Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Attention-Aware Network With Latent Semantic Analysis for Clothing Invariant Gait Recognition

Gait recognition is a complicated task due to the existence of co-factors like carrying conditions, clothing, viewpoints, and surfaces which change the appearance of gait more or less. Among those co-factors, clothing analysis is the most challenging one in the area. Conventional methods which are proposed for clothing invariant gait recognition show the body parts and the underlying relationships from them are important for gait recognition. Fortunately, attention mechanism shows dramatic performance for highlighting discriminative regions. Meanwhile, latent semantic analysis is known for the ability of capturing latent semantic variables to represent the underlying attributes and capturing the relationships from the raw input. Thus, we propose a new CNN-based method which leverages advantage of the latent semantic analysis and attention mechanism. Based on discriminative features extracted using attention and the latent semantic analysis module respectively, multi-modal fusion method is proposed to fuse those features for its high fault tolerance in the decision level. Experiments on the most challenging clothing variation dataset: OU-ISIR TEADMILL dataset B show that our method outperforms other state-of-art gait approaches.
The Effect of a Hospital Life Guidance Movie for Elderly In-patients

Purpose: This study was done to determine how a hospital life guidance movie enhanced the understanding of hospital life by elderly in-patients. Method: A non-equivalent control group post-test design was used for the study. The experimental group watched a movie on guidance for hospital life while an in-patient control group read corresponding guidance booklets. The understanding and satisfaction from the respective programs for the two groups were surveyed with a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS. Results: The group which watched the movie had a better understanding of hospital life than the group which read the booklets. The patients who watched the movie also expressed more satisfaction with their guide program than the patients who only read the booklets. Understanding of hospital life had relevance to satisfaction with the given program. Conclusion: The results of this study suggests that a movie on hospital life provides better guidance which helps the prospective patients understand and adapt better to their hospital life. Therefore, this type of movie is considered to be an effective medium to provide guidance to elderly in-patients.
PENGARUH KEPERCAYAAN, PERSEPSI HARGA, KUALITAS INFORMASI DAN KEMUDAHAN PENGGUNAAN E-COMMERCE TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN ONLINE

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis Pengaruh Kepercayaan, Persepsi Harga, Kualitas Informasi dan Kemudahan Penggunaan E-Commerce Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Online pada e-commerce Bukalapak.com. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah konsumen yang pernah berbelanja di e-commerce Bukalapak.com yang berdomisili di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Dalam penelitian ini sampel berjumlah 154 responden yang dipilih menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Alat analisis yang digunakan adalah Structural Equation Model (SEM). Berdasarkan analisis yang telah dilakukan diperoleh hasil bahwa kepercayaan konsumen berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian, sedangkan persepsi harga, kualitas informasi dan kemudahan secara signifikan tidak berpengaruh terhadap keputusan pembelian online.
Nivolumab (anti-PD-1; BMS-936558, ONO-4538) in combination with sunitinib or pazopanib in patients (pts) with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).

5010 Background: Antiangiogenic agents sunitinib (S) and pazopanib (P) are SOC for mRCC, but new therapies are needed as pts advance through therapy with limited survival benefit. We report preliminary results of a phase I trial of nivolumab, a fully human IgG4 PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor antibody, in combination with S or P in pts with mRCC. Methods: mRCC patients (≥1 prior systemic therapy) received nivolumab in combination with S (50 mg, 4 wks on, 2 wks off; arm S) or P (800 mg daily; arm P), until progression/unacceptable toxicity. Starting dose of nivolumab was 2 mg/kg IV Q3W (N2), with planned escalation to 5mg/kg IV Q3W (N5). Based on tolerability, arm S N5 cohort was expanded to treatment-naive pts. Primary objectives were safety/tolerability and determination of maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for the combinations; secondary objective was antitumor activity (objective response rate [ORR] and duration of response [DOR]). Results: 7 pts were assigned to each of arms S N2 and N5. No dose-limiting .
Measuring Asymmetric Nature of Beta Using a Smooth Linear Transformation

Prior studies have found weak evidence on the asymmetric nature of the beta coefficient based on upward and downward movements of the market by classifying market movements into two mutually exclusive and exhaustive series using a fixed threshold. Instead of using a directional measure, we used a smooth linear transformation function to measure both magnitude and direction of market movements which is scaled on the basis of the highest and lowest monthly market return during the preceding three years. Proposed classification can capture the asymmetric behavior of beta in a better way.
An Efficient Precoding Algorithm for mmWave Massive MIMO Systems

