Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Assessing Quality Attributes Of Open Source Software By Mining Low

approved: ______________________________________________________ Christopher P. Scaffidi Programmers often have to choose components online for reuse based on software quality. To help with this choice, most component repositories (SourceForge, CodeProject, etc.) provide information such as user ratings and reviews of components. However, the reusability of components is not immediately obvious from this material. To make things worse, reviews and other material could potentially contradict one another about reusability or any other issue. Moreover, there could be multiple components that claim to perform identical tasks in which case it becomes difficult to identify the most reusable component. This thesis presents the result of two studies aimed at discovering how to use material from a component repository to automatically characterize the reusability of components. It was found that two factors (out of three) were significant predictors of reusability. Additionally, a review summarizer was developed to summarize user reviews and return the overall opinion reflected by the comments. ©Copyright by Sanchit Karve September 6, 2012 All Rights Reserved Assessing Quality Attributes of Open Source Software by Mining Low Ceremony Evidence
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approved:_____________________________________________________ Richard A. Schmitz Pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Oregon and Washington are a sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata spp.) obligate species of concern because of declining populations and extirpation from much of their range. Efforts are underway to establish a captive bred population of the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit in Washington state for reintroduction into the wild. We developed a resource selection model based on soil and vegetation characteristics of occupied pygmy rabbit habitat at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in Oregon. Data collected in Oregon were used to quantify relationships of pygmy rabbits with their habitat. Using logistic regression and Akaike’s Information Criterion (AICc) to identify the best model, we determined that big sagebrush height and soil percent sand content were the two habitat characteristics most predictive of occupied pygmy rabbit burrow locations. The model indicated that the odds ratio of an occupied pygmy rabbit burrow occurrence increased with an increase in percent sand content of soils and big sagebrush height. We then applied the resource selection model using a two-step approach. We first used a Geographic Information System (GIS) to determine broad scale areas of suitable habitat for the potential reintroduction of pygmy rabbits at Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington, and then collected data on the ground to determine the best suitable habitat. Using GIS procedures, we found approximately 8500 ha of potential habitat at Hanford Reach National Monument. Field data collected within the potential habitat were used to further define 3035 ha as the most suitable habitat for pygmy rabbits. Lands that currently support pygmy rabbits, or areas identified as potential habitat in Washington, can be used to prioritize management or restoration efforts for pygmy rabbits and their habitats.
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approved: ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett End-user programming has become widespread. The increasing size of this population and the prevalence of barriers that they face has sparked the development of approaches that promote end-user programing by helping them overcome barriers and teaching them programming. Despite the fact that these approaches have done well in achieving those goals, there are still limitations. Specifically, these approaches place high expectations on the amount of prior knowledge that they should have and neglect to nurture their problem-solving skills. To fill in these gaps, our collaborators designed the approaches of Idea Garden and debugging-first. The Idea Garden approach attempts to provide problem-solving support by delivering problem-solving strategies and programming knowledge that help end-user programmers help themselves. In the debugging-first approach, which also makes use of the Idea Garden, users debug existing programs before creating their own. In this thesis we study both approaches, finding that they fulfilled their goals in circumventing those limitations. Additionally, our results inform the design of the Idea Garden in a Debugging-first environment, shed lights on enhancing both approaches, and approaches with similar goals. ©Copyright by Faezeh Bahmani May 29, 2014 All Rights Reserved Novel Approaches to Promoting End-user Programming
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approved: ______________________________________________________ Belinda A. Batten Resulting from the action of wind over open water surfaces, water waves contain colossal amounts of energy that has not yet been harnessed. Seen as a very promising source for renewable energy generation, many studies have tried to make wave energy a cost competitive source by investigating optimal designs of wave energy converters (WECs) and implementing arrays of actively controlled WECs to benefit from the hydrodynamic interactions between WECs. To date, most of the attempted approaches to design optimal arrays of controlled converters have relied on the application of standard wave-body interaction software also known as boundary element method (BEM) solvers to obtain the WEC’s hydrodynamic coefficients that are crucial for the analysis of array interactions and power absorption. This work intends to provide a methodology to experimentally derive the hydrodynamic coefficients of a scaled oscillating water column (OWC) WEC for evaluating the accuracy of such solvers and providing reliable data for various applications including the optimization of array layouts and WEC control. The OWC WEC was designed, constructed and tested at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory (HWRL) as part of the US Department of Energy funded Advanced Laboratory and Field Arrays (ALFA) project. With the goal of optimizing OWC’s array layout and coordinated array control to maximize the energy production, water surface elevation (WSE) was measured under different wave conditions at multiple locations around a single WEC to investigate its hydrodynamic coefficients, such as scattering and radiation. Once assessed, these experimentally derived frequency domain parameters can be used directly to evaluate the viability of the computational results derived from a standard wave-body interaction software such as WAMIT, or as inputs to the simpler and significantly faster interaction theory. ©Copyright by Marine M. J. Bentivoglio December 8, 2017 All Rights Reserved Experimental Validation of the Hydrodynamic Coefficients for an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter
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approved: Andre R. Barbosa Arijit Sinha The development of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panel technology has opened up new opportunities for wood in tall buildings. Several characteristics including seismic performance and speed of construction have raised interest among designers. As CLT gains acceptance in the industry, alternative structural solutions need to be investigated to improve performance of CLT as a building material. The first study presented is an assessment of the viability of hybrid poplar for use in CLT panels. Hybrid poplar is a low density species, which is not typically considered for structural applications. Low density species have the potential to improve the structural efficiency of CLT panels. The tests conducted are based on the qualification of panels outlined in the ANSI/APA PRG-320: Standard for Performance-Rated Cross-Laminated Timber to determine the structural viability of the CLT panels. The second study presented is an investigation of a new alternative energy dissipation solution to be used with cross-laminated timber rocking walls for seismic design. The energy dissipators are designed as a structural fuse which can be easily replaced after failure following a large seismic event. The results of this study give insight to alternative solutions for CLT to improve upon current applications. ©Copyright by Anthonie Kramer March 14, 2014 All Rights Reserved Cross-Laminated Timber Engineering: Improvement and Application
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approved: Julia Zhang This thesis investigates a novel cycloid electric machine that integrates both cycloid gear drive and permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM), and proposes to apply the machine in robotic transmission system. Cycloid gear drive is a transmission device that is commonly used to boost up the output torque. It has been widely applied in many industrial applications including ship power transmission, robotic actuation, hybrid electric vehicle and renewable energy due to advantages of high mechanical efficiency, low backlash, compact size and high ratio mechanical transmission. The structure of cycloid gear is different from common gears which engage externally, it engages internally and operates in cycloidal motion. In robotic industry, requirements on compact size and high transmission ratio result in the application of cycloid gear drives. Chapter 2 would introduce it in detail. Synchronous electric machine has been widely applied and investigated for more than a century. In industry, synchronous machines are used for power generating, electric power drive and many other electro-mechanical transformations. In particular, permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) is the most common one because the control strategy is relatively simple with the help of booming power electronics. Commonly, PMSM is used as mechanical power input in robotic industry. Chapter 3 would elaborate it. Typical human-sized legged locomotion needs an output torque around 300 N∙m to accomplish motions. The direct drive design uses only one high-torque electric machine with multi-stage transmission cannot meet the size and weight requirement of the leg actuation. This research proposes a novel cycloid electric machine to replace the conventional motor transmission system. An estimated 40 percent size and weight reduction is expected [19]. ©Copyright by Rui Liu June 7, 2017 All Rights Reserved High Torque Density Cycloid Electric Machines for Robotic Application
Changes in interannual climate sensitivities of terrestrial carbon fluxes during the 21st century predicted by CMIP5 Earth System Models

