Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Age and Involvement in Sport and Physical Activity

This paper focuses on how age affects involvement in sport and physical activity. Investigated are questions related to how age differences in perceived barriers and outcomes to involvement in sport and physical activity, socioeconomic status, and sport philosophy/ideology affect joining a corporate versus a private sport and fitness program. A developmental lifestyle perspective is offered as the theoretical premise on which interpretations of the data are based. Findings from this study clearly show that reasons for involvement in sport and physical activity vary across the life cycle. At younger ages the psychological benefits associated with work related stress are perceived as the most important reason for involvement. During middle age, philosophical and ideological reasons begin to determine the setting where involvement in these programs takes place. Finally, for older individuals, philosophical differences along with socioeconomic factors determine both the extent and where involvement occurs.
The UbuWeb Electronic Music Corpus: An MIR investigation of a historical database

A corpus of historical electronic art music is available online from the UbuWeb art resource site. Though the corpus has some flaws in its historical and cultural coverage (not least of which is an over-abundance of male composers), it provides an interesting test ground for automated electronic music analysis, and one which is available to other researchers for reproducible work. We deploy open source tools for music information retrieval; the code from this project is made freely available under the GNU GPL 3 for others to explore. Key findings include the contrasting performance of single summary statistics for works versus time series models, visualisations of trends over chronological time in audio features, the difficulty of predicting which year a given piece is from, and further illumination of the possibilities and challenges of automated music analysis.
Three-Dimensional, Transient, Saturated-Unsaturated Flow in a Groundwater Basin

A three-dimensional finite difference model has been developed for the treatment of saturated-unsaturated transient flow in small nonhomogeneous, anisotropic geologic basins. The uniqueness of the model lies in its inclusion of the unsaturated zone in a basin wide model that can also handle both confined and unconfined saturated aquifers, under both natural and developed conditions. The integrated equation of flow is solved by the line successive overrelaxation technique. The model allows any generalized region shape and any configuration of time variant boundary conditions. When applied to natural flow systems, the model provides quantitative hydrographs of surface infiltration, groundwater recharge, water table depth, and stream base flow. Results of simulations for hypothetical basins provide insight into the mechanisms involved in the development of perched water tables. The unsaturated basin response is identified as the controlling factor in determining the nature of the base flow hydrograph. Application of the model to developed basins allows one to simulate not only the manner in which groundwater withdrawals are transmitted through the aquifers, but also the changes in the rates of groundwater recharge and discharge induced by the withdrawals. For any proposed pumping pattern, it is possible to predict the maximum basin yield that can be sustained by a flow system in equilibrium with the recharge-discharge characteristics of the basin.
Cortical connections and parallel processing: Structure and function

Abstract The cerebral cortex is a rich and diverse structure that is the basis of intelligent behavior. One of the deepest mysteries of the function of cortex is that neural processing times are only about one hundred times as fast as the fastest response times for complex behavior. At the very least, this would seem to indicate that the cortex does massive amounts of parallel computation. This paper explores the hypothesis that an important part of the cortex can be modeled as a connectionist computer that is especially suited for parallel problem solving. The connectionist computer uses a special representation, termed value unit encoding, that represents small subsets of parameters in a way that allows parallel access to many different parameter values. This computer can be thought of as computing hierarchies of sensorimotor invariants. The neural substrate can be interpreted as a commitment to data structures and algorithms that compute invariants fast enough to explain the behavioral response times. A detailed consideration of this model has several implications for the underlying anatomy and physiology.
Validation of a reduced Spanish version of the Index of Spouse Abuse

With the purpose of examining the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA), this scale was applied to 813 Peruvian women, along with the Double Standard Scale, the Rape Supportive Attitude Scale, and the Symp- tom Checklist-90 Revised (SLC-90-R). Participants were distributed into three different samples: women in the general population (n = 300), women who had not reported abuse (n = 300) and women who had reported abuse (n = 213). After testing seven different factor structures of the ISA through conrmatory factor analysis, this instrumental study proposes a 19-item abbreviated version clustered into two subscales (Nonphysical abuse and Physical abuse) with excellent indices of internal consistency reliability (.93 and .89, respectively). Scores on both subscales showed signicant positive correlations with the double standard scale, rape supportive attitudes, and psychopathological dimensions of the SCL90-R. Likewise, scores on the ISA showed that women with a lower educational level and less skilled jobs are subject to more partner abuse. Cut-off point scores for detecting both physical and nonphysical partner abuse are proposed.
Music Retrieval Using Onomatopoeic Query

