Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success Research Report Version 1.0

Over the past five years, libraries have begun to expand their role in the scholarly publishing value chain by offering a greater range of pre-publication and editorial support services. Given the rapid evolution of these services, there is a clear community need for practical guidance concerning the challenges and opportunities facing library-based publishing programs.Recognizing that library publishing services represent one part of a complex ecology of scholarly communication, Purdue University Libraries, in collaboration with the Libraries of Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Utah, secured an IMLS National Leadership Grant under the title “Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success. ” The project, conducted between October 2010 and September 2011, seeks to advance the professionalism of library-based publishing by identifying successful library publishing strategies and services, highlighting best practices, and recommending priorities for building capacity.The project has four components: 1) a survey of librarians designed to provide an overview of current practice for library publishing programs (led by consultant October Ivins); 2) a report presenting best practice case studies of the publishing programs at the partner institutions (written by consultant Raym Crow); 3) a series of workshops held at each participating institution to present and discuss the findings of the survey and case studies; and 4) a review of the existing literature on library publishing services. The results of these research threads are pulled together in this project white paper.
Federal Reserve Chair Communication Sentiments' Heterogeneity, Personal Characteristics, and their Impact on Target Rate Discovery

We construct a communication risk profile of the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair by measuring the sentiment of their public statements during their tenure. Communications’ sentiment impact on the interest rates price discovery process by the market after the FOMC meeting is analyzed. The results show that there is a significant difference in the communications’ sentiment that is heterogeneous on the personal characteristics, controlling for the economic environment, and that the Chair communications’ sentiment plays a role in diminishing the surprise of Federal Reserve announcements.
Towards Sustainable Corporate Governance and Organizational Growth of Quoted Health Care Companies in Nigeria

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between three sustainable corporate governance mechanisms (board independence, board size and gender diversity) and one organizational growth measures (return on asset-ROA) of quoted health care companies in Nigeria. Specifically, this study examines whether board independence, board size and gender diversity affects ROA of quoted health care companies in Nigeria. The population of the study was made up of ten health care companies listed in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The study used secondary data for the years 2014-2018, with a sample size of eight listed health care companies based on firms with available data. The study employed multiple linear regression analysis at 90% confidence level due to the sample size of health care quoted companies with available data. The results showed that board independence is significantly related to ROA. However, from this result, board size and gender diversity are not significantly related to ROA. The study recommends that a high level of board independence with inclusion of reasonable number of non-executive directors in health care firms should be maintained to enhance financial growth. Based on the study result, it was recommended that rather than mere number, the caliber or qualities of people in the board should be considered for right decision-making. Similarly, the study concluded that gender has no significant impact on organizational growth. Areas for further research have also been recommended by this study.
Selecting superior performance improvement policies

The changing trends in the Asian construction sector are creating both new opportunities for and threats to the domestic construction organizations. To improve the competitiveness of these organizations, senior managers are tasked with the responsibility of selecting and implementing improvement policies to enhance organizational performance. This study utilizes the system dynamics methodology to provide a careful and holistic evaluation of the policies. A model is built to represent an average performing construction organization listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Long-term simulation of the validated model produces the forecasted organization performance. Three improvement policies recommended by CIDB (2000) that have different cost and benefit impact profiles are selected for evaluation. Taking into consideration the impact of the economy on the construction industry, simulated results of the policies and combination of the policies indicate that the implementation of short-term improvement policies produces superior improvement in organization performance when compared with other policies.
Pilot situation awareness of commercial aircraft flight management systems : thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Aviation at Massey University

