Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
BEING IN THE DEMENTIA CARE ENVIRONMENT

The paper reports on the fi ndings from a PhD study that inves gates how crea ve ac vi es can support the subjec ve wellbeing of individuals living with demen a in the residen al care environment. The methodology for the study drew on theories and tools located in the fi eld of design research; developed using data gathered from qualita ve interviews and observa ons of demen a care units and ac vity sessions. Design research and demen a care both require the prac oner to have an empathic understanding of the lived experience of others. Methods to support an empathic understanding are well documented in the fi eld of design, but are normally used to generate insights that aff ect change within the designer. This study demonstrates that tailoring these methods to be accessible to demen a care staff can provide opportuni es that generate insights not just for the designer but also for par cipants. Tools were designed and delivered to care staff (n=11) through facilitated workshops in care homes (n=5). Through engagement in crea ve ac vi es these tools provided opportuni es for staff to refl ect on the abili es and well-being of residents; and helped them to develop an awareness of their own tacit knowledge. The paper presents the methodological framework on which these tools were based and discusses the poten al benefi ts that such tools hold for the fi eld of demen a care; through innova ve prac cal approaches to support training and delivery of high quality care.
Edmondia and the Edmondiacea Shallow-Burrowing Paleozoic Pelecypods

Edmondia, nominate genus of the family Edmondiidae and the superfamily Edmondiacea, has a deeply furrowed hinge plate on each valve. The furrow contains a row of small suspensory muscle insertions, previously interpreted as a ligament groove. Garboniferous and Permian genera Scaldia, Allorisma, and Cardiomorpha have broadly similar hinges and are grouped with Edmondia in the Edmondiidae. The presence of the hinge furrow distinguishes the Edmondiidae from otherwise similar representatives of the families Grammysiidae and Megadesmidae. All three families are here referred to the superfamily Pholadomyacea, and Edmondiacea is dropped. The oval, equivalved Paleozoic bivalve Edmondia de Koninck is distinguished by its hinge plate seen in internal molds as a slot parallel to the dorsal margin (fig. 1). Edmondia is the nominate genus of the family Edmondiidae and the superfamily Edmondiacea (King, 1850) of the subclass Anomalodesmata, and the classification of the subclass is influenced by our understanding of the morphology and affinities of this genus. Particular significance has been attributed by many students to the deep furrow of th,). tinge plate of Edmondia, but its function has remained 1 Senior Lecturer, Department of Geology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales. 2 Chairman and Curator, Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, the American Museum of Natural History; Professor, Department of Geology, Columbia University. ISSN 0003-0082. 2 AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES NO. 2533 Ar K. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
Data Quality Rules in the Analytic Health Repository

Data quality has become a significant issue in healthcare as large preexisting databases are integrated to provide greater depth for research and process improvement. Large scale data integration exposes and compounds data quality issues latent in source systems. Although the problems related to data quality in transactional databases have been identified and well-addressed, the application of data quality constraints to large scale data repositories has not and requires novel applications of traditional concepts and methodologies. Despite an abundance of data quality theory, tools and software, there is no consensual technique available to guide developers in the identification of data integrity issues and the application of data quality rules in warehouse-type applications. Data quality measures are frequently developed on an ad hoc basis or methods designed to assure data quality in transactional systems are loosely applied to analytic data stores. These measures are inadequate to address the complex data quality issues in large, integrated data repositories particularly in the healthcare domain with its heterogeneous source systems. This study derives a taxonomy of data quality rules from relational database theory. It describes the development and implementation of data quality rules in the Analytic Health Repository at Intermountain Healthcare and situates the data quality rules in the taxonomy. Further, it identifies areas in which more rigorous data quality
Modeling of Balanced and Unbalanced Three-Phase Induction Motor under Balanced and Unbalanced Supply Based on Winding Function Method

An accurate model of balanced and unbalanced three-phase Induction Motor (IM) under balanced and unbalanced supply conditions based on Winding Function Method (WFM) is presented in this work. In this paper, the unbalanced condition in three-phase IM is limited to stator winding open-phase fault. The analysis of presented models is shown in details which allow predicting the performance of 3-phase IM under different conditions. Computer simulations were obtained using the MATLAB software for a three-phase squirrel cage IM. MATLAB simulation results show that the oscillation of the speed and electromagnetic torque has increased considerably due to the open-phase fault in stator windings.
The heterogeneous effects of trade facilitation: theory and evidence

