Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Data association method based on scenario analysis using weak tracking data for multi-target tracking

Video surveillance has been used extensively in our daily life today, for example, traffic safety, trajectory analysis, event monitoring, and crowd behavior identification. However, sometimes in many real-world video sequences dealing with complex scenario and environmental noise is still a challenging task. One solution is to consider information of scenario during tracking. In this paper, we propose scenario analysis using weak tracking data to detect the entry and exist regions in the scene. The regions are learnt according the historical frame. Weak tracking data is short and maybe broken trajectory. This scene information is then used in data association process of object tracking. Finally, the scene information with a modified data association to tracking multi-targets. The experiments indicates our methods are usefulness and reliability.
Performance evaluation of bandwidth allocation in ATM networks

This paper presents generalised particle approach (GPA) to optimise bandwidth allocation and QoS in ATM networks. The generalised particle approach transforms the network bandwidth allocation problem into kinematics and dynamics of numerous particles in a force field. ATM traffic is bursty in nature; the dynamic bandwidth allocation is an important factor for network performance. The network utilisation is reasonably attained by dynamically allocating the bandwidth. In this approach of ATM network optimisation, GPA deals with variety of phenomena like congestion, failure and interaction. The payment policy of ATM network path determines the bandwidth allocation of network link. It changes dynamically to the situation of demands and supplies of bandwidth. The path particle and link particle move in their respective force fields and the bandwidth allocation is done through an iterative procedure. The algorithm is simulated using the MATLAB. The performance of network based on GPA is compared with the max-min fairness (MMF) algorithm. The GPA algorithm based control of network has better network bandwidth utilisation, success rate and price allocation.
Nucleic acid nanostructures: bottom-up control of geometry on the nanoscale

DNA may seem an unlikely molecule from which to build nanostructures, but this is not correct. The specificity of interaction that enables DNA to function so successfully as genetic material also enables its use as a smart molecule for construction on the nanoscale. The key to using DNA for this purpose is the design of stable branched molecules, which expand its ability to interact specifically with other nucleic acid molecules. The same interactions used by genetic engineers can be used to make cohesive interactions with other DNA molecules that lead to a variety of new species. Branched DNA molecules are easy to design, and they can assume a variety of structural motifs. These can be used for purposes both of specific construction, such as polyhedra, and for the assembly of topological targets. A variety of two-dimensional periodic arrays with specific patterns have been made. DNA nanomechanical devices have been built with a series of different triggers, small molecules, nucleic acid molecules and proteins. Recently, progress has been made in self-replication of DNA nanoconstructs, and in the scaffolding of other species into DNA arrangements.
Elevated TRIB2 with NOTCH1 activation in paediatric/adult T‐ALL

TRIB2 is a potent oncogene, elevated in a subset of human acute myeloid leukaemias (AML) with a mixed myeloid/lymphoid phenotype and NOTCH1 mutations. Although rare in AML, activating NOTCH1 mutations occur in 50% of all T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemias (T‐ALL). TRIB2 is a NOTCH1 target gene that functions in the degradation of key proteins and modulation of MAPK signalling pathways, implicated in haematopoietic cell survival and proliferation. This study showed that TRIB2 expression level is highest in the lymphoid compartment of normal haematopoietic cells, specifically in T cells. Analysis of TRIB2 expression across 16 different subtypes of human leukaemia demonstrated that TRIB2 expression was higher in ALL phenotypes versus all other phenotypes including AML, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). A T cell profile was distinguished by high TRIB2 expression in normal and malignant haematopoiesis. High TRIB2 expression was seen in T‐ALL with normal karyotype and correlated with NOTCH signalling pathways. High TRIB2 expression correlated with NOTCH1/FBXW7 mutations in a paediatric T‐ALL cohort, strongly linking NOTCH1 activation and high TRIB2 expression in paediatric T‐ALL. The relationship between TRIB2 and T cell signalling pathways uniquely identifies leukaemia subtypes and will be useful in the advancement of our understanding of T cell and ALL biology.
Customer retention in a cross-border acquisition : a single-case study of a knowledge-intensive firm

Customer retention in a cross-border acquisition: A single case study of a knowledge-intensive firm The overall aim of this study is to enhance understanding on how post-acquisition actions affect a knowledge-intensive acquired firm’s customer retention in a cross-border acquisition. The focus on target firm’s customers, and on customer retention in particular, helps to bring about new understanding of merger and acquisition (M&A), and their success factors. This study employs theoretical pluralism in studying the empirical case. Specifically, the empirical case was analysed with integrated theoretical insights from M&A integration literature and approaches, CRM and network research to better understand the retention of the acquired firm’s customers. The above aim of the study is addressed through three questions: (1) How does the cross-border acquisition integration affect the knowledge-intensive acquired firm’s customer retention? (2) How do external and internal factors of the cross-border acquisition affect the knowledge-intensive acquired firm’s customer retention? (3) How does the cross-border acquisition affect the future relationship development of the knowledge-intensive acquired firm’s customers for retention? This research is a single case study, employing a qualitative method, and the case in this research is a Chinese-European cross-border acquisition in the knowledgeintensive field within the maritime industry. The findings of this research contribute mainly to the field of M&A, but additional insights – with respect to the role M&A events can exert on CRM and network studies – are also offered to expand the current thinking in the literature on CRM and networks. The findings point to the idea of multidimensional perspective to customers, that is, the investigation of existing, new and dormant customers. Findings also show that M&As are critical event, effects of which one can understand and (better) manage if attention is paid to customer retention. Further, the study provides analytical frameworks, including integrated framework for customer retention and for recapturing dormant customers in M&A. All in all, the central message conveyed by the study was that customer retention is multidimensional in its conceptualisation and that retention in this context is not only about maintaining relationship stability; it is also about managing relationship dynamics. Simply put, customer retention in M&A is all about managing dynamic stability. Additionally, customer retention is mainly influenced by context-dependent factors, relationship-specific factors and post-M&A integration actions. Managerial implications are also discussed.
Local Community Detection Algorithm Based on Minimal Cluster

In order to discover the structure of local community more effectively, this paper puts forward a new local community detection algorithm based on minimal cluster. Most of the local community detection algorithms begin from one node. The agglomeration ability of a single node must be less than multiple nodes, so the beginning of the community extension of the algorithm in this paper is no longer from the initial node only but from a node cluster containing this initial node and nodes in the cluster are relatively densely connected with each other. The algorithm mainly includes two phases. First it detects the minimal cluster and then finds the local community extended from the minimal cluster. Experimental results show that the quality of the local community detected by our algorithm is much better than other algorithms no matter in real networks or in simulated networks.
Acquiring Consumer Perspectives in Chinese eWOM

Purpose-This study develops a method for acquiring consumer perspectives in Chinese electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) to assist enterprises to automatically generalize and acquire consumer comments from the Internet and to rapidly realize the hidden consumer perspectives. Design/methodology/approach - The methodology can be developed by performing the following tasks: (1) designing a consumer perspective framework, (2) designing a process for acquiring consumer perspectives, (3) developing techniques related to consumer perspective acquisition, and (4) implementing a mechanism for acquiring consumer perspectives. Finally, a system evaluation with the Delphi method for firm satisfaction is conducted to demonstrate that the developed method and system worked efficiently. Findings-After measuring firm satisfaction with the Delphi method, the findings indicated that over eighty percent of companies satisfied with the results from acquiring consumer perspectives in Chinese eWOM. Research limitations/implications-Future research can extend the development of eWOM polarity analysis to effectively help an enterprise rapidly and accurately realize the current situation of eWOM to improve customer relationships. Practical implications-It is expected that the consumer perspectives offer enterprises an important reference of improving the internal environment and service innovation, and thus increase their global competitiveness. Originality/value-This study firstly designs an acquisition process to help an enterprise automatically acquire consumer comments from the Internet and rapidly reveal hidden consumer perspectives in Chinese eWOM contents. Based on the designed consumer perspective acquisition process, the techniques for acquisition are developed to facilitate the implementation of the consumer perspective acquisition system. Finally, the system is implemented to instantaneously acquire the Chinese eWOM articles of consumers and effectively extract hidden consumer perspectives to assist enterprises in internal improvement and service innovation.
Prefusion structure of syntaxin-1A suggests pathway for folding into neuronal trans-SNARE complex fusion intermediate

Significance Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptors (SNAREs) are the key molecules that control fusion in intracellular vesicle traffic. A special case of vesicle-to-plasma membrane fusion is exocytosis of synaptic vesicles at the presynaptic membrane to release neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. Structures are known of postfusion SNARE complexes, including a famous four-helix bundle with parallel C-terminal transmembrane domains. However, prefusion structures and the structures of intermediate trans-SNARE complexes remain much more elusive. Using nuclear magnetic resonance, we have determined the prefusion structure of the lipid-bound t-SNARE syntaxin-1A, with its transmembrane domain, and confirmed its lipid interactions and conformational transitions on co-t-SNARE SNAP-25 binding by high-resolution interference contrast microscopy in lipid bilayers. We discuss how these structures and their folding into later SNARE complexes might drive membrane fusion. The assembly of the three neuronal soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptor (SNARE) proteins synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin-1A, and SNAP-25 is the key step that leads to exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles. In the fully assembled SNARE complex, these three proteins form a coiled-coil four-helix bundle structure by interaction of their respective SNARE motifs. Although biochemical and mutational analyses strongly suggest that the heptad-repeat SNARE motifs zipper into the final structure, little is known about the prefusion state of individual membrane-bound SNAREs and how they change conformation from the unzippered prefusion to the zippered postfusion state in a membrane environment. We have solved the solution NMR structure of micelle-bound syntaxin-1A in its prefusion conformation. In addition to the transmembrane helix, the SNARE motif consists of two well-ordered, membrane-bound helices separated by the “0-layer” residue Gln226. This unexpected structural order of the N- and C-terminal halves of the uncomplexed SNARE motif suggests the formation of partially zippered SNARE complex intermediates, with the 0-layer serving as a proofreading site for correct SNARE assembly. Interferometric fluorescence measurements in lipid bilayers confirm that the open SNARE motif helices of syntaxin interact with lipid bilayers and that association with the other target-membrane SNARE SNAP-25 lifts the SNARE motif off the membrane as a critical prerequisite for SNARE complex assembly and membrane fusion.
Pengaruh Aset Pajak Tangguhan, Beban Pajak Tangguhan dan Perencanaan Pajak terhadap Manajemen Laba (Studi Empiris pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang Terdaftar di Bei Tahun 2011-2013)

This study aimed to determine the influence of current deffered tax asset, deffered tax expense and tax planning on earnings management. Independent variables used in this study are current deffered tax asset, deffered tax expense and tax planning, while the dependent variable in this study is earnings management are measured using discretionary accrual (DA). Populations used in this study is manufacture companies listed on IDX 2011-2013, where the total population is used by 16 companies. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique in which the number of observations obtained this study was 48 (16x3). Data analysis conducted with Binary logistic regression model with help of software SPSS version 20,0. Of the result of the testing that has been done, the wall test showed that the independent variables current deffered tax asset and tax planning which has a significant influence on earnings management, while the deffered tax expense variables did not significantly affect the earnings management.
Structural Booms: Productivity Expectations and Asset Valuations

In the first half of the 20 th century, the West reeled from hyperinflations and deflations. To study the swings in economic activity of that period was to study the role of money and foreign exchange. Keynes became the towering figure while the nonmonetary theorists of " long swings " became ghosts in the mansion of modern macroeconomics. The century's second half saw more muted behaviour of inflation rates. The impacts of shocks, real or monetary, through monetary channels were apparently milder or better contained by monetary policy. Yet huge swings in economic activity occurred nonetheless. In the 1960s, Europe's glorious years, several Continental countries saw unemployment nearly vanish – without rising inflation. In the 1980s, after a long slide begun earlier, nearly all OECD economies were in the great postwar slump – with little or no disinflation. Then, in the 1990s, employment soared again – with little inflation or even some disinflation – in several OECD economies. As macroeconomics teaches, if high " effective demand " – a strong flow of money chasing goods – were the main agent of the two waves of prosperity, inflation would have risen as a signal of the monetary excess; if low effective demand were the agent of the slumps, there would have been telltale signs of disinflation. The conclusion is that the path of unemployment is subjected to non-monetary shocks and developments operating through non-monetary channels. We and several others have laboured for a decade modeling how such real forces 2 and mechanisms shape the equilibrium path of unemployment. Empirical work has focused on the secular rise of unemployment over the postwar decades, laying it to a progression of permanent structural shocks and adjustments. There has not yet been work on the phenomenon of structural boom and resulting swing in economic activity – an upswing and subsequent fallback of employment. Even the theory of it is undeveloped. If the boom arising in several economies in the mid-1990s is structural, what is the mechanism? The pioneer investigators of long swings – Spiethoff, Cassel and Schumpeter – saw investment as the key force; behind investment were expectations of its profitability and the unanticipated events that raise or lower those expectations. 1 But the non-monetary links from these causes to aggregate employment were not forged. The trio of non-monetary models of employment determination set out by Phelps (1994) are similarly forward-looking. 2 In each model …
Therapeutic Application of Phage Capsule Depolymerases against K1, K5, and K30 Capsulated E. coli in Mice

