Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Preserving asymptotic mean-square stability of stochastic theta scheme for systems of stochastic delay differential equations

This article examines asymptotic mean-square stability analysis of stochastic linear theta (SLT) scheme for n-dimensional stochastic delay differential equations (SDDEs). We impose some conditions on drift and diffusion terms, which admit that the diffusion coefficient can be highly nonlinear and does not necessarily satisfy a linear growth or global Lipschitz condition. We prove that the proposed scheme is asymptotically mean square stable if the employed stepsize is smaller than a given and easily computable upper bound. In particular, based on our investigation in the case θ ∈[ 1/2 , 1], the stepsize is arbitrary. Eventually, numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our work.
Mid-infrared frequency comb from a ring quantum cascade laser : supplementary material

1. MAXWELL-BLOCH MODEL Let us consider a Maxwell-Bloch model with the modal decomposition of the cavity field, as used recently to model QCLbased frequency combs [1,2]. The difference between a Fabry-Perot and a ring cavity is especially clear when considering a Maxwell-Bloch model with the modal decomposition of the cavity field, as used recently to model QCLbased frequency combs [1,2]. In the model, the fundamental equation describing the amplitude of n-th mode in the comb is expressed as:
PRODUCTION OF MELON (CUCUMISMELO L.) ELDORADO 300 SEEDLINGS GROWN IN DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES AND SOWING DEPTHS

Melon ( Cucumis melo L.) is one of the most consumed vegetables in the world. In recent decades, sustainable production alternatives have been sought, replacing traditional substrates with the use of substrates from organic waste. The objective of this work was to evaluate the initial development of melon seedlings in different substrates and depths of sowing, as well as to identify relationships among the characters evaluated. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse, with a randomized block experimental design arranged in a 3x4 factorial scheme, with three substrates (grape husk, rice husk, commercial substrate) and four sowing depths (1.0, 2, 0, 3.0 and 4.0 cm), with four replicates. The evaluated characters were index of emergency speed, shoot length and root, green and dry mass of the root and shoot. The analysis of variance revealed significant interaction between substrates x depth of sowing for the character of shoot length and root length. Pearson's linear correlation revealed two significant positive associations. It is concluded that melon seedlings are affected by the substrate types and depths of sowing, the substratum based on grape bark can replace commercial substrates, the bark of charred rice does not have a positive response in the production of melon seedlings and the correlation Of Pearson showed a positive relationship between characters.
Effective Assessment of Computer Science Capstone Projects and Student Outcomes

A capstone project is a culminating experience that entails creativity, critical thinking, and advanced problem-solving skills. To that end, capstone projects enable students to prove their abilities, demonstrate their attained skills, and carry out a significant project in their field. In Computer Science Bachelor programs, there is a strong mapping between learning outcomes of capstone projects and all student learning outcomes. This paper presents an assessment framework for capstone courses that allows for sound evaluations of the performance of students and project qualities; besides assessing the student outcomes of the program. The developed framework comprises criteria, indicators, extensive analytic rubrics, and a summative statistical formulation. The presented course and framework are supported by the results, analysis, and evaluation of a pilot study for a single institution to explore the effectiveness of the proposed tool.
Borot, L, Vergotte, G and Perrey, S Different Hemodynamic Responses of the Primary Motor Cortex Accompanying Eccentric and Concentric Movements: A Functional NIRS

The literature contains limited evidence on how our brains control eccentric movement. A higher activation is expected in the contralateral motor cortex (M1) but consensus has not yet been reached. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare patterns of M1 activation between eccentric and concentric movements. Nine healthy participants performed in a randomized order three sets of five repetitions of eccentric or concentric movement with the dominant elbow flexors over a range of motion of 60◦ at two velocities (30◦/s and 60◦/s). The tests were carried out using a Biodex isokinetic dynamometer with the forearm supported in the horizontal plane. The peak torque values were not significantly different between concentric and eccentric movements (p = 0.42). Hemodynamic responses of the contralateral and ipsilateral M1 were measured with a near-infrared spectroscopy system (Oxymon MkIII, Artinis). A higher contralateral M1 activity was found during eccentric movements (p = 0.04, η2 = 0.47) and at the velocity of 30◦/s (p = 0.039, η2 = 0.48). These preliminary findings indicate a specific control mechanism in the contralateral M1 to produce eccentric muscle actions at the angular velocities investigated, although the role of other brain areas in the motor control network cannot be excluded.
Demonstration of some food borne pathogens in different meat products: a comparison between conventional and innovative methods

