Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
+ = 3 D Shape Constrained Discriminative Parts Individual Part Detection Hypotheses Pose & Shape Estimation + 3 D Shape Space

We introduce a new approach for estimating the 3D pose and the 3D shape of an object from a single image. Given a training set of view exemplars, we learn and select appearance-based discriminative parts which are mapped onto the 3D model from the training set through a facility location optimization. The training set of 3D models is summarized into a sparse set of shapes from which we can generalize by linear combination. Given a test picture, we detect hypotheses for each part. The main challenge is to select from these hypotheses and compute the 3D pose and shape coefficients at the same time. To achieve this, we optimize a function that minimizes simultaneously the geometric reprojection error as well as the appearance matching of the parts. We apply the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) to minimize the resulting convex function. We evaluate our approach on the Fine Grained 3D Car dataset with superior performance in shape and pose errors. Our main and novel contribution is the simultaneous solution for part localization, 3D pose and shape by maximizing both geometric and appearance compatibility.
Περιγραφή ανασυνδυασμού στο γονίδιο της πολυμεράσης στον ιό των παραμορφωμένων φτερών μελισσών ( DWV )

GORAS G Laboratory of ApicultureSericulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, Greece RUETHER IGA Laboratory of ApicultureSericulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, Greece TANANAKI CH Laboratory of ApicultureSericulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, Greece GOUNARI S Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems and Forest Products Technology, NAGREF, 11528 Athens, Greece LIOLIOS V Laboratory of ApicultureSericulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, Greece KANELIS D Laboratory of ApicultureSericulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, Greece ARGENA N Laboratory of ApicultureSericulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, Greece RODOPOULOU M Laboratory of ApicultureSericulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and
of Nusantara Studies ( JONUS ) 401 RECONCEPTUALIZING THE 21 ST CENTURY ENGLISH PEDAGOGIES FOR ISLAMIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ASEAN

Since more people have become competent in English, the number of non-native English speakers continues to increase. The larger the number, the more diverse English-speaking individuals are. Consequently, there has been an emerged demand for new English pedagogies to adequately address the diversity of English-communicative encounters. The aims of English language learning in the 21st century have shifted from English interactions with native speakers to any English encounters that may involve native or non-native speakers. In response to the call of ELT transformation for the 21st century global challenges on diverse English environments, this study seeks to analyze and synthesize the ELT pedagogic countermeasures employed by the nine English teachers in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The participants were purposively selected. The data predominantly collected from different participant groups Journal of Nusantara Studies 2019, Vol 4(1) 401-421 ISSN 0127-9386 (Online) http://dx.doi. org/10.24200/jonus.vol4iss1pp401-421 402 by utilizing a semi-structured interview and focus group discussion. The derived qualitative data were then processed with content analysis. The findings revealed 6 ELT approaches that are effective for language acquisition of English classrooms in Islamic schools: (1) reconsidering new roles and functions of teachers; (2) emphasizing active learning and encouraging collaboration; (3) implementing technology; (4) employing local learning materials; (5) integrating learning to other study areas; and (6) reevaluating learners’ learning. Based on the findings, education practitioners can adapt their English teaching practices, whereas policy makers and curriculum designers can reconsider to reconceptualize national policies and curriculums in English education for Thai and other ASEAN learners to enhance their English proficiency for a higher quality global member of the 21st century.
Uncertainty Resolution and Trust Building in Visual Analytics

Visual analytics combines human and machine abilities to generate new knowledge from data. Within this process, uncertainty often plays an important role in hindering the sensemaking process and analysis tasks. On the machine side, uncertainty builds up from the data source level to the visual output. On the human side, these uncertainties often result in “lack of knowledge or trust” or “overtrust. ” Such human’s biased interpretation can be resolved if we can measure uncertainties and users’ trust at each stage and provide proper mitigation in time. We believe that we can achieve this by tracing data provenance and analytic provenance accurately and reflecting them on the system output. Therefore, our first goal is to identify the roles of uncertainty and trust along the entire visual analytics knowledge generation process. In addition, we aim to capture how uncertainty and trust can be derived from data and analytic provenance. In this workshop, we introduce a framework that describes the roles of uncertainty and trust, and introduce open research questions with potential solutions.
Design of a Three-phase Boost Type Vienna Rectifier for 1 kW Wind Energy Conversion System

