in the past year. Participants were asked to answer close-ended questions and provide qualitative responses to: “In your own words, please describe how side effects from myelosuppression have impacted your life. ” Results: Among 301 survey participants, fatigue was the most frequently reported side effect of chemotherapy; 55% of participants rated fatigue as highly bothersome (9 or 10 on a 1–10 scale of “bothersomeness”). Participants rated symptoms associated with CIM, including fatigue, weakened immune system (infections), bleeding and/or bruising, and shortness of breath, as being as bothersome as other side effects of chemotherapy, including alopecia, neuropathy, and nausea/vomiting. Overall, 24–43% of participants thought that CIM and its symptoms had a negative impact on their daily lives, including their ability to complete tasks at home and work, and to socialize. Qualitative responses supported these findings; participants highlighted that CIM-related symptoms, particularly fatigue and fear of infections, affected their ability to be physically active, complete work, or continue meaningful relationships with friends and family. Conclusion: Participants described a real-world impact of CIM that often isolates them from family and friends, and means that they are unable to work or perform tasks of daily living. Using measures that help patients to recognize and communicate the signs and symptoms of CIM might increase the likelihood of maintaining daily lives as close to normal as possible, during and after chemotherapy treatment.
Determination of Helicobacter Spp in Swine Stomach from Río Cuarto Zone, Córdoba, Argentina

Helicobacter spp is a gram-negative micro-organism that is lodged in the gastric mucosa and is considered the main cause of peptic ulcer. Studies confirmed the implication of Helicobacter spp in gastric pathologies of man and other animal species and one of them is pig. These bacteria could be pathogens responsible for zoonosis. Pigs develop naturally and frequently gastroesophageal ulcers, ulcers colonized by Helicobacter spp. Investigations carried out in Colombia established a prevalence of 34.8% porcine gastric ulcers in slaughter animals slaughtered in relation to Helicobacter spp in the production of gastric lesions. However, there are few reports of Helicobacter spp in gastric mucosa of pigs in Argentina. In the present study, the presence of Helicobacter spp was determined in gastric samples obtained from swine slaughter of Río Cuarto area. Samples (n=54) were classified as positive or negative for gastritis, and also as chronic or acute gastritis by histopathology using hematoxylin/eosin stain. The presence of Helicobacter spp was determined by Giemsa and Warthin Starry stain and immunohistochemistry method. Immunohistochemistry was performed with anti-Helicobacter pilory commercial antibody. In this study, a higher proportion of chronic than acute lesions was observed. The Giemsa and Warthin Starry stains revealed two species of Helicobacter in the gastric samples. The results indicate that 48% of the samples were Helicobacter (+) and gastritis (+), 35% were Helicobacter (-) and gastritis (+) and the remaining 17% were Helicobacter (-) and gastritis (-). This finding provides a basic knowledge for future studies of the role of Helicobacter in the species under study.
A POSSIBLE ROLE OF C4 PHOTOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES IN TOLERANCE OF TWO PAULOWNIA HYBRID LINES TO SALINITY

The effect of salinity on the activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC, EC 4.1.1.31), NADP-malate dehydrogenase (NADP-MDH, EC 1.1.1.82) and NAD-malate dehydrogenase (NAD-MDH, EC 1.1.1.37) in three years-aged Paulownia plants (P. tomentosa x fortunei TF and P. elongata x elongata T4) grown on two soils differing in salinity for a period of four months was investigated. The soil samples were collected from two areas of the village Belozem near the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It was found that increase of the soil salinity leads to a more pronounced enhance of the activity of PEPC and malate content in the sensitive line TF at the early stages of vegetation. The activities of investigated enzymes declined significantly in T4 at the end of vegetation. The K/Na ratio in leaves of the TF line increased gradually during vegetation, while this parameter was higher in the leaves of the T4 line in the middle stage of the vegetation. Increases in the enzyme activities in both lines suggested that they might be playing a different role in their tolerance to salinity. T4 is more tolerant to salt stress than TF because it has improved growth parameters stem length, leaf number, total dry biomass and total leaf area at the end of vegetation.
How to leverage digital-twin simulations in the making of transformer digital twins

In this article, we will consider the benefits of transformer digitalisation, which requires yielding actionable information within a reasonable turn-around time of the digital twin. The simulation turn-around time, that is, the time needed to set-up, run, and post-process the results, is important in both design exploration during development and in forecasting scenarios during operation. A pole-mounted, 100-kVA distribution transformer is used to show how simulations can be used to generate reduced-order FEA based models for predicting transformer loss (core, winding, and stray), dielectric, and temperature hotspots.
Propriedades reológicas de purê de mirtilo formulado com diferentes concentrações de goma xantana e frutose

