Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Securing Embedded Smart Cameras with Trusted Computing

Camera systems are used in many applications including video surveillance for crime prevention and investigation, traffic monitoring on highways or building monitoring and automation. With the shift from analog towards digital systems, the capabilities of cameras are constantly increasing. Today's smart camera systems come with considerable computing power, large memory, and wired or wireless communication interfaces. With onboard image processing and analysis capabilities, cameras not only open new possibilities but also raise new challenges. Often overlooked are potential security issues of the camera system. The increasing amount of software running on the cameras turns them into attractive targets for attackers. Therefore, the protection of camera devices and delivered data is of critical importance. In this work we present an embedded camera prototype that uses Trusted Computing to provide security guarantees for streamed videos. With a hardware-based security solution, we ensure integrity, authenticity, and confidentiality of videos. Furthermore, we incorporate image timestamping, detection of platform reboots, and reporting of the system status. This work is not limited to theoretical considerations but also describes the implementation of a prototype system. Extensive evaluation results illustrate the practical feasibility of the approach.
Implicit media frames: Automated analysis of public debate on artificial sweeteners

The framing of issues in the mass media plays a crucial role in the public understanding of science and technology. This article contributes to research concerned with the analysis of media frames over time by making an analytical distinction between implicit and explicit media frames, and by introducing an automated method for the analysis of implicit frames. In particular, we apply a semantic maps method to a case study on the newspaper debate about artificial sweeteners, published in the New York Times between 1980 and 2006. Our results show that the analysis of semantic changes enables us to filter out the dynamics of implicit frames, and to detect emerging metaphors in public debates. Theoretically, we discuss the relation between implicit frames in public debates and the codification of meaning and information in scientific discourses, and suggest further avenues for research interested in the automated analysis of frame changes and trends in public debates.
Efficient visualization of lit automotive tail lights

We present a new method for estimating the radiance function of lit automotive tail lamps. The method is based on Jensen’s photon mapping algorithm. In order to capture high angular frequencies in the radiance function, we incorporate the angular domain into the density estimation. However, density estimation in position-direction space makes it necessary to find a tradeoff between the spatial and angular accuracy of the estimation. We identify the parameters which are important for this tradeoff and investigate the typical estimation errors. We show how the large data size, which is inherent to the underlying problem, can be handled. The method is applied to different automotive tail lights. It could also be applied to other real-world light sources.
As A New Cost And Performance Management Tool: Economıc Value Added eva

Besides the proliferation of management sense based upon value the importance of correct measurement of business performance has increased Because of the inefficiency of the traditional accounting based measurements EVA approach used frequently in recent years The competition conditions that run up in recent years provide the globalization of financial market the variation of these operations conducted on the market and the increase of mobility in the capital; furthermore they increase the importance of using the operating assets effectively and enable the operations that aim to increase operating value to gain more importance The change in the management goals requires the development of the means that aim to realize these goals the incentive systems and the improvement of the criteria that will be used for measuring the degree of access to the main target The efforts to raise operating value searches for evaluating the operation performance more effectively and more objectively and the improvement of performance measurements based on value can be evaluated within this scope Economic Value Added and Market Value Added MVA take part in the performance measurements based upon value EVA The aim of this study is to explain a conceptual model of the Economic Value Added and Market Value Added MVA and how to apply these models Key words: Operation Performance Traditional Performance Measurements Economic Value Added EVA
Low LDL Cholesterol, Albuminuria, and Statins for the Risk of Cancer in Type 2 Diabetes

