Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Workload Characterization of Tizen Based Consumer Electronics

In this work, we explore IO characteristics of the Tizen based smartphone to provide insights for optimizing the IO performance and the IO system design in Tizen based Consumer Electronics. Summary of our findings are as follows: 90% of all write IOs are synchronous, 75% of all write accesses are by SQLite, 85% of all IOs are random accesses, and 90% of all writes are in synchronous IO mode. RUA (Recently Updated Application) manager, which is called at the beginning of every application, generates 18 write IOs to update rua.db file. Keywords— Tizen; Smartphone; IO workload characterization
Prevalence and Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in a North Indian Rural Population : A Community Based Study

Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is used worldwide as a tool to predict the future risk of development of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Prevalence of MetS is increasing globally and now it has started rising in the rural populations as well. Therefore realizing its significance, we determined the prevalence of MetS in a rural population. Methods: 1700 subjects (males 818, females 882) with age ≥ 20 years were recruited from two districts of Haryana state. Socio-demographic data was collected by house to house survey of randomly selected subjects and anthropometric variables [height, weight, Waist-Circumference (WC), and hip circumference] including Blood Pressure (BP) were measured. Blood samples were collected after overnight fasting and analyzed for Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) and lipid profile. Results: In our study, the prevalence of MetS was 26.6% (95% CI: 24.6 28.8%); higher in females (38.2%) than males (14.2%). Prevalence of components of MetS in females and males was as follows: increased WC, 51% and 19.3%; low HDL cholesterol, 88.7% and 32.3%; high triglycerides, 28.2% and 31.8%; raised BP, 47.7% and 52.1% and raised FPG, 42.4%, and 53.1% respectively. Waist height ratio (WHtR) was found to be the strongest predictor of MetS, followed by raised FPG, raised triglycerides, hypertension (HTN), high waist hip ratio (WHR), low HDL cholesterol, female sex and obesity. Conclusions: There was a high prevalence of MetS in a rural population indicating towards impending epidemic of T2DM and CVD.
Fast Detection of Airports on Remote Sensing Images with Single Shot MultiBox Detector

This paper introduces a method for fast airport detection on remote sensing images (RSIs) using Single Shot MultiBox Detector (SSD). To our knowledge, this could be the first study which introduces an end-to-end detection model into airport detection on RSIs. Based on the common low-level features between natural images and RSIs, a convolution neural network trained on large amounts of natural images was transferred to tackle the airport detection problem with limited annotated data. To deal with the specific characteristics of RSIs, some related parameters in the SSD, such as the scales and layers, were modified for more accurate and rapider detection. The experiments show that the proposed method could achieve 83.5% Average Recall at 8 FPS on RSIs with the size of 1024*1024. In contrast to Faster R-CNN, an improvement on AP and speed could be obtained.
The Development of Learning Management System Using Edmodo

The development of Learning Management System (LMS) can be used as an online learning media by managing the teacher in delivering the material and giving a task. This study aims to: 1) to know the validity of learning devices using LMS with Edmodo, 2) know the student’s response to LMS implementation using Edmodo, and 3) to know the difference of the learning outcome that is students who learned by using LMS with Edmodo and Direct Learning Model (DLM). This research method is quasi experimental by using control group pretest-posttest design. The population of the study was the student at SMKN 1 Sidoarjo. Research sample X TITL 1 class as control goup, and X TITL 2 class as experimental group. The researcher used scale rating to analyze the data validity and students’ respon, and t-test was used to examine the difference of learning outcomes with significant 0.05. The result of the research shows: 1) the average learning device validity use Edmodo 88.14%, lesson plan validity is 92.45%, pretest-posttest validity is 89.15%, learning material validity is 84.64%, and affective and psychomotor-portfolio observation sheets validity is 86.33 included very good criteria or very suitable to be used for research; 2) the result of students’ response questionnaire after taught by using LMS with Edmodo 86.03% in very good category and students agreed that Edmodo can be used in learning; and 3) the learning outcome of LMS by using Edmodo with DLM are: a) there are significant difference of the student cognitive learning outcome which is taught by using Edmodo with the student who use DLM. The average of student learning outcome that is taught LMS using Edmodo is 81.69 compared to student with DLM outcome 76.39, b) there is difference of affective learning outcome that is taught LMS using Edmodo compared to student using DLM. The average of student learning outcomeof affective that is taught LMS by using Edmodo is 83.50 compared students who use DLM 80.34, and c) there is difference of student psychomotor learning outcome that is taught with LMS using Edmodo compared student who use DLM. The average of student learning outcome that is taught with LMS using Edmodo is 85.60 compared to student who uses DLM 82.31.
Phytochemistry, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Studies of Endosperm Tissues of Cocos nucifera L

The phytochemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial potency of endosperm tissues of C. nucifera were investigated. The phytochemical constituents were revealed to include phenols (0.19 %), flavonoids (0.53 %), alkaloids (0.29 %), tannins (0.18 %) and saponins (0.35 %). Vitamins contents were ascorbic acid (0.08 %), riboflavin (0.27 %), niacin (0.66 %), β-carotenoid (0.03 %) and thiamine (0.18 %). Proximate compositions were moisture (22.33 %), ash (7.76 %), crude protein (11.59 %), crude fibre (12.79 %) and lipids (41.16 %). Mineral constituents detected were calcium (2.87 %), magnesium (0.27 %), potassium (0.53 %), sodium (0.18 %), phosphorus (0.23 %), iron (0.39 %), copper (0.005 %) and zinc (0.007 %). The endosperm tissue extract of C. nucifera showcased significant free radical scavenging activity (using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl method) at minimum and maximum concentrations of 4.0 and 20.0 mg/mL (38.2 – 64.4 %) using ascorbic acid as a standard free radical scavenger (40.4 – 89.6 %). The extract also exhibited potent antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium notatum. Ciprofloxacin was used as an antimicrobial standard. The in vitro bioprotective properties demonstrated by the extract of C. nucifera endosperm tissues could be as a result of the presence of certain vitamins and phytochemicals.
Revisiting the ENL-ESL-EFL continuum: A multifactorial approach to grammatical aspect in spoken Englishes

Abstract This study focuses on the progressive vs. non-progressive alternation to revisit the debate on the ENL-ESL-EFL continuum (i.e. whether native (ENL) and nonnative (ESL/EFL) Englishes are dichotomous types of English or form a gradient continuum). While progressive marking is traditionally studied independently of its unmarked counterpart, we examine (i) how the grammatical contexts of both constructions systematically affect speakers’ constructional choices in ENL (American, British), ESL (Indian, Nigerian and Singaporean) and EFL (Finnish, French and Polish learner Englishes) and (ii) what light speakers’ varying constructional choices bring to the continuum debate. Methodologically, we use a clustering technique to group together individual varieties of English (i.e. to identify similarities and differences between those varieties) based on linguistic contextual features such as AKTIONSART, ANIMACY, SEMANTIC DOMAIN (of aspect-bearing lexical verb), TENSE, MODALITY and VOICE to assess the validity of the ENL-ESL-EFL classification for our data. Then, we conduct a logistic regression analysis (based on lemmas observed in both progressive and non-progressive constructions) to explore how grammatical contexts influence speakers’ constructional choices differently across English types. While, overall, our cluster analysis supports the ENL-ESL-EFL classification as a useful theoretical framework to explore cross-variety variation, the regression shows that, when we start digging into the specific linguistic contexts of (non-)progressive constructions, this classification does not systematically transpire in the data in a uniform manner. Ultimately, by including more than one statistical technique into their exploration of the continuum, scholars could avoid potential methodological biases.
A Study on the Conflicts in Information Hiding Security

