Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bio/Pics: How Hollywood Constructed Public History

Bio/Pics is the first comprehensive study of a once important film genre, the biographical film. Using previously unavailable archival materials from Twentieth Century-Fox, Warner Bros. , MGM, and RKO studios, as well as censorship files from the Production Code Administration, George Custen argues that, through these films, Hollywood manufactured a nearly monochromatic view of history that was systematically distorted in regard to race, gender, nationality, and profession. Employing a carefully selected sample of over one hundred films produced during the studio era (1927-1960), Custen maintains that the biopic constructed a Hollywood code of history out of a tightly controlled reference system, glamorizing the producers' own personal visions of what constituted a great life. Custen's examination of production practices reveals that the machinery of public history operating through these films was fueled by different textual and intertextual sources; Hollywood's model of history was derived from recycled plots played out on its back lots and sound stages, and not from the world outside the studio walls. His analysis of the roles played by star personae, legal considerations, censorship practices, and the producers' own ideologies brings the world of the biopic alive, even into the age of the made-for-TV movie.
Filsafat Ilmu

Dalam tulisan ini dijelaskan mengenai pengertian filsafat ilmu, kasifikasi ilmu, ciri-ciri ilmu, sistem kerja keilmuan. Filsafat ilmu adalah bagian dari filsafat pengetahuan secara spesifik yang khusus mengkaji hakikat ilmu pengetahuan ilmiah. Ilmu merupakan cabang dari pengetahuan, dimana filsafat ilmu ialah suatu usaha akal manusia yang teratur dan taat mengenai asasnya untuk menuju penemuan keterangan pengetahuan yang benar. Diharapakan dapat pembaca dapat memhami perbedaan secara mendasar mengenai batasan bataan khusus ilmu melalui sudut pandang filsafat ilmu.
Stabilization of Pavement Subgrades and Base Courses with Lime

This handbook provides a reference on the state of the art in lime stabilization of subgrade soils, subbases and base courses used primarily in roadway and airfield construction. The handbook is designed to provide a comprehensive though not exhaustive reference on (1) mechanisms of reaction between lime and soil; (2) mixture design; (3) engineering properties derived as a result of lime stabilization of soils and aggregates; (4) pavement thickness design considerations; (5) construction and quality control considerations; and (6) life cycle cost considerations.
The remoteness of democratic representation

Democratic representation is increasingly remote from citizens. Many institutions exacerbate this remoteness, but the shrinking ratio of legislative representatives to citizens is perhaps the most obvious. Around the world, the number of representatives has not kept pace with growing populations. To what extent does this distance, between citizens and their elected politicians, explain our current democratic malaise? Relying on both quantitative and historical evidence, this article maps the remoteness of democratic representation and considers its causes, consequences, and potential remedies. Strongly associated with economic inequality and rural elites, the remoteness of representation has far-flung implications, ranging from deficits of diversity and accountability in political representation to the weakened capacity of citizens to engage in political collective action.
Samarbeid uten fellesskap : Om individuelle planer i kommunalt psykisk helsearbeid

This thesis is about the implementation of individual plans in the municipal mental health sector. Persons with need for long-term and coordinated services are entitled to have an individual plan. The objectives of an individual plan are to see that the service provides user participation, individual adaptation, comprehension and coordination. The purpose of this thesis is to see if an individual plan really contributes to reaching these objectives.It is possible to see individual plans as a tool based on the ideology of New Public Management (NPM). As such, their basis is rational-instrumental logic. Mental health is, however, a sector recognized for different knowledge bases, indefinite relations between cause and result, and users with vague and complex needs. The reason for choosing this field of investigation is to see what happens when a sector recognized for ambiguity meets products designed upon a rational-instrumental logic.The study shows that it is difficult to achieve user participation and individual adaptations. The reason for this is first of all insignificant resources in the municipal sector. The service providers are mostly positive to user participation and user involvement. This is, however, difficult to achieve as long as the users do not understand the reason for an individual plan and they lack concrete goals for their lives. The prospect of making a comprehensive and coordinated service is only to a small extent dependent on individual plans. Instead it seems as if factors like how the municipality is organized, professional boundaries and insight into rehabilitation ideology and cooperation, account for how comprehensive and coordinated the service becomes. The individual plan should be administered by a service provider with overall responsibility to follow up the work (a coordinator). My results show that this coordinator usually has a very important role in assisting the users in getting the service they need. Often the plan is followed by a team meeting where the different service providers together meet the user. For some of the users, these meetings are an arena where they can influence decisions about the service.
Surrogate Safety Assessment Model (SSAM): Software User Manual

