Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Game-play characteristics differ between the European Super League and the National Rugby League: Implications for coaching and talent recruitment

Objectives To compare the game-play characteristics between the European Super League and the National Rugby League competitions. Methods Eleven team performance indicators were extracted from each match played by every European Super League and National Rugby League team over their respective 2016 season. Data were averaged, classified according to competition (two levels: European Super League and National Rugby League) and modelled using univariate and multivariate techniques. Specifically, effect size statistics enabled between group comparisons, while non-metric multidimensional scaling enabled multivariate insights into competition dissimilarity. Results Seven of the 11 performance indicators showed ‘large’ to ‘very large’ effects. Notably, National Rugby League game-play generated fewer ‘line breaks’, ‘errors’, ‘tackles’ and ‘dummy half runs’ relative to European Super League game-play (d > 1.2). Despite the National Rugby League generating fewer ‘all runs’ (d = 1.27 [0.57–1.95]), game-play in this competition generated greater ‘all run distances’ relative to the European Super League (d = 1.78 [1.02–2.51]). Non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed clear multivariate competition dissimilarity, with European Super League and National Rugby League teams orienting distinctive positions on the ordination surface. Further, there was a greater spread in the relative positioning of National Rugby League teams compared to European Super League teams, indicating greater team dissimilarity within the National Rugby League. Conclusions Our observations may be explained by differing competition rule interpretations, in addition to differing game strategies and player skill capabilities. Both coaches and talent recruitment managers associated with these competitions may consider our data to assist with the identification and recruitment of suitable players from these respective competitions.
Contour erasure and filling-in: Old simulations account for most new observations.

Two recent studies used similar stimulus sequences to investigate mechanisms for brightness perception. Anstis and Greenlee (2014) demonstrated that adaptation to a flickering black and white outline erased the visibility of a subsequent target shape defined by a luminance increment or decrement. Robinson and de Sa (2013) used a large flickering annulus to show a similar effect when the target was the same size as the inner edge of the annulus. Here, a neural network model (Francis & Kim, 2012), which previously explained properties of scene fading, is shown to also explain most of the erasure effects reported by Anstis and Greenlee and by Robinson and de Sa. The model proposes that in normal viewing conditions a brightness filling-in process is constrained by oriented boundaries, which thereby define separate regions of a visual scene. Contour adaptation can weaken the boundaries and thereby allow brightness signals to merge together, which renders target stimuli indistinguishable from the background. New model simulations with the stimuli used by Anstis and Greenlee and Robinson and de Sa produce model output very similar to the perceptual experience of human observers. Importantly, Robinson and de Sa interpreted their findings as evidence against a filling-in process, but the new simulations demonstrate that their findings support at least one type of filling-in process. Meeting abstract presented at VSS 2015.
High Speed ECG Image Compression Using Modified SPIHT

In this paper a new technique of Electrocardiogram (ECG) image compression using Modified Set Partitioning In Hierarchical Tree (M-SPIHT) algorithm have been presented. Image quality is compared objectively using mean square error (MSE) and peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) along with visual appearance. As a result, an efficient high speed ECG image compression at low bit-rate is achieved. The simulation results have shown that this new method is suitable for mobile communication due to achieving good visual quality of reconstructed ECG image at low bit rate compare to original SPIHT and other compression system.
Responses of Human Motoneurons to Corticospinal Stimulation during Maximal Voluntary Contractions and Ischemia

The discharge frequency of human motoneurons declines during a sustained isometric maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) of elbow flexor muscles, but the cause is unresolved. We aimed to determine whether motoneurons were inhibited during a sustained fatiguing contraction of the elbow flexor muscles and whether this inhibition was caused by the discharge of group III and IV muscle afferents. Subjects performed brief MVCs before and after a fatiguing 2 min MVC. During maximal efforts, electromyographic responses recorded from the elbow flexor muscles were evoked by stimulation of the corticospinal tracts at the cervicomedullary level [cervicomedullary motor evoked potentials (CMEPs)] and by supramaximal stimulation over the brachial plexus (Mmax). This revealed a novel decrease in the size of the muscle response to corticospinal tract stimulation during fatigue. During the sustained MVCs, the size of CMEPs decreased to 81 ± 15 and 78 ± 15% of the control value for brachioradialis and biceps brachii, respectively (mean ± SEM; n = 8). This recovered within 15 sec after the fatiguing contraction. In a second set of studies, input from group III and IV muscle afferents was prolonged after the end of the fatiguing contraction by holding the muscle ischemic with a cuff inflated above arterial pressure. Despite the maintained discharge of group III and IV afferents, the CMEPs again recovered within 15 sec of the end of the sustained contraction. These results show a diminished output of spinal motoneurons to stimulation of corticospinal tracts during a fatiguing MVC; however, the mechanisms responsible for this decline are not attributable to activity in group III and IV muscle afferents.
KCM: A Knowledge Crunching Machine

