Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Menulis Teks Fabel dengan Macromedia Flash bagi Siswa SMP

This research aims to develop media for learning of fable story wiritng for junior high school students that contain materials, examples, and exercises to achieve the indicators and learning objectives and to describe the feasibility of media for learning gained from expert judgement and field testing. Media for learning developed using macromedia flash program. The development model used was adapted from Borg and Gall development model. Aspect of the assessment in the media for learning is in terms of (1) content, (2) language, and (3) the display. From the results of the expert judgement and field testing, the overall product of learning media has been feasible to be implemented after going through revision stages. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengembangkan media pembelajaran menulis teks fabel bagi siswa SMP yang berisi materi, contoh, dan latihan untuk mencapai indikator dan tujuan pembelajaran serta mendeskripsikan kelayakan media pembelajaran menulis teks fabel bagi siswa SMP yang diperoleh dari uji ahli dan uji lapangan. Media pembelajaran yang dikembangkan menggunakan program macromedia flash. Model pengembangan yang digunakan diadaptasi dari model pengembangan Borg dan Gall. Aspek yang menjadi penilaian dalam pengembangan produk media pembelajaran adalah dari segi (1) isi materi, (2) bahasa, dan (3) tampilan. Dari hasil validasi dan uji lapangan, secara keseluruhan produk media pembelajaran yang dikembangkan telah layak untuk diimplementasikan setelah melalui tahap revisi.
OPTIMISING LARGE HASH TABLES FOR LOOKUP PERFORMANCE

Hash tables can provide fast mapping between keys and values even for voluminous data sets. Our main goal is to find a suitable implementation having compact structure and efficient collision avoidance method. Our attention is focused on maximizing the lookup performance when handling several millions of data items. This paper suggest a new memory consumption oriented way for comparing the significantly different approaches and analyses various types of hash table implementations in order to answer the question what structure needs to be used and how the parameters must be chosen in order to achieve a maximal lookup performance with the lowest possible memory consumption.
ETÇİ KOYUN IRKLARI İLE KIVIRCIK MELEZİ (F1) KUZULARIN BESİ PERFORMANSI VE KARKAS ÖZELLİKLERİ

Bu arastirma, Kivircik ve Kivirciklarin etci koyun irklariyla melezlenmesi sonucu elde edilen melez (F1) erkek kuzularin performansi ve karkas ozelliklerini belirlemek amaciyla duzenlenmistir. Arastirma, herbirinde 12 bas erkek kuzu bulanan Kivircik, Hampshire Down x Kivircik (HD x K), Siyah Basli Alman x Kivircik (SBA x K) melezi (F1) toplam 36 kuzu ile yurutulmustur. Deneme toplam 70 gun surmustur. Kuzularin besi baslangic agirligi, besi sonu agirligi, besi suresince gunluk ortalama canli agirlik artisi, gunluk yem tuketimi, yemden yararlanma orani, soguk karkas agirligi ve karkas randimani gruplara gore sirasiyla; 16.54 ± 0.588, 16.98 ±0.617 ve 16.48 ± 0.687 kg; 32.33 ± 1.077, 37.98 ±1.363 ve 37.08 ± 1.173 kg; 225.6 ± 9.67, 299.9 ± 13.42 ve 294.3 ± 13.58 g; 1.115, 1.255 ve 1.220 kg; 4.942, 4.184 ve 4.146 kg; 15.6 ± 0.68, 19.2 ± 0.95 ve 18.4 ± 0.936 kg; 16.2 ± 0.71, 19.8 ± 0.93 ve 18.8 ± 0.98; % 48.8 ± 0.39, % 50.1 ± 1.07 ve % 49.6 ± 0.10 olarak belirlenmistir. Arastirma sonucunda, melez (F1) kuzularin canli agirlik artisinin Kivircik kuzulardan onemli derecede yuksek oldugu belirlenmistir (P<0.01). Kuzularin kesim ve karkas ozelliklerinden kesimhane, sicak ve soguk karkas agirligi bakimindan da onemli bir farklilik gozlenmistir (P<0.05 ve P<0.01).
Speech enhancement in binaural hearing protection devices

