Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Image schemas and intuition : The sweet spot for interface design ?

Recently, intuition has emerged as a key concept in interface design and studies have advanced towards developing methods of intuitive design. Yet, most of these methods elicited intuitive use by relying on a similarity-approach, mimicking previous technologies to produce familiar products. With the identification of abstract image schemas as representations for sensorimotor based knowledge, it appears that a solution is found to create user interfaces that are inclusive, innovative, and intuitive to use. Tapping into this knowledge that is gained through experience, opens up new possibilities to design truly novel interfaces, independent of technology familiarity. This thesis aims to highlight the significance of intuitive reasoning for human computer interaction with an extensive review of the process, relating it to the dual-processing continua and the skill, rules, and knowledge framework. Between flexibility and cognitive efficiency on one side and effortlessness, semi-automaticity and operation beneath conscious awareness on the other side, this modus is the sweet spot of processing. Secondly, this article makes a case for further investigation of the use of image schema representations in design, which in theory have the potential to mitigate several dark sides of intuition such as the assimilation bias and far-transfer problems. Furthermore, image schema methods could facilitate interfaces that are attuned to mitigate fallbacks to low level perceptive and intuitive mental behavior.
Mutual Fund Incubation

Incubation is a strategy for initiating new funds, where multiple funds are started privately, and, at the end of an evaluation period, some are opened to the public. Consistent with incubation being used by fund families to increase performance and attract flows, funds in incubation outperform non-incubated funds by 3.5% risk-adjusted, and when they are opened to the public, they attract higher net dollar flows. Post-incubation, however, this outperformance disappears. This performance reversal imparts an upwards bias to returns that is not removed by a fund size filter. Fund age and ticker-creation-date filters, however, eliminate the bias.
CAD Tool for Switch Network Profiling

This paper presents a CAD tool to analyze switch networks and generate profiles to detect possible issues that may affect the design of integrated circuits, especially those related to routing congestion. The analysis of a switch network is useful to find out information about the general structure of the network and its layout, for instance, to predict the behavior in terms of physical area and signal routing congestion. The experimental results show that the proposed tool can identify undesired diffusion separations and possible routing congestion. Specific applications include RTL (regular transistor layout) and standard cells.
Accessibility of mercerized, bioscoured and dried cotton yarns

The structure of cotton yarns mercerized, bioscoured using acid and alkaline pectinases and dried at different temperatures has been studied using X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. The accessibility is investigated in terms of monolayer capacity, moisture regain, water retention values, and diffusion coefficient of the Congo Red dye. It is observed that the drying at 80C does not change the crystallinity, but type of scouring changes the cotton accessibility towards water and dyes. The temperature of the drying and type of scouring show significant influence on the monolayer capacity, moisture regain and water retention values.
Earthquake Behaviour of Modern Timber Construction Systems

Several modern timber construction systems outside the timber frame system have become accepted throughout Europe in the past few years. Comprehensive shear wall testing of two modern timber construction systems was carried out at KIT. Additional tests on timber frame construction provided the possibility to compare the test results of the modern systems and the “traditional” timber frame construction. Numerical modelling was performed on both systems to study the real-time domain performance and finally investigate the basics for force-based design.
Structural and thermodynamic properties of Alumina

We have investigated the electronic structure and thermodynamic properties of supercell of the -Al 2 O 3 by first-principles calculation in framework of density functional theory (DFT) and full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) with generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and by quasi-harmonic Debye model. Our calculated value for direct band gap of α-Al 2 O 3 is 7.2 eV which is very close to its experimental measurement. Through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, in which the phononic effects are considered, we have obtained successfully the thermodynamic parameters including the relative volume and heat capacity over a pressure range 0-70 Gpa and a wide temperature range of 0-2000 K.
Baroclinic Interleaving Instability: A Second-Moment Closure Approach

