Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Method for Identifying Asymmetric Dissimilar Constant Fatigue Life Diagrams for CFRP Laminates

The full shape of constant fatigue life (CFL) diagram has been identified for three kinds of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates of [45/90/-45/0]2s, [0/60/-60]2s and [0/90]3s lay-ups, respectively. First, the effects of mean stress on fatigue behavior are observed for the quasi-isotropic [45/90/-45/0]2s CFRP laminate. It is clearly observed that the CFL diagram turns out asymmetric and the peak of the CFL diagram is slightly offset to the right of the alternating stress axis. The CFL plots indicate that the alternating stress component of fatigue load becomes maximal at a critical stress ratio closely equal to the compressive strength to tensile one (i.e. a C/T strength ratio). It is also demonstrated that CFL curves for different constant values of life are linear in the range of a short life, but they turn quadratic in the range of a longer life. Similar features are observed for the other kinds of CFRP laminates. Then, to construct the asymmetric dissimilar shape of CFL diagrams, a new methodology is developed on the basis of the static strengths in tension and compression and the reference S-N relationship for the critical stress ratio. An efficient procedure for determining the reference S-N relationship for the critical stress ratio by using fatigue data for another stress ratio is also developed.
Broadcast capacity regions with three receivers and message cognition

We consider the capacity region of a three receiver broadcast channel with some message cognition at two receivers. The problem generalizes the bi-directional broadcast channel to include a third receiver, a common message, and (partial) message cognition. We characterize the capacity region for several classes of less noisy, more capable, and deterministic broadcast channels.
Stacking‐fault energy at room temperature of the γ matrix of the MC2 Ni‐based superalloy

Abstract The γ-phase of the MC2 Ni-based superalloy has been characterized using both in situ experiments and post-mortem observations (bright field and weak beam) in transmission electron microscopes. A mean value of the stacking-fault energy (about 31 mJ m−2) has been obtained through the measurement of dissociated nodes and of the dissociated width of dislocations. Furthermore, the plastic deformation has been shown to be controlled by the collective movement of dense pile-ups, and the existence of a local order has been deduced.
The Michigan Autism Spectrum Questionnaire: A Rating Scale for High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Although the DSM-5 has recently created a single category of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), delineation of its putative subtypes remains clinically useful. For this process, screening instruments should ideally be brief, simple, and easily available. The aim of this study is to describe the validity of one such instrument. We administered the Michigan Autism Spectrum Questionnaire (MASQ), a 10-item questionnaire, to 42 patients with ASD (age range 6–13 years, mean 9.7 years, SD 2.5, one female) and 18 patients with other psychiatric disorders (age range 6–17 years, mean 11.7 years, SD 3.8, 6 females). Responses to each item were scored from 0 to 4 yielding a total score of 30. Patients with intellectual disability were excluded. As a group, patients with ASD scored higher than those with other psychiatric disorders (Chi-square test with 1 df = 16.019, P < 0.0001). Within the ASD group, a linear discriminant analysis found that the best cut-off points were 22 or above for Asperger syndrome, 14 to 21 for autism/PDDNOS, and less than 14 for those with other psychiatric disorders. We propose that the MASQ can be used as a brief measure to screen high-functioning ASD from other psychiatric disorders and to identify its possible subtypes.
These words are music to my ears: Recognizing music emotion from lyrics using AdaBoost

In this paper, we propose using AdaBoost with decision trees to implement music emotion classification (MEC) from song lyrics as a more appropriate alternative to the conventional SVMs. Traditional text categorizations methods using bag-of-words features and machine learning methods such as SVM do not perform well on MEC from lyrics because lyrics tend to be much shorter than other documents. Boosting builds on a lot of weak classifiers to model the presence or absence of salient phrases to make the final classification. Our accuracy reached an average of 74.12% on a dataset consisting of 3766 songs with 14 emotion categories, compared to an average of 69.72% accuracy using the well-known SVM classification, with statistical significant improvement.
Etch process optimization of top electrode of 1T1R RRAM