OBJECTIVE LDL cholesterol <2.80 mmol/l was associated with increased cancer risk in type 2 diabetes. We explored the 1) interaction between low LDL cholesterol and albuminuria and 2) interaction between copresence of these two risk factors and statin use for cancer in type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed prospective data for 3,793 Chinese type 2 diabetic patients who remained naive for statin treatment and 1,483 patients in whom statin treatment was initiated during a median follow-up period of 5.24 years. All patients were free of cancer at baseline. Biological interactions were estimated using relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI), attributable proportion due to interaction (AP), and synergy index (S). RERI > 0, AP > 0, or S > 1 indicates biological interaction. RESULTS In 3,793 statin-naive type 2 diabetic patients, copresence of low LDL cholesterol and albuminuria increased cancer risk by 2.8-fold (hazard ratio 2.77 [95% CI 1.78–4.31]) with significant biological interactions (RERI 1.05 [0.04–2.06]; AP 0.38 [0.09–0.66]). In the whole cohort of 5,276 type 2 diabetic patients, there was interaction between nonuse of statins and copresence of low LDL cholesterol and albuminuria with increased cancer risk (RERI 2.87 [0.64–5.09] and AP 0.60 [0.29–0.90]). Statin nonusers with LDL cholesterol <2.80 mmol/l and albumunuria had a 4.9-fold risk of cancer compared with statin users with or without both risk factors. CONCLUSIONS In type 2 diabetes, there was interaction between low LDL cholesterol and albuminuria with increased cancer risks. The latter was attenuated in the presence of statin treatment.
Chaotic time series prediction using the Kohonen algorithm

Deterministic nonlinear prediction is a pow erful tec hnique for the analysis and prediction of time series generated by nonlinear dynamical systems. In this paper the use of a Kohonen netw ork asa component of one deterministic nonlinear prediction algorithm is suggested. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, it was applied to the prediction of time series generated by two well known c haotic dynamical systems and the results were compared with those obtained using the Modi ed Method of Analogues with the same time series. The generated time series were corrupted by superimposed observational noise. The experimental results ha ve sho wn that the Kohonen net w ork can learn the neigh borhood relations present in the reconstructed attractor of the time series and that good predictions can also be obtained with the proposed
Pinwheel scheduling with three distinct numbers

Given a multiset of positive integers A={a/sub 1/, a/sub 2/, . , a/sub n/}, the pinwheel problem is to find an infinite sequence over { 1, 2,. , n} such that there is at least one symbol i within any subsequence of length a/sub i/. The density of A is defined as /spl rho/(A)=/spl Sigmasub i=1sup n/ (1/a/sub i/). We limit ourselves to instances composed of three distinct integers. Currently, the best scheduler can schedule such instances with a density less than 0.77. A new and fast scheduling scheme based on spectrum partitioning is proposed which improves the 0.77 result to a new 5/6/spl ap/0.83 density threshold. This scheduler has achieved the exact theoretical bound of this problem. <<ETX>>
Ways of trying in Russian: clustering behavioral profiles

Abstract This article proposes a methodology for addressing three long-standing problems of near synonym research. First, we show how the internal structure of a group of near synonyms can be revealed. Second, we deal with the problem of distinguishing the subclusters and the words in those subclusters from each other. Finally, we illustrate how these results identify the semantic properties that should be mentioned in lexicographic entries. We illustrate our methodology with a case study on nine near synonymous Russian verbs that, in combination with an infinitive, express TRY. Our approach is corpus-linguistic and quantitative: assuming a strong correlation between semantic and distributional properties, we analyze 1,585 occurrences of these verbs taken from the Amsterdam Corpus and the Russian National Corpus, supplemented where necessary with data from the Web. We code each particular instance in terms of 87 variables (a.k.a. ID tags), i. e. , morphosyntactic, syntactic and semantic characteristics that form a verb's behavioral profile. The resulting co-occurrence table is evaluated by means of a hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis and additional quantitative methods. The results show that this behavioral profile approach can be used (i) to elucidate the internal structure of the group of near synonymous verbs and present it as a radial network structured around a prototypical member and (ii) to make explicit the scales of variation along which the near synonymous verbs vary.
Women in the Middle East and North Africa : Agents of Change

