Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Higher Order Output Filter Design for Grid Connected Power Converters.

Design of higher order LCL filters that are used in grid-connected inverter applications involves multiple constraints. The filter requirements are driven by tight filtering tolerances of standards such as IEEE 519-1992 and IEEE P1547.2- 2003. Higher order LCL filters are essential to achieve these regulatory standard requirements at compact size and weight. This paper discusses the design procedure for these higher order LCL filters. The design procedure is analysed in per-unit basis so results can be generalized for different applications and power levels. This paper also gives guidelines for actual construction of the inductor based on a proposed fringing flux model. Experimental results of filtering characteristics show a good match with analysis in the frequency range of interconnected inverter applications.
The effects of a 28-Hz vibration on arm muscle activity during isometric exercise.

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate activation and coactivation of biceps and triceps muscles during isometric exercise performed with and without superimposing a vibration stimulation. METHODS Twelve healthy volunteers (age = 22.7 +/- 2.6 yr) participated in this study. The subjects performed five trials of isometric elbow flexion and five trials of elbow extension with increasing levels of force in two conditions: vibration (V) and normal loading (C). V stimulation was characterized by a frequency of 28 Hz. Surface EMG activity of biceps and triceps muscles was simultaneously measured by bipolar surface electromyography and assessed by the estimation of the root mean square (RMS) of the electrical recordings over a fixed 5-s interval. Frequency analysis was adopted to estimate the RMS related to muscle activation and to exclude the harmonics generated by movement artifacts due to V. RESULTS The analysis of the recordings revealed a significant EMG RMS increase when V was applied. On average, the EMG RMS of biceps and triceps during elbow flexion was, respectively, 26.1% (P < 0.05) and 18.2% (P = 0.15) higher than C. During elbow extension, the EMG RMS of biceps and triceps was 77.2% and 45.2% (P < 0.05) higher than C, respectively. The coactivation was assessed as the ratio between the activation of antagonist and agonist muscles during arm flexion and extension tasks. The results revealed an increase of coactivation during V exercise, especially for lighter loads. CONCLUSION This study shows that V exercise at 28 Hz produces an increase of the activation and the coactivation of biceps and triceps. This exercise modality seems therefore suitable for various applications.
Environmental citizenship behavior (the effect of environmental sensitivity, knowledge of ecology, personal investment in environmental issue, locus of control towards students’ environmental citizenship behavior)

Environmental problems that continue to occur to this day has become a serious threat to the international world. Despite numerous research and investigation against the environmental problems continue to be done, but the solutions offered have not been fully able to cope with environmental problems. It is important that we should examine and change is our daily behaviors as a wise society to the environment. This article aims to review some research articles related to Environmental Citizenship Behaviors. Review this article based on the flowchart “Environmental Citizenship Behavior” developed by Hungerford & Volk in 1990. The research method used is survey with a causal approach and characterized by a data analysis technique using path analysis. The nature of the research used to test both direct and indirect effect among variables. In the framework of the flowchart was developed the variables in the Entry Level, the Ownership, and Empowerment of influential directly and indirectly towards the Environmental Citizenship Behavior to the environment. Based on the findings, it could be concluded that all of these entry level variables, ownership variables, and empowerment variables have direct and indirect effect towards environmental citizenship behavior.
Pseudonym Changing at Social Spots: An Effective Strategy for Location Privacy in VANETs

As a prime target of the quality of privacy in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), location privacy is imperative for VANETs to fully flourish. Although frequent pseudonym changing provides a promising solution for location privacy in VANETs, if the pseudonyms are changed in an improper time or location, such a solution may become invalid. To cope with the issue, in this paper, we present an effective pseudonym changing at social spots (PCS) strategy to achieve the provable location privacy. In particular, we first introduce the social spots where several vehicles may gather, e.g., a road intersection when the traffic light turns red or a free parking lot near a shopping mall. By taking the anonymity set size as the location privacy metric, we then develop two anonymity set analytic models to quantitatively investigate the location privacy that is achieved by the PCS strategy. In addition, we use game-theoretic techniques to prove the feasibility of the PCS strategy in practice. Extensive performance evaluations are conducted to demonstrate that better location privacy can be achieved when a vehicle changes its pseudonyms at some highly social spots and that the proposed PCS strategy can assist vehicles to intelligently change their pseudonyms at the right moment and place.
A Fast Alternating Direction Method for TVL1-L2 Signal Reconstruction From Partial Fourier Data

