Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Non-linear control of the longitudinal rotational dynamics of a flexible aircraft

This paper studies the longitudinal inner loop control design of a flexible aircraft over a large flight domain. More precisely, the objective is to construct a stabilizing flight control law to steer the angle of attack to a desired trim value while suppressing the oscillation of the bending modes. A new Lyapunov-based non-linear controller is designed to enhance the transient of the flexible modes before reaching the zero dynamics sub-manifold. Moreover, the local behavior of the trajectories is finally modified by blending our controller with a LQ controller in order to achieve the additional and practical control objective of locally damping out the oscillations of the bending modes.
Design and Implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network for Smart Homes

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have become indispensable to the realization of smart homes. The objective of this paper is to develop such a WSN that can be used to construct smart home systems. The focus is on the design and implementation of the wireless sensor node and the coordinator based on ZigBee technology. A monitoring system is built by taking advantage of the GPRS network. To support multi-hop communications, an improved routing algorithm based on the Dijkstra algorithm is presented. Preliminary simulations have been conducted to evaluate the performance of the algorithm.
Hyperosmolarity and CD95L trigger CD95/EGFR association and tyrosine phosphorylation of CD95 as prerequisites for CD95 membrane trafficking and DISC formation

The mechanisms underlying CD95 ligand (CD95L)‐ and hyperosmolarity‐induced activation of the CD95 system [Reinehr, R. , Graf, D. , Fischer, R. , Schliess, F. , and Haussinger, D. (2002) Hepatology 36, 602‐614] as initial steps of apoptosis were studied. Hyperosmotic exposure (405 mosmol/l) of rat hepatocytes induced within 1 min oxidative stress and antioxidant‐sensitive activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and c‐Jun‐N‐terminal‐kinase (JNK). After 30 min of hyperosmotic exposure EGFR associated with CD95 and CD95 became tyrosine phosphorylated. Inhibition of JNK or protein kinase C (PKC) had no effect on EGFR phosphorylation but abolished CD95/EGFR association, CD95‐tyrosine phosphorylation, membrane targeting, and Fas‐associated death domain/caspase 8 recruitment to CD95 [death‐inducing signaling complex (DISC) formation]. Inhibition of EGFR tyrosine kinase activity prevented CD95 tyrosine phosphorylation and DISC formation but not hyperosmolarity‐induced EGFR phosphorylation and EGFR association with CD95. Tyrosine‐phosphorylated CD95 was enriched in the plasma membrane. All maneuvers preventing CD95 tyrosine phosphorylation inhibited CD95 membrane trafficking and DISC formation. Stimulation of EGFR by EGF induced EGFR phosphorylation but no association with CD95 or CD95 phosphorylation. Addition of CD95L also induced EGFR and JNK activation, EGFR/CD95 association, CD95 tyrosine phosphorylation, DISC formation, and CD95 membrane targeting with an inhibitor sensitivity profile similar to that of hyperosmotic CD95 activation, except that inhibition of PKC was ineffective. The data suggest that moderate hyperosmolarity or CD95L trigger oxidative stress and EGFR activation followed by a JNK‐dependent EGFR/CD95association and CD95 tyrosine phosphorylation, probably through EGFR tyrosine kinase activity. This provides a signal for CD95 membrane trafficking and DISC formation.
An appraisal of the potential for illegitimate recombination in bacterial genomes and its consequences: from duplications to genome reduction.

An exhaustive search for shortly spaced repeats in 74 bacterial chromosomes reveals that they are much more numerous than is usually acknowledged. These repeats were divided into five classes: close repeats (CRs), tandem repeats (TRs), simple sequence repeats (SSRs), spaced interspersed direct repeats, and "others. " CRs are widespread and constitute the most abundant class, particularly in coding sequences. The other classes are less frequent, but each individual element shows a higher potential for recombination, when the number of repeats and their distances are taken into account. SSRs and TRs are more frequent in pathogens, as expected given their role in contingency loci, but are also widespread in the other bacteria. The analysis of CRs shows that they have an important role in the evolution of genomes, namely by generating duplications and deletions. Several cases compatible with a significant role of small CRs in the formation of large repeats were detected. Also, gene deletion in Buchnera correlates with repeat density, suggesting that CRs may lead to sequence deletion in general and genome reductive evolution of obligatory intracellular bacteria in particular. The assembly of these results indicates that shortly spaced repeats are key players in the dynamics of genome evolution.
Atrial fibrillation and hypertension

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and hypertension often coexist and are both responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. Aggressive treatment of hypertension, especially with a RAS-blocker, may postpone or prevent AF development and reduce thromboembolic complications. Focus on primary prevention of atrial fibrillation with optimal antihypertensive treatment may reduce morbidity, mortality and health care expenditures.
Modeling of policy-based mobile payment

