Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A NOVEL TEMPLATE MATCHING IMPLEMENTATION OF OBJECT BASED IMAGE CLASSIFICATION BASED ON MULTIKERNEL FUSION SPARSE REPRESENTATION

This paper introduces and implements a novel object based image classification method on remote sensing images. The novelty introduced in this implementation is the application of a Multikernel Sparse Representation method on the object based image classification. The template-matching algorithm inspired from the object tracking implementation replaces the process of segmentation usually applied in object based image classification. The Multikernel fusion sparse representation based learning and prediction method is developed for remote sensing image classification. A particle filter framework for the sample template selection with the Multikernel Fusion Sparse Representation optimization technique is used to develop the image classification algorithm. The particle filter will act as the template-matching framework for our classification algorithm and the optimization of the observation model of this framework is carried out using the Multikernel Fusion Sparse Representation. Multikernel implementation has been proved to be more accurate than the feature extraction techniques since it extracts the internal intricacies of the image vector. The Kernels consume lesser memory space and lesser computational complexity compared to the traditional feature extracting methods. Multikernel Sparse representation has been proved to be more accurate and less computationally complex while implemented in other applications like the video object tracking. Affine transform based templates are extracted from the image which have to be trained and the kernel matrix is generated which is used for comparison with the templates extracted from the test images. Kernel Coordinate Descent (KCD) algorithm is used to find the similarity measure between the database kernel and the testing kernel. The weight values updated using the observation likelihood method that would indicate whether the test template matches with the database templates. The comparison is carried out with the multikernel method using the SVM classifier. The results that are observed are kappa coefficient and overall accuracy, which measure the classification accuracy, for images with higher and lower illumination and also the images are analysed for robustness to direction change and the classification performance for two different hyperspectral images.
Advanced Tools and Framework for Digital Film Restoration

Digital restoration of ﬁlm content that has historical value is crucial for the preservation of cultural heritage. Also, digital restoration is not only a relevant application area of various video processing technologies that have been developed in computer graphics literature, but also involves a multitude of unresolved research challenges. Currently, the digital restoration workﬂow is highly labor intensive and often heavily relies on expert knowledge. In this paper, we revisit some key steps of this workﬂow and propose novel, semi-automatic methods for performing them. To do that we build upon state-of-the-art video processing techniques by adding the components necessary for enabling (i) restoration of chemically degraded colors of the ﬁlm stock, (ii) removal of excessive ﬁlm grain through spatiotemporal ﬁltering, and (iii) contrast recovery by transferring contrast from the negative ﬁlm stock to the positive. We show that, when applied individually our tools produce compelling results, and when applied in concert signiﬁcantly improves the degraded input content. Building on a conceptual framework of ﬁlm restoration ensures best possible combination of tools and use of available materials.
An Improved Fuzzy Neural Network Compound Control Scheme for Inertially Stabilized Platform for Aerial Remote Sensing Applications

An improved fuzzy neural network (FNN)/proportion integration differentiation (PID) compound control scheme based on variable universe and back-propagation (BP) algorithms is proposed to improve the ability of disturbance rejection of a three-axis inertially stabilized platform (ISP) for aerial remote sensing applications. In the design of improved FNN/PID compound controller, the variable universe method is firstly used for the design of the fuzzy/PID compound controller; then, the BP algorithm is utilized to finely tune the controller parameters online. In this way, the desired performances with good ability of disturbance rejection and high stabilization accuracy are obtained for the aerial ISP. The simulations and experiments are, respectively, carried out to validate the improved FNN/PID compound control method. The results show that the improved FNN/PID compound control scheme has the excellent capability in disturbance rejection, by which the ISP’s stabilization accuracy under dynamic disturbance is improved significantly.
Highly-mismatched InAs/InSe heterojunction diodes

We report on heterojunction diodes prepared by exfoliation and direct mechanical transfer of a p-type InSe thin film onto an n-type InAs epilayer. We show that despite the different crystal structures and large lattice mismatch (∼34%) of the component layers, the junctions exhibit rectification behaviour with rectification ratios of ∼104 at room temperature and broad-band photoresponse in the near infrared and visible spectral ranges.
The European Union Between Monetary And Fiscal Union Analysis In The Field Of Foreign Direct Investment

