Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Replicator Dynamics with Dynamic Payoff Reallocation Based on the Government's Payoff

In a population which consists of a large number of players interacting with each other, the payoff of each player often conflicts with the total payoff of the population which he/she belongs to. In such a situation, a “government” which has the comprehensive perspective is needed to govern the population. Recently, to discuss the population with the government, the authors have proposed replicator dynamics with reallocation of payoffs to analyze an effect of the government. In this model, the government is willing to lead the population to a desirable target state by collecting a part of players' payoffs and reallocating them depending on the target state. The government's action is the rate of collecting payoffs from players and the rate is assumed to be constant and independent of the population state. Thus, in this paper, we suppose that the government change their intervention strategy depending on the current population state. We consider the government as a game player and define the government's payoff as a sum of a benefit and a cost of intervention. We propose a model which describes the evolution of the government's reallocation strategy and investigate stability of its equilibrium points.
A necessary dialogue: a South African case study exploring the role of national HRD in HIV/AIDS non-government organizations

This article makes the case for a coordinated and multi-faceted national level response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in South Africa from the field of human resource development (HRD), arguing that national policy debate on this issue must include the development of human resources in HIV/AIDS non-governmental organizations (NGOs). An exploration of potential connections between HIV/AIDS and HRD was conducted with a qualitative case study in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Through this study, four major thematic categories emerged in connection to the work of NGOs involved in the management of HIV/AIDS, government policy, and the emerging theory and practice of national human resource development (NHRD). In addition, findings pointed to the need for HRD research to be conducted in HIV/AIDS related NGOs given their front-line roles in both policy and practice. Initial suggestions for dialogue between NGOs involved with managing HIV/AIDS and the HRD research and practice community are made along with recommendations for stronger linkages between NHRD and HIV/AIDs.
Contributions Of Ethnography To The Study Of Public Services Management

Abstract Ethnography in the study of public service organizations is gaining acceptance, but the practice of ethnography is changing in line with epistemological concerns and new organizational realities. We outline a move away from ethnography as participant observation of micro process in spatially bounded settings. Work in contemporary organizations is embedded in relationships that cross boundaries, and relationships are not just between people, but also between people and human artefacts such as IT systems. ‘Multi-sited’ ethnography is an approach to understand and manage ‘the organization’ as connections, disruptions and fluid boundaries. Implications for ethnography's contributions to multi-disciplinary organizational research are suggested.
Improving the maritime surface picture with a visualization aid to provide rapid situation awareness of information uncertainty

The maintenance of good situational awareness by government agencies for the maritime surface picture is of critical importance for national security, regional safety, pollution mitigation, immigration enforcement and protection from smuggling etc. Unfortunately, this picture, as currently implemented, provides the user with no immediate awareness of the quality or timeliness of the information for any specific vessel track that is plotted. The present research describes the development of visualization concepts in the form of icons that can be integrated into the existing symbology used to plot the picture. Several design concepts were initially developed and evaluated heuristically against Human Factors principles. Subsequently, the best candidates were evaluated in the laboratory for their capability for improving situational awareness in a search task. The results provided evidence of which designs were more effective, and how they could potentially make operational decisions more effective by increasing awareness of the underlying data uncertainty. Each of the designs was then evaluated by Navy operators who performed simulated operational tasks and assessed the utility and usability of the new functionality. The results of the experiment and the outcome of this validation process were then used to support a recommendation as to which design would be proposed for future implementation.
Tensor voting, hough transform and SVM integrated in chess playing robot

Robot which replaces and assumes the role of the human is becoming a common and popular problem. Also, game playing robot has challenges to researchers as well as people being interested in this field. In this paper, we want to introduce a new method to detect and recognize chess pieces of Janggi Chess game. Paper is a uniform approach from input image receiving to chess piece recognition. Besides, some new algorithms are used to get the highest performance of system and can apply for real robot system. The first, Tensor Voting is applied to find four corners of chessboard which can extract the full chessboard from background and noise for both simple and complex cases, which other methods are difficult to overcome. Secondly, Circle Hough Transform can detect the chess pieces' size and position correctly regardless of the effects of light, capture angle, the quality of images, etc. Furthermore, the piece recognition step is implemented using SVM (Support Vector Machine), a popular algorithm for classifying with highest performance. The promising results have confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Robust routing in wireless ad hoc networks

