Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dynamic scene shape reconstruction using a single structured light pattern

3D acquisition techniques to measure dynamic scenes and deformable objects with little texture are extensively researched for applications like the motion capturing of human facial expression. To allow such measurement, several techniques using structured light have been proposed. These techniques can be largely categorized into two types. The first involves techniques to temporally encode positional information of a projectorpsilas pixels using multiple projected patterns, and the second involves techniques to spatially encode positional information into areas or color spaces. Although the former allows dense reconstruction with a sufficient number of patterns, it has difficulty in scanning objects in rapid motion. The latter technique uses only a single pattern, so this problem can be resolved, however, it often uses complex patterns or color intensities, which are weak to noise, shape distortions, or textures. Thus, it remains an open problem to achieve dense and stable 3D acquisition in real cases. In this paper, we propose a technique to achieve dense shape reconstruction that requires only a single-frame image of a grid pattern. The proposed technique also has the advantage of being robust in terms of image processing.
Reversible pH‐Responsive Surface: From Superhydrophobicity to Superhydrophilicity

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A novel pericentric inversion of chromosome 3 cosegregates with a developmental-behavioural phenotype

Current advances in genetic knowledge and analysis have facilitated the shift in emphasis from single gene disorders to complex traits such as cancer and atopic disorders where changes in more than one gene usually contribute to the disease phenotype. A challenging area of complex trait research is the determination of the genetic basis of behavioural phenotypes. Early studies in this area focused on classical linkage analysis in pedigrees which segregated the trait of interest and led to the identification of genes for intellectual disability, such as fraX(A). 1,2 In this disorder, mutations in a single gene are sufficient to generate the disease phenotype. In contrast, with other neurodevelopmental disorders, results to date have been much more complex. With ADHD, for example, a large number of genes affecting neurotransmitter function, particularly dopamine, have been implicated. However, results from linkage or association studies have not been reliably replicated. Even the most promising gene candidates are implicated in only a small percentage of ADHD cases.3,4 Identification of the genes involved is a challenging task. Firstly, accurate phenotype definition is crucial to successful outcomes in these pooled studies. Secondly, neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD are multifactorial, with a number of different genes, likely to be of varying effect and interacting with environmental influences, presumably contributing to the development of the observed phenotypes. We have identified an extended family where the proband, a child with moderate intellectual disability as well as severe conduct disturbance, was found to have a pericentric inversion of chromosome 3. The inversion was found to cosegregate with developmental-behavioural problems in other members of the family. In order to describe the phenotype, a developmental-behavioural paediatrician undertook a standardised clinical evaluation of eight of the juvenile members of the extended family. The findings are presented in this paper. ### Participants The parents/guardians …
Modelling and Analysis of the Induction-Heating Converters

The aim of this chapter is the presentation of some aspects related to the modelling and analysis of the induction-heating load-resonant converters as components of the inductionheating equipments. The induction-heating converters are used to produce a high-intensity alternative magnetic field in an inductor. The workpiece placed in the inductor is heated up by eddy-current losses produced by the magnetic field at a frequency defined by technological requirements (Rudnev et al., 2003). The basic principles of power electronic converter modelling are presented with emphasis on the specific solutions that can be applied in case of load-resonant converters. Detailed description and modelling of the electromagnetic, thermal and metallurgical phenomena involved in the induction-heating process is behind the scope of this chapter. Mathematical modelling of the induction-heating equipments means the representation of the physical behaviour of these systems by mathematical means. Generally, modelling should be concentrated on the phenomena which are of interest for the solution of the given engineering problem. These phenomena can be labelled as "dominant behaviour". All the other phenomena which have no influence from the point of view of the given problem are regarded as "insignificant phenomena". For example, the parasitic circuit components like the parasitic capacitances of power transistors and the stray inductances of busbars have negligible influence on the power control characteristics of a low-frequency or medium-frequency induction-heating inverter, while their influence is very important from the point of view of the transistor switching losses. The model should be as simple as possible, because a simple model yields better physical insight. For instance, in the model of the resonant load circuit used for converter analysis, an inductor for induction heating can almost always be modelled by a serial LR circuit with constant inductance and resistance. Variation of these parameters with the temperature of the workpiece and with the process (for example with the position of the workpiece in a scanning inductor) can be taken into account by defining a possible range of inductor parameters. The behaviour of the converter is normally verified for several sets of parameters from this range, but these are kept constant during the converter analysis. The refinement of the model can be made if necessary after the basic phenomena have been clarified. Depending on the problem to be analyzed, one can decide to refine the existing model or to go for other simplified models. For instance, the analysis of the DC-link voltage
Mechanisms of tumour cell invasion and metastasis formation in the brain : a review