The aim of the paper is to point out the important issues of functioning of the European Union since its foundation, which are further complicated by global economic and financial crisis. In elaboration of problems, relevant studies and articles, documents of the European Union were used, as well as reports and publications (national and international). Existing data and trends in this area were analyzed, as well as measures affecting further functioning of the EU, by using the methods of qualitative and descriptive analysis. This approach is necessary because there are no universal patterns in domain of specified problems, and the conclusions are valid in strictly defined international symbolic systems and relate to entities of strictly established international interactions in the context of a specific time. The basic results derived from the available empirical research in this area point to the fact that today's debt crisis could contribute to creation of a closer union of European states. This conclusion follows from the fact that member states have expressed willingness to transfer a part of their fiscal sovereignty under a rigorous programme of fiscal consolidation.
FAMILY TIES AND UNEMPLOYMENT

In this paper we build a model economy in which the prevailing family structure arises endogenously as a response to labor market conditions. In this model the members of the household (parents and young adults) either work in the market, search for a job, or produce a household good. Parents feel altruistically towards their offspring. Our first finding is that search efforts of the unemployed members of the family are strategic substitutes. The second one is that, everything else equal, young adults leave their parents' house if they receive a sufficiently high wage; otherwise, they stay. In the latter case, both young adult's and spouse's search efforts are lower, since the spouse's opportunity cost of working in the market is greater when the employed young adult stays at home. As a result, both youth's and female spouse's unemployment rates are higher. This result is in line with the evidence we have for Spain.
Competition between Vortex Unbinding and Tunneling in an Optical Lattice

We study a system of two-dimensional Bose gases trapped in minima of a deep one-dimensional optical lattice potential. Increasing the tunneling amplitude between adjacent gases drives a deconfinement transition to a phase where coherence is established between neighboring two-dimensional gases. We compute the signature of this transition in the interference pattern of the system as well as in its rotational response, which provides a direct measurement of the superfluidity in the system
Aerosol optical depth over the Arctic: a comparison of ECHAM-HAM and TM5 with ground-based, satellite and reanalysis data

We compare ground-based measurements of aerosol optical depth and Angstrom parameter at six Arctic stations in the period 2001–2006 with the results from two global aerosol dynamics and transport models, ECHAM-HAM and TM5. Satellite measurements from MODIS and the MACC reanalysis product are used to examine the spatial distribution and the seasonality of these parameters and to compare them with model results. We find that both models provide a good reproduction of the Angstrom parameter but significantly underestimate the observed AOD values. We also explore the effects of changes in emissions, model resolution and the parametrization of wet scavenging.
Comparison of the Shikani Optical Stylet and Macintosh Laryngoscope for Orotracheal Intubation with Topical Anesthesia in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Emergency airway management outside operating room (OR) is associated with a higher incidence of difficult intubations. The Shikani optical stylet (SOS) has been shown to improve first-attempt success rates compared with the classic Macintosh laryngoscope (ML) in patients with difficult airway inside the operating room (OR). Objective: In this randomized controlled clinical trial, the effectiveness of using a SOS as the primary intubation device was assessed during urgent endotracheal intubations (UEI) in conscious, critically ill patients outside the OR. Method: Sixty conscious critically ill patients from May 2018 to March 2018 were randomly assigned to undergoing intubation guided by the SOS (group S, n = 30) or the Macintosh laryngoscope (group M, n = 30) in ChanCheng Center Hospital,. After application of airway topical anesthesia and intravenous sedatives, endotracheal intubations were performed. The primary measured outcome was first-attempt intubation success rate. Secondary outcomes included ultimate success, the number of attempts, the duration of intubation, and the adverse effects or complications of intubation. Result: The rate of successful intubation at the first-attempt was superior with the SOS as compared with the ML (93.3% vs 63.3%, P = 0.005), the average number of attempts required for successful tracheal intubation (1.0 ± 0.3 vs 1.5 ± 0.8, P = 0.004), the duration of intubation (18.8 ± 11.9 vs 26.8 ± 15.6, P = 0.028), and the incidences of hemorrhage in the oropharyngeal mucosa (0 vs 28.6%, P = 0.006) were all improved significantly with use of the SOS compared with the ML. Conclusion: This study suggested SOS could be used as the effective device when UEIs are performed by experienced operators in conscious, critically ill patients outside the operating room.
I just love the attention: implicit preference for direct eye contact

