Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Computing Poetry

We present SPARSAR, a system for the automatic analysis of poetry(and text) style which makes use of NLP tools like tokenizers, sentence splitters, NER (Name Entity Recognition) tools, and taggers. Our system in addition to the tools listed above which aim at obtaining the same results of quantitative linguistics, adds a number of additional tools for syntactic and semantic structural analysis and prosodic modeling. We use a constituency parser to measure the structure of modifiers in NPs; and a dependency mapping of the previous parse to analyse the verbal complex and determine Polarity and Factuality. Another important component of the system is a phonological parser to account for OOVWs, in the process of grapheme to phoneme conversion of the poem. We also measure the prosody of the poem by associating mean durational values in msecs to each syllable from a database and created an algorithm to account for the evaluation of durational values for any possible syllable structure. Eventually we produce six general indices that allow single poems as well as single poets to be compared. These indices include a Semantic Density Index which computes in a wholly new manner the complexity of a text/poem.
Effective dose assessment in the maxillofacial region using thermoluminescent (TLD) and metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) dosemeters: a comparative study.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to compare the performance of metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) technology dosemeters with thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLDs) (TLD 100; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) in the maxillofacial area. METHODS Organ and effective dose measurements were performed using 40 TLD and 20 MOSFET dosemeters that were alternately placed in 20 different locations in 1 anthropomorphic RANDO(®) head phantom (the Phantom Laboratory, Salem, NY). The phantom was exposed to four different CBCT default maxillofacial protocols using small (4 × 5 cm) to full face (20 × 17 cm) fields of view (FOVs). RESULTS The TLD effective doses ranged between 7.0 and 158.0 µSv and the MOSFET doses between 6.1 and 175.0 µSv. The MOSFET and TLD effective doses acquired using four different (FOV) protocols were as follows: face maxillofacial (FOV 20 × 17 cm) (MOSFET, 83.4 µSv; TLD, 87.6 µSv; -5%); teeth, upper jaw (FOV, 8.5 × 5.0 cm) (MOSFET, 6.1 µSv; TLD, 7.0 µSv; -14%); tooth, mandible and left molar (FOV, 4 × 5 cm) (MOSFET, 10.3 µSv; TLD, 12.3 µSv; -16%) and teeth, both jaws (FOV, 10 × 10 cm) (MOSFET, 175 µSv; TLD, 158 µSv; +11%). The largest variation in organ and effective dose was recorded in the small FOV protocols. CONCLUSIONS Taking into account the uncertainties of both measurement methods and the results of the statistical analysis, the effective doses acquired using MOSFET dosemeters were found to be in good agreement with those obtained using TLD dosemeters. The MOSFET dosemeters constitute a feasible alternative for TLDs for the effective dose assessment of CBCT devices in the maxillofacial region.
An automated and highly efficient method for counting and measuring fluorescent foci in rod‐shaped bacteria

Direct measurements of cells from photo micrographs are becoming increasingly used when investigating the position and/or distribution of chromosomal loci in bacteria. In general, these measurements have been done manually, and without clear definition of how they are made. Here we present a procedure for standardizing the measurement of cell properties from phase contrast images. Furthermore, we present a program using these standardized methods that can measure the intracellular positions of fluorescent foci in bacterial cells faster and with more precision than manual measurement.
Supply Chain Contract Incorporating Fairness under Asymmetric Information

This paper obtains optimal settings of each parameter on a supply chain composed of a rational manufacturer and a fair retailer. Through the establishment of model under information symmetry and information asymmetry, in which the effort level of retailer can’t be observed by manufacturer, the impact of retailer’s fairness on his effort level and manufacturer’s utility are explored and investigated. From the comparison, this paper find that retailer’s effort level and manufacturer’s utility under information asymmetry are higher than those under information symmetry, and the difference is directly proportional to the degree of retailer’s fairness. Retailer’s fairness has positive effect on his effort level and manufacture’s utility under information asymmetry, and manufacturers tend to cooperate with the retailer who has higher degree of fairness.
Cross-corpus speech emotion recognition using transfer semi-supervised discriminant analysis