Symmetrical precoding and algorithms play a vital role in the field of wireless communications and cellular networks. This paper proposed a low-complexity hybrid precoding algorithm for mmWave massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The traditional orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) has a large complexity, as it requires matrix inversion and known candidate matrices. Therefore, we propose a bird swarm algorithm (BSA) based matrix-inversion bypass (MIB) OMP (BSAMIBOMP) algorithm which has the feature to quickly search the BSA global optimum value. It only directly finds the array response vector multiplied by the residual inner product, so it does not require the candidate’s matrices. Moreover, it deploys the Banachiewicz–Schur generalized inverse of the partitioned matrix to decompose the high-dimensional matrix into low-dimensional in order to avoid the need for a matrix inversion operation. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm effectively improves the bit error rate (BER), spectral efficiency (SE), complexity, and energy efficiency of the mmWave massive MIMO system as compared with the existing OMP hybrid and SDRAltMin algorithm without any matrix inversion and known candidate matrix information requirement.
The optimal time‐decay estimate of solutions to two‐fluid Euler‐Maxwell equations in the critical Besov space

We obtain the optimal time‐decay rate of classical solutions to two‐fluid Euler‐Maxwell equations in RN(N=2,3) , which is a remaining question in the framework of critical Besov space (see [1]). The system is of regularity‐loss, so it is difficult to get decay rates in the solution space. In this paper, the new estimate of Lp ‐ Lq ‐ Lr type and something like “square formula of Duhamel principle” are mainly used. It is shown that in the critical Besov space, the solution decays to constant equilibrium at the rate (1+t)−N2(1p−12) with 1≤p<6/5 if N=3 and p=1 if N=2 .
Trajectory Planning Approach to Output Tracking for a 1-D Wave Equation

In this article, we propose a trajectory planning approach to deal with various of the noncollocated configurations of output tracking through a one-dimensional wave equation. We mainly consider two noncollocated configurations: the performance output is noncollocated to the control input and the disturbance is noncollocated to the measurement output. By proper trajectory planning, the noncollocated configurations can be converted into the collocated ones so that the conventional method can be applied. An error-based feedback is proposed to realize the output tracking. Finally, as an application, the output tracking with general harmonic disturbance and reference signal are exemplified. Numerical simulation shows that the proposed approach is very effective.
Suppressed eddy driving during southward excursions of the North Atlantic jet on synoptic to seasonal time scales

Jet streams shape midlatitude weather and climate. The North Atlantic jet is mainly eddy‐driven, with frequent north–south excursions on synoptic time scales arising from eddy forcings and feedbacks. There are, however, special periods during which the underlying dynamics appear to change—for example, winter 2009/2010, when the jet was persistently southward‐shifted, extremely zonal, and more thermally driven. This study shows evidence that the southern jet configuration exhibits altered dynamical behavior involving a shift in the balance of thermal and eddy‐driving processes, independent of timescale. Specifically, southern jets exhibit weaker eddy feedbacks and are associated with enhanced heating in the tropical Pacific. During winter 2009/2010, a remarkably frequent (66 days out of the 90‐day winter season) and persistent southern jet shaped the unusual seasonal signature. These results bridge the synoptic and climate perspectives of jet variability, with potential to help understand and reduce biases in regional climate variability as simulated by models.
Wavefront coding with Jacobi-Fourier phase masks

Wavefront coding is a hybrid optical-computational technique that makes use of a phase modulating element in conjunction with a deconvolution algorithm to extend the depth of focus of imaging systems. The phase mask codes the wave-front in such a way that the point-spread function do not change appreciably as a function of defocus. In this work, the modulation is introduced by phase masks in the shape of a subset of Jacobi-Fourier polynomials. We will show, by both numerical simulations and experiments that the Jacobi-Fourier polynomial phase masks are good candidates for high-resolution images under noise presence.
Interaction of Water Waves with Permeable Barrier using Galerkin Approximation

In this paper we analyze the interaction of water waves with a permeable barrier which is slightly perturbed from its vertical position within the framework of linearised water wave theory. The barrier is placed in water of finite depth. Two different kinds of barriers are examined, namely, (I) a partially immersed barrier and (II) a submerged bottom standing barrier. The governing boundary value problem involving the velocity potential function is split into two boundary value problems involving the zeroth order as well as the first order velocity potential functions by using a simplified perturbation technique. The zeroth order reflection and transmission coefficients which are due to a vertical permeable barrier are evaluated by solving a Fredholm integral equation of second kind numerically by using a one term Galerkin approximation. Green’s theorem is applied to evaluate the first order reflection and transmission coefficients. The first order transmission coefficient vanishes irrespective of the shape of the barrier. The numerical values for the first order reflection coefficient are determined by choosing some appropriate shape functions. The numerical results for the zeroth order reflection coefficient which stand for the case of a vertical barrier are validated against the known results for both the permeable and impermeable barriers. The first order reflection curves are also compared by making the porosity constant to be zero with those available in the literature for an impermeable nearly vertical barrier.
Lung transplantation : therapies, complications and outcomes

