Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Handbook of Ternary Alloy Phase Diagrams

The largest collection of ternary phase diagrams and related crystal structure data ever assembled can be found in this 10 volume set. Some features of the reference set: 18,000 published diagrams Exhaustive bibliographies by Dr. Prince Includes diagrams from the compilations from the International Programme for Alloy Phase Diagrams 7,380 ternary systems ternary phase diagrams for 3,317 alloy systems Crystallographic data on 7,050 systems Includes liquidus projections, isotherms, isopleths, and pseudobinaries All diagrams were redrawn to uniform standards for easy use and comparison Temperatures given in degrees C and all compositions given in atomic relative orientation of elements is standardized (no rotating or mirroring needed) Angle between composition scales in all horizontal views (projections and isothermal sections) standardized at 60 degrees More than 43,000 citations of included literature most composition scales are identical within a diagram Boundary regions adjusted to critically evaluated binary diagrams
Convergence of the RLS and LMS adaptive filters

The paper presents new convergence results for two adaptive filters: the RLS and LMS algorithms. Convergence of the exact RLS algorithm is studied when the forgetting factor \lambda is constant, which enables the adaptive filter to track time variations of the optimal filter. It is shown that, in the steady state, the squared deviation of the adaptive filter from the optimal one admits, with probability 1- \epsilon ( \epsilon arbitrarily small), an upper bound that is proportional to the (infinitesimal) quantity \mu = 1 - {\lambda} . This result agrees with the algorithm's practical behavior. The bound increases with the correlation degree of the filter inputs. This paper also provides an almost sure convergence result concerned with the LMS algorithm with decreasing step-size (infinite memory), used only when the optimal filter is asymptotically time-invariant, although the input statistics may be time-varying.
A DOUBLE-BLIND EEG-RESPONSE TEST FOR A SUPPOSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD-NEUTRALIZING DEVICE Part I: Via The Clinician Expertise Procedure

Twenty-seven individuals were evaluated for effects of a clock emitting 50 milligaus of electromagnetic field energy(EMF) upon the computerized EEG(brain map). They were then retested with either an active or placebo pendant(Clarus QLink) on the chest while again receiving 50 milligaus of electromagnetic energy applied within 6 inches of the vertex of the skull and finally retested after wearing the pendant for a month. Both subject and research technician were blinded to the active versus placebo devices. The active pendant showed significantly greater protection from the EEG disturbance induced by the electromagnetically active clock.
Changing Hierarchies in Chinese Language Education for the British Chinese Learners

Book synopsis: Although there is an extensive literature on the teaching of English as a Second or Other Language, there is very little published research on the teaching or learning of Chinese in similar contexts. This book is the first to bring together research into the teaching and learning of Chinese as a foreign language to non-native speakers, as a second language to minority groups and as a heritage/community language in the diaspora. The volume showcases the contribution of researchers working in such areas as language teaching and learning, policy development, language assessment, language development, bilingualism, all within the context of Chinese as a Second or Other Language. This is an exciting extension of teaching research beyond the traditional TESOL field and with be of interest to researchers and practioners working in applied linguistics and Chinese language education worldwide.
Minimizing Method Bias Through Programmatic Research

Researchers have long known that research methods influence construct measurements and that this influence, or method bias, can lead to false conclusions. Despite much work in the methodological literature on specific aspects of method bias, such as common method bias and self-report bias, the meaning of method bias remains unclear, and there is no comprehensive approach for dealing with it. This paper offers a clear definition of method bias, proposes a more comprehensive approach for dealing with it, and describes a demonstration exercise applying the approach in an empirical study of how individual system use and task performance relate. The demonstration suggests that the approach is feasible and illustrates how it can help researchers test theories and identify new research opportunities.
Performance analysis for multimedia CDMA networks under the received power minimization model

Performance analysis for multimedia code division multiple access (CDMA) networks under the received power minimization model is addressed in this paper. The received power minimization model considering intercell interference is formulated as a constrained optimization problem, based on which the system admission region is also defined. The handoff prioritized call admission scheme is then described and evaluated using the K-dimensional birth-death process model. A more general assumption that average channel holding times for new calls and handoff calls are not equal and an effective approximate model are adopted in the performance analysis. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the system performance in terms of blocking probabilities and resource utilization. It is shown that the system performance meets the design objectives.
Representation and Learning in Information Retrieval

