Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Flow Data Processing Center Network Topology based on Map/Reduce and Hadoop

In multidimensional data sets of abstract data containing multiple hierarchies, traditional association rule algorithm places particular emphasis on plane data solutions which is not beneficial to the performance promotion of multidimensional data mining algorithm; the proposed algorithm therewith is based on fuzzy integration online analytical processing and knowledge discoveries in fuzzy data cube to provide users with flexible abstract mode of multidimensional data hierarchy and also bring in fuzzy data cube to be taken as the supplemented measures; then use fuzzy data cube formed by fuzzy association rules of different hierarchies as well as weight and multi-hierarchies concept to construct fuzzy and weighted multi- hierarchies association rules; the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm has been verified through data test.
An investigation of tense, aspect and other verb group features for English proficiency assessment on different Asian learner corpora

Recent interest in second language acquisition has resulted in studying the relationship between linguistic indices and writing proficiency in English. This thesis investigates the influence of basic linguistic notions, introduced early in English grammar, on automatic proficiency evaluation tasks. We discuss the predictive potential of verb features (tense, aspect, voice, type and degree of em- bedding) and compare them to word level n-grams (unigrams, bigrams, trigrams) for proficiency assessment. We conducted four experiments using standard language corpora that differ in authors’ cultural backgrounds and essay topic variety. Tense showed little variation across proficiency lev- els or language of origin making it a bad predictor for our corpora, but tense and aspect showed promise, especially for more natural and varied datasets. Overall, our experiments illustrated that verb features, when examined individually, form a baseline for writing proficiency prediction. Feature combinations, however, perform better for these verb features, which are grammatically not independent. Finally, we investigate how language homogeneity due to corpus design influences the performance of our features. We find that the majority of the essays we examined use present tense, indefinite aspect and passive voice, thus greatly limiting the discriminative power of tense, aspect, and voice features. Thus linguistic features have to be tested for their interoperability together with their effectiveness on the corpora used. We conclude that all corpus-based research should include an early validation step that investigates feature independence, feature interoperability, and feature value distribution in a reference corpus to anticipate potentially spurious data sparsity effects.
The One Mind: C.G. Jung and the Future of Literary Criticism

Introduction. A Traditional Approach to Hawthorne and the Problem of Materialism in Eiseley. Primordial Consciousness: Transcendental Monism in Milton's Paradise Lost.Altered States: "The Wanderer" and the Psychology of Sailing. Out-of-Body Experience: Metaphor in Monroe's Metaphysical Trilogy. UFOs: Dr. Jung versus Dr. Greer and the Case of Orfeo M. Angelucci.Synchronicity: Wordsworth's Stolen Boat Episode in The Prelude. Remote Viewing and Channeling: The Sonnets of Shakespeare and "Shakespeare". Amplification and Quaternity in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time Series. "Sublime Allegory": Ways of Seeing in Blake's Milton.Conclusion.
Finite Element Analysis of Fire Extinguisher for Different Types of Composite Materials

The stress and strain concentrations of a fire extinguisher made of different types of composite materials are investigated. The prediction of the failure limit and its location in the proposed design is always the associated problem that is inescapable and difficult to be solved completely in the shape design of pressure vessel. A three dimensional analysis in finite element method was made for determining the concentration of stress and strain of the extinguisher. The extinguisher is made of polyester resin reinforced with different types of fiber glass. The aim of the present investigation is to study the effect of different levels of internal pressure and different types of composite material on the failure limit for limiting capability of applying that product in practical field. The results are compared with those obtained from the corresponding model where xy-strain of composite material reinforced with random fiber glass increases with rate (98%) while in the composite material reinforced with fiber glass arranged with 45 o it increases with rate (99.8 %) due to increase in the internal pressure to (0.9-5) MPa. The comparison between theoretical and numerical results gives a good agreement.
Application of Preemphasis FIR Filtering To Speech Detection and Phoneme Segmentation

이 논문에서 우리는 음성 검출 및 음소 분할에 대한 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 배경 잡음으로부터 신호를 구분하기 위해 에너지를 활용하게 되는데, 그 이전에 프리엠퍼시스 FIR 필터링을 적용하는 효과에 대해 조사한다. 이 방법에 의해, 에너지 프로필에서 진폭과 주파수의 곱이 동시에 작은 부분이 두드러지게 나타나게 된다. 이 처방에 의해, 묵음 / 음성 경계가 종전의 방법에 비해 더 선명해짐을 실험적으로 확인하였다. 또한 이 방법을 적용함으로써, 음소 분할 또한 더 수월해짐을 밝혔다.
Marginal Costs of Life in Health Care: Age, Gender and Regional Differences in Switzerland

