Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bridging Classroom to Experiential Learning: A Review of Signature Pedagogies in Two Disciplines

The focus of this review is to promote and advance discussions on the importance of applied learning techniques in bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world experiences, by reviewing the empirically identified benefits and limitations of two signature pedagogies. The authors conclude that it may be advantageous to develop a set of shared standards flowing from lessons learned in the application of applied learning approaches across the curriculum. The authors also suggest students should be encouraged to participate in experiential education to liberate their thinking and gain practical work experience. http://dx.doi. org/10.4995/HEAd15.2015. 294
Reliability analysis of triple modular redundancy system with spare

Hardware redundant fault-tolerant systems and the different design approaches are discussed. The reliability analysis of fault-tolerant systems is usually done under permanent fault conditions. With statistical data suggesting that up to 90% of system failures are caused by intermittent faults, the reliability analysis of fault-tolerant systems must concentrate more on this class of faults. In this work, a reconfigurable Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) with spare system that differentiates between permanent and intermittent faults has been built. The reconfiguration process of this system depends on both the current status of its modules and their history. Based on this, a different approach for reliability analysis under intermittent fault conditions using Markov models is presented. This approach shows a much higher system reliability compared to other redundant and non-redundant configurations.
Mobile visualisation of energy consumption data for improving awareness amongst building occupants

In 2014, the University of Groningen will be celebrating its 400 year anniversary, highlighting research areas such as energy, healthy ageing and sustainability. In this context, the Green Mind Project focuses on making the Bernoulliborg building and the experience it provides to its occupants, respect sustainability principles. One of the components of this project consists of a mobile application that provides occupants with insight into their personal energy consumption. In this thesis we will discuss the design and implementation of this application from both a user’s perspective as well as a technical perspective. We will build our discussion upon the traditional visualisation pipeline and discuss the consequences of implementing data visualisation in a mobile environment. The thesis address a number of topics as a theoretical foundation. We will discuss the use of a graph DBMS for storing and querying temporal data, an architecture for efficient data visualisation on the Android platform and the results of a small user study into the effectiveness of the solution. We will also briefly discuss eco-visualisation: the use of visualisation techniques to trigger a change in the behavior of users (i.e. to reduce the energy consumption of individual users).
High confidence recognition of persons by iris patterns

