Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
System of development of coordination abilities of young climbers 6-7 years

The purpose of the study is to theoretically and experimentally substantiate the methodology for constructing the training process of young climbers of 6-7 years old at the initial stage of preparation. The study involved 42 children 6-7 years old, who are engaged in climbing; and the twenty-first athlete was included in the experimental and control groups, 12 of them were boys and 9 girls. The experiment lasted seven months. Results . The structure of physical training of climbers has been developed; A model for constructing a training process in accordance with the principle of a wave-like increase in loads In addition to physical development, the technique suggested spiritual development. Spiritual development implies the ability to prevail on universal values, the ability to overcome difficulties, the ability to sympathize, to understand the unity of life on Earth. Ethical and aesthetic development implies organizational qualities and the ability to use ecological knowledge — the ability to multiply the wealth of nature, the ability to preserve nature, in general, is an environmental activity. The basic principles of learning motor actions of young climbers of 6-7 years are formed: 1 - reliance on figurative thinking; 2 - the widespread use of basic movements, running, jumping, throwing, shock movements, lasagna; 3 - taking into account the ergonomic features of the child; 4 - the use of a holistic learning method. The effectiveness of the application of the author’s integral method for constructing the training process of young climbers at the initial preparation stage was experimentally substantiated. Conclusions . As a result of the application of the author's methodology in the experimental group, significant changes in the indices were revealed in tests reflecting the level of physical fitness, psycho-physiological capabilities and functional fitness of young climbers.
Working the Borderlands: working-class students constructing hybrid identities and asserting their place in higher education

Abstract Through the case-study experiences of 24 White and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) working-class students from three very different universities, we aim to illuminate the often hidden struggle for recognition and respect for classed, ‘raced’ and gendered ways of being in the university. We discuss how the students perceive their identities in relation to their universities and their peers, and whether they feel the need to adapt and change their classed/’racialised’ identities in order to survive and progress or whether they resist any pressures and expectations to do so. We explore the tension between ‘assimilation and belonging’ and ‘betrayal and exclusion’ for White and BAME working-class students and consider the intersectional implications. We draw on the concept of hybridity to show the fluidity and fusions of transitioning and developing identities. The article also seeks to contribute further to the illumination of habitus as generative, through a process of hybridity.
Malvinas/Falkland Islands War: a look into ads

Purpose Little is known about patriotic appeals and Latin American symbols in ads. The purpose of this study was to content analyze Argentine and English print newspaper ads to examine how advertising expression and content differed in the two countries while they were fighting the Malvinas/Falkland Islands War. Design/methodology/approach A total of 3,707 ads were analyzed from La Nación and The Times from April 1, 1982, to December 31, 1982. Appeals, advertised products, cultural values and code-switching were studied. Findings The War resulted in marginal changes to advertising in Argentina and England. Interestingly, while the use of national symbols was scarce across both countries, Argentina accounted for the majority of the references to the war. A number of Argentine brands that adapted their names from English to Spanish are taken into account. Research limitations/implications By drawing comparisons to English ads, this paper illustrates the boundaries of strategies and appeals in two different cultures over the same time period. This study extends the literature on the use of advertising during periods of conflict. Practical implications This content analysis provides a look at the strategies, tactics and symbols used by print advertisers in Argentina and England during the War. Originality/value The study provides a depiction of advertising campaigns featured in Argentine and English newspapers during one of the most recent armed conflicts in South America. The study provides a summary of changes in advertising as a result of the War. In doing so, the paper extends the advertising literature to an understudied market.
Test of depending frequencies of the variable Stars of OC: NGC 6866