KCM (Knowledge Crunching Machine) is a high- performance back-end processor which, coupled to a UNIX* desk-top workstation, provides a powerful and user-friendly Prolog environment catering for both development and execution of signfficant Prolog applications. This paper gives a general overview of the architecture of KCM stressing some new features like a 64-bit tagged archiledure, shallow backtracking and an original memory management unit. Some early benchmark results obtained on prototype machines are presented They show that KCM, which runs at a peak speed of 833 Klips on list concatenation, compares favorably with other dedicated Prolog machines and available commercial systems running on fast general purpose processors.
Research on Big Data Real-Time Public Opinion Monitoring under the Double Cloud Architecture

In order to filter useful information from internet public opinion quickly, this paper proposes a mode of using double cloud architecture and optimizes clustering algorithm to monitor the massive network information in real time. In this way, the delay of the bandwidth limitation is reduced, and the locking speed of the effective information is accelerated, which ensures the real-time and effectiveness of the big data of the monitoring of public opinion. Thereby it can provide timely information, assist decision making, and provide the feasibility of the scheme for the relevant departments to handle unexpected group events. At last, this paper carries out an experimental comparison between big data of real-time public opinion monitoring model under the double layer cloud architecture and the traditional centralized deployment algorithm, the results show that the method in this paper has a faster operating speed, strong reliability and faster convergence rate, especially with the increase of the amount of data, the advantages of the speed of convergence is more obvious.
Traumatic spinal cord injuries--incidence, mechanisms and course.

BACKGROUND The primary purpose of this article is to provide an overview of demography, neurological level of injury, extent of lesion, incidence, prevalence, injury mechanisms as well as lethality and causes of death associated with traumatic spinal cord injuries. MATERIAL AND METHOD A literature search was carried out in PubMed, with the search words "traumatic spinal cord injury"/"traumatic spinal cord injuries" together with "epidemiology", and "spinal cord injury"/"spinal cord injuries" together with "epidemiology". RESULTS The reported annual incidence of traumatic spinal cord injuries varies from 2.3 per million in a study from Canada to 83 per million in Alaska. The prevalence is given as ranging from 236 per million in India to 1800 per million in the USA. The average age at the time of injury varies from 26.8 years in Turkey to 55.5 years in the USA. The ratio of men to women varies from 0.9 in Taiwan to 12.0 in Nigeria. The most frequent cause of injury is traffic accidents, followed by falls, violence and sports/leisure activity incidents. Patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries have a higher lethality than the normal population. The most frequent causes of death today are airway problems, heart disease and suicide. INTERPRETATION There are large geographical differences in reported incidence, prevalence and lethality. This is attributable to differences in definition, inclusion, classification and patient identification procedures in the various studies, together with geographical and cultural differences and differences in prehospital and hospital treatment.
“I never imagined” pronunciation as “such an interesting thing”: Student teacher perception of innovative practices

Despite extensive research conducted into language teacher education practices and outcomes, student teachers' uptake of innovative practices is still largely unexplored. This study examined the perception of 15 graduate student teachers of a unique haptic (movement and touch) pronunciation teaching method in which they were trained. Focus group interviews, semi-structured interviews, and weekly observations were triangulated over a period of 16 weeks to attain insights into participants' perceptions of haptic pronunciation teaching. Findings suggested that their overall view of haptic pronunciation instruction was positive, but challenges with performing the pedagogical movements and uncertainty about the method's efficacy clouded some of their perceptions. The paper concludes with a discussion about supporting student teachers in overcoming their doubts about applying innovative pedagogy. Disciplines Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication Details Burri, M. & Baker, A. (2019). "I never imagined" pronunciation as "such an interesting thing": Student teacher perception of innovative practices. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 29 (1), 95-108. This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow. edu.au/sspapers/4259 “I never imagined” pronunciation as “such an interesting thing”: Student teacher perception of innovative practices Michael Burri, University of Wollongong Amanda Baker, University of Wollongong
Multi-Scale Simulations Provide Supporting Evidence for the Hypothesis of Intramolecular Protein Translocation in GroEL/GroES Complexes

