Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
XML Native Storage and Query Processing

As XML has evolved as a data model for semi-structured data and the de facto standard for data exchange (e.g., Atom, RSS, and XBRL), XML data management has been the subject of extensive research and development in both academia and industry. Among the XML data management issues, storage and query processing are the most critical ones with respect to system performance. Different storage schemes have their own pros and cons. Some storage schemes are more amenable to fast navigation, and some schemes perform better in fragment extraction and document reconstruction. Therefore, based on their own requirements, different systems adopt different storage schemes to tradeoff one set of features over the others. In this chapter, we review different native storage formats and query processing techniques that have been developed in both academia and industry. Various XML indexing techniques are also presented since they can be treated as specialized storage and query processing tools.
The Foundations Of Differential Geometry

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Estimating Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates of the Rupiah

In this paper we estimate equilibrium real exchange rate of the rupiah. Using quarterly data from 1993:Q1 to 2005:Q2, we find that productivity differential, terms of trade, and net foreign assets significantly determine the long-run equilibrium real exchange rate of the rupiah. In the short run, the change in the equilibrium real exchange rate is significantly determined by terms of trade, productivity differentials, net foreign assets, inflation differentials, and interest rate differentials. Based on the estimates of the equilibrium real exchange rate we find that in the period shortly before the 1997’s crisis, the actual real exchange rate of the rupiah overvalued substantially relative the equilibrium real exchange rate, and since 2004 the rupiah tends to overvalue, but to the extent that lower than the overvaluation before the crisis.
SOAR : Storage Reliability Analyzer

As the number of large size multimedia files increases and the importance of individual's digital data grows, storage devices have been advanced to store more data into smaller spaces. In such circumstances, a physical damage in a storage device can destroy large amount of important data. Therefore, it is needed to verify the robustness of various physical faults in storage device before certain systems are used. We developed SOAR(Storage Reliability Analyzer), Storage Reliability Analyzer, to detect physical faults in diverse kinds of HDD hardware components and to recover the systems from those faults. This is a useful tool to verify robustness and reliability of a disk. SOAR uses three unique methods of creating physical damages on a disk and two unique techniques to apply the same feature on file systems. In this paper, we have performed comprehensive tests to verify the robustness and reliability of storage device with SOAR, and from the verification result we could confirm SOAR is a very efficient tool.
Derecho penal más humano para los adolescentes infractores a la ley

Crime presents today a very complex network. Therefore, it is easy to prosecute the youngsters with indigenous features or afro origin who are already stigmatized and belong to lower social classes. In those cases “dangerousness” is always seen. Capitalist system needs to build the image of a young fearful delinquent that justifies repression. Grievance and humiliation are suffered by the youngsters as they don´t have proper advocacy because their participation and voices are constrained in the formal democracy we build. Argentine law reflects a poor elaboration of penal law as it has just limited to discuss the downgrade of the age of criminal responsibility. It´s time for a cultural change to give rise to an integral protection paradigm that allows systematically working on extrajudicial restorative processes , assuring the youngsters responsibility and a response to the victims and the community through specialized in childhood mediators. Prosecution should be exceptional, specialized, promote restorative justice, reflect over the impact of law in youngsters and anticipate penalties aiming on freedom.
Static determinants of synaptic strength

This chapter contains sections titled: The Neurophysiology Of Neural Network Models, The Neurobiology Of A Biological Neural Network, Buccal Ganglia Synaptic Strengths Differ Both Statically And Dynamically, Cell And Network Properties Of The Buccal Ganglia Transcend Simplifying Assumptions Of Network Models, Backpropagation Imposes A Requirement For Retrograde Information Transfer, Buccal Ganglia Synaptic Strengths Are Specified By Postsynaptic Neurons, Postsynaptic Neurons Specify Presynaptic Quantal Release, Aplysia Neurobiological. Mechanisms Consistent With Retrosynaptic Information Transfer, Static And Dynamic Retrosynaptic Plasticity In Neurobiology, Retrosynaptic Mechanisms For Network Learning Rules, Acknowledgment
Negotiating a Market, Performing Theory: The Historical Sociology of a Financial Derivatives Exchange

This analysis of the origins and development of a key financial derivatives market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, suggests that social interaction in such markets generates trust, permits solution of collective action problems, and affects pricing. The growing cognitive complexity of option trading implies that the unaided human being cannot be homo economicus: material means of calculation have become constitutive of economic action, and economic theory has become performative. The empirical history of option pricing falls into three distinct periods, and the paper postulates that "cultural memory" of the 1987 crash explains the pattern of pricing in the most recent period.
Care order cases in the European Court of Human Rights - Parents' vs. children's rights