This study was conducted on 100 random samples of meat products viz: (minced meat, kofta, burger and sausage 25 of each). They were collected from different shops at El-Kaliobia Governorate, to be examined for bacteriological evaluation and detection of Escherichia coli and salmonella. These samples were examined for such pathogens by conventional bacteriological methods and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Concerning E. coli bacteriological results revealed the prevalence in minced meat, kofta, burger and sausage was (16%, 12%, 24%, 12%) respectively, While the prevalence of salmonella was 1% in minced meat. In contrast, kofta, burger and sausage were free from salmonella. Accordingly the traditional method is laborious, time consuming and less accurate as it could not detect some positive Salmonella and E.coli samples. Whilst PCR method was found to be accurate, sensitive, and remarkably low cost and shortening the time needed for the pathogenic agent identification. On other hand multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (m-PCR) was applied for detection of genes responsible for enterotoxins production from identified salmonella and E.coli.
How to teach war and peace journalism: Professional challenges when encountering propaganda and fake news

This article summarizes the authors ́ experience from nearly 20 years of teaching war and peace journalism. The theoretical point of departure was Johan Galtung ́s theory of peace journalism. Through the years, the framework of the course has been developed including wider historical and cultural perspectives, including post-colonial studies, gender perspectives and journalist safety. Since this has been a course with a large proportion of international students, the authors suggest that their participation has enriched the course as well as had an impact on practicing and teaching journalism in many countries.
Nurses’ voice: the role of hierarchy and leadership

Purpose Voicing concerns and suggestions is crucial for preventing medical errors and improving patient safety. Research suggests that hierarchy in health-care teams impair open communication. Hierarchy, however, can vary with changing team composition, particularly during acute care situations where more senior persons join the team later on. The purpose of this study is to investigate how changes in hierarchy and leadership were associated with nurses’ voice frequency and nurses’ time to voice during simulated acute care situations. Design/methodology/approach This study’s sample consisted of 78 health-care providers (i.e. nurses, residents and consultants) who worked in 39 teams performing complex clinical scenarios in the context of interprofessional, simulation-based team training. Scenarios were videotaped and communication behaviour was coded using a systematic coding scheme. To test the hypotheses, multilevel regression analyses were conducted. Findings Hierarchy and leadership had no significant effect on nurses’ voice frequency. However, there were significant relationships between nurses’ time to voice and both hierarchy (γ = 30.00, p = 0.002; 95 per cent confidence interval [CI] = 12.43; 47.92) as well as leadership (γ = 0.30, p = 0.001; 95 per cent CI = 0.12; 0.47). These findings indicate that when more physicians are present and leadership is more centralised, more time passes until the first nurses’ voice occurred. Originality/value This study specifies previous findings on the relationships between hierarchy, leadership and nurses’ voice. Our findings suggest that stronger hierarchy and more centralised leadership delay nurses’ voice but do not affect the overall frequency of voice.
Differences between jurors in classical music competitions: the MCDM and Network Theory approaches

This paper analyses the voting in two of the major international classical music competitions, which were held recently, viz. the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition and the International Chopin Piano Competition, as well as the hypothesis, raised in some media reports, that there were juror cliques in the Wieniawski Competition. Network theory is used to compare the rankings of the two Chopin competitions. Jurors are nodes and they are linked if the correlation between the ordered list of competitors, as measured by the Kendall rank correlation coefficient, exceeds a given threshold value. The obtained networks were found linked in the case of the Chopin Competition, but disconnected in the case of the Wieniawski Competition. The results indicate that there may have been cliques in the Wieniawski Competition, but not in the Chopin Competition. The problem can be descibed in MCDM terminology by labelling the contestants ’variants’ and the jurors (or, more precisely, their musical preferences) – ’criteria’. The similarity of any two criteria is measured by correlating the orders of the alternatives (i.e. variants) that * SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Economics, Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: honorata@sgh.waw. pl, ORCID: 0000-0001-8249-2368. ** SGHWarsaw School of Economics, Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Economics, Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: pzawis@sgh.waw. pl, ORCID: 0000-0002-5297-7644. 94 H. Sosnowska, P. Zawiślak result from applying them. The problem of juror cliques is thereby transformed into one of finding groups of criteria that are similar in the case of these variants.
Title Global and local tests to assess stationarity of Markovtransition models

We present global and local likelihood-based tests to evaluate stationarity in transition models. Three motivational studies are considered. A simulation study was carried out to assess the performance of the proposed tests. The results showed that they present good performance with the control of the type-I error, especially for ordinal responses, and control of the type-II error, especially for the nominal case, and asymptotically they are close to the classical test performance. They can be executed in a single framework without the need to estimate the transition probabilities, incorporating both categorical and continuous covariates, and used to identify sources of non-stationarity.
A Proposed Framework of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Government-linked Companies

