Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ship Intrusion Detection Using Accelerometer and Temperature Sensor

The traditional methods of detecting ships entail the use of radars or satellites which are very expensive. Besides the high cost, satellite images are easily affected by cloud cover, and it is difficult to detect small boats or ships on the sea with marine radar due to the noise or clutter generated by the uneven sea surface. Hence we go for new system. In this proposed system, the ship intrusion is going to be detected by placing accelerometer sensor and temperature sensor at the sea surface. The waves which are generated by the ocean and intruder ships are analyzed by the accelerometer and the signal is processed by the controller. The controller will transmits the data from the sea-shore section to the monitoring section in wireless communication mode called Zigbee. It’s a communication medium which operates in the frequency range of 2.4GHZ. The accelerometer sensor will distinguish both the signals and sends an individual data to the controller. The accelerometer and temperature sensors status and also the ship status are displayed in LCD. Keywords: Zigbee; Accelerometer; Temperature Sensor.
Consistent Crosslingual Data Transfer for Open Information Extraction

Progress with supervised Open Information 001 Extraction (OpenIE) has been primarily lim-002 ited to English due to the scarcity of train-003 ing data in other languages. In this pa-004 per, we explore techniques to automatically 005 convert English text for training OpenIE sys-006 tems in other languages. We introduce the 007 Alignment Augmented Consistent Translation 008 (AACTRANS) model to translate English sen-009 tences and their corresponding extractions con-010 sistently with each other — with no changes 011 to vocabulary or semantic meaning which may 012 result from independent translations. Using 013 the data generated with AACTRANS, we train 014 a novel two-stage generative OpenIE model, 015 which we call GEN2OIE, that outputs for each 016 sentence: 1) relations in the first stage and 017 2) all extractions containing the relation in 018 the second stage. GEN2OIE increases rela-019 tion coverage using a training data transforma-020 tion technique that is generalizable to multiple 021 languages, in contrast to existing models that 022 use an English-specific training loss. Evalua-023 tions on 5 languages — Spanish, Portuguese, 024 Chinese, Hindi and Telugu — show that the 025 GEN2OIE with AACTRANS data outperforms 026 prior systems by a margin of 6-40% F1. 1 027
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The authors present a study of the fracture patterns in onshore exposures of the Rolvsnes granodiorite. The methodology adopted is state-of-the art and includes some novel features that could eb highlighted further in the text. The results are well described and illustrated in figures including the supplementary files. The discussion of biases in the data is useful and the authors conclusion that they have identified a multiscale fracture hierarchy is justified. The study will be interesting to those working on fracture reservoirs generally and adds to our growing knowledge of fractured basement systems.
NBTree: a Lock-free PM-friendly Persistent B+-Tree for eADR-enabled PM Systems

Persistent memory (PM) promises near-DRAM performance as well as data persistency. Recently, a new feature called eADR is available on the 2 nd generation Intel Optane PM with the 3 rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. eADR ensures that data stored within the CPU caches will be flushed to PM upon the power failure. Thus, in eADR-enabled PM systems, the globally visible data is considered persistent, and explicit data flushes are no longer necessary. The emergence of eADR presents unique opportunities to build lock-free data structures and unleash the full potential of PM. In this paper, we propose NBTree, a lock-free PM-friendly B + -Tree, to deliver high scalability and low PM overhead. To our knowledge, NBTree is the first persistent index designed for eADR-enabled PM systems. To achieve lock-free, NBTree uses atomic primitives to serialize leaf node operations. Moreover, NBTree proposes four novel techniques to enable lock-free access to the leaf during structural modification operations (SMO), including three-phase SMO, sync-on-write, sync-on-read , and cooperative SMO. For inner node operations, we develop a shift-aware search algorithm to resolve read-write conflicts. To reduce PM overhead, NBTree decouples the leaf nodes into a metadata layer and a key-value layer. The metadata layer is stored in DRAM, along with the inner nodes, to reduce PM accesses. NBTree also adopts log-structured insert and in-place update/delete to improve cache utilization. Our evaluation shows that NBTree achieves up to 11X higher throughput and 43X lower 99% tail latency than state-of-the-art persistent B + -Trees under YCSB workloads.
Masterarbeit Machine Learning Uncertainty Propagation in Probabilistic Ordinary Diﬀerential Equation Solvers