We propose a music retrieval method that uses onomatopoeia query to enable easy and intuitive retrieval of music even for users without musical knowledge. When we use a music retrieval system, we usually need some information on the music, such as artist names or lyrics. However, if we do not know such information, it is difficult to retrieve the music, especially instrumental music. In the proposed method, we create an index of changes in note length and pitch in all of the music to be retrieved in advance. When searching, the proposed system extracts the change in note length and pitch from the user's query. The extracted information is used to calculate the similarity of a musical piece and the query by using a dynamic programming matching algorithm. The proposed system ranks a musical piece on the basis of similarity. The music format of the retrieval target is MIDI. In this paper, the result of retrieval experiments with the proposed method is shown.
AN OPTICAL CATALOG OF GALAXY CLUSTERS OBTAINED FROM AN ADAPTIVE MATCHED FILTER FINDER APPLIED TO SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DATA RELEASE 6

We present a new cluster catalog extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 6 (SDSS DR6) using an adaptive matched filter (AMF) cluster finder. We identify 69,173 galaxy clusters in the redshift range 0.045 ⩽ z < 0.78 in 8420 deg2 of the sky. We provide angular position, redshift, richness, core, and virial radii estimates for these clusters, as well as an error analysis for each of these quantities. We also provide a catalog of more than 205,000 galaxies representing the three brightest galaxies in the r band which are possible brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) candidates. We show basic properties of the BCG candidates and study how their luminosity scales in redshift and cluster richness. We compare our catalog with the maxBCG and GMBCG catalogs, as well as with that of Wen et al. We match between 30% and 50% of clusters between catalogs over all overlapping redshift ranges. We find that the percentage of matches increases with the richness for all catalogs. We cross match the AMF catalog with available X-ray data in the same area of the sky and find 539 matches, 119 of which with temperature measurements. We present scaling relations between optical and X-ray properties and cluster center comparison. We find that both Λ200 and R200 correlate well with both LX and TX, with no significant difference in trend if we restrict the matches to flux-limited X-ray samples.
Mixed Methods for the Approximation of Liquid Crystal Flows

The numerical solution of the flow of a liquid crystal governed by a particular instance of the Ericksen–Leslie equations is considered. Convergence results for this system rely crucially upon energy estimates which involve H2 (Ω) norms of the director field. We show how a mixed method may be used to eliminate the need for Hermite finite elements and establish convergence of the method.
Some university students are more equal than others: Evidence from England

This paper estimates the efficiency of students in English universities using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and a new dataset which is able to capture the behaviour of university students. Taking as the output the classification of a university degree, we use as inputs teaching hours and quality, entry qualifications, and the effort level. We find that university students differ in terms of the efficiency with which they use inputs in producing good degrees. In a second stage, we explore the determinants of the efficiency of university students using a truncated regression model. Higher student efficiency is found to be positively and significantly related to university size, and negatively and significantly related to the proportion of part-time students and the number of academic staff. The quality of a university has no significant impact on the efficiency of its students once endogeneity of university quality is controlled for.
Chapter 8 : Modeling molecular diffusion

Physical proximity is an essential requirement for molecular interaction to occur, whether it is between an enzyme and its substrate and modulators or between a receptor and its ligand. Cells have developed many mechanisms to bring molecules together, including structural ones, e.g. calcium-activated ionic channels often cluster with calcium channels in the plasma membrane (Gola and Crest, 1993; Issa and Hudspeth, 1994), or specific processes like active transport (Nixon, 1998). In many situations, however, concentration gradients exist which will affect the local rate of chemical reactions. Such gradients can be static at the timescale of interest, e.g. the polarity of cells (Kasai and Petersen, 1994), or very dynamic like for example the intraand intercellular signaling by traveling calcium waves (Berridge, 1997).
Upper Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics and Iron Cycling in a Global 3 D Model by

