Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Improved Dynamic Load Balancing Routing Protocol Based on Mesh Network

An improved dynamic load balancing routing protocol is proposed based on mesh networks. A cost-effective integrated link state routing algorithm is designed in this protocol, and the mechanism of real-time monitoring and adjustment is adopted in this algorithm for the link state. The source nodes with routing redundancy are notified actively, and the secondary routing is used or focused when the link changes greatly. Moreover, a real-time backoff algorithm is proposed in this protocol. The network fairness problem is solved when the multi-path task and the single-path task compete for the link. The simulation results show that the proposed protocol can effectively avoid the congestion of network nodes. Better dynamic load balancing effect can be achieved, and the utilization of network resources is improved.
Fermi-Bounce Cosmology and Scale-Invariant Power Spectrum

We develop a non-singular bouncing cosmology using a non-trivial coupling of general relativity to fermionic fields. The usual Big Bang singularity is avoided thanks to a negative energy density contribution from the fermions. Our theory is ghost-free since the fermionic operator that generates the bounce is equivalent to torsion, which has no kinetic terms. The physical system consists of standard general relativity plus a topological sector for gravity, and fermionic matter described by Dirac fields with a non-minimal coupling. We show that a scale invariant power-spectrum generated in the contracting phase can be recovered by suitable choices of fermion number density and bare mass, thus providing a possible alternative to the inflationary scenario.
Effectiveness of NaF Vials for Estimation of Glucose in NABL Accrediated Laboratory of a Tertiary Care Hospital

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2018. 6.10. 11 Abstract: Comparison of glucose level in NaF vacutainer and serum separator vacutainer. The study was conducted at Biochemistry Department of Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Total 386 random cases were selected for the study. Glucose levels were measured by the Hexokinase method using a Unicel DXC800 Chemistry analyser (Beckman Coulter India (Pvt.) Ltd.). “Paired ttest” was used for analysis. No significant difference of glucose values were seen amongst the two vacutainers, whereas a significant decrease in glucose levels with time was observed in both the vacutainers statistically. Serum separator vacutainers can be used in place of NaF vacutainers to estimate glucose in the clinical laboratories.
Study on the Application of Lime to Improve the Rheological Properties of Polymer Modified Bitumen

Bitumen is one of the most applicable materials in pavement engineering. It is a binding material with unique viscoelastic properties, especially when it mixes with polymer. In this study, to figure out the viscoelastic behaviour of the polymer modified with bitumen (PMB), a series of dynamic shearing rheological (DSR) tests were conducted. Four percentages of lime (i.e. 1%, 2%, 4% and 5%) were mixed with PMB and tested under four different temperatures including 64oC, 70oC, 76oC and 82oC. The results indicated that complex shearing modulus (G*) increased by increasing the frequency due to raised resistance against deformation. The phase angle (δ) showed a decreasing trend by incrementing the frequency. The addition of lime percentages increased the complex modulus value and declined phase angle parameter. Increasing the temperature decreased the complex modulus and increased the phase angle until 70oC. The decreasing trend of rutting factor with increasing temperature revealed that rutting factor improved by the addition of the lime to the PMB. Keywords—Rheological properties, DSR test, polymer mixed with bitumen, complex modulus, lime.
Non-synchronous vibration of a Jeffcott rotor due to internal radial clearance in roller bearings

Internal radial clearance (IRC) in roller bearings must be kept to a minimum to avoid non-synchronous vibration (NSV). However, tight IRC increases the risk of bearing durability so that initial clearance is often on the high side and then reduced if necessary when problems with NSV are detected. In rolling element bearings, non-synchronous vibration may be originated by nonlinear contacts, which strongly depend on the IRC. In this paper, instead of the commonly used Hertz contact theory, the Lagrangian multipliers method is adopted to handle the nonlinear contacts between rollers and the outer ring. In order to reduce computational costs, a modal reduction technique is used. The influence of the roller bearing parameters on the NSV is analyzed. Among the existing parameters, the IRC plays the most important role in controlling the NSV.
A Mathematical Model for the Luteinizing Hormone Surge in the Menstrual Cycle

ii Acknowledgments. iii Vita . iv List of Tables . vi List of Figures . vii Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Chapter 2: Biological Background. 5 Chapter 3: Previous Mathematical Models . 15 Chapter 4: Modulations of GnRH frequency by Kisspeptin Neuron . 31 Chapter 5: In vivo Models for LH release . 36 Chapter 6: Feedback effect of estradiol . 42 Chapter 7: Conclusions and Future work. 63 References . 68
Preparation, Modification, and Application of Hollow Gold Nanospheres

