Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Haptic Illusions through Augmenting Humans and Environments

With the evolution of hardware and technologies within the last decades, workspaces, ways of living, and consequently, the demands on interactions have changed enormously. However, haptic feedback remains a constant and critical factor in enriching the user experience. Realistic haptic feedback usually demands complex hardware integration, which is not always feasible or desired. These requirements and limitations can be reduced by producing or altering haptic experiences through sensory illusions. These illusions allow using all everyday life objects as input technology and simultaneously reduce the amount of needed hardware. There will be no need for several remote controllers or devices anymore as the objects we usually have at home or carry with us can be used as remote controllers or interacted with. Therefore, we must understand multisensory integrations and processes and explore which known illusions can be taken or modified to achieve that goal. We also aim to determine which kinds of haptic feedback can be created via illusions.
We're in This Together: Exploring Explanation Needs and Methods in Shared Automated Shuttle Buses

The landscape of transportation is evolving, giving rise to novel mobility concepts such as automated shuttle buses which might become a commonplace mode of transportation in the next decades. However, the individual user’s and society’s acceptance of this new form of mobility requires finding solutions for basic human factor issues and a pivotal aspect of achieving this acceptance revolves around comprehending the decisions and behaviors of the automation. In this work, we aimed to explore passengers’ explanation needs within automated shuttle buses and derived strategies for delivering essential information effectively. To accomplish this, we conducted a user study involving N=16 participants. This study encompassed a brief driving simulation experiment that compared default explanations with on-demand explanations, followed by group discussions. Initial results revealed that default explanations, accessible on a shared screen visible to all passengers, emerged as the preferred method for receiving information. Moreover, participants expressed a preference for explanations to be provided solely in safety-critical or unusual situations. Additionally, our analysis underscored the psychological dynamics of group settings and the apprehension of potential judgment by peers as influential factors in participants’ evaluations of information concepts.
Interacting with smart walls: a multi-dimensional analysis of input technologies for augmented environments

This paper reports on a multi-dimensional evaluation of three typical interaction devices for wall-sized displays in augmented environments. Touch, trackpad and gesture input were evaluated regarding a variety of usability dimensions in order to understand the quality profile of each input device. Among the three interaction devices, the touch input showed the highest scores in performance and acceptance as well as hedonic value.
A theoretical overview on effects of road humps on traffic speed, noise and volume in improving residential living environment

This paper is part of an ongoing study that aims to analyse the effectiveness of road humps as a traffic calming measure in improving the living environment. It contains a review of how different road hump installations affect traffic speed, noise and volume. The findings are that differences in hump height and spacing are factors in influencing the speed selection by drivers. There are also uncertainties in regards to the effects of road humps on traffic noise levels, while road humps are effective in reducing the traffic volume only if more attractive alternative routes are available. Gaps identified in the previous studies are the consideration of road geometrics sample sizes, seasonal periods and development changes in before-and-after studies. Further studies should be conducted on the effects of road humps on traffic speed, noise and volume in consideration of the gaps identified from previous studies.
Sex, breadwinner status, and perceived job insecurity: A comparative analysis in Europe

Previous research has produced contradictory results about the relationship between sex and perceived job insecurity (JI). The male-breadwinner ideology has been put forward to explain the fact that women often report less JI. In addition, previous research on JI has highlighted the importance of the national socioeconomic context, and gender studies have underlined the need to take gender dimensions into account when studying national socioeconomic contexts. This article contributes to those debates by measuring the effect of sex on JI and the moderating effect of breadwinner status in different groups of countries characterized by homogeneous socioeconomic and gender-related contexts. To do so, the authors use the 2015 EWCS survey, and add macro indicators for the national contexts. The results show that when controlling for breadwinner status, sex has no significant effect regardless of the national context; in addition, breadwinner status moderates the relationship between sex and perceived JI in some national contexts.
European carbon prices and banking restrictions : evidence from phase I ( 2005-2007 )

The price of European Union Allowances (EUAs) has been declining at far lower levels than expected during Phase I (2005-2007). Previous literature identifies among its main explanations over-allocation concerns, early abatement efforts in 2005 and possibly decreasing abatement costs in 2006. We advocate low allowance prices may also be explained by banking restrictions between 2007 and 2008 which undermine the ability of the EU ETS to provide an efficient price signal. Based on a Hotelling-type analysis, our results suggest EUA prices do not reflect adequately abatement costs. We also give evidence that the French ban on banking and the expected allowance scarcity at the end of Phase I computed by the Ellerman-Parsons ratio contribute to the explanation of low EUA prices. This situation may be interpreted as a sacrifice of the temporal flexibility offered to industrials in Phase I to give a chance to correct design inefficiencies and achieve an efficient price pattern leading to effective abatement efforts in Phase II. JEL Codes: Q28, Q52, Q58
The homeless mind in a mobile world: An autoethnographic approach on cognitive immobility in international migration