Today¿s digital mobile telecommunication becomes a secure channel of payment for e-commerce. But there is some limitation of current state of mobile payment process. Even though payment through mobile phone gives us new trustful channel, more flexible approach is required for adopting merchant and end-user¿s constraints. By applying policy scheme to mobile payment domain, more flexible charging is possible without sacrificing customer¿s privacy. In this paper we propose an information model and architecture of policy-based mobile payment.
Teaching and Researching Motivation

General Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction to the Second Edition Section I: What is motivation? 1 Exploring motivation: Changing perspectives 1.1 The complexity of motivation 1.2 The challenge of reduction versus comprehensiveness 1.3 Moving beyond linear models of motivation 2 Theories of motivation in psychology 2.1 Key cognitive theories and constructs of motivation 2.2 Motivation and context 3 Motivation to learn a foreign/second language: a historical overview 3.1 The social psychological period 3.2 The cognitive-situated period 3.3 The process-oriented period 3.4 From process-oriented to socio-dynamic perspectives 4 Motivation to learn another language: current socio-dynamic perspectives 4.1 A person-in-context relational view of motivation 4.2 The L2 Motivational Self System 4.3 Motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective Section II: Motivation and language teaching 5 Motivation in practice: strategies and approaches 5.1 From theory and research to classroom practice 5.2 A framework for motivational strategies 5.3 Generating and sustaining a vision for language learning 5.4 Developing a motivation-sensitive teaching approach 6 Motivation in context: demotivating influences 6.1 'Demotivation' versus 'motivation' 6.2 Research on demotivation in instructional communication studies 6.3 Findings in L2 motivation research 6.4 Critical factors in the broader sociocultural context 6.5 Concluding remarks on demotivation 7 Teacher motivation 7.1 Conceptualising the 'motivation to teach' 7.2 The motivation of L2 teachers 7.3 The relationship between teacher motivation and student motivation Section III: Researching motivation 8 Making motivation a researchable concept 8.1 Inherent problems in motivation research 8.2 Deciding on the particular aspect of motivation to focus on 8.3 Selecting the criterion/dependent variable 8.4 Selecting the method of inquiry 9 Main types and methods of motivation research 9.1 Focus on groups of learners: Quantitative studies 9.2 Focus on individual learners: Qualitative studies 9.3 Mixing methodologies 9.4 Adopting a complex dynamic systems approach Section IV: Resources and further information 10 The locus of motivation research: Linkages to other topics and disciplines 10.1 Language-learning motivation and related disciplines in the social sciences 10.2 The place of motivation research in applied linguistics 11 Sources and resources 11.1 Relevant journals and magazines 11.2 Databases, citation indexes, Internet resources and discussion groups 11.3 Sample tests and measurement instruments References Author index Subject index
Human nature and the limits of science

John Dupre warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. Not just in the academic world but increasingly in everyday life, we find one set of experts seeking to explain the ends at which humans aim in terms of evolutionary theory, and another set of experts using economic models to give rules of how we act to achieve those ends. Dupre charges this unholy alliance of evolutionary psychologists and rational-choice theorists with scientific imperialism: they use methods and ideas developed for one domain of inquiry in others where they are inappropriate. He demonstrates that these theorists' explanations do not work, and furthermore that if taken seriously their theories tend to have dangerous social and political consequences. For these reasons, it is important to resist scientism - an exaggerated conception of what science can be expected to do for us. To say this is in no way to be against science - just against bad science. Dupre restores sanity to the study of human nature by pointing the way to a proper understanding of humans in the societies that are our natural and necessary environments. He shows how our distinctively human capacities are shaped by the social contexts in which we are embedded. And he concludes with a bold challenge to one of the intellectual touchstones of modern science: the idea of the universe as causally complete and deterministic. In an impressive rehabilitation of the idea of free human agency, he argues that far from being helpless cogs in a mechanistic universe, humans are rare concentrations of causal power in a largely indeterministic world. Human Nature and the Limits of Science is a provocative, witty, and persuasive corrective to scientism. In its place, Dupre commends a pluralistic approach to science, as the appropriate way to investigate a universe that is not unified in form. Anyone interested in science and human nature will enjoy this book, unless they are its targets. Available in OSO: http://www.oxfordscholarship. com/oso/public/content/philosophy/0199248060/toc.html
platelet-vessel wall interaction in health and disease

