Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
AGE, DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND TYPE OF ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT

Previous research using Victorian accident data established that young drivers are particularly over-represented in two broad accident categories even more than in accidents generally. These two broad categories are (i) single vehicle accidents and (ii) a group of multi-road user accident types in which the young driver is believed to be likely to be involved in a conflict situation created by an unexpected manoeuvre of another road user. The study reported here used New South Wales (NSW) accident data and was undertaken to determine whether the distribution of young driver accident involvement types in NSW is similar to that in Victoria; whether unexpected manoeuvres of the other road user are in fact the defining feature of the multi-road user accident types in which young drivers are most overrepresented, and whether the two broad categories of greatest over-representation are more closely associated with youthfulness or inexperience. The results of the study confirmed that patterns of accident involvement for young drivers in NSW and Victoria are very similar. The involvement of conflicts created by unexpected manoeuvres of the other road user was also strongly confirmed as the defining characteristic of the multi-road user accident involvement types in which young and inexperienced drivers are most over-represented. However, the study yielded most unexpected findings regarding the apparent contributions of youthfulness and inexperience to this broad category of accident involvements. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. E200232.
Innovation : leadership strategies for the competitive edge

Give your students the edge in the marketplace--the ability to understand and manage the process of innovation and new product development, the force driving today's economy. This book introduces a strategic, results-oriented program that helps students understand how to develop and foster an innovation mindset among everyone in an organization. It discusses how to overcome the aversion to risk that typically impedes the innovation process, along with techniques on how to link innovation to corporate strategies.
Deterioration and Maintenance Models for Components in Hydropower Plants

In this paper a reliability model is presented which can be used for scheduling and optimization of maintenance and renewal. The deterioration process of technical equipment is modeled by a Markov chain. A framework is proposed how the parameters in the Markov process can be estimated based on a description of the technical condition of components and systems in hydro power plants according to the Norwegian Electricity Industry Association. A time dependent solution of the Markov model is presented. Imperfect periodic inspection can be modeled by the proposed approach. The length of the inspection interval depends on the system condition revealed by the previous inspection. The model can be used to compute performance measures and operational costs over a finite time horizon. Finally, simulation results for a dataset for a Norwegian hydro power plant are presented.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARRIS - A SYSTEM FOR ROAD SURFACE CONDITION MONITORING AT TRAFFIC SPEED

The Highways Agency commissioned TRL to develop an alternative means of inspecting highways for cracking that could be conducted at traffic speeds, did not involve lane closures, was objective and which would be cheaper than approaches requiring a lot of personnel. Recent research has shown that deterioration of thick flexible pavements begins with surface cracking and that surveillance and timely repair is economic. Trials were initially undertaken of video image collection methods to identify the best option to identify cracks and other defects >2mm in size. Artificial lighting proved essential. Linescan cameras used to collect the images, the image processing system, crack identification performance, pavement profile measurement, and routine application to the road network are described. The future of traffic-speed condition measurement is discussed including noise prediction, targeted high resolution profile surveys and improving ride quality. For the covering abstract see ITRD E118297.
Cardio-Vascular Disease Prediction based on Ensemble Technique Enhanced using Extra Tree Classifier for Feature Selection

Cardio vascular disease is the major death factor in the last decade. Most of the patients diagnosed with the CVD at the later stage die even though advanced treatments are given. Earlier identification of heart disease may reduce the death rate. The cost of medical diagnosis makes it perverse for the large number of people to the early fix of the disease. Machine learning and Data mining techniques are successful in medical diagnosis through non-invasive methods. In developing such models, Feature selection is very important since it affects the accuracy of the diagnosis. In this research, the feature selection is done through Extra Tree classifier method for identifying the most important feature combination for predicting the heart disease. Cleveland and Statlog datasets are used for developing and testing the model. Base classifiers such as Support Vector Machine (SVM), K Nearest Neighbour (KNN), Decision Tree, Logistic Regression, Naïve Bayes and Vote are tested over all original 13 features from datasets, 9 feature combination and 6 feature combination. It is observed that Vote classifier using 9 and 6 feature combination gives the best accuracy and F1 score
Evaluation of Model Based Testing and Conformiq Qtronic