The purpose of this study is to test what type of firms start to export due to trade facilitation. We develop a Melitz-based model where firms are heterogeneous with respect to productivity and must pay a fixed cost to entry the entry market, which can be reduced by goverment spending on trade facilitation. The model predicts that unilateral trade facilitation allows less productive firms to export. We test this prediction using Swedish firm-level data and information on the presence or absence of Swedish embassies abroad, combined with information on the amount of time each embassy spends on trade facilitation. Our results lend support to the predictions of the model. JEL Classification: D21, D22, F12, F15
Steel, glass and interactions: the social construction of a green building

Purpose: This thesis is a case study of Kungsbrohuset, a recently completed building in central Stockholm, which has been lauded for its environmental credentials. It is the first building in Sweden to be certified by three separate environmental certification schemes. The building is now rented (in the main) to Schibsted, one of Scandinavia’s largest media concerns. The building developer and operator, Jernhusen, has engaged the services of an environmental advisor to assist their tenants in undertaking environmental actions, whilst at the same time the design process demonstrates differences to the norm. The case study is an intrinsic case study with the aim of gaining a better understanding of these particular phenomena. Methodologies: In addition to theoretical understanding, semi structured interviews have been carried out with a range of relevant parties. This data has then been coded, merged and then thematically analysed. Findings: The case study shows that there is a process of symbolic interaction ongoing in the building, coupled with ecological modernization apparent in several of the organisations linked to the building. We can see from the respondents interpretations of a green building, that elements of Habermas’ theory of communicative action are relevant to the role played by the classification systems in the respondents’ comprehension of a green building. In addition there is evidence of communities of interest and a nascent community of practice in relation to the learning processes apparent in the social interactions connected to Kungsbrohuset.
In Search of an Attractive Effective Interaction

The superconductivity under doping in the famous cuprate compounds is believed to originate in the CuO2 planes. The mediator of pairing is generally accepted to be induced from electronic degrees of freedom. While many mechanisms, such as spin fluctuations, have been proposed throughout the years, little research has been carried out on the role of the retarded attraction due to electronic overscreening. In this study, the dynamically screened interaction W (r, r′; t) is studied in the CuO2 planes of the parent compound La2CuO4. To this end, a repulsive test charge, representing an electron, is introduced at various r′ in the CuO2 plane, and W (r, r′; t) is calculated as a function of r and t. The aim is to explore the possibility of the existence of an attractive effective interaction between electrons. The static screened interaction W (r, r′;ω = 0), which is the time average of W (r, r′; t) is also studied. In addition, the effective interactions U1(r, r′; t) and U3(r, r′; t), corresponding to the well-known oneand three-band models, are investigated using the constrained random-phase approximation (cRPA). Substantial regions of the CuO2 plane do indeed exhibit an attractive effective interaction, with both U1 and U3 being negative. On the other hand, the extent of such regions is significantly smaller in SrVO3, a non-superconducting metal. The present work suggests that future studies of electronic overscreening as a possible pairing mechanism is worth consideration. The same ab initio parameters as obtained and utilized in this work can be used to construct a Hubbard-Holstein model, within which the gap function can be calculated by solving the Eliashberg equations.
Two-dimensional magnetic resonance force microscopy using full-volume Fourier and Hadamard encoding

A rapid acquisition method for two-dimensional (2D) magnetic resonance force microscopy images is described. Spatial resolution is based on gradients in the static magnetic field B0 and in the applied radiofrequency field B1. Hadamard- and Fourier-encoding schemes, respectively, are employed to obtain high sensitivity by taking advantage of a maximum multiplex effect. 2D images of a patterned (NH4)2SO4 crystal sample are reconstructed from the known field distributions with a resolution of 1 um.
Inferring Density from Temperature via a Density-Ratio Relation

A method is presented for determining salinity and density from temperature data in conjunction with historical or contemporaneous (but not collocated) CTD observations. The horizontal density ratio r(z) is determined from the temperature and salinity differences at each depth (δT, δS) between pairs or ensembles of profiles. These differences are expressed as a density ratio r=αδT/βδS, where α and β are the expansion coefficients for temperature and salinity, respectively. Salinity at a site where only temperature is measured, as with an expendable bathythermograph (XBT), is computed based on the temperature and salinity at a reference station (SR,TR); that is, S=SR+(T−TR)δS/δT. The method is restrictive in its application because it is most accurate when all water masses in the region of a survey are linear extrapolations from the water masses at each of the reference stations. In reality, it provides useful results when the T and S fields are not simply linear functions of horizontal distance. This approach is particularly useful in regions where, the T(z)−S(z) relation is nonunique, as in the Mediterranean Water in the North Atlantic. The corresponding expression for the lateral density difference for an observed temperature difference (δT) is δρ=−αρ0δT(1−r−1). Observations from regions offshore and along the coast of Portugal are used to evaluate the method. Errors of less than 0.05 psu are exhibited in the evaluation of salinity determined from T-5 XBT drops compared with nearly simultaneous CTD casts. A comparison of water properties and cyclostrophic velocities is made using XCP temperatures and XCP velocities in a meddy.
Phenylketonuria: Genomic interaction and the phenotype

