Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Many-electron effects on the dielectric function of cubic In 2 O 3 : Effective electron mass, band nonparabolicity, band gap renormalization, and Burstein-Moss shift

We systematically investigate the influence of free-electron concentrations from 1.5×1017 cm−3 up to 1.6×1021 cm−3 on the optical properties of single-crystalline In2O3 in the cubic bixbyite structure. Dielectric functions of bulk crystals and epitaxial films on various substrates are determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry from the mid-infrared (37 meV ≈ 300 cm−1) into the ultraviolet (6.5 eV) spectral region. Eight transverse optical phonon modes are resolvable for low carrier-density material. The analysis of the plasma frequencies yields effective electron masses which increase from a zero-density mass of m∗ = 0.18m0 to 0.4m0 at n = 1021 cm−3. This mirrors the nonparabolicity of the conduction band being described by an analytical expression. The onset of absorption due to dipole-allowed interband transitions is found at 3.8 eV for n 1019 cm−3. It undergoes a blue-shift (effective Burstein-Moss shift) for higher electron densities as a result of the dominating phase-space filling compared to band gap renormalization. A comprehensive model describing the absorption onset is developed, taking nonparabolicity into account, yielding an accurate description and explanation of the observations. The agreement of modeled and measured absorption onset independently supports the effective electron masses derived from infrared data. The high-frequency dielectric constant of undoped In2O3 is found to be ε∞ = (4.08 ± 0.02).
ADAPTIVE PHASE DISTORTION SYNTHESIS

This article discusses Phase Distortion synthesis and its application to arbitrary input signals. The main elements that compose the technique are presented. Its similarities to Phase Modulation are discussed and the equivalence between the two techniques is explored. Two alternative methods of distorting the phase of an arbitrary signal are presented. The first is based on the audio-rate modulation of a first-order allpass filter coefficient. The other method relies on a re-casting of the Phase Modulation equation, which leads to a heterodyned form of waveshaping. The relationship of these implementations to the original technique is explored in detail. Complementing the article, a number of examples are discussed, demonstrating the application of the technique as an interesting digital audio effect.
Handling intra-die variations in PSTA

For integrated circuit (IC) fabrication technologies of 45nm and below, the impact of process variability in circuit performance is extremely relevant. Parametric static timing analysis (PSTA) techniques, whereby delays are modeled as affine functions of process parameters, were thus introduced to enable the computation of accurate timing estimates, accounting for process variability. Most often, only variations that occur between fabricated ICs (inter-die) are modeled, as the number of variables necessary to model such effects is manageable. Variations that occur across the same IC (intra-die) are usually neglected, as modeling them can add significant complexity to the model. This paper evaluates the impact of modeling intra-die variations in the context of PSTA and proposes effective techniques for handling them.
Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Car Use Behavior and Urban Characteristics: Case Study of China

Given the churning masses of congestions in most cities, a better understanding of the relationship between car use and urban characteristics in China is essential to traffic planning. Based on the travel data collected in 40 cities in China, this paper empirically explores how urban characteristics (city economy, urban density, urban size and urban form) affect the car use such as the car travel frequency, car travel time for one trip and the car mode split at the city level. Based on descriptive statistics, linear regression and non-liner regression, the car travel forecasting model was established. The empirical results show that the city economy plays the most important role in the car use in China at present. Urban density, urban size and urban form also have some effect on car use, but donpsilat significant as economy, and some interaction among car use characteristics does exist.
Performance analysis of self interference cancellation in bidirectional relaying underwater acoustic communication(BiRUAC) system

Due to the underwater acoustic channel is more complexity than the wireless communication channel. It has more multipath interference and larger attenuation, so the rate of transmission in the underwater acoustic channel is lower and the probability of error is larger. Aim to those problems, we proposed a bidirectional relaying underwater acoustic communication system and analysis the performance of this algorithm. The algorithm utilized the self interference cancellation model to remove the self interference. In the performance analysis part, we set the different size of self interference cancellation model. The simulations show that our proposed algorithm has lower SER and higher rate of transmission.
Optical nuclei of radio-loud AGN and the Fanaroff-Riley divide