Hearing protection is essential to industries operating under extreme noise conditions. This thesis aims at developing efficient binaural speech enhancement for communication hearing protectors that is capable of giving wearer a perception of the surrounding sound field while providing an adequate amount of noise suppression. For this purpose, two binaural noise reduction frameworks are adopted. The first approach uses a differential microphone array (DMA) at each side of the ears to suppress the noise from behind, followed by a binaural gain function to attenuate excessive residual noise from surrounding. Another one is a binaural multi-channel Wiener filter (MWF). This work seeks improvement in both frameworks by exploiting alternative solutions for different blocks in the algorithms. A sigmoid (SIG) function is investigated as an alternative gain function for real-time single-channel speech enhancement. Besides having tunable parameters for altering the slope and the mean of its curve, a key benefit of using this function is the ability to preserve more speech signal at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level. The parameters of the SIG function is optimised by studying the relationship between the gain function and the a posteriori SNR estimate, and through minimising a cost function comprising two objective measures. The mapping between the SIG gain function and the a priori SNR is then investigated. As the widely-used decision-directed (DD) a priori SNR estimate has a one-frame delay that leads to the degradation of speech quality, an a priori SNR estimator is proposed to overcome this delay. A modified sigmoid (MSIG) gain function is also proposed, with three parameters optimised to match conventional gain functions. Performance evaluation utilises an objective evaluation metric that measures the trade-off among the noise reduction, speech distortion
Student Performance in Online Quizzes as a Function of Time in Undergraduate Financial Management Courses.

An interesting research question in light of recent technological developments is an investigation of the relationship between the time remaining to complete online quizzes and quiz scores. The data consist of over 4,000 individual quiz scores for six sections of Financial Management at The University of North Florida taught between the Summer of 2004 and the Summer of 2005. Over 50% of the time, students take online quizzes when they have less than 10% of the total time allocated for the quiz remaining. Moreover, students reduce the time available to them for later quizzes as the semester progresses. The most successful students take the quizzes shortly after the material has been covered in class. Regression analysis reveals a strong positive relationship between the time remaining until the quiz deadline and the quiz score. For every additional 10% of the total time available to take a quiz, the quiz score increases by approximately 1.1 points, on average. Also, students perform better for higher number quizzes, particularly if they allow themselves a large amount of time to take the quiz. In addition, students with either a low previous average or a failing average continue to perform poorly, particularly if they allow themselves relatively little time to complete a quiz. Fourth, the relationship between the previous amount of time students budgeted to take a quiz and the current quiz score is positive and marginally significant. However, students who budgeted less time for quizzes early in the semester benefit on the last quiz by earning a higher quiz score. This is particularly true for students who do not allow themselves a lot of time to take the current quiz. Lastly, students who allow themselves the least amount of time to take a quiz could increase their quiz scores by about 12 points for every additional percentage point of available time they budget for themselves to take the quiz. The results reported here are interesting not only for Financial Management courses at The University of North Florida, but offer some interesting implications for Financial Management courses across the country and for projects in any other class.
Credit Cycles, Expectations, and Corporate Investment

We study the real effects of credit market sentiment on corporate investment and financing for a comprehensive panel of U.S. public and private firms over 1963-2016. In the short term, we find that high credit market sentiment in year t correlates with high corporate investment and debt issuance in year t+1, particularly for financially constrained firms. In the longer term, high credit market sentiment in year t correlates with a decline in debt issuance in years t+3 and t+4; and with a decline in corporate investment in years t + 4 and t + 5. This pattern of increased investment in the short term and declined investment in the longer term is more pronounced for firms with larger analysts' earnings forecast revisions and comes with larger analysts' forecast errors, supporting theories of over-extrapolation of fundamentals into the future. A parsimonious dynamic model where over-extrapolation is the only departure from standard Q-theory does a good job matching the empirical moments of our data.
Syntactic Priming during English Sentence Comprehension in Proficient Chinese Learners of English

By means of syntactic priming paradigm and moving window technique,this study probed into the mechanism of syntactic priming for proficient Chinese learners of English in sentence comprehension.In Experiment 1,the prime-target pairs had the same main verbs.In Experiment 2,the prime-target pairs had the different main verbs.Facilitated target sentence processing was observed in both Experiments 1 and 2 when the target sentences were preceded by a prime sentence with the same syntactic structure,which indicates that proficient Chinese learners of English can use abstract representations in the sentence processing,supporting the model of verb's syntactic representation.
Session K : Addressing the STEM challenge through targeted teaching : What’s the evidence?

Numerous public reports are pointing to the critical importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to Australia’s future, but the number of students studying STEM subjects in senior years is declining, and many students in the primary and middle years of schooling do not have access to the ways of thinking and learning needed to succeed in school mathematics. Research over the past 10 years has established the critical role of multiplicative thinking in building student knowledge and confidence at this level of schooling, but there is a need for an expanded, evidence-based learning and teaching framework to support the development of mathematical reasoning more generally, if students are to have a realistic chance of actively participating in a STEM future. This session will report on the findings and experience of an Australian Maths and Science Partnerships Programme (AMSPP) Priority Project in 2013 that explored the efficacy of formative assessment and targeted teaching in relation to multiplicative thinking in a number of secondary schools around Australia. It will also introduce the work of the Reframing Mathematical Futures II AMSPP project, which is aimed at building sustainable, evidence-based, integrated learning and teaching resources to support the development of mathematical reasoning in Years 7 to 10 in relation to algebra, geometry, statistics and probability.
Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe: Synopsis of indicators - Final Report - Eurostudent III 2005-2008