Genome research is emerging as a new and important tool in biology used to obtain information on gene sequences, genomic interaction, and how genes work in concert to produce the final syndrome or phenotype. Defect in phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene result in Phenylketonuria (PKU). Molecular studies using the brain of the mouse model for PKU (PAH enu2 ) showed altered expression of several genes including upregulation of orexin A and a low activity of branched chain aminotransferase. These studies suggest that a single gene (PAH) defect is associated with altered expression, transcription and translation of other genes. It is the combination of the primary gene defect, the altered expression of other genes, and the new metabolic environment that is created, which lead to the phenotype.
An interpolation-based lossless hiding scheme based on message recoding mechanism

The secret message can be an image that encoded using a binary string. In a pure symbol such as the Japanese flag, there are many smooth areas. Such images degrade the quality of the stego image considerably because they contain many white-colored pixels in the secret image, most of which are encoded as “11111111. ” Hiding schemes shift the cover pixel to conceal the secret bit 1. Hence, many pixels will be shifted for hiding a simple secret image such that the image quality of the stego image deteriorates. To solve this problem, we proposed a re-encoding mechanism to rearrange the value of the secret message. The proposed scheme re-encodes the secret message according to its occurrence probability. The frequently appearing patterns are encoded with the smallest distortion code to minimize image distortion. According to the results, the image quality of the proposed scheme is approximately 3 dB higher than that of other methods. In particular, for very smooth secret messages such as logo images, the image quality of the proposed scheme is 12 dB higher than those of the existing methods. Furthermore, the embedding capacity of the proposed method is 1 bpp higher than those of the existing methods. © 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Fast discrete convolution in R2 using Sparse Bessel Decomposition

We describe an efficient algorithm for computing the matrix vector products that appear in the numerical resolution of boundary integral equations in 2 space dimension. This work is an extension of the so-called Sparse Cardinal Sine Decomposition algorithm by Alouges et al., which is restricted to three-dimensional setups. Although the approach is similar, significant differences appear throughout the analysis of the method. Bessel decomposition, in particular, yield longer series for the same accuracy. We propose a careful study of the method that leads to a precise estimation of the complexity in terms of the number of points and chosen accuracy. We also provide numerical tests to demonstrate the efficiency of this approach. We give the compression performance for a N ×N linear system for several values N up to 107 and report the computation time for the off-line and online parts of our algorithm. We also include a toy application to sound canceling to further illustrate the efficiency of our method.
W symmetry in six dimensions

Six-dimensional conformal field theories with p2, 0q supersymmetry are shown to possess a protected sector of operators and observables that are isomorphic to a two-dimensional chiral algebra. We argue that the chiral algebra associated to a p2, 0q theory labelled by the simply-laced Lie algebra g is precisely the W algebra of type g, for a specific value of the central charge. Simple examples of observables that are made accessible by this correspondence are the three-point functions of half-BPS operators. For the An series, we compare our results at large n to those obtained using the holographic dual description and find perfect agreement. We further find protected chiral algebras that appear on the worldvolumes of codimension two defects in p2, 0q SCFTs. This construction has likely implications for understanding the microscopic origin of the AGT correspondence.
Design Criteria and Construction of Multiple-Antenna Partially Coherent Constellations and Coded Modulation

We consider multiple-antenna communication systems in Rayleigh fading channel, where the transmitter does not know the channel coefficients and the receiver has only an estimate of them. We further assume that the transmitter and receiver know the statistics of the estimation error. We refer to this system aspartially coherentsystem, for which we derive the expressions for the optimal detector and study the code and constellation design problems. Finding the Chernoff bound intractable, and inspired by Stein’s Lemma, we propose to use the Kullback-Leibler (KL) distance between conditional distributions to design space-time codes and constellations for partially coherent systems. We show that the KL distance is relatively easy to derive and work with, and furthermore, provides an efficient design criterion. Using the KL-based design criterion, we construct constellations for multiple-antenna systems which can be decoded in the presence of channel estimation errors, and thus are suitable for fading scenarios with short coherence intervals. The proposed constellations are multi-level, with multi-dimensional spherical constellations at each level. We also propose a recursive construction for the constituent spherical subsets of the multiple-antenna partially coherent constellations. The new partially coherent constellations provide significant performance improvement over the conventional single-antenna PSK and QAM constellations and multiple-antenna techniques such as Bell Lab’s Space-Time (BLAST) architecture and Orthogonal Transmit Diversity (OTD) schemes, when the estimation variance is comparable to the reciprocal of the signal-to-noise ratio. More specifically, we show that by using the proposed March 18, 2004 DRAFT constellations, the error floors due to the estimation errors can be reduced by as much as one order of magnitude. Next, we bring coding into the picture and derive a KL-based design criterion for partially coherent coded modulation. We also propose a construction method for partially coherent coded modulation using the idea of mapping by set partitioning. We show that, in the presence of channel estimation errors, the proposed codes provide substantial performance improvement over the conventional coded modulation techniques, and the gains in this case are even larger than the gains obtained in the case of uncoded systems.
UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTINUANCE: AN EXPECTATION-