We investigate the nature of the point-like optical nuclei t hat have been found in the centres of the host galaxies of a majority of radio galaxies by the Hubble Space Telescope. We examine the evidence that these optical nuclei are relativistically beamed, and look for differences in the behaviour of the nuclei found in radio galaxies of the two Fanaroff-Riley types. We also attempt to relate this behaviour to the properties of th e optical nuclei in their highly beamed counterparts (the BL Lac objects and radio-loud quasars) as hypothesized by the simple Unified Scheme. Simple model-fitting of the data suggests t hat the emission may be coming from a non-thermal relativistic jet. It is also suggestive that the contribution from an accre tion disk is not significant for the FRI objects and for the narrow- line radio galaxies of FRII type, while it may be significant f or the Broad-line objects, and consistent with the idea that the FRII optical nuclei seem to suffer from extinction due to an obscuring torus while the FRI optical nuclei do not. These results are broadly in agreement with the Unified Scheme for radio-loud AG Ns.
Measuring Life Satisfaction in Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Controls Using the Satisfaction With Life Scale

The 5-item Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) was designed to measure general life satisfaction (LS). Here we examined the psychometric properties of the SWLS in a cohort of persons with Parkinson`s disease (PwPD) and age and gender matched individuals without PD. The SWLS was administered to PwPD and controls from the Norwegian ParkWest study at 5 and 7 years after the time of diagnosis. Data were analysed according to classical test theory (CTT) and Rasch measurement theory. CTT scaling assumptions for computation of a SWLS total score were met (corrected item-total correlations >0.58). The SWLS was reasonably well targeted to the sample and had good reliability (ordinal alpha, 0.92). The scale exhibited good fit to the Rasch model and successfully separated between 5 statistically distinct strata of people (levels of SWLS). The seven response categories did not work as intended and the scale may benefit from reduction to five response categories. There was no clinically significant differential item functioning. Separate analyses in PwPD and controls yielded very similar results to those from the pooled analysis. This study supports the SWLS as a valid instrument for measuring LS in PD and controls. However, Rasch analyses provided new insights into the performance and validity of the SWLS and identified areas for future revisions in order to further improve the scale.
Porting application between wireless sensor network software platforms: TinyOS, MANTIS and ZigBee

Application domains of wireless sensor networks are emerging day-by-day, so developers are creating software components at various layers by using platforms such as MANTIS, TinyOS or ZigBee. Since these platforms are quite different in terms of programming paradigm and provided APIs, porting applications between them is difficult and expensive. In this paper, we show techniques that might be used to dramatically ease the porting application code between different software platforms for WSNs.
Union Membership with Import Liberalization

New Zealand’s product markets experienced a surge in import competition beginning from the late 1970’s when its government began to promote a policy of more open markets. This study considers how the trade liberalization aspect of the policy may have influenced unionization and union-organizing success. For describing the trade liberalization, a model shows how the removal of import tariffs can lead to countervailing influences upon the union membership of a domestic firm. The evidence supports the prediction that union membership has been decreased rather than increased. In the context of debates concerning globalization, it can be said that the power of unions has been diminished. Keywords—Imports, tariffs, unions, wages.
Applications of New Technologies and New Methods in ZHENG Differentiation

With the hope to provide an effective approach for personalized diagnosis and treatment clinically, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is being paid increasing attention as a complementary and alternative medicine. It performs treatment based on ZHENG (TCM syndrome) differentiation, which could be identified as clinical special phenotypes by symptoms and signs of patients. However, it caused skepticism and criticism because ZHENG classification only depends on observation, knowledge, and clinical experience of TCM practitioners, which is lack of objectivity and repeatability. Scientists have done fruitful researches for its objectivity and standardization. Compared with traditional four diagnostic methods (looking, listening and smelling, asking, and touching), in this paper, the applications of new technologies and new methods on the ZHENG differentiation were systemically reviewed, including acquisition, analysis, and integration of clinical data or information. Furthermore, the characteristics and application range of these technologies and methods were summarized. It will provide reference for further researches.
Cinnamon Extract Improves Insulin Sensitivity in the Brain and Lowers Liver Fat in Mouse Models of Obesity

Objectives Treatment of diabetic subjects with cinnamon demonstrated an improvement in blood glucose concentrations and insulin sensitivity but the underlying mechanisms remained unclear. This work intends to elucidate the impact of cinnamon effects on the brain by using isolated astrocytes, and an obese and diabetic mouse model. Methods Cinnamon components (eugenol, cinnamaldehyde) were added to astrocytes and liver cells to measure insulin signaling and glycogen synthesis. Ob/ob mice were supplemented with extract from cinnamomum zeylanicum for 6 weeks and cortical brain activity, locomotion and energy expenditure were evaluated. Insulin action was determined in brain and liver tissues. Results Treatment of primary astrocytes with eugenol promoted glycogen synthesis, whereas the effect of cinnamaldehyde was attenuated. In terms of brain function in vivo, cinnamon extract improved insulin sensitivity and brain activity in ob/ob mice, and the insulin-stimulated locomotor activity was improved. In addition, fasting blood glucose levels and glucose tolerance were greatly improved in ob/ob mice due to cinnamon extracts, while insulin secretion was unaltered. This corresponded with lower triglyceride and increased liver glycogen content and improved insulin action in liver tissues. In vitro, Fao cells exposed to cinnamon exhibited no change in insulin action. Conclusions Together, cinnamon extract improved insulin action in the brain as well as brain activity and locomotion. This specific effect may represent an important central feature of cinnamon in improving insulin action in the brain, and mediates metabolic alterations in the periphery to decrease liver fat and improve glucose homeostasis.
Abnormal Regional Homogeneity in Patients with Essential Tremor Revealed by Resting-State Functional MRI

Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders in human adults. It can be characterized as a progressive neurological disorder of which the most recognizable feature is a tremor of the arms or hands that is apparent during voluntary movements such as eating and writing. The pathology of ET remains unclear. Resting-state fMRI (RS-fMRI), as a non-invasive imaging technique, was employed to investigate abnormalities of functional connectivity in ET in the brain. Regional homogeneity (ReHo) was used as a metric of RS-fMRI to assess the local functional connectivity abnormality in ET with 20 ET patients and 20 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC). The ET group showed decreased ReHo in the anterior and posterior bilateral cerebellar lobes, the bilateral thalamus and the insular lobe, and increased ReHo in the bilateral prefrontal and parietal cortices, the left primary motor cortex and left supplementary motor area. The abnormal ReHo value of ET patients in the bilateral anterior cerebellar lobes and the right posterior cerebellar lobe were negatively correlated with the tremor severity score, while positively correlated with that in the left primary motor cortex. These findings suggest that the abnormality in cerebello-thalamo-cortical motor pathway is involved in tremor generation and propagation, which may be related to motor-related symptoms in ET patients. Meanwhile, the abnormality in the prefrontal and parietal regions may be associated with non-motor symptoms in ET. These findings suggest that the ReHo could be utilized for investigations of functional-pathological mechanism of ET.
Draft Genome Sequence of Type Strain Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus DSM 23493T

ABSTRACT Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus DSM 23493T is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium. Here, we report the 5.22-Mb genome sequence of Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus DSM 23493T, which will accelerate the application of degrading xylan and provide useful information for genomic taxonomy and phylogenomics of Bacillus-like bacteria.
On robust width property for Lasso and Dantzig selector

Recently, Cahill and Mixon completely characterized the sensing operators in many compressed sensing instances with a robust width property. The proposed property allows uniformly stable and robust reconstruction of certain solutions from an underdetermined linear system via convex optimization. However, their theory does not cover the Lasso and Dantzig selector models, both of which are popular alternatives in the statistics community. In this letter, we show that the robust width property can be perfectly applied to these two models as well. Our results solve an open problem left by Cahill and Mixon.
A platform supporting coordinated adaptation in mobile systems

Mobile environments are highly dynamic, characterised by frequent and sudden changes in resource availability. As a consequence, adaptive mobile applications need to be capable of adapting their behaviour to ensure they continue to offer the best possible level of service to the user. Our experience of developing such applications has led us to believe that existing mobile middleware platforms fail to consider adaptive applications on a host as an ensemble of entities competing for the same resources; instead, focusing on the requirements of each application in isolation. A new approach is required which offers the mechanisms to support coordination of the adaptive behaviour of multiple applications in order to achieve a common goal. We present a platform designed to meet this objective. Our platform is based on the notion of the definition of system-wide flexible adaptation policies written using a form of Kowalsky's (1992) event calculus, that may be adapted according to user needs. Moreover, we also believe that by using our approach it will soon be possible to identify and resolve conflicts caused by the need to adapt to multiple contextual triggers.
Eye-gaze tracking: an approach to pupil tracking targeted to FPGAs

This paper presents results in the development of a light-weight, easily portable vision-based eye-gaze tracking device for use in the development of human adaptive mechatronic (HAM) devices. In particular, this paper focuses on the development of a two stage pupil centre locator based entirely on integer calculations. The first stage gives an approximate pupil location while the second stage refines the result of the first stage. This two stage approach allows graceful degradation - an approximate 1/sup st/ stage result can be used should 2/sup nd/ stage processing fail. Results from a software based implementation of this algorithm show that our integer based method has similar localization accuracy to floating point ellipse fitting techniques.
Research issues in image registration far remote sensing

