Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Numerical Shape Optimization of a Wind Turbine Blades Using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm

Use of wind turbines is rapidly growing because of environmental impacts and daily increase in energy cost. Therefore, improving the wind turbines' characteristics is an important issue in this regard. This study has two objectives: one is investigating the aerodynamic performance of wind turbine blades and the other is developing an efficient approach for shape optimization of blades. The numerical solver of flow field was validated by phase VI rotor as a case study. First, flow field around the wind turbine blades was simulated using computational flow dynamics (CFD) and blade element momentum (BEM) methods, then obtained results were validated by available experimental data to show an appropriate conformity. Then for yielding the optimal answer, a shape optimization algorithm was used based on artificial bee colony (ABC) coupled by artificial neural networks (ANNs) as an approximate model. Effect of most important parameters in wind turbine, such as twist angle, chord line, and pitch angle, was changed till achieving the best performance. The flow characteristics of optimized and initial geometries were compared. The results of global optimization showed a value of 8.58% increase for output power. By using pitch power regulate, the maximum power was shifted to higher wind speed and results in a steady power for all work points.
OPTIMAL COORDINATED AND INTEGRATED MOTORWAY NETWORK TRAFFIC CONTROL

This paper applies the optimal control approach (discrete-time formulation) to the design of optimal coordinated and integrated motorway control strategies. A feasible-direction algorithm is used for the numerical solution of the formulated discrete-time optimal control problem. The approach incorporates for the first time a realistic, nonlinear macroscopic traffic flow model with various control measures, a powerful numerical solution algorithm, and a generic software code (AMOC: Advanced Motorway Optimal Control).
Teaching Adult English Language Learners: A Practical Introduction

This new edition of Betsy Parrish's Teaching Adult ESL: A Practical Introduction, provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of teaching principles and practices for working with adult English language learners. It is a valuable guide for both novice and experienced teachers. It outlines good teaching practice and draws on classroom examples to offer practical guidance grounded in the latest research on language teaching. Addressing the diverse needs of adult English learners, it provides ideas on how to prepare all learners for the demands and opportunities of the 21st century. The book has been completely revised and updated for the second edition to reflect significant recent developments in the ESL landscape. Chapters are clear and informative. They include tasks and opportunities for teachers to reflect on and apply what they have learned. Each chapter also includes a list of recommended reading and resources to further develop knowledge of the subject.
Traffic Incident Management Gap Analysis Primer

This document provides guidance to federal, State and local Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs and their involved partners on the components needed to develop and sustain a successful fullfledged TIM program. The objectives of this primer are to: (1) Identify and summarize the current state of TIM practice and activities at the national and State/local levels. (2) Identify and summarize gaps found in TIM activities/information for national and State/local departments and agencies. (3) Identify and outline a framework for achieving a complete TIM program for the different levels of government utilizing national guidelines. (4) Outline the key elements that are contained in successful TIM programs. A key objective for this document is to address the actual challenges that different TIM stakeholders with varied levels of responsibility face in their current TIM practices on a day to day basis.
Cohesiveness and success : covariation and causality among intercollegiate field hockey teams

The purposes of this study were, to: 1) examine whether or not team cohesion in women-s intercollegiate field hockey teams was pri­ marily cause-for or effect-0f successful performance, 2) examine the relationship of task, self and affiliation participation motivation to performance success and, 3) examine the relationship of player satisfaction to performance success and team cohesiono A questionnaire, specifically developed for use.in a sport setting, was the device used to measure cohesion, participation motivation and satisfaction, ' The' questionnaire was administered at early, mid and post season while performance measurements were obtained at mid and post season • , Results indicated that while members of winning teams were more cohesive than members of losing teams, a circular causal rela­ tionship existed for cohesion to performance and from performance to •. , cohesiono The only significant correlation between participation motivation.and performance was for performance success leading to self participation motivation• Correlations between participation motivation and cohesion indicated that affiliation motivation leading to subsequent cohesion was the only significant statistic. Finally, while members of winning teams were more satisfied than members of losing teams, higher levels of satisfaction did not lead to increases in performance hut performance success did.lead to an increase in
Let's work together, especially in the pandemic: finding ways to encourage problem-focused voice behavior among passionate employees