Algorithms developed by the author for recognizing persons by their iris patterns have now been tested in six field and laboratory trials, producing no false matches in several million comparison tests. The recognition principle is the failure of a test of statistical independence on iris phase structure encoded by multi-scale quadrature wavelets. The combinatorial complexity of this phase information across different persons spans about 244 degrees of freedom and generates a discrimination entropy of about 3.2 bits/mm/sup 2/ over the iris, enabling real-time decisions about personal identity with extremely high confidence. The high confidence levels are important because they allow very large databases to be searched exhaustively (one-to-many "identification mode") without making any false matches, despite so many chances. Biometrics lacking this property can only survive one-to-one ("verification") or few comparisons. The paper explains the algorithms for iris recognition, and presents the results of 2.3 million comparisons among eye images acquired in trials in Britain, the USA, and Japan.
Teaching and Researching Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Contents General Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Section I Key concepts 1 The emergence of CALL 1.1 A broad discipline 1.2 Technology driving CALL 1.3 The changing focus of research in CALL Summary 2 A brief history of CALL 2.1 CALL in the 1950s and 1960s 2.2 Simulations 2.3 CALL in the 1970s and 1980s 2.4 CALL in the 1990s 2.5 CALL in the 21st Century Summary 3 Hypertext, hypermedia and multimedia 3.1 Hypertext 3.2 Hypermedia 3.3 Multimedia 3.4 Antecedents of multimedia 3.5 Science fiction and CALL 3.6 The printed book and CALL 3.7 Applications to general learning 3.8 Applications of multimedia to language learning Summary 4 Eight CALL applications 4.1 Word processing 4.2 Games 4.3 Literature 4.4 Corpus linguistics 4.5 Computer-mediated communication 4.6 WWW resources 4.7 Adapting other materials for CALL 4.8 Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Mobile Telephones Summary Section II The place of CALL in research and teaching 5 Second-language Acquisition and models of instruction 5.1 Concepts in SLA, behaviourism and constructivism 5.2 Comprehensible input and output 5.3 Behaviourist models of instruction 5.4 Constructivism Summary 6 Collaboration and negotiation of meaning 6.1 The place of collaboration in CALL 6.2 Structuring collaboration 6.3 Differences between collaboration and other terms 6.4 The range of collaboration and CALL 6.5 Collaboration at the computer 6.6 Benefits of collaborative learning at the computer 6.7 Collaboration, CALL and SLA 6.8 Collaboration at the computer as evidenced by discourse 6.9 Challenges to collaboration 6.10 Challenges to collaboration in a CALL context 6.11 Discourse that evidences challenges to collaboration Summary 7 Defining a model of CALL 7.1 Defining a model 7.2 The need for a CALL model 7.3 A model of current non-CALL language learning 7.4 Dunkin and Biddle's model in a CALL context 7.5 Various views of CALL 7.6 Teacher and pupil classroom behavior: activities used in CALL 7.7 A virtual classroom 7.8 Aspects of a CALL model Summary 8 Theoretical and pedagogical concerns 8.1 Concerns for software development 8.2 Pedagogical concerns for classroom practice 8.3 &uating software 8.4 Learning and working styles 8.5 Evolving technology 8.6 Commercial software 8.7 Making better use of existing materials 8.8 Copyright and plagiarism 8.9 Viruses 8.10 Safety online 8.11 Technological have-nots Summary Section III Researching CALL 9 Current research interests 9.1 A new field: reporting CALL research 9.2 Approaches to research in CALL 9.3 The computer as a tool of research 9.4 The role of commercial publishers 9.5 Reviewing current studies: a survey 9.6 Conducting research 9.7 Action research Summary 10 Research 10.1 Research context 1: The literature review 10.2 Research context 2: A pilot study 10.3 Research context 3: Corpus linguistics 10.4 Research context 4: Error analysis 10.5 Research context 5: The experiment 10.6 Research context 6: A case study 10.7 Research context 7: The survey 10.8 Research context 8: The ethnographic approach Conclusion Section IV Resources Glossary of key terms References Index
Prediksi Penerimaan Zakat Menggunakan Metode Support Vector Regression (SVR) Dengan Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA)

Pembayaran dan penyaluran zakat di Indonesia dikelola oleh Badan Amil Zakat, salah satunya adalah Lembaga Amil Zakat Infaq dan Shadaqah Muhammadiyah (LAZISMU) Malang. Fluktuasi tinggi rendahnya dana zakat yang diterima oleh LAZISMU Malang mempengaruhi banyaknya dana zakat yang bisa disalurkan kepada masyarakat di seluruh wilayah Malang. Prediksi penerimaan zakat sangat diperlukan untuk mengetahui jumlah zakat yang diterima, sehingga antisipasi solusi ketika dana kurang dari target penyaluran dapat dilakukan sedini mungkin. Prediksi yang dilakukan pada penelitian ini adalah menggunakan metode Support Vector Regression (SVR) dengan Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA). SVR digunakan untuk melakukan prediksi penerimaan zakat berdasarkan data history penerimaan zakat, kemudian FPA digunakan untuk melakukan optimasi nilai dari parameter yang akan digunakan pada metode SVR. Data yang digunakan sebanyak 64 data historis dari bulan Juli 2011 – Oktober 2016, data penerimaan zakat dari salah satu Lembaga Amil Zakat Nasional wilayah Malang yaitu LAZISMU Malang. Hasil pengujian yang dilakukan terhadap prediksi penerimaan zakat menggunakan SVR dengan FPA pada data penerimaan zakat dari tahun 2011 hingga 2016 menghasilkan nilai sebesar 0.2497 dalam fitness atau 3.0048 dalam MAPE yang berarti rata-rata selisih antara data aktual dengan hasil prediksi adalah senilai Rp144.741.
Enfermedad de Carrión grave complicada con leptospirosis aguda: reporte de un caso

