Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Towards Semantic Trajectory Outlier Detection

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is a Web phenomenon known as “user-generated content”, which involves resources from Web 2.0 and geographic data. Geobrowsers are websites that collect and provide VGI. These systems, however, do not follow norms or standards for data collection or documentation, which makes it difficult to recover such data and limits the interoperability among VGI systems. In addition, the quality of the data collected by VGI systems has often been questioned. This paper proposes the DM4VGI, a template for creating dynamic metadata from volunteered geographic information provided by users through Geobrowsers or Virtual Globes. The DM4VGI is used to document and validate the quality of the VGI, as well as to facilitate data interoperability.
Coupling Relationship between Urban Expansion and Lake Change—A Case Study of Wuhan

With the development of urbanisation, the contradiction between urban expansion and lake protection becomes increasingly evident. Particularly, lake reclamation of urban construction causes serious damage to the water system and further affects the ecological environment of urban areas. On the basis of the interpretation and analysis of long time-series remote sensing images, this study evaluated the spatial pattern and dynamic changes of urban built-up areas and lakes in Wuhan from 1987–2018 and analysed the role of urban policies in this process. A coupling coordination degree model was used to analyse the correlation between them. Results show that with the continuous advancement of urban construction and renewal of urban policies, the coupling degree between urban expansion and lake change in Wuhan has been on the rise in the past 30 years. Moreover, the antagonistic relationship between urban construction and lake protection has gradually eased from severe imbalance to slightly balanced, and the negative impact of urban development on lake change has gradually decreased. The findings underscore the need for Wuhan to adhere to policies that promote lake protection. Lake supervision should be strengthened, and ecological restoration should be actively promoted. Furthermore, sustainable urban development policies should be maintained to improve the quality of urban development.
Effectiveness of Using Integrated Circuit Design Interactive CD in the course EE 503-IC Fabrication and Packaging Technology

This paper examines the effectiveness of using Integrated Circuit Design interactive CD in the new course EE503 IC Fabrication and Packaging Technology for the Diploma in Electronic Engineering (Computer) and Diploma in Electronic Engineering (Communication). The objective of this study is to assess the level of understanding of students with the use of interactive CD by lecturers in the teaching and learning process (T&L). The study was conducted on 30 respondents consisting of students taking the course EE503 in June 2012 session of Department of Electrical Engineering, Politeknik Seberang Perai. The survey conducted by distributing questionnaires to two (2) groups of respondents from different classes. Teaching and learning techniques for first responders group is carried out conventionally using powerpoint slides. While the teaching and learning for the second respondents group is a combination of using powerpoint slides and IC Design Interactive CD. The analysis was performed using SPSS 11.5 for descriptive average level of student understanding. The study found that the level of student understanding for the class that using Integrated Circuit Design interactive CD is higher than the classes that using power point slides only in the T&L. It shows that the use of Integrated Circuit Design interactive CD in T&L can increase the level of student understanding.
Incorporating Domain Knowledge into Stance Classification スタンス分類における領域知識の活用に関する研究

Social networking services (SNS) such as Twitter and Facebook have rapidly sunk into our lives in recent years. SNS is used not only as a kind of communication tools but also as a place to be used for advertisement, expressing individual opinions, and so on. In particular, there are various kinds regarding opinion. For example, there are many opinions about a specific product. These opinions are also abundant in electronic commerce services like Amazon. As these opinions play an important role in improving products, many researchers and companies analyze them. Unlike the review of the above-mentioned products, there are relatively few sites in which opinion on political topics and events is compiled. There are debate sites such as debate.org and idebate.org in English, and zzhh.jp in Japanese, but it is overwhelmingly small compared to product reviews. Because of such a background, analysis of opinions in SNS has been actively performed. In this thesis, we especially addressed the task called stance classification. In this task, the goal is to identify whether a given text agrees or disagrees a certain topic. However, it cannot be said that the performance of the current state-of-the-art of this task is satisfactory. Various causes can be considered for this, but the main reason for this is thought to be lack of knowledge about topics. Under such a background, in this thesis, we aim at acquiring and applying knowledge that contributes to the performance improvement of stance classification.
HeNCE: graphical development tools for network-based concurrent computing

HeNCE (heterogeneous network computing environment) is an X Window based graphical parallel programming environment that was created to assist scientists and engineers with the development of parallel programs. HeNCE provides a graphical interface for creating, compiling, executing, and debugging parallel programs, as well as configuring a distributed virtual computer (using PVM). HeNCE programs can be run on a single Unix workstation or over a network of heterogeneous machines. The paper describes the purpose and use of the HeNCE software. <<ETX>>
Ezequiel Di Paolo Interactive Time-Travel On the Intersubjective Retro-modulation of Intentions