The Model Based Testing is one of the modern automated testing methodologies used to generate test suits automatically from the abstract behavioral or environmental models of the System Under Test (SUT). The Generated test cases are abstract like models, but these test cases can also be transformed to the different test scripts or language specific test cases to execute them. The Model based testing can be applied in different ways and it has several dimensions during implementation that can be changes with nature of the SUT. Since model based testing is directly related with models, the model based testing can be applied at early stages of development that helps in validation of both models and requirements that could save time of test development at later stages. With the automatic generation of test cases, requirements change is very easy to handle with the model based testing as it requires fewer changes in the models and reduces rework. It is also easy to generate a large number of test cases with full coverage criteria using the model based testing that was hard to produce with traditional testing methodologies. Testing non-functional requirements is one field in which the model based testing is lacking; quality related aspects of the SUT difficult to be tested with the model based testing. The effectiveness and performance of model based testing is directly related to the efficiency of CASE tool that implementing it. A variety of CASE tools based on models are currently in use in different industries. The Qtronic tool is one generating test cases from abstract model of SUT automatically. In this master thesis detailed evaluation of the Qtronic test case generation technique, generation time, coverage criterion and quality of test cases are analyzed by modeling the Session Initiating Protocol (SIP) & File Transfer Protocol. (FTP), Also generation of test cases from models manually and by using the Qtronic Tool. In order to evaluate the Qtronic tool, detailed experiments and comparisons of manually generated test cases and test case generated by the Qtronic are conducted. The results of the case studies show the efficiency of the Qtronic over traditional manual test case generation in many aspects. We also show that the model based testing is not effective applied on every system under test, for some simple systems manual test case generation might be a good choice.
MANGANESE-MODIFIED ASPHALT PAVEMENTS: A STATUS REPORT

This paper is a chronological account of the experimental asphaltic concrete highway sections that have been constructed using manganese-modified asphalt cements. Described are the potential performance improvements attainable with the chemical modifier and the changes that have been required in the way it is used to obtain benefits without undesirable side effects. The details of the laboratory testing before highway construction and the evaluations carried out with cores from highways after construction are related to the performance observed in experimental highway sections.
FAST AND FLEXIBLE

Tecnopass has been designed as a new electronic toll collection and electronic road pricing (ETC/ERP) system for ETC and easy access control for urban centres or residential areas. It can apply all the benefits of non-stop tolling for the Italian market, and is compatible with emerging standards. It enables vehicle fleet owners to have real-time control of vehicle availability. In toll road applications, it can remove queues and allow free traffic flow. The Tecnopass system has a gate, fitted with a fixed antenna, which can communicate with an onboard unit installed in a vehicle. Its processor conducts all checks, updates coded data in the onboard unit, and clears the automatic vehicle identification (AVI) procedure for ETC in the gate. High-performance automatic vehicle classification systems and video enforcement are also available. The roadside equipment includes a transceiver, designed for applications using a standardised dedicated short-range communication link (DSRC), operating at 5.8GHz. This ensures potential future interoperability, and maximises protection against unwanted, uncontrolled interference. The onboard unit is designed for use in DSRC applications. Tecnopass became operational in July 1998, processing all vehicles with Telepass onboard units on the Quincinetto-Aosta motorway in Italy.
Air injection in axial compressors : modeling experimental validation, and control of instabilities

This thesis presents verified models for predicting the effects of air injection in high speed axial flow compressors. Using this and other models, new control concepts are studied for reducing the actuation levels required to stabilize compressor instabilities. A steady air injection model is developed that consists of two parts: a control volume analysis that models the change in mass, momentum, and swirl induced by jet actuators, and a streamline curvature analysis which models the response of the compressor blade rows. The model is validated using measurements of total pressure profiles, total temperature profiles, and speedlines from a single-stage transonic compressor. The results show that the pressure rise associated with air injection in a compressor is primarily due to changes in blade row performance characteristics resulting from changes in flow redistribution within the compressor blade rows. The steady air injection model is used to improve the predictions of an unsteady two-dimensional, linear, compressible stall and surge inception model. A framework for implementing nonlinear controllers was set up and tested. The control concept consists of appending a robust estimator of the incompressible states to control laws which consider only the incompressible modes. The concept was tested on a single-stage transonic compressor operating at a tip relative Mach number of 1.25. In this compressor, no operating range extension was achieved with constant gain feedback control, but when a robust Hoo estimator was appended to the constant gain feedback control, the stalling mass was reduced by 9.0%. An analytical study of methods to reduce air injection levels, either by reducing the number of actuators, or by injecting in a "single-sided" (nominally off) manner was investigated. Extension of the stable operating range with reduced actuator mass flow was demonstrated analytically. A single-sided, sliding mode control scheme was demonstrated analytically to have good operability properties and achieve a larger extension of the stable operating range. Two actuation configurations with fewer actuators were selected based on a parametric study, and their feasibility was demonstrated experimentally. Thesis Supervisor: James D. Paduano Title: Principal Research Engineer, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics 3
Das Zusammenspiel von Corporate Entrepreneurship und Open Innovation. Eine strukturierte Literaturanalyse (The Interplay of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation. A Structured Literature Analysis)

