Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
TOSCA Solves Big Problems in the Cloud and Beyond!

TOSCA, the Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications offers an OASIS-recognized, open standard domain-specific language (DSL) that enables portability and automated management of applications, services, and resources regardless of underlying cloud platform, software defined environment, or infrastructure. With a growing, interoperable eco-system of open source projects, solutions from leading cloud platform and service providers, and research, TOSCA empowers the definition and modeling of applications and their services (microservices or traditional services) across their entire lifecycle by describing their components, relationships, dependencies, requirements, and capabilities for orchestrating software in the context of associated operational policies. The authors introduce important TOSCA concepts and benefits in the context of commonly understood cloud use cases as a foundation to future discussions regarding advanced TOSCA concepts and additional breakthrough issues.
Ontology-based ID3 tag management system

Since music service providers offer different ID3 tags, it is difficult for users to maintain a consistent multimedia environment. To overcome this difficulty, we propose a system that uses an open API, a social network service, and ontology. The system collects ID3 tag information using the open API and maintains the consistency of the MP3 metadata through the ontology. In an implementation, we achieved a 93.5% success rate when we automatically entered ID3 tags into MP3 files and an 84.7% success rate when we inserted the information into ID3 tag frames.
Evaluation and comparison of staining patterns of factor XIIIa (AC‐1A1), adipophilin and GATA3 in sebaceous neoplasia

Reliable nuclear immunohistochemical stains for sebaceous neoplasms have not been readily available. Positive nuclear staining has been reported for GATA3 and factor XIIIa (AC‐1A1). We sought to determine the diagnostic utility of these nuclear stains by comparing their staining pattern to adipophilin, a consistently positive cytoplasmic stain.
A Multiperspective Analysis on Developing and Maintaining Trust in Senior Student Affairs Leadership

This study examines senior student affairs leadership through the diverse lenses of subordinates, administrative peers, presidents, and senior student affairs officers (SSAOs). Guided by an interpretive paradigm, a qualitative methodology was employed consisting of a six-case comparative analysis and grounded theory approach. The findings provide a comprehensive portrait of the key factors associated with developing and maintaining trust in SSAO leadership.
Efficient Stripmap SAR Raw Data Generation Taking Into Account Sensor Trajectory Deviations

In this letter, a simulation procedure for airborne stripmap synthetic aperture radar with zero squint angle is proposed. The procedure is based on the idea of inverse processing and 1-D summation. It utilizes narrow bandwidth approximation and is more efficient compared to a time-domain simulator. Moreover, it allows for the simulation of raw data for higher aperture angle configurations compared to existing approaches. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated by means of examples for point scatterers.
Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields

This paper examines conflicts in which performance is measured by the players' success or failure in multiple component conflicts, commonly termed “battlefields”. In multi-battlefield conflicts, behavioral linkages across battlefields depend both on the technologies of conflict within each battlefield and the nature of economies or diseconomies in how battlefield out-comes and costs aggregate in determining payoffs in the overall conflict.
International Trade and Growth Miracles: The Implications of Nonhomothetic Preferences

If the rate of saving increases with income then a low per capita level of the capital stock may be self-sustaining. In these circumstances international trade may allow an economy to quickly increase its per capita capital stock in a self-reinforcing "growth miracle" process. A labor-abundant economy trading with a capital-abundant economy will see its wage rate rise relative to autarky. This rise in the wage rate also increases the savings rate and so raises the following period's per capita capital stock. In this way a low-income economy may exhibit large and permanent increases in its level of GDP per capita after opening its markets to international trade. Copyright © 2006 The Authors; Journal compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Identifying influential positively perceived users in co-purchase networks

Identifying influential users is one of the important problems in social network analysis with many useful applications ranging from marketing to epidemics and opinion diffusion (e.g., on political issues). In this paper, we focus on how to determine influential users by correlating different centrality measures with how the users are perceived by their community. Specifically, we work on the Amazon product purchasing data and build a “co-purchase” network connecting users who purchased the same items. We then identify influential users based on different structural measures (closeness centrality, betweenness centrality, etc.) and analyze the relationship between these measures and the community's perception of the users. Our analysis shows several interesting observations. For example, we observed a high correlation between having a high betweenness centrality and being viewed positively by the community.
Cerebral autoregulation in the vertebral and middle cerebral arteries during combine head upright tilt and lower body negative pressure in healthy humans

