Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Human Behavior Modeling In A Cursor Tracking Game

The growing demand for human-machine system applications makes it more frequent to deal with human-in-the-loop control problems. The Model Reference Adaptive Controller (MRAC) can adaptively handle uncertainties in dynamical systems and can be useful in human-in-the-loop settings. But once a human becomes a command provider of a control system, human reaction delay can make the system unstable. In this thesis, through the experimental data of the human-in-the-loop MRAC system approved by the IRB, the control behaviors of human subjects are investigated. By using the Extended State Observer proposed in the Active Disturbance Rejection Control system, this thesis finds that all the human subjects in the study have a similar control pattern when participating in the experiment, which indicates that there is a potential generalized behavior model for human subjects. Then, the human-in-the-loop MRAC experimental data were subjected to both linear and nonlinear identification through the System Identification Toolbox provided by Matlab. The results show that only using the modeling tools provided by Matlab is not enough to directly match all the data, therefore these models cannot be used to predict the control behavior of most of the subjects. However, these models can indirectly predict the human behavior in the experiment, that is, predict the intention of human as to whether the human will control the cursor up or down in the near future. Throughout the test for different trials, the best predictive model is found to be the nonlinear model, which has an accurate prediction of human intentions in most cases. This promising result shows that it is possible to utilize this model in the future to prevent the human subject’s excessive control in the control loop.
Autocatalytic Delivery of Brain Tumor–Targeting, Size‐Shrinkable Nanoparticles for Treatment of Breast Cancer Brain Metastases

Breast cancer brain metastases (BCBMs) represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with breast cancer. Chemotherapy, which is widely used to treat tumors outside of the brain, is often ineffective on BCBMs due to its inability to efficiently cross the blood‐brain barrier (BBB). Although the BBB is partially disrupted in tumor lesions, it remains intact enough to prevent most therapeutics from entering the brain. Here, a nanotechnology approach is reported that can overcome the BBB through synthesis of lexiscan‐loaded, AMD3100‐conjugated, shrinkable nanoparticles (NPs), or LANPs. LANPs respond to neutrophil elastase–enriched tumor microenvironment by shrinking in size and disrupt the BBB in tumors through lexiscan‐mediated modulation. LANPs recognize tumor cells through the interaction between AMD3100 and CXCR4, which are expressed in metastatic tumor cells. The integration of tumor responsiveness, tumor targeting, and BBB penetration that enables LANPs to penetrate metastatic lesions in the brain with high efficiency is demonstrated and, when doxorubicin is encapsulated, LANPs effectively inhibit tumor growth and prolong the survival of tumor‐bearing mice. Due to their high efficiency in penetrating the BBB for BCBMs treatment, LANPs have the potential to be translated into clinical applications for improved treatment of patients with BCBMs.
Synthesis of cathode composite powders from methylcellulose matrix: Li2FeSiO4/C, Li2FeP2O7/C and LiFePO4/C

Since Padhi et al. reported the electrochemical properties of LiFePO4 in 1997 [1], polyanion cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries attract interest of researchers because of the added safety and higher voltage values in comparison to the oxide analogues with the same M2+/3+ redox pair. The higher safety and higher voltage come from strong covalent bonding within the polyanion units and, over the years, these inherent characteristics have promoted the investigation of different polyanion compounds. Among them, lithium transition-metal silicates, Li2MSiO4, and pyrophosphates, Li2MP2O7, additionally offer the possibility of extraction/ insertion two lithium ions per formula unit thus increasing theoretical capacity. However, unlike their oxide counterparts, polyanion cathodes suffer considerably from low conductivity (both ionic and electronic) which significantly limits their rate performance and therefore application in high power devices. To overcome this obstacle various strategies were developed like minimization of particle size, addition of conductive additives and/or ion doping.
Mesoscale phase separation of chromatin in the nucleus

