Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Target Driven Visual Navigation with Hybrid Asynchronous Universal Successor Representations

Being able to navigate to a target with minimal supervision and prior knowledge is critical to creating human-like assistive agents. Prior work on map-based and map-less approaches have limited generalizability. In this paper, we present a novel approach, Hybrid Asynchronous Universal Successor Representations (HAUSR), which overcomes the problem of generalizability to new goals by adapting recent work on Universal Successor Representations with Asynchronous Actor-Critic Agents. We show that the agent was able to successfully reach novel goals and we were able to quickly fine-tune the network for adapting to new scenes. This opens up novel application scenarios where intelligent agents could learn from and adapt to a wide range of environments with minimal human input.
Therapeutic interventions and animal assisted therapy with incarcerated females

The prison population in the United States is growing at an alarming rate. Incarcerated women manifest distinctly greater psychological distress than do their male counterparts. In addition, these women demonstrate higher rates of mood disorder, substance use disorders, and personality disorders. Ranging from individual and group therapy to vocational training, corrections facilities use various forms of therapeutic interventions in an attempt to provide inmates with the resources necessary to develop healthy coping skills and function successfully in society. For many years corrections facilities have used animals as rehabilitative or therapeutic tools. However, there have been few studies looking at the efficacy of programs using animals with incarcerated populations. This dissertation presents how I examined the impact of an animal assisted therapy group with female inmates at the Utah State Prison. I present three separate articles that I submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. I dedicate this dissertation to my understanding and patient husband, Kory, who has put up with these many years of education and research and who has been my emotional rock through not only the vagaries of graduate school, but my everyday life. I must also thank my beloved friend Rachel who has shared the many uncertainties, challenges and sacrifices for completing this dissertation.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMISTRY HANDOUT BASED ON UNITY OF SCIENCES PRINCIPLES FOR THE CHAPTER OF ACID AND BASE MATERIALS

This research aims to produce a handout of chemitry based on the principle of unity of sciences to the material of acid and base. Unity of sciences is a paradihm that all sciences is united from Allah the Almighty. The subject of this research was students of XI MAN MAN Kendal, a school which supposes to have more concern of religion than regular school. This research used research and development approach. The handout was stated as very valid with the average validator score of 90%, readability test of 94% which means it does not need revision, and good responses of 80.41%. In conclusion, this handout is proper to enough to use in the learning process.
On the impact of traffic models on inter-vehicular broadcast communication

This paper focuses on the study of vehicle-to-vehicle broadcast communications, investigating the impact of different traffic-flow models on the achievable performance from a networking perspective. After introducing and comparing a few popular microscopic models, representing single-lane highway traffic, we inspect their impact on both i) the network connectivity and ii) the performance of a simple position-based broadcast algorithm, which assumes that an estimate of the neighborhood position information is available by means of a beaconing procedure performed at the routing layer. By simulation, we show that the specific traffic model only marginally affects the network connectivity, whereas the peculiar dynamic of the vehicular traffic may have a very deep impact on beaconing and position estimation based approaches.
Management of invasive fungal infections in the pediatric intensive care unit

Abstract Invasive candidiasis (IC) are the most common invasive fungal infections in pediatric intensive care unit patients due to commonly present risk factors including central venous catheters, antibiotic exposure, recent surgery, total parenteral nutrition, and prior colonization with Candida species. These infections are economically costly and have been associated with an attributable mortality of approximately 10%. As a result, investigators have attempted to identify cohorts of pediatric intensive care unit patients at highest risk of development of IC who may benefit from prophylactic, early empiric, or pre-emptive therapy. This review article will consider these prediction models and therapeutic approaches. Additionally, the management of confirmed IC, including anti-fungal therapeutic options, evaluation for disseminated disease, and management of central venous catheters, will be reviewed.
ELECTRONIC AIDS FOR BLIND PEOPLE - OVERVIEW

For a very long time the advancement in technologies has had noble intentions to improve people’s safety and to make their lives easier. That statement also applies to the visually impaired people. Since the common white cane does not provide the desired reliability and functionality and guide dogs are relatively expensive to train and have their own limitations, engineers in many science centers have been working on some electronic aids and complex systems for blind people. The following paper presents an overview of current status of electronic aids for blind people.
Pengembangan Budaya Sekolah

Mutu sekolah dapat dilihat dari budaya yang hidup dan dikembangkan warga sekolah. Budaya sekolah adalah sekumpulan nilai yang melandasi perilaku, tradisi, kebiasaan keseharian, dan symbol-simbol yang dipraktekkan oleh kepala sekolah, guru, petugas administrasi, siswa dan masyarakat sekitar sekolah. Nilai-nilai dalam budaya sekolah mencakup: kebiasaan hidup, etika, kejujuran, kasih sayang, mencintai belajar, bertanggung jawab, menghormati hukum dan peraturan, menghormati orang lain, mencintai pekerjaan, suka menabung, suka bekerja keras, tepat waktu. Tahapan pengembangan model budaya sekolah meliputi: nilai, pengembangan tataran teknis, pengembangan tataran sosial, pengembangangan budaya sekolah di kalangan siswa, dan evaluasi budaya sekolah. Pengembangan budaya sekolah yang kuat, intim, kondusif, dan bertanggung jawab membawa manfaat: (1) Menjamin kualitas kerja yang lebih baik. (2) Membuka seluruh jaringan komunikasi dari segala jenis dan level baik komunikasi vertikal maupun horisontal. (3) Lebih terbuka dan transparan. (4) Menciptakan kebersamaan dan rasa saling memiliki yang tinggi. (5) Meningkatkan solidaritas dan rasa kekeluargaan. (6) Jika menemukan kesalahan akan segera dapat diperbaiki. (7) Dapat beradaptasi dengan baik terhadap perkembangan IPTEK. Warga sekolah memiliki tanggung jawab mempertahankan budaya sekolah yang baik dan dapat diterima. Warga sekolah berperan dalam mengembangkan dan mewujudkan budaya sekolah yang efektif.
0 50 30 67 v 1 1 6 M ar 2 00 5 Can Spacetime be a Condensate ?

We explore further the proposal [1] that general relativity is the hydrodynamic limit of some fundamental theories of the microscopic structure of spacetime and matter, i.e., spacetime described by a differentiable manifold is an emergent entity and the metric or connection forms are collective variables valid only at the low energy, long wavelength limit of such micro-theories. In this view it is more relevant to find ways to deduce the microscopic ingredients of spacetime and matter from their macroscopic attributes than to find ways to quantize general relativity because it would only give us the equivalent of phonon physics, not the equivalents of atoms or quantum electrodyanmics. It may turn out that spacetime is merely a representation of collective state of matter in some limiting regime of interactions, which is the view expressed by Sakharov [2]. In this talk, working within the conceptual framework of geometro-hydrodynamics, we suggest a new way to look at the nature of spacetime inspired by Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) physics. We ask the question whether spacetime could be a condensate, even without the knowledge of what the ‘atom of spacetime’ is. We begin with a summary of the main themes for this new interpretation of cosmology and spacetime physics, and the ‘bottom-up’ approach to quantum gravity. We then describe the ‘Bosenova’ experiment of controlled collapse of a BEC and our cosmology-inspired interpretation of its results. We discuss the meaning of a condensate in different context. We explore how far this idea can sustain, its advantages and pitfalls, and its implications on the basic tenets of physics and existing programs of quantum gravity.
Predicted Returns and Sources of Momentum Profits ∗

We exploit both economic and statistical properties of predictive regressions with macroeconomic predictors to study the momentum phenomenon. We analytically show that: 1) the predictive intercept contains both a stock-specific component and a constant common-factor component of stock returns, 2) a differencing of predictive intercepts over two horizons proxies for a firmspecific component, and 3) the predictive intercept and the macro-related part of predicted returns are highly negatively correlated due to the high persistence in macroeconomic predictors. Empirically we find that the predictive intercept plays a relatively more important role than the macro-related part in explaining momentum. We document evidence that both the firm-specific return component and the return component related to time-varying risk premia contribute to momentum profits. JEL Classification: G12, G14
Advanced systems and methods for collecting accurate data in optical coherence tomography

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has recently emerged as a valuable technique in biomedical research and medical diagnostics. OCT based instruments allow acquisi- tion of high-resolution information about the internal structure of translucent organs and tissues without damaging the object. However, unaccounted object movements reduce the quality of acquired data, particularly in functional imaging and in OCT modalities that rely on continuous monitoring. Therefore there is a need for methods that allow mitigating the negative effects of the object movements on the data quality. In this thesis we present several methods and devices that allow improving the ac- curacy of collected data. First we introduce a novel frequency multiplexing method for OCT, which enables simultaneous measurements using several frequency-encoded channels. By doing so, several parameters are measured in the same time, reducing the time to acquire the data and making the technology less sensitive to object movements. We employed the method to extend the functionality of several OCT modalities. We have applied the multiplexer to enable simultaneous en face time domain OCT imag- ing at different depths. We have demonstrated a polarisation sensitive OCT set-up where different multiplexer channels are employed to perform polarisation sensitive measurements. Furthermore, we have demonstrated how the multiplexer can be applied to extend the sensitivity range in swept source based OCT systems. The experiments presented in this thesis illustrate the flexibility of our new multiplexing method, which has proven useful not only for increasing the accuracy of collected data, but as well for increasing the efficiency in using the light from the object. Alternatively, we have investigated tracking as a way to improve the quality of the OCT data acquired from the moving targets. We have demonstrated a closed-loop tracking based set-up that uses low coherence interferometry to continuously monitor the cardiac dynamics of a Drosophila melanogaster embryo.
BAGEL: Brilliantly Advanced General Electronic‐structure Library

On behalf of the development team, I review the capabilities of the Brilliantly Advanced General Electronic‐structure Library (BAGEL) program package in this article. BAGEL is a newly developed full‐fledged program package for electronic‐structure computation in quantum chemistry, which is released under the GNU General Public License with many contributions from the developers. The unique features include analytical CASPT2 nuclear energy gradients and derivative couplings, relativistic multireference wave functions based on the Dirac equation, and implementations of novel electronic structure theories. All of the programs are efficiently parallelized using both threads and MPI processes. We also discuss the code generator SMITH3, which has been used to implement some of the programs in BAGEL. The developers’ contributions are listed at the end of the main text. WIREs Comput Mol Sci 2018, 8:e1331. doi: 10.1002/wcms.1331
Linux on the OSF Mach3 microkernel

ions. The OSF Research Institute has made significant improvements and extensions to the original CMU Mach3.0 microkernel, and the result, named OSF MK, is still available for free. The latest versions of OSF/1 are based on OSF MK but are encumbered by commercial licenses. We decided to produce an unencumbered UNIX-like server on top of OSF MK, providing our members and the research community with a fully unencumbered development environment for their microkernel developments. In this paper, we first describe the functionalities that were added to OSF MK by the OSF Research Institute and some performance improvements. We describe the architecture of the Linux server, emphasizing the areas requiring interaction between the Linux code and the microkernel. We present some performance figures for the Intel x86 platform and introduce the port of OSF MK and the Linux server on the Apple PowerMac
Relationship between Nutritional Status and Dental Caries in Elementary Students , Samliam Municipal School , Khon Kaen Province , Thailand

J Med Assoc Thai Vol. 100 Suppl. 6 2017 Correspondence to: Weraarchakul W, Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Phone: +66-89-8419615 E-mail: wilwee@kku.ac. th J Med Assoc Thai 2017; 100 (Suppl. 6): S232-S239 Full text. e-Journal: http://www.jmatonline. com Relationship between Nutritional Status and Dental Caries in Elementary Students, Samliam Municipal School, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
Change Management: The Case of the Elite Sport Performance Team

The effective and efficient implementation of change is often required for both successful performance and management survival across a host of contemporary domains. However, although of major theoretical and practical significance, research to date has overlooked the application of change management (hereafter CM) knowledge to the elite sport performance team environment. Considering that the success of ‘off-field’ sports businesses are largely dependent on the performances of their ‘on-field’ team, this article explores the application of current CM theorizing to this specific setting and the challenges facing its utility. Accordingly, we identify the need and importance of developing theory specific to this area, with practical application in both sport and business, through examination of current knowledge and identification of the domain's unique, dynamic and contested properties. Markers of successful change are then suggested to guide initial enquiry before the article concludes with proposed lines of research which may act to provide a valid and comprehensive theoretical account of CM to optimize the research and practice of those working in the field.
Vegetation changes in the Jornada Basin from 1858 to 1998

Notes made by land surveyors in 1858 were utilized to estimate cover of grasses and shrubs on the Jornada Experimental Range (JER) and the Chihuahuan Desert Range Research Center (CDRRC) in the northern Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico, USA. Portions of these areas have been previously assessed for historical vegetation dynamics but the entire 84,271 ha assessed in the 19th century has not been examined in total. In 1858, fair to very good grass cover occurred on 98% and 67% of the JER and CDRRC, respectively. Shrubs were present throughout both properties but 45% of the JER and 18% of the CDRRC were shrub free. Reconnaissance surveys, made to determine carrying capacity for livestock were made in 1915–1916 and 1928–1929 on the JER and in 1938 on the CDRRC, show that shrubs had made large increases in area occupied at the time of the surveys. Vegetation type maps were made of both properties in 1998. Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) was the primary dominant on 59% of the JER in 1998 and creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) was the primary dominant on 27% of the area. On the CDRRC mesquite and creosotebush were primary dominants on 37% and 46% of the area, respectively. Grass cover has decreased greatly with the increase in shrubs and only shrub control efforts have maintained the once abundant black see front matter r 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. jaridenv.2004. 10.001 nding author. Tel. : +1505 646 4842; fax: +1 505 646 5889. dress: khavstad@nmsu.edu (K.M. Havstad).
A scanning electron microscopic study to determine the effect of different etching techniques on enamel surface