Many speech emotion recognition approaches have been presented in recent years, and most of them assume that emotional speech utterances in training and testing corpora are collected under the same conditions. However, in many real applications, this assumption does not hold as the training data and testing data are often obtained from different scenarios, e.g., ages, noises, languages. To address this problem, in this paper, a novel transfer learning approach, called transfer semi-supervised linear discriminant analysis (TSDA), is presented for cross-corpus speech emotion recognition. On one hand, the distribution similarity between source and target databases is considered. On the other hand, the semi-supervised linear discriminant analysis (SDA) algorithm is adopted for feature dimension reduction. Finally, the transfer SDA method, which jointly optimizes the SDA and distribution similarity measurement together, is proposed. Experiments are carried out on public emotional datasets, and results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed approach.
Elastic antennas by metallised elastomers

This paper investigates the fundamental properties of metallised elastomers at microwave frequencies for microwave transmission line and wireless antenna applications. Stretchable or elastic antennas will significantly expand stretchable electronics applications both in the communication and biomedical sectors. Fundamental electromagnetic characterisations of elastic transmission line and antennas are evaluated using simulation software CST. A self compensating elastic antenna is presented.
Business model innovation – A gamble or a manageable process?

Purpose: Any business model innovation process involves a certain level of uncertainty, complexity and, in effect, risk. A sloppy approach towards the management of risk may result in catastrophic, sometimes even fatal, consequences to a company’s core business. Although risk, risk appetite and risk management are relatively well-established concepts, their role in business model innovation is not well understood. The objective of this paper is to investigate how the risk associated with the innovativeness of a business model innovation, an organization’s risk appetite, and its risk management approach interact to affect the success or failure of a business model innovation process. Design: Retrospective case studies of business model innovations undertaken by three industrial companies provide the empirical basis for this paper. These companies were selected based on their relatively successful, yet somewhat different, business model innovation experiences over the years, and focused on the, in total four, cases in which they failed to implement their new business model attempts successfully. The reasons that led to these failures are discussed. Findings: Important factors explaining the business model innovation failure of these cases, appear to be the company’s risk appetite, the risk associated with the radicality, reach and complexity of the business model innovation, the management of risk, and especially the association between these factors. Originality: There are many lessons to be learnt from the aftermath of a failed attempt in terms of what not to do and what to improve a next time. The cross-case analysis produced six testable propositions that enhance our understanding of business model innovation success/failure, with particular focus on: characteristics of the business model innovation; overall innovation management; risk, risk appetite and risk management; and interactions and fit between these constructs. Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Risk Management; Retrospective case studies.
On the tradeoff between feedback rate and capacity loss in limited feedback MIMO systems

In this paper, we consider a multiple-input multiple- output (MIMO) communication system employing a quantized feedback channel. In particular, we study the capacity loss incurred in such a system when the signal covariance matrix is designed using a low rate feedback channel. In this case we find a universal bound on the instantaneous capacity loss using this suboptimal transmission strategy. We also derive a bound on the average capacity loss when a random codebook of covariance matrices is generated from the uniform distribution on the complex unit sphere. The bound that is derived in this case is shown to decrease exponentially as a function of the number of feedback bits used at each channel realization.
Isolated Single Primary Winding Multiple-Input Converters

Multiple-input converters (MICs) have attracted more attentions because of its simpler structure and less devices. In the traditional isolated MICs, each input source always has a primary winding, sharing a secondary winding. When the number of the input sources increases, the number of the primary windings increases, resulting in complicated structure of the transformer, poor coupling, and large leakage inductors. This paper first introduces the concept of pulsating source cells (PSCs), including pulsating voltage source cells and pulsating current source cells, and the connection rules for the PSCs. Then, series- or parallel-connected PSCs are used to replace the input dc voltage source or input dc current source in the isolated single-input converter, and a family of isolated single primary winding (SPW) MICs is proposed. Compared to the traditional isolated MICs, the transformer has only one primary winding, leading to a simplified structure and ease for manufacturing. Furthermore, the voltage stress of the power switches is reduced. The control method of the proposed isolated SPW MICs is proposed. Finally, a flyback SPW double-input converter is analyzed as an example. The operation principle and control method are discussed and a prototype is built to demonstrate the feasibility of this topology.
Managing Technology and Innovation : An Introduction

Part 1: General Introduction Management of Technology Part 2: The Internal Organization of High Technology Firms Design of Technological Firms Human Resource Management for Advanced Technology Cost and Financial Accounting in High-Technology Firms Foundations for Successful High-Technology Marketing Part 3: The Management of Technology in the Society Managing the Dynamics of Technology in Modern Day Society Development and Diffusion of Breakthrough Communication Technologies Forecasting the Market Potential of New Products The Innovating Firm in a Societal Context Complex Decision Making in Multi-Actor Systems Part 4: Managing Innovation Corporate Strategy and Technology Innovation in Context Operation Management with System Dynamics Managing Knowledge Processes Part 5: Dilemmas and Strategies Making the Impossible Possible When Failure is Not an Option Managing Performance in Firms Management Dilemmas and Strategies in Practice
Search Ranking Utilizing User's Opinion

