Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Proposal about Normalization of Experimental Designs in Computational Intelligence

Experimental analysis starts with very similar premises: given a specific problem, we need to either collect or generate a dataset and to choose the best model according to the performance. A set of techniques can be evaluated (i.e. statistical or metaheuristic approaches) as well as results from previous works that should be taken into account. Thus, it is necessary to analyse the behaviour of a method with respect to the others in equality of conditions. Therefore it is necessary to formalize an experimental design to solve as effectively as possible the problem with different approaches and to estimate the error rate; so different results from different methods can be compared. In this work we propose four phases for any experimental design: extraction of data, pre-processing of data, learning and selection of the best model. These generic phases encapsulate the main operations and steps that should be performed during an experimental analysis (some of them mandatory and other optional), independently of the kind of data or method used and are not mandatory and can be adapted to a new specific domain. The proposed experimental design has proven to be a vital contribution to compare different techniques under the same conditions in different scopes.
Effects of cochlear compression and frequency selectivity on pitch discrimination of complex tones with unresolved harmonics

Physiological studies have shown that noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) enhances the amplitude of envelope coding in auditory-nerve fibers. As pitch coding of unresolved complex tones is assumed to rely on temporal envelope coding mechanisms, this study investigated pitch-discrimination performance in listeners with SNHL. Pitch-discrimination thresholds were obtained in 14 normal-hearing (NH) and 10 hearing-impaired (HI) listeners for sine-phase (SP) and random-phase (RP) unresolved complex tones. The HI listeners performed, on average, similarly as the NH listeners in the SP condition and worse than NH listeners in the RP condition. Cochlear compression and auditory filter bandwidths were estimated in the same listeners. A significant correlation was found between the reduction of cochlear compression and the difference between RP and SP pitch-discrimination thresholds. The effects of degraded frequency selectivity and loss of compression were considered in a model as potential factors in envelope enhancement. The model revealed that a broadening of the auditory filters led to an increase of the modulation depth in the SP condition, while it did not have any effect for the RP condition. Overall, these findings suggest that both reduced cochlear compression and auditory filter broadening alter the envelope representation of unresolved complex tones, leading to changes in pitch-discrimination performance.
Motivating rice farmers in the Mekong Delta to modify pest management and related practices through mass media

A participatory planning process was applied to develop a media campaign to motivate rice farmers in the Mekong Delta to modify pest management practices together with seed and fertilizer inputs. Locally named ‘Ba Giam Ba Tang’ or ‘Three Reductions, Three Gains’, campaigns were launched in two provinces, Can Tho and Tien Giang. In both provinces, farmers' practices changed significantly. Their insecticide sprays reduced by 13–33% while their seed rates dropped ∼10% and nitrogen rates, ∼7% and proportion of farmers using insecticides declined by ∼11%. These practices were supported by modifications in belief attitudes that favored high inputs. Farmers who reported significant reductions in the three inputs also changed their perception of yield loss. The campaigns in Can Tho and Tien Giang had significant multiplier effects. They stimulated several provincial governments as well as the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide additional resources to reproduce the materials and campaign process for local use which eventually reached more than 3 million farmers in south and central Vietnam.
Credit Information Systems in Less-Developed Countries: Recent History and a Test

Increases in formal sector lending among the poor have created a need for credit information systems that provide potential lenders both positive and negative data about borrowers. In this paper we provide an overview of the development and use of credit information systems in industrialized and developing countries. We summarize the disparate literature on the topic, provide the historical context, and discuss the current state of credit information systems in different parts of the developing world. We then present a test of the effects of a newly implemented credit information system using fixed effects estimation on panel data from Guatemala. Results indicate that improved screening effects from the system caused the level of portfolio arrears to decline between 2 and 3.5 percentage points six months after it was implemented in branch offices.
Title: Can openness mitigate the effects of weather shocks? Evidence from India's famine era. Citation: Burgess, Robin and Dave Donaldson (2010) Can openness mitigate the effects of weather shocks? Evidence from India's famine

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Burnout, job satisfaction and depression in the healthcare personnel who work in the emergency department

