Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
DArT: A Component-Based DRAM Area, Power, and Timing Modeling Tool

DRAM renovation calls for a holistic architecture exploration to cope with bandwidth growth and latency reduction need. In this paper, we present DRAM area power timing (DArT), a DRAM area, power, and timing modeling tool, for array assembly and interface customization. Through proper design abstraction, our component-based modeling approach provides increased flexibility and higher accuracy, making DArT suitable for DRAM architecture exploration and performance estimation. We validate the accuracy of DArT with respect to the physical layout and circuit simulation of an industrial 68 nm commodity DRAM device as a reference. The experiment results show that the maximum deviations from the reference design, in terms of area, timing, and power, are 3.2%, 4.92%, and 1.73%, respectively. For an architectural projection by porting it to a 45 nm process, the maximum deviations are 3.4%, 3.42%, and 8.57%, respectively. The combination of modeling performance, flexibility, and accuracy of DArT allows us to easily explore new DRAM architectures in the future, including 3-D stacked DRAM.
Is the Harris Hip Score System Useful to Study the Outcome of Total Hip Replacement?

Although the Harris hip score frequently is used to assess the outcome of total hip replacement, only a few minor validity tests have been presented. The aim of this study was to perform a validity test of the Harris hip score and to test its reliability. Two cohorts were studied. First, 58 patients who had undergone total hip replacement 2 to 10 years earlier were evaluated by an orthopaedic surgeon and an experienced physiotherapist using the Harris hip score. The patients also answered the Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Second, 1056 patients answered the Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey questionnaires. The results were compared with those of a subcohort of 344 patients who were evaluated using the Harris hip score. The following items were tested: content validity, convergent and divergent construct validity, criterion validity, test and retest reliability, internal consistency reliability, and interobserver reliability. The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index, and the Harris hip score showed high validity and reliability. The Harris hip score can be used by a physician or a physiotherapist to study the clinical outcome of hip replacement.
High cGMP synthetic activity in carp cones

Cones show briefer light responses than rods and do not saturate even under very bright light. Using purified rod and cone homogenates, we measured the activity of guanylate cyclase (GC), an enzyme responsible for cGMP synthesis and therefore recovery of a light response. The basal GC activity was 36 times higher in cones than in rods: It was mainly caused by higher expression levels of GC in cones (GC-C) than in rods (GC-R). With identification and quantification of GC-activating protein (GCAP) subtypes expressed in rods and cones together with determination of kinetic parameters of GC activation in the presence and absence of GCAP, we estimated the in situ GC activity in rods and cones at low and high Ca2+ concentrations. It was revealed that the GC activity would be >10 times higher in cones than in rods in both the dark-adapted and the light-adapted states. Electrophysiological estimation of the GC activity measured in the truncated preparations of rod and cone outer segments gave consistent results. Our estimation of the in situ GC activity reasonably explained the rapid recovery and nonsaturating behavior of cone light responses.
Communication about the past and reconciliation: lessons from the Western Balkan

Abstract This paper explores the role of communication as a way towards reconciliation in post-conflict societies using the example of Serbia. First, the role of contact and communication in overcoming divisions and hostilities between members of different groups and within reconciliation processes in post-conflict societies is reviewed on the basis of existing literature. Then, a specific action research project carried out in Serbia is presented. The action research explored communication as part of a process of reconciliation between people belonging to different social groups and having experienced different types of armed conflict and human rights abuses. The research was carried out within the Joint Action for Truth and Reconciliation, which is an informal initiative with the aim of exploring a non-conflict (‘third’) way in dealing with the past in Serbia. The research findings are presented and analysed against the background of the contact hypothesis and other theoretical approaches.
Effects on Student Writing of Teacher Training in the National Writing Project Model

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teacher training in the NWP model on student writing. The sample consisted of 383 students, in junior and senior high school at the time of the study, with ten essays each gathered over three years. Teachers responded to a questionnaire of practices in teaching composition. Results favored the treatment group at the junior high level. The highest mean score was achieved by senior high students of trained teachers. Statistically significant differences were found between trained and nontrained teachers for four instructional practices and for the amount of interaction with other professionals.
Discriminative Learning of Syntactic and Semantic Dependencies

