Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Face Recognition Using Active Shape Model Sake

Face images captured by surveillance cameras usually have poor resolution in addition to uncontrolled poses and illumination conditions which adversely affect performance of face matching algorithms. In this paper, we develop a novel approach for matching surveillance quality facial images to high resolution images in frontal pose which are often available during enrollment. The proposed approach uses Multidimensional Scaling to simultaneously transform the features from the poor quality probe images and the high quality gallery images in such a manner that the distances between them approximate the distances had the probe images been captured in the same conditions as the gallery images. Thorough evaluation on the Multi-PIE dataset and comparisons with state-of-the-art super-resolution and classifier based approaches are performed to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed approach. Experiments on real surveillance images further signify the applicability of the framework.
2839669 5 G Optimized Caching and Downlink Resource Sharing for Smart Cities

In smart cities, millions of things, systems, and people are interconnected and communicate with each other over wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G networks. A tremendous amount of data traffic, which is frequently generated by the things in wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs) and/or IoT, is accessed by a massive number of mobile users (MUs). TheseMUs are all competing to access the 5G network for data as well as urban applications and services. This can in turn cause exhaustion to the 5G network. In such cases, users can experience low data delivery and traffic congestions through backhaul links by macro base stations (MBSs). In this paper, we propose a joint caching and downlink resource sharing optimization framework (CSF) in 5G networks to assist WMSNs to efficiently deliver multimedia contents to the MUs. The CSF enables the MBSs to optimally decide how many replicas of each multimedia content to cache in which fem to base stations for high multimedia content hit rate. It also optimally exploits the MUs that are willing to share their downlink resources and that have retrieved multimedia contents, for offloading with device-to-device communications. The objective is to eventually maximize the system delivery capacity. Simulation results demonstrate that the CSF provides the best performance in terms of hit rate and system delivery capacity. INDEX TERMS 5G caching, D2D caching, D2D communications, downlink resource sharing, fem to caching, femtocell, macrocell, smart city, wireless multimedia sensor networks.
Preliminary Construction of the Perception of Organizational Rumor Scale (PORS) in a Sample of Workers in Puerto Rico

espanolEl objetivo de este estudio es examinar las propiedades psicometricas de la Escala de Percepcion de Rumor Organizacional (PORS) en una muestra de trabajadores en Puerto Rico. El investigador desarrollo la escala usando el Metodo de Lawshe con doce expertos en la materia. La muestra consistio en 150 adultos trabajadores, el 65% eran mujeres y el 59% pertenecian al sector privado. La escala se construyo en una escala Likert de 7 puntos que variaba de 1 = "casi nunca" a 7 = "casi siempre". Esta contenia ocho items que cumplian con los criterios de discriminacion y una solucion de dos factores que explican los puntajes de varianza, ademas de poseer un alfa de Cronbach de (.87). Los resultados sugieren que la escala tiene un potencial para medir el constructo. EnglishThe objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Perception of Organizational Rumor Scale (PORS) in a sample of workers in Puerto Rico. The researcher developed the scale using Lawshe’s Method with twelve subject matter experts. The sample consisted of 150 working adults, and 65% were females, and 59% worked in the private sector. The scale is a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1= “hardly ever” to 7 = “almost always” and contained eight items that complied with the discrimination criteria and has a two-factor solution which explains the variance scorings, as well as possess a Cronbach’s alpha of (.87). The results suggest that the scale has the potential to measure the construct. portuguesO objetivo deste estudo foi examinar as propriedades psicometricas da Percepcao da Escala Organizacional de Rumor (PORS) em uma amostra de trabalhadores em Porto Rico. O pesquisador desenvolveu a escala usando o metodo de Lawshe com doze especialistas no assunto. A amostra foi composta por 150 adultos trabalhadores, sendo 65% do sexo feminino e 59% do setor privado. A escala construida e uma escala Likert de 7 pontos que varia de 1 = quase nunca a 7 = quase sempre e contem oito itens que cumprem os criterios de discriminacao e tem uma solucao de dois fatores que explica as pontuacoes de variância, alem de terem um alfa de Cronbach de (.87). os resultados sugerem que a escala possui um potencial para mensurar o constructo.
K A T 2 0 1 6 ) 0 1 4 The MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey ( MALS )