This paper accords a novel 3-φ (three-phase) boost type Vienna rectifier for AC/DC power conversion. The proposed circuit topology is employed for the power conversion of AC into DC with the enhanced output voltage and reduced switching losses. It is a preferable front side conversion unit for AC power generated renewable energy systems and also for AC input fed DC applications. Vienna rectifier is adequate where a unidirectional power flow is essential in the system with high power density and low voltage stress across the switches. The AC to DC Vienna Rectifier provides approximately a unity PF (Power Factor), sinusoidal input current and low THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) at the supply side. İn this paper, the Vienna Rectifier is engaged in the conversion of a 230V AC to 400V DC with 50% reduction of voltage stress across the switches. The SVPWM (Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation) controller based proposed circuit topology is designed for 1kW PMSG (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator) wind energy conversion system (WECS) in MATLAB/Simulink and results are validated. KeywordsWind Energy Conversion System (WECS), PMSG, Vienna Rectifier, DC-link voltage, SVPWM Controller.
Duration Heat Acclimation in Australian Football Players

This study examined if five sessions of short duration (27 min), high intensity, interval training (HIIT) in the heat over a nine day period would induce heat acclimation in Australian football (AF) players. Fourteen professional AF players were matched for VO2peak (mL∙kg∙min) and randomly allocated into either a heat acclimation (Acc) (n = 7) or Control (Con) group (n = 7). The Acc completed five cycle ergometer HIIT sessions within a nine day period on a cycle ergometer in the heat (38.7 ± 0.5 °C; 34.4 ± 1.3 % RH), whereas Con trained in thermo-neutral conditions (22.3 ± 0.2 °C; 35.8 ± 0. % RH). Four days prior and two days post HIIT participants undertook a 30 min constant load cycling test at 60% V̇O2peak in the heat (37.9 ± 0.1 °C; 28.5 ± 0.7 % RH) during which VO2, blood lactate concentration ([Lac]), heart rate (HR), rating of perceived exertion (RPE), thermal comfort, core and skin temperatures were measured. Heat acclimation resulted in reduced RPE, thermal comfort and [Lac] (all p < 0.05) during the submaximal exercise test in the heat. Heart rate was lower (p = 0.007) after HIIT, in both groups. Heat acclimation did not influence any other measured variables. In conclusion, five short duration HIIT sessions in hot dry conditions induced limited heat acclimation responses in AF players during the in-season competition phase. In practice, the heat acclimation protocol can be implemented in a professional team environment; however the physiological adaptations resulting from such a protocol were limited.
SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATIONS IN AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS : CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES OF ATTRIBUTES

Food products with socioenvironmental seals differ from conventional ones because they follow standards determined by regulators that issue certificates that guarantee that the productive practices, whether in agriculture or in their processing, protect the environment, preserve the health of the consumer and the worker, and respect human rights. Farmers/processors who seek certification and are in compliance with the standards may use the socio-environmental seal on their products. Because of the profusion of social and environmental seals, they can often confuse consumers with regard to their requirements. In this sense, this article was based on the investigation, through a content analysis, of the requirements of the three main socio-environmental certifications present in Brazil: organic system, ISO 14001 and Fair Trade. An analysis of the content addressed in the requirements of these socio-environmental certifications was carried out through its norms in order to identify the attributes, allowing ascertaining which aspects are convergent and which are divergent between the three certifications. The requirements of the standards were categorized in: Compliance with environmental legislation; Sustainable practices; Preservation of biodiversity; Sustainable development; Compliance with labor legislation; Fair trade; Social responsibility; Traceability; Non-genetically modified organisms; Environmental policy; Regional production and trade; Non-use of synthetic materials; and Free from contaminants. It was observed the divergence of the attributes present in the certifications studied, explaining the diversities of each of them, even in the convergent attributes, taking into account their particularities.
Roskilde University Dynamic Capabilities Are They Profitable ?

The consequences of dynamic capabilities (i.e. innovation performance and profitability) is an under researched area in the growing body of literature on dynamic capabilities. This study aims to examine the relationship between dynamic capabilities, innovation performance and profitability of small and medium sized enterprises operating in volatile environments. A multi-case study design was adopted as research strategy. The findings reveal a positive relationship between dynamic capabilities and innovation performance in the case enterprises, as we would expect. It was, however, not possible to establish a positive relationship between innovation performance and profitability. Nor was there any positive relationship between dynamic capabilities and profitability. The main contribution of this study is a better understanding of the realm of small and medium sized enterprises’ internal and external business atmosphere. A sphere dominated, on the positive side, by high product quality, high product innovation, high flexibility, a very low return rate of failed products, a flat organization structure and an involving style of leadership. On the opposite pole it was dominated by a lack of systematism, assessment, monitoring, marketing speculations and feasibility calculation. Furthermore, the sphere was dictated by asymmetric supplier-customer relationships and negotiation power leading, among other possible factors, to meager profitability.
Implementation of Tissue Culture Technique for the Production of Triploid Plants of Mulberry ( MORUS . L . ) Mandoji

