Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY

Augmented Reality technology provides an intuitive user interface for engineering support systems, increasing productivity and decreasing the chances of operation errors in engineering tasks. Using Markerless Augmented Reality technology, any part of the real environment may be used as a marker that can be tracked in order to place virtual objects. Therefore, there are no intrusive markers that are not part of the world. This work aims to sketch some scenarios of using Markerless Augmented Reality in engineering, such as corrosion inspection and civil construction support. A prototype of the corrosion inspection application using fiducial markers and tangible interfaces is presented, along with directions on how markerless tracking could be used for this purpose.
Developing the Executive Mindset for Minority Deans.

An attempt was made to apply to the academic deanship finding by D. Thomas and J. Gabarro that executives of color who succeed in business possess three personal resources: confidence, competence, and credibility. Through the use of relational regression techniques, researchers examined deans perceptions of leadership success, competence, confidence, and credibility across four subpopulations of the sample of deans: white males, white females, minority males, and minority females. The National Study of Academic Deans was conducted to establish a baseline of information about academic deans in the United States. Responses were received from 800 deans from 360 public and private institutions. The resulting database included a wealth of information about deans, including their perceptions of the success, competence, confidence, and credibility. Findings suggest that the findings of Thomas and Gabarro may be applicable to higher education. People from the groups that have historically filled deanships see definite ties among these resources, but their minority counterparts were less likely to se this picture. The paper contains suggestions about what minority deans can do to increase confidence, competence, and credibility through approaches such as mentoring, coursework, and job choice, and what universities can do to increase confidence, competence, and credibility in minority deans. (Contains 6 tables and 35 references.) (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) (Yrrirs.document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. DEVELOPING THE EXECUTIVE MINDSET FOR MINORITY DEANS
Iris based human recognition system

The paper explores iris recognition for personal identification and verification. In this paper a new iris recognition technique is proposed using (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) SIFT. Image-processing algorithms have been validated on noised real iris image database. The proposed innovative technique is computationally effective as well as reliable in terms of recognition rates.
Leukoencephalopathy upon Disruption of the Chloride Channel ClC-2

ClC-2 is a broadly expressed plasma membrane chloride channel that is modulated by voltage, cell swelling, and pH. A human mutation leading to a heterozygous loss of ClC-2 has previously been reported to be associated with epilepsy, whereas the disruption of Clcn2 in mice led to testicular and retinal degeneration. We now show that the white matter of the brain and spinal cord of ClC-2 knock-out mice developed widespread vacuolation that progressed with age. Fluid-filled spaces appeared between myelin sheaths of the central but not the peripheral nervous system. Neuronal morphology, in contrast, seemed normal. Except for the previously reported blindness, neurological deficits were mild and included a decreased conduction velocity in neurons of the central auditory pathway. The heterozygous loss of ClC-2 had no detectable functional or morphological consequences. Neither heterozygous nor homozygous ClC-2 knock-out mice had lowered seizure thresholds. Sequencing of a large collection of human DNA and electrophysiological analysis showed that several ClC-2 sequence abnormalities previously found in patients with epilepsy most likely represent innocuous polymorphisms.
Serum Resistance E Binds Vitronectin and Is Important for Protein Haemophilus influenzae Nontypeable

Nontypeable Haemophilus inﬂuenzae (NTHi) commonly causes local disease in the upper and lower respiratory tract and has recently been shown to interfere with both the classical and alternative pathways of complement activation. The terminal pathway of the complement system is regulated by vitronectin that is a component of both plasma and the extracellular matrix. In this study, we identify protein E (PE; 16 kDa), which is a recently characterized ubiquitous outer membrane protein, as a vitronectin-binding protein of NTHi. A PE-deﬁcient NTHi mutant had a markedly reduced survival in serum compared with the PE-expressing isogenic NTHi wild type. Moreover, the PE-deﬁcient mutant showed a signiﬁcantly decreased binding to both soluble and immobilized vitronectin. In parallel, PE-expressing Escherichia coli bound soluble vitronectin and adhered to immobilized vitronectin compared with controls. Surface plasmon resonance technology revealed a K D of 0.4 (cid:1)(cid:2) for the interaction between recombinant PE and immobilized vitronectin. Moreover, the PE-dependent vitronectin-binding site was located at the heparin-binding domains of vitronectin and the major vitronectin-binding domain was found in the central core of PE (aa 84–108). Importantly, vitronectin bound to the surface of NTHi 3655 reduced membrane attack complex-induced hemolysis. In contrast to incubation with normal human serum, NTHi 3655 showed a reduced survival in vitronectin-depleted human serum, thus demonstrating that vitronectin mediates a protective role at the bacterial surface. Our ﬁndings show that PE, by binding vitronectin, may play an important role in NTHi pathogenesis. The Journal of Immunology, 2009, 183: 2593–2601.
Utility-based Dueling Bandits as a Partial Monitoring Game

