Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Analysis of Risk Management Implementation in Aquatic Centers in Taiwan and a Review of Selected Law Cases

Today, members of most institutions realize how important risk management prac­tices are, but many encounter difficulties in putting such policies into practice (Hsiao, 2007). Most accidents have been associated with the absence of risk management plans and the failure to provide instruction in swimming. Because of the high rate of accidents in water-related activities, the focus of this research was to understand the management status of aquatic centers in schools, YMCAs, public/private communi­ties, hotels, and theme parks in Taiwan; the risk management practices employed by these institutions; and associated legal concerns. The aforementioned institutions are believed to be in the most reasonable position to provide water safety education and swimming classes for children and adults in Taiwan. Language: en
Stability Analysis of Kalman Filter by Orthonormalized Compressed Measurement

In this paper, we propose the concept of orthonormalized compressed measurement for the stability analysis of discrete linear time-varying Kalman filters. Compared with the previous studies that deals with the homogeneous portion of Kalman filters, the proposed Lyapunov method directly deals with the stochastically-driven system. The orthonormalized compressed measurement provides information on the a priori state estimate of the Kalman filter at the k -th step that is propagated from the a posteriori state estimate at the previous block of time. Since the complex multiple-step propagations of a candidate Lyapunov function by process and measurement noises can be simplified to a one-step Lyapunov propagation by the orthonormalized compressed measurement, a stochastic radius of attraction can be derived that would be practically difficult to obtain by the conventional multiple-step Lyapunov method.
Thyristorised Power Controllers

A treatment of the principles of power electronics, this text covers the high-power circuits associated with thyristorised power controllers and the low-power electronic control circuitry vital to the operation of a practical system. A special feature of the book is its detailed presentation of gating and control circuits associated with each type of converter.
Crash Databases in Australasia, the European Union, and the United States

Because the quality of decision making in road safety is dependent on the quality of the data on which decisions are based, efforts to improve the quality, timeliness, and accuracy of crash databases are crucial. A critical review of Australasian, European Union, and U.S. crash databases was performed, and future directions were identified. Major issues included procedures for access to crash data, crash report forms, severity of crashes reported in the databases, crash locations, crash classification, and crash severity. Access to crash databases could be provided to approved road safety professionals through a web-based portal, which could also provide detailed police crash reports. The use of electronic crash report forms was strongly recommended because it might solve most of the problems associated with paper forms. The severity of crashes reported in the databases varied across countries, and not all countries reported property-damage-only crashes. However, for both prevention and consistency between countries, collecting property-damage-only crash reports and using them to develop safety strategies is recommended. Combined use of Global Positioning System devices and geographic information systems improves the reporting of crash locations and overcomes traditional problems such as inaccuracies and collection mistakes. To develop effective countermeasures, it is recommended that crashes be classified by the maneuvers and sequence of events for each traffic unit. The adoption of the same system for crash severity classification in different countries would allow comparisons in safety performance between countries and jurisdictions.
Mechanochemical Synthesis of the Catechol-Theophylline Cocrystal: Spectroscopic Characterization and Molecular Structure

Pharmaceutical cocrystallization offers the possibility to modify the physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients. The mechanochemical synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of the catechol-theophylline (CAT-TEO) cocrystal is reported. The cocrystal was prepared by the solvent-assisted grinding method. The ATR-IR spectroscopy study allowed to determine the formation of the cocrystal because the O-H and C=O stretching bands in the CAT-TEO cocrystal were shifted with respect to the starting materials, suggesting the formation of the C=O···H-O hydrogen bond interaction. Infrared spectroscopy also allowed to discard hydration of the cocrystal, and polymorphic transitions of the starting products as a consequence of the mechanochemical grinding. The X-ray powder diffraction and thermal studies confirmed the formation of a new solid phase. In the solid state 13C NMR spectra of the cocrystal, the signals were shifted with respect to the starting products. The 13C NMR chemical shifts of the CAT-TEO cocrystal were simulated by using the gauge including the atomic orbital (GIAO) method. These results showed a good correlation between the experimental and calculated 13C NMR results. Theoretical calculations and natural bonding orbital analysis (NBO) at a B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory were performed to obtain structural information of the cocrystal.
Thermoeconomic Optimization of COOLCEP-S: A Novel Zero-CO2-Emission Power Cycle Using LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) Coldness

