Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Error Analysis on The Use of The SimpleTense and The Simple Past Tense in Writing Essays Among TESL College Students

Errors committed by students learning english language can happen in any level.This research focuses oncollege students taking a diploma course in Teaching of English as a second language (TESL). Objectives of this study are to identify the areas where students commit most errors on the use of the simpe present tense and the simple past tense , to find out some sources of errors and subsequently try finding ways to solve the errors. Methodology used is by using document analysis where error analysis procedures are applied. Instruments used in this research are by using essay writing questions. Research samples consisted of 53 students taking diploma in TESL. These students were selected randomly. Analysis of the data used Error Analysis Method. From the findings, it can be seen that many students committed errors involving grammatical items, such as subject-verb agreement, tenses, parts of speech and vocabularies. Types of errors committed by the students with regard to Error Analysis Method are due to omission, addition, misinformation and misordering. Some factors have been identified to contribute to the problem such as : lack of knowledge and competence of the English grammar, influence of the mother tongue, loan words and lack of exposure of the English language. Some suggestions and recommendations have been made to address this problem. They include giving ample exercises and practices to students, giving some teaching techniques to the teachers to be implemented in class. All these efforts are meant for remedies to solve the problem in writing English essays with respect to the use of correct simple present tense and simple past tense.
Therapeutic Effects of Nano-HAp in a Rat Model of AlCl3 Induced Neurotoxicity

With the advance in nanomedicine, the present study was conducted to explore the possible therapeutic role of intravenous nano- hydroxyapatite (nano-HAp) in male rats after chronic exposure to aluminum chloride (AlCl3). This exposure interposed DNA fragmentation, apoptosis, alters oxidant/antioxidant status as well as change in content of neurotransmitters. The rats were injected with 100 mg/kg. body weight (b.w.) of AlCl3 intraperitoneally for 90 days, after then nano-HAp was injected intravenously (i.v.) three times per week at a dose level 100 mg/kg b.w. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that the treatment with the prepared nano-HAp restrains the damage inflicted on brain modulation by lipid oxidation products and decreased the susceptibility of apoptotic cells death with subsequent repaired the fragmented DNA as well as improved the synthesis of neurotransmitters. The most salient finding of nano-HAp treatment is the disappearance of most pathological changes due to AlCl3 administration.
Estimation of Body Fat Percentage in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to calculate the body fat percentage and learn its relationship with body mass index in oral squamous cell carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHOD: the study comprised of 31 oral squamous cell carcinoma patients and 28 controls. Body mass index was calculated for each individual by recording the height (in meters) and weight (in Kilograms). Prediction equations given by Deurenberg, Gallagher and Jackson-Pollock were used to calculate body fat percentage. RESULTS: Definite correlation between body fat percent and body mass index was found in oral squamous cell carcinoma and controls. Comparisons of body fat percentages between both groups were found to be statistically significant in Gallagher (p = 0.04) and Jackson-Pollock (p = 0.03) equations. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that body fat percentage can be a useful indicator for assessing severity of lipolysis due to cachexia in cancer patients. The study can help in evaluating nutritional status during postoperative care of cancer patients.
Long-term Outcome of Incision and Curettage Treatment in Patients with Lacrimal Gland Ductulitis

Purpose To describe the effects and long-term outcomes of incision and curettage treatment in patients with lacrimal gland ductulitis. Methods Twenty-four patients (24 eyes) with lacrimal gland ductulitis who were treated at Saevit Eye Hospital from June 2010 to November 2016. All patients underwent incision and curettage through the lacrimal ductule, and granules or concretions were removed. After the procedure, oral and topical antibiotics, oral anti-inflammatory agent were used for a week. Clinical presentations of the patients were analyzed. The resolution of symptoms and inflammatory signs and recurrence were evaluated more than 12 months after the procedure including telephone follow-up by a specialist nurse. Results Common symptoms were a painful, swelling mass with mucous discharge (17 eyes) and conjunctival injection (7 eyes) at the lateral canthal area. During the procedure, 22 patients (91.7%) had typical sulfur granule of Actinomyces, and 10 patients (41.7%) had many cilia in the expressed debris from the ductule. Twenty-three of 24 patients had resolution of symptoms after the procedure and all but one patient (95.8%) showed no recurrence. Conclusions Incision and curettage is a simple and less invasive procedure that may be considered as a first treatment option for lacrimal gland ductulitis. Furthermore, incision and curettage of the affected lacrimal ductule has been shown to be effective at minimizing long-term recurrence of lacrimal ductulitis.
Connectionist Learning Architecture Based on an Optical Thin-Film Multilayer Model

