Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Customized hardware crypto engine for wireless sensor networks

Nowadays, managing for optimal security to wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has emerged as an active research area. The challenging topics in this active research involve various issues such as energy consumption, routing algorithms, selection of sensors location according to a given premise, robustness, and efficiency. Despite the open problems in WSNs, already a high number of applications available shows the activeness of emerging research in this area. Through this paper, authors propose an alternative routing algorithmic approach that accelerate the existing algorithms in sense to develop a power-efficient crypto system to provide the desired level of security on a smaller footprint, while maintaining real-time performance and mapping them to customized hardware. To achieve this goal, the algorithms have been first analyzed and then profiled to recognize their computational structure that is to be mapped into hardware accelerators in platform of reconfigurable computing devices. An intensive set of experiments have been conducted and the obtained results show that the performance of the proposed architecture based on algorithms implementation outperforms the software implementation running on contemporary CPU in terms of the power consumption and throughput.
“My Winchester Spoke to Her”: Crafting the Northern Rockies as a Hunter’s Paradise, c.1870–1910

This article considers the construction of the Northern Rockies as a hunter’s paradise in the latter years of the nineteenth century. It explores the crafting of the region as a game utopia by a cadre of hunter‐tourists, whose writings of what I term “fictionalized reality” celebrated the Rockies as an American Serengeti for sports and a realm of pioneer exoticism. Significantly, it argues that hunting became far more than an exercise in imperial tourism, instead representing a regenerative mechanism through which the sportsman emerged from the game trail, firstly as an exemplar of American masculinity, and secondly, as a fully‐fledged westerner. Stories of nature red in tooth and the “hunter‐hero” thus effectively obscured the political and economic realities of frontier assimilation to present the West as one vast playground for entertainment, adventuring and honorable violence. The article discusses the engagement between hunter and hunted, taking in themes of western tourism, codes of manhood, nature appreciation, gun‐play, and the gaze, before concluding with an analysis of how the “storied past” of hunting literature, photography, and taxidermy broadcast a strident identity for the Northern Rockies that persists to this day.
Emotionserkennung in Gesichtern und emotionales Gesichtergedächtnis

Zusammenfassung: Bei der Fahigkeit, Emotionen in Gesichtern zu erkennen, handelt es sich um eine angeborene und kulturubergreifende Leistung, die eine wesentliche evolutionare sowie soziale Bedeutung hat. Uber das Gedachtnis fur emotionale Gesichter ist dagegen weniger bekannt. Aus diesem Grund wurden 278 Probanden mittels neu entwickeltem Emotionserkennungsverfahren (VERT 160) und emotionalem Gesichtergedachtnisverfahren (VIEMER) untersucht, um Einflussfaktoren wie Geschlecht und Alter auf die emotionale Diskriminationsfahigkeit und das emotionale Gedachtnis zu analysieren. Die Ergebnisse lassen keinen signifikanten Geschlechtereffekt erkennen. Das Alter zeigt einen hoch signifikanten Einfluss zugunsten der jungeren Teilnehmer. Freude wurde am besten erkannt und Personen, die zuvor mit freudigem Gesicht zu sehen waren, auch besser wiedererkannt. Zusammenfassend unterstreichen die Ergebnisse die Notwendigkeit, soziodemografische Einflussvariablen auf emotionale Prozesse zu beachten.
Mythic Geographies of Representation and Identity: Contemporary Postcards of Wales

This article explores how picture postcards contribute to the cultural production, performance and consumption of landscapes, places and identities. Drawing on cultural and critical studies, it scrutinises the postcard as a cultural text and as a site of cultural production. It begins by briefly reviewing the concepts of ethnicity and identity in relation to its case study country of Wales and suggests how its imagined communities and landscapes have a broad mythical structure that can be mapped across a series of discourses. It then outlines the study's approach to postcard analysis and locates the visual in social science research, confronting issues of interpretation, validity, sampling and reflexivity. The article subsequently presents a discourse analysis of a dozen contemporary Welsh-produced postcards from the archives of the National Library of Wales. In particular, it navigates the visual narratives that are privileging particular stories of place, culture and nationhood and analyses what is being invoked to epitomise contemporary Wales and what is being set aside in these postcard representations. It suggests these visual texts reflect an internal re-mapping of Wales that is celebrating the capital city of Cardiff as its metropolitan cultural core and marginalising alternative imagined communities of Wales, redefining them through spectacle and theatricality. Finally, the article concludes by suggesting how further analysis of such visual touristic texts could offer insights into the cultural production and consumption of identities, landscapes, and places.
Families of restriction enzymes: an analysis prompted by molecular and genetic data for type ID restriction and modification systems.

