Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contribution of physical education in CLIL to english oracy

This paper shows the results obtained in a CLIL Action Research project carried out as part of a PhD programme within the Faculty of Teachers Training (Departament de Didàctica de l’Expressió Musical i Corporal), University of Barcelona. The research is based on a Physical-Education-in-CLIL programme that has been in use since 2007; however, these results are focused solely on the second and third terms of the 20102011 school year.
Statistical Technique for Estimating Word Correspondence for Bilingual Dictionary Development

In this paper we propose a method for estimating word correspondences from the bilingual texts by using of linguistic information and statistical techniques, aiming at automatically extracting a bilingual dictionary from the parallel texts. We introduce a statistical technique for estimating word correspondences using the estimation functions proposed by Gale. The Gale’s method have been studied and enhanced by our new criteria to improve the coverage and precision in wordpairs extraction. Extracted word correspondence will improve the accuracy of alignment by combining in the bilingual dictionary.
Dominant Personality Traits Suited to Running Projects Successfully (And What Type are You

Much discussion and research has taken place over the years attempting to classify personality types and their functionality in an organizational setting. The purpose of this paper is to focus on those characteristics most relevant to a successful project leadership role. It identifies how different types of people might have to be selected to suit different project circumstances. Such circumstances include differences between the major high-level phases of the project life cycle.
Why is context-aware computing less successful?

The paper addresses some of the challenges in developing context-aware systems. It begins by looking into some of the proposed context-aware systems and examines why they fail to have practical relevance. It then examines some of the successful features of contemporary ubiquitous systems and applications to drive a lesson that can be useful for developing context-aware systems.
On the alignment between the circumstellar disks and orbital planes of Herbig Ae/Be binary systems

Context. The majority of the intermediate mass, pre-main-sequence Herbig Ae/Be stars reside in binary systems. As these systems are young, their properties may contain an imprint of the star formation process at intermediate masses (2-15 M⊙). However, these systems are generally spatially unresolved, making it diffi cult to probe their circumstellar environment to search for manifestations of their formation process, such as accretion disks. Aims. Here we investigate the formation mechanism of Herbig Ae/Be (HAe/Be) binary systems by studying the relative orientation of their binary orbits and circumstellar disks. Methods. We present linear spectropolarimetric observations of HAe/Be stars over the Hline, which are used to determine the orientation of their circumstellar disks. In conjunction w ith data from the literature, we obtain a sample of 20 binaries with known disk position angles (PAs). We subsequently compare our disk PA data to a model to investigate whether HAe/Be binary systems and their disks are co-planar. Moreover, in the light of a relati vely recent suggestion that some HAe/Be star spectropolarimetric signatures may not necessarily be related to circumstellar disks, we re-assess the relationship between spectropolarimetric sig natures and disk PAs. We do this by comparing spectropolarimetric and high spatial resolution observations of young stellar objects (both HAe/Be and T Tauri stars). Results. We find that spectropolarimetric observations of pre-main- sequence stars do indeed trace circumstellar disks. This fin ding is significant above the 3 � level. In addition, our data are entirely consistent with th e situation in which HAe/Be binary systems and circumstellar disks are co-planar, while random orientati ons can be rejected at the 2.2� level. Conclusions. The conclusive alignment (at more than 3�) between the disk PAs derived from linear spectropolarimetry and high spatial resolution observations indicates that linear spe ctropolarimetry traces disks. This in turn allows us to conc lude that the orbital planes of HAe/Be binary systems and the disks around the primaries are likely to be co-planar, which is consistent with the notion that these systems form via monolithic collapse and subsequent disk fragmentation.
Does the “Why” Tell Us the “When”?

Traditional approaches to human causal reasoning assume that the perception of temporal order informs judgments of causal structure. In this article, we present two experiments in which people followed the opposite inferential route: Perceptual judgments of temporal order were instead influenced by causal beliefs. By letting participants freely interact with a software-based “physics world,” we induced stable causal beliefs that subsequently determined participants’ reported temporal order of events, even when this led to a reversal of the objective temporal order. We argue that for short timescales, even when temporal-resolution capabilities suffice, the perception of temporal order is distorted to fit existing causal beliefs.
Non-invasive proportional assist and pressure support ventilation in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic respiratory failure