Connectionist models consist of large numbers of simple but highly interconnected “units”. They represent an approach that is quite different from that of classical models based on the structure of Von Neumann machines. Although the term “connectionist models” often refers to artificial neural network models, which are inspired directly by the biological neurons, there are also other connectionist architectures that differ significantly from this biological exemplar. This thesis describes such a “novel” connectionist learning architecture based on the technology of optical thin-film multilayer. The proposed connectionist model consists of multiple thin-film layers (similar to simple processing units in a neural network model), each with different refractive index and thickness. A light beam incident perpendicular to the surface of the multilayer stack is used to carry out the required computation. The reflectance of the light incident can be used as the general measurement of the outputs. Inputs can be fed into the system by encoding them into some system parameters such as refractive indices, and individual layer thicknesses can be used as adjustable parameters that are equivalent to the connection weights of a neural network model. Since this approach involves optical signal processing, the proposed connectionist learning architecture has unique properties and could offer significant advantages. Much of the work has focused on developing this new connectionist learning architecture and investigating its capability to accomplish complex computational tasks which have been extensively studied for conventional connectionist models such as the widely used feed-forward neural network using the back-propagation learning by gradient descent. A prototype simulation model has also been built from first principles. A wide range of experiments have been conducted on this simulation model with commonly used data sets from the field of connectionist models.
Accelerometer based line-of-sight stabilization approach for pointing and tracking systems

Equipment operating from nonstationary platforms are subjected to angular jitter resulting from vehicle linear and angular motions. The purpose of a stabilized platform is to reject the angular disturbances so that the device modulation transfer function (MTF) is preserved at the system level. This paper describes a new platform stabilization approach where miniature, low-cost, linear accelerometers are used (instead of gyroscopes) for line-of-Sight (LOS) stabilization. This is accomplished by placing the accelerometers at strategic locations, and combining their outputs so that angular motion is determined from linear acceleration measurements. The control system uses the sensed angular accelerations to generate movement commands for the gimbal servomotors in the stabilization platform. This counter-rotates the imaging device to stabilize its LOS. The use of accelerometers allows the servo system to operate in an acceleration control mode which is more desirable than position or velocity control modes, typical of gyro-based systems, since this increases stabilization bandwidth. Substituting gyros with accelerometers provides the additional benefits of lower sensor cost, weight and power consumption, better temperature characteristics, more robustness, and higher shock resistance. <<ETX>>
A Modified Vector Space Model for Protein Retrieval

Summary This paper provides an enhancement of an existing method of information retrieval which is a modification of Vector Space Model for information retrieval. This enhanced model is modified to be applied on protein sequence data whereas the normal vector space model has been applied on text data. The results show that the enhanced model achieved very good results in performance but the setup time is somehow high for a large collection of protein sequences
Blue Light Therapy Glasses in Parkinson's Disease: Patients' Experience

Background Blue light glasses have been introduced as a possible new treatment option to treat sleep disturbances in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Assessing patient attitudes represents a key step in the road towards formal testing and introduction into clinical practice. Specifically, we aimed to assess how patients experience the use of blue light glasses, aiming to optimise compliance in upcoming clinical trials where these glasses will be tested for efficacy. Methods We invited 58 PD patients who had used the blue light glasses for at least one week on a daily basis to complete an online survey about their experiences and self-reported impact. For this purpose, the System Usability Scale was used, supplemented with additional questions about (side)effects. A total of 31 patients (53%) replied. Results 74% of respondents reported subjective improvements in night-time sleep, daytime sleepiness, depressive symptoms, motor functioning, or a combination thereof. The median score for the System Usability Scale (SUS; 0–100 range, higher scores indicating better performance) was 70.0. A total of 26 patients (84%) had an overall positive attitude towards the technique, with patients rating the glasses with an average score of 6.9 ± 2.0 (SD) out of 10. Except for one patient, all responders would like to continue using the glasses, mostly because they considered it a useful aid. Conclusion Blue light therapy appears to have a positive effect on sleep, mood, and motor symptoms in PD. PD patients had an overall positive attitude towards blue light glasses as treatment for sleep disorders.
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