This dissertation introduces a new theoretical model for text classification systems, including systems for document retrieval, automated indexing, electronic mail filtering, and similar tasks. The Concept Learning model emphasizes the role of manual and automated feature selection and classifier formation in text classification. It enables drawing on results from statistics and machine learning in explaining the effectiveness of alternate representations of text, and specifies desirable characteristics of text representations. The use of syntactic parsing to produce indexing phrases has been widely investigated as a possible route to better text representations. Experiments with syntactic phrase indexing, however, have never yielded significant improvements in text retrieval performance. The Concept Learning model suggests that the poor statistical characteristics of a syntactic indexing phrase representation negate its desirable semantic characteristics. The application of term clustering to this representation to improve its statistical properties while retaining its desirable meaning properties is proposed. Standard term clustering strategies from information retrieval (IR), based on cooccurrence of indexing terms in documents or groups of documents, were tested on a syntactic indexing phrase representation. In experiments using a standard text retrieval test collection, small effectiveness improvements were obtained. As a means of evaluating representation quality, a text retrieval test collection introduces a number of confounding factors. In contrast, the text categorization task allows much cleaner determination of text representation properties. In preparation for the use of text categorization to study text representation, a more effective and theoretically well-founded probabilistic text categorization algorithm was developed, building on work by Maron, Fuhr, and others. Text categorization experiments supported a number of predictions of the Concept Learning model about properties of phrasal representations, including dimensionality properties not previously measured for text representations. However, in carefully controlled experiments using syntactic phrases produced by Church's stochastic bracketer, in conjunction with reciprocal nearest neighbor clustering, term clustering was found to produce essentially no improvement in the properties of the phrasal representation. New cluster analysis approaches are proposed to remedy the problems found in traditional term clustering methods.
Little Words: Their History, Phonology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Acquisition

Preface 1. IntroductionRonald P. Leow, Hector Campos, and Donna Lardiere Part I: History 2. From "Two" to "Both": Historical Changes in the Syntax and Meaning of Oba in SlavicAgnieszka _azorczyk and Roumyana Pancheva 3. When Small Worlds Collide: Morphological Reduction and Phonological Compensation in Old Leonese ContractionsMinta Elsman and D. Eric Holt Part II: Phonology 4. Distinguishing Function Words from Content Words in Children's Oral ReadingCarol Lord, Robert Berdan, and Michael Fender 5. Motivating Floating QuantifiersLisa Rochman Part III: Syntax 6. Applicative Phrases Hosting Accusative CliticsLuis Saez 7.The Little DE of Degree ConstructionsRemus Gergel 8. The Complementizer TheHeather Lee Taylor 9. What is There When Little Words Are Not There? : Possible Implications for Evolutionary StudiesLjiljana Progovac 10. Spanish Personal a and the AntidativeOmar Velazquez-Mendoza and Raul Aranovich Part IV: Semantics 11.Predicting Argument Realization from Oblique Marker SemanticsJohn Beavers 12. Aspect Selectors, Scales, and Contextual Operators: An Analysis of by Temporal AdjunctsMichael F. Thomas and Laura A. Michaelis 13. Distributive Effects of the Plural Marker -tul in KoreanJong Un Park Part V: Pragmatics 14. The Pragmatics of the French Discourse Markers donc and alorsStephanie Pellet 15. "Little Words" in Small Talk: Some Considerations on the Use of the Pragmatic Markers man in English and macho/tio in Peninsular SpanishLaura Alba-Juez 16. Little Words that Could Impact One's Impression on Others: Greetings and Closings in Institutional EmailsSigrun Biesenbach-Lucas Part VI: Acquisition 17. Instructed L2 Acquisition of Differential Object Marking in SpanishMelissa Bowles and Silvina Montrul 18. The Role of Pedagogical Tasks and Focus on Form in Acquisition of Discourse Markers by Advanced Language LearnersMaria Jose de la Fuente 19. Article Acquisition in English, German, Norwegian, and SwedishTanja Kupisch, Merete Anderssen, Ute Bohnacker, and Neal Snape 20. A Continuum in French Children's Surface Realization of AuxiliariesChristina D. Dye
Personal Devices in Public Settings: Lessons Learned from an iPod Touch/iPad Project.

