Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
FAKE IRIS - BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION BY FUTURISTIC COMPONENT BASED FAKE DETECTION USING UNUSAL APPROACH OVER SUPPLY VECTOR MACHINE

: To ensure the actual occurrence of a real reasonable feature in contrast to a fake self manufactured synthetic or reconstructed sample is a significant problem in biometric confirmation, which requires the development of new and efficient protection procedures. In this paper, we present a novel software-based fake detection method that can be used in multiple biometric systems to detect different types of deceitful access attempts. The objective of the proposed system is to enrich the security of biometric appreciation frameworks, by adding live ness assessment in a fast, user-friendly, and non-intrusive manner, through the use of image worth assessment. The proposed approach presents a very low degree of difficulty, which makes it suitable for real-time applications, using 25 general image quality structures extracted from one image (i
MALARIA: THE RELATIONSHIP OF DIFFERENT ABO BLOOD GROUPS WITH MALARIA

: Background: Frequency of ABO blood groups had remained changed in different regions according to environmental factors and diseases. Blood group O is highly frequent in areas where malaria had been remained frequent. ABO and Rh blood groups had protective role in diseases as suggested in different studies. Objective: Main objective of current study was concerned to find out the relationship of different ABO blood groups with malaria. Design: This study was cross sectional. Setting: This current research was conducted in the department of medicine, during the period from May 2017 to December 2017 at Peoples Medical College Hospital Nawabshah. Sample Size: After achieving the selection criterion, 385 subjects from either gender with malaria were recruited in the study. Material and Methods: Different variables such as sex, age, address, presence of malaria parasite and blood group of patient were obtained subsequent to brief consultation. Clinical examination of subjects was carried out for malarial diagnosis. Samples of blood for malaria parasite and blood grouping were collected. Results: In385 diagnosed patients of malaria, 191 (49.6%) male and194 (50.4%) were females. Plasmodium falciparum were seen in 153 subjects, while plasmodium vivax was detected in 232 cases. Blood grouping was done in all subjects of study who were positive for malaria. Blood group O+ve was observed in 34.8% subjects. Conclusion: The blood group O +ve were commonly associated with malaria .
Dietary long-chain n (cid:1) 3 fatty acids for the prevention of cancer: a review of potential mechanisms 1–3

Increasing evidence from animal and in vitro studies indicates that n (cid:1) 3 fatty acids, especially the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty ac-idseicosapentaenoicacidanddocosahexaenoicacid,presentinfattyfishandfishoilsinhibitcarcinogenesis.Theepidemiologicdataontheassociationbetweenfishconsumption,asasurrogatemarkerforn (cid:1) 3 fatty acid intake, and cancer risk are, however, somewhat less consistent.Thisreviewhighlightscurrentknowledgeofthepotentialmechanismsoftheanticarcinogenicactionsofn (cid:1) 3 fatty acids. Moreover, a possible explanation of why some epidemiologic studies failed to find an association between n (cid:1) 3 fatty acid intake and cancer risk is provided. Several molecular mechanisms whereby n (cid:1) 3 fatty acids may modify the carcinogenic process have been proposed. These include suppression of arachidonic acid–derived eicosanoid biosynthesis; influences on transcription factor activity, gene expression, and signal transduction pathways; alteration of estrogen metabolism; increased or decreased production of free rad-icalsandreactiveoxygenspecies;andmechanismsinvolvinginsulinsensitivityandmembranefluidity.Furtherstudiesareneededtoevaluateandverifythesemechanismsinhumanstogainmoreun-derstandingoftheeffectsofn (cid:1) 3 fatty acid intake on cancer risk. Am J Clin Nutr 2004;79:935–45.
Structural Damage Detection Using Wavelet Packet Transform and Improved Peak-Picking Method

