Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Scope supports the Productivity Commission ’ s Draft Report into Disability Care

The Board and management of Scope, thank you for the opportunity to provide comment on the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report into Disability Care and Support. Scope is a major provider of disability support services to nearly eight thousand people with a disability across metropolitan and regional Victoria. As a service provider Scope sees the need for major reform to the way services are currently funded and delivered to people with a disability. Scope welcomes and supports the overall findings of the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report. The changes proposed in the Report, in particular the proposed introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), is a significant and necessary step towards addressing the issues faced by people with disabilities in their daily lives. This submission aims to provide evidence for further consideration and recommendations specifically addressing the following key areas: • Supported Decision Making • Community Building and Inclusion • Minimum Training Qualifications • The Quality Framework Scope has considerable expertise in these areas and would welcome the opportunity to discuss the contents of this submission and any other issues you may wish at a time of your convenience. Kindest regards,
Effects of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharides on Health and Aging of C. elegans Depend on daf-12/daf-16

As the global population ages, searching for drugs and functional foods which can slow down the aging process has attracted a number of researchers. In this paper, the Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) extracted from Lycium barbarum was characterized and the effects of LBP on the aging and health of C. elegans were studied. Results showed that LBP can prolong the lifespan, improve the abilities to withstand environmental stress, enhance reproductive potentials, and maintain muscle integrity of C. elegans. By using genetically mutated C. elegans strains, RNAi gene silencing, and measuring the mRNA expression level, it was demonstrated that the lifespan of C. elegans was extended by LBP mainly through sir-2.1, daf-12, and daf-16. The present study might provide a basis for further study of LBP as a food or drug to interfere with aging and reduce the incidence of age-related diseases.
How the East was Lost: Coevolution of Institutions and Culture in the 16th Century Portuguese Empire

In 1498 Portuguese explorers discovered the sea route to Asia and for nearly 100 years no other nation managed to follow suit. This monopoly allowed Portugal to establish a vast maritime empire that positioned it to dominate the intercontinental trade in spices and other valuable goods between Asia and Europe, until then the domain of caravans through the Levant. But despite their superior navigation technology and military power, the Portuguese failed to exploit their lead. Even before the British and Dutch finally managed to reach Asia by sea, a century later, the Portuguese enterprise in Asia was already in decline. The literature on the remarkable rise and fall of the Portuguese empire is divided between those that ascribe the decline to culture and others that point to institutional causes. The cultural explanations highlight a rigid medieval society in which elites aspire to be warriors and find commerce undignified. Institutional explanations focus on the excessive centralization of power in the absolutist monarch and the problems that result from the principal-agent relation between the monarch and those charged with running the enterprise in Asia. In this paper we argue that it is shortsighted to try to ascribe primacy to only one of these determining factors. Following a recent literature that highlights the inter-relatedness of culture and institutions in development we argue that the failure of the Portuguese enterprise in Asia must be understood in the context of the transition of a medieval society into the modern era, where new opportunities made possible by new technologies and circumstances put a strain on prevailing beliefs and institutions. These new opportunities required changes in culture and institutions in order to be fully taken advantage of, in particular the embrace of commerce as opposed to violence as the key organizing principle. We show how the Portuguese enterprise in Asia made some moves towards those changes, yet the transition was slow, imperfect and incomplete, leading to inefficiencies and the squandering of opportunities to capitalize on their monopoly. In contrast, the British and Dutch reached Asia with a culture that was more suited to commerce and institutions (e.g. joint-stock companies) that allowed them to very quickly usurp Portugal’s hegemony in the region.
Domain Adaptation Using a Combination of Multiple Embeddings for Sentiment Analysis

We propose a new method for domain adaptation by using a combination of multiple embeddings for sentiment analysis. We ﬁrst make the following embeddings for the document: (1) vector construction by using the bag-of-words model, (2) vector by dimen-sion reduction using SVD, and (3) embedded vector by using doc2vec. We then connect the three embeddings. This connected vector is used as the feature vector in the learning and testing stages. In the experiment, we used an Amazon dataset that has three domains (“books”, “DVD” and “music”) and six types of domain adaptations. The experiment showed the effectiveness of our proposed method.
Virtualization of Robotic Hands Using Mobile Devices †