Background: Patients with advanced cystic fibrosis can benefit from non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) for the treatment of acute decompensation as well as for the management of chronic respiratory failure. This study was undertaken to compare the physiological effects of non-invasive proportional assist ventilation (PAV) and pressure support ventilation (PSV) on ventilatory pattern, transcutaneous blood gas tensions, and diaphragmatic effort in stable patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic CO2 retention. Methods: In 12 patients two periods of spontaneous breathing were followed randomly by PSV (12 (3) cm H2O) and PAV (flow assist 4.9 (1.3) cm H2O/l.s, volume assist 18.9 (5.1) cm H2O/l) set for the patient's comfort and administered for 40 minutes with 2 cm H2O continuous positive airway pressure. Ventilatory pattern, transcutaneous blood gas tensions, and surface diaphragmatic electromyography were measured in the last 10 minutes of each application. Results: On average, both PSV and PAV improved ventilation (+30%), tidal volume (+30%), and transcutaneous CO2 (−7%) while reducing diaphragmatic activity (−30% with PSV, −20% with PAV). Mean inspiratory airway pressure was lower during PAV than during PSV (9.7 (1.9) and 12.9 (2.7) cm H2O, respectively; p<0.05). The mean coefficient of variation of tidal volume was about 20% (range 11–39%) during spontaneous breathing and did not change with either PAV or PSV. Conclusions: These results show that short term administration of nasal PAV and PSV to patients with stable cystic fibrosis with chronic respiratory insufficiency is well tolerated, improves ventilation and blood gas tensions, and unloads the diaphragm.
Hyperthermia versus Oncothermia: Cellular Effects in Complementary Cancer Therapy

Hyperthermia means overheating of the living object completely or partly. Hyperthermia, the procedure of raising the temperature of a part of or the whole body above normal for a defined period of time, is applied alone or as an adjunctive with various established cancer treatment modalities such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, hyperthermia is not generally accepted as conventional therapy. The problem is its controversial performance. The controversy is originated from the complications of the deep heating and the focusing of the heat effect. The idea of oncothermia solves the selective deep action on nearly cellular resolution. We would like to demonstrate the force and perspectives of oncothermia, as a highly specialized hyperthermia in clinical oncology. Our aim is to prove the ability of oncothermia to be a candidate to become a widely accepted modality of the standard cancer care. We would like to show the proofs and the challenges of the hyperthermia and oncothermia applications to provide the presently available data and summarize the knowledge in the topic. Like many early stage therapies, oncothermia lacks adequate treatment experience and long-range, comprehensive statistics that can help us optimize its use for all indications.
Critique of the Objective VHDL Language Definition

This paper provides a critical analysis of Objective VHDL, an object-oriented extension to VHDL. It is demonstrated that several design decisions lead to unnecessary complexity in the language and consequent modelling difficulty for designers. The SUAVE object-oriented extensions to VHDL, on the other hand, avoid these problems by more careful selection of language features.
Ensemble Learning and Evidence

Ensemble learning by variational free energy minimization is a tool introduced to neural networks by Hinton and van Camp in which learning is described in terms of the optimization of an ensemble of parameter vectors. The optimized ensemble is an approximation to the posterior probability distribution of the parameters. This tool has now been applied to a variety of statistical inference problems. In this paper I study a linear regression model with both parameters and hyper-parameters. I demonstrate that the evidence approximation for the optimization of regularization constants can be derived in detail from a free energy minimization viewpoint. A new tool has recently been introduced into the eld of neural networks and statistical inference. In traditional approaches to neural networks, a single parameter vector w is optimized by maximum likelihood or penalized maximum likelihood. In the Bayesian interpretation , these optimized parameters are viewed as deening the mode of a posterior probability distribution P (wjD; H) (given data D and model assumptions H), which can be approximated, with a Gaussian distribution ~ P for example (MacKay 1992b), in order to obtain predictive distributions and optimize model control parameters. The new concept introduced by Hinton and van Camp (1993) is to work in terms of an approximating ensemble Q(w;), that is, a probability distribution over the parameters, and optimize the ensemble (by varying its own parameters) so that it approximates the posterior distribution of the parameters P (wjD; H) well. The objective function chosen to measure the quality of the approximation is a variational free energy, 1
Optimal CSD Reshaping towards T2S

