Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An integration of imprecise computation model and real-time voltage and frequency scaling

As microprocessor performance grows, high throughput and the power management are becoming more important on embedded real-time systems. RealTime Voltage and Frequency Scaling (RT-VFS) has been proposed to reduce the power consumption and ensure real-time constraints. An imprecise computation model adds an optional part to Liu and Layland’s model to improve the quality of computations. This paper proposes the scheme to integrate an imprecise computation model and RT-VFS that can reduce the power consumption and improve the quality of computations within real-time constraints. Moreover, we implement this scheme on Dependable Responsive Multithreaded Processor (D-RMTP). D-RMTP is a prioritized simultaneous multithreaded processor for embedded real-time systems and D-RMTP system in a package supports RT-VFS. We implement the proposed scheme by use of D-RMTP original features to improve the quality of computations and reduce the energy consumption. Through experimental evaluation, we show that the proposed scheme satisfies both the lower energy consumption and higher performance on real environments. In our evaluation, the proposed scheme achieves a maximum of 135% improvement of the quality of computations per energy consumption. keywords: Embedded Real-Time System, Power Consumption, RT-VFS, and Imprecise Computation Model
Use of Quantitative Gait Analysis for the Evaluation of Prosthetic Walking Performance

Prosthetists must be skilled in observational gait analysis to perform a rapid assessment of their client’s gait in the clinic and make appropriate adjustments to the prosthesis to eliminate or reduce gait abnormalities. Quantitative gait evaluations are able to provide additional, objective information to supplement the clinical observation. Although quantitative gait analysis has become a clinically accepted means for evaluating and documenting certain pathologies that affect pediatric gait such as cerebral palsy and myelomeningocele, routine clinical quantitative gait analyses are not performed on lower-limb prosthesis users. Unfortunately, limitations in our understanding about the pathomechanics of amputee gait and the functions that need to be provided by prostheses inhibit our ability to effectively use quantitative gait data as a means to diagnose and treat observed gait deviations. Furthermore, data pertaining to amputee gait can be difficult to assess and interpret because the data can be highly influenced by the particular choice of prosthetic components, socket type, and suspension, as well as by the residual anatomy, abilities, and psychological well-being of the patient. Studies of prosthetic users reported in the literature tend to indicate a lack of consistency in quantitative gait measures, even in similar populations of amputee subjects who are walking with comparable prosthetic configurations. Therefore, the value of using these data individually for outcome measures is questionable. At present, quantitative gait analysis appears to be beneficial for documenting the rehabilitation progress of patients over time and may be useful for evaluating some prosthetic gaits, but the information may not necessarily enable the experienced clinician to make better decisions regarding prosthetic prescription or modifications. Nonetheless, it is important that we continue to strive to effectively integrate these quantitative measurements with the experience and skill of the prosthetist and the subjective feedback of the prosthetic user.
Stroke volume responses may be related to the gap between peak and maximal O2 consumption

BACKGROUND: Although several studies have focused on maximal O2 uptake (V O2max) measured by a verification phase following the determination of peak O2 uptake (V O2peak) by a graded exercise test, an explanation for the underlying mechanisms of the difference between V O2peak and confirmed V O2max is scant. OBJECTIVE: To explore the hypothesis that when the difference between V O2peak and V O2max (ΔV O2) increases, the gap between peak stroke volume (SVpeak) and SV level corresponding to V O2peak velocities (ΔSV) grows. METHODS: Nine moderately to well-trained male athletes (V O2max: 60.2 ± 7 mL · min−1 · kg−1) volunteered to take part in the study. Following familiarization session, volunteers were asked to perform submaximal and maximal graded exercise tests. Then, constant-loading SVpeak tests (using wattages in a range from 40–100% of V O2peak) and verification phase (using wattages corresponding with 100–110% of V O2peak) were conducted in a climatic chamber. RESULTS: The ΔV O2 was well correlated with ΔSV (Pearson r = 0.89; p 0.001). The mean SVpeak of participants corresponded to 60.3± 18% of V O2peak. V O2max was significantly greater (11.2%) than V O2peak (60.2± 7 vs. 54.2± 8.1 mL · min−1 · kg−1) (p 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: V O2peak and V O2max differences may be related to the gap between SVpeak and SV at V O2peak.
Building a Custom Sentiment Analysis Tool based on an Ontology for Twitter Posts

Twitter is a popular micro-blogging platform which allows the users to share their opinion on any domain. The thoughts of the people vary according to the domain and also the opinion may contain both positive and negative words which are called as opinion words and are given in the form of dictionary called lexicon dictionary. The sentiment analysis done without feature extraction fails to give the deep result about the users opinion but in our proposed approach , features of the domain are extracted by building ontology which helps in getting the refined sentiment analysis. Feature based sentiment analysis gives the best result. While analyzing the sentiment, scores are assigned to the tweets so that the sentiment score of our tweets are compared with the third party like American Customer Satisfaction Index score. This comparison shows that our score assignment gives the detailed analysis of the features than the third party.
Cephalocele and cystic hygroma: diagnosis and differentiation in the first trimester of pregnancy with transvaginal sonography. Report of two cases