Intact-organism imaging of Drosophila larvae reveals and quantifies chromatin-aqueous phase separation. The chromatin can be organized near the lamina layer of the nuclear envelope, conventionally fill the nucleus, be organized centrally, or as a wetting droplet. These transitions are controlled by changes in nuclear volume and the interaction of chromatin with the lamina (part of the nuclear envelope) at the nuclear periphery. Using a simple polymeric model that includes the key features of chromatin self-attraction and its binding to the lamina, we demonstrate theoretically that it is the competition of these two effects that determines the mode of chromatin distribution. The qualitative trends as well as the compositional profiles obtained in our simulations compare well with the observed intact-organism imaging and quantification. Since the simulations contain only a small number of physical variables we can identify the generic mechanisms underlying the changes in the observed phase separations.
Preparing Teachers as Democratic Professionals

ABSTRACT This paper discusses the concept of democratic professionalism and argues that it offers a way to frame teacher education so that it can contribute to more productively managing long standing tensions between public schools, minoritized communities, and teacher preparation programs, and to more closely realizing the democratic potential of public education and teacher education. This decolonial approach to teacher education that actively attempts to benefit from the expertise in local minoritized communities seeks to “disrupt” existing power and knowledge hierarchies and create the basis for new alliances between teachers, teacher unions, teacher educators, and community-based social movements in marginalized communities that are seeking an active role in transforming their own communities. The result is a new hybrid structure for teacher education programs that models the emancipatory vision that is often articulated by programs but not practiced.
Defect-limited thermal conductivity in 
MoS2

The wide measured range of thermal conductivities $(k)$ for monolayer ${\mathrm{MoS}}_{2}$ and the corresponding incongruent calculated values in the literature all suggest that extrinsic defect thermal resistance is significant and varied in synthesized samples of this material. Here we present defect-mediated thermal transport calculations of ${\mathrm{MoS}}_{2}$ using interatomic forces derived from density functional theory combined with Green's function methods to describe phonon-point-defect interactions and a Peierls-Boltzmann formalism for transport. Conductivity calculations for bulk and monolayer ${\mathrm{MoS}}_{2}$ using different density functional formalisms are compared. Nonperturbative first-principles methods are used to describe defect-mediated spectral functions, scattering rates, and phonon $k$, particularly from sulfur vacancies $({V}_{\mathrm{S}})$, and in the context of the plethora of measured and calculated literature values. We find that $k$ of monolayer ${\mathrm{MoS}}_{2}$ is sensitive to phonon-${V}_{\mathrm{S}}$ scattering in the range of experimentally observed densities, and that first-principles $k$ calculations using these densities can explain the range of measured values found in the literature. Furthermore, measured $k$ values for bulk ${\mathrm{MoS}}_{2}$ are more consistent because ${V}_{\mathrm{S}}$ defects are not as prevalent.
Vascular-derived SPARC and SerpinE1 regulate interneuron tangential migration and accelerate functional maturation of human stem cell-derived interneurons

Cortical interneurons establish inhibitory microcircuits throughout the neocortex and their dysfunction has been implicated in epilepsy and neuropsychiatric diseases. Developmentally, interneurons migrate from a distal progenitor domain in order to populate the neocortex – a process that occurs at a slower rate in humans than in mice. In this study, we sought to identify factors that regulate the rate of interneuron maturation across the two species. Using embryonic mouse development as a model system, we found that the process of initiating interneuron migration is regulated by blood vessels of the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE), an interneuron progenitor domain. We identified two endothelial cell-derived paracrine factors, SPARC and SerpinE1, that enhance interneuron migration in mouse MGE explants and organotypic cultures. Moreover, pre-treatment of human stem cell-derived interneurons (hSC-interneurons) with SPARC and SerpinE1 prior to transplantation into neonatal mouse cortex enhanced their migration and morphological elaboration in the host cortex. Further, SPARC and SerpinE1-treated hSC-interneurons also exhibited more mature electrophysiological characteristics compared to controls. Overall, our studies suggest a critical role for CNS vasculature in regulating interneuron developmental maturation in both mice and humans.
Modification of Endothelial Function — New Strategy of Antihypertensive Treatment