The case of an adult, 56 year old male is reported, from Sihuas (Ancash) who presented at Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo with fever, jaundice and anemia. In three days of hospitalization, he developed severe anemia (Hb: 11.8 to 6.7 g / dL) and generalized myalgias associated with a sudden worsening jaundice correlated with elevated bilirubin (TB 3.2 to 19.6 mg / dL direct dominance) and general deterioration. Microbiological smear and culture were positive for Bartonella bacilliformis. Subsequent serology (microagglutination) was positive for Lesptospira serovar Pomona. The patient was given specific antibiotic therapy (ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin), transfused two units of packed red blood cells, improved clinically and was discharged.
Phase 1/2, multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, multiple-dose first-in-human study of U3-1402 (anti-HER3 antibody drug conjugate) in subjects with HER3-positive metastatic breast cancer.

TPS1116Background: There is a need for effective late-line treatments in metastatic breast cancer. HER3 overexpression in breast cancer is associated with poor prognosis, but there is as yet no approved targeted treatment against HER3. U3-1402 is a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) comprised of a fully humanized anti-HER3 antibody (patritumab) covalently conjugated via a cleavable peptide linker to a derivative of the topoisomerase I inhibitor exatecan. After U3-1402 binds to HER3 on the tumor cell surface, it is internalized and leads to apoptosis via inhibition of topoisomerase I. This ADC achieves a high drug-to-antibody ratio of ~8:1. Methods: This is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, multiple-dose, first-in-human study in subjects with HER3-positive metastatic breast cancer. The study consists of 3 parts: Dose Escalation, Dose Finding, and Phase 2. In Dose Escalation, safety and tolerability of U3-1402 are evaluated and the maximum tolerated dose is determined using the modified.
The role of retinoic acid related orphan receptor alpha in age-related macular degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a prevalent cause of vision loss and irreversible blindness that affects more than 11 million Americans. AMD is a multifactorial disease with a number of genetic, demographic, and environmental risk factors. Currently the etiology of AMD is still unclear and there are no effective cure for this devastating disease, but recent studies have demonstrated that RORA is a candidate gene involved in AMD pathophysiology. RORA is a critical regulator of multiple biological processes and has been implicated in various physiological processes including circadian rhythm, lipid metabolism, photoreceptor development, autism, and inflammation. Our current study will explore in depth the role of RORA in AMD. We will look at the effects of RORA in the retina of mice. Localization studies of retinal tissues obtained from mice with a conditional knockout of RORA in epithelial cells showed little effect of RORA on structural cells of the retina. However, there was a decrease in VEGF and TGF-B proteins in RORA knockout. This is an interesting finding because VEGF and TGF-B has an important function in angiogenesis and neovascularization which are pathophysiological effects of AMD. In addition, we will try to identify gene targets of RORA that have also been linked with AMD. By identifying the targets of RORA and discovering how RORA regulates these targets, we hope to better understand the role of RORA in AMD pathophysiology. ChIP-seq and software
Trust-Based Neural Collaborative Filtering

In order to maintain the strong representational learning of the deep neural network model to learn the interaction function between any users and items, combining the trust relationship between users as a local relationship to enhance the ability to supplement interactive data, to achieve a better recommendation effect. This paper proposes a Trust-based Neural Collaborative Filtering model (TNCF). Firstly, trust information and scoring information are merged through the Generalized Matrix Factorization model (GMF) to obtain recommendations based on trust friend preferences. Then, using the Multi-Layer Perceptron model (MLP), the nonlinear kernel is utilized to learn the interaction function from the data to obtain the recommendation based on the user’s personal taste. Finally, all the interaction results are aggregated for implicit prediction. Compared with the three different baselines on the FilmTrust and Epinions datasets, the experimental consequences reveal that the proposed model improves the recommendation and also performs well on sparse statistics.
Construction interactive de BRDFs par simulation 2D de micro-géométries en couches multiples