The digital information revolution has brought profound changes into our society and life. The prevalence of digital media and Internet has generated great challenges as well as opportunities for innovation. Digital products copyright protection, information content security and security communication make information hiding a new science and art in the information security field. In the steganalysis part, a steganography security statistic attack model and methods for some steganography methods are presented. According to the presented steganalysis model, a steganalysis method based on statistical filtering and complexity is designed. Experimental results show that they can reveal the facts that there is information embedded in the image for general substitution systems.
IN TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER SELF- CALIBRATION

aFaculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia bFaculty of Geoinformation & Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia cSchool of Civil Engineering & Surveying, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Article history Received 6 April 2015 Received in revised form 12 August 2015 Accepted 23 August 2015
SHIPT: Simultaneous Humanoid Identification, Prediction, and Tracking

The problem of automatically identifying humans in a space, tracking their motions, and predicting future locations in real time has not been attempted in the current literature. We propose a system to do this, by establishing a network of cameras, using depth subtraction with noise reduction to obtain person floor coordinates, tracking those coordinates across multiple cameras and frames, and then using LSTMs to predict future positions. At single timestep location prediction, we achieve an accuracy of 64.1 %, over ten points better than the best applicable baseline. Over 30 timesteps (in our model, two seconds into the future), we achieve an average error of only 2.19 meters.
Workload Analysis Tool for DNA Sequence Benchmark

The recent surge in the amount of genomic data created the need for high performance computing system and storage system to process the data. In this paper, we propose I/O workload analysis tool for bioinformatics application to find efficient configuration of storage system. In our experiment, we used I/O workload analysis tool to evaluate genome analysis pipeline, which analyzes sequence reads data, and analyzed I/O workload information from the experiment.
Evaluation of HIV and AIDS workplace programs in government-owned secondary schools in Tanzania

BACKGROUND The government of Tanzania mandated HIV/AIDS workplace interventions in 2006, with the objective of reducing the spread of HIV and supporting workers living with HIV/AIDS. The policy directs public institutions to design and implement workplace programs covering HIV prevention, care and treatment. This study evaluated implementation of the program in Morogoro Municipal Council and its effects among secondary school teachers. METHODS We conducted in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with key informants purposively selected from the Morogoro Municipal Council and secondary schools, and a review of relevant documents. RESULTS The structures through which HIV/AIDS workplace activities were to be assessed and implemented, including a situation assessment, HIV/AIDS workplace committees and resource allocation, had not been put in place or had been given insufficient resources or priority. Therefore, very few HIV/AIDS activities had been implemented, and almost all of those at the Morogoro Municipal headquarters. The few activities that had been implemented, such as awareness sessions and peer education, had minimal reach and effectiveness. CONCLUSION Teachers are a high-risk group for HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, and the HIV/AIDS workplace program was conceived as a strategy to prevent and mitigate the adverse effects of HIV/AIDS among teachers and other workers. We found that the HIV/AIDS workplace programs had not been implemented sufficiently in Morogoro Municipal secondary schools to make an impact on workers. We recommend better dissemination of the guidelines, stronger leadership and accountability, and representation by workers living with HIV to improve implementation of HIV/AIDS workplace activities.
P o S ( T I P P 2 0 1 4 ) 1 8 4 A fast , low-power , multichannel 6-bit ADC ASIC with data

The multichannel 6-bit ADC ASIC with data serialisation was designed in view of readout systems in future HEP experiments. The first prototype was designed and fabricated in CMOS 130 nm technology. The main components are: 8 channels of fast, very low power (∼0.35 mW per channel) 6-bit SAR ADCs, data serialisation circuitry based on ultra-low power internal PLL, and fast SLVS I/O differential interface. The nominal ADC sampling frequency is 40 MHz but the operation up to 80 MHz is possible. The ultra-low power (<1 mW) PLL was designed to generate clock in a wide frequency range of 20 MHz–1.6 GHz. The SLVS interface was designed for data rates above 1 GHz. Various modes of data serialisation were implemented, the main three are: test mode – with 6 bits from the selected ADC sent to six SLVS differential outputs; partial serialisation – when output bits of each ADC are serialised, with frequency multiplied six times by PLL, into one dedicated SLVS output; full serialisation – when output of all bits (6) of all ADCs (8) are serialised into single SLVS output. It was verified that all modes are fully functional. Preliminary measurements showed that the ADC performance, the ENOB in particular, does not depend on the channel or readout mode and is always above 5.75.
Evaluation of Anticipated Performance Index of Certain Tree Species in Virudhunagar , India