The migration phenomenon, in which the mind travels ahead of the body, especially among would-be travellers, has received scholarly attention within migration studies. Research in this area has not unpacked the cognitive migration experiences of those who have already moved. This autoethnographic article explores the feelings, thoughts and experiences of an individual living abroad in the United Kingdom but cognitively imprisoned at his ancestral home in Igbo land. It draws on the concept of cognitive migration and the author’s own experiences and feelings to introduce and explain the phenomenon of cognitive immobility, which exemplifies the dialectical conflict between the aspirations of longing for and emotions of belonging to a place against a simultaneous desire to remain distant from it. This article advocates the recognition of this cognitive experience of being trapped in place while mobilised in-person elsewhere in migration studies, providing a lens to view such experiences that have erstwhile received inadequate attention. This article contributes to the growing body of knowledge in relation to cognitive migration processes and experiences of those contemplating or participating in human mobility.
Dendrodendritic Inhibition and Simulated Odor Responses in a Detailed Olfactory Bulb Network Model

[PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , May 5, 2004; 24 (18): 4382-4392. J. Neurosci. S. Lagier, A. Carleton and P.-M. Lledo Oscillations in the Rat Olfactory Bulb Interplay between Local GABAergic Interneurons and Relay Neurons Generates {gamma} [PDF] [Abstract] , August 1, 2004; 10 (4): 292-303. Neuroscientist P.-M. Lledo, A. Saghatelyan and M. Lemasson Inhibitory Interneurons in the Olfactory Bulb: From Development to Function [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , November 1, 2005; 30 (9): 801-813. Chem Senses T. A. Cleland and C. Linster Computation in the Olfactory System [PDF] [Full Text] , February 8, 2006; 26 (6): 1663-1668. J. Neurosci. A. Gelperin Olfactory Computations and Network Oscillation [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , December 13, 2006; 26 (50): 12996-13006. J. Neurosci. N. E. Schoppa Granule Cells AMPA/Kainate Receptors Drive Rapid Output and Precise Synchrony in Olfactory Bulb
Adapting conservation policy to the impacts of climate change : an integrated examination of ecological and social dimensions of change

ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. iii LIST OF TABLES. vi LIST OF FIGURES. vii GLOSSARY.viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . xii CO-AUTHORSHIP STATEMENT. xv
Coseismic Frictional Heating With Concomitant Hydrothermal Fluid Circulation Revealed by Rock Magnetic Properties of Fault Rocks From the Rupture of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China

Coseismic frictional heating and associated hydrothermal fluid circulation play an essential role in the dynamic weakening of seismic faults. However, temperature rise induced by frictional heating during an earthquake is still difficult to constrain. Magnetic properties of fault rocks convey abundant information on faulting processes. In this study, detailed rock magnetic measurements in combination with electron microscopic observations are conducted on fault rocks and protoliths from the Shaba outcrop (Beichuan County) on the Yingxiu‐Beichuan Fault ruptured during the 2008 Wenchuan Mw 7.9 earthquake. Results show that protoliths and the majority of fault rocks are dominated by paramagnetic pyrite and/or Fe‐bearing clay minerals; in contrast, the presence of pyrrhotite and goethite is confined to the fault gouges just next to the principal slip surface. Pyrrhotite is a product of pyrite alteration at high temperatures (>500°C) induced by seismic frictional heating during earthquake slip. Meanwhile, the goethite implies the presence of coseismic hot fluids within the fault zone. All these observations strongly suggest the occurrence of thermal pressurization as a plausible mechanism of coseismic fault weakening during the Wenchuan earthquake.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients treated with interferon

Isolated cases of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients treated with interferon (IFN) α or &bgr; have been reported in the literature. The aim of this study was to describe all consecutive cases of PAH patients with a history of IFN exposure identified in the French reference centre for severe pulmonary hypertension between 1998 and 2012. A total of 53 patients with PAH and a history of IFN therapy were identified. 48 patients had been treated with IFNα for chronic hepatitis C. Most of them had portal hypertension (85%) and 56% had HIV co-infection. Five additional patients had been treated with IFN&bgr; for multiple sclerosis. The diagnosis of PAH was made within 3 years after IFN therapy in 66% of patients. Repeated haemodynamic assessment was available in 13 out of 16 patients exposed to IFN after the diagnosis of PAH. Increased pulmonary vascular resistance >20% was observed in 11 out of 13 cases (median 43% increase; IQR 32–67%). In five of these patients, IFN withdrawal resulted in spontaneous haemodynamic improvement. This retrospective analysis suggests that IFN therapy may trigger PAH. However, most of these patients had other risk factors for PAH. A prospective case–control study is necessary to definitively establish a link between IFN exposure and PAH. Clinical data suggest that interferon therapy may be a trigger for pulmonary arterial hypertension http://ow.ly/BweqG
Lithofacies classification in the Marcellus Shale by applying a statistical clustering algorithm to petrophysical and elastic well logs