Complex reflection models, with their many parameters, some of which are not intuitive at all, are difficult to control when trying to achieve a desired appearance. Moreover, even if an artist can more easily understand the shape of the surface micro-geometry, its 3D modeling and 4D simulation remain extremely tedious and expensive in memory. We propose an intermediate solution, where the artist represents a 2D cross section of a material, by drawing a multi-layered surface microgeometry. An efficient 2D ray tracing simulation captures the light distribution specific to those micro-geometries. Off plane deflection is automatically calculated in a probabilistic way, based on the surface normal at the intersection point and the incident ray direction. This results in complete and complex isotropic BRDFs, simulated at interactive rates, and allowing interactive editing of rich and varied materials.
Five-Input Majority Gate, a New Device for Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata

Science and Research Branch of IAU, Tehran, IranQuantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is one of the most attractive technologies for computing atnano-scale. The principle logic element in QCA is majority gate. In this paper, a novel design for5-input majority gate is presented. A 5-input majority gate study has been proposed; however thisstudy has changed the scheme of basic QCA cells. The new proposed device reduces cell countsand area and uses conventional form of QCA cells. Accuracy of this design is proven by applyingsome simple physical substantiation and QCADesigner tool is used for verifying majority circuitlayout and functionality. Furthermore, a QCA Full-Adder is constructed using the new proposeddesign. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed design of majority gates and Full-Adderresulted in signiﬁcant improvements in designing logical circuits.
"This is the fluffy robot that only speaks French" : language use between preschoolers, their families, and a social robot while sharing virtual toys

This thesis proposes an approach to language learning for preschool aged children using social robots as conversation partners within a shared play context for children and their families. It addresses an underserved age for language learning, where early learning can greatly impact later educational success, but that cannot benefit from text-based interventions. With the goal of establishing a shared physical context between multiple participants without absorbing all of the children's focus onto digital content, a hybrid physical and digital interface was iteratively designed and play-tested. This interface took the form of a "cafe table" on which the child and robot could share food. A robot was programmed to introduce itself and name foods in French, eat some foods and express dislike towards others, respond with distress to a new object, show its focus of attention through gaze, and in one experimental condition, express feedback about its comprehension when spoken to in French or English. The study found that some children as young as 3 years old would treat a social robot as an agent capable of understanding them and of perceiving a shared physical context, and would spontaneously modify their use of language and gesture in order to communicate with it-particularly when the robot communicated confusion. The study also found that parents tended to frame their scaffolding of the children's behavior with the robot in a social context, and without prompting aligned their guidance and reinforcement with language learning goals. After one exposure to the robot and new French vocabulary, children did not retain the robot's utterances, but engaged in communicative and social behaviors and language mimicry throughout the interaction. The system appeared to support multiuser social participation, including both caretakers and siblings of the participants. 3 "You don't know what a joy it is to run in your own language until you've stumbled in someone else's. " This thesis is dedicated to my French and American grandmothers, Christiane Baudot and Marian Scudder, who both in ways as different and wonderful as your styles of cooking were masters in the Grandmother Method of encouraging, and are still with me today. Acknowledgements To my readers: Many thanks and credit are due to my advisor Dr. Cynthia Breazeal both for her expertise on social robotics and for her vision and enthusiasm about the future of education. You pushed me to take on new challenges while providing the resources to make it possible. To …
Autismo y vacunas: ¿punto final?

Introduccion. Entre las multiples teorias etiologicas del autismo ha alcanzado gran resonancia popular la implicacion de la vacuna triple virica como causa de autismo. La conexion entre vacunas y autismo se sustenta en dos teorias. Por una parte, se atribuye a la fraccion antisarampionosa de la vacuna el desarrollo de una enteropatia malabsortiva que facilitaria la absorcion de neuropeptidos toxicos, cuyo efecto en el cerebro favoreceria la aparicion del autismo. La otra teoria involucra al timerosal (combinacion de etilmercurio y tiosalicilato) utilizado como preservativo en algunas vacunas, entre ellas la triple virica. Los datos en favor de estas hipotesis han generado una gran alarma social, especialmente en ciertos entornos proclives a la aceptacion de hipotesis y terapias �alternativas�. Desarrollo y conclusiones. Este articulo analiza los datos sobre los cuales se sustenta la implicacion de la vacuna triple virica en el autismo. Por otra parte, pone en evidencia la debilidad de los argumentos antivacuna, asi como la contundente replica, basada en trabajos experimentales y epidemiologicos, que se ha generado tras la dramatica alarma social. De modo paralelo al debate cientifico ha existido un debate juridico, consecuencia de las mas de 5.000 demandas legales generadas en Estados Unidos, cuyas peticiones de compensacion economica superaban en conjunto los dos billones de dolares. El fallo del tribunal, ejemplarizado en el caso concreto de la nina Michelle Cedillo, dictaminaba el 12 de febrero de 2009 que el peso global de la evidencia era abrumadoramente contrario a las teorias planteadas por los demandantes.
Time dependence of dielectric properties of tissue-equivalent dielectric liquid materials

