Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gated Recurrent Unit Network-based Fuzzy Time Series Forecasting Model

Time series forecasting and prediction are utilized in various industries, such as e-commerce, stock markets, wind power, and energy demand forecasting. An accurate forecast in these applications is an essential and challenging task because of the complexity and uncertainty of time series. Nowadays, deep learning methods are popular in time series forecasting and show better performance than classical methods. However, in the literature, only some studies use deep learning methods in fuzzy time series (FTS) forecasting. In this study, we propose a novel FTS forecasting model based upon the hybridization of Recurrent Neural Networks with FTS to deal with the complexity and uncertainty of these series. The proposed model utilizes Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) to make predictions using a combination of membership values and past values from original time series data as model input and produce real forecast value. Moreover, the proposed model can handle first-order fuzzy relations and high-order ones. In experiments, we have compared our model results with state-of-art methods by using two real-world datasets; The Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) and Nikkei Stock Average. The results indicate that our model outperforms or performs similarly to other methods. The proposed model is validated using the Covid-19 active case dataset and BIST100 Index dataset and performs better than Long Short-term Memory (
Convective gravity wave events during summer near 54°N, present in both AIRS and RMR Lidar observations

We connect tropospheric deep convective events over Western Europe, as measured by the 8.1 μm radiance observations from NASA’s Aqua satellite’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), to horizontal brightness temperature variance in the 4 μm AIRS channel (maximum sensitivity at around 40 km) and temperature perturbations in vertical lidar profiles (between 33-43 km) over Kühlungsborn, Germany (54.12◦N, 11.77◦E). To account for wave propagation conditions from the troposphere to the stratosphere, we also consider the horizontal winds in the troposphere and stratosphere using ECMWF. In 5 this work, we highlight sporadic peaks in gravity wave activity in summer greatly exceeding those typical of summer, which is generally a season with lower wave activity compared to winter. Although these events are present in roughly half of the years (between 2003 and 2019), we focus our study on two case study years (2014 and 2015). These case study years were chosen because of the high cadence of lidar soundings close in time to the convective events. These events, while sporadic, could contribute significantly to the zonal mean momentum budget and are not accounted for in weather and climate models. 10
Adolescents’ sexual media use and willingness to engage in casual sex: Differential relations and underlying processes. Human Communication Research. Adolescents’ Sexual Media Use and Willingness to Engage in Casual Sex: Differential Relations and Underlying Processes

The present study investigated the relationship between different types of sexual media use (i.e., sexually explicit internet material, sexually oriented reality TV and sexy self-presentations on social network sites) and adolescents’ willingness to engage in casual sex, as well as underlying social-cognitive processes of this relationship. Drawing on a longitudinal three-wave panel study among 1,467 adolescents (aged 13-17, 50% female), we found that exposure to sexually explicit internet material directly predicted adolescents’ willingness to engage in casual sex. Exposure to sexy self-presentations of others on social network sites and sexually oriented reality TV predicted adolescents’ willingness to engage in casual sex indirectly through descriptive peer norms on casual sex.
Salinity Risk and Management in Tunisian Semi Arid Area

: In semi arid and arid countries, the increase in production needs sometimes using brackish/saline water for irrigation. In Kairouan and Mahdia (Centre of Tunisia), most of the irrigated areas are by pumping ground water from wells and in many cases, water has more than 4 g of salt per liter. To improve farmers’ income through using efficiently brackish/saline and rare water, applied research programme was carried out. The methodology adopted was based on selection of six farmers’ parcels. Behind water quality and quantity, soil salinity and crop response, the crop cost was studied: initial and final characterization and frequently controlled. Three different water regimes were observed induced three salinity regimes: an exclusively irrigated regime in summer based on using saline water producing continuous accumulation of salts, an irrigated-rained regime in autumn/spring based on alternated saline and fresh water inducing cyclic accumulation and leaching of salts and a rained regime in winter based on fresh water with continuous leaching of salts. At the short term, soil salinity increased under irrigation until equilibrium with the irrigation water quality and decreased by rain which produced an important salts leaching in a very short time. Many tons of salts were added to the initial stock in summer season and most of them are leached to the subsoil under irrigation and by rain in the winter. Salinization affected the deep layer and on the long term, salinization of the aquifer might occur. An important crop yield decrease for the summer crop was obtained but the socio-economic aspect appeared as an important factor
Decoupled Model Predictive Control for Path Following on Complex Surfaces

