Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Combining Value and Momentum: Nordic Evidence

This Master ́s thesis examines whether value and momentum strategies have been profitable in the Nordic stock markets from 1993 to 2017 and if combining the value and momentum can improve the pure-play strategies. Additionally, and most importantly, it is researched whether combining value and momentum into a more sophisticated combination portfolio can improve the results even further. By using Nordic data and a new time period, additional contribution is added to the existing research. Additionally, the combination of momentum and value is studied in a more detailed portfolio implementation manner than in Asness et al. (2013). Similar portfolio creation methods are used as in Fisher et al. (2016) but additionally long-short portfolios are examined. The results indicate that value and momentum anomalies existed in the Nordic stock markets during the time period, although value is driven mostly by the smaller stocks. Simple 50/50 allocation improves portfolio performance significantly which is further improved by combining value and momentum into a more sophisticated combination portfolio. ______________________________________________________________________
AN AI&ML BASED APPLICATION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE

For achieving dreams, goals and objective in life, independence plays a very important role. Visually impaired people realize themselves laborious to travel out severally. There square measure thousands of visually impaired individuals during this world UN agency square measure sometimes in would like of serving to palms. For decades, there square measure varied devices used, the white cane has become a widely known attribute to blind people’s navigation and later efforts are created to reinforce the cane by adding a unique device. Blind individuals face downside once they walk on the road or stairs employing a white cane, however they need sharp somatosense sensitivity. The digital walking stick can assist the blind individuals by supporting additional handy manner of existence. There square measure various steering structures for visually impaired travelers to navigate quickly and completely against boundaries and completely different dangers two-faced. Commonly, a blind user contains a white cane or a guidance canine as their quality resource. With the advances of recent technology several distinctive styles of devices square measure support quality of blind, called Electronic Travel Aids (ETAs). The essential feature of ETA for the visually handicapped person is to urge statistics at the shape of the road and therefore the placement of limitations once they square measure in unknown locations. With these facts, they have to reach their locations, avoiding sudden boundaries. The principle intention of this is to create, contribute our information and offerings to the individuals of blind and disable society. Keywords— GPS, Blind, Navigation, Impaired Vision
Two-Phase Resonant Converter to Drive High-Power LED Lamps

This paper presents the design and modeling of a two-phase resonant converter that drives a LED lamp with a high-frequency pulsed current free of instabilities and flicker effect, fulfilling the recommendations of the IEEE PAR 1789-2015, so that it enables visible light-based communication at a 10 kB/s bit rate. The dynamic study of the converter takes into consideration the effect of the reflected impedance of the output filter on the AC side. In order to evaluate the dynamic response of the converter, a Spice model is defined. A 120 W prototype intended for street lighting applications has been built to validate the analysis and modeling.
Genetic structure and diversity of black francolin in Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India.

The present study evaluates the genetic diversity of black francolin (Francolinus francolinus asiae) in Uttarakhand on the basis of microsatellite loci. For this purpose, we examined five populations from three geographical zones of Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya. Microsatellite markers were polymorphic with number of alleles per locus ranging from 4-21, effective number of alleles per locus from 1.34 to 4.93, the Polymorphic Information Content (PIC) value ranged from 0.22 to 0.85. The averaged observed heterozygosity across all loci were Ho=0.320. 12 and averaged expected heterozygosity He=0.510. 06 respectively. The genetic structure showed that there were two genetically distinct clusters. The Lesser Himalayan and Himalayan foothill population forming a single cluster and population of Tarai region forming another cluster. The pairwise FST results showed a sizeable genetic difference between the population of higher and lower altitude. The AMOVA showed that higher levels of variation were observed among individual within populations (64.36%) and lower differentiation observed among populations (2.99%). Overall the populations of black francolin were genetically variable with high adaptive potential in Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya.
The neurocognitive theory of dreams at age 20: An assessment and a comparison with four other theories of dreaming.

This article assesses the neurocognitive theory of dreams on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. The theory synthesizes findings from 3 strands of dream research, which focus respectively on the neural substrate that subserves dreaming, the development of dreaming in children, and quantitative findings on adult dream content, all 3 of which are necessary ingredients in any theory in cognitive neuroscience (Ochsner & Kosslyn, 2014). The article compares the current standing of the theory with that of 4 other theories with a neural dimension: the Freudian, activation-synthesis, memory-consolidation, and threat-simulation theories of dreaming. It concludes that the neurocognitive theory differs from the other 4 in that many of its key building blocks were created and have since been replicated by independent investigators in 3 different research areas. The other theories lack a developmental dimension, and their claims sometimes do not accord with established findings on dream content. On the other hand, the neurocognitive theory has been strengthened by neuroimaging findings revealing that the neural substrate that enables dreaming is a subsystem of the default network, which supports imagination in waking; it also includes key hubs in the waking self-system, which may help explain the focus on personal concerns in dreams. This subsystem of the default network, when unconstrained and activated, leads dreamers to experience themselves as being in hypothetical scenarios that include vivid sensory environments, which also usually portray interpersonal interactions. Dreaming is an intensified and enhanced form of spontaneous thought that can be characterized as an “embodied simulation. ”
The challenging paradigm of interrelated energy systems towards a more sustainable future