Carolina Pereira Kechinski, Ligia Damasceno Ferreira Marczak, Isabel Cristina Tessaro e Nilo Sérgio Medeiros Cardozo 1 Laboratório de Tecnologia e Processamento de Alimentos (LATEPA) 2 Laboratório de Tecnologia de Polímeros (LATEP) Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) R. Eng. Luis Englert, s/n. Campus Central. CEP: 90040-040 Porto Alegre RS BRASIL, E-MAIL: {carolpk, ligia, isabel, nilo}@enq.ufrgs. br
MULTI-PASS YOLOV3 FOR SCOOTER LICENSE PLATE DETECTION AND RECOGNITION

We present a multi-pass approach for scooter Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR). Scooters are important daily vehicles in Southeast Asian countries due to their superior mobility, convenience, and low cost. Automatic scooter License Plate (LP) detection and recognition are important for transportation administration and law enforcement. Existing ALPR works relying on DNN and data augmentation are deficient against challenges due to large view variations, motion blur, day/night and lighting variations. Our multi-pass YOLOv3 object detection design can effectively detect LPs, rectify LP views via detecting the LP screws and corners, and then recognize LP characters, all using only a single YOLOv3 network. Our method can detect far-away plates in large view angles and recognize tiny characters. Evaluation is performed on a new TaiwanScooterLP dataset with 3,154 scooter images, 4,198 labeled LPs and 25,700 LP characters. Our method achieves LP detection F1 of 98.31% and character recognition F1 of 99.88%. Our system runs in about 10 FPS (excluding I/O) and can handle low lighting conditions.
Running title: COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES ON GERMINATION OF S. virgata Academy Section: ECOSYSTEMS

Nanotechnology is a fi eld that, over the years, has been growing in several research areas, such as medicine, agriculture and cosmetics, among others. As a result, there is a continuous increase in the production, use and disposal of these materials in the environment. The behaviour and (bio) activity of these materials in the atmosphere, water and soil are not fully studied. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out an analysis of the risks of contamination, as well as the possible effects and impacts of nanoparticles (NPs) on the ecosystem. In an attempt to investigate these effects on plants, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) on the seed germination process of Sesbania virgata. For this, the Sesbania virgata seeds were subjected to different concentration of CuO NPs (0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 mgL) and their germination and development were monitored by optical analysis (thermography and chlorophyll a fl uorescence). The results show that the CuO NPs induced a reduction on the maximum emission of chlorophyll a, which was concentration-dependent. The data also showed that CuO NPs promoted an increase in the energy dissipated by non-photochemical pathways and the surface temperature of the seeds. Additionally, our fi ndings revealed that CuO NPs caused a root growth inhibition. In summary, the present study demonstrates, for the fi rst time, that CuO NPs can negatively affect the physiological status and development of the S. virgata plant, by altering the effi ciency of the functioning of photosystem II in its initial developmental stage, depending on the concentration of CuO NPs.
Imagerie spectrale pour l'étude de structures profondes par tomographie optique diffusive de fluorescence

L'imagerie optique de fluorescence permet de localiser des cibles biologiques comme des tumeurs, marquees par des fluorophores. Pour des applications au diagnostic chez l'Homme ou l'epaisseur des tissus atteint plusieurs centimetres, la detection parasite de l'autofluorescence naturelle des tissus compromet la detection de la fluorescence d'interet et son elimination est la condition sine qua non d'une localisation correcte de la tumeur. L'objet de cette these a ete l'etude spectrale de l'auto fluorescence des tissus et la mise au point d'une methode de separation de spectres aveugle permettant de supprimer sa contribution des mesures. La Factorisation en Matrices Non-negatives a ete privilegiee, et de nouveaux algorithmes ont ete proposes et testes sur donnees reelles. Nous avons demontre les performances de notre methode dans l'amelioration de la detection des marqueurs et la reconstruction de la position de la tumeur en tomographie optique diffuse de fluorescence.
Simple estimation method for thermodynamic data of complex oxysalt minerals

