nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Path planning algorithms for atmospheric science applications of autonomous aircraft systems

Among current techniques, used to assist the modelling of atmospheric processes, is an approach involving the balloon or aircraft launching of radiosondes, which travel along uncontrolled trajectories dependent on wind speed. Radiosondes are launched daily from numerous worldwide locations and the data collected is integral to numerical weather prediction. This thesis proposes an unmanned air system for atmospheric research, consisting of multiple, balloon launched, autonomous gliders. The trajectories of the gliders are optimised for the uniform sampling of a volume of airspace and the efficient mapping of a particular physical or chemical measure. To accomplish this we have developed a series of algorithms for path planning, driven by the dual objectives of uncertainty and information gain. Algorithms for centralised, discrete path planning, a centralised, continuous planner and finally a decentralised, real time, asynchronous planner are presented. The continuous heuristics search a look up table of plausible manoeuvres generated by way of an offline flight dynamics model, ensuring that the optimised trajectories are flyable. Further to this, a greedy heuristic for path growth is introduced alongside a control for search coarseness, establishing a sliding control for the level of allowed global exploration, local exploitation and computational complexity. The algorithm is also integrated with a flight dynamics model, and communications and flight systems hardware, enabling software and hardware in the loop simulations. The algorithm outperforms random search in two and three dimensions. We also assess the applicability of the unmanned air system in 'real' environments, accounting for the presence of complicated flow fields and boundaries. A case study based on the island South Georgia is presented and indicates good algorithm performance in strong, variable winds. We also examine the impact of co operation within this multi agent system of decentralised, unmanned gliders, investigating the threshold for communication range, which allows for optimal search whilst reducing both the cost of individual communication devices and the computational resources associated with the processing of data received by each aircraft. Reductions in communication radius are found to have a significant, negative impact upon the resulting efficiency of the system. To somewhat recover these losses, we utilise a sorting algorithm, determining information priority between any two aircraft in range. Furthermore, negotiation between aircraft is introduced, allowing aircraft to resolve any possible conflicts between selected paths, which helps to counteractany latency in the search heuristic.
Private Equality Test Using Ring LWE Somewhat Homomorphic Encryption
Venue: 2016 3rd Asia Pacific World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering (APWC on CSE)

We propose two secure protocols namely private equality test (PET) for single comparison and private batch equality test (PriBET) for batch comparisons of l bit integers. We ensure the security of these secure protocols using somewhat homomorphic encryption (SwHE) based on ring learning with errors (ring LWE) problem in the semi honest model. In the PET protocol, we take two private integers input and produce the output denoting their equality or non equality. Here the PriBET protocol is an extension of the PET protocol. So in the PriBET protocol, we take single private integer and another set of private integers as inputs and produce the output denoting whether single integer equals at least one integer in the set of integers or not. To serve this purpose, we also propose a new packing method for doing the batch equality test using few homomorphic multiplications of depth one. Here we have done our experiments at the 140 bit security level. For the lattice dimension 2048, our experiments show that the PET protocol is capable of doing any equality test of 8 bit to 2048 bit that require at most 107 milliseconds. Moreover, the PriBET protocol is capable of doing about 600 (resp. 300) equality comparisons per second for 32 bit (resp. 64 bit) integers. In addition, our experiments also show that the PriBET protocol can do more computations within the same time if the data size is smaller like 8 bit or 16 bit.
BSR and BHPR guideline for the treatment of systemic sclerosis.
Venue: Rheumatology

SSc is a complex, multi organ disease that requires a comprehensive multidisciplinary guideline. This is a short summary of the guideline, which is available in full as supplementary material at Rheumatology Online. Each recommendation is graded for level of evidence (I IV) and strength (A D)  Patients are classified as having SSc based on current classification criteria (ACR/EULAR 2013  Other scleroderma spectrum diseases are not included in this document.
Copper, Chromium, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Levels and Pollution Degree in Firing Range Soils

