Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Efficient low cost supervisory system for Internet of Things enabled smart home

Internet of Things (IoT) is a hot and debated subject in current digitalized era. IoT enables internet connectivity for all kinds of devices and physical objects. The current world is approaching towards virtualization of different types of systems that enables performing activities without direct physical interaction. The combination of high-speed internet and intelligent devices makes it easier to manage multiple jobs smoothly without the limitation of distances. The outstanding advantages of these promising technologies require the deployment and utilization of proper methods to handle the difficulties arise with these new applications. in the real world. This paper propose an efficient low cost supervisory system for smart home automation that can be managed using IoT. The proposed system is based on Apriori algorithm and will help to monitor and control all the home appliances and electronic devices through a supervisory system in a most efficient and reliable manner. Both the consumers and the suppliers will get the opportunity to manage the power distribution by monitoring the electricity consumption.
Simultaneous Transplantation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and a Vascularized Composite Allograft Leads to Tolerance

Background We have previously demonstrated that tolerance to a vascularized composite allograft (VCA) can be achieved after the establishment of mixed chimerism. We test the hypothesis that tolerance to a VCA in our dog leukocyte antigen–matched canine model is not dependent on the previous establishment of mixed chimerism and can be induced coincident with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Methods Eight dog leukocyte antigen–matched, minor antigen mismatched dogs received 200 cGy of radiation and a VCA transplant. Four dogs received donor bone marrow at the time of VCA transplantation (group 1), whereas a second group of four dogs did not (group 2). All recipients received a limited course of postgrafting immunosuppression. All dogs that received HCT and VCA were given donor, third-party, and autologous skin grafts. Results All group 1 recipients were tolerant to their VCA (>62 weeks). Three of the four dogs in group 2 rejected their VCA transplants after the cessation of immunosuppression. Biopsies obtained from the muscle and skin of VCA from group 1 showed few infiltrating cells compared with extensive infiltrates in biopsies of VCA from group 2. Compared with autologous skin and muscle, elevated levels of CD3+ FoxP3+ T-regulatory cells were found in the skin and muscle obtained from the VCA of HCT recipients. All group 1 animals were tolerant to their donor skin graft and promptly rejected the third-party skin grafts. Conclusion These data demonstrated that donor-specific tolerance to all components of the VCA can be established through simultaneous nonmyeloablative allogeneic HCT and VCA transplantation protocol.
Sum of Weibull variates and performance of diversity systems

Sum of Weibull random variables (RVs) is naturally of prime importance in wireless communications and related areas. Through the medium of the selection of poles as orthogonal Laguerre polynomials in Cauchy residue theorem, the moment-generation function (MGF), the probability density function (PDF) and the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the sum of L ≥ 2 mutually independent any random variables (RVs) are represented in terms of fast convergent series, and the obtained results are applied to the sum of Weibull RVs in order to find symbol error rate (SER) and outage probability (OP) performance.
Going green: the adoption of environmental initiatives in Michigan's lodging sector

The greening of tourism activities continues to receive attention from industry members and academics. This paper assesses familiarity with, perceived benefits of and adoption levels of various environmental initiatives within the accommodation sector in Michigan, USA, based on 217 responses to an online survey of lodging providers. Variations in familiarity with various green schemes, as well as in perceived benefits of the adoption of green business practices, were assessed across property characteristics, including type, ownership, location and size. The existence of a written environmental policy was associated with higher levels of adoption of green practices for less than half of these practices; fewer than anticipated. Interesting differences in the practices adopted between smaller, independent and larger chain properties emerged, with the smaller independents more likely to engage in community-oriented activities and use local and/or organic products. The almost complete implementation of the proper disposal of hazardous waste contrasted with minimal use of keycards to control power use. The findings have implications for the promotion of green initiatives to the lodging sector, particularly in terms of which agency or organization could best deliver this messaging. Potential synergies between the findings and the award-winning tourism marketing campaign, Pure MI, are discussed.
Hysteresis in the Australian Unemployment Rate