T2S is the single and harmonised IT platform for securities settlement in central bank money developed by the Eurosystem to promote integration in the European post-trading industry, and will go live in 2015. CSDs joining T2S are thus faced with the decision problem of determining to which degree they should reshape, that is, adapt their own IT infrastructure, human resources and business strategy to T2S. A more complete reshaping entails higher immediate fixed costs, but allows to benefit the most from the cost-reduction allowed by T2S. In this article we use a game theoretic approach to model the strategic choice of the CSDs. We then derive several results from this model. In particular, we give closed-form solutions for the degree of optimal reshaping and the optimal prices set in the unique equilibrium if the time-horizon is finite. In case of an infinite horizon we give a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of another subgame perfect Nash equilibrium in which CSDs continually delay the decision to reshape. We argue this equilibrium is not robust and provide a condition under which a given CSD will always reshape, whatever the other CSDs JEL Classification: G10, G20, L11
Key Success Factors in Budget Management in the Noodle (Spaghetti) Industry in the Zulia Region

The purpose of this research is to determine the key success factors (KSF) in the budgetary management of the spaghetti (pasta) industry in the Zulia region. Once these factors in successful noodle industry companies are identified, the lack of the same can be identified in unsuccessful companies. The study was based on authors such as Welsch et al. (1994), Burbano and Ortiz (2000), Ormaechea et al. (1998), and Horngren et al (2002), among others. The research was descriptive, nonexperimental and trans-sectional, and based on primary and secondary data collection techniques such as questionnaires, un-structured interviews with employees and operators in this industry, as well as a review of diverse texts and internal publications of the companies involved in the study. The results indicate that the KSF in budget management in the sector under study concentrates on production costs, process quality, productivity in relation to time and dispatch, all of which permits us to conclude that there are similar patterns in the industries under study that point to leadership in costs based on efficient processing, permanent technological innovation, and increased productive potential in spaghetti processing plants in the region.
Probabilistic Document Correlation Model

Vector space model (VSM) and related models are popular in document relationship analysis in text mining recently. However, they are failed to discover the document correlation from topic level. This paper proposes a probabilistic document correlation model (PDC) to capture the document correlation based on topics. The PDC model defines the document correlation by the posterior probability of documents. And the posterior probability of each document is resolved through introducing the posterior probability of topics and topic similarity. Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), a generative topic model, is used for topic retrieval in this paper. Experiments on correlated document search show that the PDC model outperforms the VSM in average retrieval precision and document compressing.
An Exploratory Search Method for Presentation Contents based on User Browsing Behavior

MOOC is a crucial platform for improving education; students are able to browse various educational presentation contents through the Web. Any single presentation content can only cover a small fraction of knowledge in a specific domain, and thus offers a limited depth of information. Students then have to go through various presentation contents, but this would be time-consuming and difficult to explore. Therefore, we propose a novel exploratory search tool for presentation contents based on a meaningfully structured presentation by using slides, called an interactive poster. The interactive poster places textual and graphic elements of slides in a structural layout with a zooming user interface by semantically analyzing the slide structure. Through this, our exploratory search can support students interactively browsing an interactive poster with their operations, for retrieving and navigating information from other presentation contents maps students’ specific needs by considering the students’ browsing behavior on the structure of the interactive poster. In this paper, we discuss two types of exploratory search, (1) topic focused searching based on well-matched browsing behavior that enables users obtain details of specific topics; and (2) exploratory browsing based on distributed browsing behavior that enables the users find various relevant information on topics of interest.
The Effects of Opening and Closing Procedures on the NYSE and NASDAQ

We study the effects of opening and closing procedures on the NYSE and Nasdaq by examining firms that moved from the Nasdaq to the NYSE and a sample of size-matched firms. We find that opening trades on the NYSE are about 20 percent less costly to execute than later comparable trades, while closing trades are slightly more costly. On the Nasdaq, both opening and closing trades are slightly more costly. The savings on the NYSE open are increasing with the size of firms. While the consolidation of orders at the NYSE opening auction appears to reduce costs, we also find that opening quotes are subject to temporary price pressures though transaction prices appear to be unaffected. At the close, NYSE trades obtain comparable executions and quotes do not appear to be distorted. However, closing trades appear to be affected by temporary liquidity pressures, particularly market-on-close orders. We find that price discovery overnight and through the first half hour of trading is comparable across both market systems. However, price discovery is more pronounced in the earlier part of the rest of the day on the NYSE. Also, opening quotes are delayed as NYSE specialists complete opening auctions, thus delaying price discovery during the first half hour of trading. Finally, we find that the official closing quote on the NYSE reflects more information than quotes prevailing at end of the day, the last third market quote, either of the last two transactions of the day, or the very last quote provided for a given stock.
The importance of music to adolescents.

