Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A nonhomogeneous ergodic theorem

Such series are of interest for several reasons. (1) In a paper with the same title as that of this one Izumi(2) has explicitly raised the problem of the convergence of (*) and offered a proof that, under certain rather restrictive conditions on f and T, (*) converges almost everywhere. (2) Very elegant necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence of series similar to (*) are known in the theory of probability(')-an extension of those results would be of significance in the study of asymptotic properties of a more general class of transformations. (3) Since it is an elementary fact(4) that the convergence of the numerical series En=(1 /n)xn implies that limn_ (1 /n) {=1 Xi = 0, the almost everywhere convergence of (*) would be an analytic strengthening of Birkhoff's ergodic theorem. The principal result of this paper (stated precisely in ? 3) is that in general (*) does not converge in the mean (of order two). 2. Izumi's theorem. Izumi assumes that the transformation T is uniformly mixing in the sense that
ativity in design education : Assessing cre Analysis of creativity factors in the first-year design studio

The aim of this study is to explore creativity in design education and identify the creativity assessment indicators in the first-year design studio. A measurement tool of 41 items that consists of the artifact creativity, design elements and assembly of design elements were utilised for the assessment of 210 artifacts. Results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated three main design creativity factors. The primary factor consists of the novelty and affective characteristics of artifact that are associated with its shape. The second factor has the elaboration characteristics that are integrated with its geometric and figureeground relations and harmony of design elements. The third factor consists of rhythm, repetition, unity, order and number of design elements. 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Crustal imaging of a mobile belt using magnetotellurics: An example of the Fowler Domain in South Australia

[1] A long-period magnetotelluric data set was obtained in 2005 along a two-dimensional profile across the western part of the late Archaean-early Proterozoic Gawler Craton, South Australia. The study is aimed at delineating the electrical conductivity structure of the crust and upper mantle underneath an east-west trending profile extending from the Gawler Range Volcanics in the east, crossing the Nuyts Domain and the highly prospective Meso-Proterozoic Fowler Domain, and terminating in the Eucla Basin to the west. The resistivity model shows a very electrically resistive crust and upper mantle underneath the Nuyts and Fowler Domain, possibly representing the cratonic root of the Gawler Craton extending to depths of ∼160 km. The resistive cratonic root is closer to the surface underneath the Fowler Domain compared to the Nuyts Domain which supports findings from outcrops of metasediments of higher metamorphic grade in the Fowler Domain. A subvertical conductor marks the western terminus of the Fowler Domain and is imaged to upper mantle depths. On the eastern side of the Fowler Domain, another subvertical conductor extends to similar depths. These features spatially coincide with the Tallacootra and Coorabie shear zone at the surface, respectively, and their higher conductivity is likely due to a reduction in grain size of olivine associated with an increase in influence of grain boundary diffusion and thus enhanced conductivity. A comparison of the results with other surveys across mobile belts worldwide shows a more resistive response of the interpreted mobile belt of the Fowler Domain raising questions as to the nature of the domain.
Dynamic Analysis Of Multi-storey RCC Building

The important objective of earthquake engineers is to design and build a structure in such a way that damage to the structure and its structural component during the earthquake is minimize. This report aims towards the dynamic analysis of a multistorey RCC building with symmetrical configuration. For the analysis purpose model of ten storey RCC with symmetrical floor plan is consider. The analysis is by carried by using finite element based software SAP 2000. Various response parameters such as lateral force, base shear , story drift , story shear can be determined. For dynamic analysis time history method or response spectra method can be used . Time-history analysis is a step-by-step analysis of the dynamical response of a structure to a specified loading that may vary with time. The analysis may be linear or nonlinear. Dynamic analysis can be performed for symmetrical as well as unsymmetrical building. Dynamic analysis can be in the form of nonlinear dynamic time history analysis. ” “In this seminar report, a nonlinear time history analysis is performed on a ten storey RCC building frame considering time history of el centro earthquake 1940 using SAP 2000. The main parameters of the seismic analysis of structures are load carrying capacity, ductility, stiffness, damping and mass. The various response parameters like base shear, storey drift, storey displacements etc are calculated. The storey drift calculated is compared with the minimum requirement of storey drift as per IS 1893:2002.
Relative Value Relevance of R&D Reporting: An International Comparison

This study examines the relative value relevance of R&D reporting in France, Germany, the UK and the USA. France and the UK allow conditional capitalization of R&D costs, whereas Germany and the USA (except for the software industry) require the full and immediate expensing of all R&D costs. The relative value relevance of R&D reporting under different R&D accounting standards are compared while controlling for the reporting environment. Test results suggest that the level of R&D reporting has a significant effect on the association of equity price with accounting earnings and book value. The reporting of total R&D costs provides additional information to accounting earnings and book value in Germany and the USA (expensing countries), and the allocation of R&D costs between capitalization and expense further increases the value relevance of R&D reporting in France and the UK (capitalizing countries), including firms in the US software industry.
Unsteady Heat Transfer and Phase Changing Process Within Small Icing Water Droplets

