Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modeling, development, and evaluation of a micro-robot equipped with vibratory actuator

هلاقم تاعلاطا هدیکچ لماک یشهوژپ هلاقم :تفایرد 10 دادرخ 1396 :شریذپ 11 دادرم 1396 :تیاس رد هئارا 30 رویرهش 1396 لدم قیقحت نیا زا فده لرتنک ،یزاس هیاپ یتخس یسررب و یشاعترا یاهرگلمع زا هدافتسا اب تابر ورکیم کی تخاس و و تابر ورکیم یاه یم تکرح یور رب کاکطصا بیرض شزغل یتکرح لصا زا تابر ورکیم نیا رد . دشاب کچوک یشاعترا روتوم ددع ود زا و تکرح تهج ،ندیبسچ هار تهج داعم ادتبا رد . تسا هدش هدافتسا ،نآ یزادنا هدش لیلحت و جارختسا تابر ورکیم رب مکاح تلا لدم اب . دنا ،نآ یزاس متسیس تروص هب هدش لصو مه هب تخس یاهرنف اب هک مرج هس لماش ،هدرشف ،دنا هب سپس . تسا هدش هبساحم کاکطصا یاهورین لپوک هلداعم ود هلیسو هب اهرگلمع بسانم لدم یکیرتکلا و یکیناکم ر یدعب ماگ رد . دمآ تسد هیبش دنو جیاتن و دش نایب بلتم و کنیلومیس طیحم زا هدافتسا اب یزاس هیاپ تیرنف بیرض ریثات یسررب هب سپس . دیدرگ هئارا نآ نآ زا سپ . تسا هدش هتخادرپ تابر ورکیم تکرح یور رب کاکطصا بیرض و اه لرتنک یبسانت هدننک یلارگتنا نامه ای یقتشم PID هتفرگ رظن رد راک نیا یارب تابر ورکیم یبرجت یبایزرا و تخاس دنیآرف زین تیاهن رد . دش هیبش هب هجوت اب . تسا هدش هئارا یزاس میقتسم تعرس نیرتشیب تلاح رد نآ یتکرح تقد هدش ماجنا یاه دودح ، 17 ورکیم یم رتم قباطم و دشاب اب دودح تابر ورکیم میقتسم تعرس ،یبرجت یبایزرا 4mm/s ژاتلو یازا هب ، عجرم 1V یم ، دشاب . :ناگژاو دیلک تابر ورکیم یشاعترا رگلمع کاکطصا یورین
Enhancing the Dynamics of Flexure Mechanisms Using Low-Wave-Speed Media

Lightly damped poles and zeros in the response of flexure-based servomechanisms often limit their dynamic performance. In this paper, we present a simple technique for increasing the damping of such mechanisms by attaching a layer of low-wave-speed foam to the flexure blades. Measurements conducted on singleand a double-parallelogram flexure stages coupled to low-density, low-wave-speed foams in various configurations show that addition of the foam yields relatively high damping of in-plane, out-ofplane, and higher-order resonances. At frequencies high enough for waves to propagate into the foam, strong interactions between the foam and flexure structure occur, giving rise to a great deal of damping.
Running head: PARENTAL RESPONSIVITY TO INFANT’S ATTENTION

150 words]: 25 Almost all attention and learning in particular, most early learning – takes place in social 26 settings. But little is known of how our brains support dynamic social interactions. We recorded 27 dual-EEG from 12-month-old infants and parents during solo play and joint play. During solo 28 play, fluctuations in infants’ Theta power significantly forward-predicted their subsequent 29 attentional behaviours. But this forwards-predictiveness was lower during joint play than solo 30 play, suggesting that infants’ endogenous neural control over attention is greater during solo 31 play. Overall, however, infants were more attentive to the objects during joint play. To 32 understand why, we examined how adult brain activity related to infant attention. We found 33 that parents’ Theta power closely tracked and responded to changes in their infants’ attention. 34 Further, instances in which parents showed greater neural responsivity were associated with 35 longer sustained attention by infants. Our results offer new insights into how one partner 36 influences another during social interaction. 37
DNA methylation and mRNA expression of COL 6 A 3 in antler mesenchyme of female and male reindeer