In real-world applications, Initial value problems (IVP) for Ordinary diﬀerential equations (ODE) often involve uncertainties in the initial values and parameters (e.g., uncertain initial biomass concentration in a bioreactor kinetics problem). Such uncertainties could lead to noticeable variation to the resulted ODE solution, especially in non-linear systems. Therefore, it is crucial to quantify the expected ODE solution and the propagated uncertainty over time. However, ODE solvers on their own fail to propagate the uncertainties properly. Hence, this thesis discusses and compares approaches to address this issue from non-probabilistic and probabilistic perspectives. In particular, we propose a novel fully probabilistic approach to eﬃciently compute the expected value and variance of the ODE solutions. On top of producing accurate point estimates, our fully probabilistic approach also provides estimated numerical uncertainties, which can be further utilized in a computation pipeline.
Leonurine Protects Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Oxidative Stress by Activating Mitophagy through PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway

Osteoporosis bears an imbalance between bone formation and resorption, which is strongly related to oxidative stress. The function of leonurine on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) under oxidative stress is still unclear. Therefore, this study was aimed at identifying the protective effect of leonurine on H2O2 stimulated rat BMSCs. We found that leonurine can alleviate cell apoptosis and promote the differentiation ability of rat BMSCs induced by oxidative stress at an appropriate concentration at 10 μM. Meanwhile, the intracellular ROS level and the level of the COX2 and NOX4 mRNA decreased after leonurine treatment in vitro. The ATP level and mitochondrial membrane potential were upregulated after leonurine treatment. The protein level of PINK1 and Parkin showed the same trend. The mitophage in rat BMSCs blocked by 3-MA was partially rescued by leonurine. Bioinformatics analysis and leonurine-protein coupling provides a strong direct combination between leonurine and the PI3K protein at the position of Asp841, Glu880, Val882. In conclusion, leonurine protects the proliferation and differentiation of BMSCs from oxidative stress by activating mitophagy, which depends on the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. The results showed that leonurine may have potential usage in osteoporosis and bone defect repair in osteoporosis patients.
Path planning and navigation for autonomous mobile robot

Given a certain target point, the mobile robot's navigation could be mainly considered about two areas, 'how fast and accurate' and 'how safe'. Such problems regarding the velocity and stability have close relationship with the path in which the mobile robot navigates. Therefore, in this paper, considering the surrounding environment, the path planning was conducted to ensure stable navigation of the mobile robot for two main parts. First, the shortest path and the feature point for the global path planning was chosen by utilizing cell decomposition method off-line computation. Second, to control the movement and path between the feature points, Potential field method, which acutely responds to the surrounding environment on-line computation, is used. In order to detect the given path and avoid obstacles, the navigation algorithm was composed by using two fuzzy logic control.
Monoubiquitination in Homeostasis and Cancer

Monoubiquitination is a post-translational modification (PTM), through which a single ubiquitin molecule is covalently conjugated to a lysine residue of the target protein. Monoubiquitination regulates the activity, subcellular localization, protein–protein interactions, or endocytosis of the substrate. In doing so, monoubiquitination is implicated in diverse cellular processes, including gene transcription, endocytosis, signal transduction, cell death, and DNA damage repair, which in turn regulate cell-cycle progression, survival, proliferation, and stress response. In this review, we summarize the functions of monoubiquitination and discuss how this PTM modulates homeostasis and cancer.
A comprehensive study of lateral and vertical current transport in Si/Si/sub 1-x/Ge/sub xSi HBT's

