Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Neurobiologically Inspired Distributed and Hierarchical System for Control and Learning

This chapter discusses potential features of neural systems that may provide insights into biomimetic system design. Recent modeling studies on the cerebrocerebellar and spinal level systems have been of huge interests because they motivate advanced biologically inspired approaches to solve various complex engineering problems in the area of control, automation, and learning. In the view of control scheme, we argue that the cerebrum loosely specifies the control space, while the cerebellum implements modular controllers that are designated to task and performance specifications. The translation of the control commands from the central nervous system to muscles is in the single-to-multiple manner. The neural circuits operate in a simple control space and distribute the commands through synergies rather than directly treat the whole redundant set of actuators. Furthermore, considering a motion task as a sequence of sub-motions controlled by multiple modules of cerebrocerebellar systems , the movement control, which can be seen as a hybrid combination of sequential command generation mechanism coupled with state dependent gainscheduled controllers, proposes interesting biomimetic design schemes. We summarize two possible such schemes: Sequential module-based or parallel module-based gain scheduling approaches. Control variables used in neural motor control may be interpreted as a hybrid of kinematic and kinetic quantities and be chosen to simplify the control dimensionality. Furthermore, mirror neuron studies show majority of those neurons are multi-modal, i.e., they appear to respond to shapes and kinematics of objects, such as limbs, of other subjects and also respond similarly to internally generated motor command for execution. Thus more biological extensions to the proposed schemes become enable to learn from imitations more efficiently. By introducing conceptual computational neural models, we suggest several functionally important in vivo neural circuitry and its connection which are very useful for designing biomimetic systems. 4
Type determination in an optimizing compiler for apl.

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Language-learning futures: issues and strategies for modern languages provision in higher education

This volume develops ideas presented at a conference entitled 'The New Communicators: graduates with Languages' which was held in July 2000. The papers offer fresh analysis of issues that are of central importance to the future of language teaching and learning in higher education. The book provides a contemporary research perspective on the central questions of university language teaching in the new millenium and an evaluation of the impact of the largest injection of Government funding ever made to help university language learners.
Towards a Viable Alternative to OO -- Extending the sf occam/CSP Programming Model

Object orientation has become the de facto standard for large scale, general purpose software engineering. In this paper various aspects of object orientation that are against good software engineering practice are highlighted. It is then argued that a communicating process model provides a better platform for component based programming without the discussed pitfalls. At the same time, current CSP based programming technology is shown to be seriously lacking when measured against certain aspects of object oriented languages. This paper is chiefly a discussion of ideas - ideas about extensions to the occam/CSP programming model that could advance the paradigm to the point where it provides a viable alternative to object orientation for general purpose, large scale software engineering. Specifically, three ideas are discussed: mobile processes, polymorphism and routable variant channels.
Perceptions of quality of feedback in organizations: Characteristics, determinants, outcomes of feedback, and possibilities for improvement: introduction to a special issue

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to overview the state of research on feedback and aspects of feedback that have been under-researched in the scholarly literature, particularly involving the theme of quality of the feedback. The paper seeks to draw on the existing literature, to develop a conceptual framework that identifies important aspects associated with quality of feedback that the articles in this special issue uniquely address. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual article that presents the results of an analysis of the feedback research literature and offers an abbreviated overview of it. It also develops a conceptual model that illustrates the complexity of the feedback process and identifies gaps that exist in the literature which the contributions of this special issue address. Findings – The provision of feedback is critical to individuals ' learning and performance improvement in the context of their work. Coupled with the provision of feedback is the importance and need fo.
Capturing and Treating Unobserved Heterogeneity by Response Based Segmentation in PLS Path Modeling. A Comparison of Alternative Methods by Computational Experiments

Segmentation in PLS path modeling framework results is a critical issue in social sciences. The assumption that data is collected from a single homogeneous population is often unrealistic. Sequential clustering techniques on the manifest variables level are ineffective to account for heterogeneity in path model estimates. Three PLS path model related statistical approaches have been developed as solutions for this problem. The purpose of this paper is to present a study on sets of simulated data with different characteristics that allows a primary assessment of these methodologies.
User Satisfaction or User Acceptance? Statistical Evaluation of an Online Reference Service.

