Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Major sports events and their ability to benefit local sports clubs: A case study of the Auckland professional tennis tournaments

8 Introduction 9 1.1 Background 9 1.2 Research question and approach 12 1.3 Researcher 13 1.4 Thesis structure 13 Literature Review 15 2.1 Tennis participation trends in New Zealand 15 2.2 Impact and legacies of sport events 18 2.3 Impact of events on sport development 22 2.4 The impact of elite sport events on sport participation 24 2.5 Leveraging events to create an impact 27 2.6 Chapter summary 31 Methodology and Method 33 3.1 Action research 33 3.2 Interpretative paradigm 36 3.3 Research quality 36 3.4 Case study research 38 3.5 Role of the researcher 39 3.6 Analysis approach 39 3.7 Method 42 3.8 Chapter summary 47 Context 49 4.1 The national sport organisation 49 4.2 Regional centres 51 4.3 Clubs 52 4.4 The tournaments 52 4.5 Chapter summary 53 Findings from Reconnaissance Phase 55
Prediction of Correction of Scoliosis with Use of the Fulcrum Bending Radiograph*

We used a new method to assess spinal flexibility in thirty patients who were to be managed operatively for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The method involves placing the patient in the lateral decubitus position and bent over a fulcrum (a radiolucent padded cylinder) so that the spine is passively hinged open. For thoracic curves the fulcrum is centered under the rib corresponding to the apex of the curve, and for lumbar curves the fulcrum is placed directly under the apex. The preoperative workup for the thirty patients included an anteroposterior radiograph made with the patient standing, a lateral-bending radiograph made with the patient supine, and the new fulcrum bending radiograph. All patients were treated with posterior spinal arthrodesis with segmental spinal instrumentation. The degree of flexibility obtained with the traditional and new methods was compared with the degree of correction observed on the radiograph made, with the patient standing, one week after the operation. Preoperatively, the mean Cobb angle was 58 degrees on the anteroposterior radiograph made with the patient standing, 31 degrees on the lateral-bending radiograph made with the patient supine, and 24 degrees on the fulcrum bending radiograph. The mean angle was 25 degrees on the anteroposterior radiograph made one week postoperatively, so the mean correction was 57 per cent. The difference between the mean angle on the lateral-bending radiograph and that on the postoperative radiograph was significant (p < 0.001); however, the mean angle measured on the preoperative fulcrum bending radiograph and the postoperative angle were almost identical. We found the fulcrum bending radiograph to be more predictive of the degree of flexibility and correctability than the lateral-bending radiograph in this group of patients who had segmental spinal instrumentation for correction of idiopathic scoliosis.
A New Species of Plinia (Myrtaceae) from Ecuador, with Demographic Notes from a Large Forest Plot

Abstract. Plinia yasuniana, a new species from Ecuadorian Amazon is described and illustrated. This new species is characterized by the large leaves with numerous, impressed lateral veins and subcordate to truncate bases. In a 25-ha plot at Yasuní National Park there are 14 individuals with dbh ≥ 1 cm.
Artificial-Noise-Aided Transmission in Multi-Antenna Relay Wiretap Channels With Spatially Random Eavesdroppers

We design a new relay-aided secure transmission scheme, in which a source communicates with a destination through a trusted decode-and-forward relay in the presence of spatially random-distributed non-colluding eavesdroppers. We consider a general antenna configuration, in which the source, relay, destination, and eavesdroppers are equipped with multiple antennas. We assume that both the source and the relay transmit artificial noise signals in addition to information signals. We also assume that the source and the relay adopt different codebooks, and that the transmitted signals from the source and relay are not jointly processed at each eavesdropper. We first derive a closed-form expression for the transmission outage probability and a new expression for the secrecy outage probability. Notably, these expressions are valid for an arbitrary number of antennas at the source, relay, and destination. We then derive simple yet valuable expressions for the asymptotic transmission outage probability and the asymptotic secrecy outage probability, which reveal the secrecy performance when the number of antennas at the source grows sufficiently large. Using our expressions, we quantify a practical performance metric, namely, the secrecy throughput, under a secrecy outage probability constraint. We further determine the system and channel parameters that maximize the secrecy throughput, leading to analytical security solutions suitable for real-world deployment.
Analysis of a developmentally regulated nuclear localization signal in Xenopus