We studied the effects of heavy doping and Ge concentration in the base on the dc performance of Si/Si/sub 1-x/Ge/sub xSi npn HBT's. The lateral drift mobility of holes in heavily doped epitaxial SiGe bases is found to be lower than bulk Si values and independent of Ge content, and the Hall scattering factor is less than unity and decreases with increasing Ge concentration. For the vertical electron transport we have observed bandgap narrowing due to heavy base doping which is, to first order, independent of Ge concentration. Finally, a model for the collector current enhancement with respect to Si devices, including the effects of reduced density of states in the strained Si/sub 1-x/Ge/sub x/ base and the effective bandgap due to Ge and heavy doping, is presented. <<ETX>>
Sex Differences in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-Related Left Ventricular Remodeling: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sex differences in myocardial structure, tissue characteristics, and myocardial function in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Methods A total of 62 T2DM patients and 40 controls were prospectively recruited for the study. All the participants were scanned using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) cine and underwent native and postcontrast T1 mapping to obtain left ventricular (LV) structure, function, and tissue characteristics. The differences between the control and T2DM patients were compared in males and females, respectively. Results For myocardial structure, T2DM was associated with a larger ratio of myocardial mass to end-diastolic volume (MVR, T2DM: 0.87 ± 0.20 vs. controls: 0.73 ± 0.14, p = 0.008) and thicker wall thickness (WT, T2DM: 6.5 ± 1.1 mm vs. controls: 5.6 ± 1.0 mm, p = 0.002) in females. For tissue characteristics, T2DM was associated with a similar T1 value, elevated extracellular volume fraction (ECV, T2DM: 27.8 ± 3.6% vs. controls: 25.1 ± 2.5%, p = 0.002), and increased extracellular matrix volume index (ECMVi, T2DM: 15.8 ± 3.8 ml/m2 vs. controls: 13.4 ± 2.7 ml/m2, p = 0.008) in males. For myocardial function, in male, compared with control, T2DM was associated with decreased peak longitudinal diastolic strain rate (PLDSR, T2DM: 0.97 ± 0.19 1/s vs. control: 1.13 ± 0.29 1/s, p = 0.030). Conclusions There might be sex differences in myocardial remodeling induced by T2DM, including LV structural concentric remodeling in female patients and extracellular matrix remodeling and subclinical diastolic dysfunction in male patients.
Size Dependent Dissolution of Silver Nanoparticles in Human Monocytic/Macrophage-Like U937 Cells and Speciation by Single Particle-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (SP-ICP-MS)

Abstract Various analytical methods have been employed to assess the nanoparticle (NP) toxicity and to better understand cell interactions. In this study, a rapid single particle – inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-MS) method is utilized to evaluate silver nanoparticle (AgNP) uptake by human monocytic/macrophage-like U937 cells. For this purpose, the cells were incubated with 40 nm and 70 nm AgNPs at 100 and 1000 ng mL−1 for 48 h. After cells were incubated with 40 nm and 70 nm AgNPs at the lower dosage (100 ng mL−1), the silver mass per cell was determined to be 1.5 ± 0.1 fg/cell (approximately 4 nanoparticles) and 3.6 ± 0.1 fg/cell (approximately 2 nanoparticles), respectively. Furthermore, for 100 ng mL−1 AgNP exposure, the results showed that silver was present both in the medium and in cell lysate only as AgNP. However, when cells were treated with 40 nm and 70 nm AgNPs at 1000 ng mL−1, approximately 10% and 40% of the total Ag concentration in cell lysate were AgNP and the rest was Ag+, while AgNP was the only species in the medium. The results show that 40 nm AgNP dissolved significantly more in cells compared to 70 nm AgNP. Moreover, ultracentrifugation, ICP-MS, and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) were employed with scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) to validate and confirm the SP-ICP-MS results.
Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Echocardiography and Multimodality Imaging