Our paper reports findings from a two-phase deployment of iPod Touch and iPad devices in a large, urban Canadian school board. The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of the infrastructure required to support handheld devices in classrooms; the opportunities and challenges teachers face as they begin to use handheld devices for teaching and learning; and the opportunities, challenges and temptations students face when gaining access to handheld devices and wireless networks in K – 12 schools. A mixed method approach was used: online survey, monthly professional development activities with teachers, collected samples of lesson plans and student work, and regular classroom observations. Phase 1 findings (exploring only the use of the iPod Touch devices) suggest participants (students, teachers, and IT support staff) preferred a range of devices for a variety of commonplace tasks. They indicated they would select the iPod Touch for recording voices / sounds, listening to podcasts, and playing games. They preferred a laptop for searching the Internet, creating media, and checking email, and they selected paper or traditional options for drawing, reading, and tracking work / maintaining an agenda. Sixty percent had never used the device prior to the project. Despite that surprising finding, 70% of respondents felt it took less than hour to become familiar with it. However, this question did not probe comfort levels with the syncing / charging, iTunes’ account management side of use, and herein lay a challenge. In order to use personal devices in school settings, the school / district needed to create a common iTUNEs account and dedicate a computer to sync, share, and organize applications (apps), content, and system settings. This common account formed a “digital commons” of sorts; a place where participants had to negotiate what apps to share and permissions and access protocols. Participation in the commons required an ongoing exploration of what digital citizenship meant in classrooms and how this impacted teacher’s work, parental responsibility and changes in disciplinary approaches for administrators. Year 1 of Phase 1 yielded a wealth of data. Specifically, the iPod Touch devices were well received and well used by the majority of participants in the elementary and junior high settings. The high school students and teachers were more critical, as both appeared to struggle to find educational uses for the devices. Further, high school students initially appeared to “resent” the intrusion of school issued personal devices. Phase 2 continued to work with the Phase 1 participants and added the deployment of the iPad devices in three additional schools. Probably the most interesting finding was the lack of familiarity of these devices by all the participants. We anticipated many would have owned similar devices and be proficient in their use – this was not the case.
A guide to academic writing

Preface A Guide to Academic Writing The Politics of Academic Publishing: Setting a Personal Course of Action The Writing Process: Devising a Framework for Planning, Researching, and Developing a Manuscript Writing for Professional Journals More About Journals Conference Papers and Presentations Developing Grants and Contracts Book Publication--Phase I: Pre-Contractual Considerations Book Publication--Phase II: Developmental Considerations for Scholarly Books and College Texts Book Publication--Phase II: Developmental Considerations for EL-HI Texts Book Publications--Phase III: Marketing References Index
Visible speech modelling and hybrid hidden Markov models/neural networks based learning for lipreading

This paper describes a new approach for automatic visible speech recognition based on hybrid hidden Markov models/neural networks. Suitable geometric features extracted from speaker's lip shapes are used to train the speech recognizer with nonsense sentences. First we describe the use of a geometrical-based model for visible speech and we outline a self-organising-map-based approach to determine the visual specific recognition units suitable for our speaker-dependent visible speech recognition task. Then we describe five automatic lipreading systems we developed according to different classification techniques: hidden Markov models, neural networks and hybrid hidden Markov models/neural networks. All these systems are tested on a connected letter recognition task. Finally, the performance comparison underlines that a hybrid hidden Markov models/neural networks based architecture is the most promising for automatic lipreading purposes.
A detailed analysis of MediaBench

