Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Macroeconomic Conditions for Reforming the Syrian Economy

The Syrian economy is currently undertaking a set of measures to introduce market oriented reforms aimed to change the past system of central planning and to adopt socially oriented rules. The envisaged reforms are supposed to bring efficiency of economic activities, to withdraw the state from production decisions and to orientate the enterprises to internal and external competition. Still relying on oil reserves, the Syrian economy needs to develop new activities that will compensate for the rapid depletion of those reserves: the estimations show that in ten years the oil resources will disappear. At the same time, a high pressure from the supply side of the labour market imposes urgent actions to expand the economic activity and consequently create more jobs. The ambitious objective of reforming completely the state institutions, the legal environment and the economic mechanisms needs to consider permanently two elements: the sustainability of economic growth, respectively the macroeconomic stability of the country. High rates of growth are necessary for counterbalancing the decline of oil revenues, while stabilisation is important for the success of overall economic reforms. In this paper we try to analyse the two conditions - sustainable growth, respectively macro-stability - by estimating the potential GDP of the country and comparing it with the effectively produced output. In the second part of the study, we made an evaluation of the degree of economic stabilization, within a regional (Middle East) context.
Modality-specific organization in the representation of sensorimotor sequences

Sensorimotor representations of movement sequences are hierarchically organized. Here we test the effects of different stimulus modalities on such organizations. In the visual group, participants responded to a repeated sequence of visually presented stimuli by depressing spatially compatible keys on a response pad. In the auditory group, learners were required to respond to auditorily presented stimuli, which had no direct spatial correspondence with the response keys: the lowest pitch corresponded to the leftmost key and the highest pitch to the rightmost key. We demonstrate that hierarchically and auto-organized sensorimotor representations are developed through practice, which are specific both to individuals and stimulus modalities. These findings highlight the dynamic and sensory-specific modulation of chunk processing during sensorimotor learning – sensorimotor chunking – and provide evidence that modality-specific mechanisms underlie the hierarchical organization of sequence representations.
A Markovian Approximation of TCP Compound

In this paper, we derive expressions for throughput of TCP Compound connections under random losses. Throughput expressions for TCP Compound under a deterministic loss model exist in the literature. These are obtained assuming the window sizes are continuous, i.e., a fluid behaviour is assumed. We validate this model theoretically. We show that under the deterministic loss model, the TCP window evolution for TCP Compound is periodic and is independent of the initial window size. We then consider the case when packets are lost independently of each other randomly. We discuss Markov chain models to analyze performance of TCP in this scenario. Specifically, we consider appropriately scaled window size processes, indexed by p (the packet error rate). We show that these processes, converge to a limit Markov chain process as p goes to 0. We show the existence and uniqueness of the stationary distribution for this limit process. Using the stationary distribution for the limit process, we obtain approximations for throughput, under random losses, for TCP Compound when packet error rates are small. We compare our results with ns2 simulations which show a good match.
Collective Ignorance: Public Knowledge of Family Law.

As the interface between the family and the law becomes more imprecise, questions about the level of knowledge of family law the public has, about the channels of communication used in obtaining that knowledge, and about public sentiment in opposition orsupport of the laws become important matters tor consideration. A brief discussion of some findings from a study which sought some answers to those questions reveals that there was relative ignorance of'selected Oregon family laws. Support for controversial minors' rights laws was greater than expected. A need for developing more and better working relations between the legal profession and,family l,ife pro fessionals in order to create greater awareness and understanding of the relationship between the law and the family is discussed.
Practical Application Of Uml Activity Diagrams For The Generation Of Test Cases

Software testing and debugging represents around one third of total effort in development projects. Different factors which have influence on poor practices of testing have been identified through specific surveys. Amongst several, one of the most important is the lack of efficient methods to exploit development models for generating test cases. This paper presents a new method for automatically generating a complete set of functional test cases from UML activity diagrams complementing specification of use cases. Test cases are prioritized according to software risk information. Results from experiences with more than 70 software professionals/experts validate benefits of the method. Participants also confirm its interest and effectiveness for testing needs of industry.
REMARC : Reconfigurable Multimedia Array Coprocessor

This paper describes a new recon gurable processor architecture called REMARC (Recon gurable Multimedia Array Coprocessor). REMARC is a recon gurable coprocessor that is tightly coupled to a main RISC processor and consists of a global control unit and 64 programmable logic blocks called nano processors. REMARC is designed to accelerate multimedia applications, such as video compression, decompression, and image processing. These applications typically use 8bit or 16-bit data therefore, each nano processor has a 16-bit datapath that is much wider than those of other recon gurable coprocessors. We have developed a programming environment for REMARC and several realistic application programs, DES encryption, MPEG-2 decoding, and MPEG-2 encoding. REMARC achieves speedups ranging from a factor of 2.3 to 21.2 on these applications.
Preferences and Beliefs in the Marriage Market for Young Brides

