Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of Short Fiber-Reinforced Composite Resin in Posterior Teeth: 12-Months Report

This preliminary clinical trial evaluated 12 month clinical performance of novel filling composite resin system which combines short fiber-reinforced composite resin and conventional particulate filler composite resin in high stress bearing applications. A total of 37 class I and II restorations (compound and complex type) were placed in 6 premolars and 31 molars. The restorations were reviewed clinically at 6 months (baseline) and 12 months using modified USPHS codes change criteria for marginal adaptation, post-operative sensitivity, pulpal pain and secondary caries criteria. Photographs and x-rays were obtained for restorative analysis. Results of 12 months evaluation showed 5 restorations having little marginal leakage (B score) and 1 patient had minor pulpal symptom and post-operative sensitivity (B score). No secondary caries or bulk fracture was detected. The majority of restorations exhibited A scores of the evaluated criteria. After 12 months, restorations combining base of short fiber reinforced composite resin as substructure and surface layer of hybrid composite resin displayed promising performance in high load bearing areas.
Acquisition and Conditioning of Electromyographic Signals for Prosthetic Legs

The Surface Electromyography (SEMG) is a technique used for many applications in different areas such as: Neurology, Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, Ergonomics, Sports, etc. [15]. In the last years, this technique has led to great research, and several groups of researchers throughout the world have made inroads in the field of the electromyography applied to the my electric prostheses control. This project aims to detail the stages of amplification and filtering of a my electric signal, as well as to check the device's function for certain muscles of the lower limbs, as the project's first stage, the completed tests were made with obtained data in healthy subjects. For the circuits' design and implementation, components of easy acquisition and existents in the environment, were used, contributing with the technological development of the country.
The improved method of least squares support vector machine modeling and its application

Least squares support vector machines (LS-SVM) method is used for modeling, and its penalty factors and kernel parameters with different values will affect the accuracy of the soft sensor model. This paper presents a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with mutation to automatically search the parameters for LS-SVM, and is applied to real-time measurement problem of saturated vapor dryness in gas driving oil extraction. The proposed algorithm is based on statistical learning theory to map the complex nonlinear relationship between dryness and its influence factors by learning from empirical data, therefore, saturated vapor dryness can be forecasted. The experimental results show that soft sensor modeling based on particle swarm optimization with mutation has high precision, adaptability, and ease of practical application.
An abstract multi-agent framework applied to a social interaction game

We develop an abstract framework for modelling multi-agent systems. The framework splits the state of an agent into an internal state and a set of observables. In the execution model, an agent performs either an observation step, a reasoning step, or an external step, i.e. an action that affects other agent’s observables. We use this framework to model the game Mafia as a multi-agent system.
0 Fe b 20 03 THE NS FIVE-BRANE PARTITION SUM

We calculate the euclidean partition function of the type IIA NS fivebrane wrapped on an arbitrary Calabi-Yau space in a double-scaling decoupling limit and in the presence of a flat RR 3-form background field. The result is the product of a theta function, coming from the classical fluxes of the self-dual tensor field, and a factor representing the quantum contributions. The quantum factor turns out to be related to topological B-model string amplitudes, and both factors satisfy a holomorphic anomaly equation. The result can teach us more about little string theories and about instanton corrections to four-dimensional effective quantities. The work reported here was done in collaboration with R. Dijkgraaf and E. Verlinde [1]. This text is intended to give a brief overview of this work. Only the main results are reported here; the calculations and many other details can be found in the original paper. 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM We consider euclidean type IIA string theory, compactified on an arbitrary Calabi-Yau manifold X. Around X, we wrap one or more euclidean NS five-branes, so that these objects are pointlike in the remaining four directions. We turn on a background RR-field C which satisfies dC = 0 along the directions of X. Finally, we take a double scaling limit where we send both the distance between the five-branes and the string coupling constant to zero in such a way that their ratio becomes infinite. The reason to study this system is twofold. First of all, the worldvolume theory on an NS-five-brane is the so-called little string theory, which is still not completely understood. As shown by Giveon and Kutasov [2], in the above double scaling limit this theory turns into a weakly 1
Simulating Spoken Dialogue With a Focus on Realistic Turn-Taking

