Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Transfer Learning for Human Action Recognition

To manually collect action samples from realistic videos is a time-consuming and error-prone task. This is a serious bottleneck to research related to video understanding, since the large intra-class variations of such videos demand training sets large enough to properly encompass those variations. Most authors dealing with this issue rely on (semi-) automated procedures to collect additional, generally noisy, examples. In this paper, we exploit a different approach, based on a Transfer Learning (TL) technique, to address the target task of action recognition. More specifically, we propose a framework that transfers the knowledge about concepts from a previously labeled still image database to the target action video database. It is assumed that, once identified in the target action database, these concepts provide some contextual clues to the action classifier. Our experiments with Caltech256 and Hollywood2 databases indicate: a) the feasibility of successfully using transfer learning techniques to detect concepts and, b) that it is indeed possible to enhance action recognition with the transferred knowledge of even a few concepts. In our case, only four concepts were enough to obtain statistically significant improvements for most actions.
Beyond the Big Test: Noncognitive Assessment in Higher Education

Beyond the Big Test: Noncognitive Assessment m lligher Education l William E. Sedlacek, 2004, San Francisco· Jossey-Bass, 288 pages, $45 00. ISBN 07,~7961'09 ·:· That scores on standardized measures of cognitive assessmen continue to reflect significant discrepancies across racial and ethnic groups 1s perhaps the most enduring and vexmg aspect of the field of cognitive ability testing. In h1s regard, Beyond the Big Test: Noncogmtive Assessment in Higher Education IS a v. clcome addition to this important dialogue. This 288-page volume can be thought of as encompassing two sections. The first 154 pages are divided into nine chapters in which the author identifies eight noncognitive variables (i.e., positive self-concept, realistic self-appraisal, successfully handling the system, preference for long-term goals, availability of strong support system, leadership experience, community involvement, and knowledge acquired tn a field) and describes a system of assessing these variables and using them in a range of settings, including admissions, teaching, advising, and counseling. This section includ~. :. ~ a rudimentary review of reliability and validity and consistently provides supporting cmp1rical evidence for the utility of noncognitive assessment-evidence that draws to a large degree on the author 's accumulated body of research. The second section, consisting of 119 pages, includes a number of appendixes related to the assessment and implementation of the specific approach to assessment being ad\ ocated. These include the Situational Attitudes Scale and Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) with accompanying scoring and administration, a procedure for conducting a noncognitive variable diagnostic interview, and several case examples of rater evaluations usmg the noncognitive variable scoring system. The remaining appendixes provide information related to the assessment of campus climate and documents associated with the author's racism class taught at the University of Maryland. It is widely recognized that the ability to predict academ1c success requires attention to a wide array of psychosocial variables. Furthermore, the predictive validity of such "big tests" as the SAT in relation to academic achievement and rates of graduation continues to be debated (see Jencks & Phillips, 1998). As such, Beyond the Big Test is largely successful in offering the reader an excellent resource for the assessment of the identified noncognitive variables. In addition, the author offers detailed informa-
Communication and rural development in Nigeria

Anybody editing a reader such as this one should he prepared to accommodate differences, and perhaps, contradictions among the various authors. Herein lies the strength as well as the weakness of any book of readings. The strength, because by expressing differences authors enrich the reader with various ways of looking at the same issue. The weakness, because the thread that should entwine a book of readings is often weakened in the differences, especially if they are many and substantial. The reader of Communication and Rural Development in Nigeria should, therefore, make allowance for differences in opinions regarding key concepts in development communication in general and the Nigerian rural communication scene in particular. In some chapters, for instance, development is defined in specifically economic terms. In others, it is seen as a whole-embracing phenomenon which touches every facet of human life. Similarly, the definition of communication ranges from the old linear school of transmission of information to the more recent dynamic view of sharing of human experience. CAp example of differences by authors on the local Nigerian scene is:. / which mass medium is the best for development communication? Some writers have said radio, others television, others newspapers and still others a combination of all, plus the traditional media. v^Qsfearly all the authors, however, have agreed on the following:)
Orientation Discrimination Performance Is Predicted by GABA Concentration and Gamma Oscillation Frequency in Human Primary Visual Cortex

