Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PII: S1010-7940(00)00553-4

Objective: In order to evaluate the traumatic effects of median sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in conventional and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting, in ̄ammatory response was studied in a prospective randomized trial in patients referred to single-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting. Methods: Four surgical techniques were compared: group 1, median sternotomy with CPB in ten patients (eight male, two female; aged 59.6 ^ 11.0 years (mean ^ SD)); group 2, median sternotomy and off-pump in ten patients (seven male, three female; aged 65.1 ^ 10.0 years); group 3, minithoracotomy with CPB in ten patients (seven male, three female, aged 61.2 ^ 10.4 years); group 4, minithoracotomy and off-pump in ten patients (nine male, one female, aged 62.9 ^ 9.8 years). All patients received a left internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Clinical data, perioperative values of cytokines and cardiac enzymes were monitored. Results: There were no major complications. Troponin-T and creatine kinase isoenzyme MB (CK-MB) levels were signi®cantly higher in CPB procedures (P , 0:0056; multivariate general linear model). Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were signi®cantly higher in minithoracotomy procedures. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) was signi®cantly increased in all patients compared with the preoperative values. Conclusions: The use of CPB is combined with higher levels of troponin-T and CK-MB as signs of myocardial damage. Surgical access was identi®ed as a trigger of in ̄ammatory response, as minithoracotomy is related to higher levels of IL-6. IL1 increased in all procedures and this occurred independently of the surgical access or the use of CPB, which points out a potential relationship between in ̄ammatory response and anesthesia. Neither CPB nor surgical access in ̄uenced the clinical outcome in the treatment of coronary artery single-vessel bypass grafting. q 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Cellular automata : a parallel model

Preface M. Nivat. Part 1: A general Survey. 1. An Introduction to Cellular Automata M. Delorme. 2. The Game of Life: Universality Revisited B. Durand, Zs. Roka. Part 2: Algorithmics. 3. Computations on Cellular Automata J. Mazoyer. 4. Computation on Grids J. Mazoyer. Part 3: Computational Power. 5. Cellular Automata as Language Recognizers M. Delorme, J. Mazoyer. 6. Computational Complexity of Cellular Automata: an Overview O. Ibarra. 7. A Counting Equivalence Classes Method to Prove Negative Results V. Terrier. Part 4: Dynamics. 8. Topological Definitions of Deterministic Chaos G. Cataneo, et al. Part 5: Modeling. 9. Modeling Diffusion of Informations with Probabilistic Cellular Automata N. Boccara, H. Fuks. 10. Cellular Automata Models and Cardiac Arrhythmias A. Bardou, et al. Part 6: Particular Techniques Examples. 11. Dynamic Properties of an Automaton with Memory M. Cosnard. 12. Linear Cellular Automata and De Bruijn Automata K. Sutner. 13. Cellular Automata, Finite Automata and Number Theory J.-P. Allouche. 14. Decision Problems on Global Cellular Automata K. Culik II. 15. An Introduction to Automata on Graphs E. Remila. Bibliography. List of Authors. Index.
Legionella pneumophila -induced PKC (cid:1) -, MAPK-, and NF- (cid:2) B-dependent COX-2 expression in human lung epithelium

B, Legionella pneumophila -induced PKC (cid:1) -, MAPK-, and NF- (cid:2) B-dependent COX-2 expression in human lung epithelium. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 292: L267–L277, 2007. Legionella pneumophila causes community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia. Lung airway and alveolar epithelial cells comprise an important barrier against airborne pathogens. Cyclooxygenase (COX) and microsomal PGE 2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1)-derived prostaglandins like prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ) are considered as important regulators of lung function. Herein we tested the hypothesis that L. pneumophila induced COX-2 and mPGES-1-dependent PGE 2 production in pul- monary epithelial cells. Legionella induced the release of PGE 2 in primary human small airway epithelial cells and A549 cells. This was accompanied by an increased expression of COX-2 and mPGES-1 as well as an increased PLA 2 activity in infected cells. Deletion of the type IV secretion system Dot/Icm did not impair Legionella -related COX-2 expression or PGE 2 release in A549 cells. L. pneumophila induced the degradation of I (cid:2) B (cid:1) and activated NF- (cid:2) B. Inhibition of IKK blocked L. pneumophila -induced PGE 2 release and COX-2 expression. We noted activation of p38 and p42/44 MAP kinase in Legionella -infected A549 cells. Moreover, membrane translocation and activation of PKC (cid:1) was observed in infected cells. PKC (cid:1) and p38 and p42/44 MAP kinase inhibitors reduced PGE 2 release and COX-2 expression. In summary, PKC (cid:1) and p38 and p42/44 MAP kinase controlled COX-2 expression and subsequent PGE 2 release by Legio- nella -infected lung epithelial cells. These pathways may signiﬁcantly contribute to the host response in Legionnaires’ disease.
Single-grain and multi-grain OSL dating of river terrace sediments in the Tabernas SE Spain