We report progress made in our recent effort to develop and implement a novel, lifetime-based molecular tagging thermometry (MTT) technique to quantify unsteady heat transfer and phase changing process inside small icing water droplets pertinent to wind turbine icing phenomena. The lifetime-based MTT technique was used to achieve temporallyand-spatially resolved temperature distribution measurements within small, convectively-cooled water droplets to quantify unsteady heat transfer within the small water droplets in the course of convective cooling process. The transient behavior of phase changing process within small icing water droplets was also revealed clearly by using the lifetime-based MTT technique. Such measurements are highly desirable to elucidate underlying physics to improve our understanding about important micro-physical phenomena pertinent to ice formation and accreting process as water droplets impinging onto wind turbine in cold atmospheric environment.
Disinfection of Sewage Sludge with Gamma Radiation

Disinfection of sewage sludge by means of gamma radiation to render it suitable for unrestricted reuse as a fertiliser or soil conditioner in the urban environment, was investigated. Inactivation of Ascaris lumbricoides ova was used as the criterion of disinfection. It was found that a total radiation dose of 1 kGy effectively reduced the development of potentially infective larvae in a sludge containing 20% solids, by 99%. The 1% of larvae developing after radiation were infective to white mice. Higher doses of radiation up to 10 kGy did not achieve a 100% kill. Complete inactivation could be obtained when 0,5 kGy radiation was applied at 50° C to a sludge containing 3% solids and when 0,4 kGy radiation was applied at 55°C to a sludge with 20% solids.
A Further Examination of the Big-Fish–Little-Pond Effect

Among early adolescents (10–12 years) in the Netherlands, this study examined the academic self-concept in terms of the big-fish–little-pond effect (BFLPE). The BFLPE implies that students in classes where the average achievement is low will have a higher academic self-concept than equally achieving students in classes where the average achievement is high. The social comparison process assumed to underlie this effect was examined by focusing on classmates’ average achievement and the perceived relative achievement position in the school class. It was found that the perceived class position mediated the relationship between classmates’ achievement and the academic self-concept. In addition, the effect of classmates’ achievement on perceived relative academic position was stronger in smaller compared to larger classes. Furthermore, it was investigated whether classmates’ gender was differently important for social comparison processes in the academic domain. It turned out that students’ academic self-concept was affected by the achievements of same-gender classmates. Achievements of opposite-gender classmates only had an effect on the academic self-concept when the number of these classmates was small. The findings of this study support the theoretical principles underlying the big-fish–little-pond effect and are relevant for debates about class sizes and the utility of academic selective schooling.
Chinese Word Similarity Computation based on Automatically Acquired Knowledge

This paper describes our methods for Chinese word similarity computation based on automatically acquired knowledge on NLPCC-ICCPOL 2016 Task 3. All of the methods utilize off-the-shelf tools and data, which makes them easy to be replicated. We use Sogou corpus to train word vector for Chinese words and utilize Baidu to get Web page counts for word pairs. Both word vector and Web page counts can be acquired automatically. All of our methods don’t utilize any dictionary and manual-annotated knowledge, which avoids the huge human labor. Among the four submitted results, three systems achieve a similar Spearman correlation coefficient (0.327 by word vector, 0.328 by word vector and PMI, 0.314 by word vector and Dice). Besides, when all the English letters are converted to lowercase, the best performance of our methods is improved, which is 0.372 by word vector and Dice. All of the comparative methods and experiments are described in the paper.
Design of a Novel Compact Power Divider with Harmonic Suppression

Abstract—This paper presents a novel compact power divider with third harmonic suppression and also can provide a direct current (dc) path which could simplify the other active circuits in the complicated phased array antenna system. The proposed power divider achieves 20% size reduction compared with the conventional Wilkinson power divider. From the measured results, it can be seen that the simulated results can guide the practical circuit very well.
Learning cultures and learning styles: myth-understandings about adult (Hong Kong) Chinese learners

The picture that often emerges from the research literature on ‘Chinese learners’ is a caricature of rote-learning, memorization and passivity. This article takes issue with the stereotype. The paper is in three parts. The first part considers the extent to which Chinese culture may influence Chinese learning styles. Some received opinions are counterpoised with more recent reinterpretations. The paper later examines some of the findings from the literature on effective adult learning. The third part explores the extent to which Hong Kong adult learners adopt learning styles consonant with those outlined in the second section. The results of the survey research, action learning projects and case studies considered suggest that Hong Kong adult learners are receptive to new modes of learning and go on to adopt learning styles quite different from those they deployed in school. The arguments are situated within the literature on adult Chinese second language (L2) learning but have wider resonance and application to Hong Kong adult learners in general.
A New Ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) Bird from the Jehol Group Indicative of Higher-Level Diversity