Neuronal orientation selectivity has been shown in animal models to require corticocortical network cooperation and to be dependent on the presence of GABAergic inhibition. However, it is not known whether variability in these fundamental neurophysiological parameters leads to variability in behavioral performance. Here, using a combination of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetoencephalography, and visual psychophysics, we show that individual performance on a visual orientation discrimination task is correlated with both the resting concentration of GABA and the frequency of stimulus-induced gamma oscillations in human visual cortex. Behaviorally, a strong oblique effect was found, with the mean angular threshold for oblique discrimination being five times higher than that for vertically oriented stimuli. Similarly, we found an oblique effect for the dependency of performance on neurophysiological parameters. Orientation detection thresholds were significantly negatively correlated with visual cortex GABA concentration for obliquely oriented patterns (r = −0.65, p < 0.015) but did not reach significance for vertically oriented stimuli (r = −0.39, p = 0.2). Similarly, thresholds for obliquely oriented stimuli were negatively correlated with gamma oscillation frequency (r = −0.65, p < 0.017), but thresholds for vertical orientations were not (r = −0.02, p = 0.9). Gamma oscillation frequency was positively correlated with GABA concentration in primary visual cortex (r = 0.67, p < 0.013). These results confirm the importance of GABAergic inhibition in orientation selectivity and demonstrate, for the first time, that interindividual performance on a simple visual task is linked to neurotransmitter concentration. The results also suggest a key role for GABAergic gamma oscillations in visual discrimination tasks.
Searching Techniques in Peer-to-Peer Networks

This chapter provides a survey of major searching techniques in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. We first introduce the concept of P2P networks and the methods for classifying different P2P networks. Next, we discuss various searching techniques in unstructured P2P systems, strictly structured P2P systems, and loosely structured P2P systems. The strengths and weaknesses of these techniques are highlighted. Searching in unstructured P2Ps covers both blind search schemes and informed search schemes. Blind searches include iterative deepening, k-walker random walk, modified random BFS, and two-level k-walker random walk. Informed searches include local indices, directed BFS, intelligent search, routing indices, attenuated bloom filter, adaptive probabilistic search, and dominating set based search. The discussion of searching in strictly structured P2Ps focuses on hierarchical Distributed Hash Table (DHT) P2Ps and nonDHT P2Ps. Searching in non-hierarchical DHT P2Ps is briefly overviewed. The presentation of the hierarchical DHT P2Ps pays more attention to Kelips and Coral, whereas that of searching in non-DHT P2Ps focuses on SkipNet and TerraDir. The description of searching in loosely structured P2Ps focuses on Freenet. We conclude this chapter by summarizing open problems in searching the P2P networks.
Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) of the deep Northwestern Atlantic, including remarkable new species of Euritmia and Sphaerephesia

Abstract Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) is a seeming uncommon and minimally diverse group of polychaetes in the northwestern Atlantic, with only seven species reported from the United States, and none from the eastern coast of Canada, before the present study. Review of the large Smithsonian collection (National Museum of Natural History, Washington) revealed the presence of two morphologically extraordinary undescribed species and added a new record to the north-western Atlantic region. Euritmia carolensis sp. n. is characterised by bearing approximately 20 sessile spherical papillae arranged in three transverse rows per segment, ventrum with 4–6 larger papillae near the parapodial bases and parapodia without papillae; bearing 4–5 simple chaetae that are enlarged subdistally. Sphaerephesia amphorata sp. n. is distinguished from other congeners in the presence of four longitudinal rows of sessile, bottle-shaped macrotubercles with exceptionally long digitiform terminal papilla, and parapodia with four rounded and small papillae, bearing 4–7 compound chaetae, with blades 7–11 times as long as wide. Other encountered species are also herein re-described, including intraspecific variation and updated iconography. Comparison of material also allowed some systematic changes in the group, including the synonymisation of the genus Amacrodorum with Euritmia, and the transfer of Ephesiopsis shivae to Ephesiella. A key to the species reported from the Northwestern Atlantic is provided.
Implications of compressed supersymmetry for collider and dark matter searches

Martin has proposed a scenario dubbed ``compressed supersymmetry'' (SUSY) where the MSSM is the effective field theory between energy scales Mweak and MGUT, but with the GUT scale SU(3) gaugino mass M3 M1 or M2. As a result, squark and gluino masses are suppressed relative to slepton, chargino and neutralino masses, leading to a compressed sparticle mass spectrum, and where the dark matter relic density in the early universe may be dominantly governed by neutralino annihilation into t pairs via exchange of a light top squark. We explore the dark matter and collider signals expected from compressed SUSY for two distinct model lines with differing assumptions about GUT scale gaugino mass parameters. For dark matter signals, the compressed squark spectrum leads to an enhancement in direct detection rates compared to models with unified gaugino masses. Meanwhile, neutralino halo annihilation rates to gamma rays and anti-matter are also enhanced relative to related scenarios with unified gaugino masses but, depending on the halo dark matter distribution, may yet be below the sensitivity of indirect searches underway. In the case of collider signals, we compare the rates for the potentially dominant decay modes of the 1 which may be expected to be produced in cascade decay chains at the LHC: 1? c1 and 1? bW1. We examine the extent to which multilepton signal rates are reduced when the two-body decay mode dominates. For the model lines that we examine here, the multi-lepton signals, though reduced, still remain observable at the LHC.
Evaluation of using Capture-Recapture Methods on Software Review Data

