Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
VideoSpace: a 3D Video Experience

VideoSpace is a 3D interactive video environment that allows the visualization and navigation of videos in an information space, organized around semantic cultural aspects, down to the individual video level, where we navigate around and inside the 3D video pixels, in ways that allow to capture cultural relations in different countries and to experience and influence the expression of their intrinsic aesthetics. Index Terms — Art, color, interactive systems, threedimensional displays, video, visualization.
Natural selection and the evolution of replicated trophic polymorphisms in pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)

Diversifying selection is expected to operate through all phases of adaptive divergence. If selection is not shown to be diversifying at the earliest stages of divergence when phenotypes are minimally differentiated, then this theory can be challenged. We test for evidence of diversifying selection between lake environments in the nascent divergence of pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus), a divergence that is embedded in the apparent adaptive radiation of North American sunfishes. Pumpkinseed individuals primarily inhabit and appear partially adapted to either inshore littoral or offshore pelagic habitats and resources, the same environmental axes that differentiate various sunfish taxa. We first demonstrate associations between phenotype, lake habitat and diet between ecomorphs in three populations from the Mazinaw region of Ontario. This confirms that the range of pumpkinseed trophic polymorphism extends beyond the Adirondack region of New York State. Second, we show a replicated pattern of divergence between ecomorphs across 26 populations in Ontario and New York, for four of ten external body form traits predicted to influence habitat-specific swimming and foraging performance. Selection is implicated because replicated divergence among populations at this larger regional scale is unlikely to have arisen through random processes. Plastic responses to environmental conditions contribute to body form variation in sunfish, but preliminary evidence from other studies suggests that it is the plastic developmental system that has begun to diverge between ecomorphs.
Predicting Technical Problems of Hydropower Engineering Using eXtreme Gradient Boosting

Nowadays, water shortage is increasingly severe, which has huge negative influence on daily life. Constructing hydropower engineering is one of the approaches to alleviate such problem. Therefore, it’s worth settling technical problems of hydropower engineering timely, which will help people not only make better use of water resources but also get rid of various security risks. To achieve such goal, this study predicts potential technical problems that hydropower engineering might happen. In order to utilize the large amount of data, data mining techniques are used to solve this multi-classification problem. First of all, plenty of data is preprocessed. Particularly, because of the complexity of text data, text mining techniques are applied to transform the unstructured data to structural data. Then, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) is applied to make the classification. To validate efficiency of the model, comparisons are made among XGBoost, Gradient Boosting Decision Tree, Random Forest, Decision Tree, k-Nearest Neighbor and Bernoulli Naive Bayes from the perspective of accuracy, precision, recall and f-score. The experimental result shows that XGBoost is more suitable to solve this classification problem. This study provides engineering inspectors with helpful suggestions of particular technical problems that need attention, and further enables people to inspect engineering more efficiently and effectively.
PHYLOGENETIC TREE ON LERNAEOSIS IN ARWANA FISH (Scleropages jardinii)

Arwana Irian fish is one of the endangered species. Some studies on arwana Irian fish found that Lernaeosis attacked arwana Irian fish. Lernaeosis is one of the diseases that cause the high mortality in juvenile fish. The objectives of this research was to find out the species of Lernaea (Copepoda) often attacked arwana Irian fish. Lernaea sp. was collected from Papua and Jakarta (Java). They were fixed in the ethanol absolute solution for DNA sequencing in 28S DNA region with primer 28SF (5’–ACA ACT GTG ATG CCC TTA G–3’); 28SR (5’ TGG TCC GTG TTT CAA GAC G–3’). It was found five different species of Lernaea and one of them was thought as a new species, based on the morphology. However, based on the phylogenetic analysis, they showed three different groups. Lernaea cyprinacea G. , L. papuensis , L. devastatrix , and L. lophiara were in one group; L. cyprinacaea and L. oryzophila were in one groups; and the new Lernaea sp. was in the different group.
Twig Diameter-Length-Weight Relations Of Bitterbrush.