The biological function of chaperone complexes is to assist the folding of non-native proteins. The widely studied GroEL chaperonin is a double-barreled complex that can trap non-native proteins in one of its two barrels. The ATP-driven binding of a GroES cap then results in a major structural change of the chamber where the substrate is trapped and initiates a refolding attempt. The two barrels operate anti-synchronously. The central region between the two barrels contains a high concentration of disordered protein chains, the role of which was thus far unclear. In this work we report a combination of atomistic and coarse-grained simulations that probe the structure and dynamics of the equatorial region of the GroEL/GroES chaperonin complex. Surprisingly, our simulations show that the equatorial region provides a translocation channel that will block the passage of folded proteins but allows the passage of secondary units with the diameter of an alpha-helix. We compute the free-energy barrier that has to be overcome during translocation and find that it can easily be crossed under the influence of thermal fluctuations. Hence, strongly non-native proteins can be squeezed like toothpaste from one barrel to the next where they will refold. Proteins that are already fairly close to the native state will not translocate but can refold in the chamber where they were trapped. Several experimental results are compatible with this scenario, and in the case of the experiments of Martin and Hartl, intra chaperonin translocation could explain why under physiological crowding conditions the chaperonin does not release the substrate protein.
Randomized controlled trial of a treatment for anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Evidence for the effectiveness of existing treatments of patients with eating disorders is weak. Here we describe and evaluate a method of treatment in a randomized controlled trial. Sixteen patients, randomly selected out of a group composed of 19 patients with anorexia nervosa and 13 with bulimia nervosa, were trained to eat and recognize satiety by using computer support. They rested in a warm room after eating, and their physical activity was restricted. The patients in the control group (n = 16) received no treatment. Remission was defined by normal body weight (anorexia), cessation of binge eating and purging (bulimia), a normal psychiatric profile, normal laboratory test values, normal eating behavior, and resumption of social activities. Fourteen patients went into remission after a median of 14.4 months (range 4.9–26.5) of treatment, but only one patient went into remission while waiting for treatment (P = 0.0057). Relapse is considered a major problem in patients who have been treated to remission. We therefore report results on a total of 168 patients who have entered our treatment program. The estimated rate of remission was 75%, and estimated time to remission was 14.7 months (quartile range 9.6 ≥ 32). Six patients (7%) of 83 who were treated to remission relapsed, but the others (93%) have remained in remission for 12 months (quartile range 6–36). Because the risk of relapse is maximal in the first year after remission, we suggest that most patients treated with this method recover.
Magnetic Resonant Coupling Based Wireless Power Transfer System with In-Band Communication

This paper presents a design of a wireless power transfer system based on magnetic resonant coupling technology with in-band wireless communication. To increase the transmission distance and compensate for the change in the effective capacitance due to the varying distance, the proposed system used a loop antenna with a selectable capacitor array. Because the increased transmission distance enables multiple charging, we added a communication protocol operated at the same frequency band to manage a network and control power circuits. In order to achieve the efficient bandwidth in both power transfer mode and communication mode, the S-parameters of the loop antennas are adjusted by switching a series resistor. Our test results showed that the loop antenna achieved a high Q factor in power transfer mode and enough passband in communication mode.
Pengaruh Waktu Penyimpanan Terhadap pH Sediaan Obat Kumur Ekstrak Bunga Delima Merah (Punica granatum L.)

The high prevalence of caries indicates a lack of public awareness of Indonesia to maintain oral health. Carbohydrate-rich foods increase metabolism and acid production by oral bacteria to decrease salivary pH. The salivary buffer system takes 30-60 minutes to return salivary pH to normal saliva pH. Optimal pH of mouthwash can restore to the normal salivary pH, so it is needed to have a mouthwash from natural ingredients to maintain normal saliva pH faster. One of the herbal ingredients that can be used as an alternative to mouthwash is red pomegranate flowers (Punica granatum L.). In the storage, a change in moutwash pH can indicate the solution is less stable during storage. The purpose of this research was to know the effect of storage time on red pomegranate flower (Punica granatum L.) extract mouthwash preparations pH. The method of this research used was post test only control group design by measuring the pH of red pomegranate flower (Punica granatum L.) extract mouthwash on not stored, stored in 7 days, stored in 14 days, stored 21 days and stored in 28 days measured using pH meter. The object of research is the pH of red pomegranate flower (Punica granatum L.) extract mouthwash 0.2% which was divided into 5 treatment groups with a total of 25 samples. The result of Anova test showed p = 0,000 (p 0.05 value in the treatment group which was not stored, stored for 7 days, stored for 14 days and stored for 21 days, while p <0.05 happened to be in the treatment group of 28 days storage.The conclusion of the research was pH of the red pomegranate flower (Punica granatum L.) extract mouthwash preparation changed insignificantly until the storage time was 21 days. Keywords: pH, red pomegranate extract gargle, storage time
A Wearable Translation Robot