Rajasthani women typically leave school early and marry young. We develop a novel discrete choice methodology using hypothetical vignettes to elicit average parental preferences over a daughter's education and age of marriage, and subjective beliefs about the evolution of her marriage market prospects. We find parents have a strong preference for delaying a daughter's marriage until eighteen but no further. Conditional on a marriage match, parents place little intrinsic value on a daughter's education. However, they believe the probability of receiving a good marriage offer increases strongly with a daughter's education but deteriorates quickly with her age on leaving school.
Adaptive Output Feedback Linearization for a Class of NN-based ANARX Models

Present paper is devoted to the design of an adaptive output feedback controller for nonlinear system modelled by neural networks based Additive Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous structure. Off-line and on-line parameter identification of the neural networks based Additive Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous model using standard training algorithms are discussed in detail and illustrated by numerical simulations. The main contribution of this paper is in combining neural networks based adaptation with dynamic output feedback linearization technique.
Sexual selection uncouples the evolution of brain and body size in pinnipeds

The size of the vertebrate brain is shaped by a variety of selective forces. Although larger brains (correcting for body size) are thought to confer fitness advantages, energetic limitations of this costly organ may lead to trade‐offs, for example as recently suggested between sexual traits and neural tissue. Here, we examine the patterns of selection on male and female brain size in pinnipeds, a group where the strength of sexual selection differs markedly among species and between the sexes. Relative brain size was negatively associated with the intensity of sexual selection in males but not females. However, analyses of the rates of body and brain size evolution showed that this apparent trade‐off between sexual selection and brain mass is driven by selection for increasing body mass rather than by an actual reduction in male brain size. Our results suggest that sexual selection has important effects on the allometric relationships of neural development.
WayBot: A low cost manipulator for playing Javanese puppet

As one of the most successful game kit, Kinect has been used widely outside gaming. Kinect provides easy and cheap solution for stereo camera. Its openness in software architecture unlocks many new applications. This paper presents a platform that can be used to connect Kinect, arduino, MATLAB and a 4-DOF (RRRR 3D) manipulator. The manipulator is designed as a Wayang (Javanese puppet) character that can be played by the operator called dalang. Using a simple vector manipulation, the skeleton data from Kinect is translated into joint angles, which are sent to the manipulator. Different Kinect parameters are investigated to find the optimal control settings. Experimental results show that the platform can effectively control the manipulator although only using feedforward control scheme. Two wayang characters have been played well using the platform. The platform can also be used as a robotics teaching kit.
Short-term effects of oral dronedarone administration on cardiac function, blood pressure and electrocardiogram in conscious telemetry dogs

Dronedarone is a multichannel blocking antiarrhythmic drug that has been used for management of atrial fibrillation in humans, but the data in veterinary medicine are inadequate. The objective of this study was to determine the short-term effects of oral dronedarone on cardiac inotropy and lusitropy, blood pressure and electrocardiogram (ECG) in healthy dogs. A total of 6 beagle dogs were instrumented with telemetry units and sono-micrometry crystals to obtain left ventricular pressure-volume relationship, mean blood pressure (MBP) and ECG. Dogs were given orally dronedarone (20 mg/kg, twice per day) for 7 days. All parameters were obtained hourly at 4–8 hr after the first dose and at 12-, 96- (day 4) and 168-hr (day 7) after dosing. The results showed that dronedarone had no effect on inotropy and lusitropy, while it significantly lengthened PQ interval (P<0.001) and lowered MBP (P<0.05). Dronedarone also tended to reduce cardiac output (P=0.237) and heart rate (P=0.057). These results suggested that short-term effects of oral dronedarone administration at a dose of 20 mg/kg, twice per day, produced negative dromotropy with minimal effect on cardiac function in conscious dogs.
N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theories, M2-branes and their gravity duals

We construct three dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theories with gauge groups U(N) × U(N) and SU(N) × SU(N) which have explicit = 6 superconformal symmetry. Using brane constructions we argue that the U(N) × U(N) theory at level k describes the low energy limit of N M2-branes probing a C4/Zk singularity. At large N the theory is then dual to M-theory on AdS4 × S7/Zk. The theory also has a 't Hooft limit (of large N with a fixed ratio N/k) which is dual to type IIA string theory on AdS4 × CP3. For k = 1 the theory is conjectured to describe N M2-branes in flat space, although our construction realizes explicitly only six of the eight supersymmetries. We give some evidence for this conjecture, which is similar to the evidence for mirror symmetry in d = 3 gauge theories. When the gauge group is SU(2) × SU(2) our theory has extra symmetries and becomes identical to the Bagger-Lambert theory.
Quality of Life Changes and Health Care Charges Among Youth With Epilepsy.