Wildlife technicians often determine browse utilization by measuring length of selected current year’s twigs before and after browsing. The difference in lengths represents utilization, usually expressed in percent. Knowledge of the relations between twig diameters and their lengths and weights may provide a means of estimating utilization solely from postbrowsing measurements, and may also permit expressing utilization in terms of either length or weight of twigs. Two hypotheses were proposed for testing: (1) both lengths and weights are highly correlated with twig diameters; and (2) a single regression equation may yield reliable estimates of twig lengths or weights for a given
Variations in O3, CO, and CH4 over the Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon season: shipborne measurements and model simulations

Abstract. We present shipborne measurements of surface ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO), and methane (CH4) over the Bay of Bengal (BoB), the first time such measurements have been performed during the summer monsoon season, as a part of the Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ) experiment during 2009. O3, CO, and CH4 mixing ratios exhibited significant spatial and temporal variability in the ranges of 8–54 nmol mol−1, 50–200 nmol mol−1, and 1.57–2.15 µmol mol−1, with means of 29.7 ± 6.8 nmol mol−1, 96 ± 25 nmol mol−1, and 1.83 ± 0.14 µmol mol−1, respectively. The average mixing ratios of trace gases over BoB in air masses from central/northern India (O3: 30 ± 7 nmol mol−1; CO: 95 ± 25 nmol mol−1; CH4: 1.86 ± 0.12 µmol mol−1) were not statistically different from those in air masses from southern India (O3: 27 ± 5 nmol mol−1; CO: 101 ± 27 nmol mol−1; CH4: 1.72 ± 0.14 µmol mol−1). Spatial variability is observed to be most significant for CH4 with higher mixing ratios in the air masses from central/northern India, where higher CH4 levels are seen in the SCIAMACHY (SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CartograpHY) data. O3 mixing ratios over the BoB showed large reductions (by ∼ 20 nmol mol−1) during four rainfall events. Temporal changes in the meteorological parameters, in conjunction with O3 vertical profile, indicate that these low-O3 events are associated with downdrafts of free-tropospheric O3-poor air masses. While the observed variations of O3 and CO are successfully reproduced using the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem), this model overestimates mean concentrations by about 6 and 16 % for O3 and CO, respectively, generally overestimating O3 mixing ratios during the rainfall events. An analysis of modelled O3 along air mass trajectories show mean en route O3 production rate of about 4.6 nmol mol−1 day−1 in the outflow towards the BoB. Analysis of the various tendencies from model simulations during an event on 10 August 2009, reproduced by the model, shows horizontal advection rapidly transporting O3-rich air masses from near the coast across the BoB. This study fills a gap in the availability of trace gas measurements over the BoB and, when combined with data from previous campaigns, reveals large seasonal amplitude ( ∼ 39 and ∼ 207 nmol mol−1 for O3 and CO, respectively) over the northern BoB.
New records of Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) incubans (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) parasitizing wings of Odonata in Brazil

Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) incubans Macfie (1937) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is recorded here for the first time for Brazil. Females were collected in the Brazilian Neotropical Savanna parasitizing the wings of Erythrodiplax juliana Ris (1911), Erythrodiplax aff. anomala Brauer (1865) and Erythemis credula Hagen (1861), all Libellulidae dragonflies. A map of potential distribution of this species in the New World is also provided. The results suggest that its distribution may range from southern South America to Mexico, with higher densities in the Brazilian and Colombian Tropical Rain Forests.
Dynamic Model-based Management of a Service-Oriented Infrastructure

Modelsarean effectivetool for systems and software design. They allow software architects to abstract from the non-relevant details Those qualities are also useful for the technical management of netwcrks, systemsand software, such as those that compose service ori ented architectures Models can provide a set of well-defined abstractions over the distributed heterogeneousserviceinfrastructurethat enableits automated management. We propose to use the managed system asa source of dynamically generated runtime models, and decompose management processes into a composition of model transformations Wehavecreated an autonomic service deployment and configuration architecture that obtains analyzeg and transforms system models to apply the required actions* while being oblivious to the low-level details An instrumentation layer automatically buildsthese models and inter prets the planned management actions to the system. We iIlustrate these concepts with a distributed service update
BIOMET ® TOOLS : FROM MODELLING AND SIMULATION TO PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

BioMet®Tools is a set of software applications developed for the biometrical characterization of voice in different fields as voice quality evaluation in laryngology, speech therapy and rehabilitation, education of the singing voice, forensic voice analysis in court, emotional detection in voice, secure access to facilities and services, etc. Initially it was conceived as plain research code to estimate the glottal source from voice and obtain the biomechanical parameters of the vocal folds from the spectral density of the estimate. This code grew to what is now the Glottex® Engine package (G®E). Further demands from users in medical and forensic fields instantiated the development of different Graphic User Interfaces (GUI's) to encapsulate user interaction with the G®E. This required the personalized design of different GUI's handling the same G®E. In this way development costs and time could be saved. The development model is described in detail leading to commercial production and distribution. Study cases from its application to the field of laryngology and speech therapy are given and discussed.
Multi-scale summaries of temporal trajectories