The temporality of intentions and actions in situations of social interaction can sometimes be paradoxical. I argue that in these situations it may sometimes be possible to conceive of individual acts that can, in a strong sense, be intended retroactively. This could happen when the relational patterns in social interaction literally alter the virtual structure of a participant’s past corporeal intentions resulting in an odd experience of having intended something all along without knowing it. I propose that this possibility should be interpreted as more than just a narrowly epistemic phenomenon. Examining this claim involves clarifying the enactive perspective on intentionality, which I do here. The enactive approach rejects the model of a causal relation between intention and action for one of an intrinsic qualitative relation between the two as facets of sense-making. I develop this idea and compare it with Merleau-Ponty’s Fundierung model of the mutual relation between corporeal and reflexive intentionality to show that co-regulated moves/affections during social interaction may modulate both arcs of this relation, creating the possibility of a re-signification that alters not the actuality but the virtual tendencies that preceded the social act. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 22, No. 1–2, 2015, pp. 49–74 Correspondence: Ezequiel Di Paolo, Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain; University of the Basque Country, Spain; Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex, UK. Email: ezequiel.dipaolo@ehu.es C op yr ig ht ( c) Im pr in t A ca de m ic 2 01 3 F or p er so na l u se o nl y -n ot fo r re pr od uc tio n
Gradients in South Africa : Inequalities in the Measure of the Beholder

As the literature on health inequalities continues to grow very few studies have tested the sensibility of this measure to the choice of welfare indicator. In this paper we use data from an aging survey in South Africa to evaluate the health gradients using two measures of economic status: consumption per capita and an asset index. In particular, we measure the concentration indexes for a variety of health indicators ranging from general health service utilization to individual self-reported and biomarker outcomes. We find that the concentration indexes for different health indicators differ across economic indicators suggesting that the choice of welfare indicator can lead to different estimations of inequalities. In line with other studies, these results advocate for greater caution when selecting the economic indicator in the analysis of inequalities and for more explicit testing of different indicators in future studies. Overall, the results call for a greater understanding of how SES can influence health to generate appropriate measurements of health inequalities.
Prevelance of Sarcocyst in Egyptian Buffaloes Slaughtered at El-Menofia Abattoirs

Sarcoctosis is a zoonotic disease invading the muscles of domestic animals caused by sarcocystis species, acyst forming coccidian parasite in phylum apicomplexa. Sarcocystis species are obligatory intracellular protozoa with a typical coccidian life cycle consisting of merogny, gametogny and sporogny. These parasites have indirect life cycle, cycling between two host involving carnivores as defintive host, where intestinal infection occur and herbivorous or omnivorous as intermediate host, where tissue invasion occur. A total of 937 buffaloes (130 males under 2 years and 807 females above 5 years) were examined during a year from November 2014 till October 2015. in Shebin El-kom abattoir, El-Shohada abattoir and El-Batanon abattoir, El-Menoufia Governate, Egypt for detection of macroscopic and microscopic sarcocystis cysts in muscular tissues (esophagus, masseter muscles, tongue and pharyngeal muscle) of slaughtered animals. The results indicated that the muscle samples revealed the infestation rate with macroscopic S. fusiformis in buffaloes were 82.92% as general percent, but in animals over 5 years it was 92.81% and in animals under 2 years it was 21.54% the esophagus, tongue and the diaphragm were found to be the most common sites for Sarcocystis species. Results also indicated mixed infections with both macroscopic S. fusiformis and both S. bovini and S. silva. This was the first record for them in Egypt. Also identification of sarcocystis species by using PCR revealed 3 species S. fusiformis, S. bovini and S. silva. Keyword: Sarcosyst, Bufaloes, Abattoir and PCR. (http://www.bvmj.bu.edu.eg) (BVMJ-33(1):109-119, SEPTEMBER, 2017)
p 53 is essential for embelin-induced apoptosis in p 53-wildtype prostate cancer cells

Background: Embelin is a natural product that has shown anti-tumor activities in prostate cancer, however whether P53 is a possible target remains unknown. Here, the effects of embelin on prostate cancer cells with wildtype p53 were determined. Materials and methods: Cell viability was detected by MTT assay and apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. Caspase 3 activity was detected by fluorescence assay, and proteins were examined by Western blot. Luciferase-based p53 reporter assay was performed to assess p53 activity. Results: Embelin suppressed cell viability and enhanced Annexin V positive and sub-G1 populations. Further, embelin promoted caspase 3 activation and PARP cleavage and p53/P21 expression, and inhibited androgen receptor (AR) and XIAP. Knocking down p53 made cells less sensitive to drug-induced apoptosis. Conversely, re-introducing p53 re-sensitized cells to the drug. Conclusion: Embelin efficiently inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in p53 wild type prostate cancer cells. Importantly, p53 is required for embelin-induced apoptosis. These novel findings suggest embelin as a potential natural product for prostate cancer with wild type p53.
Effect of Forced Use of the Upper Extremity on Functional Outcome in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Children