After world war the second, building industry has developed greatly. However, aging and other internal and external effects cause structural damage and serious problems and even structural collapse. So, in recent decades, structural health monitoring has been considered extensively. Vibration response processing is one of the damage detection methods. Because of development in signal processing, this method has been considered strongly. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) aims to give, at every moment during the life of a structure, a diagnosis of the state of the constituent materials, of the different parts, and of the full assembly of these parts constituting the structure as a whole. The state of the structure must remain in the domain specified in the design, although this can be altered by normal aging due to usage, by the action of the environment, and by accidental events. Thanks to the time-dimension of monitoring, which makes it possible to consider the full history database of the structure, and with the help of Usage Monitoring, it can also provide a prognosis (evolution of damage, residual life, etc.). If we consider only the first function, the diagnosis, we could estimate that Structural Health Monitoring is a new and improved way to make a NonDestructive Evaluation. This is partially true, but SHM is much more. It involves the integration of sensors, possibly smart materials, data transmission, computational power, and processing ability inside the structures. It makes it possible to reconsider the design of the structure and the full management of the structure itself and of the structure considered as a part of wider systems. In this study a combined method is introduced in order to damage detection and estimation of its location and severity. In this method, at first, in order to elimination of possible noise, vibration response is processed using wavelet packet transform. After that, acceleration response in each DOF is estimated based on response of its neighbor DOFs using ARMAX model. If there is any damage around that DOF, estimated and recorded response would be different. This mismatch has direct relationship with damage extension. Surveying changes in stiffness or flexibility structural matrix could be a suitable approach for damage extension estimation. Because of inverse relationship between flexibility matrix and natural frequencies, flexibility matrix could be estimated properly using limited number of structural modes. In this study, peak picking method is implemented for natural frequencies and mode shapes identification. Comparison of flexibility matrix in different situation could be a proper index for structural state. In this study, flexibility matrix change in a DOF is used as damage index.
Regulation of Cortical 5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A -Receptor Mediated Electrophysiological Responses in the Rat Following Daily Oral Lithium Administration

Down-regulation of 5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A (5-HT 2A ) receptors has been a consistent effect induced by most antidepressant drugs. Lithium is the antimanic drug with the most comprehensive clinical literature in both unipolar depression and manic-depressive illness. With respect to unipolar depression, lithium is best established as an augmenting agent, but lithium also possesses modest antidepressant properties when used as monotherapy. The question of 5-HT 2A receptor sensitivity during chronic antidepressant administration is important since activation of 5-HT 2A receptors is associated with impulsivity and since down-regulation of 5-HT 2A receptor binding/function has been associated with most antidepressant treatments. Therefore, the effects of subchronic oral lithium administration (one or two weeks) on pharmacologically characterized electrophysiological response mediated by 5-HT 2A receptor activation in the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) and the piriform cortex were examined. The concentration-response curve for 5-HT-induced EPSCs and 5-HT-induced firing of GABAergic interneurons recorded from the PFC and piriform cortical slices, respectively, was unchanged following subchronic lithium treatment. The efficacy of AMPA receptor activation was attenuated in the piriform cortex. While not having an effect on the concentration-response of 5-HT-induced EPSCs in the medial PFC, lithium did enhance both the onset and magnitude of desensitization for 5-HT-induced EPSCs in the PFC. Interestingly, lithium did not appear to attenuate the resensitization of 5-HT-induced EPCS. This asymmetric effect of lithium on 5-HT 2A desensitization vs. resensitization in the PFC may be relevant for understanding the regulation of 5-HT 2A receptor trafficking lithium.
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH Courting Controversy: When Taking a Stand on Social Issues Hurts Or Helps Business