Backgroud Reindeer is the only deer species that both male and female produce antlers, which provides a particularly interesting case in studying the differences between antlers of the two sexes. Alpha 3(VI) Collagen Gene (COL6A3), forms a microfibrillar network associated with the structural integrity and biomechanical properties, has been found to be one of the differentially expressed genes in antler mesenchyme of female and male reindeer. Objective and Methods The promoter sequence of reindeer COL6A3 gene was obtained using the cloning technology and analyzed by the bioinformatics methods. Bisulfite sequencing PCR (BSP) was used to detect the methylation status of the COL6A3 promoter in reindeer antler mesenchyme. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect COL6A3 expression in the antler mesenchyme of female and male reindeer. Results Sequence analysis revealed that the reindeer COL6A3 partial promoter sequence was 983 bp including the possible promoter region at + 105 bp to + 155 bp. Homology and phylogenetic analysis indicated that the COL6A3 promoter of reindeer had the closest genetic distance with Bos taurus, Capra hircus and Ovis aries. BSP results indicated that the methylation level of COL6A3 promoter in the female reindeer antler mesenchyme was significantly higher than in the male. Correlating with increased methylation status, we also found that COL6A3 mRNA expression in female reindeer antler mesenchyme was significantly lower than in the male. Conclusion The higher methylation level of the COL6A3 gene in female reindeer antler mesenchyme coincides with decreased COL6A3 mRNA expression, thereby affecting the transposon silencing mechanism and possibly contributing to apparent differences of antlers in female and male reindeer.
GIS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY-CASE STUDIES IN STYLOSANTHES

1-73 ABSTRACT We present a new technique for mapping the potential occurrence of wild germplasm based in climate data and show its application to six important Stylosanthes species. The method can be used to develop hypotheses as to the distribution for purposes of collection and/or in situ conservation. It can also be used to investigate genetic diversity with a species. We present some first results based in isozyme data from S. guianensis.
Exploring the Use of Oral Corrective Feedback in Turkish EFL Classrooms : A Case Study at a State University

This classroom-based research investigated how a non-native teacher of English provided corrective feedback to Turkish EFL learners. More specifically, the study aimed to identify language errors produced by the students, corrective feedback types employed by the teacher, and students’ uptake rate following the provided feedback. The data were collected through audio-recording, transcribed, and analyzed in detail for the type of learner errors, type of teacher feedback, and rate of learner uptake. The results revealed that grammatical errors were found to be the most produced error type, and lexical errors were found to be least produced error type. The study also indicated that recast was the most frequently preferred, and clarification request was the least frequently preferred corrective feedback type by the teacher. It was also found that all feedback types led to successful correction of erroneous utterances of the students with 100% learner uptake rate. Anahtar Kelimeler hata düzeltme, sınıf araştırması, sözlü düzeltici dönüt.
Socket Preservation Using Demineralized Dentine Graft : An Update

The residual alveolar bone resorption is very rapid immediately after tooth extraction. Which causes difficulty in seating of prosthesis at a later stage or might also be esthetically unpleasant. Hence, alveolar bone preservation after teeth extraction is becoming a common practice these days. To overcome these bone loss problems various graft materials also have been used in day to day practice. These materials have its own advantages and disadvantages. The research community keeping these disadvantages in mind always strived to find new and economic alternatives. The history of a bone-inducing research in dentin began with a report in 1967 that animal derived Demineralized Dentine Matrix (DDM) induced bone formation within intramuscular pockets. Since then the research has started to introduce the DDM as one of the safe and economic bone graft material in socket preservation. This paper reviews the existing literature on DDM and delineates the clinical usage, its advantage, disadvantage and clinical implications of same in routine dental practice. This paper will guide the clinician and researchers about DDM usage and its expanding scope in bone regeneration and tissue engineering.
Automatic Contact Surface Detection