Image registration is an important element in data processing for remote sensing with many applications and a wide range of solutions. Despite considerable investigation thejield has not settled on a dejinitive solution for most applications and a number of questions remain open. This article looks at selected research issues by surveying the experience of operational satellite teams, application-specijic requirements for Earth science, and our experiments in the evaluation of image registration algorithms with emphasis on the comparison of algorithms for subpixel accuracy. We conclude that remote sensing applications put particular demands on image registration algorithms to take into account domain-specijic knowledge of geometric transformations and image content.
Stress Distribution Visualization on Pre- and Post-Operative Virtual Hip Joint

In this paper, we present a case study using a spreadsheet-like interface for exploring biomedical datasets generated by a biomechanical model of the hip. The case we analyze here is an osteotomy corrective surgery that reorients the femoral body in relation to the femoral neck, somewhat like the intertrochanteric osteotomy described by Imhauser (2). That is a procedure recommended by most authors as a surgical treatment of severe slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Then we compare estimated contact area of the pre- and post-operative hips from a threshold of the computed stress.
Robust H.264/AVC Video Transmission using Data Partitioning and Unequal Loss Protection

In this work, we present an adaptive unequal loss protection (ULP) scheme for H264/AVC video transmission over lossy networks. This scheme combines erasure coding, H.264/AVC error resilience techniques and importance measures in video coding. The unequal importance of the video packets is identified in the group of pictures (GOP) and the H.264/AVC data partitioning levels. The presented method can adaptively assign unequal amount of forward error correction (FEC) parity across the video packets according to the network conditions, such as the available network bandwidth, packet loss rate and average packet burst loss length. A near optimal algorithm is developed to deal with the FEC assignment for optimization. The simulation results show that our scheme can effectively utilize network resources such as bandwidth, while improving the quality of the video transmission. In addition, the proposed ULP strategy ensures graceful degradation of the received video quality as the packet loss rate increases.
UoW: NLP techniques developed at the University of Wolverhampton for Semantic Similarity and Textual Entailment

This paper presents the system submitted by University of Wolverhampton for SemEval-2014 task 1. We proposed a machine learning approach which is based on features extracted using Typed Dependencies, Paraphrasing, Machine Translation evaluation metrics, Quality Estimation metrics and Corpus Pattern Analysis. Our system performed satisfactorily and obtained 0.711 Pearson correlation for the semantic relatedness task and 78.52% accuracy for the textual entailment task.
Trade-offs in loop transformations

Nowadays, multimedia systems deal with huge amounts of memory accesses and large memory footprints. To alleviate the impact of these accesses and reduce the memory footprint, high-level memory exploration and optimization techniques have been proposed. These techniques try to more efficiently utilize the memory hierarchy. An important step in these optimization techniques are loop transformations (LT). They have a crucial effect on later data memory footprint optimization steps and code generation. However, the state-of-the-art work has focused only on individual objectives. The main one in literature involves improving the locality of data accesses, and thus reducing the data memory footprint. It does not consider the trade-offs in the LT step in relation to successive optimization steps. Therefore, it is not globally efficient in mapping the application on the target platform. In this article we will discuss several trade-offs during the loop transformations. To our knowledge, we are the first ones considering these global trade-offs. Previous work always gave mostly one solution, having the best locality and thus the optimized memory footprint, even though some research in two-dimensional trade-offs in this area exists as well. We start from this state-of-the-art solution with minimal footprint. We show that by sacrificing the footprint, we can obtain gains in data reuse (crucial for energy reduction) and reduce the control-flow complexity. We demonstrate our approach on a real-life application, namely the QSDPCM video coder. At the end, we show that considering trade-offs for this application leads to 16% energy reduction in a two-layer memory subsystem and 10% cycle reduction on the ARM platform.
Implementation of ERP Systems: Accounting and Auditing Implications

Technology plays a key role in today's business environment. Many companies greatly rely on computers and software to provide accurate information to effectively manage their business. It is becoming increasingly necessary for all businesses to incorporate information technology solutions to operate successfully. One way that many corporations have adopted information technology on a large scale is by installing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to accomplish their business transaction and data processing needs. The company named SAP Aktiengesellschaft (commonly known as SAP AG in the business press) is currently the world market and technology leader in providing ERP systems. As such, this paper primarily discusses information technology implications based on the SAP system. The remainder of this introduction provides an overview of ERP software in general, and a discussion of SAP’s ERP software. Section 2 discusses major technological and accounting issues involved in the implementation of SAP and ERP systems. Section 3 discusses data and information integrity and audit issues in ERP systems. The final section provides a conclusion.