In the present study the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) of about fifteen tree species collected from a semi urban area. The study examined ,the air pollution tolerance indices of plant species around three areas of Virudhunagar . The physiological and biochemical parameter ,which are relative to leaf’s water content(RWC) ,ascorbic acid content (AA),total leaf chlorophyll(TCH) and leaf extract PH were used to compute the APTI values.The anticipated performance index (API) of these plant species was also calculated by considering their APTI values together with other socioeconomic and biological parameters . According to API most tolerant plant species for green belt development in Virudhunagar area were identified. Mangifera indica and Ficus relogiosa with highest scoring (69 %) and it was assessed that good for heavy traffic areas or planting along road sides. It was assessed well (% scoring 69) for planting Ficus religiosa and Eugenia jambolana in areas around industries.
imulation of crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficients with data n weighing lysimeters aseendran

Accurate quantification of crop evapotranspiration (ET) is critical to optimizing irrigation water productivity, especially, in the semiarid regions of the world where limited rainfall is supplemented by irrigation for crop production. In this context, cropping system models are potential tools for predicting ET or crop water requirements in agriculture across soils and climates and assist in developing decision support tools for irrigation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of RZWQM2 simulated ET for fully irrigated silage (2006 and 2007) and grain corn (1990) against measured crop water use and soil evaporation with large weighing lysimeters in the Texas High Plains. An extended Shuttleworth and Wallace method was used to estimate potential crop ET (E and T) demand in RZWQM2. The Nimah and Hanks approach was used for crop water uptake and Richard’s Equation for soil water redistribution modeling. Simulations of biomass, leaf area index, soil water storage, and ET were reasonably close to the measured data. Root Mean Squared Deviation (RMSD) for corn biomass was between 1 and 2.1 MT ha−1, LAI between 0.33 and 0.88, water in the soil between 2 and 2.9 cm for a 190 cm soil profile, and actual daily crop ET between 1.0 to 1.5 mm across the three years of measured data. Arithmetic mean deviation (MD) for ET ranged from −0.10 to 0.40 mm. Fallow soil evaporation before and after corn planting was simulated within MD of −0.03–0.003 mm. The crop coefficients (Kc) calculated with measured ET and the short grass or alfalfa crop reference ET methods varied from year to year. The Kc values obtained by using the simulated ET and alfalfa reference ET were close to Kc values using measured ET, within RMSD of 0.17, and could be used to obtain long-term average Kc values for scheduling irrigation. © 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Genetic relationship between heifers and cows fertility and milk yield traits in fi rst-parity Iranian Holstein dairy cows

Relationship between reproductive characteristics of heifers and cows and milk production traits in Iranian primiparous Holstein dairy cows were investigated under a Bayesian approach using data collected from 1995 to 2014. The studied reproductive traits in heifers were success or failure at first insemination (SFH), number of inseminations for conception (INSH), and days to calving (DC). Considered reproductive traits in cows were success or failure at first insemination (SFC), number of insemination for conception (INSC) and days open (DO). Milk production traits were included 305-day adjusted milk yield (MY), fat yield (FY) and protein yield (PY). Linear models were used for the analysis of INSH, DC, INSC and DO, while threshold models were used for SFH and SFC. Direct heritability estimates were0.012, 0.029, 0.049, 0.006, 0.010, 0.039, 0.252, 0.167 and 0.214 for INSH, INSC, OD, DC, SFH, SFC, MY, FY and PY, respectively. Genetic correlation estimates between reproductive traits were high and negative for SFH and SFC with INSH, INSC, OD and DC; varying between 0.991 for INSC-SFC and 0.627 for OD-SFH. Genetic correlation estimates between INSC, INSH, OD and DC were high and positive, varying from 0.638 for INSH-OD to 0.932 for INSC-DC. A positive estimate of 0.613 was obtained for the genetic correlation between SFC and SFH. Genetic and phenotypic correlations between milk production traits were positive and high. Unfavorable genetic correlations were obtained between MY, FY and PY with reproductive traits, varying from 0.617 for SFC-PY to 0.593 for OD-MY. High genetic correlations were found for SFH-SFC (0.613) and INSH-INSC (0.862). The reproductive traits considered in heifers (except for DC) had medium to high genetic correlations with milk production and cow's reproduction traits. Furthermore, reproductive traits of heifers can be measured relatively early in the life. Therefore, it can be concluded that including reproductive traits of heifers in genetic evaluation programs can be useful of Iranian Holsteins. & 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Stroke due to Vasculit is in Children and Adults