A Maximum Entropy Model based system for discriminative learning of syntactic and semantic dependencies submitted to the CoNLL-2008 shared task (Surdeanu, et al., 2008) is presented in this paper. The system converts the dependency learning task to classification issues and reconstructs the dependent relations based on classification results. Finally F1 scores of 86.69, 69.95 and 78.35 are obtained for syntactic dependencies, semantic dependencies and the whole system respectively in closed challenge. For open challenge the corresponding F1 scores are 86.69, 68.99 and 77.84.
Integrative system of virtual electronic health record with online community-based health determinant data for home care service: MHealth development and usability test

Home care service is an important sector of public health service in Thailand. It is necessary that home healthcare team needed to access patient past medical history to improve the overall quality of the service. However, the limitation of current electronics health record (EHR) system, patient medical record is unable to access outside the healthcare setting. We developed a virtual electronic health record and integrated it into the community-based health determinant data system which is containing health-related determinant information range from district level down to individual level, based on the location of their household. The aim of this project is to develop an integrated system that can reconcile the medical history from the hospital to provide intuitive information for the home healthcare team. According to this objective, transmission control protocol and internet protocol (TCP/IP) architecture was designed and developed. Different independent databases are connected using mobile communication platform (mHealth). User authorization requires to retrieve the individual clinical information from virtual EHR. The evaluation of mHealth application based on usability tests and feasibility studies on effectiveness, efficacy, and satisfaction for home healthcare providers.
Real-time decoding and display of layered structured video

With the growth of interactive video applications, many representations of video are being developed with the need of data compression, flexibility, and user interactivity in mind. One such representation is structured video which represents moving images in terms of component parts which can be 2D, 2-1/2D, 3D or layered objects. The component parts are composited according to scripting information to produce the desired image sequence. This thesis proposal describes the design and implementation of a flexible video decoder for the decoding, processing and displaying of structured video within the Cheops Imaging System. A number of novel features will be added onto the existing decoding system to accommodate more types of structured video representations. A series of experiments will be conducted to demonstrate the types of video the decoder is capable of supporting and to analyze its performance characteristics. Thesis Supervisor: V. Michael Bove, Jr. Title: Associate Professor of Media Technology This work was supported by the Television of Tomorrow consortium.
Reflexivity and Dialogue: Methodological and Socio-Ethical Dilemmas in Research with HIV-Affected Children in East Africa

This paper presents an integrated discussion of methods and ethics by drawing on participatory research with children in Ethiopia and Kenya. It examines the complex social, ethical, practical and methodological dilemmas of research with HIV-affected children, and explores how we confronted some of these dilemmas before, during and after fieldwork. The paper interrogates the role and limitations of ‘global’ ethical standards in childhood research, and the ways in which the researchers’ gender, ethnicity/race, material power, knowledge and insider-outsider position all intersect to affect: (a) the level of children's involvement in the research process; (b) the generation of knowledge about the field; and (c) the negotiation of ethics in collaborative ways. We argue that doing ethical research with HIV-affected children should not be based solely on dominant and de-contextualised understandings of ethics, knowledge and social relations, but should be negotiated reflexively and through dialogue with participants, including the children, their guardians and ‘local’ community members—all with the aim of doing good and avoiding harm in the research process.
Increasing daily water intake and fluid adherence in children receiving treatment for retentive encopresis.

OBJECTIVE To examine the efficacy of an enhanced intervention (EI) compared to standard care (SC) in increasing daily water intake and fluid goal adherence in children seeking treatment for retentive encopresis. METHODS Changes in beverage intake patterns and fluid adherence were examined by comparing 7-week diet diary data collected during participation in the EI to achieved data for families who had previously completed the SC. RESULTS Compared to children in SC (n = 19), children in the EI (n = 18) demonstrated a significantly greater increase in daily water intake from baseline to the conclusion of treatment ( p ≤ .001), and were four and six times more likely to meet fluid targets in Phases 1 (Weeks 3-4) and 2 (Weeks 5-6) of fluid intervention, respectively (both p ≤ .001). CONCLUSIONS Enhanced education and behavioral strategies were efficacious in increasing children's intake of water and improving fluid adherence. Future research should replicate the findings in a prospective randomized clinical trial to discern their effectiveness.
Schizophrenia and the display of embarrassment