Existing studies on time series and temporal trajectories focus on similarity matching and indexing. In this thesis, we argue that for large collections of trajectories, it is useful to provide the functionality of summarization. We envisage a multi-scale framework within which the user is first presented with low-resolution summaries of the underlying trajectories. The user is then allowed to "zoom in" to get high-resolution summaries. We propose two types of summaries: s-summaries and p-summaries. Ssummaries are generated based on the probabilistic distribution of the trajectories in the data set, essentially representing the more "typical" trajectories in the data set. In contrast, p-summaries tend to be exhaustive in having every trajectory represented. Both types of summaries rely critically on a summary structure we call a refinement matrix. For ssummaries, a binary tree of 2-dimensional refinement matrices is constructed for multiscale browsing. For p-summaries, only a single higher-dimensional matrix is needed. Our experimental results show that: (i) the construction of these matrices at compile-time, (ii) the generation of both types of summaries at run-time, and (iii) the refinement of summaries at run-time can all be done efficiently. Finally, we show that the summaries are robust. That is, even if the data set grows significantly, the summaries may not need to be re-computed.
Comparative Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences Among Seven Hepatitis C Virus cDNA Isolates in Japan and U.S.A.

The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence homology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among seven HCV CDNA isolates in Japan and U.S.A. have been compared and discussed. It was found that Okamoto's nucleotide sequence (J1) has high homology (>94.1%) with American (CHIRON) in both nucleotide and amino acid sequence. Kato's nucleotide se- quence (JGC) was close to Takamizawa's nucleotide sequence (JBK), with similarity of >87.0% for both nucleotide and amino acid. CHIRON was closer to JGC and JBK than to Okamoto's nucleotide sequence (J6). J6 was different from each of the other six isolates. The high degree of sequence conservation in the 5' non-coding region among six isolates (>92.8%) except Takeuchi's nucleotide sequence (JYK) has been observed. The low level of nucleotide and amino acid sequence variation in the putative core protein and the variability
Foreign Aid, FDI, Economic Freedom and Economic Growth in Asian Countries

This study examines the effectiveness of foreign aid, foreign direct investment, and economic freedom for selected 28 Asian countries in a panel framework. The model includes foreign aid, foreign direct investment, economic freedom, labor force, and capital stock. The estimation procedure was carried out on pooled annual time series data for the period 1998-2007. For the purpose of analysis, we used static and dynamic panel data techniques. The results indicated that an increase in the fiscal freedom, financial freedom and domestic capital stock were significant factors positively affecting economic growth. Freedom from corruption, inflow of foreign direct investment and foreign aid were significant factors negatively affecting economic growth. Further, we found that life expectancy played a significant and positive role in economic growth. Foreign aid had a non-linear impact (negative impact of high aid flows) upon economic growth.
Modeling of Aerosol Formation and Growth in a Laminar Flow Aerosol Generator Using Sectional Method

A model of aerosol nucleation and growth in laminar flow aerosol generator is presented. Sectional method is employed for describing aerosol dynamics. Fixed grid is used for the size structure and is compared with moving grid solution for condensation growth. Model results are compared with exact solutions in the free molecular regime. The model closely reproduces the results of exact solution for constant rate reactor. The model is also validated against the experimental results available in the literature. For the system parameters used here, the inclusion of latent heat release and Kelvin effect have not shown any impact on particle formation and growth. The effect of cooling rate on the nucleation and growth is examined using the model. The rapid cooling of the vapor-carrier gas mixture in the condenser results in highly polydispersed aerosols. The results have shown that the heat and mass transfer properties of the vapor-carrier gas system have significant effect on vapor loss to wall and the final aerosol size distribution.
Acceptance and diffusion of hybrid corn seed in two Iowa communities

