Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis of Company Human Capital Network Based on the Cellular Automation

In the age of knowledge economy, human resource is among the most important resources for enterprises, in that it forms the unique value of human resources which plays an indispensable role in the production and operating activities. Well managed human resources can effectively promote efficiency and thus create more social values. Therefore, it has aroused wide attention in academia. The thesis first establish the human capital value model and the human cost value model, based on which the thesis established the basic framework of enterprise human capital network. Then, simulation calculation from three aspects of human resource network were carried out with the cellular automation model. Firstly, we simulated the dynamic process of the change of personnel and got the evaluation model of the human cost in the future two years of a company, which can provide reference for company cost control. Secondly, the simulation mainly focused on checking whether under high staff churn rate, a company can still maintain certain number of employees. Thirdly, we simulated the healthy status of the human resource network under certain situations. Finally, We concluded that higher staff churn rate can lead to higher vacancy rate, which will lower the efficiency of companies . The thesis also explored with the model sensitivity analysis the benefit effect over human resource network by increasing recruits, indicating that increasing recruits can decrease the vacancy rate and improve the health status of the human capital network and based on the reality, we put forward the improvement direction of the model in indicator system aspect.
Mesoscale eddy effects on the wintertime vertical mixing in the formation region of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water

Mesoscale eddy effects on the wintertime vertical mixing in the formation region of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water (NPSTMW) are studied using hydrographic data from Argo profiling floats deployed in the Kuroshio recirculation region in February and March of 2001. Anticyclonic (warm) eddy enhances the wintertime vertical mixing and results in the deep mixed layer and the deep thermocline. Consequently, a large volumetric water mass with low potential vorticity corresponding to the prototype of NPSTMW tends to be formed. By contrast, cyclonic (cold) eddy is unfavorable for the vertical mixing process and halts the deepening of the mixed layer and thus the formation of mode water. Further analysis shows that cyclonic eddies prevail in the late 1990s in the formation region of NPSTMW, which lead to significant suppression of the wintertime vertical mixing (96–98) and thus are unfavorable for the formation of NPSTMW; while the situation is completely reversed in the early 1990s (93–95).
Moisture uptake and dielectric property of methylsilsesquioxane/high-temperature porogen hybrids and porous low-k films

Two high-temperature pore generators (porogens) have been used to study the effect of porogen structure on moisture uptake and k -value in methylsilsesquioxane/porogen hybrid films and their corresponding porous films in a postintegration porogen removal scheme. Poly(styrene-b-4-vinylpyridine) containing di-block structure and pyridine polar group leads to higher moisture uptake and k -value in the hybrid films as compared to poly(styrene-block-butadiene-block-styrene) with symmetrical structure and nonpolar groups. Moreover, the moisture uptake behavior in both as-prepared hybrid films is in physical sorption mode based on their reversible adsorption-desorption curve measured by quartz crystal microbalance. After porogen removal, the k -values of porous films are favorably not influenced by porogen structures, and their moisture uptake is as low as 1.78 wt% even at 40 vol.% porosity. However, based on the simulation of the modified-Rayleigh model, the porous films are found to possess 0.4 vol.% chemisorbed moisture on the pore surface, resulting in 17-23% deviation from the ideal k -values.
TP-2006-02 Confidentiality Protection in the Census Bureaus Quarterly Workforce Indicators

The Quarterly Workforce Indicators are new estimates developed by the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program as a part of its Local Employment Dynamics partnership with 37 state Labor Market Information offices. These data provide detailed quarterly statistics on employment, accessions, layoffs, hires, separations, full-quarter employment (and related flows), job creations, job destructions, and earnings (for flow and stock categories of workers). The data are released for NAICS industries (and 4-digit SICs) at the county, workforce investment board, and metropolitan area levels of geography. The confidential microdata – unemployment insurance wage records, ES-202 establishment employment, and Title 13 demographic and economic information – are protected using a permanent multiplicative noise distortion factor. This factor distorts all input sums, counts, differences and ratios. The released statistics are analytically valid – measures are unbiased and time series properties are preserved. The confidentiality protection is manifested in the release of some statistics that are flagged as ”significantly distorted to preserve confidentiality. ” These statistics differ from the undistorted statistics by a significant proportion. Even for the significantly distorted statistics, the data remain analytically valid for time series properties. The released data can be aggregated; however, published aggregates are less distorted than custom postrelease aggregates. In addition to the multiplicative noise distortion, confidentiality protection is provided by the estimation process for the QWIs, which multiply imputes all missing data (including missing establishment, given UI account, in the UI wage record data) and dynamically re-weights the establishment data to provide state-level comparability with the BLS’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
Hedyselmis opis: Description of the larva and its phylogenetic relation to Graphelmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae)

