Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Grant Report on SCH: Personalized Depression Treatment Supported by Mobile Sensor Analytics

We report on the newly started project “SCH: Personalized Depression Treatment Supported by Mobile Sensor Analytics”. The current best practice guidelines for treating depression call for close monitoring of patients, and periodically adjusting treatment as needed. This project will advance personalized depression treatment by developing a system, DepWatch, that leverages mobile health technologies and machine learning tools. The objective of DepWatch is to assist clinicians with their decision making process in the management of depression. The project comprises two studies. Phase I collects sensory data and other data, e.g., clinical data, ecological momentary assessments (EMA), tolerability and safety data from 250 adult participants with unstable depression symptomatology initiating depression treatment. The data thus collected will be used to develop and validate assessment and prediction models, which will be incorporated into DepWatch system. In Phase II, three clinicians will use DepWatch to support their clinical decision making process. A total of 128 participants under treatment by the three participating clinicians will be recruited for the study. A number of new machine learning techniques will be developed.
Sediment suspension and bed morphology in a mean shear free turbulent boundary layer

We experimentally characterize turbulence in boundary layers generated by different levels of nearly isotropic homogeneous turbulence over flat impervious boundaries and over non-cohesive sediment beds with and without ripples. We use randomly actuated synthetic jet arrays (RASJA – Variano & Cowen, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 604, 2008, pp. 1–32) to generate high Reynolds number ($Re_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}}\sim 300$) turbulence with negligible secondary mean flows or mean bed shear. The isotropic region and the boundary layer connecting this isotropic region to the bed are investigated using particle image velocimetry measurements. Surprisingly, we observe the development of ripples on the sediment bed ($D_{50}=260~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$). We draw comparisons between the mean shear free turbulent boundary layer formed above a flat stationary solid boundary (Johnson & Cowen, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 835, 2018, pp. 217–251) and its sediment counterpart by considering statistical metrics including root mean square velocity fluctuations, turbulent kinetic energy, dissipation rates, production, integral scales, Reynolds stresses and spatial spectra. Using an 8 × 8 RASJA, we find the damping of turbulence and dissipation rates at flat and rippled sediment beds with low levels of suspended sediments relative to an impermeable glass bed, whereas with a 16 × 16 RASJA we find the enhancement of turbulence and dissipation rates of a resuspending sediment bed relative to an impermeable glass bed. We hypothesize that this may be a result of a change in direction of the bed-normal mean flows at the porous boundary. We explore a relationship between the integral length scale of the turbulence with the resulting sediment ripple spacing by varying the mean on-time of the RASJA algorithm.
Compressed Communication for Distributed Deep Learning: Survey and Quantitative Evaluation

Powerful computer clusters are used nowadays to train complex deep neural networks (DNN) on large datasets. Distributed training workloads increasingly become communication bound. For this reason, many lossy compression techniques have been proposed to reduce the volume of transferred data. Unfortunately, it is diﬃcult to argue about the behavior of compression methods, because existing work relies on inconsistent evaluation testbeds and largely ignores the performance impact of practical system conﬁgurations. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of the most inﬂuential compressed communication methods for DNN training, together with an intuitive classiﬁcation (i.e., quantization, sparsiﬁcation, hybrid and low-rank). We also propose a uniﬁed framework and API that allows for consistent and easy implementation of compressed communication on popular machine learning toolkits. We instantiate our API on TensorFlow and PyTorch, and implement 16 such methods. Finally, we present a thorough quantitative evaluation with a variety of DNNs (convolutional and recurrent), datasets and system conﬁgurations. We show that the DNN architecture aﬀects the relative performance among methods. Interestingly, depending on the underlying communication library and computational cost of compression/decompression, we demonstrate that some methods may be impractical.
Keunggulan Bersaing Berkelanjutan Sekolah Alam Berbasis Model Resource-Based View