Current genetic and molecular evidence places all the known type I restriction and modification systems of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica into one of four discrete families: type IA, IB, IC or ID. StySBLI is the founder member of the ID family. Similarities of coding sequences have identified restriction systems in E.coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae as probable members of the type ID family. We present complementation tests that confirm the allocation of EcoR9I and KpnAI to the ID family. An alignment of the amino acid sequences of the HsdS subunits of StySBLI and EcoR9I identify two variable regions, each predicted to be a target recognition domain (TRD). Consistent with two TRDs, StySBLI was shown to recognise a bipartite target sequence, but one in which the adenine residues that are the substrates for methylation are separated by only 6 bp. Implications of family relationships are discussed and evidence is presented that extends the family affiliations identified in enteric bacteria to a wide range of other genera.
Energy Efficient A New Hybrid Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks: ANHR

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are wireless networks consisting of a group of small, inexpensive nodes, which collect and disseminate significant data. Nodes in a wireless Sensor Networks have various energy and computational constraints due to their inexpensive, random method of deployment. Due to wide variety of real time applications Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is the hottest research field in the world of computer network. Wireless Sensor Network consists of tiny, autonomous sensor nodes deployed in a remote area to detect, collect and process data and transmit it to the user. In such network nodes are able to move and synchronize with the neighbours. Due to mobility of nodes, network changes dynamically and nodes get added and removed. In this paper, we are going to survey different hybrid routing protocols in WSN. Different hybrid routing protocols perform well in different scenario and their performance is compared based on different metrics. Also, we have proposed Energy Efficient A New Hybrid Routing Protocol (ANHR) in WSN.
University Strategic Planning in Cameroon

This article argues that the global, regional, and local realities can complement rather than contradict each other in the process of strategic planning for universities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using the case of the University of Buea in Cameroon, it attempts to use the global trends of polarisation in knowledge production capacity as an input or tool for identifying strategic choice in the process of strategic planning in institutions. The national policy background is used to highlight the context and inherent role of the central government in the process of institutional strategic planning.
Staphylococcus aureus infections in psittacine birds

Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from internal organs of 13 different psittacine birds submitted for necropsy over a period of 6 years. The birds all had lesions consistent with septicaemia. S. aureus isolates included three different phage types. In seven of the 13 birds, concurrent infections with Chlamydophila species, Enterococcus hirae, Candida species, unidentified streptococci and coagulasenegative staphylococci were detected. One bird also had lesions of lymphoid leucosis. Few indications were found that staphylococcosis associated problems may spread epidemically. The present studies suggest that S. aureus is pathogenic for psittacine birds, although it does not seem to be a frequent cause of disease.
Quality Management and Performance Measurement in Manufacturing Companies – The Case of Vietnam

Manufacturing companies in developing countries, irrespective of size or sector , often use ISO 9000 as a route to world-class status. Based on the results of an investigation by questionnaire in various manufacturing companies in Vietnam, the research is aimed to study if ISO 9000 implementation has any impact on improving the company competitiveness. Firstly, the study examines the situation of ISO 9000 implementation and its relationship with quality performance. Secondly, the study examines if ISO 9000 implementation influences the performance measurement system. The regressive models are constructed to evaluate the contribution of ISO 9000 to company performance and performance measurement system. Finally, the recommendations for further deployment of ISO 9000 are discussed. ISO 9000 is not only a tool for quality management and improvement but also a framework for performance measurement. Keyword: ISO 9000, quality management, performance measurement, Vietnam
An Active Contour Model for Selective Segmentation

In this paper, we develop a new active contour model for image selective segmentation. The model adopts cascade anisotropic diffusion preprocessing and a selective term in level set function. Cascade anisotropic diffusion filtering is powerful and flexible to enhance image for various segmentation tasks. The selective term in level set function can evolve a single curve to capture a selective segmentation region which we are interested in. This is useful for intentional segmentation tasks. We can also realize the multi-region segmentation by varying selecting term conditions. Furthermore, we obviously speed the process of the new algorithm by using AOS scheme in cascade anisotropic diffusion filtering and discarding mean curvature motion in level set function. We illustrate the performance of our segmentation method on images generated by different modalities.
Influence of Organic Matter in Soils on Radar-Wave Reflection: Sedimentological Implications

ABSTRACT Soils are excellent reflectors of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) signals because of the ability of organic matter to hold water. In this paper, GPR profiles of an eolian sedimentary succession are combined with textural, dielectric, and moisture-retention characteristics to illustrate the influence of soil moisture on radar-wave reflection. Organic matter in this succession varies strongly, from ;lt 0.15% for clean sand to 7% for the most prominent soil, whereas grain-size distributions are comparable. Moisture-retention curves show a complex relationship between suction potential (pF) and volumetric water content (). As a result of their uniform pore-size distribution, clean sand and weakly developed soils with ;lt 1% organic matter experience a sudden loss of water between pF 1.5 and pF 1.8, going directly from saturated to almost dry conditions. In contrast, the most prominent soil shows a more gradual decrease in with increasing suction potential. It follows that the dielectric contrast between clean sand and this soil increases sharply above pF 1.5, reaches a maximum value at field-capacity conditions, and then decreases slowly. Synthetic GPR images for different suction potentials show that field-capacity conditions, when reflection coefficients are high, are favorable for tracing one single soil. Dry sediments are preferable when imaging widely spaced soils, whereas saturated sediments are best when imaging closely spaced soils.
Perceptual, cognitive, and motoric aspects of transcription typing.

