Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
IP-UML: Towards a Methodology for Quality Improvement Based on the IP-MAP Framework

In this paper, a UML profile for data quality is proposed with the aim of supporting quality improvement inside an organization. The profile is based on the IP-MAP framework and has the advantage of giving a formal definition to the main concepts related to the management of quality improvement, as well as organizing such concepts into a set of models useful for realizing a software system. A methodology to improve data quality is also discussed. Specifically, a process to produce the UML artifacts designed by the data quality profile is specified and the initial steps of a pattern-based technique to design quality improvement are also presented.
Microfabricated ion traps

Ion traps offer the opportunity to study fundamental quantum systems with a high level of accuracy highly decoupled from the environment. Individual atomic ions can be controlled and manipulated with electric fields, cooled to the ground state of motion with laser cooling and coherently manipulated using optical and microwave radiation. Microfabricated ion traps hold the advantage of allowing for smaller trap dimensions and better scalability towards large ion trap arrays also making them a vital ingredient for next generation quantum technologies. Here we provide an introduction into the principles and operation of microfabricated ion traps. We show an overview of material and electrical considerations which are vital for the design of such trap structures. We provide guidance on how to choose the appropriate fabrication design, consider different methods for the fabrication of microfabricated ion traps and discuss previously realised structures. We also discuss the phenomenon of anomalous heating of ions within ion traps, which becomes an important factor in the miniaturisation of ion traps.
Intersecting Factors Lead to Absolute Pitch Acquisition That is Maintained in a “Fixed do” Environment

the skill of absolute pitch (ap) has been proposed as an ideal paradigm for investigating the complex relationships that exist between the genome and its expression at a cognitive and behavioral level (the phenotype). Yet despite this, we still have limited understanding of the early conditions that might be necessary or sufficient for development of this skill, and the influence of the current music environment has not been explored. To investigate these issues we undertook a detailed characterization of the early and current music environment of 160 musicians, and then identified factors predictive of varying extent of AP ability. The results demonstrate a similar contribution of past and present environmental influences, with a combination of factors (rather than any given factor) most salient in AP musicians. The novel finding for the role of the current environment suggests that auditory processing models emphasizing plasticity effects are relevant to AP ability.
Using support vector machine combined with auto covariance to predict protein–protein interactions from protein sequences

Compared to the available protein sequences of different organisms, the number of revealed protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is still very limited. So many computational methods have been developed to facilitate the identification of novel PPIs. However, the methods only using the information of protein sequences are more universal than those that depend on some additional information or predictions about the proteins. In this article, a sequence-based method is proposed by combining a new feature representation using auto covariance (AC) and support vector machine (SVM). AC accounts for the interactions between residues a certain distance apart in the sequence, so this method adequately takes the neighbouring effect into account. When performed on the PPI data of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the method achieved a very promising prediction result. An independent data set of 11 474 yeast PPIs was used to evaluate this prediction model and the prediction accuracy is 88.09%. The performance of this method is superior to those of the existing sequence-based methods, so it can be a useful supplementary tool for future proteomics studies. The prediction software and all data sets used in this article are freely available at http://www.scucic. cn/Predict_PPI/index.htm.
Is the Changing Status of African Americans in the B2B Buying Center Reflected in Trade Journal Advertising?

To examine the portrayal of African-American models in trade journal advertising, this longitudinal study content analyzed more than 1,200 trade journal advertisements, containing about 3,700 people, to provide a unique sixdecade perspective on African-American ad portrayals in the infrequently studied trade segment of the B2B (business-to-business) market. Prior research and cultivation theory are the foundations for this study. Results from four different B2B sectors—architecture, automotive, health, and law—indicate that over the 60-year span of the study, the number of African Americans in B2B trade journal ads increased. Furthermore, the percentage of black female models increased, although the increase was variable and in only one decade of the six studied did the percentage of black females exceed that of black males. Looking at roles portrayed, by the last two decades of the study, there were significant increases in blacks in major roles and significant declines in minor roles. Last, there was a marked change in black occupational portrayals from primarily blue-collar to white-collar/professional roles. Findings based on this six-decade study of trade journals representing different sectors of the B2B market suggest that B2B advertising, at least in these vehicles, is consistent with the mainstreaming tenet of cultivation theory.
Noise Based Identification of Digital Radiography Image Source

In this paper, we propose a system for the identification of the system that has produced a Digital Radiography (DR) image. It takes advantage of the statistical properties of the noise left by any DR systems. In particular, a three parameter exponential model of the relationship in-between the image intensity and the overall noise variance is suggested. Its parameters are used as input of a classifier learned in order to discriminate different DR systems. Experiments conducted on images issued from 5 different DR systems show it is possible to identify with good accuracy the origin of one DR image.
Moving into Motherhood