This study analyses the reasons why the prevalance hysteresis in the Australian unemployment rate causes the unemployment rate to deviate from the natural rate during the study period 1966-1991. A simultaneous equation model is specified to illustrate the channels that generate hysteresis in the unemployment rate. Thw model is validated using log differenced labour market variables to ensure stationrity. The empirical results demonstrate that the atrophy of human capital due to long-term unemployment and insider power are major causes of hystersis. The study also sheds light on the controvesy relating to the corporatist ethos generated by enterprise bargaining based on the various Accords. The study concludes in favour of initating activist policies to combat the hysteresis in the unemployment rate.
Depoliticising development: The uses and abuses of participation

Participation must be seen as political. There are always tensions underlying issues such as who is involved, how, and on whose terms. While participation has the potential to challenge patterns of dominance, it may also be the means through which existing power relations are entrenched and reproduced. The arenas in which people perceive their interests and judge whether they can express them are not neutral. Participation may take place for a whole range of unfree reasons. It is important to see participation as a dynamic process, and to understand that its own form and function can become a focus for struggle.
A routing protocol based on trusted and shortest path selection for mobile ad hoc network

A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a peer-to-peer wireless network where nodes can communicate with each other without the use of infrastructure such as access points or base stations. Nodes can join and leave the network at anytime and are free to move randomly and organize themselves arbitrarily. Due to this nature of MANET, it is possible that there could be some malicious and selfish nodes that try compromise the routing protocol functionality and makes MANET vulnerable to security attacks. In this paper, we present a security-enhanced AODV (Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector Routing) routing protocol called R-AODV (Reliant Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector Routing). The implementation of this work is done by modified a trust mechanism known as direct and recommendations trust model and then incorporating it inside AODV which will allow AODV to not just find the shortest path, but instead to find a short path that can be trusted. This enhances security by ensuring that data does not go through malicious nodes that have been known to misbehave. The R-AODV protocol has been implemented and simulated on NS-2. Based on the simulation result, it can be shown that R-AODV does provide a more reliable data transfer compared to the normal AODV if there are malicious nodes in the MANET.
A multiple-model based framework for automatic speech segmentation

We propose a new approach to automatic speech segmentation for corpus-based speech synthesis. We utilizes multiple independent automatic segmentation machines (ASMs), instead of using a single ASM, to get ﬁnal segmentation results: Given multiple independent time-marks from various ASMs, we remove biases of the time-marks, and then compute the weighted sum of the bias-removed time-marks. The bias and weight parameters needed for the proposed method are estimated for each phonetic context through a training procedure where manually-segmented results are used as the references. The bias parameters are obtained by averaging the corresponding errors. The weight parameters are simultaneously optimized through the gradient projection method to overcome a set of constraints in the weight parameter space. A decision tree is employed to deal with the useen phonetic contexts. Experimental results show that the proposed method remarkably improves the segmentation accuracy.
El rol de los gobernadores opositores en las elecciones presidenciales

Este trabajo efectua un analisis de la forma en que los partidos de oposicion actuan en las elecciones presidenciales, buscando darles un rol activo. Para ello se construye un modelo con dos niveles de gobierno, uno Nacional y el otro provincial o estadual. Estados Unidos, Argentina, Brasil y Mexico, republicas presidencialistas federales, seran sometidas a un relevamiento empirico, que permitira confirmar la hipotesis de que es mas probable que cuando la oposicion obtenga la presidencia, es por postular un gobernador provincial exitoso, mientras que la mayoria de las veces el oficialismo postula un hombre del gobierno nacional.
ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERS IN FAMILY BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS

This research reports the findings of an empirical study into the behavioural attributes of the Chinese transformational leader in Singapore. The literature review reveals that the current research on transformational leadership only focuses on Western organisations. This research design used both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The qualitative research used the case study strategy as a primary instrument. This case study approach was to search for new themes and patterns across eight Chinese Chief Executives of medium to large-scale business enterprises. In the quantitative part of the research, the subordinates of the selected leader were identified to participate in the questionnaire survey – to rate their leaders' based on the presence and intensity of practice of the identified behavioural attributes. The six factors rotated uncovered a common list of behavioural attributes of the Chinese transformational leader that will facilitate the transformation process. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Late effects and cosmetic results of simultaneous integrated boost versus sequential boost after conventional irradiation in breast-conserving therapy; out come of 7 months follow-up.

