Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adapting Dynamic Core Coupling to a direct-network environment

To obtain benefit of the increasing tran- sistor count in current processors, designs are lead- ing to CMPs that will integrate tens or hundreds of processor cores on-chip. However, scaling and voltage factors are increasing susceptibility of architectures to transient, intermittent and permanent faults, as well as process variations. A very recent solution found in literature consists of Dynamic Core Coupling (DCC) (1). DCC provides a fault tolerant framework based on dynamic binding of cores for re-execution. This technique relies on the use of a shared-bus. However, for current and future CMP architectures, more ecient designs are tiled- CMPs, which are organized around a direct network, since area, scalability and power constraints make im- practical the use of a bus as the interconnection net- work. In this work, we present the changes needed in the original DCC proposal to be used for a direct net- work environment. These changes are mostly due to the replacement of a bus for a mesh as interconnection network, the coherence protocol and the consistency window. Our evaluations show that, for several par- allel scientific applications, the performance overhead with this new environment rises to 10%, 19%, 42.5% and 47% for 4, 8, 16 and 32 core pairs, respectively, compared to the 5% performance degradation as pre- viously reported for 8 core pairs in the original DCC proposal.
Strain Analysis of the Nuozhadu High Rockfill Dam during Initial Impoundment

The safety of rockfill dams during initial impoundment has always been an issue of interest for regulatory agencies. Specifically, it is necessary to identify potential tensile strain zones and shear strain concentration zones in which cracks may form. In this paper, a meshless smoothing method is proposed to construct the strain field of a prototype dam based on monitoring displacement data. For verification, this method is applied to calculate the strain field of the Nuozhadu core wall rockfill dam. The results show that the proposed method can provide regulatory agencies with an effective tool for dam inspection during initial impoundment.
Biological and Clinical Implications of Exon 8 P53 (R282W) GeneMutation in Relation to Development and Progression of Chronic MyeloidLeukaemia Patients in India Population

Background: TP53, located on chromosome 17p13, is one of the most mutated genes affecting many types of human cancers . To establish an association between the incidence of exon 8 p53 (R282W) gene and progression of the disease in CML and also to correlate the presence of mutation with the clinicopathological features of the disease. Methods: p53 status was investigated by studying mutations in the p53 gene at exon 8 region after confirming the diagnosis by BCR-ABL. 100 CML samples were analyzed using the Allele-Specific Oligonucleotide PCR assay. Mutations occurred in 58% of the cases in exon 8 codon 282 region of the p53 gene. C : T transitions occurred at a high frequency with a statistically significant result (p=0.03). Results: Of the 100 clinically confirmed specimens, 58% tested positive for the mutation. Also, the mutation was found to be higher in the progressed stages (88.2% in accelerated phase and 60.0% in blast crisis) of CML compared to the chronic stage (35.2%). A statistically significant association (p=0.001) was found between the occurrence of p53 R282W mutation and the clinical phase of CML with chronic, accelerated and blast crisis phases. The mutation was detected in a vast majority (88.2%) of patients in the accelerated and the blast crisis phase (60.0%) indicating that this mutation might play a critical role in predicting the progression of disease in CML. Clinicopathological correlation with TLC, platelet count and the haematological response elicited a significant association with patients harboring the mutation with (p=0.01), (p=0.001) and (p=0.01) respectively. Conclusion: Our study suggests that p53 mutations in the exon 8 region might have a strong influence on disease progression and poor response of imatiib (Tyrosine kinase inhibitor) in CML patients.
STUDY REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF VITIS VINIFERA FRUIT (MUSCAT OF HAMBURG SPECIES) ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS

The complex chemical composition of Vitis vinifera fruits (as well as its juice) because of the presence of resveratrol, is one of the strongest antioxidants known [1]. Tests performed in this study include the way in which certain biochemical parameters, such as glycemia, serum lipids, cholesterolemia, LDL-cholesterol (low density lipoproteins-cholesterol), HDL-cholesterol (high density lipoproteins-cholesterol), nonnitrogenous substances and activity of serum transaminases, were influenced by the consumption of Vitis vinifera fruit extract. The determinations were performed on uniform groups of Wistar rats, selected in advance that were treated orally with 10 % aqueous extracts of seeds, fruit skin and pulp extract of Vitis vinifera Muscat of Hamburg species. The results revealed that there was a slight decrease in the level of blood glucose, which was 9.15% for the group treated with the skin extract. The decrease in cholesterolemia was 13.98% for the animals treated with the fruit skin extract and 12.8% for the animals that received seeds extract, while that for LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides after the administration of extract from grape peel was 11.99% and 12.44% respectively. There was a pronounced decrease in the non-nitrogenous substances, mostly uric acid with 15.09% for the grup treated with fruit skin extract. Serum creatinine and the activity of serum transaminases did not show significant changes.
A note on generalized Dirac eigenvalues for split holonomy and torsion

We study the Dirac spectrum on compact Riemannian spin manifolds $M$ equipped with a metric connection $\nabla$ with skew torsion $T\in\Lambda^3 M$ in the situation where the tangent bundle splits under the holonomy of $\nabla$ and the torsion of $\nabla$ is of `split' type. We prove an optimal lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator with torsion that generalizes Friedrich's classical Riemannian estimate.
Elastic Constant Prediction of Nacrite: Molecular Dynamics Simulations

A study of structural and mechanical properties of Nacrite using Molecular Dynamics Simulat ions based on energy minimizat ion technique was investigated. Several mechanical properties have been calculated, such as the full elastic constants tensors, shear modulus, bulk modulus, Young modulus along a, b and c directions. The S- and P-wave velocit ies as well as Poisson ratio were also evaluated. The obtained elastic constant shows that C11≈C22 and higher than C33, indicating that Nacrite is more flexible in a and b direction than c one. The pred icted bulk and shear modulus are respectively equal to 56.41 and 20.28 GPa. The Poisson's ratios exhibit pro minent anisotropy, with values ranging from 0.03 to 0.53. The Young's modulus in the (100) and (010) directions (E1 and E2) is larger than E3 (Young moduli in(001) d irection). In this study Vp =17.59 Km/s, Vs=8.68 Km/s and giving Vp/ Vs rat io equal to 2.02. All these results reveal that Nacrite is less compressible than the other clays (kaolin ite). A ll calcu lations were performed using GULP program.
Time-Weighted Multi-Touch Attribution and Channel Relevance in the Customer Journey to Online Purchase

We address statistical issues in attributing revenue to marketing channels and inferring the importance of individual channels in customer journeys toward an online purchase. We describe the relevant data structures and introduce an example. We suggest an asymmetric bathtub shape as appropriate for time-weighted revenue attribution to the customer journey, provide an algorithm, and illustrate the method. We suggest a modification to this method when there is independent information available on the relative values of the channels. To infer channel importance, we employ sequential data analysis ideas and restrict to data which ends in a purchase. We propose metrics for source, intermediary, and destination channels based on two- and three-step transitions in fragments of the customer journey. We comment on the practicalities of formal hypothesis testing. We illustrate the ideas and computations using data from a major UK online retailer. Finally, we compare the revenue attributions suggested by the methods in this article with several common attribution methods.
Fabrication Technologies of the Sintered Materials Including Materials for Medical and Dental Application

This chapter of the book presents the basis of classical powder metallurgy technolo‐ gies and discusses powder fabrication, preparation, preliminary moulding, sintering and finish treatment operations. A general description of the materials and products manufactured with the classical powder metallurgy methods is presented. New variants are characterised along with special and hybrid technologies finding their applications in powder metallurgy. Special attention was drawn to microporous titanium and to TiAl6V4 alloy fabricated using hybrid rapid manufacturing technologies with selective laser sintering/selective laser melting (SLS/SLM) used for innovative implant scaffolds in medicine and regenerative dentistry. Laser deposition, thermal spraying and detonation spraying of powders are also discussed as special methods in which powders of metals and other materials are used as raw materials.
Complete genome sequence of Sulfurimonas autotrophica type strain ( OK 10 T )

