Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
QoS-based WebRTC access to an EPS network infrastructure

This paper describes a method to support QoS using WebRTC-based Clients integrated in mobile devices conformed to 3GPP Rel. 8 Public Land Mobile Network infrastructure. To enrich the experience for mobile customers using this upcoming technology, the article focuses on the merging of the technical capabilities arising from both the Evolved Packet System inherent QoS mechanisms and the WebRTC specific session establishment procedures. Advantages of these different technologies are introduced and involved in the authors' concept. The presented proposal reuses the 3GPP-based EPS network infrastructure and the IMS-based WebRTC client access architecture as well as a state of the art WebRTC browser client. The ongoing WebRTC standardisation process is considered. A first prototype for session signalling has been successfully developed involving an OpenIMSCore testbed, an EPC infrastructure as well as a typical WebRTC client.
Examining Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Working Environments:

Summary Expertise in assessing and improving school ethos can be considered important in the work of educational psychologists, and a description is given of a convenient instrument, the School Level Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ, see Appendix 1), for evaluating teachers’ perceptions of school climate. Information is provided on the theoretical rationale behind the development of the technique and on its construction. The full questionnaire is made available for use by educational psychologists together with details of administration. One potentially valuable method of employing data generated by the SLEQ is described, together with a brief report on one early study. Further exploratory study by practising systems‐oriented educational psychologists is encouraged.
Evaluation of Permanent Deformation of CRM-Reinforced SMA and Its Correlation with Dynamic Stiffness and Dynamic Creep

Today, rapid economic and industrial growth generates increasing amounts of waste materials such as waste tyre rubber. Attempts to inspire a green technology which is more environmentally friendly that can produce economic value are a major consideration in the utilization of waste materials. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of waste tyre rubber (crumb rubber modifier (CRM)), in stone mastic asphalt (SMA 20) performance. The virgin bitumen (80/100) penetration grade was used, modified with crumb rubber at four different modification levels, namely, 6%, 12%, 16%, and 20% by weight of the bitumen. The testing undertaken on the asphalt mix comprises the indirect tensile (dynamic stiffness), dynamic creep, and wheel tracking tests. By the experimentation, the appropriate amount of CRM was found to be 16% by weight of bitumen. The results show that the addition of CRM into the mixture has an obvious significant effect on the performance properties of SMA which could improve the mixture's resistance against permanent deformation. Further, higher correlation coefficient was obtained between the rut depth and permanent strain as compared to resilient modulus; thus dynamic creep test might be a more reliable test in evaluating the rut resistance of asphalt mixture.
An Observed Fundamental Plane Relation for Supermassive Black Holes

We study observed correlations between supermassive black hole (BHs) and the properties of their host galaxies and show that the observations define a BH "fundamental plane" (BHFP), of the form MBH ∝ σ3. 0±0.3R or MBH ∝ Mσ2. 2±0.5, analogous to the FP of elliptical galaxies. The BHFP is preferred over a simple relation between MBH and any of σ, M*, Mdyn, or Re alone at >3 σ (99.9%) significance. The existence of this BHFP has important implications for the formation of supermassive BHs and the masses of the very largest black holes and immediately resolves several apparent conflicts between the BH masses expected and measured for outliers in both the MBH-σ and MBH-M* relations.
ONLY Gender-Specific Determinants of Remittances : Differences in Structure and Motivation June 2006 Report to the World Bank Group Gender and Development Group

There is relatively little research that specifically examines differences in female and male migrants’ remitting behavior. This research paper explicitly assess gender and remittances with random surveys of formal remittance senders from 18 different countries— from Latin America, the Caribbean, and West Africa—and residing in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Firstly, the findings indicate that women remit lesser amounts of monies than men and this characterizes women from most countries. Secondly, women remit more monies than men to distant family members including siblings and others, while men increase the amount of their remittances only when sending to their spouse. Thirdly, both men and women remit more the longer they have been sending remittances (with a decay function), but women remit yet more than men over time. However, the tests made here of simple altruism versus contractual propositions are incomplete because these data lack sufficient information about the characteristics of the receiving household. But what these data lack in addressing this long-debated and controversial line of inquiry, they more than make up for in pointing to important and policy-relevant gender differences.
Double-Sided Iron-Core PMLSM Mover Teeth Arrangement Design for Reduction of Detent Force and Speed Ripple

