Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bio-inspired Expert System based on Genetic Algorithm for Printer Identification in Forensic Science

Printer identification models are provided for the goal of distinguishing the printer that produced a suspicious imprinted document. Source identification of a published document can easily be a significant procedure intended for the forensic science. The arising problem is that the extraction of many features of the printed document for printer identification sometimes increases time and reduces the classification accuracy since a lot of the document features may come to be repetitive and non-beneficial. Distinct combinatorial collection of features will need to be acquired in order to preserve the most effective fusion to accomplish the maximum accuracy. This paper presents an intelligent machine learning algorithm for printer identification that adopts both of texture features formulated from gray level co-occurrence matrix of the printed letter ''WOO'' and genetic heuristic search to select the optimal reduced feature set. This integration aims to achieve high classification accuracy based on small group of discriminative features. For classification, the system utilizes k-nearest neighbors (KNN) to recognize the source model of the printer for its simplicity. Experimental results validate that the suggested system has high taxonomy accuracy and requires less computation time.
Linear programmable nanophotonic processors

Advances in photonic integrated circuits have recently enabled electrically reconfigurable optical systems that can implement universal linear optics transformations on spatial mode sets. This review paper covers progress in such “programmable nanophotonic processors” as well as emerging applications of the technology to problems including classical and quantum information processing and machine learning.
Capacitating postgraduate education students with lay counselling competencies via the culturally appropriate bibliotherapeutic Read-me-to-Resilience intervention

This study explored how culturally relevant stories could be used to bolster the lay counselling competencies of teachers furthering their studies in an honours degree in learner support – while working in schools with limited resources and at-risk children. One possible way of supporting teachers to be effective in the lay counselling role is to support them with access to counselling tools. To achieve this aim of providing teachers, functioning as lay counsellors, with supportive tools, 16 South African honours students/teachers voluntarily implemented the intervention called, Read-me-to-Resilience (Rm2R) (see http://readmetoresilience.co.za). A qualitative research approach was used employing a pre- and post-intervention evaluation design and, based on the draw-and-write technique for gathering data, the experiences of lay counsellors using the Rm2R intervention were analysed. Participating teachers reported that using the Rm2R intervention promoted a positive adjustment to the challenges associated with lay counselling. The findings suggest that such a ready-made intervention may have value in supporting postgraduate education students being trained as lay counsellors. Culturally appropriate training with similar ready-made interventions might be an appropriate way of capacitating teachers being trained as lay counsellors. Keywords: bibliotherapy; education students; intervention; lay counsellor; resilience; school support; teachers
When People are Problematically Attached to Social Media: How Would the Design Matter?

Social technology, in particular, social media has increasingly become part of individual’s life. People rely on social media interaction to relate with other people and satisfy their leisure or behavioural support purposes. Features such as those presented in the Honeycomb ecology, e.g. sharing, profiling and reputation, are used as means to that end. Recent designs of technology embed social features in them, enabling people to talk to the machine and interact with it as a sentient being, e.g. chatbot and robots, or use it as a mediator for social interaction, e.g. Social Internet of Things (SIoT). However, we argue that over-reliance on social media may result in a problematic attachment to it leading to a negative impact on users’ wellbeing. We conduct a multi-stages study to explore the negative psychological states that social media features can trigger. We mainly employ diary studies trying to increase the ecological validity of our data. We also discuss the enrichment of social media with tools to aid people in staying in control of their attachment and the risks such tools can introduce to user experience as well as their behaviour change process.
Fathers’ Satisfaction With Physical Affection Before and After the Birth of a New Baby: Cross-Parent Effects and Associations With Family Dynamics

This study examined the correlates of fathers’ satisfaction with physical affection (SPA) in their marital relationship before and after the birth of a new baby. Both parents (N = 97) completed surveys assessing SPA, and fathers completed surveys assessing division of household labor and coparenting quality during the third trimester of pregnancy and again at 3 months post-birth. An actor-partner interdependence model revealed partner effects, such that mothers’ SPA post-birth was predicted by fathers’ SPA pre-birth but not viceversa. Cross-lagged path analyses indicated that fathers who have high SPA pre-birth reported more supportive coparenting post-birth. Furthermore, fathers who believed pre-birth that they would be more involved in child-related household labor had increased SPA after the birth of a new baby. Results are discussed in terms of implications for couple and family therapy, education for new fathers, as well as programs designed to support parents during the transition to parenthood.
A Semi-Langrangian Vortex Penalization Method for 3D Incompressible Flows