AIMS The study aims to determine the importance of music to adolescents in England, and investigates why they listen to and perform music. SAMPLE A total of 2465 adolescents (1149 males; 1266 females; 50 participants did not state their sex) between 13 and 14 years of age who were attending Year 9 at one of 22 secondary schools in the North Staffordshire region of England. METHOD A questionnaire asked participants (a) about their degree of involvement with musical activities; (b) to rate the importance of music relative to other activities; and (c) to rate the importance of several factors that might determine why they and other people of their age and sex might listen to/perform pop and classical music. RESULTS Responses indicated that i) over 50% of respondents either played an instrument currently or had played regularly before giving up, and the sample listened to music for an average of 2.45 hours per day; ii) listening to music was preferred to other indoor activities but not to outdoor activities; iii) listening to/playing pop music has different perceived benefits to listening to/playing classical music; iv) responses to suggested reasons for listening to music could be grouped into three factors; and v) responses to suggested reasons for playing music could be grouped into four factors. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that music is important to adolescents, and that this is because it allows them to (a) portray an 'image' to the outside world and (b) satisfy their emotional needs.
The Q-bit scheme: congestion avoidance using rate-adaptation

Modern protocols designed for high-speed networks mostly adapt the rate at which packets are transmitted to control the flow of data between a sender and a receiver, and to control the load put upon the underlying network. In this article, the use of rate-adaption to realize 'congestion avoidance', a recently proposed highly sophisticated technique to control overload-conditions in networks is examined. With a simple analytical model of the system, expressions which help to tune it are derived. By directly comparing the resulting system to the well-known DECbit scheme which uses a window to adapt the load it is shown that most of the limitations of this scheme can be eliminated while preserving its advantages. More specific, because of the direct adaption of a rate fairness can be guaranteed in general topologies. This is possible without the need to put the burden of enforcing fairness on the (in a high-speed network already heavily loaded) routers. Finally the system can better adapt to varying packet-sizes, thus offering greater robustness and efficiency when used in real networks.
Neurite outgrowth patterns in cerebellar microexplant cultures are affected by antibodies to the cell surface glycoprotein L1

To probe for the role of the L1 cell surface glycoprotein during neurite outgrowth and fasciculation in the early postnatal mouse cerebellar cortex, a microexplant culture system was used. Fasciculation of neurites was reduced in the presence of antigen- binding fragments (Fab) of poly- and monoclonal L1 antibodies, as compared to untreated controls. In addition, speed of neurite outgrowth was enhanced in the presence of antibodies. Migration of cell bodies of small neurons was also significantly increased. Very similar effects on these outgrowth parameters were observed with Fab fragments from poly- and monoclonal neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) antibodies. Antibodies from preimmune sera had no effect. These findings suggest that L1 antigen not only plays a role in adhesion of isolated neural cell bodies and migration of granule cell neurons in the early postnatal mouse cerebellar cortex (Lindner et al., 1983; Rathjen and Schachner, 1984), but also in neurite outgrowth and fasciculation.
Sentence selection for improving the tuning process of a statistical machine translation system

Resumen: Este articulo describe una estrategia de seleccion de frases para hacer el ajuste de un sistema de traduccion estadistico basado en el decodificador Moses que traduce del espanol al ingles. En este trabajo proponemos dos posibilidades para realizar esta seleccion de las frases del corpus de validacion que mas se parecen a las frases que queremos traducir (frases de test en lengua origen). Con esta seleccion podemos obtener unos mejores pesos de los modelos para emplearlos despues en el proceso de traduccion y, por tanto, mejorar los resultados. Concretamente, con el metodo de seleccion basado en la medida de similitud propuesta en este articulo, mejoramos la medida BLEU del 27,17% con el corpus de validacion completo al 27,27% seleccionando las frases para el ajuste. Estos resultados se acercan a los del experimento ORACLE: se utilizan las mismas frases de test para hacer el ajuste de los pesos. En este caso, el BLEU obtenido es de 27,51%. Palabras clave: Traduccion estadistica, seleccion de corpus, traduccion basada en subfrases, traduccion espanol-ingles, ajuste de pesos.