The growth of public enterprises or government-linked companies (GLCs) has been phenomenal over the years. However, the performance of GLCs remains a major concern. On the other hand, past studies have postulated that there is a strong relationship between corporate entrepreneurship (CE), entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance. Despite this, viewing GLCs’ performance in the context of CE or EO has received minimal attention among strategic management and entrepreneurship scholars. This paper highlights and discusses the performance of GLCs within the context of CE. Given the role of EO as a direct predictor while proposing CE internal and external factors as moderators of the EO-CE performance relationship in GLCs, a proposed framework of CE within the context of GLCs in Malaysia is proposed.
Applications of bacterial-synthesized cellulose in veterinary medicine – a review

Tissue engineering promotes tissue regeneration through biomaterials that have excellent properties and have the potential to replace tissues. Many studies show that bacterial cellulose (BC) might ensure tissue regeneration and substitution, being used for the bioengineering of hard, cartilaginous and soft tissues. Bacterial cellulose is extensively used as wound dressing material and results show that BC is a promising tissue scaffold (bone, cardiovascular, urinary tissue). It can be combined with polymeric and non-polymeric compounds to acquire antimicrobial, cell-adhesion and proliferation properties. To ensure proper tissue regeneration, the material has to be: biocompatible, with minimum tissue reaction and biodegradability; bio-absorbable, to promote tissue development, cellular interaction and grow; resistant to support the weight of the newly formed tissue. Its versatile structure, physical and biochemical properties can be adjusted by adapting the bacteria culturing conditions. The main biomedical applications seem to be as hard (bone, dental), fibrocartilaginous (meniscal) and soft tissue (skin, cardiovascular, urinary) substituents. This paper reviews the current state of knowledge, challenges and future applications of BC and its biomedical potential in veterinary medicine. It was focused on the main uses in regeneration and scaffold tissue replacement and, although BC showed promising results, there is a lack of successful results of BC use in clinical practice. Most studies were performed only at experimental level and further research is needed for BC to enter clinical veterinary practice.
A Result on Convergence of Sequences of Iterations with Applications to Best-Response Dynamics

The result that says the sequence of iterations [Formula: see text] converges if [Formula: see text] is an increasing function has numerous applications in elementary economic analysis. I generalize this simple result to some mappings [Formula: see text]. The applications of the new result include the convergence of the best-response dynamics in the general version of the Crawford and Sobel model and in some versions of the Hotelling and Tiebout models.
A Comparative Study of Cement and Lime Stabilized Lateritic Interlocking Blocks

This paper reports the results of a comparative study of cement and lime stabilized lateritic interlocking blocks produced with laterite samples from the Olomi area in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The stabilizing agents were added at 5%, 10% 15%, 20%, and 25% by weight replacement levels. The blocks were tested for compressive strengths, water absorption, and resistance to abrasion. The results showed that average dry compressive strength at 28 days for cement stabilized blocks at 5%, 10% 15%, 20%, and 25% stabilization were 1.63 N/mm 2 , 2.60 N/mm 2 , 2.78 N/mm 2 , 2.82 N/mm 2 , and 3.12 N/mm 2 , respectively, while those of lime stabilized blocks were 0.92 N/mm 2 , 1.25 N/mm 2 , 1.15 N/mm 2 , 1.06 N/mm 2, and 0.94 N/mm 2 , respectively. The Nigeria Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI, 2006) specified that the minimum 28 days strength should not be lower than 2N/mm 2 . Only cement stabilized blocks satisfied this requirement at 10% and above stabilization level. It was concluded that cement stabilized interlocking blocks are of better quality and cheaper than those stabilized with lime. (
Nickel-Titanium Closed-coil Springs. Evaluation of the clinical plateau

ALES BEZROUK1*, LIBOR BALSKY2, IVA SELKE KRULICHOVA1, MARTIN SMUTNY1, JIRI ZAHORA1, GISBERT W. SELKE3, TORSTEIN R. MELING4 1Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, Simkova 870, Hradec Kralove 500 38, Czech republic 2Private orthodontist, Vydrova 1085, Hradec Kralove 500 02, Czech Republic 3Drug information systems and analyzes, Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK (WIdO), Rosenthaler Strasse 31, Berlin 10 178, Germany 4Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital, Sognsveien, Oslo 0027, Norway
Engage Input Devices and Music Interaction Lab 2 . 1 Spectral Delay