This paper presents a thermoeconomic optimization of a novel zero-CO2 and other emissions and high efficiency power and refrigeration cogeneration system, COOLCEP-S† which uses the liquefied natural gas (LNG) coldness during its revaporization. It was predicted that at the turbine inlet temperature (TIT) of 900°C, the energy efficiency of the COOLCEP-S system reaches 59%. The thermoeconomic optimization determines the specific cost, the cost of electricity, and the system payback period. The optimization started by performing a thermodynamic sensitivity analysis, which has shown that for a fixed TIT and pressure ratio, the pinch point temperature difference in the recuperator, ΔTp1 , and that in the condenser, ΔTp2 , are the most significant unconstrained variables to have a significant effect on the thermal performance of this novel cycle. The thermoeconomic analysis of the cycle (with fixed net power output of 20 MW and plant life of 40 years) shows that the payback period with the revenue from electricity and CO2 mitigation was ∼5.9 years, and would be reduced to ∼3.1 years when there is a market for the refrigeration byproduct. The capital investment cost of the economically optimized plant is estimated to be about $1,000/kWe, and the cost of electricity is estimated to be 0.34–0.37 CNY/kWh (∼0.04 $/kWh). These values are much lower than those of conventional coal power plants being installed at this time in China, which, in contrast to COOLCEP-S, do produce CO2 emissions at that.Copyright © 2008 by ASME
Airfield Damage Repair Techniques.

Abstract : This monograph is one of a series prepared under the umbrella of the Engineer Studies Center's study: US Army Engineer Assessment, Europe. It describes the US Army engineer role in the repair of US Air Force air bases in Europe. Included is a description of the circumstances under which US Army engineers will make repairs to runways and taxiways, the current methods of repair, and what repairs will be made under Class A (permanent) and Class B (temporary) constraints. In summary, this monograph shows the preferred repair techniques in priority ranking for Class A, Class B, and spall repair and recommends areas for future study. (Author)
Single Fuel Concept for Croatian Army Ground Vehicles

During the process of approaching the European associationsand NATO the Republic of Croatia has accepted the singlefuel concept for all ground vehicles of the Croatian Army.Croatia has also undertaken to insure that all aircraft, motorvehicles and equipment with turbo-engines or with pressurizedfuel injection, for participation in NATO and PfP led operationscan • operate using the kerosene-based aviation fuel(NATO F-34). The paper gives a brief overview and the resultsof the earned out activities in the Armed Forces of the Republicof Croatia, the expected behaviour of the motor vehicle andpossible delays caused by the use of kerosene fuel (NATOF-34) as fuel for motor vehicles. The paper also gives the advantagesand the drawbacks of the single fuel concept. By acquiringnew data in the Croatian Armed Forces and experienceexchange with other nations about the method of using fuelF-34, the development of the technologies of engine manufacturingand its vital parts or by introducing new standards in theproductjon of fuels and additives new knowledge will certainlybe acquired for providing logistics support in the area of operations,and its final implementation will be a big step forward forthe Republic of Croatia towards Europe and NATO.
Generating, animating, and rendering varied individuals for real-time crowds

To simulate realistic crowds of virtual humans in real time, three main requirements need satisfaction. First of all, quantity, i.e., the ability to simulate thousands of characters. Secondly, quality, because each virtual human composing a crowd needs to look unique in its appearance and animation. Finally, efficiency is paramount, for an operation usually efficient on a single virtual human, becomes extremely costly when applied on large crowds. Developing an architecture able to manage all three aspects is a challenging problem that we have addressed in our research. Our first contribution is an efficient and versatile architecture called YaQ, able to simulate thousands of characters in real time. This platform, developed at EPFL-VRLab, results from several years of research and integrates state-of-the-art techniques at all levels: YaQ aims at providing efficient algorithms and real-time solutions for populating globally and massively large-scale empty environments. YaQ thus fits various application domains, such as video games and virtual reality. Our architecture is especially efficient in managing the large quantity of data that is used to simulate crowds. In order to simulate large crowds, many instances of a small set of human templates have to be generated. From this starting point, if no care is taken to vary each character individually, many clones appear in the crowd. We present several algorithms to make each individual unique in the crowd. Firstly, we introduce a new method to distinguish body parts of a human and apply detailed color variety and patterns to each one of them. Secondly, we present two techniques to modify the shape and profile of a virtual human: a simple and efficient method for attaching accessories to individuals, and efficient tools to scale the skeleton and mesh of an instance. Finally, we also contribute to varying individuals' animation by introducing variations to the upper body movements, thus allowing characters to make a phone call, have a hand in their pocket, or carry heavy accessories, etc. To achieve quantity in a crowd, levels of detail need to be used. We explore the most adequate solutions to simulate large crowds with levels of detail, while avoiding disturbing switches between two different representations of a virtual human. To do so, we develop solutions to make most variety techniques scalable to all levels of detail.
Beamed Energy Propulsion

