cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Total and specific dietary polyphenol intakes and 6-year anthropometric changes, cardiovascular and all-causes mortality in the middle-aged general population cohort SU.VI.MAX, France, 1994-2007.
Creators: name: Adriouch, Solia
name: Touvier, Mathilde
name: Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle
name: Feuillet, Thierry
name: Olié, Valerie
name: Andreeva, Valentina
name: Hercberg, Serge
name: Galan, Pilar
name: Fezeu, Léopold
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Objectives: We investigated the association of various classes and subclasses of polyphenol intakes with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), cardiovascular and all-causes mortality in the SU.VI.MAX cohort. Methods: Polyphenol intakes were estimated using the detailed Phenol-Explorer Database and associations with mortality were assessed by multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. Linear mixed effect models allowed the assessment of the longitudinal associations between quartiles of total polyphenol intake, 15 polyphenol subtypes and change in anthropometry over the 6-year follow-up. Models were adjusted for sex, age, socio-economic status, lifestyle, daily dietary intake and health status.
 Results: Participants in the highest quartile of intake of flavones (P=0.013), lignans (P=0.020), total polyphenols (P=0.050) experienced a less notable increase in BMI and participants in the highest quartile of intake of proanthocyanidins (P=0.04), flavanones (P=0.002), flavones (P=0.001), hydroxycinnamic acids (P=0.027) and lignans (P=0.009) experienced a less notable increase in WC over time compared to their counterparts in the bottom quartile of intake of the respective polyphenols. High intakes of flavones were associated with a reduction of the all-causes mortality (HR, 0.46 (95%CI, 0.26-0.80)) as compared with low intakes. Among subclass of flavones, apigenin arabinoside-glucoside and apigenin galactoside-arabinoside, two individual flavones, reduced total mortality (ptrend=0.02 and 0.02 respectively). Cardiovascular mortality was affected only with intakes of apigenin arabinoside-glucoside (ptrend=0.05).
 Conclusion: Dietary polyphenol intakes may help in reducing weight gain over time in the general population while moderate increases in BMI and WC over time have been shown to increase disease risk and high intakes of flavone may reduce all-causes mortality.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is involved in resveratrol_induced apoptosis and chemosensitization
Creators: name: Virginie, Aires
name: Delmas, Dominique
name: Brassart, Bertrand
name: Carlier, Annie
name: Scagliarini, Alessandra
name: Martiny, Laurent
name: Tarpin, Michel
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Resveratrol (trans-3,4’,5-trihydroxystilbene), a main wine microcomponent, has been widely described as a chemopreventive agent. Researches performed since the last decades in vitro, in animal models and in (pre)clinical studies have pointed out its pleiotropic health benefits by acting on multiple signaling pathways which go beyond its originally described direct antioxidant activity. One of its potential intracellular targets, as suggested in a neuronal model, is peroxisome proliferators activated receptors (PPARs). In this study, we sought to determine in colorectal cancer cells whether PPARs could be involved in resveratrol-induced cell death. We showed that PPARs agonists strongly decreased tumoral cell proliferation and contributed to resveratrol-induced cell cycle arrest. In addition, PPARgamma agonist rosiglitazone enhanced resveratrol-induced cell death. Inhibition of PPARgamma with its specific antagonist GW9662 or by transient transfection of cancer cells with a dominant-negative PPARgamma mutant abrogated resveratrol-induced effects. Tumor cells death was also potentiated by combining resveratrol with rosiglitazone. Altogether our data show that PPARgamma contributes to resveratrol-induced colon cancer cells death and suggest that the combination of this polyphenol with PPARgamma agonists could be relevant as a new therapeutic approach to treat digestive cancers.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
Effect of pasteurisation and storage on bioactive compounds in Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) from a beverage perspective
Creators: name: Omoarukhe, Esereosa
name: Harbourne, Niamh
name: Jauregi, Paula
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Hibiscus Sabdariffa (Roselle) is popular as a beverage in countries within Africa, Asia and South America. Benefits of Roselle, demonstrated in vivo, include lowering cholesterol and reducing raised blood pressure. These benefits have been attributed to Roselle phenolic compounds; Anthocyanins in particular. This study monitors the effects of processing and storage life on these compounds in a Roselle extract. An aqueous extract of Roselle (90oC,20mins) was pasteurised (85oC,25mins) and stored for 90days at room(21oC), refrigeration(4oC) and freezing(-21oC) temperatures and analysed for total phenolic (TP) content, total anthocyanins (TA) and antioxidant properties at different time points. Initial values for TA, antioxidant capacity (FRAP) and TP contents were 42.3±4.57 mg Cyanidin-3-Glycoside/L Roselle extract, 140.23±21.42 g Ascorbic Acid Equivalent/L and 132.75±3.32 mg Gallic acid equivalent/L respectively. Overall, there was no effect of pasteurisation on TP, TA and antioxidant activity. However, there was a significant effect of storage temperature and time particularly evident extracts stored at room temperature; resulting in a 70% loss of TA from initial. There was also an effect of storage time on TA content and antioxidant capacity. Pasteurisation with cold temperature storage within 90 days did not result in significant changes in Roselle bioactive.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
Our Practice Newsletter : By Pharmacists For Pharmacists. Issue 36
Creators: name: Tilli, Tiana
name: Domanski, Nicole
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Feature Case: The Heart Wants What it Wants: The Use of DOACs in Impaired Renal Function. Medication recommendations are often made following a discussion about the risks and benefits; however, the impact on the patient’s quality of life cannot be undervalued in these discussions. This case highlights the pharmacists’ role in applying new clinical evidence to help advocate for treatments that are safe, effective, and align with patient preferences.