N. Gupta∗1, R. Srianand1, W. Baan2, A. Baker3, R. Beswick4, S. Bhatnagar5, D. Bhattacharya1, A. Bosma6, C. Carilli5, M. Cluver7, F. Combes8, C. Cress9, R. Dutta1, J. Fynbo10, G. Heald11, M. Hilton12, T. Hussain1, M. Jarvis7,13 G. Jozsa14, P. Kamphuis15, A. Kembhavi1, J. Kerp16, H. -R. Klöckner17, J. Krogager18, V. Kulkarni19, C. Ledoux20, A. Mahabal21, T. Mauch14, K. Moodley12, E. Momjian5, R. Morganti2, P. Noterdaeme18, T. Oosterloo2, P. Petitjean18, A. Schröder22, P. Serra23, J. Sievers12, K. Spekkens24, P. Väisänen22, T. van der Hulst25, M. Vivek26, J. Wang11, O.I. Wong27 and A.R. Zungu12 1 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India; (see Appendix A for author affiliations.) E-mail: ngupta@iucaa.in
Tuning transfer function of fiber-optic Fabry – Pérot interferometer via introduction of birefringence in the cavity

The study investigates the impact of birefringence exhibited by the cavity material of a fiber-optic Fabry–Pérot interferometer on its transfer function. The theoretical approach to analyze the effect of birefringence in the cavity of a plane Fabry–Pérot interferometer is described. The case of highand low-finesse interferometer is investigated. It is shown that introduction of a birefringent medium of optimized parameters can be used to increase the density of interference fringes in certain wavelength range – the feature can be used either for reduction of the cavity length in an interferometric sensor or operation with sources of narrower spectral characteristics.
Hammersley-Fletcher, LJ and Wingrove, D and Chester, A and Clarke, A (2017) Leading Developmental Peer Observation of Teaching in Higher Ed- ucation: Perspectives from Australia and England. British Journal of Educa-

Whilst peer observation of teaching is well established as a practice that can enhance teaching quality, the challenge to fully embed this practice in universities remains unresolved. This article analyses the perspectives of eighteen university leaders (nine Australian and nine English) drawn from a range of school-based leaders to senior leaders of learning and teaching. Our study indicates that some of the challenges associated with leading such schemes can be mitigated through approaches to educational leadership that enact a respectful and collegiate ethos. This we suggest can support developmental academic engagement in peer observation for positive and lasting change.
Habituation and individual variation in the endocrine stress response in the Trinidadian guppy ( Poecilia reticulata ) Running title : Stress habituation and individual variation

The vertebrate stress response enables individuals to react to and cope with environmental challenges. A crucial aspect of the stress response is the elevation of circulating glucocorticoids. However, continued activation of the stress response under repeated exposure to stressors can be damaging to fitness. Under certain circumstances it may therefore be adaptive to habituate to repeated exposures to a particular stressor by reducing the magnitude of any associated release of glucocorticoids. Here, we investigate whether Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) habituate to repeated exposure to a mild stressor, using a waterborne hormone sampling approach that has previously been shown to elicit a stress response in small fish. We also test for individual variation in the extent of habituation to this stressor. Concentrating on freely circulating cortisol, we found that the first exposure to the assay induced high cortisol release rates but that guppies tended to habituate quickly to subsequent exposures. There were consistent differences among individuals in their average cortisol release rate (after accounting for effects of variables such as body size) over repeated exposures. Our analyses did not find evidence of individual differences in habituation rate, although limitations in statistical power could account for this finding. We repeated the analysis for free 11-ketotestosterone, which can also respond to stressors, but found no obvious habituation pattern and no among-individual variation. We also present data on conjugated forms of both hormones, which were repeatable but did not show the expected time-lagged habituation effect. We discuss consistent individual differences around the general pattern of habituation in the flexible stress response, and highlight the potential for individual variation in habituation to facilitate selection against the deleterious effects
Exogenous spermidine enhances expression of Calvin cycle genes andphotosynthetic efficiency in sweet sorghum seedlings under salt stress

Salinity adversely affects plants resulting in disruption to plant growth and physiology. Previously, it has been shown that these negative effects can be alleviated by various exogenous polyamines. However, the role of spermidine (Spd) in conferring salinity tolerance in sorghum is not well documented. The effect of exogenous Spd on the responses of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) seedlings to salt stress (150 mM NaCl) was investigated by measuring photosynthetic carbon assimilation, Calvin cycle enzyme activities, and the the expression of respective genes. Application of 0.25 mM Spd alleviated the negative effects of salt stress on efficiency of photosystem II and CO2 assimilation and increased the activities of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and aldolase. Salt stress significantly lowered the transcriptions of genes encoding Rubisco large subunit, Rubisco small subunit, 3-phosphoglyceric acid kinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, triose-3-phosphate isomerase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate phosphatase, and sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase. However, transcriptions of genes encoding phosphoribokinase and Rubisco were up-regulated. The Spd application enhanced expressions of most of these genes. It appears Spd conferred salinity tolerance to sweet sorghum seedlings by enhancing photosynthetic efficiency through regulation of gene expressions and activities of key CO2 assimilation enzymes.
Response to Buchwalter et al . : Further Considerations for Modernising Water Quality Criteria in the USA and Elsewhere