ABSTRACT Basal Ornithuromorpha, until recently, was one of the most poorly documented segments of early avian evolution. The known species diversity of the ornithuromorph clade has increased rapidly with the addition of new discoveries from the Early Cretaceous deposits of northeastern China. Reported in this paper is the discovery of a new bird from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, China. The specimen represents a new species, Longicrusavis houi, but bears similarities to Hongshanornis longicresta from the same formation of Inner Mongolia. The two birds are comparable in size and share an unusual sigmoid mandible and elongate hindlimbs relative to their forelimbs. Together these taxa represent a clade (Hongshanornithidae, new taxon) of specialized ‘shorebirds’ whose elongate hindlimbs indicate ecological adaptations different from those of other Jehol ornithuromorphs. Phylogenetic relationships of Mesozoic birds are discussed based on the results of a comprehensive cladistic analysis. New morphological information on Ornithuromorpha is provided through the detailed description of the new taxon together with new information on Hongshanornis.
Relationship Between Biological Parameters and Fish Catch Ratio of Rutilus kutum Kamensky, 1901 and Cyprinus carpio in the Southeast of the Caspian Sea (Mazandaran-Goharbaran)

This study was conducted in the southeastern part of the Caspian Sea in Mazandaran (Goharbaran) from a project [#4-76-12-95101] during 2013 -2014. Samples were collected monthly at 8 stations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the density and biomass of biological parameters at different months and their relationships with fish catch ratio such as Cyprinus carpio and Rutilus kutum Kamensky, 1901. Overall, 157 species of phytoplankton were identified which belonged to 8 phyla among them Bacillariophyta comprised to 48% of the highest species frequency. A total of 11 species of zooplankton, and 24 species of macrobenthos were found. There was a significant differences between density and biomass of biological parameters at different stations (p <0.05). The results showed that the density of phytoplankton in winter was the highest value at all stations. In contrast, the density of zooplankton decreased at the same time. This could be due to the lack of grazing animal e.g. zooplankton which grazing on phytoplankton. Based on Principal component analysis (PCA) the maximum value of similarity coefficient for C. carpio were in November and December (0.997) and for R. kutum Kamensky, 1901 in February and April (0.998), respectively. This could be due to the data of sampling stations which located to the inshore water and the substrate feeding behavior of carp and approaching the spawning season and spend the reproductive period in the river for Kutum.
Study of molecular dynamics using fluorescently tagged molecules in live cells

Microscopic studies of fluorescently-tagged molecules or those detected using fluorescently-tagged antibodies in fixed cells have provided insight into the localization and function of various proteins for a very long time. Such studies however do not provide information about the dynamics of labeled proteins over time. In order to assess the dynamic characteristics of fluorescently-tagged proteins within cells at the light microscope level several techniques have been developed. These include fluorescence loss in photobleaching (FLIP), fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), inverse FRAP (iFRAP) and the use of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins (PAFPs) and caged molecules. FLIP monitors loss of fluorescence in an area distant to the bleached region while FRAP follows the recovery of fluorescently tagged proteins into the photobleached region of interest. iFRAP involves the entire fluorescently labelled area being bleached apart from a small region where the loss of fluorescence from this point is monitored over time. PAFPs are proteins that change spectral properties upon exposure to specific wavelengths of light. They can be classified into photoactivatable and photoswitchable or photoconvertible. Upon activation photactivatable fluorescent proteins change from non-fluorescent into fluorescent, while photoswitchable fluorescent proteins change their spectral properties. Application of these techniques has allowed biological questions to be answered surrounding the stability and motility of tagged proteins. However, these methods have limitations and the use of more than one of these techniques is often required to fully elucidate protein behaviour. This review will look at several recent and diverse examples of the use of these techniques to understand protein, organelle and cell dynamics.
Price segment stability in consumer goods categories

Purpose – This paper sets out to explore the degree to which consumer price segments can be generalized across product categories.Design/methodology/approach – A comprehensive segmentation framework of price‐related activating and cognitive inner processes and preferences is proposed to account for heterogeneity in consumer response to price. Large‐scale consumer survey data on price‐related attitudes in eight consumer goods categories (paper tissue, soap bar, chocolate bar, detergent, facial moisturizer, television set, washing machine, jeans) are used for cluster analysis.Findings – On the aggregate level, five stable price segments across consumer goods categories are identified and described. On the individual level, it is found that price behavioural consistency is a function of the category context in terms of price uncertainty and quality uncertainty.Practical implications – The findings suggest that price management should be concerned with price segment structures and their specific price needs.
Identification of Principal Factors of Fabric Aesthetics by the Evaluation of Experts on Textile and Untrained Consumers