This article presents a multiplatform application for the tele-operation of a robot hand using virtualization in Unity 3D. This approach grants usability to users that need to control a robotic hand, allowing supervision in a collaborative way. This paper focuses on a user application designed for the 3D virtualization of a robotic hand and the tele-operation architecture. The designed system allows for the simulation of any robotic hand. It has been tested with the virtualization of the four-fingered Allegro Hand of SimLab with 16 degrees of freedom, and the Shadow hand with 24 degrees of freedom. The system allows for the control of the position of each finger by means of joint and Cartesian co-ordinates. All user control interfaces are designed using Unity 3D, such that a multiplatform philosophy is achieved. The server side allows the user application to connect to a ROS (Robot Operating System) server through a TCP/IP socket, to control a real hand or to share a simulation of it among several users. If a real robot hand is used, real-time control and feedback of all the joints of the hand is communicated to the set of users. Finally, the system has been tested with a set of users with satisfactory results.
Influence of Internal and External Stabilization Methods During Prone Hip Extension on the Selective Activation of the Gluteus Maximus

The effects of an abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM) using a pressure bio-feedback unit (PBFU) were compared to the effects of a pelvic belt (PB) on the muscle activities of the hip and back extensor muscles during hip extension in the prone position. Fifteen healthy male participants all performed prone hip extensions under three conditions: 1) preferred hip extension (PHE), 2) performing an ADIM, and 3) using a PB. The muscle activities of the erector spinae, the gluteus maximus, and the medial hamstring on the right side were recorded by surface electromyography. The muscle activity of the erector spinae was significantly lower while performing an ADIM during prone hip extension than during PHE or with a PB (p.05). We concluded that the internal stabilization of the pelvis and lumbar spine afforded by the ADIM using a PBFU could be more effective than the external stabilization provided by a PB in terms of increasing selectively gluteus maximus activation during prone hip extension.
DETECTION AND DETERMINATION OF KEY INDICES OF CUSTOMERS ’ SATISFACTION IN BUSHEHR PORT BASED ON KANO MODEL *

Without doubt, satisfaction has been regarded as one of critical issues in the recent decade. Managers in the organizations cannot remain indifferent to the customers’ expectations and demands. They should arrange all their activities and competencies in favor of customers because customers have been assumed as the only source for return of capital. Therefore, customer retention and loyalty are considered critical to sustain on business. This also goes true in ports. Nowadays, over 90% of the world trade is made through marine transport. Therefore, ports play a key role in the world trade and act in a totally competitive environment, mentioned that significance of customer orientation has been recognized through supply of high quality services in most of commercial ports throughout the world. The present research has been conducted aiming at detecting and determining key indices of customers’ satisfaction in Bushehr based on Kano model. To achieve the aims of research, Kano model has been used. This research is an applied research in sake of aim and a descriptive survey in sake of data collection method. Several questions have been raised about fundamental requirements, functional requirements and motivational requirements and then several hypotheses have been elaborated about effect of these requirements on customers’ satisfaction to supply port services in Bushehr. Results of research indicate that lack of fundamental, functional and motivational requirements in port services affect level of customers’ satisfaction in Bushehr based on Kano model. Fundamental requirements have the least effect and functional and motivational requirements have the highest effect on customers’ satisfaction. Fundamental requirements and functional and motivational requirements have the highest effect on customers’ satisfaction.
Distress risk and earnings management

______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract We provide evidence that distress risk increases managers’ use of income-deflating discretionary accruals, and that the effect shows up and is magnified in the population of managers that decide to deflate earnings. Further empirical evidence shows that the increase in negative discretionary accruals when firms are in distress is 1) a reversal of income-inflating total accruals in previous years and 2) a switch to income-increasing real-activities earnings management from the equilibrium in the trade-off between accrual-based and real-activities earnings management in healthy times. In addition, ex ante monitoring reduces the effect of distress risk on discretionary accruals. This effect is distinct from the predictions of debt-covenant hypothesis in accounting literature.
A monostable hybrid energy harvester for capturing energy from low-frequency excitations