PHENOLIC COMPOSITION AND IN VITRO INHIBITORY ACTIVITIES OF PLANT-PRODUCING BERRIES AND THEON GENERATION OF ADVANCED GLYCATION END-PRODUCTS: IN VITRO INHIBITION STUDIES
Creators: name: Spínola, Vítor
name: Pinto, Joana
name: Castilho, Paula C.
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. One of the inevitable consequences of hyperglycemia is the enhanced accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), which are implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes1.
The present study concerns the evaluation of the anti-glycation effect of extracts from plant-producing berries, using in vitro models. Thus, Myrica faya (wax-myrtle),Rubus grandifolius (Madeira blackberry), Vaccinium cylindraceum (Azores blueberry) and Vaccinium padifolium (Madeira blueberry) were incubated with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and ribose. After the reaction period (24 h, 37 ºC), AGEs formation was determined using a fluorescence method.All tested extracts were found to be more effective than aminoguanidine, a well-known AGEs inhibitor (IC50: 9.91 mg mL-1). V. padifolium (leaves) showed the stronger inhibitory effect (IC50: 0.76 mg mL-1), while M. faya (berries) was the less potent (IC50: 2.97 mg mL-1). However, all extracts were less active than quercetin (IC50: 0.10 mg mL-1). Based on phytochemical characterization, anthocyanins and chlorogenic acids are the main contributors for the resulting data.

This study indicates the potential of the studied plants as possible protective agents against long-term diabetic complications caused by glycation of proteins.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
MALU'MOTLARNI INTELLUKTUAL TAHLIL QILISH
Creators: name: Valijonova, Z.O.
name: Tursunov, A.T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Hozirgi kunda tadbirkorlik faoliyati bilan shug‘ullanayotgan korhonalar uchun  tahliliy vositalar zarur bo‘ladi. Ishlab chiqarish xarajatlarini kamaytirish, ombor zaxiralarini optimallashtirish, marketing  tadqiqotlarini amalga oshirish raqobatbardoshlik faoliyatini baholash hamda korhonalarning iqtisodiy rivojlanishini bashorat qilish bo‘yicha amalga oshiriladigan chora-tadbirlarga bo‘lgan talablar ortib bormoqda.
title: Modellierung von Edge-Computing-Clustern zur Ermittlung ressourceneffizienter Softwareverteilungen in der Produktion
Creators: name: Brockhaus, Benjamin
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2024

description: Immer mehr Unternehmen erkennen die Potenziale der Industrie 4.0 und
erhoffen sich davon Vorteile in ihren Produktionsprozessen. Allerdings sehen sich viele – insbesondere kleine und mittlere – Unternehmen bei der Implementierung mit Schwierigkeiten konfrontiert, sodass heutige Industrie 4.0-Applikationen eine ineffiziente Ressourcennutzung aufweisen. In Disziplinen wie Cloud-Computing sind Lösungen für eine effizientere Ressourcennutzung vorhanden, die für den Einsatz im Produktionsumfeld allerdings an dessen Bedarfe angepasst werden müssen. Diese Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag dazu, indem sie Softwareverteilungen (als Teil der Software-Orchestrierung) um Echtzeitanforderungen und Netzwerkeinflüsse im Shopfloor erweitert. Hierzu werden zwei Modelle entwickelt, die zum einen die zu verteilende Software repräsentieren und zum anderen Edge-Devices zu einem Cluster zusammenfassen. Das sich durch die Kombination der beiden Modelle ergebende Optimierungsproblem wird mittels Metaheuristiken gelöst. Der präsentierte Ansatz benötigt nicht nur wenig Rechenzeit, sondern erlaubt auch das Finden von Softwareverteilungen, die nahe am Optimum hinsichtlich des Energieverbrauchs liegen. Die Verwendung von Cloud-native-Technologien in Kombination mit diesem Ansatz ermöglicht eine bessere Auslastung von Recheninfrastruktur im gesamten Produktionssystem. Somit liefert diese Arbeit eine Grundlage für Effizienzsteigerungen von Industrie 4.0-Applikationen.