We present a system for testing turn-taking strategies in a simulation environment, in which artificial dialogue participants exchange audio streams in real time – unlike earlier turn-taking simulations, which interchanged unambiguous symbolic messages. Dialogue participants autonomously determine their turn-taking behaviour, based on their analysis of the incoming audio. We use machine-learning methods to classifiy the continuous audio signal into symbolic turn-taking states. We experiment with various rule sets and show how simple, local management rules can create realistic behavioural patterns.
PART II : WHO ARE THE PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS ? Resorting to Statism to Find Meaning

The paper develops the idea of configuration of ownership to distinguish three primary political ideologies: (classical) liberalism, conservatism, and leftism. The liberal configuration is atomistic in its recognition of owners and ownership claims; it conforms closely to Adam Smith’s “commutative justice,” which Smith represented as a sort of social grammar. The conservative configuration also strives for a social grammar, but it counts among the set of owners certain spirit-lords such as God and Patria. The liberal and conservative configurations become isomorphic if and only if the ownership claims of the conservative spirit-lords are reduced to nothing. The left configuration ascribes fundamental ownership of resources to the people, the state, and sees laws as organizational house-rules into which one enters voluntary by choosing to remain within the polity; the type of justice that pertains is parallel to Smith’s “distributive justice,” which Smith associated with aspirational rules for achieving beauty in composition. The scheme illuminates why the left’s conception of liberty consists in civil liberties. The formulation of configurations is used to interpret the semantics of the three primary ideologies. Meanwhile, it is noted that actually existing parties and movements are admixtures of the three primary ideologies. For example, what makes Republicanism “conservative” is that it is relatively conservative; it by no means thoroughly or consistently rejects the precept of collective ownership by the polity.
What a memory looks like in the brain? towards the modeling and simulation of a partial software neocortex for learning

This paper addresses the basic question "What a memory looks like in the brain? " It is with the hope that if a possible answer can be framed and hypothesized, a suitable description of a memory will give insights into the modeling and simulation of a partial software neocortex model for potential learning. The paper discusses prior findings and hypotheses on memory by researchers at three levels of abstraction: cellular (middle), network (higher) and molecular (lower) levels. The paper attempts to combine them, together with the author's own hypothesis on what a memory looks like, to suggest an integrated view of memory. The paper then suggests an approach towards a software memory model based on an (arguably) observable parallelism between (1) the natural hierarchy and (2) the software hierarchy, ultimately to be simulated for potential learning as does a human newborn. It is realized that there are questionable items in this initial formulation, which are subject to future investigation.
Development of Active Suspension System for Automobiles using PID Controller

The main aim of suspension system is to isolate a vehicle body from road irregularities in order to maximize passenger ride comfort and retain continuous road wheel contact in order to provide road holding. The present work aims at developing an active suspension for the quarter car model of a passenger car to improve its performance by using a proportional integral derivative (PID) controller. The controller design deals with the selection of proportional, derivative gain and integral gain parameters (Kp, Ki, and Kd). The results show that the active suspension system has reduced the peak overshoot of sprung mass displacement, sprung mass acceleration, suspension travel and tire deflection compared to passive suspension system.
How the acculturation of Baba Nyonya community affects Malacca food identity?

ABSTRACT The migration of the Chinese community to Malacca in the 16th century has enabled the process of cross culturing and culinary acculturation, producing a unique mixture of Baba Nyonya food. Even though Baba Nyonya food is pretty much has been localised (Malay), its Chinese representation cannot be denied. This study aims to assess how the acculturation of the Baba Nyonya community affects Malacca food identity. A quantitative methodology is employed in this study. This study classifies Baba Nyonya food acculturation through (1) types of food; (2) methods of cooking; (3) ingredients; and (4) eating decorum. From the regression analysis, this study found that Baba Nyonya cultural polarity explains significant variation in the formation of Malacca food identity. This study then elaborates on the importance of Baba Nyonya food in Malacca destination branding.
Attitudes toward abortion, social welfare programs, and gender roles in the U.S. and South Africa

