Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modelling business and management systems using Fuzzy cognitive maps: A critical overview

Abstract A critical overview of modelling Business and Management (B&M) Systems using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps is presented. A limited but illustrative number of specific applications of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps in diverse B&M systems, such as e business, performance assessment, decision making, human resources management, planning and investment decision making processes is provided and briefly analyzed. The limited survey is given in a table with statics of using FCMs in B&M systems during the last 15 years. The limited survey shows that the applications of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to today’s Business and Management studies has been steadily increased especially during the last 5-6 years. Interesting conclusions and future research directions are highlighted.
The Blended Learning Approach and Its Application in Language Teaching

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a meta-analysis of the pedagogical practice of blended learning, or the use of both direct instruction and online learning in second language instruction. A thorough review of the relevant literature over the last two decades on blended learning generally, and second language instruction using blended learning techniques in particular, is presented. Demonstrating the positive benefits from applying blended learning in language instruction, the study results should help guide language instructors in understanding the practice and implementation of this approach. The major conclusions of the study are that blending learning enhances the learner’s experience of a new language, and offers greater efficiency in the communication and practice of that language. Efficient and user-friendly technology, with direction instruction and practice in a face to face setting, are seen as the key to successful blended learning language instruction.
Analysis of Processes in Reading about 'Science Stories' in 6th Grade Science Textbook Using Eye-tracking

이 연구는 안구운동 추적기법을 활용하여 6학년 초등 과학 교과서 '과학 이야기'를 읽을 때 학생들의 읽기 과정을 분석하였다. 이 연구에 사용된 과제는 2009 개정교육과정 6학년 1학기 과학 실험본 교과서에 수록된 3개의 '과학 이야기' 글이고, 연구 대상은 서울 G 초등학교 6학년 학생 22명이었다. 참가자들은 중간 글 - 긴 글 - 짧은 글 순서로 3개의 글을 읽고, 각 글에 대한 이해도를 평가하는 9개의 문제를 풀었다. 이해도 결과 및 성취도 결과를 바탕으로 참가자들을 상위 집단, 중위 집단, 하위 집단의 3개의 그룹으로 나누었다. 연구결과, 상위 집단과 하위 집단의 안구운동 특성은 다음과 같은 차이를 보였다. 고정 수는 상위 집단이 하위집단보다 높았으며, 고정시간은 상위 집단이 하위집단보다 낮았다. 회귀 수는 상위집단이 하위집단보다 높았으며, 회귀시간은 상위집단이 하위집단보다 낮았다. 문장별 고정 수 및 평균 고정 시간 분석 결과, 상위집단이 전체 글의 주제나 주요 원리를 담고 있는 핵심 문장(key sentence)을 더 오래 살펴보았음을 알 수 있었다. 시선 흐름 및 사후 면담 분석 결과, 상위 집단은 문장 간 회귀가 많았으며 글의 핵심이 되는 부분이 어디인지 알고 그 곳에 특히 주의를 기울였다. 반면 하위 집단은 대부분 회귀 없이 순차적으로만 글을 읽었고, 일부 학생은 정상적인 범위를 벗어난 도약을 보이기도 하였다. 또한 학생들의 문제 풀이 방식에서도 집단 간 차이를 찾을 수 있었다. 이상을 종합하면 고정과 회귀가 많고 평균 고정 시간이 짧은 읽기방식이 과학 이야기 이해도와 관련이 있으며, 문장 간의 빈번한 회귀, 충분한 핵심 탐색 과정, 효율적인 주의 배분, 글에 대한 높은 이해력, 집중력을 보이는 학생이 과학이야기 이해도가 높았다. 교과서에 사용된 단어나 문장 또한 과학이야기 이해도에 영향을 미치고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이 연구는 기존의 과학 읽기 연구들과 비교하여 초등학생의 과학 읽기에서 어떠한 경향이 나타나는지 탐구하였고, 이 연구의 결과를 활용하여 과학 읽기에 어려움이 있는 학생을 위한 프로그램이 필요함을 제안하였다. 【This study analyzed the 6th grade elementary science textbook 'Science stories' reading process of students by utilizing eye movement tracking techniques. Participants read 3 articles in the new experimental science textbooks and solved 9 problems about each article. By understanding and academic achievement results, participants were divided into high-groups, middle-groups, and low-groups. The results of eye movement characteristics of the high-groups and low-groups had the following differences. Number of fixations and number of regressions were higher in high-groups. Average fixation duration and average regressive fixation duration were longer in low-groups. Fixation time for the key sentence of the article was longer in high-groups. Analysis of a scan path and post-interview, high-groups had frequent regression between sentences and they knew where the core of the article is and paid much attention there. In contrast low-groups are sequentially read most articles and some of them had a leap of abnormal range. Problem-solving approach is also different between groups. In conclusion reading style is associated with the science stories comprehension and students who had more regressions, much core search process, effective attention distribution, high concentration showed better understanding results. Also words or sentences used in textbooks are associated with science stories comprehension. 】
Factors That Contributed to the Expansion of Cattle Ranching in Veracruz, Mexico