This study evaluates user satisfaction with an online refer ence service in Founders Memorial Library at Northern Il linois University. The evaluation is based on question naires collected from 1980 to mid-1984. Problems with defining and measuring information needs are discussed. Thoughts are given about a concept of user acceptance ver sus user satisfaction. Suggestions are presented for im provement of the service and the user evaluation form.
Internal model principle and robust control of nonlinear systems

A dynamic compensator is constructed to achieve asymptotic tracking and disturbance rejection for a class of nonlinear systems in the presence of certain plant uncertainties. The key component of this compensator is the k/sup th/-order robust control law introduced by the authors (1994), which features what is called the internal model principle in the linear literature. The result extends the robust linear servomechanism or structurally stable output regulation theory to nonlinear setting. <<ETX>>
Industry, Statistics in

• Robotics is currently an $8 billion industry globally, comprised mainly of industrial robots for welding, painting and assembly line tasks. According to The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) World Robotics survey, the worldwide demand for robots increased by 25 percent in 2003. The UNECE report predicts that the biggest growth over the next three years will be in domestic rather than industrial robots.
Low-race Split-level Charge-Recycling Pass-transistor Logic (LSCPL) for low power

In this paper a novel logic family called Low-race Spilt-level Charge-Recycling Pass-transistor Logic (LSCPL) has been proposed that employs a new output driver. LSCPL has high deriving capability due to separating load from pass transistor logic and has less power consumption and smaller delay compared to previously charge recycling logic. It has an additional benefit of lower sensitivity to signal skew. Using new regenerator in LSCPL leads to complete elimination of controller in the circuit, hence the number of transistors was greatly reduced compared to previous Spilt-level Precharge Differential Logic (SPDL). Improvements in the parameters are confirmed by simulating a two input NAND gate.
[REGULAR PAPERS] A Highly Sensitive Humidity Sensor Using a Modified Polyimide Film

This paper presents the design, fabrication sequence and measurement results of a highly sensitive capacitive-type humidity sensor using a polyimide film without hydrophobic elements. The structure of the humidity sensor is MIM (metalinsulator-metal). For a high sensitivity, a modified aromatic polyimides as a moisture absorbing layer has been synthesized instead of using general polyimides containing hydrophobic elements. The polyimide film was obtained by synthesizing and thermally polymerizing polyamic acid composed of m-pyromellitic dianhydride, phenelenediamine and dimethylacetamide. Characteristics of fabricated sensors which include sensitivity, hysteresis and stability have been measured. The measurement result shows the percent normalized capacitance change of 0.37/% RH over a range from 10 to 90% RH, hysteresis of 0.77% over the same %RH range and maximum drift of 0.25% at 50%RH. The result shows that the developed humidity sensor can be applied to evaluate a hermeticity of various sensors and actuator systems as well as micro packages.
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN MONOPOLI IPA TEMA ORGANISASI KEHIDUPAN SEBAGAI SUMBER BELAJAR UNTUK SISWA SMP

Hasil observasi di SMP N 1 Doro, ditemukan bahwa kegiatan pembelajaran belum meningkatkan kompetensi siswa secara utuh. Hal ini terjadi karena sumber belajar yang digunakan kurang menarik minat siswa karena siswa hanya mendengarkan penjelasan dari guru dan membaca buku panduan, sehingga belum memberikan kesempatan siswa untuk memperluas kemampuan yang dimilikinya. Perlu dikembangkan media pembelajaran yang dapat memberikan kesempatan siswa untuk memperluas kemampuan yang dimilikinya. Media pembelajaran yang akan peneliti kembangkan yaitu berupa media pembelajaran monopoli IPA. Rancangan penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan research and development. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa media pembelajaran monopoli IPA tema organisasi kehidupan dapat dikatakan layak oleh pakar sesuai dengan indikator kelayakan yang ditetapkan BSNP. Pada uji coba skala kecil dan besar, media pembelajaran monopoli IPA mendapat respon sangat baik oleh guru dan siswa. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan media pembelajaran monopoli IPA berpengaruh positif terhadap peningkatan hasil belajar siswa. Observation result in SMP N 1 Doro showed that teaching learning process has not been able improve the students’ competence. This happens due to lack of learning resources to attract students interest because the students only listen to the teacher explanation and read their text book, so it does not give students the opportunity to improve their capabilities. Because of that reason, the Monopoly that can give students the opportunity to improve their abilities have been developed. In this study, the researcher used Research and Development method. The results showed that the science monopoly learning media development with Life Organization them was appropriate according to expert validators. In the small scale trials and extensive, the science monopoly learning media received very good criteria of responses by teacher and students’. From the result of this study also showed that the use of science monopoly learning media has influenced positive is in improving students’ learning outcomes.
Design of a Shared Scalable Buffer ATM Switch Embedded Low-Power SPRAMS

