Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Online Fehler-Erkennung und schnelle Wiederherstellungs-Techniken für zuverlässige eingebettete Prozessoren (Online Error Detection and Fast Recover Techniques for Dependable Embedded Processors)

Zusammenfassung Die Dissertation präsentiert neue Verfahren zur online Observierung und parallelem Check von Prozessoren durch Verfeinerung und Verbesserung bekannter Techniken und Methoden sowie Einführung neuer Ideen. Motivation war die Entwicklung von Techniken zur Fehlererkennung im selben Maschinenzyklus. Des Weiteren werden Verfahren zur schnellen Fehlerkompensation vorgestellt. Ziel ist die Erhöhung der Zuverlässigkeit von Prozessoren speziell für sicherheitskritische Systeme.
Comprehensive Analysis of some Recent Competitive CBIR Techniques

In today's real life applications complexity of multimedia contents is significantly increased. This is highly demanding the development of effective retrieval systems to satisfy human desires. Recently, extensive research efforts have been carried out in the field of content-based image retrieval (CBIR). These research efforts are based on various parameters; feature extraction (to find content of image), similarity matching (compare the content of a query image with content of other images), indexing (index images based on their content), and relevance feedback (consider users view to get better output). The efforts result many promising solutions in designing effective and interactive CBIR systems. This paper mainly includes study of some recent CBIR techniques with the goal to design efficient system. Additionally, this study presents a detailed framework of CBIR system. Further it includes improvements achieved in the major areas like feature extraction, indexing, similarity matching, relevance feedback.
Promoting usability in software development

Hänninen, Juha Promoting usability in software development Scrum projects University of Jyväskylä, 2015, 22 p. Information Systems, Bachelor’s Thesis Supervisor: Rousi, Rebekah Usability is often taken for granted in software development and it does not always get the attention it deserves. The benefits of usability are often unclear for the developers, which makes it difficult for them to understand its meaning. Especially in agile Scrum projects, where time is short, usability can be seen as something that can be excluded, since it is not seen as important. This thesis examines the role of usability in software development Scrum projects and the methods which can be used to promote usability’s role. The thesis is a literature review explaining these methods without taking a stand on their suitability on different kinds of use contexts. The object of this thesis is to give an idea about how usability can be improved in the software development Scrum projects by applying different methods. These results can be used in development projects in practice, although the use contexts should be further researched.
Efficient integral equation approach for metamaterials made of core-shell nanoparticles at optical frequencies

This study exploits the surface equivalence principle to obtain a reduced system of equations for a problem that includes doubly periodic infinite arrays of multi-layers of core-shell nanoparticles, illuminated by a plane wave, above a dielectric substrate. The proposed approach allows a different host medium for each layer of nanoparticles without employing multilayered media Green's function.
Correlation between the numbers of two types of children in a family.

The family size (sibship size) N is regarded as an integer-valued random variable having a Modified Power Series distribution (MPSD) of Gupta (1974). The family produces two types of children, with probabilities p and q (p+q =1) . It is proved that the correlation between the numbers B and C of these children is positive or negative according as the function log f(θ) is convex or concave with respect to the function g(θ), (see Section 2). This condition is a simple and a natural extension of the one given by Rao et al (1973). Several examples are discussed to illustrate the result.
A series feed E-shaped microstrip antenna with high gain

A series feed E-shaped microstrip antenna is proposed in this paper with high gain. Double E-shaped elements with high gain are series-fed for gain enhancing, while elements space is adjusted for radiation efficiency enhancing. With optimized design of the proposed antenna, the measured bandwidth of VSWR<;1.5 is from 2.33~2.54GHz with the relative bandwith of 8.6%. At the covering frequency band of 2.4~2.5GHz for WLAN, the proposed antenna achieves the gain of larger than 12dBi with steady bandwidth of both E plane and H plane. As a series-fed array, the proposed antenna has the advantage of easy fabrication, but suffers from the beam direction offset with the frequency shifts at E-plane. With the optimal design, the beam direction offset angle controlled within ±1°.
A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics and other antiinfective agents.