In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of the MediaBench benchmark suite. MediaBench consists of a number of popular embedded applications for communications and multimedia. MediaBench performance characteristics were examined by running MediaBench under the SimpleScalar simulation environment. Characteristics such as instruction mix, branch prediction accuracy, cache hit rates, memory usage, and integer bit utilization were considered. This information can be of use in designing embedded systems targeted at multimedia applications.
Improving systematic constraint-driven analysis using incremental and parallel techniques

Abstract : This dissertation introduces Pikse, a novel methodology for more effective and efficient checking of code conformance to specifications using parallel and incremental techniques, describes a prototype implementation that embodies the methodology, and presents experiments that demonstrate its efficacy. Pikse has at its foundation a well-studied approach - systematic constraint-driven analysis - that has two common forms: (1) constraint-based testing - where logical constraints that define desired inputs and expected program behavior are used for test input generation and correctness checking, say to perform black-box testing; and (2) symbolic execution - where a systematic exploration of (bounded) program paths using symbolic input values is used to check properties of program behavior say to perform white-box testing.
ÖZEL YETENEKLE İLGİLİ BÖLÜMLERDE OKUYAN ÖĞRENCİLERİN REKREASYONEL AKTİVİTELERE KATILIMLARINA ENGEL OLABİLECEK UNSURLARIN BELİRLENMESİ

Arastirmanin amaci, Gazi Universitesi‟nin ozel yetenek sinaviyla ogrenci alan (beden egitimi ve spor, muzik egitimi ve resim-is egitimi) bolumlerinde okuyan ogrencilerin rekreasyonel etkinliklere katilmalarina engel olan unsurlarin belirlenmesi ve rekreasyonel etkinliklere katilmama nedenlerinin bazi demografik degiskenlere gore karsilastirilmasidir. Calismaya 2009–2010 egitim-ogretim yilinda Gazi Universitesi‟nde ogrenim goren beden egitimi ve spor bolumu (1205), muzik egitimi bolumu (216) ve resim-is egitimi (497) bolumlerinde okuyan toplam 1918 ogrenciden, beden egitimi ve spor bolumunden 221, muzik egitimi bolumunden 116 ve resim-is bolumunden 161 ogrenci olmak uzere 498 gonullu katilmistir. Calismada veri toplama araci olarak 6 alt boyut ve toplam 27 maddeden olusan “Bos Zaman Engelleri Olcegi” kullanilmistir. Arastirmada kullanilan anketin 6 alt boyutunda cinsiyete gore farkliligi test etmek icin yapilan independent samples t-test analizi sonuclarina gore; cinsiyete gore “birey psikolojisi” alt boyutunda (p < 0,05) anlamli farkliliklar oldugu tespit edilmistir. Ayrica, yapilan ANOVA sonuclarina gore ise refah duzeyi (birey psikolojisi ve ilgi eksikligi) ve bolum degiskeni ve bos zamanlari degerlendirmede gucluk cekme durumlarina gore (birey psikolojisi, arkadas eksikligi ve ilgi eksikligi) istatistiksel olarak anlamli farkliliklar oldugu tespit edilmistir (p < 0,05). Sonuc olarak, “ilgi eksikligi”, “tesisler/hizmet eksikligi” ve “birey psikolojisi” faktorlerinin bireyleri rekreasyonel etkinliklere katilimlarina engellemede ilk 3 sirayi aldigi tespit edilmistir
Passives and the loss of verb second: A study of syntactic and information-structural factors

During the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the English language went through two quite remarkable changes: it lost the verb-second (V2) system that is characteristic of many Germanic languages, and it saw the introduction of three cross-linguistically rare passives. This thesis investigates whether these two developments are connected, not just because they take place around the same time, but more importantly, because the passive and V2 perform similar information-structural functions in the language. Using this case study, this thesis aims to shed light on the interaction between syntax and information structure. The studies in this thesis show that the loss of V2 has larger consequences than just a change in the order of subject and finite verb. After the loss of V2, English gradually becomes a predominantly subject-initial language and the presubject position becomes mostly reserved for contrastive or focused material. It is argued that this new organization of the initial positions in the clause and the importance of the subject as an unmarked theme lead to an increase in 'subject strategies', i.e. means for putting an argument in subject position: passives, middles and a range of non-agentive subjects. The loss of V2 also entails a reduction in the number of options for rearranging arguments to achieve a given-before-new order of information, an important cross-linguistic function. The passive remains as one of the few options to achieve this effect and it is argued that this is the reason for the increase in the use of the passive in English after the loss of V2
Convergence and divergence in language obsolescence