The search of secondary pulsations is carried out to understand the possible relations among the known parameters of variables of the cluster, NGC 6866. These pulsations arise due to the various ongoing physical phenomena of the variables. Moreover, pulsations of the variables are identified through the visual inspection of their frequency-amplitude distributions. A total of 18 variables among the 28 known variables are showing the secondary pulsation modes. Furthermore, these pulsation modes do not occur for PV, EA, EB, Elliptical and semi-regular. In addition, the field variables seem to be the red-component-stars (RCS) for the studied cluster. The smoothness of the frequency-amplitude curves, signal to noise ratio and the significant limits are play major role for deciding the real peak or frequency values. We are not rejected those amplitude peak of parabolic patterns, for which, the amplitude is greater than then significant limit of variables. The weight of pulsation frequencies is given to be 0.5 for non full cyclic variation but the amplitude is greater than significant limit. Similarly, our present analysis does not support the HADS characteristics of previous known HADS stars within stellar cluster NGC 6866. We are also proposed to new correlation between the secondary pulsation modes (depending frequencies) and the absolute magnitude of known variables.
Evaluating the Face and Content Validity of an Instructional Technology Competency Instrument for University Lecturers in Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the face and content validity of an instrument that had been developed to assess the relevance and comprehensiveness of instructional technology competencies as perceived by Malaysian university lecturers. The face validity and content validity of the instrument was investigated based on the opinions of experts. The item content validity index (I-CVI) and scale content validity index (S-CVI) were calculated by adopting the mean approach and inter-rater agreement. The scale was revised based on comments from a panel of three experts in the qualitative review stage, and thereafter, evaluated by another group of five experts in the quantitative review stage. The findings at the face validity stage yielded 8 domains with 71 items being retained, based on 75 percent or more agreement from expert responses. The content validity of the instrument was assessed by S-CVI/UA and S-CVI/Ave, yielding scores of . 81 and . 90 respectively. Findings indicated that this instrument had excellent face and content validity and could thus be used to assess the relevance and comprehensiveness of instructional technology competencies as perceived by Malaysian university lecturers.
The relationship between speech perception and auditory organisation : studies with spectrally reduced speech.

Listeners are remarkably adept at recognising speech that has undergone extensive spectral reduction. Natural speech can be reproduced using as few as three time-varying sinusoids mimicking the corresponding speech formants. Untrained listeners are able to transcribe this`sine-wave' speech with a high degree of reliability. Phonetic percepts generated by sine-wave speech occur despite an apparent lack of the cues on which low level grouping processes are believed to operate. Consequently, it has been proposed that speech perception is governed by processes operating independently of those described by auditory scene analysis. This thesis examines the auditory scene analysis account in relation to sine-wave speech perception through a mixture of perceptual and computational studies. A re-examination is made of evidence provided by previous perceptual studies of sine-wave speech that the application of a simple grouping cue may increase the intelligibility of sine-wave speech. New evidence is presented from a perceptual study employing stimuli constructed from simultaneous sine-wave speech sources. This study demonstrates that in conditions that are closer to those of everyday listening, grouping cues have an important role in the formation of coherent speech percepts. In conjunction with these perceptual studies, results from automatic segregation and recognition tasks suggest that sine-wave speech contains suucient low level, non-speech-speciic structure to allow partial descriptions of sine-wave sources to be recovered from two source mixtures. It is argued that these partial descriptions are suucient to support the limited intelligibility observed in two-source sine-wave speech listening tests. It is shown that the recognition of sine-wave speech may proceed directly from natural speech models if a peak-based representation and missing-data recognition strategy are employed. These techniques are also shown to suitable for the recognition of natural speech in noisy conditions. In conclusion, it is considered that because sine-wave speech possesses residual primitive structure and may allow the action of schema-driven organisation, then its perception may be accommodated within the auditory scene analysis account. Abstract Listeners are remarkably adept at recognising speech that has undergone extensive spectral reduction. Natural speech can be reproduced using as few as three time-varying sinusoids mimicking the corresponding speech formants. Untrained listeners are able to transcribe this`sine-wave' speech with a high degree of reliability. Phonetic percepts generated by sine-wave speech occur despite an apparent lack of the cues on which low level grouping processes are believed to operate. Consequently, it has been proposed that speech perception is governed by processes operating independently of …
Garbage Collection Algorithms For Automatic Dynamic Memory Management

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Linguistic dimensions of second language accent and comprehensibility

The current study investigated the effect of listener status (native, nonnative) and language background (French, Mandarin) on global ratings of second language speech. Twenty-six nonnative English listeners representing the two language backgrounds ( n = 13 each) rated the comprehensibility and accentedness of 40 French speakers of English. These same speakers were previously rated by native listeners and coded for 19 linguistic measures of speech (e.g., segmental errors, word stress errors, grammar accuracy) in Trofimovich and Isaacs (2012). Analyses indicated no difference in global ratings between nonnative and native listeners, or between the two nonnative listener groups. Similarly, no major differences in the linguistic dimensions associated with each group’s ratings existed. However, analyses of verbal reports for a subset of nonnative listeners ( n = 5 per group) demonstrated that each group attributed their ratings to somewhat different linguistic cues.
A Taxonomy of Security and Defense Mechanisms in Digital Twins-based Cyber-Physical Systems