Two case reports are presented of fetuses with malformations in the neck region, detected in the first trimester of pregnancy by transvaginal ultrasonography. In one fetus a septated cystic hygroma was visualized. Trisomy 18 was found. The other fetus presented with a cephalocele. The ultrasound diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy in both cases. Sonographic criteria to distinguish between cystic hygroma and occipital cephalocele in the first trimester of pregnancy are discussed. Copyright © 1992 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
An MIS security strategy based on client/server architecture

Information security is always a major problem for administrators and computer professionals in MIS (management information systems). It is becoming more severe, especially in today's networked environments. Either the manager or the computer professional staff have exhausted various methods for solving this problem. Generally speaking, information security is a composite and systematic problem, which should be considered from every aspect of MIS. Besides controlling data access on the database, we need to plan overall, from system network level to MIS application level, and to formulate a complete MIS system security control strategy. The article presents a study of MIS system security based on the client/server architecture. It gives the data and system security strategies and methods in database, computer network, and MIS application levels.
Étude d’événements sur données intraquotidiennes françaises: les réactions des actionnaires aux annonces

[fre] Cette etude d’evenements sur la Bourse de Paris montre l’impact d’informations publiques sur les cours des entreprises emettrices. Les donnees utilisees sont intraquotidiennes et portent sur des titres du CAC 40 et du MIDCAC de janvier 1995 a decembre 1999. Deux tests non parametriques, le test du seuil et celui des runs, sont appliques pour selectionner les informations influencant les cours de l’entreprise. Les resultats que nous obtenons montrent que trois types d’informations ont une importance considerable : les annonces de resultats des societes, les rumeurs et les informations relatives aux operations de fusion/acquisition d’entreprises. Ces conclusions montrent le dynamisme de la relation actionnaires/dirigeants et la mauvaise anticipation de certaines informations, ce qui s’accorde difficilement avec l’hypothese d’efficience du marche boursier francais au sens semi-fort. Classification JEL : G12, G14 [eng] Study of events on French intra daily data : the reaction of shareholders to the announcements . This study of events on the Paris stock market demonstrates the impact of public information on the stock market prices of those companies that issue it. The data used is intra daily and focuses on the CAC 40 and MIDCAC between January 1995 and December 1999. Two non-parametrical tests, the threshold test and runs are applied in order to select that information which influences the company’s share price. The results that we obtain demonstrate that three types of information are of considerable importance : announcements of a company’s profits, rumours and information relating to company mergers and acquisitions. These conclusions demonstrate the dynamism of the relationship between shareholders and managers and the bad anticipation of certain news which is at odds with the theory of the efficiency of the French stock market. JEL classifications : G12, G14
A Comparative Study of Image Cryptographic Method

Cryptography is a technique that is widely used to secure data transactions, this technique has also been widely used to secure digital images. There are several cryptographic techniques that are widely used in digital imagery, such as Arnold Transform, Rivest Code 4 (RC4) and One-time pad (OTP). This research aims to compare the performance of these three techniques on digital images. Performance of each encryption method is measured using entropy, SSIM, NPCR, UACI, computation time and histogram analysis. While the decrypted image is measured by the correlation coefficient and computation time using tic toc function. Based on the test results can be concluded that Arnold transforms algorithm only do a scramble on the image based on a certain iteration, so that the entropy and histogram values remain the same as the original image, only visually the image looks random and meaningless. RC4 has an advantage on entropy value and should not require a very long key, so it does not have to be a special memory to store the key. While OTP has advantages in the fastest computing time, and also superior values in NPCR, UACI, and SSIM. A random key of the same size as the original image makes encryption hard to decrypt. Although the size of the key to making the algorithm must provide a larger space for key storage.
A REVIEW OF ECG-BASED DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

Humans need sleep. It is important for physical and psychological recreation. During sleep our consciousness is suspended or least altered. Hence, our ability to avoid or react to disturbances is reduced. These disturbances can come from external sources or from disorders within the body. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is such a disorder. It is caused by obstruction of the upper airways which causes periods where the breathing ceases. In many cases, periods of reduced breathing, known as hypopnea, precede OSA events. The medical background of OSA is well understood, but the traditional diagnosis is expensive, as it requires sophisticated measurements and human interpretation of potentially large amounts of physiological data. Electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements have the potential to reduce the cost of OSA diagnosis by simplifying the measurement process. On the down side, detecting OSA events based on ECG data is a complex task which requires highly skilled practitioners. Computer algorithms can help to detect the subtle signal changes which indicate the presence of a disorder. That approach has the following advantages: computers never tire, processing resources are economical and progress, in the form of better algorithms, can be easily disseminated as updates over the internet. Furthermore, Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) reduces intra- and inter-observer variability. In this review, we adopt and support the position that computer based ECG signal interpretation is able to diagnose OSA with a high degree of accuracy.
Fractal dimension-based EEG biofeedback system

