Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Structural dynamics model and response of the deployable reference configuration space station

The analytical models and results of a structural dynamics investigation of the reference initial operation and evolutionary configurations of the nine foot bay space station are presented. This investigation was carried out between April and August 1984 as part of a team effort to define a reference configuration for the first U.S. manned space station. The results presented herein serve as a guide, a point of departure and a standard for future NASA and contractor studies leading to the design of the Space Station. The reference initial operation configuration of the nine foot bay station was found to be very flexible, with its lowest mode between 0.096 and 0.138 Hertz depending on station attachments. However, for the transient load cases which were then available, internal member loads had positive margins of safety and preliminary results indicate that laboratory experiments which require quiescent conditions can be satisfied down to the order of 0.0001 g's.
Testing the performance of a single pole detection algorithm using the confusion matrix model

This study aims to examine the single pole detection algorithm using a confusion matrix model which is a specific table that makes it easy to visualize the performance of an algorithm. The algorithm tested is the YuRHoS pole detection algorithm, a new algorithm developed by researchers to detect pole objects with not poles. Methods used is by calculating three aspects of algorithm performance in machine learning, namely sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy. The value of the three aspects of performance depends on four variables, namely true positive, true negative, false positive and false negative. The calculation process is done by matching the pixel detection region with the ground-truth region. The test results for 4 (four) different single pole images found that the YuRHoS pole detection algorithm is better than other algorithms on two measurement aspects, namely specificity, and accuracy. Excellence aspects of specificity obtained because of its ability in detecting the object instead of a pole. Excellence aspects of accuracy indicated because more accurate in detecting a pole. As for sensitivity aspects, both the detection algorithms are having the same reliability in correctly predicting a pole.
THE IMPACT OF SOFTWARE UPGRADES ON INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

Research in the area of software upgrades and IS implementation suggests that the implementation of an information system has a profound impact on users and organizations. Further, it has been suggested that changes in individuals and organizations are related to characteristics of the software implementation process. In an attempt to investigate the nature of these relationships, the outline of an ongoing empirical study is presented. The research develops a theoretical model of the effect of IT infrastructure changes on individuals and organizations, and the details of an empirical test of the model are presented. The study is longitudinal in nature, as data are collected at three different times during the software implementation cycle. Data analysis and preliminary results will be presented at the conference.
Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter: Superior where the Buck Converter has Dominated

The traditional inductor-based buck converter has been the default design for switched-mode voltage regulators for decades. Switched capacitor (SC) dc-dc converters, on the other hand, have traditionally been used in low power ( 80% over a load range of 5 mA to 1 A) than surveyed competitive buck converters, while requiring less board area and less costly passive components. The topology and controller enable a wide input range of 7.5 V to 13.5 V. Controls based on feedback and feedforward provide tight regulation under worst case line and load step conditions. This work shows that the SC converter can outperform the buck converter, and thus the scope of SC converter application can and should be expanded.
Construction of the Yokohama Bay Bridge superstructure

The Yokohama Bay Bridge is a huge cable-stayed bridge with the central span as long as 460 m, and its main girder is a double deck structure. At each step of construction actual values were checked by the design values, in order to assure safety and precision. In particular, the construction of the central span was accomplished with high precision, owing to the introduction of the precision control system. (A) The French title of this article is: Construction de la superstructure du pont sur la baie de Yokohama. The German title of this article is: Erstellung des Bruckenoberbaus fur die Yokohama Bay Brucke. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 851274.
Safety and operational impacts of 53-foot truck trailers in Michigan. Final report

The interest in greater transport efficiency argues for permission to use longer trailers on the Michigan road system. The performance characteristics of 53-foot semitrailers were studied to determine whether penalties in cost or safety would accompany their introduction. Operated with the tandem axles in the full-rearward position, the larger offtracking of the 53-foot semitrailers is incompatible with the geometry of many intersections in Michigan. On the basis a maximum wheelbase of 40.5' (measured from kingpin to center of the tandem axles) is recommended. At this wheelbase, dynamic behavior at high speeds is comparable to that of other trailers currently in use on the road system, although further decreases in the wheelbase can degrade dynamic performance. When loaded to its full volume capacity the 53-foot semitrailer is expected to experience a slightly higher rollover frequency, but total rollover accidents would be unchanged due to the fewer number of trailers that would be required on the road. The ability to operate at greater weights is estimated to produce a 20 percent increase in pavement damage.
Handling qualities of a wide-body transport airplane utilizing Pitch Active Control Systems (PACS) for relaxed static stability application

