Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Randomized Ellipsoid Algorithm with Application to Fault-Tolerant Control

In this paper we present a randomized ellipsoid algorithm with application to robust active fault-tolerant control (FTC) design problems. The majority of FTC design approaches that have been developed usually deal with some restricted class of faults, e.g. faults that “enter” the state-space matrices in a linear way such as some sensor and actuator faults. Many deterministic approaches to FTC have been proposed that can deal with some specific cases of faults. In practice, however, many faults (for instance parametric faults) do not enter the state-space matrices necessarily in a linear manner. Moreover, as faults are not directly measurable, but are estimated online by dedicated algorithms, their estimates are often only known to lie in some time-varying uncertainty intervals. Addressing the problem of FTC for general nonlinear faults with uncertainty in a deterministic framework becomes an NPhard problem. In this paper this problem is instead addressed in a probabilistic framework. We present a robust active FTC method based on randomized parameter-varying controller (LPV) design that can deal with nonlinear faults with time-varying uncertainties. keywords: randomized ellipsoid algorithm, active FTC, nonlinear faults, fault estimate uncertainty.
LEARNING BY SHARING EXPERIENCES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAMS

Executives in command of organizations are looking for new references to increase the effectiveness of decision-making in an increasingly complex environment. In order to point out an alternative to guide the executives’ decision making processes, this paper presents a reflective practice concept and how it relates to executive’s decisions; investigates the development of reflective practice in executive education programs; and analyses the importance of shared experiences to the development of executives’ reflective practice. The reflective practice concept, presented by Schon (1983), is applied to executives’ decisionmaking processes. The executive education analysis is based on the experiential learning theory presented by Kolb (1984). The empirical research was applied at a Business School whose Executive MBA Program is ranked among the top five in the world. Data was collected through 20 semi-structured interviews with executives enrolled in this program and the analysis was based on a phenomenological approach for qualitative research. Results indicated that the process of sharing experiences is essential to a successful development of reflective executives in Executive MBA Programs. The elements presented in this paper may enhance the effectiveness of executive education and should be considered by programs that want to encourage the process of learning by sharing experiences.
สัมฤทธ์ิ คะมะปะเต , แกวใจ เทพสุธรรมรัตน , ฉัตรเลิศ พงษไชยกุล ภูมิหลัง : การตรวจระดับนํ้าตาลในเลือดดวยเครื่องตรวจวัดระดับนํ้าตาลปลายนิ้วเปนวิธีการตรวจวัดระดับนํ้าตาลในเลือดอยางงาย ที่นิยมใชกันอยางแพรหลาย โดยเคร่ืองตรวจวัดระดับนํ้าตาลทรูรีซอลท ( TRUEresult ) เปนหน่ึงในเครื่องตรวจวัดระดับนํ้าตาลท่ี ไดร

Background: Point of care testing using glucose meters that measure capillary blood are the most popular and widely used method for the routine monitoring of blood glucose level. TRUEresult is one of such commonly used blood glucose measuring tools with high accuracy and precision profile according to the manufacturer’s data. Objective: To evaluate the performance of TRUEresult in real life practice by examining the agreement between capillary and venous glucose result using TRUEresult and a laboratory plasma glucose. Material and Method: The present study is a cross sectional analytical study. All the data were collected from the patients whose blood samples were drawn for the measurement of plasma glucose at the outpatient department of Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. TRUEresult blood glucose monitoring system was used to perform blood glucose measurement in whole blood samples from capillary and veins. This was compared with plasma glucose result from the automated analyzer in the central laboratory, which was considered as reference method at Srinagarind Hospital. Results: The ISO 15197:2013 criteria was used to determine technical accuracy of the TRUEresult tool. Blood glucose levels in whole blood sample from capillary and veins, as measured using the TRUEresult, were 88.24% and 92.16% of the acceptable bias limits. This is below the minimal acceptable criteria. When Parkes error grid analysis was used to define the significance in clinical decision, all the errors of blood glucose levels measured using the TRUEresult were within zone A and zone B, meaning that the errors have no or little influence on clinical decision. Conclusion: The blood glucose levels in whole blood from capillary and veins measured using TRUEresult blood glucose monitoring was within acceptable accuracy limit. The observed error had no or little influence on clinical decision.
A fluctuation in surface temperature in historical context: reassessment and retrospective on the evidence

