Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Intelligent factories using fuzzy expert systems

Manufacturing is a key to continuous economic growth. Fuzzy expert systems, fuzzy logics, fuzzy languages, fuzzy neural networks, and intelligent control are proposed as additional tools in manufacturing. Fuzzy logic is a new way to program computers and appliances to mimic the imprecise way humans make decisions. Fuzzy logic has been applied to cameras, subways, computers and air conditioners. Through the use of fuzzy logic, fuzzy expert systems can be built which add a new dimension in the technologies for intelligent factories.
Field results for a distribution circuit state estimator implementation

Summary form only given as follows. Distribution automation encompasses functions that rely on knowledge of the state of the distribution circuit in real-time. This paper presents field results for a distribution circuit state estimator that was implemented on an electric utility distribution circuit. The state estimation algorithm is based on a probabilistic radial power flow approach that incorporates real-time measurements as solution constraints. A load modeling technique based on using customer billing information and daily load profiles is used to provide needed load estimates. This paper provides an assessment of how accurately the developed state estimation algorithm is able to predict circuit states. The improvement in circuit estimates as a function of available feeder measurements is illustrated as well. Finally, difficulties encountered with implementing an actual distribution state estimator are discussed.
Accommodation Outcomes and Transitions Following Community-Based Intervention for Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury

Objectives: To explore living situation, support and participation outcomes of people with severe acquired brain injury (ABI) residing in either home-like or disability-specific accommodation settings, who were provided with 3 years of occupational therapy intervention based on the Community Approach to Participation (CAP). To examine transitions for a subgroup whose accommodation and support model changed during this 3-year period and identify factors critical to this change. Method: Forty-three participants who had sustained severe to extremely severe ABI, and were an average of 6.73 years post-injury, were provided with CAP intervention over a 3-year period. Living situation and support model, participation levels and accommodation transition data were collected at four time points. Results: Participants were living in a range of home-like and disability-specific accommodation settings at baseline. The disability-specific accommodation group had mainly noncompensable injuries and required a significantly higher level of daily support at all four time points. They also received higher total hours of support, which averaged 170.83 hours per week at baseline and did not change significantly over the 3 years. In contrast, 86% of the participants residing in home-like settings had compensable injuries and received an average of 91.46 hours of support per week at baseline. This reduced to 70.97 hours per week over the 3-year intervention period, a change that was statistically significant. Conclusion: It is possible to achieve accommodation transitions to more independent, home-like situations many years post-injury and regardless of injury severity. Home-like settings provide scope to adjust support along a continuum to reflect gains in independence, community integration and role participation that the fixed models and hours of support in disability-specific accommodation do not. Over time, these gains can flow into a significant reduction in hours of support.
Implementation of Document Classification using Naïve Bayes Classifier for the Performance and Level of Accuracy of Document Searching using Boyer-Moore Algorithm

Search engine is a program that searches a data in a database based on keywords entered by the user. There are several algorithms that have been used, one of them is Boyer-Moore. However, the use of the method found problems such as slow speed of search and low accuracy of search results when used on a large scale. In this study, is used classification of documents using the Naive Bayes Classifier to overcome these problems. Based on the results of research using 1000 documents, it was found that the speed of searching software with a classified documents is better than the speed of searching software without classified documents. However, the result of accuracy level have the same great value.
The Block-Design Tests.

A brief presentation of the Block-design Tests will be attempted in this article. These tests fall in the category of 'performance tests' and have been standardized to measure intelligence. They have been purposely devised to eliminate the factor of language. In this attempt the writer believes he has been especially successful since the instructions themselves may be given entirely through pantomime and imitation. There has indeed been, and there still is, a great need for tests such as are here presented. In the longer monograph which the writer is preparing for publication, there will be more detailed treatment of many topics, such as the definition of intelligence; an analytic criticism of current methods of standardization; suggested newer statistical procedure; the relation between language ability, performance and intelligence; and other pertinent material. The content of the present article has been divided into six sections: {A) The Test Material: 1. The Blocks. 2. The Designs. (2? ) The Directions for Applying the Tests: 1. For Subjects Who Can Understand Spoken Language. 2. For Subjects Who Do Not Know the Names of the Colors. 3. For Subjects Who Cannot Understand Spoken Language. (C) The Score Card and Methods of Scoring. (D) The Norms. 1 Psychologist to the Court of Domestic Relations.
A LITERATURE SURVEY OF GENRE-BASED APPROACHES TO EST READING AND WRITING FROM 1960 TO 2002

