Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Characterizing and Exploiting Soft Error Vulnerability Phase Behavior in GPU Applications

System reliability has become a first-class design constraint. As the use of Graphics Processing Units (GPU) continues to increase in compute applications, including High Performance Computing (HPC) and safety-critical applications, so do the number of transient faults in GPUs. However, our understanding of the potential impact of transient fault propagation in GPU applications remains limited. This study shows that the resilience characteristics of GPU programs change significantly during program execution and these characteristics show repetitive, time-varying behavior. Interestingly, these repetitive, time-varying, resilience characteristics of GPU programs do not align or correlate well with the performance phases of GPU programs. Furthermore, this work discovers and validates that temporal changes in the vulnerability behavior during a kernel execution tends to coincide with changes in basic block execution paths. Finally, we demonstrate how these observations can be exploited to accelerate the fault injection campaigns for reliability assessment of GPU programs by an order of magnitude and open opportunities for designing other effective resilience mitigation strategies.
Characteristics of Psychiatry Consultations Requested from the Neurology Clinic, Diagnostic Congruence Rates between Psychiatrists and Neurologists

Amac: Psikiyatri ve noroloji merkezi sinir sistemine ait islev bozukluklariyla ilgilenmeleri nedeniyle ilgili hastaliklara yonelik ortak yaklasim gerekmektedir. Bu arastirmada bir egitim hastanesinin noroloji kliniginde yatarak tedavi goren hastalara istenen psikiyatri konsultasyonlarinin ozellikleri, psikiyatrik hastaliklarin tani benzerlik oranlari ve psikiyatri hekimi ile noroloji hekimi arasindaki psikiyatrik tani uyumunun arastirilmasi amaclanmistir. Gerec ve Yontem: Ocak 2017-Temmuz 2019 tarihleri arasinda istenen tum psikiyatri konsultasyonlari geriye donuk olarak degerlendirilmis, konsultan psikiyatristin belirledigi son psikiyatrik tani ile norologun belirledigi ilk psikiyatrik tani arasindaki dogruluk orani ve iki brans arasindaki tani uyumu incelenmistir. Bulgular: En sik konsultasyon istenme nedenleri sirasiyla ajitasyon (%36.5), depresyon belirtileri (%23.9) ve gecmiste psikiyatrik tedavi oykusu (%18.9) olarak bulunmustur. Psikiyatristler tarafindan en sik konulan tanilar depresif bozukluklar (%29.7), anksiyete bozukluklari (%19.8) ve kognitif bozukluklardir (%10.9). Dogru taninma oranlari alkol/madde kullanim bozukluklari (A/MKB) (%83.3) ve kognitif bozukluklar (%73.7) icin yuksek saptanirken, somatizasyon bozuklugu (%50) ve anksiyete bozukluklari (%29.2) icin dusuk saptanmistir. A/MKB icin iki hekim arasindaki tani uyumu yuksek (kappa=0.62), kognitif bozukluklar ve depresif bozukluklar icin orta duzeydedir (kappa=0.57, kappa=0.42). Sonuc: Bu calisma A/MKB’nun norologlar tarafindan iyi tanindigini, ancak yatan hastalarda siklikla gorulen anksiyete bozuklugu ve somatizasyon bozuklugunun tanisinda yanilgilarin yasandigini gostermistir. Bu alanda yapilan arastirma sayisinin az olmasi nedeniyle arastirmamiz norolojik hasta populasyonunda psikiyatrik es tanilarin taninmasinin onemini vurgulamasi acisindan degerlidir.
Simultaneous measurements of nitrate, oxygen, and carbon dioxide on oceanographic moorings: Observing the Redfield Ratio in real time