AbstractInterleaving motions on a wide, baroclinic front are modeled using a second-moment closure to represent unresolved fluxes by turbulence and salt fingering. A linear perturbation analysis reveals two broad classes of unstable modes. First are scale-selective modes comparable with interleaving as observed in oceanic fronts. These correspond well with observations in some respects but grow by a very different mechanism, which ought to be easily distinguished in hydrographic profiles. The second mode type is the so-called ultraviolet catastrophe, which is expected to lead to steppy profiles even in the absence of interleaving. Both modes are driven by positive feedbacks between interleaving and the underlying small-scale mixing processes. Contrary to expectations, use of the second-moment closure in place of earlier empirical mixing models does not lead to improved agreement with observations.
Literature Survey: Secure transmitting of data using RSA public key implemented with Vedic method

In the military devices there is need to transmission of data security and fast. These proposed technique presents the secure, efficient and fast way to send images using Identity Based Cryptography and Visual Cryptography. In this application Identity Based Cryptography is used with Visual cryptography. In Identity based cryptography the RSA Cryptosystem is used to generate public and private key by using Ancient Indian Mathematics for fast mathematical calculation. RSA is the safest and standard algorithm. Vedic method is so efficient in multiplication terms of area, speed compered to its modern mathematics implementation. The regeneration of public/private key is adopted to make the system more secure from various attacks.
Features of kinetics of Sr2+ sorption from surface drinking water on clinoptilolites from Russian and Bulgarian deposits

The kinetics of Sr 2+ ion-exchange process on NH4 + forms of clinoptilolites from deposits in Russia and Bulgaria on the sample of the surface drinking water was investigated in detail. It was shown, that the kinetic process on clinoptilolite includes 3 stages. The obtained data are the initial one for the development of a mathematical model of the dynamic ion-exchange process on NH4 + -form of clinoptilolites from diluted solutions that makes possible to generate the computer program and thereupon to calculate the break-through curves of Sr2+ sorption on NH4+clinoptilolite for different dynamic conditions.
A New Placodont Sauropterygian from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands

A new genus and species of a non-cyamodontoid placodont is described on the basis of an incomplete and disarticulated skeleton from Winterswijk, the Netherlands, dated as early Anisian (Lower Muschelkalk). The new taxon is unique in a ventrolateral expansion of the neural arches of the posterior presacral and sacral vertebrae, in which the transverse process is incorporated. It has a round, plate-like pubis and ischium, and the only preserved long bone indicates elongated limbs. The holotype, which is relatively large (>1.35 m) for a basal sauropterygian, has still un-fused halves of neural arches and no distinct neural spine developed yet. The new taxon is assigned to non-cyamodontoid placodonts based on its round girdle elements, the morphology of dorsal-, sacral-, and caudal ribs, the straight medial and mediolateral elements of gastral ribs, and the presence of un-sutured armour plates. In spite of the large size of the holotype, there is evidence that the animal was not yet fully grown, based on the paired neural arches, and general poor ossification of the bones. The un-fused halves of neural arches are interpreted as skeletal paedomorphosis, which is typical for vertebrates with a secondary marine life style. The sacral region seems to be highly flexible.
Comparing the Surgical Outcomes of Modified Quad and Triangle Tilt Surgeries to other Procedures Performed in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury

Purpose: To compare results from our surgical treatment experiences in children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries (OBPI), to those who have had other surgical treatments. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in our medical records consisting of two groups of OBPI patients. Group 1: 26 OBPI children (16 girls and 10 boys), age range between 2.0 and 12.0 (mean age 6.9), who have undergone surgical treatments at other institutions between 2005 and 2010. Group 2: 45 OBPI children (20 boys and 25 girls), age between 0.7 and 12.9 (mean age 3.7), who have had modified Quad and triangle tilt surgical treatment between 2005 and 2010 at our institution. In both groups Mean modified Mallet scores and radiological scores were measured and compared. All measurements were made at least one year post surgery in both groups. Results: Post-operative mean modified Mallet score was 11.8 ± 2.4 in group 1 patients, whereas post-mean modified Mallet score was 20 ± 2.7 (P 0.0001) following modified Quad and triangle tilt surgeries in group 2 patients. Further, their radiological scores such as posterior subluxation, and glenoid version were 13.4 ± 21.3 and ﹣30.2 ± 19.1 in group 1, whereas 32.1 ±13.5 (P 0.0004), and ﹣16.3 ± 11.5 (P 0.008) in group 2 patients, when compared to normal values of 50, and 0 respectively. Conclusion: Patients who have had mod Quad and triangle tilt for OBPI obtained significantly better functional outcomes in modified total Mallet score as well as in radiological scores, when compared to those OBPI children, who underwent other procedures such as posterior glenohumeral capsulorrhaphy, biceps tendon lengthening, humeral osteotomy, anterior capsule release, nerve transfer/graft, botox and muscle/tendon transfer and release.
Multi-Document Summarization Using A* Search and Discriminative Learning

