Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adaptive Linear Neural Network Approach for Three-Phase Four-Wire Active Power Filtering under Non-Ideal Grid and Unbalanced Load Scenarios

This paper presents the enhancements performed on the adaptive linear neuron (ADALINE) technique so that it can be applied for active power filtering purposes in a three-phase four-wire system. In the context of active power filtering, the ADALINE technique which was initially developed for a single-phase two-wire system has been further expanded to suit three-phase three-wire system. For both systems, ADALINE techniques have been reported to be effective even when the grid voltage is distorted and/or unbalanced. However, further works that study the possibility to apply ADALINE technique in a three-phase four-wire system which invariably carries unbalanced loads, are rather limited. Hence, in this work, a control algorithm (named as enhanced-ADALINE) which combines the strength of highly selective filter (HSF), ADALINE concept and averaging function is proposed, to manage harmonics mitigation by shunt active power filter (SAPF) under non-ideal grid and unbalanced load scenarios. MATLAB-Simulink software is utilized to conduct an exhaustive simulation study which includes circuit connection of SAPF in a three-phase four-wire system, design of control algorithms, and performance assessments. Benchmarking with the existing algorithm is performed to examine the benefits of using the proposed algorithm. From the analysis, simulation findings are presented and thoroughly discussed to verify design concept, capability, and relevance of the proposed algorithm.
Understanding the dynamics of friendship formation among high school adolescent: Indigenous psychology approach

How friendship between adolescent peers was formed is yet to be understood clearly. Whereas number of studies has clearly linked quality of friendship to various adaptive ability, school performance, and academic achievements. This study attempted to understand the dynamics of friendship formation in sample Javanese adolescents using indigenous psychology as its’ paradigm. Data was obtained from 120 respondents, (82 Girls, and 38 Boys) using open-ended questionnaire, which asks about how friendship between the respondent and their best friend(s) was formed. Data was analyzed using thematic analysis to identify themes and subthemes that indicates how friendship was formed. The result showed that there are two major theme that emerges in the beginning of friendship formation followed by other qualities related to it. This study reveals one more important aspect to be considered in understanding friendship formation between adolescents and their close friends
Patient’s ability to consent during Inpatient Chemotherapy Treatment or Outpatient Radiotherapy Treatment in a tertiary care hospital of New Delhi, India

Background: With the increase in the rate of cancer morbidity, there was a marked increase in the research area for the development of strategies for the management of cancer disease. However, this objective could only be achieved through various phase of clinical trials requiring humans as a subject of study. This raised an ethical issue as survey research conducted in the form of questionnaires consisted of the classic questions of anxiety, depression, psychosis, or agitation which may or may not suit the patient’s ability to consent due to certain factors. In the present study, it was observed that how the patient and the care-giver supported in the completion of this research survey during the patient’s inpatient chemotherapy or outpatient radiotherapy treatment. Objectives: The primary objective of the present study was to determine and analyze the percentage of cancer patients enrolled in the study that required assistance either from the interviewer or from the care-givers in filling up of the QOL questionnaire form during the inpatient chemotherapy or outpatient radiotherapy sessions. Methods: It was a cross-sectional, descriptive, hospital based evaluation study. Total duration of the study was 5 months (December 2015April 2016), conducted in Medical and Radiation Oncology department of DR. B.L. Kapur Memorial Hospital, New Delhi, India. A convenience sample of 60 patients with cancer was selected. They were further divided into Chemotherapy group (n= 30) and Radiotherapy group (n= 30). Therefore, 30 cancer patients were on chemotherapy and the other 30 cancer patients were on radiotherapy. Data was obtained through direct interview, using validated Psychological intervention tool in the form of Questionnaire: WHOQOL-Bref Questionnaire, Zung Self-Rating Anxiety scale and Zung Self-Rating Depression scale. Results: A total of 60 cancer patients were included in the study in which Chemotherapy group consisted of 30n cancer patients and Radiotherapy group consisted of 30n cancer patients. In the study, 6(20%) were males and 24(80%) were females in the chemotherapy group, and, 15(50%) were males and 15(50%) were females in the radiotherapy group. Majority of the patients 32(53.34%) were in the age range of 46-60 years. It was observed that maximum patients in chemotherapy, as well as, radiotherapy groups marked their ability to consent to participate in the study with less assistance from the researcher and the care-givers even during the treatment regimen. Conclusion: It could be concluded from the results obtained from the study that the patients undergoing chemotherapy (66.6%), or radiotherapy (76.7%) sessions were able to consent freely without much assistance of the researcher or the care-giver. This further implied that in Indian scenario people are becoming more aware and thus, cooperated by participating in research studies so as to help manage the deadly disease “CANCER”.
Handling methods of laboratory mice and rats