Small arms firing ranges are an important source of metal contaminants in the ecosystems located near these facilities, owing to the constant fall and alteration of the ammunition remnants on the soil, particularly in nearby berms. The objectives of this study were to analyse the pollution of chromium (Cr) copper (Cu) nickel (Ni) lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) in rifle/pistol shooting range soils, to estimate their availability and to evaluate the influence of the ammunition used. The concentrations of Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr and Ni range from 55 to 6*309, 34 to 264, 19 to 98, 40 to 79 and 11 to 33 mg kg 1, respectively. The moderate acidity and organic matter content favour the availability of Pb, followed by Cu Zn Ni Cr. The values of different contamination indexes (Igeo, pollution index and integrated pollution index) suggest that Pb soil contamination is moderate to heavy, especially in the berm area and moderate for Cu and Zn. Lead ammunition is the main source of pollution, but another one was identified owing to the concentrations of Fe, Cr and Ni detected. Further studies are needed to verify their long term potential adverse effects.
Influence of the solar cells metallization firing treatment on carrier recombination and trapping in copper contaminated multicrystalline silicon: new insights into the role of the phosphorus rich layers

The influence of superficial phosphorus rich layers during the metallization firing treatment on carrier recombination and trapping in copper contaminated multicrystalline silicon was investigated. Copper contaminated wafers experienced firing steps with and without phosphorus rich layers. The samples fired without phosphorus emitters feature higher bulk carrier lifetimes, but also a stronger sensitivity to the copper related light induced degradation (LID) which was activated by the firing treatment. This last behavior could be used to identify the dominant LID mechanism (boron oxygen related or copper related) in multicrystalline wafers. In addition, only the samples fired without the phosphorus emitters are subjected to trapping effects, probably involving copper atoms initially precipitated. Copper precipitates are virulent recombination centers whereas the electrical activity of interstitial copper is benign. Therefore these experimental results suggest that on the one hand the wafers fired with the phosphorus rich layers contain lower interstitial copper concentrations. On the other hand they would feature higher densities of copper precipitates and/or larger copper precipitates.
Carfilzomib and dexamethasone versus bortezomib and dexamethasone for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (ENDEAVOR) a randomised, phase 3, open label, multicentre study.
Venue: The Lancet. Oncology

Bortezomib with dexamethasone is a standard treatment option for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Carfilzomib with dexamethasone has shown promising activity in patients in this disease setting. The aim of this study was to compare the combination of carfilzomib and dexamethasone with bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.  In this randomised, phase 3, open label, multicentre study, patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who had one to three previous treatments were randomly assigned (1:1) using a blocked randomisation scheme (block size of four) to receive carfilzomib with dexamethasone (carfilzomib group) or bortezomib with dexamethasone (bortezomib group) Randomisation was stratified by previous proteasome inhibitor therapy, previous lines of treatment, International Staging System stage, and planned route of bortezomib administration if randomly assigned to bortezomib with dexamethasone. Patients received treatment until progression with carfilzomib (20 mg/m(2) on days 1 and 2 of cycle 1; 56 mg/m(2) thereafter; 30 min intravenous infusion) and dexamethasone (20 mg oral or intravenous infusion) or bortezomib (1*3 mg/m(2) intravenous bolus or subcutaneous injection) and dexamethasone (20 mg oral or intravenous infusion) The primary endpoint was progression free survival in the intention to treat population. All participants who received at least one dose of study drug were included in the safety analyses. The study is ongoing but not enrolling participants; results for the interim analysis of the primary endpoint are presented.  Between June 20, 2012, and June 30, 2014, 929 patients were randomly assigned (464 to the carfilzomib group; 465 to the bortezomib group) Median follow up was 11*9 months (IQR 9*3 16*1) in the carfilzomib group and 11*1 months (8*2 14*3) in the bortezomib group. Median progression free survival was 18*7 months (95% CI 15*6 not estimable) in the carfilzomib group versus 9*4 months (8*4 10*4) in the bortezomib group at a preplanned interim analysis (hazard ratio [HR] 0*53 [95% CI 0*44 0*65] p<0*0001) On study death due to adverse events occurred in 18 (4% of 464 patients in the carfilzomib group and in 16 (3% of 465 patients in the bortezomib group. Serious adverse events were reported in 224 (48% of 463 patients in the carfilzomib group and in 162 (36% of 456 patients in the bortezomib group. The most frequent grade 3 or higher adverse events were anaemia (67 [14% of 463 patients in the carfilzomib group vs 45 [10% of 456 patients in the bortezomib group) hypertension (41 [9% vs 12 [3% thrombocytopenia (39 [8% vs 43 [9% and pneumonia (32 [7% vs 36 [8% INTERPRETATION For patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, carfilzomib with dexamethasone could be considered in cases in which bortezomib with dexamethasone is a potential treatment option.
A Novel Approach for Treatment of Acetabular Fractures
Venue: Medical science monitor international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

