Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Behaviour of Bi-Adhesive in Double-Strap Joint with Embedded Patch Subjected to Bending

Abstract In this study, behaviour of bi-adhesive used in the repair of damaged parts was analyzed, using the finite element method. In a double-strap joint with an embedded patch, patch is embedded into the adherents for structural requirements. In addition, to increase the strength of the joint, two adhesives are used to bond the adherents. This approach reduces stress concentration at the overlap ends, increases the load capacity and delays the failure. These effects give rise to higher joint strength. For this purpose, a stiff adhesive, FM73 produced by Cytec Fiberite, was applied in the middle portion of the overlap, while a softer adhesive, SBT9244 from 3M, was applied towards the edges, prone to stress concentrations. Non-linear finite element analyses were carried out to predict the failure loads, to assist with the geometric design and to identify effective ratios of sizes to maximize joint strength.
Remarks on van der Waals's equation, the cohesion pressure of a gas, and the role of intermolecular forces

The cohesion pressure of a real gas is considered to be caused by the collision interaction of the gas molecules. The collision duration time of two molecules is taken not to be zero but being of finite value τ. This time of collision duration is calculated according to the collision theory of Heinrich Hertz. This leads to a new calculation of the cohesion pressure of the gas which is compared with the van der Waals a-constant. The comparison shows an equivalence of both descriptions of the cohesion pressure for gases consisting of molecules with spherical symmetry. Deviations from spherical symmetry are discussed. The new description doesn't need the assumption of intermolecular attractive forces for particles with spherical symmetry.
The Relationship between Board Diversity of Information and Communication Technology Expertise and Information and Communication Technology Investment: A Review of Literature

Board members with diverse expertise are crucial to supplement the need of the board to oversee the conduct of the management is in line with the shareholders’ interests. In relation to the ICT related industry, diverse board with ICT expertise is in need. There are very limited studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between board diversity of ICT expertise and ICT investment. Thus, this paper provides the literature review on the relationship between board diversity of ICT expertise and ICT investment. It is hoped that this paper provides important guidance and insights to have a clear understanding of the relationship between board diversity of ICT expertise and ICT investment.
AR Model-Based Direction-of-Arrival Estimation of Coherent Signals in the Presence of Unknown Mutual Coupling

This paper addresses the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation of coherent signals in the presence of unknown mutual coupling, and an autoregression (AR) model-based method is proposed. The effects of mutual coupling can be eliminated by the inherent mechanism of the proposed algorithm, so the DOAs can be accurately estimated without any calibration sources. After the mixing matrix is estimated by independent component analysis (ICA), several parameter equations are established upon the mixing matrix. Finally, all DOAs of coherent signals are estimated by solving these equations. Compared with traditional methods, the proposed method has higher angle resolution and estimation accuracy. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.
Which Emotions Can be Induced by Music? What Are the Underlying Mechanisms? And How Can We Measure Them?

The study of emotional effects of music is handicapped by a lack of appropriate research paradigms and methods, due to a dearth of conceptual-theoretical analyses of the process underlying emotion production via music. It is shown that none of the three major assessment methods for emotion induction – lists of basic emotions, valence-arousal dimensions, and eclectic emotion inventories – is well suited to the task. By focusing on a small number of evolutionarily continuous basic emotions one downplays the more complex forms of emotional processes in humans, especially affective feeling states produced by music which do not serve adaptive behavioral functions. Similarly, a description of emotional effects of music limited to valence and arousal gradations precludes assessment of the kind of qualitative differentiation required by the study of the subtle emotional effects of music. Finally, eclectic lists of emotions generated by researchers to suit the needs of a particular study may lack validity and reliability and render a comparison of research results difficult. A second problem consists in the tendency to assume that “emotions” and “feelings” are synonyms. It is suggested that “feelings” can be profitably conceptualized as a central component of emotion, which integrates all other components and serves as the basis for the conscious representation of emotional processes and for affect regulation. It is proposed that a radical paradigm change is required to free research on the emotional effects of music from the excessive constraints imposed by these two common misconceptions. Concretely, it is suggested that affect produced by music should be studied as (more or less conscious) feelings that integrate cognitive and physiological effects, which may be accounted for by widely different production rules. Suggestions for new ways of measuring affective states induced by music are made.
Extending Processing to CAD applications