The development and diffusion of hybrid corn is already an epic in the history of scientific agriculture. Emerging from the experimental stages about 1927, this new seed was in practically universal use among Iowa farmers a little over 10 rears later. Compared with many other scientifically approved practices its acceptance has been extremely rapid and complete. As in most instances of cultural or technological change, individuals varied in the date at which they took up the new technique. Although surprisingly rapid in its over-all diffusion, hybrid seed was in use by some Iowa farmers a full 10 years or more before being used by other farmers. For the student of cultural change, a striking problem lies in the remarkable success of this diffusion. Equally challenging is the problem of why some farm operators turned to the new seed very quickly while others delayed such action. In its broadest implications the latter is an inquiry into the nature of technological conservatism and its antithesis. This study is related to both these issues. An attempt is made to describe the cultural conditions under which this new technique rose to phenomenal success, and to ascertain, if possible, conditions under which farm operators in two Corn Belt communities in central Iowa accepted readily or resisted the innovation.
Optimization of Combustion Chamber for Diesel Engine Using Kriging Model

Diesel engine combustion chamber which reduces exhaust emission has been designed using CFD analysis and optimization techniques. In order to save computational time for design, the Kriging model, one of the response surface models, is adopted here. For a robust exploration, both the estimated function value of the model and its uncertainty are considered at the same time. In the present problem, the k-means method is used to limit the number of additional sample points to a reasonable level. Among the additional sample points, two combustion chamber shapes dominate the baseline configuration in terms of all objective functions. Compared with the previous optimization with the evolutionary algorithm, its computational time for design was cut by 95%. The results indicate that the present method is a practical approach for real-world applications.
South African Social Science in the Global HIV/AIDS Knowledge Domain

Research about HIV constitutes a global domain of academic knowledge. This domain is dominated by biomedicine, and by institutions and funders based in the ‘global North’. However, from the earliest years of the epidemic, African investigators have produced and disseminated knowledge about HIV. Using a ‘Northern’ standard for determining research impact bibliometrical measures of citation count we demonstrate how metrics for capturing the impact of knowledge may be repurposed. We explore how the research in this archive may be interpreted as ‘Southern Theory’. Our argument is not based on the geographical location, but instead on epistemological significance. With a focus on South Africa, we situate HIV social science within changing historical contexts, connecting research findings to developments in medicine, health sciences and politics. We focus on two key themes in the evolution of HIV knowledge: (1) The significance of context and locality the ‘setting’ of HIV research; and (2) sex, race and risk – changing ideas about the social determinants of HIV transmission.
Use of habitat suitability modeling in the integrated urban water system modeling of the Drava River (Varazdin, Croatia)

The development of practical tools for providing accurate ecological assessment of rivers and species conditions is necessary to preserve habitats and species, stop degradation and restore water quality. An understanding of the causal mechanisms and processes that affect the ecological water quality and shape macroinvertebrate communities at a local scale has important implications for conservation management and river restoration. This study used the integration of wastewater treatment, river water quality and ecological assessment models to study the effect of upgrading a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and their ecological effects for the receiving river. The WWTP and the water quality and quantity of the Drava river in Croatia were modelled in the software WEST. For the ecological modeling, the approach followed was to build habitat suitability and ecological assessment models based on classification trees. This technique allows predicting the biological water quality in terms of the occurrence of macroinvertebrates and the river status according to ecological water quality indices. The ecological models developed were satisfactory, and showed a good predictive performance and good discrimination capacity. Using the integrated ecological model for the Drava river, three scenarios were run and evaluated. The scenario assessment showed that it is necessary an integrated approach for the water management of the Drava river, which considers an upgrading of the WWTP with Nitrogen and Phosphorous removal and the treatment of other diffuse pollution and point sources (including the overflow of the WWTP). Additionally, if an increase in the minimum instream flow after the dams is considered, a higher dilution capacity and a higher self-cleaning capability could be obtained. The results proved that integrated models like the one presented here have an added value for decision support in water management. This kind of integrated approach is useful to get insight in aquatic ecosystems, for assessing investments in sanitation infrastructure of urban wastewater systems considering both, the fulfilling of legal physical chemical emission limits and the ecological state of the receiving waters.
A case study on 3D virtual kitchen design with kinect sensor

The industry of kitchen design and furniture fabrication has been largely aided by 3D virtual scene applications and real-time visualization software. Microsoft Kinect provides skeleton tracking and bone orientation features than can be exploited in order to improve the interaction between the user and the 3D virtual scene representation.In this work we present a case study of an interactive application that assists the kitchen design process utilizing Microsoft Kinect hardware. A 3D avatar mesh mimics the user movement in real time, gesture recognition techniques are applied to produce actions on the virtual scene and the user can interact with custom made UI widgets using the hands as mouse cursors.