Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Participation et tourisme : quelle place pour la population ? Une étude exploratoire d'initiatives participatives au Brésil.

Les debats autour du « durable » retournent le regard du developpement vers le local. La participation citoyenne commence ainsi a integrer les projets de developpement territorial en tant qu’outil pour faire rapprocher les habitants aux decisions et aux decideurs de projets, en meme temps qu’ils se reapproprient leur territoire. Les publications apparues autour de la participation jusqu’a present se dedient notamment a sa definition et moyens. Certaines se positionnent dans un contexte precis et nous donnent des idees plus concretes du terrain. Cependant, la plupart de recherches sur la participation et la concertation analysent soit des cas lies a la gestion de ressources naturelles (gestion de l’eau ou des forets.), soit de l’amenagement urbain. Il existe pourtant une activite qui est encore peu etudiee et qui touche l’ensemble des caracteristiques du territoire : le tourisme. Peu d’ouvrages (notamment sur le tourisme solidaire ou responsable) sont dedies a analyser l’importance du developpement participatif dans le domaine. Nous souhaitons etudier ce type de developpement dans le tourisme de maniere globale afin de comprendre les relations complexes entre la population, les decideurs, les autres acteurs, le projet, le territoire et les touristes. Meme si nous nous inspirons des cas de developpement participatif dans d’autres domaines, il restera toujours une marge de difference assez significative entre eux et le tourisme. C’est pourquoi nous croyons que des analyses plus precises d’un developpement participatif dans le tourisme doivent etre menees en parallele. Ces analyses cherchent comprendre tout d’abord dans quelles mesures ce type de developpement est important pour l’evolution durable du tourisme pour ensuite determiner les niveaux de participation plus pertinents et comment les mettre en oeuvre. Ce travail a un caractere exploratoire et cherche developper une comprehension theorique du(des) role(s) de la participation citoyenne aux decisions et projets touristiques. Meme si cette recherche devrait etre consideree plus exploratoire que comparative, nous avons autant l’ambition de tracer quelques comparaisons vers la fin. La motivation premiere de cette etude concerne la necessite d’impliquer les habitants dans les politiques et projets touristiques locaux. Ainsi, la question globale de la recherche a ete identifiee : la participation de la population peut-elle representer un facteur de durabilite pour le developpement d’un tourisme plus inscrit dans le territoire ? A partir de la, d’autres questionnements sont faits : Quelle est la realite de la participation citoyenne dans les decisions touristiques ? Les avis de la population sont-ils pris en compte par les autorites responsables ? Comment cette implication peut-elle influencer a la fois le tourisme installe sur le territoire (images, valorisation, accueil, flux.) et la vie quotidienne des habitants (qualite, sentiments, amenites, relations.) ?
Effect of MAO-A inhibition on the pharmacokinetics of almotriptan, an antimigraine agent in humans.

AIMS To assess the effect of a reversible MAO-A inhibitor, moclobemide, on the single-dose pharmacokinetics of almotriptan and assess the clinical consequences of any interaction. METHODS Twelve healthy volunteers received the following treatments in a randomized, open-label, two-way crossover design (with a 1 week washout between treatments): (A) one 150 mg moclobemide tablet every 12 h for 8 days and one 12.5 mg almotriptan tablet on the morning of day 8; and (B) one 12.5 mg almotriptan tablet on day 8. Plasma almotriptan was quantified by h.p.l.c. -MS-MS, while urinary concentrations were measured by h.p.l.c. -u.v. Vital signs, ECGs, and adverse events were evaluated after almotriptan administration. Treatment effects on pharmacokinetics and vital signs were assessed by analysis of variance. RESULTS Mean almotriptan AUC was higher (483 +/- 99.9 vs 352 +/- 75.4 ng ml-1 h, P = 0.0001) and oral clearance was lower (26.6 +/- 4.00 vs 36.6 +/- 5.89 l h-1, P = 0.0001) when almotriptan was administered with moclobemide. Mean half-life was longer (4.22 +/- 0.78 vs 3.41 +/- 0.45 h, P = 0.0002) after coadministration with moclobemide. Renal clearance of almotriptan was unaffected by moclobemide. No serious adverse events occurred and no clinically significant vital sign changes were observed. CONCLUSIONS Moclobemide increased plasma concentrations of almotriptan on average by 37%, but the combined administration of these two compounds was well tolerated. The degree of interaction was much less than that seen previously for sumatriptan or zolmitriptan given with moclobemide.
Hidden Champions en España: el camino hacia la toma de decisiones empresariales de éxito