BACKGROUND AND METHODS Optimal decisions about the use of antibiotics and other antiinfective agents in critically ill patients require access to a large amount of complex information. We have developed a computerized decision-support program linked to computer-based patient records that can assist physicians in the use of antiinfective agents and improve the quality of care. This program presents epidemiologic information, along with detailed recommendations and warnings. The program recommends antiinfective regimens and courses of therapy for particular patients and provides immediate feedback. We prospectively studied the use of the computerized antiinfectives-management program for one year in a 12-bed intensive care unit. RESULTS During the intervention period, all 545 patients admitted were cared for with the aid of the antiinfectives-management program. Measures of processes and outcomes were compared with those for the 1136 patients admitted to the same unit during the two years before the intervention period. The use of the program led to significant reductions in orders for drugs to which the patients had reported allergies (35, vs. 146 during the preintervention period; P<0.01), excess drug dosages (87 vs. 405, P<0.01), and antibiotic-susceptibility mismatches (12 vs. 206, P<0.01). There were also marked reductions in the mean number of days of excessive drug dosage (2.7 vs. 5.9, P<0.002) and in adverse events caused by antiinfective agents (4 vs. 28, P<0.02). In analyses of patients who received antiinfective agents, those treated during the intervention period who always received the regimens recommended by the computer program (n=203) had significant reductions, as compared with those who did not always receive the recommended regimens (n= 195) and those in the preintervention cohort (n = 766), in the cost of antiinfective agents (adjusted mean, $102 vs. $427 and $340, respectively; P<0.001), in total hospital costs (adjusted mean, $26,315 vs. $44,865 and $35,283; P<0.001), and in the length of the hospital stay days (adjusted mean, 10.0 vs. 16.7 and 12.9; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS; A computerized antiinfectives-management program can improve the quality of patient care and reduce costs.
Detection of colorectal cancer cells from feces using quantitative real‐time RT‐PCR for colorectal cancer diagnosis

Early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) is desired for reducing its mortality rate. Recently, the feasibility of a new method for isolating colonocytes from feces was demonstrated, followed by direct sequencing analysis for detecting colorectal cancer. In the present study, gene expression analysis was conducted using quantitative real‐time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR). One hundred and sixty‐six patients with CRC and 134 healthy volunteers were enrolled. Messenger RNA expressions of CEA, MMP7, MYBL2, PTGS2 and TP53 in the colonocytes isolated from feces were analyzed by quantitative real‐time RT‐PCR. Beta‐2‐microglobulin, used for internal control, could not be detected in approximately 25% each of the CRC patients (39/166) and healthy volunteers (33/134). CEA expression did not differ significantly between CRC patients and healthy volunteers (P = 0.21). MMP7, MYBL2, PTGS2 and TP53 gene expressions were significantly higher in CRC patients than in healthy volunteers (P < 0.001). The overall sensitivity and specificity using these gene expressions were 58.3% (74/127, 95% CI; 49.2–67.0) and 88.1% (89/101, 95% CI; 80.2–93.7), respectively. The sensitivity was dependent on the tumor location (P = 0.01) and tumor size (P = 0.02), but not the tumor depth (P = 0.06) or cancer stage (P = 0.37). Gene expression analysis of colonocytes isolated from feces may be a useful method for CRC screening, if the number of isolated colonocytes is sufficiently high for analysis by quantitative real‐time PCR. Therefore, improvement of the colonocyte retrieval system from feces may be necessary for the technique to be developed for clinical use. (Cancer Sci 2008; 99: 1977–1983)
The Changing Role of Governments in Corporate Social Responsibility: Drivers and Responses

