Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH-RISE STEEL MRFS WITH OUTRIGGER AND BELT TRUSSES THROUGH NONLINEAR DYNAMIC FE SIMULATIONS

The work reported herein summarizes the results of a series of nonlinear dynamic FE analyses devoted to assess the main criticalities in the seismic response of high-rise steel MRFs with outrigger and belt trusses. Thirtyand sixty-storey planar frames, extracted from reference three-dimensional structures composed of an internal one-way braced core, are designed in accordance with European rules. The core consists of a CBF system, while outriggers are placed every fifteen stories to limit inter-storey drifts and second order effects. FE models able to account for material and geometric nonlinearities have been developed within an open source FE code, using inelastic force-based fiber elements to model structural members and equivalent nonlinear links to reproduce the behaviour of bolted beam-column joints and welded gusset-plate connections. Out-of-plane imperfections are explicitly included in the braces to allow for potential buckling mechanisms in both braces and gusset plates. NLTHAs have been performed, in comparison with response spectrum analysis, aiming to quantify the potential of such systems, when included in the lateral-force resisting system of modern highrise steel MRFs. Global and local performance have been investigated in terms of inter-storey drift and acceleration peak profiles and axial force-displacement curves and static-to-seismic load ratios in critical braces at different floor levels. Sensitivity to the structure height has been explored by comparing the response of the two prototype MRFs. Trends are discussed to show that, if accurately designed and detailed, these structural systems provide an optimum combination of stiffness and strength.
East Asian Currency Area: A Fuzzy Clustering Analysis of Homogeneity

This paper attempts to examine the degree of homogeneity and the plausibility of a currency union in East Asia from the perspective of multiple OCA criteria, using the technique of fuzzy clustering analysis. The question of homogeneity is obviously of importance to the smooth formation and operation of the prospective currency union. We find that East Asia has not been sufficiently homogeneous and can be divided into about four groups with significant degree of fuzziness. We find no notable trend of convergence from the data. In fact, East Asian has appeared to be more diverged since the onset of the regional financial crisis. Thus, we suspect the possibility of forming a currency union in East Asia in the near future.
HETEROGENEITY MEASUREMENT BASED ON DISTANCE MEASURE FOR POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA

Abstract. To effectively test the scene heterogeneity for polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) data, in this paper, the distance measure is introduced by utilizing the similarity between the sample and pixels. Moreover, given the influence of the distribution and modeling texture, the K distance measure is deduced according to the Wishart distance measure. Specifically, the average of the pixels in the local window replaces the class center coherency or covariance matrix. The Wishart and K distance measure are calculated between the average matrix and the pixels. Then, the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean is established for the Wishart and K distance measure, and the two features are defined and applied to reflect the complexity of the scene. The proposed heterogeneity measure is proceeded by integrating the two features using the Pauli basis. The experiments conducted on the single–look and multilook PolSAR data demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for the detection of the scene heterogeneity.
The Design and Implementation of Real-Time Bus Monitoring Based on 4G Mobile Internet

With the rapid growth of vehicles scale in China, the development of public transportation has become an effective way of controlling urban traffic problems. However, the continuous occurrence of public traffic accidents has caused widespread concern in China. Hence, how to efficiently monitor the security status in the bus is becoming a hot research field. In this paper, the H.264 video compression standard and real-time streaming protocol (RTSP) are introduced to achieve real-time transmission of surveillance video. Besides, a real-time bus monitoring system combining with 4G transmission, GPS, FPGA and network camera technologies is designed to achieve real-time bus video monitoring, positioning, and emergence handling. The system is actually tested in two Beijing bus lines, and is proved by practice that the system can effectively improve the efficiency of bus monitoring and positioning with features such as short video set-up time, clear bus video, and accurate bus positioning.
CONTROL OF BURSTING SYNCHRONIZATION IN MAP-BASED NEURAL NETWORKS

1Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Parana, 81531-990, Curitiba, Parana, Brasil, e-mail: viana@fisica.ufp . br 2Departamento de Matematica e Estatistica, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, 84032-900, Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil, e-mail:batista@interponta.com. br 3Departamento de Matematica e Estatistica, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, 84032-900, Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil, e-mail: carlosbatista@interponta.com. br 4Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Parana, 81531-990, Curitiba, Parana, Brasil, viana@fisica.ufp . br, e-mail: lopes@fisica.ufp . br
A Review on Polymeric Nanoparticles: A Promising Novel Drug Delivery System