I Acknowledgments: . II Table of content . III Chapter 1 Introduction . 1 1.1 In-depth presentation of research question . 2 1.2 Outline of the paper . 6 Chapter 2 Context . 6 2.1 Care orders . 7 2.2 European Court of Human Rights . 7 2.2.1 Background: . 7 2.2.2 Changes in the European Court of Human Rights – Protocol No. 11 and No. 14 . 8 2.2.3 Judges . 10 2.2.4 Single judge formation, Committees, Chambers and Grand Chamber . 11 2.3 The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms . 12 2.3.1 Presentation of central articles in the ECHR . 13 2.3. 2 Children and the ECHR . 13 2.4 The Convention on the Right of the Child . 14 2.4. 1 Children’s rights in the CRC – Protection, Provision and Participation . 15 2.4. 2 The ECtHR and the CRC . 16 Chapter 3 Building a theoretical framework . 16 3.1 Rights theory – do children have rights? 17 3.1.1 Will theory and interest theory . 17 3.1.2 Children’s legal rights . 18
Link quality estimation model for wireless sensor networks under non-perceived packet loss

For the existing link quality estimation with no consideration of the incomplete packet impact on link quality in wireless sensor networks,the packet loss was divided into two categories-perceived packet loss and non-perceived packet loss.A link quality estimation model under non-perceived packet loss has been proposed on the basis of the analy-sis of the causes for the non-perceived packet loss and the measurement of the non-perceived packet loss.When the model is being built,Kalman filter is introduced to denoise the acquired CCI(chip correlation indicator). The cubic model and the least squares method are employed in the fitting relationship between CCI and non-perceived packet loss ratio.The experiment results show that the link quality estimation model is reasonable,and non-perceived packet loss ra-tio coming from this model is very close to the measured value.
Agrobiodiversity Products in Alternative Food System: Case of Finnish Native Cattle Breeds

Agrobiodiversity products i.e., products from native breeds and plant species can make a valuable contribution to a local food market while also maintaining and preserving ecological and cultural values. There have been attempts to create markets for these products, but they continue to be marginal across the world. Previous research revealed how various stakeholders perceive the native breeds and their products. This study applied a transdisciplinary, multi-actor co-production of knowledge approach that is often used in the food system research. The approach aims at improving the understanding of the ecological, regional and social embeddedness of a Finnish native breed, the Finncattle, and at co-creating feasible supply chains for Finncattle products. The study confirmed that the market does not work and the embeddedness may also constitute some challenges for the development of feasible product chains. The study suggested some practical solutions to overcome these challenges. Furthermore, the results revealed some weaknesses of the co-production of knowledge approach used and discussed possible reasons that can be further explored in future research.
Environmental Factors Associated with Older Adult’s Walking Behaviors: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies

The aim of this study is to systematically review the relationship between neighborhood environments and all types of walking behaviors among older adults. Seventy peer-reviewed journal articles which met the selection criteria were examined. Research designs were summarized by geographical location and the associations of environmental characteristics and walking were calculated. Interactions between moderators and environmental characteristics for all types of walking were also categorized. Results have shown that transport walking is the most supported by neighborhood environmental characteristics. The positively related environmental characteristics are walkability, urbanization, land use mix-diversity and accessibility, walking amenities, and bicycle lanes. Total walking was positively associated with walkability and urbanization. Recreational walking was associated with neighborhood employment/income level, nearness to public transport/bus stops, and social cohesion. The most commonly used moderators were age and gender, but inconsistent moderating effects between neighborhood environments and walking were also found. In densely populated environments such as Hong Kong, older adults walked mostly for both transport and recreation. In contrast, American older adults in low density areas walked less for transport and more for recreation. Findings support a strong relationship between neighborhood environments and older adults’ walking. Future research should focus on longitudinal studies and comparison studies by geographic location.
SIFT Algorithm Based on Visual Matching Window for Registration Between Multi-sensor Imagery