A growing body of research challenges the popular characterization that young mothers are bad mothers. This article focuses on a group of girls and young women who were pregnant or mothers and who were engaged in a risky lifestyle through their heavy involvement in gangs, partying, and drinking. The authors examine the impact of the process of motherhood at its different stages (from pregnancy to parenthood) on both the “homegirls’” involvement and membership in the gang and their alcohol consumption. The authors consider the extent to which different stages of motherhood influence a homegirl’s overall alcohol consumption and drinking practices both within and outside of the gang. The analysis draws from the qualitative and quantitative data of an ongoing comparative study on ethnic youth gangs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Workplace learning: developing an holistic model

Investigates the real meaning of workplace learning by looking at definitions used by academics to describe how individuals and organisations attach different meanings to the phrase. Goes on to suggest that for workplace learning to work in any situation, certain opportunities, conditions and features need to be in evidence, although workplace learning can take a variety of forms, including formal, informal and incidental learning. Looks at various learning paradigms and models, including the latest patterns of development and learning in response to new demands placed upon employees and organisations and uses the examples of the “new” universities in Australia to illustrate the increase in workplace learning. Concludes that there is increasing recognition for workplace learning, but that employees must realise the benefits of workplace learning in order for the organisation to evolve into a learning organisation.
Social Support and Well-Being among Lesbian and Heterosexual Women: A Structural Modeling Approach

The authors examined the types of social support that lesbian and heterosexual women receive from their social networks and the link between support and psychological well-being. Participants were White, middle-class, single and coupled women. Using Robert Weiss's typology of social provisions, the authors found that lesbian and heterosexual women reported receiving equivalent overall amounts of support from their social networks. Relationship status was related to well-being; coupled women reported greater well-being than did single women. Using structural equation modeling, the authors found a strong association between social support and psychological well-being for all women. Beyond this general association, lesbian women's well-being was also associated with reassurance-of-worth support, whereas heterosexual women's well-being was linked with guidance support. These results support the usefulness of latent variable models for examining social support and demonstrate that lesbians, like their heterosexual counterparts, benefit from supportive networks.
Pluralism and the New Corporatism: A Rejoinder

Someone who managed to remain unaware of the presence of the Don throughout a performance of Don Giovanni would give us a strange account of the opera, and we would be entitled to regard his powers of perception as equally strange. ‘I couldn’t see the point of it’, he might remark. ‘All those women getting upset, and those men becoming so angry, all for no apparent reason. ’ ‘But that was the effect Don Giovanni’s behaviour had on them. ’ ‘I didn’t notice anyone called that. ’ To our subsequent expression of incredulity at that remark, he may of course object that it is the job of the production to make him aware of the central characters, and if he fails to perceive them, then it is not his fault. Ross Martin’s paper on ‘Pluralism and the New Corporatism’ in the March 1983 issue of Political Studies raises similar questions. The crucial characteristic, ‘the Don’, at the heart of corporatism is that interest organizations constrain and discipline their own members for the sake of some presumed ‘general’ interest as well as (or even instead of) representing them. Those cases where representation is entirely replaced by the disciplinary role are those which merit the title authoritarian corporatism; those in which the dual function is performed are instances of what has been variously described as liberal, pluralist, bargained or societal corporatism. It is this aspect of corporatism that differs so sharply from the kind of organization best described by pluralist theory, and it is a characteristic well rehearsed in the literature surveyed in Professor Martin’s paper. Schmitter’s well known definition speaks of organizations: . recognized or licensed (if not created) by the state and granted a deliberate representational monopoly within their respective categories in exchange for observing certain controls on their selection of leaders and articulation of demands and supports. ’
Stroke- on- Awakening: Safety of CT-CTA Based Selection for Reperfusion Therapy

Background: We studied the safety of use of acute reperfusion therapies in patients with stroke- on- awakening using a computed tomographic angiography (Cta) based large vessel occlusion-good scan paradigm in clinical routine. Methods: the Cta database of the Calgary stroke program was reviewed for the period January 2003-March 2010. patients with stroke-on-awakening with large artery occlusions on Cta, who received conservative, iV thrombolytic and/or endovascular treatment at discretion of the attending stroke neurologist were analyzed. time of onset was defined by the time last seen or known to be normal. Baseline non-contrast Ct scan (nCCt) alberta Stroke program early Ct Score (aSpeCtS) > 7 was considered a good scan. hemorrhage was defined on follow-up brain imaging using eCaSS 3 criteria. independence (mrS≤2) at three months was considered a good clinical outcome. Standard descriptive statistics and multivariable analysis were done. Results: among 532 patients with large artery occlusions, 70 patients with stroke-on-awakening (13.1%) were identified. the median age was 69.5 (iQr 24) and 41 (58.6%) were female; 41 (58.6%) received anti-platelets only and 29 (41.4%) received thrombolytic treatment [iV-12 (17.1%), iV/ia-12 (17.1%) and ia-5(7.1%)]. unadjusted analysis showed that baseline nCCt aSpeCtS ≤ 7 (p=0.002) and higher nihSS scores (p=0.018) were associated with worse outcomes. there were no ph2 hemorrhages in the iV thrombolytic or endovascular treated group. functional outcome was not different by treatment. Conclusion: When carefully selected using Ct –Cta, by a good scan (aSpeCtS > 7) occlusion paradigm, acute reperfusion therapies in patients with stroke-on-awakening can be performed safely in clinical routine.
A nationwide survey of American alcohol and drug craving assessment and treatment practices