The aim of this article is to contribute to understanding the changing role of government in promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR). Over the last decade, governments have joined other stakeholders in assuming a relevant role as drivers of CSR, working together with intergovernmental organizations and recognizing that public policies are key in encouraging a greater sense of CSR. This paper focuses on the analysis of the new strategies adopted by governments in order to promote, and encourage businesses to adopt, CSR values and strategies. The research is based on the analysis of an explanatory framework, related to the development of a relational analytical framework, which tries to analyze the vision, values, strategies and roles adopted by governments, and the integration of new partnerships that governments establish in the CSR area with the private sector and social organizations. The research compares CSR initiatives and public policies in three European countries: Italy, Norway and the United Kingdom, and focuses on governmental drivers and responses. The preliminary results demonstrate that governments are incorporating a common statement and discourse on CSR, working in partnership with the private and social sectors. For governments, CSR implies the need to manage a complex set of relationships in order to develop a win–win situation between business and social organizations. However, the research also focuses on the differences between the three governments when applying CSR public policies. These divergences are based on the previous cultural and political framework, such as the welfare state typology, the organizational structures and the business and social and cultural background in each country.
Topics In High-Energy Physics: The Proton Magnetic Radius And Phenomenology Of Z0 Mediation Of Supersymmetry Breaking

TOPICS IN HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS: THE PROTON MAGNETIC RADIUS AND PHENOMENOLOGY OF Z ′ MEDIATION OF SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING by JOYDEEP ROY December 2017 Advisor: Dr. Gil Paz Major: Physics Degree: Doctor of Philosophy This dissertation describes two topics in high-energy physics. In the first we describe the extraction of the magnetic radius of the proton. In the second we impose LHC constraints on the combined anomaly and Z’ mediation mechanisms of supersymmetry breaking. We combine constraints from analyticity with experimental electron-proton scattering data to determine the proton magnetic radius without model-dependent assumptions on the shape of the form factor. We also study the impact of including electron-neutron scattering data, and ππ → NN̄ data. Using representative data sets we find for a cut of Q ≤ 0.5 GeV, r M = 0.91 +0.03 −0.06 ± 0.02 fm using just proton scattering data; r M = 0.87 +0.04 −0.05 ± 0.01 fm adding neutron data; and r p M = 0.87 +0.02 −0.02 fm adding ππ data. We also extract the neutron magnetic radius from these data sets obtaining r M = 0.89 +0.03 −0.03 fm from the combined proton, neutron, and ππ data. Particle Data Group (PDG) has reported both of these values, r M = 0.87± 0.02 fm and r M = 0.89± 0.03 fm in their 2016 listing of the magnetic radius of the proton and neutron, respectively. Combining anomaly with Z ′ mediation allows us to solve the tachyonic problem of the former and avoid fine tuning in the latter. This model includes an extra U(1)′ gauge symmetry and extra singlet scalar S which provides a solution to the ‘μ problem’ of the MSSM. The low-energy particle spectrum is calculated from the UV inputs using
Visceral fat and insulin resistance as predictors of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

AIM To examine whether visceral fat is associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), to assess for parameters associated with visceral adiposity and to investigate for factors associated with fibrotic severity in NASH. METHODS Thirty NASH and 30 control subjects underwent biochemical tests, anthropometric assessment, bioelectrical impedance, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and abdominal fat study by CT scan. Liver biopsies were graded according to the Brunt criteria. RESULTS NASH subjects had elevated blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio. A greater number of diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance test and HOMA-IR > 3.5 were found in NASH patients. HOMA-IR > 2.8 (OR 20.98, 95% CI 3.22-136.62; P < 0.001) and visceral fat area > 158 cm(2) (OR 18.55, 95% CI 1.60-214.67; P = 0.019) were independent predictors for NASH. Advanced stage of NASH was found in 15 (50%) patients. HOMA-IR > 3.5 (OR 23.12, 95% CI 2.00-266.23; P = 0.012) and grading of portal inflammation (OR 7.15, 95% CI 1.63-31.20; P = 0.009) were determined as independent risk factors for advanced stage of NASH. CONCLUSION Obesity (especially central obesity) and metabolic syndrome are common in Thai NASH. Insulin resistance and elevated visceral fat are risk factors for the presence of NASH. The advanced stage of the disease is related to insulin resistance.
Computational Models of Language Meaning in Context (Dagstuhl Seminar 13462)