An optimal allocation of health care expenditure over the life-cycle at each age sets the value of life equal to the marginal costs of life. This paper estimates the age-specific marginal costs of life using age-specific health care expenditures and mortality rates of Swiss cantons for the period 1997 to 2003. It finds substantially higher marginal costs of life for women compared to men, reflecting both a lower marginal productivity of medical inputs and a higher spending for women. Medical technology does not differ across regions while marginal costs of life do. JEL Classification: I12, I18, J16
Feeding behaviour and its relationship to weight gain in infancy: behaviour and its relationship to weight gain

This thesis involved a longitudinal study of 30 healthy infants from 6 weeks to 15 months to investigate the relationship between feeding behaviour and weight gain in infancy. Poor infant weight gain is associated with adverse outcomes in childhood (e.g. Skuse, Pickles, Wolke, et al 1994) and adulthood (e.g. Fall, Vijayakumar, Barker, et al 1995). Previous research has investigated the relationship between feeding behaviour and concurrent weight, but with a few exceptions there has been little previous work on the relationship between feeding behaviour and weight gain in infants. Feeding behaviour was measured at four breastfeeds in 32 infants at six weeks and later in 30 of the same infants at 12 months during solids feeding. Birthweight was obtained from parents' child health records and weight was measured at 6 weeks, 3 months and thereafter every 3 months until 15 months. Sucking patterns during milk feeding were found to be independently associated with infant weight gain, but there was no independent association between solids feeding behaviour and weight gain. Other independent predictors of weight gain were; infant sex, milk intake during breastfeeding and age of introduction of solids. An analysis of associations between milk and solids feeding behaviour found some evidence of parallels within infants across the two different types of feeding and the implications of this are discussed. A new method for the analysis of breastfed infants' sucking patterns which resolves the serious problems of the already published methods was developed during die course of the study and an outline of this is provided. Previously unavailable data on (1) the behaviour of one year olds during solids feeding and (2) the components of variation in milk and solids feeding behaviour are discussed.
Hydrology and water quality in two mountain basins of the northeastern US: assessing baseline conditions and effects of ski area development

Mountain regions throughout the world face intense development pressures associated with recreational and tourism uses. Despite these pressures, much of the research on bio‐geophysical impacts of humans in mountain regions has focused on the effects of natural resource extraction. This paper describes findings from the first 3 years of a study examining high elevation watershed processes in a region undergoing alpine resort development. Our study is designed as a paired‐watershed experiment. The Ranch Brook watershed (9·6 km2) is a relatively pristine, forested watershed and serves as the undeveloped ‘control’ basin. West Branch (11·7 km2) encompasses an existing alpine ski resort, with approximately 17% of the basin occupied by ski trails and impervious surfaces, and an additional 7% slated for clearing and development. Here, we report results for water years 2001–2003 of streamflow and water quality dynamics for these watersheds. Precipitation increases significantly with elevation in the watersheds, and winter precipitation represents 36–46% of annual precipitation. Artificial snowmaking from water within West Branch watershed currently augments annual precipitation by only 3–4%. Water yield in the developed basin exceeded that in the control by 18–36%. Suspended sediment yield was more than two and a half times greater and fluxes of all major solutes were higher in the developed basin. Our study is the first to document the effects of existing ski area development on hydrology and water quality in the northeastern US and will serve as an important baseline for evaluating the effects of planned resort expansion activities in this area. Published in 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Phytochemical identification of Nilgirianthus ciliatus by GC-MS analysis and its DNA protective effect in cultured lymphocytes

Aim: To identify the phytochemical constituents and antioxidant activities of ethanol leaf extract of Nilgirianthus ciliatus (NC) and its protective effect against H2O2-induced DNA damages in cultured lymphocytes. Materials and Methods: The fresh leaves of NC (1000g) were shade dried at room temperature for 30 days and the dried leaves was made into a fine powder. The ethanol leaf extract obtained was dried and used for phytochemical identification by GC-MS analysis, in vitro radical scavenging assays and DNA protection in lymphocytes. Results and Discussions: The phytochemical screening studies identified sixteen chemical constituents present in the leaf extract of NC. The ethanol extract of NC (20, 40, 60, 80, 100 μg/ml) exhibited a significant dose dependent inhibition of in vitro radical scavenging assays and their corresponding IC50 values as follows such as Superoxide anion (32.00 ± 0.33 μg/ml) and DPPH radical (47.11 ± 0.50 μg/ml ). The DNA protection was observed at 60 μg/ml of NC against 500 μM H2O2 treated lymphocytes. Conclusion: Thus, our results show that NC exhibits in vitro radiacal scavenging assays and offers protection against H2O2-induced DNA damage in cultured lymphocytes and it can be developed as an effective antioxidant during oxidative stress. Keywords: Nilgiranthus
A cross-sectional study of prevalence and risk factors for foot lesions and abnormal posture in lactating sows on commercial farms in England