This paper analytically and experimentally shows effectiveness and simplicity of mover teeth arrangement design, which dramatically reduces detent force and consequently speed ripple at low speed. For this purpose, this paper describes two design steps that include the conventional magnetic circuit optimization by response surface methodology (RSM) and a slight modification of the optimized model based on the proposed mover teeth arrangement. Two prototypes were fabricated, tested, and compared from various perspectives. It was experimentally confirmed that the proposed design is very effective in reduction of detent force and speed ripple with the least sacrifice of performance.
Rationality Redeemed?: Further Dialogues on an Educational Ideal

In Educating Reason, Harvey Siegel presented the case regarding rationality and critical thinking as fundamental education ideals. In Rationality Redeemed? , a collection of essays written since that time, he develops this view, responds to major criticisms raised against it, and engages those critics in dialogue. In developing his ideas and responding to critics, Siegel addresses main currents in contemporary thought, including feminism, postmodernism and multiculturalism.
Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents for Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

Background— Advances in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents have dramatically improved results of these procedures. The optimal treatment for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease is uncertain given the lack of prospective, randomized data reflecting current practice. This study represents a “real-world” evaluation of current technology in the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. Methods and Results— A total of 1680 patients undergoing revascularization for multivessel coronary artery disease were identified. Of these, 1080 patients were treated for 2-vessel disease (196 CABG and 884 PCI) and 600 for 3-vessel disease (505 CABG and 95 PCI). One-year mortality, cerebrovascular events, Q-wave myocardial infarction, target vessel failure, and composite major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events were compared between the CABG and PCI cohorts. Outcomes were adjusted for baseline covariates and reported as hazard ratios. The unadjusted major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event rate was reduced with CABG for patients with 2-vessel disease (9.7% CABG versus 21.2% PCI; P<0.001) and 3-vessel disease (10.8% CABG versus 28.4% PCI; P<0.001). Adjusted outcomes showed increased major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event with PCI for patients with 2-vessel (hazard ratio 2.29; 95% CI 1.39 to 3.76; P=0.01) and 3-vessel disease (hazard ratio 2.90; 95% CI 1.76 to 4.78; P<0.001). Adjusted outcomes for the nondiabetic subpopulation demonstrated equivalent major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event with PCI for 2-vessel (hazard ratio 1.77; 95% CI 0.96 to 3.25; P=0.07) and 3-vessel disease (hazard ratio 1.70; 95% CI 0.77 to 3.61; P=0.19). Conclusions— Compared with PCI with drug-eluting stents, CABG resulted in improved major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event in patients with 2- and 3-vessel coronary artery disease, primarily in those with underlying diabetes. Coronary artery bypass surgery may be the preferred revascularization strategy in diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease.
Classifying Correlation Matrices Into Relatively Homogeneous Subgroups: A Cluster Analytic Approach

Researchers are becoming interested in combining meta-analytic techniques and structural equation modeling to test theoretical models from a pool of studies. Most existing procedures are based on the assumption that all correlation matrices are homogeneous. Few studies have addressed what the next step should be when studies being analyzed are heterogeneous and the search for moderator variables for homogeneous subgroup analysis fails. Cluster analysis is proposed and evaluated in this article as an exploratory tool to classify studies into relatively homogeneous groups. Simulation studies indicate that using Euclidean distance on raw correlation coefficients or U-transformed scores with the complete linkage or Ward’s minimum-variance methods will provide satisfactory results.
Slicing Floorplans with Handling Symmetry and General Placement Constraints

Floorplan design is an essential step in physical design of VLSI circuits and its results directly determine the performance of the final packing. Existing floorplanners that use slicing floorplans are efficient in runtime and capable of getting a tight and regular packing, which can significantly improve the routability of placement result. Nevertheless, in order to obtain satisfactory floorplans for analog or mixed-signal circuits, a series of constraints should be considered during this stage, including symmetry, and other general constraints. And, most of these constraints have only been achieved by using non-slicing floorplanners in the present. In this paper, we will present a unified method based on polish expression representation to handle these constraints in slicing floorplans. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach is effective and feasible in solving the constraint-driven slicing floorplan problems.
Comportamiento alimentario y perfil de consumo de los sonorenses: el caso de las comidas internacionales

Durante los ultimos anos, la poblacion de Sonora ha experimentado cambios en su comportamiento alimentario debido a la introduccion gradual de productos nuevos en su dieta, como las denominadas comidas internacionales. La gran pujanza con la que dichos alimentos han irrumpido en la vida cotidiana actual, ha motivado que un numero significativo de personas los incluyan en su dieta. En este articulo se analizan las actitudes, habitos y preferencias manifestadas por los consumidores sonorenses hacia dichos platillos; y es posible identificar su perfil a partir de analisis descriptivos, multivariantes y de asociaciones entre variables, lo cual permite extraer informacion relevante para evaluar quienes son mas proclives a comerlos.
Kala azar in Nepal: estimating the effects of socioeconomic factors on disease incidence.