Introduction: Contextualizing Women's Agency in the MENA Region Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennaji Part 1: Reconsidering the Foundations of Women, Islam and Political Agency 1. The Veil: Religious/Historical Foundations of the Modern Political Discourse Nazli Rizk 2. Women, Islam and Political Agency in Morocco Fatima Sadiqi 3. Assia Djebar and Malika Mokeddem: Neo-Colonial Agents or Post-Colonial Subjects? Abdelkader Cheref 4. Women and Political Reform in Israel Galia Golan Part 2: Women's Leadership in Civil Society 5. Women's NGOs and Social Change in Morocco Moha Ennaji 6. Palestinian Women's Movements: From Active Militants to Stateless Citizens Islah Jad Part 3: Women and Legal Reform 7. Tunisia at the Forefront of the Arab World: Two Waves of Gender Legislation Mounir M. Charrad 8. Feminism and Family Law in Iran: The Struggle for Women's Economic Citizenship in the Islamic Republic Valentine Moghadam 9. The Legal Status of Women in Egypt: Reform and Social Inertia Hoda Awad Part 4: Women, Social, Cultural, Religious and Symbolic Change 10. Algerian Women as Actors of Change and Social Cohesion Zahia Smail Salhi 11. Women in Turkey: Caught in the Bind Between Tradition and Modernity Fatima Umut Bespinar-Ekici 12. Women and Language in Tunisia Raoudha Kammoun 13. Women, Education and the Redefinition of Empowerment and Change in a Traditional Society: The Case of Oman Thuwayba Al-Barawani 14. Transforming Religious Expression: Ishelhin (Berber) Women and the Creation of a Local Islamic Tradition Margaret Rausch 15. Moroccan Women Contrabandists: Interferences in Public Space Touria Khannous 16. The Orient Within: Women "In-between" Under Francoism Aurora G. Morcillo
Role of Gonadotropin Regulated Testicular RNA Helicase (GRTH/DDX25) on Polysomal Associated mRNAs in Mouse Testis

Gonadotropin Regulated Testicular RNA Helicase (GRTH/Ddx25) is a testis-specific multifunctional RNA helicase and an essential post-transcriptional regulator of spermatogenesis. GRTH transports relevant mRNAs from nucleus to cytoplasmic sites of meiotic and haploid germ cells and associates with actively translating polyribosomes. It is also a negative regulator of steroidogenesis in Leydig cells. To obtain a genome-wide perspective of GRTH regulated genes, in particularly those associated with polyribosomes, microarray differential gene expression analysis was performed using polysome-bound RNA isolated from testes of wild type (WT) and GRTH KO mice. 792 genes among the entire mouse genome were found to be polysomal GRTH-linked in WT. Among these 186 were down-regulated and 7 up-regulated genes in GRTH null mice. A similar analysis was performed using total RNA extracted from purified germ cell populations to address GRTH action in individual target cells. The down-regulation of known genes concerned with spermatogenesis at polysomal sites in GRTH KO and their association with GRTH in WT coupled with early findings of minor or unchanged total mRNAs and abolition of their protein expression in KO underscore the relevance of GRTH in translation. Ingenuity pathway analysis predicted association of GRTH bound polysome genes with the ubiquitin-proteasome-heat shock protein signaling network pathway and NFκB/TP53/TGFB1 signaling networks were derived from the differentially expressed gene analysis. This study has revealed known and unexplored factors in the genome and regulatory pathways underlying GRTH action in male reproduction.
THE ACCURACY OF DEMAND FORECAST MODELS AS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Every organization needs to balance their production capacities with demand. The role of demand forecasting is to assist in the organization's strategic planning; this process allows administrators to anticipate the future and plot an appropriate course of action. On its own, however, a system of demand forecasting is not enough. It is the quality of information obtained by this system which enables the organization to achieve better operational planning. In this context, this paper presents case study research to: (a) define the quantitative model to forecast demand with greater accuracy; and (b) to verify the influence of accuracy in demand forecasting on financial performance . This is an ex-post facto descriptive inquiry with a time series in which we made use of historical data from five groups of products over the period 2004–2008. The results suggest that if a company employs the ARIMA model for groups A, B, and E; the Holt model for group D; and the Winter model for group C, revenues will increase by approximately $1,600,000 annually. Key-words: Accuracy . Demand forecasting . Financial performance .
Effect of CYP3A perpetrators on ibrutinib exposure in healthy participants