The present letter proposes a predictive path following control (PPFC) that controls 5 degrees of freedom (DoFs) of the end-effector while the remaining (decoupled) translational DoF should be controlled by an external controller. This PPFC is particularly useful for the path following on surfaces with geometric uncertainties such that the external controller can be independently designed to manage the interaction between the tool and the surface. Therefore, the proposed strategy turns out to be a versatile control scheme that can be integrated with external controllers designed for applications such as robotic surface finishing, welding and 3D printing on complex surfaces. The corresponding optimal control problem (OCP) considers mainly the positioning and orientation errors, tangential velocity and control input amplitudes. The proposed PPFC is validated experimentally in the context of robotic 3D bio-printing. A 7-DoF redundant manipulator equipped with a distance sensor is used to handle a print head through the desired print path. The distance measurements are used by an external controller to correct the printed layer height. The obtained accuracy is consistent with the repeatability of the used manipulator and computation time is compatible with high frequency controllers.
Repositioning Empty Containers for Agricultural Container Logistics

As the Associate Director of Leir Research Institute (LRI) at NJIT, the author would like to thank April Taylor and Kuo-Liang “Matt” Chang, Economists, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, for their valuable, constructive and insightful comments and suggestions that have significantly enhanced the project outcome. The project is supported by USDA Cooperative Agreement (16-TMTSD-NJ-0008).
ACCRETION TEXTURES, IRON EVAPORATION AND RE-CONDENSATION IN RENAZZO

Introduction: The Renazzo chondrite is unequilibrated, highly reduced and contains abundant metal (7.3 vol%) mostly associated with chondrules [1,2]. It thus provides a unique opportunity to understand the genetic relationship between chondritic silicates and metal. Metal in CR chondrites has often been believed to be of condensate origin for two reasons: (i) its P and Cr content [3]; (ii) its Co and Ni following a condensation trend i.e. having the cosmic ratio of 0.046 [3,2]. A tendency for Ni (and Co) to be higher in the grains in chondrule interiors compared to grains sitting on chondrule margins was thus interpreted as evidence that the core metal grains had condensed at higher temperatures, suggesting accretionary growth of chondrules at progressively lower temperatures [2], but [4] attributed this to late Fe addition to the grains sitting on the chondrule margins due to FeO reduction from the adjoining silicates. Zanda et al. [5] however showed that Ni and Co in the metal grains of the least melted chondrules (based on the silicate grain sizes and the chondrule outline) did not follow a condensation trend and that the Ni-Co correlation was gradually established during chondrule melting due to Fe oxidation or reduction. In addition, Zanda et al. [6] showed that the presence of Cr and Si in the metal could be explained by a reaction with the surrounding silicates at the time of chondrule formation. Recently, the debate on the origin of chondritic metal was stirred again by the finding of zoned metal grains in CH-chondrites attributed to condensation [e.g. 7], whereas [8] analyzed PGE distribution in CR chondrites and argued that metal inside chondrules originated during melting via reduction from the silicate melt whereas rim metal was the product of recondensation from a vapor depleted in refractory siderophiles. The present work is a follow up on [6] in which we tried to correlate metal and silicate textures together with their compositions. Textures of silicates and metal: Chondrules in Renazzo are often not spherical. They have convoluted outlines that suggest melted particles in the process of coalescing. (Fig. 1a). The least melted objects have fine-grained silicates and fine-grained metal dispersed throughout. As the melting progresses, the outline of the objects becomes smoother and the internal metal can be seen to coalesce while a metallic rim starts to develop (Fig. 1b). More extensively melted objects are almost spherical. They have very little remaining metal dispersed within the silicates, but exhibit a well developed metallic rim and sometimes can be seen to contain one or 2 large spherical metal grains (Fig. 1c). Figure 1: Three chondrules in Renazzo ranked from less melted (a) to more melted (c). a
Technology and Applications of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials: Current State and Future Trends

Silicon (Si)-based semiconductor devices have long dominated the power electronics industry and are used in almost every application involving power conversion. Examples of these include metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), gate turn-off (GTO), thyristors, and bipolar junction transistor (BJTs). However, for many applications, power device requirements such as higher blocking voltage capability, higher switching frequencies, lower switching losses, higher temperature withstand, higher power density in power converters, and enhanced efficiency and reliability have reached a stage where the present Si-based power devices cannot cope with the growing demand and would usually require large, costly cooling systems and output filters to meet the requirements of the application. Wide bandgap (WBG) power semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), and diamond (Dia) have recently emerged in the commercial market, with superior material properties that promise substantial performance improvements and are expected to gradually replace the traditional Si-based devices in various power electronics applications. WBG power devices can significantly improve the efficiency of power electronic converters by reducing losses and making power conversion devices smaller in size and weight. The aim of this paper is to highlight the technical and market potential of WBG semiconductors. A detailed short-term and long-term analysis is presented in terms of cost, energy impact, size, and efficiency improvement in various applications, including motor drives, automotive, data centers, aerospace, power systems, distributed energy systems, and consumer electronics. In addition, the paper highlights the benefits of WBG semiconductors in power conversion applications by considering the current and future market trends.
Regional Frequency Analysis