Johannes Sikorski, Christine Munk, Alla Lapidus, Olivier Duplex Ngatchou Djao, Susan Lucas, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Matt Nolan, Hope Tice, Cliff Han, Jan-Fang Cheng, Roxanne Tapia, Lynne Goodwin, Sam Pitluck, Konstantinos Liolios, Natalia Ivanova, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Natalia Mikhailova, Amrita Pati, David Sims, Linda Meincke, Thomas Brettin, John C. Detter, Amy Chen, Krishna Palaniappan, Miriam Land, Loren Hauser, Yun-Juan Chang, Cynthia D. Jeffries, Manfred Rohde, Elke Lang, Stefan Spring, Markus Göker, Tanja Woyke, James Bristow, Jonathan A. Eisen, Victor Markowitz, Philip Hugenholtz, Nikos C. Kyrpides, and Hans-Peter Klenk
Eliciting von Neumann-Morgenstern Utilities When Probabilities Are Distorted or Unknown

This paper proposes a new method, the gamble-tradeoff method, for eliciting utilities in decision under risk or uncertainty. The elicitation of utilities, to be used in the expected utility criterion, turns out to be possible even if probabilities are ambiguous or unknown. A disadvantage of the tradeoff method is that a few more questions usually must be asked to clients. Also, the lotteries that are needed are somewhat more complex than in the certainty-equivalent method or in the probability-equivalent method. The major advantage of the tradeoff method is its robustness against probability distortions and misconceptions, which constitute a major cause of violations of expected utility and generate inconsistencies in utility elicitation. Thus the tradeoff method retains full validity under prospect theory, rank-dependent utility, and the combination of the two, i.e., cumulative prospect theory. The tradeoff method is tested for monetary outcomes and for outcomes describing life-duration. We find higher risk aversion for life duration, but the tradeoff method elicits similar curvature of utility. Apparently the higher risk aversion for life duration is due to more pronounced deviations from expected utility.
Estimate of dtm degradation due to image compression for the stereo camera of the bepicolombo mission

Abstract. The great amount of data that will be produced during the imaging of Mercury by the stereo camera (STC) of the BepiColombo mission needs a compromise with the restrictions imposed by the band downlink that could drastically reduce the duration and frequency of the observations. The implementation of an on-board real time data compression strategy preserving as much information as possible is therefore mandatory. The degradation that image compression might cause to the DTM accuracy is worth to be investigated. During the stereo-validation procedure of the innovative STC imaging system, several image pairs of an anorthosite sample and a modelled piece of concrete have been acquired under different illumination angles. This set of images has been used to test the effects of the compression algorithm (Langevin and Forni, 2000) on the accuracy of the DTM produced by dense image matching. Different configurations taking in account at the same time both the illumination of the surface and the compression ratio, have been considered. The accuracy of the DTMs is evaluated by comparison with a high resolution laser-scan acquisition of the same targets. The error assessment included also an analysis on the image plane indicating the influence of the compression procedure on the image measurements.
The management of accusations of racism in Celebrity Big Brother

The 2007 UK series of Celebrity Big Brother drew considerable attention to Britain as a result of the alleged racist bullying of Bollywood film star Shilpa Shetty by four British celebrity housemates. At stake in these allegations was any perception that Britain as a country promotes inclusivity and discourages racism. In this article, we examine, through an analysis of the exit interviews conducted with the four housemates in question, how accusations of racism were made by the host of Big Brother, and how racism was almost made to disappear in the interviews. Specifically, we elaborate on how racism was constructed not simply as an individual aberration, but more precisely as a matter of perception. We then explore how the host of the interviews avoided making accusations of racism herself by implying that it was others who perceived the behaviours of the housemates as racist, and by using other words (such as ‘bullying’) rather than explicitly referring to racism. We conclude by outlining the implications of our findings for future discursive research on racism, and we emphasize the need to further explore how rhetorical strategies aimed at denying racism operate in the service of shoring up privileged identities.
A Comparative Analysis of Locative and Directional Motion Events in English and Arabic