Preface Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation Intensive Care Management of the Lung Transplant Recipient Impact of Viral Pathogens in Lung Transplant Recipients Identification of Allo- & Auto-Antibodies After Lung Transplantation Surgical Aspects of Lung Transplantation Neurologic Complications of Lung Transplantation Leucocyte Intracellular Cytokines in Lung Transplantation Patients: A More Physiological Indicator of Immunosuppression than Plasma Drug Levels Measurement of Intracellular Cytokines to Improve Therapeutic Monitoring of Immunosuppressive Drugs Following Lung Transplantation Index.
Bridging the Gap Between Surgery and Gastroenterology: Is There a Role for the Medical Officer Endoscopist?

Gastrointestinal endoscopy is performed at few institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in low- income countries 1 . However the number of specialists who can perform these procedures is on the increase, and in Kenya, endoscopic services are available in the cities and some major towns. Medical officers are an integral part of the Kenyan health delivery system and are deployed to even the remotest parts of the country. Here we present retrospectively recorded details of 1919 procedures done by a medical officer resident endoscopy fellow over a two-year period. These included 1792 upper endoscopy procedures and 127 lower endoscopy procedures with low morbidity and mortality. Based on this experience, we suggest the possibility of teaching medical officers to perform diagnostic endoscopy under supervision. We believe that basic diagnostic endoscopy can be safely and reliable performed by a medical officer. Keywords: Flexible endoscopy, Medical officer, Diagnostic endoscopy, Normal 0 false false false st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:. 0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}
Effects of Aging on the Tensile Properties of Polyethylene Fiber-Reinforced Alkali-Activated Slag-Based Composite

Information on the effect of age on the tensile behavior of fiber-reinforced alkali-activated slag-based composite is fairly limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to experimentally investigate the effect of age on the compressive strength and tensile properties of the fiber-reinforced alkali-activated slag-based composite. A binder including slag and alkali activators, chemical admixtures, and a reinforcing fiber were selected, and the mixture proportion was determined to make a fiber-reinforced alkali-activated slag-based composite with high ductility. Compressive strength and tensile strength tests were performed, and values were measured at 3, 5, 7, 14, 28, and 90 days. Test results showed that the compressive strength increased as the age increased. Although the first-cracking strength increased like the compressive strength, the increases of tensile strength and tensile strain capacity were not significant compared with those of compressive strength and first-cracking strength.
HIV and Aids:A strategy for nursing care

The evolution of a pandemic the biology of HIV - the cause of AIDS the means of HIV transmission understanding immunology pathways of destruction in HIV disease the clinical consequences of HIV infection a dangerous liason - tuberculosis and HIV infection HIV disease and the nervous system the impact of HIV infection on women children and HIV disease a strategy for infection control in nursing practice the individualized care of patients with HIV disease nutrition discharge planning and community care the nurse as a health educator the counselling role of the nurse the management of strategic nursing care nursing issues related to medical management.
Growth patterns of Holstein Friesian Dairy Cow (FH) from Birth to First Child based on Mathematical Analysis of the Gompertz Model

This aims of this study was to estimate the bodyweight of FH dairy cows from birth to first child by knowing growth patterns and creating a standard curve for dairy cattle growth at BBPTU-HPT Baturraden dairy cow in Baturraden district, Banyumas Regency, Purwokerto, Central Java. Data obtained in the form of secondary data from births in 2005-2016 were 1437 tails and primary data were 353 tails. Data were analyzed using SAS 9.4 program with NLIN procedures (Non-Linear) using Gompertz models. The results show that the Gompertz models is easy in the calculation process with the data deviations that are close to the field of data and the models have a high degree of accuracy with the coefficient of determination (R2 ) 99.83%. The conclusion of this study is that the resulting curve of the Gompertz model can be used as a standard growth curve of Friesian Holstein dairy cattle in Indonesia from birth to first calf.
Making Seasonal Outlooks of Arctic Sea Ice and Atlantic Hurricanes Valuable—Not Just Skillful

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Strengthening Physical Unclonable Functions using Composition

