Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Database-Driven Safe Flight-Envelope Protection for Impaired Aircraft

In this paper, an online flight envelope protection system is developed and implemented on impaired aircraft with structural damage. The whole protection system is designed to be a closed-loop of several sub-systems, including system identification, damage classification, flight-envelope prediction and fault-tolerant control. Based on the information given by damage classification, the flight envelopes are explicitly retrieved and processed online from the database and fed into the fault-tolerant controller, which makes the protection system adaptive to a wide range of abnormal conditions. Simulation results show that with envelope protection, loss-of-control accidents are more likely to be prevented, since both the controller and pilots are aware of the shrunken flight envelopes after damage and excessive commands are restricted. In this way, the fault-tolerance of the impaired aircraft can be effectively enhanced.
Surface susceptibility and conductivity of 
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 monolayers: A first-principles and ellipsometry characterization

J.E. and P.U. acknowledge funding from the EU-H2020 research and innovation programme under Grant agreement No.654360 NFFA Europe and acknowledge PRACE (project ID 20171633963) for awarding access to Marconi at CINECA, Italy. M.Me. and Z.X. acknowledge financial support from Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia G. Galilei, Universita Degli Studi di Padova, funding BIRD170839/17. The computing resources and the related technical support used for this work have been provided by CRESCO/ENEAGRID High Performance Computing infrastructure and its staff. CRESCO/ENEAGRID High Performance Computing infrastructure is funded by ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development and by Italian and European research programmes, see http://www.cresco. enea.it/english for information. The idea for the work was originally conceived in discussions between M.Me. and P.U. Simulations and their analysis.
The incremental processing of focus, givenness and prosodic prominence

This study on German investigates the real-time comprehension of items in First Occurrence Focus (focused and new), Second Occurrence Focus (focused and given), Quasi Second Occurrence Focus (derogatory expressions that are referentially given and lexically new) and Background (non-focused and given), which are marked by different levels of prosodic prominence. While previous electrophysiological research tested mismatches between prosody and information structure, the present study assessed contextually licensed, appropriate prosodic realizations of stimuli. Our EEG experiment revealed distinct topographic profiles for information structure and prosody. As to prosody, we found a biphasic pattern over anterior brain regions for (secondarily prominent) phrase accents (marking Second Occurrence Focus) and deaccentuation (marking Background) but not for pitch accents (marking First Occurrence Focus), indicating an inverse relation between processing effort and the level of perceived prominence. The event-related potentials for Quasi Second Occurrence Focus items resembled First Occurrence Focus items although the former were deaccented. As to information structural contrasts, First Occurrence Focus engendered a pronounced negativity over posterior sites relative to Second Occurrence Focus and Background. Quasi Second Occurrence Focus showed an intermediate negativity. These differences can probably be accounted for by (lexically) new rather than focused information. In general, the data indicate that both prosodic cues and information structural categories influence the incremental processing of spoken language and that pitch accents and newness fulfill independent prominence-lending functions.
Consensus of Multiagent Systems With Time-Varying Input Delay via Truncated Predictor Feedback

This article investigates the consensus tracking of exponentially unstable multiagent systems with time-varying input delay. The truncated predictor feedback approach is utilized for designing delay-dependent state and output feedback protocols. And the explicit conditions that can realize consensus tracking are established in terms of parametric Lyapunov equations and scalar inequalities. Besides, the protocol design algorithms under the maximum allowable delay and the maximum convergence rate are, respectively, provided. Compared with the existing results, the salient characteristic of the current results is to reveal the quantitative relationship among the time delay, unstable plant, network topologies, and the convergence rate. Specifically, for achieving the consensus tracking, the synchronization force from network connectivity needs to dominate the anti-synchronization force from unstable open-loop poles and input delays; the maximum allowable input delay is inversely proportional to the sum of the unstable open-loop poles; the convergence rate becomes smaller as the input delay bounds or/and the sum of the unstable poles in plant increase. Numerical simulations confirm the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical design.
Local drug delivery in the management of periodontal diseases part 2: specific agents

Local drug delivery systems (LDDs) are mainly used as adjuncts to root surface instrumentation (RSI) in the management of periodontal disease. A range of antibacterial agents have been used for this purpose and include the tetracyclines, chlorhexidine, metronidazole, azithromycin, clarithromycin and moxifloxacin. More recently, other non-antibacterial agents have been incorporated into local delivery devices and include simvastatin, metformin and alendronate. This paper will review the effectiveness of such agents when used as an adjunct to conventional non-surgical periodontal therapy. Clinical Relevance: The benefits of adjunctive use of local drug delivery in the management of periodontal disease will be discussed.
A Study of Robot Arm Control System Based on ROS