PurposeThis study seeks to unravel the relationship between employees' passion for work and their engagement in problem-focused voice behavior by identifying a mediating role of their efforts to promote work-related goal congruence and a moderating role of their perceptions of pandemic threats to the organization.Design/methodology/approachThe research hypotheses were tested with quantitative data collected through a survey instrument administered among 158 employees in a large Portuguese-based organization that operates in the food sector, in the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Process macro was applied to assess the moderated mediation dynamic that underpins the proposed theoretical framework.FindingsEmployees' positive work-related energy enhances their propensity to speak up about organizational failures because they seek to find common ground with their colleagues with respect to the organization's goals and future. The mediating role of such congruence-promoting efforts is particularly prominent to the extent that employees dwell on the threats that a pandemic holds for their organization.Practical implicationsThe study pinpoints how HR managers can leverage a negative situation—employees who cannot keep the harmful organizational impact of a life-threatening virus out of their minds—into productive outcomes, by channeling positive work energy, derived from their passion for work, toward activities that bring organizational problems into the open.Originality/valueThis study adds to HR management research by unveiling how employees' attempts to gather their coworkers around a shared work-related mindset can explain how their passion might spur reports of problem areas, as well as explicating how perceived pandemic-related threats activate this process.
Enhanced Carbohydrate Metabolism and Salinity Tolerance of Tobacco Plants Overexpressing a Vacuolar H+-ATPase Subunit B2 (DoVHAb2) Gene from Yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.)

ATP synthase plays a vital role in plant growth and stress tolerance, functional studies of DoVHAb2 in yam tuber starch metabolism and salinity tolerance have so far not been reported. Full-length cloning and analysis of DoVHAb2 were conducted to ascertain its function. The gDNAs were cloned and analyzed. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was probed in yam tuber developmental stage and different organs of DoVHAb2. Transient expression vector was constructed and injected into tobacco leaves to observe the subcellular localization of genes. Overexpressed fusion vector of gene was constructed and transformed into tobacco by Agrobacterium-mediated method to identify the function of DoVHAb2 gene. In the results, the full-length of DoVHAb2 was 1926 bp, encoding 488 amino acids, and it was divided into 14 exons and 15 introns, its highest expression was found in tubers than in stems and leaves in yam, the yam DoVHAb2 protein was localized to cytoplasm. The starch content, ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase, starch synthase and ATPase activity were significantly higher in transgenic tobacco plants than in the wild-type. The transgenic plants also had higher leaf differentiation rate, soluble protein content, superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities, and lower malondialdehyde content than the wild type under NaCl stress. In conclusion, the results indicated that overexpression of DoVHAb2 enhanced starch metabolism and conferred salinity tolerance.
Differentially expressed IGF2BP2 in ovarian disorders: strongly associates with alternative splicing regulation in human granulosa cells

Genome-wide interactions between RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and RNA targets account for an important portion of post-transcriptional regulation. IGF2BP2 is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity and reportedly functions as an RBP that regulates a series of target genes by binding RNA transcripts. In this study, we detected the differential expression of IGF2BP2 in granulosa cells from women with ovarian disorders and performed RNA-seq and RIP-seq experiments in immortalized human granulosa cells (KGN cells) to evaluate global transcript levels and alternative splicing on KGN cells overexpressing IGF2BP2 versus controls. Our results show that IGF2BP2 preferentially binds to the 3’and 5’UTRs of mRNAs and enriches target gene expression in KGN cells. Notably, besides the conventional GGAC motif, we found a significant enrichment of a new GAAG motif within IGF2BP2-binding regions. We demonstrate that IGF2BP2 is involved in transcription regulation and alternative splicing in genes associated with follicular development. Furthermore, IGF2BP2 partly influences the expression levels of some of these alternatively spliced genes, including MBD3 and FN1, which may lead to ovarian endocrine disorders. In conclusion, we provide a transcriptome-wide analysis that demonstrates the role played by IGF2BP2 in the regulation of gene expression, transcription and alternative splicing of a number of genes involved in the pathogenesis of ovarian endocrine diseases.
Protecting Industrial Control Systems from Electronic Threats

Aimed at both the novice and expert in IT security and industrial control systems (ICS), this book will help readers gain a better understanding of protecting ICSs from electronic threats. Cyber security is getting much more attention and 'SCADA security' (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is a particularly important part of this field, as are Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs)-and all the other, field controllers, sensors, and drives, emission controls, and that make up the 'intelligence' of modern industrial buildings and facilities. This book will help the reader better understand what is industrial control system cyber security, why is it different than IT security, what has really happened to date, and what needs to be done. Loads of practical advice is offered on everything from clarity on current cyber-security systems and how they can be integrated into general IT systems, to how to conduct risk assessments and how to obtain certifications, to future trends in legislative and regulatory issues affecting industrial security.
Reliability Analysis of Caisson Type Breakwater using Load Surface