This work reviews the literature on an alleged global warming ‘pause’ in global mean surface temperature (GMST) to determine how it has been defined, what time intervals are used to characterise it, what data are used to measure it, and what methods used to assess it. We test for ‘pauses’, both in the normally understood meaning of the term to mean no warming trend, as well as for a ‘pause’ defined as a substantially slower trend in GMST. The tests are carried out with the historical versions of GMST that existed for each pause-interval tested, and with current versions of each of the GMST datasets. The tests are conducted following the common (but questionable) practice of breaking the linear fit at the start of the trend interval (‘broken’ trends), and also with trends that are continuous with the data bordering the trend interval. We also compare results when appropriate allowance is made for the selection bias problem. The results show that there is little or no statistical evidence for a lack of trend or slower trend in GMST using either the historical data or the current data. The perception that there was a ‘pause’ in GMST was bolstered by earlier biases in the data in combination with incomplete statistical testing.
E State-ofthe-art in Software Quality Evaluation Models Suitable for Telemedicine and Telehealth Systems

Software systems used for healthcare delivery should satisfy the stated and implied needs of its various stakeholders, in other words, to have a high software quality degree to reduce, for instance, prescription or diagnose errors, and to avoid negative effects on a patient’s health status. In this context, software quality models are developed to measure how a software system is operating with quality. These models decompose the concept of quality into more manageable characteristics and sub-characteristics. However it is not trivial to evaluate the perception of software quality by the end users in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based healthcare systems – an umbrella term that encompasses a wide range of remote healthcare delivery domains, like telemedicine (the use of telecommunications for medical diagnosis and patient care) and telehealth (health promotion and disease prevention using ICT). We have performed a systematic literature review on software quality models focusing specifically on the evaluation of software quality from the viewpoint of the end user. This research has synthesized the state-of-the-art in software quality evaluation models in the context of ICT-based healthcare systems.
Multiclass Pitch Accent Classification for Assisting Manual Prosodic Labeling !

In this paper, we present an experiment on computer assisted prosodic labeling in which a labeler team validates or corrects ToBI pitch accents automatically predicted by a classifier. The innovative aspect of this automatic system is that it is not a deterministic prediction model, it offers the human transcriber more than one label per word (multiclass classification) and it is the transcriber who must decide on their appropriateness. The results make it evident that the procedure is indeed effective, since it not only reduces manual transcription time, but also improves global inter-transcriber consistency.
Examensarbete High-speed View Matching using Region Descriptors

This thesis treats topics within the area of object recognition. A real-time view matching method has been developed to compute the transformation between two different images of the same scene. This method uses a color based region detector called MSCR and affine transformations of these regions to create affine-invariant patches that are used as input to the SIFT algorithm. A parallel method to compute the SIFT descriptor has been created with relaxed constraints so that the descriptor size and the number of histogram bins can be adjusted. Additionally, a matching step to deduce correspondences and a parallel RANSAC method have been created to estimate the undergone transformation between these descriptors. To achieve real-time performance, the implementation has been targeted to use the parallel nature of the GPU with CUDA as the programming language. Focus has been put on the architecture of the GPU to find the best way to parallelize the different processing steps. CUDA has also been combined with OpenGL to be able to use the hardware accelerated anisotropic sampling method for affine transformations of regions. Parts of the implementation can also be used individually from either Matlab or by using the provided C++ library directly. The method was also evaluated in terms of accuracy and speed. It was shown that our algorithm has similar or better accuracy at finding correspondences than SIFT when the 3D geometry changes are large but we get a slightly worse result on images with flat surfaces.
P o S ( N I CI X ) 1 7 4 Quantitative Spectroscopy of Deneb

