Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Stacking magnetic random access memory atop microprocessors: an architecture-level evaluation

Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) has been considered as a promising memory technology because of its attractive properties such as non-volatility, fast access, zero standby leakage and high density. Although integrating MRAM with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic may incur extra manufacturing cost because of the hybrid magnetic-CMOS fabrication process, it is feasible and cost-effective to fabricate MRAM and CMOS logic separately and then integrate them using 3D stacking. In this work, we first studied the MRAM properties and built an MRAM cache model in terms of performance, energy and area. Using this model, we evaluated the impact of stacking MRAM caches atop microprocessor cores and compared MRAM against its static random access memory (SRAM) and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) counterparts. Our simulation result shows that MRAM stacking can provide competitive instruction-per-cycle (IPC) performance with a large reduction in power consumption.
Joystick Teaching System for Industrial Robots Using Fuzzy Compliance Control

eyes. When handy air-driven tools are used in robotic sanding, keeping contact with the curved surface of the workpiece along the normal direction is very important to obtain a good surface quality. If the orientation of the sanding tool largely deviates from normal direction, then the kinetic friction force tends to become unstable. Consequently, smooth and uniform surface quality can’t be achieved. That is the reason why a novel teaching system that assists the operator is now being expected in the manufacturing field of furniture. In this paper, an impedance model following force control is first proposed for an industrial robot with an open architecture servo controller. The control law allows the robot to follow a desired contact force through an impedance model in Cartesian space. And, a fuzzy compliance control is also presented for an advanced joystick teaching system, which can provide the friction force acting
Modeling and Simulation on Desynchronization of Neuronal Networks under Electrostatic Field

To explore therapeutic mechanism for Parkinson's disease and other shivering senile diseases, the effect of external electrostatic field on the spiking of single Izhikevich neuron model and synchronized firing of large scale Izhikevich neuronal network were studied with computer simulation. The simulation results suggest that external electrostatic field can decrease the firing rate of single neuron and restrain the firing synchronism of the large scale neuronal networks, and real-time simulation for firing of large scale neuronal networks was realized with proposed method in the study. The conclusion may explain therapeutic effect of external electric fields on Parkinson's disease and other shivering diseases.
Economic Performance N RECENT YEARS MANY countries have

N RECENT YEARS MANY countries have adopted or made progress toward adopting legislative proposals removing their central banks from government control, that is, making them independent. Between 1989 and 1991, New Zealand, Chile and Canada enacted legislation that increased the independence of their central banks. The 1992 Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) requires European Community (EC) members to give their central banks independence as part of establishing the European Monetary Union. As a result, EC countries that do not yet have strongly independent central banks have introduced legislation or announced their commitment to make their central banks more independent.1 Furthermore, in recent months the governments of Brazil and Mexico have announced their intentions to introduce legislation to create more independent central banks.
Single Administration of the CXC Chemokine-Binding Protein Evasin-3 During Ischemia Prevents Myocardial Reperfusion Injury in Mice

Objective—Evasins (chemokine-binding proteins) have been shown to selectively neutralize chemokine bioactivity. We investigated the potential benefits of Evasin-3 on mouse myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Methods and Results—In vivo and ex vivo (Langendorff model) left coronary artery ligature was performed in C57Bl/6 mice. Coronary occlusion was maintained for 30 minutes, followed by different times (up to 24 hours) of reperfusion. Five minutes after coronary occlusion, mice received 1 intraperitoneal injection of Evasin-3 or vehicle. Infarct size was assessed histologically and by serum cardiac troponin I ELISA. In vitro neutrophil chemotaxis, immunohistology, oxidative stress quantification, real-time RT-PCR analysis of leukocyte chemoattractants, and Western blots for cardioprotective intracellular pathway activation were performed. Evasin-3 reduced infarct size and cardiac troponin I levels compared with vehicle. This effect was associated with the reduction of neutrophil infiltration and reactive oxygen species production within the infarcted myocardium. Evasin-3 did not reduce infarct size in the absence of circulating neutrophils (Langendorff model). Evasin-3 did not influence the activation of intracellular cardioprotective pathways or the expression of leukocyte chemoattractants during early phases of reperfusion. Conclusion—Single administration of Evasin-3 during myocardial ischemia significantly reduced infarct size by preventing CXC chemokine-induced neutrophil recruitment and reactive oxygen species production in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion.
Research on the Covering of the Biomimetic Pattern Recognition of the High Dimensional Information Geometry