Mulberry is an important plant in sericulture industry as the foliage constitutes the chief feed for the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori (L.) Various breeding methods which could be profitably adopted for developing superior mulberry varieties. Leaf yield potential and quality of mulberry leaves are greatly influenced by genotypes. The triploid varieties recorded highest nutritive values and produced more leaves than the diploid and tetraploid mulberry plants. Tissue culture technique is suitable for the production of triploid genotypes. Regeneration of plants from endosperm tissue provides an easy and direct approach to triploid production.
The Nhal antiporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediates sodium and potassium eft : lux

Department of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology, CzAcadSci, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic The NHAl gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, transcribed into a 3-5 kb mRNA, encodes a protein mediating Na+ and K+ efflux through the plasma membrane that is required for alkali cation tolerance at acidic pH. Deletion of the gene in a wild-type strain resulted in higher sensitivity to both K+ and Na+ at acidic pH. Measurements of cation loss in strains carrying deleted or overexpressed alleles of NHAl demonstrated its role in K+ and Na+ efflux. In addition, high K+ and Na+ efflux observed upon alkalinization of the cytoplasm implies a role of Nhalp in the regulation of intracellular pH. Moreover, the overexpression of ENA1 and NHAl genes in an enal-46-nhalb strain showed that the Nhal alkalication antiporter is responsible for growth on high concentrations of KCI and NaCl at acidic pH, and Ena alkali-cation ATPases are necessary at higher pH values. Both systems have a complementary action to maintain the intracellular steadystate concentration of K+ and Na+.
SELECTIVE BIOHERBICIDAL POTENTIAL OF DELONIX REGIA ALLELOPATHIC LEAF EXTRACT ON GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF FIELD BINDWEED AND WHEAT

Due to increased risk attached with indiscriminate use of synthetic herbicides, researchers are looking for alternative weed control strategies. Allelopathy is a natural phenomenon that might be exploited for biological weed management in field crops. Allelopathic plant water extracts may provide selective growth inhibition of the weeds. The present studies were conducted to investigate the possible selective phytotoxic effect of Delonix regia aqueous, ethyl acetate and lyophilized leaf extract against field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The results revealed that lower to medium aqueous (2.5 and 5%) and ethyl acetate (50, 500 and 1000 ppm) leaf extract concentrations inhibited filed bindweed germination, root length, shoot length and seedling dry biomass by 35-48%, 42-59%, 45-46% and 52-56% respectively, while no significant phytotoxic effect was observed on wheat at these concentrations. It is concluded that lower to medium concentrations of Delonix regia leaf extract might be safely utilized for natural control of field bindweed in wheat, reducing reliance upon synthetic herbicides.
Referee comments on "How rainfall event characteristics affect the applicability of I30 as an index of intense or erosive rainfall: a brief review with proposed new rainfall index"

In this study, the author discusses a set of limitations of the 30-min maximum rainfall intensity index (I30) for the analysis of rainfall erosivity, and suggests an alternative index (EDf5, Event duration fraction 5%) that does not rely on a fixed clock period (such as the I30) for the study of rainfall characteristics that drive runoff generation and soil erosion processes. He applies tipping-bucket raingauge records of two climatologically contrasted sites in Australia (262 and 430 rainfall events recorded in two sites under arid and wet tropical conditions, respectively) to illustrate the better performance of the proposed EDf5 index for discriminating the rainfall characteristics of these two stations.
Patent value : exclusivity or signal of research productivity ?

We explore two different sources of potential patent value ? the legal right granted by the patent and the technical information disclosure that serves as a signal of firm technological ability and value. We apply an event study methodology to investigate market response to patent application publication and patent grant events, using the enactment of AIPA as a natural experiment. The American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA), enacted in November 2000, introduced a new stage to patent disclosure process. Patents applications filed after AIPA are disclosed after 18 months, instead of when the patent is granted. We also evaluate how patent characteristics and firm characteristics are associated with abnormal returns generated by patent events.
Chapter 6 Interleukin-l Receptor Type I Gene-Deficient Mice are less Susceptible to Staphylococcus epidermidis Biomaterial-Associated Infection

Elevated concentrations of interleukin (IL)-l were found in tissue surrounding biomaterials infected with Staphylococcus epidermidis. To determine the role of IL-1 in biomaterialassociated infection (BAI), IL-1 receptor type I deficient (IL-1R-/-) and wild-type mice received subcutaneous implants of silicon elastomer (SE) or polyvinylpyrrolidone-grafted SE (SEpvp), combined with an injection of 10 cfu S. epidermidis or sterile saline. Neither mouse strain was susceptible to BAI around SE. IL-1R-/mice had a no abscess formation and a reduced susceptibility to persistent S. epidermidis-infection associated with SEpvp. The foreign body response, characterized by giant-cell formation and encapsulation, was delayed around SEpvp in wild-type mice but not in IL-1R-/mice. This coincided with enhanced local IL-4 production in IL-1R-/mice. These data suggest that inhibition of local IL-1 activity may be beneficial for the outcome of BAI.
Approche micromécanique pour une maçonnerie microfissurée en fluage