Seven studies used the Implicit Association Test to measure preference for gaze direction. For faces with neutral expressions, people clearly preferred eyes looking towards them compared to eyes gazing to the right or left (Experiment 1). This preference remained for faces shown turned to the side (Experiment 2) and upside-down (Experiment 3). Even angry faces were preferred with direct compared to averted gaze (Experiments 4 and 5). Furthermore, preference for eye contact did not correlate to performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) or the Autism Quotient (AQ); note performance on the RMET and the AQ was only weakly correlated although both are claimed to measure social cognition. When the faces were replaced by coloured shapes (Experiment 6) or arrows (Experiment 7) people showed a weaker preference for the category label “looking at you” versus “looking to the side”. Overall, people revealed a robust preference for direct rather than averted gaze which generalized across face pose and expression. Together with a weaker preference for arrows pointing towards them, this is consistent with people having an implicit preference for self-directed attention.
Large-scale retrospective relative spectro-photometric self-calibration in space

We consider the application of relative self-calibration using overlap regions to spectroscopic galaxy surveys that use slit-less spectroscopy. This method is based on that developed for the SDSS by Padmanabhan at al. (2008) in that we consider jointly fitting and marginalising over calibrator brightness, rather than treating these as free parameters. However, we separate the calibration of the detector-to-detector from the full-focal-plane exposure-to-exposure calibration. To demonstrate how the calibration procedure will work, we simulate the procedure for a potential implementation of the spectroscopic component of the wide Euclid survey. We study the change of coverage and the determination of relative multiplicative errors in flux measurements for different dithering configurations. We use the new method to study the case where the flat-field across each exposure or detector is measured precisely and only exposure-to-exposure or detector-to-detector variation in the flux error remains. We consider several base dither patterns and find that they strongly influence the ability to calibrate, using this methodology. To enable self-calibration, it is important that the survey strategy connects different observations with at least a minimum amount of overlap, and we propose an "S"-pattern for dithering that fulfills this requirement. The final survey strategy adopted by Euclid will have to optimise for a number of different science goals and requirements. The large-scale calibration of the spectroscopic galaxy survey is clearly cosmologically crucial, but is not the only one.
Decentralized Control for the Interconnected Time-Delay Singular/Nonlinear Subsystems with Closed-Loop Decoupling Property

This paper presents the decentralized trackers using the observer-based suboptimal method for the interconnected time-delay singular/nonlinear subsystems with closed-loop decoupling property. The observer-based suboptimal method is used to guarantee the high-performance trajectory tracker for two different subsystems. Then, due to the high gain that resulted from the decentralized tracker, the closed-loop system will have the decoupling property. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control structure.
Towards realization of a large‐area light‐emitting diode‐based solar simulator

Solar simulators based on light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) have shown great promise as alternative light sources for indoor testing of photovoltaic cells with certain characteristics that make them superior to the traditional solar simulators. However, large‐area uniform illumination more suitable for larger cells and module measurements still remain a challenge today. In this paper, we discuss the development and fabrication of a scalable large‐area LED‐based solar simulator that consists of multiple tapered light guides. We demonstrate fine intermixing of many LED light rays and power delivery in the form of a synthesized AM 1.5 spectrum over an area of 25 cm × 50 cm with better than 10% spatial nonuniformity. We present the spectral output, the spatial uniformity, and the temporal stability of the simulator in both the constant current mode and the pulsed‐mode LED operation, and compare our data with the International Electrotechnical Commission standards on solar simulators for class rating. Although the light intensity with our current design and settings falls short of the standard solar AM 1.5 intensity, this design and further improvements open up the possibility of achieving large‐area, high‐power indoor solar simulation with various desired spectra. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Delamination growth in epoxy-matrix composites under cyclic loading: implications for design and certification

This paper discusses quantitative results from fatigue delamination tests (MMB) at unidirectional and cross-ply ply interfaces in carbon -fibre/epoxy-matrix laminates at three different mixed-mode loading conditions. The implications for material characterisation, structural design and certification are addressed. The results indicate the critical design parameter for delamination in thermoset -matrix composites under cyclic loading is the strain energy release rate threshold, Gthreshold. The results suggest that a design optimised for static loading with an appropriate safety factor would be approximately optimised for fatigue loading. This would significantly reduce the number of expensive time-consuming fatigue tests required for certification. The cost of fatigue testing may also be reduced by using accelerated test programmes at appropriate low-load cut-off levels, providing careful consideration is given to creep and environmental effects. There is scope for further optimisation by taking a stochastic approach to represent the local variations in toughness in delamination modelling.
Analysis and Application of Automated Methods for Detecting Pulsars in the Green Bank Telescope 350 MHz Drift-Scan Survey