The aim of this dissertation is to present a critical literature review and conceptual analysis of selected genre‐based research materials from 1960‐2002 on the theoretical and pedagogical issues involved in teaching reading and writing to students of English for Science and Technology. Methodologically, the comparative data‐analysis is aimed at identifying commonalities and differences between the various data texts in terms of their definition, orientations, and pedagogical uses. Based on the analyses, suggestions are made for the additional practical applications of the approaches within a learning‐centred, communicative framework. The main conclusion is that genre analysis is a fusion of textual‐contextual orientations on a structural‐linguistic, social‐ ethnographic cline, which involves simultaneous microlinguistic and macrorhetorical, social‐ethnographic processing. Owing to the scope of genre analysis, it is suggested that a considerably expanded, in‐depth investigation is needed to clarify the dynamic tensions between and within the individual genre‐ based approaches, as well as their pedagogical applications.
Évolution de la notion d'apprentissage expérientiel en éducation des adultes: vingt-cinq ans de recherche

Ce texte porte sur le theme de l'experiential learning qui, au cours des vingt-cinq dernieres annees, a traverse l'espace de l'education des adultes et en a modifie les pratiques. Sur le plan de la recherche, ce vaste courant a fait progresser la notion d'apprentissage aussi bien que celle d'experience. Definie a ses debuts comme une demarche de construction de savoirs, la notion d'experiential learning glisse insensiblement au fil du temps vers la recherche de sens et entraine avec elle dans cette direction la notion d'apprentissage.
High-resolution inserts in wide-angle head-mounted stereoscopic displays

In designing remote vision systems for human operators, two different features of the human eye should be considered: (1) the very wide field of view of the eye permits secure and rapid orientation and the avoiding of obstacles; (2) the high central (foveal) acuity of the eye permits fine discrimination. A capable head-mounted display will not limit either of these human eye features more than absolutely necessary. LCDs show promise for reasonable cost and weight, but the small number of pixels available now and in the foreseeable future means a necessary limitation of the field of view or of the central acuity, or of both, if only one LCD is used per eye. The best available compromise using only one LCD is embodied in the LEEP optics, which use a radial compression format to provide a very wide field with minimum loss of resolution at the center. LEEP Systems, Inc. has undertaken two developments. The first simply increases the lateral field of view by twenty-five degrees (the CYBERFACE2). The second adds an optical high-resolution insert. Because the insert is added optically in the head- mount, the smaller the insert, the sharper its detail.
The Prospects for On-Line Hybrid Coherency Protocols on Bus-Based Multiprocessors

Since data access patterns vary from application to application, neither write-invalidate nor write-update is the better strategy for maintaining cache coherence in all cases. Thus, it may be advantageous to use a hybrid cache coherency protocol that combines the best aspects of each. Although write-invalidate is the dominant approach in commercial multiprocessors, the recent introduction of coalescing write buffers combined with relaxed models of memory consistency can be expected to improve the performance of protocols based on updating. This motivates our re-examination of the relative performance of write-invalidate, write-update, and on-line dynamic hybrid protocols. Using a detailed program-driven simulation of a high-performance bus-based multiprocessor with release-consistent caching, we compare the performance of several variations on the hybrid protocol used in DEC AXP multiprocessors with the performance of several more conventional protocols. The variations on the hybrid protocol are introduced to correct weaknesses that appeared during the study. Though coalescing write buffers offer large performance improvements to the protocols that use update, conventional write-invalidate protocols also benefit. It appears that, although hybrid protocols do not offer any significant advantage over the best choice of pure protocol for a particular program, they may offer good performance over a wider range of applications than any single pure protocol.
Definitions of Terms in Telehealth

