Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SIGNAL TIMING DETERMINATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS

The implementation of a genetic algorithm (GA) (an artificial intelligence technique) to produce optimal or near-optimal intersection traffic signal timing strategies is described. The focus is on examining this application within a simple traffic situation, giving the reader a clear understanding of how the genetic algorithm is used. The problem involves finding a signal timing strategy that produces the smoothest traffic flow with the least average automobile delay. The problem domain has many tentative solutions. Therefore, signal timing design is expected to benefit from the parallel, global, and robust search characteristics of GAs. This gain is realized on a simulated four-intersection traffic network in the current implementation. The GA, by considering how traffic moves among multiple intersections (through simulation), can find a logical, near-optimal timing configuration. When this timing configuration is used in the corresponding real-world traffic situation, minimal total automobile delay is expected.
Evaluation of Total Polyphenol Content, Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Composition of Methanolic Extract from Allium Kharputense Freyn et. Sint. and Determination of Mineral and Trace Elements

Allium kharputense Freyn Et. Sint. ( A. kharputense ) was analyzed for total polyphenol content, antioxidant activity, chemical composition and mineral and trace element composition. Total polyphenol content was determined as 257 mg GA 100 g -1 dried weight by using Folin-Ciocalteu method. DPPH test was performed for antioxidant activity analysis. IC 50 values of gallic acid and Trolox were determined as 0.02642 mg mL -1 and 0.225 mg mL -1 , respectively. IC 50 value of A. kharputense was found as 2.186 mg mL -1 . DPPH free radical-scavenging activity of extract from 1 mg of A. kharputense was determined 0.01207 mg GAE and 0.1029 mg TrE, respectively. GC-MS was used to determine chemical composition. Dimethyl trisulfide, methyl (methylthio)methyl disulfide, 2-Pyrrolidinone, 4-vinylphenol, 2-Phenylpyrrole , norharmane , linoleic acid, palmitic acid, γ-Tocopherol and α-Tocopherol are some of 40 compounds which were detected in methanolic extracts of A. Kharputense. 20 Mineral and trace elements were determined along with their levels by ICP-MS using microwave digestion procedure for preparing acid extracts.
Virtual Werribee: A planning support tool

Virtual Werribee is collaborative research in applying 3-D modelling and visualisation as a planning support tool in comparison to 2-D plans and drawings. It was a joint initiative involving Deakin University and the Wyndham City Council to demonstrate the use of 3-D visualisation for planning process in the actual context of a planning authority in Australia. The objective of this project was to assist the council in preparing for the revised Local Structure Plan. By reconstructing the council's data into easily understood information, 3-D model and visualisation served as a verification and discussion tool for decision making. The integration of wider site context also provided a better understanding of the surrounding development areas. This could equip other stakeholders as well as the community to participate in council's planning agenda activities, such as increasing the urban density and building heights limit. Virtual Werribee included the development planning agenda, categorised as new, re-development and hypothetical. The modelling process progressed with sufficient data from the council. Some changes to the initial plan were made, including the use of CAD modelling software instead of GIS software, and production of a block model with selected detail buildings, instead of a full draped 3-D model. The council decided that the block model would be sufficient for their planning purposes. This was determined while taking into consideration the available facilities at the council. The potentials of the model as a planning tool were demonstrated in this paper, and further compared to the council's existing materials prepared by the project developers. The advantages of the 3-D interactive model and visualisation over the conventional materials have provided the council officer with a tool for better empowerment in the planning process. This was also evident in the increasing engagement level between the officer and the model as the process developed. As a result of this, the project scope has also expanded, finally covering the entire city. While Virtual Werribee has the potential to better communicate council's planning agendas to the stakeholders and the community, the key factor, coupled with its visualisation components, was its interactive capability. Property layers with aerial site image that provided a realistic background served as a virtual city platform for different users. Although limited in its analytic capability found in GIS software, this model offered high visualisation content to assist visual impact assessment through its interactive mode along with a series of still images and a simulation movie.
Vasopressin and Its Immune Effects in Septic Shock

