Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Max-margin transforms for visual domain adaptation

We present a new algorithm for training linear support vector machine classifiers across image domains. To compensate for statistical differences between domains, our algorithm learns a linear transformation that maps points from the target (test) domain to the source (training) domain as part of training the classifier. We optimize both the transformation and classifier parameters jointly, and introduce a novel cost function for transformation learning based on the misclassification loss of the target points transformed into the source domain. Our method has advantages over previous SVM-based domain adaptation algorithms because it performs multi-task adaptation, learning a shared component of the domain shift across all categories. Additionally, our method has an advantage over the previous max-margin techniques because it can be solved in linear feature space, making it scalable to large training datasets. We present experiments on both synthetic data and real image datasets that demonstrate strong performance and computational advantages compared to previous approaches.
PAPER 197 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION

The experience of pure consciousness during Transcendental Meditation was found to be closely associated with marked reductions in respiration rate and heart rate. The incidence of spontaneous skin resistance responses was also reduced during Transcendental Meditation. Subjects with clear experiences of pure consciousness had very few such responses even outside the practice, indicating great autonomic stability. Furthermore, descriptions of pure consciousness were highly consistent between subjects and concurred closely with classical descriptions of this state. -EDITORS
Egg clutch and larval development of Phasmahyla cruzi Carvalho-e-Silva , Silva and Carvalho-e-Silva , 2009 ( Amphibia , Anura , Hylidae )

The morphology and biology of tadpoles have long attracted the interest of researchers, since information about the characteristics and habits of larvae can help in the identification of different amphibian species and in the understanding of their phylogenetic relationships (Hall et al., 1997). Moreover, a detailed description of ontogeny is an important tool for comparing the growth patterns of different amphibian taxa. The subfamily Phyllomedusinae Günther 1858 (Anura, Hylidae) is characterized by presenting a vertical pupil, predominantly green dorsal coloration, by spawning on substrates above the water surface, and by having tadpoles with ventral spiracle (Cruz, 1982). This subfamily is widely distributed in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico to Argentina, and is currently divided into seven genera: Agalychnis Cope 1864; Cruziohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005; Hylomantis Peters 1873; Pachymedusa Duellman 1968, Phasmahyla Cruz 1991; Phrynomedusa Miranda-Ribeiro 1923 and Phyllomedusa Wagler, 1830. In Brazil there are 39 species distributed in five genera (Frost, 2010). The genus Phasmahyla Cruz, 1990 is composed by relatively small phyllomedusines (snout-vent length of 29.0 to 45.5 mm) that lack vocal slits and vocal sacs, spawn on folded leaves, and have tadpoles with a dorsally oriented, funnel-shaped buccal apparatus (Cruz, 1990). The genus is distributed in the Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil, from southern Bahia State, to the north of Paraná State, and is currently composed by seven species: P. cochranae (Bokermann 1966) that occurs in the north of São Paulo and in southern Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro States; P. cruzi Carvalho-eSilva, Silva and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2009 found on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro State; P. exilis (Cruz, 1980) found in Espírito Santo and southern Bahia States; P. guttata (Lutz, 1924) found in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and northern Paraná States; P. jandaia (Bokermann and Sazima, 1978) found in Minas Gerais State; P. spectabilis Cruz, Feio and Nascimento, 2008 from the north of Minas Gerais and southern Bahia States; and P. timbo Cruz, Napoli and Fonseca, 2008 from Bahia State (Frost, 2010). Herpetology Notes, volume 3: 221-228 (2010) (published online on 15 July 2010)
Ultimate capacity of a curved multi-span arch bridge subjected to railway loads

Railway loads are the largest that can be applied on bridges and their values have increased significantly during the twentieth century. In spite of that, few studies have been devoted to the ultimate capacity of existing curved multi-span arch bridges subjected to this type of loads. To appraise the actual behavior of these bridges, a very singular construction was selected: the Tosses viaduct in Queralbs (Catalonia), belonging to the rack railway line between Ribes de Freser and Núria in the Pyrenees. This multi-span bridge has twelve un-symmetric plain concrete arches spanning 6.10 to 8.20 m. The un-symmetry of the arches is owed to a longitudinal slope of 12%. Preliminary analysis were developed using a simple axle along the bridge. After that, Eurocode 1 railway vertical and horizontal loads had been considered. In particular, the influence of horizontal loads: braking and centrifugal forces is analyzed. Also the capacity of the intermediate abutments to independent some parts of the bridge is appraised. 594 ARCH’07 – 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges culation to masonry structures, has been successfully applied to the analysis of single and multiarch bridges (Molins and Roca, 1998). One dimensional F.E. procedures have also been applied to multi-arch bridges (Brencich et al, 2001). None of these references deals with curved bridges which require full 3D modeling. Preliminary analysis were developed using a simplified transverse line load along the bridge. After that, Eurocode 1 railway vertical and horizontal loads had been considered. In addition, the influence of horizontal loads (braking or starting and centrifugal forces) on the response of the bridge is analyzed. 2 TOSSES VIADUCT 2.
Stabilization Method for Floor Projection with a Hip-Mounted Projector