This paper describes an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch architecture called shared scalable buffer ATM switch and its VLSI implementation. The shared scalable buffer ATM switch on one chip has embedded 4ns scalable pipelined RAM system (SPRAMS). It solves the restriction of memory cycle time in a shared buffer ATM switch. It supports flexible switching performance by the scalability of SPRAMS. It provides port size scalability with simple address control scheme. The performance evaluation was carried out on various switch configurations in uniform random traffic and uniform bursty traffic. The prototype chip has been designed for a 4 × 4 ATM switch that has a shared buffer of 128-cell. It is integrated in 0.6㎛ twin well, double-metal, and single-poly CMOS technology. The operating frequency is 80MHz, The core size is 10.6 × 10.6mm², and it supports 640 Mbps per port.
Cost, Delay, and Delay Variation Conscious Multicast Routing

We consider a constrained Steiner tree problem in which it is necessary to provide bounded delays between the source and all destinations, as well as bounded variation among these delays. The delay and delay variation bounds are directly related to the quality of service requirements of real-time interactive applications that will use the tree for multicast communication. The main contribution of our work is a new strategy for constructing constrained multicast trees. We present a heuristic that exhibits good average case behavior for the maximum delay variation among the destinations while keeping the overall cost of the multicast tree low. Our heuristic compares favorably with existing multicast algorithms in terms of tree cosst, system running time, and the satisfaction of the delay and delay variation constraints.
Mobile learning in corporate businesses: A review of literature focusing on journal articles

The growth in mobile devices has brought many opportunities for corporate businesses via mobile learning. However, corporate businesses seem to be slow in capitalising on mobile learning and limited empirical research has been found addressing this. This paper sets out to find the latest on the subject of mobile learning in corporate businesses by reviewing two prominent journal lists relevant to the Business and Information Systems domain; Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) and the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE). A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach was used to uncover the current thinking on the subject, including areas of focus and potential gaps. Findings show that highly ranked journals have neither featured mobile learning in the corporate business context nor do they feature any substantial Australian context. This research highlights the gap within literature and brings practical implication for those researching and intending to contribute to this domain.
Multi-procedure program integration

The magnitude and complexity of existing and future software systems heightens the need for tools that assist programmers with the task of maintaining and developing software. One recurring problem that arises in system development is the need to reconcile multiple divergent lines of program development. When solved by hand, this reconciliation or integration process is often tedious and error prone. A better solution is the use of a program integration tool--a tool that takes as input several variants of a base program, automatically determines the changes in each variant with respect to the base program, and incorporates these changes, along with the portion of the base program preserved in all the variants, into a merged program. Previous algorithms that solve the program-integration problem include text-based approaches, such as that used by the U scNIX diff3 utility. However, the text-based approach is unsatisfactory since it fails to guarantee any relationship between the behavior of the integrated program and the behaviors of the base program and its variants. In contrast, semantics-based approaches to program integration can exploit knowledge of a language's semantics to provide such a guarantee. Previous semantics-based algorithms, however, have been limited to single-procedure programs. This dissertation extends one of these algorithms to handle programs that consist of multiple (possibly mutually recursive) procedures. In doing so it makes the following three major contributions. (1) Definition of the system dependence graph. This graph extends previous dependence representations to incorporate collections of procedures and the interconnections between them. (2) New algorithms for interprocedural slicing. These algorithms compute several kinds of interprocedural slices (i.e., slices that cross the boundaries between procedures). By solving the calling-context problem the algorithms described in this dissertation produce smaller (i.e., better) slices than previous algorithms. (3) A semantics-based algorithm for multi-procedure integration. As with slicing, the chief difficulty in multi-procedure integration is correctly accounting for calling context. The algorithm makes use of the system dependence graph, interprocedural slicing, and some additional preprocessing of the system dependence graph to correctly account for calling context.
ESTOUT: Stata module to make regression tables