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 13462 "Computational Models of Language Meaning in Context". The seminar addresses one of the most significant issues to arise in contemporary formal and computational models of language and inference: that of the role and expressiveness of distributional models of semantics and statistically derived models of language and linguistic behavior. The availability of very large corpora has brought about a near revolution in computational linguistics and language modeling, including machine translation, information extraction, and question-answering. Several new models of language meaning are emerging that provide potential formal interpretations of linguistic patterns emerging from these distributional datasets. But whether such systems can provide avenues for formal and robust inference and reasoning is very much still uncertain. This seminar examines the relationship between classical models of language meaning and distributional models, and the role of corpora, annotations, and the distributional models derived over these data. To our knowledge, there have been no recent Dagstuhl Seminars on this or related topics.
Comparison of Unicast and Receiver-Based Routing Services in Wireless Sensor Networks

In this paper, we compare the performance of RTS/ CTS unicast against receiver-based routing (RBR) within our implementation of the T-MAC protocol and give guidelines how to configure the protocol parameters to achieve a highly reliable communication with reduced energy consumption. Using the accurate energy model integrated in our simulator, we have evaluated the performance of the RBR service and analysed the impact of different T-MAC parameters (listen time, receiver contention window), transceiver's parameters (bitrate, switch time) and other factors such as collisions and retransmissions on the performance (active time, throughput and latency).
Bandpass Filter Realization Using Degenerate Dual-Modes of a New Type of Patch Resonator for Significant Size Reduction

A new type of dual mode patch resonator is proposed and dual-mode bandpass filters are designed by perturbing its degenerate modes using two slots which are orthogonal to each other. It has been shown that resonant frequencies of the degenerate modes can be varied independently by adjusting one slot length at a time. Geometrical size as well as radiation loss has been reduced further by using inductively loaded cross-slotted patch resonator. A bandpass filter operating at 2.98GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 4.69% is designed after miniaturization. A size reduction of approximately 30% is observed when compared with miniaturized triangular patch resonators, for the same center frequency.
One Dimensional SiN/Air Defect Multilayer based Nonlinear Optical Sensor

Nonlinear multilayer structure with a defect layer can be used in optical sensing by exploiting third order Kerr nonlinearity. In the present work, photonic crystal of multilayer structure as $(\mathrm{AB})3^{3}\mathrm{D})(\mathrm{BA})^{3}$ is considered to study the effect of intensity of light on transmission properties. SiN medium is used as higher refractive index as well as the defect layer with different thickness. As a defect layer it produces a defect mode inside photonic band gap region of transmission spectra. SiN material is used as Kerr nonlinear material whose refractive index depends upon intensity of light, therefore this defect mode is shifted due to the changes in refractive index of SiN induced by intensity. Theoretical simulation is obtained by transfer matrix method. Proposed structure can be used as optical sensor to detect the intensity of light in units of TW/cm2.
The effect of a combined Pasteurella haemolytica and Haemophilus somnus vaccine and a modified-live bovine respiratory syncytial virus vaccine against enzootic pneumonia in young beef calves.

Enzootic pneumonia is a common disease in young beef calves and its occurrence appears to depend on a series of complex interactions among several different infectious agents, the immunological status of the calf, and environmental factors (1,2). The prevention and control of enzootic pneumonia in beef calves by the alteration of environmental conditions is difficult. A more practical method to reduce the incidence of enzootic pneumonia may be to maximize the calf's immunity to common infectious causes of pneumonia. This approach is supported by studies that show that calves with high levels of passively-acquired antibodies are at low risk of pneumonia during the first few months of age (3-5). However, disease often occurs in beef calves at two to six months of age when colostral immunity wanes (3). Methods are needed to increase immunity during this time of risk.
The birth of new Clusters ∗