One of the important end-use performance measures of fabrics and other textile products is the handle, which measures the quality of fabrics as evaluated by reactions obtained not only tactilely but also visually. The well-known Kawabata Evaluation System (KES) includes both an objective evaluation and a prediction method of the handle. However, objective evaluations of the handle based on a visual perception of fabric aesthetics have not been investigated systematically. Thus, as the first step of a systematic study, we attempted to carry out a sensory evaluation of fabric aesthetics by experts on textile and untrained consumers using worsted and spun silk woven fabrics, which have different material effect and structural effect. Thereafter, the mean preference scores were examined by factor analysis to identify the principal factors of fabric aesthetics. From the result, it was found that two common factors––“Luster and depth sensation” and “Surface roughness sensation”––were identified tentatively as the principal factors of fabric aesthetics.
Unexpected impacts of the Tropical Pacific array on reanalysis surface meteorology and heat fluxes

The Tropical Pacific mooring array has been a key component of the climate observing system since the early 1990s. We identify a pattern of strong near surface humidity anomalies, colocated with the array, in the widely used European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting Interim atmospheric reanalysis. The pattern generates large, previously unrecognized latent and net air‐sea heat flux anomalies, up to 50 Wm−2 in the annual mean, in reanalysis derived data sets employed for climate studies (TropFlux) and ocean model forcing (the Drakkar Forcing Set). As a consequence, uncertainty in Tropical Pacific ocean heat uptake between the 1990s and early 2000s at the mooring sites is significant with mooring colocated differences in decadally averaged ocean heat uptake as large as 20 Wm−2. Furthermore, these results have major implications for the dual use of air‐sea flux buoys as reference sites and sources of assimilation data that are discussed.
The importance of ICT in society ’ s needs : An empirical approach through Maslow ’ s lens 1

The development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has strong potential to transform economies and societies in several ways, such as reducing information and transaction costs, creating new collaborative models to increase the efficiency of workers, promoting innovation, and improving education and access to basic services. Innovation seems to be everywhere in the lives of consumers, in industry and service production processes, as well as in public sector tasks. However, while we observe dramatic changes in people's lives, it is difficult to find any effect in productivity statistics. The same happened when computers were brought into society massively (Griliches, 1994; Brynjolfsson and Yang, 1996; Triplett, 1999; and Jorgenson, 2001) and this phenomenon, known as the Solow Paradox (1987), had already been observed in the boost from information technology.
Phytochemical Screening and in Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Aqueous Extract of Blighia Sapida Stem Bark

Blighia sapida is a plant belonging to the family of sapindaceae. In this study we aimed to carry the phytochemical screening of aqueous extract of Blighia sapida stem bark and evaluate its in vitro antioxidant activity. It was found that the aqueous extract of Blighia sapida stem bark showed the presence of tannin, saponin, flavonoid, alkaloid, phenols and ascorbic acid. It also contains trace elements zinc and selenium. Furthermore it showed some scavenging activity but not as such could be compared with the various standards used except for nitric oxide scavenging activity. These are indications that the aqueous extract of Blighia sapida contains some physiologically significant secondary metabolites and also possesses appreciable in vitro antioxidant activity.
3 D finite-difference time-domain modeling of acoustic wave propagation based on domain decompostion

This report mainly focuses on three-dimensional acoustic wave propagation modeling in the time domain through finite difference method which comprises the forward modeling part of the 3D acoustic Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) method. An explicit, time-domain, finite-difference (FD) numerical scheme is used to solve the system for both pressure and particle velocity wavefields. Dependent variables are stored on staggered spatial and temporal grids, and centered FD operators possess 2nd-order and 4th-order time/space accuracy. The algorithm is designed to execute on parallel computational platforms by utilizing a classical spatial domain-decomposition strategy. FDTD modeling in 3D acoustic media
Survey on Disaster Recovery as a Service ( DRaaS ) 1

Disaster Recovery (DR) is a big term that helps to recover data from any disaster that happened by any situation. Many Private and public sector enterprises use DR Service to protect their data and service applications. Now a days cloud-based DR solution changed the legacy approaches. Many cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft’s and Google drive provides backup service for Disaster Recovery over cloud. This paper presents survey on Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and it also includes information about DRaaS providers that provides DR Failover in cloud. This paper presents the detailed information about the DRaaS that can help to provide basic knowledge of DraaS. Index Terms — Cloud, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery (DR), DRaaS, IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, Backup/Recovery. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________