Objective: To research on the application of high dimensional space theory to the biomimetic pattern recognition. Procedures: The sample was constructed into a k-dimensional simplex in a high dimensional space and 0.85 times of the average distance between the vertices was chosen as the threshold value thus a convex cell body covering the k-dimensional simplex was constructed. By determining whether the sample point could be covered by the convex cell body derived from a certain sample group, the sample was recognized and classified. Methods: The orthogonal complementary space of the subspace was constructed and the Euclidean distance between the point and the subspace was calculated and the distance from the point to the k-dimensional simplex was further calculated. Results: The study solved the problem of whether the sample point is covered by a certain convex cell body and its correctness was testified via human-face recognition. Copyright © 2013 IFSA.
Inter-ASN Handover Using MSCTP Protocol in IEEE 802.16e Networks

We propose in this paper, to replace the two Layer 3 Handover mechanisms defined for the situation of macro mobility with IP address change in IEEE 802.16e: “Client-MIP and Proxy-MIP”, by the new protocol created specially for the mobility without services interruptions: “MSCTP”, which has the peculiarity to support several IP sessions at the same time.The purpose of this proposal is to reduce the latency and avoid the interruption of services during the IP address change procedure by the mobile station.We compare simulation results, done with NS2 [1], between MSCTP, PMIP and CMIP protocols under the context of simple and full mobility.
Imputing missing covariate values for the Cox model

Multiple imputation is commonly used to impute missing data, and is typically more efficient than complete cases analysis in regression analysis when covariates have missing values. Imputation may be performed using a regression model for the incomplete covariates on other covariates and, importantly, on the outcome. With a survival outcome, it is a common practice to use the event indicator D and the log of the observed event or censoring time T in the imputation model, but the rationale is not clear.
Occupancy Grid Models for Robot Mapping in Changing Environments

The majority of existing approaches to mobile robot mapping assumes that the world is static, which is generally not justified in real-world applications. However, in many navigation tasks including trajectory planning, surveillance, and coverage, accurate maps are essential for the effective behavior of the robot. In this paper we present a probabilistic grid-based approach for modeling changing environments. Our method represents both, the occupancy and its changes in the corresponding area where the dynamics are characterized by the state transition probabilities of a Hidden Markov Model. We apply an offline and an online technique to learn the parameters from observed data. The advantage of the online approach is that it can dynamically adapt the parameters and at the same time does not require storing the complete observation sequences. Experimental results obtained with data acquired by real robots demonstrate that our model is well-suited for representing changing environments. Further results show that our technique can be used to substantially improve the effectiveness of path planning procedures.
Securing the Wireless Mesh Networks against Epidemic Attack

-In recent years, wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have emerged as a promising platform to provide easy Internet access. However, this increasing popularity of WMNs makes them an ideal target for different attacks. One such attack is the pollution attack/ epidemic attack. Epidemic attack is a severe security problem in wireless mesh networks. Several papers in the literature bring about the idea of securing the WMN, however their role of defending the pollution attack is limited. This paper provides an environment to detect and identify the malicious node that pollutes the packets. The detection algorithm implemented is based upon the time based checksum and batch verification in the MAC Opportunistic routing and encoding (MORE). This system allows an easy way of finding the malicious neighbor node. The identified malicious node is stopped from further communication. The packets transmitting via the malicious node is dropped and the packets are retransmitted to the destination.
Structural and Topographical Studies of the Type IV Bundle-Forming Pilus Assembly Complex of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