Biofeedback plays an increasingly important role in mainstream computer applications, including hands-free human-machine interaction. The most obvious use of this technology is to help disabled people interact with their environment. The main challenge in brain computer interfaces is to identify the particular EEG signal components that can be successfully used as control commands. In this study, we show that the fractal dimension of EEG is such a component. This is verified via the experiments carried. The fractal dimension is known to be a good measure of the chaotic behavior of the EEG signal. An algorithm proposed by Higuchi is used to estimate the fractal dimension. Visual and auditory information extracted from the EEG signal of each subject are fed back to himself. Each subject was asked to perform any mental activity so as to alter the value of his EEC's fractal dimension. Our experiments show the feasibility of the EEG biofeedback method to change the fractal dimension of the EEG signal. Our study introduces the fractal dimension as a new feature that can be controlled by a person and used in brain computer interface systems.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art

Introduction 1. The 'discovery' of prehistoric art 2. The nineteenth century: prehistoric art comes into its own 3. Bodies and objets d'art - the art of the object 4. Art on rocks and walls 5. Putting things in order: dating techniques and criteria 6. Matters of the body: objects of art 7. Matters of the mind: reasons for art 8. The future of prehistoric art Epilogue Glossary Further reading Map of sites Index.
Authoring your own creative, electronic book for mathematics: the MC-squared project

The EU-funded ‘MC-squared’ project is working with a number of European communities to develop digital, interactive, creative, mathematics ‘textbooks’ that the project calls ‘cBooks’. The cBooks are authored in a Digital Mathematics Environment in which participants can construct books with various interactive ‘widgets’. This paper provides an outline of the MC-squared project illustrating an interactive storyboard of the Digital Mathematics Environment architecture. This includes examples of how authoring by cBook designers of interactive ‘widgets’ is possible. The workshop that relates to this paper is augmented, of course, by suitable ‘hands-on’ materials aimed at two possible cBooks: one focusing on aspects of geometric and spatial thinking using building blocks, the other on aspects of number and fractions.
Signature and Database Exchange for Wireless OSPF Interfaces

In this paper, we specify a mechanism for link-state database exchanges in wireless ad-hoc networks. The mechanism is taylored for ad-hoc networks employing the wireless OSPF interface extension specification , however is suitable for any proactive link-state routing protocol.The database exchange mechanism is specified with the following applications in mind: \begin{itemize} reliable diffusion of link-state information, replacing OSPF acknowledgements with a mechanism, suitable for mobile wireless networks; reduced overhead for performing OSPF style database exchanges in a mobile wireless network; reduced initialization time when new node(s) are emerging in the network; reduced overhead and reduced convergence time when two (or more) WOSPF adhoc network clouds merge. \end{itemize}
Biological Invasions Theory And Practice

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Tendencia de la mortalidad por suicidio en las áreas urbanas y rurales de Colombia, 1979-2014

Introducción. El suicidio es un grave problema social y de salud pública que afecta a la población de la mayoría de los países del mundo. Se han descrito diferencias en las tasas de suicidio entre las áreas rurales y las urbanas. Objetivo. Estudiar la tendencia de las tasas de mortalidad por suicidio en Colombia en las áreas de defunción rural y urbana y según sexo, grupo de edad y método de suicidio para el periodo 1979-2014. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó un estudio ecológico de tendencia temporal a partir de la información de mortalidad del Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Se calcularon las tasas de mortalidad específica y ajustada por edad y sexo. Las tendencias de las tasas por área para el periodo de estudio, y tanto por sexo y grupo de edad como por método de suicidio, se estudiaron mediante modelos negativos de regresión binomial y regresión de puntos de inflexión. Resultados. Un total de 56.448 suicidios se registró en Colombia entre 1979 y 2014. El riesgo de suicidio fue más alto en el área urbana en hombres, en los grupos etarios de 25 a 44 años y de 65 y más años, y en quienes emplearon el ahorcamiento. El riesgo de suicidio fue mayor en el área rural para los hombres entre los 45 y los 64 años, y para aquellos que recurrieron al disparo de armas de fuego, armas cortantes, ahorcamiento y otros. La tendencia de las tasas en el área urbana mostró su máximo pico en 1999 y, en la rural, en el 2000; posteriormente, en ambas áreas se produjo un descenso paulatino. El ahorcamiento presentó una tendencia al ascenso en hombres en las dos áreas. Conclusión. El suicidio ha mostrado una tendencia hacia la reducción después del año 2000, con diferencias entre las áreas urbanas y las rurales.
Tonal Allegory in the Vocal Music of J.S. Bach