Este articulo analiza las condiciones y los individuos que participaron en la expansion ganadera acontecida en Veracruz durante el presente siglo. A finales del siglo pasado, innovaciones tecnologicas crearon las condiciones adecuadas para el desarrollo posterior de la ganaderia. A raiz de la Revolucion mexicana surgio un grupo de caciques poderosos, que utilizaron la ganaderia para acaparar tierras y adquirir poder politico. La desigualdad aumento afectando a la clase campesina. En un principio, la expansion de pastizales ocurrio a costo de la cobertura forestal y, a partir de 1970, de la sustitucion de areas agricolas. La naturaleza expansiva de este uso del suelo ha causado su propia decadencia. Es cuestionable si nuevas formas de uso del suelo lograran tener un impacto menos negativo en el tejido social y en los ecosistemas del estado. Leyes que incorporen el valor de la naturaleza y que tengan una base democratica necesitan ser aplicadas con el apoyo de todos los sectores sociales veracruzanos. / The article analyzes the conditions that contributed to, and the individuals who participated in the expansion of cattle ranching in the state of Veracruz during this century. At the end of the last century, technological innovations created the appropriate conditions for the subsequent expansion of cattle raising. As a result of the Mexican Revolution, a powerful group of caciques arose who used cattle ranching as a means of taking control of land and acquiring political power. Inequality increased affecting the farmer9s class. At first, the expansion of pastures occurred at the expense of forest cover and, after 1970, by taking over agricultural areas. The expansive nature of this form of land use has resulted in its own decline. It is doubtful that new forms of land use will result in a less negative impact on society and in the state9s ecosystems. Laws that take into account the value of nature and which have a democratic base need to be applied with the support of all sectors of Veracruz society.
Das State-Trait-Ärgerausdrucks-Inventar (STAXI) in der klinischen Anwendung: Reliabilität und faktorielle Validität

Zusammenfassung. Theoretischer Hintergrund: Arger und Argerverarbeitungsprozesse werden haufig im Zusammenhang mit unterschiedlichen psychischen und psychosomatischen Storungsbildern diskutiert. Fragestellung: Es sollten die psychometrischen Eigenschaften des State-Trait-Argerausdrucks-Inventar (STAXI) an einer grosen klinischen Stichprobe uberpruft werden. Weiterhin sollte untersucht werden, inwiefern sich Patientengruppen unterschiedlicher Diagnosen hinsichtlich ihrer Argerneigung und ihres Argerausdrucksstils von der Normpopulation und untereinander unterscheiden. Methode: Das STAXI wurde von Patienten im Rahmen von routinemasigen Untersuchungen zu Beginn eines Klinikaufenthaltes ausgefullt. Fur alle Patienten lagen Diagnosen nach ICD-9 vor. Die Patientendaten wurden einer Reliabilitatsanalyse sowie einer Konfirmatorischen Faktorenanalyse unterzogen. Ergebnisse: Die Analysen belegen die Zuverlassigkeit und Gultigkeit des STAXI auch fur klinische Stichproben. Weiterhin zeigte sich, dass alle 13 untersuc.
A very first Glance on the Safety Analysis of Self-learning Algorithms for Autonomous Cars