A four-page paper survey was mailed to 500 randomly-selected substance abuse treatment agencies listed in a national directory to evaluate how often specific methods are employed to assess and treat craving in American substance abuse agencies. Of 426 eligible agencies, 149 (35%), located in 41 states, returned 152 usable replies. Although counselors regularly assessed craving during intake evaluations, they rarely used published self-report questionnaires. Almost one-half of respondents made craving a target of treatment with at least a majority (and sometimes all) of their clients, and only 5% of respondents reported never making craving a target of treatment. A variety of interventions are employed to address craving, including coping skills training, encouraging clients to avoid/leave situations where craving occurs, and providing clients with education about craving. We recommend additional professional education and training to familiarize counselors with standardized craving instruments and exposure interventions that hold promise to ameliorate craving.
The hybrid agent MARCO: a multimodal autonomous robotic chess opponent

This paper introduces MARCO, a hybrid, chess playing agent equipped with a custom-built robotic arm and an emotionally expressive, virtual face presented on a small, servo-controlled display. MARCO was built to investigate the hypothesis that hybrid systems capable of displaying emotions make playing chess more personal and enjoyable. In addition, it is our aim to realize emotional contagion between man and machine in that the agent has the power to influence the human player on an emotional level and vice versa. The hardware components consist of eight Dynamixel servos, an Arduino-based control board, a 5.6 inch display, and a DGT chessboard. The software components run concurrently as separate processes. The main components are the virtual agent framework MARC, the WASABI Affect Simulation architecture, and the TSCP chess engine.
Floral morphology and development in Quillajaceae and Surianaceae (Fabales), the species-poor relatives of Leguminosae and Polygalaceae.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Molecular phylogenies have suggested a new circumscription for Fabales to include Leguminosae, Quillajaceae, Surianaceae and Polygalaceae. However, recent attempts to reconstruct the interfamilial relationships of the order have resulted in several alternative hypotheses, including a sister relationship between Quillajaceae and Surianaceae, the two species-poor families of Fabales. Here, floral morphology and ontogeny of these two families are investigated to explore evidence of a potential relationship between them. Floral traits are discussed with respect to early radiation in the order. METHODS Floral buds of representatives of Quillajaceae and Surianaceae were dissected and observed using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. KEY RESULTS Quillajaceae and Surianaceae possess some common traits, such as inflorescence morphology and perianth initiation, but development and organization of their reproductive whorls differ. In Quillaja, initiation of the diplostemonous androecium is unidirectional, overlapping with the petal primordia. In contrast, Suriana is obdiplostemonous, and floral organ initiation is simultaneous. Independent initiation of five carpels is common to both Quillaja and Suriana, but subsequent development differs; the antesepalous carpels of Quillaja become fused proximally and exhibit two rows of ovules, and in Suriana the gynoecium is apocarpous, gynobasic, with antepetalous biovulate carpels. CONCLUSIONS Differences in the reproductive development and organization of Quillajaceae and Surianaceae cast doubt on their potential sister relationship. Instead, Quillaja resembles Leguminosae in some floral traits, a hypothesis not suggested by molecular-based phylogenies. Despite implicit associations of zygomorphy with species-rich clades and actinomorphy with species-poor families in Fabales, this correlation sometimes fails due to high variation in floral symmetry. Studies considering specific derived clades and reproductive biology could address more precise hypotheses of key innovation and differential diversification in the order.
Initial Assessment of the Intensity Distribution of the 2011 Mw 5.8 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake

The intensity data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) “Did You Feel It? ” (DYFI) Website (USGS, DYFI; http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/se/082311a/us/index.html, last accessed Sept 2011)for the M w 5.8 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake, are unprecedented in their spatial richness and geographical extent. More than 133,000 responses were received during the first week following the earthquake. Although intensity data have traditionally been regarded as imprecise and generally suspect (e.g., Hough, 2000), there is a growing appreciation for the potential utility of spatially rich, systematically determined DYFI data to address key questions in earthquake ground-motions science (Atkinson and Wald, 2007; Hauksson et al. , 2008). DYFI intensities for the Mineral, Virginia, earthquake provide a unique opportunity to explore the variability of wave propagation and site amplification along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, a region where instrumental recordings of moderate and large earthquakes are limited. The raw DYFI data suggest some general patterns, including not only significant apparent site response along Chesapeake Bay, in parts of the District of Columbia (D.C.), and elsewhere, but also source directivity and more efficient propagation along the predominantly southwest–northeast-striking tectonic fabric. These suggested patterns can be explored further by considering intensity residuals relative to an established intensity ground-motion-prediction equation (e.g., Atkinson and Wald, 2007). The M w 5.8 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake occurred at 17:51:04.59 UTC on 23 August 2011, one of the largest earthquakes in the region in historical times and the largest earthquake to strike the central/eastern United States (CEUS) in 70 yr. Shaking was widely felt through several major metropolitan areas, including the greater Washington, D.C., region, Philadelphia, and parts of New York State. The overall felt extent of the earthquake was enormous, with perceptible shaking reported as far west as Minnesota and as far south as Florida. To the northeast it was …
POSMOS: POSCO middleware for open systems in the iron-and-steel-making level 2 system

The level 2 system of POSCO consists of general server-level computers which adopt middleware to minimize migration cost and development time of application software. In order to reduce cost and time further, POSCO, one of the leading steel companies, has been developing its own middleware in recent years. This paper describes the structure and the behavior of POSCO middleware named POSMOS. Moreover, this paper tries to investigate the overhead of the recent version of POMOS which was not revealed yet in the previous work. Finally, this paper describes the recent application of POMOS to a hot-final line, which proves that POSMOS can be used in real steel plants.
3store: Efficient Bulk RDF Storage

The development and deployment of practical Semantic Web applications requires technologies for the storage and retrieval of RDF data that are robust and scalable. In this paper, we describe the 3store RDF storage and query engine developed within the Advanced Knowledge Technologies project, and discuss the design rationale and optimisations behind it which enable the efficient handling of large RDF knowledge bases.
Evidence Synthesis for Decision Making 5

Most cost-effectiveness analyses consist of a baseline model that represents the absolute natural history under a standard treatment in a comparator set and a model for relative treatment effects. We review synthesis issues that arise on the construction of the baseline natural history model. We cover both the absolute response to treatment on the outcome measures on which comparative effectiveness is defined and the other elements of the natural history model, usually “downstream” of the shorter-term effects reported in trials. We recommend that the same framework be used to model the absolute effects of a “standard treatment” or placebo comparator as that used for synthesis of relative treatment effects and that the baseline model is constructed independently from the model for relative treatment effects, to ensure that the latter are not affected by assumptions made about the baseline. However, simultaneous modeling of baseline and treatment effects could have some advantages when evidence is very sparse or when other research or study designs give strong reasons for believing in a particular baseline model. The predictive distribution, rather than the fixed effect or random effects mean, should be used to represent the baseline to reflect the observed variation in baseline rates. Joint modeling of multiple baseline outcomes based on data from trials or combinations of trial and observational data is recommended where possible, as this is likely to make better use of available evidence, produce more robust results, and ensure that the model is internally coherent.
Multi-tasking of competing behaviors on a robot manipulator

Behavior-based robotic manipulators are very flexible since they can perform many different tasks without reprogramming. Unfortunately none of the existing approaches is able to interweave multiple manipulation tasks and execute them reliably at the same time, enabeling e.g. an intuitive human-robot cooperation. To bridge this gap, we suggest a novel reactive behavior-based architecture. For this, we transfer the multitasking concept from modern computer operating systems to the robot and use a resource based approach to coordination and synchronization. With this, we are able to safely run multiple competing behaviors on a robot. Due to the design of the behaviors, new behaviors can easily be added to the system. The behaviors can be interrupted by other behaviors in order to react properly to a dynamic environment. Later, the interrupted behaviors are resumed in such a way that the system keeps a consistent state.
Structural similar patches for nonlocal-means with modified robust M-estimator and residual images

Nonlocal-means provides a powerful framework for denoising. However, there are some issues of it. In this letters, we proposed some improvements for solve or alleviating the influence of the issues. First, we show the connection between the NL-means and robust M-estimator framework, and propose a modified robust M-estimator function for NL-means. Then, we introduced the structure similar for searching the similar patches. And then, we propose a iterative theme for using it to improve the quality. Finally, extensive simulation results reveal that the proposed improvements are useful for denoising procedure.