Kompetisi atau persaingan dalam dunia pendidikan di era globalisasi merupakan suatu hal yang tidak bisa dielakkan. Dengan adanya persaingan, lembaga pendidikan dihadapkan pada berbagai ancaman dan peluang baik itu eksternal maupun internal sehingga memberikan pengaruh yang cukup besar terhadap keberlangsungan lembaga pendidikan tersebut. Salah satu strategi yang dapat diterapkan lembaga pendidikan khususnya sekolah alam dalam memenangkan persaingan adalah dengan menciptakan Sustainable Competitive Advantage , dan model Reosuce-Based View , yaitu salah satu model yang bisa digunakan untuk mendapatkan keunggulan bersaing secara berkelanjutan. Model ini memandang bahwa organisasi bersaing berdasarkan sumber daya dan kemampuan yang dimilikinya. Perbedaan sumber daya dan kemampuan organisasi dengan organisasi pesaing akan memberikan keuntungan kompetitif untuk mempertahankan keunggulan maupun untuk dapat bertahan di tengah-tengah persaingan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah ingin melihat lebih dalam tentang bagaimana sekolah alam memaksimalkan sumber daya yang mereka miliki sehingga dapat menciptakan keunggulan bersaing yang berkelanjutan sehingga dapat berkompetisi dengan sekolah lain pada umumnya. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian studi kasus. Data primer dikumpulkan dengan studi lapangan yang menggunakan teknik observasi, wawancara mendalam dan kuesioner. Data sekunder dikumpulkan dengan desk study terhadap literatur dan dokumen terkait. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Sekolah alam Al-Giva menciptakan keunggulan bersaing secara berkelanjutan (Sustainable Competitive Advantage) dengan cara memaksimalkan intellectual capital atau sumber daya internal tidak berwujud yang meliputi human capital , structrual capital , dan relational capital . Dari ketiga aspek inilah keunggulan bersaing secara berkelanjutan didapat, karena ketiga aspek ini sama-sama bernilai, langka, sulit ditiru, dan tidak dapat digantikan. Nilai kebaruan dalam penelitian ini adalah memotret implementasi model resource-based view di sekolah alam dalam menciptakan sustainable competitive advantage.
An improved procedure for isolation of residual lignins from hardwood kraft pulps

Abstract Residual lignin preparations were isolated from birch, aspen and Eucalyptus grandis kraft pulp by enzymatic hydrolysis of the pulps with cellulase:hemicellulase mixture. Residual lignin preparations were characterized by investigation of nitrogen content, carbohydrate composition and molecular mass distribution. The use of enzyme with high activity and optimization of enzyme charge resulted in significant decrease in protein contaminants in residual lignin preparations as compared to previously published results. A second order law correlation between enzyme mass charge and nitrogen content in birch residual lignin preparations indicates a strong effect of enzyme charge on the amount of protein contaminants. However, the enzyme charge in the range studied does not appreciably affect either the yields of the residual lignin preparations or percentage and composition of carbohydrates in these preparations. The optimal enzyme charge was highest for Eucalyptus grandis pulp and lowest for birch pulp. It has been suggested that a significant part of the hardwood residual lignin in pulps, especially in E. grandis pulp, consists of low molecular mass lignin fragments bonded to pulp carbohydrates. Higher amount of glucose in E. grandis residual lignin preparation compared to those from birch and aspen implied a higher frequency of lignin-cellulose bonds in eucalypt pulp. Different fractions of birch residual lignin have rather similar molecular mass distribution, which was not affected by the charge of the enzyme. Eucalypt residual lignin preparation had higher molecular mass than birch residual lignin.
Electromagnetic Force Analysis of Eccentric Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines

Based on Schwarz–Christoffel mapping, this paper presents a fast analytical method to analyze the electromagnetic force of eccentric axial flux permanent magnet machines, considering static, dynamic, and mixed eccentricities. A quasi-3D model of an axial flux permanent magnet machine is established, and the magnetic field is obtained by Schwarz–Christoffel mapping. The electromagnetic force density is obtained by the Maxwell stress tensor method, and the electromagnetic force density is used to characterize the variation of electromagnetic force. The distribution law of electromagnetic force is investigated. The calculated results are verified by the finite element method, which has shown that the method in this paper can be widely used in the analysis of axial flux permanent magnet machines.
Diversified crop rotation with no‐till changes microbial distribution with depth and enhances activity in a subtropical Oxisol