This paper provides a contrastive analysis of locative and directional motion events in English and Arabic. Within a micro‑parametric approach to crosslinguistic variation, it argues that both languages encode the distinction between manner and direction in their inventory of motion verbs. In the prepositional domain, purely locative and directional prepositions are shown to exist in the two languages; they respectively derive locative and directional interpretations with manner of motion verbs. The class of ambiguous prepositions, which gives rise to both locative and directional interpretations, is shown to be distinctive of English. Implications of this contrastive analysis to the bidirectional acquisition of English and Arabic locative and directional motion constructions are discussed.
StegCure: an amalgamation of different steganographic methods in GIF image

Steganography is one of the information hiding techniques which conceals a secret message into an unsuspicious medium so that a communication channel is undetectable. Suspicion becomes the significant key determinant in the field of steganography. The steganographic algorithms and functions which are applied in constructing of the stego medium can distinguish the difference between various steganography systems. This paper presents an overview of steganography on GIF image format in order to explore the potential of GIF in information hiding research. A platform, namely StegCure is proposed by using an amalgamation of three different Least Significant Bit (LSB) insertion algorithms that is able to perform steganographic method. In fact, the receiver is allowed to perform only once in desteganography to restrict any unauthorized user from retrieving the secret message through trial and error. Besides, we also highlight a few aspects in LSB methods on image steganography. The future work will be focused in assimilation of diversified methods into a whole gamut of steganography systems.
PURIFICATION AND SEROLOGY OF BARLEY YELLOW STREAK MOSAIC VIRUS

A new purification procedure has been developed for barley yellow streak mosaic virus (BaYSMV), the causal agent of a disease in barley and wheat. The new procedure utilizes differential and density gradient centrifugation in Percoll gradients and yields highly concentrated virus preparations containing minimal amounts of contaminating host material. These preparations were used to produce polyclonal antibodies so that enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunosorbent electron microscopy (ISEM) tests could be designed for the detection of the virus in barley, wheat, and Nicotiana benthamiana plants as well as in its vector, the brown wheat mite Petrobia latens Muller. These tests allowed us to document the presence of the virus in the Pocatello Valley, Idaho, which was the first report of BaYSMV infecting barley in Idaho and only the second report of the virus occurring in the United States. The concentrated virus preparations were infectious which further suggests that the long filamentous particles associated with the disease are the sole causal agent. It is possible to obtain symptomatic barley plants via the injection of virus extracts into barley leaves using hypodermic needles. Electron microscopy of negatively stained or detergent-treated virus particles revealed the presence of a finely granular viral nucleocapsid and the existence of a lipid envelope. Internal cross striations characteristic of the rhabdoviruses were not observed. These results, combined with other known biological and morphological characteristics of the virus, led us to propose the extension of the number of enveloped plant virus groups to three. The term barysmovirus group (the barley yellow streak mosaic virus group) has been coined for the newly proposed group. Our molecular investigation of the viral genome indicated that the virus nucleic acid was not infectious when used to inoculate young tobacco plants. We also verified that the viral nucleic acid consisted of single-stranded (and not double-stranded) RNA that lacked any polyadenylated sequences at the 3' end. However, all efforts to synthesize and clone a cDNA library of the viral genome were unsuccessful. PURIFICATION AND SEROLOGY OF BARLEY YELLOW STREAK MOSAIC VIRUS
Hartmann wavefront measurements at FLASH

We report on online measurements of photon beam parameters during mirror alignment in the soft x-ray spectral region of FLASH, the free-electron laser in Hamburg. A compact Hartmann sensor operating in the wavelength range from 6 to 35nm was used to determine the wavefront quality of individual free-electron laser (FEL) pulses during the alignment procedure as well as aberrations. Beam characterization and alignment of beamline BL3 was performed with λ13. 5𝑛𝑚/ 116 accuracy for wavefront rms (W𝑟𝑚𝑠). Second moment beam parameters are computed using a spherical reference wavefront generated by a 5μm pinhole. The Hartmann sensor was used for alignment of the ellipsoidal focusing mirror of beamline BL3, resulting in a reduction of (W𝑟𝑚𝑠) by 33%.
PROGRESS TOWARD A MUON RING COOLER.