Standard measurement methods of the specific absorption rate including recipes of tissue-equivalent dielectric liquids have been discussed by international organisations in order to evaluate mobile telecommunication equipment. Specific absorption rate is generally determined by measuring the electric field distribution in a phantom made of a shell filled with tissue-equivalent dielectric liquid. Based on the dielectric properties of various tissues, recipes of the liquids are proposed in international standards. We measured the time dependence of permittivities and conductivities of tissue-equivalent dielectric liquids made of deionised water and polyhydric alcohol, and discussed its influence on specific absorption rate values. The results suggest that permittivities decreased with time due to evaporation of water. The specific absorption rate, however, was not affected significantly by the change of permittivity.
The Lambda Calculus: Its Syntax and Semantics

Towards the Theory. Introduction. Conversion. Reduction. Theories. Models. Conversion. Classical Lambda Calculus. The Theory of Combinators. Classical Lambda Calculus (Continued). The Lambda-Calculus. Bohm Trees. Reduction. Fundamental Theorems. Strongly Equivalent Reductions. Reduction Strategies. Labelled Reduction. Other Notions of Reduction. Theories. Sensible Theories. Other Lambda Theories. Models. Construction of Models. Local Structure of Models. Global Structure of Models. Combinatory Groups. Appendices: Typed Lambda Calculus. Illative Combinatory Logic. Variables. References.
24-Hour Blood Pressure Profiles of Essential Hypertensives Receiving Various Beta-Blocker Therapies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of various beta-blockers on blood pressure (BP) and pulse rate (PR) profiles of 77 patients with essential hypertension (49 men and 28 women aged 56±16 years) and 86 normotensive individuals (controls). The drugs tested were atenolol (50 mg), nipradilol (6 mg), metoprolol (80 mg), and pindolol (10 mg). Each drug was randomly administered to a subgroup of essential hypertensives twice a day. BP and PR were noninvasively measured at 30-min intervals for 24 hours using an ABPM-630 (Nippon Colin Ltd.) before and 4 weeks after the start of treatment. The effects of each drug on the level (MESOR) and the pattern (amplitude and acrophase) of diurnal variations in the periodic regression curve, which fitted data to a periodicity of 24 and 12 hours, were investigated using periodic analysis of covariance.There was no significant difference in BP or PR levels between all groups before treatment. The mean 24-hour systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and PR were significantly (p<0.01) reduced after treatment in each group; there was no significant difference in the degree of SBP reduction between the hypertensive groups. DBP reduction was significantly (p<0.01) greater in the nipradilol group (-13 mmHg) than in the pindolol group (-5 mmHg), but no significant difference was found between the atenolol or metoprolol groups and the other 3 groups. There was a significant (p<0.01) change in PR levels after treatment between the atenolol group (-8 bpm) and the metoprolol (-3bpm) or pindolol groups (-4 bpm). The diurnal BP or PR patterns of all groups before treatment were basically the same as those of the normal controls. The diurnal post-treatment pattern of the atenolol and nipradilol groups remained the same as that of the normal controls, but that of the meto-prolol and pindolol groups was significantly (p<0.05) different compared with the controls. The reason for this was that atenolol and nipradilol caused proportional daytime and nighttime reductions, while metoprolol had little effect on the morning BP and pindolol had a lesser effect during sleep.Metoprolol is relatively short acting and pindolol has intrinsic sympathetic activity.Thus, different beta-blockers have specific hypotensive or depressive effects on the BP and PR profiles; these characteristics seem important to consider in the treatment protocol of individual hypertensive patients.