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. A very first Glance on the Safety Analysis of Self-learning Algorithms for Autonomous Cars Tim Gonschorek, Marco Filax, Frank Ortmeier
Correlated Factors Comparison: The Trends of Computer Game Addiction and Internet Relationship Addiction

Objective: To explore the personality traits, emotions, and cognitive factors related to the trends of computer game addiction and cyber-relationship addiction. Methods: 184 college students in Beijing filled up the following questionnaires, including Computer Game Addiction Inventory (CGAI), Internet Relationship Addiction Inventory (IRDI), Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS), Achievement Motivation Scale, Self-Esteem Scale (SES), Shame Scale, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-R Short Scale(EPQ-RSC), and cognition questionnaire developed by the authors. Results: ① The trend of computer game addiction was positively correlated with sensation seeking, achievement motivation, the negative evaluation on oneself and environment in inter-personal relationships, and the positive evaluation on one's intelligence (P0.001). The correlation between the trend of computer game addiction and shame had also reached a statistics level of P0.05. ② The trend of cyber-relationship addiction was found positively correlated with self-esteem, shame, and extroversion(P0.01), and negatively correlated with neurotism (P0.01). Conclusion: The causal factors and influences of these two addiction trends are different. The trend of computer game addiction showed more pathological and harmful effects on the functions of college students.
Predictive feed-forward sensory control during grasping and manipulation in man

During dexterous manipulation the basal relationships expressed in the employed fundamental muscle synergies are tuned precisely not only to the manipulative intent, but also to the physical properties of the object. Recent findings indicate that the sensorimotor mechanisms involved depend largely on predictive rather than servocontrol mechanisms: The CNS monitors specific, more-or-less expected, peripheral sensory events and use these to directly apply control signals that are appropriate for the current task and its phase
Skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity and metabolism in lung transplant patients and resistance trained subjects

Lung transplant (LTx) recipients have poor exercise tolerance, which persists in spite of the restoration of near normal lung function. This suggests that the exercise limitation is related to defects in skeletal muscle. Firstly, mitochondrial function and metabolism in resting skeletal muscle were examined for 7 LTx recipients, 3-24 months post operation. Secondly, exercise performance for patients with lung transplantation was investigated. Resistance training is an effective exercise mode for improving muscle bulk and strength in sports and medical rehabilitation. Recently, resistance training has become a popular exercise mode to improve muscular function and enhance exercise performance in patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. In a further study sixteen male volunteers participated in a study on the effects of resistance training on mitochondrial oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle.
Does Colour Really Matter? Evaluation via Object Classification

Colour is important, but how important? This study addresses the question by testing a deep learning approach, ResNet-50, on the task of object classification based on using full-colour, dichromatic, and grayscale images as inputs and comparing the recognition performance as the amount of colour information is reduced. The results show that colour is useful, but far from crucial for object classification. The error rate increases by only 12% for the grayscale case over the full-colour case. A examination of some of the cases in which the full-colour classifier succeeds, but the grayscale classifier fails, reveals the interesting trend that while the in some cases the colour features of an object are crucial, colour may be perhaps even more important for understanding occlusion ordering and figure-ground separation.
Statistical Analysis of Parameters for Torque-Integrated Skinning

We propose the statistical analysis of parameters for example-based torque-integrated skinning methods. Recently, the physically-based linear blend skinning is proposed which is in the category of the example-based torque-integrated system. The physically-based linear blend skinning has linear scale/shear blending function and linear rotation blending function. In the current study, the degree of the polynomial blending functions are extended to three, i.e., it is either linear, quadratic, or cubic. We use the arm and leg model as experimental models. The evaluation results show that scale/shear blending function needs to be quadratic in the case of the leg. 
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SOCIAL BENEFITS, ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK DEPENDENCY, SATISFACTION, AND YOUTH’S HABIT FORMATION

