Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Melanoma Detection in Dermoscopic Images using Global and Local Feature Extraction

Feature plays an important role in the processing of medical images. The different features of an image include color, texture, shape or domain specific features. Texture is considered as one of the important feature of an image. In this paper, the global and local texture feature extraction is done using different algorithms. The global texture features for an image such as energy, entropy, homogeneity, correlation, contrast, dissimilarity, maximum probability are computed using Gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM). The local texture features for an image is extracted using a texture feature descriptor named Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF). The performance of feature extraction is based on the classification results. The process of classification is done using Support vector machine (SVM) and KNN classifier. The performance is evaluated on the basis of different metrics namely sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, precision and F1 score. The experimental result shows that the local texture feature extracted using SURF performs best when compared to global feature extraction (GLCM) and also with other descriptors such as Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT). The SURF local feature descriptor along with SVM - RBF classifier provides better classification accuracy.
Dressing history: Costume as communication in Massachussetts historical tours

This study sought to determine the dual role of costume in performance beyond that of visual entertainment, both as a creator of “historical” space and as a conduit for the transfer of meaning as observed on costumed guides in the spectacle of guided tours in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. A series of site visits, tour shadowing, questionnaires and interviews with tour guides and tourists was used to gain an understanding of the way in which costumes assist live performance in creating an educational, historical atmosphere. Conclusions concerning the success of costume as a non-verbal communication tool, a promoter of visibility in an urban landscape, and the trend surrounding the objectification and dehumanization of costumed guides is discussed and analyzed.
Reverse engineering: resolving conflicts between expected and actual software designs

A real-time embedded system was the subject of a series of experiments in reverse engineering. These experiments used a method of reverse engineering, called synchronized refinement, that analyzes a program, describing its behavior in the vocabulary of the application domain and its structure in terms of design decisions. The results provide insight into the role of domain knowledge in this type of analysis, together with the tools used in the detailed analysis of code. The experiments, which included the redesign of a component and the diagnosis of a critical software failure, showed that the real work of a software maintenance is in resolving apparent inconsistencies between the expectations that have been derived from domain knowledge and the facts that have been uncovered by applying reverse engineering tools to the software. <<ETX>>
MATEMATİK ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN ÖĞRETİMLERİNE YÖNELİK ÖZ-YETERLİK İNANÇLARI

Oz-yeterlik inanci kavrami, matematik ogretiminin duyussal alaninin onemli faktorlerinden birisidir. Oz-yeterlik inanci, davranislari etkiledigi icin insan davranislarinin gelisiminde de cok etkili bir role sahiptir. Bu baglamda bu calismada, matematik ogretmenlerinin ogretimlerine yonelik oz-yeterlik inanclari belirlenmeye calisilmistir. Bunun icin, Riggs ve Enoch (1990) tarafindan gelistirilen “Fen Ogretimi Yeterlik Inanci Olcegi” ne dayali olarak arastirmaci tarafindan Likert-tipindeki “Matematik Ogretimine Yonelik Oz-Yeterlik Olcegi” gelistirilmistir. Olcekte, yapi gecerligi saglanmistir. Olcegin gecerligini belirlemek uzere acimlayici faktor analizi yapilmistir. Faktor analizi sonuclari, olcegin uc faktore sahip oldugunu gostermistir. Olcegin guvenirligi icin Cronbach Alpha Katsayisi ise 0,799 olarak hesaplanmistir. Olcek, 2004 -2005 egitim-ogretim yili basinda, Sivas il merkezinde bulunan 15 ilkogretim okulunda gorev yapan 30 ve 12 lisede gorev yapan 30 matematik ogretmeni olmak uzere toplam 60 matematik ogretmenine uygulanmistir. Verilerin analizi sonucunda, hem ilkogretim II. kademede hem de lisede gorev yapan matematik ogretmenlerinin, etkili matematik ogretimi yaptiklarina ve ogretim yeterligine sahip olduklarina yonelik inanclarinin, ogrencileri matematige yonelik motive etmek ve onlara yardimci olmak noktasindaki inanclarina gore daha yuksek duzeyde oldugu tespit edilmistir. Ayrica, ilkogretim ve lisede gorev yapma durumunun olcegin tamami ve faktorleri bakimindan anlamli bir farklilik gostermedigi de belirlenmistir.
Design and Implementation of an Active Video Distribution System