upon vessel wall injury platelets rapidly adhere to the exposed subendothelial matrix which is mediated by several cellular receptors present on platelets or endothelial cells and various adhesive proteins such as von willebrand factor, collagen and fibrinogen. subsequent platelet activation results in the recruitment of additional platelets and the generation of platelet aggregates forming a stable platelet plug. in addition, activated platelets form a strong link between primary and secondary haemostasis as they provide the phospholipid surface that is necessary for the assembly of activated coagulation factor complexes required for thrombin generation. other than the physiological function acting as a first line of defence against bleeding, platelets may also contribute to pathological thrombus formation. platelets play an important role in thromboembolic diseases and may contribute to the formation of occlusive thrombi which can lead to severe complications such as stroke or myocardial infarction. improved understanding of the respective roles of the various cellular receptors, adhesive proteins and regulatory proteins involved in platelet-vessel wall interaction and subsequent thrombus formation, both under physiological and pathological conditions, has led to the development and investigation of a broad range of antiplatelet drugs. this review provides an overview of the current knowledge on the mechanisms involved in the interaction between platelets and vascular endothelium and discusses recent advancements in the development of drugs interfering with platelet-vessel wall interaction at various stages of thrombus formation.
Trustable Task Processing Systems

As personal assistant software matures and assumes more autonomous control of user activities, it becomes more critical that this software can tell the user why it is doing what it is doing, and instill trust in the user that its task knowledge reﬂects standard practice and is being appropriately applied. Our research focuses broadly on providing infrastructure that may be used to increase trust in intelligent agents. In this paper, we will report on a study we designed to identify factors that inﬂuence trust in intelligent adaptive agents. We will then introduce our work on explaining adaptive task processing agents as motivated by the results of the trust study. We will introduce our task execution explanation component and provide examples in the context of a particular adaptive agent named CALO. Key features include (1) an architecture designed for re-use among diﬀerent task execution systems; (2) a set of introspective predicates and a software wrapper that extracts explanation-relevant information from a task execution system; (3) a version of the Inference Web explainer for generating formal justiﬁcations of task processing and converting them to user-friendly explanations; and (4) a uniﬁed framework for explaining results from task execution, learning, and deductive reasoning.
An Integrated Model of the Influence of Personal Psychological Traits and Cognitive Beliefs on Customer Satisfaction and Continuance Intentions in Relation to Internet Banking Usage within the Saudi Arabian Context

This thesis examines the effects of Culture, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT) and Technology Readiness (TR) on the satisfaction and usage continuance intention of Internet banking customers within the Saudi Arabian context. The aim is to develop and test a new framework for use in determining the factors that affect Internet banking customers’ actual usage behaviours, with a special focus on the role of cognitive processes, and cultural and personal psychological traits. This research uses cross-sectional survey questionnaire methods within a quantitative approach. 261 valid responses were received. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to test the hypothesised relationships within the research model in Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS 20) software. ECT is well established in conventional marketing literature and explains how cognitive beliefs and affects lead to customers’ repurchasing behaviour. It was first adopted for the Information Systems (IS) context and then customised to explain IS continuance intention behaviour. However, previous ECT customisations in the IS context present a significant knowledge gap because technology-based services are sensitive to individuals’ psychological traits, which ECT does not account for. This research integrates psychological traits and culture into the ECT framework to explain
Effects of Elevated O3 and CO2 on Biomass and Antioxidant System in Needles of Armand Pine

Using open top chambers, effects of elevated O3 (80 nmol mol-1) and CO2 (700 µmol mol-1), alone and in combination, were studied on young armand pine (Pinus armandii Franch.) trees. Current-year needles were collected after a growth season in all the treatments. No marked changes were found in the needles under elevated CO2 exposure alone. Needles biomass was significantly decreased by elevated O3, and the decrease was lower in the needles concomitantly exposed to elevated CO2. Hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde contents increased significantly in the needles under elevated O3 exposure, but the O3-induced increase was alleviated by elevated CO2. Elevated O3 remarkably reduced ascorbate content and enhanced activities of superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase, and these changes was all alleviated by elevated CO2. The results suggest that elevated CO2 ameliorated O3-induced oxidative stress in the needles of armand pine. Consequently, needles biomass was less affected at high O3 and CO2 in combination than at high O3 alone. This protection of CO2 against O3 stress was achieved hardly by enhancing antioxidant capability.
The Importance and Use of Student Self-Selected Literature to Reading Engagement in an Elementary Reading Curriculum