This document presents guidelines for the installation and use of the Surrogate Safety Assessment Model (SSAM) software. For more information regarding the SSAM application, including discussion of theoretical background and the results of a series of evaluation tests, see the corresponding FHWA research report entitled "Surrogate Safety Assessment Model and Validation: Final Report," FHWA-HRT-08-051.
Iodized salt, knowledge versus practice among females in Fayum governorate

Background: Iodine is observed as one of the most important trace elements in the human body, which is considered very essential during the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Iodine deficiency in humans can cause several diseases or problems, which include spontaneous abortion, increased infant mortality, cretinism, goiter, and mental defects. Objective: To evaluate the knowledge and practices of women toward the iodized salt. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional community-based study was conducted using a pre-tested structured interview questionnaire. Multi-stage cluster random sampling was used to select the study population which was 1789 women. Results: 55.4% of women reported a good knowledge score. Residence, history of thyroid disease, increasing level of education, and hearing about iodized salt were the significant predictors associated with good knowledge with odds ratios of 1.116, 2.405, 4.344 and 11.872 respectively. Conclusion: Although most of our studied participants (87.1%) were using iodized salt, however knowledge about iodine and iodized salt was not satisfactory and many of the participants had improper practices related to the iodized salt usage
Understanding technological interoperability through observations of data leakage in Building Information Modelling (BIM) based transactions

The use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and collaborative techniques have been identified as solutions to the problem of managing construction project information and data. However the implementation and success of BIM may stagnate due to issues associated with unsatisfactory technological interoperability, which can impede the flow of information through a project lifecycle. To gain further understanding of technological interoperability within a BIM-enabled project environment, a review of relevant literature was undertaken to assimilate key information and provide a framework for future research. An observational method of reviewing a series of data transactions between multiple BIM packages was then devised in order to assess interoperability issues, and inform future research design. Interim findings from the preliminary stage of this research project have been reported in this paper
Translation Competence and Translator Training: A Review

Translator training is an area that has received much interest among the research community of Translation Studies’ scholars. This is driven by the need for highly qualified and skilled professional translators around the world. This need has motivated research into the skills and competences professional translators need to perform their tasks effectively. This review addresses translator training and translation competence, underscoring the need for further research in this area in the Saudi context. It also presents some translation competence models that have been proposed. The review indicated that translation competence is an under-researched area in the Saudi context. Further research is needed in this area to contribute to improving the quality of translator training, which will enhance the quality of translation services by improving the outcomes of these programs.
How to boost the PHD labour market?: facts from the PHD system side

OCDE publications in the early 1990s on Science-Technology-Economy alerted several member countries on the prediction of a future shortage of skilled researchers and its possible impact on the economy. Consequently, on the decade 1998-2009 the number of doctorates handed out in all OECD countries grew by 31%. Doctoral holders are not only the most qualified in terms of educational attainment, but also those who are specifically trained to conduct research. Although the unemployment rate for doctoral holders is stabilized around 3% since 2006, nowadays it is becoming more and more difficult for them to find a job corresponding to their qualification. The recruitment of PhD graduates in the private sector (business, industry) should be considered a key avenue in converting research into commercialized innovations, technological progress and productivity growth of the countries. Universities and R&D and innovation policy makers are committed in boosting the PhD labour market. This paper discusses the diagnosis of the situation of the PhD job market, the careers and mobility of doctorates holders along the OCDE countries. Having analyzed the employment of PhD holders in the private sector and bearing in mind that most of the doctoral programs conform to a classical old model, our interest is focused on exploring significant relationships between the intensity of graduate’s employment in private sector and new strategies implemented in recently upgraded doctoral systems. Conclusions relating recent reforms in the PhD system established in some OECD countries and their PhD labour market are stated out. In this study we make intensive use of the data collected through a collaborative project launched by the OECD with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Eurostat (OECD/UIS/Eurostat project) aimed at developing internationally comparable indicators on the careers and mobility of doctorate holders in 2009, the CDH project
Target costing and value engineering

* Executive Summary* How Firms Compete Using the Confrontation Strategy* The Role of Cost Management in Confrontation Strategy* The Research Project* An Overview of Target Costing and Value Engineering* Market-Driven Costing* Product-Level Costing* Value Engineering* Component-Level Target Costing* Factors That Influence the Target Costing Process* Target Costing and Value Engineering in Action* Lessons for Adopters Case Studies * Toyota Motor Corporation* Komatsu, Ltd.* Olympus Optical Company, Ltd: Cost Management* Sony Corporation* Topcon Corporation* Isuzu Motors, Ltd
Safety evaluation of red-light cameras