Partial monitoring is a generic framework for sequential decision-making with incomplete feedback. It encompasses a wide class of problems such as dueling bandits, learning with expect advice, dynamic pricing, dark pools, and label efficient prediction. We study the utility-based dueling bandit problem as an instance of partial monitoring problem and prove that it fits the time-regret partial monitoring hierarchy as an easy - i.e. Theta (sqrt{T})- instance. We survey some partial monitoring algorithms and see how they could be used to solve dueling bandits efficiently. Keywords: Online learning, Dueling Bandits, Partial Monitoring, Partial Feedback, Multiarmed Bandits
Random Bures mixed states and the distribution of their purity

Ensembles of random density matrices determined by various probability measures are analysed. A simple and efficient algorithm to generate at random density matrices distributed according to the Bures measure is proposed. This procedure may serve as an initial step in performing the Bayesian approach to quantum state estimation based on the Bures prior. We study the distribution of purity of random mixed states. The moments of the distribution of purity are determined for quantum states generated with respect to the Bures measure. This calculation serves as an exemplary application of the ‘deform-and-study’ approach in the theory of integrable systems leading to one of Painlevés transcendents.
Quality of Ontologies in Interoperating Information Systems

The focus of this paper is on quality of ontologies as they relate to interoperating information systems. Quality is not a property of something but a judgment, so must be relative to some purpose, and generally involves recognition of design tradeoffs. Ontologies used for information systems interoperability have much in common with classification systems in information science, knowledge based systems, and programming languages, and inherit quality characteristics from each of these older areas. Factors peculiar to the new field lead to some additional characteristics relevant to quality, some of which are more profitably considered quality aspects not of the ontology as such, but of the environment through which the ontology is made available to its users. Suggestions are presented as to how to use these factors in producing quality ontologies. Introduction – information systems quality and its contribution of ontology. The focus of this paper is on quality of ontologies as they relate to interoperating information systems. Since part of our argument is that use of high-quality ontologies increases the quality of interoperable information systems we are also concerned with quality of information systems more generally. Let us start with some very general considerations. Quality is not a property of something but a judgment, so must be relative to some purpose. Information systems generally have many stakeholders, who have quite different views on quality. Management wants a system that delivers a maximum benefit at minimum cost, where benefit is defined in terms of the operational effectiveness of the organization, not in terms of the system itself or even its functionality. End users also want a system that delivers a maximum benefit at minimum cost, but benefit is defined in terms of enhancement of their individual and small group effectiveness, and cost generally in terms of ease of use. For very powerful systems, ease of use might take into account the skill increase expected from a quantum of training. The engineers who build and maintain the system see the management and end user quality judgments as objective functions on which to make design tradeoffs. The engineering design tradeoffs are the first place we begin to see the sorts of technical issues with which this paper is concerned. Very few systems are based on radically new designs. The usual approach is to begin with a general framework having a number of parameters which are often correlated. The management and end-user
Expectations Formation and the 1990 s ERM

The ERM crisis of 1992 appears to be due to a series of negative output shocks followed by devaluation. This stylised fact does not seem to conform to the “second-generation “ crisis model based on the REH. We show that by adopting bounded rational learning, the model yields a tradeoff between the size and persistence of shocks leading to devaluation, a finding which makes the model more clearly applicable to these crisis episodes.
Cost profile of a highly assured, secure operating system

The Logical Coprocessing Kernel (LOCK) began as a research project to stretch the state of the art in secure computing by trying to meet or even exceed the “A1” requirements of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC). Over the span os seven years, the project was transformed into an effort to develop and deploy a product: the Standard Mail Guard (SMG). Since the project took place under a US government contract, the development team needed to maintain detailed records of the time spent on the project. The records from 1987 to 1992 have been combined with information about software code size and error detection. This information has been used to examine the practical impacts of high assurance techniques on a large-scale software development program. Tasks are associated with the A1 formal assurance requirements added approximately 58% to the development cost of security-critical software. In exchange for these costs, the formal assurance tasks (formal specifications, proofs, and specification code correspondence) uncovered 68% of the security flaws detected in LOCK's critical security mechanisms. However, a study of flaw detection during the SMG program found that only 14% of all flaws detected were of the type that could be detected using formal assurance, and that the work of the formal assusrance team only accounted for 19% of all flaws detected. While formal assurance is clearly effective at detecting flaws, its practicality hinges on the degree to which the formally modeled system properties represent all of a system's esential properties.
Epidemiology of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes According to TOAST Criteria: Incidence, Recurrence, and Long-Term Survival in Ischemic Stroke Subtypes: A Population-Based Study