Recent research findings in the domain of transcription typing are reviewed in the context of a fourcomponent heuristic model. The four components consist of an input phase in which to-be-typed text is grouped into familiar chunks, a parsing phase in which the chunks are decomposed into discrete characters, a translation phase in which characters are converted into movement specifications, and finally an execution phase in which the actual movements are produced. This framework was used to integrate 29 distinct empirical phenomena related to transcription typing, including the multiple units of typing, the existence of four major categories of errors, and differences associated with i ncreasi ng skill. The review concludes with a brief discussion of several issues that appear to provide promising directions for future research. Transcription typing has many advantages over alternative forms of activity for the purpose of analyzing human skilled behavior. First, the number of practitioners is extremely large, making it relatively easy to locate moderately sized samples of individuals at many levels of expertise. Second, although the performance of skilled typists appears continuous, typing behavior is naturally partitioned into discrete and easily measured keystroke responses. Third, despite its seeming simplicity, transcription typing involves an intricate and complex interaction of perceptual, cognitive, and motoric processes. Not only does verbal material have to be registered and perceived, but it has to be appropriately partitioned, accurately translated into physical movements, and then those movements executed at rates exceeding several hundred keystrokes per minute. A thorough understanding of a task involving such precise and rapid coordination of diverse processes will surely contribute to greater knowledge about the nature of highly skilled performance in a wide range of cognitive activities. In an earlier article (Salthouse, 1984a), a composite model of transcription typing was briefly outlined to provide a framework for localizing the effects associated with the age and skill level of the typist. Most of the properties of the model were derived from ideas introduced by earlier theorists (e.g., Cooper, 1983; Logan, 1983; Rumelhart& Norman, 1982; Shaffer, 1973, 1975a, 1976; Shaffer & Hardwick, 1970; Thomas & Jones, 1970), and thus it can be viewed as a synthesis of many previous proposals. The goal of the present article is to use that model as a heuristic device to help organize a review of the empirical literature concerned with transcription typing. Figure I illustrates the major components of the model, and the primary operations presumed
Yeast intragenic transcriptional control: activation and repression sites within the coding region of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae LPD1 gene

Though widely recognized in higher eukaryotes, the regulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes transcribed by RNA polymerase II by proteins that bind within the coding sequence remains largely speculative. We have shown for the LPD1 gene, encoding lipoamide dehydrogenase, that the coding sequence between +13 and +469 activated gene expression of an LPD1::lacZ fusion by up to sixfold in the presence of the upstream promoter. This downstream region, inserted upstream of a promoterless CYC1::lacZ fusion, activated gene expression in a carbon source-dependent manner by a factor of 15 to 111, independent of orientation. Deletion and mutational analysis identified two downstream activation sites (DAS1 and DAS2) and two downstream repressor sites (DRS1 and DRS2) that influence the rate of LPD1 transcription rather than mRNA degradation or translation. Activation from the DAS1 region (positions +137 to +191), encompassing a CDEI-like element, is twofold under derepressive conditions. Activation from DAS2 (+291 to +296), a CRE-like motif, is 12-fold for both repressed and derepressed states. DRS1, a pair of adjacent and opposing ABF1 sites (+288 to +313), is responsible for a 1.3- to 2-fold repression of transcription, depending on the carbon source. DRS1 requires the concerted action of DRS2 (a RAP1 motif at position +406) for repression of transcription only when the gene is induced. Gel mobility shift analysis and in vitro footprinting have shown that proteins bind in vitro to these downstream elements.
Small talk, high stakes: Interactional disattentiveness in the context of prosocial doctor-patient interaction

ABSTRACT The literature on “small talk” has not described the way in which this talk, even as it “oils the social wheels of work talk” (Holmes 2000), enables disattending to the instrumental tasks in which one or both participants may be engaged. Small talk in simultaneity can disattend to the movements, bodily invasions, and recording activities functional for the instrumental tasks of medicine. Small talk in sequence occurs in sensitive sequential environments. Surgeons may use small talk to focus away from psychosocial or other concerns of patients that may focus off the central complaint or treatment recommendation related to that complaint. Patients may use small talk to disattend to physician recommendations regarding disfavored therapies (such as exercise). Overall, small talk often may be used to ignore, mask, or efface certain kinds of agonistic relations in which doctor and patient are otherwise engaged. We explore implications of this research for the conversation analytic literature on doctor–patient interaction and the broader sociolinguistic literature on small talk.
Time-resolved studies define the nature of toxic IAPP intermediates, providing insight for anti-amyloidosis therapeutics

