Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Haptic Shared Control in Tele-Manipulation: Effects of Inaccuracies in Guidance on Task Execution

Haptic shared control is a promising approach to improve tele-manipulated task execution, by making safe and effective control actions tangible through guidance forces. In current research, these guidance forces are most often generated based on pre-generated, errorless models of the remote environment. Hence such guidance forces are exempt from the inaccuracies that can be expected in practical implementations. The goal of this research is to quantify the extent to which task execution is degraded by inaccuracies in the model on which haptic guidance forces are based. In a human-in-the-loop experiment, subjects (n = 14) performed a realistic tele-manipulated assembly task in a virtual environment. Operators were provided with various levels of haptic guidance, namely no haptic guidance (conventional tele-manipulation), haptic guidance without inaccuracies, and haptic guidance with translational inaccuracies (one large inaccuracy, in the order of magnitude of the task, and a second smaller inaccuracy). The quality of natural haptic feedback (i.e., haptic transparency) was varied between high and low to identify the operator's ability to detect and cope with inaccuracies in haptic guidance. The results indicate that haptic guidance is beneficial for task execution when no inaccuracies are present in the guidance. When inaccuracies are present, this may degrade task execution, depending on the magnitude and the direction of the inaccuracy. The effect of inaccuracies on overall task performance is dominated by effects found for the Constrained Translational Movement, due to its potential for jamming. No evidence was found that a higher quality of haptic transparency helps operators to detect and cope with inaccuracies in the haptic guidance.
Incentives to Innovate and Financial Crises

In this paper I develop a model of a competitive financial system with unrestricted but costly entry and an endogenously determined number of competing financial institutions (“banks” for short). Banks can make standard loans on which plentiful historical data are available and unanimous agreement exists on default probabilities. Or banks can innovate and make new loans on which limited historical data are available, leading to possible disagreement over default probabilities. In equilibrium, banks make zero profits on standard loans and positive profits on innovative loans, which engenders innovation incentives for banks. But innovation brings with it the risk that investors could disagree with the bank that the loan is worthy of continued funding and hence could withdraw funding at an interim stage, precipitating a financial crisis. The degree of innovation in the financial system is determined by this trade-off. Welfare implications of financial innovation and mechanisms to reduce the probability of crises are discussed.
The impact of client importance on earnings management and going-concern opinion: empirical evidence from Indonesia

Penelitian ini menguji pengaruh kepentingan klien terhadap independensi auditor yang diukur dengan manajemen laba berbasis akrual dan opini going-concern. Sampel penelitian terdiri dari 1.080 observasi dalam tahun-perusahaan dari perusahaan terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) dengan delapan tahun pengamatan (2004-2011). Dengan menggunakan pooled OLS, kami menemukan bahwa kepentingan terhadap klien (client importance) berpengaruh negatif terhadap manajemen laba akrual. Kami juga menemukan bukti bahwa kepentingan terhadap klien berpengaruh positif terhadap opini going-concern. Secara keseluruhan, temuan-temuan kami menyimpulkan bahwa walaupun Kantor Akuntan Publik memiliki kepentingan ekonomi terhadap klien, namun Kantor Akuntan Publik memelihara kualitas audit dengan menjaga tingkat independensi terhadap klien mereka, tercermin dari manajemen laba akrual yang lebih rendah, dan terdapat kecenderungan yang lebih tinggi dalam memberikan opini going-concern. Hasil studi ini robust setelah mempertimbangkan hasil dari pengujian sensitivitas yang mendukung pengujian utamanya. Kata kunci: kualitas audit, independensi auditor, kepentingan terhadap klien, manajemen laba, opini going-concern
Topological Methods for Polymeric Materials: Characterizing the Relationship Between Polymer Entanglement and Viscoelasticity

We develop topological methods for characterizing the relationship between polymer chain entanglement and bulk viscoelastic responses. We introduce generalized Linking Number and Writhe characteristics that are applicable to open linear chains. We investigate the rheology of polymeric chains entangled into weaves with varying topologies and levels of chain density. To investigate viscoelastic responses, we perform non-equilibrium molecular simulations over a range of frequencies using sheared Lees–Edwards boundary conditions. We show how our topological characteristics can be used to capture key features of the polymer entanglements related to the viscoelastic responses. We find there is a linear relation over a significant range of frequencies between the mean absolute Writhe Wr and the Loss Tangent tan(δ). We also find an approximate inverse linear relationship between the mean absolute Periodic Linking Number LKP and the Loss Tangent tan(δ). Our results show some of the ways topological methods can be used to characterize chain entanglements to better understand the origins of mechanical responses in polymeric materials.
Linking Business Ownership and Perceived Administrative Complexity: An Empirical Analysis of 18 OECD Countries