Vasopressin is a stress hormone. However, vasopressin levels are inappropriately low in septic shock. Vasopressin stimulates AVPR1a, AVPR1b, AVPR2 and purinergic receptors. Vasopressin increases blood pressure by occupying AVPR1a receptors on vascular smooth muscle. An increase in ventricular afterload due to vasopressor administration limits ventricular systolic ejection, an effect that becomes increasingly important as systolic contractility is decreased. Stimulation of AVPR1a receptors may also decrease edemagenesis. Stimulation of AVPR1b by vasopressin releases ACTH and cortisol. AVPR2 stimulation increases retention of water by increasing cyclic AMP. Yet, vasopressin infusion may increase urine output, creatinine clearance and improve renal function in septic shock. Vasopressin has many effects on immune function such as altering cytokines, neuroimmunity, prostaglandins, humoral immunity and immune cells. For example, vasopressin decreases sepsis-induced pulmonary inflammation, could have renal anti-inflammatory effects and may decrease prostaglandin levels in a dose-dependent manner. Vasopressin may also modulate responses to stress by expression and release from immune cells. Interestingly, there are vasopressin receptors on immune cells. Many small clinical studies of vasopressin infusion in septic shock have shown that vasopressin infusion increases blood pressure, decreases requirements for norepinephrine and improves renal function. However, vasopressin could decrease coronary, cerebral and mesenteric perfusion. A multicenter trial of vasopressin versus norepinephrine in septic shock found no overall difference in mortality. Vasopressin may decrease mortality in patients with less severe septic shock. Vasopressin plus corticosteroid treatment may decrease mortality compared to corticosteroids plus norepinephrine. Potential mechanisms are that vasopressin plus corticosteroids beneficially alter immunity in septic shock.
Unusual case of Marchiafava-Bignami disease presenting as axial hypotonia

Introduction. Marchiafava-Bignami disease is a rare disorder mostly associated with chronic heavy alcohol consumption that results in progressive demyelination and necrosis of the corpus callosum. Case report. We reported a 35-year-old woman with a history of alcohol consumption and malnutrition. Neurological examination revealed axial hypotonia, dysarthric speech and lack of motor coordination. The brain multislice computed tomography imaging demonstrated hypodense lesion of the corpus callosum. On the basis of her history, clinical features and imaging studies, the diagnosis of an acute form of Marchiava-Bignami disease was made. Definite diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy. Conclusion. Marchiafava-Bignami disease is of a medical emergency and early recognition and early aggressive treatment are critical for a good clinical outcome. To our knowledge, this is the first case of Marchiafava-Bignami disease presented with axial hypotonia.
Formation of Barents Sea Branch Water in the north-eastern Barents Sea

The Barents Sea throughflow accounts for approximately half of the Atlantic Water advection to the Arctic Ocean, while the other half flows through Fram Strait. Within the Barents Sea, the Atlantic Water undergoes considerable modifications before entering the Arctic Ocean through the St. Anna Trough. While the inflow area in the south-western Barents Sea is regularly monitored, oceanographic data from the outflow area to the north-east are very scarce. Here, we use conductivity, temperature and depth data from August/September 2008 to describe in detail the water masses present in the downstream area of the Barents Sea, their spatial distribution and transformations. Both Cold Deep Water, formed locally through winter convection and ice-freezing processes, and Atlantic Water, modified mainly through atmospheric cooling, contribute directly to the Barents Sea Branch Water. As a consequence, it consists of a dense core characterized by a temperature and salinity maximum associated with the Atlantic Water, in addition to the colder, less saline and less dense core commonly referred to as the Barents Sea Branch Water core. The denser core likely constitutes a substantial part of the total flow, and it is more saline and considerably denser than the Fram Strait branch as observed within the St. Anna Trough. Despite the recent warming of the Barents Sea, the Barents Sea Branch Water is denser than observed in the 1990s, and the bottom water observed in the St. Anna Trough matches the potential density at 2000 m depth in the Arctic Ocean.
Simultaneous optimisation of products, processes, and people in development projects

Organisations involved in product development (PD) constantly introduce new products using development teams within the organisation. These teams carry out PD activities using the established development processes in order to produce new products. Traditionally, these three domains (product, process, and people) are treated separately and individual optimisation is attempted for each domain (i.e. without regard for the other two domains). The result is a group of three individual-domain optimal solutions instead of a single-multi-domain optimal solution. The main objective of this paper is to formulate and find the multi-domain optimal solution for a PD project. The inter- and intra-dependencies within and between the three domains are captured using the design structure matrix. Then three relational rules that relate the domains together are proposed to help formulate a multi-domain optimisation objective function. The proposed methodology offers PD managers with a practical tool to identify hidden improvement opportunities or mitigate development risks that lie at the intersection of two or more domains. To solve this problem, eight heuristic search methods based on improvement and constructive heuristics are proposed. We test the performance of the proposed heuristics on 60 examples with varying sizes and show a trade-off between the eight heuristics based on solution accuracy and computational expense. Our analysis shows that the best improvement heuristic using a constructive approach provides good solutions (i.e. 12% deviation from known optimal solution) using a small number of computations (i.e. only 104 iterations).
Spatial Information & Communication Arrangements: A contribution to territorial intelligence

