Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Efficient Method of Shared Key Generation Based on Truncated Polynomials

Many of the public key cryptosystems deal with two-party communication keeping confidentiality and authentication as primary goals. However there are many applications like banking that require multi-party communication. Though systems like RSA provided multi-party communication using shared key approach, overheads of RSA seem to be more because it has to choose n pairs of numbers such that the summation of these numbers is a large prime number. This needs to be done without revealing the shares of the numbers [1, 2]. The public key cryptosystem NTRU, based on polynomials, can be used for multi-party communication. This cryptosystem does not require these overheads. This paper proposes an algorithm for shared key authentication based on NTRU for multi-party communication, by giving algorithms for encryption, decryption and key generation.
İMKB'DE İŞLEM GÖREN ÇİMENTO İŞLETMELERİNİN VARLIK PERFORMANSINA ETKİ EDEN FİNANSAL FAKTÖRLERİN BELİRLENMESİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Bu calismada, IMKB'ye kayitli 15 cimento isletmesinin finansal performansi ve soz konusu isletmelerin varliklarini ne denli etkin kullanabildiklerinin tespit edilmesi amaclanmistir. Cimento isletmelerinin finansal performanslarini tespit edebilmek icin degisik finansal oranlar hesaplanmis ve yorumlanmistir. Ayrica, FVOK/AT degiskeni, cimento isletmelerinin sahip oldugu toplam varliklarin ne kadar kar saglayabildigini ifade etmekte ve varliklarin verimli kullanilmasi ile elde edilen kazanc yonetimin etkinligini de gostermektedir. Bu amacla IMKB'nin resmi internet sitesinden 2003-2007 donemlerine ait yillik mali tablolar elde edilmis ve yatay kesik verileri kullanilarak panel veri yontemiyle FVOK/AT oranina etki eden bagimsiz degiskenler analiz edilmistir. Calismanin sonuclarina gore, Turkiye'de 2003 yilindan itibaren yasanan ekonomik buyumenin cimento sektorunde faaliyet gosteren isletmeler uzerinde olumlu etkilerinin oldugu tespit edilmistir. Ayrica panel veri analizi sonuclarina gore isletme sermayesi devir hizi (ISDH) ve faiz karsilama orani (FKO) degiskenleri haric modelde kullanilan diger tum bagimsiz degiskenlerin faiz ve vergi oncesi kar / aktif toplami (FVOK/AT) uzerindeki etkisi istatistiki olarak anlamli bulunmustur.
Data center energy efficiency

Profiler Tools The Data Center Profiler (DC Pro) Tools are “early stage” assessment tools that help data center operators estimate Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), the industry standard for understanding and improving the energy efficiency of data center infrastructure systems. Current DC Pro Tools include DC Pro, which estimates PUE and provides tailored recommendations for improvement, and the simplified PUE Estimator. Visit datacenters.lbl. gov/dcpro. Data Center Energy Practitioner Program The data center industry and DOE partnered to develop the Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) Program. The DCEP training program certifies energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy status and efficiency opportunities in data centers. Visit datacenters.lbl. gov/dcep.
Assessing the Representational Capacity of Haptics in a Human-Computer Interface

The purpose of this thesis was to contribute to our knowledge of what haptics can bring to the table as a human-computer interface rendering technique, which other rendering techniques cannot. An experiment was set up in which a multi-interfaced game was used to convey an information structure to interface users. Each of the game’s three user interfaces utilized one of three different rendering techniques: haptic rendering, graphic rendering, and graphic-haptic rendering. The capacity of each rendering technique to represent the information structure was assessed in terms of the effect of the corresponding interface on three aspects of the user interaction: user performance, user satisfaction and system usability.The result indicated that user performance benefitted from a graphic or graphic-haptic rendering over a haptic rendering. There were no differences between the rendering techniques with regards to the overall user satisfaction. However, there were notable differences on the user satisfaction metric subscale level. The haptic rendering required higher attentive effort than other renderings. Also, the graphic rendering better facilitated the perception of having clear goals and feedback. The results also suggested that the overall system usability benefitted from a graphic or graphic-haptic rendering over a haptic rendering.
A Cooperative Behaviour Model for Autonomous Robots in Dynamic Domains

Team work in teams of autonomous robots is getting more and more important in various domains. This thesis presents a software that is capable of controlling the individual and team behaviour of such robots. It is the first implementation of the language ALICA, which allows specifying team behaviour. Individual autonomous behaviours are encapsulated in team plans. Although those team plans are specified by humans, with ALICA, there are build-in points in the specification where the robots can take autonomous decisions on which concrete plans to execute. Therefore the robots communicate their internal states with each other so they are aware of what their team members are doing. The result is an implementation of ALICA that will be used in the domain of RoboCup for autonomous football robots.
Probabilistic load forecasting via Quantile Regression Averaging of independent expert forecasts