In this paper, we present a 1T1R (one-transistor-one-resistor) structure RRAM (resistive switching random access memory) fully integrated with existing CMOS process. The RRAM cell is fabricated between two metal layers (metal A and metal B), and consists of plug contact type bottom electrode (plug-BE), resistive layer and top electrode (TE). As the RRAM cell is an island pattern, there are some issues in realistic fabrication process, such as TE bad CD uniformity, and TE metal D film missing (undercut) issue in TE/TE HM(hard-mask) etch process. Furthermore, the connection between RRAM cell TE and the upper metal layer (metal B) becomes challenge in metal B etch process due to the balance between removing HM remaining on RRAM TE and keeping the metal B trench depth to avoid metal B/RRAM cell bridge. In this contribution, we use temperature controllable method in TE HM etch step to improve the CD uniformity, and passivation gas method in TE etch to solve metal D undercut. For TE/metal B connection, the HM film is changed from oxide to NDC, which can be easily removed during metal B linear remove step without increasing the trench depth.
Carbon nanotube-inorganic hybrids.

3.1. 1. Covalent Interactions 1355 3.1. 2. Noncovalent Interactions 1356 3.1. 3. π-π Stacking 1356 3.1. 4. Electrostatic Interactions 1357 3.2. In Situ Synthesis Directly on the CNT Surface 1358 3.2. 1. Electrochemical Techniques 1358 3.2. 2. Sol-Gel Process 1361 3.2. 3. Hydrothermal and Aerosol Techniques 1363 3.2. 4. Gas-Phase Deposition 1364 3.3. Comparison of Synthesis Techniques 1368 4. Properties and Potential Applications of CNT-Inorganic Hybrids 1368
Farfalle: parallel permutation-based cryptography

In this paper, we introduce Farfalle , a new permutation-based construction for building a pseudorandom function (PRF). The PRF takes as input a key and a sequence of arbitrary-length data strings, and returns an arbitrary-length output. It has a compression layer and an expansion layer , each involving the parallel application of a permutation. The construction also makes use of LFSR-like rolling functions for generating input and output masks and for updating the inner state during expansion. On top of the inherent parallelism, Farfalle instances can be very efficient because the construction imposes less requirements on the underlying primitive than, e.g., the duplex construction or typical block cipher modes. Farfalle has an incremental property: compression of common prefixes of inputs can be factored out. Thanks to its input-output characteristics, Farfalle is really versatile. We specify simple modes on top of it for authentication, encryption and authenticated encryption, as well as a wide block cipher mode. As a showcase, we present Kravatte, a very efficient instance of Farfalle based on Keccak- p [1600, n r ] permutations and formulate concrete security claims against classical and quantum adversaries. The permutations in the compression and expansion layers of Kravatte have only 6 rounds apiece and the rolling functions are lightweight. We provide a rationale for our choices and report on software performance.
Radial width of the temporal horn: a sensitive measure in Alzheimer disease.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Atrophy in the medial temporal lobe (MTL) structures depicted with brain imaging is one of the most accurate markers of Alzheimer disease (AD), but practical considerations have thus far limited their routine clinical use. The aim of this study was to explore the validity of a CT- and MR-based measure of MTL atrophy that would be feasible for routine clinical use. METHODS We acquired brain CT scans in the temporal lobe plane with thin sections in 42 patients with AD and in 29 control patients without dementia. We also acquired MR images (according to a 3D magnetization-prepared rapid gradient-echo protocol) in 28 patients with AD and in 28 control subjects without dementia. The radial width of the temporal horn (rWTH) of the lateral ventricle was measured with a precision caliper at the tip of the horn on CT scans or high-quality MR images. The validity of the rWTH variable was assessed by test-retest and interrater reliability, convergent and discriminant validity compared with progressively distant brain regions, and known-group validity (accuracy of the separation of patients with AD from control subjects). Convergent and discriminant validity compared with volumetric measures was tested in the patients who underwent MR imaging. RESULTS Intraclass correlation coefficients for inter- and intrarater reliability were between 0.94 and 0.98. On CT scans, Pearson's correlation of the rWTH with the transverse width of the temporal horn was between 0.60 and 0.79; with Jobst's minimum thickness of the MTL, between 0.63 and 0.78 (interuncal distance approximately 0.50); and with an index of frontal atrophy, between 0.35 and 0.42. On MR images, the correlation with volumetric MR measures was 0.80 in the temporal horn, 0.74 in the hippocampus, 0.68 in the temporal lobe, 0.58 in the entorhinal cortex, and 0.49 in the frontal lobe. On CT scans (cutoff value for AD, >5.3 mm; age range of subjects, 50-90 y), the rWTH measure was a sensitive marker for AD in 39 of 42 patients with AD (sensitivity, 93%) and was a specific marker in 28 of the 29 control patients (specificity, 97%). On MR images (cutoff 3.6-6.7 mm; age range of subject, 50-90 y), the rWTH was a sensitive marker for AD in 21 of 28 patients with AD (sensitivity, 75%) and was a specific marker in 26 of 28 control subjects (specificity, 93%). The accuracy of other linear CT-based measures of MTL atrophy and linear and volumetric MR-based measures was lower. With specificity set to 95%, sensitivity ranged from 57% to 74% for CT-based measures and from 52% to 74% for MR-based measures. CONCLUSION The rWTH is an accurate marker of AD that could be used in routine clinical settings.
Purpose Verbs 16.1 Introduction