Although the experience of self-conscious emotion is critical for motivating social behavior, no study to date has tested whether this type of emotional responding is disrupted in the context of schizophrenia. In the present study we compared the responses of 27 participants with schizophrenia and 28 controls to a loud acoustic stimulus; a manipulation that has previously been shown to elicit a defensive behavioral response, followed by the self-conscious emotional response of embarrassment. The results indicated that there were no group differences in the magnitude of the defensive response, as indexed by both behavioral and physiological assessment. Further, although the acoustic paradigm was effective in eliciting embarrassment (as evidenced by positive associations between defensive reaction and subsequent self-conscious emotional behavior), no group effects were observed in the magnitude of the embarrassment response. However, since greater embarrassment in the schizophrenia group was associated with better social functioning and lower negative affect, these data are broadly consistent with theoretical models that regard the experience of self-conscious emotion as indicative of greater interpersonal connectedness and enhanced social functioning.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP PREDICTORS OF TEAM EFFECTIVENESS: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS

Interest in the theory and practice of teams in organizations has grown dramatically in recent years as evidenced by studies such as LaFasto and Larson’s (2001) research with over 6,000 team members and leaders. While there have been explorations into what characterizes effective teams, very little has been done to demonstrate what leadership behaviors, both at the organizational level and at the individual leader level, are best able to explain the presence of effectiveness at the team level. In this paper, the authors present findings from a study of over 700 participants. These research participants were drawn from an international non-profit organization that is known for its use of team-based structures. Participants were asked to take three instruments: (a) The Organizational Leadership Assessment, (b) The Servant Leadership Assessment Instrument, and (c) The Team Effectiveness Questionnaire. The study was designed to examine the effect of servant leadership on team effectiveness, and specifically to identify the independent variables related to servant leadership that are best able to explain team effectiveness and then based upon this to propose a model for understanding servant leadership predictors of team effectiveness. By means of multiple regression analyses, the following model of independent variables was able to explain 39% of the variance in the effectiveness of teams: (a) servant leadership at the organizational level, (b) the servant leadership behavior of love at the individual leader level, (c) job satisfaction at the individual participant level, and (d) the servant leadership behavior of vision at the individual leader level. The model had a significance level of . 000000. Based on these findings the authors conclude this paper with a discussion of the implications for organizational and team leadership.
Nitrogen use efficiency and N2O and NH3 losses attributed to three fertiliser types applied to an intensively managed silage crop

Abstract. Three different nitrogen (N) fertiliser types, ammonium nitrate, urea and urea coated with a urease inhibitor (Agrotain®), were applied at standard rates (70 kg N ha−1) to experimental plots in a typical and intensively managed grassland area at the Easter Bush Farm Estate (Scotland). The nitrogen use efficiency of the fertilisers was investigated as well as nitrogen losses in the form of nitrous oxide fluxes (N2O) and ammonia (NH3) during fertilisation events in the 2016 and 2017 growing seasons. Nitrous oxide was measured by the standard static chamber technique and analysed using Bayesian statistics. Ammonia was measured using passive samplers combined with the Flux Interpretation by Dispersion and Exchange over Short Range (FIDES) inverse dispersion model. On average, fertilisation with ammonium nitrate supported the largest yields and had the highest nitrogen use efficiency, but as large spatial and seasonal variation persisted across the plots, yield differences between the three fertiliser types and zero N control were not consistent. Overall, ammonium nitrate treatment was found to increase yields significantly (p value < 0.05) when compared to the urea fertilisers used in this study. Ammonium nitrate was the largest emitter of N2O (0.76 % of applied N), and the urea was the largest emitter of NH3 (16.5 % of applied N). Urea coated with a urease inhibitor did not significantly increase yields when compared to uncoated urea; however, ammonia emissions were only 10 % of the magnitude measured for the uncoated urea, and N2O emissions were only 47 % of the magnitude of those measured for ammonium nitrate fertiliser. This study suggests that urea coated with a urease inhibitor is environmentally the best choice in regards to nitrogen pollution, but because of its larger cost and lack of agronomic benefits, it is not economically attractive when compared to ammonium nitrate.
Dynamical Behavior of Communicabilities Structures in Complex Networks

We investigate the microscopic community structure of the Korean meteorological society in the author network. Through oscillator networks, we simulate and analyze the averaged communicability functions. After constructing networks triggered an equally contributed weight between the first author and other authors in one published paper, we mainly treat these structures of communicability after constructing networks triggered an equally contributed weight between the first author and other authors in an author network. Our results support the development of the adaptability and the stability of social organization in the social networks. Keywords-Communicability function; Oscillator network; Community structure; Author network.
Estimation of Contextual Effects Through Nonlinear Multilevel Latent Variable Modeling With a Metropolis–Hastings Robbins–Monro Algorithm