3 INTRODUCTION 4 CHAPTER I: 7 PRIMARY BRAIN TUMOURS Characteristics of malignant brain tumours 7 The origin of brain tumours and the “cancer stem cells hypothesis” 7 Molecular mechanisms of invasion 9 1) PROLIFERATION / EXPANSION 10 Initiation and progression pathways 11 Regulators of nervous system development as tumour suppressors 12 Growth factors 12 Molecules involved in DNA repair 13 2) MIGRATION 14 Integrins’ attachment to the ECM 15 FAK in integrin and growth factor mediated signalling 16 ECM derived from gliomas 17 ECM digestion 18 3) ROLE OF ANGIOGENESIS AND ANGIOGENIC INDUCTION IN GLIOMAS INVASION 19 Angiogenic factors involved in brain tumour cell migration 20 Role of HIF 20 Role of VEGF 21 Role of FGF-2 21 Role of MMPs 22 The relevance of the perivascular environment 22 4) THE ROLE OF CANCER STEM CELLS AND VASCULAR NICHES 26 Evidence for cancer stem cell vascular niche in primary brain tumours 26 CHAPTER II: 29 BRAIN METASTASIS Mechanisms of metastasis seeding 29 Formation of the premetastatic niche 30 Intracerebral metastatic invasion 32 Brain-metastasis interface 32 Local tumour invasion 32 Brain metastasis and neoangiogenesis 33 Molecular regulation of metastatic growth (metastasis suppressor genes) 34 CONCLUSION 35 BIBLIOGRAPHY 37
THE IMPACT OF MET-OCEAN FORECASTS ON EXPORT SHIPPING OPERATIONS ON THE NORTH-WEST SHELF OF AUSTRALIA

Along the North-West Shelf of Australia, mining export operations must work in tune with nature’s whims. This paper discusses some of the refinements that have been made to enable loading and mooring operations to work more effectively with the environmental conditions on a daily basis for the port of Cape Lambert. This approach is shown to have a positive impact on moored vessel safety and port throughput efficiency. Though infrequently dangerous to deep draft vessels, the swells that propagate along the NorthWest Shelf (some from as far away as the Antarctic ocean) can on occasion threaten safe sailing opportunities due to ship motions and under-keel clearance concerns. Furthermore, large swells, along with strong winds and currents, can be dangerous to moored vessels, causing increased line tensions and potential line breakage. Depending on port operations, shippers may have pro-active measures to manage hazardous conditions, such as deploying tugs to assist moored vessels. However, deploying such measures comes at a cost, for instance burning thousands of litres of fuel and exposing operations to dangerous conditions. Therefore, users require accurate information on the potential levels of line breakage to help make informed decisions between the ‘do-something’ and ‘do-nothing’ options, i.e. balancing the costs of deploying preventative measures with the potential costs of line breakage. To operate safely and economically, shipping operations make use of stochastically enhanced forecasts to ensure that modelling inaccuracies are accounted for, and that local observations can also be used to inform predictions. All the data sources (waves, wind, and currents) are incorporated into a single model which generates warning levels, giving users an easy-tounderstand idea of the potential dangers to moored vessels without having to view and interpret multiple data sources which may be difficult and imprecise.
Predicting Arterial Oxygen Desaturation Events Via Patient Journal and Pulse Oximetry Data in Postoperative Ambulatory Surgery Patients

1 Chapter 1 – Introduction . 1 Overview . 1 Background . 2 Purpose of the Study . 4 Significance of the Study . 6 Introduction to the Theoretical Framework . 9 Summary of Data Sources . 10 Chapter Summary and Overview of Remaining Chapters . 10 Chapter 2 – Literature Review . 12 Introduction . 12 Growing Demand for Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgery . 12 The Obstructive Sleep Apnea Epidemic . 13 Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Postoperative Risk . 14 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Diagnosis . 16 Quality of Life Factors: Alcohol Use . 17 Quality of Life Factors: Tobacco Use . 18 Quality of Life Factors: Pain and Analgesia. 20
A note on a confidence bound of Kuzborskij and Szepesv\'ari

In an interesting recent work, Kuzborskij and Szepesv\'ari derived a confidence bound for functions of independent random variables, which is based on an inequality that relates concentration to squared perturbations of the chosen function. Kuzborskij and Szepesv\'ari also established the PAC-Bayes-ification of their confidence bound. Two important aspects of their work are that the random variables could be of unbounded range, and not necessarily of an identical distribution. The purpose of this note is to advertise/discuss these interesting results, with streamlined proofs. This expository note is written for persons who, metaphorically speaking, enjoy the"featured movie"but prefer to skip the preview sequence.
A model for skyline query processing in a partially complete database