BACKGROUND The incidence of Kala Azar (KA), a neglected tropical infectious disease, describes the pattern of disease, but is not principally concerned with explaining its causes. The transmission of the infectious diseases is determined by the complex interactions between environmental and socioeconomic factors. Environmental factors are predicted to have a significant impact on disease transmission; moreover, socioeconomic factors modify the magnitude and direction of these impacts. A number of studies have examined possible determinants of KA in endemic countries of the world; however, most of them appear to have used either qualitative approaches or subjective speculations. None of the studies indicates in quantitative terms the potential effects of poverty-alleviation programs on the incidence of KA. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data related to characteristics of community were collected from primary as well as secondary sources. Underlying socioeconomic determinants on KA incidence were estimated by exploiting a linear multiple regression. RESULTS The multivariate analysis has confirmed that burden of KA is disproportionately borne by vulnerable and marginalized groups. KA is most entrenched in the poorest communities. Elimination of KA is directly related to poverty alleviation because if the poverty incidence reduces by 10 percent, it will lead to reduction of KA incidence by 16 percent. The strategy for disease control or elimination should shift from traditional disease-centered approaches to a holistic approach that can break the links between poverty and KA. CONCLUSIONS To achieve the target of elimination of KA in Nepal by 2015, the poverty incidence should be reduced from existing poverty 27 percent to at least 16 percent in KA endemic areas. The association between poverty and KA reflects causality running in both directions: poverty multiplies KA incidence and KA pushes poor into marginal poor or further poverty.
Studying Consumption Behaviour through Multiple Lenses: An Overview of Consumer Culture Theory

Since Miller’s (1995) ground-breaking directive to the anthropology community to research consumption within the context of production, CCT has come of age, offering distinctive insights into the complexities of consumer behaviour. CCT positions itself at the nexus of disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, media studies, critical studies, and feminist studies; overlapping foci bring theoretical innovation to studies of human behaviours in the marketplace. In this paper, we provide asynthesis of CCT research since its inception, along with more recent publications. We follow the four thematic domains of research as devised by Arnould and Thompson (2005): consumer identity projects, marketplace cultures, the socio-historic patterning of consumption, and mass-mediated marketplace ideologies and consumers’ interpretive strategies. Additionally, we investigate new directions for future connections between CCT research and anthropology.
Language and Focal Brain Lesion in Childhood

Childhood ischemic strokes can lead to problems like hemiplegias, epilepsies, cognitive changes (memory and mathematical solutions), and language ability (reading, writing, and aphasias). The purpose of this study was to evaluate language and its aspects in children with unilateral ischemic stroke and associate them with the age during the event, injured side, and occurrence of epilepsy. Thirty-two children between 8 months and 19 years of age were evaluated. Among them, 21 (65%) had a change in their language skills, there being a connection between age and the time of injury (P < .05). The most impaired aspects were their phonology, semantics, and syntax. In this sample, there was a persistent change in the semantic aspect, which is an alert for the early detection of learning and future development problems.
A Study of the Effects of the Accelerated Reader Program on Fifth Grade Students' Reading Achievement Growth

The purpose of this study was to compare the reading achievement growth of fifth grade students following a year of participation in the Accelerated Reader program with the reading achievement growth of fifth grade students who did not participate in the Accelerated Reader program. The Terra Nova standardized achievement test was used as the pretest and the posttest for reading achievement growth. Results revealed that the Accelerated Reader program participants scored significantly lower than those who did not participate in the Accelerated Reader program. The findings showed that the addition of the Accelerated Reader program to the existing reading program did not result in a significant increase in the reading achievement growth of participating students when compared to the reading achievement growth of students who did not participate in the Accelerated Reader program. In addition, the non-Accelerated Reader students obtained higher adjusted mean rank scores than those students who participated in the Accelerated Reader program.
Prehospital care for road traffic casualties

