Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Qualité hygiénique du lait de colportage prélevé des points de vente de la ville de Rabat

Des echantillons de lait cru, preleves des points de vente de la ville de Rabat, ont ete analyses en vue d'evaluer leur qualite hygienique. La flore aerobie mesophile totale etait elevee dans le lait cru de colportage (4.4 10 7 UFC/mL). La charge moyenne en coliformes totaux et fecaux etait de 3.8 10 5 UFC/mL et 1.91 10 5 UFC/mL . Les staphylocoques etaient absents dans tous les echantillons. La presence d’une flore de contamination ( Klebsiella, Proteus mirabilis et E. coli ) temoignent d’un manque d'hygiene au cours du circuit de colportage du lait cru. L'isolement et l'identification biochimique des 9 souches de bacteries lactiques a mis en evidence 3 especes du genre Lactobacillus : Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus amylovorus et Lactobacillus yamanashiensis.
MODEL PEMBELAJARAN PEMETAAN CERITA DALAM PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MENGAPRESIASI DONGENG SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

Abstract . Mapping Model of Learning to A ppreciate the stories in Tales Upgrades Elementary School Students. This study uses a quantitative approach to pre-experimental. Variable X in this study is the application of the learning model mapping the story, while the variable Y is the application of skills to apreciate tale. The study population is a fifth grade elementary school students Taeng, Gowa regency with the number 39. This study used a sample of the total (total sampling). The results showed that (t count) of 7.802 obtained by Sig (2 toiled) = 0.000. At significant level 95% by d. b. 39 obtained t table = 1.70. So, t count (7.802)> t table (1.70) or sig (2 toiled) (0.000) t tabel (1,70) atau sig (2 toiled) (0,000) < (0,05). Oleh karena t hitung lebih besar daripada t tabel, maka H0 ditolak dan H1 diterima. Jadi, model pemetaan cerita efektif diterapkan dalam meningkatkan kemampuan mengapresiasi dongeng siswa kelas V Sekolah Dasar. Kata kunci: pemetaan cerita, apresiasi dongeng
Synthesized speech: Naturalness, subjectivity, capture of meaning

Il est maintenant couramment admis que les structures linguistiques ne peuvent pas rendre completement compte de la forte variabilite observee dans le domaine de la parole. Cette variabilite est pourtant une composante essentielle de la communication. Il est donc necessaire pour obtenir une parole de synthese plus naturelle de modeliser cette variabilite. Les hypotheses basees sur une large experience dans les secteurs de la lecture et du discours spontane, reposent sur l'idee que le locuteur pour donner a son discours les qualites du naturel, doit satisfaire a plusieurs conditions d'ordre pragmatique : - Faire savoir le contenu du message, ce qui implique a la fois de le faire entendre (contraintes de demarcation et d'intelligibilite sur la forme linguistique), et d'autre part le faire comprendre en mettant en relief prosodique les unites linguistiques qui vehiculent l'information semantique et/ou pragmatique (contrainte de discrimination) ; - Faire croire le contenu du message. Pour susciter la croyance, puis l'adhesion voire l'action, le message doit comporter une dimension subjective, lieu de la rencontre intra-individuelle. Une grande part de cette dimension subjective reside dans l'excursion de la frequence fondamentale (ou Fo) au sein d'un mot, et autres parametres prosodiques qui lui sont attaches (duree, energie). Ces considerations s'appuient sur de nombreuses observations empiriques, et l'article presente un certain nombre d'exemples caracteristiques tires de corpus de lecture et de corpus de parole spontanee, dans lesquels une forte amplitude est constatee au sein du mot lexical. En synthese de la parole, apres la phase d'apprentissage de la structure linguistique, apprentissage de base qui est l'etat actuel de la synthese, une deuxieme phase pourrait lui succeder. Ce serait celle ou les systemes s'affranchiraient localement d'une dependance forte aux structures linguistiques normatives, afin d'adapter les for
Prioritizing pull requests

Previous work showed that in the pull-based development model integrators face challenges with regard to prioritizing work in the face of multiple concurrent pull requests. We identified the manual prioritization heuristics applied by integrators and extracted features from these heuristics. The features are used to train a machine learning model, which is capable of predicting a pull request’s importance. The importance is then used to create a prioritized order of the pull requests. Our main contribution is the design and initial implementation of a prototype service, called PRioritizer, which automatically prioritizes pull requests. The service works like a priority inbox for pull requests, recommending the top pull requests the project owner should focus on. It keeps the pull request list up-to-date when pull requests are merged or closed. In addition, the service provides functionality that GitHub is currently lacking. We implemented pairwise pull request conflict detection and several new filter and sorting options e.g. the pull request’s size. A preliminary user study showed that the PRioritizer service, although it is positively evaluated as a whole, needs to give users more insight into how the priority ranking is established to make it really useful.
A Mechanism Design Approach to Decentralized Resource Allocation in Wireless and Large-Scale Networks: Realization and Implementation.