German Abstract: Bislang wurde Open Innovation uberwiegend als alleinstehender Innovationsansatz behandelt – er ist im Kern jedoch stark mit dem Forschungsfeld Corporate Entrepreneurship verwandt. Wir zeigen mit Hilfe eines strukturierten Literaturuberblicks, auf welche Art sich beide Konzepte uberlappen und gegenseitig befruchten. Die Ergebnisse geben Raum fur weitere Untersuchungen hinsichtlich bestehender Frameworks, Messinstrumente, spezifischer unternehmerischer Aktivitaten und deren Beitrag zur Innovationsleistung als bedeutsamem Teil der gesamten Organisationsleistung.English Abstract: Open Innovation has been predominantly treated as a stand alone innovation approach so far. Its basis, however, is strongly related to corporate entrepreneurship. By means of a structured literature review we demonstrate how both concepts overlap and stimulate each other. The results open up avenues for further research on existing frameworks, measures, specific entrepreneurial activities, and their contribution to innovation performance as an important part of overall organizational performance.
ROBO1 protein expression is independently associated with biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients who underwent radical prostatectomy in Asian patients.

Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between ROBO1 expression and prostate cancer aggressiveness. Methods ROBO1 expression was evaluated in normal prostate epithelial cells (PrEC) and different prostate cancer cell lines by Western blot analysis. The migration and invasion of native and ROBO1 knockdown cells were evaluated using migration chambers and a Matrigel-coated membrane, respectively. Samples from 145 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy between June 2000 and June 2008, were retrieved from the paraffin files for tissue microarray (TMA) with immunohistochemical analysis. Biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free survival curves were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression methods in two groups of patients classified according to the degree of ROBO1 expression (low or high expression). Results ROBO1 is highly expressed in the prostate cancer cell lines. All ROBO1 knockdown cells (PC3, 22Rv1 and DU 145) showed markedly decreased migration and invasiveness compared to native cells. In 145 patients with radical prostatectomy, the Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank test for BCR-free survival stratified by ROBO1 expression in organ-confined (pT2) or not (pT3), showed significant differences in 10-year survival between the ROBO1 high and low expression groups (87.2% versus 52.6% in pT2; P=0.047, 51.0% versus 36.9% in pT3; P=0.033). The multivariable-adjusted model showed a markedly increased hazard ratio (HR) in patients with high ROBO1 expression compared to the patients with low ROBO1expression in every model. Conclusions ROBO1 may play an important role in the migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells, and was independently associated with BCR.
Evaluating The Protective Effect of Calcium Carbonate Coating On Sandstone Cultural Heritage

The purpose of this work is to use different surfactants to deposit different crystal forms of calcium carbonate film on the surface of sandstone through a simple double replacement reaction. The protective effect of calcium carbonate coatings was evaluated through water absorption, water vapor permeability and weather resistance tests. The results show that the stone treated with vaterite calcium carbonate has excellent water absorption and permeability. Compared with untreated stone, the water absorption rate is reduced by 0.5 times, and the weather resistance is increased by 4 times, effectively hindering the erosion of water and soluble salts. These findings are expected to provide useful suggestions for the protection of stone cultural heritage.
PRODUCTION OF NEW WAP-8294A CYCLODEPSIPEPTIDES BY THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT LYSOBACTER ENZYMOGENES OH11

ABSTRACT Naturally-occurring environmental microorganisms may provide ‘green’ and effective biocontrol tools for disease management in agricultural crops. Due to the constant threat of resistant pathogens there is a pressing and continual need to search for new biocontrol tools. This study investigated the production of new analogs of WAP-8294A compounds by the biocontrol agent Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11 through biosynthetic engineering. WAP-8294As are a family of natural cyclic lipodepsipeptides with potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. A series of genetic manipulations was therefore conducted on the accessory genes in the WAP biosynthetic gene cluster. The resulting strains containing a single-point mutation in ORF4, which was predicted to encode a 2-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase, produced deoxy-WAP-8294As. This result provides evidence for the function of ORF4 in catalyzing βhydroxylation of the D-asparagine residue in WAP-8294As
State Medical Marijuana Laws and Initiation of Cigarettes among Adolescents in the U.S., 1991–2015