Recent compressive sensing results show that it is possible to accurately reconstruct certain compressible signals from relatively few linear measurements via solving nonsmooth convex optimization problems. In this paper, we propose the use of the alternating direction method - a classic approach for optimization problems with separable variables (D. Gabay and B. Mercier, ¿A dual algorithm for the solution of nonlinear variational problems via finite-element approximations,¿ Computer and Mathematics with Applications, vol. 2, pp. 17-40, 1976; R. Glowinski and A. Marrocco, ¿Sur lapproximation par elements finis dordre un, et la resolution par penalisation-dualite dune classe de problemes de Dirichlet nonlineaires,¿ Rev. Francaise dAut. Inf. Rech. Oper., vol. R-2, pp. 41-76, 1975) - for signal reconstruction from partial Fourier (i.e., incomplete frequency) measurements. Signals are reconstructed as minimizers of the sum of three terms corresponding to total variation, ¿1-norm of a certain transform, and least squares data fitting. Our algorithm, called RecPF and published online, runs very fast (typically in a few seconds on a laptop) because it requires a small number of iterations, each involving simple shrinkages and two fast Fourier transforms (or alternatively discrete cosine transforms when measurements are in the corresponding domain). RecPF was compared with two state-of-the-art algorithms on recovering magnetic resonance images, and the results show that it is highly efficient, stable, and robust.
High expression of 92-kD type IV collagenase (gelatinase B) in the osteoclast lineage during mouse development

cDNA clones for murine 92 kD type IV collagenase (gelatinase B) were generated for the determination of its primary structure and for analysis of temporal and spatial expression in vivo. The mouse enzyme has 72% sequence identity with the human counterpart, the major difference being the presence of a 16-residue segment absent from the human enzyme. In situ hybridization analyses of embryonic and postnatal mouse tissues revealed intense signals in cells of the osteoclast cell lineage. Clear expression above background was not observed in macrophages, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, monocytes, or epithelial cells which have been shown to express the gene in vitro in cell cultures. Expression of the gene was first observed at early stage of cartilage and tooth development at E13, where signals were seen transiently in surrounding mesenchymal cells. At later developmental stages and postnatally strong expression was seen in large cells at the surface of bones. These cells were presumably osteoclasts as their location correlated with that of TRAP positive cells. Signals above background were not observed in a number of other tissues studied. The results represent the first demonstration of a highly osteoclast specific extracellular proteinase. The results suggest that during normal development of embryonic organs the 92-kD type IV collagenase does not have a major role in basement membrane degradation, but is rather mainly used for the turnover of bone matrix, possibly as a gelatinase required for the removal of denatured collagen fragments (gelatin) generated by interstitial collagenase.
Chinese and Foreign Sports Industry Development TFP Analysis and DEAApproach Applied Research

Through analyzing Chinese and foreign sports industry TFP, by applying DEA approaches to detect Chinese and foreign sports product industry TFP fluctuation, and researching on its influence factors targeted at the case, the paper gets Chinese and foreign sports product industry overall TFP index description process from year 2010 to 2013, gets that Puma, Adidas, and Nike represented foreign sports product industry TFP development in these four years are relative fast, main factors that affect Chinese sports product industry are investment of human resource, investment of researching and development as well as investment of machinery equipment, and development of Chinese sports production industry shows a kind of direct proportion that mainly is regional concentration and production scale. Foreign business proportions and meanwhile enterprises tax bearing growth also has certain impact effects on their sports product industrial TFP. Fi- nally, it puts forward its relative suggestions to provide theoretical basis for Chinese sports product industrial development.
The Instructional and Emotional Quality of Parent–Child Book Reading and Early Head Start Children's Learning Outcomes

Research Findings: The objective of this study was to understand how two dimensions of parent–child book-reading quality—instructional and emotional—interact and relate to learning in a sample of low-income infants and toddlers. Participants included 81 parents and their children from Early Head Start programs in the rural Midwest. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to test the hypothesis that parental book-reading qualities interact and relate to children's concurrent cognitive and language scores. Exploratory analyses examined if patterns of relationships varied for families who had different home languages (i.e., English, Spanish). Results included that book-reading qualities and home language interacted to predict child scores. Practice or Policy: Findings suggest a need to further explore potentially complex patterns of relationships among parental book-reading behaviors and child learning for diverse families. Understanding these patterns could inform the development of culturally-sensitive intervention approaches designed to support high-quality shared book reading.
AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMBINED CARDIAC AND THYROID SURGERY OF PATIENTS WITH A HIGH PERIOPERATIVE RISK