Polymeric nanoparticles[PNPs] has been considered as a promising drug delivery system for a variety of drugs, anticancer agents, biological macromolecules and vaccines.These nanoparticles are a novel approach and plausible solution for conventional therapeutics, prophylactic and diagnostic options. Polymeric nanoparticles (PNPs) are Nano sized solid particles orparticulate dispersions with size ranging from10nm to 1000nm. With its enormous potential PNPs offers vast scope for researches in this field. This article covers properties of polymeric nanoparticles, its therapeutic applications, polymers used in preparation, method of preparation and characterization. Keywords: Polymeric nanoparticles (PNPs), Polymerization, Drug delivery system.
Thermal Grooving by Surface Diffusion: a Review of Classical Thermo-Kinetics Approach

In polycrystalline materials wherever a grain boundary intersects a free surface and whenever the topographic variation associated with the atomic motion is favored by total free energy dissipation, the material surface grooves. In this review, we focused on the grain boundary grooving by surface diffusion which is an active mechanism at moderate temperatures and for grooves small in size. Starting with a description of the classical thermo-kinetics treatment of the process, we briefly reviewed Mullins’ very first modeling effort with a small slope assumption at the groove root and further considerations regarding finite slopes, different grain geometries, and anisotropic surface free energies. We concluded by giving examples of experimental observations in accord with theoretical calculations. Keywords: Thermal grooving; Grain boundary groove; Surface diffusion DOI: 10.17350/HJSE19030000042 Full Text: Review Article
Improving Lifestyles, Tackling Obesity: The Health and Economic Impact of Prevention Strategies

Overweight and obesity rates have been increasing relentlessly over recent decades in all industrialised countries, as well as in many lower income countries. OECD analyses of trends over time support the grim picture drawn in the international literature and so do projections of overweight and obesity rates over the next ten years. The circumstances in which people have been leading their lives over the past 20-30 years, including physical, social and economic environments, have exerted powerful influences on their overall calorie intake, on the composition of their diets and on the frequency and intensity of physical activity at work, at home and during leisure time. Many countries have been concerned not only about the pace of the increase in overweight and obesity, but also about inequalities in their distribution across social groups, particularly by socio-economic status and by ethnic background. Les taux de surpoids et d’obesite ne cessent d’augmenter depuis plusieurs decennies dans tous les pays industrialises, ainsi que dans beaucoup de pays ayant un revenu plus faible. Les analyses consacrees par l’OCDE aux tendances structurelles confirment le sombre tableau qui a ete brosse dans les publications internationales, tout comme le font les previsions etablies sur les taux de surpoids et d’obesite pour les dix prochaines annees. Les conditions dans lesquelles vivent les individus depuis vingt ou trente ans, notamment sur le plan materiel, social et economique, ont tres fortement influe sur leur ration calorique globale, la composition de leur alimentation, ainsi que la frequence et l’intensite de leur activite physique au travail, a la maison et pendant les loisirs. Beaucoup de pays sont preoccupes non seulement par le rythme auquel progressent le surpoids et l’obesite, mais aussi par le caractere inegal de leur repartition entre les categories sociales, en particulier selon la situation socioeconomique et l’origine ethnique.
Explaining Bond and Equity Premium Puzzles Jointly in a DSGE Model

We introduce costly firm-entry a la Bilbiie et al. (2012) into a New Keynesian model with Epstein-Zin preferences and show that it can jointly account for a high mean value of bond and equity premium without compromising the fit of the model to first and second moments of key macroeconomic variables. In the standard New Keynesian model without entry it is easy to generate inflation risks on long-term nominal bonds when placing high coefficient on the output gap in the Taylor rule. Our model is able to generate inflation risks when the coefficient on the output gap is small. In the entry model real risks are lower and inflation risks are ceteris paribus higher than in the standard New Keynesian model without entry due to the appearance of new varieties that help households smooth their consumption better.
Preparation of magnetic cobalt fibres and their microwave properties

A novel method for preparing short magnetic metal fibres is proposed. In this method, compounds of magnetic metal are reduced in a hot liquid polyol, and the reducing agent is the polyol itself. As the reaction takes place, a constant magnetic field is applied to induce the growth of metal fibres. Using this method, magnetic cobalt fibres of a diameter down to 1.2 µm were successfully prepared. The prepared cobalt fibres had a narrow diameter distribution and a low degree of agglomeration, and their diameters could be easily controlled by changing the reaction temperature. Using the transmission/reflection waveguide method, the complex permeability and permittivity of cobalt fibre-epoxy resin composites were measured in the frequency range of 8.2-12.4 GHz. The results of the measurements show that cobalt fibres present magnetic loss at microwave frequency, and that the microwave permeability and permittivity of cobalt fibres decrease as the diameter increases.
Skin in the Game and Moral Hazard

What determines securitization levels, and should they be regulated? To address these questions we develop a model where originators can exert unobservable effort to increase expected asset quality, subsequently having private information regarding quality when selling ABS to rational investors. Absent regulation, originators may signal positive information via junior retentions or commonly adopt low retentions if funding value and price informativeness are high. Effort incentives are below first-best absent regulation. Optimal regulation promoting originator effort entails a menu of junior retentions or one junior retention with size decreasing in price informativeness. Zero retentions and opacity are optimal among regulations inducing zero effort.
Exploring corner transfer matrices and corner tensors for the classical simulation of quantum lattice systems