Islet amyloidosis by IAPP contributes to pancreatic β-cell death in diabetes, but the nature of toxic IAPP species remains elusive. Using concurrent time-resolved biophysical and biological measurements, we define the toxic species produced during IAPP amyloid formation and link their properties to induction of rat INS-1 β-cell and murine islet toxicity. These globally flexible, low order oligomers upregulate pro-inflammatory markers and induce reactive oxygen species. They do not bind 1-anilnonaphthalene-8-sulphonic acid and lack extensive β-sheet structure. Aromatic interactions modulate, but are not required for toxicity. Not all IAPP oligomers are toxic; toxicity depends on their partially structured conformational states. Some anti-amyloid agents paradoxically prolong cytotoxicity by prolonging the lifetime of the toxic species. The data highlight the distinguishing properties of toxic IAPP oligomers and the common features that they share with toxic species reported for other amyloidogenic polypeptides, providing information for rational drug design to treat IAPP induced β-cell death. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.7554/eLife.12977. 001
Examining the experiences of sight-impaired travellers: The next station stop?

In acknowledging and reflecting upon the infrastructure barriers faced by blind and partially sighted travellers at UK train stations, this article focuses on the unique interplay between infrastructure and experience, and how the opportunities and limitations that arise from potential barriers influence the overall experience of travel. Recommendations are made for new research at a critically important time in UK rail policy, and the importance of representing the real experiences of sight-impaired travellers in both policy and practice, with a view to providing accessible rail stations for all, is stressed.
Construct and Evaluate the Indicators System of Corporate Social Responsibility

The study of corporate social responsibility has become a hot research field in the international and domestic academic circles in recent years. But previous results lack quantitative analysis and evaluation model on corporate social responsibility, and the majority of conclusions are mainly qualitative description. Based on the importance of corporate social responsibility nowadays, we divide the corporate social responsibility into five major categories (economic responsibility, laws responsibility, ethical responsibility, charity responsibility and environmental responsibility), establish a much more comprehensive indicators system of corporate social responsibility, and build a more comprehensive evaluation model on corporate social responsibility through the analytical hierarchy process. For the quantitative study on corporate social responsibility, this paper gives the indicators system weight of the corporate social responsibility. Finally we provide many valuable suggestions, which point out the direction for the further research and development in corporate social responsibility. Keywords-corporate social responsibility; indicators system; evaluation model
Beyond Reactive Systems: An Associative Memory for Sensory-Driven Intelligent Behavior

Searching to reproduce intelligence by the mean of modelling cognitive abilities has been a trend of artificial intelligence research for over fifty years. With respect to this, the relatively limited advances of this last decade suggest that new areas of consideration need to be investigated. In particular, nouvelle AI, which originates from a more ecological approach, claims a critical part for solving issues around embodiment. In this paper, we hypothesise that intelligent behaviour can be obtained without the need for cognitive modelling. Towards exploring this, we propose a model for a connectionist controller where an associative memory is used to enhance the adaptation of an autonomous agent operating in a complex environment. Initial experiments yield promising results, and we have found that simple agents show intelligent behaviour.
Influence of oxidative stress on inducing micturition dysfunction following chronic infravesical obstruction and the protective role of an antioxidant diet - association of in vivo and in vitro studies in rats.

OBJECTIVE This study was developed to determine whether the generation of free radicals, induced by ischemia followed by reperfusion in a model of chronic intravesical obstruction in rats, would lead to damage in the detrusor. It also investigates the possible protective action of the flavonoid galangin on the tissue lesion induced by lipid peroxidation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-one male rats were divided into three groups of seven animals each. Group A was subjected to a sham procedure; group B to partial obstruction of the bladder neck; and group C to partial obstruction of the bladder neck, but also received a diet rich in the flavonoid galangin. All the animals were subjected to urodynamic evaluation and then sacrificed. The bladders were sent for enzymatic tests. RESULTS The urodynamic showed that group B developed significantly greater numbers of involuntary contractions of the detrusor, greater post-micturition residue and lower compliance. The group A presented TEAC levels greater than to the group B. Comparative analysis of group A, B and C demonstrated significantly greater malondialdehyde levels in group B in relation to groups A and C. The group B presented smaller contraction amplitudes than did groups A and C, in electrically stimulated contractions. CONCLUSIONS That oxidative stress is implicated in the damage to the detrusor musculature following a period of chronic intravesical obstruction. We show, for the first time, that administration of an antioxidant prior to and following the start of chronic obstruction makes it possible to avoid the cellular lesions that cause detrusor dysfunction.