This paper brings together several contemporary topics in energy systems aiming to provide a literature review based reflection on how several interrelated energy systems can contribute together to a more sustainable world. Some directions are discussed, such as the improvement of the energy efficiency and environmental performance of systems, the development of new technologies, the increase of the use of renewable energy sources, the promotion of holistic and multidisciplinary studies, and the implementation of new management rules and "ecofriendly and sustainable" oriented policies at different scales. The interrelations of the diverse energy systems are also discussed in order to address their main social, economic and environmental impacts. The subjects covered include the assessment of the electricity market and its main players (demand, supply, distribution), the evaluation of urban systems (buildings, transportation, commuting), the analysis of the implementation of renewable energy cooperatives, the discussion of the diffusion of the electric vehicle and the importance of new bioenergy systems. This paper also presents relevant research carried out in the framework of the Energy for Sustainability (EfS) Initiative of the University of Coimbra, linking the reviewed areas to the multidisciplinary approach adopted by the EfS Initiative. To conclude, several research topics that should be addressed in the near future are proposed.
Simulation of Pollutant Dispersion in the Atmosphere under Unstable Conditions Using an Analytical Solution

Analytical solutions of equations are of fundamental importance in understanding and describing physical phenomena. In this work we present the solution of the two-dimensional advection-diffusion equation in Cartesian geometry by the GILTT approach, considering that the eddy diffusivity and the vertical wind profile depends on the z variable. To carry more information of the original problem, a Sturm-Liouville problem given by Bessel functions is used as basis in the solution. Numerical simulations and comparisons with experimental data are presented.
Epidemiological survey of risk factors associated with HIV infection in jailed drug users

Objective:To find out the status of HIV infection in drug users and potential risk behaviors.Methods:Face to face survey of drug users in Luzhou was conducted and blood samples were collected and HIV was detected.Results:Most of the drug users were male teenagers and unemployed adolescents.Intravenous injection was the main route of taking the drug,accounted for 52.5%,and shared syringe or needle occupied 24.2%. Early sexual behavior of drug users was common,accouned for 79.1% and 68.1% of them did never use condom.The positive rate for HIV was 3.2%. Conclusion:Intravenous injection of drug is the main way of acquiring AIDS in Luzhou.Thus the health education should be carried out for roling back the spead of HIV/AIDS among drug users.
Different Immune Responses in Dangerous O Blood Donors

Background & Objective: Dangerous O is very important to transfusion medicine and there has been reports by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding some death relating incidences. As high iso-antibody production is closely associated with different immune reactions, a survey on the different immune response of dangerous O donors can lead to understanding their immune response profile. Objectives were to assess different immune responses in dangerous O cases. Methods: Two groups of donors were selected after performing titration as a high titer (>512) and non-high titer (<128). Then CBC, CD markers, total immunoglobulin, complement assay, anti-VZV, -CMV, -EBV, -HSV, -Rubella, -Toxoplasma gondii, -HBV, -ASO, total protein and albumin, protein electrophoresis, lymphocyte proliferation, and gene expression of INF-gamma, IL2/4/10 were evaluated on both study groups. Results & Conclusion: Total IgG, IgM, and IgA was higher in high titer group. Moreover, after using PHA and LPS, gamma globulins and lymphocyte proliferation were significantly higher in high titer cases. Real-time PCR also showed higher IL-2 production in high titer group. Identification of high responder’s characteristics can be efficient in many complications. Moreover, high titer donors are dangerous for transfusion medicine. This pilot study showed differences in immune responses between HR and LR O blood donors for the first time. So, other aspects of the immune system such as genetic differences can be surveyed.
DATA MINING FOR CREDIT CARD RISK ANALYSIS: A REVIEW

Now-a-days due to the quick growth of web-based E-Commerce, credit cards are being widely used for online purchases. With increasing use of credit cards, there is also an increase in the risks related to them. This fact must be well understood by the banks and card holders in order to reduce risk and maximize the profitability. Risk refers to the chance of loss that may occur due to some external or internal vulnerabilities. There are some data mining methods that have been used for the risk management of credit cards like classification, regression, multiple regressions, and optimization among which classification and regression are widely used. In this paper, we analyse the factors causing the operational financial and the security risks and the data mining methods used to minimize them. Here, in this paper we have dealt more with the credit risk analysis as it should be given prime attention since the losses caused by it are important. This paper presents a survey of various techniques used in credit card risk management.
A Study on Suppression of Photovoltaic Power Output Fluctuation by Using Thermal Radiative Cooling/Heating System