Autonomous observations of dissolved nitrate, oxygen, and total inorganic carbon (TCO2, which is derived from pCO2 and estimates of alkalinity) from sensors on the M1 and M2 moorings, off Monterey Bay, California, are examined. These observations are used to assess the linkages between nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon cycling with the Redfield ratio as a framework for the analysis. Concentrations of TCO2, oxygen, and nitrate were highpass filtered to remove low‐frequency signals driven by water mass changes. Daily cycles in each property are apparent with maxima or minima at the end of daylight. These daily cycles are consistent with biological production of oxygen or uptake of TCO2 and nitrate. Ratios of the changes in these diel cycles approach values expected from the Redfield ratio early in upwelling cycles. However, periods are frequently seen where the utilization of nitrate N is substantially lower than expected when compared to observed changes in TCO2 or oxygen. During these periods, fixed nitrogen must be supplied from other sources, such as ammonium or urea, or it is obtained from deeper waters by vertically migrating phytoplankton. These migrating phytoplankton must then return to the surface where inorganic carbon is consumed and oxygen is produced.
Produtividade e rendimento do cafeeiro nas cinco primeiras safras irrigado por pivô central em Lavras, MG

Com a racionalizacao da exploracao agricola a caminho da sustentabilidade e a incorporacao de novas tecnologias pela cafeicultura, tornam-se necessarios o dominio, o conhecimento e o manejo dos principais fatores relacionados a producao, dentre os quais a irrigacao e de fundamental importância. Avaliou-se o efeito da irrigacao na produtividade e no rendimento do cafe da roca em lavoura irrigada por pivo central na regiao de Lavras, MG. O experimento foi conduzido em lavoura cafeeira da cultivar Rubi MG1192, plantada em marco de 1999, com espacamento de 3,5 m entre linhas e 0,8 m entre plantas. O delineamento experimental adotado foi o de blocos casualizados, com seis tratamentos e tres repeticoes. As irrigacoes foram realizadas em turnos de rega fixos de 2 e 3 dias (segundas, quartas e sextas-feiras), com base no balanco entre a evaporacao do tanque classe A (ECA) e as precipitacoes, aplicandose a diferenca os porcentuais 0% ECA (T1, nao irrigado), 60% ECA (T2), 80% ECA (T3), 100% ECA (T4), 120% ECA (T5) e 140% ECA (T6). Apos a derrica e homogeneizacao do cafe colhido nas parcelas experimentais, amostras de cafe da roca foram acondicionadas em sacaria de fio de plastico trancado e submetidas a secagem em bancadas de madeira suspensa ao ar livre, ate atingirem umidade entre 11 e 12% com base em peso. Apos a secagem, procedeu-se o beneficiamento (retirada da casca) e pesagem das amostras para estimativa da produtividade e do rendimento. A irrigacao promoveu acrescimo na produtividade dos tratamentos irrigados quando comparada a produtividade da testemunha; mesmo nao havendo diferenca estatistica significativa na comparacao de safras anuais para as irrigacoes nota-se, ao comparar a producao total acumulada das safras, diferenca estatistica entre a testemunha e os tratamentos irrigados. Dentre os tratamentos analisados destacou-se a lâmina de 60% da ECA, com a qual a producao total acumulada foi de 225,6 sc e a media anual de 45,12 sc ha-1, com acrescimo de 119% na produtividade do cafeeiro quando comparada ao tratamento nao irrigado, que produziu, em media, 24 sc ha-1 ano-1. O grau de maturacao, no momento da colheita, influenciou o rendimento dos tratamentos, sendo os frutos nos estadios cereja e seco, os que mais interferiram no rendimento.
PRAYER AND ALTRUISTIC DESIRE AS PREDICTORS OF HAPPINESS

Suldo and Shaffer (2008) identify a dual factor model of mental health with well-being and mental illness at opposite ends of the spectrum. The objective of positive psychology is to investigate ways to make people happier. This is a difficult task given the international rise of mental illness. The study undertaken here reports on a comparative analysis of results from wave six (2010-2014) of the World Values Survey (WVS) for the USA (n = 2,232), Thailand (n = 1,200), India (n = 4,078), and Turkey (n = 1,605) to examine the positive mental health benefits of prayer versus using religion for altruistic purposes. These countries were selected for analysis in attempt to explore general differences based on representations of the world’s major religions as well as the underlying effects of individualism and collectivism on happiness. The USA’s concept of the pursuit of happiness is very much rooted in individualism. Although the USA has separation of church and state, the sample contains participants from across the religious spectrum. The other countries under investigation are considered collectivist and have religious majorities that identify with Buddhism in Thailand, Hinduism in India, and Islam in Turkey. Logistic regression analysis confirmed that prayer is significantly associated with increased happiness in India and Turkey. In India, those who pray often were more likely to report being happy than participants who do not pray (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.47, 3.12). In Turkey, those who pray often were also more likely to report being happier than participants who do not pray (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.33, 4.42). Prayer was not significantly associated with happiness in the United States or Thailand. Surprisingly, logistic regression analysis for using religion as a means ‘to do good to other people’ versus ‘to follow religious norms’ only significantly predicted happiness in India. Self-reports of prayer appear to be better predicting happiness in collectivist countries such as India and Turkey. Implications about focusing on the welfare of others are discussed.
A College First-Year Mindfulness Seminar to Enhance Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Function