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Introducing Technical Articles to Graduate Students Through Active Learning

In their undergraduate studies, students obtain most of their information from textbooks and handbooks. Yet for graduate students, it is often necessary to obtain more current information that is only available in technical articles. Many entering graduate students are unaware of the role of journal articles in research and are not informed about the article submission process. Although this knowledge is important to their careers, it is rarely included in coursework. To correct this, students are required to read assigned technical articles and be prepared to discuss them in class. In addition to the traditional discussions addressing the technical points in the articles, the role of articles in research is discussed. The goal of these discussions is to prepare students for research by teaching the students how to read technical articles and by teaching them about the article submission process. Since studies have shown that students retain more information through active learning than through passive learning, class discussion is used to encourage reading and active participation. This in-class discussion of technical articles has been implemented in a graduate level thermodynamics course in chemical engineering. Since thermodynamics is one of the required core courses for the first-year graduate students, it provides an opportunity to prepare entering graduate students for research. This approach was assessed using an initial survey at the beginning of the semester and a final survey at the end of the semester. Results of the assessment are presented.
Dental bridging as a treatment for large oral fistulae in two horses

Summary Chronic orocutaneous, oronasal, or orosinus ﬁ stulae can be challenging to repair. This report describes placement of a dental bridge as a treatment for oral ﬁ stulae and outcome in two horses. A 12-year-old, Westphalian gelding was presented for nasal discharge because of an oromaxillary ﬁ stula after dental repulsion of the Triadan 209 4 years earlier. The second case, a 5-year-old Oldenburg mare was presented for an orocutaneous ﬁ stula 7 weeks after dental repulsion of the Triadan 208. Both were treated by placing an 8-shaped cerclage wire, inserted through the rostral and caudal interdental spaces and crossing at the level of the missing tooth. Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) was then used to seal the ﬁ stula. No signi ﬁ cant complications occurred during or after the surgery. In both cases clinical signs did not recur. In the ﬁ rst case the dental bridge is currently (5 years after the intervention) in place. In Case 2 the construction was removed after 1.5 years and the ﬁ stula had healed completely. This case report suggests that placing a dental bridge composed of cerclage wire and PMMA should be considered as an easy, noninvasive and ef ﬁ cient way to manage large oromaxillary or orocutaneous ﬁ stulae.
Quality af Life Among Persons With Mental Disorders

Over the last 50 years considerable changes in psychiatry have taken place but still mental disorders are one of the diseases with the most negative influence on patients quality of life and serious social consequences. This article gives a review of quality of life definitions, tools and updated studies on quality of life in persons with mental di− soredrs. It has been stressed that the latest studies have shown that the main role in subjective quality of life play patients needs and if these needs from patients point of view are met or unmet. Many authors suggest the necessi− ty of taking needs and satisfaction with services under consideration in treatment and rehabilitation. But still cor− relation among patients needs, satisfaction with services, social functioning and quality of life require further stu− dies. There is also lack of studies on factors connected with specific kinds of neds and comparing needs of persons with different psychiatric disorders. So far there have been only few such studies in Poland (Adv Clin Exp Med 2007, 16, 1, 173–178).
CMP CACHE ARCHITECTURES - A SURVEY

As the number of cores on Chip Multi-Processor (CMP) increases, the need for effective utilization (management) of the cache increases. Cache Management plays an important role in improving the performance and miss latency by reducing the number of misses. In most of the cases, CMP with shared Last Level Cache (LLC) is a winner over the private LLC. Non-Uniform Cache Access (NUCA) represent two emerging trends in computer architecture. In NUCA the LLC is divided into multiple banks which lead to different banks being accessed with different latencies. Hence the heavily used blocks can be mapped or migrated towards the closer bank of the requesting core. Though NUCA is the best architecture for single core systems, implementing NUCA in CMP has many challenges. Researchers proposed many innovative ideas to implement NUCA in CMP but still there exists lot more complexities. Thus CMP cache architecture is a widely open research area. In this paper we did a survey on different CMP cache architectures based on NUCA. We have only given a basic overview and there are lot more advanced innovations which are not been covered. The performance evaluation of CMP architecture is a challenging task and must have to do for proving the correctness of any proposed architecture. Therefore, we also discussed about how the performance of CMP cache architectures can be evaluated
DIFFERENCES IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM RESULTS FOR BLACK STUDENTS ACROSS THREE STATES