Las tres últimas décadas han sido una historia de oportunidades perdidas para transformar la industria española y mejorar su competitividad internacional. Sin embargo, existen algunos ejemplos paradigmáticos que contravienen esta norma general. Es el caso de las empresas españolas Hidden Champions y Brand Champions. Estas empresas se comportan de manera diferente a las europeas y españolas de tamaño similar. Son más resilientes en períodos de recesión económica y logran mantener, e incluso aumentar, sus niveles de empleo, al tiempo que aumentan significativamente sus ventas y valor añadido. Esta investigación se plantea como objetivo comprobar si los campeones ocultos españoles son buenos indicadores de la madurez, estabilidad y capacidad de crecimiento de la economía española; además de determinar las razones del éxito de estas empresas, que les ha permitido recuperarse más rápido que otras firmas. Para ello, contamos con los resultados cuantitativos y cualitativos recogidos por 75 empresas españolas para identificar las principales decisiones de gestión. Toda esta información se complementa con entrevistas personales, con el fin de captar los aspectos más cualitativos de la naturaleza de las prácticas de gestión de las empresas. Los resultados muestran una tipología de empresas que se comportan de forma diferente al resto de empresas. Los gestores creen que la primera razón de gestión que les ha llevado donde están hoy es el desarrollo de estrechas relaciones con los clientes.
Capital flows, money supply and property prices: The case of China

This article examines the interaction among capital flows, money supply and property prices with a focus of Chinese economy by using a vector auto-regression (VAR) estimation as an analytical framework. The key research questions were, first, whether money supply has been determined independently from capital flows, and then which factor, capital flows or money supply, has given a dominant effect on property prices. The contributions of this study are to investigate the impacts on property prices jointly from capital flows as an external factor and from money supply as a domestic factor, and to count on the differences in the trends in property prices of seventy regional cities in China. The main findings through the VAR estimations were as follows. First, domestic money supply has been determined exclusively from external capital flows through the authority’s perfect sterilization of foreign-exchange-market intervention. Second, the main contributor to property prices’ movement has been domestic money supply rather than external capital flows. Third, some deviations of property prices from the trend in money supply were found in big cities and/or coastal advanced cities.
Twittering Away - Is twitter an appropriate adjunctive tool to enhance learning and engagement in Higher Education?

Twitter is a social media platform that has been used in teaching and learning. The aim was to explore students’ views of using Twitter as an adjunctive learning tool to provide access to contemporary information, to enhance learning and to generate wider discussion via Twitter backchannel communication. A 17-item Qualtrics questionnaire consisting of open and closed questions was devised specifically for the study. Qualitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative data via thematic analysis. Participants were a convenience sample of 44 Level 4 Social Welfare Law students who were invited to engage online with the academic and professional community via Twitter. Eleven (25%) students responded to the questionnaire. Four key themes emerged from the qualitative data: Enhancing knowledge; Building academic and professional networks; Time for twitter and the Need for Twitter training. Despite the limitations, the results suggest that if supported by institutional digital scaffolding and training, twitter may be a useful adjunct to traditional physical learning spaces. Further research is r however required to explore the future pedagogic potential of Twitter. Keywords: Twitter, Teaching, Student Engagement.
Comparative Simulation Analysis of Process-Induced Variability in Nanoscale SOI and Bulk Trigate FinFETs

This paper presents a comprehensive simulation study of the process and statistical variability in 16-nm technology node bulk and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) fin field effect transistors (FinFETs). The devices are carefully designed to offer good manufacturability while meeting the performance requirements of the 16-nm technology. First, the sensitivity of the two types of FinFETs to process- induced channel length, fin-width, and fin-height variability is carefully investigated and compared based on the threshold voltage, OFF-current, and overdrive current sensitivity. Possible improvement of the SOI substrate design for reduction of the SOI FinFET sensitivity to fin-width variation is also discussed. The individual and combined impact of the relevant statistical variability sources including random discrete dopants (RDDs), fin-line edge roughness, gate-line edge roughness, and metal gate granularity are studied and compared for the nominal 25-nm gate length FinFET designs.
Real-time road traffic state prediction based on kernel-KNN

The real-time and accurate prediction of road traffic states is the basis of information service for road traffic participants. An algorithm based on kernel K-nearest neighbors (kernel-KNN) is presented to predict road traffic states in time series in this paper. First, representative road traffic state data are extracted to build the road traffic running characteristics reference sequences. Then, kernel function of the road traffic state data sequence in time series is constructed. The current and referenced road traffic state data sequences are matched, based on which k nearest referenced road traffic states are selected and the road traffic states are predicted. Several typical road links in Beijing are considered for a series of case studies. The final experiments results prove that the road traffic states prediction approach based on kernel-KNN presented herein is feasible and can achieve a high level of accuracy.
A randomized comparison of medical abortion and surgical vacuum aspiration at 10-13 weeks gestation.