Background and Purpose— The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence, recurrence, and long-term survival rates of ischemic stroke subtypes by a mechanism-based classification scheme (Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment, or TOAST). Methods— We identified all 583 residents of the city of Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany, with a first ischemic stroke between 1994 and 1998. Multiple overlapping sources of information were used to ensure completeness of case ascertainment. The cause of ischemic stroke was classified according to the TOAST criteria. Patients were followed up at 3 months and 1 and 2 years after stroke onset. Results— The age-standardized incidence rates for the European population (per 100 000) regarding ischemic stroke subtypes were as follows: cardioembolism, 30.2 (95% CI 25.6 to 35.7); small-artery occlusion, 25.8 (95% CI 21.5 to 30.9); and large-artery atherosclerosis, 15.3 (95% CI 12 to 19.3). When age-adjusted to the European population, the incidence rate for large-artery atherosclerosis was more than twice as high for men than for women (23.6/100 000 versus 9.2/100 000). Two years after onset, patients in the small-artery occlusion subgroup were 3 times more likely to be alive than those with cardioembolism. Ischemic stroke subtype according to the TOAST criteria was a significant predictor for long-term survival, whereas subtype was not a significant predictor of long-term recurrence up to 2 years, both before and after adjustment for age and sex. Conclusions— Epidemiological observational studies that possess wide access to appropriate diagnostic technologies and apply standardized etiologic classifications provide a much better understanding of underlying risk factors for initial stroke, recurrence, and mortality.
ESODYP : An Entirely Software and Dynamic Data Prefetcher based on a Memory Strides Markov Model

Many works have shown that data prefetching can be an efficient answer to the well-known memory bottleneck. Although several approaches ranging from dynamic hardware to static software mechanisms have been proposed, no pure and stand-alone dynamic software data prefetching solution has yet been proposed. However such a portable approach can be quite worthy regarding the number of data-intensive applications having a dynamically changing memory behavior and regarding the ever growing variety of processor and memory architectures. In this paper, we propose an Entirely SOftware and DYnamic data Prefetcher (ESODYP) based on a memory strides Markov model. It runs in two main phases: a short training phase where a graph coding sequences of occurring memory strides is constructed, and an optimizing phase where predicted addresses are prefetched while some informations in the graph are updated by continuously monitoring the program. Significant speed-ups are obtained on an Itanium-2 processor using ESODYP for several benchmark programs that could not have been optimized statically. It is particularly shown that the induced software overhead can represent a minor execution time regarding performance improvements, due to a careful lowering of the optimizer computations and memory accesses. This work also opens some interesting perspectives in the development of pure software dynamic optimizers.
Employment Contract Matching: An Analysis of Dual Earner Couples and Working Households

We explore the significance of intra-couple and intra -household influences on three broad types of employment contracts: self-employment, performance related pay, and salaried employment. Individuals may pool income risk with their partners by holding a diversified portfolio of employment contracts, introducing intra-household risk pooling. Alternatively, employment contract matching may occur whereby individuals within couples or households are employed under similar contracts. Our empirical analysis, based on cross-section data drawn from the British Family Expenditure Surveys 1996 to 2000, provides evidence of employment contract matching both within dual earner couples and, to a lesser extent, in the context of working household members.
A NEW APPROACH FOR RASTER IMAGES ANNOTATION

Growth of media data creates huge problems when searching and classifying the depicted objects. Currently search is based either on surrounding context, which is irrelevant in most cases, provided image meta data sets or low or mid-level regional peculiarities of digital images. The article is focused on a specific case of image meta data annotations: textual elements, describing or explaining objects, depicted in the image. The paper presents novel approach of data storage in the field of digital imaging, embedding annotation data in format independent way directly into digital images. The annotation scheme presented is targeted to JPEG-2000 as upcoming image storage and transmission standard, bet can be easily incorporated into other image storage formats, both lossless and lossy. The scheme allows wide taxonomy of images to be annotated: digital photos, aerial photos, scanned material, medical data sets, etc. The scheme keeps visual and structural fidelity of digital images, exploring properties of human visual system and wavelet transformation. The primary aims of the presented scheme is sharing and transfer of knowledge, like preparing material by educators, but can be extended to broader fields of application, like video, data mining or replacement for image tags and descriptions, thus creating true searchable media environment.
Extending the Immediate Buckling Model to Triangular Meshes for Simulating Complex Clothes