The suppression of photovoltaic power generation output fluctuation has been investigated by using thermal radiative cooling/heating system. The thermal radiative cooling/heating system is novel equipment that can provide an energy-saving, comfortable and healthy living environments by utilizing heat pump technology and an active radiative heat transfer. The characteristic of this system is to maintain the thermal environment with respect to power fluctuations. Photovoltaic power generation has a characteristic that the amount of power generation varies according to the weather. When a large amount of photovoltaic power generation is installed, the short-term supply and demand imbalance occurs, which causes the frequency deviation. Then, a method to suppress such power fluctuation by thermal radiative cooling/heating system is proposed. As a result of the numerical experiment, the proposed method shows efficient suppression performance.
Aortic Arch Malformations

Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a 21-amino acid peptide with various biological activities including vasoconstriction and cell proliferation. To clarify the physiological and pathophysiological role of ET-1, we disrupted the mouse Edni locus encoding ET-1 by gene targeting and demonstrated that ET1 is essential to the normal development of pharyngeal archderived tissues and organs. In this study, we focused on the phenotypic manifestations of EdnI -'homozygous mice in the cardiovascular system. Edn -'homozygotes display cardiovascular malformations including interrupted aortic arch (23% ), tubular hypoplasia of the aortic arch (4.6% ), aberrant right subclavian artery (12.9%), and ventricular septal defect with abnormalities of the outflow tract (48.4%). The frequency and extent of these abnormalities are increased by treatment with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies or a selective ETA receptor antagonist BQ123. At an earlier embryonic stage, formation of pharyngeal arch arteries and endocardial cushion is disturbed in Ednl-'homozygotes. In situ hybridization confirmed ET-1 expression in the endothelium of the arch arteries and cardiac outflow tract and the endocardial cushion as well as in the epithelium of the pharyngeal arches. Thus, ET-1 is involved in the normal development of the heart and great vessels, and circulating ET-1 and/or other ET isoforms may cause a functional redundancy, at least partly, through the ETA receptor. (J. Clin. Invest. 1995. 96:293-300.)
THE EFFECT OF ACCESS TO CREDIT ON STUDENTS’ ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS; A CASE STUDY OF VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY, OYIBI

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THE DYNAMICS OF EUROPEAN PERIPHERY

Assoc. Prof. PhD. Ternopil National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine. Phone number +380958339576. E-mail address lischynigor@ukr.net Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ternopil National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine. Phone number +380976716100. E-mail address mlysun@ukr.net Prof. Dr. Ternopil National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine. E-mail address: ternopil2000@yahoo.com Prof. Dr. Ternopil National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine. E-mail address yev.savelyev@gmail.com
An efficient regeneration system through in vitro somatic embryogenesis of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

This study was carried out to improve an efficient protocol for in vitro callus induction and plant regeneration using Bangladeshi barley genotypes collected from BARI, Gazipur, Bangladesh. After sterilization embryos were separated carefully from mature seeds of six barley genotypes (BB-1, BB-2, BB-3, BB-4, BB-5 and BB-6) and cultured them in MS medium supplemented with various concentration and combination of PGRs for callus induction and regeneration. Out of six genotypes BB-6 showed highest (38.17%) callus induction in MS + 4.0 mg/l 2,4-D + 200 mg/l L-proline + 300 mg/l casein hydrolysate; whereas, BB-4 and BB-5 showed no callus induction in the same medium. For plant regeneration from embryogenic calli the same genotype (BB-6) also performed the best results (19.25%) in MS medium supplemented with 1.5 mg/l BAP + 30 g/l sucrose. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed highly significant differences among the media and the genotypes.
Analysis of morpho-anatomical stem properties determining its mechanical strength in selected rye cultivars