ABSTRACT The type IV bundle-forming pili (BFP) of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are required for virulence in orally challenged human volunteers and for the localized adherence and autoaggregation in vitro phenotypes. BFP filament biogenesis and function are encoded by the 14-gene bfp operon. The BFP assembly complex, containing a BfpB-His6 fusion protein, was chemically cross-linked in situ, and the complex was then purified from BFP-expressing EPEC by a combination of nickel- and BfpB antibody-based affinity chromatography. Characterization of the isolated complex by immunoblotting using BFP protein-specific antibodies showed that at least 10 of the 14 proteins specified by the bfp operon physically interact to form an oligomeric complex. Proteins localized to the outer membrane, inner membrane, and periplasm are within this complex, thus demonstrating that the complex spans the periplasmic space. A combination of immunofluorescence and immuno-gold thin-section transmission electron microscopy studies localized this complex to one pole of the cell.
Las singularidades del capital humano de las cooperativas como elementos caracterizadores de su capital intelectual

La literatura empresarial de la ultima decada, ha identificado en la gestion del conocimiento una de las herramientas imprescindibles para una moderna direccion de empresas. En este sentido, la identificacion, medicion y gestion de los intangibles criticos de una empresa es posible mediante estados de capital intelectual capaces de aportar a la direccion informacion relevante sobre donde reside el valor y su evolucion en el tiempo. Las cooperativas, como empresas singulares, poseen un capital humano de caracteristicas particulares. Asi, sus valores constitutivos, la estructuracion del capital, las politicas de seleccion, etc. les confieren unas caracteristicas especificas que merecen ser estudiadas. Asi, la identificacion de las singularidades del capital humano de una cooperativa puede permitir una mejor definicion de su estrategia empresarial, basandola sobre los recursos y capacidades criticos en su negocio. De este modo, -mediante el caso-estudio de una cooperativa de credito- el presente articulo trata de identificar y obtener conclusiones acerca de las ventajas competitivas de las cooperativas respecto al principal recurso empresarial: las personas.
Intention to Adopt Mobile Marketing: An Exploratory Study in Labuan, Malaysia

The evolution of e-commerce also has brought with it a new marketing channel known as mobile marketing (m-marketing). Although mobile devices have been seen as a potential channel to reach consumers, effort is still needed to understand what influences intention to adopt mobile marketing. This study integrates innovation characteristics of the Innovation-Diffusion Theory (IDT), perceived risk, trustworthiness, and permissibility constructs to investigate what determines user intention to adopt mobile marketing. The proposed model in this study was empirically tested using data collected from a survey of mobile users. The research findings suggested that relative advantage of mobile marketing is the strongest influence in building consumers’ intention decision to adopt mobile marketing. All other constructs were statistically significant in influencing behavioural intent to adopt mobile marketing. This study’s findings support Rogers’ (2003) perceived characteristics of innovation attributes that form a favourable or unfavourable attitude toward the innovation.
Ecclesiology today and its potential to serve a missionary church

This article engages the theme of the 2017 meeting of the American Society of Missiology: “Missiology’s Dialogue Partners: Practitioners and Scholars Conversing about the Future of Mission. ” It seeks to contribute to that conversation by providing a survey of the discipline of ecclesiology with an eye towards how it might learn from the field of mission and how it might inform it. This exploration begins by defining some of the goals, methods, and boundaries of the field of ecclesiology. It then considers three critical issues at the forefront of ecclesiological work today: 1) questions emanating from the ecumenical sphere; 2) shifting demographics within Christianity and corresponding calls for new ecclesial structures, and 3) the necessity of a more robust engagement between ecclesiology and the social sciences. The concluding section offers some reflections about how the current state of ecclesiology might provide glimpses of the future of ecclesiology and what light it might shine on the future of missiology.
Occupational Performance Coaching A Descriptive Review of Literature