Externalities across related industries have been mentioned as a potential key for economic development. Nonetheless, the literature provides little identified evidence of a causal link between the location of one large firm and the subsequent entry of new related industries to the region. To address that gap, in this paper we use two decades of US county-level data from 1977 to 1997 and combine it with the “Million Dollar Plants” natural-experiment (MDP), in which a large industrial plant located in one shortlisted county for arguably exogenous reasons (see Greenstone, Hornbeck, and Moretti, 2010; JPE). After remarking a “boom” in non-tradable activities, our main result is that the subsequent birth of new industries related to the MDP’s industry is 50%-75% higher for treated counties than for the control group. In contrast, the difference between treatment and control groups is economically and statistically insignificant for industries that are unrelated to these arguably exogenous MDP plants. Our preliminary results support the view that today’s industries causally impact the type of firms that will born in the future. There is hysteresis in how regions locate in the “industry-space", so movements in this space can have strategic consequences for subsequent entrants. JEL O25, R12, F23.
Age of diagnosis of congenital hearing loss: Private v. public healthcare sector.

BACKGROUND The age of diagnosis of congenital hearing loss is one of the most important determinants of communication outcome. A previous study by the lead author had evaluated the performance of the public health services in Bloemfontein, South Africa (SA), in this regard. This study aimed to examine whether the private health services in the same city were any better. OBJECTIVE To determine whether the age of diagnosis of congenital hearing loss (CHL) in children seen in the private healthcare sector in Bloemfontein, Free State Province, SA, was lower than that in the public healthcare system in the same city. METHODS A comparative study design was utilised and a retrospective database review conducted. Data obtained from this study in the private healthcare sector were compared with data from a previous study in the public healthcare sector using the same study design. RESULTS Forty-eight children aged <6 years with disabling hearing impairment (DHI) were identified in the private healthcare sector during the study period; 33/47 (70.2%) did not undergo hearing screening at birth. The median age of diagnosis of DHI in the private healthcare sector was 2.24 years, and this was statistically significantly lower than the median age of diagnosis of 3.71 years in the public healthcare sector (p<0.0001; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.99-2.0). The median age of diagnosis of congenital hearing loss (CHL) in the private healthcare sector was 3.01 years in children who were not screened at birth, and 1.25 years in those who were screened at birth. This difference was statistically significant (p<0.01; 95% CI 0.72-2.47). We also compared the median age of diagnosis of CHL in children from the private healthcare sector who were not screened at birth (median 3.01 years) with that in children in the public healthcare sector (median 3.71 years). This difference was statistically significant (p<0.01; 95% CI 0.41-1.56). CONCLUSIONS Children in the Free State are diagnosed with CHL at a younger age in the private healthcare sector than in the public healthcare sector. With the social and economic benefits of early intervention in cases of DHI well established internationally, SA healthcare providers in both the public and private sectors need to develop screening, diagnostic and (re)habilitation services for children with hearing impairment.
Vaccine strategies for human papillomavirus-associated cancers

Purpose of review To review novel immunologic strategies for the prevention and treatment of human papillomavirus infection and associated diseases. Both animal model systems and human protocols are discussed. Recent findings Many vaccine platforms for both prevention of human papillomavirus infection and treatment of associated disease have been developed. Virus-like particle constructs containing human papillomavirus capsid proteins have been shown to protect against human papillomavirus infection. Novel peptide or protein constructs containing modified E6 or E7 proteins, novel adjuvants, fusion proteins such as immunoglobulin-G-heavy chain E7, or heat shock proteins have been made as therapeutic modalities. In addition, many new recombinant vaccine vectors such as vaccinia, Listeria species, adenovirus, Semliki Forest vectors, and others have been developed as carriers of immunotherapeutic agents. Recently, chimeric virus-like particle vaccines have been developed to treat existing human papillomavirus-induced neoplasms. Summary Immunotherapy protocols using a variety of recombinant vectors and modified human papillomavirus proteins induce in-vitro T cell responses and may lead to tumor regression. Vaccine-induced in-vitro immune reactivity and clinical vaccine effects are often not well associated. Further analysis of ongoing human immunotherapy trials is awaited.