Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Path Design for Quality Assurance in Crowdsourcing

In this thesis, we study how the problem of worker group discovery relates to two well-known problems in crowdsourcing: answer aggregation and budget allocation. In contrast to previous studies which assume full independence of worker answers, this work is based on the observation that certain groups of crowd contributors share common behaviors and hence their answers are correlated. Being aware of these clusters of workers can be useful not only to predict more accurately the correct answer from the crowd, but also to wisely distribute the available budget. We investigate various clustering strategies as solutions to the problem of worker group discovery from historical data. Our studies confirm that the most critical challenge to this problem is the high data sparsity that characterizes crowd work. Therefore, we propose to apply such clustering techniques on reduced representations of the historical data based on the heterogeneity of the tasks. In an experimental setup where tasks belong to different categories, worker groups are constructed based on the workers’ average performance in the distinct task categories. We make use of this distinction to introduce a new model which jointly represents: workers, worker groups, and task categories. Next, we also make use of the information on the category of the task to adjust budget allocation. We evaluated our approach on multiple real-world and synthetic datasets which reveal interesting insights on the applicability and the limitations of our approach.
Dual Promoter Vector Construction for Simultaneous Gene Expression Using Spliced Overlap Extension by Polymerase Chain Reaction (SOE-PCR) Technique

There are two different co-expression systems including bicistronic; dual-vector or two-promoter to express two different genes simultaneously and also to study protein-protein interactions. Bicistronic system has disadvantages e.g. compared with two-promoter system. In this paper, a simple method based on spliced overlap extension by polymerase chain reaction (SOE-PCR) technique was demonstrated for construction of two-promoter vector to express two genes equally. To construct two-promoter vector, two pairs of mega-primer containing enzymatic restriction sites, T7 promoter, Lac operator and ribosome binding site (RBS) sequences were used in SOE-PCR. The constructed vector can be used in order to co-expression of other genes properly in a variety of bacterial expression hosts.
Syddansk Universitet Effectiveness of a participatory physical and psychosocial intervention to balance the demands and resources of industrial workers A cluster-randomized controlled trial

Citation for pulished version (APA): Gupta, N. , Wåhlin-Jacobsen, C. D. , Abildgaard, J. S. , Henriksen, L. N. , Nielsen, K. , & Holtermann, A. (2018). Effectiveness of a participatory physical and psychosocial intervention to balance the demands and resources of industrial workers: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 44(1), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3689
Rate Monitor Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes : Assessment by Combined Accelerometer and Heart Activity Intensity During Free-Living Activities in Children and Adolescents With

Rate Monitor Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes: Assessment by Combined Accelerometer and Heart Activity Intensity During Free-Living Activities in Children and Adolescents With Print ISSN: 1941-3149. Online ISSN: 1941-3084 Copyright © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113. 000514 2013;6:939-945; originally published online August 30, 2013; Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. http://circep.ahajournals. org/content/6/5/939 World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located on the http://circep.ahajournals. org/content/suppl/2013/08/30/CIRCEP.113. 000514.DC1. html Data Supplement (unedited) at:
Nonlinear dynamics and load sharing of double-mesh helical gear train

Dynamic behaviours and load sharing of double-mesh helical gear trains have been studied in this paper. A nonlinear dynamic model of double-mesh helical gear train was established, including torsional vibration, axial vibration, timevarying mesh stiffness and backlashes. The governing equations were solved by Runge-Kutta method. Frequency responses and influences of main parameters to frequency responses were analyzed to determine the vibration characteristics of the system. The dynamic factor and load sharing in two mesh pairs were studied in two configuration cases and the result shows that case II has better dynamic response and load sharing.
Hyperspherical Three Body Calculations For The Exotic He

Hyperspherical three body calculations are performed to study and review the various properties of the exotic double  hyper nucleus  He. The  He hyper nucleus is considered as a three body system consisting of two  hyperons coupled to an  core. Different  and   realistic and phenomenological potentials are used in the calculations. Using the hyperspherical formalism, a complete symmetric and mixed symmetric wave functions are introduced. Contributions from partial waves are also taken into account in the calculations. The Fabre optimal subset is adopted to obtain fast and good convergence for the calculated binding energy using the renormalized Numerov method. The obtained results are then compared with recent experimental value as well as those calculated using other methods. The calculated  He binding energies are in good agreement with the new experimental one reported by Nagara event. PACS numbers: 21.30. + y, 21.10. +dr,27.20. +n
Prototype of Orthogonal Precoder-based Technique for two-tiered Cellular Networks