This paper provides finite element predictions for the effective properties of microcracked viscoelastic masonry. This model relies on two steps. The first one is based on the identification at the short and long terms of an approximate analytical creep function for the mortar. This step rests on the coupling between the Griffith’s brittle fracture theory and stress-based dilute homogenization scheme. It allows to avoid recourse to ’heavy’ numerical inversion of the Laplace-Carson transform. The second step provides orthotropic overall properties of masonry by means of finite elements method used to carry out periodic homogenization on masonry. This step relies on the calculation of the localization strain tensors in each phase (brick and mortar). This paper proposes an alternative model to an incremental homogenization of masonry which is heavier to carry out since it depends on additional parameters such as time increment and prestresses in viscoelastic phases. In this work, for the sake of simplicity and as a first approach, only time-dependent crack densities [27, 22] are considered at short and long-terms. Mots clefs :Maçonnerie ; Fluage ;Microfissures ;Homogénéisation ; Élements finis. 23ème Congrès Français de Mécanique Lille, 28 au 1er Septembre 2017
TURBULENT FLOW IN THE WAKE OF A PERFORATED PLATE EQUIPPED WITH NON-THERMAL PLASMA

The present experimental contribution interests in the flow field developing downstream of a plate perforated by 121 holes with 1.8-mm inner diameter. The original aspects of this research is that the holes are all surrounded by plasma discharges that can actively impose periodic perturbations to the flow developing in the wake of the plate. In particular, it is shown by flow visualizations and particle image velocimetry that the plasma discharges can significantly affect the turbulent kinetic energy. It is observed that the multi-jet flow quickly form a single jet whose the turbulent production can be significantly increase by operating the plasma discharge in a mode imposing perturbations at a Strouhal number equal to 0.3. This type of forcing promotes an earlier production of turbulence but it also imposes the formation of coherent flow structures with a shedding frequency matching with the one imposed by the actuator.
IoT for 5 G : candidate coding schemes

The next coming 5G technology is envisioned to support multiple services and applications that will emerge in the upcoming years. These 5G applications are grouped by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in three broad use case families: enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC) and Ultra Reliable Low-Latency communications (URLLC). From the three families, mMTC, also called Internet of Things (IoT) de nes the communication between objects, like smart metering, wearables, logistics and body sensors. Hence, they can be categorized as low-cost, massive in number and powerconstrained. In addition, a coverage extension compared with other families is required, since they are commonly deployed in indoor environments. Any system that aims at receiving the 5G term from ITU, i.e. to be de ned as IMT-2020 system, has to ful ll all the di erent requirements de ned in its framework. In particular, the 3GPP is planning to present as their 5G candidates to ITU the New Radio (NR) Rel'15 for eMBB family, the upcoming NR Rel'16 for URLLC and the former LTE-based Rel'14 for mMTC candidate. This thesis work de nes a NR-based IoT system, which could be considered for following 3GPP releases. In particular, di erent channel coding schemes for a potential NR-IoT solution are proposed and evaluated, i.e. Polar code, Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC), Turbo code and Tail Biting Convolutional Codes (TBCC). After these evaluations, a link-budget analysis has been conducted in order to estimate the Maximum Coupling Loss (MCL) that the di erent con gurations can actually provide. The goal of evaluation was to show that the downlink channel of 5G-NR based IoT system under evaluation could support extremely deep coverage condition at 164 dB MCL with at least a data rate of 160 bps as it is speci ed in the ITU framework.
Contextual Spectrum Inpainting with Feature Learning and Context Losses

The dynamic nature and structural heterogeneity of proteins are essential for their functions in live organism. More and more researchers are paying attention to learn the structure of proteins, so obtaining the protein image has become a meaningful problem. During cryo-EM image acquisition, the radiation dose is limited due to several reasons. The electron-beam-induced radiation damage is one of the most important causes of artifacts, sometimes the misinterpretation of micrographs. In the view of above reasons, it is difficult to obtain the complete image through physical methods. Aiming at the problem above, we proposed a feature learning based contextual spectrum inpainting method, which was used to inpaint the missing region of an image through inpainting the image spectrum. Based on the common Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Net and simplified Context Encoders, we customized an encoding-decoding generator to minimize the deviation of the generated image spectrum with regard to its latent ground truth. The encoder hierarchically learned the contextual visual features, and the decoder recovered the missing parts of the spectrum with the recombination of the chosen feature maps. The L2 loss function calibrated the error generated by the decoder between original images and recovered images. The recoveries of corrupt image spectrum was presented as an evaluation standard to demonstrate the superiority of our method over some widely used inpaining strategies, and the experiment on the face images from Olivetti Face database [1][2] were performed to validate the generalization of our methods for the face image completion.