In this paper we address two key challenges for extractive multi-document summarization: the search problem of finding the best scoring summary and the training problem of learning the best model parameters. We propose an A* search algorithm to find the best extractive summary up to a given length, which is both optimal and efficient to run. Further, we propose a discriminative training algorithm which directly maximises the quality of the best summary, rather than assuming a sentence-level decomposition as in earlier work. Our approach leads to significantly better results than earlier techniques across a number of evaluation metrics.
Role of uterine artery embolisation in the treatment of symptomatic fibroids

Background: Uterine fibroids are the most common tumor in the female reproductive tract with high incidence of 40%. The objectives were to evaluate the technical success of the uterine artery embolisation in symptomatic fibroids and to evaluate improvement of symptoms and determine complications. Methods: Total 15 patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids were undergone uterine artery embolisation over a period of two years. The patients were followed with pelvic ultrasound immediately after the procedure and at 2 and 6 months intervals after procedure. Results: There was significant reduction in size of fibroids and improvement of symptoms after the procedure. Technical success rate and clinical success rate are 96% and 93% respectively which are comparable with other international studies. The complications with this procedure are few. The most common complication is pelvic pain. Conclusions: Uterine fibroids are the most common benign pelvic neoplasms, affecting nearly 40% of women of reproductive age. In the management of symptomatic fibroids uterine artery embolisation is a safe and effective alternative to surgery with markedly reduced morbidity and mortality.
CONCEPT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ARCHITECTURE FOR THE IMMEDIATE PROVISION OF GEODATA IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Abstract. Statistics prove that the number of disasters, especially weather-related, increased during the last decades. This leads to high demands on participants in disaster management processes. To meet these requirements the provision of geodata, as a part of the information base, plays a key role. A preliminary theoretical consideration points out the evaluation of the benefits of geodata in disaster scenarios as well as the requirements for the provision of geoinformation products and systems in this field of application. There already exist several approaches that differ in the used data, the functionalities or the concept in general. As an alternative, this work introduces a new architectural concept of immediate geodata provision for disaster management based on the usage of free data and free software components. A system consisting of several free software components forms the basis of this approach. With vector data from OpenStreetMap and remote sensing data from the United States Geological Survey a batch script driven geoinformation system creates map tiles or images for end-users in disaster management within minutes.
Research on Self-biased PLL Technique for High Speed SERDES Chips

This paper is designed for wide input range of SerDes chip phase-locked loop circuit, using self-biased technology, there is a wide range of input reference frequency, the need for external bias circuit, and loop bandwidth can follow input reference frequency changes in noise with good inhibitory effect. Small footprint annular VCO wide frequency adjustment range, and can easily produce the CDR SerDes required multi-phase clock.
Appendix to Behavioral Learning Equilibria Appendix on Learning with constant gains ( not for publication )

In the paper Behavioral Learning Equilibria, Hommes and Zhu (2012), stability of SCEE under SAC-learning with decreasing gains was examined. Decreasing gains allow for the possibility of full convergence to SCEE, and are thus convenient for studying local stability under learning. It is known that constant gains are appropriate if agents want to allow for the possibility of structural change of an unknown form. When agents use constant-gain econometric learning, which to some extent discounts past dynamics, the learning system is time-invariant with an ergodic distribution that can be studied, as shown in Branch and Evans (2011). In this Appendix we study the learning dynamics with constant gains in the two applications by some real-time learning simulations. Following Evans and Honkapohja (2001), we restrict attention to the case without the so-called complementary term. Based on equations (2.8), SAC-learning with constant ∗ E-mail addresses: C.H. Hommes@uva.nl, M.Zhu@uva.nl
Removal of Crystal Violet and Hexavalent Chromium using TiO2-Bentonite under Sunlight: Effect of TiO2 Content