A remeshed Vortex method is proposed in this work to simulate threedimensional incompressible flows. The convection equation is solved on particles, using a Vortex method, which are then remeshed on a Cartesian underlying grid. The other differential operators involved in the governing incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are discretized on the grid, through finite differences method or in spectral space. In the present work, the redistribution of the particles on the Cartesian mesh is performed using a directional splitting, allowing to save significant computational efforts especially in the case of 3D flows. A coupling of this semi-Lagrangian method with an immersed boundary method, namely the Brinkman penalization technique, is proposed in this paper in order to efficiently take into account the presence of solid and porous obstacles in the fluid flow and then to perform passive flow control using porous medium. This method, which combines the robustness of particle methods and the flexibility of penalization method, is validated and exploited in the context of different flow physics. AMS subject classifications: 65M22, 35Q30, 76S05
Regional delineation of China based on commuting flows

Delineating functional regions by association and connectivity has attracted much attention in urban and regional studies. Commuting ties reflect the social and economic interactions between places. However, most commuting studies are at the city level. A national-scale commuting map of China has not been drawn. This study employs computational and visual methods to model and visualize the commuting flows between county-level units. We use a dataset extracted from the 2015 One Percent Population Sample Survey of China provided by the National Bureau of Statistics. China can be algorithmically divided into new commuting regions based on the functional network of commuting flows. The results provide a valuable perspective to understand how people live, work and move across boundaries of administrative units in a daily urban system. Different administrative units in the same commuting region should have inter-jurisdictional cooperation to improve the efficiency of resource allocation and maximize the benefits of investments. We suggest that policy makers take commuting regions that cross administrative units into account when making regional transportation, trans-territorial infrastructure or investment decisions.
Applied linguistics perspective in developing reading material

Language teaching is a skill-based teaching aiming at the development of language skills and teaching tools are one of the important components of the teaching process in terms of the elements that will enable to increase the knowledge and experience related to the skill intended to be developed as the input source. Therefore, teaching tools should be designed in a way that allows access to the targeted development level, taking into account the nature of the intended skill area and the nature of language processing. As known, reading is a process of mental decoding, where many processes related to each other are performed simultaneously in order to gain access to the deep meaning of the text from the moment the interaction begins and this process is based on the background knowledge of the individual's experiences and the mechanics of the language components. Accordingly, for the development of reading skills, knowledge of phonological, semantic, morphological, and syntactic systems must be fully acquired, and these systems must function in integrated manner. In this respect, the teaching tools prepared for the purpose of developing reading skills should be designed in accordance with the principles of general training material’s development and taking into account the structure of the reading action itselft. In this sense, the aim of the study is to provide a theoretical perspective on the possible qualifications of the teaching tools that will be used for the development of reading skill, based on the studies of the field of applied linguistics related to the reading comprehension process.
Noun Phrase Complexity in Academic Writing: A Comparison of Argumentative English Essays Written by Thai and Native English University Students.

Focusing on noun phrase complexity in writing, this study adopted Biber, Gray and Poonpon’s (2011) hypothesized developmental stages to investigate the academic writing of Thai and native English university students by comparing their argumentative English essays as concerns their usage of noun modification. Prenominal modifiers and postnominal modifiers were identified and coded manually. It was found that both groups of writers heavily relied on attributive adjectives, nouns as premodifiers and prepositional phrases as postmodifiers, and there were no significant differences in the use of prenominal modifiers between both groups of students for the most part. The most significant differences between both datasets were in the use of prepositional phrases with abstract meanings and multiple prepositional phrases as postmodifiers. These are hypothesized to be acquired at later developmental stages and were more frequently used by native English university students than Thai university students. The findings of this study may contribute to greater insights into the nature of noun phrase complexity used by Thai undergraduates. Pedagogical implications based on the findings are also
Realising platform operational agility through information technology–enabled capabilities: A resource‐interdependence perspective

