Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Deadzone compensation in motion control systems using adaptive fuzzy logic control

A deadzone compensator is designed for industrial positioning: systems using a fuzzy logic (FL) controller. The FL approach is shown to subsume other approaches that use switching or indicator functions. The classification property of FL systems makes them a natural candidate for the rejection of errors induced by the deadzone, which has regions in which it behaves differently. A tuning algorithm is given for the FL parameters, so that the deadzone compensation scheme becomes adaptive, guaranteeing small tracking errors and bounded parameter estimates. Formal nonlinear stability proofs are given to show that the tracking error is small. The adaptive FL deadzone compensator is implemented on an actual industrial CNC machine tool to show its efficacy.
Micropillar Lasers with Site-Controlled Quantum Dots as Active Medium

Cavity-enhanced nano- and microlasers are of high scientific interest as they offer not only a rich spectrum of exciting physics [1], but also have high potential regarding applications in the field of photonic quantum technologies [2]. Advances in the epitaxial growth and the fabrication of semiconductor micro- and nanolasers paved the way to approach the limit where a few quantum dots (QDs) can drive the device to lasing [3]. However, up until now, QD-microlasers have been exclusively based on standard self-assembled QDs which suffer from their random spatial and spectral position relative to the cavity mode. To further push the field of QD microlasers it is highly desirable to apply deterministic fabrication technologies tailor and maximize their optical gain.
Building Barcelona: A Second Renaixenca

Internationally renowned architect and critic, Peter G. Rowe, presents a global and synthetic view of Barcelona's transformation from its inception to the present. An outstanding study of the city, Rowe succeeds in contextualizing the astonishing evolution of the city of Barcelona, which has become an international point of reference in terms of architecture and urban development. To be consumed in one sitting, "Building Barcelona" describes the major international events and historical milestones that have molded the city into its present day form.
Canada's Vegetation: A World Perspective

Canada's Vegetation includes comprehensive sections on tundra, forest-tundra, boreal forest and mixed forest transition, prairie (steppe), Cordilleran environments in western North America, temperate deciduous forests, and wetlands. An overview of each ecosystem is provided, and equivalent vegetation types throughout the world are reviewed and compared with those in Canada. The integration of data on climate, soil, and vegetation in a single volume makes this an invaluable reference tool. Canada's Vegetation is sure to become a standard textbook for those in the environmental sciences.
Characteristic amino acid residues in the growth hormone receptor gene on Mus minutoides underlying dwarfism

The African pygmy mouse ( Mus minutoides ) displays a dwarfism phenotype distinctive from closely related species. This study aimed to investigate the growth hormone receptor (Ghr) gene sequence in M. minutoides . We identified several amino acid variations, including the P469L mutation. Our findings suggest that this mutation affects Ghr protein functionality, decreasing Igf1 expression and contributing to the dwarfism observed in M. minutoides . Further studies utilizing genome editing technology are necessary to elucidate the mechanisms involved in mammalian body size determination.
ournal of Environmental Management and Tourism

: Relict bogs in the northeastern area of the Republic of Kazakhstan are located in close proximity to sources of heavy metal pollution – non-ferrous metal ore mining and processing facilities, and highways. Monitoring of heavy metal transport in the air by means of a bioindicator such as Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) is relevant for preventing the damaging effects of heavy metals on the population living in this region. The purpose of this article is to study pine needles ( Pinus sylvestris L.) on the territory of the Semipalatinsk Irtysh region and the Burabay National Park to identify the features of the accumulation of heavy metals carried by atmospheric air flows, depending on the age of its formation. To determine the content of chemical elements in needles of the first, second and third year of formation from six experimental plots mass spectrometry method ISO 17294-2 ׃ 2003 was used. Its results made it possible to conduct a primary analysis of the accumulation of heavy metals in the needles of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) depending on the year of its formation. General scientific methods were also used in the analytical selection of the scientific literature to formulate the objectives of the experiments and to compare the results obtained with those of other authors. Experimental studies revealed a direct correlation between the increase in concentrations of individual metals and the age of the needles. Furthermore, an increase in concentrations of individual chemical elements has been detected in the conifers of the second year of formation. The findings can be used for further scientific research on the use of pine needles ( Pinus sylvestris L.) as a bioindicator, the impact of the heavy metal composition of the north-east of Kazakhstan on plant organisms, but also used in practice to monitor the state of the environment and the management of forests
The HiRES airborne geophysical survey of the Isle of Wight : processing report