The main objective of this study was to investigate the correlation between TiO2 content in photoactive bentonite (B-TiO2) and the pathway by which crystal violet (CV) and hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) are removed from water under sunlight. B-TiO2 samples were prepared by impregnation with TiCl4 with different weight ratios (g/g) (namely, 5, 10, 20 and 30%). Materials were characterized using different techniques, among which: SEM, FT-IR, XRD, HRTEM, EDX and Zeta potential measurements. Results show that, only the anatase TiO2 polymorph was formed in the bentonite and the porosity of materials decreases with the increase of TiO2 content. Furthermore, zeta potential measurements indicate that, when TiO2 content increases, the negative charge of materials decreases. On the other hand, experimental results show that these materials combine both adsorption and photocatalytic reactions to remove CV molecules from water. As the TiO2 content increases, the adsorption capacity decreases, while the photocatalytic activity is more important. In the case of Cr (VI) species, all samples show a few adsorption because of the repulsion effect between these species and the negative charge of the bentonite. Therefore, under sunlight, the Cr (VI) removal occurred mainly by the photoreduction reaction that is more efficient when the TiO2 content increases.
Femtosecond Excited-State Dynamics of an Iron(II) Polypyridyl Solar Cell Sensitizer Model

Time-resolved electronic absorption spectroscopy on a ∼100 fs time scale has been used to study excited-state dynamics in an FeII polypyridyl complex. [Fe(tren(py)3)]2+, where tren(py)3 is tris(2-pyridylmethyliminoethyl)amine, forms a 1MLCT excited state upon irradiation at 400 nm and is known from previous studies to undergo relaxation to a low-lying ligand-field state having S = 2. Static absorption measurements on the low-spin parent complex and a high-spin analogue have been used to identify spectroscopic signatures for the S = 0 and S = 2 ligand-field states, respectively. Comparison of these data with femtosecond and nanosecond differential absorption spectra establishes that the net ΔS = 2 intersystem crossing is essentially complete in well under 1 ps. Spectroelectochemistry on [Fe(tren(py)3)]2+ has also been used to find an absorption feature characteristic of the initially formed 1MLCT state at λ ≳ 600 nm. Analysis of single-wavelength kinetics data in this spectral region reveals that the charg.
COMPLEMENT-1 INHIBITOR ATTENUATES MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY IN A GUINEA PIG MODEL

