Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Content, Topology and Cooperation in In-network Caching

In-network caching aims at improving content delivery and alleviating pressures on network bandwidth by leveraging universally networked caches. This thesis studies the design of cooperative in-network caching strategy from three perspectives: content, topology and cooperation, specifically focuses on the mechanisms of content delivery and cooperation policy and their impacts on the performance of cache networks. The main contributions of this thesis are twofold. From measurement perspective, we show that the conventional metric hit rate is not sufficient in evaluating a caching strategy on non-trivial topologies, therefore we introduce footprint reduction and coupling factor, which contain richer information. We show cooperation policy is the key in balancing various tradeoffs in caching strategy design, and further investigate the performance impact from content per se via different chunking schemes. From design perspective, we first show different caching heuristics and smart routing schemes can significantly improve the caching performance and facilitate content delivery. We then incorporate well-defined fairness metric into design and derive the unique optimal caching solution on the Pareto boundary with bargaining game framework. In addition, our study on the functional relationship between cooperation overhead and neighborhood size indicates collaboration should be constrained in a small neighborhood due to its cost growing exponentially on general network topologies.
The Economics of University Lab Science and the Role of Foreign Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

We document the role that students and postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) play in university research by analyzing authorship patterns for a six month period for articles published in Science having a last author affiliated with a U.S. university. The paper sample is composed of 133 papers with fewer than ten authors, for which we determine the status of all authors residing in the U.S., and for 159 papers regardless of the number of authors, for which we determine the status of first and last author. We find that 86.5% of papers-nearly seven out of eight (133 paper sample) - have either a current postdoc or a student as one of the authors. We find that 103 of the 138 first authors who are in the U.S. and whose position is known are either a postdoc or a student (74.6%). We identify the ethnicity of authors, drawing on the ethnic-name database created by William Kerr (2008). We find that 59.1% of postdoc authors are neither English nor European and that 39.6% of the graduate student coauthors have neither English nor European names. At the paper level, we infer that 70 of the 133 papers (53%) have a foreign student or postdoc as a coauthor. We infer that almost 60% of the graduate student first authors are foreign and that non-citizens make up slightly more than 54% of the postdocs who are first authors. We conclude that international graduate students and postdocs are not only important in staffing university labs; they play lead roles in university research.
Dot Net Platform for Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms with Application in Hydroinformatics

Real-world problems often contain nonlinearities, relationships, and uncertainties that are too complex to be modeled analytically. In these scenarios, simulation-based optimization is a powerful tool to determine optimal system parameters. Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) are robust and powerful techniques for optimization of complex systems that perfectly fit into this concept. Since evolutionary algorithms require a large number of time expensive evaluations of candidate solutions, the whole process of optimization can take huge CPU time. In this chapter, . NET platform for distributed evaluation using WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Web services is presented in order to reduce computational time. This concept provides parallelization of evolutionary algorithms independently of geographic location and platform where evaluation is performed. Hydroinformatics is a typical representative of fields where complex systems with many uncertainties are studied. Application of the developed platform in hydroinformatics is also presented in this chapter.
Love Disconsoled: Meditations on Christian Charity

List of figures Preface 1. Biblical keys to love 2. Back to the garden or into the night 3. The five loves 4. Love, abomination and liberation 5. The disconsolation of love 6. Is Isaac our neighbour? 7. Love on the cross Bibliography Indices.
Efficient water-filling algorithms for a Gaussian multiaccess channel with ISI

Although the optimum transmit power spectral density (PSD) of each user in a Gaussian multiaccess channel is theoretically available, efficient algorithms are needed to obtain the optimal PSD numerically. This paper presents two water-filling algorithms for the scenario where all users have the same priorities. First we propose for a two-user channel an exact algorithm with a computational complexity of O(Nlog/sub 2/N), where N is the number of subchannels. Then we develop a heuristic algorithm for K>2 users that has O(K/sup 2/Nlog/sub 2/N) complexity and achieves more than 98% of the optimum data rate in all of the channels we simulated.
A Concept Analysis