Wplyw leczenia nadciśnienia tetniczego na strukture i czynnośc środblonka naczyn jest obecnie przedmiotem duzego zainteresowania. Wiele danych doświadczalnych i klinicznych wskazuje na upośledzoną funkcje środblonka w nadciśnieniu tetniczym, co moze miec znaczenie dla rozwoju powiklan sercowo-naczyniowych, zwlaszcza na tle miazdzycy. Ostatnie badania wskazują, ze niektore leki hipotensyjne, a przede wszystkim inhibitory konwertazy angiotensyny i antagoniści receptorow dla angiotensyny II, korzystnie modyfikują zaburzoną funkcje środblonka, a to moze byc waznym elementem leczenia nadciśnienia tetniczego. W artykule omowiono aktualne poglądy na znaczenie dysfunkcji środblonka w rozwoju nadciśnienia tetniczego i mozliwości jej korekcji oraz związane z tym skutki kliniczne.
Isolation And Characterization Of Lactic Acid Bacteria (Lab) From Small Intestine Content Of Duck (Anas Sp.) As A Probiotic Candidate

A group of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as a probiotic agent have been known to have a beneficial effect on health chicken. The objectives of this study were to isolate, characterize and determine of the LAB which originated from the small intestine content of domestic duck (Anas sp.) for candidate of probiotic. Isolation, selection and identification of bacteria was done using de Man Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) agar + 1% bromocresol purple. Characterization of bacteria based on morphological by Gram staining methods, and identification of biochemical characters using catalase activity, and Triple Sugar Iron Agar (TSIA). The data of isolate confirmed to Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. This research carried out on the Microbiology Laboratory, Microbiology Study Program, Yala Radjabhat University (YRU), Faculty of Science and Agriculture. The results showed that according to physiological and biochemical characteristics in various media, the bacteria had Gram +, catalase -, coccus in shape, and were able to ferment glucose to be lactic acid. Based on the result, it is concluded that the LAB isolate shows a similar characteristic to the member of genus Lactobacillus sp. The isolated bacteria shows characteristic resistance to acidic pH and bile salts so the bacteria were fulfilled as a probiotic candidate.
Modification of single-purpose CNN for creating multi-purpose CNN

Modern traditional convolutional neural networks (CNN) are built to solve one specific task, which can be: detecting and localizing objects in an image, restoring a human skeletal model, classifying images, etc. However, existing business problems can be a combination of the above subtasks. The simplest way to solve this problem is to use several ready-made CNN models or to train such models, one for each subtask. But this approach leads to a strong increase in the required computing power, which can be economically costly. The approach presented in the article allows reducing computational costs by adding new blocks to the existing CNN and creating a multi-purpose model.
Desperately Seeking a Standard Metric for Corporate Social Performance

Despite all the attempts developed so far to measure corporate social performance in the last decades, a standard metric for it is still missing. In this work, the author tries to understand why is this the case. To do so, the author has reviewed 69 relevant metrics developed in the literature since the 1970s until today, covering approaches based on social, reputational, and environmental ratings, as well as several others constructed ad hoc by reputated scholars. The author analyzes each of them through a double optics, checking if they meet the minimum requirements to be considered standard and truly social. The research reveals that the main factor that prevents such a standard is the lack of truly social orientation of the existing metrics.
Troubles du langage de l'enfant: évaluation du dépistage par le test ERTL4 chez 1 324 enfants