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of forced use therapy on functional outcome in hemiplegic cerebral palsy children. Subjects: Thirty children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy were included in the study. Their age ranged from 9 to 14 years old. Patients were assigned into two equal groups. Procedures: Group I received forced use therapy (immobilization of the unaffected arm while engaging in repetitive task practice and behavioral shaping with the affected hand) with NeuroDevelopmental Treatment (NDT), while group II received Neuro-Developmental Treatment only for 90 minutes three times per week for eight weeks. Patients were assessed before and after the treatment. Functional outcome were assessed using the Action Research Arm Test, the manual hand dynamometer, the Motor Activity Log and the Barthel Index. Results: The results revealed that patients in forced use therapy group showed significant improvement in functional performance than patients in Neuro-Developmental Treatment group. Discussion and conclusion: This study provides evidence of greater improvements in functional outcome of daily activities after forced use therapy in addition to NDT treatment in hemiplegic cerebral palsy children.
Quality Of Life among Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy in Government Hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia

Introduction: To determine the quality of life (physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment domains) among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in government hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia. Methods: The data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were conducted to obtain frequency and percentage of variables. Independent sample T-test and One way ANOVA were used to determine the association between variables. Multiple linear regression model was used to determine the significant predictors. The predictors of each domain was analysed separately. Results: Quality of life among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in this study was determined by four domains which were physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment. The overall mean score for physical health was 52.60, psychological was 52.55, social relationships was 50.79 and environment was 51.16. The significant predictors of physical effect domain were monthly income, cancer stage, social support, nausea and vomiting. The significant predictors of psychological domain were race, marital status, cancer stage, nausea and vomiting. The significant predictors of social relationships domain were race, educational level, social support, nausea and vomiting. The significant predictors of environment domain were race, marital status, hopelessness level, nausea and vomiting. Conclusion: The quality of life among chemotherapy cancer patients is important to be observed. Based on the predictors found in this study, appropriate interventions can be taken to improve the quality of life outcomes and the response towards the treatment.
Investigating personality differences between public and private university students and across gender : A focus on Malaysian Chinese sample

Studies have found that public higher institutions outperform private institutions in Malaysia. However, little attention has been given to understand individual factors that may contribute to the differences. Based on the relationship between personality and academic performance, this study examined personality differences between public and private university students. Gender differences in personality were also examined. Four hundred and twenty Chinese students completed a survey on the Big Five personality and demographics. Analyses showed that, public university students reported higher scores on Conscientiousness and Neuroticism than their counterparts. Furthermore, logistic regression analysis indicated that Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Agreeableness significantly predicted studentship (i.e., public or private university). In addition, male students scored higher in Openness and Extroversion, whereas female students were more neurotic and agreeable than their counterparts. The findings not only call the attention to include personality assessment in educational setting, but also suggest comparable patterns of gender differences in personality across different cultures. The findings highlight the importance for researchers and practitioners to be aware of the influence of trait differences when the sample consists of public and private students. The findings also stimulate future studies to investigate underlying mechanisms and impacts of these individual differences on students’ academic performance.
L2 writing practice: Game enjoyment as a key to engagement

Laura K. Allen, Arizona State University Scott A. Crossley, Georgia State University Erica L. Snow, Arizona State University Danielle S. McNamara, Arizona State University The Writing Pal (W-Pal) is an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) designed to provide students with explicit writing strategy instruction and practice. W-Pal includes a suite of educational games developed to increase writing engagement and provide opportunities to practice writing strategies. In this study, first (L1) (n = 26) and second (L2) language (n = 16) students interacted with W-Pal over eight sessions. We collected students’ daily selfreports of engagement, motivation, and perceptions of performance, as well as their reported game attitudes (difficulty, helpfulness for learning, and enjoyment). Results indicated that, for all students, interactions with W-Pal led to increases in writing performance and more positive attitudes towards the system (engagement, motivation, and perceived performance). For L1 students, game difficulty was a significant predictor of boredom; however, for the L2 students, game enjoyment predicted both their motivation and perceived writing improvement. Notably, the L2 students’ game ratings accounted for more variance in these daily reports than did the ratings of L1 students. This study suggests that L1 and L2 students experience similar benefits offered by game-based strategy practice in an ITS. Further, the link between game attitudes and overall daily perceptions of training may be stronger for L2 students than L1 students.
Effect of Peers on Privately Consumed Clothing Itemsof Female Students in a Nigerian University