AbstractInterpreting shale lithofacies is an important step in identifying productive zones in the Marcellus Shale gas play; the target reservoir can be less than 3 m (10 ft) thick with overlying shales that appear similar on certain petrophysical well logs and in the core. However, these nonreservoir-quality shales contain widely varying organic and mechanical properties. To distinguish between reservoir- and nonreservoir-quality shale facies, this classification method applies a pattern-recognition algorithm, expectation maximization, to a set of commonly available petrophysical and elastic well logs to create 1D shale facies models along the wellbore. The statistical algorithm classifies the petrophysical and elastic well-log data into defined facies using the theory that each well log contains a distribution of Gaussian curves for each facies. The method is applied to 12 wells across Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia, and it is able to discriminate between shale facies based on organic content a.
Estimating site index from ecological factors for industrial tree plantation species in Mindanao, Philippines

Forest plantations are mainly developed for wood production but may also be established to provide a wide array of services like wildlife habitat, biodiversity, aesthetics and other services (Packalen et al., 2011). The rapid increase in the world’s population amidst the issue of increasing forest loss and degradation (Fox, 2000) amplifies the major role of forest plantations for timber production in meeting the world's increasing demand for wood. This issue and the increasing demand on forestlands for competing land uses serve as impetus for intensive management of plantation forests. In intensive forest plantation management, higher growth rates could be achieved by concentrating timber production on best-adapted sites (Fox, 2000) or when species are properly matched with their site requirements (Harrison and Herbohn, 2000). In concept, the productivity of plants decrease when an environmental factors is outside the optimum range for growth of the plant (Chen et al., 1998). This is usually accomplished through identification and evaluation of site quality specific to the target tree species. Site quality is defined as the innate productive capacity of the land area (Clutter et al., 1983). Its evaluation characterizes the potential site productivity under a specified management regime and identifies associations between soil-site features and tree growth (Fox, 2000). The information derived from site quality evaluation aids forest managers in evaluating silvicultural implications (Louw and Scholes, 2002), assists in making cost-effective decisions about land-use and silvicultural investment levels (Mckenney and Pedlar, 2003) and facilitates management decision-making and development of new technology (Fox, 2000). Knowledge on site quality for forest management has been properly and thoroughly stressed in many studies in the past (Chen et al., 1998; Kayahara et al., 1998; Seynave et al., 2005; Mitsuda et al., 2007; Bosela et al., 2013). In terms of timber production, the widely used measure of site quality is site index, which is usually defined as the estimated height of the dominant trees at a site at a particular reference or base age (Carter and Klinka, 1990; Nigh, 1995; Carmean, 1996; Iverson et al., 1997; Chen et al., 1998; Richardson et al., 1999; Davis et al., 2001; Hui-yan et al., 2001; Mitsuda et al., 2001; Nigh, 2002; Mckenney and Pedlar, Estimating site index from ecological factors for industrial tree plantation species in Mindanao, Philippines
Fuzzy‐model‐based robust control of Markov jump nonlinear systems with incomplete transition probabilities and uncertain packet dropouts

Interval type‐2 fuzzy Markov jump systems (IT2FMJSs) have received much attention because they can well describe complex nonlinear systems with uncertainties and stochastic system mode switching. However, the transition probabilities of fuzzy MJSs (FMJSs) have been assumed to be completely known, limiting real‐world applications of existing results. Different from the previous studies, transition probabilities between system modes switching are partially unknown, and packet dropouts of data transmission are uncertain in this study. Compared with the previous studies, the main advantages of this work are as follows: (1) To analyze stochastic stability and reduce conservatism of existing approaches, a novel Lyapunov function that depends on both system mode and fuzzy basis function is constructed; (2) the existence of a mode‐dependent and fuzzy‐basis‐dependent state feedback controller is revealed; (3) stochastic stability of closed‐loop system with a desired H∞$$ {H}_{\infty } $$ performance is established, and the problem of incomplete transition probabilities and uncertain packet dropouts has been completely addressed. An illustrative example of a robot arm is used to demonstrate the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed control strategy. By virtue of the proposed strategy, the effects of incomplete transition probabilities and uncertain packet dropouts on IT2FMJSs have been completely alleviated.
Parameter self‐learning feedforward compensation‐based active disturbance rejection for path‐following control of self‐driving forklift trucks