Intensifying competition in recent times requires business‐to‐consumer (B2C) e‐commerce platforms to develop operational agility for competitive advantage. Despite the agreement on an increasing competitive landscape, the process for realising information technology (IT)‐driven operational agility on e‐business platforms has received little scrutiny. Through an investigation of M.com, a leading multisided online retailing platform in China, this study provides a clear thesis of resource interdependencies and IT‐enabled capabilities forged during operational processes to realise operational agility. Our investigation, observations, and reflections from practice substantiate a model of how a platform like M.com cultivates IT‐driven resource‐interdependent competencies and capabilities tantamount to realising operational agility. The model shows how IT enables three capabilities—localised, synergistic, and optimised—which reflect the effective co‐ordination of three resource interdependencies (pooled, sequential, and reciprocal) during M.com's complex operations and processes, and explicates the consequences. For research, we postulate that IT‐enabled operational agility in complex organisational forms, cultivated through the development of resource‐interdependent capabilities to deliver effective sensing and response mechanisms, forms effective strategies for the B2C platform in dynamic marketplace conditions.
Their Memory: Exploring Veterans’ Voices, Virtual Reality and Collective Memory

This paper focuses on the virtual reality (VR) project Their Memory and details the development and evaluation of virtual reality environments and experiences with respect to its impact on young people (14-35 demographic) with the narratives of veterans in Scotland. As part of the AHRC Immersive Experiences program, Their Memory was created to explore how game design techniques and immersive technology could be used to enhance existing historical research and enrich narratives to bring expansive experiences to hard-to-reach audiences. The project worked directly with the veterans’ charity, Poppyscotland, to create an environment and experience that would resonate with new audiences, and explore documentary and storytelling techniques for the commemoration of war and conflict. The design of the project evolved through co-design sessions with veterans and young people and culminated in the creation of a short, thought-provoking, narrative-driven experience. The VR experience enabled players to connect with the memories of veterans in Scotland and exploring the different conflicts or situations they experienced and how they make sense of them. The project brought together cross-sector expertise to research how immersive experiences can help memory-based organizations in engaging with wider audiences, raise awareness, and diversify current learning outputs. The paper details the design and development of the Virtual Reality project, through co-design, and how this engaged the audience and evolved the experience created. The paper includes a summative evaluation of events conducted with schoolchildren to assess the project and concludes with how the project evidences impact upon audiences and the potential for both technology and the experience.
The intersection of gender-based violence and risky sexual behaviour among university students in Ethiopia: a qualitative study

ABSTRACT Women who experience gender-based violence (GBV) are at risk for adverse sexual health outcomes, as they may be unable to fully negotiate sexual encounters. This may be especially true for females at universities in Ethiopia, where women are the minority and patriarchal norms prevail. This study explored students’ experiences and faculty’s perceptions of GBV and sexual risk behaviours at two Ethiopian universities. Individual interviews were conducted with students, and focus group discussions were held with students and faculty/staff. Qualitative thematic analysis was used to explore the relationship between GBV and sexual risk and identify intervention points. Data revealed that female students at both universities are regularly exposed to GBV, which in combination with risky sexual behaviours may threaten their health. Participants (n = 126) reported a belief that women who violate traditional gender norms are more prone to violence. Substance use was reported to contribute to risky behaviours, particularly for women. Participants reported male students sometimes encourage female intoxication in order to achieve sexual encounters. Sexual health and GBV-related services are provided, but participants highlighted necessary improvements. If females are to safely pursue higher education in Ethiopia, campus-based interventions focused on GBV and sexual risk are greatly needed.
Business models and heuristics: how do they work together?

Building on cognitive theories and business model literature, the object of this paper is to analyze to what extent entrepreneurs rely on heuristics to develop startups and innovation business models. While recent research has referred to a cognitive view on business modeling, it is still unclear how the cognitive foundations of such modeling happens. Despite the constraining effects that management and entrepreneurship literature has attributed to these cognitive tools, we argue that in making sense of uncertainty, “fast and frugal” heuristics provides entrepreneurs with robust strategies to connect the dots that give rise to startups and their business models. The paper makes two main contributions. First, we introduce the heuristic of similarity into the business modeling literature. Second, through the results of a qualitative survey, we conceptualize and theorize on the cognitive activity of business modeling, presenting it as an iterative process of configuring heuristics.
Affect Lexicon Induction For the Github Subculture Using Distributed Word Representations