The temporal ordering and the spatial viewpoints of video frames in conventional digital video content are completely determined at the time of authoring. Because of the lack of runtime navigation flexibility in the content, traditional video-on-demand systems have very limited navigation controls, such as fast-forward/rewind etc. In contrast, we have developed a new form of interactive video content called active video, which supports hyper-linking among related video sequences for temporal navigation and interpolation among stored video sequences, that simultaneously capture a dynamic scene, for spatial navigation. Thus active video enables the end user to choose the temporal frame sequencing and the viewing angle (even virtual ones) during playback. This additional navigation flexibility cannot be supported by traditional video distribution systems. The storage and playback of active video poses unique design challenges. Active video delivery requires computation support on the data path, between the storage and the playback application, to interpolate new views based on stored views. Since active video is only a specific instance of a broad class of interactive media, that require computation support on the server, the new distribution system designed for active video should also be programmable and extensible to store and perform runtime processing of other forms of interactive media. A software architecture of the shared programmable computation framework also needs to address performance and data isolation issues. We have designed and implemented a comprehensive active video authoring, compression, storage, and playback system called Memphis. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the storage and playback components which address the above design issues.
Human in Manual Order Picking Systems

A key priority of the Europe 2020 is to create more and better jobs, while improving their quality and ensuring better working conditions. Manual order picking is an example of labour-intensive and time-consuming working environment where humans are central actors and determine their effectiveness and efficiency. Researchers have developed models for increasing the efficiencies of such systems by suggesting different methods and approaches but largely ignore workers’ characteristics, suggesting that they cannot be substantiated, which led to partially realistic results. Authors determine with scientific literature review the current state of research and the possibilities of interdisciplinary synergies to optimise human productivity by taking into account human’s capabilities.
Short-Term Traffic Flow Forecast Based on RBF Neural Network

Urban traffic network is a complex system.The traffic volume on a section of a highway has non-linear connection with the ones of other time periods.The neural network has the characteristic of identifying complex non-linear system.The short-time traffic flow forecasting model is established by making use of RBF neural network.The model forecasts the real short-term traffic volume of a city and the result is perfect.
Loop-carried dependence and the general URPR software pipelining approach (unrolling, pipelining and rerolling)

This paper first theoretically analyzes the influence of loop-carried dependence on software pipelining. It then defines two loop categories: restrictable and unrestrictable loops, puts forward and proves a sufficient and necessary condition for distinguishing the two kinds of loops. This condition is related with the number of operation pairs with loop-carried dependence, the execution time of operations, and other loop parameters. Next, this paper proves that any unrestrictable loop can be transformed into a semantically equivalent restrictable loop by unrolling K times. K is determined by the number of operation pairs with loop-carried dependence within the original unrestrictable loop. Finally, the paper presents a general URPR software pipelining approach which consists of a pre-processing algorithm, a new compaction algorithm for a loop body and a URPR algorithm. Preliminary experiments show that the general URPR can guarantee a time-optimal result for any loop in the absence of resource constraints and still keep good space efficiency and low complexity. <<ETX>>
Building Management System

A Building Management System is also known as Building Automation System (BAS), It is a Computer based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors buildings mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems and security systems. A building management system for METRO includes inputs from the systems like HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning), Lifts Escalators, UPS and Fire Alarm and Detection System etc. A Building Management system uses a PLC controller along with SCADA suite to monitor and control all the systems included in the Metro. BMS provides Automatic Fault Detection System and diagnosis strategies for building energy performance
A Reevaluation of Dependency Structure Evaluation