The main purpose of this study is to improve estimation efficiency in obtaining maximum marginal likelihood estimates of contextual effects in the framework of nonlinear multilevel latent variable model by adopting the Metropolis–Hastings Robbins–Monro algorithm (MH-RM). Results indicate that the MH-RM algorithm can produce estimates and standard errors efficiently. Simulations, with various sampling and measurement structure conditions, were conducted to obtain information about the performance of nonlinear multilevel latent variable modeling compared to traditional hierarchical linear modeling. Results suggest that nonlinear multilevel latent variable modeling can more properly estimate and detect contextual effects than the traditional approach. As an empirical illustration, data from the Programme for International Student Assessment were analyzed.
Innovation in the hybrid zone: Knowledge transfer and adaptive boundary-spanning collaboration

This study examines how adaptive cross-community cooperation can applied to eliminating defects under circumstances of causal ambiguity. Based on a troubleshooting case involving semiconductor engineers, the study looks at how members of different communities engage in adaptive boundary-spanning cooperation in work contexts characterized by innovation, flexibility, extemporaneous relationships, and mutual adjustment. It was found that, in the process of adaptive cooperation, memberspsila engagement in profiling practice, probing practice, and pooling practice from their respective professional angles promoted rapid and continuous progress. Unlike existing cross-community cooperation models with clear-cut boundaries, we propose a new model of cooperation spanning situated boundaries, After discussing a real semiconductor case and investigating how engineers function in a work context characterized by innovation, flexibility, speed, emergence, and logical deduction, this study proposes some practical and theoretical implications of the use communities of practice and knowledge management systems by organizations.
The Macrophage-Inducible C-Type Lectin, Mincle, Is an Essential Component of the Innate Immune Response to Candida albicans1

The recognition of carbohydrate moieties by cells of the innate immune system is emerging as an essential element in antifungal immunity, but despite the number and diversity of lectins expressed by innate immune cells, few carbohydrate receptors have been characterized. Mincle, a C-type lectin, is expressed predominantly on macrophages, and is here shown to play a role in macrophage responses to the yeast Candida albicans. After exposure to the yeast in vitro, Mincle localized to the phagocytic cup, but it was not essential for phagocytosis. In the absence of Mincle, production of TNF-α by macrophages was reduced, both in vivo and in vitro. In addition, mice lacking Mincle showed a significantly increased susceptibility to systemic candidiasis. Thus, Mincle plays a novel and nonredundant role in the induction of inflammatory signaling in response to C. albicans infection.
The Role of Spreading Activation in the Retrieval of Autobiographical Memories

The current study examined the role of spreading activation in autobiographical memory. We employed the Galton-Crovitz cueing technique to assess retrieval times for self-referent information. In Experiment 1, 19 undergraduates retrieved 2 personal memories to 48 target words. It was found that spreading activation occurred in autobiographical memory. It was also found that retrieving autobiographical facts took significantly longer than retrieving autobiographical events. The evidence from Experiment 1 would also indicate that 1) autobiographical facts and autobiographical events are stored in the same memory system 2) availability operates in autobiographical memory. To further test this interpretation, in Experiment 2, 22 undergraduates were presented with target items and asked to recall either as many facts or events as possible in a limited time interval. It was found that while it seems that availability operates differently for facts and events, it does not appear to be a function of category size.
Omnidirectional Square Loop Segmented Antenna

A square loop antenna of circumference about one free-space wavelength displays an omnidirectional radiation pattern when its conductor is partitioned into five segments that are interconnected by four small capacitances. The optimization process for determining the capacitances values is described in detail. The required four capacitances are created by overlapping the conductor segments on the opposite sides of the substrate. The far field of the antenna resembles the one of an elementary magnetic dipole. At the center frequency of 956 MHz, the measured maximum gain is 2 dBi, and the measured antenna efficiency is 94%.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy: a new perspective in head and neck mucosal melanoma?

Both of our cases have remained without any evidence of lymphatic disease since their initial negative sentinel node biopsy. This is despite two episodes of local recurrence in one case. Mucosal melanoma is known to have a local recurrence rate as high as 50% [3]. This highlights one of the potential issues of the use of sentinel node biopsy in this disease as patients may have several episodes of local recurrence without lymphatic disease. We have elected not to perform repeat sentinel node biopsy with each episode of local recurrence but to monitor the patients clinically for evidence of disease. Mucosal melanoma is a rare disease and because of this it will be difficult to build an evidence base to support the use of sentinel node biopsy to stage the regional lymph node basins. Despite this, local-regional control is associated with a higher likelihood of long-term survival and for this reason the use of this technique merits further investigation [4,5].