Stress and anxiety in laboratory mice and rats can affect not only their welfare, but also research results. It is also known that daily routines such as handling can be stressful. However, the question of whether different handling methods are more or less stressful is perhaps more interesting, and there is not much published research on the subject. When writing a scientific paper, it is always essential to document all relevant parameters and details in the methods, in order for the results to be credible, and to make sure that the experiment can be replicated and accurately peer reviewed. If different handling methods can cause different amounts of stress and anxiety, thus possibly affecting research results, then handling methods ought to be included as relevant information in article methods. The aim of this literature review is to investigate how different handling methods can affect both animal welfare and research quality. Furthermore, to analyse to what extent handling is reported in article methods, the method sections of ten recently published articles from Nature Neuroscience and Nature Immunology respectively - two high impact factor journals using mice and/or rat models - were reviewed and compiled. The literature review showed evidence of alternative handling methods sections, such as using tunnels or cupped hands when picking up mice and rats, having positive impacts on animal welfare and consequently possibly on data reliability, when compared to stressful traditional handling methods such as lifting by the tail. The data compiled from article methods showed that reports of handling methods were lacking across all reviewed articles, regardless of journal or year. It is concluded that using the least stressful handling methods, identified in the reviewed literature, goes in accordance with the refinement and reduction principles of the 3Rs. Methods such as using tunnels or cupped hands when lifting laboratory mice and rats, instead of lifting by the tail or body, should therefore be recommended. It is also suggested that handling should be added as a method criteria in checklists and guidelines such as NC3Rs ARRIVE guidelines or journals’ own methods checklists that are used by authors.
Spatial-Temporal Variability of the Model Characteristics in the Southern Atlantic

Purpose. The present article is aimed at studying spatial-temporal variability of some model characteristics, particularly, the sea level data in the Southern Atlantic. Methods and Results . The eigenvector decomposition method (called the Karhunen-Loeve decomposition) has been used as a main research technique. Variability of the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the corresponding covariance matrices, and their distribution in time and space are represented. Application of the method to the problem of assimilating the observation data is shown, and physical sense of such assimilation is analyzed. The ocean hydrodynamics model developed in the Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, was applied. The problem of dynamical-stochastic and hybrid assimilation of the sea level data is formulated. Spatial-temporal variability of the model sea level and the one observed in the Southern Atlantic were compared. The variability difference and similarity are analyzed. Conclusions . The correlation structure between the observed and model ocean level fields is considered. This can permit to assimilate the observational data using the obtained weight matrices. Such studies of the sought characteristics’ correlation structures of surface temperature, currents, joint covariance etc. will make it possible to understand exactly how the observed values correct model calculations and to carry out observations in the manner most convenient for data assimilation. Climatic behavior of the structure of eigenvectors and eigenvalues is shown. The represented technique permits to model and to forecast the hydrodynamic processes in the Southern Atlantic in more details.
Research & reports

The final section of Part Four discusses embedding the NPS and comments that when the NPS was created in June 2014, the new organization focused initially on stabilizing operations. In November 2015 the NPS launched internally a blueprint for how it plans to become a more standardized, ‘effective, efficient and excellent’ service. This covers six areas of core service, including court delivery and community supervision. NPS has surveyed staff views on the blueprint and only 17% of 4626 staff survey responses to the blueprint were positive, while 65% were neutral or offered suggestions for improvement. The risk is that the ‘staff change fatigue’ we observed during the NAO fieldwork may continue. For busy practitioners, there is a good summary (pp. 5–11), but the whole report is well worth reading.
Prosocial behaviour mediates the relation between empathy and aggression in primary school children

ABSTRACT The negative association between empathy and aggression has been widely investigated in the literature. However, the role of potential mediators and the extent to which their effects are gender-specific have been given considerably less attention. The present cross-sectional study was therefore aimed at examining the direct and indirect relations between empathy (differentiated into perspective taking and empathic concern), prosocial behaviour and aggression in a sample of 240 primary school children between 8 and 12 years of age. The results showed that perspective taking and empathic concern had indirect (rather than direct) negative effects on aggression by enhancing prosocial behaviour. These indirect paths applied equally well to boys and girls, although significant gender differences were observed in empathic concern, prosocial behaviour and aggression. Possible explanations and differences with previous studies are discussed.
A New Integrated Approach for Risk Evaluation and Classification With Dynamic Expert Weights

Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), as a proactive reliability management technique, has been widely employed to reduce the risk of systems and assure the quality of products in various industries. Nevertheless, the traditional FMEA method shows many weaknesses when used in real-life scenarios. This causes the dilemma for practitioners that it is not great as expected. Many alternative risk priority models have been developed to enhance the capacity of FMEA, but the majority of them focus on how to acquire a complete ranking of failure modes. In this article, we propose a novel FMEA approach using hesitant uncertain linguistic Z numbers (HULZNs) and density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) algorithm to assess and cluster the risk of failure modes. The HULZNs are adopted to represent the uncertain and hesitant risk evaluation information of FMEA team members. The normal DBSCAN algorithm is improved to cluster the recognized failure modes into different risk classes. Moreover, the weights of FMEA experts are dynamically obtained with a weight adjustment method. Finally, a practical case of a geothermal power plant is given to demonstrate the effectiveness and validity of our introduced FMEA approach.
Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Factor Structure in Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

ABSTRACT Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is the gold standard for assessing psychopathy. However, its factorial structure has been subject of debate, and different factor models have been proposed. Furthermore, research has not focused on the PCL-R factorial structure among intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. We analyzed and compared the fit of nine alternative models of PCL-R among a sample of 242 IPV perpetrators. Results revealed PCL-R has adequate factor validity. The three-factor model without testlets provided the best fit to the current data. The three-factor model also showed good reliability, and the factors established differential associations to penal and personal variables thus revealing discriminant validity. In the current study, psychopathy was thus best conceptualized as a clinical construct comprising a particular affective functioning (e.g., shallow affect, lack of empathy), and a specific interpersonal (e.g., egocentricity, deception) and behavioral style (e.g., irresponsibility, impulsivity) among IPV perpetrators.
Implementation of a Self-Care and Wellness Educational Program Addressing Job Stress Among Child Protective Service Workers

ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . ii LIST OF TABLES . vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . viii CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTION . 1 Background and Needs Assessment . 3 Background . 3 Needs Assessment . 7 Problem . 9 Purpose . 10 Significance. 10 Theoretical Framework . 13 Synthesis of Evidence . 15 Compassion Fatigue (CF) . 17 Burnout . 18 Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) . 19 Vicarious Traumatization (VT). 20 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) . 21 iv ACES in Relationship to Child Service Workers . 22 Responses of Trauma Exposure in Relationship to Social Workers. 22 Management of Trauma Responses among Trauma Workers . 24 Job Turnover in Relation to CPS workers . 25 Self-Care in Relation to Social Workers . 25 Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) . 26 Synthesis of Evidence Summary . 27 Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials . 28 Summary . 29 CHAPTER II – METHODOLOGY. 30 Context . 30 Setting . 30 Intervention . 30 Design . 32 Self-care and Wellness Training . 32 Post-Training Survey . 33 Population . 34 Instrumentation . 34 Ethical Considerations . 36 Data Analysis . 36 v Summary . 37 CHAPTER III RESULTS . 39 Summary . 43 CHAPTER IV – DISCUSSION. 45 Limitations . 47 Organizational Impact . 48 Recommendations and Implications for DNP Practice . 48 Conclusion . 49 APPENDIX A – Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials . 50 APPENDIX B — Pre-Test/Post-Test . 51 APPENDIX C — Survey . 54 APPENDIX D — Organization Approval Letter . 56 APPENDIX E – IRB Approval Letter . 57 REFERENCES . 58
A distributed decision method for missiles autonomous formation based on potential game

The distributed cooperative decision problems of missiles autonomous formation with network packet loss are investigated by using the potential game based on formation principles. In particular, a dynamic target allocation method for missiles formation is provided based on the potential game and formation principles, after the introduction of cooperative guidance and control system of the missiles formation. Then we seek the optimization of a global utility function through autonomous missiles that are capable of making individually rational decisions to optimize their own utility functions. The first important aspect of the problem is to design an individual utility function considering the characteristics of the missiles formation, with which the objective of the missiles are localized to each missile yet aligned with the global utility function. The second is to equip the missiles with an appropriate coordination mechanism with each missile pursuing the optimization of its own utility function. We present the design procedure for the utility, and present a coordination mechanism based on spatial adaptive play and then introduce the idea of “cyclical selected spatial adaptive play” and “negotiation based on time division multiple address (TDMA) protocol formation support network”. Finally, we present simulations for the distributed dynamic target allocation on the comprehensive digital simulation system, and the results illustrate the effectiveness and engineering applicability of the method.
The Influence of Deconvolution on Surface-Related Multiple Elimination Filtering

Using the methods of deconvolution it was possible to reach the objective of delimiting the reflections obtained by the seismogram, improving the temporal resolution. The following deconvolutions were used: Wiener deconvolution (spike), adaptive deconvolution, and Lp norm deconvolution. Among the deconvolutions used, it was established which one showed the best result after application of the SRME filtering method in the seismic flow, where the effects of the surface multiple should be smoothed in the marine data of the Jequitinhonha Basin, making it possible to obtain a better seismic section closer to the subsurface geological reality of the study area.
Perceived Usefulness of Multimodal Voice Assistant Technology