Geologische Risikoabschätzung für Geothermieprojekte in Greenfield-Situationen
Creators: name: Ritzmann, Oliver
name: Niederau, Jan
name: Kettermann, Michael
name: Jüstel, Alexander
name: Wellmann, Florian
name: Strozyk, Frank
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2023

description: Am Beispiel der Explorationslizenz "Aachen-Weisweiler" zur Aufsuchung von Erdwärme des Fraunhofer IEG wird eine geologische Risikoanalyse vorgestellt und darauf basierende Explorationsmaßnahmen abgeleitet. Besonderheit in der Region "Rheinisches Revier" ist die allgemeine Greenfield-Situation für Geothermieprojekte. Sie steht damit stellvertretend für Regionen, in denen die Reservoire kaum exploriert wurden und daher einerseits durch eine geringe Datenlage, andererseits aber von einem hohem Wärmebedarf gekennzeichnet sind, der durch mitteltiefe oder tiefe Geothermie teilweise abgedeckt werden kann. Potentielle geothermische Systeme im Untersuchungsraum sind der "Kohlenkalk" des Unterkarbons, bzw. der "Massenkalk" des Ober- bis Mitteldevons, deren regionale Faziesverteilung und Reservoirstruktur in NRW aufgrund fehlender tiefer Daten weitestgehend unbekannt ist. Zunächst wurde auf Basis von Oberflächendaten ein Strukturmodell der potentiellen Reservoire konstruiert, um probabilistische Tiefenabschätzungen durchzuführen und analytische Abschätzung der thermischen Leistungen zu ermöglichen. Im Greenfield können Verteilungen von Reservoir-Parametern, wie Porosität oder Permeabilität nur anhand von Reservoir-Analogen abgeleitet werden. Ansätze zur Ermittlung des geologischen Risikos wurden ausgeprägt in der Kohlenwasserstoffindustrie entwickelt und können für die geothermische Exploration adaptiert werden. Bei beginnender Exploration wird vorgeschlagen, die Risikoanalyse auf die Parameter Präsenz, Permeabilität und Fluid zu beschränken. Weiterhin wird die Tiefe und damit verbundene Temperatur bei einer gegebenen Mindest-Reservoirtiefe nicht als Risiko gesehen, wenn moderne Fernwärmesysteme oder der Einsatz von Großwärmepumpen eine Möglichkeit zur Nutzung der vorgefundenen Reservoir-Temperatur bieten. Abschätzung zur Minderung des geologischen Risikos und Ermittlung des Informationswertes für z.B. seismische Erkundungen lassen darauf schließen, dass wild-cat-Bohrungen teilweise als Explorationsmaßnahme vorzuziehen sind. Damit können auch wichtige Modelle zur Charakterisierung des seismischen Risikos konkret mit Daten hinterlegt werden.
Intelligent modification for the daltonization process of digitized paintings
Creators: name: Anagnostopoulos, Christos-Nikolaos
name: Tsekouras, George
name: Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis
name: Kalloniatis, Christos
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: Daltonization is a procedure for adapting colors in an image or a sequence of images for improving the color perception by a color-deficient viewer. In this paper an intelligent/enhanced daltonization method for individuals suffering from protanopia is proposed. The algorithm implements logical image masking in order to modify the colors that are confused and to preserve those colors that are perceived correctly. The proposed method modifies iteratively the parameters for image daltonization after the provision of the initial conditions. The distinctive characteristic of the proposed approach is that when it is combined with a color-checking module, optimum daltonization parameters are effectively identified. Examples are provided in details, as well as screenshots from the algorithm when it is applied in digitized paintings/artworks.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Classifier training based on synthetically generated samples
Creators: name: Hoessler, Hélène
name: Wöhler, Christian
name: Lindner, Frank
name: Kreßel, Ulrich
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: In most image classification systems, the amount and quality of the training samples used to represent the different pattern classes are important factors governing the recognition performance. Hence, it is usually necessary to acquire a representative set of training samples by acquisition of data in real-world environments. Such procedures may require considerable efforts and furthermore often generate a training set which is unbalanced with respect to the number of available samples per class. In this contribution we regard classification tasks for which each real-world training sample is derived from an ideal class representative which undergoes a geometric and photometric transformation. This transformation depends on system-specific influencing quantities of the image formation process such as illumination, characteristics of the sensor and optical system, or camera motion. The parameters of the transformation model are learned from object classes for which a large number of real-world samples are available. For each individual real-world sample a set of model parameters is derived by correspondingly fitting the transformed ideal sample to the observed sample. The obtained probability distribution of model parameters is used to generate synthetic sample sets for all regarded pattern classes. This training approach is applied to a vehicle-based vision system for traffic sign recognition. Our experimental evaluation on a large set of real-world test data demonstrates that the classification rates obtained for classifiers trained with synthetic samples are comparable to those obtained based on real-world training data.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
A vision based motion interface for mobile phones
Creators: name: Barnard, Mark
name: Hannuksela, Jari
name: Sangi, Pekka
name: Heikkilä, Janne
