Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
subTextile : a construction kit for computationally enabled textiles

As technology moves forward, electronics have enmeshed with every aspect of daily life. Some pioneers have also embraced electronics as a means of expression and exploration, creating the fields of wearable computing and electronic textiles. While wearable computing and electronic textiles seem superficially connected as fields of investigation, in fact they are currently widely separated. However, as the field of electronic textiles grows and matures, it has become apparent that better tools and techniques are necessary in order for artists and designers interested in using electronic textiles as a means of expression and function to be able to use the full capabilities of the available technology. It remains generally outside the reach of the average designer or artist to create e-textile experiences, thus preventing them from appropriating the technology, and in turn allowing the general public to accept and exploit the technology. There is clearly a need to facilitate this cross-pollination between the technical and design domains both in order to foster greater creativity and depth in the field of electronic textiles, and in order to bring greater social acceptability to wearable computing. This thesis introduces behavioral textiles, the intersection of wearable computing and electronic textiles that brings the interactive capability of wearable electronics to electronic textiles. As a means of harnessing this capability, the thesis also presents subTextile, a powerful and novel visual programming language and development. Design guidelines for hardware that can be used with the development environment to create complete behavioral textile systems are also presented. Using a rich, goal-oriented interface, subTextile makes it possible for novices to explore electronic textiles without concern for technical details. This thesis presents the design considerations and motivations that drove the creation of subTextile. Also presented are the result of a preliminary evaluation of the language, done with a sample chosen to represent users with varying capabilities in both the technical and design domains. Thesis supervisor: Pattie Maes, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences subTextile: A Construction Kit for Computationally Enabled Textiles
Physical Properties Of Soursop (Annona Muricata) Seeds

Soursop is a peculiar fruit with a green bark covered with soft spines, a white or creamy pulp interspaced with seeds. In Nigeria it is called ‘shawa shawa’ or ‘shawa shop’. A good knowledge of the physical properties of these seeds will help in design of processing and storage equipments for effective use of the seeds. Some physical properties of Soursop seeds were studied. The result shows that the average number of seeds per fruit was 81 and at 4.20 % moisture content (wb), the average weight of the seed, surface area, sphericity, bulk density, true density and porosity were 0.54gms -2 , (1.48×0.88×0.52) mm, 22.13cm 2 , 0.59, 0.05g/ml, 0.54g/ml and 91% respectively. The angle of repose for wooden, steel and glass surfaces were 16.8 0 , 18.3 0 and 13.3 0 respectively. They are ovate shaped, with a black-brown colour when freshly removed, but gradually turns brown with time, until it attains a light brown colour.
A Non-Uniform Node Distribution Policy for Routing Holes Avoidance

The wireless sensor networks are mainly employed on purpose of collection or supervision hence most of the data will flow into the base station finally. And the quantity asymmetry resulted from more source nodes often much more than the target nodes leads to unbalance of network traffic. As a result, nodes which are near the base station cost more energy, and this is the so-called "hot spot" effect followed by the energy hole problem. Aiming at these problems, this paper introduces a non-uniform distribution strategy on the basis of the MEBC algorithm (Mult-energy Balance Clustering Hierarchy), so that the inner layer has more number of nodes. Through theoretical and experimental simulation, the non-uniform node distribution strategy can effectively deal with the hot spot effect, realize the suboptimal balance of energy consumption in wireless sensor networks, and is effective to alleviate the energy hole problem. In addition, the simulation shows that with the expansion of network scale, it does not shorten network life cycle because of the non-uniform distribution strategy. Therefore the non-uniform distribution strategy is a good solution to the problem of large-scale network deployment.
Embryogenic Callus Induction of Aquilaira Malaccensis Lam. and Aquilaria Subintegra Ding Hou

Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. and Aquilaria subintegra Ding Hou belong to the family of Thymelaeaceae which is commonly known as gaharu or agarwood. It is a commercially important tree and identified as a potential aromatic plant. The overwhelming responses in the lodging sector reduce gaharu species in the forest. Mass propagation through plant tissue culture technology will substitute this problem. The present study was conducted to investigate the embryogenic callus induction between these two species. The most optimum sterilization method for both species was sodium hypochlorite 5.0% which gave the highest percentage of aseptic culture (95%) with the absence of tissue browning. The leaves of both species were cultured on Murashige and Skoog, (1962) (MS) media supplemented with combination of various concentrations of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 2.5 mg/L) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mg/L) and kept under dark condition. The explants produced embryogenic, white and compact callus at the end cut of the explants after two weeks of culture in all treatments. The highest frequency of embryogenic callus formation was observed in explants cultured on 2.0 mg/L BAP and 0.5 mg/L 2,4-D for both species. From the present study, the optimum sterilization technique and embryogenic callus induction for A. malaccensis Lam. and A. subintegra were established.
Railroad Crew Resource Management (CRM): Survey of Teams in the Railroad Operating Environment and Identification of Available CRM Training Methods