We use the visually brightest A-type supergiant Deneb (A2 Ia ) as benchmark for testing a spectroscopic analysis technique developed for quantitative stud ies of BA-type supergiants. Our NLTE spectrum synthesis technique allows us to derive stellar pa rameters and elemental abundances with unprecedented accuracy. The study is based on a high-re solution and high-S/N spectrum obtained with the Echelle spectrograph FOCES on the Calar Al to 2.2 m telescope. Practically all inconsistencies reported in earlier studies are resolved. A self-consistent view of Deneb is thus obtained, allowing us to discuss its evolutionary state in d etail by comparison with the most recent generation of evolution models for massive stars. The basic atmospheric parameters Teff = 8525±75 K and logg= 1.10±0.05 dex (cgs) and the distance imply the following fundamental parameters fo r Deneb: Mspec= 17±3M⊙, L = 1.77±0.29 · 10L⊙ and R= 192±16R⊙. The derived He and CNO abundances indicate mixing with nuclear processed matter. The high N/C ratio of 4 . 64±1.39 and a N/O ratio of 0.88± 0.07 (mass fractions) could in principle be explained by evo luti nary models with initially very rapid rotation. A mass of ∼22M⊙ is implied for the progenitor on the zero-age main sequence, i.e. it was a late O-type star. Significant mass-loss ha occurred, probably enhanced by pronounced centrifugal forces. The observational const raints favour a scenario for the evolution of Deneb where the effects of rotational mixing may be am plified by an interaction with a magnetic field. Analogous analyses of such highly luminous B A-type supergiants will allow for precision studies of different galaxies in the Local Group a nd beyond.
Reconstruction of dislocations in interface layer

Using three different methods namely, CDT (Continuous Dislocation Theory), molecular TB-SMA (Tight Binding Second Moment Approximation) type many-body potential, and MEM (Molecular Effective Medium) theory, we are looking for the best possible reconstruction of dislocations in Cu-Al2O3 heterostructure.
Factors Affecting the Distribution of Pine Pitch Canker in Northern Spain

Fusarium circinatum is the causal agent of pine pitch canker disease (PPC), affecting Pinus species and other conifers (i.e., Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco. ), forming resinous cankers on the main stem and branches and causing dieback in the terminal guide. This pathogen is spreading worldwide, causing economic losses by converting plantations into standing timber without any potential for future production. The disease was recently detected in Northern Spain in plantations of Pinus radiata and forest nurseries. The aim of the work reported here was to study the role of climatic and topographic variables, soil properties, and stand characteristics on PPC. For this purpose, we surveyed 50 pine stands in Cantabria and quantified the percentage of trees showing three symptoms in each stand: canker, defoliation, and dieback. We investigated the predictive power of 30 variables using generalized linear models and hierarchical partitioning. Both approaches yielded similar results. We found that the three symptoms correlated with different explanatory variables. In addition, more trees exhibited cankers in the proximity of the coast and the Basque Country. Additionally, our results showed that low canopy cover is related to a high level of the dieback symptom. Overall, this study highlights the important variables affecting the distribution of PPC in Cantabria.
Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Expression in Escherichia coli of Full-length cDNAs of Three Human Glutathione S -Transferase Pi Gene Variants EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENTIAL CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE ENCODED PROTEINS*