Work on ontologies and lexical semantics has long been aware of different subsumption relations among concepts that are lexically encoded as nouns (Gangemi et al. 2001, 2002; Guarino and Welty 2001). An important distinction is that between TYPES and ROLES (Guarino and Welty 2002; Pustejovsky 1995). For example, poodle and Welsh corgi are TYPES of dog, while pet, hunting dog, guard dog, and working dog are ROLES associated with dogs. This distinction has important consequences for the structure of an ontology, its potential for reasoning, and its usefulness in AI and NLP applications. The Generative Lexicon observes the difference between types and roles, labeling the latter Functional Types. Functional Types have a telic role associated with them (perhaps companionship for pet) and an intentionality that is introduced by an Agent. While this distinction among entities, lexicalized as nouns, is fairly established, little work has been done on events, lexicalized as verbs. The Generative Lexicon distinguishes Functional Events, which are characterized by a telic and/or an agentive role in the qualia structure of their arguments. We examine the distinction between the two different event types from the perspective of WordNet, where verbs like run and speak are distinguished from verbs like exercise and greet. We argue for a classification into “manner” and “purpose” verbs; purpose verbs overlap only partially with the Functional Events of the Generative Lexicon. Section 16.2 discussed the polysemy of the manner relation as it is coded in WordNet (Miller 1995; Fellbaum 1998). In Sect. 16.3, we argue that manner is far
Metal binding specificity in carbonic anhydrase is influenced by conserved hydrophobic core residues.

The role of highly conserved aromatic residues surrounding the zinc binding site of human carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) in determining the metal ion binding specificity of this enzyme has been examined by mutagenesis. Residues F93, F95, and W97 are located along a beta-strand containing two residues that coordinate zinc, H94 and H96, and these aromatic amino acids contribute to the high zinc affinity and slow zinc dissociation rate constant of CAII [Hunt, J. A. , and Fierke, C. A. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 20364-20372]. Substitutions of these aromatic amino acids with smaller side chains enhance the copper affinity (up to 100-fold) while decreasing the affinity of both cobalt and zinc, thereby altering the metal binding specificity up to 10(4)-fold. Furthermore, the free energy of the stability of native CAII, determined by solvent-induced denaturation, correlates positively with increased hydrophobicity of the amino acids at positions 93, 95, and 97 as well as with cobalt and zinc affinity. Conversely, increased copper affinity correlates with decreased protein stability. Zinc specificity is therefore enhanced by formation of the native enzyme structure. These data suggest that the hydrophobic cluster in CAII is important for orienting the histidine residues to stabilize metals bound with a distorted tetrahedral geometry and to destabilize the trigonal bipyramidal geometry of bound copper. Knowledge of the structural factors that lead to high metal ion specificity will aid in the design of metal ion biosensors and de novo catalytic sites.
Correction of the overexposed region in digital color image