: Aiming at the problem of large workload and poor portability of traditional robotic control system when facing specific objects, an internationally popular open source robotic operating system (ROS) was used as a platform to construct a robotic control system, and a self-made SCARA manipulator was used as an example to illustrate the system design method. URDF format files were used to import robot data and display the three-dimensional model on the ROS visualization tool RViz. The MoveIt! was used to complete the motion planning of the manipulator, and to speed up the operation through a custom inverse algorithm. Finally, according to the specific hardware, the PVT motion data was converted into actual motion. The experimental results show that the robot control system based on ROS can be designed quickly and efficiently to meet working requirements.
Analytical and numerical investigation for Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation arising in plasma physics

Essentially, this article is written to present and analyse the analytical and numerical solutions of the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation arising in plasma physics. We derive the basic set of fluid equations governing the KP equation. The analytical solution, presented on forms of rational functions, hyperbolic functions and trigonometric functions, was analytically investigated while the numerical solution is examined here by utilizing the adaptive moving mesh method on finite differences. The stability of the obtained exact solutions is also presented and analysed. All solutions are found stable on specific intervals. The exact and numerical solutions are compared with each other to show the accuracy of the numerical solution. Under an appropriate choice of parameters, some 2D and 3D figures for the obtained analytical and numerical results are illustrated in order to compare between their accuracy.
Corpus-Based Approaches to World Englishes

The chapter provides an overview of the developments in synchronic and diachronic corpus-linguistic research into World Englishes (WE), detailing methodological concerns such as sampling frames, representativeness, corpus size, and statistical modelling on the one hand and the broadening scope of corpus-based research from ENL to ESL and EFL varieties on the other hand. It also surveys areas in which corpus-evidence has been applied in the study of WE (e.g. as a testing bed for models of WEs, for the study of language contact, typology and change or as a source of evidence for sociolinguistic and pragmatic variation), providing ample illustration from seminal research papers and recent studies in the field.
Comparison of two methods for determining provider attendance during normal labor and delivery: results from Benin Ecuador Jamaica and Rwanda.

The Quality Assurance Project (QAP) compared two data collection methods used to determine the number and type of providers who attended 245 obstetric cases in hospitals in Benin Ecuador Jamaica and Rwanda. Each case was viewed as having four phases (labor intrapartum postpartum-mother and postpartum-newborn) resulting in 980 possible phases referred to as "phase-cases. " In all 801 phase-cases were observed and assessed using both data collection methods. In the first method an observer recorded the names or identification number of all providers attending the case in a table on the first page of a pre-printed data collection form (the "Page 1 method"). In the second method the same observer recorded the identity of the provider next to each required task on the form as the provider performed the task (the "Task-by-task method"). The form is appended to Burkhalter et al. (2006). This report discusses the number of providers recorded by each method and addresses the problem generated by the fact that the two methods resulted in identical lists of providers in only 46% of the 245 obstetric cases. To address this problem we present an analysis that generates a best ("Combined") method from the two original methods (Page 1 and Task-by-task). The average number of providers recorded was 3.65 by the Task-by-task method 3.44 recorded by the Page 1 method and 4.02 when the data from both methods were combined. An estimated 2% of providers were not recorded by either method. Over all countries the Task-by-task method missed fewer providers than the Page 1 method in the intrapartum (12% compared to 51%) postpartum-mother (27% compared to 38%) and postpartum-newborn phases (14% compared to 40%) but missed more providers in the labor phase (36%) than the Page 1 method (22%). Based on the Combined data the labor phase had the highest average number of attending providers at 2.8; intrapartum had 1.8 attending providers postpartum mother had 1.7 and postpartum-newborn had 1.6. The labor phase was also most likely to be attended by at least one skilled provider (doctor nurse or midwife): 96% of the time. This rate for intrapartum was 90% for postpartum-mother 84% and postpartum-newborn 79%. Among all attending teams and phases 88% included at least one skilled provider. Skilled provider attendance varied by country ranging from 73% to 99%. (authors)
Modified Grey Wolf Randomized Optimization in Dementia Classification Using MRI Images

ABSTRACT In this research work, a novel Modified Grey Wolf Randomized Optimization technique is used to classify the brain MRI images into two classes i.e. Non-Dementia or Dementia class. The swarm intelligence algorithms like Grey Wolf Optimization technique is predominantly used in solving optimization and feature selection problems. But using it to categorize brain MRI images for dementia classification will be incisive. Cross-sectional MRI of 65 Non-Dementia and 52 Dementia subjects collected from OASIS are used in the work. The original grey wolf optimization offers very poor performance due to its randomness and so randomness is removed and control parameters are inserted in modified grey wolf optimization. But the accuracy of this technique is not satisfactory due to the local optima problem. Hence the novel modified grey wolf randomized optimization with controlled randomness at an appropriate position of the original algorithm. Further Principal Component Analysis, Detrended fluctuation analysis, Hilbert Transform, K-Means clustering are added to the modified Grey Wolf Optimization versions for accuracy improvement and evaluated with and without statistical features. The highest accuracy of 93.16% is provided by Hilbert Transform-Modified Grey Wolf Randomized Optimization technique without statistical features while 51.28% and 52.99% accuracy is achieved by the original Grey Wolf Optimization with and without statistical features respectively.
Linear correlations between feed intake and ingestive behavior of feedlot lambs

