Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ISEEK, a tool for high speed, concurrent, distributed forensic data acquisition

Electronic discovery (also written as e-discovery or eDiscovery) and digital forensics are processes in which electronic data is sought, located, secured, and processed with the expectation that it may be used as evidence in legal proceedings. Electronic evidence plays a fundamental role in many aspects of litigation (Stanfield, 2009). However, both eDiscovery and digital forensic approaches that rely on the creation of an index as part of their processing are struggling to cope with the huge increases in hard disk storage capacity. This paper introduces a novel technology that meets the existing and future data volume challenges faced by practitioners in these areas. The technology also addresses the concerns of those responsible for maintaining corporate networks as it does not require installation of ‘agents’ nor does it have any significant impact on network bandwidth during the search and collection process, even when this involves many computers. The technology is the embodiment of a patented process that opens the way for the development of new functionality, such as the detection of malware, compliance with corporate Information Technology (IT) policies and IT auditing. The technology introduced in this paper has been incorporated into a commercial tool called ISEEK that has already been successfully deployed in a variety of environments.
The Spanish Economy in EMU: The First Ten Years

This paper has been prepared to mark the tenth anniversary of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It seeks to give an overview of the Spanish economy’s experience in this new institutional setting. It should be viewed as the result of a joint effort by a sizeable group of researchers from the Banco de Espana Directorate General Economics, Statistics and Research to rationalise the implications of a structural change on this scale. To do this, the paper firstly defines the starting conditions of the Spanish economy, at the time when there was only a commitment to join the Monetary Union as a founding member; in this connection, it sets out the advantages of belonging to the euro area versus the possibility of having remained outside it. Next, it describes the main transformations made in converting this commitment into reality. Further, it reviews developments in the economic variables that best document the main events of the past decade, focusing both on the factors underpinning the expansion and the headway in convergence, and on the imbalances that triggered the start of the adjustment, and assesses the scope of these imbalances. Finally, it describes the basic features of the process of adjustment towards a new path of sustained economic growth, emphasising the difficulties added by the superimposition of the international financial crisis.
From Storyboard to Story: Animation Content Development.

This research focused on a new method in the development of animation story content, which could shorten the creation process and arouse new ideas. Two phases of experiments were conducted to explore this reversed model. The first phase is a pretest of participants' creativity, which was a base for further examination the relationship between personal creativity and good story design. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was adopted and two divergent thinking tasks of TTCT - unusual uses task and picture construction task were executed. The second phase was an experiment by using a digital storyboarding system - Crazy Talk Animator to create a story without written script. The final storyboards were both self-evaluated and expert judged through questionnaire and interview to investigate whether this reversed model was practicable. The results showed that storyboarding as the method in creating animation content was workable. Personal creativity quotient did not have high correlation with story design performance. Participants regarded the storyboard driven method of content creation as helpful in visualizing and revising their creative ideas. Novices considered this method as easy while experts thought it as difficult for practice. In their design results, we found that a good story structure could still be created with storyboard driven method. Compared with the traditional process, the contributions of this model were more on the story climax, resolution, and plot. The findings of this study can assist in animation content training for novice designers. Key words: Storyboard, story design, creativity, story structure, production pipeline
Durability of resistance to stripe rust in the wheat cultivar 'Claire' in New Zealand

Host resistance is the most economical way to manage wheat stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. The cultivar 'Claire' was released in 1999, and until recently, remained highly resistant to the disease in the United Kingdom. While 'Claire' was considered durably resistant to stripe rust in New Zealand, it is now categorised as moderately susceptible. The present study investigated whether race-specific resistance was responsible for this 'break-down' in resistance, and whether cv. 'Claire' retains useful durable resistance. A rust culture from cv. 'Claire' was compared with a pre-2005 culture on a set of differential cultivars. The seedling resistance in cv. 'Claire' was race-specific. Greenhouse and field experiments suggest that the adult plant resistance in cv. 'Claire' has been reduced in the presence of a more virulent stripe rust population. Remaining adult plant resistance is insufficient to provide adequate control of stripe rust in New Zealand wheat crops.
Plasmodial infection and haematological parameters in febrile patients in a hospital in Oyo town, South-western Nigeria