Objective:The objective of this study is to clarify the characteristics and construct of empowerment in cancer patients and to examine the utility of the concept in relation to patient support. Method:Thirty seven literatures were extracted between 2000 and 2010 in the following five fields:nursing, public health, social science, psychology, and pedagogy. An analysis was conducted employing Rodgers’ concept analysis approach. Results:The concept of empowerment in cancer patients comprised the following 6 attributes:[existence of motivation],[awareness and reinforcement of inner strength], [acquisition of problem-solving abilities],[self-directive and independent activities],[reframing],and [construction of partnership and interaction]. And 4 antecedents,5 consequences are extracted from the analysis. Conclusion:We defined the concept of cancer patient empowerment as “a process of gaining the ability to reframe thoughts about cancer, treatment, and life through the enhancement of active and independent behavior,acquisition of problem-solving abilities,and recognition and reinforcement of intrinsic strength,on the basis of the patients’motivation,and realized through the interaction within the partnerships constructed between the cancer patients and people surrounding the patient. ” This concept can be utilized for the research and practice in the field of cancer care,which aims to support cancer patients in acquiring the power to live their normal lives with cancer. (Kitakanto Med J 2013; 63:165~174)
Job Motivation and Associated Factors among Health Workers in Urban Public Hospitals in Tanzania, March – June 2007

Background: This study focused on the motivation of human resource for health in urban public health facilities in Tanzania. Motivation is defined in this study as an individual's degree of willingness to exert and maintain an effort towards organizational goals. Motivation of health workers was studied based on Herzberg’s two-factor theory. Purpose: The overall purpose of this study was to study job motivation and associated factors among urban health workers in public hospitals in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Methods: The study employed predominantly qualitative research methods. Data was collected from three municipal hospitals and one referral hospital, the Muhimbili National Hospital. Some information was also collected from key informants in the Municipality Administration, the Non – Governmental Organisations and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. A combination of direct observation, key informants interviews, Focus Group Discussions and a desk review of key documents was done. Sampling of participants was done using purposive methods with representative, intensity and sometimes snow-ball sampling done in different stages and at different environments. Data analysis was done following the principles of grounded theory. Results: This study established that a number of extrinsic or ‘hygiene’ factors (dissatisfiers) which match with those proposed by Herzberg et al, are important and necessary for maintaining human resource for health in urban health facilities. The study also found that intrinsic factors (satisfiers) when available would increase job motivation among the healthcare workers in government-owned health facilities in Dar es salaam and that when are not available would not cause any dissatisfaction. Conclusion: Although the theory did not provide a fit in all circumstances, it formed a firm foundation on which to study job motivation and associated factors among urban health workers in public hospitals in Tanzania.
Schwannoma of lower lip: an unusual case report and review of literature -

Schwannoma is a slow-growing benign tumor that is derived from the Schwann cells. It presents as a well-defined radiolucency in the soft tissues where it commonly occurs, and it is also found in the bones. Although schwannoma occurs as a single lesion, it presents as multiple lesion when associated with neurofibromatosis. The most preferred treatment is the conservative surgical removal. The rate of recurrence and malignant transformation are not seen very often. The histological patterns of the lesions reveal that they are well encapsulated and consist of spindle cells showing either an Antoni A (spindle cells arranged in palisaded whorls and waves) or Antoni B (spindle cells with more haphazard appearance). In this article, we review the literature on intraoral schwannoma and describe a case occurring on the lower lip of a 30-year-old male patient.
Comparison Between Swenson and Soave Pull-Through in Hirschprung Disease

Background Considerable controversy exists regarding the optimal surgical technique for the treatment of Hirschsprung disease. Currently, both Swenson and Soave procedures are used for its treatment. Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes and complications of Swenson and Soave pullthrough using a matched case control analysis. Patients and Methods A cross-sectional study was done on patients with Hirschsprung disease (HD) admitted in Mofid Children’s hospital from 2006 to 2012. Children with HD who underwent Soave procedure and sufficient data to analyze were matched 1:1 to a Swenson study sample. Patients were matched with respect to gestational age (37 - 42 weeks), age of patient at pullthrough procedure, operation stages, level of aganglionosis (rectosigmoid, sigmoid, descending and transverse colon) and the presence of comorbidities (major cardiac, trisomy 21, and other syndromes). SPSS version 18.0 was used for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics and the Chi-square test and Student t-test were used. P < 0.05 was considered as significant. Results Sixty patients (30 patients undergone Soave, 30 patients undergone Swenson) had adequate data for matching and analysis. Mean follow-up time was 3 years for both groups. Mean (SD) age of patients at the time of pullthrough procedure was 43.1 (35.6) months in Swenson group (range; 1 - 168) and 41.9 (49.6) months in Soave group (range; 1 - 132) (P value = 0.920). No significant differences were seen in mean (SD) operating time (Soave: 156.7 (59.0) minutes, Swenson: 134.3 (51.4) minutes) (P value=0.145). There were no significant differences between 2 groups with regard to operative time, hospital stay, early and late complications such as postoperative obstructive symptoms, enterocolitis, fecal incontinence, perianal abscess and fistula, anastomotic leakage, peritonitis, and pelvic abscess formation. Rate of complication was 47% for Soave group and 40% for Swenson group (P value = 0.795, risk ratio = 1.147). Conclusions There were no signiﬁcant differences in the early and late complications between Soave and Swenson pullthrough procedures.
An Ethnography of the Bay Area Renaissance Festival: Performing Community and Reconfiguring Gender