Mindfulness training (MT) has shown promise in improving psychological health among college students yet has rarely been evaluated as an addition to the college academic curriculum. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of a first-year MT seminar offered to residential students at a selective private university, evaluating its impact on psychological and cognitive functioning in relationship to a comparable positive psychology seminar. The results suggest the potential for first-year programs that promote student well-being.
Interleaved Landsman Converter Fed EV Battery Charger With Power Factor Correction

In this paper, an electric vehicle (EV) battery charger with interleaved Landsman converter (ILC) followed by a flyback converter, is designed and evaluated for improved power quality (PQ) charging of battery. A built-in wave-shaping is obtained at the charger front-end due to improved PQ characteristics of ILC. This PFC converter consists of two Landsman converter cells, which are designed in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) to share the input and output currents. The current sharing at input results into lower input current ripple as well as peak current stress through the switch, is reduced. This, further improves the input current harmonics profile. Moreover, the reduced output voltage ripple gives reduced rms current in the output capacitor. A phase shift PWM scheme (PSPWM) is used for ILC and the duty cycle for the switches is selected below 50%. This allows the ripple cancellation at line and load sides. The interleaving at PFC stage as well as DCM based design ensures a low cost charging solution as compared to the conventional Landsman converter (CLC) based chargers in this power range. However, the flyback converter provides the current control during the charging of the battery in constant current (CC) and constant voltage (CV) regions. The harmonics spectrum of mains current follows the recommended PQ regulations over a range of varying line voltages and loadings.
Uncommon southwest swells trigger sea urchin disease outbreaks in Eastern Atlantic archipelagos

Abstract Recurrent sea urchin mass mortality has recently affected eastern Atlantic populations of the barren‐forming sea urchin Diadema africanum. This new episode of die‐off affords the opportunity to determine common meteorological and oceanographic conditions that may promote disease outbreaks. The population dynamics of this sea urchin species are well known—urchin barrens have persisted for many decades along most of the coastlines off the archipelagos of Madeira, Selvages, and the Canary Islands, where they limit macroalgae biomass growth. However, this new and explosive mortality event decimated the sea urchin population by 93% on Tenerife and La Palma Islands. Two severe episodes of southwestern rough sea that led to winter storms, in February 2010 (Xynthia) and February 2018 (Emma), preceded both mass mortality events. The autumn and winter months of those years were anomalous and characterized by swells with an average wave height above 2 m that hit the south and southwest sides of the islands. The amoeba Paramoeba brachiphila was the only pathogen isolated this time from the moribund and dead sea urchins, suggesting that the amoeba was the primary cause of the mortality. This new sea urchin die‐off event supports the “killer‐storm” hypothesis that has been already described for western Atlantic coasts. These anomalous southwest storms during winters generate pronounced underwater sediment movement and large‐scale vertical mixing, detected in local tide gauge, which may promote paramoebiasis. This study presents valuable insights about climate‐mediated changes in disease frequency and its impacts on the future of coastal marine ecosystems in the Atlantic.
Ring Hydroxylation of N-Methylcarbamate Insecticides by Rhodococcus TE1