The 289 residue nuclear oncoprotein encoded by the adenovirus 5 Ela gene contains two peptide sequences that behave as nuclear localization signals (NLS). One signal, located at the carboxy terminus, is like many other known NLSs in that it consists of a short stretch of basic residues (KRPRP) and is constitutively active in cells. The second signal resides within an internal 45 residue region of E1a that contains few basic residues or sequences that resemble other known NLSs. Moreover, this internal signal functions in injected Xenopus oocytes, but not in transfected Xenopus A6 cells, suggesting that it could be regulated developmentally (Slavicek et al. 1989. J. Virol. 63:4047). In this study, we show that the activity of this signal is sensitive to ATP depletion in vivo, efficiently directs the import of a 50 kD fusion protein and can compete with the E1a carboxy-terminal NLS for nuclear import. In addition, we have delineated the precise amino acid residues that comprise the second E1a NLS, and have assessed its utilization during Xenopus embryogenesis. Using amino acid deletion and substitution analyses, we show that the signal consists of the sequence FV(X)7-20MXSLXYM(X)4MF. By expressing in Xenopus embryos a truncated E1a protein that contains only the second NLS and by monitoring its cytoplasmic/nuclear distribution during development with indirect immunofluorescence, we find that the second NLS is utilized up to the early neurula stage. In addition, there appears to be a hierarchy among the embryonic germ layers as to when the second NLS becomes nonfunctional. For this reason, we refer to this NLS as the developmentally regulated nuclear localization signal (drNLS). The implications of these findings for early development are discussed.
Monitoring security policies with metric first-order temporal logic

We show the practical feasibility of monitoring complex security properties using a runtime monitoring approach for metric first-order temporal logic. In particular, we show how a wide variety of security policies can be naturally formalized in this expressive logic, ranging from traditional policies like Chinese Wall and separation of duty to more specialized usage-control and compliance requirements. We also explain how these formalizations can be directly used for monitoring and experimentally evaluate the performance of the resulting monitors.
Investigation of atmospheric boundary layer thermodynamics at Sakhalin Island using a microwave temperature profiler

Remote sensing of low-altitude temperature profile is important for a variety of studies, including air-sea interaction, short-term meteorological forecasting, forecasting of dissipation of fog and stratus, and air pollution. During December 1999, and January-February 2000, a microwave temperature profiler (MTP-5), manufacturing by Russian Scientific Production Company ATTEX, was installed at the Russian meteorological station Val at the north part of Sakhalin Island (LN6 143 degree(s)E, LAT 52 degree(s)N, ALT-32M). The MTP-5 is an angular-scanning self-calibrating instrument operated at a center frequency of 59, 6 GHz, with a sensitivity of 0,03K at 1-sec integration time, a cycle time of 120 sec for one temperature profile measurement and an accuracy of 0,5K up to the altitude 600 m. Before installation on site the MTP-5 data were compared with radiosonde data and with the data from in situ sensors at the meteorological tower. The RMS was less than 0.5K at all altitude (up to 600 m). The using of microwave remote sensing firstly gave the possibility of providing a continuous monitoring of the temperature profile above the north part of Sakhalin Island where the sea ice was formed. About 13000 temperature profiles at altitude range 0divided by600 m were obtained during observation period. The measurement was provided as a part of the project Clarification of the actual condition of sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk and its role in the climate system.
Why Adaptive Finite Element Methods Outperform Classical Ones

Adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) are a fundamental numerical tool in science and engineering. They are known to outperform classical FEM in practice and deliver optimal convergence rates when the latter cannot. This paper surveys recent progress in the theory of AFEM which explains their success and provides a solid mathematical framework for further developments.
Voice transformation-based spoofing of text-dependent speaker verification systems

In the past few years state-of-the-art text-dependent speaker verification technology has improved significantly in terms of the ability to accept target speakers and reject imposters. As a result, the use of speaker verification systems for real world security is increasing. Real world usage of speaker verification technology raises the issue of spoofing attacks. As part of our efforts for developing countermeasures for such attacks, we describe in this paper a spoofing attack based on simple voice transformation and report an analysis of the vulnerability of several state-of-the-art text-dependent algorithms to such an attack.
Coding of Reward Probability and Risk by Single Neurons in Animals

Probability and risk are important factors for value-based decision making and optimal foraging. In order to survive in an unpredictable world, organisms must be able to assess the probability and risk attached to future events and use this information to generate adaptive behavior. Recent studies in non-human primates and rats have shown that both probability and risk are processed in a distributed fashion throughout the brain at the level of single neurons. Reward probability has mainly been shown to be coded by phasic increases and decreases in firing rates in neurons in the basal ganglia, midbrain, parietal, and frontal cortex. Reward variance is represented in orbitofrontal and posterior cingulate cortex and through a sustained response of dopaminergic midbrain neurons.
Anonymous authentication systems based on private information retrieval

This paper focuses on authentication with three types of entities: a user who sends an authentication request, an authentication-server who receives and verifies the request, and a database who supplies the authentication-server with information for verifying the request. This paper presents novel authentication protocols that satisfy the following important properties: (1) secure against replay attacks, (2) the database(s) cannot identify which user is authenticating and (3) the authentication-server cannot identify to which user a given authentication-request corresponds. Firstly, we show a protocol with a single database which satisfies Properties (1) and (2). Secondly, we show a protocol with multiple databases which satisfies Properties (1), (2) and (3). A key idea of our authentication protocols is to use private information retrieval (PIR) [Chor et al. J. ACM, 1998].
Speech Segmentation and its Impact on Spoken Language Technology

In recent years, there has been dramatic progress in both speech and language processing, which spurs efforts to combine speech and language technologies in spoken document processing applications. However, speech is different from text in many respects, most notably in the lack of explicit punctuation and formatting. Thus, spoken document processing requires automatic segmentation to achieve good performance. This paper outlines some of the types of segmentation being used and the issues involved in computational modeling, as well as the impact on different types of language processing tasks.
Experimental and Analytical Studies on Electromagnetic Behaviors of the GdBCO Racetrack Coils in a Time-Varying Magnetic Field

The electromagnetic responses of two GdBCO racetrack coils, one wound without turn-to-turn insulation (NI) and the other wound with Kapton tape (INS), were examined in a time-varying magnetic field generated by a permanent magnet mounted on a rotor, which was driven by a separate motor. The currents induced by the electromotive forces were measured with respect to the rotating speed, number of turns, and the distance (d) between the permanent magnet and the coil. In the case of the NI coil, delay of the induced current was observed in a time-varying magnetic field (5 rpm, d = 10 mm) due to anisotropy of the current path, suggesting that delay of the induced current will affect the electromagnetic induction by dB/dt. Consequently, the maximum induced current (0.35 A) of the NI coil was 8.2 times lower than that of the INS coil (2.88 A). Moreover, the induced currents in the INS coil increased with increasing rotating speed and number of turns, as well as with decreasing d, while those of the NI coil were barely affected due to the anisotropic current path. The experimental results showed good agreement with the simulated ones, which validates the proposed approaches involving an NI equivalent circuit model.
Interannual Variability of Wintertime Snow Cover across the Northern Hemisphere