The Processing language was created to teach programming to the design, architecture, and electronic arts communities. Despite its success, Processing has limited applicability in the architectural realm, as no CAD (Computer-Aided Design) or BIM (Building Information Modeling) application supports Processing. As a result, architects that have learnt Processing are unable to use the language in the context of modern, script-based, architectural work. This work joins Processing with the world of CAD or BIM applications, creating a solution that allows architects to prototype new designs using Processing and generate results in a CAD or BIM application. To achieve this, we developed an implementation of Processing for the Rosetta programming environment, allowing Processing scripts to generate 2D and 3D models in a variety of CAD or BIM applications, such as AutoCAD, Rhinoceros3D, SketchUp, and Revit.
Are You Smart Enough? How Colleges’ Obsession With Smartness Shortchanges Students

In Are You Smart Enough? How Colleges’ Obsession With Smartness Shortchanges Students, Alexander Astin asserted that U.S. higher education’s preoccupation with traditional notions of student intelligence supports educational inequity. He argued, further, that this inequity impairs the growth and development of higher education. He suggested ways to address this inequity and asserted that the benefits of an educated populace might be better realized through the implementation of his suggestions. Astin contended that this concern is relevant for higher education in the United States, in what is an increasingly diverse, knowledge-based society that must address educational inequity for its own betterment.
MRI for Suspected Appendicitis in Pregnancy

Aim: Acute appendicitis is the most common disease in pregnant women. Based on the premise of the protection of fetus, diagnosis sometimes would be difficult. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risk and benefit of magnetic resonance imaging for suspected acute appendicitis in Pregnancy. Method: From Oct 2015 to Apr 2017, 10 pregnant women came to our emergency department because of suspected acute appendicitis. We bring MRI to participate the diagnosis in case ultrasound is insufficient to make accurate detection. Result: 5 cases with nonvisualization of appendicitis and 5 cases were confirmed acute appendicitis. Ultrasound of these women couldn't clearly show the abnormal anatomy. But with non-radiation MRI acute appendicitis with presence of appendicoliths were identified. Conclusion: The use of MRI in pregnant women with suspected acute appendicitis is meaningful, not only in confirmation or exclusion of appendicitis but also alternative non-radiation diagnosis tool for further treatment.
Slab-pull and slab-push earthquakes in the Mexican , Chilean and Peruvian subduction zones

We studied intermediate depth earthquakes in the Chile, Peru and Mexican subduction zones, paying special attention to slab-push (down-dip compression) and slab-pull (down-dip extension) mechanisms. Although, slab-push events are relatively rare in comparison with slab-pull earthquakes, quite a few have occurred recently. In Peru, a couple slab-push events occurred in 1991 and one slab-pull together with several slab-push events occurred in 1970 near Chimbote. In Mexico, several slab-push and slab-pull events occurred near Zihuatanejo below the fault zone of the 1985 Michoacan event. In central Chile, a large M = 7.1 slab-push event occurred in October 1997 that followed a series of four shallow Mw > 6 thrust earthquakes on the plate interface. We used teleseismic body waveform inversion of a number of Mw > 5.9 slab-push and slab-pull earthquakes in order to obtain accurate mechanisms, depths and source time functions. We used a master event method in order to get relative locations. We discussed the occurrence of the relatively rare slab-push events in the three subduction zones. Were they due to the geometry of the subduction that produces flexure inside the downgoing slab, or were they produced by stress transfer during the earthquake cycle? Stress transfer can not explain the occurence of several compressional and extensional intraplate intermediate depth earthquakes in central Chile, central Mexico and central Peru. It seemed that the heterogeneity of the stress field produced by complex slab geometry has an important influence on intraplate intermediate depth earthquakes. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
The Power of Many: Assessing the Economic Impact of the Global Fiscal Stimulus

The Bank of Canada Global Economy Model (BoC-GEM) is used to examine the effect of various types of discretionary fiscal policies on different regions of the globe. The BoC-GEM is a microfounded dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium global model with six regions, multiple sectors, and international linkages. The authors use the model to assess four main fiscal policy concerns: (i) how the effect of an isolated local fiscal stimulus differs from one jointly implemented in all regions; (ii) which regions are most likely to gain from joint fiscal stimuli, and why; (iii) how the impact of fiscal stimulus can differ conditional on how it is implemented, its timing and duration, and its magnitude relative to that of other regions; and (iv) how the impact of fiscal policy is affected by the inability of monetary policy to push nominal interest rates below zero. The authors use their results to gauge the potential effect of fiscal policy initiatives of the G-20 countries in 2009 and 2010.
Strengthening the Growth of Indian Defence by Harnessing Nanotechnology - A Prospective