In a society marked by information technology, local territories are subject to development that is increasingly shaped by top-down mechanisms, such as the global economy and sustainable development paradigms. The question then is to determine how, in such a context, these territories can also promote endogenous development that makes sense for local communities. By developing our research in the field of territorial intelligence, we explore the possible roles of the geographic dimension within Socio-Technical Information and Communication Arrangements (STICA) at the scale of inter-municipal authorities, especially to support mediation between heterogeneous actors. Our paper demonstrates that spatial representations, as STICA media products, offer a range and variety of functionalities which to date have been largely underutilized. We present an example of STICA implemented in the Thau territory (France) in order to produce a new territorial understanding and group dynamic based on local ecological knowledge.
The Causality Relationship between Management in Supply Chain Collaboration with the Prosperity of Corn Farmers in West Nusa Tenggara - Indonesia

The objective of this research is to analyze factors determining the supply chain management and the prosperity of corn farmers. Data was collected using survey method by interviewing 120 farmers. The chain sampling was determined using snowballing technique from farmers to intermediate traders and consumers. Result of the research indicates that the supply chain management is influenced by business process integration, supply chain collaboration and organizational performance. The prosperity rate of the farmers is directly influenced by supply chain management, supply chain collaboration, and organizational performance, but it is indirectly influenced by business process of integration and of competitive advantage. Keywords: supply chain collaboration, business process integration, supply chain management, organizational performance, and the prosperity of corn farmers.
Time-dependent Bragg diffraction by multilayer gratings

Time-dependent Bragg diffraction by multilayer gratings working by reflection or by transmission is investigated. The study is performed by generalizing the time-dependent coupled-wave theory previously developed for one-dimensional photonic crystals (André J-M and Jonnard P 2015 J. Opt. 17 085609) and also by extending the Takagi–Taupin approach of the dynamical theory of diffraction. The indicial response is calculated. It presents a time delay with a transient time that is a function of the extinction length for reflection geometry and of the extinction length combined with the thickness of the grating for transmission geometry.
Transplant Experiment on Ranunculus Population

Ranunculus species is a small herb grows at high altitudes, ranging from several hundreds to more than a thousand meter above sea level. The plant can occupy a variety of habitats such as moist soils could also grow sub merged or floating in a stream. A few numbers of species from different populations have been recorded to have morphological complexity, which could cause a problem for the work of taxonomists in making decisions. In this research, transplant experiment was used to investigate the nature of any morphological variation, such as genetic or phenotypic plasticity induced by environmental influences, within and between populations of Ranunculus species, especially R. nanus . Species of Ranunculus from five different populations were used and transplanted randomly in a glass house at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for two years. The transplant of Ranunculus species from its natural habitats to glass house showed that most of the species survived well. Many of them produced flower and seed, however, some plants does not produce any flower. The possible cause of not producing seeds may be the absence of normal pollinating insects, rather than the new environmental. The results of ANOVA showed that the treatment effect of transplanting to be highly significant. Four populations showed increases in lamina length, and one population showed a decrease. Values of t-tests for comparing lamina length between and within populations showed significant changes for all population. Key words : morphological characters, transplant experiment, Ranunculus .
A Study of the Schrodinger Equation with the Linear Potential by the Asymptotic Iteration Method in 3D

In this paper the asymptotic iteration method is used to study the Schrodinger equation for the linear potential in 3-dimensions. We have obtained a perturbation expansion in terms of energy functions, and by using these expansions we have calculated the energy eigenvalues. We have also given the results of the direct application of the asymptotic iteration method. The obtained eigenvalues are compared with exact ones.
Analysis and selection of risk assessment frameworks for cloud based enterprise applications

A lot of enterprise applications are available for the end users to use in different domains including business, healthcare, industrial and manufacturing. In the advent of cloud computing, it is imperative for organizations to determine risks involved in adopting cloud-based solutions or applications to ensure enterprise interest. The problem is the risk assessment of enterprise applications from the context of business. It is essential to adapt the right risk assessment strategy to handle the security situation proactively. We analyze the different risk assessment frameworks which would help to evaluate frameworks against enterprise application such as business, medical, finance accounting applications. We have evaluated both CWRAF and CVSS as two predominant frameworks in the risk assessment process against three business applications. The results help identifies the appropriate approach and framework which should be used for risk assessment.
Bullen's Parameter as a Seismic Observable for Spin Crossovers in the Lower Mantle