There is no single approach that provides adequate exposure for treatment of all types of acetabular fractures. We describe our experience with an easier, relatively less invasive pubic symphysis approach (PSA) for the treatment of acetabular fractures.  Between March 2011 and March 2012, fifteen patients with acetabular fracture underwent surgery using the PSA technique. Fracture reduction and treatment outcomes were assessed by clinical and radiological examination. Operation time, intraoperative blood loss and postoperative complications were documented.  Mean operative time was 222+ 78 minutes. Average blood loss was 993+ 361 mL. Anatomical reduction was achieved in all patients. Minimum follow up period was 31 months. Postoperative hypoesthesia in the area of innervation of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve was reported in one patient, with spontaneous recovery at one month after surgery. No complications were reported during the follow up period. At the most recent follow up, clinical outcomes were graded as "excellent" in six patients, "good" in eight patients and "fair" in one patient based on the modified Merle d'Aubigne Postel score.  PSA appears to be a timesaving and safe approach for treatment of acetabular fractures that affords good visual access and allows for excellent fracture reduction. Our preliminary results revealed a much lower incidence of complications than traditional approaches, suggesting PSA is an alternative for treatment of acetabular fractures.
Le Plan de communication.

Le plan de communication est l'approche methodologique indispensable pour concevoir, realiser et evaluer une campagne de communication. Dans ce cours, nous allons proceder comme suit: 1) presentation et discussion d'une campagne de communication concrete la campagne anti tabac de l'INPES en 2011) 2) identification des principales etapes et activites en amont necessaires pour lancer une telle campagne; 3) presentation et discussion d'un schema presentant d'une maniere synthetique les principales etapes composant le plan de communication en general; 4) presentation et discussion de chaque etape du plan de communication. Il existe une importante litterature consacree au plan de communication. Un des ouvrages de reference est celui de Thierry Libaert: Le Plan de communication. Definir et organiser votre strategie de communication. 3eme edition. Paris, Dunod 2008
Mieux communiquer avec les patients non hospitalises

Resume La chirurgie ambulatoire est basee sur un concept d'organisation centree sur le patient. Elle s'inscrit dans une continuite de soins entre la ville et l'unite de chirurgie ambulatoire. Un plan de communication entre tous les acteurs de cette prise en charge doit etre mis en place a toutes les etapes de la prise en charge du patient. Les nouvelles techniques relatives a l'informatique connectee (NTIC) au service de la sante permettent d'ameliorer le suivi medical des patients en chirurgie ambulatoire. Le contact de la veille et du lendemain peut se faire facilement grace a ces nouveaux outils de communication. Cet article reprend le parcours patient depuis sa programmation jusqu'a son retour a domicile et decrit a chaque etape les points cles de la communication entre les acteurs de soin et le patient.
In Depth Functional Diagnostics of Mouse Models by Single Flash and Flicker Electroretinograms without Adapting Background Illumination.
Venue: Advances in experimental medicine and biology