This report summarizes the work undertaken by the Texas Transportation Institute to document the common teams or crews that are present within the rail industry and to evaluate the existing crew resource management (CRM) training methods used in other industries for their applicability to those railroad teams. Several railroads were visited in order to identify railroad crews, and an extensive literature search was performed to classify the broad variety of CRM training methods available. Facilities of five different railroad types were visited to gain a cross-sectional picture of the teams in the rail industry. These railroads included an eastern Class I railroad, a western Class I railroad, a shortline railroad, an urban commuter railroad, and an inter-city passenger railroad. Methods of CRM training from the commercial airline industry, the military, the medical field, the offshore oil production industry, and the nuclear power industry as well as existing railroad CRM training courses were examined concerning their application to the existing teams found during the site visits. Recommendations regarding the appropriate training methods for each railroad team are then made. This report also presents several requirements to develop a fully implemented CRM program in the rail industry.
Antenna Analysis Techniques

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Overview of Analysis Techniques Phase-Shift Distribution Analysis of Rectangular Patches with Attached Stubs Full-Wave Analysis of Multilayer Periodic Structures Phase-Shifter Element Based on Single and Stacked Variable-Sized Patches Phase-Shifter Element Based on Aperture-Coupled Patches Feed Model and Radiation Patterns References
Promoting Medication-Adherence by Uncovering Patient’s Mindsets and Adjusting Clinician-Patient Communication to Mindsets: A Mind Genomics Cartography

We present a new approach to understanding how patients want doctors to communicate to them. The approach uses Mind Genomics, an emerging science in experimental psychology, which looks at the way people make decisions about the everyday. Respondents in an experiment evaluated different combinations of messages (elements) in vignettes. The results suggest three minds (privacy-oriented; doctor oriented; control-oriented), requiring three different types of messages. These mind-sets also pay attention to the messages in different ways, as shown by the pattern of their response times. We present a PVI (personal viewpoint identifier), which in six questions can suggest the mind-set to which a new person might belong.
Cross Compliance, Instrument of the Common Agricultural Policy

This material is a summary of the study on cross compliance rules for direct payments to farmers in accordance with Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This paper presents relevant aspects of the system of cross compliance, scope and definitions, specific, targeted areas and cross compliance rules, timetable for implementation, monitoring and enforcement of cross compliance, regulatory framework and conclusions. Also, the paper presents support schemes for which the cross compliance rules, integrated administration and control system (IACS), the tools and media to farmers on cross compliance.
Measuring “Crabs in a Bucket” phenomenon at schools: A scale development study

: The purpose of this research was to develop a “Crabs in a Bucket at Schools Scale” (CBSS) measuring the perceptions of teachers regarding crab mentality in educational organizations. The data of the study was collected in 2019-2020 academic year from high school teachers working at different high schools of Aydın province, located in Aegean Region in Turkey. In order to provide the validity of the measurement tool, content and construct validity analyses were performed. So as to provide content validity, the item pool was subjected to expert view and expert panel. Following this, the data was collected from high school teachers by using the 44-item draft scale and then, the data was subjected to construct validity analysis. For construct validity, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were performed by using separate datasets (305 participants for EFA and 279 participants for CFA). In an effort to provide the reliability of the scale; Cronbach Alpha, Spearman-Brown and Guttman Split-Half coefficients were calculated. As a result of the analyses, it was concluded that the scale comprised a 27-item and 2 factor ( individual factors sub-dimension and organizational factors sub-dimension ) structure, and the psychometric properties of CBSS was quite valid and reliable.
To Explore the Mechanism of Tibetan Medicine Gaoyuan' an Capsule Improving Plateau Hypoxia Tolerance