Brand activism regarding socio-political issues has an asymmetric effect on consumers’ attitude towards the brand. The effect also depends on who takes the stand for the brand (source distance). Consumers process brand activism through a constructive moral reasoning process, instead of the intuitive and/or affective processes identified in moral psychology. ABSTRACT Brand activism regarding socio-political issues has an asymmetric effect on consumers’ attitude towards the brand. The effect also depends on who takes the stand for the brand (source distance). Consumers process brand activism through a constructive moral reasoning process, instead of the intuitive and/or affective processes identified in moral psychology. In 2012, when public opinion regarding same-sex marriages in the United States was highly polarized, the CEO of the American fast food chain Chick-fil-A made public statements opposing mar riage equality. This led to a wave of protests against the brand led by supporters of same-sex marriage. On the other hand, the com pany also received a large show of public support on “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” (Norman 2012). The case described above is only one of the several recent examples of companies taking a stand on controversial social issues for which the public opinion is highly po-larized. The Marketing Science Institute has identified the issue of whether brands should take stands in social issues as one of the criti-cal emerging challenges in marketing (Marketing Science Institute 2016). Here, we use the term Brand Activism for such activities. We define “Brand Activism” as the act of publicly taking a stand on con troversial social and political issues by a brand or a person associated with the brand. In this research, we investigate how brand activism influences consumers’ evaluation of the brand. Controversial or issues open higher similarity
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory AND THE GIOVANNINI-VAN HOVE MODEL

Properties of a Poisson-type distribution satisfying the same recurrence relation as the negative binomial distribution are investigated using the charged multiplicity data of pp, pp, 1t + p, K+ P and e + e - interactions. Its two parameters are found to deviate significantly from the predictions of the Giovannini-Van Hove model. Remarks are made on the property of quark content of the multiplicity due to fragmentation of colliding particles such as p, 7tlK and e under investigation.
Applied Multiway Data Analysis

This groundbreaking book is the first of its kind to present methods for analyzing multiway data by applying multiway component techniques. Multiway analysis is a specialized branch of the larger field of multivariate statistics that extends the standard methods for two-way data, such as component analysis, factor analysis, cluster analysis, correspondence analysis, and multidimensional scaling to multiway data. Applied Multiway Data Analysis presents a unique, thorough, and authoritative treatment of this relatively new and emerging approach to data analysis that is applicable across a range of fields, from the social and behavioral sciences to agriculture, environmental sciences, and chemistry.
Case Prednisone-induced neutropenia after cadaveric kidney transplantation

Leukopenia is a common problem after kidney transplantation, with a wide differential diagnosis. Usually it is induced by drugs (e.g. azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, ganciclovir, co-trimoxazole) or infections (e.g. cytomegalovirus). Rare causes are posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) and recurrence of pre-existing autoimmune disorders like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or Wegener’s granulomatosis.
on the Determination of the Polar Anchoring Energy by Capacitance Measurements in Nematic Liquid Crystals

: Capacitance measurements have been extensively used to measure the anchoring extrapolation length L at a nematic–substrate interface. These measurements are extremely delicate because the value found for L often critically depends on the sample thickness and the voltage range chosen to perform the measurements. Several reasons have been proposed to explain this observation, such as the presence of inhomogeneities in the director distribution on the bounding plates or the variation with the electric ﬁeld of the dielectric constants. In this paper, I propose a new method to measure L that takes into account this second effect. This method is more general than the one proposed in Murauski et al. Phys. Rev. E 71, 061707 (2005) because it does not assume that the anchoring angle is small and that the anchoring energy is of the Rapini–Papoular form. This method is applied to a cell of 8CB that is treated for planar unidirectional anchoring by photoalignment with the azobenzene dye Brilliant Yellow. The role of ﬂexoelectric effects and the shape of the anchoring potential are discussed.
Analyzing and prioritization of HSE performance evaluation measures utilizing Fuzzy ANP (Case studies: Iran Khodro and Tabriz Petrochemical)