A global 3-D marine ecosystem model with several key phytoplankton functional groups, multiple limiting nutrients, explicit iron cycling, and a mineral ballast/organic matter parameterization is run within a global ocean circulation model. The coupled biogeochemistry/ecosystem/circulation (BEC) model reproduces known basin-scale patterns of primary production, biogenic silica production, calcification, chlorophyll, macronutrient and dissolved iron concentrations. The model captures observed High Nitrate, Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) conditions in the Southern Ocean, subarctic and equatorial Pacific. Spatial distributions of nitrogen fixation are in general agreement with field data, with total N-fixation of 54 Tg N. Diazotrophs directly account for a small fraction of primary production (0.54%) but indirectly support 10% of primary production and nearly 8% of particulate organic carbon (POC) export. Diatoms disproportionately contribute to export of POC out of surface waters, but CaCO3 from the coccolithophores is the key driver of POC flux to the deep ocean in the model. An iron source from shallow ocean sediments is found critical in preventing iron limitation in shelf regions, most notably in the Arctic Ocean, but has a relatively localized impact. In contrast, global-scale primary production, export production, and nitrogen fixation are all sensitive to variations in atmospheric mineral dust inputs. The residence time for dissolved iron in surface waters is estimated to be a few years to a decade. Most of the iron utilized by phytoplankton is from subsurface sources supplied by mixing, entrainment, and ocean circulation. However, due to the short residence time of iron in the upper ocean, this subsurface iron pool is critically dependent on continual replenishment from atmospheric dust deposition and, to a lesser extent, lateral transport from shelf regions. Submitted January 2004 to Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Observations on the DV/D Ratio of Male Genitalia of CuZex pCpCens Complex Mosquitoes in the United States

DV/D ratios were determined of CuZex: pipiens quinquefasciatus from New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas, areas believed to contain only this subspecies. The data suggest that ~0.50 should be considered as the limiting value for determining specimens as p. quinquefasciatus. This contrasts with the currently accepted criterion for United States populations.
Traffic Speed Estimation from Surveillance Video Data: For the 2nd NVIDIA AI City Challenge Track 1

Estimating traffic flow condition is a tough but beneficial task. In Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), many applications have been done to collect and analyze traffic data. However, the surveillance video data are still only used for engineer's manual check. To better utilize this data source, traffic flow estimation from surveillance camera should be explored. This study uses Faster Regional Convolutional Neural Network (Faster R-CNN) with ResNet 101 as the backbone to achieve multi-object detection. Then a tracking algorithm based on histogram comparison is applied to link objects across frames. Finally, this study uses warping method to convert vehicle speeds from the pixel domain to the real world. The results show that estimating vehicle speed at intersection is more challenging than in uninterrupted flow.
Population structures of three Calliptamus spp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae) across the Western Mediterranean Basin

We conducted a comparative population genetic analysis of levels of genetic variation and its geographical structuring in three closely related species of grasshopper that co-occur in the Mediterranean Basin: Calliptamus italicus, C. barbarus and C. wat- tenwylianus. In the western part of their distributions 5 populations of C. italicus, 13 of C. barbarus and 10 of C. wattenwylianus were sampled. Bootstrap re-sampling of populations and microsatellite loci within each species indicated a lower level of genetic diversity and higher level of genetic differentiation in C. barbarus, which is less of an outbreak pest species than either of the other Calliptamus species studied. This may be due to lower effective sizes of non-outbreak populations and/or lower gene flow among them.
Adsorption Studies of Heavy Metals by Low-Cost Adsorbents

: In this study, removal of toxic metals Cr(VI) from artificially contaminated water has been investigated with the aim of detoxifying industrial effluents before their safe disposal onto land or into the river. Two low-cost natural adsorbents, Palm Kernel fiber and Coconut husks, were used to remove Cr(VI) ion from synthesized waste water. The effects of, initial concentration, contact time, on adsorption efficiency were investigated. Adsorption isotherm and kinetics were also studied. Generally, the result showed an increase in removal efficiency with increase in contact time and decrease of initial concentration. Kinetic study revealed that pseudo-second order model is suitable to explain all our experimental data. The adsorption equilibrium data correlate well with Freundlich model, with regression coefficient, R 2 . The results showed that efficiencies of ACNH and APKF for Cr(vi) ion removal were 91.14%, and 84.89% respectively,. High adsorption capacity of the tested adsorbents makes it preferable and very cheap and environmental-friendly alternative adsorption material.
Feature‐Based Relation Classification Using Quantified Relatedness Information

Feature selection is very important for feature‐based relation classification tasks. While most of the existing works on feature selection rely on linguistic information acquired using parsers, this letter proposes new features, including probabilistic and semantic relatedness features, to manifest the relatedness between patterns and certain relation types in an explicit way. The impact of each feature set is evaluated using both a chisquare estimator and a performance evaluation. The experiments show that the impact of relatedness features is superior to existing well‐known linguistic features, and the contribution of relatedness features cannot be substituted using other normally used linguistic feature sets.
DANTE

The data management group at the Nanyang Technological University (dante) was founded in 2009 by the first author when the School of Computer Science and Engineering hired two young faculty members in this area. The group currently consists of three faculty members and more than twenty graduate students, research assistants, and postdocs. Our alumni include faculty members at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore, University of New South Wales, and several researchers and engineers at Facebook, Google, eBay, Huawei, and other technology companies. The group's major funding is from the Ministry of Education in Singapore, National Research Foundation, and companies such as Huawei.
Illumination Map Estimation Based Low Light Image Enhancement Using Sped up Solver Method