The overexposure usually occurs in the digital image due to the limited dynamic range of the low dynamic range (LDR) displays. In this paper, we propose a novel method to correct the overexposed region in the image, which consists of the lightness recovery and the color correction. In the proposed method, the lightness in the overexposed region is modeled as a two-dimensional Gaussian function, and a new energy functional of both the Gaussian modeled lightness and the gradients of the original image is minimized to recover the lightness. For correcting the color, we apply the bilateral filter with weights obtained using the recovered lightness to the color of the overexposed region. The algorithm's performance is experimentally compared to state-of-the-art algorithm, demonstrating comparable or favorable results.
Texture compression of light maps using smooth profile functions

Light maps have long been a popular technique for visually rich real-time rendering in games. They typically contain smooth color gradients which current low bit rate texture compression techniques, such as DXT1 and ETC2, do not handle well. The application writer must therefore choose between doubling the bit rate by choosing a codec such as BC7, or accept the compression artifacts, neither of which is desirable. The situation is aggravated by the recent popularity of radiosity normal maps, where three light maps plus a normal map are used for each surface. We present a new texture compression algorithm targeting smoothly varying textures, such as the light maps used in radiosity normal mapping. On high-resolution light map data from real games, the proposed method shows quality improvements of 0.7 dB in PSNR over ETC2, and 2.8 dB over DXT1, for the same bit rate. As a side effect, our codec can also compress many standard images (not light maps) with better quality than DXT1/ETC2.
Discriminatively trained features using fMPE for multi-stream audio-visual speech recognition

fMPE is a recently introduced discriminative training technique that uses the Minimum Phone Error (MPE) discriminative criterion to train a feature-level transformation. In this paper we investigate fMPE trained audio/visual features for multistream HMM-based audio-visual speech recognition. A flexible, layer-based implementation of fMPE allows us to combine the the visual information with the audio stream using the discriminative traning process, and dispense with the multiple stream approach. Experiments are reported on the IBM infrared headset audio-visual database. On average of 20-speaker 1 hour speaker independent test data, the fMPE trained acoustic features achieve 33% relative gain. Adding video layers on top of audio layers gives additional 10% gain over fMPE trained features from the audio stream alone. The fMPE trained visual features achieve 14% relative gain, while the decision fusion of audio/visual streams with fMPE trained features achieves 29% relative gain. However, fMPE trained models do not improve over the original models on the mismatched noisy test data.
Baroreflex sensitivity in patients with type I diabetes mellitus.

OBJECTIVES To date, the clinical usefulness of measuring baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) to detect impairment of the autonomic nervous system in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) type I has not been evaluated sufficiently (Mlcáková et al. 2008). The aim of the current study was the determination and statistical comparison of the mean values of BRS in our DM type I patients cohort and in a control group of healthy volunteers as well as the determination of BRS value dependency on the duration of diabetes and the level of glycemic control in DM I patients. We also aimed to determine the inter-individual and intra-individual variability of BRS in our patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS We examined 100 patients with type I diabetes mellitus (37 women and 63 men, mean age 30 years, duration of the disease >or= 10 years) and 40 healthy, age- and sex-matched, subjects. Data from the patient cohort were subsequently analysed for duration of the diabetes and the level of glycemic control as assessed by glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). We used a simple proportional test to compare the occurrence of impaired BRS in the patient cohort and the control group, and a simple linear regression to assess associations between BRS and duration of the diabetes and the levels of glycemic control. RESULTS The mean BRS value in our group of diabetic patients and the control group were 10.15 ms/mmHg and 13.35 ms/mmHg, respectively. II. Statistically significant association between BRS impairment and the duration of the disease or level of glycemic control was not confirmed in our patient cohort. III. We observed an increased inter-individual variability and a relatively low intra-individual variability of BRS in patients with DM type I. CONCLUSIONS We found a statistically highly significant difference between the proportions of impaired BRS in the group of diabetics vs. control. However, BRS did not correlate with the duration of the disease or with the level of glycemic control significantly. Albeit not reaching statistical significance, trends could be observed, which we consider clinically interesting.
A comparison of the binge eating scale, questionnaire for eating and weight patterns-revised, and eating disorder examination questionnaire with instructions with the eating disorder examination in the assessment of binge eating disorder and its symptoms.