Elastic anomalies produced by the spin crossover in ferropericlase have been documented by both first‐principles calculations and high pressure‐temperature experiments. The predicted signature of this spin crossover in the lower mantle is, however, subtle and difficult to geophysically observe within the mantle. Indeed, global seismic anomalies associated with spin transitions have not yet been recognized in seismologic studies of the deep mantle. A sensitive seismic parameter is needed to determine the presence and amplitude of such a spin crossover signature. The effects of spin crossovers on Bullen's parameter, η, are assessed here for a range of compositions, thermal profiles, and lateral variations in temperature within the lower mantle. Velocity anomalies associated with the spin crossover in ferropericlase span a depth range near 1,000 km for typical mantle temperatures. Positive excursions of Bullen's parameter with a maximum amplitude of ∼0.03 are calculated to be present over a broad depth range within the middle‐to‐deep lower mantle: these are largest for peridotitic and harzburgitic compositions. These excursions are highest in amplitude for model lower mantles with large lateral thermal variations and with cold downwellings having longer lateral length‐scales relative to hot upwellings. We conclude that predicted deviations in Bullen's parameter due to the spin crossover in ferropericlase for geophysically relevant compositions may be sufficiently large to resolve in accurate seismic inversions of this parameter and could shed light on both the lateral variations in temperature at depth within the lower mantle, and the amount of ferropericlase at depth.
Antioxidant and anticoccidial effects of garlic powder and sulfur amino acids on Eimeria-infected and uninfected broiler chickens

Summary To study the anticoccidial and antioxidant effects of garlic powder (GP) and total sulfur amino acid (TSAA) on growth performance, faecal oocyst output, oxidative stress indicators and antioxidant status markers in broiler chickens, a 2 × 2 × 2 splitplot-factorial arrangement of treatments was used. A total of 480-day-old male broiler chickens were equally assigned to two plots. Two hundred forty chickens were challenged with Eimeria oocysts species mix by oral inoculation at day 34 (infected plot) and the other half was left unchallenged. In each plot, chickens were randomly assigned to four treatments with 5 replicates of 12 birds each, and fed one of the following diets: basal diet, basal diet plus 0.5% GP, basal diet plus 50% more TSAA, basal diet plus 0.5% GP and 50% more TSAA. The results showed that inoculation with 7.5 × 10 2 oocysts of Eimeria mixed species significantly reduced growth performance (P<0.05) and increased nitric oxide (NO) and malonyldialdehyde (MDA), but did not change the hepatic activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity. Growth depression and increased NO and MDA were greater in infected than uninfected birds. In the infected birds fed with the basal diet without any supplementation, NO and MDA were significantly greater (P<0.05) in comparison with other groups. Faecal oocyst output significantly decreased with the supplementation of GP and TSAA in infected birds (P<0.05). In conclusion, the supplementation of GP and 50% TSAA individually or in combination with the basal diet significantly improved ADG (P<0.05) and decreased OPG, MDA and NO. Moreover, no changes in the antioxidant enzymes were observed in birds infected with Eimeria.
Path Planning for a Redundant Robot Manipulator using Sparse Demonstration Data

The ability to plan and execute of movements to accomplish tasks is a fundamental requirement for all types of robot, whether in industrial or in research applications. This Master Thesis addresses path planning for redundant robot platforms. The research targets two major goals. The first is to bypass the need for an explicit representation of a robot’s environment, which is strained with sophisticated computations as well as required expert knowledge. This bypass allows for a considerably more flexible use of a robot, being able to adapt its path planning data to an arbitrary new environment within minutes. The second goal is to provide a real-time capable path planning method, that utilizes the advantages of redundant robot platforms and handles the increased complexity of such systems. These goals are achieved by introducing kinesthetic teaching into path planning, which has already proven to be a successful improvement for single task methods dealing with redundancy resolution. The thesis proposes an approach utilizing a topological neural network algorithm to construct an internal representation of a robot’s workspace based on input data obtained from physical guidance of the robot by a user. In order to create feasible and safe movements, information from both configuration space of the robot and task space are employed. The algorithm is extended by heuristics to improve its results for the intended scenario. This modified network construction algorithm constructs a navigation graph similar to classical approaches with explicit modeling. It can be processed by means of conventional search algorithms from graph theory to generate paths between two arbitrary points in the workspace.
Post void residual urine ratio and post void residual urine assessed by Pressure-Flow studies in males with Lower Urinary Tract Sympthoms.

Hypothesis / aims of study Pressure-flow studies (PFS) are the most accurate invasive urodynamic technique to investigate functional mechanism of male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) (1). PFS allow diagnosing bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) or detrusor underactivity (DU). As post void residual (PVR) urine is still a parameter under investigation in men with LUTS, in order to asses a more accurate PVR, we consider the ratio of PVR to bladder volume (BV) called PVR ratio (R-PVR). Aim of the study was to evaluate the role of R-PVR in men with LUTS and R-PVR association with the urodynamic diagnosis.