Hollow gold nanospheres (HGNs) have great potential applications in biological sensing, biomedical imaging, photothermal therapy, and drug delivery due to their unique localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) feature, easy modification, good biocompatibility, and excellent photothermal conversion properties. In this review, the latest developments of HGNs in biosensing, bioimaging, photothermal therapy, and drug delivery are summarized, the synthesis methods, surface modification and bioconjugation of HGNs are also covered in this summary.
Book Review in press, American Journal of Psychology. The Richness of Flatness Review of the Mind Is Flat: The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain

The Mind is Flat reminded me of the anecdote in which a toddler taking a bath looks down at his genitals, and says to his mother: “are these my brains? ” The mother replies, “Not yet. ” The author, Nick Chater, might be accused of poking another hole in our Ego and therefore our wellbeing, or at least how we might feel about our selves. His perhaps disturbing thesis is a simple one: We aren’t what common sense psychology tells us we are. In human-computer design, there is an acronym, WYSIWYG, what you see is what you get. For Chater, the same is true for us mortal beasts. He initiates the conversation with ruminations by famous Tolstoy character, Anna Karenina, in the eponymous novel. Why did Vronsky make such a life-changing impression on me? Could you actually believe that you could live happily without Seryozha, your only son? What factors led to your eventual dismay to lead to your suicide? What caused you to hate your husband? Any answers to these questions must necessarily be only conjectures because “Anna has no mental life. ” (p. 6). If the lost heroine Anna were real, Chater claims that the situation would be identical. Although Anna like us could invent many narratives, these have no more meaning than what she or we would impute to the fictional character. Our shallowness is not shallow because of the richness and improvisations of the narratives we can create but because they have very little validity in explaining Anna’s behavior or more tellingly our actual behavior in day-to-day life.
Stakeholders’ Perception and Experience of Inclusive Education:

Abstract Inclusive education is a process of addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of learners through increasing participation by all categories of learners in the learning environment. A qualitative approach using a phenomenological case study was adopted for this study. The study explored and described the experiences of learners (including a learner with disabilities), staff, and the institutional management team with respect to inclusive practices in Sekhukhume Further Education and Training (FET) College in South Africa. The study found that the institution in question lacked the necessary resources and managerial capacity to implement fully inclusive educational programmes that will meet the special needs of all learners in the institution in question. The provision of resources, professional development of lecturers, capacitating the institutional management and putting monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in place can go a long wayin ensuring that inclusive needs of learners with disabilities are met.
It's the economy stupid: modelling financial product purchases

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to undertake an examination of the impacts of socio‐demographic and economic variables on the probability of purchasing financial products. There is relatively little empirical research that has been taken to understand how the underlying economy affects customers' subsequent financial product purchase behaviours. Understanding this influence would improve prediction of when purchases will occur and hence is important for the Customer lifetime value models of financial service organisations.Design/methodology/approach – Two proportional hazard modelling approaches – Cox and Weibull – are compared in terms of predictive ability on a data set from a major insurance company. The risk factors for purchase are both economic and socio‐demographic.Findings – The results show that the external economic environment is an extremely important influence in driving customers' financial products purchasing behaviours. Furthermore, the results also indicate that Cox's proportion.
G4P[8] strains and two G9P[8] strains. Genotype analysis in relation to the period of characterization

In the present study there was a 25% prevalence of rotavirus, whereas in previous studies mainly conducted in the other regions of Brazil, prevalence rates ranged from 11% to 38% [7, 8], with considerable variability of electrophenotypes observed, suggesting the occurrence of seasonal patterns, possibly due to the fact that the different dsRNA segments of rotaviruses have peculiar and variable characteristics of geographic and meteorologic determination. In our study, we observed a predominance of the G1 genotype suggesting the possibility of changes in the prevalence of different genotypes in different geographic regions. Several studies have systematically indicated that a given genotype predominates during a period of up to 2 years, with a new hegemonic antigenic variant arising thereafter, indicating the need for new vaccinal strategies [7–9]. In addition, considering P genotyping, all genotypable strains were P[8], in agreement with studies conducted in different parts of the world [7–10]. The predominant G serotype varies by region and years, G1 tends to be the predominant, occurring 53% of the times. Other predominant serotypes worldwide are G2 (11%), G3 (14%), G4 (5%) and other genotypes (17%) [7–12]. The findings thus obtained can definitely be used in the analysis of vaccine candidates against this important etiologic agent of childhood diarrhea in our country, thus reducing the impact of this disease.
Science with an ngVLA: Local Constraints on Supermassive Black Hole Seeds

