Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Thinking Through the Body, Educating for the Humanities: A Plea for Somaesthetics

What are the humanities, and how should they be cultivated? With respect to this crucial question, opinions differ as to how widely the humanities should be construed and pursued. Initially connoting the study of Greek and Roman classics, the concept now more generally covers arts and letters, history, and philosophy. ' But does it also include the social sciences, which are often distinguished from the humanities and grouped as a separate academic division with greater pretensions to scientific status? And should our pursuit of humanistic study be concentrated on the traditional methods and topics of high culture that give the humanities an authoritative aura of established nobility, or should it extend to new and funkier forms of interdisciplinary research such as popular culture or race and gender studies? Despite such questions and controversy, it is clear (even from etymology) that the meaning of the humanities essentially relates to our human condition and our efforts to perfect our humanity and its expression. But what, then, does it mean to be human? I cannot pretend here to adequately answer such a complex and difficult question. I will, however, argue that because the body is an essential and valuable dimension of our humanity, it should be recognized as a crucial topic of humanistic study and experiential learning. Though the truth of this thesis should be obvious, it goes sharply against the grain of our traditional understanding of the humanities. One striking example of such antisomatic bias is the very term that German speakers use to designate the humanities, "Geisteswissenschaften," whose literal English translation would be "spiritual (or mental) sciences," as contrasted to the natural sciences (Naturwissenschaften) that treat physical life,
A reputation-based strategy towards sustainable services by third party logistics (3PLs) in closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs)

The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual framework on the reputation-based strategy (sustainable strategic orientation) that will give impact in the sustainable services on the implementation of closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs) to meet the customers' demand. The main practical implication is to provide guidance in implementation of reputation-based strategy in CLSCs activities. In theoretical implication, it shall address clearly the concept of the sustainable supply chain strategy. Based on the literature review, the study input is corresponds to the reputation-based-strategy whereas the output represents by the sustainable services. The reputation-based strategy adopted by the 3PLs involved the sustainable strategic orientation towards the CLSCs activities such as product acquisition, reverse distribution, inspection and disposition, refurbishing and remarketing.
Population structure of the banana weevil, an introduced pest in the Canary Islands, studied by RAPD analysis

Abstract The banana weevil (BW), Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is one of the most important insect pests of bananas and plantains. The mobility and the origin of BW infestations at the Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma) have been analysed using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) as molecular markers. Populations from Costa Rica, Colombia, Uganda and Madeira were also included for comparison. One hundred and fifteen reproducible bands from eight primers were obtained. The level of polymorphism in the populations from the Canary Islands (40–62%) was in the range of those found in other populations. Nei's genetic distances, pair-wise fixation index (FST) values indicate that the closest populations are Tenerife populations among themselves (Nei's genetic distance=0.054–0.100; FST=0.091–0.157) and Costa Rica and Colombia populations (Nei's genetic distance=0.049; FST=0.113). Our results indicate the existence of BW local biotypes with limited gene flow and affected by genetic drift. These results are compatible with a unique event of colonization at Tenerife; whereas, the outbreaks in La Gomera and La Palma may come from independent introductions. The Madeira population is phylogenetically and geographically closer to the Canary Islands populations, suggesting that it is the most likely source of the insects introduced in the Canary Islands.
A Commentary on the Use of Formative Measurement

The recent flurry of articles on formative measurement, particularly in the information systems literature, appears to be symptomatic of a much larger problem. Despite significant objections by methodological experts, these articles continue to deliver a predominately pro formative measurement message to researchers who rapidly incorporate these recommendations into their research. This commentary argues that many of these articles misinform readers due to the lack of theory underlying formative measurement and a misinterpretation of the early psychometric literature. The authors suggest that to avoid further confusing the consumers of this research, the prudent course of action may be to consider temporarily suspending the use of formative measurement. They further contend that the debate on formative measurement should be restricted primarily to premier methods journals where experts can ultimately develop a theoretical perspective that supports or rejects its implementation. Combined, these steps should help alleviate the rapid adoption of such controversial methods before they have been thoroughly vetted.
Visual odometry and map correlation

In this paper we study how estimates of ego-motion based on feature tracking (visual odometry) can be improved using a rough (low accuracy) map of where the observer has been. We call the process of aligning the visual ego-motion with the map locations as map correlation. Since absolute estimates of camera position are unreliable, we use stable local information such as change in orientation to perform the alignment. We also detect when the observer's path has crossed back on itself which helps improve both the visual odometry estimates and the alignment between the video and map sequences. The final alignment is computed using a graphical model whose MAP estimate is inferred using loopy belief propagation. Results are presented on a number of indoor and outdoor sequences.
Multi-Level Synthesis For Safe Replaceability