A new load surface method for reliability of caisson type breakwater was proposed. Linear functions for horizontal wave force and uplift force were estimated by using water level and wave height then they were applied to the reliability analysis of breakwater using first order reliability method(FORM). In the numerical example, sliding and overturning failure probability of caisson type breakwater were analyzed by using load surface and they were compared with those by Monte Carlo simulation.
Energy and Urban Planning: towards an Integration of Urban Policies

This PhD research focuses on the Italian case and analyses the possibility of integrating energy planning with spatial planning, the effectiveness of plan implementation mechanisms, and the prospect of replacing public-led interventions with market tools. Recent innovations in the legislative framework support the inclusion of energy saving and climate change adaptation and mitigation goals in plan implementation procedures.
A positioning algorithm for two-wavelength dual Mach-Zehnder interferometry vibration sensing system

A positioning algorithm for two-wavelength dual Mach-Zehnder interferometry (TDMZI) vibration sensing system is proposed. We employ the reciprocal of the interval between neighboring zero-crossing (NZC) points to represent the frequency distribution of the interference signal in time domain. Meanwhile, these reciprocal points are used to fit a curve and we use cross correlation to estimate the time delay of the two fitted curves. Finally we analysis the positioning error caused by the proposed positioning algorithm and experimentally demonstrate that the algorithm can be used to locating with positioning error of ±50m. This algorithm has a promising potential in long distance two-wavelength vibration sensing system.
Partisanship and violent intentions in the United States

We have witnessed a drastic increase in partisanship in the United States in the past decades. This increase has sparked concern about the risk that the effects may not be as benign as the positive political engagement and activism behaviors that the political science literature has traditionally investigated. This paper explicitly targets the risk that increased partisan identities may lead to stronger intentions to engage in violent political behaviors. By integrating insights form the literature on radicalization to political violence, and using three original, population representative cross-sectional and experimental studies of adult Americans (total n=3,797), this paper shows that stronger partisan identities drive stronger intentions to engage in political violence, but that this effect holds for partisans with a callous, manipulative personality structure only.
Special size effects in advanced single-gate and multiple-gate SOI transistors

State-of-the-art SOI transistors require a very small body. This paper examines the effects of body thinning and thin-gate oxide in SOI MOSFETs on their electrical characteristics. In particular, the influence of film thickness on the interface coupling and carrier mobility is discussed. Due to coupling, the separation between the front and back channels is difficult in ultra-thin SOI MOSFETs. The implementation of the front-gate split C-V method and its limitations for determining the frontand back-channel mobility are described. The mobility in the front channel is smaller than that in the back channel due to additional Coulomb scattering. We also discuss the 3D coupling effects that occur in FinFETs with triple-gate and Ω-gate configurations. In low-doped or tall fins the corner effect is suppressed. Narrow devices are virtually immune to substrate effects due to a strong lateral coupling between the two lateral sides of the gate. Short-channel effects are drastically reduced when the lateral coupling screens the drain influence. Keywords— MOSFET, SOI, ultra-thin silicon, multiple-gate, mobility, coupling effect, thin gate oxide, gate-induced floating body effect, drain-induced virtual substrate biasing.
Minimizing Defects Originating from Elicitation, Analysis and Negotiation (E and A&N) Phase in Bespoke Requirements Engineering

Defect prevention (DP) in early stages of software development life cycle (SDLC) is very cost effective than in later stages. The requirements elicitation and analysis & negotiation (E and A&N) phases in requirements engineering (RE) process are very critical and are major source of requirements defects. A poor E and A&N process may lead to a software requirements specifications (SRS) full of defects like missing, ambiguous, inconsistent, misunderstood, and incomplete requirements. If these defects are identified and fixed in later stages of SDLC then they could cause major rework by spending extra cost and effort. Organizations are spending about half of their total project budget on avoidable rework and majority of defects originate from RE activities. This study is an attempt to prevent requirements level defects from penetrates into later stages of SDLC. For this purpose empirical and literature studies are presented in this thesis. The empirical study is carried out with the help of six companies from Pakistan & Sweden by conducting interviews and literature study is done by using literature reviews. This study explores the most common requirements defect types, their reasons, severity level of defects (i.e. major or minor), DP techniques (DPTs) & methods, defect identification techniques that have been using in software development industry and problems in these DPTs. This study also describes possible major differences between Swedish and Pakistani software companies in terms of defect types and rate of defects originating from E and A&N phases. On the bases of study results, some solutions have been proposed to prevent requirements defects during the RE process. In this way we can minimize defects originating from E and A&N phases of RE in the bespoke requirements engineering (BESRE).
Approximate dynamic programming in robust tracking control of wheeled mobile robot

