Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Naïve judgements of stimulus–response compatibility

An experiment is reported that is an extension of Payne (1995) and of Vu and Proctor (2003). These authors used various light/key arrangements to determine the ability of naïve subjects to rate the usability of interface designs and found that naïve judgements were not accurate, apart from selecting a best design. In this experiment, there were one, two, four and eight arrangements of lights and response keys with varying levels of compatibility between them. Response time is shown to be determined by two main factors: the level of response uncertainty (the number of light/key combinations); the correlation between stimulus–light and response key location, accounting for up to 93% of the experimental variance. Subjective response time (SRT), or judged response time, was responsive to the level of response uncertainty and also the correlation between light/key combinations, showing good correspondence to actual reaction times. It was found that SRT showed a stronger relationship to actual response time when subjects were presented with the full set of situations that they were to respond to, prior to judgements being made, rather than just individual sets for comparison. Statement of Relevance: In interface design it is essential that, in order to reduce reaction times and error rates, there is a high level of user expectancy between locations of the stimulus and corresponding response. This research indicates how designs might be evaluated, based on the geometrical layout of stimuli and response arrangements.
Physiological Studies on Xanthomonas axonopodis Pv Manihotis (Xam) Strains Isolated in Nigeria

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv manihotis (Xam) is the causal agent of cassava bacterial blight (CBB) worldwide. To develop a well-organized disease management policy in a country, the diversity of pathogens population must be known. The bacterial populations of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv manihotis (Xam) obtained as flora cassava leaves and stems, in Nigeria were characterized by their biochemical and the physiological reactions with basic routine microbiological techniques which were subjected to cluster analysis. A total of 75 bacteria strains were studied, made up of sixty eight (68) Xanthomonas axonopodis pv manihotis (Xam), four (4) Xanthomonas axonopodis pv cassavae (Xac) and three (3) unidentified species. The isolates were similar to one another in most of the cultural and physiological characteristics. They were all able to hydrolyze aesculin and showed a positive reaction to catalase, citrate and oxidase tests. They were indole, methyl-red, Voges-Proskauer and urease negative. The analysis carried out on the biochemical data clustered the Xam and Xac together at 94.5 %; the unidentified strains were separated. The dendrogram generated from the data obtained from the oxidative metabolism of various sugars clustered the pathogens together at 94 %, also exempting the unidentified bacterial flora. We conclude that cultural and physiological reactions could not differentiate the yellow strains from the white strains of the pathogen of cassava bacterial blight from the result obtained in this study. Although there are variations in the reaction of the pathogen to some tests conducted, these could not be used to segregate the bacteria into different pathogenic group since they are not consistent within the white strains of the bacteria.
Direct generation of subpicosecond chirp-free pulses at 10 GHz from a nonpolarization maintaining actively mode-locked fiber ring laser

0.7-1.3 ps highly stable, transform-limited, sech/sup 2/-shaped pulses at 10 GHz in the 1536-1569 nm wavelength region from a nonpolarization maintaining (PM), single intensity modulator, actively and harmonically mode-locked fiber ring laser have been directly generated. Little degradation of long-term stability of the laser operation was observed due to the non-PM nature of the laser cavity.
Balancing theoretical and practical relevance in supply chain management research

The discussion of rigor vs relevance is an ongoing debate in academic environment. Ambitions to fulfill one of these two objectives might not exclude the other. Instead, they could and should be achieved simultaneously. However, what seems to be missing in supply chain management (SCM) research is the unfolding of symmetrical balance between the two dimensions of relevance – theoretical vs practical relevance. The purpose of this paper is to advance the understanding of this symmetrical balance and to change the conversation to also include the practical relevance dimension. ,The paper is based on literature studies as well as the results of a questionnaire survey distributed to the Danish Supply Chain Panel consisting of 113 supply chain executives (as per the beginning of 2017). A short interview about the questionnaire results was also carried out with three panel members. ,With an increased focus on journal rankings, there is a risk of pursuing more theoretically relevant SCM research at the expense of practically relevant SCM research. Both types of relevance are important for growing the discipline. But the current development seems to favor theoretical relevance, further widening the gap with respect to practical applications. Practical relevance is important both in the knowledge production and in the knowledge transfer stages. ,There is a need to further explore different resources to close the gap between theoretical and practical relevance in SCM research. Researchers ought to follow an ambidextrous research strategy. This paper advises to bring back the core of the profession – the research process. This paper encourages researchers to be more creative and intensify the focus, equally, on both the theoretical and practical relevance in their research. ,This research showcases a variety of different approaches for researchers to engage with practice so as to reduce any prejudices from both sides and enhance SCM decision-making processes. This paper recommends adding a new type of paper “practical paper” and including practitioners in the review board to evaluate the practical content of the research paper. This initiative would strengthen the interaction between researchers and practitioners. ,This paper provides new insights on the need for symmetrical balance between theoretical and practical relevance being important for both academia and practice.
Driving Factors of Consumer to Purchase Furniture Online on IKEA Indonesia Website