estout produces a table of regression results from one or several models for use with spreadsheets, LaTeX, HTML, or a word-processor table. eststo stores a quick copy of the active estimation results for later tabulation. esttab is a wrapper for estout. It displays a pretty looking publication-style regression table without much typing. estadd adds additional results to the e()-returns for one or several models previously fitted and stored. This package subsumes the previously circulated esto, esta, estadd, and estadd_plus. An earlier version of estout is available as estout1.
Advances in cryptology : proceedings of EUROCRYPT 84, a Workshop on the Theory and Application of Cryptographic Techniques, Paris, France, April 9-11, 1984

General Theory, Classical Methods. - Cryptology and Complexity Theories. - On Cryptosystems Based on Polynomials and Finite Fields. - Algebraical Structures of Cryptographic Transformations. - Non Linear Non Commutative Functions for Data Integrity. - Wire-Tap Channel II. - Equivocations for Homophonic Ciphers. - Propagation Characteristics of the DES. - Linear Ciphers and Random Sequence Generators with Multiple Clocks. - The Stop-and-Go-Generator. - Pseudo Random Properties of Cascade Connections of Clock Controlled Shift Registers. - On the linear complexity of cascaded sequences. - Public-Key Systems. - RSA-bits are 0.5 + ? secure. - On the Number of Close-and-Equal Pairs of Bits in a String (with Implications on the Security of RSA's L.S.B) (Extended Abstract). - Fast Cryptanalysis of the Matsumoto-Imai Public Key Scheme. - A New Trapdoor Knapsack Public Key Cryptosystem. - RSA Chips (Past/Present/Future) (Extended abstract). - Number Theoretical Papers. - The Quadratic Sieve Factoring Algorithm. - Status Report on Factoring (At the Sandia National Laboratories). - Strong Primes are Easy to Find. - Discrete logarithms in finite fields and their cryptographic significance. - Channels, Networks, Key Distribution, Protocols. - User Functions for the Generation and Distribution of Encipherment Keys. - An Optimal Class of Symmetric Key Generation Systems. - On the Use of the Binary Multiplying Channel in a Private Communication System. - Secrecy and Privacy in a Local Area Network Environment. - The Subliminal Channel and Digital Signatures. - A Provably Secure Oblivious Transfer Protocol. - On Concurrent Identification Protocols (Extended Abstract). - Applications. - Time-Division Multiplexing Scramblers: Selecting Permutations and Testing the System. - Security of Transportable Computerized Files. - Encryption and Key Management for the ECS Statellite Service. - An Encryption and Authentification Procedure for Telesurveillance Systems. - A Method of Software Protection Based on the Use of Smart Cards and Cryptographic Techniques. - Smart Cards. - Session on Smart Cards Tuesday April 10. - Smart Card Applications in Security and Data Protection. - Bull CP8 Smart Card Uses in Cryptology. - Estimation of some Encryption Functions Implemented into Smart Cards. - Smart Cards and Conditional Access.
Control failures, error processing, and cognitive aging

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Information Literacy Skills for Business Careers

Abstract Librarians, college educators and accrediting agencies are placing increased emphasis on promoting the development of information literacy skills in their students. At the same time, the business community has acknowledged the importance of the “knowledge worker. ” The problem is that corporations do not yet formally recognize information literacy as a core competency for their workers, even though these same corporations do in practice require information literacy skills on the job. We examined the job profiles of 21 business and finance occupations in the Department of Labor's O*Net database to find out if the skills and work activities associated with these jobs demand an information-literate worker. Our research found that information literacy skills are in fact valued in the workplace and are an integral part of the work activities demanded by those occupations.