Administrative burdens are known to be a major business constraint for incumbent SMEs in modern economies. Far less is known about the influence of these burdens on the startup of new firms. The current paper examines to what extent perceived administrative complexity related to starting a new business influences the number of business owners across 18 OECD countries. We test this relationship combining data on business ownership from EIM's COMPENDIA data base and data on perceived administrative complexity from the Eurobarometer public opinion surveys coordinated by the European Commission. Our results suggest that perceived administrative complexity has a negative impact on the level of business ownership. However, the effect is not immediate but rather seems to emerge in the long run.
DNA replication patterns of normal human leukocyte cultures. Time sequence of DNA synthesis in relation to the H3-thymidine incorporation over the nucleolus.

Three patterns of DNA replication in the interphase nuclei of short-term leukocyte cultures are described: (1) light, homogenous labeling on the whole nucleus and no labeling over the nucleolus (nucleolus-negative phase), (2) heavy labeling equally distributed over the whole nucleus and nucleoli (intermediate phase), (3) heavy labeling over the nucleoli and moderate labeling at the periphery of the nucleus (nucleolus-positive phase). These three patterns of labeling appear consecutively during the process of DNA synthesis. Thus, the nuclear and nucleolar associated chromatin replicates during the late stage of DNA synthesis. The existence of nucleolar chromatin is discussed. Study of H3-thymidine incorporation in the nucleoli of leukemic and neoplastic cells may develop data regarding the possible metabolic disturbances of these cells.
Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Critical Clinicotherapeutic Appraisal with a Spotlight on Alternative Medical Acupuncture Therapy

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS), first described in 1880s and further explained in early 20th period by Butlin and Oppenheim as glossodynia, is an idiopathic chronic intraoral pain condition that preferentially afflicts middleaged and elderly peri or post-menopausal women. BMS is characterized by bilateral, symmetrical non-specific persistent symptoms of burning or itching or scalding and pain (dysthesias) of oral cavity especially two-thirds of anterior part of tongue with clinically healthy appearance of the oral mucosa [1-4]. Various synonyms of BMS, a benign condition, described in literature are glossodynia (painful tongue), glosopyrosis (burning tongue), glossalgia, stomotodynia, and stomatopyrosis but sore tongue and oral pain is the core symptom of this neuropathic condition [2-4]. In addition, this pain condition has other important symptoms such as dysgeusia and xerostomia and, hence, BMS or burning mouth disorder is the most appropriate term for this disease [5]. Overall, BMS is most frequently used and accepted term across the world.
Affin Bank Performance: Relationship Liquidity Ratio, Leverage Ratio and GDP to Profitability

The purpose of this study sought to examine the overall performance of Affin Bankwith Current ratio, Operating efficiency ratio and Gross domestic product on profitability performance. The data obtained from annual report Affin Bank starting from 2011 until 2015. The measurement of liquidity ratio and operating ratio used to see the overall performance ofAffin Bank in 5 years which allegedly beyond benchmark. The further depth is the asset size; this variable has a negative and no significant relationship with liquidity risk. To see the relationship of these three components to the gainfulness, this paper is using liquidity (current proportion), GDP and working productivity proportion. Data was evaluated by operating regression and correlation. The regression analysis and bicariate correlation shows only one factor of profitability is significant to return on asset which is current ratio with the highest impact to the profitability. However, the liquidity, GDP and operating efficient is not significant to profitability.
TextServer: Cloud-Based Multilingual Natural Language Processing

TextServer is an efficient language analysis platform which offers a variety of robust NLP services for a wide range of languages. Services can be easily accessed via a web interface, where document collections can either be uploaded and sent to batch processing, or processed in real-time via interactive calls to a web-service from any application running on a remote computer or mobile device. The services run on a high-performance-computing cluster (HPCC), and a scheduler takes care of having enough instances loaded to satisfy incoming client requests with no delay caused by initializations. TextServer offers a variety of analysis levels, ranging from tokenization or lemmatization to coreference resolution and semantic graph extraction, and aims to become a useful resource for data mining applications working on monolingual or multilingual textual data which require to obtain structured data from unrestricted text.
An Empirical Investigation into the Role of Enjoyment, Computer Anxiety, Computer Self-Efficacy and Internet Experience in Influencing the Students' Intention to Use E-Learning: A Case Study from Saudi Arabian Governmental Universities