*Corresponding author e-mail: tomasz.wojtowicz@urk.edu. pl **This work was financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland (2017-2019). A b s t r a c t. The objective of the research was to compare important properties of the morphological and anatomical structure of stems of four open-pollinated rye cultivars in relation to their mechanical strength expressed by the failure moment, taking into account the possibility of using the stems for the manufacture of natural drinking straws. From the 2nd and the 3rd stem internodes, cross sections were obtained within which the number of large vascular bundles, the diameters of the stem and the central canal, as well as the thicknesses of the stem wall, sclerenchyma and parenchyma were determined. The differentiation in cultivar properties was mainly affected by the location of the internode within the stem. The stem diameter ranged from 5.2 mm (Dańkowskie Rubin) to 5.4 mm (Antonińskie). As compared with the 3rd internode, in the 2nd internode the values of the analysed traits ranged from 5 to 25% higher. In both internodes a significant correlation (r>0.680, p<0.01) between the stem diameter and the central canal diameter was found. In all the cultivars the failure moment depended significantly on the stem diameter for both the internodes (r > 0.638, p < 0.01). The analyses carried out show that the 2nd internode is characterized by the most favourable properties affecting the mechanical strength of rye stems. K e y w o r d s: Secale cereale, biodegradable straws, mechanical properties, failure moment (Bs), stem anatomy
Bachelor of Science Thesis in Software Engineering and Management

The identification of driver characteristics is an important step to allow the adaptation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to individual driver needs, and thus increase system performance and trust in the system function. However, most ADAS are designed for the average driver and we investigated which driving characteristics are relevant for personalised features, and how to derive them using Requirement elicitation. We conducted a design study in two iterative cycles and investigated the objectives by performing semi-structured interviews and literature review. From the interviews and literature review a a list of characteristics was created. The list was later used to propose a way to derive the characteristics from a driver using a Human-Machine Interaction interface.
Interphase nuclear phenotype and chromosomal variation in Cynodon dactylon (L.) pers

Interphase nuclear phenotype in different accessions (Acc.) of Cynodon dactylon studied in the present experiment showed chromocentric nuclear organization and the chromocenters were found to be visible clearly. The chromocenter numbers were not same and sometimes it was found to be significantly less and never more than total number of chromosomes. Percentages of heterochromatin values were expressed per nuclear area and the values range from 19.759% (Acc. 16) to 66.022% (Acc.18). Nuclear volume as well as interphase chromosome volume was found to vary 0.674 μm3 (Acc.6) to 41.921 μm3 (Acc.10) and from 0.028 μm3 (Acc. 6) to 1.905 μm3 (Acc. 10), respectively. The somatic chromosome number found to vary from 12 to 40. 2n = 18 chromosomes were found in eight accessions of C. dactylon. Only one accession was found to be tetraploid and rest of them aneuploid whose chromosome numbers were 12, 14, 16, 22, 24, 26, 32, 40 etc. The availability of aneuploid shows great aspects of forage breeding programme.
Identification of Weakly Pitch-Shifted Voice Based on Convolutional Neural Network

Pitch shifting is a common voice editing technique in which the original pitch of a digital voice is raised or lowered. It is likely to be abused by the malicious attacker to conceal his/her true identity. Existing forensic detection methods are no longer effective for weakly pitch-shifted voice. In this paper, we proposed a convolutional neural network (CNN) to detect not only strongly pitch-shifted voice but also weakly pitch-shifted voice of which the shifting factor is less than ±4 semitones. Specifically, linear frequency cepstral coefficients (LFCC) computed from power spectrums are considered and their dynamic coefficients are extracted as the discriminative features. And the CNN model is carefully designed with particular attention to the input feature map, the activation function and the network topology. We evaluated the algorithm on voices from two datasets with three pitch shifting software. Extensive results show that the algorithm achieves high detection rates for both binary and multiple classifications.
Executive Compensation in Firms Producing Addictive Goods

This thesis investigates executive compensation, turnover and migration patterns in firms that produce addictive goods (tobacco, alcohol, and gambling). Previous research has identified costs associated with the production of harmful goods specific to these industries. Consistent with this stream of research, I find increased executive compensation in tobacco, alcohol, and gambling firms. This finding seems to be driven by industry specific characteristics, rather than by executives’ traits or by the ‘traditional’ determinants of executive compensation. Executive migration patterns and the effect of job change on compensation indicate that the higher compensation is not caused by executives’ attributes well suited for these firms’ specific needs, by executives’ contribution to value-creating activities, or by other executive-specific characteristics. Rather, the higher compensation seems to reflect a payment to executives for having to bear society’s aversion to or displeasure with these harmful goods, and those who produce them. JEL Classification D71, G34, J63, M12
Labroides dimidiatus (Labridae, Teleostei)

Cleaning symbiosis between Labroides dimidiatus and other saltwater fish is not dependent only on visual-tactile stimuli, since the cleaning motivation of the wrasse is strongly influenced by endogenous factors. The application of various neurohormones (neurotransmitters: 5-HT (5-HTP; PCPA), noradrenalin, LDopa; tissue hormone: VIP) as well as the opiate-antagonist naloxone, resulted in a change of the actual cleaning time, which possibly indicates the influence of many other interacting hormones of the fish's endocrine system.