The vasculitides are diseases characterized by inflammation of blood vessels and inflammatory leukocytes in vessel walls. There is an increased propensity for ischemic stroke because of the compromise of vessel lumina and distal tissue ischemia, and hemorrhagic stroke and aneurysmal bleeding due to loss of vessel integrity. The revised 2012 Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC) provides a systematic nosology and categorization of primary and secondary vasculitides. Central nervous system (CNS) vasculitides leads to stroke as a result of a single-organ vasculitic syndrome, variably termed primary CNS vasculitis (PCNSV), granulomatous angiitis of the brain, and adult primary angiitis of the CNS (PACNS) or childhood PACNS (cPACNS); and as a secondary consequence of systemic vasculitides. Although applicable to pediatric patients, the CHCC nosology was not specifically designed
Bibliometric analysis of gender issues in fundamental physics

We extract bibliometric data about gender issues in fundamental physics. We do not find significant gender differences in hiring rates, hiring timing, career gaps, citation patterns. We find the well known gender difference in representation, mildly affected by a higher abandonment rate of female authors. Various bibliometric indicators (number of fractionally-counted papers, citations, etc) exhibit a productivity gap at hiring moments, at career level, and without integrating over careers. The gap persists after accounting for confounding factors and manifests as an increasing fraction of male authors going from average to top authors in terms of bibliometric indices, with a shape that can be fitted by different variabilities.
Dr Pamela Zeplin is a writer and artist based in Adelaide. At the University of South Australia she holds the positions of Senior Lecturer in Art and Design History and Theory (South Australian School of Art) and Portfolio

This discussion examines relationships between art academies, residency programmes and wellbeing, using the case study of Indonesian artist Heri Dono who completed a seven-week residency at The South Australian School of Art in 2007, concluding with a major exhibition. However, because of an ‘adverse aviation incident’ in Yogyakarta which suddenly rendered Dono's proposed exhibition work unavailable, the project took on unexpectedly new dimensions. Paradoxically, these adverse circumstances expanded the scope of conventional artist residencies by creating a cross-institutional and cross-cultural enterprise involving four art institutions. Abandoning the unhealthy ethos of individualism and emotional detachment characterising studio art education, students transformed the gallery into a site of spontaneous collaboration and creative risk-taking that robustly addressed socio-political ills, including issues of human rights. This challenged and subverted art institutional mores as well as university health and safety bureaucracy using the form of a giant Trojan horse constructed with sustainable materials and practices. 'Life changing' for some participants, the project created a healthy, if temporary, space of community wellbeing and belonging.
BLOCK-ORIENTED GRAY BOXMODELING OF GUITAR AMPLIFIERS

In this work, analog guitar amplifiers are modeled with an automated procedure using iterative optimization techniques. The digital model is divided into functional blocks, consisting of lineartime-invariant (LTI) filters and nonlinear blocks with nonlinear mapping functions and memory. The model is adapted in several steps. First the filters are measured and afterwards the parameters of the digital model are adapted for different input signals to minimize the error between itself and the analog reference system. This is done for a small number of analog reference devices. Afterwards the adapted model is evaluated with objective scores and a listening test is performed to rate the quality of the adapted models.