The immediate buckling model is an essential element for simulating realistic cloth animations without introducing buckling instability. The original model is restricted to structured regular quad meshes, by which its use is severely limited. This paper extends the immediate buckling model from its original formulation in terms of regular quad meshes to irregular triangular meshes, thereby significantly increasing the applicability of the technique. Using a model that included cloth-specific buckling and anisotropy, we produced realistic animations of quite complex clothes.
Enhance Performance in Implementing the Security of Partially Reconfigurable Embedded Systems

System Security means protecting confidentiality and integrity of input or output data to as well as the safety of the system. To meet stated security requirements, designers will need to add some special functions into the system. However, in several cases including high-throughput requirement, limited resource or trade-off between risks and costs, adding security functions should be taken into comprehensive consideration. This paper presents a method to enhance safety and update speed of the partially reconfigurable embedded systems based on FPGA is updated remotely via the Internet or from external storage devices such as a Compact Flash (CF) memory card.
Freely available large-scale video quality assessment database in Full-HD resolution with H.264 coding

Video databases often focus on a particular use case with a limited set of sequences. In this paper, a different type of database creation is proposed: an exhaustive number of test conditions will be continuously created and made freely available for objective and subjective evaluation. At the moment, the database comprises more than ten thousand JM/x264-encoded video sequences. An extensive study of the possible encoding parameter space led to a first subset selection of 1296 configurations. At the moment, only ten source sequences have been used, but extension to more than one hundred sequences is planned. Some Full-Reference (FR) and No-Reference (NR) metrics were selected and calculated. The resulting data will be freely available to the research community and possible exploitation areas are suggested.
College Dating and Social Anxiety: Using the Internet as a Means of Connecting to Others

With the advent and widespread use of the Internet, various online media are being used to connect and maintain social relationships in individuals of all ages. Social relationships are vital to healthy development, and individuals with social and/or dating anxiety may have marked difficulty in establishing appropriate, supportive relationships because of fear of negative evaluation by others. For these individuals, the Internet may open avenues of communication and provide an outlet through which relationships can be formed and preserved. This study investigated the characteristics of computer and Internet use in young adults to determine whether individuals who were high in social/dating anxiety symptoms were more likely to make and maintain social relationships online. To further understand the patterns of these behaviors, several measures of social and dating anxiety were collected and analyzed along with demographic, computer use, and relationship characteristics. Results indicated differences between high and low social/dating anxiety with respect to media use and relationship formation. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
Overlooking the obvious: a meta-analytic comparison of digit symbol coding tasks and other cognitive measures in schizophrenia.

CONTEXT In focusing on potentially localizable cognitive impairments, the schizophrenia meta-analytic literature has overlooked the largest single impairment: on digit symbol coding tasks. OBJECTIVE To compare the magnitude of the schizophrenia impairment on coding tasks with impairments on other traditional neuropsychological instruments. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE and PsycINFO electronic databases and reference lists from identified articles. STUDY SELECTION English-language studies from 1990 to present, comparing performance of patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls on coding tasks and cognitive measures representing at least 2 other cognitive domains. Of 182 studies identified, 40 met all criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis. DATA EXTRACTION Means, standard deviations, and sample sizes were extracted for digit symbol coding and 36 other cognitive variables. In addition, we recorded potential clinical moderator variables, including chronicity/severity, medication status, age, and education, and potential study design moderators, including coding task variant, matching, and study publication date. DATA SYNTHESIS Main analyses synthesized data from 37 studies comprising 1961 patients with schizophrenia and 1444 comparison subjects. Combination of mean effect sizes across studies by means of a random effects model yielded a weighted mean effect for digit symbol coding of g = -1.57 (95% confidence interval, -1.66 to -1.48). This effect compared with a grand mean effect of g = -0.98 and was significantly larger than effects for widely used measures of episodic memory, executive functioning, and working memory. Moderator variable analyses indicated that clinical and study design differences between studies had little effect on the coding task effect. Comparison with previous meta-analyses suggested that current results were representative of the broader literature. Subsidiary analysis of data from relatives of patients with schizophrenia also suggested prominent coding task impairments in this group. CONCLUSION The 5-minute digit symbol coding task, reliable and easy to administer, taps an information processing inefficiency that is a central feature of the cognitive deficit in schizophrenia and deserves systematic investigation.