The simultaneous manifestation of heart disease and thyroid problems is a fairly common phenomenon. In the case of the simultaneous appearance of these complications at a advanced level of development there is the need to conduct joint endocrine surgery and a cardiac surgical operation. This is only possible in specialist units with a high level of various medical specialisations. The aim of our research is to conduct the first assessment in Poland of the effects of a simultaneously conducted operations of thyroid resection and open-heart surgery, including mainly an analysis of the postoperational complications. This is, at the same time, the most extensive pu blication to date of patients of this type to appear in English-language subject literature. Eleven patients (four males and seven females) with an average age of 66.27 years (ages ranging from 37 to 80) underwent combined thyroidectomy and cardiac surgery at the Clinical Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology of the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow for the period from 2006 to 2014. The research employed a retrospective analysis of the hospitalization documentation as well as the results of the control tests conducted. Cases were reviewed for demographic data and past medical history, cardiac and thyroid pathology (including pathologist reports), the type of combined surgeries, heart rate, blood pressure and temperature during the operation, postoperative laboratory examinations (car diac enzymes and thyroid function markers). With the aim of evaluating complications a specialist questionnaire – The Complication Evaluation Questionnaire – was used on patients following a hybrid operation of the goitre and heart. It was found that all patients survived and relatively few complications were noticed – one right recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and one suppuration of the postoperative thoracic wound. No other complications as described in the relevant subject literature were observed, also none of the patients needed to be reoperated on. Eight patients required packed Red Blood Cells or Fresh Frozen Plasma transfusions due to extensive blood loss while only five patients needed vasoactive drug support. As a result of the research conducted it has been noted that the cumulative risk is less in the combined operation in comparison with that of a twostage operations, with any ensuing complications being minor. The research conducted, as with that appearing in the relevant subject literature, shows that a single-stage procedure is safe, efficient and effective, with a good outcome.
Molecular Diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi Detected in the Vector Triatoma protracta from California, USA

Background Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease in humans and dogs, is a vector-borne zoonotic protozoan parasite that can cause fatal cardiac disease. While recognized as the most economically important parasitic infection in Latin America, the incidence of Chagas disease in the United States of America (US) may be underreported and even increasing. The extensive genetic diversity of T. cruzi in Latin America is well-documented and likely influences disease progression, severity and treatment efficacy; however, little is known regarding T. cruzi strains endemic to the US. It is therefore important to expand our knowledge on US T. cruzi strains, to improve upon the recognition of and response to locally acquired infections. Methodology/Principle Findings We conducted a study of T. cruzi molecular diversity in California, augmenting sparse genetic data from southern California and for the first time investigating genetic sequences from northern California. The vector Triatoma protracta was collected from southern (Escondido and Los Angeles) and northern (Vallecito) California regions. Samples were initially screened via sensitive nuclear repetitive DNA and kinetoplast minicircle DNA PCR assays, yielding an overall prevalence of approximately 28% and 55% for southern and northern California regions, respectively. Positive samples were further processed to identify discrete typing units (DTUs), revealing both TcI and TcIV lineages in southern California, but only TcI in northern California. Phylogenetic analyses (targeting COII-ND1, TR and RB19 genes) were performed on a subset of positive samples to compare Californian T. cruzi samples to strains from other US regions and Latin America. Results indicated that within the TcI DTU, California sequences were similar to those from the southeastern US, as well as to several isolates from Latin America responsible for causing Chagas disease in humans. Conclusions/Significance Triatoma protracta populations in California are frequently infected with T. cruzi. Our data extend the northern limits of the range of TcI and identify a novel genetic exchange event between TcI and TcIV. High similarity between sequences from California and specific Latin American strains indicates US strains may be equally capable of causing human disease. Additional genetic characterization of Californian and other US T. cruzi strains is recommended.
APPLICATION CARRIER VOLUME: A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF AN ULTRA-LOW VOLUME SPRAYER COMPARED TO A CONVENTIONAL SPRAYER FOR ROW-CROP AND TURFGRASS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

An Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) sprayer was developed to decrease carrier volume required for pesticide applications in row and turfgrass cropping systems. The ULV sprayer can make spray applications at or below 19 L ha-1 , which is far lower than a conventional sprayer in row crop or turfgrass production systems. Field studies were Facility near Mead, NE to compare the ULV sprayer to a conventional sprayer. Studies were conducted to compare the two sprayers with herbicide applications, fungicide applications, and foliar fertilizer applications. The row crop studies were applied over plots planted to six different species. Plant species used were non-glyphosate-resistant (Zea mays L.) non-glyphosate-resistant soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merr. ), amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.), quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medik.), and green foxtail (Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. ). Each of these species were harvested and dried to compare dry weight reductions from the herbicide applications. The row crop studies were conducted in the summer of 2011 and the summer of 2012. The row crop studies also compared droplet size and distribution on a laser diffraction instrument to correlate droplet size and efficacy in the comparison of the two sprayers. In general the ULV sprayer had a different droplet spectrum from the conventional sprayer, but differences in the droplet size did not reveal a difference in the dry weight reductions across the row crop studies over both years. The turfgrass studies were conducted in one of three different turfgrass systems: a mixed stand of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); a uniform stand of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.); or a creeping bentgrass 'L-93' (Agrostis stolonifera L.) system managed to fairway height. The turfgrass studies were conducted in the spring and summer of 2012. Differences were not observed between the two sprayers across all of the turfgrass studies. The ULV sprayer appears to be a useful option for a variety of spray applications in row crop and turfgrass production systems. i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the great support of my advisers Dr. Greg Kruger and Dr. Roch Gaussoin for all their support during the whole of the degree. I also must acknowledge the help and support of Dr. John Eastin in his guidance with the whole sprayer project and teaching me a thing or two about " shoving a stick through a planar " technology. Without the help of these three mentors, I …
Speech Dialogue Systems -- A "Pragmatics-First'' Approach to Rational Interaction