A cross-sectional study on Plasmodium infection was conducted among 158 febrile patients (65 males and 93 females) reporting to Oyo State Hospital, Oyo, South-western Nigeria. Parasitological and haematological examinations of the blood samples were conducted. An overall infection rate of 29.7% was observed with parasite densities ranging from 96 - 64680 asexual parasites/µL blood. The percentages of infected male and female individuals were 27.7 and 31.2%, respectively. The least (12.5%) and the highest prevalence (44.4%) were recorded in age groups 0.05). The total leucocytes and lymphocytes decreased with parasites densities, while neutrophils increased with parasitaemia but with insignificant relationships (P>0.05). The neutrophils and lymphocytes in infected and non-infected individuals were (54.0, 55.6%) and (45.9, 43.73%) respectively. The mean packed cell volume (PCV) of the blood in all positive cases in all age groups was lower than in negative individuals. The malaria prevalence in this study was low. Therefore, considerable efforts should further be made to reduce its occurrence below the risk level mostly among the most susceptible groups. Advocacies on the practices of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) and use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) should further be promoted. Key words: Plasmodium infection, parasitaemia, prevalence, haematology, Oyo town.
Improving PM 2. 5 forecast over China by the joint adjustment of initial conditions and source emissions with an ensemble Kalman filter

Abstract. In an attempt to improve the forecasting of atmospheric aerosols, the ensemble square root filter algorithm was extended to simultaneously optimize the chemical initial conditions (ICs) and emission input. The forecast model, which was expanded by combining the Weather Research and Forecasting with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model and a forecast model of emission scaling factors, generated both chemical concentration fields and emission scaling factors. The forecast model of emission scaling factors was developed by using the ensemble concentration ratios of the WRF-Chem forecast chemical concentrations and also the time smoothing operator. Hourly surface fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) observations were assimilated in this system over China from 5 to 16 October 2014. A series of 48 h forecasts was then carried out with the optimized initial conditions and emissions on each day at 00:00 UTC and a control experiment was performed without data assimilation. In addition, we also performed an experiment of pure assimilation chemical ICs and the corresponding 48 h forecasts experiment for comparison. The results showed that the forecasts with the optimized initial conditions and emissions typically outperformed those from the control experiment. In the Yangtze River delta (YRD) and the Pearl River delta (PRD) regions, large reduction of the root-mean-square errors (RMSEs) was obtained for almost the entire 48 h forecast range attributed to assimilation. In particular, the relative reduction in RMSE due to assimilation was about 37.5 % at nighttime when WRF-Chem performed comparatively worse. In the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (JJJ) region, relatively smaller improvements were achieved in the first 24 h forecast but then no improvements were achieved afterwards. Comparing to the forecasts with only the optimized ICs, the forecasts with the joint adjustment were always much better during the night in the PRD and YRD regions. However, they were very similar during daytime in both regions. Also, they performed similarly for almost the entire 48 h forecast range in the JJJ region.
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF IN SITU PRESSURE MEASUREMENT OF AN OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE

An investigation using in situ pressure measurements was conducted on an oscillating heat pipe (OHP) to better understand its chaotic nature and the relation between the frequency of oscillations and the thermal performance. The working fluid used was HPLC grade acetone with a 0.8 fill ratio by mass. Three different orientations were tested: top, horizontal, and bottom heating from 100 to 500 W in increments of 50 W. An aluminum water block was used with water at approximately 0°C with a flow rate of 0.9 l/min for the condenser section of the OHP. The condenser and evaporator section were each fitted with a pressure transducer mounted perpendicular to the OHP channel. The pressure and temperature measurements were compared. Complex pressure wave forms were observed and a natural frequency could not be determined at the high filling ratio used.
AM Industrial Environmental Performance Evaluation-Comparison and Sensitivity Analysis

Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) methods provide an objective numerical measurement for understanding the environmental impact of industrial activities. Currently available methods have the following drawbacks: first, most of them do not provide a single measure, this results in multiple incomplete and inaccurate measures that are not compatibly interpretable. Second, they only consider a limited number of environmental impacts for subsequent evaluation. Third, they ignore the uncertainties involved in the industrial process; e.g. random data or incomplete data collection. In this paper, a new method is used to compare three different designs of formaldehyde production process. These designs share a few common elements. This paper investigates through sensitivity analysis how changes in the calculated Environmental Performance Parameter (EPP) can be attributed to differences in the design and/or operational parameters of the equipment. The results of this study reveal the influence of employing different designs or unit operations on the calculated EPP. A process manager can use these results to determine the differing costs associated with alternate modifications to achieve best value. Moreover, this approach can show whether the different sources of uncertainty in the input of an EPE contribute to those in the output (EPP), such as possible human errors or lack of information about process and environment interactions.
The Effect of Boulder Spacing on Flow Patterns Around Boulders Under Partial Submergence