12 River terraces represent important records of landscape response to forcing 13 mechanisms (e.g. tectonic uplift and climatically driven changes in sediment availability) in 14 the Iberian Peninsula. In this study, Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating was 15 used to date sediments in two principal river terraces in the Tabernas Basin, SE Spain. A 16 total of 23 samples were collected from the fluvial terraces for dating using quartz OSL. 17 Sixteen of the samples could not be dated because of low saturation levels (e.g. typical 2xD 0 18 < 50 Gy). The remaining seven samples (5 fossil and 2 modern analogues) were 19 investigated using both multi-grain and single-grain analysis. Single grain results show that: 20 (i) measurements from multi-grain aliquots overestimate ages by up to ~ 4 ka for modern 21 analogues and young samples (< 5 ka), and (ii) that the presence of many saturated grains 22 has biased the multi-grain results to older ages. Despite the unfavourable luminescence 23 characteristics we are able to present the first numerical ages for two terrace aggradation 24 stages in the Tabernas Basin, one at ~16 ka and the other during the Mid-Late Holocene. 25
COPD_A_278327 3135..3145

1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 4The Clinical Research Center, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Aims: The aim of the study was to explore the functional and structural changes of the diaphragm and underlying mechanisms in response to 12 or 24 weeks of cigarette smoke (CS) exposure in rats. Materials and Methods: Rats were exposed to CS to develop a COPD model and the rats exposed to room air served as a control group. Rats were randomly divided into four groups: CS12W, CON12W, CS24W, and CON24W. Pulmonary function, lung histopathology, and the contractile properties and ultrastructure of diaphragm muscle were examined in these rats. The changes of transcriptomic profiling of diaphragm muscle were further compared between CS and control rats by the RNA Seq. Results: Both CS groups showed lower FEV0.3/FVC, elevated mean linear intercept (MLI), and reduced mean alveolar numbers (MAN) vs the control groups. The fatigue index (FI) of the diaphragm muscle from the CS12W group, but not CS24W, was significantly increased. Conversely, the force–frequency curves of the diaphragm muscle from the CS24W group, but not CS12W group, were significantly decreased. Consistently, mitochondrial number density (NA) and volume density (Vv) were increased in the CS12W diaphragm muscle, while being decreased in the CS24W group. Furthermore, the diaphragm transcriptomic profiling results showed that genes regulating cell proliferation and energy metabolic activity were un-regulated and genes regulating protein degradation were down-regulated in the CS12W diaphragm, while CS24W diaphragm showed opposite changes. Conclusion: These observations suggested a transition of diaphragm muscle from initial compensatory to decompensatory changes in function, structure, and gene expression during the development of COPD.
Patterns of Productivity in Information Retrieval (IR) Literature: A Patterns of Productivity in Information Retrieval (IR) Literature: A Study of the Scientometric Distributions Study of the Scientometric Distributions

The present paper aims to analyse the patterns of productivity in the information retrieval literature during the period of ten years i.e. (2009-2018). The study covers a total number of 4238 records indexed in the Scopus database. Out of a total of 4238 publications, a maximum 1915 records were contributed by two authors, followed by three authors with1176 contributions. A total of 17829 citations were recorded on 4238 publications and the maximum (29.67) annual growth was recorded in 2010 from the marked period of study. The overall relative growth was shown in fluctuating trend and lie between (0.16 to 0.83) while the doubling time was lies between (0.83 to 4.42). The average degree of authors collaborations was (0.94) recorded. The average collaboration coefficient (CC) and the collaborative index was (0.58) and (2.76) recorded respectively. Varma, V. from (International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad) was the most productive author with 45 publications; h-index 15; and a total citation 864. The maximum 2847 (67.18%) of publications in information retrieval were published in conference. In the field of computer science, the maximum 3370 publications were published. However, the maximum 177 research papers were contributed by Anna University while the maximum 15 publications were funded by the department of science and technology, Ministry of science and technology. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics was the most prolific source title with 224 publications while the most significant keyword was ‘Information Retrieval’ with 2963 publications during the period of study.
Interplay of Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation and Investment Behavior

India is one of the fastest growing economics of the world along with China. For economic development, it is necessary to invest savings in meaningful way. The objective of present paper is to study the relation between the individual enterprenuerial orientation and investment behavior. The data was collected from 200 respondents from Jalandhar city. The study found that there was relation between individual enterprenuerial orientation and investment behavior.
status, and application prospects of Wi - Fi data

: Understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of human activities is an important foundation and core content for exploring human-land relationship and improving human well-being in geographic research. The increasingly popular Wi-Fi network can provide reliable data for such understanding. To clarify the entry point and application direction of Wi-Fi data in geographic research, we compared Wi-Fi data with other location sensing data, including GPS, mobile phone signaling, and Bluetooth data. We found that Wi-Fi data have higher sampling accuracy and stronger sampling representativeness, which can obtain the continuous individual activity trajectory in various urban spaces indoors and outdoors, and support human activity research on a finer scale. Then we systematically reviewed the existing research using Wi-Fi data from the aspects of crowd activity status monitoring, individual social relationship identification, building function identification, and privacy infringement risk reduction. On this basis, we proposed the application prospects of Wi-Fi data, including real-time dynamic population data-based urban functional facility planning, multi-source data-based human-land relationship exploration, and human well-being oriented livable city construction. Therefore, we believe that Wi-Fi data will become a new support for geographic research on human activities.
Resultados adicionales

Extremely dense spatial sampling is often needed to prevent aliasing when rendering objects with high frequency variations in geometry and reﬂectance. To accelerate the rendering process, we introduce characteristic point maps (CPMs), a hierarchy of view-independent points, which are chosen to preserve the appearance of the original model across different scales. In preprocessing, randomized matrix column sampling is used to reduce an initial dense sampling to a minimum number of characteristic points with associated weights. In rendering, the reﬂected radiance is computed using a weighted average of reﬂectances from characteristic points. Unlike existing techniques, our approach requires no restrictions on the original geometry or reﬂectance functions.
University of Birmingham Sex differences in predictors of violent and non-violent juvenile offending

In response to concerns regarding the rise in female juvenile violent crime and the dearth of gender specific research, this study aimed to identify predictors of violent offending in female offenders . Data was extracted from risk assessments of 586 male and female juvenile offenders (aged 11-17 years) conducted between 2005 and 2009 by the Youth Offending Service in Gloucestershire, an English county. Information regarding the young people’s living arrangements, family and personal relationships, education, emotional/mental health, thinking and behaviour, and attitudes to offending was recorded. Comparisons were made between the violent male offenders ( n = 182), the violent female offenders ( n = 111), the non-violent male offenders ( n = 153), and the non-violent female offenders ( n = 140) for these variables. These were followed by a multinomial logistic regression analysis. The findings indicated that engaging in self-harm was the best predictor of being a female violent offender, with the predictors of giving into pressure from others and attempted suicide nearing significance. Furthermore, non-violent females were significantly less likely to lose control of their temper and more likely to give in to pressure from others than their violent counterparts. Non-violent males were significantly less likely to lose control of their temper and more likely to self-harm and give in to pressure from others than violent males. Although many similarities existed between genders for predictors of violent offending, the findings of this study indicate that more attention needs to be paid to the mental health of female offenders.
MODULATION OF NF (cid:539) B ACTIVITY AND E-CADHERIN BY THE TYPE III TGF (cid:533) RECEPTOR REGULATES CELL GROWTH AND MOTILITY

MODULATION OF NF B ACTIVITY AND E-CADHERIN BY THE TYPE III TGF RECEPTOR REGULATES CELL GROWTH AND MOTILITY Tracy L. Criswell and Carlos L. Arteaga Departments of Cancer Biology and Medicine, Breast Cancer Research Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 Running head: T RIII regulates NF B and E-cadherin Address correspondence to: Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, Division of Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2220 Pierce Avenue, 777 PRB, Nashville, TN 37232-6307 Tel. 615-936-3524, Fax 615-936-1790; Email: carlos.arteaga@vanderbilt.edu
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Bias and Controversy in Evaluation Systems Bias and Controversy in Evaluation Systems

In this paper, we investigate how deviation in evaluation ac-tivities may reveal bias on the part of reviewers and controversy on the part of evaluated objects. We focus on a ‘data-centric approach’ where the evaluation data is assumed to represent the ‘ground truth’. The standard statistical approaches take evaluation and deviation at face value. We argue that attention should be paid to the subjectivity of evaluation, judging the evaluation score not just on ‘what is being said’ (deviation), but also on ‘who says it’ (reviewer) as well as on ‘whom it is said about’ (object). Furthermore, we observe that bias and controversy are mutually dependent, as there is more bias if there is higher deviation on a less controversial object. To address this mutual dependency, we propose a reinforcement model to identify bias and controversy. We test our model on real-life data to verify its applicability.
Design and Implementation of Piecewise-Affine Observers for Nonlinear Systems