Terrestrial carbon fluxes are sensitive to climate change, but the interannual climate sensitivity of the land carbon cycle can also change with time. We analyzed the changes in responses of net biome production (NBP), net primary production (NPP), and heterotrophic respiration (Rh) to interannual climate variations over the 21st century in the Earth System Models (ESMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5. Under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5, interannual temperature sensitivities of NBP (γTempNBP), NPP (γTempNPP), and Rh (γTempRh) remain relatively stable at global scale, yet with large differences among ESMs and spatial heterogeneity. Modeled γTempNPP and γTempRh appear to increase in parallel in boreal regions, resulting in unchanged γTempNBP. Tropical γTempNBP decreases in most models, due to decreasing γTempNPP and relatively stable γTempRh. Across models, the changes in γTempNBP can be mainly explained by changes in γTempNPP rather than changes in γTempRh, at both global and regional scales. Interannual precipitation sensitivities of global NBP (γPrecNBP), NPP (γPrecNPP), and Rh (γPrecRh) are predicted not to change significantly, with large differences among ESMs. Across models, the changes in γPrecNBP can be mainly explained by changes in γPrecNPP rather than changes in γPrecRh in temperate regions, but not in other regions. Changes in the interannual climate sensitivities of carbon fluxes are consistent across RCPs 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5 but larger in more intensive scenarios. More effort should be considered to improve terrestrial carbon flux responses to interannual climate variability, e.g., incorporating biogeochemical processes of nutrient limitation, permafrost dynamics, and microbial decomposition.
A Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Crossover Study of the Acute Metabolic Effects of Olanzapine in Healthy Volunteers