Capsule depolymerase enzymes offer a promising class of new antibiotics. In vivo studies are encouraging but it is unclear how well this type of phage product will generalize in therapeutics, or whether different depolymerases against the same capsule function similarly. Here, in vivo efficacy was tested using cloned bacteriophage depolymerases against Escherichia coli strains with three different capsule types: K1, K5, and K30. When treating infections with the cognate capsule type in a mouse thigh model, the previously studied K1E depolymerase rescued poorly, whereas K1F, K1H, K5, and K30 depolymerases rescued well. K30 gp41 was identified as the catalytically active protein. In contrast to the in vivo studies, K1E enzyme actively degraded K1 capsule polysaccharide in vitro and sensitized K1 bacteria to serum killing. The only in vitro correlate of poor K1E performance in vivo was that the purified enzyme did not form the expected trimer. K1E appeared as an 18-mer which might limit its in vivo distribution. Overall, depolymerases were easily identified, cloned from phage genomes, and as purified proteins they proved generally effective.
Energy-balanced clustering with Master/Slave method for wireless sensor networks

Traditional clustering algorithms for WSN (wireless sensor networks) select only one CH (cluster head) in each cluster, which consumes energy at the CH fast and shortens the network lifetime greatly. In this paper, EBCMS (Energy-Balanced Clustering algorithm with Master/Slave method) is proposed to solve this problem. The key idea of the algorithm is that one master CH and two slave CHs are chosen in each cluster. EBCMS selects the nodes with more residual energy as master CHs and slave CHs. In procedure of data forwarding, EBCMS selects those nodes as relay nodes, which have minimum energy consumption for forwarding. The simulation results prove that EBCMS improves by 86% compared with LEACH and 43% compared with RRCH in the dead time of half of nodes in the area of 500m∗500m, while it improves by 34% compared with LEACH and 37% compared with RRCH (Round-Robin Cluster Head method) in the area of 1000m∗1000m.
A Markov Random Field Model for the Restoration of Foggy Images Regular Paper

This paper presents an algorithm to remove fog from a single image using a Markov random field (MRF) framework. The method estimates the transmission map of an image degradation model by assigning labels with a MRF model and then optimizes the map estimation process using the graph cut-based α-expansion technique. The algorithm employs two steps. Initially, the transmission map is estimated using a dedicated MRF model combined with a bilateral filter. Next, the restored image is obtained by taking the estimated transmission map and the ambient light into the image degradation model to recover the scene radiance. The algorithm is controlled by just a few parameters that are automatically determined by a feedback mechanism. Results from a wide variety of synthetic and real foggy images demonstrate that the proposed method is effective and robust, yielding highcontrast and vivid defogging images. In addition to image defogging, surveillance video defogging based on a universal strategy and the application of a transmission map are also implemented.
Sexual Motives in Heterosexual Women With and Without Sexual Difficulties

Previous research indicates that women with sexual problems may have different reasons for engaging in sex than women who are not experiencing sexual problems. The current study investigated whether reasons for sex differed by women reporting high versus low overall sexual functioning, as assessed by the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) (Rosen et al., 2000). As low desire and inability to achieve orgasm are the two most commonly reported sexual problems for women, the study also investigated whether women with and without problems specifically related to sexual desire or orgasm cited different reasons for sex. The sample consisted of 446 heterosexual women between the ages of 18 and 61 who completed an online questionnaire assessing reasons for sex and sexual functioning. Women with low sexual functioning overall were more likely to endorse insecurity reasons for sex, while women with high sexual functioning overall were more likely to endorse physical reasons for sex. Women experiencing low desire specifically were less likely to endorse emotional and physical reasons for sex than women without desire difficulties. Women experiencing orgasm difficulties specifically were more likely to endorse insecurity reasons for sex than women without orgasm difficulties. The variance accounted for was low in all cases. This research offers insights into the important but limited role sexual functioning may play in the broader context of women's sexual motivations.
The effect on dental caries of topically applied acidulated phosphate-fluoride: results after three years.

This report presents final results obtained after the third annual follow-up survey in a study designed to test the caries-inhibiting effect of a topically applied acidulated phosphate-fluoride solution and gel. The follow-up survey included 681 of the original 1,105 Hawaiian children, ages 10 through 12 years. Findings from the first examinations were used for base line data and for classifying the subjects according to sex, dental age, and previous caries experience. The participants were then assigned randomly to one of the four study groups. Statistical analysis of the data is included to support the finding that acidulated phosphate-fluoride solution and gel are effective cariostatic agents.