Abstract Digitized maps of Northern Hemisphere snow cover derived from visible satellite imagery are examined to assess the interannual variability of snow cover in winter months for years 1972–90. The secular trend of winter snow cover over the landmasses of Eurasia and North America during this period is extremely small in December and January. A decreasing trend of somewhat larger magnitude is observed in Eurasian snow cover in February. Fluctuations of detrended interannual snow-cover anomalies averaged over the Eurasian and North American continents are positively correlated. By subdividing the continents into longitudinal sectors it is determined that this intercontinental relationship is due to high correlations between European and North American sectors. The relationship of snow-cover fluctuations to large-scale circulation anomalies is described using lime series of teleconnection pattern indices derived from monthly mean geopotential height fields. A pattern of height anomalies resembling the N.
Self Adaptive Utility-Based Routing Protocol (SAURP): A Result

This report introduces a novel multi-copy routing protocol, called Self Adaptive Utility-based Routing Protocol (SAURP), for Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) that are possibly composed of a vast number of devices in miniature such as smart phones of heterogeneous capacities in terms of energy resources and buffer spaces. SAURP is characterized by the ability of identifying potential opportunities for forwarding messages to their destinations via a novel utility function based mechanism, in which a suite of environment parameters, such as wireless channel condition, nodal buffer occupancy and encounter statistics, are jointly considered. Thus, SAURP can reroute messages around nodes experiencing high buffer occupancy, wireless interference, and/or congestion, while taking a considerably small number of transmissions. The developed utility function in SAURP is proved to be able to achieve optimal performance, which is further analyzed via a stochastic modeling approach. Extensive simulations are conducted to verify the developed analytical model and compare the proposed SAURP with a number of recently reported encounter-based routing approaches in terms of delivery ratio, delivery delay and the number of transmissions required for each message delivery. The simulation results show that SAURP outperforms all the counterpart multi-copy encounter-based routing protocols considered in the study.
Vector Generation For Maximum Instantaneous Current Through Supply Lines For CMOS Circuits

We present two new algorithms for generating a smallset of patterns for estimating the maximum instantaneouscurrent through the power supply lines for CMOScircuits.The first algorithm is based on timed ATPG,while the second is a probability-based approach.Bothalgorithms can handle circuits with arbitrary but knowndelays and they produce a set of 2-vector tests.Experimentalresults demonstrating that the outcome of applyingour algorithms is a small set of patterns producinga current that is a tight lower bound on the maximuminstantaneous current are included.
Faculty Participation in and Needs around Community Engagement within a Large Multiinstitutional Clinical and Translational Science Awardee

Community engagement is recommended to ensure the public health impact of NIH‐funded science. To understand the prevalence of community‐engaged research and faculty interest in and needs around this, from 2012 to 2013, an online survey (n = 3,022) was sent to UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute faculty. Among respondents, 45% reported community‐engaged project participation in the last year and 64% an interest in learning about community‐engaged research. Over 50% indicated career development and pilot grants would increase participation in community‐engaged research. A greater percentage of pretenure than tenured faculty (pretenure 54.9%, tenured 42.2%, p = 0008) noted faculty promotion criteria incentivizing community‐engaged research would increase participation. In adjusted analyses, African American (OR 4.06, CI 1.68–9.82, p = 0.002) and Latino (OR 1.91, CI 1.10–3.33, p = 0.022) faculty had higher odds of prior participation in community‐engaged projects than Whites. Female faculty had greater odds of interest (OR 1.40, CI 1.02–1.93, p = 0.038) in learning about community‐engaged research than males. African American (OR 4.31, CI 1.42–13.08, p = 0.010) and Asian/Pacific Islander (OR 2.24, CI 1.52–3.28, p < 0.001) faculty had greater interest in learning about community‐engaged research than Whites. To build community‐engaged faculty research capacity, CTSAs’ may need to focus resources on female and minority faculty development.
Query-friendly Compression and Indexing of Recurring Structures in XML Documents

