nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Building a surface atlas of hippocampal subfields from high resolution T2 weighted MRI scans using landmark free surface registration
Venue: 2016 IEEE 59th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)

The hippocampus is widely studied in neuroimaging field as it plays important roles in memory and learning. However, the critical subfield information is often not explored in most hippocampal studies. We previously proposed a method for hippocampal subfield morphometry by integrating FreeSurfer, FSL, and SPHARM tools. But this method had some limitations, including the analysis of T1 weighted MRI scans without detailed subfield information and hippocampal registration without using important subfield information. To bridge these gaps, in this work, we propose a new framework for building a surface atlas of hippocampal subfields from high resolution T2 weighted MRI scans by integrating state of the art methods for automated segmentation of hippocampal subfields and landmark free, subfield aware registration of hippocampal surfaces. Our experimental results have shown the promise of the new framework.
Anticipated regret and health behavior: A meta analysis.
Venue: Health psychology official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

Risk beliefs are central to most theories of health behavior, yet many unanswered questions remain about an increasingly studied risk construct, anticipated regret. The authors sought to better understand anticipated regret's role in motivating health behaviors.  The authors systematically searched electronic databases for studies of anticipated regret and behavioral intentions or health behavior. They used random effects meta analysis to synthesize effect sizes from 81 studies (n 45,618) RESULTS Anticipated regret was associated with both intentions (r+ .50, p .001) and health behavior (r+ .29, p .001) Greater anticipated regret from engaging in a behavior (i.e. action regret) predicted weaker intentions and behavior, whereas greater anticipated regret from not engaging in a behavior (i.e. inaction regret) predicted stronger intentions and behavior. Anticipated action regret had smaller associations with behavioral intentions related to less severe and more distal hazards, but these moderation findings were not present for inaction regret. Anticipated regret generally was a stronger predictor of intentions and behavior than other anticipated negative emotions and risk appraisals.  Anticipated inaction regret has a stronger and more stable association with health behavior than previously thought. The field should give greater attention to understanding how anticipated regret differs from similar constructs, its role in health behavior theory, and its potential use in health behavior interventions.
Education Curriculum and Student Achievement: Theory and Evidence

This paper proposes a theory of education curriculum and analyzes its distributional impact on student learning outcomes. Different curricula represent horizontal differentiation in the education technology, thus a curriculum change has distributional effects across students. We test the model using the quasi natural experiment of the G8 reform in Germany. We find evidence of heterogeneous reform effects consistent with our theory. While the reform improves student test scores on average, such benefits are more pronounced for well prepared students. In contrast, less prepared students do not benefit from the reform.
Using farmers' attitude and social pressures to design voluntary Bluetongue vaccination strategies.
Venue: Preventive veterinary medicine

Understanding the context and drivers of farmers' decision making is critical to designing successful voluntary disease control interventions. This study uses a questionnaire based on the Reasoned Action Approach framework to assess the determinants of farmers' intention to participate in a hypothetical reactive vaccination scheme against Bluetongue. Results suggest that farmers' attitude and social pressures best explained intention. A mix of policy instruments can be used in a complementary way to motivate voluntary vaccination based on the finding that participation is influenced by both internal and external motivation. Next to informational and incentive based instruments, social pressures, which stem from different type of perceived norms, can spur farmers' vaccination behaviour and serve as catalysts in voluntary vaccination schemes.
Globally optimal robust DSM fusion

This work presents the mathematical formulation of a novel globally optimal robust digital surface model (DSM) fusion method, that can be used to combine several 2.5D DSMs extracted from airborne or spaceborne stereo images. The main novelty is the definition of a convex energy functional with a b Lipschitz continuous gradient that allows a trivial solution of the posed minimization problem, where the robustness is achieved by incorporating the Huber norm into the energy functional. All according mathematical proofs are derived within this work. The experiments are based on two different minimization schemes and are applied on airborne optical, on spaceborne optical and on spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. The resulting fused 2.5D DSMs are rich in detail and are of higher quality than results of other local fusion methods.
Last mile fulfilment and distribution in omni channel grocery retailing: a strategic planning framework

For traditional grocery retailers, the growing importance of online sales means creating new logistics models for omni channel (OC) management. Due to these transformational changes, retail research and practice are lacking a comprehensive view on integrated fulfilment and distribution concepts for home and store deliveries as they have evolved recently. The purpose of this paper is to develop a planning framework for last mile order fulfilment in OC grocery retailing and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different design concepts.  The findings were developed and evaluated by means of explorative interviews with grocery retail and logistics experts. Additionally, key literature on last mile order fulfilment and retail supply chain management was reviewed to supplement the integrated OC grocery operations planning framework. Findings OC logistics planning can be structured into back end fulfilment (e.g. warehouse and in store picking) and last mile dis.
HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS (HACCP) THE PRODUCTION OF MEAT SAUSAGES ON P.C. <STRYJSKY MEATS DELICIOUS>