The objective of this study was to evaluate linear correlations between feed intake and ingestive behavior of feedlot lambs. Were used ten castrated male Santa Inês sheep with a body weight of 20 ± 4.38 kg, at four months of age. The experiment lasted 50 days, with five 10-d periods, in which an evaluation of feed intake and ingestive behavior was undertaken per period, totaling 50 replicates. The diet was composed of concentrate ingredients only. The analyses were performed by Pearson’s linear correlations and the t test, and means were considered significant when P≤0.05. Intake showed positive correlations (P≤0.05) with the times spent feeding and ruminating and total chewing time, and a negative correlation (P≤0.05) with other activities. Positive correlations were found between the number of feeding periods, number of other activities and the time per rumination period with intake (P≤0.05). A negative correlation was found between the feed efficiency of dry matter and the intake, as well as the other nutrients (P≤0.05). The behavioral characteristics related to feed intake appear to be correlated, which allows for inferences through the study of these variables. The activities related to nutrient intake, with respect to time and efficiency, can be expressed directly through the animal behavior.
Rare sapphire-bearing syenitoid pegmatites and associated granitoids of the Hamedan region, Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Iran: analysis of petrology, lithogeochemistry and zircon geochronology / trace element geochemistry

Abstract Pegmatites and associated granitoids are integral parts of the Alvand plutonic complex in the Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Iran. Whole rock major- and trace-element lithogeochemistry together with zircon U–Pb geochronology and zircon geochemistry are examined to evaluate the petrogenesis of sapphire-bearing pegmatites and other peraluminous pegmatites in the region. Pegmatites vary in their chemical compositions from mostly peraluminous, high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic signatures. A rare variety of extremely peraluminous sapphire-bearing syenitoid pegmatite (Al2O3 > 30 wt %; A/CNK > 2) exists. This silica-undersaturated pegmatite and its sapphire crystals have a primary igneous origin. U–Pb zircon geochronology of three separate samples from this pegmatite indicates the following ages: 168 ± 1 Ma, 166 ± 1 Ma and 164 ± 1 Ma. The zircon grains have notable amounts of Hf (up to 17 200 ppm), U (up to 13 580 ppm), Th (up to 5148 ppm), Y (up to 4764 ppm) and ∑REE (up to 2534 ppm). There is a positive correlation between Hf and Th, Nb and Ta, U and Th, and Y and HREE and a negative correlation between Hf and Y values in the zircons. These zircons exhibit pronounced positive Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* = 1.15–68.06) and negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.001–0.56), indicative of the relatively oxidized conditions of the parent magma. Ti-in-zircon thermometry reveals temperatures from as low as ~683 °C up to ~828 °C (average = 755° ± 73 °C). Zircon and monazite saturation equilibria are also consistent with these temperatures. Zircon grains are magmatic (average La < 1.5, (Sm/La)N > 100 and Th/U > 0.7), with chemical characteristics similar to zircons from continental crust.
Demographic predictors of senior secondary participation in biology, physics, chemistry and earth/space sciences: students’ access to cultural, social and science capital

ABSTRACT Adding to concerns about falling participation rates in science education, the profile of certain student groups who go on to study decreases, particularly as the year level increases. The aim of this paper is to examine if, and in what ways, demographic factors predict students’ post-16 participation in biology, physics, chemistry and earth/space sciences. The study was conducted in Australia, drawing on data from over 4,300 students. Characteristics of focus include students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds, indigeneity and gender. Outcomes of this study indicate that SES predicts participation in post-16 science subjects in each science domain. Indigenous status was a negative predictor of student participation in biology, physics and chemistry, but not earth/space sciences, where there were no significant differences in participation. Gender is a significant predictor in biology and physics participation, but not chemistry or earth/space sciences. Drawing on Bourdieusian perspectives, the authors discuss associations between participation and access to cultural, social and science capitals. Implications for the ways in which students’ capital may impact their subject choices and how capital may be enhanced, are explored.
PELACAKAN LOKASI MOBIL MENGGUNAKAN SMS GATEWAY SIM 800 BERBASIS ATMEGA 2560