The objective of this final study was to determine the effectiveness of red-light-camera (RLC) systems in reducing crashes. The study used empirical Bayes before-and-after research using data from seven jurisdictions across the United States at 132 treatment sites. The purpose of the study was to estimate the crash and associated economic effects of RLC systems and specially derived rear end and right-angle unit crash costs for various severity levels. Crash effects detected were consistent in direction with those found in many previous studies: decreased right-angle crashes and increased rear end ones. The economic analysis examined the extent to which the increase in rear end crashes negates the benefits for right-angle crashes. The analysis showed an aggregate crash cost benefit of RLC systems. A disaggregate analysis found that the greatest economic benefits are associated with the highest total entering average annual daily traffic, the largest ratios of right-angle to rear end crashes, and with the presence of protected left turn phases. There were weak indications of a spillover effect that points to a need for a more definitive, perhaps prospective, study of this issue.
MULTI-MODAL QUALITY OF SERVICE PROJECT

The purpose of this research project was to develop a quality of service analysis for transit, pedestrian, and bicycle modes. The four major objectives that shaped the research agenda were: (1) To perform a national literature search of multi-modal level of service methodologies in order to implement the best possible methodology in Florida; (2) To apply and validate bicycle level of service and roadside pedestrian condition techniques to measure the performance of corridor segments in two districts; (3) To apply and test new Highway Capacity Manual performance measures for transit in test districts; and (4) To refine and evaluate latent bicycle and pedestrian demand model process in order to determine that adequate demand exists for proposed facility improvements. The objectives were accomplished and the results are presented in this report.
It wasn't my fault : does crash culpability improve predictive outcomes in a self-report study?

Introduction: Research that has focused on the ability of self-report assessment tools to predict crash outcomes has proven to be mixed. As a result, researchers are now beginning to explore whether examining culpability of crash involvement can subsequently improve this predictive efficacy. This study reports on the application of the Manchester Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ) to predict crash involvement among a sample of general Queensland motorists, and in particular, whether including a crash culpability variable improves predictive outcomes. Surveys were completed by 249 general motorists on-line or via a pen-and-paper format. Results: Consistent with previous research, a factor analysis revealed a three factor solution for the DBQ accounting for 40.5% of the overall variance. However, multivariate analysis using the DBQ revealed little predictive ability of the tool to predict crash involvement. Rather, exposure to the road was found to be predictive of crashes. An analysis into culpability revealed 88 participants reported being “at fault” for their most recent crash. Corresponding between and multi-variate analyses that included the culpability variable did not result in an improvement in identifying those involved in crashes. Conclusions: While preliminary, the results suggest that including crash culpability may not necessarily improve predictive outcomes in self-report methodologies, although it is noted the current small sample size may also have had a deleterious effect on this endeavour. This paper also outlines the need for future research (which also includes official crash and offence outcomes) to better understand the actual contribution of self-report assessment tools, and culpability variables, to understanding and improving road safety.
Forecasting Bicycle and Pedestrian Usage and Research Data Collection Equipment

During recent years, community leaders and transportation professionals in the Austin area have increased their interest in pedestrian and bicycle travel. Advocacy groups, task forces, bicycling clubs, and volunteer organizations encourage governmental agencies to do more to improve safety and accommodations for these vulnerable users. The sentiments have been upheld by the Federal Highway Administration with policy statements supporting livability concepts which include bicycle and pedestrian transportation improvements. With all of the attention on these forms of non-motorized transportation in the region, there is a need to know whether the programs are actually increasing the number of people who bike and walk. The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) hired the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) to help them find the answer to these and other questions. The project’s scope of work includes the following tasks: 1. Research bicycle and pedestrian monitoring programs in order to recommend an appropriate method to collect data, 2. Collect existing bicycle and pedestrian traffic counts in the five-county Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area while testing data collection equipment, 3. Forecast potential use from bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, 4. Integrate the sketch planning tool into the CAMPO transportation planning process, and 5. Complete a final report, executive summary, and data collection training. This document comprises the final report for the project and includes the results of each of the above tasks. It is organized by task with additional details provided in the appendixes. Best practices and lessons learned from agencies that have pedestrian and bicycle monitoring programs are included. Based on these findings, researchers made recommendations for CAMPO. The tool developed by TTI identifies missing links in the pedestrian and bicycle network. Included in this report are pedestrian and bicycle volume data at 15 locations around the region.
De volta ao meio líquido: efeitos da intervenção de fisioterapia aquática realizada em prematuros