We report the isolation of three full-length cDNAs cor- responding to the mRNAs of closely related glutathione S -transferase (GST) Pi genes, designated hGSTP1*A , hGSTP1*B , and hGSTP1*C , expressed in normal cells and malignant gliomas. The variant cDNAs result from A 3 G and C 3 T transitions at nucleotides (cid:49) 313 and (cid:49) 341, respectively. The transitions changed codon 104 from ATC (Ile) in hGSTP1*A to GTC (Val) in hGSTP1*B and hGSTP1*C and changed codon 113 from GCG (Ala) to GTG (Val) in hGSTP1*C . Both amino changes are in the electrophile-binding active site of the GST Pi peptide. Computer modeling of the deduced crystal structures of the encoded peptides showed significant deviations in the interatomic distances of critical electrophile-bind-ing active site amino acids as a consequence of the amino acid changes. The encoded proteins expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by GSH affinity chroma- tography showed a 3-fold lower K m (CDNB) and a 3–4-fold higher K cat / K m for the hGSTP1*A encoded protein than the proteins encoded by hGSTP1*B and hGSTP1*C . Analysis of 75 cases showed the relative frequency of hGSTP1*C to be 4-fold Hybridization bands were quantitated by densitometry and plotted against time. Thermostability of Variant GST Pi Proteins— To further determine the effects of the amino acid changes on the variant GST Pi proteins, we compared the thermal stabilities of the enzymatic function of the three variant GST Pi proteins based in part on the expected differences in (cid:97) -helix stability of the region of the GST Pi peptides containing the amino acid changes and on a previous study (41) that showed that a recombinant GST Pi enzyme corresponding to GSTP1b-1b, created by site-directed mutagenesis, was functionally more heat-stable than the parent enzyme. Each variant GST Pi protein was incubated at approx- imately 0.1 unit/ml at 45 °C in phosphate-buffered saline (pH 7.2) in a water bath. Every 15 min, over 1 h, a 50- (cid:109) l aliquot was removed from each incubate, and total GST activity was determined as described previously using CDNB as substrate. Residual GST activity was com- puted relative to the activity of controls maintained at 25 °C and plotted against time. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting were performed as described earlier to determine if degradation of the GST Pi peptides had occurred during the incubation. , the alterations in restriction endonuclease sites caused by the nucleotide transitions in the GST Pi gene variants provide a simple, rapid, and specific technique for determining the GST Pi gene variant(s) expressed in cells The method is suitable for screening large of GST Pi phenotype/genotype be Southern or Northern
Sensitivity of Simulated Climate to Horizontal and Vertical Resolution in the ECHAM5 Atmosphere Model

Abstract The most recent version of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology atmospheric general circulation model, ECHAM5, is used to study the impact of changes in horizontal and vertical resolution on seasonal mean climate. In a series of Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP)-style experiments with resolutions ranging between T21L19 and T159L31, the systematic errors and convergence properties are assessed for two vertical resolutions. At low vertical resolution (L19) there is no evidence for convergence to a more realistic climate state for horizontal resolutions higher than T42. At higher vertical resolution (L31), on the other hand, the root-mean-square errors decrease monotonically with increasing horizontal resolution. Furthermore, except for T42, the L31 versions are superior to their L19 counterparts, and the improvements become more evident at increasingly higher horizontal resolutions. This applies, in particular, to the zonal mean climate state and to the stationary wave patterns i.
Flow Characteristics and Energy Dissipation Over Traditional and Stepped Spillway with Semicircular Crest

The main purpose of traditional spillway with semicircular crest is to rise and control upstream (U/S) water level. In this study a new performance was added to this spillway, by making it as an energy dissipater. In order to study the energy dissipation percent (∆E/E0) %, the face of traditional spillway was making stepped three times as (Ns= 3, 5 and 7). Twenty four experiments were performed in a laboratory horizontal channel of 12 m length, 0.5 m width and 0.45 m depth for a wide range of
Measurement of exhaust gas emissions from miniature turbojet engine