ABSTRACT Public abortion attitudes are important predictors of abortion stigma and accessibility, even in legal settings like the U.S. and South Africa. With data from the U.S. General Social Survey and South African Social Attitudes Survey, we used ordinal logistic regressions to measure whether abortion acceptability (in cases of poverty and fetal anomaly) is related to attitudes about social welfare programs and gender roles, then assessed differences by race/ethnicity and education. Social welfare program attitudes did not correlate with abortion acceptability in the U.S., but in South Africa, greater support for income equalization (OR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.41–0.85) and increased government spending on the poor (OR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.49–0.91) correlated with lower abortion acceptability in circumstances of poverty. This was significant for Black African and higher educated South Africans. In the U.S., egalitarian gender role attitudes correlated with higher acceptability of abortion in circumstances of poverty (OR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.03–1.36) and fetal anomaly (OR: 1.15, 95% CI: 1.01–1.31). This was significant for White and less educated Americans. In South Africa, egalitarian gender role attitudes correlated with higher abortion acceptability for fetal anomaly (OR: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.01–1.25) overall and among Black and less educated respondents, but among non-Black South Africans they correlated with higher abortion acceptability in circumstances of poverty. These results suggest abortion attitudes are distinctly related to socioeconomic and gender ideology depending one’s national context, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Reducing abortion stigma will require community-based approaches rooted in intersectional reproductive justice frameworks.
An enabler gateway for service composition using SIP

To deliver the advanced services in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), composition of many services including the Session Initial Protocol (SIP) services is needed. However, IMS standard does not specify properly the architecture for SIP based service composition. Better performance and different user experience can be achieved in the SIP service composition for the real time communication services. We propose a modified IMS architecture by adding new functional entities: Service Enabler Gateway (SEG) and Application Server (AS) for the SIP based service composition. We choose Java Specification Request (JSR) 289 AS for implementing service compositions service. This paper describes the SEG which implements the authorization and service discovery for IMS services.
Grammar Checking using POS Tagging and Rules Matching

This paper is an examination of various techniques that could be used for grammar checking and the description of the results that were generated using a simple rules matching system. To generate the rules for this system, two techniques were considered: hand construction and an algorithm that randomly generates large numbers of rules and uses comparison against large corpora to find valid rules. While individual construction of rules proved to be effective for addressing specific errors, the random algorithm proved to be effective for a larger number of grammatical errors.
VLSI Design IP Protection: Solutions, New Challenges, and Opportunities

It has been a decade since the need of VLSI design intellectual property (IP) protection was identified. The goals of IP protection are: 1) to enable IP providers to protect their IPs against unauthorized use, 2) to protect all types of design data used to produce and deliver IPs, 3) to detect the use of IPs, and 4) to trace the use of IPs. There are significant advances from both industry and academic towards these goals. However, do we have solutions to achieve all these goals? What are the current state-of-the-art IP protection techniques? Do they meet the protection requirement designers sought for? What are the (new) challenges and is there any feasible answer to them in the foreseeable future? This paper addresses these questions and provides possible solutions mainly from academia point of view. Several successful industry practice and ongoing efforts are also discussed briefly
On limited nondeterminism and the complexity of the V-C dimension

The complexity of several natural computational problems in NP, which have been proposed but not categorized satisfactorily in the literature is characterized precisely. These problems can be solved in n/sup O(logn)/ time, and thus they are probably not NP-complete. Two new complexity classes between P and NP, very much in the spirit of MAXNP and MAXSNP, are defined. It is shown that computing the V-C dimension is complete for the more general class, whereas the other two problems are complete for the weaker class. <<ETX>>
Systematic Approaches for Analysis and Design of Terahertz and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits Using Carbon Nanotube FETs

This paper discusses design methodologies for terahertz (THz) and millimeter-wave integrated circuits using carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) for the first time. Two systematic approaches have been introduced throughout this paper. Pros and cons of the methods and improvements upon them are explored through both theory and simulation. The first approach is a modified gm/ID technique, which is used for designing the CNFET analog integrated circuits. The characteristics of CNFETs are set using a novel ratio method in order to achieve optimal conditions. The second approach is a microwave method that is used for designing THz integrated circuits. This approach finds the optimal conditions by investigating activity conditions in order to achieve maximum accessible power gain of the device. This paper investigates CNFETs from a noise perspective and introduces promising results. Finally, a 1-THz high-power amplifier using microwave approach with a gain of 21.4 dB is presented for the first time.
A Declarative Foundation for Comprehensive History Querying

Researchers in the field of Mining Software Repositories perform studies about the evolution of software projects. To this end, they use the version control system storing the changes made to a single software project. Such studies are concerned with the source code characteristics in one particular revision, the commit data for that revision, how the code evolves over time and what concrete, fine-grained changes were applied to the source code between two revisions. Although tools exist to analyse an individual concern, scripts and manual work is required to combine these tools to perform a single experiment. We present a general-purpose history querying tool named QwalKeko that enables expressing these concerns in a single uniform language, and having them detected in a git repository. We have validated our work by means of replication studies as well as through MSR studies of our own.
The Generation of Neuronal Heterogeneity in a Rat Sensory Ganglion