In this thesis we present a mechanism design approach to decentralized resource allocation in wireless and large-scale networks. First, for wireless networks we study the problem of power allocation where each user’s transmissions create interference to all network users, and each user has only partial information about the network. We investigate the problem under two scenarios; the realization theory scenario and the implementation theory scenario. Under the realization theory scenario, we formulate the power allocation problem as an allocation problem with externalities, and develop a decentralized optimal power allocation algorithm that (i) preserves the private information of the users; and (ii) converges to the optimal centralized power allocation. Under the implementation theory scenario, we formulate the power allocation problem as a public good allocation problem, and develop a game form that (i) implements in Nash equilibria the optimal allocations of the corresponding centralized power allocation problem; (ii) is individually rational; and (iii) results in budget balance at all Nash equilibria and off equilibria. Then, we generalize the wireless network model to study resource allocation in large-scale networks where the actions of each user affect the utilities of an arbitrary subset of network users. This generalization is motivated by several applications including power allocation in large-scale wireless networks where the transmissions of each user create interference to only a subset of network users. We develop a formal model to study resource allocation problems in large-scale networks with above characteristics. We formu-
An exploratory study of human clustering of Web pages

This study seeks to find out how human beings cluster Web pages naturally. 20 Web pages retrieved by the Northern Light search engine for each of 10 queries were sorted by 3 subjects into categories that were natural or meaningful to them. It was found that different subjects clustered the same set of Web pages quite differently and created different categories. The average inter-subject similarity of the clusters created was a low 0.27. Subjects created an average of 5.4 clusters for each sorting. The categories constructed can be divided into 10 types. About 1/3 of the categories created were topical. Another 20% of the categories relate to the degree of relevance or usefulness. The rest of the categories were subject-independent categories such as format, purpose, authoritativeness and direction to other sources. The authors plan to develop automatic methods for categorizing Web pages using the common categories created by the subjects. It is hoped that the techniques developed can be used by Web search engines to automatically organize Web pages retrieved into categories that are natural to users.
The Freshman Integrated Curriculum at Texas A&M University.

In this paper we will present implementation details related to the freshman integrated curriculum at Texas AM • To develop the student’s ability to work as a productive member of a “technical” team; • that of and active/collaborative learning experience; and • To use technology in the classroom in order to provide the students with enhanced design and problem solving tools. The vision of the NSF Foundation Coalition is an engineering education partnership that will produce graduates who have an: • Increased appreciation and motivation for life-long learning, • Increased ability to participate in effective teams, • Effective oral, written, graphical, and visual communication skills, • Improved ability to appropriately apply the fundamentals of mathematics and the sciences, • Increased capability to integrate knowledge from different disciplines to define problems, develop and evaluate alternative solutions, and specify appropriate solutions, and • Increased flexibility and competence in using modern technology effectively for analysis, design, and communication. The Foundation Coalition Program at Texas A&M University has developed integrated programs for the freshman and sophomore years and has facilitated significant improvements in many upper division courses and bridge programs [6]. This paper presents our development in the freshman integrated curriculum. Evolution of the Freshman Integrated
The Object Display: Principles and Review of Experimental Findings

Abstract : This report summarizes and integrates the results of several experiments that have been conducted during the contract period comparing object displays of multidimensional information with more conventional bargraph displays. The context in which this summary is presented is a theory of information integration which proposes that the benefits of object displays will be enhanced to the extent that information from multiple channels must be integrated, and will be diminished to the extent that separate channels must either be processed independently, or information in certain channels must be filtered out. The experiments described involve rectangular, triangular, pentagon and single point objects, conveying data in paradigms related to statistical data analysis, decision making, and process control. The results generally support the theory of an object-display benefit for integrated information; furthermore they indicate that the object display effects are independent of the degree of correlation between variables.
Ineseño Chumash Grammar

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Classroom Response and Communication Systems: Research Review and Theory

In How People Learn, Bransford and colleagues (National Research Council, 1999) cite classroom response system technology and the related pedagogy as one of the most promising innovations for transforming classrooms to be more learner-, knowledge-, assessment-, and community-centered. As a step towards guiding practice and advancing research, we present our review of the research on this and more advanced, but related technologies, particularly with regard to the popular use of these systems to enhance questioning and feedback. We also formulate tentative theoretical connections to a broader scientific literature that could explain how pedagogy and technology together realize multiple desirable outcomes
Eyes-free interaction with aural user interfaces