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: In this paper we present an interface system for the control of mobile devices based on motion and using existing camera technology. In this system the user can control the phone's functions by performing a series of motions with the camera and each command is defined by a unique series of these motions. A sequence of motion features is produced using the phone's camera and these characterise the translation motion of the phone. These sequences of motion features are classified using _Hidden Markov Models_ (HMMs). In order to improve the robustness of the system the results of this classification are then filtered using a likelihood ratio and the entropy of the sequence to reject possibly incorrect sequences. When tested on 570 previously unseen motion sequences the system incorrectly classified only 5 sequences.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Data fusion and eigenface based tracking dedicated to a Tour-Guide Robot
Creators: name: Germa, Thierry
name: Brèthes, Ludovic
name: Lerasle, Frédéric
name: Simon, Thierry
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: This article presents a key-scenario of H/R interaction for our tour-guide robot. Given this scenario, three visual modalities, the robot deals with, have been outlined, namely the "search of visitors" attending the exhibition, the "proximal interaction" through the robot interface and the "guidance mission". The paper focuses on the two last ones which involves face recognition and visual data fusion in a particle filtering framework. Evaluations on key-sequences in a human centred environment show the tracker robustness to background clutter, sporadic occlusions and group of persons. The tracker is able to cope with target loss by detecting and re-initializing automatically thanks to the face recognition outcome. Moreover, the multi-cues association proved to be more robust to clutter than any of the cues individually.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Faith formation for the second-generation Korean-Canadian congregation in a secular age
Creators: name: Song, Angie Mee Young
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: This study investigated contemporary Christian faith formation practices in second generation Korean-Canadian congregations to evaluate the theological perspectives and effectiveness of practice in a secular Canadian context. Using ethnographic research methodology, this research aims to increase understanding about faith formational practices in the Korean-Canadian immigrant church and contribute to Canadian-based scholarship. In depth interviews were conducted with eighteen pastors and lay congregant members. The collected data was analyzed through thematic content analysis and nine patterns emerged under four main areas: relational formation, experience-specific formation, culturally-informed formation and missional formation. The tentative normative outcomes highlight an expanding definition of woori, a growing resilience amidst discomfort, and a forming faith through missional vocation.
Monitoring surrounding areas of truck-trailer combinations
Creators: name: Ehlgen, Tobias
name: Pajdla, Tomas
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: Drivers of trucks and buses are not able to survey the surrounding area of their vehicles. In this paper a system is presented that provides a bird's-eye view of the surrounding area of a truck-trailer combination to the driver. This view enables the driver to maneuver the vehicle easily in complicated environments. The system consists of four omnidirectional cameras mounted on a truck and trailer. The omnidirectional images are combined in such a way that a bird's-eye view image is generated. A sensor measures the angle between truck and trailer, thus the bird's-eye view image is constructed appropriate to this angle.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Adaptive Image Sampling and Windows Classification for On-board Pedestrian Detection
Creators: name: Gerónimo, David
name: Sappa, Angel D.
name: López, Antonio
name: Ponsa, Daniel
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: On-board pedestrian detection is in the frontier of the state-of-the-art since it implies processing outdoor scenarios from a mobile platform and searching for aspect-changing objects in cluttered urban environments. Most promising approaches include the development of classifiers based on feature selection and machine learning. However, they use a large number of features which compromises real-time. Thus, methods for running the classifiers in only a few image windows must be provided. In this paper we contribute in both aspects, proposing a camera pose estimation method for adaptive sparse image sampling, as well as a classifier for pedestrian detection based on Haar wavelets and edge orientation histograms as features and AdaBoost as learning machine. Both proposals are compared with relevant approaches in the literature, showing comparable results but reducing processing time by four for the sampling tasks and by ten for the classification one.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
How Do I Get Started? : Creating Safer Learning Environments for Indigenous Students in STEM at UBC
Creators: name: Butterfield, Frances
name: Welsh, Ashley
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: This resource is meant to provide advice and resources for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) instructors on how to ‘get started’ when working to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing into their curriculum and practices as a means to create safer learning environments for Indigenous students. It may also be useful for people facilitating these types of conversations in STEM departments and contexts or by anyone who may be interested in the subject. OER Description: This curriculum guide on incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing into STEM education was developed to support faculty. This open educational resource (OER) includes best practices, reflection prompts, definitions, and resource lists.