— In [1], we introduced a spectrum sharing technique called Vandermonde-subspace frequency division multiplexing (VFDM). This overlay technique allows the coexistence of a downlink orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) macro-cell and a cognitive small-cell in a time division duplex mode. In that work, VFDM was shown to be able to completely cancel the interference towards a primary macro-cell system at the price of perfect channel state information (CSI) at the opportunistic secondary small-cell. In this work, we propose the first prototype of VFDM transceiver as a first step towards a proof of concept of the complete technique. We focus on the secondary small-cell and, using the new SDR4All platform [2], we design the transmitter/receiver pair needed for our test. Logic and hardware details are provided, as well as user definable parameters. The obtained results are promising and show the practical feasibility of a VFDM transmission over secondary link. 1
Sociotechnical Privacy. Mapping the Research Landscape

Abstract : While it is extraordinarily difficult to theoretically specify privacy, in the last 100 years or so (social) psychology, philosophy, communication studies, economics, and, to a lesser degree, also sociology and anthropology, provided attempts to conceptualize its meaning. Be that as it may, from the 1960s onwards privacy discourse has focused upon data, understood as “personal information”, to a certain extent because of the advent of huge databases and information and communication technologies (ICTs). Influential scholarship at the present time tends to conceive of ICT-related privacy in terms of the “sociotechnical”, thus highlighting the interlocking of human and technical agency. Although having developed a manifold of instruments to research sociotechnical phenomena, STS engagement with sociotechnical privacy, so far, has been rather low-key. In our contribution we therefore provide a mapping of the research landscape, identify connecting factors between STS and sociotechnical privacy research, and calling for further STS contributions. Keywords : Privacy Theory; Sociotechnical Privacy; Quantitative Privacy Research; Qualitative Privacy Research; STS Privacy Research.
Perennial crops trigger land-use and land-tenure changes in Indonesia : (Example of the province of West-Kalimantan)

In Indonesia a double phenomenon can be observed with progressive changes in land-tenure and land-use linked with the striking increase in the number of treecrops, in particular rubber and oil palm, in the "outer islands" (Mainly Sumatra and Kalimantan). The individualisation of farmers' behaviour with regard to land property and control has resulted in a progressive decrease in collective land management that has been observed over a period of many years. "Right of use" which traditionally applied in the case of tree-crops has changed into to a kind of "private property" very close to that practiced in western countries. The two main stakeholders involved in these changes are the State and farmers. There are also two types of opposing land legislation- official legislation and traditional legislation (Adat). Land-use in the province of West Kalimantan has been sharply modified in the last 15 years. Local forest, classified as "productive forests" have been heavily logged and later classified as "conversion forests" that enabled the government to distribute such land to private or semi-private companies in order to establish plantations (oil palm and Acacia mangium). Government policy has clearly been clearly o the development of an "estate secto" to the detriment of the traditional land rights of local communities (adat). The government has also implemented smallholder projects; rubber and oil palm projects (NES/PIR, SRDP-TCSDP) as well as transmigration projects. The land legally controlled by local communities decreased from 52% in 1985 to 29% of the total district area today leading to an alarming situation that could lead in to land conflicts between smallholders and Estates in the near future. Legal land-use distribution to the estate sector is very alarming for local communities, but in practice, real land-use still leaves room for local communities. This study analyses potential sources of land conflicts between stakeholders. Factors that induce change are thus the following: i) changes in overall needs and income, ii) a reduction in agricultural risk, iii) an increase in the total productivity of farming systems, iv) optimisation of labour and v) minimisation of capital investment. Land and land tenure have changed due to the particular needs of tree-crops as well as the need for land securement for smallholders.
Improving the retrieval effectiveness by a similarity thesaurus

A novel information structure and its use for query expansion is presented The information structure called a similarity thesaurus consists of term term similarities that are based on how the terms of a collection are indexed by the documents In this way the similarity thesaurus re ects domain knowledge about the collection from which it is constructed It is used to select and weight additional query terms when expanding an existing query This is in contrast to conventional query expansion methods as the similarity between candidate terms and the concept of the entire query is taken into account Experiments on test collections show that the retrieval e ectiveness is considerably higher when this method is applied That this concept based query expansion model can also be used to produce better results in large scale operational IR environments is the nal aspiration
A CHANDRA STUDY OF THE LARGE-SCALE SHOCK AND COOL FILAMENTS IN HYDRA A: EVIDENCE FOR SUBSTANTIAL GAS DREDGE-UP BY THE CENTRAL OUTBURST