Smart speaker devices are appealing to consumers, but the perceived usefulness of the multimodal voice experience is not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which cognitive load, the relevance of visual information, and personality influence the perceived usefulness of multimodal voice assistant technology in a within-subjects repeated measures design. A multimodal voice prototype was created to answer the question, “What are some extreme weather conditions? ” Nine variants, including 3, 5 and 7 system responses with relevant, irrelevant or no information presented on a screen were included. Three tasks were embedded within each condition (Stroop task, sort M&Ms and no task). Perceived usefulness score, recall, personality score, and fluctuations in galvanic skin response (GSR) values were the subjective and objective measures. The findings suggest that when there’s a smaller number of responses/words for the participant to attend to, and subsequently recall, in addition to relevant visual feedback to aid in that recall, they perceive the voice assistant experience to be more useful, while task conducted exhibits marginal significance in determining PU. Scores of conscientiousness, openness to experience, agreeableness, and neuroticism were successful in predicting some variation in the PU responses, while GSR data was not. It is highly recommended that UX designers of the multimodal interface create succinct voice responses with relevant visual feedback to accompany it, and to keep the main use cases of these products in mind to increase the experience’s PU and subsequent behavioral intention to use the product.
Au grating on SiC substrate: simulation of high performance plasmonic Schottky barrier photodetector in visible and NIR regions

Plasmonically enhanced light absorption in Schottky barrier photodetectors (PDs) can be achieved by engineering metallic nanostructures. In this context, gold (Au) gratings on titanium (Ti)/silicon carbide (SiC) based Schottky barrier is proposed in this work for photodetection application. Further, the effects of various grating parameters and incident angle on absorbance are demonstrated. The grating based structure is able to provide ~85% incident light absorption leading to a significantly high responsivity value as compared with that of conventional (without metallic grating) structure. High unbiased responsivity values of 4.396 mA W−1 and 2.496 mA W−1 are obtained for Au/Ti/6H-SiC Schottky barrier PD at wavelengths of 694.5 nm and 1035 nm, respectively based on Fowler’s model. In view of advanced properties of SiC, the present work will open new opportunities for plasmonic PDs based on SiC platform.
The Bacterial Flora on Selected Organs of Oreochromis Niloticus in Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe

Fish can harbour and spread pathogenic bacteria that form the natural micro-flora of the environment, but the flora may be altered by man’s activities such as sewage effluent disposal. The aim of this study was to isolate, identify and enumerate bacteria associated with the different organs of Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe and compare their diversity and prevalence. Bacteria were isolated, identified and enumerated from the gills, intestine, kidney, liver, muscle and skin of thirty (30) fish using the culture-based technique on selective and non-selective media. A total of twelve (12) bacteria were isolated, namely Acinetobacter spp. , Aeromonas spp. , Bacillus subtilis, Citrobacter spp. , Edwardsiella tarda, Enterobacter spp. , Escherichia coli including E. coli O157:H7, Klebsiella spp. , Listeria ivanovii, Shigella spp. , Staphylococcus spp. , and an unidentified isolate. Staphylococcus spp. were most prevalent on primarily all organs with prevalence rates ranging from 53.3% to 100%. Escherichia coli O157:H7 was least prevalent and was not detected on intestine, liver and kidney. Staphylococcus spp. was the most abundant isolate (1.46 x 105 ± 4.014 x 104 cfu/g) on the skin whereas E. coli, L. ivanovii and Shigella spp. were absent on the kidney. Fish pathogenic bacteria (Aeromonas spp. and Edwardsiella tarda) did not vary significantly in their distribution between the organs (p > 0.05), though high counts were recorded on the gills. Opportunistic pathogens of fish and humans, were significantly high on external organs mainly the skin and gills. The high bacterial infection levels indicate that the fish are heavily stressed and this may negatively impact the populations of O. niloticus in Lake Chivero. The several human pathogenic bacteria isolated render O. niloticus unfit for consumption according to the CODEX Alimentarius standards and pose health risks to consumers.
Association of Celiac Disease with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Background: The association of the celiac disease with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is unclear. Objectives: The current study aimed to examine this relationship and the prevalence of the celiac disease in ADHD patients. Methods: From 2016 to 2018, we tested 99 patients aged 4 to 18 years with ADHD diagnosed with clinical interviews for serum IgA and anti-tissue transglutaminase (anti-tTG) antibody for the diagnosis of celiac disease. Results: There was no IgA deficiency in our patients. The prevalence of positive anti-tTG antibody-IgA test was 6.06%, all in boys. The ADHD children with positive test results were significantly heavier and more well-nourished. There was no association between ADHD severity serum anti-tTG antibody positivity. Conclusions: The prevalence of celiac serology was higher in ADHD children than in the general population. Among all symptoms of celiac disease and ADHD, only was body mass index significantly higher in patients with positive serology.