Confidence intervals of growth curves are calculated to assess the uncertainty of index flood method as a regional frequency analysis. The asymptotic variance of quantile estimator for the generalized logistic distribution is introduced to evaluate confidence intervals. In addition, the variances of at-site frequency estimator and regional frequency estimator are used to evaluate an efficiency index. The efficiency indexes for 14 homogeneous regions based on 378 stations show that index flood method estimators are more efficient than at-site frequency estimators. It is shown that the number of sites in a region needs to be lim-ited for regional gain.
Post-Processing for the Battlescale Forecast Model and Mesoscale Model Version 5

Abstract : The Battlescale Forecast Model (BFM) produces many forecasting parameters including temperature, pressure, dewpoint, relative humidity, wind information, as well as precipitation amounts. While these output data provide valuable weather information Tactical Decision Aids such as the Integrated Weather Effects Decision Aids (IWEDA) have a need for additional parameters such as icing and turbulence. The IWEDA generates current and forecasted impacts on approximately 70 weapon systems, such as attack helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, and personnel. Of most consequence to IWEDA, are the weather hazards on military operations. These hazards include three-dimensional (3-D) weather effects such as icing, turbulence, and clouds as well as several two-dimensional products that include surface visibility, fog, and thunderstorms. The raw output fields from the BFM and the MM5 can be used to derive these vital weather parameters.
Edinburgh Research Explorer Language redundancy effects on F0

Previous research suggests that words with a high level of language redundancy (i.e. recognition likelihood from familiarity and predictability based on syntactic, pragmatic, and semantic factors) have reduced acoustic salience, such as shorter duration and reduced vowels. The Smooth Signal Redundancy Hypothesis proposes that acoustic salience is controlled via prosodic structure, and makes the prediction that parameters such as fundamental frequency should also be affected by language redundancy. This study investigates the relationship of F0 with lexical frequency, together with bigram (verb-adjective or adjective-noun) frequency and the ratio between these two bigram frequencies. Results from a carefully controlled experiment with quadruplets of minimal pairs suggests that language redundancy can affect fundamental frequency in English.
Nested pared combinatorial logit model to analyze recreational touring behaviour

This study focuses on road planning in tourism according to a viewpoint of regional activation. The influence of travel time reduction caused by improvements of the road network to connect each tourist site in the area on touring travel behaviour are examined. The influence is evaluated by the increase of traffic flows on routes and the number of tourists visiting the sites. In predicting recreational touring behaviour, a problem may arise that the alternatives of route and destination choice models are not exclusive and independent. Then, the results of conventional models such as the multinomial logit (MNL) model will be misleading in future demand forecasting. Nested Paired combinatorial logit (PCL) models are newly developed in order to predict route and destination choice behavior. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213535.
National radiation exposures and risks caused by implementing EPA`s proposed revised national primary drinking water regulations

This report estimates risks to workers and the public associated with treatment processes and their associated waste products that would be mandated under proposed regulations of radium, radon, and uranium in drinking water. Three scenarios were examined: (1) all wastes flushed to the sanitary sewer; (2) all wastes disposed on land; (3) similar to (2) but radon removal by granulated activated carbon rather than packed tower aeration. Risks considered included accidental injury and cancer. Worker risks for both scenarios I and II were estimated to be 0.025 and 0.01 deaths per year of operation for radium-226 and radium-228, respectively. Worker risks for uranium were estimated to be 0.13 deaths/year of operation for scenario I and 0.5 deaths/year of operation for scenario II. Worker risks for radon removal were estimated to be 1.7 deaths/year of operation for scenario I and 2.2 deaths/year of operation for scenario II. Risks to the public for scenarios I and II for radium-226 were 4 {times} 10{sup {minus}4} and for radium-228 were 9 {times} 10{sup {minus}5} deaths/year of operation. Risks to the public for scenarios I and II for uranium were 7.3 {times} 10{sup {minus}2} and 2 {times} 10{sup {minus}4}, respectively. Risks to the public formore » scenario I and II for radon were 24 deaths/year of operation and for scenario III were nil. Public risks were quantified only for people exposed during a year of operation. For example, effects of public exposures in future years via groundwater contamination associated with landfill of treatment waste were not considered. « less
CharmBana: Progressive Responses with Real-Time Internet Search for Knowledge-Powered Conversations