Purpose: The main goal of this study was to review research literature on Occupational Performance Coaching. Methods: A qualitative descriptive approach was used to investigate the studies in terms of the level of evidence, group participation, outcome measures and results. Findings: Two articles, a Doctoral dissertation and a Master's thesis showed that participants, especially mothers of children with occupational performance problems, can benefit from this approach. Conclusion: Occupational Performance Coaching can be effective however, due to identified weaknesses in the reviewed manuscripts more accurate studies are needed.
Exploratory Characterization of Phenolic Compounds with Demonstrated Anti-Diabetic Activity in Guava Leaves at Different Oxidation States

Psidium guajava L. is widely used like food and in folk medicine all around the world. Many studies have demonstrated that guava leaves have anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic activities, among others, and that these activities belong mainly to phenolic compounds, although it is known that phenolic composition in guava tree varies throughout seasonal changes. Andalusia is one of the regions in Europe where guava is grown, thus, the aim of this work was to study the phenolic compounds present in Andalusian guava leaves at different oxidation states (low, medium, and high). The phenolic compounds in guava leaves were determined by HPLC-DAD-ESI-QTOF-MS. The results obtained by chromatographic analysis reported that guava leaves with low degree of oxidation had a higher content of flavonols, gallic, and ellagic derivatives compared to the other two guava leaf samples. Contrary, high oxidation state guava leaves reported the highest content of cyanidin-glucoside that was 2.6 and 15 times higher than guava leaves with medium and low oxidation state, respectively. The QTOF platform permitted the determination of several phenolic compounds with anti-diabetic properties and provided new information about guava leaf phenolic composition that could be useful for nutraceutical production.
Self Evaluation of Epoc: Ecient Probabilistic Public-key Encryption

This document evaluates the security and performance of a public-key cryptosystem, EPOC (Ecient Probabilistic Public-Key Encryption), which has three versions: EPOC-1, EPOC-2 and EPOC-3. 1 Security 1.1 Summary 1. EPOC-1 is semantically secure or non-malleable against chosen ciphertext attacks (IND-CCA2 or NM-CCA2) in the random oracle model under the p-subgroup assumption, which is comparable to the quadratic residue and higher degree residue assumptions. 2. EPOC-2 with one-time padding (EPOC-2-OTP) is semantically secure or non-malleable against chosen ciphertext attacks (IND-CCA2 or NM-CCA2) in the random oracle model under the factoring assumption (or one-way assumption of the OU encryption function). 3. EPOC-2 with symmetric encryption (EPOC-2-SymE) is semantically secure or non-malleable against chosen ciphertext attacks (IND-CCA2 or NM-CCA2) in the random oracle model under the factoring assumption (or one-way assumption of the OU encryption function), if the underlying symmetric encryption is secure against passive attacks. The advantage of this scheme is that security in the strongest sense is guaranteed for the total system that integrates the asymmetric and symmetric encryption schemes. Therefore, even if the underlying symmetric-key encryption is secure only against passive attacks and not against active attacks, EPOC-2, overall, guarantees security against active attacks. An additional property of EPOC-2 is authentication without using MAC function. That is, the recipient can conrm whether the decrypted message is the same as the one the originator sent. 4. EPOC-3 with one-time padding (EPOC-3-OTP) is semantically secure or non-malleable against chosen ciphertext attacks (IND-CCA2 or NM-CCA2) in the random oracle model under the gap-factoring assumption (or gap-one-way assumption of the OU encryption function). 1 5. EPOC-3 with symmetric encryption (EPOC-3-SymE) is semantically secure or non-malleable against chosen ciphertext attacks (IND-CCA2 or NM-CCA2) in the random oracle model under the gap-factoring assumption (or gap-one-way assumption of the OU encryption function), if the underlying symmetric encryption is secure against passive a t t a c ks. EPOC-3 has the same additional merits as those of EPOC-2. 1.2 Comparison with Other Schemes This section compares the security of EPOC-1/2/3 with other encryption schemes such as OAEP-RSA and ACE. Table 1 summarizes the comparison of security.
in an Object Oriented Language