Complex, dynamic domains present an individual with a challenging operational environment. To be able operate effectively and achieve a desired goal , an individual must understand what is taking place in the surrounding situation. This task can become very demanding when the status of many elements in the situation may be continually changing simultaneously. The awareness and individual possesses of this situation is recognised as a fundamental prerequisite to achieve consistent proficient performance, and is the focus of this study. Specifically, this study set out to evaluate the Situational Awareness (SA) that experienced commercial pilots possess of aircraft Flight Management Systems (FMS). To achieve this objective the Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGA T) , developed by Endsley (1995a) , was adapted to the commercial FMS cockpit environment. This required development of a query database and design of an administration technique suitable for use in this study. The increasing use of automation in the aircraft cockpit has produced some stunning improvements in operational efficiency. However, the increasing complexity of aircraft management systems has exposed problems associated with the operatorautomation interface. Current FMS have evolved through the integration of several separate aircraft flight control systems to provide the pilot with a capable semiautonomous flight management tool. While the introduction of these tools has helped to improve safety, they have also introduced some unexpected operational consequences . One of these consequences is the tendency for flight-crews to experience automation surprises. Such events occur when the automation's behaviour violates the operator's expectation, and are usually the result of an inconsistency between the operator's understanding of the system and the actual status of the system. ln essence, automation surprises arise when the operator has poor SA of the system with which they are working. Due to the limited number of evaluations that were completed during this study no conclusive findings could be made. Despite this, the data revealed that the automation appeared to dominate the participant's attention and, that relevant flight instructor experience could have beneficial effects on SA related knowledge.
Analysis of near field data of diffused channel waveguides: an accurate method to obtain delta-n and the index profile

A simple and reliable method for obtaining the index profile and the value of (Delta) n of diffused planar and channel waveguides from the near-field scan data is presented. The method involves fitting of the Hermite-Gauss functions to the near-field scan data; the implicit assumption in case of channel waveguides being the separability of the field in its dependence of the two transverse coordinates (x and y). The coefficients of expansion are then used to obtain two 1D index profiles. These two profiles are then suitably combined to give the index profile and the value of (Delta) n of channel waveguides. The validity of the procedure is first tested on planar waveguides. Our simulations show that the method is very stable with respect random errors up to 15 - 20% in the intensity, and accurate estimated for (Delta) n can be reliably obtained. For diffused channel waveguides also, our simulation studies show that the method yields very good estimates for (Delta) n with typical errors being less than a few percent.
GaN-based pin diodes for microwave switching IC applications

GaN-based pin diodes were fabricated and characterised for microwave switching IC applications. The fabricated GaN pin diode with a p-metal diameter of 50 µm demonstrated a 3.8 V turn-on voltage, a 370 V breakdown voltage and a power figure of merit value of 178.5 MW/cm2 with an on-state resistance of 29 Ω and an off-state capacitance of 47 fF. To the authors’ best knowledge, this result is the first RF characterisation of the GaN pin diode for microwave IC applications.
Measurement of Pavement Macrotexture with Circular Texture Meter

The results of tests conducted with the circular texture meter (CTMeter), which measures the profile of a circle approximately 800 mm in circumference, are discussed. It is shown that by analyzing the profile data obtained with the CTMeter one can obtain reliable predictions of volumetric mean texture depth (sand patch texture depth) and the outflow times of several designs of outflow meters. Data from 3 years of testing are used to evaluate the correlation of the mean profile depth obtained with the CTMeter to the volumetric mean texture depth and the outflow time. In all cases the correlation coefficients (R2 values) were very high. Recommendations for additional studies that might be conducted to exploit additional information that can be obtained by processing the CTMeter profiles are made. In particular, the analysis of the directional properties of the surface texture as they may relate to wet pavement friction and tire-pavement noise is suggested.
EFFECT OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES ON CRACKING IN BRIDGE DECKS

The effect of concrete material properties on cracking in bridge decks is evaluated based on field surveys of 40 continuous steel girder bridges, representative of construction throughout the State of Kansas. Information collected from construction documents and field books is compared with observed levels of cracking to identify correlations between cracking and the variables studied. The results of the evaluation indicate that cracking in monolithic bridge decks increases with increasing values of concrete slump, percent of concrete volume occupied by water and cement, water content, cement content, and compressive strength, and decreasing values of air content (especially below 6.0 %). Bridge deck overlays placed with zero slump concrete exhibit consistently higher levels of cracking than overlays with measurable slumps.
Strain of concrete during first heating to 600°C under load

Synopsis This is the second of three papers presenting the results of an investigation into the transient thermal strain behaviour of concrete during the first heat cycle to 600°C under load. The results during first heating to 600°C under uniaxial compressive load of eight different unsealed concrete andcement paste mixes are presented. The thermal strains were shown to consistof ‘free’ and ‘load-induced’ components which possessed different and distinct properties. The free thermal strains of the unloaded concretes were dominated by the thermal expansion of the constituent aggregate, whilst the load-induced thermal strains (LITS) were identical for temperatures up to about 450°C, irrespective of type of aggregate used, provided certain criteria were met. A ‘master’ LITS curve therefore existed which represented LITS of Portland-cement-based concretes in general. Also LITS was not significantly influenced by the age of the concrete (1 and 9 years) or the initial moisture condition (moist and air-dry). Th.
Piracy and Demands for Films: Analysis of Piracy Behavior in French Universities

The purpose of this article is to identify which, if any, segments of the movie business have suffered from digital piracy. We use a sample of 620 university-members including undergraduate students, graduate students and professors to assess the effect of digital piracy on legal demand. A large percentage of respondents get pirated movies from a variety of channels (on P2P networks, intranet, by physical means.). Surprisingly, approximately one third of the pirates declared that watching pirated movies increased their demand for films (for instance, it led them to rent or purchase videos that they would not have rented or purchased otherwise). Using regressions analysis, we find no impact of piracy on theater attendance, and a strong impact on video rentals and purchases. However, movie piracy has no impact on video rentals for respondents who use pre-paid pricing schemes at video-stores.
CONGESTION IDENTIFICATION ASPECTS OF THE MCMASTER INCIDENT DETECTION ALGORITHM

Automatic detection of incidents on a freeway traffic management system (FTMS) can be thought of as two distinct tasks. The first is the detection of congestion and the second is the determination of whether or not the congestion is incident related. Development and testing of the congestion detection task for a new incident detection algorithm for an FTMS are described. A new logic has recently been proposed for the determination of whether congestion is recurrent or incident caused. The congestion detection logic uses flow, occupancy, and speed (if available) from a single station to automatically detect congestion near that station. This logic has been subjected to on- and off-line tests on a system on which congestion is largely incident related. The results show a good false-alarm rate and a high detection rate, with some incidents detected earlier than they were identified by FTMS operators.
Analysis of a full scale in situ test simulating repository conditions

Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) analyses have been used to examine the interacting phenomena associated with the simultaneous heating and hydration of an engineered bentonite barrier placed in a drift excavated in granite. The specific problem studied is an in situ test being carried out in the underground laboratory at Grimsel (Switzerland). After describing the test and the theoretical formulation, the results of a coupled THM analysis using the best parameter estimation currently available are presented and discussed. The effect of various features of analysis are explored by means of additional analyses in which each of those features are varied, one at the time. Finally, sensitivity analyses have been carried out to examine some critical aspects of the in situ test design. Performance of coupled THM analyses has led to a better understanding of the various inter-related phenomena occurring during heating and hydration of the engineered clay barrier. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A Comparative Study on the Growth Characteristics and Nutritional Components of Corn Hybrids for Silage at Paddy Field Cultivation

This study was carried out to know adaptability and growth characteristics, yield, chemical compositions and nutrition yield of corn hybrids for silage at paddy field. The field experiments were conducted at Sangju province for one year (2009). The experimental design was arranged in a randomized block design with three replication. The treatments consisted of eleven corn hybrids. The planting date was on 1 May and harvested at 24 August. Stem diameter, stem hardness and number of ear were higher in P32P75 than other varieties. Ear height, dead leaf and green degree were highest in 7117, but number of root system and Brix () were higher in P3394 than other varieties. Crude protein and crude fat (EE) were highest in P32K61 and P31P41, respectively (P 7117 > P31N27 > KPO > P32K61 > P32T83 > P32P75 > P31P41 > P3394 > P32W86 > KIO. Based on the above results, corn hybrid varieties could be recommended in P3156, NC+7117 and P31N27 for growth characteristics, quantitative production and nutrition yield.
A methodology to assess frontal stiffness to improve crash compatibility

Abstract Improved crash compatibility for vehicles is the next step towards increased frontal impact protection. Two aspects of crash compatibility are frontal stiffness and mass. Currently, frontal stiffness is related to mass and heavier vehicle tend to be stiffer than lighter ones. Consequently, the risk of being over-crushed in frontal impacts increases with mass-ratio. This study investigates one methodology to match frontal stiffness levels for vehicles in frontal impacts with different mass ratios. A generic, full vehicle multi-body model is used, the frontal stiffness properties of which are obtained from one full width crash test and one offset crash test. A small vehicle fleet has been developed using this methodology. The study shows one possibility for developing generic vehicle models that can be used to match frontal stiffness levels for vehicle with different masses.
The role of hydrologic alteration and riparian vegetation dynamics in channel evolution along the lower Minnesota River

Abstract. The Minnesota River carries the largest load of sediment to the Mississippi River in Minnesota, most of which comes from channel sources. This study investigates bank retreat in the lower Minnesota River since 1938. Specifically we asked, How have changes to river form influenced sediment transport and deposition in the lower Minnesota River and how did hydrological and ecological processes affect channel change? It was hypothesized that channel straightening, reduction in floodplain access, and streamflow increases contribute to increased channel-derived sediment load and decreased point bar deposition. Secondly, it was hypothesized that hydrologic changes have reduced woody riparian vegetation on sandbars, further promoting channel widening. To quantify channel sediment and phosphorus loading rates in the lower Minnesota River, we analyzed historic aerial photos for evidence of channel change, we performed long-term monitoring of erosion and deposition rates within the river corridor, and we calculated channel sediment transport rates. Results from this study showed that the Minnesota River has widened by 52% between Mankato and St. Paul since 1938, on average contributing 280,000 Mg of sediment per year and 153 Mg total phosphorus. The river also shortened by 7% since 1938, increasing bankfull shear stress and stream power. Sediment deposition rates in the floodplain have increased since European settlement by an order of magnitude. Ecohydrological studies showed that establishment of woody riparian plants has been inhibited on sandbars by prolonged summer flow duration and scour at high flow, reducing potential point bar growth. Findings from this study will be useful in prioritizing sediment and vegetation management actions.
Overset simulation of a submarine and propeller in towed, self-propelled and maneuvering conditions

Simulations of the free running submarine model DARPA Suboff in a horizontal overshoot maneuver are presented. To perform the simulations, the fully appended hull was fitted with the conceptual submarine propeller E1619. The overset flow solver CFDShip-Iowa v4.5 was used to perform the computations, including coupling with the propeller code PUF-14. Propeller open water curves were obtained for two grids over a wide range of advance coefficients covering high to moderately low loads, with results compared to available experimental data. The open water curves were also simulated with the coupled CFDShip-Iowa/PUF-14 approach. While computations are performed with delayed detached-eddy simulation (DDES), simulations with Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS), detached-eddy simulation (DES) and with no turbulence model were also performed. Results show that RANS overly dissipates the wake while the solution with no turbulence model shows unphysical instability in the tip vortices. Overall, open water curves are predicted well by the discretized propeller and by the coupled CFDShip-Iowa/PUF-14 approach. The towed DARPA Suboff hull fitted with sail, rudders and stern planes was simulated and results were compared against experimental data, showing satisfactory results. Self-propulsion computations of the DARPA Suboff fitted with the E1619 propeller were performed and the resulting propeller performance analyzed, both using a rotating gridded propeller and the CFDShip-Iowa/PUF-14 approach. A 20/10 overshoot maneuver is demonstrated with both approaches, showing that the results are similar when the propeller remains close to straight-ahead conditions, but trends between approaches tend to diverge for large wake distortions and low advance ratios. A more complex simulation of a surfacing maneuver of the submarine in waves is demonstrated showing the potential of the approach to tackle simulations including massive free surface deformations in a realistic environment.
Control strategy for single-phase UPS inverters

A simplified control strategy is proposed for single-phase uninterruptible power supplies in continuous time. In this strategy the controller has command feedforward and feedback components. Only proportional controllers are employed in the inductor current and output voltage control loops. This controller yields zero output impedance of the UPS, provided that estimated filter parameters match their actual values. Robustness of the control system is investigated. Simulation and experimental results are presented for linear and non-linear loads.
Natural optima in human skull: a low-velocity impact study

Abstract Human skull bone is a three-layered structure with a compliant viscoelastic cancellous bone layer sandwiched between elastic compact layers. The objective of the work was to check whether the skull bone is innately optimized with respect to the various geometrical and material parameters and to find out the parameters with which they are optimized. The effect of varying the thickness of layers and short time modulus of the interlayer are studied for optimality using finite element analysis of the skull subjected to low-velocity impact. Results show that they are optimized to meet different objectives.