Software defect content estimation is important, to control and ensure software quality. One possible method to achieve this is by applying capturerecapture methods. This type of methods can be applied on data collected from reviews, and it can be used to estimate the remaining number of defects after a review. This paper focuses on replicating a previous study made by other researchers. The replication is concerned with looking at different estimation methods and the ability to select a good enough estimation method. The evaluation in this paper is based on three data sets from three different types of documents: a text document, code and a requirements document. It is concluded that no estimation method is generally superior, and the best method is dependent on several factors, including the actual data sets and the number of reviewers. Moreover, it is concluded that the selection method proposed in the previous study is not superior to one specific model. Thus, the selection procedure is unable to pinpoint the best estimation method in our data sets.
Effects of Product - Market Diversification Strategy on Corporate Financial Performance and Growth: An Empirical Study of Some Companies in Nigeria.

This study takes diversification research to a new level of analysis by examining the performance of a sample of Nigerian companies in relation to specialization, related, unrelated and mixed product-market strategies. It was proposed that firms that pursue related or unrelated diversification strategies outperform and grow faster than those that attempt to pursue both. Using the triangulation analytical technique involving correlation, multiple regression, ANOVA, independent sample test and Scheffe Ad Hoc test, it was found that there is a high and positive correlation between financial performance and related diversification strategy. Related diversifiers had a relatively higher level of financial performance than unrelated and mixed diversifiers. A marginal correlation was found between unrelated and mixed modes of diversification and financial performance and sales growth. The regression analysis showed that related diversification has a significant impact on performance (t = 3.380; p< 0.05) while unrelated diversification has a negative but non-significant impact on performance and growth. The result of the analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that there were significant performance differences between firms utilizing only related diversification strategies and those utilizing only unrelated diversification strategies (F = 3.110, p <0.05). The Scheffe’s Test further confirmed that there is a significant difference between the performance of firms using mixed (related and unrelated) diversification strategies and the performance of firms pursuing either of the two strategies exclusively with firms pursuing either of the two strategies exclusively outperforming the firms that are pursuing mixed (related and unrelated) diversification strategies. A significant difference was also found between the performance of firms that develop through related or unrelated diversification and the performance of firms that remained specialized, with firms that remained specialized performing better on all parameters and growing faster in sales than those that develop through related and unrelated diversification only. The study concludes that the financial performance and sales growth of firms in Nigeria are significantly affected by the mode of diversification used and recommends that Nigerian firms that are seeking a sustainable fast growth and superior performance should pursue a related product-market diversification strategy or a specialization strategy but not both.
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis in Korea: Clinical Features, Treatment, and Outcome

Background and Purpose Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is the most common type of autoimmune synaptic encephalitis and it often responds to treatment. We analyzed the clinical characteristics of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in Korea. Methods Serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of adult patients (aged ≥18 years) with encephalitis of undetermined cause were screened for anti-NMDAR antibodies using a cell-based indirect immunofluorescence assay. The patients came from 41 university hospitals. Results Of the 721 patients screened, 40 were identified with anti-NMDAR antibodies and clinical details of 32 patients were obtained (median age, 41.5 years; 15 females). Twenty-two patients (68.8%) presented with psychiatric symptoms, 16 (50%) with seizures, 13 (40.6%) with movement disorders, 15 (46.9%) with dysautonomia, 11 (34.4%) with memory disturbance, and 11 (34.4%) with speech disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography, and CSF examinations yielded nonspecific findings. Tumor information was only available for 22 patients: 5 patients had tumors, and 2 of these patients had ovarian teratomas. Twenty-two patients received immunotherapy and/or surgery, and therapeutic responses were analyzed in 21 patients, of which 14 (66.7%) achieved favorable functional outcomes (score on the modified Rankin Scale of 0-2). Conclusions This study investigated the clinical characteristics of adult anti-NMDAR encephalitis in Korea. Currently, elderly patients who do not have tumors are commonly diagnosed with this condition. Understanding the detailed clinical characteristics of this disease will improve the early detection of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in patients both young and old.
BENTUK GAYA BAHASA KOMUNIKASI FACEBOOK KOMUNITAS SENIMAN LAKI-LAKI