The majority of cerebral autoregulation research has focused on the middle cerebral artery. However, many symptoms of presyncope indicate posterior cerebral hypoperfusion. To address this issue, we measured cerebrovascular reactivity, cerebral blood flow velocity and dynamic cerebral autoregulation in the middle cerebral artery and vertebral arteries during orthostatic stress to presyncope in 9 healthy subjects. There was no significant difference in either the decline in cerebral blood flow velocity or indices of dynamic cerebral autoregulation between the middle cerebral and vertebral arteries prior to or during presyncope. In conclusion, there is no significant difference in regulation of blood flow between the vertebral artery and middle cerebral artery in healthy subjects. Further study is required to determine whether or not a difference exists in syncopal patient populations.
Clustering and classification of document structure-a machine learning approach

We describe a system which is capable of learning the presentation of document logical structures, exemplarily shown for business letters. Presenting a set of instances to the system, it clusters them into structural concepts and induces a concept hierarchy. This concept hierarchy is taken as a source for classifying future input. The paper introduces the different learning steps, describes how the resulting concept hierarchy is applied for logical labeling and reports on the results.
The effect of the amount of mycobacterial adjuvants on the immune response of strain 2, strain 13 and Hartley strain guinea pigs to DNP-PLL and DNP-GL.

The effect of the concentration of mycobacterial adjuvants on the immune response of strain 2, strain 13 and Hartley guinea pigs to DNP-PLL and DNP-GL was investigated. The ability to respond to these antigens in guinea pigs is controlled by a dominant autosomal gene. A small number of non-responder strain 13 animals or Hartley non-responder animals produced low serum levels of anti-DNP antibodies following prolonged immunization with DNP-PLL and 0.5 mg/ml Mycobacterium butyricum. These antibodies were detected by a modified Farr technique using high specific activity 3H DNP-EACA. However, none of the non-responder guinea pigs similarly immunized with DNP-GL produced detectable antibodies. When the amount of mycobacteria in the adjuvant was increased to 10 mg/ml Mycobacterium tuberculosis, all non-responder animals immunized with DNP-PLL produced measurable concentrations of anti-DNP antibodies late in immunization, but these levels were much lower than those observed in genetic responder animals. Furthermore, strain 13 guinea pigs immunized with DNP-GL and large amounts of mycobacteria failed to produce detectable concentrations of anti-DNP antibodies. All non-responder guinea pigs lacking the PLL gene, immunized with these antigens in adjuvants containing either low or high amounts of mycobacteria, failed to show delayed sensitivity to these antigens. In addition, lymph node cells from these immunized animals were not stimulated in vitro by DNP-PLL. The experimental data suggest that in non-responder guinea pigs the positively charged DNP-PLL molecule behaves as a hapten and that mycobacterial antigens, when present in large amounts, act as an immunologic carrier or “Schlepper” molecule.
A 16-Element 4-Beam 1 GHz IF 100 MHz Bandwidth Interleaved Bit Stream Digital Beamformer in 40 nm CMOS

A 1 GHz intermediate frequency, 16-element, 4-beam digital beamformer facilitates multi-in multi-out, 5G mobile, and other emerging communication standards. Digital beamforming has been limited by high power consumption, large die area, and the need for a large number of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The proposed digital beamformer addresses these issues by combining interleaved bit stream processing (IL-BSP) with power- and area-efficient continuous-time bandpass delta-sigma modulators (CTBPDSMs). Compared to conventional DSP, IL-BSP reduces both power and area by 80%. The new CTBPDSM architecture reduces ADC area by 67% and the energy per conversion by 43% with a power- and area-efficient three-stage nested $G_{m} - {C}$ op-amp and a passive summer. With an 11.2 dB array gain, the digital beamformer achieves a 58.5 dB signal to noise and distortion ratio and a 59.6 dB SNR over a 100 MHz bandwidth. Thanks to the accurate digitization and digital processing, the measured beam patterns of the four simultaneous beams are near ideal.
Multiplex PCR for Simultaneous Identification ofStaphylococcus aureus and Detection of Methicillin and Mupirocin Resistance

ABSTRACT In this work, we describe a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes harbored by some Staphylococcus aureus isolates and for the simultaneous identification of such isolates at the species level. Conditions were optimized for the simultaneous detection of the 310-, 456-, and 651-bp regions of the mecA (encoding high-level methicillin resistance),ileS-2 (encoding high-level mupirocin resistance), and femB (encoding a factor essential for methicillin resistance) genes, respectively, from a single colony in a single reaction tube. The femB PCR fragment allows the specific identification of S.aureus. Validation of the method was performed using 50 human isolates of methicillin-resistant S.aureus (MRSA) and the appropriate control strains. This assay offers a rapid, simple, feasible, specific, sensitive, and accurate identification of mupirocin-resistant MRSA clinical isolates and could be systematically applied as a diagnostic test in clinical microbiology laboratories, facilitating the design and use of antibiotic therapy.
A Topology-Adaptive Strategy for Graph Traversing