These days, location information services such as map guiding or location awareness are used privately or in business. These services are often used even while moving with cell phones or PDA. However, these mobile terminal devices restrict the use of one hand and demand that a user keep a close watch on the small display. It makes the user difficult to use it when he/she holds or carries some materials in both hands. Also, it may complicate indication of information considering embodiment. To solve the above issues, we propose to project information on the ground from a hip-mounted projector. Furthermore, we propose a projection stabilization method which makes the user easier to look information while walking. Specifically, firstly we detected dominant moving components of the projector which affect viewability of the user by analysis using a simulator. After that, in view of the fact, we implemented an original stabilization method which negates the influence of dominant rotational movement with a gyroscope. As a result of usability test, we confirmed that the proposed stabilization method improved the user viewability.
Polymorphism in GRHL 2 gene may contribute to noise-induced hearing loss susceptibility : a meta-analysis

a Nanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of HIV/AIDS/STI Prevention and Control, Jiangsu, China b Southeast University, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Jiangsu, China c Nanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Health Division, Jiangsu, China d Nanjing Zhongyangmen Community Health Service Center, Kang’ai Hospital, Center of Diagnosis and Treatment for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, Jiangsu, China
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE POWER DIVIDER FOR X-AND KU-BAND APPLICATION

In This paper, mainly focused on design and implementation of substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and its components for Xand Kuband applications. The components investigated are SIW 1×2 power divider and SIW 1×3 power divider by using commercial simulation tool Ansoft HFSS. The E-field distribution, magnitude and phase response have been studied. Both power dividers exhibit equal amplitude with uniform phase characteristics at the respective output port. The SIW 1×2 power divider has the return loss below -15 dB over the band of 10.8-14.9 GHz and insertion loss is approximately -3.46 dB and that of for 1×3 power divider return loss is below -15 dB over the band ranging from 11.2 15 GHz and insertion loss is approximately -4.88 dB is achieved. Moreover, the proposed components are low profile, light weight and can be easily integrated to planar circuits. Keywords—microwave components, substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) power divider.
Program annotation in XML : a parser-based approach

In this paper we describe a technique that can be used to annotate source code with syntactic tags in XML format. This is achieved by modifying the parser generator bison to emit these tags for an arbitrary grammar. We also discuss an immediate application of this technique, a portable modification of the gcc compiler, that allows for XML output for C, Objective C, C++ and Java programs. While our approach does not have the same semantic richness as other approaches, it does have the advantage of being language independent, and thus re-usable in a number of different domains.
A study on binarization for degraded historical document

Article History Published Online: 22 Dec 2018 Binarization is one of the very initial and important step in image processing. In OCR systems also binarization is necessary as a part of image enhancement. This paper presents study on binarization of degraded historical documents. As our rich heritage and culture can be unveiled and understood from the old and ancient documents, OCR for oldest scripts is a today’s need. Old ancient available documents are mostly in degraded form. This paper presents study on binarization of degraded historical documents and notes the observations as there are many different and approaches followed to achieve better binarization of historical documents. Methods studied and presented in this paper yields good results but for specific type of documents.
Impact of Acculturation on Body Mass Index in Haitians

Longer term immigrants residing in the United States exhibit physical health decline related to higher body mass index (BMI). Theories on immigrant acculturation have been used to examine health patterns by length of stay in the United States. The purpose of this cross-sectional study, guided by the Schwartz model of acculturation, was to examine the effect of acculturation and length of stay in the United States on BMI in a sample of Haitian immigrants living in a northeast metropolitan area. The research question was developed to examine the effects of acculturation and how long immigrants reside in the United States on BMI. The Participants included a convenience sample of 116 Haitian men and women, aged 18 years and older, who had relocated to the United States for 3 years or more. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and medical records from a participating health clinic and then analyzed by conducting multiple linear regression statistical analyses. Results revealed that acculturation, length of stay in the United States, age, gender, and physical activity were not significant predictors of BMI change. An ancillary analysis using the subscales of acculturation revealed similar results. This study may provide positive social change by enabling health providers to understand the beliefs, values, and practices of Haitian immigrant groups and the acculturation pattern of individuals when providing care for this population.
L.S. Fainzilberg, T.J. Bekler