With "Tonal Allegory", Eric Chafe responds to the serious need for an interpretive study that takes into account the theological content of Bach's texts and his principles of setting them to music. He sets forth a principle called "tonal allegory" as a fundamental expression of the Baroque concept of music and its relationship to spiritual life. Chafe studies cantatas from all periods of Bach's life, the two Passions, the Christmas Oratorio, and selected secular works, all with a view towards delineating Bach's application of the principle of "tonal allegory. " One result is the recognition of many patterns of tonal planning and of four basic tonal-plan "types" that appear in many works. For more than three decades, Bach scholarship has been dominated by source and editing questions, stimulated by work on the New Bach Edition (Neue Bach-Ausgabe). Here, Chafe hopes to encourage a move toward more interpretive studies, based on a combination of Baroque music theory, historical theology, and the documents of Bach's time. His work provides a secure basis for an analysis of the development of Bach's sacred music and thus a beginning for a comprehensive reassessment of one of our greatest musical geniuses.
Le passif dans les notices techniques grand public du matériel audiovisuel Kenwood

Dans ce travail, la structure passive est etudiee dans la notice du Compact Audio System MIDI M-47 en anglais, puis en francais. Un corpus est constitue dans les deux langues et compare d’un point de vue syntaxique. Il apparait alors que le passif francais est beaucoup plus statique que le passif anglais et que cela tient a la position systemique des formes quasi nominales qui est differente dans la chronogenese des deux langues. Cette constatation l’amene a rapidement balayer les diverses approches du passif (Antoine Culioli, Jacques Teyssier, Gustave Guillaume, Lucien Tesniere, Charles Fillmore et Ray Jackendoff). Tout au long de ce travail, des remarques methodologiques sont faites sur ce qui est appele un corpus et son utilisation.
Irradiation of ready meals for microbiological safety and shelf-life extension. 1. Microbiological quality of waakye and other ready-to-eat meals

Waakye bought from the open market and 14 meals prepared under the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) plan were microbiologically investigated. The aerobic mesophilic count (AMC) (107 - 108 CFU g -1 ) and coliform count (10 6 - 10 7 CFU g -1 ) ) for complete waakye meals, including macaroni, fried fish, sauce and vegetable salad, exceeded the microbiological standards for such ready-to-eat meals. The AMC (10 1 - 10 4 CFU g -1 ) ) and coliform count (10 1 - 10 2 CFU g -1 ) ) for all the ready meals prepared under HACCP and stored (-5 to 0 oC) for up to 5 days were within the standards. Potential pathogens isolated from waakye and the meals prepared under HACCP plan included Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. , Serratia spp. , and Enterobacter spp . Subsequent studies will exploit the potential of irradiation to eliminate pathogens and ensure the microbiological safety of ready-to-eat meals Waakye (riz et haricot cuisines ensemble) achete de la vente libre ainsi que quatorze repas prepares sous le critique (ARPCC) etaient enquetes par la methode microbiologique. Le compte d'aerobic mesophilique (10 7 - 10 8 CFU g -1 ) et le compte coliforme (10 6 - 10 7 CFU g -1 ) ) pour le repas de Waakye complet qui comprenait le macaroni, le poisson frit, la sauce et la salade de legumes depassaient les normes microbiologiqes pour tels repas cuisines. Le compte d'aerobic mesophilique (10 1 - 10 4 CFU g -1 ) ) et le compte coliforme (10 1 - 10 2 CFU g -1 ) ) pour tous les plats cuisines prepares sous ARPCC et conserves au froid (-5 a 0 oC) pour 5 jours etaient aux niveaux requis. Les agents pathogenes potentiels isoles de waakye et des repas prepares sous le plan d'ARPCC comprenaient Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. , Serratia spp. , and Enterobacter spp . Les etudes a venir vont exploiter l'utilisation d'irradiation pour eliminer les agents pathogenes et assurer la securite microbiologique des repas cuisines. Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science Vol. 39 (1) 2006: pp. 19-24
Ubiquitous Learning - An Application of Mobile Technology in Education

This paper is the result of collaboration between a company involved in mobile media and an academic institution. It outlines some of the driving forces behind learning using mobile technologies, or mobile learning (m-learning) as it is known. The progression of mobile media from current entertainment services to future learning services is outlined. Trends in mobile technology and their impact on m-learning are discussed, as are the m-learning media used for mass-market devices and advanced devices. The process of developing an m-learning application for what is currently the most advanced 3G mobile phone is presented. The application has been short-listed in a worldwide competition for advanced 3G mobile applications by a major network provider. Some conclusions are discussed and some future research work is outlined.