OBJECTIVE To examine differences in health care charges following a pediatric epilepsy diagnosis based on changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS Billing records were obtained for 171 youth [M (SD) age = 8.9 (4.1) years] newly diagnosed with epilepsy. Differences in health care charges among HRQOL groups (stable low, declining, improving, or stable high as determined by PedsQL(™) scores at diagnosis and 12 months after diagnosis) were examined. RESULTS Patients with persistently low or declining HRQOL incurred higher total health care charges in the year following diagnosis (g = .49, g = .81) than patients with stable high HRQOL after controlling for epilepsy etiology, seizure occurrence, and insurance type. These relationships remained consistent after excluding health care charges for behavioral medicine or neuropsychology services (g = .49, g = .80). CONCLUSIONS Monitoring HRQOL over time may identify youth with epilepsy at particular risk for higher health care charges.
ERAD 2006 Proceedings of Differential power calibration for weather radar

Dual polarized weather radars, radars that can transmit both horizontal (H) and vertical (V) polarized waves, are becoming more common in the world. Dual polarization is accomplished via fast alternate transmission of H and V polarization or simultaneous H and V polarization transmission. The simultaneous H and V transmit mode is becoming quite popular since a high power, costly, polarization switch is not required. In either case, such radars can measure copolar differential reflectivity (Zdr) and copolar differential phase (φdp) which have been shown to significantly improve identification and quantification of precipitation, if measured accurately. In fact, The United States National Weather Service (NWS) network of NEXRAD radars is scheduled to be upgraded to the simultaneous H and V dual polarization mode with in the next few years. Critical to improved rainfall estimation with dual polarization radar is maintaining radar instrument calibration uncertainty of Zdr to about 0.1 dB. NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) has been tasked by the NWS (National Weather Service) to investigate methods to calibrate Zdr using S-Pol, NCAR’s S-band polarimetric radar. Three methods for Zdr calibration are presented and operational implementation is discussed. In addition, a novel way to track the change in Zdr due to drift of the active portion of the receiver paths is given.
Rain attenuation prediction of optical wireless system in tropical region

Optical wireless system is a communication alternative for the last segment to where fiber optic is unable to reach due to deployment and cost constraint. An optical wireless capability is similar to optical fiber systems which provides for a high speed and a higher bandwidth link. Other features of optical wireless system are higher speed, low cost and time of deployment and broader broadband technology. However, the availability of optical wireless transmission is very much weather dependent. In temperate region fog and snow are the two restrictive of the link propagation availability. In tropical region however heavy rain is expected to be the limiting factor of optical wireless link availability. The effect of rain on optical wireless link is expressed in term of specific rain attenuation. Available specific rain attenuation parameter of optical wireless link is formulated from data measured in temperate regions. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to predict and propose specific rain attenuation parameter that best fit tropical region using measured data in tropical region for optical wireless system.
Sensitivity of pole arc/pole pitch ratio on switched reluctance motor performance

The sensitivity of the pole-arc/pole-pitch ratio of the stator and rotor on the performance of a switched reluctance motor is investigated. An analytical method based on magnetic flux path and a two-dimensional finite-element analysis are used. The sensitivity study is performed by comparing the average torque developed for different stator as well as rotor pole-arc/pole-pitch ratios and choosing the ratio combination that produces the greatest value of average torque. <<ETX>>
Towards an ESL design framework for adaptive and fault-tolerant MPSoCs: MADNESS or not?

The MADNESS project aims at the definition of innovative system-level design methodologies for embedded MP-SoCs, extending the classic concept of design space exploration in multi-application domains to cope with high heterogeneity, technology scaling and system reliability. The main goal of the project is to provide a framework able to guide designers and researchers to the optimal composition of embedded MPSoC architectures, according to the requirements and the features of a given target application field. The proposed approach will tackle the new challenges, related to both architecture and design methodologies, arising with the technology scaling, the system reliability and the ever-growing computational needs of modern applications. The methodologies proposed with this project act at different levels of the design flow, enhancing the state-of-the art with novel features in system-level synthesis, architectural evaluation and prototyping. Support for fault resilience and efficient adaptive runtime management is introduced at hardware and middleware level, and considered by the system-level synthesis as one of the optimization factors to be taken into account. This paper presents the first stable results obtained in the MADNESS project, already demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed methods.
Extracorporeal Life Support in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: A Single Center Experience