In this work, a novel approach to designing an on-line tracking controller for a nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot (WMR) is presented. The controller consists of nonlinear neural feedback compensator, PD control law and supervisory element, which assure stability of the system. Neural network for feedback compensation is learned through approximate dynamic programming (ADP). To obtain stability in the learning phase and robustness in face of disturbances, an additional control signal derived from Lyapunov stability theorem based on the variable structure systems theory is provided. Veriﬁcation of the proposed control algorithm was realized on a wheeled mobile robot Pioneer–2DX, and conﬁrmed the assumed behavior of the control system.
Особенности модели смешанного обучения и её возможные перспективы внедрения в ФГБОУ ВПО «Сибирский государственный университет путей сообщения»

The paper outlines the main tendencies in the sphere of modern e-learning in Russia and abroad. The means of informatization are shown, where the focus is given to learning models. The author introduces a term of "blended-learning" and explains the advantages of its use. The paper describes features of blended-learning. Under the university transition to blended-learning the implementation results are predicted in the teaching process. The authors' opinion of how learning packages implemented into LMS Moodle in the work of students of Siberian State Transport University (Novosibirsk) are described. The theoretical base of their development is considered to be a complex approach. At the end of the studying the students' questionnaire is carried out on the feedback of their use.
Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Design

Anthony Dunne’s Hertzian Tales is an exploration of the aesthetic and conceptual aspects of industrial design and its potential to bring about social change for the users of electronic objects. It is a provoking and – to first-time readers – positively alarming social commentary on the interrelationship between electronic product design and culture, and the powerful but largely under-explored potential of electronic innovation to trigger social awareness. Hertzian Tales proposes an innovative approach to critical design and therefore serves as a reflection on and a critique of the commercial design practices at large. In this second edition, Dunne reiterates the original rationale for his project: a concern that the majority of industrial designers have unwittingly joined a treadmill culture of post-industrial mass-production – turning out electronic goods that have long simply met the brief of an optimally functioning and eagerly consumable technology.
A Monocular SLAM Method to Estimate Relative Pose During Satellite Proximity Operations

Abstract : Automated satellite proximity operations is an increasingly relevant area of mission operations for the US Air Force with potential to significantly enhance space situational awareness (SSA). Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a computer vision method of constructing and updating a 3D map while keeping track of the location and orientation of the imaging agent inside the map. The main objective of this research effort is to design a monocular SLAM method customized for the space environment. The method developed in this research will be implemented in an indoor proximity operations simulation laboratory. A run-time analysis is performed, showing near real-time operation. The method is verified by comparing SLAM results to truth vertical rotation data from a CubeSat air bearing testbed. This work enables control and testing of simulated proximity operations hardware in a laboratory environment. Additionally, this research lays the foundation for autonomous satellite proximity operations with unknown targets and minimal additional size, weight, and power requirements, creating opportunities for numerous mission concepts not previously available.
Design and Implementation of Smart Cart using Labview

In this present generation most of the people prefer to visit supermarkets and hypermarkets to buy the products of their needs right from the food products to the household usage items. In general these hypermarkets and supermarkets provide trolleys to their customers to have a hand free convenient shopping. Though the entire shopping goes well most of the customers get stressed out by seeing those long queues and hours of waiting near the bill counters. Even after coming up with some temporary solutions for this highly time consuming problem like increasing the man power in bill counters it didn’t bring a big difference. The aim of the paper is to overcome this problem with a permanent solution. Here we introduce a new system called “SMART CART” where we can most probably eliminate the time taking process at the counters. This ultimately leads to the customer satisfaction from the starting of the shopping till the end point. And also adds benefits like reduction of man power requirement and high efficiency with low expenses. In this competitive world of technology this brings a drastic change benefiting both customers and also retail industries by the usage of automated devices. The idea is implemented using LabVIEW software and hardware MyRIO.