Pelacakan Lokasi Mobil Menggunakan Sms Gateway Sim 800 Berbasisi ATMega 2560 dan Ditampilkan dengan Smartphone adalah sebuah alat peringatan saat kendaraan dicuri. Alat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi kendaraan yang telah hilang dengan mengirimkan lokasi koordinat kendaraan mengunakan SMS dan dapat ditampilkan dengan aplikasi Google maps. yaitu:(1) Rangkaian sistem minimum mikro kontroler Atmega 2560 dalam modul arduino uno (42) Smartphone, (3)serta aplikasi Google maps yang sudah ada pada smartphone. Pembuatan perangkat lunak (Software) alat ini menggunakan bahasa pemrograman C. Hasil pengujian yang dilakukan, diketahui bahwa unjuk kerja Perancangan Sistem Keamanan Untuk Mengetahui Posisi Kendaraan yang hilang Berbasis sms dan Ditampilkan dengan Smartphone dengan hasil pengujian keseluruhan alat dapat menampilkan data informasi sesuai dengan yang diharapkan yaitu sebagai peringatan saat kendaraan dicuri dan mengirimkan lokasi koordinat kendaraan ke smartphone user,kemudian untuk mengetahui posisi kendaraan yang hilang user cukup membuka sms dan perintah tersebut akan memanggil aplikasi Google maps.Kesimpulan yang didapat dari alat ini adalah alat sudah dapat bekerja dengan baik. Kata kunci : SMS Gateway Sim 800, ATMEGA 2560, Smartphone, SMS .
How does a social practice perspective add to the development of policy instruments to reduce consumption-based CO2 emissions? A case study of Austria

ABSTRACT While current policies aiming at a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions seem to be successful from the territorial perspective of industrialized countries, emissions are still increasing at the global level. The term weak carbon leakage describes a situation where an increase in consumption in developed countries leads to growing emissions in less developed countries. This effect is strongly related to phenomena like globalization and outsourcing of production. As a consequence, a large part of daily consumed products are imported and include embodied emissions (i.e. direct and indirect emissions that occur in the regions of production). For the development of effective policy instruments addressing consumption-based-emissions (CBE) embodied in these international products and processes, it is essential to apply a consumption-based approach (CBA), including both consumer-oriented policies, focusing on final demand, and producer-oriented policies, focusing on industry. Since a considerable share of consumption behaviour is performed by routines, habits and within social practices (cooking, working or shopping), CBE due to consumer behaviour are analysed in this paper by applying the social practices (SP) approach to the case of Austria. Based on this approach the development of effective policy instruments addressing a reduction of CBE by three types of interventions (re-crafting, substituting and interlocking) are discussed for the main hotspots of Austria’s CBE: construction and mobility. Key policy insights An SP perspective enriches the development of CBE policy instruments by shifting the focus of interventions from individual motivations (conscious consumption) towards the constitutional frame and the particular practice-setting which determines consumer behaviour. Consumption sectors such as construction and mobility are most often embedded in behavioural interlocking (e.g. commuting), calling for practical policy mixes to address this complex interplay of practices. The SP approach demonstrates that CBE can be addressed also by single instruments (e.g. changing a regulation, favouring the avoidance of certain practices or materials offered/used) only.
Assessment of prevalence of depression and anxiety and factors associated with them in undergraduate medical students of Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur

For all individuals, mental, physical and social health are vital and interwoven strands of life. As our understanding of this relationship grows, it becomes ever more apparent that mental health is crucial to the overall well-being of individuals, societies and countries. Indeed, mental health can be defined as a state of well-being enabling individuals to realize their abilities, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully, and make a contribution to their communities. Unfortunately, in most parts of the world, mental health and mental disorders are not accorded anywhere near the same degree of importance as physical health. Rather, they have been largely ignored or neglected. 1 Depression is a common mental disorder that presents with depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, decreased energy, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or ABSTRACT
FPI-POFBG Angular Movement Sensor Inscribed in CYTOP Fibers With Dynamic Angle Compensator

We present the development and application of an angular movement sensor based on Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) in series with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) inscribed in cyclic transparent optical polymer (CYTOP) using a femtosecond laser. The FPI was fabricated with UV-curable resin between the CYTOP and a silica pigtail, which provides flexibility and the possibility in situ fabrication. In this case, the FPI is an edge-filter for the FBG response, which presents both wavelength shift and optical power attenuation as the bending angle increases. A dynamic compensator for the material’s viscoelastic response resulted in a six-fold reduction in the sensor’s transient response error. The FPI-POFBG angular movement sensor was validated in knee angle monitoring during gait cycles, where the sensor presented errors as low as 2.5°. This is a low-cost sensor with high flexibility on fabrication and with the capacity of following subtle angle variations, as the ones commonly occurred in gait cycles.