We describe progress toward the design and analysis of a storage ring for cooling a muon beam by the process of ionization cooling. Our primary strategy entails the design and optimization of the lattice using the code SYNCH, followed by the transfer of parameters to the code ICOOL which allows for the tracking of particles through rf cavities and absorbers of various dimensions. Our ultimate goal is to obtain longitudinal cooling and either transverse cooling or minimal transverse emittance heating.
Evaluation of harmonic sums with integrals

We consider the sums $S(k)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{nk}}{(2n+1)^k}$ and $\zeta(2k)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n^{2k}}$ with $k$ being a positive integer. We evaluate these sums with multiple integration, a modern technique. First, we start with three different double integrals that have been previously used in the literature to show $S(2)=\pi^2/8,$ which implies Euler's identity $\zeta(2)=\pi^2/6. $ Then, we generalize each integral in order to find the considered sums. The $k$ dimensional analogue of the first integral is the density function of the quotient of $k$ independent, nonnegative Cauchy random variables. In seeking this function, we encounter a special logarithmic integral that we can directly relate to $S(k). $ The $k$ dimensional analogue of the second integral, upon a change of variables, is the volume of a convex polytope, which can be expressed as a probability involving certain pairwise sums of $k$ independent uniform random variables. We use combinatorial arguments to find the volume, which in turn gives new closed formulas for $S(k)$ and $\zeta(2k). $ The $k$ dimensional analogue of the last integral, upon another change of variables, is an integral of the joint density function of $k$ Cauchy random variables over a hyperbolic polytope. This integral can be expressed as a probability involving certain pairwise products of these random variables, and it is equal to the probability from the second generalization. Thus, we specifically highlight the similarities in the combinatorial arguments between the second and third generalizations.
High storage capacity in the Hopfield model with auto-interactions—stability analysis

Recent studies point to the potential storage of a large number of patterns in the celebrated Hopfield associative memory model, well beyond the limits obtained previously. We investigate the properties of new fixed points to discover that they exhibit instabilities for small perturbations and are therefore of limited value as associative memories. Moreover, a large deviations approach also shows that errors introduced to the original patterns induce additional errors and increased corruption with respect to the stored patterns.
Near wake Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes predictions of the wake behind the MEXICO rotor in axial and yawed flow conditions

In the present paper, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes predictions of the flow field around the MEXICO rotor in yawed conditions are compared with measurements. The paper illustrates the high degree of qualitative and quantitative agreement that can be obtained for this highly unsteady flow situation, by comparing measured and computed velocity profiles for all three Cartesian velocity components along four axial transects and several radial transects. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Cosmological Analysis of Dynamical Chern-Simons Modified Gravity via Dark Energy Scenario

The purpose of this paper is to study the cosmological evolution of the universe in the framework of dynamical Chern-Simons modified gravity. We take pilgrim dark energy model with Hubble and event horizons in interacting scenario with cold dark matter. For this scenario, we discuss cosmological parameters such as Hubble and equation of state and cosmological plane like and squared speed of sound. It is found that Hubble parameter approaches the ranges (for ) and (74, 74.30) (for ) for Hubble horizon pilgrim dark energy. It implies the ranges (for ) and (73.4, 74) (for ) for event horizon pilgrim dark energy. The equation of state parameter provides consistent ranges with different observational schemes. Also, planes lie in the range (). The squared speed of sound shows stability for all present models in the present scenario. We would like to mention here that our results of various cosmological parameters show consistency with different observational data like Planck, WP, BAO, , SNLS, and WMAP.