A cross-sectional study of lactating sows in 71 commercial pig herds in England was carried out to estimate the prevalence of foot lesions and abnormal posture and investigate the associated risks. Observational data were collected on the standing posture, lesions on the hind left foot, and the pen the sow was housed in for 233 sows. The prevalence of foot lesions was 76.8% and 10.8% of lactating sows had abnormal posture. Sows housed on slatted floors during pregnancy had an associated increased risk of heel flaps but a reduced risk of toe erosion, compared with sows housed on solid concrete floors with bedding during pregnancy. There was an increased risk of abnormal posture in lactating sows housed on slatted floors during pregnancy compared with those housed on solid concrete floors with straw bedding during pregnancy. In addition, there was an increased risk of abnormal posture in lactating sows with wounds on the limbs and erosions on the toe and the heel/sole. The positive association between abnormal posture and foot lesions suggests that these lesions might be painful. Housing sows on solid floors during pregnancy might reduce the risk of abnormal posture, and certain foot lesions, in sows during lactation. However, posture is a less sensitive measure of lameness than gait, and the nature of the causal relationship between foot lesions and lameness requires further investigation.
Comparison and Evaluation of the Performance of Various Types of Neural Networks for Planning Issues Related to Optimal Management of Charging and Discharging Electric Cars in Intelligent Power Grids

The use of electric vehicles in addition to reducing environmental concerns can play a significant role in reducing the peak and filling the characteristic valleys of the daily network load. In other words, in the context of smart grids, it is possible to improve the battery of electric vehicles by scheduling charging and discharging processes. In this research, the issue of controlling the charge and discharge of electric vehicles was evaluated using a variety of neural models, until the by examining the effect of the growth rate of the penetration level of electric vehicles of the hybrid type that can be connected to the distribution network, the results of the charge management and discharge model of the proposed response are examined. The results indicate that due to increased penetration of these cars is increased the amount of responses to charge and discharge management. In this research, a variety of neural network methods, a) neural network method using Multilayer Perceptron Training (MLP), b) neural network method using Jordan Education (RNN), c) neural network method using training (RBF ) Was evaluated based on parameters such as reduction of training error, reduction of network testing error, duration of run and number of replications for each one. The final results indicate that electric vehicles can be used as scattered power plants, and can be useful for regulating the frequency and regulation of network voltages and the supply of peak traffic. This also reduces peak charges and incidental costs, which ultimately helps to further network stability. Finally, the charge and discharge management response reflects the fact that intelligent network-based models have the ability to manage the charge and discharge of electric vehicles, and among the models the amount of error reduction training and testing is very favourable for both RNN, MLP.
Treatment of a Patient with an Adenosine‐Sensitive Ventricular Tachycardia Using Digoxin

Digitalis and Ventricular Tachycardia. Digoxin was used to treat a patient with an adenosine‐sensitive ventricular arrhythmia. The patient had an exercise‐induced ventricular tachycardia that was evaluated electrophysiologically and displayed characteristics of a triggered arrhythmia. The tachycardia was terminated reproducibly with 12 mg of intravenous adenosine. After treatment with digoxin (serum level = 1.7 ng/mL), the arrhythmia could no longer be initiated with programmed electrical stimulation or exercise treadmill testing. The patient has since remained symptom free for 10 months. The autonomic effects of digitalis are proposed to mediate drug efficacy in this form of ventricular tachycardia.
The Future of Looking Back (Microsoft Research)

What will we leave behind in this new digital age? As digital technology takes an ever-increasing role in our lives, one question is how well manage our collections after were gone. What takes the place of shoeboxes full of pictures and dog-eared record albums? Get an inside look at Microsoft researcher Richard Bankss thinking about how we might manage the digital artifacts and content were creating nowand how we might pass on or inherit these kinds of items in the future. About the Microsoft Research Series At Microsoft Research, were driven to imagine and to invent. Our desire is to create technology that helps people realize their full potential, and to advance the state of the art in computer science. The Microsoft Research series shares the insights of Microsoft researchers as they explore the new and the transformative.
Analysis of Wireless Power Transfer Using Metamaterial Slabs Made of Ring Resonators at 13.56MHz

This paper analyzes the effects of metamaterial slabs with negative permeability when applied to a two-loop wireless power transmission (WPT) system, both in theory and electromagnetic (EM) simulations. The analysis of magnetic flux focusing provided here assumes quasi-magnetostatics or magnetostatics. The slab structures with negative permeability have been realized using the periodically arrayed ring resonators (RRs) at 13.36 MHz. Some examples with ideal lossless slabs of 1, 2, and 3 showed a great enhancement of WPT efficiencies when compared with the free space cases. However, practical lossy slabs made of planar copper RRs did not show significant enhancement of WPT efficiencies due to the relatively high losses in the ring resonator (or in the slab consisting of RRs) near the resonant frequency.
The State, Market Reforms and Social Inequality in Nigeria: A Political Economy Interpretation