The Internet is one of the most widely available services in the world today. With the Internet, people are now looking for reviews on the Internet; more specifically, the social networking services. Within the social network medium, we can identify a suitable service that describes more about a person’s personality as the subject. The growth of social networking popularity has contributed to the in-crease in information available on social networking services. The flexibility of these services allows writing individual thoughts without restrictions. With the vast information available on social networking sites today, how is it possible to look all of these opinions? How do we know which opinion holds truth? How do we know if someone is not bias based on his writing? Hence, it is seen necessary to filter opinions. In this paper we look at the possibility of using search ranking as a medium of filter opinions by exploring opinion mining methods, social networking candidates and search ranking methods. With existing sentiment analysis techniques, we can obtain opinions that are then ranked against a set of key-words.
Genetic characterization of the pnuC gene, which encodes a component of the nicotinamide mononucleotide transport system in Salmonella typhimurium

The pnuC gene, which encodes a component of the nicotinamide mononucleotide transport system, has been mapped and oriented. The gene order of the pnuC region, which is at min 17 of the Salmonella chromosome, is nadA-pnuC-aroG-gal. Polarity tests, with pnuC::Mu d-lac operon fusions, reveal that the pnuC gene is the promoter distal gene in an operon with the nadA gene, which encodes the second enzyme of the pyridine biosynthetic pathway. The nadA pnuC operon is regulated by the NadI repressor. The pnuC gene also has its own promoter, since strains with a nadA::Tn10d(Tc) insertion still express the pnuC gene at a low, unregulated level.
Disrupting Governance: The New Institutional Economics of Distributed Ledger Technology

Distributed ledger technology, invented for cryptocurrencies, is increasingly understood as a new general-purpose technology for a broad range of economic activities that rely on consensus of a database of transactions or records. However, blockchains are more than just a disruptive new ICT. Rather, they are a new institutional technology of governance that competes with other economic institutions of capitalism, namely firms, markets, networks, and even governments. We present this view of blockchains through a case study of Backfeed, an Ethereum-based platform for creating new types of commons-based collaborative economies.
A Study of Treatment-by-Site Interaction in Multisite Clinical Trials

Currently, there is little discussion about methods to explain treatment-by-site interaction in multisite clinical trials, so investigators are left to explain these diﬀerences post-hoc with no formal statistical tests in the literature. Using mediated moderation techniques, three signiﬁcance tests used to detect mediation are extended to the multisite setting. Explicit power functions are derived and compared. In the two-site case, the mediated moderation framework is utilized to test two diﬀerence-in-coeﬃcients and one product-of-coeﬃcients type tests. The test in the latter group is based on the product of two independent standard normal variables, which is a modiﬁed Bessel function of the second kind. Because the alternative distribution does not have a closed form expression, power is approximated using Gauss-Hermite quadrature. This test suﬀers from an inﬂated type I error, so two modiﬁcations are proposed: a combination of intersection-union and union-intersection tests; and one based on a variance stabilizing transformation. In addition, a modiﬁcation of one of the diﬀerence-in-coeﬃcients tests is proposed. The tests are also extended to deal with multiple sites in the ANOVA and logistic regres- sion models, and the groundwork has been laid to account for multiple mediators as well. The contribution of this is a group of formal signiﬁcance tests for explaining treatment- by-site interaction in the multisite clinical trial setting. This will serve to inform the design of future clinical trials by accounting for this site-level variability. The proposed methodol- ogy is illustrated in the analysis of the Treatment of SSRI-Resistant Depression in Adolescents study conducted across six sites coordinated at the University of Pittsburgh.
Self-supervised capturing of users' activities from weblogs

The goal of this paper is to describe a method to automatically extract all basic attributes namely actor, action, object, time and location which belong to an activity from Japanese weblogs. Sentences retrieved from weblogs are often diversified, complex, syntactically wrong, have emoticons and new words. There are some works that have tried to extract users' activities in sentences retrieved from web and weblogs. However, these works have several limitations, such as inability of extracting infrequent activities, high setup cost, limitation on the types of sentences that can be handled, necessary of preparing a list of object and action. To resolve these problems, we propose a novel approach that treats the activity extraction as a sequence labelling problem, and automatically makes its own training data. This approach can extract infrequent activities, and has advantages such as scalability, and unnecessary any hand-tagged data. Since it does not require to fix the positions and the number of the attributes in activity sentences, this approach can extract all attributes, with high recall.
Bayesian Group Decisions: Algorithms and Complexity