Beyond semiclassical time
Creators: name: Chataignier, Leonardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the usual Born-Oppenheimer type of approximation used in quantum gravity, in which a semiclassical time parameter emerges from a weak-coupling expansion of the Wheeler-DeWitt constraint, leads to a unitary theory at least up to the next-to-leading order in minisuperspace models. As there are no unitarity-violating terms, this settles the issue of unitarity at this order, which has been much debated in the literature. Furthermore, we also show that the conserved inner product is gauge-fixed in the sense that the measure is related to the Faddeev-Popov determinant associated with the choice of semiclassical time as a reparametrization gauge. This implies that the Born-Oppenheimer approach to the problem of time is, in fact, an instance of a relational quantum theory, in which transition amplitudes can be related to conditional probabilities.
Toward robust foveated wide field of view people detection
Creators: name: Zivkovic, Zoran
name: Kröse, Ben
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: We present foveated vision system for rapid and robust person detection. The system consists of an omidirectional camera for people detection in a wide field of view and a pan-tilt camera that can focus on a particular location. Combining the information from both cameras leads to more reliable people detection. The people detection is based on fast human body part detectors and a probabilistic model of the spatial arrangement of the parts. The model can be extended to multiple cameras. The representation is robust to partial occlusions, part detector false alarms and missed detections of body parts. We also show how to use the fact that the persons walk on a known ground plane to increase the efficiency and reliability of the detection. The detection does not rely on static background and the system is suitable for mobile platforms.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Supplementary document for Distance calibration via Newton’s rings in yttrium lithium fluoride whispering gallery mode resonators - 6090390.pdf
Creators: name: Christensen, Josh
name: Azeem, Farhan
name: Trainor, Luke
name: Strekalov, Dmitry
name: Schwefel, Harald
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Further information on crystal orientation, beam alignment, Newton's ring fitting, and linewidth fitting.
A Reactive Vision System: Active-Dynamic Saliency
Creators: name: Dankers, Andrew
name: Barnes, Nick
name: Zelinsky, Alex
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: We develop an architecture for reactive visual analysis of dynamic scenes. We specify a minimal set of system features based upon biological observations. We implement feature on a processing network based around an active stereo vision mechanism. Active rectification and mosaicing allows static stereo algorithms to operate on the active platform. Foveal zero disparity operations permit attended object extraction and ensures coordinated stereo fixation upon visual surfaces. Active-dynamic inhibition of return, and task dependent biasing result in a flexible, preemptive and retrospective system that responds to unique visual stimuli and is capable of top-down modulation of attention towards regions and cues relevant to tasks.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
A flexible multi-server platform for distributed video information processing
Creators: name: Wang, Yao
name: Tao, Linmi
name: Liu, Qiang
name: Zhao, Yanjun
name: Xu, Guangyou
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: The complexity of recent computer vision system calls for an infrastructure of distributed processing. This paper presents a platform acting as a framework for video information processing applications to plug in and contribute to the "intelligence" of the system. The platform is composed by a set of servers which collaborate with each other to complete the tasks like video capture, transmission, buffering and synchronization. A user side lib is also provided for the simplicity of application-platform interface. We show the usefulness of the platform by a motion detect application in our On-The-Spot Archiving system. As the platform is flexible, its usage is not limited in one or two systems.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
An Approach to Investigate Public Opinion, Views, and Perspectives Towards Exoskeleton Technology
Creators: name: Thakur, Nirmalya
name: Luong, Cat
name: Han, Chia Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Over the last decade, exoskeletons have had an extensive impact on different disciplines and application domains such as assisted living, military, healthcare, firefighting, and industries, on account of their diverse and dynamic functionalities to augment human abilities, stamina, potential, and performance in a multitude of ways. In view of this wide-scale applicability and use-cases of exoskeletons, it is crucial to investigate and analyze the public opinion, views, and perspectives towards exoskeletons which would help to interpret the effectiveness of the underlining human-robot, human-machine, and human-technology interactions. The Internet of Everything era of today's living, characterized by people spending more time on the internet than ever before, holds the potential for the investigation of the same by mining and analyzing relevant web behavior, specifically from social media, that can be interpreted to understand public opinion, views, and perspectives towards a topic or set of topics. Therefore, this paper aims to address this research challenge related to exoskeletons by utilizing the potential of web behavior-based Big Data mining in the modern-day Internet of Everything era. As Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms on a global scale - characterized by both the number of users and the amount of time spent by its users on the platform - this work focused on investigating web behavior on Twitter to interpret the public opinion, views, and perspectives towards exoskeleton technology. A total of approximately 20,000 tweets related to exoskeletons were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The results presented and discussed uphold the efficacy of the proposed approach to interpret and analyze the public opinion, views, and perspectives towards exoskeletons from the associated tweets.