Diseases of the cardiovascular system have long been in the lead among the most dangerous diseases, and their untimely diagnosis remains one of the major causes of disability and death of working-age population. Today 3/4 of the population of Ukraine suffers from cardiovascular disease, and in 62.5% of cases it causes death, which is much higher than in developed countries [1]. In recent years, these diseases have become significantly "younger". Only in 10 years in Ukraine the incidence of coronary heart disease has doubled [2].
High-voltage self-aligned p-channel DMOS-IGBTs in 4 H-SiC

SiC power MOSFETs designed for blocking voltages of 10 kV and higher face the problem of high drift layer resistance that gives rise to a high internal power dissipation in the ON-state. For this reason, the ON-state current density must be severely restricted to keep the power dissipation below the package limit. We have designed, optimized, and fabricated high-voltage SiC p-channel doubly-implanted metal–oxide–semiconductor insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) on 20-kV blocking layers for use as the next generation of power switches. These IGBTs exhibit significant conductivity modulation in the drift layer, which reduces the ON-state resistance. Assuming a 300 W/cm power package limit, the maximum currents of the experimental IGBTs are 1.2× and 2.1× higher than the theoretical maximum current of a 20-kV MOSFET at room temperature and 177 ◦C, respectively.
Systemic Risk Monitor 1 . 0 : A Network Approach

In this paper, we introduce a new risk management tool focused on network connectivity between financial institutions. This tool will enable banks to better understand the counterparty risks faced by their counterparties and themselves. Additionally, our methodology cuts to the heart of the problem of systemic risk measurement and assessment. Our toolkit, which we call the Systemic Risk Monitor (SRM), will be indispensable for regulators seeking to fulfill their mandates to avoid banking crises.
Protective effect of Garlic against lead acetate toxicity in some biochemical and histopathological parameters in rats

The aim of this study is to assess the effects of lead acetate toxicity on liver and kidney functions and to evaluate the protective effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) on liver and kidney. Forty adult Wistar albino male rats of approxaimatey same age 8 weeks old were randomly divided into four equal groups as follows; Animals in control group (CG) served as the control group and treated with distilled water. Animals in lead groups (LG) and lead with garlic group (LGG) were received lead acetate orally, in a dose of 50 mg/ kg b.w. / day. Group LGG animals were, in addition to lead acetate, treated with 500 mg/kg/rat of aqueous extract of garlic. Garlic group GG treated with 500 mg/ kg/ rat aqueous extract of garlic. All treatments were for 8 weeks. Then the blood sample was collected from heart puncture to estimate serum creatinine, alkaline phosphatase and malondialdehyde levels and the liver and kidney were removed for histopathological study. The results showed that the administration of lead acetate to the rats in LG caused a significant increase (P<0.05) in creatinine, alkaline phosphatase, and malondialdehyde (MDA) compared with the CG. Meanwhile the LGG show significant decrease (P<0.05) in their values compared with LG. LGG and GG groups showed no significant (P<0.05) difference in creatinine, alkaline phosphatase, and malondialdehyde concentration compared with CG after 8 weeks of the experiment. The histopathological changes in liver of LG revealed perivascular mono nuclear cell infiltration with congestion and vacuolar degeneration while the kidney showed vacuolar degeneration changes and necrosis, and glomerular atrophy. Using garlic as a protective agent with lead acetate in LGG group revealed a good protective effect of garlic observed as decrease in cellular infiltrate with no dilatation or congestion was noticed. Kidney architecture became near to normal histology. Also no histopathological changes were observed in both CG and GG groups.It could be concluded that Garlic can decreased the damage of liver cells and kidney from oxidative effect induced by lead, and it is dependent on their antioxidant effects. قولا ةيلاعفلا ا وثلا صلختسمل ةيئ ريثأتو صاصرلا تلاخب ممستلا دض م ه تارابتخلاا ضعب ىلع ةيجسنلا ةيضرملاو ةيويحوميكلا ناذرجلا يف
Balance between Cultural Features and Service Design in International Theme Parks

This paper’s objective is to create an evaluation model to analyze the cultural characteristics in service design of international theme parks through content and spatial correlation analysis. It argues that cultural characteristics such as landscape and soft service are some of the most important elements of success in service design. Instead of evaluating moving time, wait time, and visitors’ preferences, we focused on analyzing prototypical forms of cultural elements in theme parks such as landscape, and types of attractions, experience sections, restaurants, and shops. These elements were then translated into proportion to generate quantified values, which were then compared with other theme parks to analyze the differences of cultural characteristics among international theme parks. As the generated visualization shows, our model suggested that all six international Disneyland parks have different cultural characteristic proportions. This model can allow designers to find hidden cultural aspects during the development of service design development. Therefore, this paper contributes to the ability of developing service design to utilize various cultural characteristics when building new and reorganizing existing theme parks.
MODAL ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX TURBULENT FLOW

