Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Z-Source based Hysteresis Controlled AC to AC Converter for Wind Generation System

This work deals with simulation of hysteresis controlled single phase AC-AC converter for wind generation. The AC output of the wind generator is converted into DC using three phase uncontrolled rectifier. The output of the rectifier is filtered using a Z-network. The output of the Z-network is applied to the single phase inverter. The single phase inverter feds an induction motor load . Matlab simulink model for wind generator system is developed and simulation studies are successfully performed. The simulation is done using MATLAB and the simulation results are presented.
Hypersphere topology creation for image classification

A kind of topology creation strategy for image analysis and classification is presented. The topology creation strategy automatically generates a relevance map from essential regions of natural images. It also derives a set of well-structured representations from low-level description to drive the final classification. The backbone of the topology creation strategy is a distribution mapping rule involving two basic modules: structured low-level feature extraction using convolution neural network and a topology creation module based on a hypersphere neural network. Classification is achieved by simulating high-level top-down visual information perception and classifying using an incremental Bayesian parameter estimation method. The proposed modular system architecture offers straightforward expansion to include user relevance feedback, contextual input, and multimodal information if available.
Increased Chromogranin A Cell Density in the Large Intestine of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome after Receiving Dietary Guidance

The large intestine contains five types of endocrine cells that regulate its functions by sensing its luminal contents and releasing specific hormones. Chromogranin A (CgA) is a common marker for the gastrointestinal endocrine cells, and it is abnormal in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. Most IBS patients relate their symptoms to certain food elements. The present study investigated the effect of dietary guidance on the total endocrine cells of the large intestine as detected by CgA in 13 IBS patients. Thirteen control subjects were also included. Each patient received three sessions of dietary guidance. Colonoscopies were performed on controls and patients (at baseline and at 3–9 months after receiving guidance). Biopsy samples from the colon and rectum were immunostained for CgA and quantified by computerized image analysis. The densities of CgA cells in the total colon (mean ± SEM) among the controls and the IBS patients before and after receiving dietary guidance were 83.3 ± 10.1, 38.6 ± 3.7, and 64.7 ± 4.2 cells/mm2, respectively (P = 0.0004), and were unchanged in the rectum. In conclusion, the increase in CgA cell density after receiving dietary guidance may reflect a change in the densities of the large intestinal endocrine cells causing an improvement in the IBS symptoms.
A critical review of Nicholas Maxwell's The human world in the physical universe: Consciousness, free will, and evolution

Nicholas Maxwell takes on the ambitious project of explaining, both epistemologically and metaphysically, the physical universe and human existence within it. His vision is appealing; he unites the physical and the personal by means of the concepts of aim and value, which he sees as the keys to explaining traditional physical puzzles. Given the current popularity of theories of goal-oriented dynamical systems in biology and cognitive science, this approach is timely. But a large vision requires firm and nuanced arguments to support it. Here Maxwell's work is weakest; his arguments for contingent mind-body identity and for free will, on which his larger theory depends, are inadequate. The book is valuable both for its comprehensive view of the human condition and its mysteries, and for its demonstration of the difficulties in making such a view coherent.
The Failure of Social Desirability Measures to Capture Applicant Faking Behavior

The use of social desirability (SD) measures to examine the issue of applicant faking has a long but rather unproductive history. Indeed, in the focal article, Hough and Oswald (2008) state that response bias (or faking), as measured by these scales, does not affect the validity of personality measures. The list of relevant studies supporting this assertion is far too long to detail here (many are cited in the focal article), but most have resulted in conclusions indicating that when measures of SD are used as a proxy variable for applicant faking behavior, faking does not appear to substantially affect criterion-related validity nor do score corrections improve the accuracy of selection decisions. Such research is often cited as evidence that applicant faking is not a concern for practitioners utilizing personality tests, and studies echoing this sentiment have been influential in both research and practice. Although these findings appear to allay concerns regarding applicant faking, they rest on an important, albeit infrequently investigated, assumption. In order for measures of SD to be useful in research and practice, one must assume that they are reliable andvalidmeasures of the degree towhich an individual fakes his or her responses onapersonality measure. In most studies utilizing SD measures, this assumption has not been tested, and little empirical evidence has supported the linkage between SD measures and actual faking behavior (i.e., observed within-subjects score changes across response settings that vary in their influence on respondents’ motivation to fake). However, in the focal article, the authors state that ‘‘Social Desirability scales, aka Unlikely Virtues scales, detect intentional distortion’’ (p. 26). Furthermore, in a recent simulation examining the effects of SD corrections on validity and hiring decisions (Schmitt & Oswald, 2006), the researchers stated, ‘‘Our analyses implicitly assume that the faking measure is a perfectly construct-valid measure’’ (p. 616). Although some evidence of this may be found in directed faking studies, virtually no studies have linked SD with faking in an applicant setting. Given that much of what we think we know about applicant faking is based on studies using SD as an indicator of faking, further examination of this assumption is in order.
Breaking up Is Hard to Do: Explaining the 2002 San Fernando Valley Secession Vote