Electroretinograms (ERGs) are commonly recorded at the cornea for an assessment of the functional status of the retina in mouse models. Full field ERGs can be elicited by single flash as well as flicker light stimulation although in most laboratories flicker ERGs are recorded much less frequently than singleflash ERGs. Whereas conventional single flash ERGs contain information about layers, i.e. outer and inner retina, flicker ERGs permit functional assessment of the vertical pathways of the retina, i.e. rod system, cone ON pathway, and cone OFF pathway, when the responses are evoked at a relatively high luminance (0.5 log cd s/m(2) with varying frequency (from 0.5 to 30 Hz) without any adapting background illumination. Therefore, both types of ERGs complement an in depth functional characterization of the mouse retina, allowing for a discrimination of an underlying functional pathology. Here, we introduce the systematic interpretation of the single flash and flicker ERGs by demonstrating several different patterns of functional phenotype in genetic mouse models, in which photoreceptors and/or bipolar cells are primarily or secondarily affected.
Hand Gesture Recognition for Thai Sign Language in Complex Background Using Fusion of Depth and Color Video

Hand detection and gesture recognition are the active research area in the computer vision. The main purpose to develop the sign language recognition and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) This article investigates and develops the technique to recognize hand posture of Thai sign language in a complex background using fusion of depth and color video. The new technology of sensors, such as the Microsoft Kinect, recently provides the depth video which helps researchers to find the hand position in the scene. This advantage is used to segment the hand sign in the color video without the environment interference such as skin color background. The histograms of oriented gradients are used to extract the image features of hand sign. These features are then pass to the artificial neural network for training and recognition. The result showed that the proposed method is robust to detect the hand gestures in the complex background. It provides the accuracy recognition for the Thai fingerspelling of 84.05%
Current induced and interaction driven Dirac point drag of massless quasirelativistic fermions

We study the quasiparticle properties of two dimensional massless Dirac Fermions when the many body states possess a finite momentum density in the clean limit. The lack of Galilean invariance endows the many body states at finite momentum density with qualitative differences from those of the system at rest. At finite carrier densities we demonstrate the appearance of a current induced distortion of the pseudospin texture in momentum space that can be viewed as a drag of the Dirac point and the origin of which lies entirely in electron electron interactions. We discuss the potential observation of this effect in graphene.
Students' perception on Use of Technology in the class room at Higher Education Institution in Phillipines

The issueof unintended consequences of use of technology in class room is importantbecause unintended consequences can cause disruption in class room and negatethe institutional policies as regards strategic direction and intervention inteaching and learning process. The current literature on the use of e learningfor teaching focuses on factors which increases the effectiveness of e learningbut there is very little research on unintended consequences of e learning,particularly in regard to developing countries. The present research seeks tofill in this gap in the research Thisresearch investigates the consequences of the use oftechnology during classroom activities in higher education institutions ofPhilippines when the students are expected to do classwork and attend to theirwork in the college. These questions were studied using a survey methodof research. The students sample consisted of 221 students from different statecolleges and universities in Caraga region of Philippines. Students'perceptions on positive and negativeconsequences were observed. A ranking and frequency analysis method was used tocalculate the consequences observed. The most observed positive consequenceswere instant messaging through chatting, lesson enquiry about assignments,sending and receiving e mails, research through surfing the net including datagathering by downloading files and sharing cultural experiences with othersthrough internet. Among the negative consequences listed by students wereaccessing social websites like face book, twitter etc. during class work,playing games, playing music, answering and returning calls and downloading andusing copyrighted material. It is further observed that incidence of positiveand negative consequences vary with the use of technology. The ranking of positive and negative consequences differ inall the three cases of use of technology computer with internet, laptop withinternet and mobile with internet. From the frequency analysis of positive,negative and net consequences of use of technology in class room it is observedthat students are most likely to have negative consequences using mobile withinternet. It is concluded that most students in state colleges and universitiesin Caraga region in the Philippines are likely to use technology in classroomfor the purpose of positive consequences supporting the view that use oftechnology helps in enhancing learning related activities in classroom
The Pinch How the baby boomers took their children s future and why they should give it back