Executive Agency for Health and Consumers supported European-wide project Telehealth Services Code of Practice for Europe – TeleSCopE aims to develop a comprehensive Code of Practice for Telehealth Services. The first output from the Telescope was a report on definitions, terminology and shared understanding of terms relating to telehealth. It is summarised in this article. In parallel in Slovenia, a working group mandated by the Slovenian Medical Informatics Society Executive Board to prepare a draft document for a national telehealth strategy, has prepared the definitions of three basic terms: telemedicine, telehealth and telecare in the Slovenian language. They submitted the definitions to the Board for Standards in Healthcare at the Ministry of Health to include them into the growing Glossary of Terms in Healthcare. These definitions are also presented in this article. Definicije pojmov na podrocju zdravja na daljavo Authors' institution: MKS Elektronski sistemi d.o. o. , Ljubljana (DR); Coventry University Enterprises Ltd., United Kingdom (MF, RR). Contact person: Drago Rudel, MKS Elektronski sistemi d.o. o. , Rožna dolina c. XVII/22b, 1000 Ljubljana. e-mail: drago.rudel@mks.si. Received: 04.06. 2011. Accepted: 24.06. 2011. Izvlecek. Clanek predstavlja metodologijo in rezultate (definicije pojmov) evropskega projekta TeleSCopE, ki je namenjen vzpostavitvi standarda za podrocje storitev zdravja na daljavo (telehealth). Vzporedno s projektom potekajo aktivnosti tudi v Sloveniji. Upravni odbor Slovenskega drustva za medicinsko informatiko je oblikoval delovno skupino, ki pripravlja Izhodisca za nacionalno strategijo zdravja na daljavo, ki vkljucuje tudi telemedicino. Ta delovna skupina je poenotila razumevanje in definicije pojmov telemedicina, zdravje na daljavo in oskrba na daljavo (telecare), ki so podane v tem prispevku. Predloge definicij, ki jih prav tako predstavljamo v clanku, je posredovala Odboru za zdravstvenoinformacijske standarde pri Ministrstvu za zdravje, da jih uvrstiti v (zdravstveni) Terminoloski slovar.  Infor Med Slov: 2011; 16(1): 28-46 Informatica Medica Slovenica 2011; 16(1) 29
The effectiveness of reflexology as an adjunct to standard treatment in childhood idiopathic constipation : a single blind randomised controlled trial

Constipation is common in childhood, rarely life threatening and' therefore might be expected to have little impact on health care provision. The reality is somewhat different, with many children requiring medical and nursing management for this condition that causes great misery and discomfort. Many families consider the use of complementary and or alternative medicine (CAM) as a treatment option when conventional treatment 'fails'. The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in paediatrics is increasing and is popular with parents/carers but there is currently little evidence to support its use in general and no randomised clinical trials investigating the use of reflexology in children in particular. The thesis presents the development of a randomised controlled study to investigate the effectiveness of reflexology when taught to parents and delivered as adjunct to standard treatment. It includes a systematic review of the literature pertaining to childhood idiopathic constipation and reflexology; the rationale for the choice of method and the development of the clinical trial. The study that was undertaken compared the way in which children with chronic idiopathic constipation (Cre) respond to reflexology treatment or foot massage when these treatments are taught to their parents and carers, and used as part of their standard medical treatment. The optimal way to manage childhood idiopathic constipation is still unknown however this trial has demonstrated that reflexology has a role in improving outcomes for children when taught to parents and used as an adjunct to standard treatment. This is the only RCT of reflexology as practised by parents in paediatric practice to date and further well-designed studies are needed.
The Design of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA) is a major research undertaking with the potential to radically alter thinking, to enhance policy-making and to promote research and development opportunities in Ireland and elsewhere. In successful models around the world, the results from ongoing longitudinal studies on ageing are considered the primary source of information when governments, decision makers and key community organisations seek to implement change on behalf of the ageing population. It is my hope that TILDA will become such a pivotal resource for Ireland. As such, this document is intended to inform the research community about the TILDA design and its content, focusing specifically on the justification of its key investigation areas and methodology choices and how these compare to international standards. It has proved a rather complicated task to decide what to include here and how best to present our project. TILDA collects economic, health and social data across a variety of research questions using several modalities. For example, health information, both subjective and objective, is collected and recorded in the Computer-Aided Personal Interview (CAPI) and Self-Completion Questionnaires (SCQ) and in the Health Assessment (HA). The benefit of this methodology is that researchers can triangulate phenomena about an area of inquiry using data collected in different ways. This report is organised by modality (i.e. type of questionnaire or assessment) rather than by content area. This will allow researchers to understand the data respondents provide in the sequence in which it is collected.
The Development of a Computing Module Incorporating Capability Curriculum