Soil microbial community and enzyme activity regulate carbon and nutrient cycling in soils. No‐till has elevated levels of carbon at the soil surface compared to intensively tilled soils. The introduction of crop diversification in agricultural systems increases soil carbon protection and aggregate stability. Thus, the association of no‐till with crop diversification may change the soil microbial distribution and enhance activity in comparison with tilled soils with no crop diversification. We tested this hypothesis assessing the soil microbial community and enzyme activity in a long‐term (32 yr) experiment with contrasting soil management (no‐tillage, (NT) and conventional tillage (CT)) and cropping systems in southern Brazil. Long‐term NT increased microbial biomass at 0–5 cm. In contrast, soil microbial biomass was higher in deeper soil layers (10–30 cm) of CT. No‐tillage and crop diversification increased the activity of β‐glucosidase, acid phosphatase and N‐acetyl‐glucosaminidase. The benefits of an intensified/diversified crop rotation were offset by soil tillage. The higher abundance of PLFA groups at 0–5 cm and 10–30 cm of respective NT and CT soils were correlated with increased C and nutrient levels (N, Ca2+, Mg2+) and decreased Al3+.
Simplifying Casts and Coercions

This paper introduces norm_cast, a toolbox of tactics for the Lean proof assistant designed to manipulate expressions containing coercions and casts. These expressions can be frustrating for beginning and expert users alike; the presence of coercions can cause seemingly identical expressions to fail to unify and rewrites to fail. The norm_cast tactics aim to make reasoning with such expressions as transparent as possible. They are used extensively to eliminate boilerplate arguments in the Lean mathematical library and in external developments.
Hydrometallurgical and combined technologies fast reactor MNUP and MOX UNF reprocessing

Russian Federation is developing the key technologies for closed nuclear fuel cycle with FR used mixed uranium-plutonium nitride or oxide (MOX) fuel within the framework of the project “Proryv”. This is a new integrated comprehensive product for nuclear power, which provides in the future - no accumulation of spent nuclear fuel; - radioactive waste management based on the principles of radiation-equivalent disposal; - technological support for the non-proliferation treaty; - competitiveness with other large-scale power technologies. The experimental and demonstration energy complex is under construction now on the site of Siberian Chemical Combine for the industrial development of the closed nuclear fuel cycle. ODEC will include a fast reactor BREST-OD-300 with lead coolant, facility for fabricating/refabrication of nitride fuel and the spent nuclear fuel processing facility. Up today, the key technology elements were demonstrated using macro quantities U, Pu, Np, irradiated mixed nitride fuel and real high-level waste. Within the framework of the project “Proryv” a prototype of the fuel cycle of fast reactors is developing.
Using the Network-Based Theory for Monitoring Sustainable Interconnectedness on e-Business

Cevrimici Etkilesimli Platformlar, yuz binlerce birbirine bagli kullanici olusturabilen iletisim, bilgi alisverisi ve baglantilar gibi cesitli hizmetler sunar. Son calismalar, platfom kullanicilarinin birbirine bagliliginin, yani kullanicilarin birbirine bagliliga yonelik ortak egiliminin buyumesinin ve surdurulebilirliginin, bu tur e-Isletmelerde basarili olmak icin iki temel bilesen oldugunu gostermektedir. Bu makale, cevrimici etkilesimli platformlarin yoneticilerine, kullanicilarin birbirine bagliliginin buyumesini ve surdurulebilirligini izlemek icin analitik bir arac saglamak amaciyla e-Is baglaminda “ag korelasyonu” kavramini arastirmayi amaclamaktadir. Hem statik hem de zamana bagli ag korelasyon analizi yapmak icin Doktorsitesi.com'u dijital iz verisi kaynagi ve kullanici meta verileri (rol, cinsiyet) kaynagi olarak kullanarak kullanicilarin birbirine ne olcude bagli olduguna iliskin ag korelasyonlarinin ve kullanici meta verilerine iliskin ag korelasyonlarinin, kullanicilarin birbirine bagli buyumesini nicel olarak surdurmenin yollarini izlememize ve onerebilmemize yardimci olabilecegini gosteriyoruz. Birlikte ele alindiginda, sonuclarimiz ag korelasyon analizlerinin, cevrimici etkilesimli platformlarda surdurulebilir kullanici baglantiligini daha iyi tanimlamak, tavsiye etmek ve on gormek icin analitik sunabildigini gostermektedir. Buna gore, platform yoneticileri, yeni kullanicilarin, birbirine baglilik analitigine dayali olarak birbirine bagliliklarini artirmalarina yardimci olan bir platform ozelligi eklemeyi dusunebilir.
Utilização de Acibenzolar-S-Methyl para controle de doenças foliares da soja