This paper presents a model and tools to embed synchronous reactive modules in an object-oriented language. Embedded modules behave and may communicate synchronously, may be created or destroyed, and their interconnection may change dynamically at run-time. They are able to communicate asynchronously with other parts, synchronous or asynchronous, of the application.New synchronous classes can be created either by static composition of instances of existing classes, or by inheritance.
Changes in training load, running performance, lower body power and biochemical characteristics of back players throughout a professional Rugby Union season

The aim of this study was to observe and quantify changes in training load (TL), running performance, lower body power and biochemical characteristics of professional rugby union back players over an entire season. Eight professional players (age: 25.8 ± 4.6 y) participated in this study. Session-RPE (S-RPE) and microtechnologies (GPS) were used for assessing training load (TL). During the season, running performance was monitored using the YoYo Recovery Test Level-2 (YYRT2) and lower body power performance using the drop jump (DJ) test. Changes in hematological, endocrine and muscle damage parameters were examined through 3 blood samples taken at separate times throughout the season. TL progressively and significantly (p < 0.001) decreased throughout the season particularly due to the decrease in the training volume. The last blood sample of the season revealed a significant (p < 0.001) increase in hematological parameters and a significant increase (p < 0.01) in cortisol blood concentration without change in the testosterone/cortisol ratio. No significant change in YYRT2 performance was observed over the season, while DJ test performance was significantly lower during the first 2 blocks of the season compared to other blocks. The training volume showed a significant negative correlation with DJ-test performances (TD: r = -0.49 and S-RPE: r = -0.40, p < 0.001) . Although there was a decrease in training volume throughout the season, there was no significant changes in running performance. Furthermore, lower body power production showed a significant increase in particular during the last part of the season.
The Meaning of Entrepreneurship

This paper reviews various definitions of entrepreneurship employed by a number of theoretical economists since Richard Cantillon (circa 1730). Three recurring themes emerge from their definitions, namely that “entrepreneurship” involves: 1) uncertainty and risk, 2) complementary managerial competence, and 3) creative opportunism. The authors argue that modern definitions of entrepreneurship that exclude any of these three fundamental dimensions are basically incomplete.
Patient perception of bodily functions in multiple sclerosis: gait and visual function are the most valuable

Multiple sclerosis is a heterogeneous disease with varying clinical picture. There have been substantial efforts to develop outcome measurements for therapeutic interventions but very few studies have addressed the value of bodily functions from the patient perspective. In a randomly selected cohort of early (<5 years, n = 84) and longer lasting disease courses (>15 years, n = 82) patients we asked for a weighting of 13 bodily functions and compared results with actual disability as measured by the United Kingdom Disability Scale. Lower limb function was given the highest priority in both patient groups followed by visual functioning and cognition especially in longer lasting MS. Actual disability did not correlate with the given priorities indicating that experienced deficits do not influence the subjective ratings of bodily functions. These results underline that ambulation-focused scales in MS represent a key dimension from the patient perspective. Visual functioning should be taken more into account.
Mediation Skills and Strategies: A Practical Guide

"Mediation is a process that can be used to resolve conflict in many different dispute contexts. This book focuses on the essential skills and strategies needed by any mediator to be successful in their work. Tony Whatling draws on his extensive experience in the field of mediation to explain the range of skills and strategies that are commonly used, as well as why you would use different skills and when they are best employed. The author shows how, by adopting these techniques, a mediator can manage challenging conflicts. It features the use of questioning skills and how they can be used effectively, as well as how to deal with high emotion and negative responses. This book is essential for anyone who wants to improve their mediation skills, whether as a trainee, novice or experienced professional. "