People engaged in parallel tasks at once, such as walking and browsing the web, cannot efficiently access web content and safely monitor their surroundings at the same time. To combat this, we investigate techniques to design novel aural interfaces, which remodel existing web information architectures as linear, aural flows to be listened to. An aural flow is a design-driven, concatenated sequence of pages that can be listened to with minimal interaction required. Aural flows are exemplified in ANFORA News, a semi-aural mobile site optimized to aurally browse large collections of news stories on the go. An exploratory study involving frequent news readers (n=20) investigated the usability and navigation experience with ANFORA News in a mobile setting. Initial evidence suggests that aural flows are a promising paradigm to support eyes-free mobile navigation while on the go, but users still require assistance and additional learning to fully master the aural mechanics of the flows. To unleash a more natural interaction with aural flows, we are currently exploring linkless navigation, which enables users to control the flow via a small set of dialogic commands, issued via voice. Overall, our approach will open new avenues to design appropriate aural user interfaces for content-intensive web systems.
ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION PROCESSES IN THE POSTPONED INTENTION PARADIGM

This study analyzes the intention superiority effect (ISE). The ISE (Goschke & Kuhl, 1993) is defined as faster access time to the contents related to information learned as a part of a to-be-executed task (prospective memory) than to information learned not as a part of a to-be executed task (neutral contents). The experiment is a replica of the ISE using the Goschke and Kuhl procedure. The ISE was replicated in the measure prior to the execution of the action. Furthermore, the ISE disappeared after the execution of the intention. The intention superiority effect (ISE) is described as the persisting activation that the representation of an intention has in declarative memory in the retention period of an intention (Goschke & Kuhl, 1993). According to this proposal, the representation of an intentional activity is characterized by a higher or more sustained level of activation in the memory as compared to the representation of a similar non-intentional activity. To analyse the ISE, Goschke & Kuhl (1993) designed the delayed intention paradigm. The experimental condition was one in which the participants learned pairs of scripts representative of the two common tasks in everyday life (i.e. clear a desk). The participants were then instructed to later perform one of the scripts (intentional script). The other script becomes neutral. Prior to the retrieval and execution of intentional script, the explicit access to the contents of both scripts was measured. Goschke & Kuhl (1993) found that the latencies in recognising the words related to a later to-be-executed action script (prospective script) were faster compared to words from a not to-be-executed action script (neutral script). The results were interpreted in relation to the intrinsic property of intentions to decline more slowly in the declarative memory than the representation of non-intentional activity. The study by Goschke and Kuhl has had a great impact in recent years and has been extensively cited (see review in Brandimonte, Einstein & McDaniel, 1996). Different studies have appeared which have addressed the phenomenon (i.e., Dockree and Ellis, 2001; Freeman & Ellis, 2003; Marsh, Hicks, & Bink, 1998; Maylor, Darby, & Della Sala, 2000).
Improving comprehension of science content: Generating self-explanation questions and creating explanatory answers

The emphasis on learning in many content area classrooms is heavily dependent on remembering facts and memorizing definitions. Because of this, students often achieve shallow levels of comprehension and are deficient in the skills necessary to achieve deeper comprehension. Teaching students to generate self-explanation questions and answers can improve comprehension related to teacher lectures and from reading text. However, there are challenges related to implementing a research study to examine the use of self-explanation questions/answers in classrooms. That is to say that translating instructional strategies described in research literature into classroom practice is problematic and challenging. The authors share lessons learned about working with teachers and students as well as the amount of time it takes to implement a selfexplanation strategy into heterogeneously grouped classrooms using a gradual release instructional model.
Laptops and Literacy: Learning in the Wireless Classroom

The number of laptop computers in U.S. schools is growing at a rapid rate. This timely book analyzes the types of learning that take place in one-to-one wireless classrooms where all students use laptop computers. With a particular focus on students' literacy practices, the text covers reading and writing, information use, and multimedia development. Featuring critical analysis and practical examples, this book is essential reading for everyone concerned with making effective use of new technology to meet the educational needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students. This book: looks at the literacy challenges of the 21st century and examines whether and how laptop use contributes to meeting them; draws on extensive research in schools that have implemented one-to-one computing and provides details from those that are successfully using technology to enhance learning; uses rich examples from urban, suburban, and rural areas, with children in regular classrooms as well as in ESL, gifted, and special education programs; and, provides details from schools that are successfully using technology to enhance learning.
Unsupervised Short Answer Grading Using Spreading Activation over an Associative Network of Concepts / La notation sans surveillance des réponses courtes en utilisant la diffusion d’activation dans un réseau associatif de concepts