The general goal in implementing dialogue systems is in most cases to provide some kind of human-computer-interface for rational interaction. For that purpose, an approach is required which enables such a system to satisfy user goals in a given (ideally open) domain by conducting spoken dialogues. Furthermore, it should be possible to augment it by other kinds of multi-modal interaction like gestures or the selection of items from a menu on a screen. Interactions are called “rational” because rationality principles — at the knowledge representation level — should be applied to optimally select appropriate communicative actions. In this article, different approaches to the understanding of dialogues and the implementation of dialogue systems will be presented. As a basis for comparing the approaches, fundamental issuses of language understanding, speech act theory, and theories of rational interaction are outlined. To give an impression of their implications for the implementation of dialogue systems, we refer to the system framework developed in Erlangen, which has been applied in various projects, as a show case throughout the paper.
PENGARUH YOUTUBE BEAUTY VLOGGER TERHADAP MINAT BELI KONSUMEN DAN DAMPAKNYA TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN PRODUK (Studi pada Pengguna Kosmetik Maybelline di Indonesia)

This research aimed to (1) identify and explain the influence of YouTube Beauty Vlogger on Consumer Purchase Intention (2) to know and explain the influence of YouTube Beauty Vlogger on Purchase Decision of Product (3) to know and explain the influence of Consumer Purchase Intention on Purchase Decision of Product . The type of research used is explanatory with quantitative approach. These research variables include YouTube Beauty Vlogger, Consumer Purcahse Intention and Purchase Decision of Product. The population in this research were Maybelline Cosmetic Users who had watched one of YouTube Beauty Vlogger Abel Cantika, Sarah Ayu or Tasya Farasya used Maybelline products. The sampling technique for this research was using purposive sampling and the data collection method by distributing questionnaire to 116 respondents. Data analysis used is descriptive statistical analysis and path analysis. The data in this study was processed using SPSS 22 for Windows. The result of path analysis showed that (1) YouTube Beauty Vlogger has significant influence on Consumer Purchase Intention, (2) YouTube Beauty Vlogger has significant influence on Purchase Decision of Product, (3) Consumer Purchase Intention has significant influence on Purchase Decision of Product. Kеywords: YouTube Beauty Vlogger , Consumer Purcahse Intention, Purchase Decision of Product. АBSTRАK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) mengetahui dan menjelaskan pengaruh YouTube Beauty Vlogger terhadap Minat Beli Konsumen (2) mengetahui dan menjelaskan pengaruh YouTube Beauty Vlogger terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Produk (3) mengetahui dan menjelaskan pengaruh Minat Beli Konsumen terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Produk. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah eksplanatori (explanatory research) dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Variabel penelitian ini meliputi YouTube Beauty Vlogger , Minat Beli Konsumen dan Keputusan Pembelian Produk. Kriteria populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah Pengguna Kosmetik Maybelline dengan usia minimal 17 tahun yang pernah menonton salah satu YouTube Beauty Vlogger Abel Cantika, Sarah Ayu atau Tasya Farasya yang menggunakan produk Maybelline serta pernah membeli produk Maybelline. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 116 responden yang diambil dengan menggunakan purposive sampling dan metode pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner secara langsung ( offline ) dan secara tidak langsung ( online ). Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis statistik deskriptif dan analisis jalur (path analysis) . Data pada penelitian ini diolah menggunakan SPSS 22 for Windows. Hasil analisis jalur ( path analysis ) menunjukkan bahwa YouTube Beauty Vlogger berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Minat Beli Konsumen, YouTube Beauty Vlogger berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Produk, Minat Beli Konsumen berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Produk. Kata Kunci: YouTube Beauty Vlogger , Minat Beli Konsumen, Keputusan Pembelian Produk.