Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Distinguishing between green building occupants’ reasoned and unplanned behaviours

Several frameworks incorporate social and psychological elements of environmentally significant behaviour, and most assume cognitive and deliberate decision-making. Household energy consumption behaviours, however, span a spectrum from reasoned and deliberate to unplanned and automatic. The aim of this paper is to advance knowledge of reasoned and unplanned behaviours in the context of pro-environmental action. Using results of a survey administered to occupants of an urban residential green building, this study explores five household consumption behaviours and tests the hypothesis that unplanned behaviours will be poorly predicted by a reasoned, values-based behavioural framework. Using path analyses, variables in a values-based framework are used to predict surveyed behaviours. Findings indicate that behaviours hypothesized to be unplanned were not well predicted by the values-based framework. The framework successfully predicted what was hypothesized to be a fully reasoned behaviour. Three potential reasons are discussed for the lack of prediction of some behaviours. A deeper understanding of how unplanned, automatic or habitual behaviours intervene in conservation intentions can help policy-makers and building designers better respond to influences of occupant behaviour on building performance.
Marking strategies of attributive possession in Selkup: A study of frequency and types of possession (Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 66)

This paper deals with attributive possession in North, Central and South Selkup and focuses on a quantitative analysis of the frequency with which marking strategies are used in Selkup dialects. In Selkup, attributive possession can be head marked (with a possessive suffix), dependent marked (with genitive or adessive marking), and double marked (both combined), but close study shows that while dependent marking with genitive is most commonly used for lexical possessors, for non-lexical possessors the most common usage is head marking with a possessive suffix. The paper also illustrates the usage of different types of possession (e.g. inalienable/alienable) and shows that they are rarely treated differently with regard to their marking.
CAN FAMILY OWNERSHIP STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND PERFORMANCE IN ASEAN HIGH-TECH FIRMS?

This study investigates the positive relationship between intellectual capital and firm performance. It examines whether family ownership can strengthen the relationship between intellectual capital and firm performance of firms in high-technology industries in ASEAN. The data was collected from the BvD OSIRIS database and company annual reports from 2008-2014 and conducted on five countries in ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. The final sample used in this study consists of a total of 1,310 observations. This study uses panel data regression model analysis, i.e. fixed effect regression and random effect regression. The results showed that intellectual capital has a positive relationship with financial performance. The result proved the role of intellectual capital in increasing firm finances and its importance as one of the primary resources in competing in the AEC challenges and as the firm's primary driver for the firm's success. It is not found in the relationship between intellectual capital and market performance. In the interaction relationship, the result is contrary to the alignment effect that becomes our previous prediction. The result is consistent with the entrenchment effect and indicates that family ownership can weaken the relationship between intellectual capital and financial performance. There is no evidence about the relationship between the interaction of intellectual capital and family ownership on market performance.
A 10 μm Outpoint Size Selective Inlet for Hi-Vol Samplers

A Two-stage Size Selective Inlet for use with hi-vol samplers was designed and tested. The inlet, which operates at a flow rate of 1.13 m3/min, is shown to have a cutpoint of 9.8 μm and a fractionation curve slope of 1.45. The cutpoint is well within the EPA suggested limits of 10 ± 1 μm. Fractionation is not affected by wind speed over the test range of 2-24 km/h. Re-entrainment or bounce of solid particles is not of consequence. The difference in penetration of 20 μm aerodynamic diameter glass beads and liquid aerosols is less than 1% at all wind speeds.
Design and Performance of Plastic Modular Adaptors for External Transtibial Prostheses

There is a very large need for prosthetic components in developing countries, where such devices are imported and prohibitively expensive. The present work explores the possibility of developing and manufacturing prosthetic components locally in Venezuela, preserving high quality and function. We aimed to develop a kit of plastic modular adaptors for external transtibial prostheses. The project was divided in four stages that covered design, stress analyses, manufacture, and function assessment of the components. The design process is presented in detail, resulting a prototype that comprises four adaptors of simple design. Their response was studied with stress analysis using the Finite Element Method applying static loads for different instants of gait during the stance phase. Then, five kits of adaptors were manufactured with thermoplastic material using conventional metal-working machines. The resulting components were lighter and cheaper than equivalent imported metallic ones. The kits were adapted to four patients and assessed via gait analysis. A very good function was observed, with no significant differences in spatio-temporal gait parameters (p<0.05) compared to normal values nor significant asymmetries between prosthetic and sound sides. However, these results are preliminary as the kits were not tested to structural fatigue. This remains for a future work aimed to assess the performance of such adaptors in the field.
500 V dual gate deep-oxide trench SOI-LIGBT with improved short-circuit immunity