In this paper, we introduce an intelligent glasses, which can automatically translate multiple languages in real-time, called wearable translation robot. This paper proposes the concept of the system and demonstrates the advantages of the device over other existed systems. The paper presents the system architecture and the functions of components in the system. We then focus on the most crucial technical component, text detection. The paper proposes a novel algorithm based on the fundamental characteristics of all the characters in common use called CIC-based text detection algorithm. We show the effectiveness of the proposed methods, and define some future works.
Parents’ and grandparents’ views on home language regimes: Language ideologies and trajectories of two multilingual families in Sweden

ABSTRACT The authors investigate the sociolinguistic dynamics in multilingual families from the point of view of speakers’ linguistic trajectories, ideologies, and repertoires. Drawing on interview data from intermarried couples of different generational and linguistic profiles of two families in Sweden, the authors examine how speakers’ lived experience with different languages shapes their stance toward bi- and multilingualism and how that particular stance in turn produces a series of effects and helps constructing specific language ideological frameworks from where speakers in that given context operate. From our analysis, it appears that an ideology of the native speaker as the legitimate and authoritative type of speaker is strongly present; the native speaker is in turn the one responsible for transmitting his or her language to the children. This is problematized by the reported language mixing that occurs in the home environment and the resulting nonobservance of the one person–one language strategy. More important than that, we argue that speakers’ ideological viewpoint in a social environment takes place dialogically and discursively. This has important consequences individually, for the speakers involved in that context, and collectively, for the type of framework that emerges.
On Estimating the QSO Transmission Power Spectrum

The Lyα forest has become an important tool for measuring the mass power spectrum at high redshifts (z = 2-4). A crucial intermediate step is the measurement of the transmission power spectrum. We present new methods to minimize the systematic and random errors for such a measurement and discuss their implications for observing strategies. Sources of systematic errors explored include metal line contamination and continuum fitting. We advocate the technique of trend removal in place of traditional continuum fitting: here a spectrum is normalized by its (smoothly varying) mean rather than its continuum; this method is easily automated and removes biases introduced by continuum fitting. Moreover, trend removal can be easily applied to spectra where continuum fitting is difficult, such as when the resolution or signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) is low, or for spectra at high redshifts. We further show that a measurement of the continuum power spectrum (plus a related quantity) using trend removal, from either low-redshift quasar spectra or the red side of Lyα, can be used to constrain the amount of spurious large-scale power introduced by the uncertain continuum and in principle allows the removal of such contamination and thereby expanding scales probed to larger ones. We also derive expressions for the shot noise bias and variance of the power spectrum estimate, taking into account the non-Poissonian nature of the shot noise and the non-Gaussianity of the cosmic fluctuations. An appropriate minimum variance weighting of the data is given. Finally, we give practical suggestions on observing strategy: the desired resolution and S/N for different purposes and instruments, as well as how to distribute one's finite observing time among quasar targets. Also discussed is the quasar spectroscopic study of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), which has the potential to measure the power spectrum accurate to better than 1% per mode (Δk ~ 10-4 s km-1). The techniques presented here will be useful for tackling the anticipated issues of shot noise and continuum contamination.
Global Transcriptome Profiling Analysis of Inhibitory Effects of Paclobutrazol on Leaf Growth in Lily (Lilium Longiflorum-Asiatic Hybrid)

As a popular ornamental flower, potted lily is an important object of lily breeding. Paclobutrazol, a chemical growth retardation compound, is often used to dwarf plant in producing potted lilies. However, in recent years, the plants with inherited dwarf traits by using genetic engineer breeding technology are being developed. The studies on molecular basis of lily dwarfism will offer some target genes which have profound dwarf effect for genetic engineer breeding. Here, we confirmed that paclobutrazol inhibited plant height and leaf size in Lilium Longiflorum-Asiatic hybrid, and then RNA-Seq technique was employed to analyze gene transcripts of Lilium Longiflorum-Asiatic hybrid leaves by paclobutrazol treatment in order to get a deeper insight into dwarfism mechanism of lily. Approximately 38.6 Gb data was obtained and assemble into 53,681 unigenes. Annotation, pathways, functional classification and phylogenetic classification of these data were analyzed based on Nr, Nt, Swiss-Prot, KEGG, COG, and GO databases. 2704 differentially expressed genes were screened by comparing paclobutrazol-treated samples with untreated samples and quantitative real-time PCR was performed to validate expression profiles. By analyzing dynamic changes of differentially expressed genes, nine metabolic pathways and signal transduction pathways were significantly enriched and many potentially interesting genes were identified that encoded putative regulators or key components of cell division, cell expansion, GA metabolism and signaling transduction and these genes were highlighted to reveal their importance in regulation of plant size. These results will provide a better understanding of the molecular mechanism on lily dwarfism and some potential genes related to lily organ size, which will lay the foundation for molecular breeding of potted lilies. These transcriptome data will also serve as valuable public genomic resources for other genetic research in lily.