Differences in Advanced Placement exam results for Black students in Texas, Georgia, and California were examined. Existing data from the College Board 2010 Report were used to compare overall Advanced Placement exam performance and individual Advanced Placement exam performance in English Language, U.S. History, and Calculus AB. Statistically significant differences were present in the performance on Black students on the overall Advanced Placement exam, as well as the three individual AP exams among the three states. Effect sizes for the statistically significant differences were small to trivial. With Advanced Placement exams being the same across the country, these findings depict differential performance for Black students as a function of the state in which they lived. Keywords: Advanced Placement exams, Black student performance, three state comparisons
DYNAMIC VIRTUAL BACKBONE ROUTING PROTOCOL: A HYBRID ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR ADHOC NETWORKS

Ad hoc networks are the collection of wireless mobile hosts forming a temporary network without the aid of any established infrastructure or centralized administration. In such a scenario a mobile host can act as both a host and a router forwarding packets for other mobile nodes in the network. The thesis focuses on the routing aspect of ad hoc networks; there are three kinds of routing protocols in ad hoc networks proactive, reactive and hybrid (mixture of both proactive and reactive components). According to ad hoc network literature hybrid routing should perform better than the other two types of protocols. The thesis aims at validating this particular argument by comparing the performance of a hybrid routing protocol with a popular ad hoc network routing protocol. The thesis discusses some of the hybrid routing protocols discussed in the literature and then selects the Dynamic Virtual Backbone Routing (VBR/DVB) protocol. A brief introduction to the architecture of NS2 and the steps to implement a new routing protocol for ad hoc networks is also discussed. Dynamic Virtual Backbone Routing (VBR/DVB) protocol is newly implemented in NS2 and is compared with the Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) protocol which is already implemented in NS2 The comparison results show that DSR outperforms VBR in mobility scenarios; but the reasons for this was the optimizations which have been done to the DSR implementation in NS2; therefore the results obtained were biased towards DSR.
Experimental Investigations of Computer Program Debugging and Modification

Although greater emphasis is placed on the task of computer program composition, debugging and modification often consume more time and expense in production environments. Debugging is the task of locating syntactic and semantic errors in programs and correcting these errors. Modification is the change of a working program to perform alternate tasks. The factors and techniques which facilitate debugging and modification are poorly understood, but are subject to experimental investigation. Controlled experiments can be performed by presenting two groups of subjects with two forms of a program or different programming aids and requiring the same task. For example, in one study we presented an 81 line FORTRAN program containing three bugs to distinct groups of subjects. One of the groups received a detailed flowchart, but our results indicated that this aid did not facilitate the debugging procedure. Similar negative results were obtained for a modification task. In other experiments, comments and meaningful variable names were useful in debugging and modularity facilitated modification. Other potentially influential factors, which are subject to experimental study, include indentation rules, type of control structures, data structure complexity and program design. These and other human factor experiments in programming have led to a cognitive model of programmer behavior which distinguishes between the hierarchically structured, meaningfully acquired semantic knowledge and the rotely memorized syntactic knowledge. Errors can be classed into syntactic mistakes which are relatively easy to locate and correct and two forms of semantic mistakes. Semantic errors occur while constructing an internal semantic structure to a representation in the syntax of a programming language. Modification is interpreted as the acquisition of an internal semantic structure by studying a program, followed by modification of this structure and revision of the code.
Introduction to Statistical Pattern Recognition

This completely revised second edition presents an introduction to statistical pattern recognition. Pattern recognition in general covers a wide range of problems: it is applied to engineering problems, such as character readers and wave form analysis as well as to brain modeling in biology and psychology. Statistical decision and estimation, which are the main subjects of this book, are regarded as fundamental to the study of pattern recognition. This book is appropriate as a text for introductory courses in pattern recognition and as a reference book for workers in the field. Each chapter contains computer projects as well as exercises.