This paper examines cognitive beliefs and affect influencing ones intention to continue using (continuance) information systems (IS). Expectationconfirmation theory is adapted from the consumer behavior literature and integrated with theoretical and empirical findings from prior IS usage research to theorize a model of IS continuance. Five research hypotheses derived from this model are empirically validated using a field survey of online banking users. The results suggest that users continuance intention is determined by their satisfaction with IS use and perceived usefulness of continued IS use. User satisfaction, in turn, is influenced by their confirmation of expectation from prior IS use and perceived usefulness. Postacceptance perceived usefulness is influenced by Ron Weber was the accepting senior editor for this paper. users confirmation level. This study draws attention to the substantive differences between acceptance and continuance behaviors, theorizes and validates one of the earliest theoretical models of IS continuance, integrates confirmation and user satisfaction constructs within our current understanding of IS use, conceptualizes and creates an initial scale for measuring IS continuance, and offers an initial explanation for the acceptancediscontinuance anomaly.
Holistic Argumentation: A Logic Programming Approach

In this report, we introduce the notion of holistic arguments. A holistic argument is formed by two arguments, an argument a and an argument h(a) which says something about a. This means that h(a) is a meta-argument of a. In order to manage the relations between holistic arguments, an extension of Dung’s argumentation frameworks is presented. This extension will be called holistic argumentation frameworks. We present an application of holistic argumentation frameworks in a medical scenario. In particular, we define an argumentation approach for modeling medical diagnosis. For capturing the knowledge of the medical scenario, normal and abductive logic programs are used.
Inference of State Invariants for Domain-Independent Planning

The mutual exclusion (mutex) state invariants are defined in a context of STRIPS planning as sets of facts from which maximally one can be true in any state reachable from the initial state. In this work, we introduce two new types of mutex invariants along with a detailed description of their structure and their relation to a general mutex invariant. Moreover, we provide a complexity analysis of decision problems that correspond to inference of different types of mutex invariants. Finally, three novel algorithms for inference of mutex invariants are described and experimentally compared with two different state-of-the-art algorithms.
Safe Policy Improvement with Baseline Bootstrapping

In this paper, we consider the Batch Reinforcement Learning task and adopt the safe policy improvement (SPI) approach: we compute a target policy guaranteed to perform at least as well as a given baseline policy, approximately and with high probability. Our SPI strategy, inspired by the knows-what-it-knows paradigm, consists in bootstrapping the target with the baseline when the target does not know. We develop a policy-based computationally efficient bootstrapping algorithm, accompanied by theoretical SPI bounds for the tabular case. We empirically show the limits of the existing algorithms on a small stochastic gridworld problem, and then demonstrate that our algorithm not only improve the worst-case scenario but also the mean performance.
Physicochemical and functional properties of bototo tree gum exudate

The physicochemical parameters of Cochlospermum vitifolium were evaluated and they were linked to certain functional properties of industrial interest. The physicochemical parameters were determined by the classic methodology used for carbohydrates and the functional properties, as reported in the literature. The results obtained showed that the gum object of this study is low soluble in water (32.00%), which it corresponds with a relatively high values of swelling index (19.60) and water absorption capacity (77.30%). Also, the high intrinsic viscosity of the C. vitifolium exudate (16.97 dl/g) was related to a high molar mass (8.50 x 106 g/mol). These characteristics confer to bototo gum a potential use as a thickener and stabilizer of emulsions. On the other hand, the emulsifying capacity of 84.80 % may be attributed to hydrophobic groups present in its structure (i.e. acetyl and methyl of rhamnose) rather than to the low protein content (0.88%). The gum gels at a minimum concentration, (4.5%), and the mechanism of gelification may be related with interchain crosslinks, established through the divalent cations (predominant in the polymer), which may form junction zones. The C. vitifolium gum exhibits important physicochemical and functional parameters which could serve as a criterion for testing its use in various industries. History Submitted: Aug 08, 2016 Revised: Oct 19, 2016 Accepted: Oct 25, 2016 Online: Jan 22, 2017