Meats include the main type of meat products. Great value and distribution of sausages due to their high nutritional valuation, calorie consumption opportunity without culinary processing a significant shelf life and the ability to transport over long distances. During the production of raw sausages remove parts that have low nutritional value (bones, connective tissue) and add substance to nutritionally valuable (dairy products, blood products, etc. And have a good aroma and flavor properties (spices, etc. Almost every food product that includes technology production element assembly recipes, can be attributed to the combination characteristic signs and indicators which will be determined in the primary content of the recipe specified product raw materials and manufacturing techniques. Therefore, in some countries, the products produced by the meat processing industry, classified on meat, meat combination, cereal (based on meat) and meat analogues. The main condition for the feasibility of achieving food remains its safety when consumed by man.The term "safety" means a guarantee that the full cycle of production, supply and storage of the product in terms not harm health. Article 20 of the Law of Ukraine <On the safety and quality of food> No. 2809 IV of 6 September 2005 the requirement for persons engaged in the production or introduction into circulation of foodstuffs, apply sanitary measures and good practices of production, HACCP system and or other systems to ensure safety and quality of food during the production and circulation of food. Almost all countries to food producers put forward similar demands. Due to possible prospects and expand markets, fatherland, his enterprises must increasingly implement certification system (security) product line with the recommendations of international legislation on the certification of food products (ISO 22000: 2005) systems Eurep GAP control in the crop, a system of control points for livestock and food production hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP) which translates as <hazard analysis and critical control points> The main purpose of the article is the analysis of food safety, including cooked sausages, analysis of the presence of hazards throughout the production chain link on the example P.C. <SMIO> <Stryjsky meats delicious>
D GloVe: A Feasible Least Squares Model for Estimating Word Embedding Densities
Venue: COLING

We propose a new word embedding model, inspired by GloVe, which is formulated as a feasible least squares optimization problem. In contrast to existing models, we explicitly represent the uncertainty about the exact definition of each word vector. To this end, we estimate the error that results from using noisy co occurrence counts in the formulation of the model, and we model the imprecision that results from including uninformative context words. Our experimental results demonstrate that this model compares favourably with existing word embedding models.
A new transient CFD method for determining the dynamic coefficients of liquid annular seals

Currently, the dynamic characteristics of annular seals are numerically investigated mainly by solving the bulk flow equations using perturbation method, or by simulating the perturbed flow field of annular seal using CFD method. The adopted disturbance way is generally the circular whirling motion of rotor around seal centre with constant speed. Relative to the transient CFD simulation, the quasisteady CFD simulation introducing Moving reference frame (MRF) has been widely used by researchers. Both the dynamic mesh problem and the time consuming problem suppress the use of transient CFD simulation in annular seal research. In the paper, a new transient CFD method based on rotor's variable speed whirl is presented to improve the time consuming problem and all the (total 20) dynamic coefficients of concentric liquid seal can be obtained by only two transient CFD simulations, one for the variable speed cylindrical whirl and the other for the variable speed conical whirl. The results are compared with those from the experiment, the quasi steady CFD method and the traditional transient CFD method based on constant speed whirl. The comparisons show that the new transient method can keep the good accuracy of traditional transient method and meantime largely save the computational time.
Liquid Infused Surfaces with Trapped Air (LISTA) for Drag Force Reduction.
Venue: Langmuir the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids

Superhydrophobic (SHP) surfaces are known for their drag reducing attributes thanks to their ability to trap air in their surface pores and thereby reduce the contact between water and the frictional solid area. SHP surfaces are prone to failure under elevated pressures or because of air layer dissolution into the surrounding water. Slippery liquid infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) or liquid infused surfaces (LIS) in which the trapped air is replaced with a lubricant have been proposed in the literature as a way of eliminating the air dissolution problem as well as improving the surface stability under pressure. While an LIS surface has been shown to reduce drag for flow of water glycerol mixture (ref 18) no significant drag reduction has yet been reported for the flow of water (a lower viscosity fluid) over LIS. In this concern, we have designed a new surface in which a layer of air is trapped underneath the infused lubricant to reduce the frictional forces preventing the LIS to provide drag reduction for water or any fluid with a viscosity less than that of the lubricant. Drag reduction performance of such surfaces, referred to here as liquid infused surfaces with trapped air (LISTA) is predicted by solving the biharmonic equation for the water oil air three phase system in transverse grooves with enhanced meniscus stability thanks to double reentry designs. For the arbitrary dimensions considered in our proof of concept study, LISTA designs showed 20 37% advantage over their LIS counterparts.
Effects of the air layer of an idealized superhydrophobic surface on the slip length and skin friction drag
Venue: Journal of Fluid Mechanics