description: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022
Precise parallel processing of a magnetic shape memory alloy using PECM
Creators: name: Böttcher, Falko
name: Schneider, Jörg
name: Husnain, Rizwan Ul
name: Edelmann, Jan
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2023
Subjects: shape memory alloy
electrochemical machining
PECM

description: In recent years, unrestrained demand in the direction of miniaturization, functionalization and function integration has been dominating innovations in the production landscape. Knowledge about the utilization of innovative key technologies as well as the use of state-of-the-art materials promises a competitive advantage. Materials such as shape memory alloys, among others, enable novel approaches to solutions, so that different companies are pioneering their industrial use. [1] For example, the magnetic shape memory alloy NiMnGa is produced from a single crystal and can change its crystallographic structure by exposure to defined magnetic fields. The induced reorientation in the crystal lattice leads to an elongation of the material in one spatial direction, meanwhile a second spatial direction is shortened under constant volume. However, various studies show that conventional mechanical processing causes undesirable changes in the motion capability. [1 - 3] Precise electrochemical machining (PECM) is an alternative production technology to maintain the properties. PECM has the ability to conduct shape-forming material processing. In particular, the process-related inferior influence of hardness or strength enables the economical machining of difficult-to-machine materials that are particularly hard or brittle. Consequently, this technology is favoured for the machining of shape memory alloys. In the first part of the investigations, the electrochemical dissolvability is investigated according to DIN SPEC 91399 [4] to prove the individual dissolution capacity of NiMnGa in sodium nitrate on an industrially available PECM system. In the second part, the results manufactured with a customized fixture for EC parallel processing are presented and the used process parameters as well as the achieved dimensions and surface characteristics are discussed. The project systematically examines an approach to parallel finishing machining of magnetic shape memory alloys for actuators using precise electrochemical machining. References [1] M. Laufenberg et al. International Conference on New Actuator Systems and Applications, 2022 [2] H. Behnken et al. Journal of Crystal Growth, 2020, 534, 125485 [3] B. Minorowicz et al. Materials, 2022, 15, 4400 [4] G. Meichsner et al. Procedia CIRP, 2016, 46, 123 - 126
Interaction between apple and bioagressors: Phenolic composition and the resistance to the rosy apple aphid
Creators: name: Sasía-Arriba, Andrea
name: Vicente-Diente, Laura
name: Ramírez-Ambrosi, María
name: Miñarro, Marcos
name: Blázquez, María Dolores
name: Alonso-Salces, Rosa María
name: Micheletti, Diego
name: Troggio, Michela
name: Berrueta, Luis Ángel
name: Gallo, Blanca
name: Dapena, Enrique
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Polyphenols may play a role in plant response to biotic-stress and in resistance mechanisms. We aimed at testing the correlation between phenol concentration in apple and cultivar tolerance to rosy apple aphid (RAA), Dysaphis plantaginea, a key pest of apple on a full-sib family produced at SERIDA, derived of a crossing between the local cultivar ‘Meana’ and the resistant ‘Florina’. The analysis of flavan-3 ols, hydroxycinnamic acids, dyhidrochalcones and flavonols by UHPLC-DAD was carried out on the two parents and 154 descendants. Their resistance to RAA was also determined after aphid inoculation in greenhouse. A relationship between the concentration of three caffeoylquinic acid isomers and 4-p-coumaroylquinic acid and the resistance to RAA was found by pattern recognition techniques. This progeny was also genotyped using the Illumina Infinium Apple_20k SNP array. A number of QTLs on linkage group 8 (LG8) associated with hydroxycinnamic acids were found. The RAA resistance locus was already known to be at the bottom of the LG8 and our results in ‘Meana’ x ‘Florina’ have confirmed this observation. Therefore, these results support an interaction between hydroxycinnamic acids and RAA resistance.