Today, HSE (health, safety, and environment) systems play a vital role in green and sustainable aspects of the companies. However, performance evaluation of HSE systems is a crucial issue in industry and academia. This paper tries to identify and prioritize the effective factors in HSE performance in Iran Khodro (the largest automotive company in Iran) and Tabriz Petrochemical (one of the biggest Iranian petrochemical company). The factors are achieved through the literature and recent publications and then they are customized by the expert's opinions. Finally, a hybrid Fuzzy DEMATEL ANP approach is developed for prioritization of the factors. Indeed, Fuzzy DEMATEL is used in order to determine the relations among factors and sub factors and to help in providing ANP super matrix. Afterward, the Fuzzy ANP is proposed to find the final weights of the factors and sub factors. The weights are used in order to prioritize the factors for two selected companies.
Interventions on health care providers to improve seasonal influenza vaccination rates among patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence since 2000

Background: Seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) rates remain suboptimal in many populations, even in those with universal SIV. Objective: To summarize the evidence on interventions on health care providers (physicians/ nurses/pharmacists) to increase SIV rates. Methods: We systematically searched/selected full-text English publications from January 2000 to July 2019 (PROSPERO-CRD42019147199). Our outcome was the difference in SIV rates between patients in intervention and non-intervention groups. We calculated pooled difference using an inverse variance, random-effects model. Results: We included 39 studies from 8370 retrieved citations. Compared with no intervention, team-based training/education of physicians significantly increased SIV rates in adult patients: 20.1% [7.5–32.7%; I 2 = 0%; two randomized controlled trials (RCTs)] and 13.4% [8.6–18.1%; I 2 = 0%; two non-randomized intervention studies (NRS)]. A smaller increase was observed in paediatric patients: 7% (0.1–14%; I 2 = 0%; two NRS), and in adult patients with team-based training/education of physicians and nurses together: 0.9% (0.2–1.5%; I 2 = 30.6%; four NRS). One-off provision of guidelines/information to physicians, and to both physicians and nurses, increased SIV rates in adult patients: 23.8% (15.7–31.8%; I 2 = 45.8%; three NRS) and paediatric patients: 24% (8.1–39.9%; I 2 = 0%; two NRS), respectively. Use of reminders (prompts) by physicians and nurses slightly increased SIV rates in paediatric patients: 2.3% (0.5–4.2%; I 2 = 0%; two RCTs). A larger increase was observed in adult patients: 18.5% (14.8–22.1%; I 2 = 0%; two NRS). Evidence from both RCTs and NRS showed significant increases in SIV rates with varied combinations of interventions. Conclusions: Limited evidence suggests various forms of physicians’ and nurses’ education and use of reminders may be effective for increasing SIV rates among patients.
OFF-THE-JOB TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF TRAINEES

The purpose of this study was to comprehend the effectiveness of an training intervention. Trainees’ direct reactions to training provide organizations with enough feedback concerning their current training and development efforts. The research hypotheses focused on the efficacy gap between the expectations of trainees before training and their experiences after it was conducted. A purposive sample of 45 participants attending a selling skills training course completed a survey adapted from Chimote (2010). The repeated measures test indicated that experiences did not fulfill expectations. The Chi-square test revealed that age and education did not significantly affect the responses of participants. The results are discussed in addition to future research directions and practical implications. analysing their data. Second, the study only tested the participants' perceptions about the anticipated changes in Kirkpatrick's four phases (reaction, learning, behaviour and results) of training evaluation. We did not investigate actual changes on the job. Hence, future research could carry out more tests on the actual change in learning, behaviour, and organizational results across different time points.
Clinical use of alumina-toughened zirconia abutments for implant-supported restoration: prospective cohort study of success and survival analyses