For complex reasons, society seems to accept a lower standard of safety from road use compared with other forms of transport. Road traffic crashes cause some 320 000 injuries, 40 000 serious injuries, and 3400 deaths a year in the United Kingdom.1 This is equivalent to the Lockerbie air crash happening every four weeks or the Paddington rail crash happening every other day throughout the year. As road traffic crashes are so common, many doctors will give roadside treatment at some time during their career. A third of prehospital deaths may be preventable,2 so doctors have a duty to offer assistance at a crash scene, but this can be a frightening and distressing experience for those not trained to work in the prehospital environment. #### Summary points At some time in their career many doctors will have to deal with a road traffic crash Safety for yourself at the incident scene is the first priority Doctors untrained in prehospital care should concentrate on giving good first aid, working under the direction of ambulance service staff Providing excellent medical treatment at a road crash requires specific training and experience Patients with airway and breathing problems may need immediate (prehospital) advanced medical intervention Treatment should be aimed at promoting oxygenation and preserving clot, with rapid patient movement to a hospital with the appropriate facilities to provide definitive care This article was written from the authors' personal experience of working in prehospital care with the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, a review of articles in the Cochrane Library , a literature review, participation in internet discussion groups on prehospital care, and aggregated experience of colleagues from the Ambulance Service and the British Association of Immediate Care Schemes (BASICS). This article is based on our synthesis of best practice, but there is often controversy about …
THE GEOGRAPHICAL MOSAIC OF COEVOLUTION IN A PLANT–POLLINATOR MUTUALISM

Abstract Although coevolution is widely accepted as a concept, its importance as a driving factor in biological diversification is still being debated. Because coevolution operates mainly at the population level, reciprocal coadaptations should result in trait covariation among populations of strongly interacting species. A long-tongued fly (Prosoeca ganglbaueri) and its primary floral food plant (Zaluzianskya microsiphon) were studied across both of their geographical ranges. The dimensions of the fly's proboscis and the flower's corolla tube length varied significantly among sites and were strongly correlated with each other. In addition, the match between tube length of flowers and tongue length of flies was found to affect plant fitness. The relationship between flower tube length and fly proboscis length remained significant in models that included various alternative environmental (altitude, longitude, latitude) and allometric (fly body size, flower diameter) predictor variables. We conclude that coevolution is a compelling explanation for the geographical covariation in flower depth and fly proboscis length.
"sure, I Did the Right Thing": a System for Sarcasm Detection in Speech

While a fair amount of work has been done on automatically detecting emotion in human speech, there has been little research on sarcasm detection. Although sarcastic speech acts are inherently subjective, humans have relatively clear intuitions as to what constitutes sarcastic speech. In this paper, we present a system for automatic sarcasm detection. Using a new acted speech corpus that is annotated for sarcastic and sincere speech, we examine a number of features that are indicative of sarcasm. The first set of features looks at a baseline of basic acoustic features that have been found to be helpful in human sarcasm identification. We then present an effective way of modeling and applying prosodic contours to the task of automatic sarcasm detection. This approach applies sequential modeling to categorical representations of pitch and intensity contours obtained via k-means clustering. Using a SimpleLogistic (LogitBoost) classifier, we are able to predict sarcasm with 81.57% accuracy. This result suggests that certain pitch and intensity contours are predictive of sarcastic speech.
Scalable Column Concept Determination for Web Tables Using Large Knowledge Bases

Tabular data on the Web has become a rich source of structured data that is useful for ordinary users to explore. Due to its potential, tables on the Web have recently attracted a number of studies with the goals of understanding the semantics of those Web tables and providing effective search and exploration mechanisms over them. An important part of table understanding and search is column concept determination, i.e., identifying the most appropriate concepts associated with the columns of the tables. The problem becomes especially challenging with the availability of increasingly rich knowledge bases that contain hundreds of millions of entities. In this paper, we focus on an important instantiation of the column concept determination problem, namely, the concepts of a column are determined by fuzzy matching its cell values to the entities within a large knowledge base. We provide an efficient and scalable MapReduce-based solution that is scalable to both the number of tables and the size of the knowledge base and propose two novel techniques: knowledge concept aggregation and knowledge entity partition. We prove that both the problem of finding the optimal aggregation strategy and that of finding the optimal partition strategy are NP-hard, and propose efficient heuristic techniques by leveraging the hierarchy of the knowledge base. Experimental results on real-world datasets show that our method achieves high annotation quality and performance, and scales well.
Counselling Expectations of a Sample of East Asian and Caucasian Canadian Undergraduates in Canada

This study investigated whether East Asians differ from Caucasian Canadians in their expectations about counselling. Participants in this study included 31 East Asian and 53 Caucasian Canadian university students. The East Asian participants were all first-generation East Asians living in Canada, originally from China, Korea, Japan, or Vietnam. The Caucasian Canadians were all born in Canada. All participants completed the Expectations about Counseling–Brief Form (Tinsley, Workman, & Kass, 1980), amongst other measures. Results indicated that Asians scored lower than Caucasians on client motivation and responsibility, but higher on the counsellor confrontation, directiveness, empathy, self-disclosure, expertise, and tolerance subscales. Clinical implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed.