Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
DEL10.10.02.D93 Innovation Analysis Report 2013

ATCOs spend a significant amount of their time interacting or inputting data into the system. With the increase in the level of traffic, the time spent inputting data may reach a point where it is no more compatible with the time pressure of the job. Looking for innovative interaction means for easing the interactions and reducing the duration of the inputs is thus a challenge that should be taken over for preparing the future of the ATM. This document addresses this challenge by looking at three technologies: multi-touch screens, eye-tracking and handwriting recognition. The approach taken for analysing these technologies is a combination of literature reviews and experiments. Experiment results are used for underlining the benefits of the technologies, and the guidelines for deploying them. The overall assessment of the investigation comparing multi-touch vs. mouse revealed a trend that further developing of controller working positions with multi-touch interaction philosophy is worth to follow up. 2 proposals were evaluated. The technology was found to be quick and efficient. The results offer a valuable baseline for further developments. Other evaluations are required to compare the solutions and assess the impacts on the KPI. The accuracy and efficiency of the eye-tracking was assessed. Eye-tracking offers a promising interaction mean for speeding up the selection of aircraft and some actions such as assuming an aircraft. The accuracy is compatible with the size of track labels. Pointing smaller graphical objects should not be considered. Experiments on the benefits related to the decrease in the duration of the inputs underline a tendency to reduce by an average of 30 % the duration of the assume action. This experiment should be replicated to ensure the validity of the results. Last, hand writing recognition, the ability to read characters and translate them into some form of code, provides a natural way of entering information into the system and could increase the human machine symbiosis. This report proposes criteria for selecting the appropriate hand-writing recognition engine. An experiment was performed with four hand writing products to assess their accuracy. Results highlight that one product is particularly above the others with a mean recognition rate of 93%. Some improvements are still required on the recognition rate before using it on a controller working position. All these technologies have interesting benefits. The fact of integrating several of these technologies on the same position could be the solution for building a new HMI concept to face the future challenges of ATM.
Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Mortality Prediction in ICU: A Multicenter Study

Background: Researchers have long been struggling to improve the disease severity score in mortality prediction in ICU. The digitalization of medical health records and advancement of computation power have promoted the use of machine learning in critical care. This study aimed to develop an interpretable machine learning model using datasets from multicenters, and to compare with the APACHE IV, in predicting hospital mortality of patients admitted to ICU.Method: The datasets were assembled from the eICU database including 136145 patients across 208 hospitals throughout the U.S. and 5 ICUs in Hong Kong, including 10909 patients. The two datasets were first combined into one large dataset before 80:20 stratified split into the training set and the test set. The XGBoost machine algorithm was chosen to predict the hospital mortality. The variables in the model were the same as those included in the APACHE IV score. The discrimination and calibration of the model were assessed. The model would be interpreted using the Shapley Additive explanations values.Results: Of the 147054 patients in the whole cohort, the hospital mortality was 9.3%. The area under the precision-recall curve for the XGBoost algorithm was 0.57, and 0.49 for APACHE IV. Similarly, the XGBoost reached an area under the receiving operating curve (AUROC) of 0.90, while APACHE IV had an AUROC of 0.87. Additionally, the XGBoost algorithm showed better calibration than the APACHE IV. The three most important variables were age, heart rate, and whether the patient was on ventilator.Conclusions: The severity score developed by machine learning model using mutlicenter datasets outperformed the APACHE IV in predicting hospital mortality for patients admitted to ICU.
Pengaruh Metode Ekstraksi Terhadap Kandungan Senyawa Polifenol dan Aktivitas Antioksidan pada Rubus fraxinifolius

Pendahuluan: Tanaman Rubus fraxinifolius dapat ditemukan di daerah pegunungan Jawa Barat. Penelitian sebelumnya menunjukkan bahwa tanaman ini memiliki aktivitas antioksidan yang sangat kuat. Kandungan senyawa polifenol pada tanaman berkontribusi secara substansial terhadap aktivitas antioksidan dan metode ekstraksi akan mempengaruhi kandungan senyawa yang tersari. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan evaluasi pengaruh metode ekstraksi organ daun, buah muda dan batang R. fraxinifolius terhadap kandungan polifenol serta aktivitas antioksidannya. Metode: Bagian daun, buah, dan batang R. fraxinifolius diekstraksi cair padat secara maserasi, refluks dan soxhlet menggunakan pelarut metanol. Terhadap masing-masing ekstrak dilakukan penetapan kadar polifenol total dengan pereaksi Folin-Ciocalteu serta uji aktivitas antioksidan dengan metode peredaman DPPH. Hasil: Rendemen ekstrak terbanyak adalah ekstrak refluks daun R. fraxinifolius sebesar 30,20 %. Kandungan polifenol total tertinggi adalah pada ekstrak Sokhlet daun R. fraxinifolius sebesar 48,79 mg GAE/g ekstrak. Aktivitas antioksidan tertinggi yaitu ekstrak Sokhlet daun R. fraxinifolius sebesar 98,29% pada 100 bpj. Kesimpulan: Dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa ekstrak metanol daun R. fraxinifolius yang diekstraksi secara sokhlet memiliki kandungan polifenol serta aktivitas antioksidan tertinggi.
New results on scale effects for wave overtopping at coastal structures, the CLASH programme

It is proven that wave run up on rough slopes is underestimated in small scale model tests due to scale / model effects. Given this fact, the same effects are suspected to be present for wave overtopping. A thorough comparison between prototype measurements of wave overtopping at three different coastal structures and scale model tests of these structures has been performed. The present paper gives the results from this comparison and presents a procedure to determine whether scale effects can be present in a certain situation. The procedure allows to calculate the magnitude of the scale and wind effect that can be expected. Since a lot of designs are based on physical model tests, this procedure has a broad range of applicability and its importance should be stressed.
PATTERNS OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY USE IN TEACHING: A PILOT STUDY

The use of mobile learning spaces is an opportunity to break the boundaries of the classroom and to prepare studentteachers towards teaching classes tailored to the future teaching market, while providing the tools and inspiration to lead change in schools. The purpose of this precursor study is to examine the subject of implementing mobile technology and usage patterns in the mobile technology space among the students and lecturers in a teacher training college. Another objective is to set the potential of mobile technology for teaching on the challenges which this combination conveys. Accordingly, patterns of teaching and learning were examined in the mobile learning space, as well as the role of pedagogical support and guidance in relation to the methods used and the attitudes of the lecturers and students toward teaching and learning in the mobile learning space. The paradigm of the present study is the mixed research model combining quantitative and qualitative research. The study included the faculty members teaching in the course of the year and the students studying in this learning space. The research tools included a questionnaire administered to teachers and students at the end of the two semesters, discussions with five of the lecturers and with the support staff as well as meetings with the leading faculty in the college. Simultaneously, three lessons in the mobile learning space were videotaped and then analyzed. The findings show that most of the lecturers do not use hybrid computers in the learning space for various reasons: some need technological and / or pedagogical support, some believe that it is not relevant to their teaching; also the number of student users is low. As a result of this study, the findings obtained can highlight models for implementing mobile technologies in teacher education institutions and contribute to decision making in the acquisition and design of the technological learning space in the teacher education college.
ENERGY-EFFICIENT ELECTRIC MOTORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS. SECOND EDITION

In this revised and expanded edition, the author explains--in a clear manner--the technology of energy efficient electric motors including motor losses, testing, and efficiency labeling. He also discusses how to calculate the return on investment for an energy efficient motor in addition to several other subjects related to effective motor application. New chapters explore permanent magnet synchronous motors and transistor pulse-width-modulated inverters. Engineers, purchasing managers, and executives who make decisions on motor selection will find this an invaluable reference.
Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach

Software Defined Networks discusses the historical networking environment that gave rise to SDN, as well as the latest advances in SDN technology. The book gives you the state of the art knowledge needed for successful deployment of an SDN, including: How to explain to the non-technical business decision makers in your organization the potential benefits, as well as the risks, in shifting parts of a network to the SDN model How to make intelligent decisions about when to integrate SDN technologies in a network How to decide if your organization should be developing its own SDN applications or looking to acquire these from an outside vendor How to accelerate the ability to develop your own SDN application, be it entirely novel or a more efficient approach to a long-standing problem Discusses the evolution of the switch platforms that enable SDN Addresses when to integrate SDN technologies in a network Provides an overview of sample SDN applications relevant to different industries Includes practical examples of how to write SDN applications
Evolving Art in Junior High

Evolving Art in Junior High Randal C. Marsh Department of Visual Arts, BYU Master of Arts A junior high teacher and artist altered the curriculum of his Art Foundations II course and his own artistic practice in response to complexity thinking. This teacherartist-researcher uses the arts-based methodology a/r/tography to make meaning of the relationship between his art and pedagogy. The a/r/tographer explains the impact of complexity on the philosophy of education, a/r/tography as a methodology, and the meaning making that occurred are included. Evolution was used as a methodology for art making and as constraint for developing artworks in the classroom and in the author’s own art. The teacher-artist-researcher conceptualizes art as an emergent complex cultural practice that evolves over time. He argues that artists, teachers, consumers, and students are implicated in the evolution of art.
Communicative challenges with dematerialised products

Increasing the service components of products may contribute towards sustainable consumption and enable customisation of products, but changes conditions for communication. In a study on functional sales, participants in two focus groups were presented with four hypothetical examples. The participants were found to question the motives and capabilities of the producer and were quite sceptical to the offers. This text explores if this may be explained by how the offers were presented and interpreted, and by inherent problems with communicative aspects of dematerialised products. Dematerialisation changes the conditions for communication at different stages of the product usage lifecycle. A physical artefact may embody meaning which helps the user interpret the product and its consequences. In use it may enable sending messages to others. Over time products also become associated with personal meanings which may be important in long term use and attachment. Dematerialisation changes the conditions for all of these.
Frequency Domain Filtering Strategies for Hybrid Optical Information Processing

From the Publisher: The book focuses attention on the development of optically implementable frequency domain algorithms that may be exploited to enhance the performance of optical information processing systems. The objective of filtering is to overcome limitations in performance that are generated by problems relating to input image distortion, noise, clutter, discrimination, object localisation, accuracy, multi-class recognition and optical efficiency. The methods and architectures reported will be of great interest to researchers and industrial companies building systems for industrial inspection, security and surveillance, military acquisition and tracking.
From Common Ground To Breaking New Ground: Founding Team's Prior Shared Experience And Start-Up Performance

Start-ups founded by team members with prior shared experience in incumbent firms tend to perform better than other start-ups. While the prior shared experience brings relevant knowledge and coherent routines, the knowledge is also by definition redundant and can corner the new firms in local search and limit innovation. I propose that start-ups may mitigate the negative aspects of shared prior experience by including in the founding team individuals with extensive experience in multiple prior jobs or industries – i.e., job hoppers. I find that job hoppers positively moderate the effect of shared experience on performance. I also find that job hoppers who bring knowledge from outside the start-up industry are beneficial to teams with prior shared experience within the start-up industry and that job hoppers who bring knowledge from the start-up industry are beneficial to teams with prior shared experience outside the start-up industry. Consequently, the job-hoppers may embody both the positive disruptive effect and the introduction of relevant complementary knowledge. With these results, the paper uncovers a novel mechanism that underlies the knowledge complementarities in founding teams.
Inferring bounds on the performance of a control policy from a sample of one-step system transitions

In financial, medical, and engineering sciences, as well as in artificial intelligence, variants (or generalizations) of the following discrete-time optimal control problem arise quite frequently: a system, characterized by its state-transition function xt+1 = f (xt ,ut), xt ∈ X , ut ∈ U, f : X ×U → X , should be controlled by using a policy ut = h(t,xt), h : {0, . ,T − 1}×X →U so as to maximize a cumulated reward ∑T−1 t=0 ρ(xt ,ut), ρ : X ×U → R over a finite horizon T ∈ N.
Frequency selective surfaces for Terahertz applications

This thesis presents both theoretical and experimental investigations of the performance and capabilities of frequency selective surfaces (FSS) applied at THz frequencies. The aim is to explore and extend the use of FSS, traditionally limited to microwave frequencies, towards the THz regime of the spectrum, where interesting applications such as imaging, sensing and communications exist. The contribution of this work lies in three main areas within the scope of THz FSS, namely, performance, prototyping and applications. Unlike microwave FSS where extensive research has been performed to evaluate the performance of different FSS designs, particular problems arise at THz frequencies, significantly, the ohmic losses. While a few notable studies can be found on the issue of ohmic losses, part of this thesis investigates, for the first time, the power dissipation due to the presence of both ohmic and dielectric losses, in relation to the power stored in the vicinity of the FSS, the currents induced in the elements of the array and the array’s terminal impedance. By doing so, a better understanding of the performance of THz FSS has been given in terms of their quality factor, allowing for design guidelines previously unavailable. In order to demonstrate multiband operation experimentally, a novel fabrication process has been designed and developed to manufacture capacitive or dipole-based THz FSS on a dielectric layer. Dry deep-reactive ion etching has been employed in order to avoid the use of wet etching to provide better control of etch characteristics. Various FSS operating around 15THz have been demonstrated experimentally. In addition, THz FSS have been investigated theoretically in the realm of three different applications, namely, multiband operation, sensing capability and reconfigurability. Multiband characteristics using single-screen FSS have been achieved by perturbed dipole FSS exhibiting up to four resonances due to the excitation of even and odd current modes. After studying the near-fields in perturbed FSS, it has been found that this type of FSS represent a very attractive candidate for sensing applications due to the revealed near-field enhancement phenomena related to the excitation of the odd mode, where currents flow in opposite directions. Finally, a novel tunability approach
Comparison of diesel and hybrid vehicle emissions by computer modelling

Described is a hybrid power train simulation model that has set up an electric vehicle's operational performance to generate input data to a hybrid and a diesel vehicle model. A comparison between these vehicles has established that, assuming both vehicles are running on the same operational and route conditions and using the model described, reductions in fuel consumption and emissions due to hybrid vehicle operation compared with diesel operations can be predicted. The potential environmental benefit of the change from diesel to hybrid propulsion can be predicted.
Frequency of Physical Education Teachers Referring to NPE, APE, OPE, CPJ, and EPE in Implementing the Form Four Physical Education Curriculum (Physical Fitness)

The purpose of this research is to identify the frequencies of Physical education teachers referring the National Philosophy of Education (NPE), Aims of Physical Education (APE), Objectives of Physical Education (OPE), Content of Physical Education Curriculum (OPE) and Evaluation of Physical Education (EPE) aspect in the implementation of the Malaysian Form 4 Physical Education curriculum (Physical Fitness); to identify the extent to which Physical Education teachers refer of NPE, APE, OPE, CPE curriculum, and EPE aspect; to identify the significant difference between teaching experience with the frequencies of referring to these aspects. This study used the survey method. Questionnaire is the instrument to collect the data related to Physical Education teachers referring to NPE, APE, OPE, CPE, and EPE aspects. The level of frequencies of teachers referring to all aspects (NPE, APE, OPE, CPE, EPE) is moderate (M=2.98; SD=.68). From that, the level of frequencies of teachers referring to the OPE (M=4.38; SD=.57) and the CPE (M=4.30; SD=.65) is high. Meanwhile, the level of frequencies of teachers referring to the NPE (M=1.78; SD=.65) and the EPE (M=1.34; SD=.72) is low. Beside that, the level of frequencies of teachers referring to the APE (M=3.10; SD=.79) is moderate. The objectives and content of Physical Education are two aspects that the teachers have to consider before implementing the Form 4 Physical Education curriculum (Physical Fitness) in secondary school. The Objectives and Content of Physical Education are very important in assisting teachers to make good preparation before they undertake the process of teaching and learning of Physical Education.
Nondestructive Evaluation Of A Polymer Composite Hip Implant Using Lock-In Thermography

Lock-in thermography, combined with finite element analysis and experimental testing, was used to investigate the stress/strain pattern in a novel composite hip implant made of carbon fibre and polyamide 12 (CF/PA12). In this study, the geometry of the hip implant was first modelled and analysed in ANSYS workbench 11. Different virtual loads of 800N, 1400N and 2200N were applied on the finite element model of the hip stem at an adduction angle of 15º, thereby replicating the present experimental setup. The values of strains obtained were confirmed by replicating the experiment by using strain gauges. A Pearson's correlation (R²=0.98) was obtained, which indicated good agreement between the FEA model and experimental hip stem. The hip implant was again subjected to similar loading conditions, and stresses were recorded by using a thermal camera at corresponding vertices. The comparison of results showed good agreement between the values of stress calculated from the strain gauge experiment and stress obtained from thermography. This study showed that it was possible to find stresses in a hip implant reliably by thermography.
Genome-Wide association Study Identifies Candidate Genes Related to Oleic acid content of Soybean Seed

Background: Soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr] originated in China and has been cultivated for more than 3000 years. Soybean oil is a complex mixture of five fatty acids (palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic). Soybean oil with high oleic acid content is desirable because this monounsaturated fatty acid improves the oxidative stability of the oil. To investigate the genetic architecture of oleic acid in soybean seed. 260 Soybean germplasms from Northeast China were collected as the natural population. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted in a panel of 260 germplasm resources.Results: Phenotypic identification result showed that the content of oleic acid varied from 8.2% to 35.0%. 2,311,337 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were obtained. GWAS analysis showed that there were many genes related to oleic acid content with contribution rate 7%. The candidate genes Glyma.11G229600. 1 on chromosome 11 and Glyma.04G102900. 1 on chromosome 4 were detected in a 2-year long GWAS. The candidate gene Glyma.11G229600. 1 showed a positive correlation with the oleic acid content, and the correlation coefficient was 0.980, while Glyma.04G102900. 1 showed a negative correlation with the oleic acid content. The correlation coefficient was -0.964. Conclusions: Glyma.04G102900. 1 on chromosome 4 and Glyma.11G229600. 1 on chromosome 11 were detected in both anaylsis (2018 and 2019). Glyma.04G102900. 1 and Glyma.11G229600. 1 are new key candidate genes related to oleic acid in soybean seeds.These results will be useful for High-oleic soybean breeding.