In this article we address the problem of automatic short answer grading from an unsupervised knowledge-based text-relatedness perspective. A comprehensive knowledge base is automatically constructed with the aid of Wikipedia, which has been modelled as an associative network of concepts. Semantic marker gets a short answer, extracts the most important concepts, and initiates a spreading activation algorithm to measure the degree of relatedness between the student’s answer and the corresponding ideal answer. The proposed approach significantly and consistently outperforms previous unsupervised methods for short answer grading.Dans cet article, nous abordons le problème de la notation automatique des réponses courtes, en nous plaçant dans la perspective d’une relation textuelle non surveillée et fondée sur le savoir. Une base de connaissances complète est construite automatiquement à l’aide de Wikipédia, modélisée en réseau associatif de concepts. Un marqueur sémantique obtient une réponse courte, extrait les concepts les plus importants et initie un algorithme de diffusion de l’activation pour mesurer le degré de parenté entre les réponses des étudiants et la réponse idéale correspondante. L’approche proposée surpasse de façon décisive et constante les méthodes non supervisées précédentes pour la notation de réponses courtes.
Digital Filters: Analysis, Design and Applications

This text deals with the construction of algorithms that filter data into useful information. It starts with the basics and goes on to cover advanced topics such as recursive and non-recursive filters (including optimization techniques), wave digital filters and DFTs. A new chapter on the application of digital signal processing offers up-to-date techniques and there are new problems and examples throughout. Other features new to this second edition include chapters on quasi-Newton and minimax optimization algorithms for the design of recursive filters and equalizers, and efficient and robust algorithms for the design of non-recursive filters and differentiators. HLP computer language is now replaced with Pascal.
Influences on safe sex decision making in young women.

This thesis is presented in three parts. Part one is a literature review in which the empirical literature that has investigated the determinants of condom use in adolescents is reviewed and discussed in relation to the Extended Parallel Processing Model. Part two presents the qualitative empirical paper, which explores influences on the decision making process around safe sex in young women. Part three represents a critical appraisal of the study undertaken. It contains reflections on the research process and evaluates the study in the light of good practice guidelines for qualitative research.
语言项目中的测试与评价 = Testing in Language Programs : A Comprehensive Guide to English Language Assessment

Chapter 1: Types and Uses of Language Tests Chapter 2: Adopting, Adapting, and Developing Language Tests Chapter 3: Developing Good Quality Language Test Items Chapter 4: Item Analysis in Language Testing Chapter 5: Describing Language Test Results Chapter 6: Interpreting Language Test Scores Chapter 7: Correlation in Language Testing Chapter 8: Language Test Reliability Chapter 9: Language Test Dependability Chapter 10: Language Test Validity Chapter 11: Language Testing in Reality Answer Keys Glossary Index References
A simulator and assist-as-needed control strategy for learning to drive a power wheelchair

A video game system has a controller including a CPU which functions as a controller action detecting unit, a skiing control unit, and a display control unit. The controller action detecting unit detects whether each of first button and left and right trigger buttons on a manual controller is pressed or not. The skiing control unit controls the skiing of a downhill racer. The display control unit displays on a television monitor a video image in a game space which includes a downhill course as viewed from a viewpoint placed behind the downhill racer and a background composed of various models. When the display control unit displays the video image on the television monitor, it vertically reduces the size of the game space to compress and display an image within a vertical range that subtends a combined angle of elevation and depression which is greater than a combined angle of elevation and depression subtended vertically by the display screen of the television monitor. The combined angle of elevation and depression is determined using a speed at which the downhill racer is skiing.
Fetal state evaluation with fuzzy analysis of newborn attributes using CUDA architecture

Cardiotocography is a biophysical method of fetal state evaluation involving the recording and analysis of the fetal heart rate (FHR). Since a proper interpretation of the signal is relatively difficult, an automatic classification is often based on computational intelligence methods. The quality of classifiers based on supervised learning algorithms depends on a proper selection of learning data. In case of the fetal state evaluation, the learning is usually based on a set of quantitative parameters of FHR signal and the corresponding reference information determined on the basis of the retrospective analysis of newborn attributes. Values of the single attribute have been used so far as a reference. As a result, a part of information on the actual neonatal outcome has always been lost. The following paper presents a method of the fuzzy reasoning leading to an evaluation of neonatal outcome as a function of three newborn attributes. The fuzzy system was used in the process of a qualitative evaluation of the fetal state based on quantitative analysis of FHR signal using a support vector machine (SVM). In order to improve computational effectiveness, the learning algorithm was implemented in Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA). The results of these studies confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method and indicate the possibility of practical usage of the fuzzy system in supervised learning algorithms for the qualitative evaluation of the fetal state.