In the recent years, skyline queries become one of the predominant and most frequently used queries among preference queries in the database system. Its main theme is to identify and return those data items that are not dominated by any other data item in the database. In the past decade, a tremendous number of research have been conducted emphasized on skyline queries by proposing many variations of skyline techniques for a different type of database. Most of these techniques claimed that a database has complete data and values are always present when process skyline queries. However, this is not necessary to be always the case, particularly for large databases with a high number of dimensions as some values may be missing. Thus, existing techniques cannot be easily tailored to derive skylines in a database with missing values. Two significant issues might be raised, the issue of losing transitivity property which thus leads to the issue of cyclic dominance. Finding skylines in a database with partially complete data has not received enough attention. This paper proposes an efficient model to identify skylines over a database with partial complete data. Experimental results on various types of datasets demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms the previous approach in terms of the number of pairwise comparisons.
The emerging role of Hippo signaling in neurodegeneration

Neurodegeneration refers to the complex process of progressive degeneration or neuronal apoptosis leading to a set of incurable and debilitating conditions. Physiologically, apoptosis is important in proper growth and development. However, aberrant and unrestricted apoptosis can lead to a variety of degenerative conditions including neurodegenerative diseases. Although dysregulated apoptosis has been implicated in various neurodegenerative disorders, the triggers and molecular mechanisms underlying such untimely and faulty apoptosis are still unknown. Hippo signaling pathway is one such apoptosis‐regulating mechanism that has remained evolutionarily conserved from Drosophila to mammals. This pathway has gained a lot of attention for its tumor‐suppressing task, but recent studies have emphasized the soaring role of this pathway in inflaming neurodegeneration. In addition, strategies promoting inactivation of this pathway have aided in the rescue of neurons from anomalous apoptosis. So, a thorough understanding of the relationship between the Hippo pathway and neurodegeneration may serve as a guide for the development of therapy for various degenerative diseases. The current review focuses on the mechanism of the Hippo signaling pathway, its upstream and downstream regulatory molecules, and its role in the genesis of numerous neurodegenerative diseases. The recent efforts employing the Hippo pathway components as targets for checking neurodegeneration have also been highlighted.
“The feeling of fear was not from my student, but from myself”: A pre-service teacher’s shift from traditional to problem-posing second language pedagogy in a Mexican youth prison

Recommended Citation Kasun, G. Sue; Santos, Abigail; Jang, Gyewon; and Espinosa, Zurisaray (2020) "“The feeling of fear was not from my student, but from myself”: A pre-service teacher’s shift from traditional to problem-posing second language pedagogy in a Mexican youth prison," Journal of Multicultural Affairs: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://scholarworks.sfasu. edu/jma/vol5/iss1/1
A Formal Model to Manage the InfiniBand Arbitration Tables Providing QoS

The InfiniBand architecture (IBA) is an industry-standard architecture for server I/O and interprocessor communication. IBA enables quality-of-service (QoS) support with certain mechanisms. These mechanisms are basically the service levels, the virtual lanes, and the table-based arbitration of those virtual lanes. In previous papers, we have examined these mechanisms and described how we can apply them to the requirements requested by the applications. We have also tested our proposals, showing that the applications achieve the level of QoS requested. In this paper, we present a formal model for the techniques previously proposed. According to this model, each application needs a sequence of entries in the IBA arbitration tables based on its requirements. These requirements are related to the mean bandwidth needed and the maximum latency tolerated by the application. Specifically, each request requires a number of entries with a maximum separation between any consecutive pair. In order to manage the requests, we propose certain algorithms and we prove some propositions and theorems, showing that our method achieves good behavior.
MHC Class I–Related Chain A Conjugated to Antitumor Antibodies Can Sensitize Tumor Cells to Specific Lysis by Natural Killer Cells

Purpose: As a first step for the development of a new cancer immunotherapy strategy, we evaluated whether antibody-mediated coating by MHC class I–related chain A (MICA) could sensitize tumor cells to lysis by natural killer (NK) cells. Experimental Design: Recombinant MICA (rMICA) was chemically conjugated to Fab′ fragments from monoclonal antibodies specific for tumor-associated antigens, such as carcinoembryonic antigen, HER2, or CD20. Results: Flow cytometry analysis showed an efficient coating of MICA-negative human cancer cell lines with the Fab-rMICA conjugates. This was strictly dependent on the expression of the appropriate tumor-associated antigens in the target cells. Importantly, preincubation of the tumor cells with the appropriate Fab-rMICA conjugate resulted in NK cell–mediated tumor cell lysis. Antibody blocking of the NKG2D receptor in NK cells prevented conjugate-mediated tumor cell lysis. Conclusions: These results open the way to the development of immunotherapy strategies based on antibody-mediated targeting of MICA.
Estimation of slip rates in the southern Tien Shan using cosmic ray exposure dates of abandoned alluvial fans