Three-dimensional turbulent flow is highly complex and few investigations have focused on the use of modal decompositions to characterise important physical phenomena and interactions. In this paper, we consider the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD). We show how the correlation matrix which is needed for POD can be re-used in the computation of the DMD modes. After two introductory examples, we focus on modal decompositions of a complex turbulent flow around a wall-mounted finite cylinder at Re = 2 ·105. Finally, the usefulness of both decompositions is discussed. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The analysis of the dynamics in turbulent flow is still a major challenge due to the unsteady, three-dimensional and stochastic nature of turbulence. It is important to characterise and quantify the properties of turbulence, so that desired and undesired effects such as strong mixing or high drag, can be identified, understood and possibly controlled. A method based analysis is indispensable because of the complex spatial and temporal interaction in turbulent flow. Here, modal decompositions are used to analyse the data, which can subsequently be used for the development of low-dimensional models which capture the essential flow physics. Two different types of modal analysis are considered, namely the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and the Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD). We show how the correlation matrix which is needed for POD can be re-used in the computation of the DMD modes. Both methods are applied to the turbulent flow field around a finite circular cylinder mounted on a ground plate. The results of the conceptually different approaches (POD and DMD) are compared in order to examine their strengths and weaknesses. MODAL DECOMPOSITION The main goal in this paper is the extraction of (largescale) coherent motion from a given data set. To this end modal decomposition techniques are used to analyse the spatial structure and temporal evolution separately. Starting point is a set ofN flow fields obtained by experiment or simulation. For simplicity, consider the fluctuating part (around the mean) of an equidistantly (with timestep ∆t) sampled velocity vector field u(x, t). The N snapshotsu j = u(xi, t j) are assembled columnwise in aP×N data matrix U = [
Use of Evolutionary Computation in the Analysis and Optimisation of Turbulence Models

The identification of the perfect set of parameters for a turbulence model in a flow simulation is a rather elaborate process and therefore users tend to run their computations using standard values taken from literature. These do not always give the best results in all cases. In order to automate the process of finding optimized values, an evolutionary approach is introduced here. A better set of parameters is evolved using genetic algorithms. It is explained how they works and results obtained on different test cases using different turbulence models are presented. The test results show a clear improvement of the accuracy of a simulation when the new values are used in the model.
Revision 2 1 Spin and valence states of iron in Al-bearing silicate glass at high 2 pressures studied by synchrotron Mössbauer and X-ray emission 3 spectroscopy 4

25 High-pressure synchrotron Mössbauer (SMS) and X-ray emission (XES) spectroscopic 26 measurements were conducted to investigate the spin and valence states of iron in 27 (Al,Fe)-bearing magnesium silicate glass (Mg0.79Fe0.10Al0.10Si0.96O3) up to 126 GPa and 28 300 K. By analyzing the Fe Kβ emission spectra using the integrated relative difference 29 (IRD) method which accounts for the spectral broadening effects, the derived total spin 30 momentum (S) of the iron in the glass shows no observable changes with pressure within 31 the experimental uncertainties. A two-doublet fitting model representing two diverse 32 local iron atomic environments was used to satisfactorily simulate the high-pressure SMS 33 spectra of iron in the glass. The doublet with an averaged quadrupole splitting (QS) value 34 of 1.94(±0.25) mm/s and chemical shift (CS) of 1.02(±0.25) mm/s at ambient conditions 35 was assigned to be high-spin Fe, whereas the second doublet with QS = 0.83(±0.25) 36 mm/s and CS = 0.49(±0.25) mm/s was assigned to be high-spin Fe. Increasing pressure 37 continuously elevates the QS of Fe from approximately 2 mm/s at ambient pressure to 38 3.5 mm/s at 126 GPa, while Fe only exhibits a slight increase in the QS to 1.34(±0.25) 39 mm/s. Comparing with previous experimental and theoretical studies on the local 40 geometries and hyperfine parameters of silicate glasses and minerals, we conclude that 41 the occurrence of the extremely high QS of Fe in our glass above approximately 40-50 42 GPa can be associated with the enhanced density and diverse distortions and geometries 43 of the local Fe environments. Our combined XES and SMS results show that both Fe 44 and Fe ions in Al-bearing silicate remain in the high-spin state, rather than undergoing a 45 spin-pairing transition as proposed previously. Assuming that the silicate glass results can 46 Mao et al., High P-T Study of Al-bearing Silicate Glass 3 3 be used as an analog for understanding silicate melts, our results here indicate that iron 47 ions likely experience significant changes in the local environments yet remain overall in 48 the high-spin state in silicate melts at the extreme pressure and temperature conditions of 49 the deep mantle. 50