We explore the idea of composing PUFs with the intent that the resultant PUF is stronger than the constituent PUFs. Prior work has proposed a construction, which subsequent work has shown to be weak. We revisit this prior construction and observe that it is actually weaker than previously thought when the constituent PUFs are arbiter PUFs. This weakness is demonstrated via our adaptation of the previously proposed Logistic Regression (LR) attack. We then propose new constructions called PUFs-composed-withPUFs (P◦P ). In particular, we retain a two-layer construction, but allow the same input to the composite PUF to be input to more than one constituent PUF at the first layer. We explore this family of constructions, with arbiter PUFs serving as the constituent PUFs. In particular, we identify several axes which we can vary, and empirically study the resilience of our constructions compared to the prior construction and one another from the standpoint of LR attacks. As insight in to why our family of constructions is stronger, we prove, under some idealized conditions, that the lower-bound on an attacker is indeed higher under our constructions than the upper-bound on an attacker for the prior construction. As such, our work suggests that composition can be a promising approach to strengthening PUFs, contrary to what prior work suggests.
DESAIN DAN PEMBUATAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN MOBILE LEARNING PADA MATA PELAJARAN SISTEM DAN INSTALASI TATA UDARA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memnghasilkan media pembelajaran mobile learning yang dibuat menggunakan application builder appy pie pada mata pelajaran sistem dan instalasi tata udara. Penelitian menggunakan metode penelitian dan pengembangan dengan menggunakan model pengembangan ADDIE. Model pengembangan ini terdiri dari lima tahapan yaitu analysis, design, development, implementation, dan evaluation . Penelitian dilakukan pada siswa SMKN 8 Kota Bandung kelas XII TPTU. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa media pembelajaran berupa mobile learning yang telah dikembangkan berdasarkan penilaian ahli media dan materi sangat layak untuk digunakan. Uji coba terhadap siswa didapatkan hasil kualitas dan tampilan aplikasi mobile learning 83,6% disukai dan mudah digunakan. Kesimpulan penelitian ini bahwa mobile learning dengan menggunakan application builder appy pie layak digunakan dan mudah diaplikasi dan digunakan oleh siswa dan guru.
Fluidization and fluctuations in granular systems

This thesis explores how rheology and statistical mechanics can be used to describe driven granular materials. Chapter 1 is an overview of the current knowledge of slow granular flows. In Chapter 2 we characterize the liquid-like behaviour of a granular system excited by flow in a split-bottom geometry. In Chapter 3 we describe the fluctuations experienced by an object floating in our granular liquid and compare these fluctuations to the Brownian motion of particles in a thermal system. In Chapter 4 we characterize the motion of objects moving in a granular system excited by oscillatory flow. Finally, in Chapter 5, we describe both the microscopic and macroscopic motion of pucks on an air hockey table. We find the the system exhibits equipartition of rotational and translational energy and that the system can be described by van der Waals' equation of state.
Femtosecond micro-machining of hydrogels: parametric study and photochemical model including material saturation

We report on the effects of various laser system parameters on the magnitude of phase change induced inside hydrogel-based contact lens materials in the two-photon absorption limit via a laser induced refractive index (LIRIC) technique. In comparison with near infrared writing at 1035 nm where four-photon absorption process dominates, blue writing at 405 nm allows for the achievement of a decent amount of phase change (one wave) with a low power and a fast scan speed due to a more efficient two photon absorption process. Efficacy of the LIRIC process could be further improved by taking advantage of intermediate repetition rate laser pulses instead of high repetition rate (> 60 MHz) pulses or low repetition rate (< 500 KHz) pulses. A generally applicable photochemical model based on multiphoton absorption mechanism and pulse overlapping effect in two dimensions is proposed to predict the scaling behavior of the induced phase change. A modified photochemical model incorporating a saturation factor is developed to account for the behavior at large phase shifts. The modified photochemical model also helps explain the inapparent dependence of the phase change on numerical aperture (NA) at low irradiation doses and the observed sub-linear inverse dependence on scan speed.
Blood flow problem in the presence of magnetic particles through a circular cylinder using Caputo-Fabrizio fractional derivative

In this paper, the flow of blood mixed with magnetic particles subjected to uniform transverse magnetic field and pressure gradient in an axisymmetric circular cylinder is studied by using a new trend of fractional derivative without singular kernel. The governing equations are fractional partial differential equations derived based on the Caputo-Fabrizio time-fractional derivatives NFDt. The current result agrees considerably well with that of the previous Caputo fractional derivatives UFDt.