Objectifs : Evaluer les anomalies de developpement du langage par les epreuves de reperage des troubles du langage utilisables lors du bilan medical de l'enfant de 4 ans (test ERTL4) ainsi que les facteurs pouvantinfluencer les resultats du test sur une population d'enfants examines dans le cadre d'un bilan de sante. Methode : Le test ERTL4 a ete pratique lors d'examens realises par sept pediatres effectuant des vacations dans le Centre de bilans de sante de l'enfant de la caisse primaire d'assurance maladie des Hauts-de-Seine. Criteres d'inclusion : enfants âges de 45 a 54 mois ayant eu un bilan de sante en 2001, criteres d'exclusion : retard psychomoteur, anomalie de l'audition, non-cooperation, difficulte linguistique. Resultats : Test realise chez 1 102 enfants ; 222 exclus essentiellement pour non-cooperation de l'enfant. Le test etait normal chez 63,2 % des enfants, et a revele pour les autres une anomalie mineure (30,0 %) ou des troubles graves (6,8 %). Le taux de tests anormaux decroissait fortement avec l'âge de l'enfant au sein de la classe d'âge indiquee pour le test. Les garcons echouaient plus souvent que les filles et la precarite augmentait le taux d'echec. Les resultats etaient egalement lies a l'operateur. Conclusion : Les scores obtenus au test ERTL4 etaient comparables aux resultats observes dans la litterature. Certains facteurs influencant ces resultats devraient etre pris en compte.
Triangulation with video observation when studying teachers’ practice

The purpose of this paper is to discuss methodological issues concerning the use of video observation of a single lesson as a supplement to interviews when studying teachers’ practice and competencies. ,Using a Danish follow-up study focused on teachers’ practice as a jumping-off point, the authors address both opportunities and challenges when triangulating interviews with video observations of a single lesson. The discussion is structured around the four challenges when using video observations presented by Derry et al. (2010), namely selection, technology, analysis and ethics. ,Based on experiences from the follow-up study, the use of video observations for triangulation has the potential to nuance the meanings ascribed to teachers’ practice. This approach entails productive challenges that can support the more nuanced and diverse perspectives on teachers’ practice if used proactively. ,Although there is a wide body of literature on conducting interviews and observations when studying teachers’ practice, the use of a combination of interviews and video observations is seldom addressed. This paper presents concrete experience of how to capture different aspects of teachers’ practice by triangulating data generated from interviews and from video observations in a research design with limited resources. The authors discuss what to consider when planning and conducting video observations of a single lesson as part of an interview-based study.
Generalização da Forma Empresa Expressa na Política Federal de Cultura - um experimento da renovação do neoliberalismo

1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Laboratório Interdisciplinar Marées -FURG Campus São Lourenço do Sul. E-mail: ptometich@gmail.com 2 Professora Convidada PPGA/UFRGS. E-mail: rosicarvalho88@gmail.com 3 Vinculado à FEAC/UFAL – Maceió. E-mail: rgameiro@gmail.com Generalização da forma empresa expressa na política federal de culturaum experimento da renovação do neoliberalismo| Patricia Tometich – Rosimeri Carvalho – Rodrigo Gameiro Guimarães NORUS | vol. 7, no 12 | p. 164 191 | Ago/Dez/2019 165 Keywords
VISUAL ABILITY IN AMBLYOPIC CHILDREN COMPARED TO CHILDREN WITH NORMAL VISUAL ACUITY

Vision rehabilitation in adults with low vision, even in children, is achieved with special devices, called low vision aids, LVA. The aim of the study is to determine the degree of visual function in amblyopic children and daily activities that are best related to those of normally sighted peers with normal visual acuity. The subjects were divided into two groups, matched 1:1 by age and gender: the first group consisted of 19 amblyopic children, and the second one consisted of 19 children with normal visual acuity. The questionnaire used to assess visual ability was Cardiff Visual Ability Questionnaire for Children (CVAQC), a reliable instrument for measuring visual ability in children with low vision. The study was conducted in the only rehabilitation center for amblyopic children in this region, so this is also a pioneer study. The overall result of CVAQC in amblyopic children was 1.287 log vs.-2.956, representing statistically significantly poorer visual ability in comparison to peers without vision deficit (p˂0.005). Amblyopic children function best in entertainment activities, especially in listening music (-2.31 log); as for sport, these children report swimming to be their favourite activity (-0.99 log). In the field of education they show best results in language acquisition (-0.79 log) and the worst in mathematics (3.13 log). The greatest problem is reading small print texts books (2.61 log). Low vision children have poorer result of visual function in comparison to their peers with normal visual acuity. A precise deficit assessment in the most important spheres of life can be determined by using the questionnaires, so the rehabilitation can be rightly chosen. Acta Medica Medianae 2016;55(1): 33-37.
Analog Precoding Using Highly Reconfigurable Antennas

