Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Web image search engine using semantic of Images's meaning for achieving accuracy

Web based Image search engine is a contrivance using that re-ranking of numerous images from web is possible as well as matching of images in semantic space for which attributes and reference classes are possible. Nowadays, with user search intention web search engine provide set of relevant as well as irrelevant Images to user and then user select query Image from pool and then remaining Images are re-rank based on their visual similarities. These visual similarities of images do not well correlate with Images semantic meaning and this is main drawback with current web search engine. However, learning visual semantic meaning of Images that used to characterize high-definition Images from web is very difficult task. So, In this paper we propose unique web Image re-ranking framework that offline and online learned Images visual and semantic meaning regarding with numerous query keywords. These visual and semantic meaning of Images extended to visual semantic space of Image to get visual semantic signatures. The proposed framework improved Images accuracy and efficiency. The semantic meaning of Images can be relatively smaller than original visual features of Images.
Research in Software Engineering: Paradigms and Methods

Software Engineering (SE) is a field without too much historic background. The youth of the SE discipline is resulted in an immaturity of this research field and SE research still lacks suitable scientific precision. Moreover, in SE research there are several objects of study with different nature each of them and, for this reason, different research and validation methods are needed. In view of this situation, we discuss the nature of the SE, trying to identify different kinds of research problems this discipline deals with. As hypothesis, and according to the nature of the research problem to be broached, we propose a classification of the research problems of the SE discipline in: those with a Scientific nature and those with an Engineering nature. We try to justify this hypothesis on the basis of the paradigms and the research process which is in general used for the resolution of these kinds of problems.
RESHAPE - Rapid forming and simulation system using unmanned aerial vehicles for architectural representation

As digital technology advances, multiple ways of repre-senting objects interactively in space, architects and designers begin to use Virtual Reality (VR) and Immersive Digital Environ-ments (IDE) to communicate their ideas. However, these technolo-gies are bounded with their spatial limitations. In responding to this issue, our paper introduces ReShape, a digital-physical spatial representation system supported by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarm technology that allows a user to project their unbuilt design and interact with them in real space, unattached by headset, fixed cameras or screen. ReShape can be controlled by user orien-tation and gesture as an input, where the real-time feedback is provided by UAV spatial arrangement in space, augmented by computational simulation. Spatial data is transmitted between the UAV agents for the user to experience the digital model, creating a versatile and computationally efficient platform to edit and en-hance the design in real-space. This paper outlines four systems in ReShape, i.e., (1) detection system to identify and locate the user position and orientation; (2) task-arrangement system to provide spatial information to the UAV agents; (3) UAV's communicating system to control the UAV position and task in space; and (4) Physical-Digital forming system, to project digital simulation by the UAV agents.
9-120-A-60 - Gastro II-2018

La carcinose péritonéale (CP) se définit comme la dissémination tumorale dans la cavité péritonéale. Elle résulte des pathologies malignes primaires du péritoine (pseudomyxome et mésothéliome essentiellement) ou secondaires à des cancers digestifs (particulièrement colorectal, gastrique, pancréatique, et appendiculaire) ou gynécologiques avancés, mais aussi autres (sein, poumon). La technique de cytoréduction chirurgicale (CC) constitue une avancée majeure dans le traitement des CP primitives et de certaines carcinoses secondaires. L’apport de la chimiohyperthermie intrapéritonéale (CHIP) a fait l’objet de nombreux travaux dont certains sont randomisés ; son utilisation est actuellement répandue dans la prise en charge, chez des patients sélectionnés, des CP d’origine colorectale et appendiculaire, des mésothéliomes et des pseudomyxomes péritonéaux. On ne connaît pas l’efficacité de la CC et de la CHIP prises isolément chacune, cette réponse devrait prochainement être apportée par des nouveaux essais randomisés français. La prise en charge de la CP est complexe et doit être confiée à des centres experts. Tous les efforts doivent être faits dans l’objectif de réaliser un traitement à visée curative ; malheureusement, cette maladie est souvent découverte à un stade trop avancé et nécessite le recours à des traitements palliatifs. Des progrès sont à attendre dans des innovations thérapeutiques en termes de molécules de chimiothérapie, de traitements préventifs de la CP et de thérapies ciblées (biomarqueurs tumoraux type vascular endothelial growth factor).
Stabilizing the Phase Response of Blind Array Processors for GNSS Interference Cancellation