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Warne, M, Van Dam, R, Batley, G & Stauber, J 2017, 'Response to Buchwalter et al.: Further Considerations for Modernising Water Quality Criteria in the USA and Elsewhere. ' Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol 36, Issue 6, pp. 1422-1424. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Loughborough University Institutional Repository Cellular response to surface morphology : Electrospinning and computational modeling

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Value creation, value capturing and management challenges in the open innovation ecosystem – A qualitative study of Nano-electronics industry in Europe

This study aims to explore how all participating actors in the innovation ecosystem create and capture value and what type of potential challenges they may face during these mechanisms. The qualitative approach comprising multiple case studies reveals that, organizations in a Nano-electronics innovation ecosystem establish the ecosystem not only to access knowledge and technology, but also to access other complementary assets. Furthermore, the analysis on various value creation and capturing mechanisms enabled us to generate a theoretical model and illustrate the potential challenges and possible management activities in the innovation ecosystem. Finally, this study offers several managerial implications.
AWARENESS OF DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG PUBLIC ATTENDING THE PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES IN MALAYSIA

Diabetes is a steadily growing problem in Malaysia and the increase of diabetics’ patients in Malaysia is worrisome. In relation to this, the purpose of this study is to test Diabetes Mellitus Awareness Model (DMAM) consisting of five constructs, namely knowledge, attitude, environment, symptom and diabetics awareness. This study develops the conceptual model for studying the factors among public in Malaysia in order to possibly increase the awareness towards the ailment. A total of ten hypotheses have been proposed to test the relationship in the hypothesised model between the five constructs under study. Structural equation modelling (SEM) with SmartPLS software using Partial Least Squares estimation (PLS) is used for modelling analysis. The study was conducted in two health clinics, namely Klinik Kesihatan Paya Besar and Klinik Kesihatan Padang Rumbia from 1 September 2015 to 15 October 2015. A total of 550 questionnaires were distributed and 523 questionnaires were successfully collected. From the results, it shows that knowledge on diabetics has a significant impact on a) environment, b) attitude and c) awareness towards diabetics. Next, the environment significantly influences the attitude, and attitude has a significant influence on the awareness. However, the results also show that there is no significant relationship between the environment towards awareness. In addition, both knowledge and environment has no significant effect towards symptoms of diabetes mellitus ailment. The finding also shows that the causal relationship of attitude on symptoms, and the relationship between symptom and awareness are not significant. In conclusion, the healthcare authorities may refer to DMAM as a basis model for increasing the awareness regarding this ailment especially among the public.
Growth factor deficiencies in diabetic impaired fracture healing

1 Medical Student, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 2 Research Intern, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 3 Research Fellow, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 4 Medical Student, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 5 Master Degree; Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 6 PhD; Department of Orthopaedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 7 PhD Candidate, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 8 PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 9 Research Teaching Specialist, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 10 Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 11 Medical Student, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. 12 Medical Student, Department of Orthopedics of New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ) – New Jersey, United States. Correspondência
The Opuntia streptacantha OpsHSP 18 Gene Confers Salt and Osmotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Abiotic stress limits seed germination, plant growth, flowering and fruit quality, causing economic decrease. Small Heat Shock Proteins (sHSPs) are chaperons with roles in stress tolerance. Herein, we report the functional characterization of a cytosolic class CI sHSP (OpsHSP18) from Opuntia streptacantha during seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana transgenic lines subjected to different stress and hormone treatments. The over-expression of the OpsHSP18 gene in A. thaliana increased the seed germination rate under salt (NaCl) and osmotic (glucose and mannitol) stress, and in ABA treatments, compared with WT. On the other hand, the over-expression of the OpsHSP18 gene enhanced tolerance to salt (150 mM NaCl) and osmotic (274 mM mannitol) stress in Arabidopsis seedlings treated during 14 and 21 days, respectively. These plants showed increased survival rates (52.00 and 73.33%, respectively) with respect to the WT (18.75 and 53.75%, respectively). Thus, our results show that OpsHSP18 gene might have OPEN ACCESS Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13 10155 an important role in abiotic stress tolerance, in particular in seed germination and survival rate of Arabidopsis plants under unfavorable conditions.
nctional metagenomic analysis reveals rivers are a reservoir r diverse antibiotic resistance genes