We describe the condition that a sequential digital design is a safe replacement for an existing design without making any assumptions about a known initial state of the design or about its environment. We formulate a safe replacement condition which guarantees that if an original design is replaced by a new design, the interacting environment cannot detect the change by observing the input-output behavior of the new design; conversely, if a replacement design does not satisfy our condition an environment can potentially detect the replacement (in this sense the replacement is potentially unsafe). Our condition allows simplification of the state transition diagram of an original design. We use the safe replacement condition to derive a sequential resynthesis method for area reduction of gate-level designs. We have implemented our resynthesis algorithm and we report experimental results.
Open-distance electronic learning environments: Supervisors' views on usability

Students in the open-distance and electronic learning (ODeL) environment often work in isolation and face challenges in accessing knowledge resources, especially when conducting research. To support these students in succeeding with their studies, the learning management system (LMS) needs to be usable; this implies the attributes of effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to propose usability guidelines specifically focused on the requirements for a learning management system in the context of ODeL honours research projects. The study is novel in exploring the supervisors' view of the usability requirements of the LMS. Based on a pragmatic worldview, this study is guided by the design science research (DSR) methodology. The initial set of usability requirements was abstracted from the literature and used as the basis for the LMS evaluation. Usability testing of the LMS was followed by heuristic evaluation, post-test questionnaire and interviews. All evaluations were done with the supervisors as participants. The contribution of the study is the refined usability guidelines based on the triangulation of the findings from the different usability evaluations conducted on the same ODeL LMS.
Addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Issues in Teacher Education: Teacher Candidates' Perceptions.

Homophobic harassment and bullying are persistent issues in Canadian schools despite recent initiatives to improve school climate. Among the reasons is that educators feel reluctant or ill-prepared to address these issues. The purpose of this paper is to examine how teacher education can help make schools safer by addressing LGBTQ issues and homophobic bullying. After examining the issues, with a particular focus on the Ontario context, the authors report on a workshop titled “Sexual Diversity in Secondary Schools” that they conducted with teacher candidates. The findings suggest a two-hour workshop can help teacher candidates develop better understandings of how to address LGBTQ issues in schools. Recommendations are offered for creating safe spaces in schools by developing ethical knowledge among beginning teachers. Le harcelement et l’intimidation homophobes constituent des preoccupations persistantes dans les ecoles au Canada et ce, malgre des initiatives recentes visant a ameliorer le climat a l’ecole. Une des raisons qui expliquent cette situation est le fait que les enseignants hesitent ou se sentent mal prepares pour s’attaquer a ces problemes. L’objectif de cet article est d’etudier dans quelle mesure la formation des enseignants peut aider a rendre les ecoles plus sures en abordant les themes d’orientation sexuelle, d’identite sexuelle et d’intimidation homophobe et transphobe. Apres avoir examine les questions (et en mettant l’accent sur l’Ontario), les auteurs decrivent un atelier intitule « La diversite sexuelle dans les ecoles secondaires » qu’ils ont presente a des etudiants au programme de formation a l’enseignement. Les resultats portent a croire qu’un atelier de deux heures peut aider les etudiants au programme de formation a l’enseignement mieux comprendre comment aborder les questions relatives a la diversite sexuelle dans les ecoles. On propose des recommandations qui visent la creation de lieux surs dans les ecoles en developpant des connaissances ethiques chez les nouveaux enseignants.
A Unified Framework of Multiple Kernels Learning for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Big Data

Analysis on hyperspectral remote sensing big data is widely in remotely sensed satellite imaging and aerial reconnaissance, the development of sensor technology brought the developing of collecting image data using hyperspectral instruments with hundreds of contiguous spectral channels. Machine learning based hyperspectral sensing data analysis is a feasible way, and among these machine learning methods, kernel learning is a feasible nonlinear feature extraction on hyperspectral sensing data. This paper is to solve the problem of the nonlinear kernel function selection, to improve the system performances of recognition and prediction accuracy. A framework of multiple kernel learning is proposed for classiﬁcation on hyperspectral remote sensing big data, and some experiments are implemented on two hyperspectral image databases. The comprehensive experiments show that the proposed algorithm is eﬀective on hyperspectral remote sensing big data.
Survival Signaling by C-RAF: Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species and Ca2+ Are Critical Targets