Nano-networking is truly interdisciplinary and emerging field including nanotechnology, biotechnology, and ICT. It is a developing research area which consists of identifying, modeling, analyzing and organizing communication protocols between devices in Nanoscale environments. The main goal is to explore beyond the existing capabilities of Nanodevices by cooperating and sharing information between them. Since conventional communication models are not appropriate to represent Nanonetworks, it is necessary to introduce new communication paradigm in the form of suitable protocols and network architectures. Nanotechnology could greatly improve some of the existing technologies and thus create new operational opportunities or, at least, help the military forces to strengthen themselves in the battlefield. The paper presents a brief overview of nanotechnology applications in defence sector and the challenges towards realization of protocols for Nanocommunication. The research is going forward and one can expect more protection rather than damage in the domain of ‘Nano-age’. Defence Science Journal, 2013, 63(1), pp.46 -52 , DOI:http://dx.doi. org/10.14429/dsj. 63.3763
Using Compliment Responses in Arabic and English: Focusing on Male and Female EFL Learners in Iraq

Paying complements is probably a universal phenomenon. However, differences arise when the interlocutors attempt to respond the complements in different cultures. This study extracted and categorized the types of Compliment Responses (CRs) that the Iraqi EFL learners produced both in English and Arabic. It also examined the effect of gender on the variation use of these strategies. To this end, a Discourse Completion Test (DTC) was adapted and designed to elicit the data from 100 undergraduate students (50 males and 50 females), majoring in general English from University of Babylon, Iraq. For eliciting the Arabic CRs, the DCT was translated into Arabic. The collected CRs were then categorized based on Herbert’s (1986) taxonomy. The results showed that the Iraqis accepted the compliment more in English than in Arabic. The results also evidenced the effect of gender on CRs. Given the English responses, females used more appreciation tokens than the males. They also transferred the Arabic formulaic expressions more than their male counterparts, hence showed a high interest of modesty. Females also preferred to questions the compliments frequently more than the males. This might be an indication of females’ interest to expect the reassurance or repetition of the compliments (Han, 1992). Given the Arabic responses, although there were not significant differences among the genders’ responses, males used more praise upgrade responses. The study recommended English language teachers to help learners enhance their knowledge or competence of appropriate use CRs in the target language. Based on the research limitations, some suggestions were also considered for further research.
Pragmatic ability in children with early onset brain damage and children with pragmatic language

7 Acknowledgements . 9 Abbreviations . 11 Background . 13 Introduction . 13 Theories of pragmatic abilities and disabilities . 14 Grice ́s maxims, relevance theory and inference . 15 Politeness . 17 Discourse analysis, text linguistics and narrative ability . 19 Conversational context and interaction . 22 The emergentist model of pragmatic ability and disability . 24 Assessment of pragmatic ability . 25 Assessment of linguistically related abilities . 25 Definition and assessment of cognitively related abilities . 30 Children with early onset brain damage . 33 Cerebral palsy . 33 Spina bifida and hydrocephalus . 35 Children with pragmatic language impairment . 39 Aims . 45 Methods . 47 Participants . 47 Procedure . 49 Study I. 49 Study II . 50 Study III . 50 Study IV . 51 Analyses and scoring . 51 Study I. 51 Study II . 51 Study III . 52 Study IV . 52 Reliability and statistical analyses . 53 Study I. 53 Study II . 53 Study III . 53
Recent Developments in Consumer Credit and Default Literature

This survey discusses recent contributions to the quantitative literature on unsecured consumer debt and default, and some ongoing challenges for the literature. Key topics include the sources of the rise in personal bankruptcies, the importance of asymmetric information and the effects of developments in information technologies on consumer credit markets, delinquency and informal bankruptcy, debt collection and restructuring of distressed debt, the cyclical behavior of consumer debt and default, and the insurance role of household debt. Implications for welfare analysis and policy design are discussed. Several theoretical contributions and approaches to modeling the consumer credit markets are also highlighted.
II. TEHNOLOGII POMICOLE DURABILE - PROTECŢIA MEDIULUI FRUIT SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES - ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION EVALUAREA UNOR SOIURI DE PRUN CULTIVATE IN SISTEM INTENSIV EVALUATION OF SOME PLUM CULTIVARS IN A HIGH DENSITY SYSTEM

Three plum cultivars bred in Romania (‘Carpatin’, ‘Centenar’ and ‘Tita’) were tested together with several standards (‘Cacanska Rodna’ and ‘Stanley’) in a high density experimental orchard established at Pitesti - Maracineni in the spring of 2009, with spacing 4 x 2.25 m. Trees were trained as spindles, grafted on ‘Saint Julian’ rootstock. In the orchard the following characteristics were evaluated: tree vigour based upon measuring of trunk-diameter, yields in kg/tree, time of fruit ripening and basic parameters of fruit quality. All Romanian varieties were characterized by earliness and large fruit, but production was relatively small. Instead, foreign varieties were characterized by high productivity in the 4 th year after planting.
Asymmetric Arbitrage and Default Premiums between the U.S. and Russian Financial Markets