The tendency of consumers in shopping for furniture is very different from shopping for other goods or services, because furniture is expected to be stored and used in a long time. Considering that, consumers tend to want to shop directly to offline stores in order to see, feel and check quality directly because of many aspects that are assessed such as the quality of materials, models, colors and more. Behind the trend to shop furniture offline, IKEA continues to innovate to improve the performance of its website so that consumers can shop online. Therefore, this study intends to analyze what factors are driving consumers in shopping for furniture online especially on the website of IKEA Indonesia. From two grounded theory employed on this research, there are 14 factors that can influence consumers to buy online. This data analysis uses Principal Component Analysis (PCA), a factor analysis method that extracts factors by using total variance in the analysis. From data calculation, it is known that there are 8 driving factors of consumer to purchase furniture online on IKEA Indonesia’s website: Enjoyment, Perceived Risk, Efficiency, Service & Merchandise Quality, Ease of Navigation, Price Attractiveness, Flexibility and Reliability. By knowing what factors can affect consumers in doing online shopping for furniture, companies in this case IKEA Indonesia can optimize the use of its website in accordance with influential factors. Keywords: Retail Business, Online Purchase Decision, Factor Analysis
Constructing high-resolution housing price indices for the Netherlands: Spinlab Research Memorandum SL-14

The main research objective of this subproject is to quantify the spatial variation in revenues that can be expected from different types of residential development. Based on this information the relative profitability of different urban development strategies can be assessed in subsequent simulations in a land-use modelling environment. The current report tries to address which factors matter for the added-value of locations in housing prices, looking at factors such as proximity to jobs, distance to train stations, the presence of amenities, or the amount of nature in the area.
Association of cystatin C with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in elderly hypertensive patients: potential role of altered collagen metabolism

Objectives: Cystatin C has been shown to be associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF). In addition, myocardial fibrosis has been involved in diastolic dysfunction in HFPEF. Therefore, we hypothesized that increased cystatin C levels may be associated with altered collagen metabolism, contributing to diastolic dysfunction in patients with HFPEF. Methods: One hundred and forty-one elderly hypertensive patients with HFPEF were included. Cardiac morphology and function was assessed by echocardiography. Circulating levels of cystatin C, biomarkers of collagen type I synthesis (carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I) and degradation [matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and its inhibitor TIMP-1] and osteopontin were analyzed by ELISA. Twenty elderly sex-matched patients with no identifiable cardiac disease were used as controls. In-vitro studies were performed in human cardiac fibroblasts. Results: Compared with controls, cystatin C was increased (P < 0.001) in patients with HFPEF, even in those with a normal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; P < 0.05). Cystatin C was directly correlated with the estimated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (P < 0.01), TIMP-1 and osteopontin (P < 0.001) and inversely correlated with MMP-1:TIMP-1 (P < 0.01), but not with carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I or MMP-1 in all patients with HFPEF. These associations were independent of eGFR. In vitro, osteopontin (P < 0.01) and TIMP-1 (P < 0.001) increased in the supernatant of cardiac fibroblasts exposed to cystatin C. Conclusion: In patients with HFPEF of hypertensive origin, cystatin C is increased and associated with diastolic dysfunction and alterations in collagen metabolism independently of eGFR. An excess of cystatin C might contribute to diastolic dysfunction in HFPEF by facilitating myocardial fibrosis via accumulation of osteopontin and TIMP-1.
High Overtone Bulk Acoustic Resonators Based on Thinning Single-crystal Piezoelectric Layers

Bulk acoustic waves excited in thin piezoelectric films have revealed their capabilities for addressing the problem of high frequency RF filters (above 1 GHz). In this paper, we propose an alternative to thin film deposition consisting in single crystal wafers bonded on a substrate (for instance silicon) and thinned, allowing for plate thickness close to 10 mum. This has been achieved on 3 inches wafers and allows for an accurate selection of the wave characteristics. More, the properties of the piezoelectric material are found conform with tabulated values, enabling one to reliably design any passive signal processing device.
First Molecular Identification of Human Dobrava Virus Infection in Central Europe

ABSTRACT Viral RNA was amplified by reverse transcription-PCR from a patient suffering from hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Germany. The virus strain could be assigned to the Dobrava hantavirus (DOBV). This is the first molecular identification of human infection by DOBV in central Europe and the first proof that a virus strain related to the DOBV-Aa lineage, carried by Apodemus agrarius rodents, is able to cause HFRS.
Paying to Program? Engineering Brand and High-Tech Wages