The use of increasingly diverse language, it is because they want or do not want the language we use will definitely be contaminated with the language of all regions in Indonesia and even discuss international languages. Therefore this article seeks to know the style of male language in communication through social media facebook, especially for the community of artists in Malang. In particular how the shape and meaning of language style male artist community in facebook? Style of language used male artist in the city of Malang is a stylistic comparison that is widely used is the "personification" of the style of figurative language depicting inanimate objects or goods lifeless as if it has human nature and "simile "in comparison of two things that are essentially different and deliberately considered equal. Penggunaan bahasa semakin beragam, hal ini karena mau atau tidak mau bahasa yang kita gunakan pasti akan terkontaminasi dengan bahasa dari seluruh daerah di Indonesia dan bahkan bahas-bahasa internasional. Untuk itu artikel ini berusaha mengetahui gaya bahasa laki-laki dalam komunikasi melalui media sosial facebook khususnya untuk para komunitas seniman di Malang Raya. khususnya bagaimana bentuk dan makna gaya bahasa laki-laki komunitas seniman dalam face b ook ? Gaya bahasa yang digunakan seniman laki-laki di kota Malang adalah Gaya bahasa perbandingan yang banyak digunakan adalah ”personafikasi” yaitu gaya bahasa kiasan yang menggambarkan benda-benda mati atau barang-barang yang tidak bernyawa seolah-olah memiliki sifat-sifat kemanusiaan dan ”simile” yaitu perbandingan dua hal yang pada hakikatnya berlainan dan yang sengaja dianggap sama.
Real time pollution monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Networks are gaining importance in the area of research, mainly of their wide potential applications. Atmospheric contamination in the various elements of air leading to hazardous effects of global warming and acid rains which have become a crucial apprehension for the wellness of the population. An atmosphere pollution monitoring system is extremely important to keep away from such adverse imbalance in nature. In the proposed paper, an attempt is made to develop a real-time pollution monitoring using wireless sensor networks (WSN). With the rapid growth in the industries which are the main sources of air pollutants, the problem of air pollution is becoming a serious concern for the health of the population. The concentration of major air pollutant gases like Carbon dioxide (CO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and oxygen (O2) from the air are sensed by using the commercially available gas sensors. Each of these sensors is properly calibrated as per the standard methods and these gas sensors are then incorporated with the wireless sensor motes using multi-hop data aggregation algorithm. Air pollutant data are collected from the developed test beds in the form numbers and this data is made available on the Internet through the combination of light weight middleware and a web interface. Air pollution monitoring with Wasp mote is simple and economical due to its features of wireless communication among the sensors.
Plasma S100A12 and soluble receptor of advanced glycation end product levels and mortality in chronic kidney disease Stage 5 patients.

BACKGROUND Alterations in the advanced glycation end-products (AGE)-receptor of AGE (RAGE) system are linked to several chronic diseases, which may result from vascular damage. A high circulating level of the pro-inflammatory RAGE-ligand S100A12, also known as EN-RAGE, is thought to promote while a high level of soluble RAGE (sRAGE) is thought to protect against development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). We evaluated circulating S100A12 and sRAGE in relation to clinical characteristics, nutritional status, inflammation and mortality risk in chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 5 patients starting on dialysis. METHODS Plasma S100A12 and sRAGE, biomarkers of inflammation and nutritional status, and comorbidities were investigated in 200 CKD Stage 5 patients [median age of 56 years, 62% men and median glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 6.2 mL/min/1.73 m(2)] in conjunction with initiation of dialysis therapy. Associations between mortality risk and S100A12 or sRAGE were assessed after a median follow-up period of 23 months. In addition, for comparative analyses, S100A12 and sRAGE levels were assessed also in 58 haemodialysis and 78 peritoneal dialysis patients after 1 year of dialysis, 56 CKD Stages 3-4 patients and 50 community-based control subjects. RESULTS The median level of S100A12 was 4-fold higher, median sRAGE 2.4 higher and median ratio S100A12/sRAGE 2.27 times higher in CKD 5 patients than in controls. Similar alterations were observed in CKD 3-4 patients; however, CKD 5 patients had a higher median level of sRAGE than the CKD 3-4 patients. In the CKD 5 patients, S100A12 levels were higher in those with diabetes or CVD than in those without these comorbidities. Furthermore, S100A12 correlated with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels (ρ = 0.53; P < 0.001) and a 1-SD higher level of S100A12 associated with increased all-cause mortality risk (hazard ratio 1.32, 95% confidence interval 1.01-1.73) after adjustment for age, sex, comorbidity, nutritional status and inflammation (hsCRP). In the CKD 5 patients, sRAGE correlated negatively with GFR (ρ = -0.26; P < 0.01) but sRAGE did not associate with hsCRP, comorbidities or mortality. CONCLUSIONS Plasma concentrations of sRAGE, S100A12 and the ratio S100A12/sRAGE, are markedly elevated in CKD 5 patients starting on dialysis as well as in CKD 3-4 patients and prevalent dialysis patients suggesting that these alterations are typical for patients with moderate or severe CKD. In CKD 5 patients, an increased concentration of S100A12 are associated with inflammation, comorbidities and increased mortality risk whereas no such associations were observed for sRAGE. These results suggest that while high plasma S100A12 is an independent predictor of increased mortality risk, sRAGE does not seem to be a valid risk marker in this patient population.