This report describes the final processing of data acquired during the HiRES airborne geophysical survey of the Isle of Wight and part of the Lymington area. The report is a companion to the logistics report of Beamish and Cuss (2009). The survey was carried out by the Joint Airborne-Geoscience Capability (JAC) established between the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) and British Geological Survey (BGS). The project is a HiRES survey carried out by the Geophysical Baselines Team under the Environmental Geoscience Baselines Programme.
Set-fuzzy-set-norm Variation of Set-fuzzy-set Multifunctions

In this paper, we introduce F( R p ) , the collection of all ﬁnite sets of fuzzy subsets in F bc ( R p ) , which is the class of the upper semicontinuous fuzzy subsets of R p with bounded convex compact closure of the supports. Then we deﬁne set-fuzzy-set multifunctions and discuss various kinds of them such as monotone, fuzzy measure, subadditive, null-additive, null-null-additive, multisubmeasure and null-continuous. We introduce the set-fuzzy-set-norm variation of a set-fuzzy-set multifunction and present some properties between a set-fuzzy-set multifunction and its variations such as fuzzyness, continuity from below, null-additivity, and null-null-additivity.
Information and Knowledge Management in Public Sector Networks: The Case of the US Intelligence Community

Abstract This article contributes to the public management literature by exploring the critical challenges that underpin the construction of robust information and knowledge management strategies in networked settings. The ability of the network to sustain itself, thrive, and achieve its objectives depends on the success that the network has in organizing and coordinating its constituent organizations. The network's collaborative information and knowledge management strategy is critical to the functioning of the network and the achievement of objectives. A robust information and knowledge management strategy will bring organizations in the network together, help them share resources, collaborate on efforts, and further their objectives in a holistic manner. An inadequate information and knowledge management strategy might lead to disconnects in organizations due to lack of information sharing, poor collaborative knowledge generation, lack of coordination, leading to a fragmented network. Drawing on a multi-year, multi-method, and multi-organization study of the United States Intelligence Community (USIC), the article puts forth a comprehensive framework to examine information and knowledge management challenges within the USIC, as well as other public sector organizations.
Model P Wave Multipathing at Regional Distances in Southeast Asia

Abstract : This report describes our analysis of seismograms recorded by the medium aperture array in Chiang Mai, Thailand (CMAR). There are two main topics covered in the report. One relates to array analysis of noise recorded over a ten year period. We document the directional characteristics of the noise as well as the seasonal variation in its amplitude. Most of this work is described in the appendix. The second topic involves array analysis of regional distance P coda waves from seismic events occurring in South Asia. Using a sliding window technique we identify coherent later arriving phases associated with the 410 km discontinuity and speculate on how their properties relate to Earth structure in the region. We also describe how the amount of near-source scattering affects coda wave amplitudes at various distances.
The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet

Since the atomic bomb made its first appearance on the world stage in 1945, it has been clear that we possess the power to destroy our own planet. What nuclear weapons made possible, global environmental crisis, marked especially by global warming, has now made inevitableif business as usual continues.The roots of the present ecological crisis, John Bellamy Foster argues in The Ecological Revolution, lie in capital s rapacious expansion, which has now achieved unprecedented heights of irrationality across the globe. Foster compellingly demonstrates that the only possible answer for humanity is an ecological revolution: a struggle to make peace with the planet. Foster details the beginnings of such a revolution in human relations with the environment which can now be found throughout the globe, especially in the periphery of the world system, where the most ambitious experiments are taking place.This bold new work addresses the central issues of the present crisis: global warming, peak oil, species extinction, world water shortages, global hunger, alternative energy sources, sustainable development, and environmental justice. Foster draws on a unique range of thinkers, including Karl Marx, Thomas Malthus, William Morris, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Rachel Carson, Vandana Shiva, and Istvan Meszaros. The result is a startlingly radical synthesis, which offers new hope for grappling with the greatest challenge of our age: what must be done to save the earth for humanity and all living species. "
Measuring mental well-being in Denmark: validation of the original and short version of Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS and SWEMWBS) and cross-cultural comparison across four European settings

Please cite this article as: Vibeke Koushede , Mathias Lasgaard , Carsten Hinrichsen , Charlotte Meilstrup , Line Nielsen , Signe Boe Rayce , Manuel Torres-Sahli , Dora Gudrun Gudmundsdottir , Sarah Stewart-Brown , Ziggi I Santini , Measuring mental wellbeing in Denmark: validation of the original and short version of Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS and SWEMWBS) and cross-cultural comparison across four European settings, Psychiatry Research (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres. 2018.12. 003
Computer Area Localization Algorithm Based on FCN