Graphs are a key form of Big Data. Although graph computing technology has been studied extensively in recent years, it remains a grand challenge to process large-scale graphs efficiently. Computation on a graph is to propagate and update the vertex values systematically. Both its complexity and parallelism are affected mainly by the algorithm's value propagating pattern. Efficient graph computing depends on techniques compatible with the algorithm's value propagating pattern. Graph traversing is a value propagating pattern used by representative graph applications. This paper presents an efficient value propagating framework for large-scale graph traversing applications. By partitioning the input graph based on the topology, it allows values for different source vertices to be propagated together, so as to reduce value propagating overhead. To improve the parallel efficiency of graph traversals, a novel task scheduling mechanism has been devised. The mechanism allows the framework to improve load balance without loss of locality. A prototype for the framework has been implemented. We evaluated the prototype with a set of typical real-world and synthetic graphs. By comparing with the owner-computing rule, experimental results show that this work has an overall speedup from 1.23 to 3.97. The speedup to Ligra is from 4.7 to 20.7.
Fusion method choice driven by user constraints in a human gesture recognition context

Recognition of human gesture leads to a dynamic field that produces many various methods. The main way to improve the recognition process is to perform data fusion based on a qualification of each recognition method. The advance in data fusion gives also several solutions and the choice of a fusion method is a crucial point. The goal of this paper is to present an approach were the choice of the fusion method is driven by the constraints of the final user of data. Such constraints are expressed as bounds on indicators like confidence or accuracy. A practical experimentation illustrating this approach is presented in this paper. From a depth camera sensor, human gesture is interpreted and, fusion method is selected in accordance with the constraints of the final information consumer. This approach is illustrated in a robotic control by human gesture: outputs perform the action to be done by a NAO robot.
Regulatory Focus as Determinant of Occupational Status

In the past most of the constructs, theories, and measures in human resource management and organizational behavior have been developed and tested on organizational employees (Harris & Greising, 1998). In recent years there has been an increase in the number of workers, includingwomen and seniors, who choose to be self-employed. It has been estimated that approximately 16 percent of full-time workers in the United States are self-employed (Jamal, 1997), and there are indications that this number will grow in the future (Feldman & Bolino, 2000; Hundley, 2001a). From the perspective of the individual, self-employment is viewed as a way to achieve personal development, independence, and economic success (Feldman & Bolino, 2000; Hughes, 2003); from the national perspective it was found that those workers contribute significantly to the general economic welfare (Folster, 2002). Although self-employed individuals are a sizable and growing part of the workforce, they have been virtually ignored by researchers (Le’vesque, Shepherd, & Douglas, 2002) and only recently have researchers begun to call for study of this theme (e.g., Schein, 1994).
Social Divisions in Education in India

This paper describes and analyses differences in primary educational enrolment by gender for 6-14 year old Indian children across three social groups, namely, upper and lower caste Hindus, and Muslims. It also studies the evolution of inter –community and gender differences over the decade of the 1990s. This was a decade of unprecedented economic growth in India and overall enrolment rates rose rapidly. There is as yet limited evidence on how social inequalities changed in this period.
Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Associated Risk Factors in Young Women in Brazil, Canada, and the United States: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study

To determine the prevalence of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and risk factors in young women from Brazil, Canada, and the USA. Cross-sectional study in 3204 healthy women, aged 15 to 25 years. Cervical samples were collected for cytology and for HPV DNA detection (SPF10-LiPA25 system). Serum samples were collected for the measurement of HPV-16 and HPV-18 antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Risk factors were obtained through a questionnaire. Overall, 26.6% of women had DNA detected for at least 1 HPV type. The prevalence for oncogenic HPV types was 21.7% (25% in Brazil, 16.9% in Canada, and 19.1% in the USA). HPV-16 was the most prevalent oncogenic type (5.2%). The next most common oncogenic HPV types were 51 (3.3%), 52 (3.3%), 31 (2.9%), 66 (2.3%), and 39 (2.0%). Multiple oncogenic types were detected in one-third of the infections. The prevalence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 infections detected by DNA and/or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was 24.8%. The majority of women (85%) had a normal cervical cytology. Sexual behavior was the main determinant for HPV-16/18 infections and squamous intraepithelial lesions. The prevalence of HPV oncogenic infections was high and linked to sexual behavior. Strategies to reduce the burden of oncogenic HPV infection, such as prophylactic vaccination programs, are likely to impact the burden of disease due to cervical precancer and cancer.
Greenhouse-grown bitter melon: production and quality characteristics.