Sentiments and emotions play essential roles in small group interactions, especially in self-organized collaborative groups. Many people view sentiments as universal constructs; however, cultural differences exist in some aspects of sentiments. Understanding the features of sentiment space in small group cultures provides essential insights into the dynamics of self-organized collaborations. However, due to the limit of carefully human annotated data, it is hard to describe sentimental divergences across cultures. In this thesis, we present a new approach to inspect cultural differences on the level of sentiments and compare subculture with the general social environment. We use Github, a collaborative software development network, as an example of self-organized subculture. First, we train word embeddings on large corpora and do embedding alignment using linear transformation method. Then we model finer-grained human sentiment in the EvaluationPotency-Activity (EPA) space and extend subculture EPA lexicon with two-dense-layered neural networks. Finally, we apply Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network to analyze the identities’ sentiments triggered by event-based sentences. We evaluate the predicted EPA lexicon for Github community using a recently collected dataset, and the result proves our approach could capture subtle changes in affective dimensions. Moreover, our induced sentiment lexicon shows individuals from two environments have different understandings to sentiment-related words and phrases but agree on nouns and adjectives. The sentiment features of “Github culture” could explain that people in self-organized groups tend to reduce personal sentiment to improve group collaboration.
"CHAT"-ting up Anatheism in Search of Authentic and Credible Religious Memories.

This paper explores Anatheism as a pedagogically justifiable theory for teaching our learners how to acquire new memories about lifeand worldview diversity, as well as religious diversity, and also how to accompany each other so that whosoever wants to, may return home to a more credible God after they might have started to doubt the credibility of their original faith. It demonstrates how Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) can be used to teach the tenets of Anatheism in order to help learners transform such religious doubts and memories.
African immigrant women survivors of domestic abuse : an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of their perceptions and experiences of counselling and support services in the UK

Domestic abuse impacts upon whole families, yet women worldwide are recorded as the most prevalent victims in domestic abuse incidents. Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups have been examined in relation to domestic abuse however, there is rather limited research around African immigrant women survivors of domestic abuse and their experiences of counselling and support services in the United Kingdom (UK). Therefore, the present study adopts a qualitative approach to explore and gain an in-depth understanding of how African immigrant women survivors of domestic abuse perceive and experience counselling and support services, and to give these immigrant women an opportunity to voice their experiences of such services. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out with six African immigrant women survivors of domestic abuse, and interviews were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Five superordinate themes were developed from the interview data: Barriers to seeking help, Breaking point to seeking help, Overcoming fear and Building trust, Journeying together and Recognising a new me. The results indicated that prior to accessing counselling the women felt increasingly vulnerable, as they were eroded of their sense of self and felt trapped in marriage due to cultural and immigration threats. The results also revealed the participants’ journey to seeking help and these women reported enjoying their newly-found freedom and their strong sense of self that developed during the process of counselling. Their accounts showed the potential transformative nature of the counselling they had received. This study’s findings are discussed in relation to existing literature to understand the mechanisms and processes involved in the experiences reported by participants. This 3 study proposes several recommendations for improvements to formal supportive network resources, education on availability and access to support services. The recommendations call for collaborative working relationships among policy makers, professionals and advocates who work with African immigrant women, to improve information and access pathways. Finally, the limitations of this study are discussed, and suggestions for future research are made.
Risk Factors for Stalking Recidivism in a Dutch Community Forensic Mental Health Sample

abstract There are few studies of stalking recidivism and none examining risk factors for recidivistic stalking of the same victim versus a different victim. Data from 70 clients of Dutch community forensic mental health clinics was used to investigate the prevalence of stalking recidivism, risk factors, and any potential protective effect of psychological treatment. Over 50% were again reported to police for stalking over two years, including 21% who stalked a new victim. No risk factors were significantly related to future stalking and psychological treatment was unrelated to recidivism. Possible explanations for these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
Flourishing families: Effects of a positive psychology intervention on parental flow, engagement, meaning and hope

Few studies have investigated how positive psychology can be applied in a family context to enhance parenting. This study used an 8-week strength-based intervention on engagement, meaning, hope and flow in a wait-list group design (N=63) within an ongoing larger-scale study in Finland – “Flourishing Families”. Well-being was measured by questionnaires and daily life experiences using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). Data showed a significant increase in flow in daily life when parents spent time with their child/children. Contrary to the hypothesis, the questionnaires did not reveal any significant increase in engagement, meaning or hope. We conclude that positive psychology interventions may be advantageous to improve parenting and parent-child interaction in daily life, but this may not be evident in parents’ self-report.