 Acknowledgments: Project INIA and FEDER RTA 2012-00118-01/03
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
Enrichment of enzymatically mineralized gellan gum hydrogels with phlorotannin-rich Ecklonia cava extract Seanol to endow antibacterial properties and promote mineralization
Creators: name: Douglas, Timothy
name: Dokupil, Agnieszka
name: Reczynska, Katarzyna
name: Brackman, Gilles
name: Krok-Borkowicz, Malgorzata
name: Keppler, Julia
name: Bozic, Mojca
name: Van Der Voort, Pascal
name: Pietryga, Krzysztof
name: Samal, Sangram Keshari
name: Schwarz, Karin
name: Coenye, Tom
name: Pamula, Elzbieta
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Biomaterials to support bone regeneration in maxillofacial and orthopedic surgery is gaining in importance due to the aging population. The most commonly used biomaterials are ceramics consisting of calcium phosphate (CaP) due to their bioactivity, or ability to form a direct bone with surrounding bone. However these have drawbacks, including lack of ease of incorporation of antimicrobial agents. Antibacterial properties are highly desirable, as >2% of implants are contaminated. The use of hydrogels mineralized with CaP allows for bioactivity, while antibacterial agents can easily be incorporated in the hydrogel phase.
Polyphenols are known to possess antibacterial activity, but their incorporation into biomaterials to combat bacterial colonoization remains unexplored.

In our studies, hydrogels consisting of gellan gum (GG) were enzymatically mineralized with calcium phosphate (CaP) using alkaline phosphatase (ALP) as in previous work (1). We incorporated a polyphenol-rich plant extract into GG hydrogels and discovered that growth of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on hydrogels was inhibited, both before and after mineralization with CaP. Furthermore, hydrogel mineralization was enhanced. These results prove the principle of exploiting the polyphenols to endow antibacterial activity to biomaterials for bone regeneration.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
IMPACT OF AMPELOPSIN ON ENZYMES INVOLVED IN XENOBIOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION
Creators: name: Hodek, Petr
name: Bebová, Michaela
name: Moserová, Michaela
name: Pávek, Petr
name: Boštíková, Zdislava
name: Anzenbacherová, Eva
name: Stiborová, Marie
name: Hudeček, Jiří
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Flavanonol ampelopsin (AMP), occurring in high quantities in plant Ampelopsis grossedentata, is known as a potential hangover cure. This phytochemical by blocking brain GABA receptors reduces an excessive EtOH consumption as well as symptoms of drunkenness. Since AMP is marketed as “sober pills”, its interactions with biotransformation enzymes should be examined. In general, foreign compounds (xenobiotics) might stimulate expression of these enzymes and/or inhibit their activities. The biotransformation of xenobiotics is usually a two phase process resulting in their excretion from the body. Regarding carcinogen activation, the induction/inhibition of cytochromes P450 (CYPs), phase I enzymes, and sulfotransferases (SULTs), phase II enzymes, by AMP should be examined. AMP was administered to experimental rats by gastric gavages in four consecutive doses (60 mg/kg b.w./day). The expression of CYP2E1 (ethanol metabolizing CYP) was not increased in microsomal samples from liver, colon and small intestine of AMP treated animals. AMP also did not inhibit marker activity of CYP2E1. The induction of SULT1A1 was monitored based on its activity in cytosolic samples. In all tissues studied AMP induced SULT1A1 activity with the exception of proximal and middle part of small intestine. In liver cytosol AMP highly elevated SULT1A1 activity (~300% relative to untreated control).
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
Machine learning using NuDot
Creators: name: Sarfraz, Masooma
name: Axani, Spencer
name: NuDot Collaboration Team
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: NuDot is a ton-scale liquid scintillator research and development testbed. It aims to develop techniques to reduce one of the dominant backgrounds in large modern and future liquid scintillator neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) searches: the solar neutrino background. With the help of machine learning and high-speed electronics, NuDot will demonstrate the ability to extract directional information by separating the prompt Cherenkov radiation within the isotropic scintillation emission. This separation is done using low time-transit-spread photomultiplier tubes. We are using U-Net architecture, a convolutional neural network originally developed to perform image segmentation that aims to find the hit time of the photon and extract the charge. In addition, efforts are underway to integrate these machine learning models into the front-end data acquisition systems, such as RFSoC platforms, to enable real-time processing and decision-making.
Priority-Aware Preemptive Scheduling for Mixed-Priority Workloads in MoE Inference
Creators: name: Siavashi, Mohammad
name: Dindarloo, Faezeh Keshmiri
name: Kostic, Dejan
name: Chiesa, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Large Language Models have revolutionized natural language processing, yet serving them efficiently in data centers remains challenging due to mixed workloads comprising latency-sensitive (LS) and best-effort (BE) jobs. Existing inference systems employ iteration-level first-come-first-served scheduling, causing head-of-line blocking when BE jobs delay LS jobs. We introduce QLLM, a novel inference system designed for Mixture of Experts (MoE) models, featuring a fine-grained, priority-aware preemptive scheduler. QLLM enables expert-level preemption, deferring BE job execution while minimizing LS time-to-first-token (TTFT). Our approach removes iteration-level scheduling constraints, enabling the scheduler to preempt jobs at any layer based on priority. Evaluations on an Nvidia A100 GPU show that QLLM significantly improves performance. It reduces LS TTFT by an average of $65.5\times$ and meets the SLO at up to $7$ requests/sec, whereas the baseline fails to do so under the tested workload. Additionally, it cuts LS turnaround time by up to $12.8\times$ without impacting throughput. QLLM is modular, extensible, and seamlessly integrates with Hugging Face MoE models.