Background: Tibetan medicine Gaoyuan 'an capsule (GYAC) is widely used to prevent pulmonary edema at high altitude, but the specific mechanism of its action has not been explored. Therefore, based on bioinformatics and network pharmacology, this study analyzed the mechanism of improving hypoxia tolerance of GYAC, and provided new ideas for the prevention of altitude disease.Methods: The effective components and corresponding targets of GYAC were screened by using the Chinese herbal medicine network database, and the key targets of diseases were retrieved by using Genecards, OMIM and PubMed database with the key word "hypoxia". The drug targets and disease targets were mapped into common targets to obtain the final target. Cytoscape 3.7. 2 was used to analyze the topological network and construct the Herbs-Components-Targets network and Core Targets-Signal Pathways network. GO function and KEGG enrichment analysis were performed to predict the mechanism of action, and molecular docking techniques were used to verify the binding force of target compounds and targets.Results: The results showed that GYAC enhanced hypoxia tolerance by simultaneously regulating the functions of various signaling proteins, including IL6、TNF、NOS3、VEGFA etc. The main regulatory pathways were HIF-1 signaling pathway, Chagas disease, and pathway in cancer. The main biological processes involved are the positive regulation of RNA polymerase II promoter transcription, the extracellular space as the cell component, and the cytokine activity as the molecular function. Molecular docking shows that hydrogen bonding is the main form of binding between drug molecules and proteins.Conclusions: GYAC is mainly directed at the interaction of HIF-1 signaling pathway with targets such as IL6 and TNF to improve the body's hypoxia tolerance, that is, they are multi-pathway, multi-pathway and multi-target interaction.
Phase shifter designing base on half mode substrate integrated waveguide with reconfigurable quality

In this article, a novel phase shifter base on half mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) whose characteristics can be reconfigured electronically by simply loading it with electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) unit cells at 9.5 GHz is presented. The prototype of phase shifter contains a HMSIW as a transmission line and four metamaterial structure as a load on the one side of the transmission line. These loads with junctions (or PIN diode) can be connected to HMSIW. To obtain different radar bit‐phases for S21, we change the situation of junctions (or PIN diode). For demonstration purposes, controllable phase shifters are designed, fabricated, and measured to give excellent performance for X‐band applications. The phase shifter has bandwidth around 0.38% at 9.55 GHz. Design method is based on simulation of EBG cells in different position and changing reactance of the phase shifting elements which help us to modify our phase shifter for different phases. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:2562–2567, 2015
A Related Work

This work draws on three lines of research. The first are importance sampling and Sequential Monte Carlo methods, many of which can be described as properly weighted nested importance samplers. The second are approaches that combine importance sampling with stochastic variational inference, either by maximizing a stochastic lower bound, or by minimizing the forward KL divergence using self-normalized estimators. Finally there are a multitude of approaches that combine stochastic variational inference with some form of forward and reverse kernel, often in the form of an MCMC transition operator. We will discuss the most directly relevant approaches in these three lines of work.
Design for Services

This seminar was delivered on 29th February 2012 by Dr Daniela Sangiorgi, a lecturer in Design at Imagination Lancaster - a design-led research lab at Lancaster University. The presentation was hosted at Brunel University as part of the Human Centred Design Institute (HCDI) Research Seminar Series. Daniela is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of Service Design research, with one of the first PhDs in the field and is co-author of the book “Design for Services” (2011) by Gower. Her research focuses on the role of Design for Service Innovation. She has participated in EU research projects looking into methodologies and best practices for service design and social innovation and has more recently participated in a UK EPSRC funded research project on the role of design within healthcare clinical commissioning. Daniela has been working with local manufacturing SMEs and multinational organisations exploring scenarios, competences and tools for their development into service solution providers.
A systemic evaluation model for environmentally conscious business practices and strategy

Environmental management, similar to quality initiatives, is becoming more strategically oriented. With increased natural environmental pressures by organizational stakeholders, such programs as design for the environment, total quality environmental management, life cycle analysis, green supply chain management, and ISO 14000 standards gaining notoriety, the operational and strategic decisions for environmental managers and businesses is becoming more complex. This paper integrates these elements and their attributes into a strategic assessment and decision tool using the analytical network process (ANP) technique first introduced by Saaty.
Can carpooling clean the air? : the economics of HOV lanes, hybrid cars and the Clean Air Act