avid Willetts' book The Pinch could have hardly been published more timely. The context of the current euro zone crisis over debt management and the election of David Cameron to the office of Prime Minister in the United Kingdom, based on a programme of deficit reduction, have all drawn attention to the alleged excesses of older generations. As suggested by the subtitle, How the baby boomers took their children's future and why they should give it back, the aim of the book is to explain the dues of different generations since the Second World War from a perspective of intergenerational cooperation and equity. This appears to be a novel justification for public policy, but it remains to be discussed how justified or convincing his argumentation is.
Natural history and risk factors for rupture of thoracic aortic arch aneurysms.
Venue: Journal of vascular surgery

The management of degenerative aneurysms of the aortic arch requires careful selection of patients, taking into consideration risk of rupture and operative risks, which is more relevant with the emergence of hybrid debranching and branched and fenestrated endovascular options. The natural history of true arch aneurysms has not been previously studied. We aimed to determine the expansion rate of thoracic aortic arch aneurysm and to identify predictors for rupture.  Consecutive patients with known true thoracic aortic arch aneurysms monitored with serial computed tomography from 2000 to 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. Thoracoabdominal aneurysms and aneurysms due to aortic dissection and connective tissue diseases were excluded. Variables studied included patient demographics, aneurysm morphology, and ascending aorta diameter. A size expansion curve for each patient was plotted with serial computed tomography scan data, and the slope obtained by linear interpolation was taken as the expansion rate. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent predictors of rupture. Average yearly risks of rupture for overall and expansion rate substrata were calculated from life table analysis.  A total of 45 arch aneurysms were followed up for a mean of 36.6 months (3 104) Aneurysm growth was largely linear, with an average rate of 2.5 mm/y (0 16) During surveillance, 10 aneurysms ruptured (22% and 8 patients died. There was one additional arch aneurysm related death during follow up, whereas 14 patients (31% died of other causes. Aneurysms expanding at >5.5 mm/y have a 67% likelihood of rupture compared with 8.3% of those expanding at <5.5 mm/y. Aneurysm size >6.5 cm (P .0001) and hyperlipidemia (P .0321) were positively correlated with fast expansion. On univariate analysis, only aneurysm size and expansion rate were significant predictors of rupture. On multivariate analysis, aneurysm expansion rate was the sole independent risk factor of aneurysm rupture (odds ratio, 1.43; 95% confidence interval, 1.06 1.92; P .018) CONCLUSIONS Aneurysm expansion rate >5.5 mm/y is a significant rupture predictor in addition to size compared with aneurysm morphology and other demographic factors. Aneurysm size >6.5 mm and hyperlipidemia are determining factors of expansion rate. These may have implications in selection of patients for surgery. Better control of hyperlipidemia may alleviate the risk of rupture.
Research on the Object Recognition of Minimum Living Standard Security System Based on Neural Network
Venue: 2016 12th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS)

This paper focuses on the problem of subjectivity and low efficiency on the object identification of the Minimum Living Standard Security System (hereinafter referred to as MLSSS) Today, it is difficult to analyze the characteristics of the families which can or cannot pass the application of receiving allowances from the MLSSSs. To recognize whether those families are qualified automatically, we build a neural network model. The samples gathered from applicants for the MLSSS is in an extremely imbalance, because only few of them is unqualified. In order to improve the recognition accuracy of the Poor Families applying for the MLSSS, this article use oversampling technology to optimize the model. Applying the data mining techniques to the object recognition of MLSSS will both improve the accuracy and efficiency, and meanwhile, expand the applications of neural network technology.