We introduce CharmBana, a cutting-edge social chatbot created by the team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to compete in the Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5. CharmBana’s primary innovation lies in its ability to harness Internet search and proactively gather the latest information and knowledge from the web, relating to any given subject in real-time, and seamlessly integrate it into a conversation through progressive response generation. We delve into CharmBana’s system design and architecture, elucidate the implementation specifics of major modules, and explore the research and development undertakings throughout the competition to enhance CharmBana. Furthermore, we share valuable insights gleaned from experiments and the competition, emphasizing novel methods devised for progressive response generation utilizing real-time internet search, and presenting preliminary findings on the automated evaluation of conversation quality.
Perfect Sampling of Jackson Queueing Networks

We consider open Jackson networks with losses with mixed finite and infinite queues and analyze the efficiency of sampling from their exact stationary distribution. We show that perfect sampling is possible, although the underlying Markov chain may have an infinite state space. The main idea is to use a Jackson network with infinite buffers (that has a product form stationary distribution) to bound the number of initial conditions to be considered in the coupling from the past scheme. We also provide bounds on the sampling time of this new perfect sampling algorithm for acyclic or hyperstable networks. These bounds show that the new algorithm is considerably more efficient than existing perfect samplers even in the case where all queues are finite. We illustrate this efficiency through numerical experiments. We also extend our approach to non-monotone networks such as queueing networks with negative customers. Key-words: Perfect Simulation, Markov Chain, Jackson networks, bounding process ∗ Inria, Département d’Informatique de l’ENS (DI ENS) Paris, France † Inria, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France ‡ Université Joseph Fourier, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France ha l-0 08 51 33 1, v er si on 1 13 A ug 2 01 3 Simulation parfaite de réseaux de Jackson Résumé : On considère les réseaux de Jackson avec perte comportant des files finies et infinies, et l’on s’intéresse à l’efficacité des techniques d’échantillonnage de leur distribution stationnaire exacte. Nous démontrons que la simulation parfaite est possible même si la chaîne de Markov sous-jacente a un espace d’états potentiellement infini. L’idée principale est d’utiliser un réseau de Jackson aux files infinies (qui admet une distribution de forme-produit) pour borner les conditions initiales à considérer dans l’algorithme de simulation parfaite. Nous donnons également des bornes sur le temps d’échantillonnage de ce nouvel algorithme dans le cas des réseaux acycliques, ainsi que pour des réseaux hyperstables. Ces bornes prouvent que le nouvel algorithme est considérablement plus efficace que les échantillonneurs parfaits acuels, même dans le cas où toutes les files sont finies. Nous illustrons cette efficacité par des expériences numériques. Enfin, nous généralisons notre approche au cas des réseaux non-monotones comme les réseaux aux clients négatifs. Mots-clés : Simulation parfaite, réseaux de Jackson, chaînes de Markov, processus bornant ha l-0 08 51 33 1, v er si on 1 13 A ug 2 01 3 Perfect Sampling of Jackson Queueing Networks 3
COMPARING THE NON-UNITAL AND UNITAL SETTINGS FOR DIRECTED HOMOTOPY

Cette note explore le lien entre la structure de mod`eles de type Quillen des  ots et la structure de mod`eles de Ilias sur les petites cat´egories enrichies sur les espaces topologiques. Les deux ont des ´equivalences faibles qui induisent des ´equivalences sur les (semi)cat´egories fondamentales. La structure de mod`eles de Ilias ne peut pas ˆetre transf´er´ee sur les  ots le long de l’adjoint `a gauche qui ajoute le morphismes identit´e. La structure de mod`eles minimale sur les  ots ayant comme co  brations le transfert le long de ce foncteur des co  brations de la structure de mod`eles de Ilias a comme cat´egorie homotopique l’ensemble totalement ordonn´e `a 3 ´el´ements. La structure de mod`eles de type Quillen des  ots peut ˆetre transf´er´ee le long de l’adjoint `a droite oubliant les morphismes identit´e. On obtient une cat´egorie de mod`ele minimale telle que les ´equivalences faibles induisent une ´equivalence sur les cat´egories fondamentales. Le foncteur identit´e de la cat´egorie des petites cat´egories enrichies sur les espaces topologiques n’est ni un adjoint de Quillen `a gauche, ni un adjoint de Quillen `a droite entre la structure de mod`eles de type Quillen et la structure de mod`eles de Ilias. Abstract. This note explores the link between the q-model structure of  ows and the Ilias model structure of topologically enriched small categories. Both have weak equivalences which induce equivalences of fundamental (semi)categories. The Ilias