A wireless ad hoc network is a collection of mobile nodes with no fixed infrastructure. The absence of a central authorization facility in dynamic and distributed environments requires collaboration among nodes. When a source searches for a route to a destination, an intermediate node can reply with its cached entry. To strengthen correctness of such a routing discovery process, we propose a method in which the intermediate node requests its next hop to send a confirmation message to the source. After receiving both a route reply and confirmation message, the source determines the validity of a path according to its policy. As a result, this strategy discourages malicious nodes from intercepting packets. Simulation results show a remarkable improvement in throughput (30% higher delivery ratio and 10% less data transmission overhead) with a moderate increase of control messages.
Children’s rights in student voice projects: where does the power lie?

This paper aims to develop understandings around the factors which facilitate and those which constrain implementation of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989; UN General Assembly Resolution 44/25) in student voice projects. Article 12 is concerned with children being given the right to express their views freely, and for their views to be given due weight in matters affecting them. The paper considers empirical evidence from student voice projects in two schools in the south of England. Through examining the complex, micro-processes of school practices which came into play during the projects, it is argued that the power imbalance in student–teacher relationships plays a significant role in terms of inhibiting and enabling the implementation of Article 12. The paper draws on the work of Freire, Giroux and Foucault to help develop an understanding of the power differentials within student–teacher relationships.
Narrative Comprehension and Film

Narrative is one of the ways we organise and understnad the world. It is found everywhere: not only in films and books, but also in everday conversations and in the nonfictional discourses of journalists, historians, educators, psychologists, attorneys and many others. Edward Branigan presents a telling exploration of the basic concepts of narrative theory and its relation to film - and literary - analysis, bringing together theories from linguistics and cognitive science, and applying them to the screen. Individual analyses of classical narratives form the basis of a complex study of every aspect of filmic fiction exploring, for example, subjectivity in Lady in the Lake, multiplicity in Letter from and Unknown Woman, post-modernism and documentary in Sans Soleil.
Telematik QoS in the Linux Operating System Technical Report

1 Introduction This document describes a main part of the implementation of our QoS architecture, which has been developed in the context of our UNIQuE project [1]. In order to achieve an end-to-end support for quality of service, our approach bases on feedback loops as proposed in [2]. This technical report covers the implementation details of the realization of an adaptive CPU scheduler, which is a key element in the QoS architecture. For the implementation we used the Linux operating system (version 2.3.49) as the QoS architecture requires modifications in the kernel mechanisms of the operating system to achieve the end-to-end QoS support and the sources of Linux are public available. The document is structured as follows: In the next chapter the basic concept of our QoS architecture is described. In this context, it will become clearer what the term " adaptive scheduler " denotes and what requirements result from this approach. In chapter 3, the CPU scheduling in the existing Linux kernel is described in detail, whereas chapter 4 presents the modified adaptive scheduler as well as some theoretical and practical results. Chapter 5 finally gives an overview implementation details; followed by a bibliography and technical appendices. As with many research and development especially in the Linux area, this work is not ready but work-in-progress, but we think it brings up new aspects of Quality of Service support that fits the user's needs and is tailored much better to individual user preferences. The overall picture of the QoS architecture is given in Figure 2.1. Basically, it consists of a set of Monitoring&Control entities, which are each associated with a resource. The resources currently under consideration in the end system are the processing time (processor scheduler entity), the available data rate shared between different flows and the available network links in a multi-homed end system. The Monitoring&Control entities monitor the resource sharing of the associated resource, i.e. they schedule the resource usage between the demands. The control part realizes the interaction with other Monitoring&Control entities. They accept demands for a modified resource share, and pass this demand down to another entity according to some adaptation and coordination rules.
On the Optimality of Data-Aided Coarse Timing With Dirty Templates

Rapid and accurate timing synchronization is a critical task in ultrawideband (UWB) systems. Yang and Giannakis introduced a promising algorithm, i.e., data-aided timing with dirty templates (TDT), which is known for low complexity and relaxed operation conditions in the presence of unknown time hopping and multipath channels. In this paper, we will explore the optimality of TDT. We develop a maximum-likelihood (ML) timing algorithm and obtain its optimum training sequence. It is shown that the optimum training sequence of the ML timing estimator coincides with that of the TDT algorithm. In addition, we prove that the ML algorithm can be simplified using this training sequence and that the simplified ML (SML) is equivalent to TDT.
Muslim Women and Education in Indonesia: The pondok pesantren experience