Rhodococcus TE1, a soil bacterial isolate shown previously to metabolize several thiocarbamate herbicides, organophosphorus insecticides, and s-triazine herbicides, was found to degrade carbofuran (2,3-dihydro2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl N-methylcarbamate), propoxur (2-isopropoxyphenyl methylcarbamate), and carbaryl (1-naphthyl methylcarbamate) in a defined growth medium. The insecticides were cometabolized, serving neither as a carbon nor as a nitrogen source for growth. Oxygen was required for metabolism of the insecticides. Carbofuran, carbaryl, and propoxur were each converted to hydrophilic end-products 16 mass units larger in size than the respective parent compounds
Incremental Map Modeling for Lightweight SLAM via Deep Reinforcement Learning

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology which builds a map in a pose graph has high accuracy but low memory utilization and limitations in handling full memory. This paper proposes a keyframe decision-making method based on the visual SLAM framework and deep reinforcement learning. The keyframe selection instruction is given to the mapper, and the map size is controlled to achieve map modeling. Furthermore, the map increment obtained by 3D reconstruction can obtain the intersection relationship between keyframes. We use a self-defining reward function to create the network learning policy to maximize map coverage and minimize memory usage. Experiments demonstrate that our method can perform accurate map modeling without affecting the quality of the mapping, thus reducing memory requirements.
Multi-product Firms and Product Quality Expansion

This paper develops and analyzes a model of international trade comprising multiproduct firms that can produce a range of product varieties distinguished by quality. First, it analyses the within-firm distribution of product quality and argues that firms’ export decisions are sensitive to their sizes and their product quality level. Specifically, a firm successfully exports both its high-end products and low-end products. Also, the sales of its top-end products relative to sales of its lower-end products is sensitive to the extent to which effective labour costs rise with quality. Second, the paper explores the heterogeneous effects of trade liberalization on multi-product firm behaviour and quality range choices. Under trade liberalization, small domestic firms experience a shrinkage of their product quality range, while even the new small-sized exporters narrow their product quality range to focus on an export variety. In contrast, existing exporters (large firms) can compete on both price and quality under trade liberalization by expanding their export product range toward both the low-end and high-end varieties. There is a greater expansion toward the lower-end varieties relative to the higher-end varieties under trade liberalization, this relative expansion decreasing as the variable trade cost decreases.
A New Look at Cultivated Mushrooms

Because mushrooms have a high protein content, mushroom cultivation has the potential to increase protein for human consumption in developing countries. Attempts are being made to fruit mushrooms in culture other than the widely available Agaricus and Letinus. Mushrooms can grow on substrates primarily of agricultural and industrial wastes, require little land, and the used compost improves agricultural soil. (Accepted for publication 28 November 1983)
Spatial dynamics of an invasive bird species assessed using robust design occupancy analysis: the case of the Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in France

Aim The study of the spatial dynamics of invasive species is a key issue in invasion ecology. While mathematical models are useful for predicting the extent of population expansions, they are not suitable for measuring and characterizing spatial patterns of invasion unless the probability of detection is homogeneous across the distribution range. Here, we apply recently developed statistical approaches incorporating detection uncertainty to characterize the spatial dynamics of an invasive bird species, the Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto).
Antecedences of employees’ creativity: Evidence from IT, Educational and Advertisement sectors of Pakistan

This study aims to propose elaborative theoretical framework to assess factors that influences creativity. We combine (Teresa et al., 1996; Jothi & Hin, 2015; Lin & Liu, 2012; Yeh & Huan, 2017) models featuring work and its environmental related factors into one holistic framework to assess the antecedents and consequence of creativity. We propose two level mediation to assess the effect of environmental variables on innovation and motivations through creativity as well as Job Stressors. Environmental factors included Leaders Behavior, Freedom, Resources, Social Support, Workload, Perceived Organizational Support, Person job fit, and Challenging work. Perceived Organizational Support was further affected by Organizational impediments, Supervisory encouragement, and Work group supports. These factors influences Job Stressors that include Challenge and Hindrance stressors, and work pressures in environment. These stressors further affect creativity as proposed by Zhang & Wee (2018). We also categorize creativity into Quantity and Quality as per Yeh & Huan, (2017). Empirical validity was established by conducting a survey of employees in high creativity sectors like IT, Educational and Advertisement. Result shows that among work and environmental factors, only Leaders Behavior, Perceived Organizational Support, and Challenging work significantly affect job stressors. On the contrary, job stressors significantly affect both Quantity and Quality of creativity. However, subsequent effect of creativity on innovation and motivation could not be established.
Growth and Yield Properties of Near-Isogenic Wheat Lines Carrying Different Photoperiodic Response Genes