ABSTRACT: In November 2002 the voters of Los Angeles soundly rejected Proposition F which, if approved, would have authorized the secession of the San Fernando Valley in order to constitute a city independent of Los Angeles. This article attempts to delineate the interplay of social, economic, and political conditions related to support for secession by examining the results of a Los Angeles Times survey conducted one week prior to the vote. Because an exit poll was not taken following the vote, these data provide the most proximate evidence for the views of voters shortly before casting their ballots. The analysis of the data identifies distinctive social bases of support for secession in the San Fernando Valley that contrast with those outside the region. The results are interpreted in the context of Sonenshein’s discussion of the role of coalition formation in urban politics.
Parabolic isometries of CAT(0) spaces and CAT(0) dimensions (Perspectives of Hyperbolic Spaces II)

We study discrete groups from the view point of a dimension gap in connection to CAT(0) geometry. Developing studies by Brady-Crisp and Bridson, we show that there exist nitely presented groups of geometric dimension 2 which do not act properly on any proper CAT(0) spaces of dimension 2 by isometries, although such actions exist on CAT(0) spaces of dimension 3. Another example is the fundamental group, G, of a complete, non-compact, complex hyperbolic manifold M with nite volume, of complex-dimension n 2. The group G is acting on the universal cover of M , which is isometric to H n . It is a CAT( 1) space of dimension 2n. The geometric dimension of G is 2n 1. We show that G does not act on any proper CAT(0) space of dimension 2n 1 properly by isometries. We also discuss the fundamental groups of a torus bundle over a circle, and solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups. AMS Classication 20F67; 20F65, 20F36, 57M20, 53C23
Learning and Labeling

Clark and Karmiloff-Smith (CKS) have written an extraordinarily valuable paper, which sympathetically addresses what has all too often been an acrimonious and ideology-ridden "debate" and begins to transform it into a multi-perspective research program. By articulating the submerged hunches on both sides in a single framework, and adding some powerful new ideas of their own, they dispel much of the smoke of battle. What we can now see much more clearly is the need for a model of a brain/mind that, as they say, "enriches itself from within by re-representing the knowledge that it has already represented. "
Intercultural language activities (with CD-ROM)

The last twenty years have seen the production of a rich theoretical literature arguing for the integration of an intercultural dimension within language teaching. Key works of influential authors like Byram (1997) have played a crucial role in articulating this case and Corbett’s previous book (2003) reinforces that case. Few works, however, have appeared providing a significant range of immediately usable materials for intercultural language teaching and this has made it harder for many practising language teachers to get started on building an intercultural dimension into their lessons. Corbett’s most recent book recognises this gap and many language teachers interested in introducing an intercultural dimension, but lacking the time to absorb theoretical literature or to spend time on materials design, will benefit significantly from the teaching resources it contains. The book belongs unequivocally to a genre many language teachers are very familiar with it is a Teachers’ Resource Book. Following a short introduction giving an accessible theoretical framework, the author chooses 13 topic areas for each of which he provides a range of worksheets, mini-lesson plans and carefully described activity sequences aimed at the development of Intercultural Competence within language lessons. The worksheets are reproduced in small format within the book, but the CD-ROM contains PDF versions of high visual quality which can be photocopied or projected for classroom use. The first chapter entitled ‘Setting up an Online Community’, in addition, explains in very easy steps how the individual students in a whole class can be paired with individual students in a class in another country. The book concludes with a highly accessible annotated bibliography containing ‘classics’ of the more theoretical literature. The topics are impressively wide-ranging, from those common at elementary level like food and domestic life to those frequently included at higher levels like religion and politics. There are also topics having an explicitly intercultural turn like ‘Mediations’ and ‘Interpretations’. Furthermore, the author makes it clear how activities can be adapted to suit different levels thereby allaying fears that Intercultural Competence can only be developed at intermediate and advanced levels. More concretely, the chapter on childhood, for example, contains a series of activities under the heading ‘Classrooms from culture to culture’ (pp. 151 155). For one of these, the mini-lesson plan specifies the focus as ‘Describing, contrasting and evaluating physical space’. There are then three worksheets one has photographs of contrasting classrooms from across the world, another gives students headings under which to compare them, and a third gives students a model of how to compare and Language and Intercultural Communication Vol. 11, No. 3, August 2011, 295 297
Body and Organization