This study focuses on documenting the influence of boulder spacing on flow patterns within an array of boulders in mountain streams. Boulder arrays modify the flow structures in their vicinity, which in turn regulate the depositional patterns. However, a critical literature review reveals that the effects of boulder spacing on flow have been overlooked. Herein, we hypothesize that the developing flow structures around boulders are controlled by the boulder spacing. The objective of this study is to map the surface flow structures around partially submerged boulders for two different boulder spacing scenarios: (1) λ/dc = 6 and (2) λ/dc = 10 (where λ denotes the spacing between the boulders and dc is the boulder diameter). For each scenario, the flow structures are mapped using an IR camera. The IR camera records the motion of ice-cube tracers, which is subsequently analyzed with the Large Scale Image Velocimetry (LSIV) software. The result is a surface velocity field produced by a sequence of successive frames. The flow experiments show that when λ/dc = 6, the shear layers emanating from the upstream boulders extend all the way to the downstream boulders, whereas when λ/dc = 10, the flow reattaches prior to reaching the downstream boulders.
Dynamic Routing for Data Integrity and Delay Differentiated Services in WSN

Applications running on the same Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) platform usually has different Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Two basic requirements are low delay and high data integrity. However, in many cases, these two requirements cannot be satisfied consequently. In this paper, based on the concept of potential in physics, we propose IDDR, a Destination Sequenced Distance Vector routing algorithm, to resolve this conflict. DSV is table driven protocol, for maintain topology it sends the table to all its all neighboring nodes. By constructing a virtual hybrid potential field, according to the weight assigned to each packet IDDR separates packets of application with different QoS requirements, routes them towards the sink through different paths to improve the data fidelity for integrity-sensitive applications as well as reduce the end-to-end delay for delay sensitive ones. Using the Lyapunov drift technique, we prove that IDDR is stable. IDDR provides data integrity and delay differentiated services that demonstrated by Simulation results.
Financial Sector Development, FDI and Economic Growth in China

The economics-literature, drawing on endogenous growth theory, suggests that the level of financial sector development may influence foreign direct investment and its impact on the diffusion of technology in the host country, thereby increasing the rate of economic growth. Little attention, however, has been devoted to confirm or reject this link for China. This paper fills the gap by including measures of financial sector development in this growth regression. The Generalised Method of Moments system estimation is applied to data for 28 Chinese provinces over the period 1986-2003. We show that the interaction between foreign direct investment and indicators measuring the degree of market oriented financing enhance economic growth.
Simple and rapid detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans by loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay

Background : Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans are two main causative agents associated with periodontitis, an inflammatory reaction of tissues around the teeth. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for simple and rapid detection of P. gingivalis and A. actinomycetemcomitans. Methods : A total of ten subgingival plaque and saliva samples were evaluated to detect the presence of both bacteria by LAMP and PCR assays. Two sets of six primers each were designed to amplify pepO and dam gene. The LAMP assay was carried out using a Loopamp DNA amplification kit in 25 μl volumes. The reaction mixture was incubated at 65 o C for 60 minutes and terminated at 80 o C for 5 minutes in heating block. The amplification reactions were visualized using naked eye detection and by agarose gel electrophoresis. The sensitivity of the LAMP assay was investigated ranging from 10 μg to 100fg of P. gingivalis(ATCC 33327) and A. actinomycetemcomitans (ATCC 33384). Results : The lowest detection limit of both LAMP and PCR methods were 1 ng and 10 ng of DNA, respectively. When crude template of subgingival plaques were used, P. gingivalisand A. actinomycetemcomitans were tested80% (8/10) and 60% (6/10) positive respectively through LAMP detection. Whereas by PCR, P. gingivaliswas tested 40% (4/10) positive and no significant detection rate for A. actinomycetemcomitans. When a crude template of saliva was used, P. gingivalisand A. actinomycetemcomitans were tested 70% (7/10) and 30% (3/10) positive respectively through LAMP detection. Whereas, when using PCR, there was no significant detection rate for P. gingivalisand A. actinomycetemcomitans. Conclusion : The LAMP assay using a crude template offers greater advantage as it is simple, rapid and cost-effective to detect periodontal pathogens. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.17(3) 2018 p.402-410
Market Value, Book Value and Earnings: Is Bank Efficiency a Missing Link ?