Piloted simulation studies have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of two pitch active control systems (PACS) on the flying qualities of a wide-body transport airplane when operating at negative static margins. These two pitch active control systems consisted of a simple 'near-term' PACS and a more complex 'advanced' PACS. Eight different flight conditions, representing the entire flight envelope, were evaluated with emphasis on the cruise flight conditions. These studies were made utilizing the Langley Visual/Motion Simulator (VMS) which has six degrees of freedom. The simulation tests indicated that (1) the flying qualities of the baseline aircraft (PACS off) for the cruise and other high-speed flight conditions were unacceptable at center-of-gravity positions aft of the neutral static stability point; (2) within the linear static stability flight envelope, the near-term PACS provided acceptable flying qualities for static stabilty margins to -3 percent; and (3) with the advanced PACS operative, the flying qualities were demonstrated to be good (satisfactory to very acceptable) for static stabilty margins to -20 percent.
A New Three-dimensional Integrated Multi-index Method for CBIR System

This paper proposes a new image retrieval method called the 3D integrated multi-index to fuse SIFT (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) visual words with other features at the indexing level. The advantage of the 3D integrated multi-index is that it can produce finer subdivisions in the search space. Compared with the inverted indices of medium-sized codebook, the proposed method increases time slightly in preprocessing and querying. Particularly, the SIFT, contour and colour features are fused into the integrated multi-index, and the joint cooperation of complementary features significantly reduces the impact of false positive matches, so that effective image retrieval can be achieved. Extensive experiments on five benchmark datasets show that the 3D integrated multi-index significantly improves the retrieval accuracy. While compared with other methods, it requires an acceptable memory usage and query time. Importantly, we show that the 3D integrated multi-index is well complementary to many prior techniques, which make our method compared favorably with the state-of-the-arts.
Bayesian binary segmentation procedure for detecting streakiness in sports

Summary. When an individual player or team enjoys periods of good form, and when these occur, is a widely observed phenomenon typically called ‘streakiness’. It is interesting to assess which team is a streaky team, or who is a streaky player in sports. Such competitors might have a large number of successes during some periods and few or no successes during other periods. Thus, their success rate is not constant over time. We provide a Bayesian binary segmentation procedure for locating changepoints and the associated success rates simultaneously for these competitors. The procedure is based on a series of nested hypothesis tests each using the Bayes factor or the Bayesian information criterion. At each stage, we only need to compare a model with one changepoint with a model based on a constant success rate. Thus, the method circumvents the computational complexity that we would normally face in problems with an unknown number of changepoints. We apply the procedure to data corresponding to sports teams and players from basketball, golf and baseball.
VISIONS OF A SUPER-AUTOMATED FUTURE

The author suggests that high-tech navigation with ship control by one man is closer than some might think, and that aircraft technology is already available for maritime use. He discusses several philosophies that currently determine the approach taken to automation, divides available systems into three groups with certain characteristics, and gives examples from each group. He presents a diagram of a simplified overall control system for aircraft and indicates how the system concepts could be applied to the navigation and control of a merchant ship.
Total Quality Control Essentials: Key Elements, Methodologies, and Managing for Success

Total Quality Control (TQC) enables a company or organization to focus its efforts and increase its effectiveness. This book seeks to offer quality personnel, managers and engineers a complete introduction to TQC, including detailed instructions for starting and managing a TQC effort. For those companies that already have a TQC programme in place, it presents strategies and tactics for diagnosing current capabilities and improving them. The guide explains how to apply the famous Hoshin Planning Process, how to manage customer complaints, how to develop an improvement cycle, how to manage key processes in a manufacturing and service organization, how to secure employee participation in improvements via Quality Circles and suggestion plans, and how to audit or review a TQC effort. In addition, there is a comprehensive chapter on the essence of Total Quality Control, analyzing the nature of "quality" and primacy of the customer. Included here is information on the importance of process, learning and growth in the organization, organizations and people running at peak efficiency, and the relationship between creativity and success.
Imperfection-Aware Design of CNFET Digital VLSI Circuits

Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (CNFET) is one of the promising candidates as extensions to silicon CMOS devices. The CNFET, which is a 1-D structure with a nearballistic transport capability, can potentially offer excellent device characteristics and order-of-magnitude better energy-delay product over standard CMOS devices. Significant challenges in CNT synthesis prevent CNFETs today from achieving such ideal benefits. CNT density variation and metallic CNTs are the dominant type of CNT variations/imperfections that cause performance variation, large static power consumption, and yield degradation. We present an imperfection-aware design technique for CNFET digital VLSI circuits by: 1) Analytical models that are developed to analyze and quantify the effects of CNT density variation on device characteristics, gate and system levels delays. The analytical models, which were validated by comparison to real experimental/simulation data, enables us to
Auranofin.