Total Polyphenol, Flavonoid Contents and Antioxidant Activity of Red Kohlabi Sprouts
Creators: name: Jayong, Cho
name: Okjoo, Ji
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: This study was conducted to clarify the bioactive activities of red kohlabi sprouts(Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L.), which were produced using the smart farm and drum-type rotary facilities arranged in a row. We have harvested red kohlabi  sprout vegetables at 6 days after germination which were sprouted at 20℃. Roots were harvested at 90 days after seedling, which were fresh weight 752g/ea. Samples were freeze drying to analyse the bioactive components. We have also examined the bioactive activity of sprouts and roots of kohlabi after extracting with methanol. Total phenol and flavonoid contents of red kohlabi sprouts increased significantly more than two times than those of roots. Antioxidant enzyme activity of red kohlabi sprouts such as SOD, CAT, APX and POD also increased remarkably compared with that of roots. DPPH radical scavenging activity and ABTS radical scavenging activity of red kohlabi sprouts were higher than those of roots. However, there were lower anti-cancer activities of sprouts against Calu-6 and MCF-7 cell lines than those of roots.  Key-words : Kohlabi, sprout, polyphenol, flavonoid, antioxidation, bioactive activity
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
Genetic polymorphisms of CYP enzymes and its influence on drug interactions between isoflavonoid genistein and model drugs
Creators: name: Anzenbacher, Pavel
name: Kopecna Zapletalova, Michaela Kopecna Zapletalova
name: Krasulova, Kristyna
name: Anzenbacherova, Eva
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Genetic polymorphism in cytochrome P450 (CYP) family of enzymes is a rather frequent cause of serious problems with proper dosing of drugs. This effect may be augmented by drug interaction between concomitantly taken drugs which are metabolized by the same enzymes. The second interacting partner however may easily be a compound of a natural origin as it is in the case of flavonoids from the grapefruit juice.
 We examined the effect of a prototypic isoflavonoid, genistein, on metabolism of probe drug substrates in genotypized human liver microsomes corresponding to slow, extensive or intermediate metabolizers with respect to CYP.
 The results document the most prominent effect of genistein and CYP2C19*2 allele on activity of this enzyme in slow metabolizers (down to aprox. 10%); the least effect was observed with CYP2D6*4 and CYP2D6*41 alleles (to about 60% of control value).
 In other words, inhibition of CYP activities by isoflavonoid (genistein) may be easily augmented by presence of defective alleles in patients of phenotypes of slow or intermediate metabolizers.
 Supported by a GACR P303/12/G163 Center of Excellence Project and by a Palacky University student´s project IGA_LF_2016_006.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
Supplementary document for On hysteresis of a passively mode-locked fiber laser: effects from cavity dispersion - 6090524.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Jiahe
name: Jiang, Weiqi
name: Meng, Yafei
name: Wang, Fengqiu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document.
A comparative analysis of polyphenols and fatty acids contents in methanol and acetone extracts from walnut and pumpkin meals
Creators: name: Marin, Daniela
name: Chedea, Veronica
name: Ropota, Mariana
name: Palade, Mihai
name: Pelmus, Rodica
name: Taranu, Ionelia
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: In the last years the utilization of natural waste for alternative uses gained a lot of interest. The aim of this paper was to analyze the total polyphenols and the fatty acids content of a walnut and a pumpkin meal using two extraction methods. Bioactive compounds were extracted in acetone and methanol for 24 hours. The total phenolic content, antioxidant activity and fatty acids composition was determined in extracts by Folin–Ciocalteu , DPPH assay and gas chromatography. The acetone extracts have higher total polyphenol content and antioxidant capacity. Methanol extraction allowed the extraction of only 39% of the total polyphenols obtained in the acetone extracts. The antioxidant capacity was highly correlated with the total polyphenol contents irrespective of the type of the solvent or of meal. Only palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic fatty acids were extracted in acetone, where lauric, miristic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic acids were found in methanol extracts for both walnuts and pumpkin meals. In conclusion, walnut extracts have a higher content in total polyphenols, fatty acids and have a higher antioxidant activity than pumpkin extracts, in both solvents.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 4 (2016)