Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Public Opinion in Flux

JOHN ADAMS once wrote that "public information cannot keep pace with facts. " What was true in the early nineteenth century is not so true today. Our country is for the first time in a war during a period when the development of reporting and communicational facilities makes it possible for nearly everyone to keep pace with the facts. At least 90 per cent of us either have radios or read daily newspapers. This familiar situation is more revo-
Addressing the skills gap in Saudi Arabia: does vocational education address the needs of private sector employers?

This article reports the findings of data drawn from doctoral research on the extent to which recent changes in vocational training have addressed a perceived skills gap between the needs of private sector employers and potential workers in Saudi Arabia. While the Saudi government has made efforts to enhance the quality of vocational education, and has an ongoing policy of Saudisation to try to encourage employment of Saudi workers rather than expatriates, this study presents evidence that suggests a skills gap still exists. The findings highlight a perception among private sector employers that technical education fails to offer Saudi students sufficient vocational training to teach them the level of skills and attitudes to work that the employers require. The perceived skills gap centres on three factors: work ethics, specialised knowledge and generic skills.
Domain-Adaptive Deep Network Compression

Deep Neural Networks trained on large datasets can be easily transferred to new domains with far fewer labeled examples by a process called fine-tuning. This has the advantage that representations learned in the large source domain can be exploited on smaller target domains. However, networks designed to be optimal for the source task are often prohibitively large for the target task. In this work we address the compression of networks after domain transfer. We focus on compression algorithms based on low-rank matrix decomposition. Existing methods base compression solely on learned network weights and ignore the statistics of network activations. We show that domain transfer leads to large shifts in network activations and that it is desirable to take this into account when compressing. We demonstrate that considering activation statistics when compressing weights leads to a rank-constrained regression problem with a closed-form solution. Because our method takes into account the target domain, it can more optimally remove the redundancy in the weights. Experiments show that our Domain Adaptive Low Rank (DALR) method significantly outperforms existing low-rank compression techniques. With our approach, the fc6 layer of VGG19 can be compressed more than 4x more than using truncated SVD alone – with only a minor or no loss in accuracy. When applied to domain-transferred networks it allows for compression down to only 5-20% of the original number of parameters with only a minor drop in performance.
Model Elimination, Logic Programming and Computing Answers

We demonstrate that theorem provers using model elimination (ME) can be used as answer complete interpreters for disjunctive logic programming. More specifically, we introduce a mechanism for computing answers into the restart variant of ME. Building on this, we develop a new calculus called ancestry restart ME. This variant admits a more restrictive regularity restriction than restart ME, and, as a side effect, it is in particular attractive for computing definite answers. The presented calculi can also be used successfully in the context of automated theorem proving. We demonstrate experimentally that it is more difficult to compute (non-trivial) answers to goals, instead of only proving the existence of answers.
Comic Antiphony in Satirical Performance: The ‘Trata’ of Skyrian Carnival

In this paper, I examine carnival and, in particular, satire within carnival on the island of Skyros, in the north-west Aegean, Greece. I focus on the nature of the soundscape created by music and sound in carnival, to elucidate how Skyrians culturally construct ‘noise’ as meaningful voice and interaction. Analytically, I apply the concept of antiphony, that is, a musical mode of ‘call and response’, to explore the reproduction of cultural meaning in satirical performance. Specific attention is drawn to the satirical verses recited during two separate performances in the 1995 carnival. I explore the conditions of how and why the antiphonal response embedded in the Skyrian discursive repertoire created not only new comic dialogue but an entirely different performance. Even beyond Skyrian carnival, antiphonal form can become an active and innovative involvement in the re-creation of a meaningful framework of cultural dynamics.
PERFORMANCE BASED DESIGN AND DAMAGES ESTIMATION OF STEEL FRAMES WITH CONSIDERATION OF UNCERTAINTIES

the reduced stiffness of the structure. Results from the modified damage index are compared with those indices which are based on energy and the period of the structures. Results show that the proposed damage index is an appropriate factor for damage evaluation of steel structures specially. Three groups of structures including 3, 6 and 12 stories structures and also their uncertainties and probabilistic sources were considered. The damage index and the drift of the structure for each performance level were determined. Sensitivity of the damage index with respect to the uncertainties parameters in performance level is indicated. Furthermore, the quantitative damage of the structures with their corresponding drifts is obtained. The obtained results show that the geometric characteristics of structural elements have a great influence on the sensitivity of damage index of structures. When a number of stories increase, this value and corresponding drifts will be reduced. Number of stories has an inverse influence on sensitivity.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) ( In ) difference online : the openness of public discussion on immigration