Analysis and Application of Automated Methods for Detecting Pulsars in the Green Bank Telescope 350MHz Drift-Scan Survey by David Paul Smithbauer Master of Science in Computer Science West Virginia University Arun A. Ross, Ph.D., Chair A significant portion of the process of detecting pulsars from radio sky surveys remains a largely manual task. The visual inspection of data in order to detect and validate potential pulsar candidates is by far the most time consuming portion of the overall process. Coupled with the fact that well over a Petabyte of pulsar survey data has been archived, the task of identifying these valuable phenomena is tedious and time consuming. Using data from a survey performed with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s (NRAO’s) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in 2007, this thesis explores the application of machine learning techniques to mitigate the manual efforts involved in pulsar candidate detection. The performance of three different classifiers is explored Naive Bayes, C4.5 (J48) Decision Tree, and Support Vector Machine. Preprocessing and feature extraction methods are described and a framework for applying the classifiers to the survey data is presented. Multiple features were extracted from the survey data and used to train the classifiers. Cross-validation results of the various feature sets and classifiers are documented. Experiments suggest the potential of the proposed framework in rapidly detecting pulsars from large amounts of survey data.
Representation of feedback operators for parabolic control problems

In this paper we present results on existence and regularity of integral representations of feedback operators arising from parabolic control problems. The existence of such representations is important for the design of low order compensators and in the placement of sensors. This paper extends earlier results of J. A. Burns and B. B. King to problems with N spatial dimensions.
Instructional Quality, Student Satisfaction, Student Success, and Student Evaluations of Faculty: What Are the Issues in Higher Education?.

This paper reviews issues in student satisfaction and evaluation of faculty as factors in determining instructional quality. It is based on a recent controversy at the University of Calgary (Alberta) which centered around the proposed publication of the results of student evaluations of faculty (SEFs) and was intended to help students, as consumers, make course choices. The paper then addresses seven topics related to the use of SEFs to assess instructional quality at the higher education level. These are: (1) the goals and values of higher education; (2) the educated person; (3) teaching effectiveness; (4) student satisfaction and student success; (5) the consumer model of higher education; (6) research on SEFs; and (7) technology and teaching. The paper notes that research indicates that student satisfaction can be influenced by such variables as teacher expressiveness, gender, rank of professor, expected grade in course, and possibly the integration of technology into instruction. The paper concludes that student satisfaction and student success cannot be separated from an assessment of instructional quality, but that a consumer model is detrimental to the goals of higher education. (Contains 82 references.) (DB) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** Instructional Quality, Student Satisfaction, Student Success, and Student Evaluations of Faculty: What are the Issues in Higher Education? Dr. Michele Jacobsen University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
Discovery of the afterglow and host galaxy of the low-redshift short GRB 080905A

We present the discovery of short GRB 080905A, its optical afterglow and host galaxy. Initially discovered by Swift, our deep optical observations enabled the identification of a faint optical afterglow, and subsequently a face-on spiral host galaxy underlying the GRB position, with a chance alignment probability of <1 per cent. There is no supernova component present in the afterglow to deep limits. Spectroscopy of the galaxy provides a redshift of z = 0.1218, the lowest redshift yet observed for a short GRB. The GRB lies offset from the host galaxy centre by similar to 18.5 kpc, in the northern spiral arm which exhibits an older stellar population than the southern arm. No emission lines are visible directly under the burst position, implying little ongoing star formation at the burst location. These properties would naturally be explained were the progenitor of GRB 080905A a compact binary merger.
Candida albicans urinary tract infection in a Shih Tzu dog with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia

An 8-year-old castrated male Shih Tzu dog (weighing 7.0 kg) presented with anemia and lethargy. Initial diagnosis indicated immune-mediated hemolytic anemia. During therapy, a secondary urinary infection, probably due to the immune suppressive therapy, was diagnosed. Subsequent diagnostic tests, including urinalysis and urine culture, indicated candidal cystitis. Despite ketoconazole therapy for candidal cystitis, the dog died suddenly. A Candida albicans infection was confirmed upon postmortem evaluation. Prolonged immunosuppressive therapy might be the cause of this infection. This is the first case report describing a Candida albicans urinary tract infection accompanied by hemolytic anemia in a dog in Korea.