We address the computations that Bayesian agents undertake to realize their optimal actions, as they repeatedly observe each other's actions, following an initial private observation. We use iterated eliminations of infeasible signals (IEIS) to model the thinking process as well as the calculations of a Bayesian agent in a group decision scenario. We show that IEIS runs in exponential time; however, when the group structure is a partially ordered set, the Bayesian calculations simplify and polynomial-time computation of the Bayesian recommendations is possible. We next shift attention to the case where agents reveal their beliefs (instead of actions) at every decision epoch. We analyze the computational complexity of the Bayesian belief formation in groups and show that it is NP-hard. We also investigate the factors underlying this computational complexity and show how belief calculations simplify in special network structures or cases with strong inherent symmetries. We finally give insights about the statistical efficiency (optimality) of the beliefs and its relations to computational efficiency.
Design tool for evolutionary design of digital circuits

This paper deals with the preparation and the design of a tool (system) for evolutionary design of circuits. The author discusses fundamental parts of the proposed design system. The paper also introduces already implemented parts of the system and presents the possibilities of this tool. The introduced design system aims to speed up and simplify the process of the evolutionary design. In future, the tool should work as a support for automated generation of source codes for an easy implementation of result circuits in FPGA devices.
FORAGING BEHAVIORS OF SURF SCOTERS AND WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS DURING SPAWNING OF PACIFIC HERRING

Abstract ABSTRACT Winter diets of Surf (Melanitta perspicillata) and White-winged Scoters (M. fusca) are composed primarily of bivalves. During spawning of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) in early spring, scoters shift their diets to herring eggs. Using radio-telemetry, we contrasted scoter foraging behaviors between winter and herring spawning periods. Scoters increased their dive durations during herring spawning, likely to maximize the amount of roe consumed per dive; in winter, dives were typically terminated upon clam capture. Scoters spent approximately 50% less time foraging (min underwater hr−1) and decreased their dive rate (dives hr−1) by 70% when feeding on roe. The observed reduction in time spent foraging was presumably caused by the abundance of herring eggs, and thus a reduction in prey search-time. Scoters were able to meet energetic requirements with reduced effort, despite potentially increased demands related to spring fattening. Less time spent foraging may also allow more time for premigratory courtship behaviors.
Divorce and Health: Current Trends and Future Directions

Objective Social relationships play a vital role in health and well-being, and it follows that loss experiences can be highly stressful for some people. This article reviews what is known about the association between marital separation, divorce, and health outcomes. Methods Key findings in the area of divorce and health are discussed, and the review outlines a series of specific questions for future research. In particular, the article integrates research in social epidemiology with research in social psychophysiology. The former approach provides a broad-based estimate of the association between marital status and health outcomes, whereas the latter approach studies mechanisms of action and individual differences associated with increased risk for poor outcomes. Results The experience of separation or divorce confers risk for poor health outcomes, including a 23% higher mortality rate. However, most people cope well and are resilient after their marriage or long-term relationship ends. Despite the fact that resilience is the most common response, a small percentage of people (approximately 10%–15%) struggle quite substantially, and it seems that the overall elevated adverse health risks are driven by the poor functioning of this group. Several candidate mechanisms and novel (ambulatory) assessment techniques that may elucidate the poor outcomes among people who adapt poorly to separation are discussed. Conclusions To increase knowledge on the association between divorce and health, three primary areas require more research: a) genetic and third variable explanations for divorce-related health outcomes, (b) better studies of objective social behavior after separation, and (c) increased attention to interventions targeting high-risk adults.
Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacity between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Technological Innovation Capabilities

The present study purposes to examine the moderating role of absorptive capacity (ACAP) on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and technological innovation capabilities (TIC) among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the construction industry. Due to the critical role of SMEs in construction industry, the purpose of this article is to examine to what extent the externally generated knowledge manifested in ACAP can strengthen the relationship between EO and TIC. To validate the proposed model, self-administered questionnaire were conducted to gather data from SMEs owners, 249 questionnaires returned and used for statistical analysis out of 278 distributed. The outcomes of present research reflect that both of ACAP and EO have significant effects on TIC. Furthermore, the results indicate the moderating role of ACAP on the nexus between EO and TIC