In this paper we explore the practical use of the corner transfer matrix and its higher-dimensional generalization, the corner tensor, to develop tensor network algorithms for the classical simulation of quantum lattice systems of infinite size. This exploration is done mainly in one and two spatial dimensions (1d and 2d). We describe a number of numerical algorithms based on corner matri- ces and tensors to approximate different ground state properties of these systems. The proposed methods make also use of matrix product operators and projected entangled pair operators, and naturally preserve spatial symmetries of the system such as translation invariance. In order to assess the validity of our algorithms, we provide preliminary benchmarking calculations for the spin-1/2 quantum Ising model in a transverse field in both 1d and 2d. Our methods are a plausible alternative to other well-established tensor network approaches such as iDMRG and iTEBD in 1d, and iPEPS and TERG in 2d. The computational complexity of the proposed algorithms is also considered and, in 2d, important differences are found depending on the chosen simulation scheme. We also discuss further possibilities, such as 3d quantum lattice systems, periodic boundary conditions, and real time evolution. This discussion leads us to reinterpret the standard iTEBD and iPEPS algorithms in terms of corner transfer matrices and corner tensors. Our paper also offers a perspective on many properties of the corner transfer matrix and its higher-dimensional generalizations in the light of novel tensor network methods.
Genetic diversity of Brazilian Brahman cattle by pedigree analysis

The objective of this work was to evaluate the genetic diversity of Brahman cattle in Brazil with pedigree analysis. Genealogical records of a subpopulation were used considering all pedigree information (Pt) and the pedigree information divided into two periods (P1, from 1994 to 2004; and P2, from 2005 to 2012) or according to the raising system (Ppt, animals on pasture; or Pst, on stable). Estimates were obtained for average inbreeding coefficients, generation intervals (GI), number of equivalent known generation (CGE), number of founders (Nf), effective number of founders (fe), effective number of ancestors (fa), and founder genome equivalents (fg). The average inbreeding coefficients were 11.97, 7.79, 11.95, 11.74, and 11.31% for Pt, P1, P2, Ppt, and Pst, respectively. Average GI was 4.4 years, whereas CGE was 3.18. The fe values were similar to those of fa, which were greater than those of fg. The fe/fa and fg/fe ratios were close to 1, which indicates no genetic bottleneck and small losses by genetic drift. The genetic diversity in the Brazilian population of Brahman breed is not significantly reduced.
Ontogeny and Autecology of an Early Cretaceous Trigoniide Bivalve from Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Understanding ontogenetic variation is fundamental for adequate species definition and is the key for recognizing evolutionary relevant processes like heterochrony or developmental constraints. The larval and post-larval shell ontogeny and the ecology of the trigoniide bivalve Myophorella garatei are described in this paper. The species occurs in offshore transition facies of the late Valanginian Pilmatué Member of the Agrio Formation in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. The larval shell has a rather small prodissoconch I; and if prodissoconch II is present, it is rather weakly developed. From these data, a larval stage of low dispersal capability is inferred for Myophorella garatei, either short-lived planktotrophic or nonplanktotrophic. The study of post-larval development included general shell shape and ornamentation. To assess general shell shape a geometric morphometric analysis was performed on the lateral view, together with a study of allometry for the shell width. As a result, two main allometric stages of development could be identified. During the first stage a relative size reduction of the area co-occurs with a slight elongation of the shell, while the second stage is marked by dorsal bending of the shell and an increase on relative width. Ornamentation was examined qualitatively, but also a geometric morphometric analysis was performed on the flank costae. The first two flank costae are subconcentric; from the third costa onwards they become oblique, intially changing from more curved to less curved shapes, while on a third stage they show the opposite trend. Finally, a general interpretation of the adaptive morphology of adult shell was performed, concluding that M. garatei was adapted to low energy, soft bottom environments, and probably lived with the posterior straight margin levelled at the water-sediment interface.
Trade across Countries and Sectors in a Ricardian World

This paper develops a multi-sector version of the trade model proposed by Eaton and Kortum (2002) to investigate the role of heterogeneities in productivities in determining trade patterns across dierent manufacturing sectors. The model allows for dierent dispersions of industry e¢ ciencies within each sector; the latter are estimated, sector by sector, by regressing an equation for bilateral market shares, where standard gravity variables are used to model transport costs. The estimates show that sectors dier signi…cantly in the degree of heterogeneity of e¢ ciencies. As a by-product, they provide a sector-speci…c measure of trade costs, which are used to compute the "trade-revealed" average productivities for a sample of 20 countries and 13 manufacturing sectors. Finally, this paper quantify the gains from trade in terms of labor productivity, assessing the relative importance of the reallocations of production within each sector and that between sectors. Gains are largely due to the …rst kind of reallocations, especially for richer countries; for developing countries, reallocation between sectors, that is the change in the sectoral composition of their economy, is somewhat more important.
Overview of Technical Challenges, Available Technologies and Ongoing Developments of AC/DC Microgrids