Background and Rationale Atypical antipsychotics exhibit metabolic side effects including diabetes mellitus and obesity. The adverse events are preceded by acute worsening of oral glucose tolerance (oGTT) along with reduced plasma free fatty acids (FFA) and leptin in animal models. It is unclear whether the same acute effects occur in humans. Methodology/Principal Findings A double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial was conducted to examine the potential metabolic effects of olanzapine in healthy volunteers. Participants included male (8) and female (7) subjects [18–30 years old, BMI 18.5–25]. Subjects received placebo or olanzapine (10 mg/day) for three days prior to oGTT testing. Primary endpoints included measurement of plasma leptin, oral glucose tolerance, and plasma free fatty acids (FFA). Secondary metabolic endpoints included: triglycerides, total cholesterol, high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, heart rate, blood pressure, body weight and BMI. Olanzapine increased glucose Area Under the Curve (AUC) by 42% (2808±474 vs. 3984±444 mg/dl·min; P = 0.0105) during an oGTT. Fasting plasma leptin and triglycerides were elevated 24% (Leptin: 6.8±1.3 vs. 8.4±1.7 ng/ml; P = 0.0203) and 22% (Triglycerides: 88.9±10.1 vs. 108.2±11.6 mg/dl; P = 0.0170), whereas FFA and HDL declined by 32% (FFA: 0.38±0.06 vs. 0.26±0.04 mM; P = 0.0166) and 11% (54.2±4.7 vs. 48.9±4.3 mg/dl; P = 0.0184), respectively after olanzapine. Other measures were unchanged. Conclusions/Significance Olanzapine exerts some but not all of the early endocrine/metabolic changes observed in rodent models of the metabolic side effects, and this suggest that antipsychotic effects are not limited to perturbations in glucose metabolism alone. Future prospective clinical studies should focus on identifying which reliable metabolic alterations might be useful as potential screening tools in assessing patient susceptibility to weight gain and diabetes caused by atypical antipsychotics. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00741026
Learning to see : value stream mapping to create value and eliminate muda

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The oceanographical Observations of Scott's last expedition

Scott's first mention of his two biologists, D. G. Lillie and E. W. Nelson, is "Nelson and Lillie were up all night with the current meter" (Scott, 1913, p 36), and there are many further references to their activity and readiness to help. They published short summaries of their work at the end of the second volume of Scott's narrative, and Lillie had time to write a report on the Cetacea (1915) before he suffered a breakdown; Nelson seems not to have written any more about the Antarctic. After being engaged on war service he returned to the Plymouth laboratory. He joined the Scottish Fishery Board as Scientific Superintendent in July 1921, but was found dead in his laboratory in January 1923.
NDVI response to rainfall in different ecological zones in Jordan

The response of NDVI to rainfall was analyzed using NOAA/AVHRR satellite imagery acquired over a time period of ten growing seasons (1981 to 1992) and rainfall data from 16 weather stations in four ecological zones in Jordan. Results of linear regression analysis showed better response of NDVI to cumulative rainfall than to 10-day rainfall with best correlation in the Mediterranean zone. Significant relationships were found between seasonal rainfall and NDVI range (ΔNDVI) with better correlations for logarithmic and power relationships than for linear relationship. A strong linear relationship occurred between the annual rainfall and end-of-season NDVI in the Mediterranean zone and weak or no correlation in other zones. The correlations were improved when the rainfall data were averaged, summed and correlated with the average NDVI. More agreement, however, was observed between the maximum NDVI image and rainfall than for the average NDVI image and rainfall. Results also showed that stratification of the data according to soil type and/or land cover would not necessarily improve the correlation. However, stratification of the data according to ecological zone demonstrated obvious differences between the NDVI-rainfall in the different zones.
Coral reef diagenesis records pore-fluid evolution and paleohydrology of a siliciclastic basin margin succession (Eocene South Pyrenean foreland basin, northeastern Spain)