At birth, preterm newborns (PTNB) often require Neonatal-ICU hospitalization, which, despite being a care setting, also causes stress such as pain, sleep disturbances and wakefulness, and alterations of physiological parameters. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of aquatic physiotherapy on pain, sleep disturbances and wakefulness, and physiological variables of PTNB in Neonatal-ICU. Pain, sleep disturbances and wakefulness, and alterations of physiological parameters were evaluated at three moments: 5 minutes before intervention, immediately after and 10 minutes after intervention. At intervention, participants were wrapped in soft fabric and immersed at shoulder level in warm water (36 °C to 37.5 °C). Sideways, forward, backward and rotational movements were performed. Twenty-two newborns participated in the study. The results obtained in relation to pain, sleep state and wakefulness showed significant improvements in reevaluations after intervention. Physiological variables also underwent significant changes and remained within normality parameters. The results indicate that aquatic physiotherapy is effective in reducing pain, improving sleep and wakefulness and physiological variables of PTNB in Neonatal-ICU.
BigDL: A Distributed Deep Learning Framework for Big Data

ThispaperpresentsBigDL (adistributeddeeplearning framework for Apache Spark), which has been used by a variety of users in the industry for building deep learning applications on production big data platforms. It allows deep learning applications to run on the Apache Hadoop/Spark cluster so as to directly process the production data, and as a part of the end-to-end data analysis pipeline for deployment and management. Unlike existing deep learning frameworks, BigDL implements distributed, data parallel training directly on top of the functional compute model (with copy-on-write and coarse-grained operations) of Spark. We also share real-world experience and "war stories" of users that havead-optedBigDLtoaddresstheirchallenges(i.e., howtoeasilybuildend-to-enddataanalysisanddeep learning pipelines for their production data).
Exploring the Nature and Severity of Heavy Truck Crashes in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Traffic crashes involving heavy trucks long have been a major concern in the field of traffic safety because of their great effect on accident severity. The emirate of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, features a unique situation: several roads designed mainly for truck movement. Even though those roads were constructed more than 10 years ago to decrease the severity of truck-related crashes, no prior studies have examined their effects on traffic safety improvements. The goals of this study were to understand better the nature, characteristics, and causes of heavy truck crashes occurring in Abu Dhabi; to identify the factors associated with crash severities; and to examine the probability of truck crashes involving fatalities on truck roads versus on mixed-vehicle roads. Data were analyzed from a sample of 1,426 heavy truck–related crashes with reported fatalities or injuries that occurred in Abu Dhabi between 2007 and 2013. First, conditional distributions, two-way analysis, and odds ratios were performed. Second, ordered probit and structural equation models were developed. Results indicated that the likelihood of truck crashes involving fatalities was 35% higher on truck roads than on mixed-vehicle roads. In addition, findings showed that human error, driver education, location, road type, and road speed variables were significant in affecting the severity of heavy truck– related crashes. Finally, practical suggestions on how to reduce the number of heavy truck–related crashes in Abu Dhabi are presented and discussed.
Challenges of using critical swimming velocity: From scientists to coaches

So far, a few studies have been conducted on the Critical swimming velocity concept. The current available knowledge suggests there is merit in using CV for training. The model offers potential to swimming in that it is non-invasive and easy to administer. The CV concept appears as a useful tool for setting training intensities, monitoring training effects, and predicting performances. All these applications are reviewed in the present article.
AQuA: A Framework for Providing Adaptive Fault Tolerance to Distributed Applications

Dependable distributed systems are diÆcult to build. This is particularly true if they have dependability requirements that change during the execution of an application and are built with commercial o -the-shelf hardware. In that case, fault tolerance can be achieved using middleware, and mechanisms must be provided to communicate the dependability requirements of a distributed application to the system and to adapt the system's con guration to achieve the desired dependability. In this thesis, we developed and implemented the AQuA architecture, which allows a distributed CORBA application to request a desired level of dependability during the application's runtime. AQuA provides fault-tolerance mechanisms to ensure that a CORBA client can obtain reliable services, even if the CORBA server object that provides the desired services may su er from crash failures and value faults. AQuA includes a replicated dependability manager that provides dependability management by con guring the system in response to applications' requests and changes in system resources due to faults. It uses Maestro/Ensemble to provide group communication services, and it provides applications with di erent types of groups so that they can achieve better scalability as well as dependability. The AQuA gateway is designed to receive standard CORBA IIOP messages to allow any standard CORBA application to use AQuA. The gateway also includes a set of handlers that implement replication schemes to forward messages reliably to the remote replicated objects.