OBJECTIVE To compare simultaneous integrated boost and sequential boost after conventional irradiation in breast-conserving therapy in aspect of late effects and cosmetic results. MATERIAL AND METHOD Between August 2006 and June 2007, 60 breasts were treated in this prospective nonrandomized study, designed to compare simultaneous integrated boost (additional 10 Gy/25F) and sequential boost (15 Gy/5F) to the tumor bed in terms of late effects and cosmetic results at 7-month and 3-year follow-up. Pearson Chi-square test was used, with an a-value of 0.05. RESULTS Hyper/hypopigmentation and induration/fibrosis were commonly seen at 7-months follow-up (p = 0.84 and 0.83, respectively). The cosmetic results were good or excellent. CONCLUSION Although the present study included a small number of patients and short follow-up time, the preliminary results were comparable between the study groups.
National Self-images and Regional Identities in Russia

The dissolution of the Soviet Union sent shock-waves around the world. In its wake some of the most dramatic effects continue to be felt by a Russia in search of a new sense of civic national identity. This book explores the nexus between national identity and national self-images in contemporary Russia. Using in-depth interviews with Russian politicians, it explores how political division, the intense search for internal threats to national security, and centre-periphery tensions in light of the upsurge of regional identities has hampered the successful construction of overarching civic national identities. The book provides fascinating insights into the complicated Russian political scene, and provides a deeper understanding of the sentiments and societal milieu which brought Vladimir Putin to presidential power. (Less)
Effects of Interruption Length on Procedural Errors

We investigated effects of task interruption on procedural performance, focusing on the effect of interruption length on the rates of different categories of error at the point of task resumption. Interruption length affected errors involving loss of place in the procedure (sequence errors) but not errors involving incorrect execution of a correct step (nonsequence errors), implicating memory for past performance, rather than generalized attentional resources, as the disrupted cognitive process. Within the category of sequence errors, interruption length produced a complex pattern of effects, with repetitions of the preinterruption step showing different effects than errors at other offsets from the correct step. A cognitive model we developed previously accounts for the results in terms of decay and rehearsal of memory for past performance and activation spreading through a procedural representation of task knowledge. The model links different types of errors to different cognitive processes, informs potential interventions, and predicts interruption effects for sequential tasks like problem solving and counting.
The crystal structure of mouse VDAC1 at 2.3 Å resolution reveals mechanistic insights into metabolite gating

The voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) constitutes the major pathway for the entry and exit of metabolites across the outer membrane of the mitochondria and can serve as a scaffold for molecules that modulate the organelle. We report the crystal structure of a β-barrel eukaryotic membrane protein, the murine VDAC1 (mVDAC1) at 2.3 Å resolution, revealing a high-resolution image of its architecture formed by 19 β-strands. Unlike the recent NMR structure of human VDAC1, the position of the voltage-sensing N-terminal segment is clearly resolved. The α-helix of the N-terminal segment is oriented against the interior wall, causing a partial narrowing at the center of the pore. This segment is ideally positioned to regulate the conductance of ions and metabolites passing through the VDAC pore.
Conflicts between professional associations and their journals strike at the heart of professionalism.

While CJNR is an independent, academic journal not affiliated with a professional association, the rift between several professional associations and their official journals should be of concern to all.This rift is indicative of a fault line in a system that has been in place for almost a century, a system whose purpose has been to safeguard the role of professions within society and to ensure the highest standards of professionalism. Many have been concerned about the growing crisis of professionalism in North America.There is mounting evidence that the public has lost faith and confidence in the professions, eyeing them with suspicion and cynicism.The professions are now perceived as serving their own self-interests rather than the public interest. Sullivan (2005) attributes the public disillusionment with professions to a violation of the social contract. His thesis is as follows.A social contract was drawn up between the professions and society. Professions had services that only they could provide.These services required specialized knowledge and skills acquired through years of formal education and training, extensive experience, and mandatory continuing education. Professionals were expected to meet the highest standards of competent, ethical practice and to always act in the “public good. ” In exchange, society accorded professions status and respect and remunerated them well for services rendered. It also gave them autonomy and the authority to control entry into their profession, monitor and regulate their members, set direction for the profession, and create structures to safeguard the public. Over a century ago, a system was developed to fulfil this contract.The system consisted of two interdependent bodies, the professional association and the professional journal.The primary responsibility of the association was to govern the profession, whereas the role of the professional journal was to provide the association’s members with access to the latest information in the field.These two bodies formed an important partnership. Each supported the other’s mission while serving, at arm’s length, as a check and balance to the other’s power. CJNR 2006,Vol. 38 No 2, 3–6
Intention stability assessed using residual change scores moderates the intention-behaviour association: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Intention stability is considered to be one of the key pre-requisites for a strong association between intention and behaviour. It has been claimed, however, that studies examining the moderating impact of intention stability may be invalid, as they have relied on statistically inferior methods. Residual change scores have been suggested as a more appropriate method of measuring change (or lack thereof) in constructs. The aim of the current study, therefore, is to test whether intention stability, calculated using residual change scores, moderates the intention-physical activity behaviour association. A total of 163 participants (124 women, 39 men) completed questionnaires online at three time points separated by 14 day intervals. The moderating impact of intention stability was assessed using multiple linear regression followed up using simple slope analyses to identify the direction of any effect. The interaction of intention and intention stability was found to significantly improve the overall model fit. Intentions had a stronger positive association with behaviour when intentions were more stable than when they were more unstable. However, sensitivity analyses revealed that the association was not robust and reduced to non-significant with the removal of potential multivariate outliers. Future research should use residual change scores as the preferred method of assessing intention stability.
Divisia Monetary Aggregates, the Great Ratios, and Classical Money Demand Functions