A simple estimation method for molar Gibbs free energy and enthalpy of formation for complex oxysalt minerals is proposed.Complex oxysalt minerals are divided into complex oxysalt minerals with water and complex oxysalt minerals without water.Complex oxysalt minerals without water can be considered as the composite of acidic oxides and alkaline oxides,so their molar Gibbs free energy or molar enthalpy of formation can be calculated by the summation of molar Gibbs free energy or molar enthalpy of formation of the acidic oxides and alkaline oxides which are combined into the complex compounds.Molar Gibbs free energy or molar enthalpy of formation of complex oxysalt minerals with water is obtained by the summation of molar Gibbs free energy or molar enthalpy of formation of the part without water and water.The calculation method represented in this paper is very simple and convenient.By comparing the relative errors,the method is better than other methods.Moreover,it can be used to calculate molar Gibbs free energy and molar enthalpy of formation of all complex oxysalt minerals including a series of titanate whiskers that author’s group has studied for many years.The thermodynamic data for the series of titanate whiskers provide necessary fundamentals to their preparation.
Towards a Generic Model of Human Resource Management

This theoretical basic research paper was written in order to accomplish three research objectives: (1) to perform a brief description of selected popular models of Human Resource Management (HRM) developed by various scholars or authors; (2) to revisit and review the model of HRM developed by me in 2009; and (3) to introduce a generic model of HRM with an adequate theoretical base. It revealed that at least five popular models exist in the literature of HRM and they were briefly reviewed. The relevant review done with regard to the model developed locally as the first model of HRM in 2009 revealed that it is an internally focused but comprehensive and distinct model with a necessity of incorporating forces which exist in internal and external environments. Finally, a generic model of HRM which is composed of seven interrelated components such as internal environment, external environment, HRM fields and functions, HRM outcomes, organizational outcomes, HRM academic and professional factor, and feedback through evaluation was developed and presented by using several common theories, perspectives, arguments and logical beliefs. Hopefully the generic model will be a significant value addition to the existing local as well as international body of knowledge of HRM which is a highly recognized academic discipline and an established practice.
Restriction of Cl- and SO4 2- Ions Transport in Alkali Activated Slag Cement Concrete in Seawater

The relevance of alkali activated slag cement (AASC) concretes for structures operated in seawater is due to their enhanced resistance in aggressive environments. The application of high consistency fresh concretes is accompanied by negative changes in their structure with higher penetration of aggressive environments. Thus, the methods to prevent corrosion of steel reinforcement in plasticized AASC concrete are actual for investigations. It is shown, that modification of plasticized AASC concrete (consistency class S4) by the complex «alumina cement - portland cement - clinoptilolite - trisodium phosphate (Na3PO4·12H2O)» restrict the transport of aggressive Cl- and SO4 2- ions. The results of DTA, XRD, electron microscopy, microzond analysis show that mentioned complex limits transport of the mentioned aggressive ions due to their binding by AFm phases in hydration products, exchange with OH- ions in the structure of clinoptilolite, formation of hydrated products of apatite group Ca5(PO4)3(OH, Cl). This was confirmed by qualitative reaction on Cl- and SO4 2- ions in concrete structure, as well as by assessing of surface and mass loss of steel bars embedded in AASC concrete after 9 months in seawater. It was ensured the advanced crystallization with densification of microstructure, which increases corrosion resistance of artificial stone.
Mobile robot position assessment in the room with the use of on-board vision system

The contemporary method of visual navigation of a mobile robot is presented. The visual navigation is an effective way to increase an accuracy of estimation for a current position of a mobile robot and its displacement. Using different specific features of a ceiling image along with photogrammetry theory permits to get a relative estimate for a current position of the mobile robot and its displacement in a room. Conventional approaches are ineffective because of presence of movable and immovable objects on the recognition scene. The ceiling image as the recognition scene is used in the proposed method. The recognition scene of ceiling is a stable and reliable image in the problem of finding reference points. Moreover there are no image distortions on the scene. All the mentioned above is a significant benefit of the proposed approach in terms of accuracy characteristics of the method of visual navigation of the mobile robot in the room.
Steam Explosion of the Softwood Pinus Radiata with Sulphur Dioxide Addition. I. Process Optimisation