Online social network is one of the biggest Internet phenomenon, which has attracted the interest of many marketers and psychologists who wanted to understand social network usersâ€™ behavior. Recognizing the lack of theoretical and empirical attention that has been given to this field, especially in Vietnam market, this study was conducted to examine the relationships among social benefits, online social network dependency, satisfaction, and youthâ€™s habit formation in the context of Facebook. The findings of the study of 200 Facebook users indicated that the interrelationship among four factors of social benefits, online social network dependency, satisfaction, and habit formation affect each other. Indeed, dependency on online social network among the youth whose age ranged from 16 to 24 years old is significantly affected by social benefits factor and leads to the formation of habit. In addition, satisfaction plays a role in determining habitual Facebook use. This paper discusses theoretical and practical implication in marketing and psychology field. To cite this document: Â Van-Dat Tran andÂ Ngoc Doan Trang Huynh, " Exploring the relationships among social benefits, online social network dependency, satisfaction, and youthâ€™s habit formation ", International Journal of Cyber Society and Education, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 99-114, 2015. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi. org/10.7903/ijcse.1416
12 Acute Symptomatic Epileptic Seizures

Short Description Acute symptomatic seizures (ASS) are defined by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) as ‘‘seizures that occur at the time of a systemic insult or in close temporal association with a documented brain insult’’ (Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy 1989). Close temporal association is often defined as within 1 week of the insult, although this definition does not have a biological basis. An alternative could be to include all seizures occurring until the point of clinical stabilization. ASS are also referred to as provoked seizures, occasional seizures, reactive seizures, or situationrelated seizures. ASS differ from epilepsy in two important aspects: they have a clearly identifiable, proximate cause and they do not have a tendency to recur, unless the underlying condition recurs. Thus, management and prognosis differ significantly from epilepsy. Although the definition does not strictly include a notion of causality between the insult and the seizure, it is generally accepted that the close temporal sequence of events, the biologic plausibility and, in many cases, the dose effect, should be highly suggestive of a causal relationship (Hauser 2008) (> Figs. 12-1–12-11).
CATEGORIZATION BY A CONNECTIONIST NETWORK

Three experiments tested a simple connectionist network approach to human categorization. The specific network considered consists of a layer of input nodes, each representing a feature of the exemplar to be categorized, connected in parallel to a layer of output nodes representing the categories. Learning to categorize exemplars consists of adjusting the weights in the network so as to increase the probability of making correct categorizations; weight changes are determined by the Rescorla-Wagner (1972) learning rule. The experiments used a simulated medical diagnosis procedure in which subjects have to decide which disease (the category) each of a series of patients is suffering from on the basis of the patients' symptoms (the features). After a series of trials, the subjects rated the extent to which particular symptoms were associated with particular diseases. In each of the experiments, it is shown that a process of selective learning occurs in this categorization task and that selection in turn depends on the relative predictiveness of the symptom for the disease. Such effects parallel results found in animal conditioning experiments and are readily reproduced by the connectionist network model. The results are also discussed in terms of a variety of traditional theories of categorization.
Adherence with Antidepressant Therapy and Successful Patient Self-Management

Until recently, depression was considered an acute, self-remitting illness of limited duration. However, it is increasingly recognized as a chronic, relapsing, or recurrent illness in most patients, imposing a substantial burden on the individual and society. Research has demonstrated an association between depression and impaired psychosocial functioning, reduced productivity and life satisfaction, excess health care utilization, increased reporting of medically unexplained medical symptoms, comorbidity with other psychiatric illnesses, and suicide. It is more prevalent in patients with common chronic medical conditions, such as obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, coronary artery disease, asthma, and chronic pain. In addition to its association with medical morbidity and mortality, depression has a negative impact on self-care behaviors, including medication adherence, in patients with chronic medical illnesses, and in health-related behaviors such as exercise, smoking, and weight control. As a consequence, it is a major barrier to effective care of chronic medical illnesses.
Impact of Spatial Consistency on Dynamic Beamforming for Millimeter-Wave Cellular Systems