The riffle beetle genus Hedyselmis Hinton, 1976 includes two species from the Malay Peninsula, with adults with a highly deviating morphology. Its phylogenetic relationships are unclear, although it has been hypothesized to be related to Graphelmis Deleve, 1968, a large genus widely distributed in the Oriental and East Palaearctic regions. In this paper the larva of H. opis Hinton, 1976 is described based on material collected in the Cameron Highlands (Malaysia) and the conspecificity with co-existing adults tested using sequences of one nuclear (5' end of 18S rRNA) and three mitochondrial gene fragments (5' end of the large ribosomal unit + tRNAleu + 5' end of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1; 5' end of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; and a fragment of cyto- chrome b) with a total of ca. 2,600 bp. This is the first example of the use of molecular data to match different life stages within the family Elmidae. The larva of H. opis has a subcylindrical body typical of many other elmid genera; abdominal segments 1-7 with preserved pleura; and ninth segment with oval operculum. The last instar larvae have clearly visible prominent spiracles on meso- thorax and abdominal segments 1-8. The phylogenetic position of Hedyselmis in relation to Graphelmis was investigated using molecular data for three species of Graphelmis plus a selection of other Elmidae genera. Hedyselmis opis is nested within Graphel- mis, confirming their close relationship and suggesting that their status requires taxonomic revision.
shRNA for Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin: A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) was recently identified as a master switch for Th2 responses. This study discusses the role of TSLP in pulmonary fibrosis. We show that TGF-β1 (a Fibrogenic Growth Factor) up regulates TSLP proteins in human lung fibroblasts (HFL-1) on a dose- and time-course-dependent basis. Additionally, TSLP increases fibronectin expression on a dose- (1 ng/ml to 100 ng/ml) and time-course-dependent basis concomitantly with the upregulation of pSmad2/3 and Smad4, which is the essential downstream signal regulator for TGF-β. Silencing TSLP by TSLP shRNA dramatically reverses TGF-β1-induced cellular fibrosis concomitantly with the suppression of type I TGF-β receptors and pSmad2/3. Parallel results are observed in vivo. Bleomycin-treated C57BL/6 mice show intense staining for TSLP in fibrotic lung tissue by immunohistochemistry. More importantly, Sirius red and H&E staining from bleomycin-treated mice demonstrate that transfection with TSLP shRNA (by intranasal instillation) dramatically decreases both infiltration of inflammatory cells and deposition of collagen compared to the control. Moreover, a whole-body plethysmography test showed that TSLP shRNA transgenic mice significantly attenuate the increase in airway respiratory resistance induced by bleomycin. Thus, it may be possible to use TSLP shRNA as a novel therapeutic approach for treating pulmonary fibrosis by down-regulating TGF-β signal proteins.
Small and Medium Enterprises in the Context of Regional Development and Innovations

The current state of economic development and innovations’ support often brings small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at the forefront of government fiscal policy. Various policy measures targeted at SMEs’ support and development necessarily include measures on promotion of innovations within small business. However, despite substantial efforts undertaken by the authorities to increased financial injections into this area, development of innovations by small businesses faces many obstacles. Statistics on the registered small and medium enterprises shows that the sharp rise of entrepreneurship observed in the early 1990s changed for the stagnation towards the end of the decade and sluggish dynamics of the present time. Unfortunately, as practice shows, measures taken so far do not stimulate significant changes in the development of small business. Moreover, differentiation of small businesses between regions is only increasing, as it is manifested through substitution of divergence for convergence. Our paper analyzes the legal framework regulating small business development as well as state of innovations within SMEs so that to identify the main indicators Received: June, 2017 1st Revision: August, 2017 Accepted: October, 2017 DOI: 10.14254/20718330.2017/10-4/20 Journal of International Studies S ci en ti fi c P a pe rs © Foundation of International Studies, 2017 © CSR, 2017 Journal of International Studies Vol.10, No.4, 2017 260 contributing to sustainable regional economic growth.
A wall shear stress measurement technique using the thermal wakes of small heated spots