The anisotropy of the slip length and its effect on the skin friction drag are numerically investigated for a turbulent channel flow with an idealized superhydrophobic surface having an air layer, where the idealized air water interface is flat and does not contain the surface tension effect. Inside the air layer, both the shear driven flow and recirculating flow with zero net mass flow rate are considered. With increasing air layer thickness, the slip length, slip velocity and percentage of drag reduction increase. It is shown that the slip length is independent of the water flow and depends only on the air layer geometry. The amount of drag reduction obtained is in between those by the empirical formulae from the streamwise slip only and isotropic slip, indicating that the present air water interface generates an anisotropic slip, and the streamwise slip length $b_{x} is larger than the spanwise one $b_{z} From the joint probability density function of the slip velocities and velocity gradients at the interface, we confirm the anisotropy of the slip lengths and obtain their relative magnitude $b_{x}/b_{z}=4$ for the present idealized superhydrophobic surface. It is also shown that the Navier slip model is valid only in the mean sense, and it is generally not applicable to fluctuating quantities.
Antibacterial and antifungal activities of thymol: A brief review of the literature.
Venue: Food chemistry

Thymol (2 isopropyl 5 methylphenol) is the main monoterpene phenol occurring in essential oils isolated from plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family (Thymus, Ocimum, Origanum, and Monarda genera) and other plants such as those belonging to the Verbenaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Ranunculaceae, and Apiaceae families. These essential oils are used in the food industry for their flavouring and preservative properties, in commercial mosquito repellent formulations for their natural repellent effect, in aromatherapy, and in traditional medicine for the treatment of headaches, coughs, and diarrhea. Many different activities of thymol such as antioxidant, anti inflammatory, local anaesthetic, antinociceptive, cicatrizing, antiseptic, and especially antibacterial and antifungal properties have been shown. This review aims to critically evaluate the available literature regarding the antibacterial and antifungal effects of thymol.
Thymol and Carvacrol Affect Hybrid Tilapia through the Combination of Direct Stimulation and an Intestinal Microbiota Mediated Effect: Insights from a Germ Free Zebrafish Model.
Venue: The Journal of nutrition

Essential oils (EOs) are commonly used as animal feed additives. Information is lacking on the mechanisms driving the beneficial effects of EOs in animals, especially the role played by the intestinal microbiota of the host.  The purpose of this study was to clarify the relative contribution of direct effects of EOs on the physiology and immune system of tilapia and indirect effects mediated by the intestinal microbiota by using a germ free zebrafish model.  Juvenile hybrid tilapia were fed a control diet or 1 of 4 treatment diets containing 60 800 mg Next Enhance 150 (NE) (an EO product containing equal levels of thymol and carvacrol)/kg for 6 wk. The key humoral and cellular innate immune parameters were evaluated after the feeding period. In another experiment, the gut microbiota of tilapia fed a control or an NE diet (200 mg/kg) for 2 wk were transferred to 3 d postfertilization (dpf) germ free (GF) zebrafish, and the expression of genes involved in innate immunity and tight junctions was evaluated in zebrafish at 6 dpf. Lastly, NE was directly applied to 3 dpf GF zebrafish at 3 doses ranging from 0.2 to 20 mg/L, and the direct effect of NE on zebrafish was evaluated after 1 and 3 d.  NE supplementation at 200 mg/kg enhanced phagocytosis activity of head kidney macrophages (x1.36) (P 0.05) and plasma lysozyme activity (x1.69) of tilapia compared with the control (P 0.001) indicating an immunostimulatory effect. Compared with those colonized with control microbiota, GF zebrafish colonized with NE microbiota showed attenuated induction of immune response marker genes serum amyloid a (Saa; x0.62) interleukin 1b (Il1b; x0.29) and interleukin 8 (Il8; x0.62) (P 0.05) NE treatment of GF zebrafish at 2 and 20 mg/L for 1 d upregulated the expression of Il1b (x2.44) and Claudin1 (x1.38) respectively (P 0.05) whereas at day 3 the expression of Occludin2 was higher (x3.30) in the 0.2 mg NE/L group compared with the GF control (P 0.05) CONCLUSION NE may affect the immunity of tilapia through a combination of factors, i.e. primarily through a direct effect on host tissue (immune stimulating) but also an indirect effect mediated by microbial changes (immune relieving)
Transfer Pricing As A Vehicle In Corporate Tax Avoidance