Abstract An experimental optimisation procedure has been used to investigate steam explosion of Pinus radiata. Enzymatic digestibility of this softwood is enhanced by steam explosion and addition of sulphur dioxide greatly Improves effectiveness of the process. The effects of the variables time, temperature, and sulphur dioxide level have been described by empirical models. The response parameters modelled are: dry-matter yield; water-insoluble fibre yield; water- soluble sugar yield; enzymatic-hydrolysis sugar yield; and total sugar yield. Near optimal total sugar yields were obtained with the conditions: 3 minutes; 215°C; and 2.55% sulphur dioxide. Under these conditions the steam-exploded fibre was 82% digestible (cellulose to glucose) by the cellulase enzymes used, and a total sugar yield of 57 g. /100 g o.d. wood was obtained. This study has shown that softwoods, of which Pinus radiata is typical, can be made as amenable to hydrolysis by cellulase enzymes as hardwoods, which have previously been consi.
A. Additional Network and Training Details

The implementation details of the networks in our model are shown in Fig. 1 and described below. Appearance feature extractor F . The network extracts 3D appearance features from the source image. It consists of a number of downsampling blocks, followed by a convolution layer that projects the input 2D features to 3D features. We then apply a number of 3D residual blocks to compute the final 3D features fs. Canonical keypoint detector L. The network takes the source image and applies a U-Net style encoder-decoder to extract canonical keypoints. Since we need to extract 3D keypoints, we project the encoded features to 3D through a 1 ˆ 1 convolution. The output of the 1 ˆ 1 convolution is the bottleneck of the U-Net. The decoder part of the U-Net consists of 3D convolution and upsampling layers. Head pose estimator H and expression deformation estimator ∆. We adopt the same architecture as in Ruiz et al. [10]. It consists of a series of ResNet bottleneck blocks, followed by a global pooling to remove the spatial dimension. Different linear layers are then used to estimate the rotation angles, the translation vector, and the expression deformations. The full angle range is divided into 66 bins for rotation angles, and the network predicts which bin the target angle is in. The estimated head pose and deformations are used to transform the canonical keypoints to obtain the source or driving keypoints. Motion field estimator M . After the keypoints are predicted, they are used to estimate warping flow maps. We generate a warping flow map wk based on the k-th keypoint using the first-order approximation [11]. Let pd be a 3D coordinate in the feature volume of the driving image d. The k-th flow field maps pd to a 3D coordinate in the 3D feature volume of the source image s, denoted by ps, by:
COPD_A_193037 1317..1322

Health eResearch Centre, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Background: Physical activity is an important predictor for survival in patients with COPD. Wearable technology, such as pedometer or accelerometer, may offer an opportunity to quantify physical activity and evaluate related health benefits in these patients. Objectives: To assess the performance of wearable technology in monitoring and improving physical activity in COPD patients from published studies. Methods: Literature search of Medline, Cochrane, Dare, Embase and PubMed databases was made to find relevant articles that used wearable technology to monitor physical activity in COPD patients. Results: We identified 13 studies that used wearable technology, a pedometer or an accelerator, to monitor physical activity in COPD patients. Of these, six studies were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) which used the monitors as part of the intervention. Two studies reported the same outcomes and comparable units. They had measured the difference that the intervention makes on the number of steps taken daily by the patients. The results were highly heterogeneous with I=92%. The random-effects model gave an effect outcome on the number of steps taken daily of 1,821.01 [−282.71; 3,924.74] in favor of the wearable technology. Four of the 13 studies have reported technical issues with the use of the wearable technology, including high signal-to-noise ratio, memory storage problems and inaccuracy of counts. While other studies did not mention any technical issues, it is not clear whether these did not experience them or chose not to report them. Conclusions: Our literature search has shown that data on the use of wearable technology to monitor physical activity in COPD patients are limited by the small number of studies and their heterogeneous study design. Further research and better-designed RCTs are needed to provide reliable results before physical activity monitors can be implemented routinely for COPD patients.
Implementation and Effectiveness Evaluation of the VeraGreg Scheme on a Low-Cost Microcontroller

Homomorphic encryption is an effective way of securing data privacy while maintaining the possibility to process the data. The VeraGreg framework, unlike other existing homomorphic cryptosystem allows for verification of computation that was done with the encrypted data. This work deals with an implementation of the VeraGreg framework and its effectiveness comparison with a näıve scheme based on symmetric encryption. Secure microcontroller CE1302 was chosen as the implementation platform. A new library for multiprecision integer arithmetic was created as well as the first published implementation of Paillier cryptosystem using hardware RSA accelerator. The VeraGreg framework is 200 times slower compared to the naive scheme and occupies one third more space in the program memory, so it is not a suitable alternative to symmetric cryptosystems. On the other hand, it provides privacy to the user while allowing computations with the encrypted data, and verifying that is has not been manipulated during the computation.