OBJECTIVE The current study assesses concordance between self-administered measures and a diagnostic standard for assessment of binge frequency and diagnosis of binge eating disorder (BED) in a sample of binge eaters. METHOD The Questionnaire for Eating and Weight Patterns-Revised (QEWP-R), Binge Eating Scale (BES), two items from the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire with Instructions (EDE-Q-I), and the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) were administered. Participants were 157 adults volunteering for a clinical study, of whom 129 (79%) were diagnosed with BED using the EDE as the diagnostic standard. RESULTS In the identification of BED, the QEWP-R yielded a sensitivity value of . 74 and a specificity value of . 35. The BES yielded a sensitivity value of . 85 and a specificity value of . 20. Frequency of binge eating days and episodes on the EDE-Q-I correlated highly with the EDE (.65 and .48, respectively; p < .001). DISCUSSION The accuracy of diagnosis and symptomatology among self-administered questionnaires is variable. The BES and the QEWP-R performed satisfactorily as initial screens for the diagnosis of BED, but were less accurate in identifying non-BED individuals and the frequency of binge eating. The EDE-Q-I most accurately assessed the frequency of binge eating.
LEARNING TO BE SITUATED : A THEORY OF PORTABLE INTEGRATION EXPERTISE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PROCESS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL FLEXIBILITY

I develop theory about two kinds of individual level integration expertise, portable and local. I discuss the implications of the difference between these kinds of expertise for the management of knowledge in complex integrative processes, and for the development of organizational flexibility. I define portable integration expertise as re-deployable from problem to problem, even though the problems are different, while local expertise is bound to the problem where it develops. I examine the use of high involvement interpersonal integration mechanisms in relation to the development of both kinds of integration expertise. I argue that organizations can manage the development, retention and diffusion of portable integration expertise by adopting a set of management practices that extend beyond the normal information systems base of knowledge management. Paul F. Skilton, 486C DeVos Center, 401 W. Fulton St., Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI 49504-6431, Voice (616) 336-7441, Fax (616) 336-7445, skiltonp@gvsu.edu
Maturation of follicular oocytes in the pig after injection of human chorionic gonadotrophin.

Summary. The sequence of morphological changes in the nuclei of follicular oocytes in the pig has been examined after a single injection of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hcg), given during pro-oestrus. Oocytes remained in the germinal vesicle (dictyate) stage until 18 hr after injection of hcg. Chromatin condensation, followed by completion of prophase of the first maturation division, then occurred, and the chromosomes were arranged on the first metaphase spindle by 26 hr after hcg. From 26 until 34 hr after hcg, the chromosomes remained at first metaphase, but between 35 and 37 hr, anaphase, telophase and abstriction of the first polar body were completed. The great majority of eggs recovered from individual animals showed similar stages of maturation.
A distributed quadtree index for peer-to-peer settings

We describe a distributed quadtree index for enabling more powerful access on complex data over P2P networks. It is based on the Chord method. Methods such as Chord have been gaining usage in P2P settings to facilitate exact-match queries. The Chord method maps both the data keys and peer addresses. Our work can be applied to higher dimensions, to various data types, i.e., other than spatial data, and to different types of quadtrees. Finally, we can use other key-based methods than the Chord method as our base P2P routing protocol and index scale well. The index also benefits from the underlying fault-tolerant hashing-based methods by achieving a nice load distribution among many peers. We can seamlessly execute a single query on multiple branches of the index hosted by a dynamic set of peers.