« ~ • •, EDITOR . '•Andrew V Pakhomov The University of Alabama in Huntsviile Huntsviile, Alabama SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center The University of Alabama in Huntsviile (UAH) NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Alabama Space Grant Consortium American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Propulsion Research Center, UAH ' Seoul National University, BK-21 Mechanical Engineering Research Division Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MAVERICK: THE SUCCESS STORY BEHIND THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL WORKPLACE

Ricardo Semler inherited his family company, Semco - manufacturer of marine pumps, industrial dishwashers and mixing equipment - when he was 19. Soon, by 1980, it was on the brink of bankruptcy, but a decade later, during a period of savage recession in Brazil, it had been transformed into a rapidly-growing company with profits of 10% on sales of $37 million. This was achieved by throwing out the rule-book and getting rid of all manuals and written procedures. Workers make the decisions previously made by their bosses; assembly workers can come and go as they please, and set their own production schedules; corporate decisions are put to the vote; managerial staff set their own salaries and bonuses; everyone has access to the company books; and there is a minimum of meetings, memos and approvals. All this was achieved through a series of 30 programmes designed to change the entire working environment, and in this book Semler presents an account of his company's revolution.
A fuzzy rule-based decision support system for Duodopa treatment in Parkinson

A decision support system (DSS) was implemented based on a fuzzy logic inference system (FIS) to provide assistance in dose alteration of Duodopa infusion in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, using data from motor state assessments and dosage. Three-tier architecture with an object oriented approach was used. The DSS has a web enabled graphical user interface that presents alerts indicating non optimal dosage and states, new recommendations, namely typical advice with typical dose and statistical measurements. One data set was used for design and tuning of the FIS and another data set was used for evaluating performance compared with actual given dose. Overall goodness-of-fit for the new patients (design data) was 0.65 and for the ongoing patients (evaluation data) 0.98. User evaluation is now ongoing. The system could work as an assistant to clinical staff for Duodopa treatment in advanced Parkinson’s disease.
Small‐size LTE/WWAN planar printed antenna for ultrathin smartphone application

A compact small‐size LTE/WWAN planar printed antenna for ultrathin smartphone application is presented, which achieves two wide operating bands of 647–972 MHz and 1605–2770 MHz to cover LTE (LTE700/2300/2500) and WWAN (GSM850/900/1800/1900/UMTS2100) bands. A feeding strip and an inverted M‐shaped parasitic shorting strip are combined to form the proposed coupled‐fed antenna with a simple structure and small size of 15 × 36 mm2. So it can be easily printed on the circuit board and it is convenient to adjust antenna performance. At the same time, a rectangular notch on the circuit board not only can be used to place the battery for ultrathin smartphone application but also changes the ground plane current path to achieve a better impedance matching, especially in the low‐band (698–960 MHz). Moreover, the proposed antenna allows tighter integration of multiple electronic components, such as USB, microphone. In addition, the design process and measured results of the proposed antenna are also provided below. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:2116–2120, 2015
Towards the automation of the service composition process: case study and prototype implementations

Service Composition has been a challenging research area for many years. One of the key ideas in this area is the matchmaking (at the semantic level) of requested services and the portfolio of services registered in a given service repository. Accordingly, a composite service can be generated by selecting a set of existing service components that partially match the requested service, and composing these services. In this paper we introduce a general framework for the Service Composition process and our efforts to automate this process. This framework exploits the semantic annotation of services and their parameters. The main annotations we focus on are service inputs, outputs, goals, preconditions, effects, and non-functional properties. Matchmaking aims at making sure that the selected service components are capable of interacting with each other, while the composition aims at orchestrating the selected service components to fulfil the goals of the service request. The framework takes care of service requests from both experienced service developers as well as ordinary end-users who are not necessarily familiar with service concepts and platforms. Three main prototype platforms have been developed to experiment with the framework.
Physical activity in a sample of New Zealand professional employees.