: Computer area localization algorithms are an important area of research aimed at accurately determining object locations. However, traditional regional localization algorithms have certain limitations in the face of complex scenes and changing environments. To overcome these problems, this paper proposes a region localization algorithm based on a FCN. Through experimental evaluation and data analysis, this paper finds that the regional localization algorithm based on FCN has obvious advantages over traditional algorithms. Experimental results show that the algorithm shows better performance in terms of accuracy rate and error distance. Specifically, the algorithm based on the FCN has achieved a positioning accuracy of 70%, which is much higher than the 30% of the traditional algorithm. In this paper, its superiority in localization tasks is verified through experimental evaluation and data analysis. The algorithm not only improves the accuracy and precision of positioning, but also has strong robustness and generalization ability. This provides a more accurate and reliable positioning solution for practical application scenarios, and provides strong support for the development of autonomous driving, intelligent navigation and other fields.
Intent2Vec: Representation learning of cardholder and merchant intent from temporal interaction sequences for Fraud detection

Fraud detection has been a challenging problem for ﬁnancial institutions as it causes a loss of $24 . 2 billion per annum globally. This paper focuses on transaction fraud, the most prevalent type of fraud in the payment industry. The ability to detect and decline potential fraudulent transactions in real-time is crucial to guarantee a robust and secure environment for both, cardholders and merchants. Conventional fraud detection techniques predominantly use rule-based methods or extensive manual feature engineering for machine learning models. These fraud models rely on detecting anomalies in the attributes of a transaction. However, they fail to capture any type of interaction between cardholder and merchant involved in a transaction. The proposed approach, Intent2Vec, extends the capability of traditional fraud models by learning representation of payment entities using approaches of NLP to semantically capture the intent of doing a transaction. The modelled intent enables us to predict the next set of plausible merchants for a card and vice versa. Any deviation from the predicted and observed card or merchant can point towards a potential fraud. We test the relevance of intent based semantics on the downstream task of fraud detection wherein classiﬁers utilizing the entities’ learnt intent outperform other baseline algorithms on metrics such as AUC-PR and F1 score.
A EROACOUSTIC NOISE REDUCTION OF OPEN PHOTOACOUSTIC CELLS SUPPORTED BY EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS

In this study aeroacoustic investigations have been carried out in order to further develop the critical components of a quick responding, open, continuously measured detection cell based photoacoustic (PA) measurement system, in order to reduce the aeroacoustic noise. This is a key aspect to operate the recently developed open PA cell under high velocity throughflow conditions. As compared to other, sampling-based PA systems, the photoacoustic component of the newly developed instrument presented herein is better integrated, significantly reduced in weight and size, and the gas flowrate that can be analysed is several orders of magnitude higher. A good aeroacoustic design is extremely important for an open PA cell, since significant acoustic noise can be generated even at relatively low flow rates, which drastically reduces the signal-to-noise ratio of the concentration measurements. The geometric constraints of the PA measurement system also must be considered. In addition, the structure must be sufficiently rigid so that the interactions between velocity fluctuations and the solid body do not cause mechanical vibrations. The new method has been developed to provide an improved aeroacoustic. Both numerical and experimental investigations have been carried out for the verification of this new method.
Three-Dimensional Printing and Biomaterials for Periodontal Regeneration

: Periodontal regenerative therapy results in the augmentation of the attachment and bone level in addition to reduction in pocket depth with minimal soft tissue recession. Various regenerative approaches such as GTR, bioresorbable grafts, 3-D printing scaffolds were developed, of which 3-D printing is the most innovative technology. In 3D printing, an ideal structure has been built layer by layer from CAD/digital 3D model. 3D scaffolds in the form of bone graft substitutes are found to be advantageous over commonly used grafting materials. Various biomaterials such as natural, synthetic, bioceramics and metals are used for preparing these scaffolds. Biomaterials can be combined to regenerate the complex structure of the bone-PDL-cementum apparatus by designing layered materials and cells to biomimetically regenerate periodontal structures completely and synchronously. New biomaterials are dramatically broadening the options for advanced periodontal regeneration therapeutics and various old biomaterials are being modified to elicit better biological and systemic responses.
New difference of Gaussian channel-sets for the channelized Hotelling observer?