We present the results of a Chandra study of the Hydra A galaxy cluster, where a powerful active galactic nucleus (AGN) outburst created a large-scale cocoon shock. We investigated possible azimuthal variations in shock strength and shape, finding indications for a weak shock with a Mach number in the range ∼1.2–1.3. We measured the temperature change across the shock front. However, the detection of a temperature rise in the regions immediately inside of the front is complicated by the underlying temperature profile of the cluster atmosphere. We measured the global temperature profile of the cluster up to 700 kpc, which represents the farthest measurement obtained with Chandra for this cluster. A “plateau” in the temperature profile in the range ∼70–150 kpc indicates the presence of cool gas, which is likely the result of uplift of material by the AGN outburst. After masking the cool filaments visible in the hardness ratio map, the plateau disappears and the temperature profile recovers a typical shape with a peak around 190 kpc, just inside the shock front. However, it is unlikely that such a temperature feature is produced by the shock as it is consistent with the general shape of the temperature profiles observed for relaxed galaxy clusters. We studied the spectral properties of the cool filaments finding evidence that ∼1011M☉ of low-entropy material has been dredged up by the rising lobes from the central 30 kpc to the observed current position of 75–150 kpc. The energy required to lift the cool gas is ≳ 2.2 × 1060 erg, which is comparable to the work required to inflate the cavities and is ∼25% of the total energy of the large-scale shock. Our results show that the AGN feedback in Hydra A is acting not only by directly heating the gas, but also by removing a substantial amount of potential fuel for the supermassive black hole.
半側視空間無視に関する評価方法の検討 : Behavioural inattention test ( BIT )

Unilateral spatial neglect (USN) is a higher brain dysfunction that frequently occurs due to right-hemisphere stroke. In this study, we compared conventional paper tests (i.e., line bisection test, line cancellation test, and design copying test) with the Behavioral inattention test (BIT) and the functional independence measure (FIM), which is an ADL test, in 24 patients with USN associated with right-hemisphere stroke to determine effective assessment methods in the clinical setting. To the extent that BIT worsened, conventional paper tests also declined, suggesting that BIT was correlated with conventional paper tests. Moreover, significant correlations were found between BIT and FIM, and FIM also declined in accordance with the worsening of conventional paper tests (line cancellation test and design copying test), indicating that conventional paper tests were also correlated with FIM. Nonetheless, BIT may impose physical, mental, and time burdens on the elderly, particularly in time-constrained clinical settings. Accordingly, the use of conventional paper tests as screening tests, followed by BIT as a deep test as appropriate, may increase the reliability of USN assessment in clinical settings.
Dialectics and the Macrostructure of Argument by James B

This excellent book is an essay in logical theory which, unusually for such essays, belongs to the informal logic and argumentation tradition. The central notion of modern deductive logic is that of 'logical form' , so most writings on logical theory are concerned with the internal logical structure of sentences-what Freeman calls the 'microstructure' of argument. Freeman, on the other hand, is mainly concerned with how whole sentences function in natural language argumentation, with the kinds of support sentences can offer to other sentences and with the structure of those support relationships; this is what he means when he talks about the 'macrostructure' of argument. (p.xi) The tradition to which Freeman's book belongs begins with Beardsley's Practical Logic, and includes as major contributions Toulmin's The Uses of Argument, Scriven's Reasoning, Govier's A Practical Study of Argument, Thomas's Practical Reasoning in Natural Language, Johnson and Blair's Logical Self-Defense and Freeman's own Thinking Logically. This, the informal logic tradition, is a reaction against the view that modern deductive logic generally applies to real arguments (arguments of the kind people actually use in order to convince others), and its main objective is to "develop means of analyzing and evaluating arguments in natural language" (p.33). A key technique in this tradition is argument-diagramming-using diagrams to display the structure of natural language reasoning, to display how the reasons combine to support their conclusions. Beardsley first introduced this technique, and he and Thomas introduced the associated distinctions between 'divergent' , 'convergent', 'linked' and 'serial' reasoning which are now so familiar in this tradition. As is well known, Toulrnin's book The Uses of Argument uses quite different fundamental categories from the other works cited above and uses quite different sorts of argument diagrams. Where the other works simply distinguish between the reasons and the conclusion(s) of an argument and construct 'tree' diagrams like this,
CRUDE GLYCERIN IN FEEDLOT CATTLE DIETS AND AS A SOLVENT IN MAILLARD REACTION PROCESSES INTENDED FOR MANUFACTURING VALUE-ADDED PROTEIN MEALS