This study investigated the effect of peers on privately consumed clothing items of female students in University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 710 female students in the University for the Study. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using frequency difference, percentages and ranking. Results of the findings indicated that both normative and informative influences affect decisions to purchase both privately and publicly consumed luxury products, and that there was more influence on normative influence than informative influence in the purchase of clothing items. Based on the results of findings, conclusion and recommendations were made that parents and guardians should inculcate in their children/wards the right values and selfconfidence early in life to enable them make correct and independent choices in life, while teachers should advise their students not to allow peer influences dominate their decision making processes among others.
Infinite $\frac{3}{2}$-generated groups

Every finite simple group can be generated by two elements, and Guralnick and Kantor proved that, moreover, every nontrivial element is contained in a generating pair. Groups with this property are said to be $\frac{3}{2}$-generated. Thompson's group $V$ was the first finitely presented infinite simple group to be discovered. The Higman--Thompson groups $V_n$ and the Brin--Thompson groups $mV$ are two families of finitely presented groups that generalise $V$. In this paper, we prove that all of the groups $V_n$, $V_n'$ and $mV$ are $\frac{3}{2}$-generated. As far as the authors are aware, the only previously known examples of infinite noncyclic $\frac{3}{2}$-generated groups are the pathological Tarski monsters. We conclude with several open questions motivated by our results.
An Economic Commons Tragedy for Research Libraries: Scholarly Journal Publishing and Pricing Trends

The recent dramatic increases in both the numbers and prices of scholarly journnls are evidence of a distorted economic marketplace for scholarly information. They can also be viewed as evidence of an impending economic "commons" tragedy for this nation's research libraries. The general economic principles underlying this tragedy were popularized in a nontechnical and very influential 1968 essay by Garrett Hardin called ''The Tragedy of the Commons. ''The strategies needed to manage our research library commons effectively will require a fundamental reshaping of the present system of scholarly communication. The leadership for making the necessary changes must come from the research library community.
InternatIonal Journal of InteractIve MultIMedIa and artIfIcIal IntellIgence ISSn: 1989-1660–vol. III, nuMBer 6 IMAI RESEARCH GROUP COUNCIL

The analysis of the text content in emails, blogs, tweets, forums and other forms of textual communication constitutes what we call text analytics. Text analytics is applicable to most industries: it can help analyze millions of emails; you can analyze customers’ comments and questions in forums; you can perform sentiment analysis using text analytics by measuring positive or negative perceptions of a company, brand, or product. Text Analytics has also been called text mining, and is a subcategory of the Natural Language Processing (NLP) field, which is one of the founding branches of Artificial Intelligence, back in the 1950s, when an interest in understanding text originally developed. Currently Text Analytics is often considered as the next step in Big Data analysis. Text Analytics has a number of subdivisions: Information Extraction, Named Entity Recognition, Semantic Web annotated domain’s representation, and many more. Several techniques are currently used and some of them have gained a lot of attention, such as Machine Learning, to show a semisupervised enhancement of systems, but they also present a number of limitations which make them not always the only or the best choice. We conclude with current and near future applications of Text Analytics. Keywords— Big Data Analysis, Information Extraction, Text Analytics
The Necroinflammatory activity of HCV in liver biopsies of Iraqi patients that detected by In Situ hybridization technique . *

In situ hybridization assay was performed from 22 chronic hepatitis-C virus(CHC) patients (9 males and 13 females) (all of them known to be positive for anti-CH antibodies and high transaminase levels(GOT,GPT)) in order to study the necroinflammatory activity and detection of HCV-RNA in the sections of liver biopsies. The results showed that the percentage of infected cells were ranged from (10-100%) with mean value of 61.77%. The HCV-RNA was detected in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes.
ongitudinal analysis of personal networks . The case of rgentinean migrants in Spain

This paper discusses and illustrates various approaches for the longitudinal analysis of personal networks (multilevel analysis, regression analysis, and SIENA). We combined the different types of analyses in a study of the changing personal networks of immigrants. Data were obtained from 25 Argentineans in lustered graphs Spain, who were interviewed twice in a 2-year interval. Qualitative interviews were used to estimate the amount of measurement error and to isolate important predictors. Quantitative analyses showed that the persistence of ties was explained by tie strength, network density, and alters’ country of origin and residence. Furthermore, transitivity appeared to be an important tendency, both for acquiring new contacts and for the relationships among alters. At the network level, immigrants’ networks were remarkably stable in composition and structure despite the high turnover. Clustered graphs have been used to illustrate e disc the results. The results ar