It has been widely accepted for a number of years that chrysotherapy is a valuable therapeutic agent in the treatment of progressive rheumatoid disease. This therapeutic benefit has, to some extent, been offset by the potential toxicity associated with gold compounds. The development of a gold compound with a greater therapeutic to toxicity ratio would be of considerable interest and benefit, to both patients and physicians. Initial studies with auranofin suggested that this compound was a reliably absorbed agent and that its use would avoid regular gold thiol injections. Its initial therapeutic profile was considered to be similar to that of injectable gold compounds, but with a significantly greater safety margin. The further information that has accrued from the clinical studies reported so far would tend to support these early suggestions in that auranofin has compared very favourably with gold thiols and other disease-remittive agents and that the prevalence of side effects requiring withdrawal of therapy has been approximately 25-30 per cent less. In addition, the reasons for withdrawal have often been less potentially serious side effects, notably nephrotoxicity and haematological reactions. In a review of over 3000 patients treated with auranofin, compared to 465 patients treated with injectable gold, the frequency of withdrawal from studies due to inefficacy of auranofin was approximately two to three times higher than with the gold thiols. It would appear, therefore, that in those patients continuing on therapy, auranofin is similar to injectable gold, but that a higher proportion of patients will fail to get a response within three to six months to the therapy. This potential lack of therapeutic effect is offset by the increased safety margin. In time, it is possible that auranofin will be accepted for earlier treatment in the course of rheumatoid disease than perhaps would normally have been considered. The in vivo and in vitro studies of auranofin on its mechanism of action are of considerable interest. They provide theoretical and valuable information on the mechanism of action of gold compounds and the cellular functions and interactions which may be involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid disease. It is interesting to note that auranofin appears to be more potent and have different effects than gold thiols, despite the fact that in terms of clinical therapeutic profile the compounds are similar. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION BASED ON BLENDED TEACHING

In recent years, the information technology (IT) has been increasingly integrated to mental health education. This paper applies the IT in mental health education based on blended teaching model, with the aim to promote education reform. The author carried out a questionnaire survey on Grade 1 students of a senior high school in Jiangsu province, China. The survey results were analysed to evaluate the mental health status of the respondents and their attitude towards different teaching methods. On this basis, several integration points of the IT into mental health education were summarized. The results show that, despite their immense interest in knowledge on mental health, the students lack a sufficient understanding of their own mental health status; 65% of them want to receive the psychological counselling of teachers, if faced with psychological problems; 63% of them prefer the scenario simulation method, revealing the necessity to integrate the IT into mental health education; the blended teaching between mental health education and the IT can improve the learning interest and efficiency, and help teachers to enhance teaching quality and master the learning progress of their students. The research results are conducive to the mental health development of students.
Constructal human dynamics, security and sustainability

Globalization, security infrastructure and energy sustainability can be designed based on a scientific principle. In this book, these objectives are approached based on constructal theory, which means to design such projects as global 'flow' architectures that are 'alive' with movement of personnel, equipment, information, education, etc. "Constructal Human Dynamics, Security and Sustainability" highlights the progress made during the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Evora, Portugal in May 2008. This workshop brought together social scientists with physicists, engineers and biologists. Together they addressed main topics such as human dynamics viewed as natural phenomena of design generation, flow networks for distribution and collection, large-scale construction projects (e.g., airports, waste storage), logistics, decontamination, energy supply routes, distributed energy systems, water resources management, environmental security sustainability and globalization. The chapters selected for this book represent the interdisciplinary approach and team atmosphere that emerged in Evora.
Data quality white paper.

This paper looks at the issue of data quality within the context of transportation operations and management. The objective of this paper is to investigate data quality measures and how they are applied in existing systems. This paper explores the relevance of the data quality measures that were defined in a report entitled Traffic Data Quality Measures and presents an overview of the requirements for the implementation of a real-time information program. Specifically, this paper focuses on the real-time travel information applications within six primary interfaces (traffic management information, maintenance and construction management, transit management and information, information service provider information, parking information, and emergency management information) and their associated applications as identified in the publication of Interim Guidance on the Information Sharing Specifications and Data Exchange Formats for the Real-Time System Management Information Program. The paper examined the quality of traffic data in existing real-time ATIS applications for both the public and private sector. The paper provides recommended data quality measures for three widely utilized traffic-related parameters, travel time, speed, and weather information. These recommendations were defined for each of the six data quality measures, accuracy, completeness, validity, timeliness, coverage, and accessibility.
Vehicle design and operation for pedestrian protection: accident simulations and reconstructions