Probabilistic load forecasting is becoming crucial in today's power systems planning and operations. We propose a novel methodology to compute interval forecasts of electricity demand, which applies a Quantile Regression Averaging (QRA) technique to a set of independent expert point forecasts. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology using data from the hierarchical load forecasting track of the Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2012. The results show that the new method is able to provide better prediction intervals than four benchmark models for the majority of the load zones and the aggregated level.
On Leon Baptista Alberti: His Literary and Aesthetic Theories

Listen to Alberti's voice. This is what Mark Jarzombek has done in studying virtually all of Alberti's writings on philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, architecture, and literature. Jarzombek's thorough grasp of Alberti's thought and painstaking analysis of his elusive identity transform our image of this remarkable man, carving out a new place for Alberti in literary theory, art history, and Renaissance scholarship. Instead of warming over the stereotypes of Alberti as a "universal man" or as a proponent of "civic humanism," Jarzombek explores Alberti's views of the relationship between the writer and society. He asserts that, while Alberti was indeed an architect, an art theorist, and a man of letters, he was above all a theoretician of writing: "Everywhere one turns, the problems of writing, authorship, and textuality seem to appear, from his first writings. to his last. " Opening up the possibilities for a different type of discussion of Alberti and of such major works as "De pictura" and "De re ae dificatora," Jarzombek places Alberti more accurately within the context of his times and clarifies the relationship among his works. Jarzombek's investigation brings to light themes that have remained hidden in the complex world of Alberti's speculations. The Alberti of Jarzombek's book is an outsider struggling to resolve conflicting impulses of pessimism and hope. He is also a profound and willful thinker who, while amalgamating contemporary trends, did not endorse them but countered them with a cosmological philosophy of his own.
Une Approche Conceptuelle pour la Modlisation et la Structuration Smantique des Documents Vidos

A generally cylindrical heat shield is provided for attachment to the wheel of an aircraft for encircling a brake disc stack. The cylindrical shield is configured from a plurality of interleaved arcuate sectors. The sectors are interconnected by means of a slip joint which allows each of the sectors a degree of lateral or circumferential movement with respect to each other to accommodate thermal expansion and contraction. Each of the sectors includes a plurality of layers, typically a pair of outer skins having an inner layer therebetween. A spaced relationship between the skins and the inner layer is maintained by spacers which laterally engage the skins, holding them in fixed spaced relationship, while allowing lateral movement at the spacers to accommodate thermal expansion and contraction. The inner layer is maintained in positional relationship with respect to the skins by spacers in one embodiment, or by detents in the skins engaging the layer in another.
Conceptual framework for tasks in information studies: Book Reviews

Today information-intensive work tasks in professional settings involve highly dynamic information utilization in which information seeking and searching tasks are taking a more central role. This article considers the concept of task in the context of information studies in order to provide a definitional clarity for task-based information seeking and retrieval studies. We identify (1) the central task levels as well as (2) the kinds of dimensions connected to the levels from the perspective of information studies. The analysis is aimed to serve as a conceptual starting point for empirical studies in the research area. The focus is on some central aspects of tasks that are recognized within information studies as well as related research areas (e.g., organizational studies). We define two levels of information-related subtasks: information seeking tasks and information search tasks. Information retrieval tasks are explicitly considered as a specific type of information search task. We describe differences and connections between these task levels. Finally, the implications of the proposed conceptual framework for information studies are discussed. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
The ‘Real’ Me: Practical Application of Research into the Perception of Vocal Timbre

An understanding of vocal timbre, in all its complexities and colours, is fundamental to singing and teaching singing. A study for a doctoral thesis took a multidisciplinary approach to examine the layers of meaning given to vocal timbre through the language of singers, listeners, and teachers. Words describing the singing voice were collected through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with solo, choral, amateur, and professional singers and singing teachers. An empirical study focussed on making a CD of three different songs chosen and sung by 22 amateur singers aged 11–65 with diary and interview analysis pre- and post-recording. This was followed by a further listening study from a selection of tracks to five audience members. Many timbre words were collected and patterns were observed. Two practical pan-European projects gave further opportunities to explore timbre, the first conducted by European Voice Teachers Association on digital resources for teaching singing and LeoSings, a project exploring diversity in choral singing across Europe. The use of real-time visual feedback proved to be a rich resource in complementing the timbral language used by singers and teachers, leading to a deeper exploration of vocal identity. The link between the language of vocal timbre and performance practice also impacted on choral singing through aspects of choral blend, acoustic space, and aural perception. The relationship between the science and art of vocalisation reveals the diversity of language employed to describe the singing sound while timbre remains an often elusive but nonetheless fundamental part of the ‘real me’ in singers.
Handbook of Multibiometrics (International Series on Biometrics)