Efficient energy extraction from ubiquitous low-frequency excitations is still an open problem due to the high challenge in constructing an energy harvester with sufficiently low resonant frequency. To address this problem, this article reports a monostable hybrid energy harvester that consists of a piezoelectric power unit and an electromagnetic power unit. The proposed hybrid energy harvester can capture energy simultaneously from one excitation through the two power units. Theoretical models for the monostable hybrid energy harvester are established, and theoretical results fit well with the experimental measurements. Under a harmonic excitation with amplitude of 0.5g (g = 9.8 m/s2), the power output of the monostable hybrid energy harvester is experimentally measured to be 0.39 mW, which is obviously higher than that (piezoelectric unit: 0.25 mW; electromagnetic unit: 0.3 mW) produced by the individual power units when they work separately. More importantly, compared with the linear hybrid energy harvester, the monostable hybrid energy harvester has an operating frequency range that is shifted toward the lower frequency and achieves a slightly enhanced peak power, making the monostable hybrid energy harvester well suited for harnessing low-frequency excitations. In addition, employing two transduction mechanisms to synchronously and parallelly generate electricity from ambient excitations, the monostable hybrid energy harvester may also enjoy improved reliability and robustness.
A machine learning approach to quantify the specificity of colour–emotion associations and their cultural differences

The link between colour and emotion and its possible similarity across cultures are questions that have not been fully resolved. Online, 711 participants from China, Germany, Greece and the UK associated 12 colour terms with 20 discrete emotion terms in their native languages. We propose a machine learning approach to quantify (a) the consistency and specificity of colour–emotion associations and (b) the degree to which they are country-specific, on the basis of the accuracy of a statistical classifier in (a) decoding the colour term evaluated on a given trial from the 20 ratings of colour–emotion associations and (b) predicting the country of origin from the 240 individual colour–emotion associations, respectively. The classifier accuracies were significantly above chance level, demonstrating that emotion associations are to some extent colour-specific and that colour–emotion associations are to some extent country-specific. A second measure of country-specificity, the in-group advantage of the colour-decoding accuracy, was detectable but relatively small (6.1%), indicating that colour–emotion associations are both universal and culture-specific. Our results show that machine learning is a promising tool when analysing complex datasets from emotion research.
Intelligent Retrieval System for Ship Fault Information Based on Big Data Analysis

ABSTRACT Sheng, H. and Wang, X. , 2019. Intelligent retrieval system for ship fault information based on big data analysis. In: Guido-Aldana, P.A. and Mulahasan, S. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources and Exploration. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 93, pp. 1019–1025. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. In order to improve the efficiency of ship fault information retrieval and shorten the retrieval time, an intelligent retrieval system for ship fault information based on big data analysis is designed. The Lucene retrieval component is used to build a multi-level classification module, which matches the query keywords input in the process of ship fault information retrieval with the ship operation status to increase the intelligent retrieval conditions. Combining the big data analysis technology to classify the ship fault information at different levels, the tree classification structure is presented in the process of ship fault status classification, which can refine the classification of ship fault, describe the attributes of retrieval objects in detail, reduce the number of retrieval times, and improve the efficiency of ship fault status retrieval, thus completing the design of the intelligent retrieval system for ship fault information. The experimental results show that under the same conditions, the retrieval time of the system is nearly half shorter than that of the traditional system, and the longest retrieval time can be controlled within 2 seconds, which effectively improves the retrieval efficiency.
Real-time Container Truck Speed Measurement at Container Port Gates Based on the Binocular Vision Technology

ABSTRACT Jiang, J.; Mi, C. ; Wu, M. ; Zhang, Z. ; Feng, Y. , and Mi, W. , 2019. Real-time container truck speed measurement at container port gates based on the binocular vision technology. In: Guido-Aldana, P.A. and Mulahasan, S. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources and Exploration. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 93, pp. 998–1005. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. With the development of intelligent gates in the container ports, more and more attention has been paid to the real-time container truck speed measurement. Current solutions to measuring vehicle speed commonly use coil, laser or radar. These methods can obtain results with high precision but they are limited in some way, such as low stability, high costs, and high computation requirements. This paper proposed a method to measure real-time container truck speed at container port gates based on binocular videos. Firstly, the feature points from the time-series images of the moving container truck are obtained. Secondly, the correlation of these feature points in time and space is analyzed to obtain the homonymous coordinates. Finally, the container truck speed is calculated according to the homonymous coordinates. Experiments on container truck speed measurement based on binocular vision were carried out at the gates of Taicang Container Port. The results showed that when the container truck speed was less than 30 km/h, the algorithm was highly accurate in speed measurement and the error percentage was under 10%. In addition, the calculation took about 120 ms, which can satisfy the real-time requirements of automatic container truck speed measurement at a lower cost.
Identification Path and Validation of Carbon-intangible Assets in Enterprises