Abstract Near-isogenic lines (NILs), carrying different combinations of Ppd-1 genes in the genetic background of an early-maturity cultivar Abukumawase were grown at two sites for two years to elucidate the effects of photoperiodic response genes on the growth and yield of early-maturity wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) in central and southwestern Japan. Photoperiod-insensitive genes, Ppd-B1a and Ppd-D1a , accelerated young spike development, and this effect was predominant with Ppd-B1 with no additive effect among them. Ppd-B1a and Ppd-D1a also advanced the jointing stage, heading, and maturity, and the effect of Ppd-B1a on the jointing stage and heading was stronger than that of Ppd-D1a. An additive effect of two genes was detected for heading. Besides, Ppd-B1a and Ppd-D1a reduced culm length and grain weight, although the reduction effect on grain weight was not significant. Meanwhile, the mean temperature from double ridge formation stage to heading was lower in NILs with photoperiod-insensitive genes than in NILs with photoperiod-sensitive gene, and there was a significant correlation between mean temperature from double ridge formation stage to terminal spikelet formation stage and spikelet number per spike as well as between mean temperature from terminal spikelet formation stage to heading and grain number per spikelet. Therefore in a genetic background of extremely early-maturity line of spring type wheat, photoperiod-insensitive genes accelerated wheat growth and reduced spikelet numbers in central and southwestern Japan, and the effect of Ppd-B1a was stronger than that of Ppd-D1a.
The Relationship Between Back Squat Strength and Sprint Times Among Male NCAA Track Athletes

Prior research indicates that lower body strength and body mass are associated with athletic performance including sprint speed [1,2]. The direct association between lower body strength and track competition sprint performance has not been well documented. Hence, the purpose of this study was to determine if there was a meaningful relationship between relative strength in the back squat (BSQ) and 60-100m competition sprint times among male college sprinters. The participants were male NCAA Division 1 track sprinters 18-21 years of age (n = 16). Data collected from each athlete included 1-RM BSQ (kg), Body mass (kg), 60m, and 100m sprint times. BSQ, BSQ/Body Mass, and allometrically scaled BSQ/(Body Mass**0.67) scores were then compared to the 60m and 100m sprint times using the Pearson correlation coefficients (r). Results demonstrated moderate to high negative relationships between 60m sprint times and BSQ metrics ranging from r= -0.55 to -0.62 (p 0.05) to moderate negative r=-0.57 (significant p<0.05). Within the parameters of this study, 60m sprint times are meaningfully associated with relative lower body strength, while relative lower body strength is less of a factor in regards to the 100m sprint times.
Association between Economic Activity and Cognitive Health: A Population-Based Observational Study

This study investigates whether restricted participation in productive activity is associated with cognitive health in Korea. Furthermore, given the enormous socioeconomic disparities between aging and gender differences in employment, we also examine whether these associations vary by gender and age. Data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA) from 2006 to 2016 was used and 9,942 subjects were included at baseline in 2006. To analyze the association between restricted economic activity due to health condition and cognitive function, generalized estimating equation (GEE) model and chi-square test were used. Of the 9,942 individuals at baseline in 2006, the odds ratio (OR) of cognitive decline in those in the “very probable” of restricted economic activity was 2.58 times higher (p-value: < 0.0001) compared with “not at all” of restricted economic activity. In a subgroup analysis, ≤ 64 years and ≥ 65 years groups presented similar results. OR of cognitive decline in “very probable” of restricted economic activity was 2.50 times higher (p-value: < 0.0001) compared with “not at all” of restricted economic activity in both groups, respectively. For male and female, OR of cognitive decline in “very probable” of restricted economic activity was 2.77 times higher (p-value: < 0.0001) and 2.40 times higher (p-value: < 0.0001) compared with “not at all” of restricted economic activity, respectively. Our findings highlight association between restriction in economic activity and cognitive function among middle aged and elderly population in Korea. Given the benefits of economic activity, efforts should be made to improve health condition and reduce barriers to participate in economic activity.