A 500 V deep-oxide trench silicon-on-insulator (SOI) lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor (LIGBT) with improved short-circuit capability is proposed. The structure features dual trench gates: one gate (G1) extended to the buried oxide and the other gate (G2) arranged in the deep-oxide trench in the drift region. In the off-state, G2 acts as an emitter-side field plate to shield the lateral electric field from the collector side. In the on-state, negative voltage is applied to G2, leading to a hole inversion layer close to the deep-oxide trench. The hole inversion layer reroutes the hole current and provides an additional heat dissipation path. Experimental results show that the proposed structure exhibits high short-circuit immunity without degradation of the breakdown voltage. The short-circuit withstand time of the proposed structure is 1.55 times that of the conventional one, when the voltage of G2 is −5 V.
Fiber‐wireless integration for 80 Gbps polarization division multiplexing −16QAM signal transmission at W‐band without RF down conversion

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a fiber‐wireless integration system at W‐band (75–100 GHz), and 80‐Gbps polarization division multiplexing 16‐ary quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal is transmitted in an optical‐wireless‐optical system for the first time. After 50‐km single‐mode fiber‐28 (single‐mode fiber (SMF)‐28) transmission, the millimeter‐wave signal at 84‐GHz is delivered over a 4‐m 2 × 2 multiple‐input multiple‐output wireless link, and finally up‐converted to optical signal for another 50‐km SMF‐28 transmission. With the optical signal‐to‐noise ratio of 30 dB, the bit error rate is below the forward‐error‐correction threshold of 3.8 × 10−3 using cascaded multimodulus algorithm equalization at the receiver. The experimental results indicate that high‐order QAM signal can be well suitable for long‐haul large‐capacity optical‐wireless‐optical transmission in the proposed system. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:9–13, 2015
EVALUATION OF THE SUCCESS OF THE REKON.ID MOBILE ATTENDANCE APPLICATION USING THE DELONE AND MCLEAN APPROACH

This study discusses the evaluation process on the use of the Rekon.id application at the company PT Solusi Konvergen. The Rekon.id application is an application made by companies to record every activity carried out by employees and help employees to carry out administrative processes every day. However, at the time of its application, the Rekon.id application experienced a decrease in users every month. So, with these problems, companies must evaluate the use of the application. This study conducted an evaluation process for the success of the Rekon.id application using the DeLone and McLean model which consisted of system quality, information quality, service quality, usage, user satisfaction, and net benefits. This study uses 235 samples of Rekon.id application users to test and perform quantitative analysis in the evaluation process of using the Rekon.id application. The results of the 10 hypothesis test conducted show that the variables that have a positive relationship are information quality on user satisfaction, system quality on user satisfaction, service quality on use, and user satisfaction with net benefits.
Attention to Action: Leveraging Attention for Object Navigation

Navigation towards different objects is prevalent in daily lives. State-of-the-art embodied vision methods accomplish the task by implicitly learning the relationship be-tween perception and action or optimizing them with separate objectives. While effective in some cases, they have not yet developed (1) a tight integration of perception and action, and (2) the capability to address visual variance that is signiﬁcant in the moving and embodied setting. To close these research gaps, we introduce a new attention mechanism, which represents the pursuit of visual information that highlights the potential directions of ﬁnal targets. Instead of working conventionally as a weighted map for aggregating visual features, the new attention is deﬁned as a compact intermediate state connecting visual observations and action. It is explicitly coupled with action to enable a joint optimization through a consistent action space, and also plays an importance role in learning features more robust against visual variance. Our experiments show signiﬁcant improvements in navigation across various types of unseen environments with known and unknown semantics. Ablation analyses indicate that the proposed method correlates attention patterns with the directions of action, and overcomes visual variance by distilling useful information from visual observations into attention distribution. Our code is publicly available at https://github.com/szzexpoi/ana .
A Study on the Forecasting of Bunker Price Using Recurrent Neural Network

] In this paper, we propose the deep learning-based neural network model to predict bunker price. In the shipping industry, since fuel oil accounts for the largest portion of ship operation costs and its price is highly volatile, so companies can secure market competitiveness by making fuel oil purchasing decisions based on rational and scientific method. In this paper, short-term predictive analysis of HSFO 380CST in Singapore is conducted by using three recurrent neural network models like RNN, LSTM, and GRU. As a result, first, the forecasting performance of RNN models is better than LSTM and GRUs using long-term memory, and thus the predictive contribution of long-term information is low. Second, since the predictive performance of recurrent neural network models is superior to the previous studies using econometric models, it is confirmed that the recurrent neural network models should consider nonlinear properties of bunker price. The result of this paper will be helpful to improve the decision quality of bunker purchasing.
Optimum Design Consideration and Implementation of a Novel Synchronous Rectified Soft-Switched Phase-Shift Full-Bridge Converter for Low-Output-Voltage High-Output-Current Applications