This paper considers blind adaptive antenna arrays as a possible solution to the interference cancellation problem in the GNSS context. The weight vector update in blind nullformers can introduce phase jumps not suitable for a generic GNSS receiver. In order to force a null imaginary part of the array’s response, we consider the design of two classes of blind symmetric arrays with conjugate symmetric weights. Finally, one of both provides a null phase response of the processor; the price is half the degrees of freedom of the array that cannot be used to cancel interferences.
LQR CONTROL OF LIQUID LEVEL AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR COUPLED-TANK SYSTEM

This paper shows the linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) control of coupled-tank system based on the linearized mathematical model. Although the system is nonlinear, it can be linearized at the operating points. Therefore, the temperature and level controller is designed via the method, which is applicable in practical. Also, the control method is known as an optimal control and it has good performance is obtained by determining some matrices of and designing of control for liquid level and temperature controls.
Novel Materials and Transport Phenomena with Classical and Quantum Skyrmions February 2014 Applicant

Magnetic skyrmions are non-coplanar nanosized spin structures, similar to tiny knots. First observed in 2009, they were found to have highly unusual physical properties, which make them suitable for spintronics applications. Being very small and highly mobile, skyrmions can be used as building blocks of a new generation of low-dissipation data processing and memory devices. The unusual dynamics of skyrmions driven by electrical and thermal currents is directly related to their non-trivial topology and its understanding is of fundamental importance. The proposed theoretical research will investigate new topological e ects in the transport of charge and heat resulting from the coupled dynamics of skyrmions, electrons and magnons. The novelty of our approach lies in the study of skyrmions with new low-energy collective modes and in considering quantum e ects, which will become important for nanometre-sized skyrmions in ultra-high density devices. One of the main goals of the proposed research is to identify and predict new skyrmion materials.
Does Organizational Justice Influence Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Engineers ? A Conceptual Paper

This article reviewed the relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. It was revealed that there are inconsistency of the findings in the past studies. This has triggered a need for further exploration on the linkage between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. It is suggested that more empirical researches to be conducted in the future to provide a more concrete evidences on the linkage between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. The new dimensions of organizational justice, namely Temporal Justice and Spatial Justice should be included in future study to yield empirical evidences on the linkage.
Computation of the mean hydrodynamic structure of detonation with losses

In the ideal ZND model, the reaction zone length matches the distance from the leading shock to the sonic plane. When losses are taken into account, this is no longer the case and the chemical reaction is not fully completed at the sonic plane location. The thermicity condition thus incorporates the losses which balances the heat release. Detonations are also known to develop a multidimensional cellular structure, of which the regularity can be related to the activation energy, all other thermodynamic parameters being fixed. There is thus a need of include these dynamics aspects of the detonation propagation into a dedicated length scale.
Airborne MMW cross-track InSAR System Analysis

An airborne MMW cross-track InSAR system is discussed. The system design is presented based on MMW solid transmitter, dual-channel receivers, low phase noise signal generator, gyro-stabilized mount, position and orientation system. The system's parameters are analyzed. A performance simulation result denotes that the elevation accuracy (0.5-1m) is possible for the MMW InSAR with 0.5m resolution.
Myasthenia Gravis Appearing After the Removal of Thymoma

THE INCIDENCE OF THYMOMA among patients with myasthenia gravis is between 15 and 30 per cent. The lower figure is derived from cases subjected to surgery13 and may be erroneously low, because patients with thymoma are sometimes rejected for surgery and because the tumor may not be discovered during life. The greater incidence has been found in autopsy series4.5 and may be erroneously high if, as has been suggested by several authors, the tumor is associated with a more malignant form of myasthenia than encountered in patients who have no tumor. On the other hand, a large proportion of patients with thymoma also have myasthenia gravis. At the Mayo Clinic, of 45 patients with thymoma, 34 also had myasthenia graviss and more recently Gray7 has reported that the incidence has not changed. At the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center 11 of 33 thymomas have occurred in patients with myasthenia,s and a similar incidence was found among 32 thymomas studied at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the University of Michigan.9 There seems to be little doubt that there is a significant relationship between myasthenia and thymoma, but the nature of this association has not been elucidated. The question may be raised whether thymic abnormality causes myasthenia in some manner. The best evidence for this hypothesis is that thymectomy often has a beneficial effect on the disease,1-3 and Wilson'" has recently reported the presence of a neuromuscular blocking substance in extracts of thymic tissue removed from myasthenic patients. Iversonll believes that the epithelial cells of thymomas in patients with myasthenia resemble secretory endocrine cells, whereas thymomas from nonmyasthenic patients do not have this apearance. There are, however, several facts which cast doubt on the hypothesis that thymic abnormality causes myasthenia: 1 ) myas-
Headline Generation with User Embedding