XML documents are by design self-describing. In order to accomplish this, the XML data is highly verbose and very repetitious. Although techniques already exist to compress XML and text in general, most do not keep the data in a form that is useful to users. We present a technique that makes use of recurring structures within an XML document to compress the file in a way that can achieve better compression than other query-friendly compression techniques while still maintaining the data in a form that allows for both querying and indexing. Further, we present an example implementation of the technique, complete with an index-building mechanism and query processing capabilities.
Readthrough-Promoting Drugs Gentamicin and PTC124 Fail to Rescue Nav1.5 Function of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cardiomyocytes Carrying Nonsense Mutations in the Sodium Channel Gene SCN5A

Background—Several compounds have been reported to induce translational readthrough of premature stop codons resulting in the production of full-length protein by interfering with ribosomal proofreading. Here we examined the effect of 2 of these compounds, gentamicin and PTC124, in human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)–derived cardiomyocytes bearing nonsense mutations in the sodium channel gene SCN5A, which are associated with conduction disease and potential lethal arrhythmias. Methods and Results—We generated hiPSC from 2 patients carrying the mutations R1638X and W156X. hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from both patients recapitulated the expected electrophysiological phenotype, as evidenced by reduced Na+ currents and action potential upstroke velocities compared with hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from 2 unrelated control individuals. While we were able to confirm the readthrough efficacy of the 2 drugs in Human Embryonic Kidney 293 cells, we did not observe rescue of the electrophysiological phenotype in hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from the patients. Conclusions—We conclude that these drugs are unlikely to present an effective treatment for patients carrying the loss-of-function SCN5A gene mutations examined in this study.
Sharing Responsibility? Short- and Long-Term Effects of Sweden's "Daddy-Month" Reform

In 1995, the Swedish government reformed the parental leave system with the view to increase the share of fathers in child care, change gender roles in society, and improve the chances of mothers in the labor market. We investigate a unique data set comprising the entire population of Swedish children born in a span of two weeks before and two weeks after the reform. The reform constitutes a natural experiment. Comparing two cohorts of a total of 7600 newborns, their mothers, and fathers over a period of eight years, we look at a) the number of days mothers and fathers take parental leave and b) the number of days for care of sick children. We find that the reform had a strong short-term effect on parental leave by fathers, but that there are no long-run effects on fathers' willingness to increase their part in care for sick children.
Estimation of surface heat and moisture fluxes over a prairie grassland: 2. Two-dimensional time filtering and site variability

The behavior of in situ measurements of surface fluxes obtained during FIFE 1987 is examined by using correlative and spectral techniques in order to assess the significance of fluctuations on various time scales, from subdiurnal up to synoptic, intraseasonal, and annual scales. The objectives of this analysis are (1) to determine which temporal scales have a significant impact on areal averaged fluxes and (2) to design a procedure for filtering an extended flux time series that preserves the basic diurnal features and longer time scales while removing high frequency noise that cannot be attributed to site-induced variation. These objectives are accomplished through the use of a two-dimensional cross-time Fourier transform, which serves to separate processes inherently related to diurnal and subdiurnal variability from those which impact flux variations on the longer time scales. A filtering procedure is desirable before the measurements are utilized as input with an experimental biosphere model, to insure that model based intercomparisons at multiple sites are uncontaminated by input variance not related to true site behavior. Analysis of the spectral decomposition indicates that subdiurnal time scales having periods shorter than 6 hours have little site-to-site consistency and therefore little impact on areal integrated fluxes. The spectral filter has thus been designed to remove these modes. Application of the filter to the 143-day FIFE 1987 flux records results in time series that retain at least 90% of the original variance and preserve the slower diurnal and longer time scales.
Trust and reputation management in a small-world network

Successful commerce relies heavily upon the reputations that the different parties acquire through their dealings with each other. We view an e-commerce community as a social network, which supports reputations both for expertise (providing good service) and helpfulness (providing good referrals). We study the small-world phenomena such as the emergence of subcommunities, and pivot vertices (which link different subcommunities) in the social network, and discovered that the quality of the network improves with the presence of a pivot.