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies are set to play an important role in fifth-generation (5G) wireless systems. A pre-requisite for the design and performance assessment of 5G wireless is the understanding of the involved propagation processes and derivation of insightful channel models. Unlike bands below 6 GHz, several additional modelling features need to be catered for at mmWaves. For dynamic scenarios, spatial consistency (SC) is a novel mandatory feature of 5G channel models ensuring continuity in the channel parameters as the user equipment (UE) moves along a trajectory. Such mobility has an enormous impact on the performance of common beamforming techniques leveraged to deliver high spectral efficiencies. Unlike others, this paper aims to quantify the impact of SC on dynamic mmWave beamforming performance. We focus on the downlink of a 28 GHz urban microcellular scenario, where the base station comprises of a 16x16 cross-polarized uniform planar array (UPA) serving multiple 4x4 UPA UEs. Using the standardized Third Generation Partnership Project 38.901 SC-I procedure, we evaluate the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio of a UE and the system ergodic sum spectral efficiency with zero-forcing, block diagonalization, and signal-to-leakage-plus-noise ratio beamforming. With each technique, our results show that at practical signal-to-noise-ratio levels, spatially consistent channels yield a significant performance loss relative to the case without SC due to substantial spatial correlation across the channel parameters. We demonstrate the validity of this conclusion with multiple UE trajectories. The results serve as a guideline to recalibrate our expectations from dynamic beamforming.
Orientation to Language in Ukrainian-English Bilingual Children.

CUMMINS, JAMES, and MULCAHY, ROBERT. Orientation to Language in Ukrainian-English Bilingual Children. CmLD DEVELOPMENT, 1978, 49, 1239-1242. The present study was designed to investigate the influence of bilingualism on children's awareness of the arbitrary nature of wordreferent relationships and on their ability to analyze linguistic input. 2 groups of children attending a Ukrainian-English bilingual program in Edmonton, Canada, were compared with unilingual control groups matched for IQ, SES, sex, and age at both grade 1 and 3 levels. 1 group of children in the bilingual program had extensive Ukrainian at home and was judged by teachers to be relatively fluent in Ukrainian. The second group had little or no Ukrainian at home and was judged by teachers to have little fluency in Ukrainian. 72 children participated in the study, 12 in each cell. It was found that the bilingual children who were judged to be relatively fluent were significantly better able to analyze ambiguities in sentence structure than were either of the other groups. However, no differences were found between the language groups in awareness of the arbitrary nature of word-referent relationships.
Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation (STREAM): The Design of a Four-year Longitudinal Cohort Study among 15,118 Persons Aged 45 to 64 Years

The objective of the Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation (STREAM) is to acquire knowledge on determinants of transitions in employment and work productivity among persons aged 45-64 years. Research Framework: A research framework was developed, in which transitions in employment (e.g. leaving the workforce, entering the workforce, job change) and work productivity are influenced by the following determinants: health, job characteristics, skills and knowledge, social factors, and financial factors. Central explanatory variables in the framework are the ability to work, the motivation to work, and the opportunity to work. Study Design: STREAM is a prospective cohort study among 12,055 employees, 1,029 self-employed persons, and 2,034 non-working persons, all aged 45 to 64 years at baseline. The study sample was stratified by age and employment status (employed, self-employed, non-working), and was drawn from an existing internet panel. The baseline measurement was carried out in 2010 (response: 70%), and with yearly follow-up measurements in 2011 (response: 82%), 2012 (response: 80%), and 2013. At each wave, participants fill out an online questionnaire covering all aspects of the research framework. Place and Duration of Study: The Netherlands, between October 2010 and December 2013. Methodology: Quantitative data on all aspects of the research framework were assessed with an online questionnaire, qualitative data were assessed with interview studies, and the questionnaire data can be linked to register data at Statistics Netherlands for 89% of the participants. Results: Transitions in employment between the first three waves of data among the participants are described. Conclusion: STREAM will provide insight in the determinants of healthy and productive labour participation among persons aged 45 years and older, which will support the development of interventions prolonging working life in good health, while maintaining good work productivity.