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Hypoxic Training as the Basis for the Special Performance of Karate Sportsmen

Purpose: to develop a method of hypoxic training to increase the level of special physical fitness of karate sportsmen. The research tasks: to carry out the analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the determination of the laws of adaptation of the athlete's organism to the conditions of hypoxia; to determine the state of special physical preparedness of karate sportsmen of 16-17 years old; to develop the method of hypoxic training by the method of recurrent respiration into the closed space; To determine the most important factors in raising the level of special physical preparedness of karate sportsmen aged 16-17. Results: Ten sessions of hypoxic exposure during recurrent respiration in the closed space were performed. Interval hypoxic training was carried out on the basis of the body's reaction to the gradual decrease the volume of oxygen in the respiratory air. During the reverse breathing, the parameters of the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system were recorded in the closed space. The use of regression analysis made it possible to determine the main factors ensuring the duration of recurrent respiration. Research materials indicate studying testify the need for carrying out hypoxic training, since the increase in adaptability to hypoxia is the mechanism for the development of the special working capacity of karate sportsmen of 16-17 years old. Conclusions: the results of the study deepen information about the features of adaptive mechanisms to certain competitive activities. Inclusion of interval hypoxic training in the training process contributed to a more significant increase in the anaerobic performance of karate sportsmen of 16-17 years old.
A discrete-time queueing network approach to performance evaluation of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems

In this paper, we present a method for performance evaluation of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems (AVS/RSs) with tier-captive single-aisle vehicles. A discrete-time open queueing network approach is applied. The data obtained from the evaluation of the lift and vehicle movements can be used directly as input for the general discrete service time distributions of the queueing network. Furthermore, the approach allows for the computation of the retrieval transaction time distribution as well as of the distribution of the number of transactions waiting to be stored. Consequently, not only expected values and variances but also quantiles of the performance measures can be obtained. Comparison to discrete-event simulation quantifies approximation errors resulting from the decomposition approach in the discrete-time domain. Moreover, the errors obtained by the discrete-time approach are compared to the errors obtained using a continuous-time open queueing network approach. Finally, it will be outlined how the model can be used for designing AVS/RSs according to given system requirements, such as storage capacity, throughput, height and length of the system as well as the 95% quantile of the retrieval transaction time.
Jitter Reduced Self Biased PLLs—A Systematic Simulation Study

The self biased Phase Locked Loop (PLL) has become a default choice for clock generation in many microprocessors. In today’s scenario, the processor cores are made to operate at rapidly varying combinations of clock frequencies and very low supply voltages. Though the traditional self biased PLL is still being widely used with hardly any modification, it is becoming imperative to take a relook at the design aspects of these PLLs with respect to their jitter performance. This paper presents a systematic simulation study of designing the self biased PLL with the goal of reducing jitter. It further shows that if the self biased PLL is adapted into a dual loop scheme in a systematic manner, a significant jitter improvement can be obtained. Detailed simulations carried out in 0.18 μm CMOS technology indicate a reduction of 56% or more in jitter for the systematically designed dual loop scheme in comparison to the jitter reduced traditional self biased PLL.
Prevalence of Mites in Some Clinically Infected Animals in Behera Province

The current work was undertaken to determine the role of some animal species in transmitting mites to their human contact. A total of 100 hair and skin scrapings were collected from clinically suspected mange like lesions found on different parts of the body of individually owned animals from Abo El Matameer District, Behera Province during the period extended from June 2014 to May 2015. Samples included cattle, buffaloes, sheep and horses (25 samples of each) of different ages and sex. Results revealed that the highest prevalence was observed in sheep (72%) followed by cattle (48%) then buffaloes (36%) and finally horses (28%). Statistical analysis showed non-significant association between the prevalence of mites and sex of investigated animals while there was a significant association between the prevalence of mites and different age groups that older animals were more susceptible to infection than young animals. Microscopic identification clarified that that the overall prevalence of Sarcoptes spp. and Psoroptes spp. was 56.52 and 43.48%, respectively. Finally, it was clear that cattle, buffaloes, sheep and horses could be considered potential reservoirs for scabies.
Maximum Principles In Differential Equations