Ideal etching to enamel surface is a challenging procedure. This study was conducted to determine the effect of sandblasting and laser irradiation on enamel versus conventional etching by studying the changes using scanning electron microscope. Sixty seven non-carious molar teeth were divided into 3 groups twenty two molars each. Group L: Enamel irradiated with Er:Cr;YSGG. Group S: Sandblasted at 65-70 psi. Sub-group SO: Sandblasted + bonded by Solo stick primer. Group P: Sub-group PT: Etched with 37%phosphoric acid. One molar was left unetched while Six molars were randomly selected, disked and prepared for scanning electron microscope examination. The results of this study indicate that conventional acid etching and Er:Cr;YSSG laser etched techniques can be used for etching of enamel surface and further bonding of metal orthodontic molar tubes as these two techniques have the most favorable etching patterns.Er;Cr:YSSG can be used as an alternative method for conventional acid etching technique in etching enamel surface for bonding orthodontic molar tubes. [Heba Y. Ismail, Sanaa A. Soliman and HalaMounir. A scanning electron microscopic study to determine the effect of different etching techniques on enamel surface. Life Sci J 2015;12(2):169-175]. (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 26
Self-supervised Spatiotemporal Feature Learning by Video Geometric Transformations

To alleviate the expensive cost of data collection and annotation, many self-supervised learning methods were proposed to learn image representations without humanlabeled annotations. However, self-supervised learning for video representations is not yet well-addressed. In this paper, we propose a novel 3DConvNet-based fully selfsupervised framework to learn spatiotemporal video features without using any human-labeled annotations. First, a set of pre-designed geometric transformations (e.g. rotating 0◦, 90◦, 180◦, and 270◦) are applied to each video. Then a pretext task can be defined as ”recognizing the predesigned geometric transformations. ” Therefore, the spatiotemporal video features can be learned in the process of accomplishing this pretext task without using humanlabeled annotations. The learned spatiotemporal video representations can further be employed as pre-trained features for different video-related applications. The proposed geometric transformations (e.g. rotations) are proved to be effective to learn representative spatiotemporal features in our 3DConvNet-based fully self-supervised framework. With the pre-trained spatiotemporal features from two large video datasets, the performance of action recognition is significantly boosted up by 20.4% on UCF101 dataset and 16.7% on HMDB51 dataset respectively compared to that from the model trained from scratch. Furthermore, our framework outperforms the state-of-the-arts of fully self-supervised methods on both UCF101 and HMDB51 datasets and achieves 62.9% and 33.7% accuracy respectively.
An overview of CMIP5 and the experiment design

The fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) will produce a state-of-the- art multimodel dataset designed to advance our knowledge of climate variability and climate change. Researchers worldwide are analyzing the model output and will produce results likely to underlie the forthcoming Fifth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Unprecedented in scale and attracting interest from all major climate modeling groups, CMIP5 includes “long term” simulations of twentieth-century climate and projections for the twenty-first century and beyond. Conventional atmosphere–ocean global climate models and Earth system models of intermediate complexity are for the first time being joined by more recently developed Earth system models under an experiment design that allows both types of models to be compared to observations on an equal footing. Besides the longterm experiments, CMIP5 calls for an entirely new suite of “near term” simulations focusing on recent decades.
Uniqueness of the Fock quantization of the Gowdy T 3 model

After its reduction by a gauge-fixing procedure, the family of linearly polarized Gowdy ${T}^{3}$ cosmologies admits a scalar field description whose evolution is governed by a Klein-Gordon type equation in a flat background in $1+1$ dimensions with the spatial topology of ${S}^{1}$, though in the presence of a time-dependent potential. The model is still subject to a homogeneous constraint, which generates ${S}^{1}$-translations. Recently, a Fock quantization of this scalar field was introduced and shown to be unique under the requirements of unitarity of the dynamics and invariance under the gauge group of ${S}^{1}$-translations. In this work, we extend and complete this uniqueness result by considering other possible scalar field descriptions, resulting from reasonable field reparametrizations of the induced metric of the reduced model. In the reduced phase space, these alternate descriptions can be obtained by means of a time-dependent scaling of the field, the inverse scaling of its canonical momentum, and the possible addition of a time-dependent, linear contribution of the field to this momentum. Demanding again unitarity of the field dynamics and invariance under the gauge group, we prove that the alternate canonical pairs of fieldlike variables admit a Fock representation if and only if the scaling of the field is constant in time. In this case, there exists essentially a unique Fock representation, provided by the quantization constructed by Corichi, Cortez, and Mena Marug\'an. In particular, our analysis shows that the scalar field description proposed by Pierri does not admit a Fock quantization with the above unitarity and invariance properties.