Complement-1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH), an endogenously derived compo- und, is a key mediator providing regulation of the complement system. In this study, the protective role of C1-INH was investigated in the setting of myo- cardial ischemia reperfusion injury. Guinea pig hearts (n=20) were studied in control (n=10) and experimental (n=10) groups, using a modified Langendorff perfusion apparatus. Control hearts were perfused with Krebs Henseleit soluti- on during pre-ischemia and reperfusion periods while C1-INH was added to the perfusates of experimental hearts during the reperfusion period. Heart rate (pul- se/minute), contractility (mm), and aortic pressure (mmHg) values were recor- ded at the end of pre-ischemia, post-ischemia, and reperfusion periods. Perfusa- te and tissue analysis for glutathione and malondialdehyde levels and perfusate analysis for nitric oxide levels were obtained at the end of each experimental period. Both increased aortic pressure and cardiac contractility as well as ele- vated levels of tissue glutathione and MDA were observed in the experimental group during reperfusion. Perfusate levels of glutathione and MDA remained unchanged. As a result, it was concluded that C1 esterase inhibitor preserved cardiac contractility and protected against ischemia reperfusion injury. Key words: Complement 1 Esterase Inhibitor, Myocardial Ischemia and Re- perfusion injury, Glutathione, Malondialdehyde, Nitric Oxide. KOMPLEMAN 1 INHIBITORUNUN MIYOKARDIYAL ISKEMI –RE- PERFUZYON HASARINDAKI KORUYUCU OZELLIĞININ KOBAY- LAR UZERINDE GOSTERILMESI OZ Endojen olarak uretilen Kompleman 1 Esteraz Inhibtoru ( C1-INH ), komple- man sisteminin regulasyonunda rol oynayan anahtar mediyatorlerden biridir. Bu calismada, miyokardial iskemi-reperfuzyon hasari olusturulmus denek- lerde C1-INH’in koruyucu ozelligi olup olmadigi arastirilmistir. Kobay kalp- leri ( 20 ), modifiye Langendorff perfuzyon cihaziyla perfuze edilmek uzere hazirlanmis, 10 tanesi calisma, 10 tanesi de deneysel olarak calismaya dahil edilmistir. Kontrol grubu, pre-iskemi ve reperfuzyon donemleri esnasinda, Krebs-Henseleit solusyonu ile perfuze edilirken, deney grubunda bu perfuzata reperfuzyon asamasinda C1-INH eklenmistir. Her iki grupta, kalp hizi ( atim / dk. ), kontraktilite ( mm ) ve aortik basinc ( mmHg ) olcumleri, pre-iskemi, post-iskemi ve reperfuzyon asamasinda kaydedilmistir. Dokuda ve perfuzatta Glutatyon, Malenildialdehid ( MDA ) seviyeleriyle birlikte, perfuzat Nitrik Ok- sit olcumleri de yapilmistir. Aortik basinc ve kalp kontraktilitesinin yani sira deney grubunda doku Glutatyon ve MDA seviyeleri reperfuzyon asamasinda yuksek bulunmustur. Ancak bu iki parametrenin perfuzat seviyeleri degisme- mistir.Sonuc olarak C1-INH’nun kardiyak kontraktiliteyi arttirici ve iskemi- reperfuzyon hasari uzerine koruyucu etkileri olabilecegi sonucuna varilmistir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Kompleman 1 Esteraz Inhibitoru, Miyokardiyal Iskemi ve Reperfuzyon hasari, Glutatyon, Malonildialdehid, Nitrik Oksit.
Transparency and trade facilitation in the Asia Pacific : estimating the gains from reform

In the development context, it is increasingly recognized that tariff liberalization is not enough to ensure the integration of an economy into international markets (World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, 2006). Barriers other than tariffs hinder firms in emerging economies from successfully entering export markets. The main objective of this research report is to provide a first, quantitative assessment of the trade policy transparency environment in APEC member economies. To do so, we establish a conceptual framework in which to analyze the complex linkages between transparency, trade policy, and trade flows (Section 2). Drawing on APEC's 2001 Principles on Trade Facilitation, we define transparency in terms of two core concepts: predictability and simplification. In Section 3, we apply this framework to data for APEC member economies in the context of a region-wide benchmarking exercise. We mobilize a wide variety of indicators, drawn from different sources, which we summarize statistically into two comprehensive measures: importer transparency and exporter transparency. We then use a standard gravity model of international trade to assess the sensitivity of trade to improvements in transparency (Section 4). Counterfactual simulations suggest that the potential intra-regional trade gains from improved transparency are large relative to other alternatives, such as modest tariff and NTB reductions. In Section 5, we present our conclusions and address some possible ways for APEC to move forward on transparency while building on progress already made.
In search for a perfect shape of polyhedra: Buffon transformation

For an arbitrary polygon consider a new one by joining the centres of consecutive edges. Iteration of this procedure leads to a shape which is affine equivalent to a regular polygon. This regularisation effect is usually ascribed to Count Buffon (1707-1788). We discuss a natural analogue of this procedure for 3-dimensional polyhedra, which leads to a new notion of affine $B$-regular polyhedra. The main result is the proof of existence of star-shaped affine $B$-regular polyhedra with prescribed combinatorial structure, under partial symmetry and simpliciality assumptions. The proof is based on deep results from spectral graph theory due to Colin de Verdiere and Lovasz.