The (IoT) paradigm’s fundamental goal is to massively connect the “smart things” through standardized interfaces, providing a variety of smart services. Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) include both physical and cyber components and can apply to various application domains (smart grid, smart transportation, smart manufacturing, etc.). The Digital Twin (DT) is a cyber clone of physical objects (things), which will be an essential component in CPS. This paper designs a systematic taxonomy to explore different attacks on DT-based CPS and how they affect the system from a four-layer architecture perspective. We present an attack space for DT-based CPS on four layers (i.e., object layer, communication layer, DT layer, and application layer), three attack objects (i.e., confidentiality, integrity, and availability), and attack types combined with strength and knowledge. Furthermore, some selected case studies are conducted to examine attacks on representative DT-based CPS (smart grid, smart transportation, and smart manufacturing). Finally, we propose a defense mechanism called Secured DT Development Life Cycle (SDTDLC) and point out the importance of leveraging other enabling techniques (intrusion detection, blockchain, modeling, simulation, and emulation) to secure DT-based CPS.
The Leadership Influences in BPM Lifecycle

Organisations adopt Business Process Management (BPM) as a strategy to improve their process efficiency in order to stay competitive. However, a failure rate of 60-80% for BPM initiatives has been reported. Previous research has identified leadership as one critical success factor for BPM. This paper presents findings of a systematic literature review on the role of leadership in BPM. The findings explain the leadership styles and skills within different stages of a BPM lifecycle and show interrelationships between skills and actions.
Forensic psychotherapies for curbing offending behaviors among clients with intellectual disability in Nigerian rehabilitation centers

This study investigated forensic psychotherapies for curbing offending behaviors among clients with intellectual disability (ID) in Nigerian rehabilitation centers. A survey of 750 participants comprising of experts in intellectual disability, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and psychiatric nurses, school psychologists, rehabilitators in special centers from South-west and South-south Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria was done through expert sampling technique to select sample for the study. Two research questions were formulated to direct the study. A 45 item questionnaire with a 4 point rating scale and reliability coefficients of 0.84 to 0.85 was used to canvass opinions of participants on the perceived effectiveness reality therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and systemic therapy in curbing offending behaviors in clients with ID in Nigerian rehabilitation centers. The data collected were statistically analyzed using Multiple Regression Analysis. The findings revealed that reality therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and systemic therapy are effective therapeutic packages for curbing forensic and offending behaviors in clients with ID in Nigerian rehabilitation centers. It was recommended that these therapies should be used through the collaborative partnership with experts in special centers, government and management of the rehabilitation centers to help these clients overcome these psychological problems.
Computational methods for event-based signals and applications

Computational Neurosciences are a great source of inspiration for data processing and computation. Nowadays, how great the state of the art of computer vision might be, it is still way less performant that what our brains or the ones from other animals or insects are capable of. This thesis takes on this observation to develop new computational methods for computer vision and generic computation relying on data produced by event-based sensors such as the so called “silicon retinas”. These sensors mimic biology and are used in this work because of the sparseness of their data and their precise timing: information is coded into events which are generated with a microsecond precision. This opens doors to a whole new paradigm for machine vision, relying on time instead of using images. We use these sensors to develop applications such as object tracking or recognition and feature extraction. We also used computational neuromorphic platforms to better implement these algorithms which led us to rethink the idea of computation itself. This work proposes new ways of thinking computer vision via event-based sensors and a new paradigm for computation. Time is replacing memory to allow for completely local operations, enabling highly parallel machines in a non-Von Neumann architecture.
Socio-economic Assessment of Legume Production, Farmer Technology Choice,Market Linkages, Institutions and Poverty in Rural Ethiopia: Institutions, Markets, Policy and Impacts Research Report No. 3