King et al. ([King, Robert G., 1991]) evaluate the empirical relevance of a class of real business cycle models with permanent productivity shocks by analyzing the stochastic trend properties of postwar U.S. macroeconomic data. They find a common stochastic trend in a three‐variable system that includes output, consumption, and investment, but the explanatory power of the common trend drops significantly when they add money balances and the nominal interest rate. In this paper, we revisit the cointegration tests in the spirit of King et al., using improved monetary aggregates whose construction has been stimulated by the Barnett critique. We show that previous rejections of the balanced growth hypothesis and classical money demand functions can be attributed to mismeasurement of the monetary aggregates.
Identification of estrogen‐responsive vitelline envelope protein fragments from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) plasma using mass spectrometry

Plasma peptides previously associated with exposure of juvenile male rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to the hormone 17β‐estradiol (E2) were identified using matrix‐assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF‐MS). Specifically, plasma peptides of interest were fractionated and subsequently identified via spectra obtained by MALDI QqTOF MS/MS and LC‐MALDI TOFTOF MS/MS analysis, de novo sequencing and database matching. The two peptide masses were identified as significant matches for fragments of the C‐terminal propeptides from rainbow trout vitelline envelope protein (VEP)α and VEPγ isoforms. Our findings document the presence of the C‐terminal propeptides from rainbow trout VEPα and VEPγ proteins in the bloodstream of juvenile male rainbow trout exposed to E2 via MALDI‐TOF‐MS detection. We provide three possible explanations for the presence of C‐terminal propeptides in the bloodstream, as well as compare previously obtained hepatic transcriptomic results with the plasma proteomic results obtained in the present study. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 77:963–970, 2010. Published 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Why Unemployment Insurance Might Not Only Be Good for the Soul, It Might Also Be Good for the Economy

Contrary to the conventional view that unemployment insurance serves to directly increase the rate of unemployment as well as reducing an economy's competitiveness by increasing the market wage of labor, the argument presented in this paper is that this worldview critically depends on unrealistic behavioral assumptions. A more realistic modeling suggests that unemployment rates need not rise and competitiveness need not deteriorate with the introduction of or improvements in unemployment insurance, which can also induce increases in economic efficiency. These analytical predictions are consistent with the empirics of unemployment insurance. Unemployment insurance can therefore protect the unemployed without damaging the economy.
Customers' perceptions on the importance of hotel web site dimensions and attributes

Purpose – Hotels at present have largely adopted e‐commerce to achieve different business goals. The existing hospitality literature, however, rarely investigates the importance of specific dimensions and attributes of hotel web sites from the perspective of web site users. In other words, what should be included on their branded hotel web sites remains unknown to hotel managers. This paper aims to report an exploratory study that investigated the perceived importance of dimensions and attributes on hotel web sites from the perspective of travellers.Design/methodology/approach – Through personal interviews with 304 travellers who had previously visited hotel web sites in the past year, the extent to which various hotel web site dimensions and attributes were perceived as important was examined.Findings – Empirical results indicated that respondents viewed reservation information as the most important dimension, and room rates as the most important attribute. In addition, respondents viewed that the includ.