[Abstract] Objectives: The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the effects of a number of clinical variables on the survival of alumina-toughened zirconia abutments used for implant-supported restorations. Material and Methods: Two hundred and thirteen patients aged 18 years or older were recruited from May 1998 through to September 2010. All patients were treated with dental implant-supported fixed restorations using alumina-toughened zirconia abutments. During the follow-up, each restoration was coded as a dental event, which included censored teeth, loosening or fracture of screws, and abutment fracture. From the coded data, the effects of the investigated clinical variables (restored area, number of prosthetic units, prosthesis type, implant system, and patient gender) on the survival of the alumina-toughened zirconia abutments were analysed. The five-year success and survival rates of the abutments were assessed. Results: The number of prosthetic units and the type of prosthesis had a significant association with success rate (P < 0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis estimated that the cumulative five-year success rate of alumina-toughened zirconia abutments used in single restorations was 80.3%. Splinted and fixed partial denture restorations had success rates of 96.1% and 96.2%, respectively. The five-year survival rate of the alumina-toughened zirconia abutments was more than 95%, regardless of the type of prosthesis. Conclusions: Alumina-toughened zirconia abutments are likely to exhibit excellent long-term survival in clinical use for fixed restorations. Single tooth replacement with an alumina-toughened zirconia abutment at the molar region may require special care and extra attention.
ESC/EACTS Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease

The 2012 Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease are a joint effort between the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). It is the first time the two organizations have partnered on valves and follows a previous collaboration on Guidelines for myocardial revascularization. But, there was a minimal amount of major opposition between the two groups. ‘They were pretty much on the same line for most of the document’, says Professor Alec Vahanian (France), who co-chaired the Guidelines Task Force with Professor Ottavio Alfieri (Italy). ‘It was quite surprising and probably reflects the fact that the whole team spirit has been [at play in valves] for a while, at least in Europe’. The most controversial area was how to manage asymptomatic patients, especially those with aortic stenosis and regurgitation. The Guidelines will be published in European Heart Journal and European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and presented for the first time during the ESC Congress in August 2012 in Munich. They contain a number of new elements since the last ESC Guidelines were published in 2007. The fact that they are joint guidelines is one of the most important changes, says Vahanian. Traditionally, in the field of heart disease, surgeons and cardiologists cooperated, but there was always one ‘gatekeeper’ and one ‘follower’. Today, the two groups collaborate, working hand in hand as a team. The change is largely down to the advent of the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure.
Sustainable Cities and Society

Smart city is an application of Internet of Things (IoT) notion. Unceasing growth of population and urbanization have intensi ﬁ ed innovative ways to handle urbanization with minimal impact on environment, citizen lifestyles, and governance. Initial integration of information communication technology (ICT) into city operations have promoted telicity, information city, and digital city concepts. Later, the conception of IoT has founded the smart cities, which support the city operations intelligently with minimal human interaction. Smart city emerged as a solution to address the challenges arise with exponential growth of urbanization and population. However, smart city concept is still evolving and not mainstreamed throughout the globe due to technological, economical, and governing barriers. Therefore, this paper aims to deliver the essence of smart cities. The paper presents a brief overview of smart cities, followed by the features and characteristics, generic architecture, composition, and real-world implementations of smart cities. Finally, we present some challenges and opportunities identi ﬁ ed through extensive literature survey on smart cities.
Reference evapotranspiration estimation by different methods for the sucroenergy sector of Colombia 1

: In the Colombian Sugarcane Research Center CENICAÑA, efficient use of water is always performed based on estimating reference evapotranspiration. In this method, class A pans have been used to estimate the reference evapotranspiration, which provides a more precise estimate of this important variable for water resource management. The objective of this study was to evaluate different reference evapotranspiration methods for the region of influence of the climatological station of the CENICAÑA experimental station. The class A pan method traditionally used in CENICAÑA was compared with and the Penman-Monteith FAO 56 standard method. The historical series used was from January 1, 1994, to December 31, 2014. The climatic variables were the maximum, mean, and minimum temperatures, the mean relative air humidity, solar radiation, and wind speed at 10 m. Willmott’s coefficients, the confidence index (c), and the root mean squared error were used in the performance evaluation. In the comparison with the Penman-Monteith FAO 56 method, all methods presented performance below the minimum requirement of (c) = 0.400. When all methods were compared with the method used in CENICAÑA (Class A pan), only the Penman-Monteith FAO 56 method showed performance classified as good (c = 0.689).