An integrated field, petrographic, and geochemical study has determined the fluid-rock interaction history in part of an Eocene reef complex on the margins of the siliciclastic-dominated Catalan sector of the South Pyrenean foreland basin. Results show that at least four distinct fluid systems influenced the basin margin, and demonstrate the sensitivity of reef rocks as paleohydrological archives in siliciclastic environments. The earliest calcite cements precipitated from meteoric waters at shallow burial depths, and mineralogical stabilization of reef carbonate was mostly completed during this episode. Textural and isotope trends typical of paleo-exposure surfaces are lacking, and trace element results suggest that meteoric waters were transmitted laterally and/or upward into the reef via delta-lobe sandstone paleoaquifers. The distribution of late cements is highly variable and fracture-fed, demonstrating the importance of deformation in controlling fluid flow subsequent to reef lithification. Isotopic and elemental compositions of burial calcites, plus their paragenetic association with barite and dolomite, show that fluids of marine parentage were expelled from compacting basinal marls into the basin margin paleoaquifers. The Calders reef also records an episode of extrabasinal fluid circulation, probably associated with faulting of the basin margin. Ferroan saddle dolomite contains fluid inclusions with elevated homogenization temperatures, indicating thermal disequilibrium with the surrounding strata. Hydrothermal activity was possibly related to Neogene extensional tectonics. The final cement stage in the reef records the influence of telogenetic meteoric water, possibly reflecting the present-day basin margin hydrology.
Defining the Role of Metastasis-Initiating Cells in Promoting Carcinogenesis in Ovarian Cancer

Simple Summary Metastasis is the main cause of poor outcomes in ovarian cancer and metastasis-initiating cells are a subpopulation of cancer cells that can effectively establish metastases. We provide an overview of their characteristics, function, and the potential of targeting them in ovarian cancer. Abstract Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological malignancy with a high prevalence of transcoelomic metastasis. Metastasis is a multi-step process and only a small percentage of cancer cells, metastasis-initiating cells (MICs), have the capacity to finally establish metastatic lesions. These MICs maintain a certain level of stemness that allows them to differentiate into other cell types with distinct transcriptomic profiles and swiftly adapt to external stresses. Furthermore, they can coordinate with the microenvironment, through reciprocal interactions, to invade and establish metastases. Therefore, identifying, characterizing, and targeting MICs is a promising strategy to counter the spread of ovarian cancer. In this review, we provided an overview of OC MICs in the context of characterization, identification through cell surface markers, and their interactions with the metastatic niche to promote metastatic colonization.
Investigating the reasons for the failure of palaeointensity experiments: a study on historical lava flows from Mt. Etna (Italy)

SUMMARY A refined palaeointensity experiment, accompanied by rock-magnetic studies, has been carried out on six lava flows from 1910 and 1928 from Mt. Etna. The purpose of the study was to try to understand why these very young basaltic flows are generally unable to provide a correct estimate of the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field during flow cooling. Susceptibility versus temperature curves and ore microscopic studies show that 3 types of magnetic minerals (phases ‘h’, ‘m’ and ‘l’) are present in these flows, some samples containing a single largely dominant magnetic phase while others contain a mixture of several phases. Phase ‘h ’i s a thermally stable, near magnetite phase resulting from titanomagnetite oxyexsolution. Phase ‘l’ is a thermally stable titanomagnetite with a Curie temperature of approximately 200 ◦ C. Phase ‘m’ is a titanomagnetite phase of Curie temperature between 450‐490 ◦ C which is unstable at temperatures above 400 ◦ C. In addition to the usual reliability checks of the Thellier method (NRM-TRM linearity, pTRM checks), our palaeointensity experiments included additional heating allowing determination of the MD or PSD-SD character of each pTRM and determination of CRM or transdomain remanences possibly acquired during heating. From the 28 samples studied 20 provide a linear NRM-TRM plot over about 1/4 or more of total NRM. However, only six of them, all containing near-magnetite as a single phase, display positive pTRM checks. Nevertheless, these six samples yield a mean palaeointensity of about 52 µT, which exceeds the real field palaeomagnitude (42 µT) by some 25 per cent. The reasons for this almost-total failure of palaeointensity experiments are diverse. For samples with a dominant ‘l’ phase, pTRMs present a behaviour typical of large MD grains, with as much as 1/3 of remanence with unblocking temperatures exceeding the blocking range. No CRM is acquired. Yet a remanence does develop during heating in a field (followed by cooling in zero field). We suggest that this remanence is a transdomain remanence resulting from domain rearrangements. These two observations are in conflict with some of the basic requirements of the Thellier method. Phase ‘m’ seems chemically stable up to 400 ◦ C but pTRM changes start at lower temperatures. This thermal instability and the development of a significant transdomain remanence seem to be the causes of the failure of palaeointensity experiments. The reason for the rather large (and quite unexpected) error in the average palaeointensity provided by the samples containing only a near magnetite (phase ‘h’) may lie in the fact that the low to medium temperature pTRMs, which represent a significant fraction of the total TRM, seem to be carried by small MD particles. In conclusion, several modifications of the Thellier method are proposed.