We test the hypothesis that information technology (IT) workers accept a compensating differential to work with emerging IT systems and that employers that invest in these systems can, in turn, capture greater value from the wages they pay. We show that much of the utility IT workers derive from these systems is from skills acquired on the job. This is principally true for younger workers at employers where skill development is encouraged, and the effects are stronger in thicker markets where workers with newer skills have more outside options. An analysis of the text in online employer reviews supports the notion that IT workers value access to interesting IT systems above most other employer attributes. These findings are important because (1) they provide evidence of how worker preferences can influence corporate IT investment decisions, (2) they shed light on factors influencing IT skill development, and (3) they point to a potentially important explanation for returns from IT investments. This paper was accepted by Chris Forman, information systems.
Design of analog front end of passive UHF RFID tag

A sub-1V, 3μW analog front end (AFE) of UHF RFID tag complying with ISO 18000-6B standard is presented in this paper. In order to reduce total power, on-chip supply voltage is designed 0.95V. The design of rectifier, limiter, reference, regulator, modulator and demodulator worked under sub-1V are discussed in detail. The AFE circuit was fabricated in TSMC 0. 18μm mixed-signal CMOS process with the size of 0.28mm2. Post simulation results show that the proposed AFE circuit operates at 0.95V with 3. 1μA current consumption.
Tourism in the organizational structures of metropolitan municipalities

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a unit related to tourism is included in the organizational structures of metropolitan municipalities. Tourism attracts the attention of many developed and developing countries because of the participation of more than 1 billion 300 million people in 2017 and being one of the fastest growing and developing sectors in the world. Nevertheless, the competition among the tourism destinations continue to be intense. One way of achieving superiority against competing tourism destinations in this competition is to satisfy the tourists who prefer the destination to the highest possible level. The local people of a tourism destination need fundamental elements such as eating-drinking, entertainment, public transportation, cleaning, life and property security, communication and information in the place where they live the visitors also need these elements as much as the local people. At this point, municipalities have great responsibilities as local administrative units. According to the Culture and Tourism Ministry data, in 2017, the number of tourists coming to Turkey is about 38 million people. According to the World Tourism Organization, in 2017, Turkey is ranked 8th among the most visited countries in the world. Nearly 60% of the visitors come only to Istanbul and Antalya. Together with other metropolitan cities, this ratio approaches 80%. In this context, the organizational structures of the 30 metropolitan municipalities hosting such a large number of visitors will be examined on the official internet addresses and it will be determined whether they have a tourism related unit.
Circulating Human CD27−IgA+ Memory B Cells Recognize Bacteria with Polyreactive Igs

The vast majority of IgA production occurs in mucosal tissue following T cell–dependent and T cell–independent Ag responses. To study the nature of each of these responses, we analyzed the gene-expression and Ig-reactivity profiles of T cell–dependent CD27+IgA+ and T cell–independent CD27−IgA+ circulating memory B cells. Gene-expression profiles of IgA+ subsets were highly similar to each other and to IgG+ memory B cell subsets, with typical upregulation of activation markers and downregulation of inhibitory receptors. However, we identified the mucosa-associated CCR9 and RUNX2 genes to be specifically upregulated in CD27−IgA+ B cells. We also found that CD27−IgA+ B cells expressed Abs with distinct Ig repertoire and reactivity compared with those from CD27+IgA+ B cells. Indeed, Abs from CD27−IgA+ B cells were weakly mutated, often used Igλ chain, and were enriched in polyreactive clones recognizing various bacterial species. Hence, T cell–independent IgA responses are likely involved in the maintenance of gut homeostasis through the production of polyreactive mutated IgA Abs with cross-reactive anti-commensal reactivity.
Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment: WEEE Import Audit of Pakistan

WEEE management has evolved as a major policy issue for eco-innovation in Pakistan. Existing research in the domain established that there is a persistent problem of WEEE management and it has deleterious effect on the environment of the country. The paper concluded that the major issues of policy failure occurred in the management of WEEE in developing countries are; lack of inventory system, trans boundary movement, inadequate legislation, role of informal sector and most important knowledge and awareness in handling the WEEE issue. The WEEE audit of Pakistan show that more than 343062 tons of WEEE was imported between 2007-2015 years, the share of computers and computer related accessories is more than 76%. The paper focuses different management options for the strategic direction in policy formation especially useful in developing countries. and dishwashers. Entertainments products likes small screen, digital cameras, television sets etc. lie in brown goods category. Computers, computer related equipments, laser or inkjet printers and facsimile machines etc. falls in grey goods category. The recycling processes for grey goods are complex due to
Monkeys have a limited form of short-term memory in audition