Background Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in patients with hematologic malignancies is considered to have a poor prognosis. However, to date, there is only one case series reported in the literature. In this study, we compared the in-hospital survival of ECLS in patients with and without hematologic malignancies. Methods We reviewed a total of 66 patients who underwent ECLS for treatment of acute respiratory failure from January 2012 to December 2014. Of these patients, 22 (32%) were diagnosed with hematologic malignancies, and 13 (59%) underwent stem cell transplantation before ECLS. Results The in-hospital survival rate of patients with hematologic malignancies was 5% (1/22), while that of patients without malignancies was 26% (12/46). The number of platelet transfusions was significantly higher in patients with hematologic malignancies (9.69±7.55 vs. 3.12±3.42 units/day). Multivariate analysis showed that the presence of hematologic malignancies was a significant negative predictor of survival to discharge (odds ratio, 0.07; 95% confidence interval, 0.01–0.79); p=0.031). Conclusion ECLS in patients with hematologic malignancies had a lower in-hospital survival rate, compared to patients without hematologic malignancies.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN AYVACIK HORSE BREEDING

Ayvacik horse is reared in Ayvacik county of Canakkale province and its near which is a small size and solid horse breed. According to data of County Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Ayvacik, there were about 218 horse holders who had 328 horses. Enterprises of 107 of 218 accepted to reply survey queries which were carried out by a face-to-face survey. According to survey results, all of horse holders were male. In addition, horse holders were 95.3% married and the average age was 52.9 years old which were ranged from 21 to 79 years old age. 67.3% of horse holders were graduated from primary school. The average of horse holding was about 23.7% and numbers of horses kept by holders were for one, two, and more than two horses 65.4, 28, and 6.5%, respectively. In this survey study also some data were obtained about Ayvacik horse rearing so that the structure of Ayvacik horse holders were analyzed by using obtained results.
A Transformerless D-STATCOM Based on a Multivoltage Cascade Converter Requiring No DC Sources

This paper deals with a cascaded multilevel converter which has multiple dc voltage values (multivoltage cascade converter or hybrid multilevel converter) for a 6.6-kV transformerless distribution static synchronous compensator (D-STATCOM). A control method is proposed to realize dc voltage regulation of series-connected multiple cells in the STATCOM operation, making it possible to remove dc sources from all H-bridge cells. The simplified configuration without the dc sources makes the STATCOM small and lightweight. A downscaled STATCOM model rated at 220 V and 10 kVA is built and a series of verification tests is executed. Theoretical analysis and experimental results prove the stable operating performance of the proposed method in steady states and transient states.
Drug-Drug Interaction Detection: A New Approach Based on Maximal Frequent Sequences

En este articulo se presenta un nuevo enfoque para la deteccion de interacciones entre farmacos. El metodo propuesto consiste en descubrir patrones automaticamente a traves de Secuencias Frecuentes Maximales, y utilizar pattern matching para identificar oraciones que contengan interacciones entre farmacos. Las Secuencias Frecuentes Maximales definen sequencias de palabras que son frequentes en textos y se ha probado en esta investigacion que son un buen metodo para la deteccion de interacciones entre farmacos, obteniendo valores altos de precision y cobertura. El metodo propuesto es independiente del dominio y del lenguaje de los textos.
LOCAL BI ARY PATTER S FOR 1-D SIG AL PROCESSI G

Local Binary Patterns (LBP) have been used in 2-D image processing for applications such as texture segmentation and feature detection. In this paper a new 1-dimensional local binary pattern (LBP) signal processing method is presented. Speech systems such as hearing aids require fast and computationally inexpensive signal processing. The practical use of LBP based speech processing is demonstrated on two signal processing problems: (i) signal segmentation and (ii) voice activity detection (VAD). Both applications use the underlying features extracted from the 1-D LBP. The proposed VAD algorithm demonstrates the simplicity of 1-D LBP processing with low computational complexity. It is also shown that distinct LBP features are obtained to identify the voiced and the unvoiced components of speech signals.
tuberculosis Mycobacterium Comparing Genomes within the Species

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The characteristic polarized radio continuum distribution of cluster spiral galaxies

Deep observations are presented of the 6 cm polarized radio continuum emission of 8 Virgo spiral galaxies. All galaxies show strongly asymmetric distributions of polarized intensity with elongated ridges located in the outer galactic disk. These features are not found in existing observations of polarized radio continuum emission of field spiral galaxies, where the distribution of 6 cm polarized intensity is generally relatively symmetric and strongest in the interarm regions. We therefore conclude that most Virgo spiral galaxies and, most probably, the majority of cluster spiral galaxies show asymmetric distributions of polarized radio continuum emission due to their interaction with the cluster environment. The polarized continuum emission is sensitive to compression and shear motions in the plane of the sky and thus contains important information about the velocity distortions caused by these interactions.