ABSTRACT Survival signaling by RAF occurs through largely unknown mechanisms. Here we provide evidence for the first time that RAF controls cell survival by maintaining permissive levels of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ca2+. Interleukin-3 (IL-3) withdrawal from 32D cells resulted in ROS production, which was suppressed by activated C-RAF. Oncogenic C-RAF decreased the percentage of apoptotic cells following treatment with staurosporine or the oxidative stress-inducing agent tert-butyl hydroperoxide. However, it was also the case that in parental 32D cells growing in the presence of IL-3, inhibition of RAF signaling resulted in elevated mitochondrial ROS and Ca2+ levels. Cell death is preceded by a ROS-dependent increase in mitochondrial Ca2+, which was absent from cells expressing transforming C-RAF. Prevention of mitochondrial Ca2+ overload after IL-3 deprivation increased cell viability. MEK was essential for the mitochondrial effects of RAF. In summary, our data show that survival control by C-RAF involves controlling ROS production, which otherwise perturbs mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis.
Charge equilibration in integer and fractional quantum Hall edge channels in a generalized Hall-bar device

Charge equilibration between quantum-Hall edge states can be studied to reveal geometric structure of edge channels not only in the integer quantum Hall (IQH) regime but also in the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) regime particularly for hole-conjugate states. Here we report on a systematic study of charge equilibration in both IQH and FQH regimes by using a generalized Hall bar, in which a quantum Hall state is nested in another quantum Hall state with different Landau filling factors. This provides a feasible way to evaluate equilibration in various conditions even in the presence of scattering in the bulk region. The validity of the analysis is tested in the IQH regime by confirming consistency with previous works. In the FQH regime, we find that the equilibration length for counter-propagating $\delta \nu $ = 1 and $\delta \nu $ = -1/3 channels along a hole-conjugate state at Landau filling factor $\nu $ = 2/3 is much shorter than that for co-propagating $\delta \nu $ = 1 and $\delta \nu $ = 1/3 channels along a particle state at $\nu $ = 4/3. The difference can be associated to the distinct geometric structures of the edge channels. Our analysis with generalized Hall bar devices would be useful in studying edge equilibration and edge structures.
A decade of model-driven security

In model-driven development, system designs are specified using graphical modeling languages like UML and system artifacts such as code and configuration data are automatically generated from the models. Model-driven security is a specialization of this paradigm, where system designs are modeled together with their security requirements and security infrastructures are directly generated from the models. Over the past decade, we have explored different facets of model-driven security. This research includes different modeling languages, code generators, model analysis tools, and even model transformations. For example, in multi-tier systems, we used model transformations to transform a security policy, formulated for a system's data model, to a security policy governing the behavior of the system's graphical user interface. In this paper, we survey progress made, tool support, and case studies, which attest to the flexibility and power of such a multi-faceted approach to building secure systems.
Digital mammography-guided skin marking for sonographically guided biopsy of suspicious microcalcifications.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the application of digital mammography-guided skin marking as a localization technique for suspicious microcalcifications for sonographically guided biopsy. CONCLUSION Digital mammography-guided skin marking can be applied to identify and localize suspicious microcalcifications at breast sonography. This technique has the potential to be an alternative to stereotactic guidance when the stereotactic biopsy is unavailable or unsuccessful.
A Topic-Sensitive Model for Salient Entity Linking

In recent years, the amount of entities in large knowledge bases available on the Web has been increasing rapidly. Such entities can be used to bridge textual data with knowledge bases and thus help with many tasks, such as text understanding, word sense disambiguation and information retrieval. The key issue is to link the entity mentions in documents with the corresponding entities in knowledge bases, referred to as entity linking. In addition, for many entity-centric applications, entity salience for a document has become a very important factor. This raises an impending need to identify a set of salient entities that are central to the input document. In this paper, we introduce a new task of salient entity linking and propose a graph-based disambiguation solution, which integrates several features, especially a topic-sensitive model based on Wikipedia categories. Experimental results show that our method significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art entity linking methods in terms of precision, recall and F-measure.
The Lorong as a Risk Environment: Drug Use and Gangs among Young Men in the Slums of Makassar, Indonesia

This study investigated the relationship between the social environment and drug use among young men in slum areas (lorong) in Makassar, Indonesia. In-depth interviews were conducted with 18 male drug injectors who attended a drop-in center for drug users. The interviews revealed the crucial role of Rewa (the local concept of masculinity) in mediating risky practices, as youths strive to be perceived as Rewa. The dynamics of gang participation in the lorong result in high levels of drug use and are influential in the ways young men's drug consumption evolves. Furthermore, risky drug use that potentially leads to HIV infection is not an isolated behavior and must be understood in the social context of the lorong. We conclude that to be more effective, existing harm-reduction programs in Makassar that focus on individualistic behavioral change need to be complemented with community-based programs that take into account the social and structural context of risk taking practices among young people in the lorong.
Adapting arbitrary normal mutation distributions in evolution strategies: the covariance matrix adaptation