Motion planners for humanoid robots search the space of all possible contacts the robot can make with its environment. In order to define this space, it is necessary to define all available surfaces in the environment with which the robot may make contact. We introduce a method to automatically detect these surfaces in real time, enabling humanoid robot motion planners to operate in any environment without requiring costly manual pre-processing. The system maintains a set of known planar surfaces, expressed as two dimensional polygons, and detects new surfaces and new areas of existing surfaces as the robot moves through the environment. The only required inputs are data from commonly available sensors and a small set parameters which depend only on the characteristics of the robot and sensor. No advance knowledge of the environment is necessary. In real-world environments, Surface Detection detects an initial set of surfaces within 1.5 seconds, and the average time to detect a newly-visible surface is less than two seconds. The system is capable of detecting all planar surfaces in a real-world environment and providing them to a motion planner in real
CAMA Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis The interest rate pass-through in the euro area during the sovereign debt crisis CAMA Working Paper 15 / 2015 May 2015

We investigate the pass-through of monetary policy to bank lending rates in the euro area during the sovereign debt crisis, in comparison to the pre-crisis period. We make the following contributions. First, we use a factor-augmented vector autoregression, which allows us to assess the responses of a large number of country-specific interest rates and spreads. Second, we analyze the effects of monetary policy on the components of the interest rate pass-through, which reflect banks’ funding risk (including sovereign risk) and markups charged by banks over funding costs. Third, we not only consider conventional but also unconventional monetary policy. We find that while the transmission of conventional monetary policy to bank lending rates has not changed with the crisis, the composition of the IP has changed. Specifically, expansionary conventional monetary policy lowered sovereign risk in peripheral countries and longer-term bank funding risk in peripheral and core countries during the crisis, but has been unable to lower banks’ markups. This was not, or not as much, the case prior to the crisis. Unconventional monetary policy helped decreasing lending rates, mainly due to large shocks rather than a strong propagation. JEL classification: E5, E43, E44, C3
System Virtualization Tools to the Rescue of Software Developers

An always-on runtime environment for launching and testing applications is a very convenient asset for m dern enterprise software development. Restricted access and configu rat on complexity of pre-production sites are showstoppers for the software development life-cycle. This article prese nt a solution for offering a personal runtime to d evelopers by means of virtualization tools. Virtualization is a very cost -effective way to provide a test environment simila r to the production site. We have followed an MDA approach in order to integrate best-of-breed virtualization technologies such as Xen and VDE into Eclipse. IDE integration was a natural approach to ease adoption of these new technologies.
The Importance of Body Weight for Child & Adolescent Life Satisfaction ( Draft ) I , II

Life satisfaction has received an increasing amount of attention in the economics literature. However, very little work has focused on children and how weight affects their life satisfaction. Recent work has suggested that in adults the Body Mass Index (BMI) of one’s peers has an important effect on one’s life satisfaction. This study will examine how important a child’s BMI and their BMI relative to their peers is for their life satisfaction using data on 1,025 children in Ireland from the Health Behaviour in Schoolaged Children Survey. This study of weight-related inequalities in child life satisfaction is particularly important as obesity among Irish children is growing at a very fast rate. The physical health consequences of child obesity are widely known though they may not become apparent for many years, whereas the consequences for mental health and wellbeing may be immediate. This study finds that an increase in relative BMI is associated with a decrease in life satisfaction. However, these results appear to be largely driven by data on girls.
Examination of count , morphology and function of platelets in healthy and diseased dogs

s, posters at congresses: • Halmay D, Gaál T: Az ADP és a ristomycin indukálta thrombocyta-aggregáció vizsgálata kutyában. Abstract. 51th Congress of the Hungarian Society of Clinical Pathology. 28-31 August 2002, Gyula, Hungary. Clinical and experimental laboratory medicine (J. Hung. Soc. Clin. Path.) 29. 40. • Halmay D, Kocsis R, Gaál T: Evaluation of PFA-100 platelet function analyser in dogs. Abstract. ISACB XI. Congress (Valdivia, Chile, 2004). Proceedings of the Congress. • Halmay D, Gaál T, Kocsis R: Studies on platelet function in healthy dogs by optical and mechanical aggregometers. Abstract. ESVCP Congress (Utrecht, 2005.). Proceedings of the Congress. • Halmay D, Kocsis R, Gaál T: Az adenozin-difoszfát és az epinefrin hatása kutyák thrombocyta aggregációjára. Absztrakt. VIII. MTHT Konferencia (Alsópáhok, 2005.). Kongresszusi kiadvány. • Gaál T, Halmay D, Kocsis R: Experiences on the investigation of ADPand ristomycininduced aggregation in dogs. Abstract. ISACB Congress (Isztambul, 2005). Proceedings of the Congress. • Halmay D, Szabó Z, Vajdovich P: T-sejtes lymphoma vadászgörényben. Esetbemutató előadás. MÁOT Konferencia (Kerekegyháza, 2006) • Halmay D, Gaál T: Comparison of manual and Cell-Dyn 3500 reticulocyte assays in healthy dogs and cats. Abstract. ESVCP Congress (Cambridge, 2006) Proceedings of the Congress. • Vajdovich P, Szécsényi D, Halmay D: Present of Dilofilaria repens larvae in cytologic specimens. Abstract. ESVCP Congress (Cambridge, 2006) Proceedings of the Congress. • Halmay D, Gaál T, Kocsis R: Tapasztalatok kutyák ADP-, epinefrin és ristomycin indukálta aggregációjának vizsgálata során. Absztrakt. MLDT konferencia (Szeged, 2006) Kongresszusi kiadvány. • Halmay D: Vérzékenységgel járó állapotok – mire figyeljünk műtét előtt? Absztrakt és előadás. HSAVA Konferencia (Budapest, 2007) Kongresszusi kiadvány.
Study on Local Fracture Energy Distribution in Reinforced Concrete Beams

Fracture energy is a very important material parameter and can reflect the activity of crack propagation in concrete. The tri-linear model for the local fracture energy distribution can well explain the size effect in fracture energy indicating the boundary effects of concrete specimens. However, previous studies on the fracture energy are only aimed at plain concrete. The intention of this paper is to analyze the variation of local fracture energy near the steel bar. For three-point-bending notched reinforced concrete (RC) beams, an analytical model is proposed to establish the relationship between the applied load and the crack opening displacement or crack length during different loading stages. A critical fracture load is obtained during the fictitious crack propagation process in the model. It is also the first peak load during the variation of the applied load and proved to be much related to the cohesive crack-tip local fracture energy. Upon the comparison between the experimentally measured critical loads and the predicted critical loads under two extreme conditions, it is found that the aggregates interlocking and pull-out activities are much limited near the steel bar so that the values of local fracture energy are smaller than the size-independent fracture energy of concrete. As the notch length increases, the critical fracture load disappears in both the analytical model and the tested results.
Non-stationary First-Order Primal-Dual Algorithms with Faster Convergence Rates

In this paper, we propose two novel non-stationary first-order primal-dual algorithms to solve nonsmooth composite convex optimization problems. Unlike existing primal-dual schemes where the parameters are often fixed, our methods use pre-defined and dynamic sequences for parameters. We prove that our first algorithm can achieve $\mathcal{O}(1/k)$ convergence rate on the primal-dual gap, and primal and dual objective residuals, where $k$ is the iteration counter. Our rate is on the non-ergodic (last-iterate) sequence of the primal problem and on the ergodic (averaging) sequence of the dual problem, which we call semi-ergodic rate. By modifying the step-size update rule, we can obtain a faster $o(1/k)$ best-iterate convergence rate on the primal objective residual. When the problem is strongly convex, we develop a second primal-dual algorithm that exhibits $\mathcal{O}(1/k^2)$ convergence rate on the same three types of guarantees. Again by modifying the step-size update rule, we can obtain a faster $o(1/k^2)$ best-iterate convergence rate on the primal objective residual. Our primal-dual algorithms are the first ones to achieve such fast convergence rate guarantees under mild assumptions compared to existing works, to the best of our knowledge. As by-products, we apply our algorithms to constrained convex problems and prove the same convergence rate guarantees. Surprisingly, we still obtain $\mathcal{O}(1/k^2)$ and $o(1/k^2)$ rates even when the problem is semi-strongly convex. We verify our theoretical results via two well-known numerical examples.
DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTONIC VORTEX FLOW METER FOR FLOW RATE MEASUREMENTS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES

The present publication describes a new design of a flow meter for metering fluids using fiber sensing methods. Mach-Zehnder interferometer was implemented for the detection of the vortices. The signal generation is based on the frequency detection of a vibrating diaphragm placed in a specially optimized measuring chamber. The stress of the vibrating diaphragm is sensed using a MachZehnder (MZ) fiber interferometer, with fiber arms fixed to the diaphragm. This solution allows measuring flow rates of liquids, gases and vapors with temperatures up to +700°C and pressures up to 300 bar. Excellent linearity was achieved by numerical flow simulations of the entire meter. The pressure chamber was optimized to minimize the amount of air trapped in it.
Integrated Solar and Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Everything

To reach the level of ubiquitous deployment expected for the Internet of Everything (IoE), energy harvesting is a promising and necessary functionality for providing power to a high volume of wireless devices, and will require harvesting from multiple sources to increase the lifetime and reliability of IoE devices. The research objective of this project was to develop a compact module to harvest both solar energy as well as radiofrequency (RF) energy with a single physical aperture, enabling dedicated RF and ambient solar energy harvesting within a compact form factor. This was accomplished with a threedimensional printed antenna design that enables high optical transmission without compromising the radiation efficiency of the RF antenna, such that it may be mounted above a solar panel and provide stable power delivery for IoE functionality. The results of this project are summarized in this report.
FORMATION OF THE MANGANESE FLOWERS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MANGANESE ORE

In this study, the mechanism for the growth of manganese flowers on surfaces of magnesite ore is studied by comparing them with the aggregates obtained by simulations according to the diffusion limited aggregation (DLA) model. For this purpose the pictures of the naturally occurring manganese flowers of different forms encountered on the samples of magnesite ore are obtained by a scanner. These pictures are used for computing the exponents of the density correlation functions (α =0.341± 0.004) and the fractal dimensions (D =1.61± 0.005). The results, which are obtained for two different possibilities, are compared with DLA model. The results indicate that magnetite aggregates have the dendrite structure.
State Estimation Problem for the Action Potential Modeling in Purkinje Fibers

In this work we use the Particle Filter Method to solve a state estimation problem resulting from the application of Hodgkin-Huxley's model to Purkinje fibers, by applying Liu and West's Auxiliary Sampling Importance Resampling (ASIR) algorithm. This algorithm allows the simultaneous estimation of state variables and parameters. The estimation of the action potential in Purkinje fibers can be related to the identification of heart anomalies. The use of Bayesian particle filters is of great interest for such specific application, since they take into account uncertainties in the mathematical models for the evolution of the state variables and the measurements. Simulated measurements are used in this work to examine the accuracy of the Particle Filter Method under analysis.
Duck TRIM 27-L enhances MAVS signalling and is absent in chickens and turkeys

Wild waterfowl, including mallard ducks, are the natural reservoir of avian influenza A virus and they are resistant to strains that would cause fatal infection in chickens. Here we investigate potential involvement of TRIM proteins in the differential response of ducks and chickens to influenza. We examine a cluster of TRIM genes located on a single scaffold in the duck genome, which is a conserved synteny group with a TRIM cluster located in the extended MHC region in chickens and turkeys. We note a TRIM27-like gene is present in ducks, and absent in chickens and turkeys. Orthologous genes are predicted in many birds and reptiles, suggesting the gene has been lost in chickens and turkeys. Using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) we show that TRIM27-L, and the related TRIM27.1, are upregulated 5and 9-fold at 1 day post-infection with highly pathogenic A/Vietnam/1203/2004. To assess whether TRIM27.1 or TRIM27-L are involved in modulation of antiviral gene expression, we overexpressed them in DF1 chicken cells, and neither show any direct effect on innate immune gene expression. However, when co-transfected with duck RIG-I-N (d2CARD) to constitutively activate the MAVS pathway, TRIM27.1 weakly decreases, while TRIM27-L strongly activates innate immune signalling leading to increased transcription of antiviral genes MX1 and IFN-β. Furthermore, when both are co-expressed, the activation of the MAVS signalling pathway by TRIM27-L over-rides the inhibition by TRIM27.1. Thus ducks have an activating TRIM27-L to augment MAVS signalling following RIG-I detection, while chickens lack both TRIM27-L and RIG-I itself.