This thesis is divided into two main parts. The contribution of the first part is to design a continuous-time Piecewise-Affine (PWA) observer for a class of nonlinear systems. It is shown that the state estimation error is ultimately bounded. The bound on the state estimation error depends on the PWA approximation error. Moreover, it is shown that the state estimation error is still convergent and ultimately bounded when the output of the system is only available at sampling instants. The proof of convergence is presented in two parts: conditions dependent on the sampling time and conditions independent of the sampling time. In addition, ultimate boundedness of the state estimation error is proven in the presence of norm bounded measurement noise. It is shown that the bound on the state estimation error is dependent on the sampling time, PWA approximation error and the bound on the norm of the noise. The proposed approach for observer design leads to a convex optimization which can be solved efficiently using available software packages. The contribution of the second part is to implement the proposed PWA observer on a real setup of a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) available at the Hybrid Control Systems (HYCONS) Laboratory of Concordia University. Although some researchers have applied different types of observers to experimental applications, practical implementation of PWA observers has not been given much attention by researchers. In this thesis for the first time a PWA observer is applied to the WMR. The WMR is an example of a nonlinear system with a sampled output in the presence of measurement noise. The results of the experimental implementation validate the proposed theoretical results in the first part.
Controlling and Environmental Monitoring Of Polyhouse Farm Through Internet

: All plants need appropriate environment for good health and growth. Environmental monitoring and controlling of polyhouse increases yield of crops to bring suitable environmental conditions under control in order to make it closer to the ideal as possible. Based on season, appropriate environment is needed for the growth of crops. In this project, different sensors have been used to control parameters of soil, water, air in polyhouse to maintain necessary environment through web technologies instead of any kind of human interaction. There is an automated irrigation system which gives water directly to root base of the crop. Aim of the project is to monitor and control sensors through wireless web network system and save water.
Intérêt pronostique du dosage de la troponine hyper-sensible dans la pré-éclampsie

Résumé Introduction : La pré-éclampsie est une complication prénatale grave, entrainant une morbi-mortalité importante. La troponine hyper-sensible (hs-cTnI) est un des biomarqueurs cardiaques les plus sensibles, mais son intérêt dans la pré-éclampsie demeure peu étudié. L’objectif de notre travail était d’évaluer l’intérêt pronostique de la troponine hyper-sensible dans la pré-éclampsie Méthodes : Il s’agissait d’une étude prospective, incluant des parturientes avec pré-éclampsie. Les critères d’exclusion étaient les pathologies pouvant causer une élévation de la hs-cTnI. Le bilan biologique préopératoire comprenait le dosage du taux de hs-cTnI. La valeur discriminative de la hs-cTnI préopératoire permettant de prédire la survenue de complications a été évaluée par la courbe ROC. Le groupe A a inclus les patientes dont le taux est supérieur au seuil calculé, et le groupe B a inclus celles dont le taux est inférieur au seuil. Résultats : Soixante-dis-sept patientes ont été incluses. Des complications post-opératoires étaient survenues dans 22% des cas. La valeur seuil de hs-cTnI préopératoire de 6,3 ng/l prédisaitt la survenue de complications post-opératoires (sensibilité 70,6%, spécificité 86,6%/ p< 0,0001). Il existait plus de pré-éclampsies sévères, plus de complications post-opératoires, et des pressions artérielles systoliques et moyennes plus élevées dans le groupe A avec des différences significatives. Par ailleurs, les deux groupes étaient comparables sur le plan démographique, obstétrical, clinique et biologique. Conclusion : D’après les résultats de notre étude, l’élévation de la hs-cTnI en préopératoire permet de prédire la survenue de complications lors des grossesses compliquées de pré-éclampsie.
Relativity in our time : from physics to human relations

Introduction: a seminal idea - the principle of relativity toward an abstract view of nature Einstein's ideas of special relativity the principle of relativity - from Galileo to Einstein relative time and the twin paradox the Mach Principle the curvature of space-time gravitation and crucial tests of general relativity Faraday's unified field concept the night sky cosmology.
Pengenalan Pola Berbasis OCR untuk Pengambilan Data Bursa Saham

The investor must be able to use instinct to evaluate when to sell and buy stocks. This is, of fact, a weakness for inexperienced investors, in addition to the decision's inaccuracy and the time it takes to evaluate a slew of ineffective results. So that, a support system is needed to help the investors make decisions in buying and selling shares. This support system creates an online analysis curve display through text data in the BEI stock price application. The data processing based on pattern recognition will be carried out so that a buying and selling decision can be made to calculate the profit and loss by investors. As the first step of the whole system, this research has built an image-to-text conversion system based on OCR (Optical Character Recognition) that can convert the non-editable text (.jpg) to be editable (.text) online. After obtaining this . text data, the will used the system in further research to analyze stock buying and selling decisions. According to research on eight companies, the OCR-based image to text conversion has a 96.8% accuracy rate. Meanwhile, using Droid serif, Takao PGhotic, and Waree fonts at 12pt font sizes, it has 100 percent accuracy in Libre Office.