This performance ethnography analyzes the means by which performers at Tampa, Florida‘s Bay Area Renaissance Festival constitute community and gender through performance. Renaissance Festivals are themed weekend events that ostensibly seek to allow visitors to experience life in an English Renaissance village. Beginning with the theoretical assumption that performance is constitutive of culture, community, and identity, and undergirded by David Boje‘s festivalism, Richard Schechner‘s restored behavior, Victor Turner‘s liminoid communitas and Judith Butler‘s performative agency, The Festival is explored as a celebratory community that engages in social change through personal transformation. Employing reflexive ethnography and narrative as inquiry, Chapter Two catalogues and analyzes a broad range of festival performances, from stage acts and handcraft production, to participatory improvisation, dance, and song. Playful and liminoid, these performances invite participants to make performance commitments and mutually to produce community through participative performance, celebratory objects, and the surrender of personal space.
The study of YunNanBaiYao against gastrointestinal dysfunction in children

Objective: To explore the effect of using YunNan BaiYao to treat gastrointestinal dysfunction in children . To improve the therapeutic ability of treating gastrointestinal dysfunction in children. Methods: 84 children with gastrointestinal dysfunction were divided into two groups . There are 42 cases in the group of using YunNanBaiYao and routine therapeutic method.There are 42 cases in the contral group of using thrombin and routine therapeutic method. The clinical effect、 prognosis and economic effect of the two groups were compared. Result : Clinical effect、 stadium、prognosis and cost of the studied group were significantly better than those of contral group (P0.05). Conclusion: YunNanBaiYao could significantly cure and prevent gastrointestinal dysfunction in children. It could shorten course 、significantly improve the prognosis. It may be a good、simple and convenient way and should be popularized.
Indagine fitosociologica sulle ripisilve della Calabria (Italia meridionale)

Nel presente lavoro vengono esaminate le formazione forestali e arbustive igrofile che crescono lungo i fiumi della Calabria (Italia meridionale). Le associazioni di tipo prettamente arboreo rientrano nei Populetalia albae e in particolare nelle alleanze Populion albae , per quanto riguarda le formazioni della fascia mesomediterranea, Alno-Quercion roboris , per quelle planiziari, el Alno-Ulmion per quelle della fascia supramediterranea. Le formazione arbustive mesofile dei greti ciottolosi umidi sono da riferire invece ai Salicetalia purpureae con l'alleanza Salicion albae , quelle igrofile delle zone paslustri agli Alnetalia glutinosae con l'alleanza Salicion cinereae e quelle termofile delle fiumare ai Nerio-Tamaricetea con l'alleanza Rubio-Nerion oleandri . Vengono descritte otto associozioni e tre subassociozioni nuove.
How Assortment Variety Affects Assortment Attractiveness: A Consumer Perspective

textabstractVarieteit is overal aanwezig. Telkens weer moeten mensen kiezen uit een enorme hoeveelheid mogelijkheden. Waarderen consumenten zoveel varieteit eigenlijk wel in al de keuzes die ze moeten maken? Dit proefschrift levert inzichten in de relatie tussen de hoeveelheid varieteit in het assortiment van een retailer en hoe aantrekkelijk de consument dit assortiment vindt. Op basis van een rijke hoeveelheid experimentele data onthult dit proefschrift de effecten van varieteit maar ook de onderliggende processen, namelijk de voor- en nadelen van varieteit. De relatie is onderzocht voor verschillende typen assortimenten en koopsituaties. Uit het proefschrift blijkt hoe de invloed van de grootte van een assortiment op haar aantrekkelijkheid afhankelijk is van de complexiteit van de producten. Daarnaast demonstreren diepgaande analyses de rol van percepties van varieteit en de voordelen ervan. Bovendien wordt uit de analyses duidelijk dat hoewel er verschillende kosten van varieteit zijn, er maar een paar een assortiment minder aantrekkelijk maken. Voor alle typen assortimenten geldt dat een gebrek aan overzicht schadelijk is. Bij assortimenten van complexe producten geldt daarnaast dat consumenten geen spijt over hun keuze willen anticiperen, omdat dat hun waardering van het assortiment verlaagt.
Les productions céramiques en Sardaigne au IVe millénaire av. J.-C. Nouvelles données sur le village de Su Coddu-Canelles (Selargius, Cagliari)