Today, about 1.1 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty on less than US$1 a day. Another 1.6 billion live on between US$1–2 per day. Three out of four poor people in developing countries lived in rural areas in 2002 (WDR 2008). Most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, directly or indirectly. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture offers a promising opportunity for spurring growth, overcoming poverty, and enhancing food security. Of the total population of sub-Saharan Africa in 2003, 66% lived in rural areas. More than 90% of rural people in these regions depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Ryan and Spencer (2001) estimated that three-quarters of the 1.3 billion people living below the poverty line in developing countries lived in rural areas. Of these, an estimated 66% relied on marginal lands (TAC 1997). Broad-based agricultural development through improving the productivity, profi tability and sustainability of smallholder farming is the main pathway out of poverty for millions of poor farm households. Agricultural productivity growth is also vital for stimulating growth in other sectors of the economy. But accelerated growth requires a sharp productivity increase in smallholder farming combined with more effective support to the millions coping as subsistence farmers, many of them in marginal areas. Gallup and Sachs (2000) estimated that, in comparison to temperate regions, productivity was 27% lower in the humid tropics and 42% lower in the dry tropics.
A Phonological Comparison of Gamale, Sheram and Ghusbang – Three Kham Varieties

This paper compares the phonologies of Gamāle, Sheram and Ghusbāng, three closely related southern varieties of Khām. The vowel and consonant inventories, suprasegmentals and phonotactics of each variety is described in turn, after which the phonologies are compared. The comparison identifies the front rounded vowels /y/ and /ø/ in Sheram and Ghusbāng as being linked to the Gamāle labial-palatal approximants, and also suggests that the loss of the syllablefinal glottal in breathy voiced verbs is the origin of the pitch contour present in Takāle breathy voiced lengthened verbs.
Parametric Dissipative Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

Nonlinear Schrodinger equation with complex-conjugate-type (parametric) forcing and linear damping is studied both analytically and numerically. Bifurcations of stationary and time-dependent solutions are investigated. A periodic motion arising via a Hopf bifurcation of the cnoidal solution explains well the soliton-oscillation phenomena of water wave in a vertically forced long container discovered by Wu et al . The analogy is pointed out in an explicit way between the mode competition of surface waves in a container and the soliton-oscillation. The existence of spatiotemporal chaotic states is illustrated by numerical simulations.
Accelerate Deep Learning Inference with MCTS in the game of Go on the Intel Xeon Phi

The performance of Deep Learning Inference is a serious issue when combining with speed delicate Monte Carlo Tree Search. Traditional hybrid CPU and Graphics processing unit solution is bounded because of frequently heavy data transferring. This paper proposes a method making Deep Convolution Neural Network prediction and MCTS execution simultaneously at Intel Xeon Phi. This outperforms all present solutions. With our methodology, high quality simulation with pure DCNN can be done in a reasonable time.
Security performance and protocol consideration in optical communication system with optical layer security enabled by optical coding techniques

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Spatio-temporal Maximum Average Correlation Height Templates In Action Recognition And Video Summarization

Action recognition represents one of the most challenging problems in computer vision given that it embodies the combination of several uncertain attributes, such as the subtle variability associated with individual human behavior, the challenges that come with viewpoint variations, scale changes, and different temporal extents. Nevertheless, action recognition solutions are critical in a host of important application domains, such as video indexing, surveillance, human-computer interface design, analysis of sports videos, and the development of intelligent environments.
MonVoix - An Android Application for hearing impaired people

— Human communication is the most valuable foundation in developing a cooperative environment for sharing information and knowledge by interactive sessions. Normal individual vocalizes his views through shared intentions like facial expressions and hand gestures. People with acoustical disabilities are obligated to rely on interpreters for day-to-day conversations. Interpretation of various Sign Languages is important as it will shorten the social drift and act as an agent of communal integration. This paper proposes an Android Application for a coherent interpretation of Sign Languages. MonVoix - a French remark for my voice, would act as a boon for the deaf and the mute by completely eliminating the requisite of a human interpreter. This approach utilizes a user’s Smartphone camera to capture a series of hand gestures and convert the image file to the corresponding message and audio using image processing techniques and database emulation for identification of the image.
The Orientation and Segmentation Technologies in Palmprint-Based Identification Systems

The purposes of orientating palmprint images are to set up a coordinate system to normalize the palmprint images,to reduce the nonlinear interference of rotation,translation and distortion caused in the capture process,and to improve the recognition rate.According to the characteristics of online palmprint images,in this paper,the contour lines are traced out by gray morphological grads,and then,the key points are extracted out by the ratio of the palm's area to the background's area in a circle centered at contour lines.Experiments show that the methods are feasible.