The imaging mechanism,acquired angle and resolution between imagery acquired by diverse remote sensing sensors are different,which throws a big difficulty in the registration between them.The SIFT algorithm has had a successful application in aerial and video images presently;however,when applying it in registration between imagery acquired by different sensors or with big differences in resolution and angle,few matching couples are obtained.Aiming to this problem,a new algorithm named SIFT based on visual matching window is proposed.By constructing the visual matching window,the scale similarity and matching probability between SIFT features are increased,and then combined with least-square equation and bilinear interpolation method,the automatic registration is achieved.SPOT-5(P) and TM images,which have big differences in acquired angle and resolution,were tested,and the results show that the precision is lower than 1 pixel.
The relationship of atmospheric air temperature and dew point temperature to extreme rainfall

To understand the expected changes of extreme rainfalls due to climate change, the sensitivity of rainfall to surface temperature is often calculated. However, as surface temperatures may not be a good indicator of atmospheric moisture, an alternative is to use atmospheric temperatures, but the use of atmospheric temperatures lacks precedent. Using radiosonde atmospheric temperature data at a range of geopotential heights from 34 weather stations across Australia and its territories, we examine whether atmospheric temperature can improve our understanding of rainfall-temperature sensitivities. There is considerable variability in the calculated sensitivity when using atmospheric air temperature, while atmospheric dew point temperature showed robust positive sensitivities, similar to when surface dew point temperature measurements were used. We conclude atmospheric dew point temperature may be a promising candidate for future investigations of empirically calculated sensitivities of rainfall to temperature but does not appear superior to the use of surface dew point temperature measurements.
Alliance Portfolio Diversity and Dominant Logic Theory

Alliance portfolio diversity has emerged as a topic of considerable researchinterest. Two central questions remain: why are some firms are better at managingalliance portfolio diversity than others, and does the form of alliance portfoliodiversity matter? I develop a framework using dominant logic theory to explorethese questions. I distinguish related alliance portfolio diversity from unrelatedalliance portfolio diversity, and argue that when a firm engages in related allianceportfolio diversity strategy that matches its dominant logic(s), it will experiencegreater performance. I expect that firms lacking a prominent dominant logic willengage in unrelated alliance portfolio diversity. I also argue that if firms engage inrelated alliance portfolio diversity in an area(s) that does not match its dominantlogic(s), there will be a mismatch, triggering a reduction in firm performance and thedevelopment of a new dominant logic. Finally, I offer directions for future research.
Extreme returns and the idiosyncratic volatility puzzle: African evidence

ABSTRACT We examine the cross-sectional relationship between the expected stock return and both the maximum daily return (MAX) and the idiosyncratic volatility (IVOL) in the five largest emerging African stock markets over the period from 2001 to 2015. First, we find that there is a robust and significantly negative MAX effect in the pooled African stock markets. Second, though we initially document a negative IVOL effect, it disappears after controlling for MAX. Finally, the negative MAX effect is only significant in the small-SIZE, high-illiquidity and high-skewness portfolios. Our results suggest risk-seeking behaviour among African investors similar to that in other parts of the world.
A Measure of Nature Connectedness for Children and Adults: Validation, Performance, and Insights

With benefits to both human well-being and pro-nature conservation behaviors, nature connectedness is emerging as an important psychological construct for a sustainable future. The growing research and applied and policy-related interests require a straightforward measure of nature connectedness that is suitable for both children and adult populations. To establish the reliability of the new Nature Connection Index (NCI) three factor analyses were conducted. One was based on a large Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) dataset for adults (n = 3568) with a replication from data sets collected online (n = 553), and a third used MENE data from children (n = 351). To validate the NCI as a measure for nature connectedness an online comparison study (n = 153) included the NCI alongside other established measures. The results showed that the NCI was a reliable and valid scale that offers a short, simple alternative to other measures of nature connectedness, particularly for populations including both children and adults, measured face to face or online. The utility of the NCI is also supported, with variations associated with various pro-environmental and pro-conservation behaviors observed, and importantly the NCI also revealed changes in nature connectedness across the lifespan.
The National Water Act

Parliament recently passed a new law on water; known as the National Water Act 36 of 1998. The Act replaces the previous Water Act 54 of 1956, and repeals more than a hundred other Acts dealing with water. The new Act drastically changes the basic concepts of water law in South Africa. It is the result of a long process of consultation and deliberation, stretching over a period of some three years. Most of the provisions of the National Water Act came into operation on 1 October 1998. Some provisions, particularly those dealing with licences and charges, will be put into effect at a later date.
Research on Privacy-Preserving Two-Party Collaborative Filtering Recommendation