ABSTRACT Liu, H. and Liu, Q. , 2019. Identification path and validation of carbon-intangible assets in enterprises. In: Guido-Aldana, P.A. and Mulahasan, S. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources and Exploration. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 93, pp. 862–865. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. To cope with climate warming, scientific identification of carbon-intangible assets in enterprises is the prerequisite for its effective management. Following the normative research methods from theoretical analysis to case validation, and then to method induction, firstly, the existing asset identification theory is analyzed and the preliminary identification path of carbon-intangible assets is put forward; secondly, the mechanism and process of carbon-intangible assets identification are studied to verify the preliminary identification path; finally, the identification path of carbon-intangible assets with universal significance is summarized by combining theoretical analysis and case validation.
Numerical Simulation of Pore Water Pressure Variation of Building Foundation in Shallow Coastal Waters

ABSTRACT Hao, W. and Zhang, P., 2019. Numerical simulation of pore water pressure variation of building foundation in shallow coastal waters. In: Guido-Aldana, P.A. and Mulahasan, S. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources and Exploration. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 93, pp. 257–263. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Under the condition of high load, the pore water pressure model of building foundation in coastal shallow water area is analyzed, and the experimental loading analysis and mathematical simulation of pore water pressure variation are carried out to overcome the problems of elastic-plastic hysteretic force and discrete distribution of pore water pressure, so as to improve the life of building foundation in coastal shallow water. The load loading of building objects in coastal shallow waters is carried out by means of mechanical anchoring. The constitutive relationship model between elastic modulus, residual strain force and pore water pressure of coastal shallow water building foundation under load loading is analyzed. The pore water pressure variation of strengthened specimens and contrast specimens is measured by numerical test, and dynamic curvature correction is carried out by hysteretic curve recovery dynamic evaluation method. The stress state increment of pore water pressure of building foundation in shallow waters along the coast is obtained. The load and displacement curves of buildings in coastal shallow waters are analyzed by experiments, and the stress cloud diagram of external preelastic-plastic hysteretic force on the foundation of buildings in coastal shallow waters is obtained. The test results show that the numerical simulation of pore water pressure on the foundation of buildings in coastal shallow waters is accurate and reliable, and it has good application value in foundation construction and specimen loading of buildings in coastal shallow waters.
Water Ecological Environment Protection under Changing Environment: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis

ABSTRACT Li, W. ; Jiang, R. ; Zhao, Y. ; Xie, J.; Zhu, J., and Cao, R. , 2019. Water ecological environment protection under changing environment: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis. In: Guido-Aldana, P.A. and Mulahasan, S. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources and Exploration. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 93, pp. 9–15. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Systematic review is usually used to reveal the change characteristics of the quantity and law of the citations focus on one research theme. The paper investigated the research status, development trend and hotspots of water ecological environment protection using bibliometric analysis. Based on bibliometric, mathematics and statistics, articles related to the water ecological environment protection in Web of Science for the period of 2008-2019 were selected. CiteSpace software was used to conduct the annual frequency analysis of papers, countries and research institutions analysis, co-occurring keywords analysis, clustering analysis and research frontier. Results show that: (1) The number of published papers and cited papers have increased for the past 12 years. Especially, the number of published papers has increased sharply since 2015, indicating that the research on water ecological environment protection has been transferred from the exploration stage to rapid development stage, which needs to be analyzed from the aspects of national policy. (2) China has more publications than other countries. The research institutions are mainly concentrated on universities, the cooperation among them is not close. It shows the characteristics of small distribution and large concentration. Keywords such as “model” and “water quality” are research hotspots. (3) The results of clustering analysis show that water ecological environment quality assessment, water and soil conservation, ecosystem services and aquatic ecosystem are four main research directions of water ecological environment protection. (4) Using method of burst detection, nine keywords are obtained, which indicate that water ecological environment protection has rich research perspectives. The burst strength of land use is high, it will become the research hotspot of water ecological environment protection in future. The results should be beneficial to systematically understand research progress and future trends of water ecologic environment under changing environment, and therefore it promotes ecological civilization construction.