The channelized-Hotelling observer (CHO) was investigated on the ability to predict the human detection performance in order to assess clinical image quality objectively. CHO applied three user-selectable difference of Gaussian (DoG) channels on the images. The choice of the parameter values that comprise the DoG channel-sets of the CHO was investigated. In order to select the optimal channels, the CHO performance was compared to that of humans who scored digital mammography (DM) images in 2-alternative forced choice experiments. Square regions-of-interest (ROI)s from DM images of an anthropomorphic breast phantom with and without calcification-like signals were extracted. Images at four dose levels were acquired and the resulting signal detectability was assessed using the CHO with various DoG channel parameters. It was found that varying these parameter values affects the correlation (r2) of the CHO with human observers for the detection task investigated. It appears that the DoG channel-sets need to be adapted to the frequency content of the signals and backgrounds present in the DM images.
A Framework for assessing the vulnerability of schist surfaces to lichen-induced weathering in the Upper Douro region (NE Portugal)

Recent field work carried out for the study of the lichen flora in the Upper Douro region (north-east Portugal) has resulted in a remarkable collection of Peltula specimens, including three new species for mainland Europe (Peltula bolanderi, Peltula farinosa and Peltula zahlbruckneri) and seven new species for mainland Portugal, that are here reported with a few notes on their morphology and currently known distribution. Peltula lobata is described as new to science, based on the same collection. Thallus shape, size, presence of large, sessile apothecia with widely opened discs and complete absence of soredia separate Peltula lobata from any other known Peltula species. Identical specimens were also obtained from the nearby locality of Siega Verde in the province of Salamanca and from the southern locality of Abla in the province of Almeria, both in Spain. New insights into the morphological diversity of Peltula euploca and Peltula bolanderi are also provided. The region reveals to be a hotspot for Peltula diversity and a very promising area for further research on the morphological and molecular variation among the former species. A revised key to European species of the genus is presented at the end of this paper.
On Policy Decisions of Polymorphic Inline Caches in Dynamically-Typed Language Implementations

Dynamically-typed languages running on Virtual Machines (VMs) are commonly used, but the lack of explicit type information poses a challenge to producing efficient code. In general, without type annotations, it is impossible to statically infer an object’s type to determine which methods to invoke or how properties are accessed. Inline caches (ICs) are a widely adopted technique to improve the performance of dynamically-typed languages. ICs store machine code stubs at the bytecode level to enable fast-path execution for previously seen types. However, highly polymorphic sites require a large number of fast paths, leading to more frequent code generation and a higher runtime cost to select the correct fast path for an incoming type. Therefore, implementations often set a limit on the number of IC fast paths for a bytecode. Once this limit is reached, type-specialized fast paths are forgotten and instead, the IC executes a type-generic routine. The central goal of this thesis is to investigate and evaluate alternative techniques to handle high degrees of polymorphism in operations that use inline caches. This thesis introduces Stub Folding, a technique that increases the efficiency of highly polymorphic ICs. Stub Folding allows certain ICs to retain type-specialized fast paths that would otherwise be lost, enabling higher code coverage for compiler optimizations and accelerating lower execution tiers. An implementation of Stub Folding in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine achieves up to 25% improvement on complex applications within the JetStream 2.1 benchmark suite compared to SpiderMonkey’s previous approach. This ii thesis also explores techniques inspired by hardware caching policies, namely Least Recently Used (LRU) and Least Frequently Used (LFU) replacement policies. An evaluation indicates that LRU and LFU policies accelerate some programs but do not reliably increase program efficiency across a range of
EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES IN COMPUTER MUSIC

This paper presents a brief overview of music evolution - western and non-western music - from its genesis to serialism and the Darmstadt school. Some mathematical aspects of music are then presented and confronted with music as a form of art. Some questions follow: are these two (very) distinct aspects compatible? Can computers be of real help in automatic composition? Evolutionaty Algorithms (EAs) - Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Genetic Programming (GP), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) - are then introduced and some results of GAs and GPs application to music generation are analysed. Variable fitness functions and PSO application seems a promising way to explore. However, what output should be envisaged? Should we expect that computer music sounds as human music, or should we look for a totally different way to explore and listen? How far can go computer creativity and in what direction?
Molecular evidence and differences in gonopod morphology lead to the recognition of a new species of the freshwater crab genus Candidiopotamon Bott, 1967 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae) from eastern Taiwan

﻿Abstract A new freshwater crab of the potamid genus Candidiopotamon Bott, 1967, is described from eastern Taiwan. Candidiopotamonpenglai sp. nov. is morphologically similar to C.rathbuni (De Man, 1914) from western Taiwan, but can be distinguished by the morphology of the male first gonopod (G1), as well as by their mitochondrial DNA (16S rRNA and COI genes). In the G1 of C.rathbuni, the subterminal segment shows a cline from robust in northern populations to slender in southern populations. In the G1 of C.penglaisp. nov., a distinctly larger and more distally directed keel-like projection is found on the distal inner edge of the terminal segment, with northern populations having an inward-curving subterminal segment and southern populations a straight subterminal segment. The genetic differentiation of the two species of Candidiopotamon within Taiwan is discussed, and morphological differences are compared. A key to the species of Candidiopotamon is also provided.