Deviations from covered interest rate parity (CIP) and from a generalized form of CIP involving forward-forward arbitrage between the Russian Treasury bill (GKO) market and the U.S. Treasury bill market are modeled nonlinearly. We find a noarbitrage band within which deviations are random, outside of which deviations revert to the edge of the band. The band is asymmetric, implying that small profit margins trigger arbitrage into the dollar, but large profit margins are needed to trigger arbitrage into the ruble. The bandwidth rises and the speed of mean reversion falls as the maturity increases. The findings are consistent with the existence of Russian default premiums.
Predictability of a Mediterranean Tropical-Like Storm Downstream of the Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Helene (2006)

The extratropical transition (ET) of a tropical cyclone is known as a source of forecast uncertainty that can propagate far downstream. The present study focuses on the predictability of a Mediterranean tropical-like storm (Medicane) on 26 September 2006 downstream of the ET of Hurricane Helene from 22 to 25 September. While the development of the Medicane was missed in the deterministic forecasts from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) initialized before and during ET, it was contained in the ECMWF ensemble forecasts in more than 10% of the 50 members up to 108-h lead time. The 200 ensemble members initialized at 0000 UTC from 20 to 23 September were clustered into two nearly equiprobable scenarios after the synoptic situation over the Mediterranean. In the first and verifying scenario, Helene was steered northeastward by an upstream trough during ET and contributed to the building of a downstream ridge. A trough elongated farther downstream toward Italy and enabled the development of the Medicane in 9 of 102 members. In the second and nonverifying scenario, Helene turned southeastward during ET and the downstream ridge building was reduced. A large-scale low over the British Isles dominated the circulation in Europe and only 1 of 98 members forecasted the Medicane. The two scenarios resulted from a different phasing between Helene and the upstream trough. Sensitivity experiments performed with the Meso-NH model further revealed that initial perturbations targeted on Helene and the upstream trough were sufficient in forecasting the warm-core Medicane at 84- and 108-h lead time.
Trends in atmospheric new-particle formation: 16 years of observations in a boreal-forest environment

New-particle formation (NPF) is globally an important source of climatically-relevant atmospheric aerosols. Here we explore the inter-annual variability and trends in sources and sinks of atmospheric nanoparticles in a boreal forest environment. We look into the precursor vapors leading to the aerosol formation, NPF frequency, as well as the formation and growth rates of the freshly-formed particles. The analysis is based on 16 years of data acquired from the Station for Measuring Ecosystem–Atmosphere Relations (SMEAR II) in Hyytiälä, Finland. The results indicate that the probability of NPF is connected to both air mass origin, explaining a large part of the year-to-year variability in the number of NPF events, and concentrations of low-volatile vapours. The probability of NPF increases with increasing gaseous sulphuric acid concentrations, but even better association is found between the NPF probability and product of sulphuric acid and low-volatile organic vapour (proxy) concentrations. While the concentrations of both sulphuric acid (evaluated by proxy) and sulphuric-acid precursor sulphur dioxide decreased over the 16-year measurement period, the new-particle formation and growth rates slightly increased. On the other hand, the proxy concentrations of oxidized organics increased in all seasons except in winter. The contribution of sulphuric acid to the particle growth was minor, and the growth rate had a clear connection with the ambient temperature due to higher emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds at higher temperatures. For a given sulphuric acid concentration evaluated by proxy, particle formation rates tended to be higher at higher temperatures.
Third sector leadership: the power of narrative

The third sector is experiencing a radical shift in its political and economic environment. It is possible that it may be undergoing a significant transformation in its shape, its role and its relationship with the state. However, much of the third sector’s conversation appears to be focused on questions of organisational survival and resilience. There seems to be precious little overall discussion of the deeper question of what the sector is in the process of becoming, or what role it should play through and beyond the contemporary politics of austerity. There appears to be no sustained sector-wide conversation about the potential transformation underway. Drawing on academic literature on leadership, this paper outlines a version of third sector leadership as involving strategic narrative, as discursive intervention to frame and shape the direction of debate. The paper calls for a more open and vigorous conversation about the role and future of the third sector, and the potential for developing a big narrative for the third sector and civil society.
A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Language Used by Defendants of Homicide in Court

In this study we present the updated version of the Greek Corpus of Defendantsâ€™ Testimonies, GCDT and a series of new evaluations that have been carried out on the defendantsâ€™ speech. Using criteria, such as lexical richness, lexical density, part-of-speech frequencies, word and sentence length, we look for linguistic features which could characterize the stylometric profile of the defendants. We also present GCWT, a reference corpus that has been constructed similar to GCWT stylistic features. GCWT contains witnessesâ€™ testimonies collected in the court.