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an underdiagnosed genetic heart disease with an estimated prevalence of 0.2–0.5%. Although the prognosis of HCM is relatively good, with an annual general mortality of ~0.7%, some patients have an increased risk of sudden death, or of developing severe heart failure requiring heart transplantation or left ventricular (LV) assist device therapy. Therefore, earlier diagnosis and proper identification of high-risk patients may reduce disease-related morbidity/mortality by promoting timely treatment. Echocardiography is the primary imaging modality for patients with suspected HCM; it plays central roles in differential diagnosis from other causes of LV hypertrophy and in evaluating morphology, hemodynamic disturbances, LV function, and associated valvular disease. Echocardiography is also an essential tool for the continuous clinical management of patients with confirmed HCM. Other imaging modalities, such as cardiac computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can supplement echocardiography in identifying high-risk as well as milder HCM phenotypes. The role of such multimodality imaging has been steadily expanding along with recent advancements in surgical techniques and minimally invasive procedures, and the emergence of novel pharmacotherapies directly targeting pathogenic molecules such as myosin inhibitors. Here we review essential knowledge surrounding HCM with a specific focus on structural and functional abnormalities assessed by imaging modalities, leading to treatment strategies.
Ionizing radiation profiling through the induced refractive index change in backscattering-enhanced optical fibers

Enhanced Rayleigh backscattering optical fibers, interrogated by an optical frequency domain reflectometer, are used to perform remote real-time measurements of X-ray irradiation profiles, with possible application as dosimeters in radiotherapy treatments. The enhanced Rayleigh backscattering is obtained by proper engineering of the composition of fiber core, either by introduction of Aluminum or Magnesium silicate nanoparticles as radiation-sensitive dopants. A detectable radiation-induced refractive index change can be spatially resolved through the measurement of the frequency shift of the Rayleigh backscattering along the fiber. It is experimentally demonstrated that two mechanisms of radiation-induced refractive index change take place. At doses nearly compatible with those delivered in radiotherapy, a negative refractive index is induced, whereas at high doses the change is positive. This behavior is also confirmed by the shift of Bragg wavelength of a fiber Bragg grating inscribed in the nanoparticles-doped fiber and used as a reference.
Design and Implementation of FPGA in High Speed Fault Injection in VHDL

Fault injection is mainly used to test and evaluate the fault-tolerance based designs. In current VLSI technology fault injection has become a popular technique for experimentally verifying the fault tolerant based designs. In this paper an FPGA- based fault injection tool (FITO) that supports several synthesizable fault models of digital systems are implemented using VHDL. Aim is to build real time fault injection mechanism with good controllability and observability. Fault injection will be done by applying some extra gates and wires to the original design description and modifying the target VHDL model of the target system. The design will be validated with state machine based example and applying different types of faults. Analysis will be carried out studying the controllability and observability of the proposed scheme. Comparison will be carried out to estimate the speed wise improvement with respect to software simulation based fault injection method. Modelsim Xilinx Edition (MXE) will be used for functional simulation and Xilinx ISE 13.2 tools will be used for synthesis and performance analysis. Spartan-3E FPGA board will be used for on chip verification of the results with Chipscope software running on PC. The possible applications of the developed core and future scope for extension will also be documented.
Comparing the LC-MS Phenolic Acids Profiles of Seven Different Varieties of Brown Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Brown rice, an important material of whole-grain food, is increasingly popular for its health benefits. Thus, seven varieties of brown rice from southern China were analyzed in this study, concerning the free and bound phenolic compounds in the extract. The phenolic profiles of different brown rice were obtained and compared by the combination of HPLC and LC-MS analysis, in which eleven phenolic acids were identified. It was indicated that the total phenolic contents of different brown rice varied from 92.32 to 196.54 mg of gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/100 g DW. Ferulic acid and p-coumaric acid, free and bound, dominated within the phenolic acids. To be mentioned, the total phenols of Luotiangongmi (a kind of red rice) were significantly higher than the other six varieties. The high phenolic content of brown rice can further guide us to explore the functional properties of the crops.
Ku-Band Low Phase Noise VCO Using High-Quality Factor Transformer in 0.18-μm CMOS Technology