xii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH . 1 INCIDENTAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . 2 WORKSITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . 2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM . 4 STUDY AIMS.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH . 5 STUDY DELIMITATIONS . 5 STUDY LIMITATIONS . 6 CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND REVIEW.9 BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . 9 Benefits of Incidental Physical Activity.13 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH . 14 Physical Activity and Health in New Zealand.16 i PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT . 17 Direct Measurement . 19 Laboratory Methods . 20 Field Methods . 21 Accelerometers . 21 Pedometers.22 Heart Rate Monitors . 26 Comparison Of Field Methods.27 Self-Report Measures.28 Diaries . 30 Questionnaires . 30 WORKSITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS . 33 Justification for Worksite Physical Activity Interventions.33 Benefits of Worksite Physical Activity Interventions.42 Disadvantages of Worksite Physical Activity Interventions . 44 WORKSITE INCIDENTAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . 46 Incidental Physical Activity and Stair Use . 51 Point Of Decision Prompts.53 National Heart Foundation of New Zealand Posters . 55 WORKSITE HEALTH PROMOTION FRAMEWORK . 56 CONCLUSION.58 CHAPTER THREE: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS IN THE WORKPLACE: A REVIEW AND FUTURE FOR NEW ZEALAND RESEARCH . 60 PRELUDE . 60 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH . 61
Googled: The End of the World as We Know It

A revealing, forward-looking examination of the outsize influence Google has had on the changing media Landscape. There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. As only he can, bestselling author Ken Auletta takes readers for a ride on the Google wave, telling the story of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses-from newspapers to books, to television, to movies, to telephones, to advertising, to Microsoft. With unprecedented access to Google's founders and executives, as well as to those in media who are struggling to keep their heads above water, Auletta reveals how the industry is being disrupted and redefined. Using Google as a stand-in for the digital revolution, Auletta takes readers inside Google's closed-door meetings and paints portraits of Google's notoriously private founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as well as those who work with-and against-them. In his narrative, Auletta provides the fullest account ever told of Google's rise, shares the "secret sauce" of Google's success, and shows why the worlds of "new" and "old" media often communicate as if residents of different planets. Google engineers start from an assumption that the old ways of doing things can be improved and made more efficient, an approach that has yielded remarkable results- Google will generate about $20 billion in advertising revenues this year, or more than the combined prime-time ad revenues of CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX. And with its ownership of YouTube and its mobile phone and other initiatives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Auletta his company is poised to become the world's first $100 billion media company. Yet there are many obstacles that threaten Google's future, and opposition from media companies and government regulators may be the least of these. Google faces internal threats, from its burgeoning size to losing focus to hubris. In coming years, Google's faith in mathematical formulas and in slide rule logic will be tested, just as it has been on Wall Street. Distilling the knowledge accrued from a career of covering the media, Auletta will offer insights into what we know, and don't know, about what the future holds for the imperiled industry.
AN ADAPTIVE TWO-STAGE DOSE-RESPONSE DESIGN METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING PROOF OF CONCEPT IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT

In clinical drug development, searching for the true dose-response curve is ethically and logistically challenging. Establishing evidence of dose-response or Proof of Concept (PoC) is the first step for both determining the best dose-response model and optimizing a treatment dose correctly for clinical use. To overcome these challenges, we employ an adaptive two-stage design where both adding and dropping treatment arms is possible between stages. In the first part of this dissertation, we develop a method extending the Multiple Comparison Procedures and Modeling (MCP-Mod) approach into this adaptive two-stage design. Our goal is to establish "global" PoC across the stages. Between stages, we propose using an Adding and/or Dropping Treatment Adaptation Rule (ADTAR). In the ADTAR method, dose specifications in the second stage depend on the first stage's results. Treating the unobserved doses and imbalanced aggregate sample sizes in the second stage as missing data, we derive weights and adjust the test statistics in the second stage. Specifically, we assume that the missing data mechanism caused by ADTAR is missing at random. At the end of the second stage, we perform the global PoC test combining the test results from both stages. To preserve the family-wise error rate, we use a Conditional Error Function. Using simulation studies, we evaluated our design method and compared it to a conventional (one-stage) study design and different fixed two-stage designs. Our method showed overall robust high power for detecting the global PoC across three forms of true dose-response curves. In the second part of this dissertation, we find constraints for choosing doses in the original and extended MCP-Mod methods. Specifically, we establish lower bounds of the number and levels of doses for each method using simulation studies. Our proposed method is a viable tool in searching for a dose-response relationship. In accordance with ICH guidelines, our method helps to provide optimal doses of drugs for treating or preventing different diseases. Since drugs are widely used in human populations, such methods have a great Public Health impact in appropriately treating or preventing many types of diseases.
Cavity solitons in semiconductor microresonators

We introduce the basic physical mechanisms governing a semiconductor heterostructure-based microresonator: e.g. the carrier density dynamics coupled to the diffractive dynamics of the field, a proper modelization of the mutual nonlinear interaction, and the carrier diffusion. Although diffusion is normally an anti-patterning effect, and even in presence of self-defocusing nonlinearities (typical of passive devices), we can predict extended and experimentally achievable regimes where spatial solitons are stable.