Private vehicles are a significant source of air pollution in many areas of the United States. Areas with already high levels of air pollution are required by the Clean Air Act to take steps to reduce automobile use and the associated emissions. The behavioral implications of many travel demand management techniques are poorly understood. In this dissertation I focus on carpooling. Policy makers encourage commuters to carpool through High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes, free parking for carpoolers, attempts to connect carpoolers, and casual carpoolers (often called slugging). Despite these e
Research on thermal characteristics of motor

In this paper, the thermal characteristics of a motor are researched. The heating and cooling processes of the stator winding are analyzed, and the temperature rise of the stator winding carrying steady currents as under load current, rated load current and over load current are tested. By comparing the test results with the theory, a satisfactory thermal characteristics model of the motor is obtained. The findings may provide some references for design and selection as well as the regulation of trip settings of thermal protective relays. Furthermore, the applicability of the GB1497-85 standard is also discussed in this paper.
A Specialized multi-agent search engine model for the extended manufacturing enterprise

: The Internet and Internet search engines have revolutionized the way in which we search for, and integrate information into our daily lives. One of the problems with general Internet search engines is the diversity of contexts queries can assume. Therefore, the construction of context-restrict-ed search engines designed for use within a specialized domain has been proposed (S. Lawrence, 2000). The objective of this article is to suggest a model for a collaborative, personalized meta-search agent system for the virtual manufacturing enterprise in the context of resource location and integration across scope of the extended manufacturing enterprise. The key differences between the proposed model and general search engines are (1) the ability to personalize the search task according to an individual user need, (2) the utilization of similar search sessions through partner collaboration at an information retrieval level, (3) leveraging on existing search services available on the virtual enterprise extranet and (4) autonomous behaviour through the use of intelligent agents. The perceived beneﬁ ts of a such search agent system for the virtual enterprise are: (1) Enabling a consistent and uniform view of business entities through improved access to information, (2) Simpliﬁ ed access to operational data, (3) Effective access and retrieval of organizational model elements and (4) Improving data location and sharing be-tween trading partners providing a platform for tighter process integration between trading partners. These beneﬁ ts are critical for effective decision making in a collaborative engineering process followed by the differing entities in a virtual manufacturing organization to ultimately enable ﬁ nal product realization. An evaluation strategy for the COPEMSA system presented is then brieﬂ y discussed, metrics for evaluation of focused crawlers and justiﬁ cation for development and implementation of the search system proposed. Finally, this article concludes with remarks about the model presented and future research to be undertaken.
The Influence of Temperature on Microelectronic Device Failure Mechanisms. Phase 2

Abstract : There has been a common belief that reliable electronics can be achieved by lowering temperature. Elevated temperature has in the past been considered a dominant stress that lowers reliability, so every effort has been made to lower operating temperature until the desired reliability is achieved. The belief in the harmful effects of temperature has woven itself into today's screening and thermal derating processes. High-reliability applications require that the microelectronic device be subjected to high-temperature stress screens, like burn-in, to improve the reliability of the product. Moreover, thermal derating measures for microelectronics often involve lowering temperature.
Investigation of the Thermal Flow Field and Recirculation of a Direct Air-Cooled Condenser for a Large Power Plant

The thermal effect experiments were carried out of a direct air-cooled system in the low speed wind tunnel. The influence of effect factors on recirculation is also discussion, after that the relationship between the thermal flows field structure and recirculation ratio under the cooling tower is analyzed. At last, the engineering measures to reduce or avoid recirculation are proposed. For certain conditions the experimental measurement shows close agreement with numerical values.
The Influence of Physical Activity on Musculoskeletal Characteristics and Fracture Risk at Growth

Physical Activity (PA) can improve neuromuscular development. A high level of physical activity can perhaps however lead to more fractures. This is a longitudinal population-based exercise intervention study where the school-based physical education (PE) in one school is increased from mean 60 min/week to mean 200 min/ week. We registered fractures in all children during 6 years. We annually measured musculoskeletal traits in a subsample by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and muscle strength by a Biodex dynamometer. At follow-up we used peripheral computed tomography (pQCT) to assess the appendicular skeleton. The fracture risk was not affected by the intervention, rate ratio 1.12 (0.85, 1.46). Children in the intervention group annually improved their spine BMD more than controls (p<0.05). At follow-up intervention girls had improved 11% in femoral neck BMC and 8% in tibial cortical bone mass (all p<0.05). Intervention children also improved their muscle strength compared to the controls (all p<0.05). This thesis shows that a long-term PA intervention program in school improves the gain in skeletal traits and muscle strength without increasing the fracture risk.