Optimum design consideration and implementation of a novel synchronous rectified soft-switched phase-shift full-bridge dc/dc converter with a primary-side energy storage inductor for server adapter application is presented in this paper. By employing a primary-side energy storage inductor, the main switches can achieve a soft-switching condition, and there is little reverse recovery loss in the body diodes of a secondary-side rectifier due to relatively slow downslope of the triangular current. Since the output capacitive filter reduces the voltage stress across the rectifiers, the synchronous rectifier with a lower breakdown voltage rate can be utilized to improve the conversion efficiency dramatically. Thus, this converter can obtain relatively high conversion efficiency for some medium-power applications with low output voltage and high output current, such as the server adapter. Several key optimum design considerations of this converter are also presented in detail in this paper. Finally, a 100-kHz, 300-W (12 V/25 A) laboratory-made prototype for a given server adapter application is built up based on the proposed optimum design procedure of this converter to verify all the theoretical analysis and evaluations.
Empirical investigation of the hard and soft criteria of TQM in ISO 9001 certified small and medium‐sized enterprises

Purpose – This paper presents the main findings of an empirical study that investigates the effects of the “soft” and “hard” criteria of total quality management (TQM) in four ISO 9001 certified small and medium‐sized enterprises (SME) in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted an ethnographic research approach, and used the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to determine the extent to which these criteria were implemented at the point of ISO 9001 certification. By complementing the literature review, a hierarchy framework of TQM implementation via ISO 9001 was developed. The framework comprised three levels of criteria, sub‐criteria and elements which determine the effectiveness of TQM implementation in SME. Inputs from 16 evaluators including senior executives and representatives from the studied companies were invited. The combined opinions from evaluators were used to identify and prioritize these criteria and components.Findings – The results showed that the “soft” cri.
Molecular cloning and oxidative‐stress responses of a novel Phi class glutathione S‐transferase (GSTF) gene in the freshwater algae Closterium ehrenbergii

Glutathione S‐transferases (GSTs) belong to a family of enzymes involved in diverse biological processes, including detoxification and protection against oxidative damage. Here, we determined the full‐length sequence (915 bp) of a novel Phi class cytosolic glutathione S‐transferase (GSTF) gene from the green algae Closterium ehrenbergii. We examined the gene structure and expression patterns in response to metals and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). It was significantly upregulated by metals, but responded differently to EDCs. The highest up‐regulation of CeGSTF was registered under 0.1 mg/L CuCl2 and 0.01 mg/L CuSO4 treatments. In a 72‐h course experiment with treatment of 0.1 mg/L CuCl2, CeGSTF was dramatically induced at 6 h, and then gradually decreased with increasing exposure time. This was consistent with the increase in both GST activity and ROS production in copper‐treated cells. These results suggest that CeGSTF may be involved in detoxification mechanisms associated with oxidative stress in green algae.
Changes in Exercise Capacity and Health-Related Quality of Life at Four and Eight Weeks of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in People with COPD

Abstract Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is a key intervention in the management of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), though few studies have assessed where changes in outcomes occur during a PR program. The aim of this study was to determine the changes in exercise capacity and health-related quality of life at four and eight weeks during a twice-weekly supervised PR program in people with COPD. Fifty participants with COPD were recruited and attended PR twice-weekly for eight weeks. The outcome measures were the endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT), six-minute walk distance (6MWD), St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) which were measured at baseline, four and eight weeks. Compared to baseline, at week four there were significant improvements in ESWT (mean difference [95%CI] 197 [89 to 305] seconds), 6MWD (22 [8 to 36] metres), SGRQ symptom score (-6 [-12 to −1] points) and SGRQ total score (-4 [-7 to −1] points). Between week four and eight there were further significant improvements in ESWT (94 [8 to 181] seconds) only. By week eight, ESWT, 6MWD, SGRQ symptoms and total score, and CAT had all improved significantly compared to baseline measures. This study demonstrated that participants with moderate to very severe COPD who participated in a twice weekly, eight-week PR program (16 sessions) had significant improvement in ESWT, 6MWD, SGRQ, and CAT score with the greatest improvements occurring in the first four weeks of the program. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2021. 2013793 .
DC Voltage Balancing and Current Sharing Control of Parallel Multiple Modules Static Var Generator Based on CPS-SPWM