Abstract A new thermo-optical method for the measurement of wall shear stresses is presented. The technique exploits that the surface temperature field and the near wall flow are closely linked by correlating the thermal wakes of small heated spots with the wall shear stress. Numerical as well as experimental results are presented and different correlation and design parameters are examined. In contrast to recent works, where the thermal tuft length is used for a correlation with the wall shear stress, other parameters were found to be much better suited for a skin friction calibration. It is also shown that the new method has the unique capability to not only measure the magnitude of the wall shear stress but also its direction.
Spectral sequences of operad algebras

We identify conditions under which it is guaranteed that an action of an operad on the $E^2$ page of a spectral sequence passes to $E^r$ for $r\ge 2$ and hence to the $E^\infty$ page. We consider this question in both the purely algebraic and topological settings.
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF DESIGNING ROLE PLAYING GAMES A quantitative survey of Elders Scrolls V Skyrim and Final Fantasy XIII Thesis

Centria University of Applied Sciences Date May 2018 Author Otto Seitamaa Degree Programme Media Technology Name of thesis CULTURAL ASPECTS OF DESIGNING ROLE PLAYING GAMES A quantitative survey of Elders Scrolls V Skyrim and Final Fantasy XIII Instructor Mikko Himanka Pages 61 + 4 With more and more games reaching to a global audience, this thesis aimed to find the similarities as well as differences of game design elements in order to help future game developers understand how different cultures prioritize different elements of a role playing game. The research used the Game Flow model as well as Hofstede's model for cultural dimensions to help show how cultural aspects impact the game development process. In this thesis, RPG game design elements and game playing experiences was compared. The study focused on how both the Japanese Role-Playing Game Final Fantasy XIII by Square Enix and the Western Role-Playing Game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda Softworks differ as well as in which aspects and how game players experienced these two games. Three research questions were proposed: 1. How do players consider Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fantasy XIII game design elements? 2. What kind of statistical differences can be found in the game design elements? 3. How do game players address the differences of game design element in Eastern and Western games? The primary source of research data came from a designed electronic questionnaire that focused on various aspects of RPG games, consisting altogether 116 items including likert –scale questions and some qualitative open question. The quantitative survey data was collected through three online discussion forums, two which cater to each of the games and one which is a middle ground that caters to gamers' in general. During the month the questionnaire was running, 155 responses were received. The majority of respondents were North American men between the ages of 20 to 29. The results revealed that those who put in more than 100 hours into either game rated it much higher than those who did not. It also showed that while the games were rated similarly on certain aspects, others varied greatly such as the storyline, characters, visual appearance or sound and music. In the future, it would be useful to include other forms of data gathering alongside the survey, such as interviews and expanding to other game genres such as online RPGs.
EVALUATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG IRANIAN POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L.) CULTIVARS, USING ISSR AND RAPD MARKERS

Considering the high level of morphological diversity in Iranian pomegranate cultivars, comparison of genetic variation among 24 pomegranate cultivars was evaluated using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. RAPD primers amplified 131 DNA fragments among which 29 were polymorphic (22.14%) and ISSR markers produced 173 amplification products, out of which 64 were polymorphic (37%). Mean PIC (polymorphic information content) was 0.128 for RAPD and 0.163 for ISSR. The results suggested that the ISSR markers produced much better reproducible bands and were more efficient in grouping cultivars. Pairwise similarity index values ranged from 0.353 to 1.0 (RAPD), 0.291 to 0.930 (ISSR) and mean similarity index values of 0.604 and 0.674 for RAPD and ISSR, respectively. The analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) for RAPD and ISSR data showed no significant differences among the geographical regions and juice acidity of the used cultivars (P>0.05) indicated that genetic and geographic distances were not correlated.
An empirical model of non‐equilibrium behavior in games

This paper studies the identification and estimation of the decision rules that individuals use to determine their actions in games, based on a structural econometric model of non‐equilibrium behavior in games. The model is based primarily on various notions of limited strategic reasoning, allowing multiple modes of strategic reasoning and heterogeneity in strategic reasoning across individuals and within individuals. The paper proposes the model and provides sufficient conditions for point identification of the model. Then the model is estimated on data from an experiment involving two‐player guessing games. The application illustrates the empirical relevance of the main features of the model. Games heterogeneity identification non‐equilibrium strategic reasoning C1 C57 C72
Political Reform in China: Elections, Public Goods and Income Distribution

This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public good expenditures, income distribution and land use in rural China. We collect a large and unique survey to document the history of political reforms and economic policies and exploit the staggered timing of the introduction of elections for causal identification. We find that elections significantly increase public goods expenditure funded by villagers, reduce the income of the richest households in each village and reduce the amount of village land that is leased away from household farming.
Mutual Coupling Reduction Between Axial-Mode Helical Antennas using Single-Negative (SNG) Magnetic Metamaterials

This paper investigates the mutual coupling effects between axial-mode helical antenna arrays. Single-negative (SNG) magnetic metamaterials are developed and used in this work in order to reduce mutual coupling between axial-mode helical antennas used in multiple-input multiple-output systems. The inclusions considered here are composed of broadside coupled split-ring resonators. The magnetic permeability of those SNG inclusions have complex effective magnetic permeability response over a frequency band with high negative real part above the resonance and positive real part below the resonance. The SNG resonators are inserted between closely-spaced axial-mode helical antenna elements. Effective responses of the constitutive parameters of the developed magnetic inclusions are incorporated within the numerical models. It is shown that mutual coupling between the antenna elements can be reduced significantly by incorporating such magnetic inclusions. The SNG magnetic resonators work as antenna decoupler, and thus can be applied in a variety of antenna applications.
OGLE-2014-BLG-0289: Precise Characterization of a Quintuple-peak Gravitational Microlensing Event

We present the analysis of the binary-microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-0289. The event light curve exhibits five very unusual peaks, four of which were produced by caustic crossings and the other by a cusp approach. It is found that the quintuple-peak features of the light curve provide tight constraints on the source trajectory, enabling us to precisely and accurately measure the microlensing parallax π E . Furthermore, the three resolved caustics allow us to measure the angular Einstein radius θ E . From the combination of π E and θ E , the physical lens parameters are uniquely determined. It is found that the lens is a binary composed of two M dwarfs with masses M 1 = 0.52 ± 0.04 M ⊙ and M 2 = 0.42 ± 0.03 M ⊙ separated in projection by a ⊥ = 6.4 ± 0.5 au . The lens is located in the disk with a distance of D L = 3.3 ± 0.3 kpc . The reason for the absence of a lensing signal in the Spitzer data is that the time of observation corresponds to the flat region of the light curve.
Autonomous navigation in urban areas using GIS-managed information

This paper describes the usefulness of a Geographical Information System (GIS) for autonomous navigation of intelligent vehicles. In many urban applications the use of GPS alone is not sufficient and needs to be backed up with Dead-Reckoned (DR) sensors, map data and additional sensors like cameras or laser scanners. Geographical information can be used in two different ways. Firstly, preexisting features of the environment, such as roads, can be used as constraints in localisation space. Secondly, the geographical information can include landmark locations. The use of these two types of data is illustrated by a localisation system for urban areas: a laser scanner detects natural landmarks that are characterised during a learning phase. As the amount of data can be large, we propose a strategy for grouping the laser landmarks in enhanced local maps corresponding to the roads of a GIS layer, through the use of an L1 GPS receiver and DR sensors. Real experiments are reported to illustrate the performance of this approach.
Reply to interactive comment by Anonymous Referee # 1 on Understanding Hydrologic Variability across Europe through Catchment Classification ”

This paper uses established methods to classify regions with similar physiographic characteristics and with similar flow signatures to determine the best predictive relations at ungauged locations. For this reason, the manuscript reads more as a report rather than a novel contribution to the literature. For example, in lines 13-15, it seems the manuscript goals do not seem to be driven by scientific hypothesis but more by having a large set of data and wanting to develop/explore some relations which may (or may not) be useful at some later point. In this way, I think the motivation for the study seems weak as a scientific contribution. Despite this, I do believe that the novelty of the manuscript is in the application of these methods over such a large spatial domain. As hydrologic modeling efforts expand to cover continental scales, the ability to upscale existing approaches for model calibration across large ungauged regions becomes a limiting factor in these efforts. This point should emphasized more in the manuscript to elevate the impact of the work beyond an application of existing methods to a larger region than had been tested previously.
One-dimensional finite difference approach for sedimentation process in sand filled reservoirs

There have been continuing efforts to decrease silt deposits due to interstitial blockage in sand-filled reservoirs. However, estimating weir height to allow for deposition of required grain sizes is difficult. This paper presents a numerical process-imitating model aimed at improving water storage potential in sand filled reservoirs. The technique uses a finite difference (FD) numerical model to numerically solve mass balance continuity equation built upon the conservative laws of solid-fluid mixture hydrodynamics. Present investigation shows that barrier height used in sand-filled reservoirs determines the grade quality of deposited sands. The predictions of the model compared with laboratory measurements show agreement between computational and experimental results. The study could provide economic and suitability data for increasing water supplies to a small community through determination of appropriate weir height that will increase subsurface water storage potential.