English. In this paper we will develop the argument indirectly raised by the organizer of 2014 Dependency Parsing for Information Extraction task when they classify 19 relations out of 45 as those semantically relevant for the evaluation, and exclude the others which confirms our stance which considers the new paradigm of Dependency parsing evaluation favoured in comparison to the previous parsing scheme based mainly on constituent or phrase structure evaluation. We will also speak in favour of rule-based dependency parsing and against statistically based dependency parsers for reasons related to the role played by the SUBJect relation in Italian. Italiano. In questo lavoro svilupperemo un argomento indirettamente sollevato dagli organizzatori del task "2014 Dependency Parsing for Information Extraction", quando classificano 19 relazione come semanticamente rilevanti delle 45 presenti ed escludono le altre. Questo conferma la nostra posizione che considera il paradigma della valutazione dei parser a dipendenze favorito se confrontato con il precedente schema di parsing basato principalmente sulla valutazione della costituenza o strutture sintagmatiche. Parleremo anche a favore del parsing a dipendenze basato su regole e contro i parser a dipendenze solo statistici per ragioni relative al ruolo giocato dal ruolo di SOGGetto in italiano.
El horizonte gráfico Centelles y su posición en la secuencia del Arte Levantino del Maestrazgo

RESUMEN: El objetivo central del trabajo es la descripcion y valoracion de las figuras masculinas y femeninas del horizonte Centelles, prestando una especial atencion al tipo de escenas en las que se integran y a su relacion con las figuras animales. El Abric de Centelles constituye un foco preferencial de atencion, especialmente a la hora de definir la variabilidad formal y compositiva del horizonte. Igualmente, se valoran los elementos que permiten su situacion en la secuencia grafica del nucleo de la Valltorta-Gasulla y se establecen relaciones con otros conjuntos similares del Maestrazgo. Finalmente, se discute la cronologia de este horizonte grafico, considerando una perspectiva territorial. ABSTRACT: The main goal of this paper is the description and appraisal of female and male depictions of the Centelles stylistic horizon, paying special attention to those scenes in which they are integrated and also in their scenic relation with animal depictions. The Centelles rock art shelter is a main focus of attention, especially for defining the formal and compositional variability of this stylistic horizon. In this sense, the elements that allow its situation in the graphic sequence of Valltorta-Gassulla Valley are valued, while stylistic parallels with similar rock art shelters of Maestrazgo area are established. Finally, we discuss the chronology of Centelles stylistic horizon considering a territorial perspective.
Indoor people density sensing using Wi-Fi and channel state information

Device-free passive crowd estimation technologies are capable of measuring the density of people in an area, using existing wireless network infrastructure. It has been applied in various application domains such as pedestrian control, crowd management in subways, guided tours and so forth. In this work, we have designed, implemented and validated a device-free indoor human crowd density sensing method based on Channel State Information (CSI) captured by a single Wi-Fi receiver. We investigate the behaviour of the CSI amplitude variance of each receiving stream over the different subcarriers and propose a method to aggregate the CSI amplitude over time without losing critical information. Further, we evaluated the method using three different machine learning algorithms. The result shows the proposed method achieves an estimated accuracy of 99.8% with the Weighted K-Nearest Neighbour.
Psychometrics in Practice at RCEC

A broad range of topics is dealt with in this volume: from combining the psychometric generalizability and item response theories to the ideas for an integrated formative use of data-driven decision making, assessment for learning and diagnostic testing. A number of chapters pay attention to computerized (adaptive) and classification testing. Other chapters treat the quality of testing in a general sense, but for topics like maintaining standards or the testing of writing ability, the quality of testing is dealt with more specifically. All authors are connected to RCEC as researchers. They present one of their current research topics and provide some insight into the focus of RCEC. The selection of the topics and the editing intends that the book should be of special interest to educational researchers, psychometricians and practitioners in educational assessment.
ANALISIS PENGARUH MAKRO EKONOMI DALAM NEGERIDAN INDEKS HARGA SAHAM LUAR NEGERI TERHADAPPERGERAKAN INDEKS HARGA SAHAM GABUNGAN (IHSG)DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA PERIODE 2009-2013