Objective: This study aimed to determine the levels of depression, job satisfaction and burnout and the variables that could be related to them in the healthcare personnel who were working in the emergency department in the sample from the city of Gaziantep. Methods: Study sample included a total of 347 participants, including doctors, nurses, healthcare officers, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs), who have been working in the emergency department of Gaziantep University Medical Faculty Hospital, in the emergency departments of the state hospitals and 112 emergency services located in the city center of Gaziantep. In the study, we used socio-demographic data form, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results: Of the workers of emergency department, 18.5% (n=50) were working in the university hospitals, 40% (n=108) in the state hospitals and 41.5% (n=112) in 112 emergency services. Of the workers, 23.3% (n=63) were doctors, 31.5% (n=85) were nurses and 45.2% (n=122) were paramedics. Healthcare personnel who were working in the state hospital had significantly higher emotional exhaustion (EE) and BDI scores and significantly lower personal accomplishment (PA) scores compared to the workers of 112 emergency department. Paramedics had significantly lower EE scores compared to both doctors and nurses. In terms of age, it was found that 18-24 age group had significantly lower MBI-EE subscores compared to 25-29 and 30-34 age groups and that 40 and over age group had significantly higher BDI scores compared to 18-24 age group. All scales, except MBI-PA, were significantly different between the subjects who willingly chose the job and those who unwillingly chose the job. Again, all scales, except MBI-PA, were significantly different between the subjects who gave the answer of ‘I am satisfied with my work environment’ and those who gave the answer of ‘I am not satisfied with my work environment’. Discussion: Evaluating the mental health and working conditions of the people who work in a unit under an intense work pressure, which requires efficient, proper and rapid intervention to the patients, would help to improve the quality of the services given in this field.
Institutional Responses to Increased External Support for Graduate Students

This paper uses institutionally based data to estimate how universities would respond to increased federal support for graduate students. It demonstrates that doctorate-producing universities do respond to changes in the number of full-time science and engineering students supported on external funds by altering the number of students that they support on institutional funds. Institutional adjustment to changes in external support levels appears to be quite rapid. However, in the aggregate, the magnitude of these responses is quite small. Copyright 1993 by MIT Press.
Settlement and distribution of Age-0 juvenile cod, Gadus morhua and G. ogac, following a large-scale habitat manipulation

In Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, we monitored patterns of settlement and distribution of 2 species of gadids, Atlantic cod Gadus morhua and Greenland cod G. ogac, following a large-scale alteration of nearshore eelgrass Zostera marina habitat. Comparisons between control and experimental sites, based on bi-weekly sampling from 1995 to 2001, indicated a significant increase in cod abundance at sites enhanced with simulated eelgrass and a corresponding decrease in cod numbers at sites where eelgrass had been removed. These data supported predictions, demonstrating that: (1) there was a sufficient supply of juvenile cod within the areas that have historically been unoccupied (i.e. sand) and (2) both species preferred to settle in complex habitats. However, G. ogac responded significantly to the removal of eelgrass in more comparisons than G. morhua (70 and 37% respectively), suggesting that G. ogac has a higher affinity for complex vegetative habitats than G. morhua at the scale of manipulation (ca. 800 m2). Furthermore, despite an overall preference for eelgrass habitat, high within-site catch variation of post-settled juvenile cod indicated that both species were not restricted to a seine site. Such variation was occurring well after the settlement period, suggesting that juvenile cod were moving and occasionally aggregating (i.e. shoaling) throughout the study period. Our results support previously described associations between juvenile cod and eelgrass, but contradict other published accounts of high site-attachment and restricted movement in G. morhua following settlement.
From the native point of view

In the standard native tradition of Albanian studies, descriptive and empirical research has only confirmed their own ultimate goal of constructing national specificity and a particularly antiquated view of national culture. In this article, I show how and why an articulate analysis of the main intellectual traditions and their impact can provide fresh insights into grasping the cultural particularism of Albanian studies. Methodologically, a new picture of knowledge production must arise if we consider the historical, cultural, political and ideological terrain on which certain influential ideas and practices in Albanian studies of people’s culture have emerged. The aim, then, is not to provide an exhaustive picture of a positive knowledge of culture and society, but to show the urgent need for avoiding any adoption of concepts that might be pure reconstructions of arbitrary and timeless structures and values, while rejecting any approach in terms of survivals and folklorism.
Unstructured Finite Volume approach for 3-Dunsteady Thermo-Structural Analysis usingBi-Conjugate Gradient Stabilized method

The structural members subjected to severe thermal environments are generally encountered in high speed flows. The optimization of these structural members needs a coupled Fluid -Thermo-Structural analysis. As a first step towards a coupled Fluid -Thermo-Structural analysis, an unsteady 3-D Thermo-Structural analysis is attempted in the present work. As finite volume method is the most popular method for fluid flow analysis. The same methodology is adopted for thermo-structural analysis in the present work. An implicit time stepping is adapted to achieve uniform time stepping while solving heat conduction and structural dynamics equation. The implementation of implicit scheme results in a system algebraic equations and are solved using Bi-Conjugate Gradient Stabilized (Bi-CGStab) method. The space discretization is carried out using arbitrarily oriented tetrahedral elements and a new least square based methodology is used for the evaluation of derivatives avoiding the reconstruction of variables at the nodes. As a first step, an unstructured finite volume code for the solution of 3-D unsteady heat conduction equation is developed. The code has been validated for various Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The results are compared with the analytical solution available for semi-infinite body heat conduction and are found to be in good agreement. Then the code is further extended for the unsteady structural dynamics equations and an integrated linear elastic Thermo- Structural analysis was carried out for the case of internally heated hollow sphere. The unstructured finite volume method in conjunction with Bi-CGStab solver results in an efficient unsteady Thermo-Structural solver and can be easily extended for an integrated Fluid-Thermo-Structural analysis.
Performance Analysis of ‘Narmada Nidhi’ Poultry Under Backyard Farming System in Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh

Backyard poultry farming (BYPF) is an important activity to empower tribal women socially and economically, as it generates cash income and provides employment opportunities, while increasing production of valuable foods (eggs and meat) that improve household nutrition. The present study was conducted in six villages of Narayanganj and Niwas blocks of Mandla District. Data were collected through a structured interview schedule by personal interview method. After proper extension interventions, six self-help-groups were formed and each group was provided with 50, (eight weeks age growing) Narmada Nidhi chicken to analyse its performance parameter under backyard system. The study shows that, average age and weight at sexual maturity obtained in this study were 160.5±3.60 days and 1415±10.12 g, respectively. The annual average egg production obtained was 165.27 ± 3.15 eggs/hen/year. The mean value egg weight, egg length and egg width was 48.67 ± 2.92 g, 51.91 ± 1.02 mm and 40.32 ± 3.01 mm, respectively while the yolk weight, albumen weight, shell weight, shell thickness and yolk color were 16.43 ± 1.78 g, 25.76 ± 2.67 g, 5.87 ± 0.94 g, 0.42 ± 0.08 mm and 6.01 ± 3.98, respectively.
The impact of the supervisory board structure on bank performance

Thus, through this research, the authors aim to provide answers (justified by the results of an empirical research) to the question “Can the structure of the supervisory board affect the financial performance recorded in the Romanian banking system? ” The research methodology used is mainly quantitative, based on a statistical deductive analysis, testing and identifying the type cause – effect connections, and in the same time with the assessment of the degree of their significance, representing the main objective of this research.
Are We Doing It Right

A powder dispensing apparatus for application of loose powder and a method for creating the powder dispensing apparatus. With respect to the powder dispensing apparatus, it includes a front face made of porous material, a back face made of non-porous material, and a semi-rigid, inner pad inserted between the front and back faces. The back face is attached to the front face. Loose powder is filled within an internal chamber of the powder dispensing apparatus between the inner pad and the front face.
Review on vaccine design strategies against cancer

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, resulting in 8.2 million or 14.6% of all human deaths worldwide in 2012. More than 70% of all cancer deaths occurred in low and middle income countries; although the risk of developing/dying from it is still higher in the developed regions of the world, and tobacco use is the cause of about 22% of cancer deaths which is still a major public health problem worldwide that requires new strategies and treatment modalities to optimize patient outcomes. However, the perception of the clinical importance of cancer vaccines has been undermined by a history full of well-meaning but mostly failed attempts to treat patients with ill-defined formulations. Growing knowledge of immunology has influenced approaches to vaccine design over the past centuries, producing different types of vaccines with various associated advantages and challenges. The lack of effective active immunotherapy has led to the development of numerous novel strategies such as the common cancer vaccine strategies and designs. These are: protein subunit and peptide vaccine, dendritic cell vaccine, DNA fusion vaccine, antibody directed vaccine, cell based cancer vaccine, recombinant viral and bacterial cancer vaccine. The majority of cancer vaccines aim to induce a cellular antigen-specific T-cell response. Therefore, effective cancer vaccines must resolve several challenges such as cancer vaccines seek to target an antigen specific to the tumor and distinct from self-proteins. Cancer vaccines should require selection of the appropriate adjuvant and also seek to provide long term memory to prevent tumor recurrence, and both the innate and adaptive immune systems should be activated for total tumor elimination. Key words: Cancer, tumor cells, vaccine strategies.
Unsupervised Extraction of Representative Concepts from Scientific Literature

This paper studies the automated categorization and extraction of scientific concepts from titles of scientific articles, in order to gain a deeper understanding of their key contributions and facilitate the construction of a generic academic knowledgebase. Towards this goal, we propose an unsupervised, domain-independent, and scalable two-phase algorithm to type and extract key concept mentions into aspects of interest (e.g., Techniques, Applications, etc.). In the first phase of our algorithm we propose PhraseType , a probabilistic generative model which exploits textual features and limited POS tags to broadly segment text snippets into aspect-typed phrases. We extend this model to simultaneously learn aspect-specific features and identify academic domains in multi-domain corpora, since the two tasks mutually enhance each other. In the second phase, we propose an approach based on adaptor grammars to extract fine grained concept mentions from the aspect-typed phrases without the need for any external resources or human effort, in a purely data-driven manner. We apply our technique to study literature from diverse scientific domains and show significant gains over state-of-the-art concept extraction techniques. We also present a qualitative analysis of the results obtained.
Phase I Clinical Trial of Peptide Vaccination with KIF20A and VEGFR1 Epitope Peptides in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