Objective. Although cigarette use has declined among adolescents, marijuana use has increased in subgroups of this population. The association between medical marijuana laws (MMLs) and cigarette initiation among adolescents, however, needs further examination. We investigated the association between MMLs and age of cigarette initiation and stratified findings by gender, race/ethnicity, and state dispensary status. Method. Data were from N=939,725 adolescents in 9th-12th grade living in 46 states who participated in the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System between 1991–2015. Participants were asked the age they first smoked a cigarette and other sociodemographic characteristics. States were categorized as MML states if they had legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes by 2015. We used a difference-in-difference methodology and logistic regressions to assess the relationship between MMLs and cigarette initiation. Results. Our results indicate lower odds of initiating cigarettes, in every age group (8 years old or younger, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17 years old or older) in states with MMLs when compared to non-MML states. After stratification, we find lower odds of cigarette initiation in certain age groups by gender, race/ethnicity, and state dispensary status. We report no difference in state MML implementation and age of cigarette initiation among Hispanic adolescents in every age group, and Black adolescents 8 years or younger and 17 years or older. Conclusions. Cigarette initiation has decreased among adolescents in MML states compared with those in non-MML states. Further research should evaluate how MMLs and recreational marijuana policies are associated with e-cigarette initiation and use.
Constructional Steel Design: An International Guide

Material behaviour, metallurgy, R.L. Brockenbrough and J.M. Barsom material properties, R.L. Brockenbrough element behaviour and design, tension members, J.C. Taylor beams, D.A. Nethercot compression members, R. Bjorhovde tubular members, D.R. Sherman beam-columns, J.Y. R. Liew, D.W. White and W.F. Chen plate girders, R. Maquoi box girders, P. J. Dowling and J.E. Harding cold formed members, J. Rhodes trusses, C. Urbano orthotropic plate bridge decks, G. Sedlacek stressed skin diaphragm design, E.R. Bryan and J.M. Davies static behaviour of cables, H.M. Irvine buckling of shell structures, D. Vandepitte connections introduction to connection design, W. McGuire bolted connections, G.W. Owens welded connections, O.W. Bodgett column footing connections, Y. Lescourar'h and A. Colson composite columns, E.H. K. Riok and R. Bergmann composite floor systems, J.K. Ritchie and E.Y. L. Chien composite connections, R.T. Leon and R. Zandonini composite frame construction, L. G. Griffis dynamic behaviour, dynamics, M. Wakabayashi and M. Nakashima dynamics of cables, seismic design, fatigue design, T.R. Gurney fracture design, J.M. Barsom design forms, industrial buildings, J.M. Fisher multi-storey buildings, S.H. Iyengar, W.F. Baker Jr and R. Sinn short span bridges, D.H. Hall medium span bridges, C.W. Brown long span bridges, M. Ito, M.A. Hoshino, M. Nagi, H. Nakai and S. Ohtsuki transmission and telecommunication towers and masts, L. Finzi, M. Finzi and E. Bellati offshore structures, P.W. Marshall space frames and trusses, Z.S. Makowski construction technology, design for cost effective fabrication and construction, W.A. Thornton erection of steel structures, E.W. Miller fire resistance and protection of structural steelwork, R.M. Lawson corrosion prevention, L. Wallin and M. Foghelin inspection, G.A. Runco computer applications. computer aided analysis, W. McGuire computer aided design, D. Brohn.
THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM: A REEXAMINATION AND UPDATE

This chapter is concerned primarily with the comparative costs of alternative transit technologies, the technological and operating choices made by transit managers, and the lessons learned from these choices. Experience strongly suggests that policymakers and transit managers generally erred by using disproportionate amounts of available subsidy dollars to construct and operate costly and ineffective rail transit systems instead of improving bus service and reducing fares. The author of this chapter also argues that the decision to convert the largely private transit industry to public ownership and operation was a serious mistake. Subsidy dollars could have been used to pay private transit operators to provide unprofitable, but desirable, services, and the efficiency gains from private operation could have been used to buy more vehicle miles of bus service and lower fares. At the same time, governments failed to charge urban motorists prices that reflect the long-run social costs of providing highway facilities and services.
Data Requirements for a Look-Ahead System

Look ahead cruise control deals with the concept of using recorded topographic road data combined with a GPS to control vehicle speed. The purpose of this is to save fuel without a change in travel time for a given road. This thesis explores the sensitivity of different disturbances for look ahead systems. Two different systems are investigated, one using a simple precalculated speed trajectory without feedback and the second based upon a model predictive control scheme with dynamic programming as optimizing algorithm. Defect input data like bad positioning, disturbed angle data, faults in mass estimation and wrong wheel radius are discussed in this thesis. Also some investigations of errors in the environmental model for the systems are done. Simulations over real road profiles with two different types of quantization of the road slope data are done. Results from quantization of the angle data in the system are important since quantization will be unavoidable in an implementation of a topographic road map. The results from the simulations shows that disturbance of the fictive road profiles used results in quite large deviations from the optimal case. For the recorded real road sections however the differences are close to zero. Finally conclusions of how large deviations from real world data a look ahead system can tolerate are drawn.