Cette etude fait partie du projet de recherche de l’Universite de Sassari « Archeologie des habitats prehistoriques sardes », dirige par Maria Grazia Melis. Le but principal est la reconstitution du cadre environnemental et socio-economique des phases finales du Neolithique sarde et du debut du Chalcolithique, caracterise par les ultimes aspects du « phenomene » Ozieri. La premiere etape de la recherche a ete consacree a l’analyse typologique de la ceramique derivee d’Ozieri des IVe et IIIe millenaires av. J.-C. , et a implique la reorganisation des donnees publiees, l’elaboration d’une seriation et d’une hypothese de sequence culturelle. Par la suite, la fouille du village de Su Coddu-Canelles (Selargius, Cagliari) a permis l’acquisition de donnees primaires et de nouvelles datations 14C, qui confirment la sequence determinee par l’analyse typologique. Enfin l’etude morpho-technologique de la production artisanale a montre son caractere « opportuniste » qui nous amene a une nouvelle vision de l’organisation de la production et de l’economie du village.
GPU-based spectral model synthesis for real-time sound rendering

The timbre of an instrument is usually represented by sinusoids plus noise. Spectral modeling synthesis (SMS) is an audio synthesis technique which can create musical timbre and give control over the frequency and amplitude. Additive synthesis and LPC synthesis are usually applied for synthesizing sinusoids and residuals, respectively. However, it takes fairly large computing power while implementing the algorithms. The purpose of this paper is to present GPU-based techniques of implementing SMS for real-time audio processing by using parallelism and programmability in graphics pipeline. The performance is compared to CPU-based implementations.
Aplikasi Pencarian Rute Terbaik dengan Metode Ant Colony Optimazation (ACO)

Abstrak Pengawalan Lalu Lintas adalah suatu kegiatan penyelenggaran pengamanan bergerak di jalan dalam rangka melindungi keselamatan jiwa manusia, harta benda, kegiatan VVIP/VIP/ Protokol kenegaraan secara terus menerus selama perjalanan dari satu tempat ke tempat lain dengan menggunakan kendaraan bermotor sehingga kegiatan dapat berjalan aman, tertib dan lancar. Pengambilan keputusan rute jalan yang akan dilalui berdasarkan pertimbangan situasi jalan (jarak tempuh, banyak lubang, banyak tikungan dan kepadatan arus lalu lintas). Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) merupakan teknik probabilistik untuk memecahkan masalah perhitungan dengan menemukan jalur terbaik melalui graf, algoritma ini terinspirasi dari perilaku semut bersama dengan koloninya dalam mencari makanan. Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) merupakan salah satu metode untuk menyelesaikan masalah Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) dengan mencari penjumlahan terbobot dari rating kinerja setiap alternatif pada semua atribut. Penelitian ini mengkombinasikan metode Ant Colony Optimization dengan Simple Additive Weighting. Kata kunci — ACO, Ant Colony Optimization, SAW, Simple Additive Weighting, Rute Terbaik Abstac t Traffic Guarding is an activity to carry out the safety on road in order to protect the safety of human, the treasure and the activity to guard of honor. It is conducted continually from one to another place by using the vehicles. It is also conducted to get more safe, ordered and fluent along the road. To take the decision of route which will be passed on the road situations (distance, road with holes, bends and crowd of the traffic). Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a probabilistic technique to solve the problem by using the way to find the best track through graf. This algorithm gets inspiration from the ants behavior with their colony to get their food. Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) is a method to solve the problem Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) by finding the accumulation from the rate processing from every alternatives at the attribute of all. This research combines Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) method with Simple Additive Weighting (SAW). Keyword — ACO, Ant Colony Optimization, SAW, Simple Additive Weighting, Best Route
Can we reduce the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome type I in distal radius fractures? The Liverpool experience

Introduction Complex regional pain syndrome is a multifaceted condition, which is relatively common after distal radius fracture. Method A series of audits and service evaluations were conducted from 2004 to 2013 to investigate the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome type I and any correlation to tight, restrictive, over-flexed casts. Simple subsequent clinical and patient management changes were implemented and impact re-evaluated. Results These audits have contributed to organisational learning and a subsequent reduction in the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome type I in non-operatively managed distal radius fracture from 25%, in keeping with expected incidence in the relevant literature, to a rare event (<1%). Conclusion The authors suggest that careful attention to the prevention of complex regional pain syndrome through staff and patient awareness, vigilance for warning signs and minor modifications to the traditional management of distal radius fractures can significantly reduce the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome type I after distal radius fracture.