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of student self-selecting literature and reading engagement in an elementary reading curriculum. The article discuses the use of selfselected reading in the context of child development, book difficulty, independent reading time accountability, and a supportive environment. The successful use of self-selected reading by the Children’s Choices Project is also discussed. The Importance and Use of Student Self-Selected Literature to Reading Engagement in an Elementary Reading Curriculum Denise Johnson College of William and Mary Anne Blair Henrico County Elementary School The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of student self-selecting literature and reading engagement in an elementary reading curriculum. The article discuses the use of self-selected reading in the context of child development, book difficulty, independent reading time accountability, and a supportive environment. The successful use of selfselected reading by the Children's Choices Project is also discussed. -,Kvmh 182 ReadingHorizons, 2003, 43 (3) Real world readers do not wait for a teacher to tell them what to read. They read what interests them, what suits their purpose. When kids define what they care about, they begin to define who they are. (Oilman, 1993, p. 648). ON JANUARY 8, 2002, President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. The Act attempts to provide every child in America with a high-quality education regardless of his or her income, ability, or background. As part of the No Child Left Behind Act, Reading First is a national initiative aimed at helping every child in every state become a successful reader by third grade. A booklet, entitled Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read (2001), has been widely distributed across the country in an effort to promote the findings of the National Reading Panel Report commissioned by Congress in 2000, as "key skills and methods central to reading achievement" (p. ii). The booklet describes the five areas of reading instruction below as "a foundation for instructional practice" that "teachers can learn about and emphasize. that have worked well and caused reading improvement for large numbers of children" (p. iii). The reading instruction areas are: e phonemic awareness
Information geometry meets BCI spatial filtering using divergences

Algorithms using concepts from information geometry have recently become very popular in machine learning and signal processing. These methods not only have a solid mathematical foundation but they also allow to interpret the optimization process and the solution from a geometric perspective. In this paper we apply information geometry to Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI). More precisely, we show that the spatial filter computation in BCI can be cast into an information geometric framework based on divergence maximization. This formulation not only allows to integrate many of the recently proposed CSP algorithms in a principled manner, but also enables us to easily develop novel CSP variants with different properties. We evaluate the potentials of our information geometric framework on a data set containing recordings from 80 subjects.
Financial Constraints and Corporate Control Structures. Evidence from a Survey of Large Companies in Hungary and Poland.

We examine financial constraints and forms of finance used for investment, by analysing survey data on 157 large privatised companies in Hungary and Poland for the period 1998 - 2000. The Bayesian analysis using Gibbs sampling is carried out to obtain inferences about the sample companies' access to finance from a model for categorical outcome. By applying alternative measures of financial constraints we find that foreign companies, companies that are part of domestic industrial groups and enterprises with concentrated ownership are all less constrained in their investment finance. Moreover, we identify alternative modes of finance since different corporate control and past performance characteristics influence the sample firms' choice of finance source. In particular, while being industry-specific, the access to domestic credit is positively associated with company size and past profitability. Industrial group members tend to favour bond issues as well as sells-offs of assets as appropriate types of finance for their investment programmes. Preferences for raising finance in the form of equity are associated with share concentration in a non-monotonic way, being most prevalent in those companies where the dominant owner holds 25%-49% of shares. Close links with a leading bank not only increase the possibility of bond issues but also appear to facilitate access to non-banking sources of funds, in particular, to finance supplied by industrial partners. Finally, reliance on state finance is less likely for the companies whose profiles resemble the case of unconstrained finance, namely, for companies with foreign partners, companies that are part of domestic industrial groups and companies with a strategic investor. Model implications also include that the use of state funds is less likely for Polish than for Hungarian companies.
Effects of a bereavement intervention program on depression and life satisfaction in middle aged widows in Korea.

PURPOSE This study was designed to examine the effects of a bereavement intervention program on levels of depression and life satisfaction in middle aged widows in Korea. METHODS A quasi-experimental design with non-equivalent control-group pretest-posttest was used. The subjects (control group, n = 10; intervention group, n = 17) were bereaved less than 6 months in G City and J Province, Korea. The bereavement intervention program consisted of Dan-jeon breathing, self-help group activities and a health examination. The experimental group attended 10 sessions of a bereavement intervention program. The control group had a health examination without the intervention program. For both groups, the level of depression and life satisfaction levels were measured before and after the experiment. RESULTS The decrement of depression level in the experimental group was significantly greater than in the control group (p<.001). The increment in life satisfaction in the experimental group was significantly greater than in the control group (p<.001). CONCLUSION The results suggested that the bereavement intervention program was effective in decreasing level of depression and in increasing the life satisfaction of widows. Accordingly, a bereavement intervention program can be applied as an intervention to help widows.
Primary productivity and photosynthetic features of phytoplankton in the Sea of Okhotsk during late summer

Tomonori Isada, Koji Suzuki, Hongbin Liu, Jun Nishioka and Takeshi Nakatsuka 1 Graduate School of Environmental Science and Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. E-mail: t-isada@ees.hokudai. ac.jp 2 Department of Biology Atmospheric, Marine and Coastal Environment (AMCE) Program, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 3 Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan