Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adaptive Knowledge Distillation Based on Entropy

Knowledge distillation (KD) approach is widely used in the deep learning field mainly for model size reduction. KD utilizes soft labels of teacher model, which contain the dark- knowledge that one-hot ground-truth does not have. This knowledge can improve the performance of already saturated student model. In case of multiple-teacher models, generally, the same weighted average (interpolated training) of multiple-teacher’s labels is applied to KD training. However, if the knowledge characteristics among teachers are somewhat different, the interpolated training can be at risk of crushing each knowledge characteristics and can also raise noise component. In this paper, we propose an entropy based KD training, which utilizes the teacher model labels with lower entropy at a larger rate among the various teacher models. The proposed method shows a better performance than the conventional KD training scheme in automatic speech recognition.
Habitat differences and occurrence of native and exotic ants on Okinawa Island

Ant fauna on Mallotus japonicus, a shrub with extrafloral nectaries, was investigated in two types of habitat (the villages and the forest‐edges) on subtropical Okinawa Island, Japan. Twenty and 16 ant species were found, including 11 and 6 tramp species in the villages and in the forest‐edges, respectively. Occurrence of tramp species was higher in the villages than in the forest edges, supporting the idea that tramp species tend to dominate in disturbed habitats. Nevertheless, the richness of native ants was almost the same across the two habitat types. Consequently, the ant species diversity on M. japonicus appeared higher in the villages. However, monitoring has to be continued to determine whether the above findings represent a stable phenomenon of the community or just a temporary state.
Numerical Simulation of the Flow around a Straight Blade Darrieus Water Turbine

In this study, three-dimensional transient numerical simulations of the flow around a cross flow water turbine of the type H-Darrieus are performed. The hydrodynamic characteristics and performance of the turbine are investigated by means of a time-accurate unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) commercial solver (ANSYS-Fluent v. 19) where the time dependent rotor-stator interaction is described by the sliding mesh approach. The transition shear stress transport turbulence model has been employed to represent the turbulent dynamics of the underlying flow. Computations are validated versus previous experimental work in terms of the turbine efficiency curve showing good agreement between numerical and experimental values. The behavior of the power and force coefficients as a function of turbine angular speed is analyzed. Moreover, visualizations and analyses of the instantaneous vorticity iso-surfaces developing at different blade rotational velocities are presented including a few movies as additional material. Finally, the fluid variables fields are averaged along a turbine revolution and are compared with the steady predictions of simplified steady approaches based on the blade element momentum theory and the double multiple streamtube method (BEM-DMS).
Optimal Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing Algorithm for Three-Phase Three-Level Converters With Hybrid Zero-Sequence Signal Injection and Virtual Zero-Level Modulation

This article presents an optimal carrier-based voltage balancing scheme for three-phase three-level converters. The proposed scheme utilizes two available degrees of freedom, i.e., zero-sequence signal injection and virtual zero-level modulation (VZM), to eliminate the low-frequency neutral-point voltage oscillation. It is universally effective over the full power factor and modulation index range and easy to implement in digital controllers. The hybrid algorithm combines the merits of both approaches, which offers the optimal performance regarding controllability, switching device power losses, and output harmonics. The main drawbacks of VZM, i.e., the increased switching loss and high-frequency harmonics due to additional switching transitions, have been minimized in the proposed scheme. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated through simulation and experiment.
The influence of “sense of place” on the formation of the city image of the riverside historic urban district (Case study of Kampung Bandar, Senapelan, Pekanbaru)

As towns and cities developed, their characteristics manifest as the uniqueness brought by the diversity among them. However, modernization had cause the uniqueness tend to fade and lose its meaning as part of the image of a city. Kampung Bandar, the oldest historic district of Pekanbaru located on the riverside of Siak River, is no longer well-known for its prominent past. There are three historic sites that is potential to be developed as the image of the district, namely Rumah Singgah Tuan Kadi, Istana Hinggap and Rumah Tenun. This paper aims to assess how a sense of place influences the city image in the historic riverside district of Kampung Bandar based on the perceptions of its inhabitants, as well as the role of landmarks as attributes of the sense of place in the formation of the historic urban district’s image. This research used a mixed-method. Qualitative methods involve in-depth interviews with experts and community leaders, whereas quantitative methods scored sites importance according to the local community. The results of the study show that Rumah Singgah Tuan Kadi have the highest sense of place and contribute significantly to the formation of the riverside urban district’s image.
Study on gender issues in promoting agri-entrepreneurship among farm graduates

Since 2002, a Central Sector Scheme on Agri-Clinic and Agri-Business Centres (AC&ABC) is in operation in the country to promote entrepreneurship among farm graduates after their formal graduation. A study was undertaken to ascertain the gender issues in establishing and running agri-ventures by the farm graduates who were provided training under AC&ABC scheme. The data were collected from 70 respondents comprising 35 male respondents and 35 female respondents using structured questionnaire through e-mail and telephonic contacts. Findings revealed that majority of female respondents (71.43%) did not venture into AC&ABC due to lack of family support, previous job experience and self-confidence. Prevailing societal attitude might have forced females to avoid starting of enterprise in their native/surrounding villages due to fear of being criticized. The study also revealed gender differences in nature of farm enterprises, motivational factors, site selection, investment pattern, income level, working time as well as cooperation of family and banks. The success of AC and ABC depends on effective sensitization of family members, bank and development officials, more hand holding and financial support and incentives and mass media support for reinforcing the success models across the country.
MOSQUITO OCCURRENCE IN 36 COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI

Abstract We used both adult and larval survey techniques during the summers of 2016 and 2017 to determine the mosquito species present in 36 counties of southern and western Missouri. The study included adult traps such as Omni-Directional Fay–Prince traps and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traps baited with dry ice and octanol. Field-workers took larvae and pupae from standing water in artificial containers and returned them to the laboratory and placed them in emergence cages. When the mosquitoes emerged, we identified them as adults along with the contents of the adult traps. We sorted over 35,000 mosquitoes by sex, and then identified the females to species. The survey identified 8 genera and 40 species. This article reports the counties in which we collected each species.
Actividad antioxidante de Blechnum chilense (Kaulf.) Mett., Curcuma domestica Valeton y Tagetes verticillata Lag. & Rodríguez

Debido al creciente interes mundial en el mejoramiento de la salud humana los antioxidantes provenientes de plantas medicinales y alimenticias se han convertido en compuestos de gran interes. La busqueda de nuevas fuentes de antioxidantes es importante para el mejor uso de la biodiversidad. El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar la actividad antioxidante y el contenido de fenoles totales usando el metodo de Folin-Ciocalteu y la actividad inhibitoria del radical DPPH de fracciones y extractos de Blechnum chilense (Kaulf.) Mett, Curcuma domestica Valeton y Tagetes verticillata Lag. & Rodr. Las fracciones acuosa-metanolica y EtOAc de B. chilense, seguida del extracto EtOAc de C. domestica, mostraron una cantidad importante de compuestos fenolicos. La prueba con DPPH mostro que la actividad secuestrante mas importante, comparada con la del extracto metanolico de Aristotelia chilensis (Molina) Stuntz, fue la del extracto de T. verticillata, seguido de la fraccion EtOAc de B. chilense y el extracto EtOAc de C. domestica, con resultados similares a la fraccion hexanica de B. chilense y el extracto obtenido con eter de petroleo de C. domestica, superando todas la actividad secuestrante de DPPH del α-tocoferol. Los resultados sugieren que todas las plantas estudiadas podrian ser nuevas fuentes de antioxidantes y se esta trabajando para la identificacion de los compuestos responsables de la actividad.
Strong Precipitation Suppression by Aerosols in Marine Low Clouds

The adjustment of cloud amount to aerosol effects occurs to a large extent in response to the aerosol effect on precipitation. Here the marine boundary layer clouds were studied by analyzing the dependence of rain intensity measured by Global Precipitation Measurement on cloud properties. We showed that detectable rain initiates when the drop effective radius at the cloud top (re) exceeds 14 μm, and precipitation is strongly suppressed with increasing cloud drop concentration (Nd), which contributes to the strong dependence of cloud amount on aerosols. The rain rate increases sharply with cloud thickness (CGT) and re when re > 14 μm. The dependence of rain rate on re and CGT presents a simple framework for precipitation susceptibility to aerosols, which explains other previously observed relationships. We showed that sorting data by CGT and using alternative cloud condensation nuclei proxy rather than aerosol optical depth are critical for studying aerosol‐cloud‐precipitation interactions.
Political Ecology Protection Spring Water in Batu

Water resources management is a socio-political issue where various interests influence the policy on the protection and utilization of water resources. This research wants to know the government's policies and efforts in protecting water resources amid the rapid industrialization of tourism, along with conflicts due to the use of water resources from a political ecology perspective. This study uses descriptive qualitative research, data collection methods through depth interviews, observation, and documentation. This study shows that the efforts of the Batu City Government in realizing the protection of water resources are not proportional to the acceleration of the conversion of forest and agricultural land functions to support the sustainability of water resources due to the rapid growth of the tourism industry. It can be seen from the inconsistency of policy products, the imbalance in the amount of the budget between the commercialization of land (tourism), and the lack of efforts to conserve springs. As a result, there was resistance from the community in the struggle for access to water resources. Therefore, it is necessary to affirm the boundaries of the utilization of water resources supporting areas, transparency of the sustainability of water resources, and disclosure of information to the public regarding the process of tourism development plans undertaken by investors to facilitate supervision by the public.
Mural Paintings of the City of That Phanom: History and Literature

A research study titled mural paintings of the city of That Phanom: history and literature, aims to study the history of the making of mural painting in the city of That Phanom, as well as to study the literature of mural painting in the city of That Phanom. The study is based on historical documents and field studies in That Phanom district, Nakhon Phanom province of Thailand. Research tools consists of survey and structured interview, targeting group of informants consisting of scholars in art history, abbots and monks, local philosophers and local people. Study results showed that the history of the making of mural painting, currently existing in the city of That Phanom, Nakhon Phanom province, began in the year 1919-1934, coincided with the end of King Rama VI’s reign and the beginning of King Rama VII’s or during the transition from absolute monarchy to democracy. According the field study at three temples, the research witnessed important events related to the history of the creation of mural painting (Hoop taem) as follows. For Wat Hua Wiang Rangsi temple and Wat Buddhasima temple, construction of the uposathas (Sims) began in 1917; the two temples have royally been given the Visungkhamsima in 1919. For the making of the mural art, Wat Hua Wiang Rangsi’s mural paintings were made in 1919 while that of Wat Buddhasima’s, 1920; Wat Pho Kham’s construction of Uposatha was in 1933 and the making of Hoop taem was first created in the year 1933-1934. Creation of Hoop Taem in the city of That Phanom all shared a starting point from the restoration of Phra That Phanom. In the period of Phra Khru Viroj Rattanobon who came from the city of Ubon Ratchathani, there was Luang Chan Akson who played the role as the painter, applying the concept of mural art of Bangkok style that had an influence on the Hoop taem of the city of That Phanom. Even they were built in the same period, each temple has a different identity. For the literature aspect, it can be divided into 2 groups: primary literary and secondary literary groups. The primary literary group used in the painting of Hoop taem consists of the Buddha’s history, the Ten Jataka Tales, Sin Sai, Phra Malai and Suriyawong, of which the main literature shared in common is the Buddha’s history. Each temple gives a lot of space for mural painting featured in a prominent position. The secondary literary group is the one that does not appear much, consisting of images of Ramayana, Laksanawong, Chantakorop and Phra Suthon-Manohra. The secondary literature that shares a common characteristic is the image of the Ramayana. According to each temple, it also shares different other literatures which are non-Buddhist, e.g., Ramayana, Sin Sai and Suriyawong, that became the outstanding literature of each temple.
Role of Business Incubators as a Tool for Entrepreneurship Development: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Business Start-Up and Government Regulations

Business incubators create value by combining the entrepreneurial spirit of start-ups with the resources that are typically available to new businesses. It is widely recognized that knowledge-based entrepreneurial companies are the main creators of economic growth, and such enterprises require special business development services. Therefore, the study aims to examine the role of business incubators in providing greater services (networking services, capital support, and training programs) in entrepreneurship development. Secondly, it also examines the mediating and moderating role of business start-up and government regulations for entrepreneurship. Using a quantitative methodology, we examine 567 samples through structural equation modeling. We find that the business incubators are playing an effective mediating role in providing networking services, capital support, and training programs to individuals and entrepreneurs, which are significant for entrepreneurship development, whereas business start-up positively mediates the relationship between networking services, capital support, training programs, and entrepreneurship development. Government regulations for entrepreneurship have a direct effect on entrepreneurship development. More importantly, government regulations for entrepreneurship have a positive moderating effect between business start-up and entrepreneurship development. Our study identifies the critical resources needed to improve the quality of business incubators and to ensure the availability of such resources to improve entrepreneurship development.
College students’ feelings of campus connectedness, party safety behavior and intervening to prevent sexual assault and intimate partner violence.

Objective: This research examines associations between college students’ feelings of campus connectedness and two types of prosocial bystander intervention behavior to prevent sexual assault: party safety behavior and intervening in high-risk situations. Method: Short-term longitudinal associations between college students’ feelings of campus connectedness and bystander intervention behavior were examined in three studies. Study 1 (n = 213) examined these associations over a 1-month period. Study 2 (n = 557) was designed to replicate findings from Study 1 in a larger, more diverse sample. Study 3 (n = 730) was designed to replicate and extend findings with party safety behavior from Studies 1 and 2 over a 2-month period. Study 3 also examined whether frequency of party attendance and feelings of responsibility might help explain the association between campus connectedness and party safety behavior. In each of the three studies, students were recruited from multiple universities; students reported on feelings of campus connectedness at baseline and on bystander behavior at baseline and follow-up assessments. Results: In each study, students’ feelings of campus connectedness predicted party safety behavior at follow-up, controlling for party safety behavior at baseline. Feelings of campus connectedness were not associated with intervening in high-risk situations. In Study 3, frequency of party attendance and feelings of responsibility did not explain the association between campus connectedness and party safety behavior. Conclusion: Feelings of campus connectedness may be important to consider in campus efforts to prevent sexual assault.
Consumer Foresight, Customer Data, and Investment in Targeting Technology

We analyze competing firms’ incentives to adopt a technology that allows making refined targeted offers to returning customers. Consumer foresight is crucial for firms’ decisions. Although our setup is symmetric, when consumers are myopic, the unique equilibrium is asymmetric in firms’ technology adoption decisions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, consumers may be better off being myopic than sophisticated. Light privacy policy may benefit consumers if it reduces the costs of handling customer data and avoids strict obligations on firms to inform consumers about data use, which would erode investment incentives into targeting technology.
The Role of the Dynamic Plasmapause in Outer Radiation Belt Electron Flux Enhancement

The plasmasphere is a highly dynamic toroidal region of cold, dense plasma around Earth. Plasma waves exist both inside and outside this region and can contribute to the loss and acceleration of high energy outer radiation belt electrons. Early observational studies found an apparent correlation on long time scales between the observed inner edge of the outer radiation belt and the modeled innermost plasmapause location. More recent work using high‐resolution Van Allen Probes data has found a more complex relationship. For this study, we determine the standoff distance of the location of maximum electron flux of the outer belt MeV electrons from the plasmapause following rapid enhancement events. We find that the location of the outer radiation belt based on maximum electron flux is consistently outside the plasmapause, with a peak radial standoff distance of ∆L ~ 1. We discuss the implications this result has for acceleration mechanisms.
Right-Sided Bochdalek Hernia with Cecum Perforation

Background: A Bochdalek hernia is one of the most frequently occurring congenital diaphragmatic hernias, and it occurs in 1 out of 2,500 births. Clinical cases of adults with symptomatic Bochdalek hernias are very rare. We describe a patient with an incarcerated Bochdalek hernia who underwent emergency surgery and presented with a recurrence after three years. Comparable cases in the literature were reviewed. Case Presentation: A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with acute dyspnea and pain in the epigastrium shortly after gastroscopy. A CT scan showed right sided intrathoracic herniation of the ascending colon and signs of perforation of a hollow viscus. During the operation, a suture repair of a cecal perforation as well as of a diagrammatic lesion was performed. The thorax and abdomen were lavaged and drained. The postoperative course was uneventful. After 3 years, the patient presented with colic pain in the upper abdominal quadrants. A small recurrence of the Bochdalek hernia was observed on a computed tomography scan and was managed with watchful waiting. A systematic search of comparable acute cases of Bochdalek hernias was performed. Conclusion: An incarcerated right colon with a perforation in a Bochdalek hernia is extremely rare; only 11 comparable cases of right sided Bochdalek hernia with acute symptoms are described in the literature. Recurrent Bochdalek hernias are even rarer. As a delay in the diagnosis or a missed diagnosis can ultimately lead to death, adequate imaging is warranted when considering a recurrence of a Bochdalek hernia.
KERAGAMAN DAN KEMELIMPAHAN COLLEMBOLA SERTA ARTHROPODA TANAH DI LAHAN SAWAH ORGANIK DAN KONVENSIONAL PADA MASA BERA

The diversity and abundance of Collembola and soil arthropods in organic and conventional lowland field at fallow time. As ecosystem components, Collembola and arthropods are important in keeping the ecosystem stability. Beside its role as the decomposer, Collembola also takes part as the alternative food for arthropod predators. This research was aimed to gather information on the diversity and abundance of Collembola and arthropods in organic and conventional lowland field at fallow time. The sampling was done using pitfall trap and Berlese funnel. The results showed that: (1) the abundance of Collembola in organic lowland field was higher than that of in the conventional lowland field but the diversity of Collembola in the organic lowland field was not different from that of in the conventional field; (2) Entomobryidae was the family with the highest abundance; and (3) the diversity and abundance of soil arthropods were relatively greater in organic lowland field than that of in the conventional lowland.