We investigated the safety of peptide vaccination with HLA-A2402-restricted KIF20A and VEGFR1 epitope peptides in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer that was refractory to chemotherapy. This was a prospective nonrandomized, single-arm, phase I clinical trial with a fixed 2-mg dose of KIF20A and VEGFR1 peptides for patients with advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer. We determined the HLA genotype of the subjects after enrollment, results of which were held by the evaluative committee and kept from both patients and investigators until completion of the study. The primary endpoint was safety of the peptide vaccination with secondary endpoints being the immunological responses and clinical outcome. We compared study endpoints between the HLA-A*2402-positive and HLA-A*2402- negative groups. KIF20A and VEGFR1 peptides were subcutaneously administered on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 within a 28-day treatment cycle. Nineteen patients diagnosed with unresectable pancreatic cancer were enrolled from May 2009 to January 2010 at our Hospital. Twelve of the 19 patients received 4 or more vaccinations (at least one course). No patient had a severe adverse event in relation to this treatment. Findings from evaluation of clinical responses after one course showed that 2 cases had stable disease and 10 progressive disease. The median overall survival time (MST) for the 12 patients was 5.3 months. In the HLA-A*2402-positive group and HLA-A*2402-negative group, the MST was 6.0 months and 2.3 months (p=0.0373), respectively. Results of this study showed that vaccination with KIF20A and VEGFR1 peptides was a safe treatment, might be a promising treatment. This trial was registered with University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN) number UMIN000002022.
ANALISIS METODE SINGLE EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING DENGAN BROWN EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING PADA STUDI KASUS MEMPREDIKSI KUANTITI PENJUALAN PRODUK FARMASIDI APOTEK

Prediksi kuantiti penjualan produk di masa depan dimaksudkan untuk mengendalikan jumlah stok produk yang ada, agar kekurangan atau kelebihan stok produk dapat diminimalkan. Ketika kuantiti penjualan dapat diprediksi dengan akurat maka pemenuhan permintaan konsumen dapat diusahakan tepat waktu dan kerjasama perusahaan dengan relasi tetap terjaga dengan baik sehingga perusahaan dapat terhindar dari kehilangan penjualan maupun konsumen. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis akurasi prediksi kuantiti penjualan produk farmasi di apotek dengan menggunakan metode Single Exponential Smoothing (SES) dibandingkan dengan menggunakan metode Brown Exponential Smoothing (BES), sehingga akan diperoleh metode yang lebih akurat untuk memprediksi kuantiti penjualan produk farmasi di apotek. Persentase nilai kesalahan prediksi merupakan kriteria terpenting dalam menganalisis akurasi prediksi dari kedua metode ini. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa persentase rata-rata kesalahan prediksi kuantiti penjualan produk farmasi menggunakan metode SES dengan nilai parameter smoothing α=0.5 merupakan metode yang memiliki akurasi prediksi yang paling tinggi (MAPE=1.14%) dibandingkan dengan menggunakan metode BES
Characteristics of Creative Students Versus Academic Performance

One of the challenges for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Malaysia is to drive the education system to achieve world class innovation. Finding from the prior researches reveals that creativity is the key component of innovation process and crucial element for students to enhance their competitiveness. As such, this research is conducted to examine the characteristics of creative students in the Faculty of Management (FM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the relationship with academic performance. The research is quantitative based via questionnaire and responded by 60 students from the FM. Through descriptive analysis, Personality, Knowledge and Motivation are suggested as highly important creativity characteristics among FM students. Finding from the research also suggested, Personality and Thinking Style are significant and negatively correlated with academic performance. Meantime, ANOVA result revealed that characteristic of Motivation for Year 3 students is significant higher than Year 1 and Year 2 students. The main implication of the study is there is a need to explore the opportunity to ensure student’s creativity and academic performance are develop in parallel direction.
Dual Band Textile Antenna on EBG for WiFi Applications

A complete study of a dual band textile antenna on Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) for WiFi applications is presented. A CPW G-shaped monopole antenna on EBG for dual band operation on textile (denim) is designed and characterized. Finally, experimental results for the antenna on EBG prototype using Shieldit Super electro-textile are presented and show that both the lower and the upper WiFi frequency bands are covered.