This paper presents a methodology developed to measure exhaust gas emissions during operation of a miniature turbojet engine, using a laboratory test rig. The rig has been built for research and development works aimed at modelling and investigating processes and phenomena occurring in jet engines. The miniature jet engines, similarly to full–scale ones used commonly in air transport, are characterized by variable exhaust gas emissions, depending on engine operating parameters. For this reason, an attempt has been made to determine the characteristic features of miniature engine operation modes and to define the variability of operation parameters and exhaust gas emissions as a function of time. According to the authors, the preliminary tests allowed for defining specific profile of engine test, which enables proper measurement regarding exhaust gas emissions using the miniature jet engine. The paper also presents test results for Jet A-1 fuel, according to the used methodology.
Evaluation of 2”Modified Oligonucleotides Containing 2’-Deoxy Gaps as Antisense Inhibitors of Gene Expression*

We have used a previously described 17-mer phos- phorothioate (Monia, B. P., Johnston, J. F., Ecker, D. J., M. A., Lima, W. F., and Freier, S. M. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267,19954-19962) for structure-func-tion analysis of 2’-sugar modifications including 2 ’ 4 - methyl, 2’-O-propyl, a’-O-pentyl, and 2’-fluoro. These modifications were analyzed for hybridization affinity to complementary RNA and for antisense activity against the Ha-ras oncogene in cells using a highly sensitive transactivation reporter gene system. Hy- bridization analysis demonstrated that all of the 2’-modified oligonucleotides hybridized with greater affinity to RNA than an unmodified 2‘-deoxy oligonucle- otide with the rank order of affinity being 2’-fluoro > S’-O-rnethyl > 2’-O-propyl > 2’-0-pentyl > 2’- deoxy.Evaluation of antisense activities of uniformly 2”modified oligonucleotides revealed that these com- pounds were completely ineffective in inhibiting
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DNA barcoding, genetic distances and phylogenetic relations among some Plectropomus species (Family: Serranidae) were evaluated based on Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CoxI) nucleotide sequences. DNA barcoding for all sequences obtained from all studied samples collected from different parts showed a complete similarity between them. Therefore, a consensus sequence was used for all local samples. The phylogenetic relations that reconstructed among evaluated Plectropomus species showed that, this genus was clustered into two main groups. The first group is including two unique clads (P. pessuliferus and P. laevis), while the second group is including P. leopardus and P. maculatus. The highest distance value was calculated between P. pessuliferus and P. maculatus. On the other hand, the lowest distance value was calculated between P. pessuliferus. and P. laevis. Sequence conservation, nucleotide composition, single nucleotide polymorphism and average number of nucleotide differences were estimated in all evaluated fishes and revealed that DNA barcoding was an efficient method for exploring the genetic variations among estimated fish species as well as similarity or variation within species.
ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF SPRUCE WOOD PARTICLE SIZE AND WATER CONTENT ON THE IGNITION TEMPERATURE OF DUST CLOUDS

This paper aims to assess the impact of water content and particle size of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst. ) wood dust on the ignition temperature of dust clouds. Dust samples were divided into four size fractions: less than 71 μm, from 71 to 150 μm, from 150 to 200 μm, and from 200 to 250 μm. Three different water contents, i.e. 0, 4 and 8 wt%, were analysed for each fraction. Ignition temperatures were determined for three different sample weights: 0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 g and for three different values of air pressure: 20, 30 and 50 kPa according to EN 50281-2-1:1998. The results showed that minimum ignition temperature (400 °C) was measured for a sample of 0.5 g weight and air pressure of 30 and 50 kPa. The determined ignition temperatures under the examined conditions were evaluated using one-way analysis of variance followed by Duncan’s multiple range test. The results of the analyses indicate that water content in the examined interval does not have a significant impact on ignition temperature. On the other hand, ignition temperature increases almost linearly with the increasing particle size.
Role of Emotions in Perception of Humanness of Virtual Agents

We analyzed the performance of an agent based on an appraisal theory of human emotion with respect to how it modulates play in a social dilemma game. An experiment with 117 participants showed how the agent was rated on dimensions of Human-Uniqueness (HU), separating humans from animals, and Human-Nature (HN), separating humans from machines. We showed that our appraisal theoretic agent significantly improved on both HN and HU ratings, compared to the baselines. We also showed that perception of humanness positively affects cooperation and enjoyment.