Introduction The Body and Organization PART ONE: FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS What Shape Are We in? Organization Theory and the Organized Body - Karen Dale and Gibson Burrell Dangerous Fluids and the Organization-without-Organs - Stephen Linstead PART TWO: DISCOURSE AND REPRESENTATION Sociology Sensing the Body - Catherine Casey Revitalizing a Dissociative Discourse Manufacturing Bodies - Martin Parker Flesh, Organization, Cyborgs Situating Complexity - Hugo Letiche The Body (Nude) PART THREE: PERFORMANCE AND REGULATION 'The Look of Love' - Philip Hancock and Melissa Tyler Gender and the Organization of Aesthetics Embodying Management - Ian Lennie The Body Topographies of Education Management - Craig Pritchard Bodies in a Landscape - Johanna Hofbauer On Office Design and Organization PART FOUR: SELF AND IDENTITY Exploring Embodiment - Joanna Brewis and John Sinclair Women, Biology and Work What Can a Body Do? - Janice Richardson Sexual Harassment and Legal Procedure Body Work - Deborah Kerfoot Estrangement, Disembodiment and the Organizational 'Other'
Circulating MicroRNAs: Potential and Emerging Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are composed of a group of endogenous and noncoding small RNAs which control expression of complementary target mRNAs. The extended functions of miRNAs enhance the complexity of gene-regulatory processes in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Indeed, recent studies have shown that miRNAs are closely related to myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, hypertension, angiogenesis, coronary artery disease, dyslipidaemia, stroke, and so forth. These findings suggest a new therapeutic pointcut for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and show the extensive therapeutic potential of miRNA regulation. Moreover, it has been shown that circulating extracellular miRNAs are stable in bodily fluids, which indicates circulating miRNAs as potential and emerging biomarkers for noninvasive diagnosis. This review highlights the most recent findings indicative of circulating miRNAs as potential clinical biomarkers for diagnosis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Results of Basic At-Sea Experiments on Time-Reversal Communication in the Deep Ocean

In out research program, research and development on a long cruising autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) are promoted. In such AUV operation, it is very significant to establish acoustic communication even at low data-transmission rate. Time-reversal techniques have a possibility to realize such long horizontal communication, which converge multipath signals to the focus, decrease intersymbol interference (ISI). We have researched on time-reversal communication in the deep ocean. To verify the performance of such time-reversal communication, at-sea experiments, at the range of 20, 30 and 40 km in the Suruga trough, and 100 km at a water depth of 4,000 m in outer ocean, were executed following our first experiments. In these experiments, the convergence of a probe pulse by passive time reversal is confirmed, and based on these converged pulses, time reversal communication performance is investigated.
Aromaticine, a sesquiterpene lactone from Amblyopappus pusillus

Aromaticine (systematic name: 4a,8-dimethyl-3-methylene-3,3a,4,4a,7a,8,9,9a-octahydroazuleno[6,5-b]furan-2,5-dione), C15H18O3, is a natural lactone isolated from Amblyopappus pusillus. The molecular structure and conformation agree with the results of Romo, Joseph-Nathan & Díaz [(1964 ▶). Tetrahedron, 20, 79–85]. The fused-ring system contains a seven-membered ring in a twist-boat conformation and two five-membered rings trans fused in envelope conformations.
Social Development in Children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) develop when unborn children are exposed to alcohol prenatally. As a result of this exposure, children with FASD exhibit a range of social, behavioural, cognitive and even physical deficits that can impede their life-long development. These deficits can be influenced by maltreatment and the instability resulting from being placed into out-of-home care, and/or multiple foster-care placement breakdowns. The aim of this article is to increase awareness amongst child welfare professionals of how prenatal alcohol exposure impacts on children's social development. Social deficits include problems with social cognition and social information processing, which result in issues in social problem solving, processing social cues, social judgement, and developing and maintaining relationships. These deficits leave children with a FASD vulnerable to victimisation, exploitation, peer pressure and, as a result, interaction with the criminal justice system. Deficits are life-long and become more pronounced with age, although early detection and intervention appears to improve social skills deficits. Such interventions need to be explored further as they could potentially mitigate some of these deficits by capitalising on the neuroplasticity of a child's developing brain and pave a more positive trajectory for these children's future.
Dynamic control of protein diffusion within the granal thylakoid lumen

The machinery that conducts the light-driven reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis is hosted within specialized paired membranes called thylakoids. In higher plants, the thylakoids are segregated into two morphological and functional domains called grana and stroma lamellae. A large fraction of the luminal volume of the granal thylakoids is occupied by the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II. Electron microscopy data we obtained on dark- and light-adapted Arabidopsis thylakoids indicate that the granal thylakoid lumen significantly expands in the light. Models generated for the organization of the oxygen-evolving complex within the granal lumen predict that the light-induced expansion greatly alleviates restrictions imposed on protein diffusion in this compartment in the dark. Experiments monitoring the redox kinetics of the luminal electron carrier plastocyanin support this prediction. The impact of the increase in protein mobility within the granal luminal compartment in the light on photosynthetic electron transport rates and processes associated with the repair of photodamaged photosystem II complexes is discussed.
[Morphology of the neovagina and sexual functioning of patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome who underwent modified Wharton vaginoplasty].