E-learning as an effective educational tool has been integrated into many offered courses provided by higher education institutions. Throughout eliminating the barriers of time and distance, students' lifelong learning can be achieved. Due to a broad global attention given to e-Learning, various studies had been conducted by academe, different organizations as well as the government of various nations (Rosenberg, 2001). Saudi Arabian universities are among those universal universities that implement E-learning system. However, recent research indicated that majority of students in Saudi's universities are still unwilling to use online system. Therefore, many factors need to be determined in order to enhance the students' intention to use E-learning tools and participate effectively in their courses using the accessible electronic channels. The current study has extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to investigate the role of Enjoyment, computer anxiety, computer self-efficacy and Internet experience in influencing the students' intention to use E-learning in Saudi's universities. 402 governmental universities' students were participated to test the proposed hypotheses and to determine weather the proposed variables have an effect on the students' intention to use E-learning system. The results of stepwise regression indicated that computer anxiety, computer self-efficacy and Enjoyment were significantly influence the students' intention to use E-learning while the Internet experience was insignificantly influence them. Furthermore, the importance of Attitude in mediating the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of
A Path Analysis of Metacognitive Strategies in Reading, Self-Efficacy and Task Value

The purpose of this study is to reveal the explanatory and predictive correlations among metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, reading self-efficacy, and reading task value. The study was based on structural equation modeling through a path analysis with latent variables. The sample of the study consists of 370 fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from a middle school in Akcakoca. The data were collected through the “Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory” and “Motivations for Reading Questionnaire. ” The theoretical model was observed to be supported by the data. Whereas metacognitive awareness of reading strategies was a significant predictor of reading self-efficacy, reading self-efficacy was a significant predictor of reading task value. Reading self-efficacy served as a partial mediator between metacognitive awareness of reading strategies and reading task value. The findings suggest that awareness and use of metacognitive strategies in reading constitute a significant variable in the formation of reading self-efficacy and that reading self-efficacy has an influence on reading task value.
1119-7455 THE EFFECT OF FEEDING GRADED LEVELS OF COOKED PIGEON PEA ( CAJANUS CAJAN ) SEED MEAL ON THE PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF GROWING RABBITS

A 56-day feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding varying levels of cooked pigeon pea seed meal (PSM) on the performance and carcass characteristics of growing rabbits. Twenty-four, 7-week old hybrid (Chinchilla x New Zealand white) rabbits weighing 950 – 1050g were randomly divided into four groups of 6 rabbits each. Each group was randomly assigned to one of the diets containing 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% cooked PSM, respectively. Results revealed that rabbits fed 20% cooked PSM diet had significantly (P<0.05) higher protein intake, ether extract digestibility values, average daily weight gain, protein efficiency ratio, and lower feed conversion ratio than rabbits fed 10% and 30% cooked PSM diets. Rabbits fed 10% cooked PSM diet had significantly (P<0.05) lower dry matter, crude protein and nitrogen – free extract digestibility values than rabbits fed 0%, 20% and 30% cooked PSM diets. Rabbits fed 10%, 20% and 30% cooked PSM diet had significantly (P<0.05) higher dressed carcass percentage and relative liver weight than those fed the control diet. The results showed that up to 30% of cooked PSM can included in the diets of growing rabbits without any adverse effect on
Technical Report : Conditional Reactive Simulatability ⋆

Simulatability has established itself as a salient notion f r defining and proving the security of cryptographic protocols since it en ails strong security and compositionality guarantees, which are achieved by univer sally quantifying over all environmental behaviors of the analyzed protocol. As a cons equence, however, protocols that are secure except for certain environmental beh aviors are not simulatable, even if these behaviors are efficiently identifiable and thus can be prevented by the surrounding protocol. We propose a relaxation of simulatability by conditioning t he permitted environmental behaviors, i.e., simulation is only required for enviro nmental behaviors that fulfill explicitly stated constraints. This yields a more fine-grai ned security definition that is achievable for several protocols for which unconditional s imulatability is too strict a notion, or at lower cost for the underlying cryptographic pr imitives. Although imposing restrictions on the environment destroys unconditiona l composability in general, we show that the composition of a large class of conditionall y simulatable protocols yields protocols that are again simulatable under suitable conditions. This even holds for the case of cyclic assume-guarantee conditions where pr otocols only guarantee suitable behavior if they themselves are offered certain gu arantees. Furthermore, composing several commonly investigated protocol classes wit h conditionally simulatable subprotocols yields protocols that are again simulatable i n the standard, unconditional sense.
THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MERCHANDISE TRADE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FDI INFLOWS IN INDIA

The purpose of the paper is to investigate whether the volume of merchandise trade and FDI inflows influences economic growth. The period of the study is 1996-97:Q1 to 2008-09:Q3. After investigating the stationarity of the variables, cointegration analysis has been conducted followed by VECM analysis and Granger Causality Test. The variables are I(1) processes. While unidirectional causality is observed from merchandise trade to economic growth, feedback causality has been observed between FDI inflows and economic growth.
NEW AND EMERGING PROFESSIONALS Sleep Disturbance , Activities of Daily Living , and Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults

Objective: Research suggests sleep disturbance plays a role in depression and risk for suicidal behavior (i.e., ideation, attempts, death by suicide). How sleep disturbance affects suicide risk is unclear and one’s ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) may help explain this relation. This study examined associations between sleep problems, ADLs, and either depressive symptoms or suicide risk among older adults. We hypothesized that ADLs would mediate relations between sleep problems and depressive symptoms and suicide risk. Method: Participants (N = 134; age ≥65) were recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Participants completed questionnaires that assessed insomnia symptoms, nightmares, ADLs, depressive symptoms, and suicidal behaviors. Results: Nightmares were associated with depressive symptoms and suicide risk but not independently associated with ADLs. Insomnia symptoms were associated with depressive symptoms, suicide risk, and ADLs. ADLs mediated the relation between insomnia symptoms and depressive symptoms. The insomnia symptom—suicidal behavior relation and the nightmare—suicidal behavior relation were significantly mediated by a pathway containing ADLs and depressive symptoms. Discussion: ADLs help explain how insomnia symptoms and nightmares confer suicide risk among older adults, either independently or in association with depressive symptoms. Clinical Implications: Practitioners should attend to ADL performance when treating older adults with insomnia and depression.
Distinct Intracellular Localization of Gpd1p and Gpd2p, the Two Yeast Isoforms of NAD+-dependent Glycerol-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase, Explains Their Different Contributions to Redox-driven Glycerol Production*

During anaerobiosis Saccharomyces cerevisiae strongly increases glycerol production to provide for non-respiratory oxidation of NADH to NAD+. We here report that respiratory-deficient cells become strictly dependent on the Gpd2p isoform of the NAD+-linked glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Gpd). The growth inhibition of respiratory incompetent cox18Δ cells lacking GPD2 is reversed by the addition of acetoin, an alternative sink for NADH oxidation. Growth is also restored by addition of lysine or glutamic acid/glutamine, the synthesis of which involves production of mitochondrial NADH. Lysine produced a stronger growth stimulating effect than glutamic acid consistent with an upregulated expression of the IDP3 gene for peroxisomal synthesis of the glutamate precursor α-ketoglutarate. Gpd2p is known to be a cytosolic protein but possesses a classical mitochondrial presequence, which we show is sufficient for mitochondrial targeting. A partial mitochondrial localization of Gpd2p will provide for establishment of intramitochondrial redox balance under non-respiratory conditions. Gpd1p, the other Gpd isoform, is partly cytosolic and partly peroxisomal and becomes more strictly peroxisomal in respiratory-deficient mutants. The different cellular distribution of Gpd1p and Gpd2p thus appears to be the main reason Gpd1p cannot substitute for Gpd2p in cox18Δgpd2Δ cells, despite similar kinetic characteristics of the two iso-enzymes.
Hybrid parallel circuit simulation approaches

In this paper we address the parallel timing simulation of synchronous VLSI designs on networks of workstations (NOWs). Our approaches exploit the performance gap between cycle based simulators and timing simulator techniques and combine both methods to speedup timing simulation. Based on this technique we developed four different simulation methods which are characterized by removing some communication between the timing simulators. In particular we execute a timing simulator on each node of the NOW and use cycle based simulation to produce synchronization information required by the timing simulators. One of our methods even does not need any communication at all and is hence well suited for parallel simulation on NOWs which are typically characterized by low bandwidth and high communication latency. Simulation results show that a significant speedup can be achieved even for very small circuits.
Bidirectional Recurrent Neural Network with Attention Mechanism for Punctuation Restoration

Automatic speech recognition systems generally produce un-punctuated text which is difﬁcult to read for humans and degrades the performance of many downstream machine processing tasks. This paper introduces a bidirectional recurrent neural network model with attention mechanism for punctuation restoration in unsegmented text. The model can utilize long contexts in both directions and direct attention where necessary enabling it to outperform previous state-of-the-art on English (IWSLT2011) and Estonian datasets by a large margin
The design of a satellite boom with enhanced vibration performance using genetic algorithm techniques

This paper examines the application of passive vibration control methods to a simplified satellite boom. It is suggested that such methods may allow an efficient means by which to control structural vibrations. In this research, an initial structure is designed having a regular, repeating geometric pattern. This design is then modified using a genetic algorithm (GA), which is one of a number of recently developed evolutionary computing methods. Here the GA changes the geometry of the design by altering the three‐dimensional coordinates of its joints. The aim is to minimize the band‐averaged noise transmission along the boom. This paper shows that by altering the geometry in this way, significant improvements in the structure’s noise performance can be achieved. While this research is far from complete, the work outlined demonstrates the potential usefulness of this approach for controlling structural vibrations.