This report details the reconstruction of impacts between pedestrians and cars. The principal aim of performing the reconstructions was to examine how injuries sustained by pedestrians in real life relate to the results of reconstruction tests that used the impactors designated by the European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee (EEVC) for assessing pedestrian protection. The main finding was that the head impact test designated by the EEVC is a sound predictor for severe head injury in actual pedestrian collisions, as measured by the Abbreviated Injury Scale.
APPLICATION OF VARIATIONS OF THE LMS ADAPTIVE FILTER FOR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS WITH CONTROL SYSTEM

U ovom se radu opisuje predložena metoda za optimalno podesavanje parametara varijacija LMS adaptivnog filtera kod prigusenja aditivne buke iz govornog signala. Izabrana varijacijaLMSadaptivnog ponista a buke je implementirana naTMS320C6713 DSK.Upraksi je ovo primijenjeno na govornu komunikaciju s upravlja kim sustavom za pra enje operativno-tehni kih funkcija u zgradama.
Maneuvering Rotorcraft Noise Prediction: A New Code for a New Problem

This paper presents the unique aspects of the development of an entirely new maneuver noiseprediction code called PSU-WOPWOP. The main focus of the code is the aeroacoustic aspects of the maneuvernoise problem, when the aeromechanical input data are provided (namely aircraft and blade motion, bladeairloads). The PSU-WOPWOP noise prediction capability was developed for rotors in steady and transientmaneuvering flight. Featuring an object-oriented design, the code allows great flexibility for complex rotorconfiguration and motion (including multiple rotors and full aircraft motion). The relative locations andnumber of hinges, flexures, and body motions can be arbitrarily specified to match the any specific rotorcraft.An analysis of algorithm efficiency is performed for maneuver noise prediction along with a description of thetradeoffs made specifically for the maneuvering noise problem. Noise predictions for the main rotor of arotorcraft in steady descent, transient (arrested) descent, hover and a mild "pop-up" maneuver aredemonstrated.NOMENCLATUREc = sound speed in quiescent mediumdl = element of the spanwise integrationdS = element of the integration surface areaf = function defining the integration surfacef = 0L i = components of vector defined in Eq.(5)L u = LiM _Lr
Rules for nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya : "The discipline in four parts"

The present work provides the first complete annotated translation into English of the Chinese version of the bhiksunininaya. This vinaya laid the foundation of Chinese monastic life. As the Dharmaguptakavinaya came into being in symbiosis with other vinaya traditions, a comparison is made with these other traditions on important issues.
Spaceflight Did Not Impair Cardiovascular Responses to Upright Posture in an Elderly Astronaut

Some of the cardiovascular changes associated with spaceflight have similarities to those associated with aging. We studied the neuroendocrine and hemodynamic responses to upright posture in a 77 year old astronaut before and after spaceflight and compared them to those of a group of 20 younger (41 ± 1 years) astronauts. While arterial pressure responses to standing were similar between the young and old astronauts, hemodynamic profiles were quite different. The elderly astronaut achieved adequate standing arterial pressure primarily by maintaining stroke volume and thus cardiac output. In spite of very high norepinephrine release, he had very little increase in heart rate or total peripheral resistance. This pattern persisted on all test occasions. These responses suggest high sympathetic responses, down-regulated adrenergic receptors and decreased venous compliance typical of aging. In contrast, younger astronauts did not maintain stroke volume or cardiac output with standing, but had significant increases in heart rate and resistance. These results suggest that this elderly subject had cardiovascular responses to standing that are expected in an aged person. These responses were not deleteriously affected by spaceflight. We suggest that healthy, fit elderly individuals are able to withstand the stresses of extreme environments and are not necessarily limited in their activities simply due to their chronological age.
Volatility shocks and investment behavior

We investigate how volatility shocks affect investors’ risk-taking, risk perception and forecasts. We run artefactual field experiments with two participant pools (finance professionals and students), differing in (i) the direction of the shock (down, up, or a neutral case) and (ii) the presentation format of the time series (prices or returns). Professionals’ investments are negatively associated with the price change and performance of the stock and their perceived risk increases to a similar extent following shocks of all directions. Students’ risk perception, in contrast, is more closely related to the frequency of negative returns rather than an increase in volatility.