Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modeling flood inundation in floodplain of the Jamuna River using HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS

Bangladesh lies at the confluence of world’s three major rivers, namely the Ganges, the Jamuna and the Meghna. In Bangladesh, normally four types of flood expressly river flood, flash flood, tidal flood and storm surge flood appear. The Jamuna River is most vulnerable to river flood. As a low lying country, flood occurs repeatedly in Bangladesh and cause tremendous losses in terms of property and life, particularly in the low land areas. At least 20 % areas are flooded every year and in case of severe flood 68 % areas are inundated. Therefore, the study is carried out to develop flood extend map and flood inundation depth map of the Jamuna River. One dimensional hydraulic model HEC-RAS with HECGeoRAS interface in co-ordination with ArcView is applied for the analysis. The coefficient of determination (R 2 ) has been found as 0.98, 0.97, 0.82 and 0.81 for steady calibration, steady validation, unsteady calibration and unsteady validation respectively. The NSE values have been found greater than 0.60 for both calibration and validation. Among the five frequency analysis distributions, Log Normal distribution is best fitted with the observed discharge data at Bahadurabad station. The results of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 year return period flood frequency analysis based on maximum flow are 65772, 76871, 83519, 91299, 96703 and 101790 m3/sec respectively. The percentages of area inundated by 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100-year return periods floods are 26.12, 46.10, 51.14, 54.63, 56.89 and 59.19% respectively, corresponding to above discharge. The flood inundation area increases with the increase of return period. It followed into the log curve y=249.84ln(x)+1789.3. The classification of flood depth area showed most of the flooding area had water depth between 1.2 m to 3.6 m. The assessment of the flood inundated area showed that 41.99% and 30.83% area are of low land and very low land respectively for the 100-year return period flood. Thus, finding of the study may help in planning and management of flood plain area of the Jamuna River to mitigate future probable disaster through technical approach. Finding of the study may also help to determine suitability of building flood control structure like embankment, detention ponds for prevention purposes. The automated floodplain mapping and analysis using these tools provide more efficient, effective and standardized results and saves time and resources. © 2016 Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. All rights reserved.
English-to-Myanmar Statistical Machine Translation Using a Language Model on Part-of-Speech in Decoding

In this study, we investigate English-to-Mya-nmar statistical machine translation (SMT) by using part-of-speech (POS) as linguistic inform-ation which is valuable for statistical machine translation systems to extract translation rules. This paper presents the POS tagger which is also used as segmenter, how to add POS to the phrase-based SMT and the experiment. The experimental results showed that the baseline SMT with POS that used POS tagged language model could outperform the baseline system in terms of BLEU and RIBES scores.
PREdiaiNq TIlE PRobAbithy of GRAclumiNg: DiffERENCES fOR FREShMEN ANd TRANSFERS AT A METRopolim UNivERsiTy

Differences in the probability of graduating were studied for freshmen and transfer students at a metropolitan university. The study was based on students who arrived at Boise State University for the fall 1989 term (n=2,459) . Of this group, 1,692 were new freshmen, and 767 were new transfers. The two groups were similar in gender and ethnicity. Follow-up groups were formed that included only students who returned for at least one additional semester: 1,121 returning freshmen and 501 returning transfer students. These groups were studied at 4, 6, and 10 years after entry. _Results show that, in general, variables that were highly significant in predicting graduation at 4 years had less impact by the time 10 years had elapsed. The variables that should be included in predicting graduation remained remarkably stable. These were continuous enrollment, mainly full-time enrollment, and first semester grade point averages (GPA) for both freshmen and transfers. Transfer students had an advantage over new freshmen in reaching graduation. Freshmen closed the gap in their probability of graduating over time, but they never fully caught up. This difference was undoubtedly due in part to the number of credits transfer students brought with them. It was probably also the result of less tangible things, such as clearer goals, increased motivation, and prior experience. First semester GPA probably played the most important role in increasing the odds of graduation. This study confirms that attention should be placed on helping students be academically successful their first semester. (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. PREdiaiNq TIlE PRobAbithy of GRAclumiNg: DiffERENCES fOR FREShMEN ANd TRANSFERS AT A METRopolim UNivERsiTy PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY vork TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Marcia J. Belcheir, Ph.D. Coordinator of Institutional Assessment Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, Idaho 83725-1135 Ph: (208)426-1117 e-mail: aoambel(Ooisestate.edu U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and improvement iTED CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) his document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Institutional Research, June 2001, Long Beach, California 2 BEST COPY AVAILAR1 E PREdiaiNq IhE PRobAbilhy of GRAduAriNg: DiffmENcEs foR FREShMEN ANd TRANSFERS AT A MEmopolhAN UNivERshy
New HVDC LCC replica platform to improve the study and maintenance of the IFA 2000 link

The HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) project called IFA2000 for “Interconnexion France Angleterre 2000MW” is an HVDC LCC (Line Commutated Converter) interconnection composed of 2 links 1000 MW each, with DC voltage +/270 kV between France and England operating since 1986. Due to the ageing of the convertors and the obsolescence of the control cubicles, a complete refurbishment of the thyristor valves and the control & protection system of both links have been undertaken in 2011 by Areva T&D. At the same time RTE decided to create a real-time simulation laboratory in order to reinforce its activities in studies, expertise and maintenance of HVDC and FACTS (Flexible Alternative Current Transmission Solution) projects. In 2012, the first Hypersim simulator was installed in the laboratory and in 2013, 3 SVC (Static Var Compensator) physical control system replicas were commissioned. Since that date, the laboratory has continued to growth with the installation of 2 others SVC replicas and 2 HVDC-VSC (Voltage Source Converter) replicas for the FranceSpain project. These new equipment have been extensively used to analyze and solve abnormal behavior of the systems, or to update version of HVDC/SVC control system. In this context, IFA2000 replica has been ordered in 2014 to Alstom Grid. It is a long term investment for IFA2000 control system maintenance and for complex EMT studies requiring a high level of accuracy of the HVDC system. This paper presents the main drivers for RTE to create a real time simulation laboratory regarding its experience of HVDC/SVC control system testing and maintenance. It focuses on the IFA2000 replica project by providing technical description of the replica. The real time model developed to test and validate this platform is also described. Simulation results and real time performances are discussed as well as the impact of this replica on the operation and the maintenance of IFA2000 interconnection.
Zipper-like structures , alternative conformations of DNA in guanine rich regions and importance of cations for their stability

The manufacture of nanostructures from bio-molecules such as DNA strands is an ongoing exploration frontier by a multitude of potential applicati ons in biological complex systems. The analyzed sequences are found in biological systems as or igins of replication of viruses and bacteria. In this paper we report the detailed character iza ion at the atomic level of Guanine-rich DNA that forms zipper-like structures by mole cular mechanics modeling. Models were constructed and these structures minimized, al lowing analysis via molecular mechanics to understand the factors that determines the most stable structure. It was found that the presence of positively charged ions near the G s-rich region of the studied sequences, is critical to the stability of these DNA structu res. In summary, the results allow a better understanding of this system at the molecular level allowing the development of more efficient procedures for the control of the manufacture of zipper-like DNA nanostructures and finding their applications in biological systems.
LDPC-based space-time coded OFDM systems performances over correlated fading channels

In this paper, we consider a space-time coded (STC) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system with multiple transmitter and receiver antennas over correlated frequency- and time-selective fading channels. We propose a maximum-likelihood (ML) receiver for STBC-OFDM systems based on the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. We then propose a low-density parity-check (LDPC)-code-based STC-OFDM system to interface with the EM module. Using this encoder scheme together with the EM-based receiver, we built a novel turbo receiver which is particularly well suited for fast-time varying channels with a modest computational complexity.
Last-Branch and Speculative Pruning Algorithms for Maxn

Previous work in pruning algorithms for maxn multi-player game trees has produced shallow pruning and alpha-beta branch-and-bound pruning. The effectiveness of these algorithms is dependant as much on the range of terminal values found in the game tree as on the ordering of nodes. We introduce last-branch and speculative pruning techniques which can prune any constantsum multi-player game tree. Their effectiveness depends only on node-ordering within the game tree. As b grows large, these algorithms will, in the best case, reduce the branching factor of a nplayer game from b to b(n-1)/n. In Chinese Checkers these methods reduce average expansions at depth 6 from 1.2 million to 100k nodes, and in Hearts and Spades they increase the average search depth by 1-3 ply.
Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education

Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Introduction Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 2. Program Evaluation Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 3. Literature Review Purposes of the Literature Review Resources to Support the Literature Review Reporting the Literature Review Method Aggregating Information for a Literature Review The Integrated Literature Review Questions to Critically Analyze the Literature Review Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 4. Quantitative Research Methods: Questions of Impact Philosophical Assumptions Associated With Quantitative Research Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 5. Other Quantitative Approaches: Casual Comparative, Correlational, Single Case, and Survey Research Causal Comparative and Correlational Research Questions for Critically Analyzing Causal Comparative and Correlational Research Questions for Critically Anaylzing Single-Case Designs Survey Research Questions for Critically Analyzing Survey Research Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 6. Qualitative Methods Definition and Characteristics of Qualitative Methods Importance of Qualitative Methods in Special Education Research Philosophical Assumptions and Methodological Implications in Special Education Research Qualitative Methods and Data Collection Strategies Critically Analyzing Qualitative Research Questions for Critically Analyzing Qualitative Research Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 7. Mixed Methods and Mixed Model Designs Definitions and Characteristics Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 8. Identification and Selection of Research Participants Population and Sample Definition Designing and Selecting Samples Generalizability, External Validity, and Transferability Ethics and Confidentiality Questions for Critically Analyzing Sample Design and Implementation Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 9. Information Collection The Purpose of Information Collection Technical Adequacy of Data Collection Instruments Selecting and Using a Measurement Device Questions for Critically Analyzing Information Collection Strategies and Instruments Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion 10. Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Use Quantitative Data Anaylsis Challenges in Analysis and Interpretation Responses to Analysis and Interpretation Challenges Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation Reporting Research Beyond Reporting: Using Research Results Questions for Critically Analyzing Data Analysis and Interpretation Questions and Activities for Discussion and Application Appendices 1. Federal Definitions for Individuals with Disabilities 2. Data Sources from Extant Data Bases 3. Definitions of Statistical Terms 4. Funding Resources 5. Proposal Outline References Index
Inhibition of RagB gene using herbal compounds in the treatment of primary endodontic pathogenesis caused by Porphyromonas species-An in silico study

Herbal compounds taken from plant extracts are identified having numerous medicinal values and put into use for various treatments. Such compounds are also pave way and helpful in manufacturing such synthetic compounds for commercial use. In this article, about five herbal compounds, namely, allicin, nimbin, mangiferin, punicalin, and alpha-pinene were taken and studied for their efficacy in the treatment of primary endodontic pathogenesis. Almost all of them have antibacterial efficacy and alpha-pinene, outstands having varied application in the field of disease control. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of different herbal compounds on inhibition of RagB gene in the treatment of primary endodontic pathogenesis caused by Porphyromonas species. The three-dimensional (3D) structure of RagB gene protein was downloaded from the RCSB Protein Data Bank and was corrected using “what if ” server. Then, the 3D chemical structures of allicin, nimbin, mangiferin, punicalin, and alpha-pinene were downloaded from PubChem compound database which was followed by analysis of target active binding site; the active binding sites of targets proteins were analyzed using the Bravio Discovery Studio version 2016. Finally, molecular docking analysis was carried out by computerized ligand-target docking approach was used to analyze structural complex of the adhesion protein with allicin, nimbin, mangiferin, punicalin, and alpha-pinene to understand the structural basis of this protein target specificity. Docking was carried out with the help of iGEMDOCK software 2.1 based version. The binding energy indicated the affinity of adhesion protein docked with herbal components. Among the five compounds, alpha-pinene showed the highest negative value which indicates active binding to the target site and also showed the best interaction with target protein based on the root-mean-square deviation values as compared to standards. Porphyromonas gingivalis, an anaerobic, Gram-negative pathogen and the bacterium most associated with chronic periodontitis, demonstrated highest sensitivity to alpha-pinene among the five herbal compounds. Further investigation should be done on more herbal compounds for the prevention and treatment of various endodontic diseases.
Design and experimental study of a practical Osculating Inward Cone

Inlet; Integration design; Inward turning cone; Waverider; Wind tunnel experiment Abstract A design method based on tip to tail streamline tracing and osculating inward cone methods is discussed for designing the integrated Osculating Inward Cone Waverider Inlet (OICWI). A practical geometrical constrained experimental model of OICWI is designed based on the validated design method. It has a total contraction ratio of 4.61 and inner contraction ratio is 2.0. Wind-tunnel tests have been conducted for the OICWI model at free stream Mach number (Ma1) of 4.0, 3.5 and 3.0 respectively. The experimental results show that the OICWI has high flow capture ratio and compression abilities. It can self-start at Ma1 = 3.5 and 4.0 and its flow capture ratio is 0.73 at Ma1 = 4.0, and Angle of Attack (AOA) 0 . The research results show that the OICWI has advantages of inward cone waverider and streamline tracing inlet. Present OICWI is a novel approach for waverider inlet integration studies and it will promote the use of waverider inlet integration configuration in the studies of airbreathing hypersonic vehicles. 2016 Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under theCCBY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Object-Oriented Methods: Pragmatic Considerations

Focusing on implementing procedures, this text offers practical knowledge for building systems using an object-oriented philosophy. It shows how object-oriented methods and techniques can be used to plan, analyze, design, construct and transition systems. The book covers: diagramming techniques used to model system requirements; using design templates to generate object-oriented program code; implementing object-oriented concepts using non-object-oriented implementations; the practice of reusability; standards for object interaction; the future of software; and developing object-oriented and client server systems.
THE NOAH / URBAN CANOPY MODEL IN WRF V 3 . 1 : INPUT PARAMETERS AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS USING THE MOSCEM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM

With the state-of-the-art Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models now able to resolve at the order of 1-4 km to 250 m, the impact of urbanized areas on the atmospheric flow becomes a critical issue. This concern has been highlighted by recent efforts to include a separate representation of urban surfaces in operational mesoscale models (e.g.Taha, 1999; Masson, 2000) or global climate models (Oleson et al., 2008). The objectives here are (1) to analyze in detail, and where possible simplify, the list of input parameters required by the urban parameterization implemented in the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF), and (2) to identify the critical parameters whose correct estimation drives the modelling of the Surface Energy Balance (SEB) using the Multiobjective Shuffled Complex Evolution Metropolis (MOSCEM) algorithm of Vrugt et al. (2003).
Spiritual Influence Towards Relapse in Opioid Addicts in Therapy

Introduction: Substance abuse is both a social and public health problem with a substantial burden to society. Opioid dependence results in unemployment, crimes, family disruption, and transmission of diseases. In Malaysia, methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) has been introduced as a harm reduction method. However, relapse during treatment remains an issue to be resolved that hinders successful outcome in the therapy. Spirituality in the treatment of substance abuse disorders has yet to be fully explored. This study aims to examine how MMT clients who relapsed perceive spiritual deficits as an influence and association of spiritual practice with relapse. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study done from June-July 2016. All MMT clients undergoing therapy at 3 treatment centers in Terengganu, Malaysia who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria and consented were included in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was filled via face to face interview and spiritual practice was assessed using Hatta Islamic Religiosity Scale. 121 questionnaires were assessed and data was analyzed using SPSS version 22 for quantitative data. Results: All respondents were males of Malay race and Islamic religion. Current relapse, defined as any episode of intake of opioid for the past one month after a period of abstinence was 34%. Only three out of 42 clients who relapsed had some spirituality theme in their perceived cause of their relapse. However, a significant majority of those relapsed had a spiritual practice score of less than the mean practice score. Conclusion: Relapse in opioid addiction remains high in those receiving MMT in Terengganu, Malaysia. Spirituality may have a subconscious influence towards relapse in addiction in MMT clients. Further effort should be taken to inculcate spirituality intervention effective to prevent relapse which may contribute towards achieving a more successful therapy outcomes.
@toread and Cool : Tagging for Time, Task and Emotion

This paper examines the use of non subject related tags in three social bookmarking tools (Del.icio.us, Connotea and Citeulike). Previous studies of Del.icio. us and Citeulike determined that many common tags are not directly subject related but are in fact affective tags dwelling on a user's emotional response to a document or are time and task related tags related to a users current projects or activities. A set of non subject tags from the previous studies was used to collect posts with non subject tags from the three listed social bookmarking tools. These tags have been analysed to examine their role in the tagging process. (Paper is available from http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1947/)
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease Hypoplasia of the small pulmonary arteries in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with obstructed pulmonary venous drainage

Methods: Ten total anomalous pulmonary venous connection patients with preoperative pulmonary venous obstruction between the ages of 2 days and 10 months were studied. As histological parameters, we assessed the size of small pulmonary arteries in relation to the size of accompanying bronchioles to identify small pulmonary artery underdevelopment. Other parameters, such as the radial alveolar count, which reflects alveolar maturity, intimal lesions, lymphangiectasia, and the medial thickness of small pulmonary arteries and small pulmonary veins, were also examined. As a control group, we examined 24 autopsy cases with no congenital heart or pulmonary disease.
Updated NGA-West 2 Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Active Tectonic Regions Worldwide

We used an expanded PEER NGA-West2 database to develop a new ground motion prediction equation (GMPE) for the average (RotD50) horizontal components of PGA, PGV, and 5%-damped pseudo-absolute acceleration response spectra at 21 periods ranging from 0.01 to 10 s. In addition to those terms included in our now superseded 2008 GMPE, we include a more-detailed hanging-wall model, scaling with hypocentral depth and fault dip, regionally independent geometric attenuation, regionally dependent anelastic attenuation and site conditions, and magnitudedependent aleatory variability. The NGA-West2 database provides better constraints on both magnitude-scaling and distance-attenuation of small-magnitude earthquakes and anelastic attenuation at large distances, where our 2008 GMPE was known to be biased. We consider our new GMPE to be valid for estimating ground motions from worldwide shallow continental earthquakes in active tectonic regions for magnitudes ranging from 3.3 to 7.5–8.5, depending on source mechanism, and rupture distances ranging from 0–300 km.