The chemical control of foliar diseases in soybean can be achieved by using genetic, cultural and chemical practices. The use of activators of plant defense mechanisms is an alternative for disease control. An experiment was carried out with the cultivars ‘IAS 5’, ‘CD 201’ and ‘RS 10’ aiming to evaluate the efficacy of the inclusion of AcibenzolarS-Methyl (ASM) to the chemical control program of foliar diseases in soybean. The effect of ASM was evaluated separately and mixture with Difenoconazol sprayed on to plants at the growth stages of R 3 , R 4 , R 5. 1 Azoxystrobin was sprayed on R 5.1 . The variables evaluated Dallagnol, L.J., Navarini, L. , Ugalde, M.G. , Balardin, R.S. , Catelam, R. Use of Acibenzolar-S-Methyl to control foliar diseases of soybean. Summa Phytopathologica, v.32, n.3, p.255-259, 2006. were diseases severities at the end of the crop, desfoliation, green foliar area and yield. The inclusion of ASM to the chemical control program of foliar diseases increased the efficacy of the fungicides in most of the cases but with variations among cultivars. Best results were obtained with applications of Difenoconazol + ASM at R 3 and R 4 stages, but without efficacy when applied with Azoxystrobin at the R 5.1 stages. Yield increase was affected by host tolerance to the diseases, but more evident on the cultivars ‘CD 201’ and ‘RS 10’ with application of ASM + Difenoconazol at the R 4 stage.
Light-dependent phosphorylation of D1 reaction centre protein of photosystem II: hypothesis for the functional role in vivo

Reversible phosphorylation of the D1 reaction centre protein of photosystem II (PSII) occurs in thylakoid membranes of higher plants. The significance of D1 protein phosphorylation in the function of PSII is not yet clear. This paper summarizes the data implying that phosphorylation of D1 protein in higher plants is involved in the regulation of the repair cycle of photoinhibited PSII centres. Photoinhibition of PSII, D1 protein phosphorylation and degradation have been studied in vivo in higher plant leaves acclimated to different growth irradiances. It is shown that photoinhibitory illumination induces maximal phosphorylation of the D1 protein. Under these conditions D1 turnover is also saturated
Stratégies de gestion des outillages lithiques au Néolithique

L'objet de cet article est de presenter la nature des differences entre les strategies de gestion des industries neolithiques et celles des periodes anterieures. Ces strategies sont examinees, de facon synthetique, en suivant le deroulement des chaines operatoires, depuis l'extraction des matieres premieres jusqu'au rejet de l'outil. Ceci conduit a poser une augmentation parfois considerable des savoir-faire impliques tout au long de la production lithique, qui va de pair avec une distribution profondement differente de ceux-ci au sein des societes prehistoriques. Ainsi, les differences entrainees par des besoins techniques nouveaux paraissent de faible impact en regard des transformations socio-economiques du contexte de production, du moins dans les regions ou production specialisee et echanges deviennent la norme.
Pyridylamino‐β‐cyclodextrin as a Molecular Chaperone for Lipopolysaccharide Embedded in a Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Architecture

Layer‐by‐layer self‐assembled polyelectrolyte films containing a charged cyclodextrin and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are developed for the first time as a potential model for local endotoxin antagonist delivery. We have examined the biological activity of a lipopolysaccharide from E. coli incorporated into multilayered architectures made of poly‐(L‐lysine) and poly‐(L‐glutamic acid). Used in such build‐ups, a polycationic cyclodextrin, heptakis(6‐deoxy‐6‐pyridylamino)‐β‐cyclodextrin showed molecular chaperone properties by enabling restoration of the LPS biological activity whenever lost upon interaction with poly‐(L‐lysine).
Tertiary education trust fund intervention on academic staff capacity building in Lagos State University, Nigeria