BACKGROUND Since 1991, mifepristone in combination with a prostaglandin analogue has been licensed for termination of pregnancy in the UK at up to 9 weeks amenorrhoea, and since 1995, beyond 13 weeks. Surgical methods are used almost exclusively at 10-13 weeks amenorrhoea. METHODS A patient-centred, partially randomized, controlled trial was carried out. Those who expressed a strong preference for either medical (n = 15) or surgical (n = 62) abortion were allocated to that method. The remainder agreed to be randomized. The medical method (n = 188) was mifepristone 200 mg followed by misoprostol up to 3 doses, and surgery (n = 180) was by vacuum aspiration under general anaesthesia. Outcome measures included efficacy rates, medical complications within 8 weeks of the procedure, patient preferences and acceptability. RESULTS Among women who underwent medical abortion, 5.4% required a second procedure compared with 2.1% who had surgery, although this difference was not statistically significant. Side effects experienced were higher in women who underwent medical abortion compared with those who underwent surgery. There were no significant differences in the rates of major complications up to 8 weeks. Prior to termination, 80% of women had a preference for a method, with 72% preferring medical and 28% preferring surgical abortion. Following abortion, 70% of those who underwent medical termination and 79% who underwent surgery would opt for the same method in the future. CONCLUSION Medical abortion is safe and effective at 10-13 weeks gestation and should be considered an option for those women who wish to avoid surgery and anaesthesia.
Shaping the organisational context for corporate entrepreneurship and performance in Iran: the interplay between social context and performance management

Abstract Prior research highlighted the importance of an organisational context stimulating autonomous behaviour when trying to increase levels of corporate entrepreneurship. From a social exchange perspective, we argue that firms in developing countries need to complement such supportive practices with performance-oriented practices. Our findings indicate that Iranian firms with an organisational context characterised by an interaction of social context and performance management have more engagement in corporate entrepreneurship, and that corporate entrepreneurship mediated the relationship between the organisational context and firm performance. This provides a better understanding of the way firms in developing economies can shape their organisational context to promote corporate entrepreneurship in order to achieve better firm performance.
Relay-Assisted Joint Coded Modulation

In this letter, we propose a joint coded modulation scheme for a 3-node relay system. In the relay system, the source node broadcasts modulation symbols to relay and destination node simultaneously. With the directly received modulation symbols as side information at destination node, the relay node can send coset coded modulation symbols at the second slot to destination node. Since the coset coding takes place at modulation symbol level instead of bit level, its decoding algorithm is quite different from the traditional bit-level coset decoding. We derive the probability distribution and design a coset decoding algorithm to resolve the ambiguity at the receiver of destination node. Coset coding can reduce the peak to average power ratio in relay node effectively and thus improve the system capacity. The simulation shows that the proposed scheme can lead to gain of 3-4 dB at a BER of 10-5 compared to the original single link random projection code.
Review of Complications Associated With Contact Lenses From Unregulated Sources of Supply

Objective: To review existing studies and case reports regarding complications associated with contact lenses (CLs) from unregulated sources of supply and to identify any relevant trends. Methods: A systematic literature search was performed to locate publications concerning complications associated with CLs obtained from unregulated sources of supply. Results: A total of 23 articles were identified that represent 70 individual cases. All 8 of the pre-2006 case reports originated from the United States and the United Kingdom, whereas from 2006 onwards, only 2 of the 15 reports came from these locations. Over-the-counter supply accounted for 73% (51/70) of cases, whereas 17% (12/70) were borrowed or shared lenses and 6% (4/70) lenses were obtained through the Internet. Nearly, three quarters of patients (30/42, 71%) waited longer than 48 hours after the onset of symptoms before seeking medical attention; 10 patients waited longer than a week, and 5 longer than a month. Microbial keratitis (MK) was reported in 43 (61%) patients, with permanent damage occurring in 72% (31/43) of patients followed to conclusion. Known risk factors associated for MK were present in all cases irrespective of whether the patients developed MK. Conclusions: There are various reasons to presume that the unregulated supply of CLs might result in the use of inappropriate lenses, increase the risk of poorer lens hygiene, and militate against the prompt treatment of any consequent complications. There is some indication that the introduction of regulations to control the supply of plano CLs has alleviated the level of complications.
About Deterministic and non-Deterministic Vehicular Communications over DSRC/802.11p