BACKGROUND Bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) is a medicinal fruit reported to have antidiabetic properties. To grow this tropical fruit year-round in temperate climates, greenhouse production is necessary, sometimes without insect pollinators. Suitable high-yielding varieties with good bioactivity need to be identified. This experiment evaluated the yield of six varieties of bitter melon under greenhouse conditions and their bioactivity in terms of total phenolic and saponin compounds and total antioxidant activity determined using four assays. RESULTS The larger varieties (Big Top Medium, Hanuman, Jade and White) were more productive than the small varieties (Indra and Niddhi) in terms of total fruit weight and yield per flower pollinated. The bioactivity (total phenolic and saponin compounds and antioxidant activity) of the two small varieties and Big Top Medium was significantly higher than that of the other three large varieties. Two antioxidant assays, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), were shown to provide the strongest correlations with phenolic and saponin compounds of bitter melon. CONCLUSION Preliminary research has identified Big Top Medium as the most suitable variety for greenhouse production. The rich source of phenolic and saponin compounds and their associated antioxidant activity highlight bitter melon as a valuable food.
Spatial Distribution of Employment in Hermosillo, 1999–2004

While the suburbanisation process has been well documented in some large cities of several developed countries, much less attention has been devoted to the case of small and middle-sized cities in developing countries. This article focuses on an exploratory spatial data analysis to investigate the location of the central business district (CBD) and other employment centres in Hermosillo, Mexico. The results reveal the significant presence of spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity, although their extent varies with the sector under study. These spatial effects take the form of a persistent cluster of high values of employment around the historical district of the city shaping a huge CBD, although a sub-centre of high values emerges to the south and to the north-west of the CBD in 2004. Overall, Hermosillo is still characterised by a traditional monocentric model, but the role of its CBD has changed.
Building facade detection using geometric planar constraints

This paper describes the approach for detecting the building facade using geometric constrain. A planar building facade is only considered. Most of the building facade has the form of a rectangle, which is produced by two or more vertical and horizontal lines, which are orthogonal to each other on the building. The parallel lines in the 3D space are projected onto lines in the image plane that are grouped along the direction of vanishing points. Line segments are extracted from an image for estimating vanishing points. In order to cluster the line segments corresponding to respective a hypothesized vanishing point, J-linkage algorithm is used for simultaneous estimation of multiple models. After clustering the line segments, vanishing point is estimated by minimizing error between vanishing point and line segments of an image. Building facade is detected by using the relationship between vertical and horizontal vanishing points. Building has a cubic structure with two perpendicular planes, which meet at a line. The intersection points between two horizontal vanishing points are located on the intersection line of two facades. Finally, building facades are extracted by the geometric relationships between vertical vanishing point corresponding to respective horizontal vanishing point.
Smooth Transition GARCH Models in Forecasting Non-Linear Economic Time Series Data

The need to capture the heterogeneous and volatility nature of both financial and economic time series theory and modeling their behavior in practical work have stimulated interest in the empirical modeling of variances which forms the basis for this study. In the study we augmented GARCH models with smooth transition model by dropping the assumption of autoregression of the model; necessary theoretical frame work was derived and properties of the new model established and illustrated with foreign exchange rate data from Federal Republic of Nigeria (Naira), Great Britain (Pound), Botswana (Pula) and Japanese (Yen) against United States of America (Dollar). The smooth transition GARCH model is better than the classical GARCH model as there were reduction in the variances of the augmented model; this claim is confirmed by the empirical illustration with foreign exchange data. Within the group of smooth transition GARCH model, Logistic Smooth Transition is adjudged the best as it produced the least variance.
Narcissistic process and corporate decay : the theory of the organization ideal

The thesis behind this book is that American industry cannot compete in the marketplace because its organizational structure and management style has become pathologically narcissistic. The theory is illustrated with real-life examples such as the DeLorean automobile business failure. The author develops his argument by saying that American corporations have consistently shifted their attention away from the business of coping in the real world towards a self-conscious, narcissistic presentation of their own perfection in what is essentially a fantasy world. The tangible results, he claims, are striking - the Challenger disaster, near meltdowns in the nuclear industry and bankruptcies in private industry. Using a Freudian concept, that of the desire to return to the infant, egotistical state, the author argues that this is an impossible desire, that the pursuit of the "ego ideal" on the part of workers, business people and organization members in America can lead to all sorts of disasters.