The pondok pesantren education is a “traditional” form of Muslim education in Indonesia. This boarding school system can be traced back to the 18th century or further. However, it was not until 1930 that the pesantren officially admitted female students, beginning with the Pesantren Denanyar of Jombang. The acceptance of female students in the pesantren was a significant breakthrough in the Indonesian Islamic context. It has led to a unique provision of Muslim education in a largely gender-segregated setting, although the strictness of this depends on the flexibility of the pesantren leader. This paper provides a qualitative, socio-historical perspective of the current state of pesantren education for women in Indonesia, and the challenges faced in achieving gender equity. It discusses the positioning of female students vis-à-vis limited access to public space, their roles—both expected and aspired to—in society, gender bias in teaching material, and the male-centred structure of authority within the institution. While acknowledging the contributions that the pesantren have made to the education of Muslim women in Indonesia, this paper urges them to address such internal tensions to improve the quality of education provided to women.
A generalized likelihood ratio test for a fault-tolerant control system

Willsky and Jones (1976) have developed the Generalized Likelihood Ratio (GLR) test for sequential jumps detection, isolation and estimation in discrete-time stochastic linear systems. After each detection and isolation of one jump, the treatment of another possible jump is obtained by a direct state estimate and covariance incrementation of the Kalman filter originally designed on the jump-free system. With this updating strategy, the rate of good decisions is not guaranteed to be maximized. To solve this problem, the proposed active GLR test will be based on a reference model updated on line after each detection and isolation of one jump. To reduce the computational requirement, the passive GLR test will be derived from a state estimator designed on a fixed reference model directly sensitive to system changes. We will show that the active and passive GLR tests can be easily integrated in a reconfigurable Fault-Tolerant Control System (FTCS) to asymptotically recover the nominal system performances of the jump-free system.
Physical and genetic map of the Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 chromosome

Pseudomonas fluorescens is a saprophytic bacterium commonly isolated from soil, water, and the surfaces and tissues of plants and animals. The species has important applications in biotechnology because it can enhance plant growth and protect crops against disease. A complete physical map of the 6.63 Mbp P. fluorescens SBW25 chromosome was constructed using data obtained from combinations of one‐ and two‐dimensional electrophoresis of completely or partially digested chromosomal DNA with end labelling. In total, 139 restriction sites (15 PacI, 53 SpeI, 71 XbaI) were placed on the physical map and complete maps of the circular chromosome were obtained for both PacI and SpeI; only XbaI fragments linking SpeI fragments were positioned. The average resolution of restriction sites was 48 kbp. A genetic map was derived from the physical map by Southern hybridization and 31 genes were positioned including oriC, rDNA operons (rnnA–E), recAgacA and pyvD
Background Subtraction for Online Calibration of Baseline RSS in RF Sensing Networks

Radio frequency (RF) sensing networks are a class of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which use RF signals to accomplish tasks such as passive device-free localization and tracking. The algorithms used for these tasks usually require access to measurements of baseline received signal strength (RSS) on each link. However, it is often impossible to collect this calibration data (measurements collected during an offline calibration period when the region of interest is empty of targets). We propose adapting background subtraction methods from the field of computer vision to estimate baseline RSS values from measurements taken while the system is online and obstructions may be present. This is done by forming an analogy between the intensity of a background pixel in an image and the baseline RSS value of a WSN link and then translating the concepts of temporal similarity, spatial similarity, and spatial ergodicity, which underlie specific background subtraction algorithms to WSNs. Using experimental data, we show that these techniques are capable of estimating baseline RSS values with enough accuracy that RF tomographic tracking can be carried out in a variety of different environments without the need for a calibration period.
Clinical Characteristics of Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Pancreas: A Matched Case-Control Study