This work introduces a low phase-noise (PN) wideband voltage-controlled-oscillator (VCO) by proposing five ports transformer in 0.18-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> CMOS technology. The proposed VCO uses five ports transformer and operates in the low band when all the pMOS–nMOS cross-coupled VCO components are activated, whereas this VCO operates in the high band using only part of the transformer, and an nMOS cross-coupled core. The transformer is designed using the top metal layer (M6) and the first inductor is meander line U-shaped center tap inductor, while the second inductor consists of two shunted octagonal loops to increase the quality (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${Q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-) factor compared with using a single-loop inductor. The wideband switched transformer VCO achieves a measured frequency tuning range (FTR) of 16.4–17.1 GHz with a PN of −113.3 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset, and from 17 to 17.9 GHz with a PN of −110.3 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset in the low and high bands, respectively. The achieved figure-of-merit (FoM) is −189 and −186.4 dBc/Hz in the low and high bands, respectively.
The moral foundations of restraint: Partisanship, military training, and norms of civilian protection

How does partisan identification shape the attitudes of US military officers toward the protection of civilians in war? Drawing on unique cross-cohort surveys of soon-to-be commissioned officers in 12 Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) training battalions, we find that Democratic-leaning cadets generally prioritize norms of civilian protection more than Republican-leaning cadets when confronted with competing values of military advantage and force protection as part of a ‘combatant’s trilemma’. This gap remains partially resilient after sustained exposure to military training and socialization, including in the norms of restraint embodied by principles of combat ethics and the law of war. We attribute these partisan differences to insights from Moral Foundations Theory (MFT), which suggests that the moral values of Democrats and Republicans guide their views toward the individual use of force in combat. Our findings have important implications for comprehending the impact of political ideology and military training and socialization on attitudes regarding restraint toward civilians in war. Given the widely recognized conservative composition of the US military’s membership, these findings may help to further inform understanding of US military operations and the underlying causes of US adherence to – or violation of – the laws of armed conflict.
Genipin protects against mitochondrial damage of the retinal pigment epithelium under hyperglycemia through the AKT pathway mediated by the miR-4429/JAK2 signaling axis

Background To investigate the protective effect and mechanism of genipin (GE) on mitochondrial damage in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells induced by high glucose. Methods Differential genes of GE in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy (DR) were screened by the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Differential genes located in the AKT pathway were obtained. TargetScan, miRDB, and DIANA databases were used to predict the targeted microRNAs (miRNAs) of differential genes. A high-fat diet combined with streptomycin (STZ) intraperitoneal injection were used to establish a diabetic mouse model. Diabetic mice were treated with GE by intragastric administration. The functional and molecular changes of the retina were detected by electroretinogram (ERG) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). ARPE-19 cells were cultured under hyperglycemic conditions with AKT and JAK2 inhibitors. MiR-4429 was knocked down/overexpressed to detect changes in cell function, activity, and mitochondrial function. The dual luciferase reporter assay confirmed the targeted binding of miR-4429 with JAK2. Results Bioinformatics analysis finally yielded JAK2 as the research target gene. miR-4429 was predicted to be the targeted miRNA of JAK2 by online databases. The results of animal experiments showed that the retinal function of mice recovered after GE administration (P<0.05), the expression of AKT and miR-4429 in RPE cells was significantly increased (P<0.05), and the expression of JAK2 was significantly decreased (P<0.05). The results of cell experiments showed that the functions of cells and mitochondria recovered after the addition of GE under hyperglycemia (P<0.05). Cell and mitochondrial functions were decreased after the addition of AKT inhibitor (P<0.05). Overexpression of miR-4429 or inhibition of JAK2 increased cell activity and mitochondrial function (P<0.05). The results of the dual luciferase reporter assay showed that miR-4429 had a targeted binding site with JAK2. Conclusions GE protects ARPE-19 cell functional activity, inflammatory responses, and mitochondrial damage by promoting the AKT signaling pathway and regulating the expression of the miR-4429/JAK2 signaling axis.