Previous research on language attrition has distinguished between internally and externally motivated change and between convergent and divergent change, with most literature focusing on speech communities that have undergone either one or the other type of change. In this paper, I argue that these types of change may coexist within the same community or even the same speaker, with the result that the obsolescing language becomes simultaneously more similar to and more different from the contact language. The results of a cross-generational acoustic study of Southeastern Pomo (Northern Hokan, Pomoan) indicate that in the domain of phonetics and phonology, the speech of the last fluent generation has converged with English in some ways and diverged from it in other ways.
New denoising scheme for magnetic resonance spectroscopy signals

A new scheme for denoising magnetic resonance spectroscopy signals is presented. The scheme is based on projecting noisy signals on different time-frequency domains, consecutively, and performing noise filtering operations in these domains according to the noise level. The evaluation of this scheme was performed using extensive simulation of magnetic resonance spectroscopy signals with different noise levels. It was observed that this scheme gives superior results that compensate for the excess computational requirements, especially for very low signal to noise ratio signals.
Language background affects online word order processing in a second language but not offline

This study examines possible crosslinguistic influence on basic word order processing in a second language (L2). Targeting Swedish V2 word order we investigate adult German learners (+V2 in the L1) and English learners (-V2 in the L1) of Swedish who are matched for proficiency. We report results from two offline behavioural tasks (written production, metalinguistic judgements), and online processing as measured by event-related potentials (ERPs). All groups showed sensitivity to word order violations behaviourally and neurocognitively. Behaviourally, the learners differed from the native speakers only on judgements. Crucially, they did not differ from each other. Neurocognitively, all groups showed a similar increased centro-parietal P600 ERP-effect, but German learners (+V2) displayed more nativelike anterior ERP-effects than English learners (-V2). The results suggest crosslinguistic influence in that the presence of a similar word order in the L1 can facilitate online processing in an L2 – even if no offline behavioural effects are discerned.
PENGARUH PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI TERHADAP TINGKAT KEMISKINAN

Sumatera Selatan merupakan salah satu provinsi dengan penduduk yang cukup besar sekitar 3.567. 897orang pada tahun 2009. Jumlah ini meningkat pesat dibandingkan tahun 2005 sebesar 2.338. 793. Masalah tingginya jumlah penduduk ini akan membawa kekhawatiran tersendiri diantaranya akan banyak pengangguran di Sumatera Selatan yang mencerminkan banyaknya penduduk yang masih hidup di bawah garis kemiskinan karena tidak mempunyai penghasilan untuk membiayai kebutuhan hidup. Pemerintah daerah selalu berupaya untuk mengurangi tingkat kemiskinan yang ada di Sumatera Selatan dengan memperbaiki kualitas sumber daya manusia. Langkah yang diambil adalah dengan menambah investasi non fisik terutama pendidikan dan kesehatan. Investasi yang dilakukan cenderung untuk meningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusia. Dari tahun 1997 hingga 2009, jumlah investasi mengalami peningkatan. Investasi yang tertinggi dilakukan pada tahun 2009 sebesar 103.882 juta rupiah.Berdasarkan hasil regresi bahwa pertumbuhan ekonomi belum mampu digunakan untuk mengatasi tingkat kemiskinan di Sumatera Selatan. Dengan kata lain bahwa pertumbuhan ekonomi belum biasa memberikan pengaruh yang nyata terhadap pengentasan kemiskinan di Sumatera Selatan. Investasi pemerintah yang di lakukan di Sumatera Selatan belum dapat mengurangi tingkat kemiskinan di Sumatera Selatan. Hal ini disebabkan karena investasi yang dilakukan belum fokus pada sektor-sektor yang berkaitan dengan pengentasan kemiskian, terutama sektor produktif dan peningkatan kualitas sumber daya manusia.