Ibrutinib (PCI‐32765), a potent covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, has shown efficacy against a variety of B‐cell malignancies. Given the prominent role of CYP3A in ibrutinib metabolism, effect of coadministration of CYP3A perpetrators with ibrutinib was evaluated in healthy adults. Ibrutinib (120 mg [Study 1, fasted], 560 mg [studies 2 (fasted), and 3 (nonfasted)]) was given alone and with ketoconazole [Study 1; 400 mg q.d. ], rifampin [Study 2; 600 mg q.d. ], and grapefruit juice [GFJ, Study 3]. Lower doses of ibrutinib were used together with CYP3A inhibitors [Study 1: 40 mg; Study 3: 140 mg], as safety precaution. Under fasted condition, ketoconazole increased ibrutinib dose‐normalized (DN) exposure [DN‐AUClast: 24‐fold; DN‐Cmax: 29‐fold], rifampin decreased ibrutinib exposure [Cmax: 13‐fold; AUClast: 10‐fold]. Under nonfasted condition, GFJ caused a moderate increase [DN‐Cmax: 3.5‐fold; DN‐AUC: 2.2‐fold], most likely through inhibition of intestinal CYP3A. Half‐life was not affected by CYP perpetrators indicating the interaction was mainly on first‐pass extraction. All treatments were well‐tolerated.
DINEOF reconstruction of clouded images including error maps. Application to the Sea-Surface Temperature around Corsican Island

Abstract. We present an extension to the Data INterpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF) technique which allows not only to fill in clouded images but also to provide an estimation of the error covariance of the reconstruction. This additional information is obtained by an analogy with optimal interpolation. It is shown that the error fields can be obtained with a clever rearrangement of calculations at a cost comparable to that of the interpolation itself. The method is presented on the reconstruction of sea-surface temperature in the Ligurian Sea and around the Corsican Island (Mediterranean Sea), including the calculation of inter-annual variability of average surface values and their expected errors. The application shows that the error fields are not only able to reflect the data-coverage structure but also the covariances of the physical fields.
Getting at the Moral Leadership of Education Deans

Vignettes were used to prompt four education deans to think aloud about ways in which they would resolve problems with embedded moral issues. Thematic coding was used to analyze the interview texts that had been tape recorded and transcribed. There was general support for the two moral themes of holding to broad social ideals and negotiating for mutually acceptable outcomes, but individual expressions of specific strategies and actions differed. The results of this study support a multi-dimensional approach to the study of the leadership of deans that simultaneously examines the moral, social, intellectual and emotional aspects of problem solving. The results also suggest a possible shift in the way to advertise and interview for education deans. The advertisement should ask prospective candidates to discuss their list of accomplishments in relation to personal leadership characteristics. The interview should include an administrative colloquium on the order of the pedagogical colloquium suggested by Shulman (1993).
The estimating function bootstrap

The authors propose a bootstrap procedure which estimates the distribution of an estimating function by resampling its terms using bootstrap techniques. Studentized versions of this so‐called estimating function (EF) bootstrap yield methods which are invariant under reparametrizations. This approach often has substantial advantage, both in computation and accuracy, over more traditional bootstrap methods and it applies to a wide class of practical problems where the data are independent but not necessarily identically distributed. The methods allow for simultaneous estimation of vector parameters and their components. The authors use simulations to compare the EF bootstrap with competing methods in several examples including the common means problem and nonlinear regression. They also prove symptotic results showing that the studentized EF bootstrap yields higher order approximations for the whole vector parameter in a wide class of problems.
A Cathepsin B Inhibitor, E-64, Improves the Preimplantation Development of Bovine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos

Abstract Bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is an important and powerful tool for basic research and biomedical and agricultural applications, however, the efficiency of SCNT has remained extremely low. In this study, we investigated the effects of cathepsin B inhibitor (E-64) supplementation of culture medium on in vitro development of bovine SCNT embryos. We initially used three concentrations of E-64 (0.1, 0.5, 1.0 μm), among which 0.5 μm resulted in the highest rate of blastocysts production after in vitro fertilization (IVF), and was therefore used for further experiments. Blastocyst development of SCNT embryos in the E-64 treatment group also increased relative to the control. Moreover, the cryosurvival rates of IVF and SCNT blastocysts were increased in E-64 treatment groups when compared with the control. On the other hand, we found that IVF and SCNT blastocysts derived from E-64-treated groups had increased total cell numbers and decreased apoptotic nuclei. Furthermore, assessment of the expression of apoptosis-related genes (Bax and Bcl-xL) in bovine IVF and SCNT blastocysts treated with E-64 by real-time RT-PCR analysis revealed suppressed expression of the pro-apoptotic gene Bax and stimulated expression of the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-xL. Taken together, these finding indicate that addition of E-64 to embryo culture medium may have important implications for improving developmental competence and preimplantation quality in bovine IVF and SCNT embryos.
Pixel Art with Refracted Light by Rearrangeable Sticks

Pixel art is a kind of digital art that through per‐pixel manipulation enables production of a diverse array of artistic images. In this paper, we present a new way for people to experience and express pixel art. Our digital art consists of a set of sticks made of acrylate resin, each of which refracts light from a parallel light source, in certain directions. Artistic users are able to easily rearrange these sticks and view their digital art through the refracted light projection on any planar surface. As we demonstrate in this paper, a user can generate various artistic images using only a single set of sticks. We additionally envision that our pixel art with rearrangeable sticks would have great entertainment appeal, e.g., as an art puzzle.
Judgment and Analysis on the Success & Failure of Modern Sericultural Industry Development

Firstly, the basic core of judgment and analysis on the success and failure of modern sericultural industry development is introduced. The cocoon silk is the original reference to judge the success and failure of modern sericultural industry development. And the cocoon weight of per unit mulberry is the core index to judge the comprehensive production efficiency and the success or failure of sericultural industry, while the consistence between characteristics of decision index and production technology is the main way to judge the success or failure of sericultural industry. Secondly, the new characteristics of modern sericultural industry development and change have been analyzed. The primitive consciousness and basic goal of modern sericultural industry production show diversification, so the original reference of judgment is not single. The new development orientation of modern sericultural industry is production systems, besides, the effect of rural labor force becomes more important, becomes the main factor which restricts the sustainable development of modern sericultural industry, and then the new features of judgment index system are explored. â‘ Allosteric characteristics of main index system. The production efficiency of rural unit labor is the main basis for judging the success or failure of modern sericulture industry development. â‘iIndex property of production technical system. The research and developing direction of new technology change with the change of production system, besides, the simple silkworm rearing technique is adopted. The sericulture production is changed from dispersed development to intensivism development. â‘¢The index property of quality management system. The quality index of production of silkworm egg has limitation, so producing high quality cocoon is the basic purpose of modern sericultural industry production. The quality regulation and guidance are implemented in production process, besides; the fair transaction mode of cocoon is established. â‘£ Index property of operation and regulation system. Giving suitable amount silkworm eggs is the basic requirements of regulation and control operation, so popularize use good cocooning frames is an important link. â‘¤Index property of market interest system. The leading market with stable steady revenue should be created and the characteristic products should be produced to obtain high market returns.