Objectives Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas (ASC) is a variant of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), but the prognosis remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify the prognosis of ASC using a matched case-control design. Methods We evaluated clinical characteristics of ASC treated between 2001 and 2011 in our institution. As controls, PDAC cases matched with ASC cases for sex, age, pretreatment Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, location, initial therapy and American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging for pancreatic cancer were also evaluated. Results Of the 914 cases of pancreatic neoplasm, 28 cases (3.06%) of ASC were identified, and 56 cases of PDAC were matched as controls. Median overall survival (OS) was significantly worse for ASC (8.38 months) than for PDAC (15.75 months; hazard ratio [HR], 1.94; 95% confidence interval, 1.07–3.51; P = 0.026). Of the 22 unresected cases, median OS was again significantly worse for ASC (4.67 months) than for PDAC (12.36 months; HR, 2.39; 95% confidence interval, 1.27–4.51; P = 0.007). Conclusion These results demonstrate that ASC is more aggressive than PDAC.
Emerging Theories of Care Work

Care work is done in the home as well as in markets for pay. Five theoretical frameworks have been developed to conceptualize care work; the frameworks sometimes offer competing answers to the same questions, and other times address distinct questions. The “devaluation” perspective argues that care work is badly rewarded because care is associated with women, and often women of color. The “public good” framework points out that care work provides benefits far beyond those to the direct recipient and suggests that the low pay of care work is a special case of the failure of markets to reward public goods. The “prisoner of love” framework argues that the intrinsic caring motives of care workers allow employers to more easily get away with paying care workers less. Instead of seeing the emotional satisfactions of giving care as its own reward, the “commodification of emotion” framework focuses on emotional harm to workers when they have to sell services that use an intimate part of themselves. The “love and .
Burnout, workplace support, job satisfaction and life satisfaction among social workers in Spain: A structural equation model

This article analyses the effects of burnout in a sample of social workers from Malaga, Spain. The results obtained with the structural equations model confirm that burnout has a negative influence on workplace support, job satisfaction and life satisfaction and that workplace support has a positive influence on job satisfaction. Workplace support acts as mediator variable between burnout and job satisfaction and buffers the negative effects of burnout on job satisfaction and life satisfaction among social workers.
NVHT: An Efficient Key-Value Storage Library for Non-Volatile Memory

Modern Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) promises persistence, byte-addressability and DRAM-like read and write latency, which offers great opportunities for big data storage architecture. These excellent properties indicate that NVM has the potential to be incorporated with key-value stores to achieve high performance and durability simultaneously. In this paper, we propose an efficient key-value storage library named NVHT for NVM. NVHT provides APIs to facilitate the development of NVM-based key-value stores where data can be stored and processed in NVM inherently. The core structure of NVHT is a hash table with NVM-optimized metadata design. In NVHT, we introduce non-volatile pointer to solve the dynamic address mapping problem and develop a simple yet efficient memory allocator called pointer-free buddy allocator. NVHT guarantees consistency using a log-based mechanism. The experimental results show that NVHT achieves 1.3x-4x speedup for insert operation and 4x-5x speedup for search operation, compared with two advanced key-value stores, LevelDB and BerkeleyDB running on DRAM-based file system.
Verbal Shifts in the American Presidency: A Content Analysis

The resurgence of conservatism may be described as the most significant postwar development in American thought. “No intellectual phenomenon has been more surprising in recent years,” Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., concedes, “than the revival in the United States of conservatism as a respectable social philosophy. ” No longer can one lament, as Alpheus T. Mason did in 1948, that “conservatism, once more than respectable political theology (especially among the educated), now carries overtones of reaction well nigh as discrediting as the rabidities attributed to communism. ” Intellectual spokesmen are now, on the contrary, making a concerted effort to revisit and revitalize the conservative point of view. Although most of this “egg head” element in the conservative camp may be, and has been, dismissed as expressing an anachronistic yearning for the anticommercial traditions evolved in British feudalism, the business leaders whom they neglect have themselves been revising and actively selling a conservatism that appears to be more closely related to the realities of the American social situation.
Nonparametric Covariance Function Estimation for Functional and Longitudinal Data

Covariance function plays a critical role in functional and longitudinal data analysis. In this paper, we consider nonparametric covariance function estimation using a reproducing kernel Hilbert space framework. A regularization method is introduced through a careful characterization of the function space in which a covariance function resides. It is shown that the procedure enjoys desirable theoretical and numerical properties. In particular, even though the covariance function is bivariate, the rates of convergence attained by the regularization method are very similar to those typically achieved for estimating univariate functions. Our results generalize and improve some of the known results in the literature both for estimating the covariance function and for estimating the functional principal components. The procedure is easy to implement and its numerical performance is investigated using both simulated and real data. In particular our method is illustrated in an analysis of a longitudinal CD4 count data from an HIV study.