Gradual depletion of fossil fuel resources, poor energy efficiency of conventional power plants, and environmental pollution have led to a new grid architecture known as smart microgrid. The smart microgrid concept provides a promising solution that enables high penetration of distributed generation from renewable energy sources without requiring to redesign the distribution system, which results in stable operation during faults and disturbances. However, distributed generators/loads and interaction between all nodes within a microgrid will substantially increase the complexity of the power system opera‐ tion, control, and communications. Many innovative techniques and technologies have been proposed to address the complexity and challenges of microgrids including power quality, power flow balancing, real‐time power management, voltage and frequency control, load sharing during islanding, protection, stability, reliability, efficiency, and economical operation. All key issues of the microgrids, different solutions, and available methods and technologies to address such issues are reviewed in this chapter. Pros and cons of each method are discussed. Furthermore, an extensive comprehensive review for researchers and scholars working on microgrid applications is provided in this chapter to help them identify the areas that need improvements and innovative solutions for increasing the efficiency of modern power distribution grid.
Detection et reconnaissance de la signalisation verticale par analyse d'images

La detection et la reconnaissance de la signalisation verticale representent un enjeu important en analyse de scenes routieres. Leurs applications sont nombreuses. Citons par exemple les systemes d'aide a la conduite, la gestion du patrimoine routier, la securite routiere, ou encore la mise au point d'une nouvelle generation d'outils multimedia sur le web pour la navigation 3D geographique. Sur le plan methodologique, elles recelent d'importantes difficultes, liees a la fois au caractere non controle des prises de vues employees et a la variabilite d'aspect des objets recherches. Ces problematiques ont donc, naturellement, donne lieu a une grande variete de contributions au cours de ces deux dernieres decennies. On trouve dans la litterature du domaine, des techniques (souvent motivees par le contexte temps-reel des applications d'aide a la conduite) exploitant judicieusement des informations de forme et de couleurs extraites des images par des algorithmes " bas-niveau ", aussi bien que des methodes plus sophistiquees de reconnaissance des formes, mettant en jeu des techniques d'apprentissage statistique ou des problemes complexes d'optimisation. Ce recueil presente les methodes de detection et reconnaissance des panneaux de signalisation developpees par quatre equipes du Reseau Scientifique et Technique du Ministere de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Developpement Durable et de la Mer (MEEDDM) : le laboratoire LEPSiS (INRETS/LCPC), le laboratoire MATIS (IGN) et les ERA 27 et 32 du LCPC (CETE de l'Est), en collaboration avec des laboratoires universitaires. Il donne des elements quantitatifs d'evaluation des algorithmes proposes et les situe par rapport a l'etat de l'art du domaine. (A). (Titre en anglais :Traffic sign detection and recognition using image analysis).
Monitoring on the performance of temporary props using wireless strain sensing

Although temporary props have been extensively used in underground support systems, their actual performance is poorly understood, resulting in potentially conservative and over-engineered design. This paper presents the performance monitoring of 4 temporary props in an urban construction site using a newly developed wireless strain sensor node featuring a 24-bit ADC. For each prop, 6 strain gauges and 3 temperature sensors were directly attached onto the prop surface using super glue, and then connected to a wireless strain sensor node mounted in the middle span. Each sensor node transmitted both monitoring data and network diagnostic messages in near-real-Time over an IPv6-based (6LoWPAN) wireless mesh sensor network. The data were also stored locally at each node on a micro SD card. Extensive testing and calibration was undertaken in the laboratory to ensure that the system functioned as expected. The prop loads are presented without correction for temperature effects and compared with the design loads. The monitoring data reveal the development of loads in temporary props during excavation, the formation of the basement and the extraction of the props. The network performance characteristics in terms of message reception ratio and network topology evolution are also highlighted and discussed.
The Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on Reporting Profits

This paper looks at the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on the practice known as Earnings Management. Using earnings as reported in quarterly corporate filings, I employ a test of discontinuity used by DeGeorge, Patel and Zeckhauser to estimate the discontinuity in reported earnings per share (EPS) following a major accounting reform resulting from Sarbanes-Oxley. I find that the previous discontinuities found in the literature in reported EPS at 0¢ and 1¢ disappear after the accounting reform. Using a standard market model on security prices, I also find that short-term abnormal returns to reporting 1¢ EPS decrease following this reform, which could indicate positive shortterm returns to Earnings Management.