Cosmic ray exposure dates (based on in situ–produced 10 Be), in combination with measured heights of fault scarps that cut three abandoned fans, imply a slip rate of less than ∼2 mm/yr on the bounding thrust fault along a segment of the southern flank of the Tien Shan of central Asia. This rate, somewhat lower than those for the segment farther west and for the northern margin of the belt, implies that the distribution of shortening across the Tien Shan must change markedly along the belt. The date of abandonment of the smallest of the three fans is consistent with fan formation since the last glacial maximum, but the other two fans appear to have been formed and abandoned prior to that time. These and other results suggest that advances and retreats of alpine glaciers may not be synchronized with continental ice sheets and that not all prominent geomorphological features in arid Asian regions have formed since the last glacial maximum. In this study we have assessed the relationship between cosmogenic nuclide content of individual clasts and the time since their deposition on a surface. Cosmogenic nuclide accumulation represents the integrated total surface exposure of rocks in source regions during transport and since deposition. Postdepositional processes (erosion, burial, bioturbation, and cryoturbation), all of which decrease the quantity of cosmogenic nuclides produced in a rock in a given time and hence the apparent exposure age, also cause significant scatter among apparent ages of samples from the surfaces. Very low 10 Be concentrations in material from active streambeds and at depth below one of the fan surfaces indicate that exposure prior to deposition onto fan surfaces was minimal (
MS epidemiology world wide. One view of current status

The title that I submitted was not quite that which was printed. The reasons for this difference may well become obvious (1). In clinical neurology we have three axioms, LPG. Localization: ‘where is the lesion? ’; Paranoia: ‘don’t trust anyone, make up your own mind’; and GIGO: ‘garbage in, garbage out’; with wrong information you come up with wrong answers. These axioms also hold true in epidemiology (2). Instead of ‘where is the lesion? ’, it is ‘where is the case’ which means how does one define a case and how does one ascertain same. Once one has a series of cases, the next question is to what can this be compared. To make frequencies comparable, it is necessary to use populationbased rates. The common ones in use are the incidence rate, the prevalence rate, and the mortality or death rate. Ascertainment of cases in a population can be in a variety of ways. At any one time in a circumscribed population there will be a finite number of cases of a disease. Many will have symptoms of the disorder, but some will be asymptomatic. If we examine the entirety of the population we can ascertain those with symptoms and those with abnormalities on examination even though they are asymptomatic. That is not practical for such a disorder as MS. What has been done in MS prevalence studies is to ascertain all of the cases that are known to the medical facilities serving that circumscribed population. This includes, as well, all of the associated social facilities and private agencies J. F. Kurtzke
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia

Part I The Origins of Russia: Origins of the Slavs Expansion of the Slavs Kievan Rus Principalities and Novgorod Republic Christianity in Russia. Part II From Tatars to Time of Trouble: Russia under the Tatars The Rise of Muscovy Russian Expansion The Time of Troubles The Fur Trade. Part III From Muscovite to Imperial Russia: Russia to the End of the Petrine Period Russia to Catherine the Great Russia in Asia Provinces, Population and Economy Peter the Great and St Petersburg. Part IV Russia from Early 19th Century: Russia in Europe after 1798 European Russia 1801-1881 Economic Development to 1860 Russia in the Caucasus Russia in Central Asia The Crimean War. Part V From Reform to Revolution: Industrialization by 1900 The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 The 1905 Revolution World War I The Tsars. Part VI From Revolution to the USSR: 1917 Revolutions Civil War and Foreign Intervention New Economic Policy (NEP) Creation of USSR and Rise of Stalin Industrialization and Collectivization Foreign Policy Stalinist Repression. Part VII War, Peace and Dissolution: Barbarossa Stalingrad to Berlin Post-war Stalinism Khrushchev and the Arms Race The Brezhnev Era Gorbachev - Nationalism and Europe USSR Dissolves Khrushchev and the "Virgin Lands".
Endoscopic Accessories Used for More Advanced Endoluminal Therapeutic Procedures

Endoscopic accessories describe an extensive variety of auxiliary instruments used for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. Various endoscopic accessories have been developed over the previous few decades and are mostly used for treating neoplastic lesions, such as early gastrointestinal (GI) carcinomas and premalignant lesions. Because of extensive research on natural orifice endoluminal surgery (NOTES) in the early 2000s and recent technological developments, new devices have been developed for various advanced endoluminal therapeutic procedures. In particular, a remarkable development of endoscopic management was achieved in the field of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obesity. In both conditions, there is treatment gap between medical and surgical therapy. A large proportion of the patients who do not respond to medical treatment and lifestyle modification, still hesitate to directly undergo surgical treatment. To bridge this gap, endoscopic management has been receiving increasing attention. In this article, I review endoscopic and/or endoluminal devices used for the treatment of GERD and obesity with proposed mechanisms of their function.