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the anatomical results of Wharton vaginoplasty performed with Friebe modification for the surgical correction of vaginal aplasia in patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome and to assess multidimensionally the sexual functioning of the women. MATERIAL AND METHODS 20 out of 36 patients with MRKH syndrome who underwent surgical creation of neovagina between October 1995 and September 2009 participated in the study In the group 1 women (55%) had the typical form, 3 women (15%) had the atypical form and 6 women (30%) had the MURCS type of the MRKH syndrome. The dimensions of the vagina (length and width) and the quality of vaginal epithelium (Schiller test) were evaluated. The sexual functioning of the patients was assessed with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire and scored in 6 domains (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain). RESULTS The patients underwent the surgery at the median age of 21.7 years (range 16.3-36.6) and were followed-up from 6 months to 11.3 years (median 7.9 years) after the surgery at the median age of 24.7 years (range 18.3-37.3). The vaginal length and width ranged from 4.5 to 12cm (median 6.3) and from 1.5 to 4cm (median 3), respectively. The total FSFI score and 6 domains scores (medians and ranges) obtained within the group of 18 patients (2 patients reported no sexual activity) were as follows: desire 3.6 (1.2-6), arousal 4.5 (2.4-6), lubrication 5.7 (1.2-6), orgasm 4.2 (1.2-6), satisfaction 5.6 (2.4-6), pain 4.8 (0-6), total score 28.2 (10.8-36). No correlation was found between the vaginal dimensions and the total FSFI scores but in 16 (80%) patients the value of the latter was higher than the cut-off value of 26.55, discriminating women with and without sexual dysfunction. CONCLUSION The modified Wharton vaginoplasty enables women with MRKH syndrome to get a functional vagina of normal anatomy.
Saturation of Concurrent Collapsible Pushdown Systems

Multi-stack pushdown systems are a well-studied model of concurrent computation using threads with first-order procedure calls. While, in general, reachability is undecidable, there are numerous restrictions on stack behaviour that lead to decidability. To model higher-order procedures calls, a generalisation of pushdown stacks called collapsible pushdown stacks are required. Reachability problems for multi-stack collapsible pushdown systems have been little studied. Here, we study ordered, phase-bounded and scope-bounded multi-stack collapsible pushdown systems using saturation techniques, showing decidability of control state reachability and giving a regular representation of all configurations that can reach a given control state.
Direct transition to high-dimensional chaos through a global bifurcation

In the present work we report on a genuine route by which a high-dimensional (with d 4) chaotic attractor is created directly, i.e., without a low-dimensional chaotic attractor as an intermediate step. The high-dimensional chaotic set is created in a heteroclinic global bifurcation that yields an infinite number of unstable tori. The mechanism is illustrated using a system constructed by coupling three Lorenz oscillators. So, the route presented here can be considered a prototype for high-dimensional chaotic behavior just as the Lorenz model is for low-dimensional chaos.
Joint user association and content placement for Cache-enabled wireless access networks

This paper considers the optimal placement of content in cache-enabled base-stations (BSs) for reducing backhaul traffic in a densely deployed wireless access network. By caching popular files, users requesting these files can be served directly by their associated BSs without needing to fetch content from the core network. This paper makes an observation that a real network consists of distinct classes of users with different file preferences, so jointly optimizing cache placement and user-BS association can result in significant benefit. This paper considers such a joint optimization problem for achieving an optimized tradeoff between load balancing and backhaul saving, while accounting for both the physical layer wireless propagation characteristics and the finite cache size at the BSs. By proposing a numerical algorithm that iteratively optimizes the content placement policy for fixed user-association and optimizes the user association policy for fixed content placement, with a goal of maximizing a backhaul-aware proportional fairness network utility, this paper shows that placing similar content at strategically located BSs can result in significant backhaul saving without sacrificing as much in user access rates.
Image registration based on multi-scale SIFT for remote sensing images

Image registration is the step in many application areas such as computer vision, remote sensing and medical image processing. Image registration is achieved by aligning two or more images according to the estimated transformation between them. In this paper, we present an image registration algorithm, which combines the multi-scale wavelet transform with Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT). First, images are decomposed into multiple scales using Wavelet Transform (WT), then the low frequency (approximation) image at certain level is input to SIFT algorithm. The proposed algorithm speeds up the calculation of the correspondences between images. Experimental results with different remote sensing images illustrate the accuracy of proposed algorithm.