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Diethyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate

The title molecule, C19H23NO4, was synthesized by the reaction of benzaldehyde, ethyl acetoacetate and NH4HCO3. The dihydropyridine ring adopts a flattened boat conformation and the plane of the base of the boat forms a dihedral angle of 88.78 (9)° with the phenyl ring. The packing is stabilized by strong intermolecular N—H⋯O and weak intermolecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
Critical Practices in Organizations

This article deals with the phenomenon of criticism in organizations. Existing organizational literature, where it has addressed criticism, mostly tends to see it as an extraordinary phenomenon. By contrast, in this article, the authors argue that criticism may also originate from strongly embedded and more ordinary practices. Thus, there is a theoretical need for considering those critical practices that are structurally and/or formally institutionalized within the organization. They reflect the organizational status quo and promote a reproduction of existing structures of power/knowledge. Drawing on ideas from practice theory, institutional theory, and Foucault's analytics of power/knowledge regimes, the authors introduce a typology that distinguishes forms of criticism according to the degree to which they are coupled with particular organizational practices, their rationalities, and corresponding power relations. They then focus on those forms of criticism that are strongly linked to organizational practices and illustrate the ambiguous effects of such an “organization of criticism. ”
CATEGORY SPECIFIC ACCESS DYSPHASIA

In this study we report our investigations of the residual auditory-verbal comprehension skills of a global dysphasic who had sustained a major left hemisphere infarction. Clinically V.E. R. 's capacity for propositional speech and her comprehension of the simplest verbal instructions appeared to be absent. Nevertheless using matching-to-sample techniques it was possible to demonstrate the selective preservation (foods, animals and flowers) and the selective impairment (objects) of specific semantic categories. Furthermore there was evidence from analyses of response consistency and presentation rate effects that her deficit was primarily one of access to the full semantic representation of words. We suggest that this access impairment arose because the system had become refractory, such refractoriness being category specific.
When Remedial Means What It Says: How Teachers Use Data to Reform Instructional Interventions

As technology becomes increasingly integrated into K-12 education, the use of data is growing in volume and complexity, resulting in a paradox of information overload for educators. While administrators and teachers have access to more data than ever before, they are only just beginning to understand the impact of data on program improvement. In a case study of one high-performing California high school, teacher leaders analyzed multiple sources of data related to the school's program placement practices, specifically those related to a reading intervention program. Results indicate that low performing students can benefit from specific instruction tailored to their needs in courses that are not classified as "college preparatory. " This study poses implications for administrators and instructional leaders who use data to inform their placement practices, ability grouping, and instructional interventions.
Time-weighted vs. conventional quantification of 24-h average systolic and diastolic ambulatory blood pressures

Background Conventional calculation of mean 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP), SBP and DBP based on the average of all BP readings disregards the fact that a larger number of measurements is usually scheduled during the daytime than at night, an imbalance possibly leading to an overestimation of 24-h average BP. The aim of our study was to quantify this possible bias and to explore its determinants. Methods Four hundred and fifty untreated individuals were subdivided into three groups (150 individuals each) with three different ambulatory blood pressure measurement schedules for day/night: group I, four (day)/two (night) readings/h; group II, four (day)/three (night) readings/h; and group III, with BP readings every 30 min throughout 24 h. Hourly and 24-h averages were computed. The conventional 24-h averages of all SBP and DBP values were compared with the averages of hourly SBP and DBP mean values (time-weighted quantification). The difference between 24-h conventional and 24-h time-weighted BP was computed in each group and related to the degree of nocturnal BP dip and to the ratio between the number of readings of day and night. Result In the three groups, 24-h conventional and 24-h time-weighted BP values were highly correlated (r > 0.99), 24-h conventional SBP and DBP being significantly higher (P < 0.01) than the corresponding 24-h time-weighted values in groups I and II but not in group III (Bland–Altman analysis). The bias magnitude was related to the day/night ratio in number of readings and to nocturnal BP dip in groups I and II (P < 0.01) but not in group III. Conclusion The higher number of readings/h during daytime leads to an overestimation of conventional 24-h average BP, particularly in individuals with preserved nocturnal BP dipping. This can be avoided either by scheduling the same number of readings/h throughout 24 h or by performing a time-weighted quantification of 24-h BP. The clinical implications of these different approaches deserve further investigation.
Bullies, Victims, and Bully/Victims:

Bullying and victimization are prevalent problems in the area of adolescent peer relationships. Middle school students (N = 4,263) in one Maryland school district completed surveys covering a range of problem behaviors and psychosocial variables. Overall,30.9% of the students reported being victimized three or more times in the past year and 7.4% reported bullying three or more times over the past year. More than one half of the bullies also reported being victimized. Those bully/victims were found to score less favorably than either bullies or victims on all the measured psychosocial and behavioral variables. Results of a discriminant function analysis demonstrated that a group of psychosocial and behavioral predictors—including problem behaviors, attitudes toward deviance, peer influences, depressive symptoms, school-related functioning, and parenting—formed a linear separation between the comparison group (never bullied or victimized), the victim group, the bully group, and the bully/victim group.
Effect of Humorous Advertising on Brand Recognition

This study aims to identify the effect of humorous advertising on brand recognition by consumers. For this purpose, four brands were selected, namely, Fevicol, Cadbury Chocolate, Karrbon Mobiles and Coca-Cola. For each brand, two television commercials were chosen, ensuring that one is humorous and the other non-humorous. So in all, eight television commercials were shown to audience comprising 125 respondents. Their responses were collected in the form of a structured questionnaire. The results suggested that humor is an essential ingredient of an advertisement and has profound effect on building brand recognition. This could be inferred by comparing the results of the same brand. Humorous advertisements were found to be more effective than non-humorous advertisements. Thus it can be inferred that humor should be used in advertising as it leads to positive brand recognition.
The development-specific protein (Ssp1) from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is encoded by a novel gene expressed exclusively in sclerotium tissues

The gene encoding a development-specific protein (Ssp1) was identified; it previously was described as the major protein present in mature sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. To determine the developmental specificity of ssp1 gene expression in relation to protein accumulation we examined transcript and protein accumulation during various growth and development stages of the lifecycle. We found that ssp1 transcript accumulated exclusively within developing sclerotium tissue and not in any other examined stage of growth or development. In contrast high levels of Ssp1 protein were detectable by western blot and tandem mass spectrometry analyses in all stages of sclerotium as well as apothecium development. Immunolocalization further indicated that Ssp1 protein bodies were depleted from the sclerotium tissue surrounding the site of apothecium germination, but by this method Ssp1 was not detected in the apothecium. Together these findings suggest that Ssp1 is not metabolized during carpogenic germination, instead it is translocated from the sclerotium to the apothecium in an antigenically novel form. Outside the Sclerotiniaceae ssp1 homologs were found only from the sclerotium-forming Aspergillus species A. flavus and A. oryzae. Further studies concerning the regulation and function of this gene and its occurrence in other species have the potential to inform our understanding of sclerotium development and the evolution of sclerotia and other forms of fungal stroma.
Relationships between skin properties and environmental parameters

Background/purpose: Many authors have written about skin physiological parameters and their changes according to different environmental conditions. Nevertheless, the literature puts in evidence disagreement among different studies due to the great variability in these parameters and due to the difficulty in comparing the results obtained under different working conditions. Hence, the aim of this work is to attempt to clarify the relationship between some skin properties, such as transepidermal water loss (TEWL), skin hydration and mean skin temperature (Tsk), and the environmental parameters of ambient temperature (Ta) and relative humidity (RH), with the help of a climatic chamber to make the environment reliable. This work must be considered as the preliminary step of a wider project dealing with textile engineering: the results will be used in identifying criteria for textile design with the aim of producing more comfortable clothing.
At the Dawn of a New Era in Terahertz Technology

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, Japan) started the Terahertz Project in April 2006. Its fundamental purpose in the next five years is to enable a nationwide technical infrastructure to be created for diverse applications of terahertz technology. The technical infrastructure includes the development of semiconductor devices such as terahertz quantum cascade lasers, terahertz-range quantum well photodetectors, and high-precision tunable continuous wave sources. It also includes pulsed terahertz measurement systems, modeling and measurement of atmospheric propagation, and the establishment of a framework to construct a materials database in the terahertz range including standardization of the measurement protocol. These are common technical infrastructure even in any terahertz systems. In this article, we report the current status of developments in these fields such as terahertz quantum cascade lasers (THz-QCLs) (with peak power of 30 mW, 3.1 THz), terahertz-range quantum well photodetectors (THz-QWPs) (tuned at 3 THz) an ultrawideband terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) system (with measurement range of from 0.1 to 15 THz), an example of a database for materials of fine art, and results obtained from measuring atmospheric propagation.
Kinetic Comparison among the Fastball, Curveball, Change-up, and Slider in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers

Background Controversy exists about whether breaking pitches are more stressful than are fastballs. Previous biomechanical studies compared kinematics but not kinetics. Hypothesis Elbow and shoulder forces and torques are statistically different among the fastball, curveball, change-up, and slider. Study Design Descriptive laboratory study. Methods Twenty-one healthy collegiate pitchers were studied with a high-speed automated digitizing system. All subjects threw fastballs (n = 21), most threw curveballs (n = 20) and change-ups (n = 19), and a few threw sliders (n = 6). Wrist, elbow, and shoulder kinetics were calculated using inverse dynamics. Nine kinetic and 26 kinematic parameters were compared among the different pitch types using repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results At the shoulder, internal rotation torque, horizontal adduction torque, abduction torque, and proximal force were significantly less in the change-up than in the other 3 pitches. Shoulder horizontal adduction torque was greater in the fastball than in the curveball and slider. Shoulder proximal force was greater in the slider than in the curveball. Elbow proximal force was less in the change-up than in the other 3 pitches. Elbow varus torque was greater in the fastball and curveball than in the changeup. Elbow flexion torque was greater in the curveball than in the change-up. The curveball and change-up demonstrated kinematic differences from the fastball, consistent with previous studies. Conclusion There were significant kinematic differences between the fastball and curveball but few kinetic differences. The change-up had lower joint kinetics, lower angular velocities, and different body positions than the other 3 pitch types had. Results for the slider were inconclusive because of small sample size. Clinical Relevance Because the resultant joint loads were similar between the fastball and curveball, this study did not indicate that either pitch was more stressful or potentially dangerous for a collegiate pitcher. The low kinetics in the change-up implies that it is the safest.
Ending Wars and Building Peace: International Responses to War-Torn Societies

Scholars and practitioners of international relations have devoted increasing attention to how cease-fires, once achieved, may be translated into sustained peace. In recent years, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the United States and other governments have revamped their institutional architecture for addressing post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. The creation in 2006 of a UN Peacebuilding Commission exemplifies these changes. The relationship between weak states and the durability of peace has acquired new emphasis in IR research. This article analyzes recent conceptual developments in post-conflict peacebuilding, relating them to new thinking about fragile states. It then analyzes the international architecture for addressing post-conflict peacebuilding, identifying gaps, and analyzing likely policy challenges in the near future. We argue that despite important analytic insights and institutional changes, serious challenges persist in efforts to prevent wars from recurring.
Discovering descriptive rules in relational dynamic graphs

Graph mining methods have become quite popular and a timely challenge is to discover dynamic properties in evolving graphs or networks. We consider the so-called relational dynamic oriented graphs that can be encoded as n-ary relations with n ≥ 3 and thus represented by Boolean tensors. Two dimensions are used to encode the graph adjacency matrices and at least one other denotes time. We design the pattern domain of multi-dimensional association rules, i.e., non trivial extensions of the popular association rules that may involve subsets of any dimensions in their antecedents and their consequents. First, we design new objective interestingness measures for such rules and it leads to different approaches for measuring the rule confidence. Second, we must compute collections of a priori interesting rules. It is considered here as a post-processing of the closed patterns that can be extracted efficiently from Boolean tensors. We propose optimizations to support both rule extraction scalability and non redundancy. We illustrate the added-value of this new data mining task to discover patterns from a real-life relational dynamic graph.
Political Opposition and the European Union 1

Abstract This paper applies categories developed in the classic literature on political opposition to the developing European Union. It is clear that the EU has never developed the third great milestone identified by Dahl in his analysis of the path to democratic institutions. That is, we still lack the capacity to organize opposition within the European polity. This failure to allow for opposition within the polity is likely to lead either (a) to the elimination of opposition altogether, or (b) to the mobilization of an opposition of principle against the EU polity. This problem is also beginning to reach down into the domestic sphere, in that the growing weight of the EU, through its indirect impact on national politics, helps to encourage domestic democratic deficits, hence limiting the scope for classical opposition at the national level. Here too, then, we might expect to see either the elimination of opposition or the mobilization of a new – perhaps populist – opposition of principle.