The study adopted the descriptive survey research design to assess Tertiary Education Trust Fund intervention on academic staff capacity building in Lagos State University, Nigeria. The population for this study was all academic staff of Lagos State University. Two purposes of the study were raised and two research questions were also formulated. One hundred and ninety-six questionnaires were randomly administered to one hundred and ninety-six (196) academic staff in the university. The questionnaire titled “Tetfund Intervention on Academic Staff Capacity Building Questionnaire” was used for data collection. The findings of the study revealed that provision of infrastructure for effective teaching and learning is the major the fund intervention towards qualitative transformation of academic staff in Lagos State University. The finding of the study also showed that the fund intervention in Lagos State University for academic staff capacity building was major priority. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that the fund should eliminate the level of bureaucratic bottlenecks often associated with accessing approved funds. Having noted that University education is cost-effective, donor agencies and philanthropic individuals and groups, should assist governments in funding tertiary education in the country.
Prolonged culture in aerobic environments alters Escherichia coli H2 production capacity

Growing interest in renewable energy continues to motivate new work on microbial biohydrogen production and in particular utilizing Escherichia coli a well‐studied, facultative anaerobe. Here we characterize, for the first time the H2 production rate and capacity, of E coli isolates from the 50 000th generation of the Long‐Term Evolution Experiment. Under these reaction conditions, peak production rates near or above 5 mL per hour for 100 mL of LB media was established for the ancestral strains and batch efficiencies between 0.15 and 0.22 mL H2 produced per 1 mL lysogeny broth (LB) media were achieved. All 11 isolates studied, which had been aerobically cultured in minimal media since 1988, exhibited a decreased H2 production rate or capacity with many strains unable to grow under anaerobic conditions at all. The genomes of these strains have been sequenced and a preliminary analysis of the correlations between genotype and phenotype shows that mutations in gene ydjO are exclusively observed in the two isolates which produce H2, potentially suggesting a role for this gene in the maintenance of wild type metabolic pathways in the context of diverse mutational backgrounds. These results provide hints towards uncovering new genetic targets for the pursuit of bacterial strains with increased capacity for H2 production as well as a case study in speciation and the control of phenotypic switching.
Evaluation and Supporting Inquiry Courses in MSW Programs

Purpose: To examine the extent to which evaluation and supporting inquiry courses are included in master of social work (MSW) curricula. Methods: This study analyzed the course titles and descriptions for 674 courses across 262 Council on Social Work Education accredited colleges and universities that offer MSW training in the United States and Puerto Rico. Results: The results indicate a robust presence of evaluation-specific courses in MSW programs, as well as skills that are further supported by inquiry and analysis courses; 51.1% of MSW programs required at least one evaluation course (n = 134) for at least some of their students. On average, MSW programs required 2.0 credit hours in evaluation and 4.5 credit hours in inquiry courses for at least some of their students. Discussion: The findings suggest that evaluation education research should include social work programs and that educators should discuss the role of inquiry and evaluation in social work practice.
Math track placement and reflected classroom appraisals are related to changes in early adolescents’ math self-concept

Abstract Self-perception of academic competence is a strong predictor of students’ achievement striving. We examined adolescents’ beliefs about their math teachers’ perceptions of students (reflected classroom appraisals) and math track placement as subtle sources of information that might influence students’ math self-concept. Sixth graders (n = 322; 72% White; 164 girls) in the Southeast United States completed measures of math self-concept and reflected classroom appraisals at the beginning and end of their sixth-grade year. With parent education, prior math achievement, and prior math self-concept controlled, honours math placement and students’ reflected classroom appraisals predicted increases in math self-concept from beginning to end of students’ sixth-grade year. Results from this study are important for further understanding of the influences of students’ school experiences on the development of their self-perceptions.