This paper gives a brief introduction to the capability issues in the UK and expands on the University of North London's capability curriculum. A short background to the module of software engineering and elaborates on the rationale for and the development of the new module, software engineering for computer science. It discusses the need for a partnership between educators, employers and the government in moving forward the capability agenda. Le développement d'un module d'ordinateur incorporant un curriculum de capacité. Cet article donne une brève introduction des curriculum de capacité dans le Royaume Uni et traite des curriculum de capacité de l'Université de North London. Un bref rappel de l'arrière plan des modules de software pour l'engineering, puis on élabore un raisonnement pour le développement du module nouveau: Software d'Engineering pour la science informatique. L'article discute le besoin de partenariat entre éducateurs, employeurs et le gouvernement en avancant vers un programme de capacité. Die Entwicklung eines Rechnermodule einschließenden Lehrplans Dieser Beitrag gibt eine kurze Einführung zum Thema Begabung im UK und leitet über zur Lehrplanentwicklung der Universität von Nord-London. Er zeigt kurz den Hintergrund zum Thema Software Engineering auf und geht dann ausführlicher auf die Begründung und die Entwicklung der neuen Module Software Entwicklung für Computerwissenschaften ein. Er belegt die Notwendigkeit einer Partnerschaft zwischen Erziehungswissenschaftlern, der Wirtschaft und der Regierung bei der Weiterentwicklung der Lehrpläne.
Content-based retrieval of arbitrarily shaped video objects in the uncompressed and compressed domains

Advancements in video object segmentation technology and the availability of efficient object-based video representations, such as MPEG-4 [1], have resulted in the increased availability of arbitrarily shaped digital video content. While this enables many exciting applications, the process of locating and accessing a desired video sequence can still be challenging because of the large volume of data associated with even compressed video. This dissertation proposes generic methods for the retrieval of arbitrarily shaped video objects in the MPEG-4 compressed domain, using their shape, local motion, and color content. Considering that a one-minute long video sequence may contain more than 1,500 frames, summarization of video content is necessary as a first step to efficiently retrieve video. Therefore, we first suggest a method for the summarization of arbitrarily shaped video objects. This is achieved by selecting the temporal instants of video objects -based on their compressed domain shape informationthat efficiently represent the objects' salient content. Next, we propose to extend some well-proven still shape retrieval techniques to retrieve video objects in the compressed domain. We compute the Fourier and ART (Angular Radial Transform) descriptors on the shape approximations obtained from the
Ligeti's Stylistic Crisis: Transformation in His Musical Style, 1974-1985

The Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) was one of the most innovative and influential composers of the last 50 years. He was one of a number of Central and East European composers, including Witold Lutoslawski and Krzysztof Penderecki, who have created musical languages that combine elements of the modernism of the West with a more flexible attitude to compositional technique. Ligeti's Stylistic Crisis: Transformation in His Musical Style, 1974-1985 explores how Ligeti's compositional style completely transformed during and after the composition of his only opera Le Grand Macabre (1974-1977). Michael D. Searby examines Ligeti's music from 1974 to 1985 in detail, with a particular emphasis on Le Grand Macabre, analyzing the music and providing possible explanations for the stylistic and compositional changes, as well as considering the consequences for Ligeti's subsequent music. In this first English-language book to focus on Ligeti's most significant work, Le Grand Macabre, Searby investigates Ligeti's music and its relationship to tonality, looking at his return to tradition and use of quotation and pastiche in the opera, and considering the transformation of Ligeti's style and technique after the opera. The Horn Trio (1982) with its romantic phrase structure is also analyzed to demonstrate the radical change in the composer's stylistic approach. Searby also examines Ligeti's relationship with postmodernism, addressing the modernist versus postmodernist polemic as it pertains to Ligeti's works. Many musical examples support the discussion, and an appendix summarizing the opera and photographs from a recent production, as well as an extensive bibliography, add to this valuable reference.
Polymorphisms of the interleukin-6-174G/C、-572C/G gene and the association between chronic periodontitis and coronary heart disease

Objective To investigate interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms at positions-174G/C and-572C/G.and the association of chronic periodontitis and coronary heart disease.Methods The genotype and allele distributions of interleukin-6 in a case-control study involving 129 patients with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis and coronary heart disease,47 patients merely with coronary heart disease,131 patients with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis,and 121 health controls were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.Results The frequencies of C allele at the site-174 were 0%～0.8%. There was no significant differences in genotype or allele frequencies between groups for interleukin-6-174G/C polymorphisms.There was no significant differences in genotype or allele frequencies between periodontitis group and health control for interleukin-6-572C/G polymorphisms.Statistically significant differences were found between coronary heart disease groups and no coronary heart disease groups.G allele at the site-572 was significantly higher in coronary heart disease groups.Conclusion Mutation at the position-174 of interleukin-6 was rare in Chinese Han population.Interleukin-6-572C/G polymorphisms was associated with susceptibility to coronary heart disease.G allele at the site-572 seems to increase the susceptibility to coronary heart disease.