A stimulus trace may be temporarily retained either actively [i.e., in working memory (WM)] or by the weaker mnemonic process we will call passive short-term memory, in which a given stimulus trace is highly susceptible to “overwriting” by a subsequent stimulus. It has been suggested that WM is the more robust process because it exploits long-term memory (i.e., a current stimulus activates a stored representation of that stimulus, which can then be actively maintained). Recent studies have suggested that monkeys may be unable to store acoustic signals in long-term memory, raising the possibility that they may therefore also lack auditory WM. To explore this possibility, we tested rhesus monkeys on a serial delayed match-to-sample (DMS) task using a small set of sounds presented with ∼1-s interstimulus delays. Performance was accurate whenever a match or a nonmatch stimulus followed the sample directly, but it fell precipitously if a single nonmatch stimulus intervened between sample and match. The steep drop in accuracy was found to be due not to passive decay of the sample’s trace, but to retroactive interference from the intervening nonmatch stimulus. This “overwriting” effect was far greater than that observed previously in serial DMS with visual stimuli. The results, which accord with the notion that WM relies on long-term memory, indicate that monkeys perform serial DMS in audition remarkably poorly and that whatever success they had on this task depended largely, if not entirely, on the retention of stimulus traces in the passive form of short-term memory.
Conjugated Polymer Films for Gas Separations

Permeabilities for a series of gases through free-standing films of the conjugated polymer polyaniline are reported. A remarkable selectivity has been achieved for important gas pairs incuding hydrogen-nitrogen, oxygen-nitrogen, and carbon dioxide-methane. The selectivity values of 3590 for H2/N2, 30 for O2/N2, and 336 for CO2/CH4 surpass the highest previously reported values of 313, 16, and 60 for the nonconjugated polymers poly(trifluorochloroethylene), cellulose nitrate, and a fluorinated polyimide, respectively. The process for tailoring gas selectivity of a polyaniline membrane involves first enhancing the permeabilities of gases with small diameters [<3.5 angstroms (�)] by doping and undoping the polymer film with counterions of an appropriate size. High selectivities are then achieved by decreasing the permeabilities of larger gases (>3.5 � diameter) through controlled redoping of the polymer. The permanent morphological changes induced in this conjugated polymer system and others indicate the potential for development of universal membranes for gas separations.
Analysis of facial expressions in patients with schziophrenia, in comparison with a healthy control - case study.

INTRODUCTION Deficits in area of communication, crucial for maintaining proper social bonds, may have a prominent adverse impact on quality of life in patients with schizophrenia. Social exclusion, lack of employment and deterioration of family life, may be consequences of aggravated social competencies, caused by inability to properly exhibit and interpret facial expressions. Although this phenomenon is known since first clinical descriptions of schizophrenia, lack of proper methodology limited our knowledge in this area. Aim of our study was to compare facial expressivity of the patient with schizophrenia, and the healthy individual. METHODS 47-years old patient suffering from schizophrenia, and 36-years old healthy individual were invited to participate in our study. They underwent the examination in Human Facial Modelling Lab in Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology in Bytom (Silesia, Katowice). Both participants were presented with two video materials, first one contained different facial expressions, which they had to imitate. Second one a part of comedy show, during which spontaneous reactions were recorded. Acquisition of facial expressions was conducted with marker-based technology of modelling. Obtained data was analyzed using Microsoft Excel. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS An overall facial expression intensity, expressed as an average value of distances traveled by markers during shifts from neutral position was higher in case of a healthy participant during both part of the study. The difference was especially visible in case of an upper half of the face. Utilization of marker-based methods in analysis of human facial expressions seem to be reliable and remarkably accurate.
Multisite photometric campaign on the high-amplitude δ Scuti star KIC 6382916

We present results of a multisite photometric campaign on the high-amplitude δ Scuti star KIC 6382916 in theKepler field. The star was observed over a 85-d interval at five different sites in North America and Europe during 2011. Kepler photometry and ground-based multicolour light curves of KIC 6382916 are used to investigate the pulsational content and to identify the principal modes. High-dispersion spectroscopy was also obtained in order to derive the stellar parameters and projected rotational velocity. From an analysis of the Kepler time series, three independent frequencies and a few hundred combination frequencies are found. The light curve is dominated by two modes with frequencies f1 = 4.9107 and f2 = 6.4314 d −1 . The third mode with f3 = 8.0350 d −1 has a much lower amplitude. We attempt mode identification by examining the amplitude ratios and phase differences in different wavebands from multicolour photometry and comparing them to calculations for different spherical harmonic degree, l . W e find that the theoretical models for f1 and f2 are in a best agreement with the observations and lead to value of l = 1 modes, but the mode identification of f3 is uncertain due to its low amplitude. Non-adiabatic pulsation models show that frequencies below 6 d −1 are stable, which means that the low frequency of f1 cannot be reproduced. This is a further confirmation that current models predict a narrower pulsation frequency range than actually observed.