Determining the mechanisms that formed and grew the first supermassive black holes is one of top priorities in extragalactic astrophysics. Observational clues can be inferred from the demographics of massive black holes (in the ten thousand through million Solar mass range) in nearby low-mass galaxies. This chapter of the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) Science Book describes how an ngVLA can play a prominent role in developing large samples of weakly accreting active galactic nuclei in low-mass galaxies (out to nearly 1 Gpc), which will help constrain the types of objects that originally seeded the growth of supermassive black holes.
Germination and seedling growth of indigenous aman rice under salt stress

The experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Laboratory of Agrotechnology Discipline, KhulnaUniversity, Khulnato determine the effect of salt stress on germination and seedling growth of indigenous Aman rice varieties during June, 2015 to December, 2015. The salt tolerant landraces will be used as genetic resource for variety development program in future. The factorial experiment consists of two factors such as ten indigenous Aman rice varieties and four levels of salt solutions viz EC (dS m −1 ) of 5, 10 and 15 with control (distilled water). The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. The interaction effects between variety and salinity on germination and seedling growth parameters of indigenous Aman rice varieties were varied significantly. It was found that germination capacity, energy, speed, seedling vigor index, root length and shoot length of rice were decreased gradually with increasing salinity. The germination energy and germination speed of most varieties were drastically reduced at 10 dS m −1 or higher salinity levels. The germination capacity of Hatibazor, Boushohagi, Shadagotal and Moinamoti were recorded 97.66 %, 99.33%, 98.0 % and 97.33%, respectively at 15 dS m −1 water salinity in laboratory condition. The results revealed that the indigenous Aman rice varieties named Boushohagi, Shadagotal, Hatibazor, Moinamoti, Motha were performed better over other varieties considering of germination and seedling growth parameters. J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 15(2): 182-187, December 2017
How managerial wage transparency may reduce shareholder returns Evidence from an experiment

We study the role of transparency in a novel three-person profit sharing game in which managers and board directors decide on how to distribute the revenues of a company among themselves and shareholders, who are the residual claimants of the companies revenues. We examine two hypotheses. One is that the distribution of revenues is largely determined by an informal quid pro quo among the two decision makers at the expense of shareholders. The second hypothesis is that public transparency attenuates exaggerated manager pay because of increased social pressure. We find strong support for our first hypothesis, but reject the second one: Public transparency actually increases managerial wages as well as board director compensation, further reducing the revenue share that goes to shareholders. Competition to keep managers further magnifies these patterns.
Conservation through Biocultural Heritage—Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa

In this paper, we review the potential of biocultural heritage in biodiversity protection and agricultural innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. We begin by defining the concept of biocultural heritage into four interlinked elements that are revealed through integrated landscape analysis. This concerns the transdisciplinary methods whereby biocultural heritage must be explored, and here we emphasise that reconstructing landscape histories and documenting local heritage values needs to be an integral part of the process. Ecosystem memories relate to the structuring of landscape heterogeneity through such activities as agroforestry and fire management. The positive linkages between living practices, biodiversity and soil nutrients examined here are demonstrative of the concept of ecosystem memories. Landscape memories refer to built or enhanced landscapes linked to specific land-use systems and property rights. Place memories signify practices of protection or use related to a specific place. Customary protection of burial sites and/or abandoned settlements, for example, is a common occurrence across Africa with beneficial outcomes for biodiversity and forest protection. Finally, we discuss stewardship and change. Building on local traditions, inclusivity and equity are essential to promoting the continuation and innovation of practices crucial for local sustainability and biodiversity protection, and also offer new avenues for collaboration in landscape management and conservation.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Exploring individual user differences in the 2 D / 3 D interaction with medical image data

User-centered design is often performed without regard to individual user differences. In this paper, we report results of an empirical study aimed to evaluate whether computer experience and demographic user characteristics would have an effect on the way people interact with the visualized medical data in a 3D virtual environment using 2D and 3D input devices. We analyzed the interaction through performance data, questionnaires and observations. The results suggest that differences in gender, age and game experience have an effect on people’s behavior and task performance, as well as on subjective user preferences.
Advances in Bayesian Software Reliability Modelling

This paper reviews recent developments in Bayesian software reliability modeling. In so doing, emphasis is given to two models which can incorporate the case of reliability deterioration due to potential introduction of new bugs to the software during the development phase. Since the introduction of bugs is an unobservable process, latent variables are introduced to incorporate this characteristic into the models. The two models are based, respectively, on a hidden Markov model and a self-exciting point process with latent variables.
Don't Knock Bro