The purpose of this study is to examine that the earnings components and banking efficiency are relevant to the market value of the banks or not. Testing the relationship we used DEA for the banking efficiency and regression model is estimated because it is panel study we used Common effect, fixed effect and random effect on the Pakistani banks included in this study. Frequency of data is yearly and is started from year 2008 to year 2012. Findings of our study gives number of directions, first of all in analysis it is found that the components of earnings are related to market value of the banks, secondly cost efficiency adds the additional information to the market. It can be concluded that earning’s components and operational efficiency both explain the market value further these results suggest that stock prices reflect both the information generated through market as well from the accounting System. This study helps to explain the market value of the shares through banking efficiency and accounting information. According to our best knowledge this study is unique among the studies because it is the first study in the emerging economy which explains the market value through earnings components and efficiency of the banks
A deployable 4 Meter 180 to 680 GHz antenna for the Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder

The Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder (SMLS) is a space-borne heterodyne radiometer which will measure pressure, temperature and atmospheric constituents from thermal emission between 180 and 680 GHz. SMLS, planned for the Global Atmospheric Composition Mission of the NRC Decadal Survey, uses a novel toric Cassegrain antenna to perform both elevation and azimuth scanning. These provide better horizontal and temporal resolution and coverage than were possible with elevation-only scanning at typical Low-Earth orbit spacing in the two previous MLS satellite instruments. Development of the SMLS antenna was the focus of a 2006 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program whose phase II culminated in the fabrication and thermal stability testing of a composite demonstration model of the SMLS primary reflector. This reflector has the full 4m height and 1/3 the width planned for flight. An Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) titled "A deployable 4 Meter 180 to 680 GHz antenna for the Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder" continues development of the SMLS antenna with the study of 5 topics: 1) detailed mathematical modeling of the antenna patterns from which we simulate geophysical parameter retrievals in order to establish FOV performance requirements; 2) thorough correlation of finite element model predictions with measurements made on the SBIR reflector. We will again measure deformations of this reflector, under more flight-like thermal gradients, using higher precision metrology techniques available in a new large-aperture facility at JPL; 3) fabrication of a full-width primary reflector whose asbuilt surface figure will better meet the figure requirements of SMLS than did the SBIR reflector; 4) integration of the primary with other reflectors, and with residual front ends built in a 2007 IIP, in a breadboard antenna; and finally 5) RF testing of the breadboard on a Near Field Range at JPL. We report on significant progress in 3 areas of the current IIP: development of the mathematical model to predict SMLS antenna patterns and their application in a preliminary set of geophysical retrievals; the correlation between surface deformation predicted by finite element models and measurement in the 2009 isothermal stability tests of the SBIR, with implications for the thermal gradient testing to be performed at JPL; and aspects of the conceptual design of the full-width primary reflector to be fabricated and tested in the 2nd and 3rd years of the IIP.
Effects of Ozone and Soil Water Stress, Singly and in Combination, on Leaf Antioxidative Systems of Fagus crenata Seedlings

The effects of O3 and/or chronic mild water stress on photosynthetic characteristics and leaf antioxidative systems of Fagus crenata seedlings were investigated. The seedlings were exposed to charcoal-filtered air or 60 nmol mol -1 O3 for two growing seasons. In each gas treatment, the seedlings were received 250 ml (well-watered) or 175 ml (water-stressed) of water at 3-day intervals during the growth period. The O3 significantly reduced net photosynthetic rate, Rubisco concentration and chlorophyll concentration without stomatal closure, and significantly increased ascorbate concentration in the leaves of the seedlings. On the other hand, the water stress significantly reduced net photosynthetic rate and stomatal diffusive conductance to water vapor without significant reductions in the concentrations of Rubisco and chlorophyll, and significantly increased glutathione concentration in the leaves of the seedlings. Significant antagonistic effects of O3 and water stress were detected on net photosynthetic rate of the seedlings in September and October. In conclusion, because chronic mild water stress induces not only stomatal closure, but also increase of leaf glutathione concentration, the extent of the negative effects of O3 on net photosynthesis of Fagus crenata is less under the
Seasonal hydrography and surface outflow in a fjord with a deep sill: the Reloncaví fjord, Chile

Abstract. Seasonal data on temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO) and chlorophyll, combined with meteorological and river discharge time series, were used to describe the oceanographic conditions of the Reloncavi fjord (41°35′ S, 72°20′ W). The winds in the fjord valley mainly blow down-fjord during the winter, reinforcing the upper layer outflow, whereas the winds blow predominantly up-fjord during the spring and summer, contrary to the upper layer outflow. The fjord, with a deep sill at the mouth, was well stratified year-round and featured a thin surface layer of brackish water with mean salinities between 10.4 ± 1.4 (spring) and 13.2 ± 2.5 (autumn). The depth of the upper layer changed slightly among the different studied seasons but remained at 4.5 m near the mouth. This upper layer presented a mean outflow (Q1) of 3185 ± 223 m3 s−1, which implies a flushing time of 3 days for this layer. The vertical salt flux was ∼ 37 tons of salt per second, similar to the horizontal salt flux observed in the upper layer. These estimates will contribute to better management of the aquaculture in this region.