Two trials were conducted to evaluate effects of crude glycerin, a byproduct of the biodiesel industry, on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, and diet digestibility in cattle. A third study was conducted to investigate the use of glycerin as a solvent in Maillard reaction processes used to manufacture value added protein meal. In trial 1, crossbred yearling heifers were fed low levels of glycerin (0, 0.5, or 2% of diet DM) in corn finishing diets, or diets that combined corn with soybean hulls and wet distiller’s grains (0 or 2% glycerin). Results indicated that feeding glycerin decreased DMI (P = 0.04), and feeding byproducts increased DMI (P < 0.01) when compared to control without byproducts or glycerin. Feeding byproducts or glycerin decreased the percentage of carcasses that graded USDA Choice or higher (P < 0.05). Other live performance traits and carcass characteristics were similar across treatments. Trial 2 evaluated effects of crude glycerin on growth performance and diet digestibility in heifers fed high forage growing diets. Treatments consisted of 0, 4, or 8% crude glycerin added to growing diets containing corn silage (60% of DM) and wet corn gluten feed. Apparent total tract digestibilities were calculated from total fecal collections. Adding glycerin linearly increased (P = 0.01) feed efficiency over the entire feeding period, and linearly decreased (P = 0.02) DMI for a portion of the feeding period. No other effects of glycerin on animal growth performance were observed. Digestibility measurements indicated that glycerin decreased DM, OM, and NDF intakes linearly (P < 0.01), but did not affect fecal outputs of DM, OM, or NDF. Apparent total tract digestibilities of DM, OM, and NDF therefore decreased linearly (P < 0.01) with increasing levels of glycerin. The third trial involved several experiments, which were conducted to determine if glycerol could be used as a solvent in processes designed to facilitate non-enzymatic browning of protein meals. Results indicated that glycerol may serve as a more suitable solvent for browning processes than water because its chemical and physical properties may enhance browning processes, increase process efficiency, and yield products with superior resistance to microbial degradation.
Overview of qualitative and quantitative research methods in the field of library-material preservation

The aim of this paper is to give an overview of q ualitative and quantitative methods used in the field of library-material preservation. Preservation of library materials is a diverse issue that can be researched from various standpoints. For instance, it is possible to explore development of theoretical approaches, preservation planning and management process, economic and legal aspects of preservation, necessary knowledge and competencies, different material properties and preservation methods, and impact of preservation on cultural and social issues. A variety of methods and techniques can be used for doing so, from experimental instrumental) methods, statistical methods, and bibliometrics, on one hand, to content analyses, case studies, and unobtrusive measures, on the other. This work is based on the preservation-management model developed by the authors that comprises five key components: strategic and theoretical, economic and legal, educational, technical and operational, and cultural and social component. An overview of possible methods for exploring preservation issues—grouped according to these categories—will be given.
Influence of Agricultural Developments on Net Primary Productivity (NPP) in the Semi-arid Region of India: A Study using GloPEM Model

Abstract. The present study aims to assess the effect of agricultural developments on inter-annual variations in the agricultural Net Primary Productivity (NPP) of selected districts of the semi-arid region of India by using GloPEM model. Advancements in farming practices have been contributing to the increase of net primary productivity, which ultimately leads to increase in the agricultural production. The study shows that increase in the gross irrigated area, fertilizer consumption, use of high yielding crop varieties and adoption of agricultural mechanization in terms of tractors and irrigation pumps have contributed significantly in the increase in agricultural NPP in the semi-arid region of India. The agricultural NPP of the semi-arid region of India has shown a very good correlation with the gross irrigated area (R2 = 0.668) and fertilizer use (R2 = 0.701). The anthropogenic factors influencing the agricultural NPP were grouped in 3 major Factor Components (FC) (eigenvalues > 1) as: FC1-nutrients application, FC2-irrigation potential and agricultural mechanization (irrigation pumps and tractors) and irrigated area while FC3-cultivated area and area under high yielding crop varieties. The study showed that most of the semi-arid region of India has a good agricultural production potential which needs to harness by increasing the supply of irrigation water, promoting agricultural mechanization and adoption of integrated nutrient management approach.
Wave Induced Turbulence and Bubbles and their Effect on Radiance in the Upper Ocean

Abstract : The main objectives of this study where 1) to develop the necessary technology to allow for in-situ measurements of bubble size distributions over a wide range of bubble sizes and with sufficient temporal and air-fraction resolution to investigate the role of bubbles on upper ocean radiance, 2) develop and test methods and algorithms to obtain bubble size distributions from such instrumentation, 3) to make comparisons between different bubble measurement techniques (acoustical and optical) to investigate strengths and limitations , 4) to make observations of bubbles clouds at a range of atmospheric and oceanographic conditions, and 5) to make measurements of ocean microlayer surfactants to investigate their role in modulating the bubble field.