Using transfer pricing, U.S. Corporations are able to transfer revenues to foreign affiliates with a lower corporate tax rates. The Internal Revenue Code requires intercompany transactions to comply with the "Arm's Length Principle" in order to prevent tax avoidance. We describe and use elaborate examples to explain how US companies exploit flexibility in the tax code to employ transfer pricing and related tax reduction and avoidance methods. We discuss recent responses by regulatory bodies.
Carcinoid tumor associated with adjacent dysplastic columnar epithelium in the renal pelvis: A case report and literature review
Venue: Pathology international

Carcinoid tumors are well documented in the pulmonary and gastrointestinal systems, but very rare in the urinary tract, especially in the renal pelvis. We report on a 60 year old female patient who presented with left flank pain and fever. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a heterogeneously enhancing mass in the left renal pelvis and a stone at the left proximal ureter. Multiple parenchymal lesions were also observed, which were identified as uneven caliectasis displaying air fluid levels and renal parenchymal atrophy. The patient underwent simple nephro ureterectomy. Macroscopically, a polypoid mass was observed in the renal pelvis. Microscopically, the tumor revealed acinar, tubular, and solid pattern and was composed of small, monotonous and hyperchromatic cells. Lining epithelia in renal pelvis and ureter revealed columnar epithelia with dysplastic change. The tumor cells were positive for chromogranin A, synaptophysin, CD56, and focally positive for cytokeratin. Immunohistochemical staining of synaptophysin and chromogranin A highlighted the neuroendocrine cells in the columnar epithelium. Ki 67 (1:50; MIB 1) labeling index was less than 1% in the area with highest uptake. We report here a case of carcinoid tumor of the renal pelvis that was associated with adjacent dysplastic columnar epithelium.
A low cost fluorescence lifetime measurement system based on SPAD detectors and FPGA processing
Venue: 2016 Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems (DCIS)

This work presents a low cost fluorescence life time measurement system, aimed at carrying out fast diagnostic tests through label detection in a portable system so it can be used in a medical consultation, within a short time span. The system uses Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) measuring the arrival time of individual photons and building a histogram of those times, showing the fluorescence decay of the label which is characteristic of each fluorescent substance. The system is implemented using a Xilinx FPGA which controls the experiment and includes a Time to Digital Converter (TDC) to perform measurements with a resolution in the order of tenths of picoseconds. Also included are a laser diode and the driving electronics to generate short pulses as well as a HV CMOS implemented Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) as a high gain sensor. The system is entirely configurable so it can easily be adapted to the target label molecule and measurement needs. The histogram is constructed within the FPGA and can then be read as convenient. Various performance parameters are also shown, as well as experimental measurements of a quantum dot fluorescence decay as a proof of concept.
Determinacion de la eficiencia del aserrin y la fibra de coco utilizados como empaques para la remocion de contaminantes en Biofiltros para el tratamiento de aguas residuales

Water is a resource used by mankind for industrial and domestic needs, which once used, is discharged into the public sewer system or septic tanks. This project proposes an ecological alternative for the treatment of wastewater from domestic use named Biofilter, which is built of living material (worms) and inert material (chip and gravel) which filters the wastewater; the biological filter has shown high efficiency in the removal of organic matter and pathogens. The field work was carried out with experimental biological filters, to ascertain the best composition of inert material, different variants were used. Two experimental Biofilters, one using sawdust and the other coco fiber were used in the treatment of domestic wastewater; treated samples from each reactor were subjected to laboratory analysis. The analysis and interpretation of results showed that the Biofilter using sawdust removed 53.53 of pollutants and is outside the required norm for wastewater treatment and the Biofilter using coco fiber removed 82.37 of contaminants and is within the Environmental Quality Norm and Effluent Discharge: Water Resource.
High performance deep neural network on low cost mobile GPU
Venue: 2016 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)

In recent years, machine learning based on deep neural networks (DNN) is playing an increasingly important role. Artificial intelligence applications using DNN are achieving higher and higher accuracy levels. However, the multi layer characteristic of a DNN makes for huge computational complexity consumption requirements. In order to feasibly run DNN applications on mobile devices, an efficient DNN flow optimized for a mobile GPU is desired. In this paper, a mobile GPU accelerated DNN flow is proposed. By the proposed input buffer address remapping scheme, shader assembly code optimization and kernel merging between computing nodes, 10.6 FPS is achieved in a 35.2 GFLOPS mobile GPU with 94.9mJ per frame, which is a 58x speed up and a 104x more energy efficient compared to a pure mobile CPU solution. Compared with state of the art GPU accelerator devices and libraries, the proposed scheme provides a 226%~1000% higher computing efficiency.