For extending the power and improving the performance of SVG, a topology with several parallel plugging convertor modules is obtained, which has no common DC bus. In respect that the parameter difference among converters, reactive power of total output sharing has to be resolved. In this article, mathematics model with DQ analytic transformation is analyzed. Based on double close-loop decoupling control, and direct current control, a reactive power balance current sharing method is proposed. By using CPS-SPWM, the current harmonic of SVG is reduced, which is indicated by simulation result. Further, in order to apply the method to project application, a 2Mvar platform with a double FPGA-DSP controller broad is carried out. The simulation and practical performance of SVG are given. The validity and feasibility of the method is demonstrated by the results.
Altered executive control network connectivity in anti‐NMDA receptor encephalitis

The goal of this study was to examine whether the static functional connectivity (FC) of the executive control network (ECN) and the temporal properties of dynamic FC states in the ECN can characterize the underlying nature of anti‐N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate (anti‐NMDA) receptor encephalitis and their correlations with cognitive functions.
Single switch, unity power factor, lamp ballasts

Unity power factor, single active switch AC-to-AC power converter topologies based on proper integrations of automatic current shapers and single switch inverters such as Class E power converters are presented, which are suitable for lamp ballast applications. Descriptions of desirable mode of operations and the first order analysis are given. The proposed ballasts have the following salient features: unity input power factor and low crest factor lamp current; single active switch reducing circuit complexity; and lossless switching, all of which are verified by experimental results. <<ETX>>
Rapid detection of neutral faces associated with emotional value

ABSTRACT Swift detection of faces with emotional meaning underlies fruitful social relationships. Although previous studies using a visual search paradigm have demonstrated rapid detection of emotional facial expressions, whether it is attributable to emotional/motivational significance remains to be clarified. We examined this issue by excluding the influence of visual factors on the rapid detection of faces with emotional meaning. First, participants were engaged in an associative learning task wherein neutral faces were associated with either monetary rewards, monetary punishments, or zero outcome in order for the neutral faces to acquire positive, negative, and no emotional value, respectively. Then, during the visual search task, the participants detected a target-neutral face associated with high reward or punishment from among newly presented neutral faces. In Experiment 1, neutral faces associated with high reward and punishment values were more rapidly detected than those without monetary outcomes. In Experiment 2, highly rewarded and highly punished neutral faces were more rapidly detected than neutral faces associated with low monetary reward/punishment. Analyses of ratings confirmed that the learned neutral faces acquired emotional value, and the reaction times were negatively related to arousal ratings. These results suggest that the emotional/motivational significance promotes the rapid detection of emotional faces.
Application of analytic hierarchy process and multicriteria decision analysis on waste management: A case study in iran

This research compares the various waste management strategies in Tabriz, Iran, and selects the best one by a decision‐making method. Selection the best strategy is conducted based on the Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA). In this regard, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), a mathematical technique for multicriteria decision making, and the Multi Criteria Analysis which is a developed decision‐making tool have been used. This research compares four waste management strategies including various practices such as Source Separation (SS), Biological and Mechanical Treatment (BMT), Refused Derived Fuel (RDF), Incineration and Landfilling. There are mainly eight criteria weighted based on the AHP method to select the best strategy. These criteria consist of required land for waste management, energy recovery, investment and operation costs, income to cost ratio (benefit), environmental impacts, and complexity of implementation and operation of process, public acceptance, and recycling materials. The results of this study demonstrate that the first strategy provides the best solution for waste management which includes SS, Compost production, BMT, RDF and Landfilling. Finally, study suggests various solutions that minimize environmental impacts and social cost and improve the public acceptance. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 32: 810–817, 2013
Demanding and Designing Aligned Cognitive Architectures

With AI systems becoming more powerful and pervasive, there is increasing debate about keeping their actions aligned with the broader goals and needs of humanity. This multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder debate must resolve many issues, here we examine three of them. The first issue is to clarify what demands stakeholders might usefully make on the designers of AI systems, useful because the technology exists to implement them. We make this technical topic more accessible by using the framing of cognitive architectures. The second issue is to move beyond an analytical framing that treats useful intelligence as being reward maximization only. To support this move, we define several AI cognitive architectures that combine reward maximization with other technical elements designed to improve alignment. The third issue is how stakeholders should calibrate their interactions with modern machine learning researchers. We consider how current fashions in machine learning create a narrative pull that participants in technical and policy discussions should be aware of, so that they can compensate for it. We identify several technically tractable but currently unfashionable options for improving AI alignment.