The feasibility of using highly reconfigurable antennas (HRA) in analog precoding is investigated. The advantage of the HRA approach is that it relaxes the constraints on the RF implementation of the analog precoding compared to the conventional approach based on phase shifters, RF combining and uniform linear arrays. Our contributions include a method for determining the required configurations for the HRA and mapping the CSI to the appropriate HRA configuration. In addition, comparison of the resulting performance to the conventional analog precoding approach is performed. These comparisons show that the HRA precoding approach has nearly identical performance for supporting a single user, compared to the conventional approach. These results demonstrate that HRA precoding can be a viable analog precoding approach.
PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR OF ATTENDEES AT A MAJOR SPORT EVENT IN CAMEROON

This study sought to examine the pro-environmental behaviour of attendees at a major sport tourism event in Cameroon. Through a mixed-methods research technique involving face-to-face surveys with n=759, the key findings of the study were that the event attendees displayed inconsistent behaviour while at home, versus while being at the event. The study found that the attendees were more pro-environmentally friendly during the event than they were when they were at home. This was mainly triggered by the emphasis on environmental initiatives and messages conveyed during the event. The study concludes that, since the event attendees are likely to be more pro-environmentally friendly during the event, such events are critical as avenues to creating a lasting impression on the attendees that could address their behaviour during the event, and encourage them to continue thereafter. In this sense, the learning provided through initiatives and branded messages during the event is very important.
Critiques and further directions for fraud studies

The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the use of disposition variables as determinants of fraudulent behaviours. It is hoped, it stimulates our critical understanding of psychological aetiology on individual’s intention to perpetrate partial fraud or to co-offend. ,This study was developed as a reflection of empirical work conducted in Indonesia public sectors. ,By suggesting the important process of individual’s cognitive reasoning, this study identifies that there is an overlooked process made by prior studies in terms of personality traits as a strong predictive power for individual’s intention to commit fraudulent behaviours or white-collar crimes. This study argues that they should not be independently predictive of fraud behaviours. This study acknowledges that in the prediction of social behaviours, whether fraudulent behaviours or not, there are no absolute answers to or analyses of it. However, it is instructive to consider social cognitive theory in elucidating the psychological pathways associated with fraudulent behaviours. This is because it can bridge an appropriate lens in positioning personalised behaviours as a predictor of perpetrating fraudulent behaviours. Then, this study does not have any serious concerns about how many antecedents influence behaviours of intention to perform wrongdoings. However, the functioning of individual cognitive reasoning should not be ignored. Both theoretical and managerial implications from this study are discussed to suggest alternative theories on causes of fraudulent behaviours. ,This study uses social cognitive theory as a basis of analysis. Through a simple analysis, a different perspective of treating the antecedents of fraud has been proposed, so that it can be used to develop more effective intervention that can deter fraudulent behaviours within an organisation. ,This study theoretically explores psychological mechanisms or pathways related to the functioning of individual’s reasoning. Then, this study proposes the critiques, in which it is intended to stimulate another research on deepening and broadening a theory of fraud. In short, this study importantly also offers recommendations and opportunities for future research and organisations to develop effective prevention that can deter fraudulent behaviours.
Cost optimization and reliability assessment of a microgrid with large-scale plug-in electric vehicles participating in demand response programs

ABSTRACT In this paper, an effective objective function is proposed to minimize the cost of operation of a microgrid with large-scale plug-in electric vehicles and renewable energy resources. The profit of consumers is taken into account by utilizing the incentives in the demand response programs, and vehicle-to-grid feature of the plug-in-electric vehicles integrated into the grid. The optimization is performed using genetic algorithms. Also, reliability indices of the economically optimized microgrid are computed for various operation configurations in both the grid-tied and islanded modes. Numerical studies are conducted on a microgrid testbed to validate the performance of the proposed strategy.