In this paper, for self‐driving forklift, a path‐following framework based on composite disturbance rejection that combines a cascaded active disturbance rejection controller and an online estimator of model parameters is proposed on the basis of a geometry feedforward controller. The model‐based cascaded active disturbance rejection control (ADRC), in particular, is composed of an outer‐loop controller and an inner‐loop controller, with the outer‐loop controller reducing lateral error by manipulating the desired heading direction and the inner‐loop controller achieving heading control by adjusting the steering angle. The unmodeled dynamics of the actual forklift motion are denoted as total disturbances, which can be timely estimated by the extended state observer (ESO). Moreover, to increase the transient response, a parameter self‐learning based geometry feedforward controller is designed in conjunction with the forklift characteristics. The stability analysis is presented and the effectiveness of the composite algorithm is quantitatively evaluated in experiments, demonstrating the superiority over the conventional pure pursuit algorithm and the only use of ADRC.
Interactive comment on "Multi-periodic climate dynamics: spectral analysis of long-term instrumental and proxy temperature records" by H.-J. Lüdecke et al.

Tying in with the comment previously made by Oliver Bothe, I’d like to elaborate on the observed periodicity in the instrumental temperature record exclusively from a climate physics point of view. On page 4501, line 12, the authors explicitly state: “The cause of the periodicities is unknown”. This worded, the authors literally thwart half a century of research which has been trying to isolate the volcanic climate forcing (e.g. Mitchell (1961), Lamb (1970)). In fact, Hansen et al. (1981) already showed that the global temperature trend can only be successfully reproduced in climate model simulations if one considers the historic volcanic forcing strength (see Fig. 5 in their paper). Only
Sensitivity of a high‐elevation rocky mountain watershed to altered climate and CO2

We explored the hydrologic and ecological responses of a headwater mountain catchment, Loch Vale watershed, to climate change and doubling of atmospheric CO2 scenarios using the Regional Hydro‐Ecological Simulation System (RHESSys). A slight (2°C) cooling, comparable to conditions observed over the past 40 years, led to greater snowpack and slightly less runoff, evaporation, transpiration, and plant productivity. An increase of 2°C yielded the opposite response, but model output for an increase of 4°C showed dramatic changes in timing of hydrologic responses. The snowpack was reduced by 50%, and runoff and soil water increased and occurred 4–5 weeks earlier with 4°C warming. Alpine tundra photosynthetic rates responded more to warmer and wetter conditions than subalpine forest, but subalpine forest showed a greater response to doubling of atmospheric CO2 than tundra. Even though water use efficiency increased with the double CO2 scenario, this had little effect on basin‐wide runoff because the catchment is largely unvegetated. Changes in winter and spring climate conditions were more important to hydrologic and vegetation dynamics than changes that occurred during summer.
Influence of curvy stiffeners on the axial crushing response of 3D-printed polymer composite cylindrical tubular structures

Fused deposition modeling, is one of the highly efficient layer-wise additive manufacturing techniques that have shown great prospective in fabricating the energy-absorbing structures as per the designed geometry with appreciable accuracy. In this research study, the axial crushing performance of various polymer and polymer composite-based cylindrical tubular structures with different types of curved stiffeners is investigated experimentally. Four design configurations were proposed for the cylindrical tube with curved stiffeners and all the tubular samples were fabricated through fused deposition modeling-based 3D printing technique. Subsequently, quasi-static axial crushing tests were performed for the successfully fabricated tubes and their axial crushing characteristics were determined and compared. Overall results indicated that the P/CF-CCS1 configuration shows highly improved energy absorption efficiency than the other tube configurations considered in this study. Cylindrical tubes with curvy stiffeners show a more stabilized crushing response with better energy absorption capability in all of the proposed tube configurations.
Contextualized word senses: from attention to compositionality

Abstract The neural architectures of language models are becoming increasingly complex, especially that of Transformers, based on the attention mechanism. Although their application to numerous natural language processing tasks has proven to be very fruitful, they continue to be models with little or no interpretability and explainability. One of the tasks for which they are best suited is the encoding of the contextual sense of words using contextualized embeddings. In this paper we propose a transparent, interpretable, and linguistically motivated strategy for encoding the contextual sense of words by modeling semantic compositionality. Particular attention is given to dependency relations and semantic notions such as selection preferences and paradigmatic classes. A partial implementation of the proposed model is carried out and compared with Transformer-based architectures for a given semantic task, namely the similarity calculation of word senses in context. The results obtained show that it is possible to be competitive with linguistically motivated models instead of using the black boxes underlying complex neural architectures.