Today's defenders often focus detections on host-level tools and techniques thereby requiring host logging setup and management. However, network-level techniques may provide an alternative without host changes. The Bro Network Security Monitor (NSM) tool, now being renamed as Zeek, allows today's defenders to focus detection techniques at the network-level. An old method for controlling a concealed backdoor on a system using a defined sequence of packets to various ports is known as port-knocking. Unsurprisingly, old methods still offer value and malware, defenders, and attackers still use port-knocking. Current port-knocking detection relies on traffic data mining techniques that only exist in academia writing without any applicable tools. Since Zeek (Bro) is a network-level tool, it should be possible to adapt these data mining techniques to detect port-knocking within Zeek (Bro). This research will document the process of creating and confirming a port-knocking network-level detection with Zeek (Bro) that will provide an immediate and accessible detection technique for organizations. © 2 01 8 T he SA NS In sti tut e, Au tho r R eta ins Fu ll R igh ts © 2018 The SANS Institute Author retains full rights. Don't Knock Bro 2 Brian Nafziger, brian@nafziger.net
The Three Factors Eating Questionnaire’s measure of disinhibited eating is a robust predictor

1 2 The Three Factors Eating Questionnaire’s measure of disinhibited eating is a robust predictor 3 of longterm weight gain. This experiment explored if disinhibited eaters display attentional 4 bias to food cues. Participants (N=45) completed a visual dot probe task which measured 5 responses to food (energy dense and low energy foods) and neutral cues. Picture pairs were 6 displayed either for a 100 ms or 2000 ms duration. All participants displayed attentional bias 7 for energy dense food items. Indices of attentional bias were largest in disinhibited eaters. 8 Attentional bias in disinhibited eaters appeared to be underpinned by facilitated attention. 9 10
Mise au point Transfusion massive et dysfonction hémostatique : physiopathologie et gestion clinique Massive transfusion and coagulopathy : pathophysiology and implications for clinical management

Purpose. – To identify the causes of coagulopathy in massively transfused adults and previously hemostatically competent patients, and to recommend the most appropriate treatment strategies. Principal findings. – In trauma patients, tissue trauma, shock, tissue anoxia and hypothermia contribute to the development of disseminated intravascular coagulation and microvascular bleeding. In elective surgery patients, a decrease in fibrinogen concentration is observed initially while thrombocytopenia is a late occurrence. Critically low levels of coagulation factors were seldom reported when whole blood was in common use. With the use of packed red cells, dilution or consumption of coagulation factors is a significant issue requiring specific treatment with primarily, fresh frozen plasma. Maintaining a normal body temperature is a simple and effective strategy to improve hemostasis during massive transfusion. Red cells play an important role and hematocrits as high as 35% may be required to sustain hemostasis. The use of platelets and/or fresh frozen plasma should depend on clinical judgment and results of coagulation testing and should be used mainly to treat a clinical coagulopathy. * Auteur correspondant. Adresse e-mail : cmsamama@invivo.edu (C.M. Samama). Réanimation 13 (2004) 477–483 http://france.elsevier. com/direct/REAURG/ 1624-0693/$ see front matter © 2004 Société de réanimation de langue française. Publié par Elsevier SAS. Tous droits réservés. doi:10.1016/j.reaurg. 2004.08. 004 Conclusions. – Coagulopathy associated with massive transfusion remains an important problem. Treatment strategies include the maintenance of adequate tissue perfusion, the correction of hypothermia and anemia, and the use of hemostatic blood products to correct microvascular bleeding. © 2004 Société de réanimation de langue française. Publié par Elsevier SAS. Tous droits réservés. Mots clés : Transfusion massive ; Saignement microvasculaire ; Coagulopathie ; Hypothermie ; Anémie
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recent Work Title Peeking Network States with Clustered Patterns : Permalink

Network traffic monitoring has long been a core element for effective network management and security. However, it is still a challenging task with a high degree of complexity for comprehensive analysis when considering multiple variables and ever-increasing traffic volumes to monitor. For example, one of the widely considered approaches is to scrutinize probabilistic distributions, but it poses a scalability concern and multivariate analysis is not generally supported due to the exponential increase of the complexity. In this work, we propose a novel method for network traffic monitoring based on clustering, one of the powerful deep-learning techniques. We show that the new approach enables us to recognize clustered results as patterns representing the network states, which can then be utilized to evaluate “similarity” of network states over time. In addition, we define a new quantitative measure for the similarity between two compared network states observed in different time windows, as a supportive means for intuitive analysis. Finally, we demonstrate the clustering-based network monitoring with public traffic traces, and show that the proposed approach using the clustering method has a great opportunity for feasible, costeffective network monitoring.
Running head: Emotional intelligence and caring in health care professionals

1 Abstract 1 Background: Over recent years there has been criticism within the United Kingdom’s health 2 service regarding a lack of care and compassion, resulting in adverse outcomes for patients. 3 The impact of emotional intelligence in staff on patient health care outcomes has been 4 recently highlighted. Many recruiters now assess emotional intelligence as part of their 5 selection process for health care staff. However, it has been argued that the importance of 6 emotional intelligence in health care has been overestimated. 7