This book is devoted to the study of maximum principles in partial differential equations. I t contains a wealth of material much of which is presented for the first time in a book form. An attractive feature of the book is that it is completely elementary and thus accessible to a wide audience of readers. The book has four chapters. Chapter I deals with the one dimensional maximum principle. The discussion of this very simple model of a maximum principle forms a good introduction to the general theory. Various applications of the principle are given to show that it is a very useful tool even in the study of ordinary differential equations. As an example, it is shown that many oscillation and comparison results in the Sturm-Liouville theory could be deduced most easily by a maximum principle argument. The proper discussion of maximum principles in partial differential equations begins in Chapter II . This chapter, which is the backbone of the book, is devoted to elliptic equations. The material covered in this chapter includes the E. Hopf maximum principle and its generalizations; the Phragmèn-Lindelöf principle for solutions of elliptic equations; Serrin's version of the Harnack inequality for solutions of general elliptic equations in two variables (this is probably the most difficult result discussed in the book) ; various versions of the Hadamard three circles theorems for solutions of elliptic equations; applications of the maximum principle to nonlinear equations and to problems of fluid flow. Chapter III is devoted to parabolic equations. The plan of this chapter parallels that of Chapter II . The topics discussed include the L. Nirenberg strong maximum principle; a three curves theorem with an interesting application to the Tikhonov uniqueness theorem; a Phragmèn-Lindelöf principle for parabolic equations with applications to uniqueness results; nonlinear operators; a maximum principle for certain parabolic systems. The fourth and the last chapter is devoted to hyperbolic equations. The results in this chapter are somewhat special since a maximum principle in the proper sense does not hold for solutions of hyperbolic equations. Nevertheless, solutions of certain hyperbolic equations
LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS EVALUATED BY TWO INSTRUMENTS

Cardiovascular diseases are the main causes of national death, and sedentary is an important risk factor in this degenerative process. To evaluate the level of physical activity (LPA) of teachers in the public school system of Viçosa MG by means of two distinct instruments and the agreement obtained between them. A total of 200 teachers of both genders, aged between 25 and 68, participated in this research. LPA was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and through the use of a pedometer. The calculations of the prevalence of active and non-physically active individuals were performed, and the Kappa (K) index was subsequently used to establish agreement between the instruments. All analyzes were performed in MedCalc software, version 14. 10. 2 and SPSS, version 20. For the IPAQ, 70% of teachers reached adequate levels of physical activity (LPA), while by the pedometer only 26.5%. The agreement between the five categories of the pedometer and the IPAQ was not significant, as well as in the classification in active and non-active, between the instruments. In conclusion e valuating the LPA through the IPAQ it was possible to perceive that the majority of the teachers were classified as active. However, when considering the threshold of 10000 steps/day of average, using the pedometer as an instrument of evaluation of the NAF, the majority of the group cannot be considered active. In addition, there was no agreement between the instruments for the evaluation of NAF.
Beyond the syntax of the Null Subject Parameter

This study investigates whether and how English-speaking L2 learners at various proficiency levels acquire the morphosyntactic and discourse-pragmatic properties of subject expression in Spanish. The crucial question is whether discourse-pragmatic properties are acquired together with syntactic features or later in the process of interlanguage development. According to the Full Transfer/Full Access Hypothesis, transfer effects should be observed at earliest stages of development and full parameter resetting at later stages. An oral production task was administered to 15 intermediate, 15 advanced and 15 near-native learners and 20 native speakers. Results indicated that the near-native speakers performed like the native speakers with the morphosyntactic and the discourse-pragmatic properties of the Null Subject Parameter, while in intermediate and advanced learners the acquisition of these two properties were dissociated: the learners were accurate with morphosyntax and inaccurate with discourse-pragmatics.
Multiple MEG and Multiple TMS: Two New Electromagnetic Measurement and Induction Techniques

Neuroscience is a challenging field of science; it is a hybrid sphere of technology, medicine and psychology that will necessarily lay the foundations of the next big technological revolution. Neuroscience will tear down the borders between mind and computer, enabling a two-way interaction that will provide humans with the power of computers, and computers with the creativity and decision-making of human minds. This paper proposes two new techniques for electromagnetic measurement and induction, Multiple MEG and Multiple TMS, which may lead to a new way of interaction between brain and chips. The paper also proposes a theoretical overview in “Computer Neuroscience”, focusing on non-invasive synapse measurement and induction, and higher-level signals
"I Can Have the Heart to Tolerate Insults Rather Than …": Explorations of Forgivable and Unforgivable Transgressions in Ghanaian Marriages

abstract:This qualitative study explores transgressions within the contexts of marriage in Ghana. We conducted interviews with forty married individuals aged twenty-eight to sixty-six years who had been married between one and thirty-five years. Using thematic analysis, we identified seven types of transgression with adultery being the commonest. Further, married individuals identified lying, disrespecting, insulting, and stealing as forgivable transgressions. However, some indicated that adultery and causing physical harm are unforgivable transgressions. Some of the transgressions identified were comparable to those found in previous Western studies, while others were different and culturally nuanced. Findings provide important insights into typical transgressions in Ghanaian marriages and may be important for pre-marital and couples counseling.