A new formulation for coordinate system independent adaptation of arbitrary normal mutation distributions with zero mean is presented. This enables the evolution strategy (ES) to adapt the correct scaling of a given problem and also ensures invariance with respect to any rotation of the fitness function (or the coordinate system). Especially rotation invariance, here resulting directly from the coordinate system independent adaptation of the mutation distribution, is an essential feature of the ES with regard to its general applicability to complex fitness functions. Compared to previous work on this subject, the introduced formulation facilitates an interpretation of the resulting mutation distribution, making sensible manipulation by the user possible (if desired). Furthermore it enables a more effective control of the overall mutation variance (expected step length).
Enhancement of sketch contours on paintings infrared photographies: A comparison

This work reports and illustrates the application of optimal filtering to enhance sketch contours on infrared photograhies of wood paintings. In [14] the authors tested three approaches of the symmetric exponential filter of an infinitely large window size proposed by Shen and Castan [13]: the DRF, GEF and SDEF filters. The DRF filter presented the best results and was chosen to have a fine tuning of its parameters. In this paper the DRF filter results obtained in [14] are now compared to methods proposed by Marr [9] and Canny [12].
Using Activity Led Learning for Teaching Computer Graphics Principles Through Augmented Reality

In this paper, an activity-led learning approach is applied to computer graphics students at Masaryk University for the Master’s course called "Augmented Reality Interfaces". The scope of this research is to demonstrate the learning effectiveness of augmented reality and project development approaches for higher education teaching. Students were presented with the theoretical background in augmented reality in the classical way (lectures) and were asked to implement the assignment using active learning approaches. The aim of the assignment was to design and implement an augmented reality interface demonstrating various computer graphics aspects which could be used to enhance the teaching process. Their main focus was to concentrate on three aspects: interface design, interaction mediums and collaboration aspects. Data was collected for two consecutive academic years (one semester with 13 weeks per year) and results showed a very high pass-rate as well as increased engagement and student satisfaction. However, students found that this sort of approach is harder than other approaches.
Fault Mitigation of Switching Lattices under the Stuck-At-Fault Model

Switching lattices are two-dimensional arrays composed by four-terminal switches (crossbar arrays). The idea of using regular two-dimensional arrays of switches to implement Boolean functions was proposed by Akers in 1972. Recently, with the advent of a variety of emerging nanoscale technologies, lattices have found a renewed interest. Switching lattices can have a non-negligible defective ratio. In this paper, we analyze the fault tolerance of switching lattices under the stuck-at-fault model (SAFM). We first identify the critical switches with a sensitivity analysis of the lattice. We then propose some techniques to improve the resilience to faults, which are implemented as a post preprocessing step after logic optimization.
Diseño tecnopedagógico de portafolios electrónicos de aprendizaje: Una experiencia con estudiantes universitarios

In this article the technopedagogical design of electronic learning portfolios with eighteen undergraduate psychology students is reported. The e-portfolio model is based on the approach of situated learning and authentic assessment, and relies on the metaphors of the portfolio as mirror, map and sonnet. It includes a description of the e-portfolio; the skills and learnings expected of the student; key questions for reflection; minimum input required; the type of evidence or artifacts expected; and the technological resources employed. Examples of the students’ reflections and of the self-assessments and co-assessments performed are provided. The findings suggest that e-learning portfolios enable the recovery and systematization of learning productions and experiences, and can function as a tool for monitoring learning as well as for reflection on the individual’s own professional identity, personal and academic trajectory.
Hawu Vowel Metathesis

Hawu, an Austronesian language spoken in the Lesser Sunda islands of Indonesia, shows a historical change in which the vowels of adjacent syllables appear to have metathesized. So far as is known, this is the first case of regular vowel metathesis ever reported. Apart from its regularity, what is most striking about this innovation is that it occurred only if V<sub xmlns:m="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3. org/1999/xlink">1</sub> was higher (less sonorous) than V<sub xmlns:m="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3. org/1999/xlink">2</sub>, and if the vowels were separated by a consonant. A fourth noteworthy feature is that the left-dislocated vowel invariably weakened to schwa, whereas similar vowels that remain <i>in situ</i> in either syllable were unaffected. No clear motivation for this change is apparent, and attempts to explain it as something other than direct segmental transposition have so far not met with success.