Privacy-preserving collaborative filtering aims at protecting participating parties' privacy while providing high-quality recommendations efficiently.In the case of the number of the participating parties is greater than 2,a protocol,employing commutative encryption as its major privacy-preserving technique,has been devised to address the issue of rating a specific item in scenarios with distributed data storage,which is a key challenge in privacy-preserving collaborative filtering recommendation in that scenarios.However,the protocol does not work when the number of the participating parties is exactly 2.Employing secure comparison and secure dot product as its fundamental security infrastructure,we design a privacy-preserving two-party collaborative computing protocol to address the challenge.This protocol produces the same results as the traditional memory-based collaborative filtering recommender systems.Based on secure multi-party computation theory and simulation paradigm,the protocol's security is proved.The protocol's computation complexity and communication cost are examined as well.
Noun-Verb Complex Predicates in Hindi and the Rise of Non-Canonical Subjects

Verbo-nominal complex predicates, the bulk of the Hindi predicate lexicon, a highly heterogeneous category regarding compositionality and idiomaticity, can however be sub-classified in three types regarding agreement, internal and external syntax, separability, omissibility, extraction and acceptable modifiers. However, in spite of the highly heterogeneous nature of the category, they behave similarly in widening the scope of Aktionsart, aspect and voice specifications in comparison to the grammatical markers of TAM in simplex predicates. The most important fact deals with the diachronic evolution of the language. All sub-types of complex predicates, massively introduced during the renewal of the verbal lexicon by means of borrowing, have contributed to a general shift towards semantic alignments by licensing non-canonical subjects, mainly dative and genitive subject constructions.
Options availability effect on informed trading in M&As

Purpose - Informed trading has a strong liaison with the options market, as the risk in the options market is limited to the premium, leverage is high and the transaction cost is less. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of options availability on the informed trading, occurring well before the merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements along with the crisis period and regulation effect. Design/methodology/approach - The study employs event study methodology for 864 M&A announcements done by Indian acquiring companies in order to compute the abnormal returns and also examine the implied volatility and volume of call, putting options for the robustness check. Findings - The results indicate that option listing status increases the possibility and magnitude of informed trading in the M&As, which gets more/less pronounced during and immediately after the crisis period when new regulatory reforms are introduced. Originality/value - This study contributes to the efficient market theory and affirms that stock market of acquiring companies in India follow a semi-strong form of market efficiency around M&A announcements in the presence of options market.
User Activity Awareness Assisted Indoor Pedestrian Localization

Indoor pedestrian localization is the key factor in Location Based Service(LBS)applications. Meanwhile,Pedestrian Dead-Reckoning(PDR)is an important method for indoor pedestrian localization,and vulnerable to the accumulate errors.This paper proposes a user activity awareness assisted indoor pedestrian localization method,in which an activity awareness technique is used to detect a user's consecutive activities when the user passes special locations using the built-in sensors in smartphones.Based on the location-related activities and indoor road network topology,the accumulated PDR errors are eliminated by matching these consecutive activities to the special locations.Moreover, by the activity matching method,pedestrian autonomous localization can be realized when the starting point in unknown.Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Stopping the Clock On Retirement: Target Wealth Stopping Time Problems

Retirement planning attempts to build sufficient funds to retire at a fixed, predefined horizon. In that the only guaranteed way to hit a target wealth at a fixed horizon is by appropriate risk free investments, these strategies either have a large risk of falling short of the goal or require excessive savings. In this paper, we investigate what we consider to be a more useful approach. Instead of optimizing wealth at a fixed future time, we optimize on the stopping time at which one has sufficient wealth. This builds on an approach to retirement suggested by Bode in "Retirement Investing: A New Approach", 2001.
Building dynamic forms with XML, XSLT

Data entry forms are a key component of all process automation applications. This paper will present an approach for building dynamic data entry forms using data that have been stored in a relational database. By following a series of steps, we transform these data into a dynamic HTML form using the web technologies XML and XSLT. This approach reduces the amount of software development time and maintenance required to generate and process such forms and can have very high payoff in many enterprise process automation applications.
A study of the security of a steganography method and security enhancement methods

Based on PCR and DNA sequencing technology,several attacks against a DNA steganography method are proposed and discussed.Due to the limitation of finding complementary primes,electrophoretic technology and separation technology,attacks above do not work.The attact by using possible words as primes is also discussed,and security enhancement methods to prevent such attacks are proposed.