In this work, we introduce a priority-aware deterministic access protocol called Vehicular Deterministic Access VDA. VDA is based on 802.11p/DSRC and allows vehicles to access the shared medium in collision-free periods. Particularly, VDA supports two types of safety services emergency and routine safety messages with different priorities and strict requirements on delay. To avoid long delays and high packet collisions, VDA allows vehicles to access the wireless medium at selected times with a lower contention than would otherwise be possible within a two-hop neighborhood by the classical 802.11p Enhanced Distributed Channel Access or Distributed Coordination Function schemes. A non-VDA-enabled vehicle, that is, a vehicle not configured with the optional VDA capability over 802.11p, may start transmitting on the shared channel just before or during the VDA opportunities reserved for vehicles with VDA capabilities. To avoid the aforementioned issues and prevent interfering transmissions from VDA-enabled vehicles and non-VDA-enabled vehicles, we also proposed a novel scheme called extended VDA. We analyzed the impact of several design tradeoffs between the contention free period/contention period dwell time ratios on the performance of safety applications with different priorities for VDA and extended VDA. Simulations show that the proposed schemes clearly outperform the backoff-based schemes currently used by 802.11p in high communication density conditions while bounding the transmission delay of safety messages and increasing the packet reception rate. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
[Endosonography controlled transgastric drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Endoscopic drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst is an alternative to surgical intervention. But transmural drainage carries the risk of bleeding or perforation. Effectiveness and complication rate of endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage, to avoid these risks, was investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eleven patients (eight men, three women; mean age 55 years) with a pancreatic pseudocyst (nine with alcoholic and two with biliary pancreatitis) were studied prospectively between 1996 and 1998. In all of them transpapillary drainage of the cyst had not been technically possible. After an endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) examination, the gastric wall was incised with a fistulotome under EUS guidance. A guide-wire was then advanced through the fistulotome into the pseudocyst. A double pigtail catheter was implanted for drainage. The size of the pseudocyst was monitored sonographically at two-week intervals. RESULTS A cystogastrostomy was successfully established in ten of the twelve patients without serious complication. The pseudocyst was no longer demonstrated after a mean of 4.2 months (2 weeks to 6 months), while a small pseudocyst (1.6 cm [0.9-2.4 cm) remained in three patients. In two of the latter the size of the pseudocyst increased again after removal of the drainage catheter. Complete drainage by repeat cystogastrostomy succeeded in one of them, while a cystojejunostomy was established in the other. CONCLUSION Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transgastric drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst is an effective treatment with few complications.
Fall detection using multiple cameras

Today, different ways are suggested to help elderly people in case of emergency. Our aim here is to propose a novel method, without any wearable device, to detect falls on the floor with a multiple cameras system. This proposal uses image analysis to localise people and reconstruct their 3D shape and position. The particularity of this contribution is the use of cameras sharing a large common field of view. Experimental results obtained with 14 different fall scenarios and 14 normal daily activities showed a 100% fall detection efficiency.
Optimization, Scaling and Economics of Pumping Kite Power Systems: Small-scale Systems for Developing Countries or Utility-scale Units for the European Market?

Despite continuous improvements in the field of energy efficiency, global power generation is expected to almost double by 2040 (EIA, 2013). Although the lion’s share will still be based on fossil fuels, generation from renewable energy sources will increase both in absolute and relative numbers. The highest annual growth rates are assumed to be wind and solar power, at 4.7% and 7.1% respectively (EIA, 2013). However, researchers and scientists are in search of a “black swan” for the energy sector.
Gradual Training Method for Denoising Auto Encoders

Stacked denoising auto encoders (DAEs) are well known to learn useful deep representations, which can be used to improve supervised training by initializing a deep network. We investigate a training scheme of a deep DAE, where DAE layers are gradually added and keep adapting as additional layers are added. We show that in the regime of mid-sized datasets, this gradual training provides a small but consistent improvement over stacked training in both reconstruction quality and classification error over stacked training on MNIST and CIFAR datasets.
Personalised eco-feedback as a design technique for motivating energy saving behaviour at home

In recent years, interaction designers have actively started addressing sustainability as a research topic. More specifically, persuasive applications, which aim at promoting pro-environmental behaviour, such as energy saving have been of growing interest in multiple research disciplines. Driven by the proliferation of smart meters and energy monitors as well as the rise of social media, researchers and designers of persuasive applications have developed a wide range of design solutions that address this issue. The majority of them, however, provide the same information to users irrespective of differences in their environmental concerns and different motivations to conserve energy. Our research addresses this gap. We design mock-up screens that provide feedback catering towards different pro-environmental values and concerns and ask users to evaluate them in a survey setting. The research aims at understanding what feedback different people find relevant and therefore attempts to bridge the gap between environmental psychology and HCI. At the same time it provides insights for the design of personalised eco-feedback related to energy consumption.