Adult sensory neurons differ chemically, morphologically, and functionally, but the factors that generate their diversity remain unclear. For example, neuropeptides are generally found in small neurons, whereas abundant neurofilament is common in large neurons. Neurons containing the neuropeptides calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or substance P were quantified using immunohistochemistry in rat lumbar dorsal root ganglion (DRG) at times before and after sensory neurons contact central and peripheral targets in vivo. No neurons in the newly formed DRG expressed neuropeptide or neuropeptide mRNA, but neuropeptides were detectable about the time that axons connect with peripheral targets. To determine the requirement for target in neuropeptide regulation, embryonic DRG neurons were isolated at times before central and peripheral connections had formed, placed in culture, and immunocytochemically assayed for CGRP and substance P. Cultured neurons expressed neuropeptides with a time course and in proportions similar to thosein vivo. Thus, some neurons in the embryonic DRG seem to be intrinsically specified to later express CGRP and substance P. The percentage of CGRP-immunoreactive neurons was not changed by cell density, non-neuronal cells, neurotrophins in addition to nerve growth factor (NGF), or antibody inactivation of neurotrophin-3 in the presence of NGF. To test the role of extrinsic cues on CGRP expression, DRG neurons were co-cultured with potential target tissues. Co-culture with a rat epidermal or smooth muscle cell line increased the proportion of CGRP-containing neurons, whereas primary skeletal muscle and 3T3 cells had no effects. Thus, multiple appropriate sensory neuron phenotypes arise in a regulated fashion in cultured neurons isolated before target connections have formed, and some candidate target tissues can modulate that intrinsic expression pattern.
22.3 A 4-to-11GHz injection-locked quarter-rate clocking for an adaptive 153fJ/b optical receiver in 28nm FDSOI CMOS

Modern SoC systems impose stringent requirements on on-chip clock generation and distribution. Ring-oscillator (RO) based injection-locked (IL) clocking has been used in the past to provide a low-power, low-area and low-jitter solution. Ring-based injection-locked oscillators (ILO) can also be used to generate quadrature phases from a reference clock without frequency division, which is desirable for half-rate and quarter-rate CDR. However, ILO inherently has a small locking range making it less suitable for wideband applications. In addition, drift in the free-running frequency due to PVT variations may lead to poor jitter performance and locking failures. Adding a PLL to an ILO provides frequency tracking. However, PLL-aided techniques have second-order characteristics that lead to jitter peaking. They also add design complexity and power consumption . We present a frequency-tracking method that exploits the dynamics of IL in a quadrature RO to increase the effective locking range. This quadrature locked loop (QLL) is used to generate accurate clock phases for a 4-channel optical receiver using a forwarded clock at quarter-rate. The QLL drives an ILO at each channel without any repeaters for local quadrature clock generation. Each local ILO has deskew capability for phase alignment. The receiver maintains per-bit energy consumption across wide data-rates (16 to 32Gb/s) by adaptive body biasing (BB) in a 28nm FDSOI technology.
Malaysia's socio-economic transformation in historical perspective

This study attempts to explain the pattern and evolution of economic development in Malaysia since independence. It focuses on the impact of growth and analyses how the government policy of positive discrimination (also known as Bumiputeras) has helped to address historical backwardness and thus reduce ethnic tensions in the country. The state also launched the policy of diversification, which involved various combinations of policy initiatives; for instance, the expansion of new industries was encouraged, especially if they focused on production for foreign markets. As a result, job opportunities increased. The government also undertook measures to tackle rural poverty, modest land reforms, protection of tenant rights, and other rural development measures to protect the rural poor. All these measures to a certain extent helped to reduce rural poverty. This paper offers an explanation as to how the net implications for employment and growth have been achieved. I think this study is important because a review of Malaysia’s economic strategies and development could be a very useful example for other developing countries. The key finding of the study is that the state has to a great extent been successful in its role and objective of promoting economic and social development in Malaysia. However, the economic strategy that is based on export markets and credits to provide the stimulus for growth may likely encounter difficulties due to increased competition unleashed by the forces of globalisation. These difficulties could arise despite evidence on trends in economic growth and employment creation which suggest that Malaysia’s recent transition to a high-growth trajectory has been accompanied by low inflation and decreased levels of unemployment and poverty.