Nowadays digital images are used in several applications. It is used in almost every area in our life and technology. To improve the quality of an image, image enhancement plays a major role. Enhancing the low light image is a critical process. In this paper, we propose a simple technique called Low light image enhancement(LIME). In this, first we find the maximum value of each pixel by separating the R, G and B channels as a initial illumination map. Further, we refine the illumination map by imposing a structure prior as the final illumination map. Depending upon the gamma values, we tune the final illumination map for good quality of an image. The noise can be removed by using BM3D method. For a low light image enhancement, the objective assessment is Lightness order error(LOE), which represents the light directions and lightness variations. However, for the good quality of an image in the image enhancement, naturalness is essential. Comparing with the other techniques, LIME is superior in terms of image enhancement quality and efficiency. IndexTerms— Illumination estimation, Illumination Transmission, Low light image enhancement. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Electroanalytical Determination of Isoniazid in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Human Plasma, Using a Poly(Eriochrome Black-T) Modified Pencil Lead Electrode

*Corresponding Author: asadpour@tabrizu.ac. ir Abstract In this research, an inexpensive and effective method for determination of Isoniazid (INH) is presented by using a poly (Eriochrome black T) modified pencil lead electrode. The potential of modified electrode in electrochemical sensing of INH was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and hydrodynamic amperometry methods. The overall number of electrons involved in oxidation of INH was fond 4 electrons. The calculated diffusion coefficient for INH was equal to 9.74 × 10 cm/s. Calculated limit of detection for method was 66. 0μM and 20. 4μM applying cyclic voltammetry and hydrodynamic amperometry methods, subsequently. The ability of prepared electrode for determination of INH in real sample was evaluated by applying the proposed method to human plasma analysis and the results were compared with the standard method, presented by United State Pharmacopeia. Presented method exhibited a satisfying precision (%RSD=4.64). Also the proposed method showed a good accordance with standard method in confidence level of 95%.
Conceptions of God, Normative Convictions, and Socially Responsible Business Conduct

The case for socially responsible business conduct is often made from an economical or ethical perspective with the organization as level of analysis. This article focuses on the relationship between the religious belief of corporate decision makers and socially responsible business conduct. Based on in-depth interviews with 20 Dutch executives from different religious backgrounds, the authors find much inductive evidence of a relationship among their conception of God, norms and values, and business conduct. The authors also find that executives with a monotheistic conception of God display a stronger orientation toward socially responsible business conduct than do executives with a pantheistic conception of God.
Pectins from Apple Pomace - Characterization by 13 C and 1 H NMR Spectroscopy

Pectins were extracted from apple pomace flour with 5% (w/v) aqueous citric acid solutions under different time and temperature according to an experimental design (factorial 2 2 with triplicate of central point). Monosaccharide composition of fractions was determined by colorimetric analysis and gas chromatography. The structure of pectins was studied by NMR spectroscopy. The degree of esterification (DE=30.5-55.9), determined by FT-IR spectroscopy, was indirectly correlated with increasing temperature and time of extraction, showing that drastic conditions for extraction promote hydrolysis of esterified units. High content of galacturonic acid is consistent with the smooth region of the polysaccharide. 13 C and 1 H NMR spectroscopy confirmed the presence of uronic acids in the free and methyl ester forms. NMR data also showed the presence of arabinan and galactan as side chains. Resumo : Pectinas foram extraidas de farinha de bagaco de maca com solucao aquosa de acido citrico a 5% (p/v) em diferentes tempos e temperaturas, definidos por um planejamento fatorial 2 2 com triplicata no ensaio central. A composicao monossacaridica das fracoes obtidas foi determinada por metodos colorimetricos e cromatografia gasosa, A estrutura das pectinas foi estudada por espectroscopia de ressonância magnetica nuclear (RMN). O grau de esterificacao (DE=30.5-55.9), determinado por FT-IR, variou inversamente ao aumento de temperatura e tempo de extracao, demonstrando que as condicoes mais drasticas podem promover hidrolise do grupo ester. Elevados conteudos de acido galacturonico indicam o predominio de regiao lisa no polissacarideo. Os dados da espectroscopia de RMN de 13 C e 1 H sao consistentes com a presenca de acidos uronicos na forma livre e metoxilada. Os dados de RMN tambem indicam a presenca de arabinana e galactana como cadeias laterais.