This document provides a ﬁnal report for the NSERC Engage Grant “Audio Environment for the Emotional Imaging Composer. ” The Emotional Imaging Composer (EIC) is a product currently under development by Emotional Imaging Incorporated (EII). As a development initiative, researchers from the Input Devices and Music Interaction Lab at McGill University developed an audio environment for the EIC. The environment features both a tool for music performance and a tool for data analysis and emotional monitoring.
Foundations and Trends R © in Human-Computer Interaction 10 Lenses to Design Sports-HCI

Interaction designers are increasingly interested in the physically active human being. However, recent work suggests that HCI is still at an early stage when it comes to supporting the many virtues of engaging in sports. To advance this, we present a set of 10 lenses based on virtues aligned with sports activities to help designers to see physical activity not just as a way to prolong life, but as opportunity for personal growth. The Sports-HCI lenses facilitate learning how to appreciate a void (Reverie), finding pleasure in exertion (Pleasure), become humble (Humility), enjoy the stimulation that comes from fear (Sublime), be more aware of one’s own body (Oneness), value sacrifice as a chance for a simpler existence (Sacrifice), bring beauty into the world through movement (Beauty), see benefit in pain (Pain), foster consistency for life (Consistency) and welcome patience (Perseverance). We examined related work and reflected on our own craft knowledge in order to articulate what opportunities interactive technology offers to every lens. With this, we aim to support interaction designers in facilitating the many virtues of being physically active. Florian Mueller and Damon Young (2018), “10 Lenses to Design Sports-HCI”, Foundations and Trends © in Human-Computer Interaction: Vol. 12, No. 3, pp 172–237. DOI: 10.1561/1100000076.
SIMULATION OF RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENT USING HEC-HMS MODEL FOR REL SUB-BASIN, GUJARAT, INDIA

Hydrological modeling is a tool to estimate the basin’s hydrological response. In this study, HEC-HMS model is used to simulate the rainfall-runoff process in Rel watershed of Gujarat, India. Rel basin is a sub-basin of Lower Luni basin. SCS curve number and SCS unit hydrograph methods were used to compute runoff and peak runoff rate. Rainfall-runoff simulation is conducted using data of one recent rainstorm event (July 2017). Initial results showed that there is a large difference between observed and simulated peak flows. Therefore, model calibration with optimization method and sensitivity analysis has been done. The results showed that lag time is a sensitive parameter. Model validation using optimized lag time parameter showed the reasonable difference in peak flow. It can be concluded that model developed can be used with a reasonable approximation for hydrologic simulation in Rel watershed to predict runoff from a rainfall event.
Delirium and Associated Factors Among Older Patients in Coronary and Internal Medicine Intensive Care Units of a University Hospital

Materials and Methods: In this cohort study, delirium frequency was evaluated among 100 patients aged 65 and over in the internal medicine and coronary ICUs of Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine using the confusion assessment method and daily evaluations during May-June 2015. Cognitive and functional evaluations were performed and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics were recorded.
The roles of teacher and students via blended problem-based learning: Improving students’ mastery of three representation levels of chemistry

The current practice in teaching Chemistry subject is found to be teacher-centered where teachers engage actively in transmitting knowledge while students act as passive recipients of knowledge. This might affect students’ mastery in learning three representation levels of Chemistry (macroscopic, microscopic and symbolic). As a result, students tend to form a non-scientific understanding and develop an alternative concept. The shift to Blended Problem-based Learning (BPBL) is therefore potential to help overcome this problem. Thus, this study is aimed at investigating the roles of teacher and students in overcoming the formation of alternative concepts for three representation levels of Chemistry in BPBL. This study applies a case study research design. Two teachers and 20 students from two different Fully Residential Schools are selected using purposive sampling technique. Data are collected through observations and students’ documents, and analysed thematically. Overall, the findings of this study shows that teacher acts as mediator in giving immediate feedbacks and corrections on students’ alternative concept while students act as evaluator in analyzing and evaluating other group’s answers. As a conclusion, the implementation of BPBL is found beneficial to overcome the formation of alternative concept and thus helps to improve students’ mastery of three representation levels of Chemistry.
D 4 . 1 : State-ofthe-art of event correlation and event processing

We examine the state of research and practice regarding event correlation and its application to software maintenance, documented and discussed in order to nd out the best alternatives to meet FastFix requirements. Event Correlation will play an important role, since it must process user interaction and system context data to draw conclusions about the problem being faced by the application under monitoring. Current event correlation techniques will be described as well as its use in the eld of software error detection and cause identi cation. This document has been produced in the context of the FastFix Project. The FastFix project is part of the European Community's Seventh Framework Program for research and development and is as such funded by the European Commission. All information in this document is provided "as is" and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is t for any particular purpose. The user thereof uses the information at its sole risk and liability. For the avoidance of all doubts, the European Commission has no liability is respect of this document, which is merely representing the authors view.