The purpose of this research was to analyze the effect of the inflation rate, the BI rate, foreign exchange rates, the Dow Jones, the Nikkei 225 index and the Hang Seng index againts movement Jakarta Composite Index. This research was conducted during the period January 2009 until December 2013. Data collection techniques used the method of documentation, literature review and internet search. This research used multiple regression model as a means of testing the hypothesis. Population in this study was the Indonesia Stock Exchange, using purposive sampling as a sampling technique. The results of this research showed that the rate of inflation, the BI rate, the Nikkei 225 index and the Hang Seng index had no significant effect on Jakarta Composite Index, while the foreign exchange rates and the Dow Jones index had significant effect on Jakarta Composite Index.
Object-based segmentation of moving sequences using multiple features

In this paper a novel two-stage architecture for object-based segmentation of moving sequences is proposed using multiple features such as motion, intensity and texture. The first stage locates perceptually meaningful objects using a hierarchy of single-feature segmentation processes. The second stage refines the boundaries of located objects using a suitable combination of features and a set of appropriate rules. Experimental results show that the proposed approach yields intuitively correct as well as accurate segmentations of moving sequences.
Pig slaughtering in accordance with animal welfare: deficits and solutions

Es werden Tierschutzdefizite bei der Schweineschlachtung sowie Losungsansatze aufgezeigt. Bei einer Elektrobetaubung muss das erste Ziel sein, die Tiere moglichst sofort, d. h. innerhalb von weniger als einer Sekunde in den Zustand der Bewusstlosigkeit zu versetzen. Andernfalls wird die elektrische Durchstromung als auserst schmerzhaft empfunden. Weiterhin muss eine Elektrobetaubung eine ausreichend lang anhaltende (in den Tod ubergehende) Bewusstlosigkeit sowie eine akzeptable Ruhiglage der Tiere bewirken. Dies wird mit „modernen“ Elektrobetaubungsanlagen (hochfrequenter Strom) nur erreicht, wenn auser einer Kopfdurchstromung gleichzeitig oder anschliesend auch eine Herzdurchstromung zur Auslosung von Kammerflimmern stattfindet. Solche irreversiblen Elektrobetaubungsverfahren werden den Tierschutzanforderungen am ehesten gerecht. Die CO2-Betaubung wirkt im Gegensatz zu einer optimalen Elektrobetaubung nicht sofort, sondern die Tiere sind in der Anflutungsphase fur einen Zeitraum von ca. 10–20 Sekunden Belastungen, vor allem durch ein Gefuhl der Atemnot, ausgesetzt. Dieser Nachteil kann durch die Verwendung von Argon/Stickstoff zwar vermieden werden, doch treten dann so gravierende Schlachtkorperschaden (Blutpunkte) auf, dass der Einsatz dieser Alternativgase bei der Schweinebetaubung gegenwartig fur die Schlachtbetriebe noch nicht akzeptabel ist. Die Totung der Tiere erfolgt bei reversiblen Betaubungsverfahren wie der CO2-Betaubung durch den Blutentzug. Werden die Tiere (versehentlich) nicht oder ungenugend entblutet, kehren Empfindungs- und Wahrnehmungsvermogen zuruck. Damit besteht bei Bandschlachtungen die Gefahr, dass die Tiere mit (wiedererlangtem) Sensorium in die Bruhanlage gefordert werden. Aus Tierschutzsicht ergibt sich deshalb die prioritare Forderung, die Effektivitat der Entblutung bei jedem Einzeltier zu kontrollieren.
Mother's Satisfaction with the Quality Care Of Maternal & Child Health Services At Maternal and Child Health Centers in Zagazig City, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt

The concept of quality is a 'property' or characteristic of medical care. This characteristic can range from one end of the spectrum to the other (e.g. low to high quality care) and can manifest itself through various elements or "attributes". The aim of the study was three folds; to assess the quality of care provided by maternal and child health services in MCH centers, to assess the level of mother's' satisfaction with care, and to assess the services' providers of care in the MCH centers in Zagazig city Sharkia governorate. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used in this study. Settings: All the MCH centers (4 centers) 4 MCH at Zagazig city were included in the study. The sample consisted of 405 mothers who attended to MCH centers for taken care (Services utilizers) and 150 Health services providers. Tools: a standardized checklist was prepared by the researchers to assess the quality of care. Also, service utilizers and providers interview questionnaires were utilized to collect relevant Results: A total of 405 mothers were interviewed in the 4 MCH at Zagazig city, out of these, only 53.6%, of mothers were educated up to secondary level where 8.6%, 25.9%, and 11.9% were illiterate, primary and university respectively. Also the results showed that about 77.8 of mothers were house wife and 22.2 were employees. Also, 16% of mothers visit the MCH for their immunization while the other causes were antenatal care was 42.7%, child birth services was 18.7%, ARI was 6.9%, immunization of the child was 6.1%, diarrhea of the child was 7.1% and follow up was 2.2%. and 83.2 of attended mothers feel easy accessibility while only 16.8 feel difficulty in dealing at MCH. The quality score for the structure was 7.8% and for performance was 63.4%. Users rating score about aspects of care in the MCH centers were high score. The health users recommended increasing the drug therapy while 70.6% of them complain from absence of chair for sitting. CONCLUSION: There is shortage in the services and dealing with the mothers from the health care providers at MCH also there were shortage in knowledge about quality among the health care providers. (Eman Shokry Abd Allah, Eman Elsayed Mohamed Elsabagh and Samah El Awady. Mother's Satisfaction with the Quality Care Of Maternal & Child Health Services At Maternal and Child Health Centers in Zagazig City, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt. Life Sci J 2012;9(3):1438-1448) (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 210 Keyword: quality care, Maternal & Child Health Services, maternal & child health Centers, Mother's Satisfaction.
Text Retrieval: A Theoretical Exploration

An analysis of text retrieval is advanced, which couples the comprehension principles of construction-integration (Kintsch, 1988, 1998) with the global-match assumptions of contemporary memory theory. The analysis had three components: First, following the tenets of construction-integration, comprehension yields a multilevel (surface, propositional, and situation model) long-term memory representation of the text. Second, the familiarity of a memory probe is influenced by the entire contents of the text memory. Third, familiarity values are converted to judgments about probes using signal detection analysis. The model was evaluated in a simulation study. Propositional analyses of 4 stories were performed, and 15 probe items were inspected across the stories. The simulation addressed 3 factors that influence text retrieval: delay, orienting task, and the probe-text relation (explicit, paraphrased, inference). The simulation captured a complex interaction among these variables previously revealed in empirical investigations. The extension of the analysis to other text retrieval variables is discussed.
A derivation procedure for mandatory role and set-comparison constraints in fact-based modelling

In this paper we will address the conceptual schema design procedure (CSDP) in fact-basedmodeling. We will focus on the modeling procedure of â€˜cook-bookâ€™ for deriving the set-comparisonand mandatory role constraints. We will give an algorithm that can be applied by an analyst in ananalyst-user dialogue in which all set-comparison constraints can be derived as a result of theacceptance or rejection of real-life user examples by the domain expert.
Visual Storytelling of Big Imaging Data

T help scientists understand and explore data through visual representation, intuitive visualization methods that can easily reveal relevant structures and improve the interactive procedure of filtering and analysis will be developed and used. In view of our primary use case (radiology) where data sets increasingly comprise volumetric scans (CT, MRI, PET), we need to include 3D image data in our approach.
Visualizing Research Topics in Facebook Conversations

In the last few years, the growth of Social Media has changed significantly the way in which information and ideas of any kind are made, spent and reported. As a result, information has gradually shifted from “official” sources (online newspapers, institutional websites, etc.) to user-generated-content (UGG). This research arises from these premises: UGGs offer an interesting opportunity for a multidisciplinary analysis. The authors investigate Facebook conversations and status from the linguistic point of view, to know possible educational implications, starting from data visualization process. Our case study are seven years of conversations of the largest and longest running Italian Facebook group named “ROARS”.