In this paper, we conduct a review headline generation task that produces a short headline from a review post by a user. We argue that this task is more challenging than document summarization, because the headlines generated by users vary from person to person. It not only needs to effectively capture the preferences of the users who post the reviews, but also requires to mine the emphasis of the users regarding the review when they write the headlines. To this end, we propose to incorporate the user information as the prior knowledge into the encoder and decoder for general sequence-to-sequence model. Specifically, we introduce user embedding for each user, and then we use these embeddings to initialize the encoder and decoder, or as biases for decoder initialization. We construct a review headline generation dataset, and the experiments on this dataset demonstrate that our models significantly outperform baseline models which do not consider user information.
The effect of local changes in potassium and bicarbonate concentration on hypothalamic blood flow in the rabbit.

Blood flow has been measured locally in the hypothalamus of anaesthetized rabbits by measuring the clearance of small volumes (5‐20 mul.) of a mock cerebrospinal fluid solution containing 133Xe. The effect of varying the [K+] or [HCO‐3] of the 133Xe‐containing solution on local hypothalamic blood flow has been investigated. 2. There was an increase in local hypothalamic blood flow if the 133Xe‐containing solution was HCO3‐‐free; raising the [HCO‐‐3,] of the solution to 40 mM caused a fall in local blood flow. 3. There was an increase in local hypothalamic blood flow when 133Xe was injectedin a mock cerebrospinal fluid containing 10 or 20 mM‐[K+]. There was no significant change in blood flow if a K+‐free or a 40 mM [K+] solution was used. 4. The decrease in hypothalamic blood flow caused by injecting a 40 mM‐[HCO3] solution could be reversed by the addition of 20 mM [K+] to the solution. There was no further increase in blood flow if 20 mM‐[K+] was added to a HCO3‐‐free solution. 5. It is concluded that local blood flow in the hypothalamus changes as a result of variation in local [K+] as well as local [HCO‐3]. The changes in blood flow in the brain which accompany neuronal activity could be mediated by variation in local [K+].
A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla

It has long been assumed that the extant bilaterian phyla generally have their origin in the Cambrian explosion, when they appear in an essentially modern form. Both these assumptions are questionable. A strict application of stem‐ and crown‐group concepts to phyla shows that although the branching points of many clades may have occurred in the Early Cambrian or before, the appearance of the modern body plans was in most cases later: very few bilaterian phyla sensu stricto have demonstrable representatives in the earliest Cambrian. Given that the early branching points of major clades is an inevitable result of the geometry of clade diversification, the alleged phenomenon of phyla appearing early and remaining morphologically static is seen not to require particular explanation. Confusion in the definition of a phylum has thus led to attempts to explain (especially from a developmental perspective) a feature that is partly inevitable, partly illusory. We critically discuss models for Proterozoic diversification based on small body size, limited developmental capacity and poor preservation and cryptic habits, and show that the prospect of lineage diversification occurring early in the Proterozoic can be seen to be unlikely on grounds of both parsimony and functional morphology. Indeed, the combination of the body and trace fossil record demonstrates a progressive diversification through the end of the Proterozoic well into the Cambrian and beyond, a picture consistent with body plans being assembled during this time. Body‐plan characters are likely to have been acquired monophyletically in the history of the bilaterians, and a model explaining the diversity in just one of them, the coelom, is presented. This analysis points to the requirement for a careful application of systematic methodology before explanations are sought for alleged patterns of constraint and flexibility.
Distributional Impacts of Changes in Value Added Tax Rates in the Czech Republic

— The paper evaluates the ongoing reform of VAT in the Czech Republic in terms of impacts on individual households. The main objective is to analyse the impact of given changes on individual households. The adopted method is based on the data related to household consumption by individual household quintiles; obtained data are subjected to micro-simulation examining. Results are discussed in terms of vertical tax justice. Results of the analysis reveal that VAT behaves regressively and a sole consolidation of rates at a higher level only increases the regression of this tax in the Czech Republic.
Time-Restricted Inquiry-Based Learning Promotes Active Student Engagement in Undergraduate Zoology Laboratory†