The neo-liberal economic reforms and corresponding arrogance of the Nigerian governing class on the inviolability of market reforms depicts aspects of the Nigerian crises. The resultant social inequality among social groups because of the implementation of market reforms raises question on its purpose, relevance, and implications. The neo-liberal paradigm had been posed and foisted on the Nigerian economy by external agencies as panacea to its structural distortions and underdevelopment. The market reforms, however, have been pigeon-holed as retarding development and signposting social inequality. Social inequality reflects the social backlash of economic reforms; the lopsided sacrifices of the working people, urban poor, and peasants in relation to the affluence and profligate lifestyle of state officials and their allies, changing lifestyles and decline in the living conditions of affected social groups. The victims of market reforms question its purpose and insist on endogenous, pro-poor and pro-people based alternative economic and developmental frameworks. The political economy approach offers theoretical basis to examine the Nigerian economy, its social classes, and the ensuing social class struggles against market reforms and social inequality. This work poses specific questions to situate the interfaces of state, market reforms and social inequality in Nigeria. Who are the beneficiaries of economic reform programs? Who are the victims of social inequality? How do the victims respond to social inequality? How do economic reforms result in social inequality? How does the Nigerian state deal with the question of social inequality? How adequate are these measures?
Dirac-Equation for Graphene with an Arbitrary Potential: Exact Analytical Results and General Proof of Bloch’s Theorem

In this work, we reexamine the problem of the investigation of the electronic band structures of graphene using the Dirac-equation approach, with massless fermions (electrons). It is assumed that the charges experience a periodic external interaction potential of arbitrary form. First, we study all analytical properties of the wave-function that solves such an equation, and exactly solve the latter for normal incident wave-vectors, whatever is the potential expression. Second, we exactly determine the Dirac energy spectrum (at Dirac points). Thirdly, we give a general proof of the Bloch's theorem, usually encountered in Solid State Physics. Finally, the discussion is extended to nonzero gap monolayergraphenes and to a finite number of parallel graphene layers.
Symptomkontrolle bei unheilbar Kranken

: It is the goal of palliative care to provide as large a relief of the disease symptoms as possible for patients, who are incurably sick, in order to improve the quality of the remaining life. Some of the symptoms can hardly be treated; others like pain, dyspnea, gastrointestinal complaints or sweating can usually be well alleviated. The condition for this is a careful evaluation of the clinical status before the treatment, in order to reach symptom relief by purposeful actions without new side effects.
International Atomic Energy Agency THE ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS ON THE ASYMPTOTIC OF SOLUTIONS OF ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS IN DOMAINS WITH EDGES

Solutions of elliptic boundary value problems in three-dimensional domains Ω with edges may exhibit singularities. The usual procedure to study these singularities is by the application of the classical Mellin transformation or continuous Fourier transformation. In this paper, we show how the asymptotic behavior of solutions of elliptic boundary value problems in general three-dimensional domains with straight edges can be investigated by means of discrete Fourier transformation. We apply this approach to time-harmonic Maxwell’s equations and prove that the singular solutions can fully be described in terms of Fourier series. The representation here can easily be used to approximate threedimensional stress intensity factors associated with edge singularities.
Morphological Investigation of the Differences on the Ear-to-Ear Path Gain and the Packet Loss at 2.45 Ghz

The effect of the anatomical variation of the head on the ear-to-ear communication at 2.45 GHz has been investigated. Several anatomical characteristics of the head, such as the dimensions and the position of the ears, have been recorded for a group of 25 test persons. Active Packet Error Rate (PER) measurements have been made by the use of digital Hearing Instruments (HI) as small wireless platforms in both indoor and outdoor environments. Two fundamentally different antenna configurations are compared. It is found that there is an effect of the distances over-the-top, around-the-front and aroundthe-back on the PER, due to constructive and destructive interference between surface waves that propagate along the different paths. The effect is different for the two different antenna types.
Online monitoring of highway bridge construction using fiber Bragg grating sensors

The civil engineering community is becoming increasingly interested in monitoring structural behavior and in assessing its corresponding integration. In this paper, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors were installed to investigate the in situ characteristics of the hydration progress period and the curing process of highway bridge construction. Moreover, the security and serviceability of a bridge can be changed by material proprieties such as shrinkage and creep, which is correlated with the prestressing strain and settlement during the support frame removal. The response and effectiveness of the schedule at every step during the prestressing process, and during the support frame removal, were also examined. It appeared that an FBG sensor was clearly shown to be a smart sensor candidate for function integration and response of a highway bridge during both its construction and service life.