The environment harbours a significant diversity of uncultured bacteria and a potential source of novel and extant resistance genes which may recombine with clinically important bacteria disseminated into environmental reservoirs. There is evidence that pollution can select for resistance due to the aggregation of adaptive genes on mobile elements. The aim of this study was to establish the impact of waste water treatment plant (WWTP) effluent disposal to a river by using culture independent methods to study diversity of resistance genes downstream of the WWTP in comparison to upstream. Metagenomic libraries were constructed in Escherichia coli and screened for phenotypic resistance to amikacin, gentamicin, neomycin, ampicillin and ciprofloxacin. Resistance genes were identified by using transposon mutagenesis. A significant increase downstream of the WWTP was observed in the number of phenotypic resistant clones recovered in metagenomic libraries. Common b-lactamases such as blaTEM were recovered as well as a diverse range of acetyltransferases and unusual transporter genes, with evidence for newly emerging resistance mechanisms. The similarities of the predicted proteins to known sequences suggested origins of genes from a very diverse range of bacteria. The study suggests that waste water disposal increases the reservoir of resistance mechanisms in the environment either by addition of resistance genes or by input of agents selective for resistant phenotypes. 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Corresponding author. Tel. : +44 024 7652 2431; +44 024 7652 3568. E-mail address: E.M. H.Wellington@warwick.ac. uk (E.M. Wellington). European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of er Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, ed Kingdom. Both authors contributed equally to this work.
OF OUTDOOR MOBILITY PATTERNS OF TAXICABS IN URBAN SCENARIOS

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Master’s Degree Program in Information Technology BASNET, SUBASH: Investigations of Outdoor Mobility Patterns of Taxicabs in Urban Scenarios Master of Science Thesis, 67 pages March 2017 Major: Communication Systems and Networks Examiner: Associate Professor Elena Simona Lohan, Laboratory of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tampere University of Technology (Finland).
Labor Share and Productivity Dynamics

We present a novel way to model technological shocks, with the feature that it can be biased towards more recently installed production units. We show that at one extreme, the shock is like a neutral technological shock, while at the other end of the spectrum, it resembles investment speciﬁc technological shocks, since it aﬀects newly created machines the most. To make these ideas operational, we embed our proposed shocks in a model with putty-clay technology (where the notion of new and old ﬁrms is clear). We estimate the process for the shocks requiring that the model replicates the volatility properties of the Solow residual and the overshooting property of the labor share of output. Our estimates point to three factors to be capable of replicating well such overshooting property: putty-clay nature of technology, a time bias in the shocks towards new plants and competitive wage setting.
Numerical Study on Dynamic Stall of Low Reynolds Number Flow Around Boom Mounted U-Tail of FARIDUAV

This study focuses on tail aerodynamic modeling with CFD simulation of an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in horizontal and vertical section separately. This aircraft with special capabilities has moderate maneuver performance, and predicting the aerodynamic behavior requires knowing that when dynamic stall will occur even in tail. The unsteady nature of the flow field around UAV tail, and the configuration of the generated lift and drag forces must be understood in order to optimize the comfort control system. As a result, flow around the tail and trailing-edge separation of elevator and rudder in horizontal and vertical tail at low Reynolds number with special angle of attack has been simulated . Finally, a custom threecomponent force balance for measuring lift, drag and moment is described in detail. The results indicate that maximum allowable angles of deflection are about 13 and 17 degree in horizontal and vertical tail, respectively. Moreover, each 1degree of deflection decreases almost 0.35 degree horizontal tail stall angle.
DESIGNING ALGORITHMS FOR SERVICE ROBOTS ON THE BASIS OF MIVAR APPROACH

Opportunities of mivar-based approach for robots have been analyzed. Mivar-based method of rapid logical inference for calculating random algorithms of service robot functioning has been tested successfully. The logical model of office robot-guide functioning with the application of mivar-based method of rapid logical inference in the software environment “KESMI” (Wi! Mi 1.1) has been developed. Formalized map of the office for service robot has been described in mivar matrix, 63 objects for 100 rules. Simulation of robot functioning in the software environment V-REP has been performed.
Chapter 5 Structural Requirements Of Recombinant Thrombocidins For Microbicidal Activity

Thrombocidin (TC)-l and TC-2, microbicidal proteins of human blood platelets, are derivatives of NAP-2 and CTAP-III respectively, missing the two Cterminal amino acids of these CXC-chemokines. TC-1, TC-2, a TC-1 variant Cterminally truncated by 5 residues, and an N-terminally His-tagged TC-1 variant (rHTC) were produced recombinantly in E. coli, and their microbicidal activities were determined. Recombinant TCs had activity patterns against bacteria and fungi identical to those of natural thrombocidins. Bactericidal activity of TC-2, but not of TC-1, was dependent on protein folding. The C-terminally truncated TC-1 retained bactericidal activity. Furthermore, rH-TC had enhanced microbicidal activity, and evidence is given that this is caused by the N-terminally fused histidines.