Organizing a zoology laboratory for an undergraduate course is often a challenge, particularly in a limited-resource setting, due to the vast variety of topics to cover and the limited numbers of preserved specimens and permanent slides. In zoology, the class structure generally takes the form of a lecture demonstration followed by sample exhibition stations. This setting often fails to actively engage the majority of students in exploring the specimens. Here we propose an alternative organization of a zoology class lab format comprised of short guided-inquiry, time-restricted lab stations, and a freely structured follow-up project intended to increase attention and conceptual understanding of the lab topic. The lab is designed in two parts: a 10-minute in-class rotation portion, where small groups of students take turns investigating specimens following an instructor demonstration, and an after-class group assignment. We implemented the strategy for two years, and it is clear that our approach significantly increased students’ active engagement in the class. The time-restricted scheme ensures all students participate despite limited resources, while the guided instructions keep the students focused on the topic. Furthermore, the team assignment portion, in particular the media creation aspect, promoted teamwork among group members.
The CURE for Cultivating Fastidious Microbes†

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) expand the scientific educational benefits of research to large groups of students in a course setting. As part of an ongoing effort to integrate CUREs into first-year biology labs, we developed a microbiology CURE (mCURE) that uses a modified dilution-to-extinction high throughput culturing protocol for isolating abundant yet fastidious aquatic bacterioplankton during one semester. Students learn common molecular biology techniques like nucleic acid extraction, PCR, and molecular characterization; read and evaluate scientific literature; and receive training in scientific communication through written and oral exercises that incorporate social media elements. In the first three semesters, the mCUREs achieved similar cultivability success as implementation of the protocol in a standard laboratory setting. Our modular framework facilitates customization of the curriculum for use in multiple settings and we provide classroom exercises, assignments, assessment tools, and examples of student output to assist with implementation.
Magnetic inhibition of convection in O-star envelopes

It has been suggested that the absence of macroturbulence in the atmosphere of NGC 1624−2 is due its strong magnetic field (the strongest known for a massive O star) suppressing convection in its outer layers, removing the mechanism thought responsible for the observed macroturbulence in stars with lower field strengths. Here, we develop and apply a criterion for a uniform magnetic field to suppress convection in stellar envelopes in which radiation pressure is a significant contributor to hydrostatic balance. We find upper mass limits of ∼55 and ∼30 M⊙ for magnetic suppression to be possible in zero-age main-sequence and terminal-age main-sequence stars, respectively. For evolved stars, magnetic suppression of convection can significantly alter the stars’ evolution. For NGC 1624−2, we find that a polar dipole strength of 16.5 ± 5.9 kG is required to suppress convection, in good agreement with the value ∼20 kG measured by spectropolarimetry.
Discovering Neural Wirings

The success of neural networks has driven a shift in focus from feature engineering to architecture engineering. However, successful networks today are constructed using a small and manually defined set of building blocks. Even in methods of neural architecture search (NAS) the network connectivity patterns are largely constrained. In this work we propose a method for discovering neural wirings. We relax the typical notion of layers and instead enable channels to form connections independent of each other. This allows for a much larger space of possible networks. The wiring of our network is not fixed during training -- as we learn the network parameters we also learn the structure itself. Our experiments demonstrate that our learned connectivity outperforms hand engineered and randomly wired networks. By learning the connectivity of MobileNetV1we boost the ImageNet accuracy by 10% at ~41M FLOPs. Moreover, we show that our method generalizes to recurrent and continuous time networks. Our work may also be regarded as unifying core aspects of the neural architecture search problem with sparse neural network learning. As NAS becomes more fine grained, finding a good architecture is akin to finding a sparse subnetwork of the complete graph. Accordingly, DNW provides an effective mechanism for discovering sparse subnetworks of predefined architectures in a single training run. Though we only ever use a small percentage of the weights during the forward pass, we still play the so-called initialization lottery with a combinatorial number of subnetworks. Code and pretrained models are available at this https URL while additional visualizations may be found at this https URL.
Decentralized Spectrum Learning for IoT Wireless Networks Collision Mitigation

This paper describes the principles and implementation results of reinforcement learning algorithms on IoT devices for radio collision mitigation in ISM unlicensed bands. Learning is here used to improve both the IoT network capability to support a larger number of objects as well as the autonomy of IoT devices. We first illustrate the efficiency of the proposed approach in a proof-of-concept based on USRP software radio platforms operating on real radio signals. It shows how collisions with other RF signals present in the ISM band are diminished for a given IoT device. Then we describe the first implementation of learning algorithms on LoRa devices operating in a real LoRaWAN network, that we named IoTligent. The proposed solution adds neither processing overhead so that it can be ran in the IoT devices, nor network overhead so that no change is required to LoRaWAN. Real life experiments have been done in a realistic LoRa network and they show that IoTligent device battery life can be extended by a factor 2 in the scenarios we faced during our experiment.