This paper presents a new biometric score fusion approach in an identification multibiometrics, identification, score level fusion, fuzzy integrals, In Advances in Biometrics, Proceedings of the Third International Conference, Ross, A. , Nandakumar, K. , Jain, A.K. Handbook of Multibiometrics, Springer:. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering. Website: systems having only single biometric trait, multibiometrics systems provides higher 99.5%. Experimental results show that it is simultaneously possible to (1) Anil K.Jain , Patrick Flynn and Arun A. Ross, ―Handbook. Biometrics. Device interoperability is a very challenging problem for biometrics, which needs to be further studied. proposed global features-based and time functions-based systems applying the to show the improvement of performance of the system (22) A. A. Ross, K. Nandakumar, and A. K. Jain, Handbook of Multibiometrics:. /hacking-ethical-hackers-handbookedition.pdf 2014-12-15T20:45:34+00:00.net/wirings/jZ/handbook-multibiometrics-internationalseries-biometrics.pdf. for Fingerprint Recognition", Kluwer International Series in Biometrics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. Predicting Models for Multibiometric Systems. protectionmanual.net/solution/5Wo/hacking-ethical-hackers-handbook-. net/solution/jZ/handbookmultibiometrics-international-series-biometrics.pdf. The experimental results show that, the proposed biometric solution leads to considerable improvement in the recognition performance even under low. iris recognition, (2) multispectral face recognition, and (3) multibiometrics. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Biometrics IJCB 2014, pag. Springer Verlag book series, Lecture Notes on Electrical Engineering, vol. Handbook of Iris Recognition (2nd edition), Mark J. Burge and K. Bowyer (Eds.). Multi-biometric systems have many advantages over singlebiometric systems, e.g. applications. To show the existence of feature dependency and verify its To avoid global Multibiometrics', Handbook of Biometrics, (Springer, 2008). 2. Conference Series : International Conference on Biometrics for Book.Jan 11, 2016Submission DeadlineMar 2, 2016Notification DueApr 18, 2016Final Version Due(PDF) Privacy and Security Assessment of Biometric Systems Halhal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01101552/document​CachedSimilarThe increasing need for security leads to the involvement of biometrics in our daily life The International Organization for Standardization (ISO/IEC FCD. 19792. International Journal of Control and Automation. Vol. 8, No. 4 (2015), pp.
Teaching and learning in the VLCC: actions, reactions and emerging practice in a very large computing centre.

What happens to human computer interaction when the walls of a physical teaching laboratory are removed? We present the case of a very large (and new) computing centre (VLCC) in a technical university in Central Scotland. In this large multi-user computing space teaching is accommodated in a number of raked clusters or pods (local parlance), that are scheduled to function periodically as classrooms. Using a ‘social computing’ framework, we present observations and findings from a study that reveals how habits and perceptions from a previous habitat initially affect practice in a radically different environment, but are modified as practitioners adapt to the environment
Jésus de Nazareth et l’archéologie de la Galilée : Quelques réflexions d’un historien

La recherche actuelle sur le Jesus de l’histoire s’efforce de recontextualiser l’homme de Nazareth dans la societe et la culture qui furent les siennes. Pour ce faire, il est primordial de pouvoir determiner quel etait le niveau de la romanisation de la Galilee au ier siecle de notre ere, s’il y avait des tensions sociales, des phenomenes d’acculturation ou de resistance. Les donnees archeologiques suggerent que, en depit de la prosperite et du calme apparents, les communautes rurales de la Galilee refuserent d’adherer aux valeurs du monde romain. Trois ouvrages recents se signalent tout particulierement pour la volonte de leurs auteurs de reinscrire Jesus dans une perspective regionale galileenne.
Amélioration des méthodes de contrôle dimensionnel et d'alignement pour le procédé de lithographie à double patterning pour la technologie 14 nm

En microelectronique, l'augmentation de la densite des composants est la solution principale pour ameliorer la performance des circuits. Ainsi, la taille des structures definies par la lithographie diminue a chaque changement de nœud technologique. A partir du nœud 14 nm, la lithographie optique est confrontee a la limite de resolution pour les niveaux metalliques. Pour surmonter cet obstacle, les niveaux metalliques sont concus en deux etapes successives de patterning regroupant chacune une etape de lithographie et une etape de gravure. Cette technique, nommee double patterning, requiert une metrologie adaptee car l'alignement entre les deux etapes et les dimensions critiques sont alors directement liees. La methode de mesure developpee dans cette these repose sur la scatterometrie et la mesure de l'alignement par diffraction. Un code de simulation a permis d'optimiser la conception des mires de mesure. De plus, la methode de mesure adoptee a pu etre validee experimentalement.
Variability as a Predictor: A Bayesian Variability Model for Small Samples and Few Repeated Measures

Whilst most psychological research focuses on differences in means, a growing body of literature demonstrates the value of considering differences in intra-individual variability. Compared to the number of methods available for analyzing mean differences, there is a paucity of methods available for analyzing intra-individual variability, particularly when variability is treated as a predictor. In the present article, we first reviewed methods of analyzing intra-individual variability as an outcome, including the individual standard deviation (ISD) and some recent methods. We then introduced a novel Bayesian method for analyzing intra-individual variability as a predictor. To make this method easily accessible to the research community, we developed an open source R package, VARIAN. To compare the accuracy of parameter estimates using the proposed Bayesian analysis against the ISD as a predictor in a regression, we carried out a simulation study. We then demonstrated, using empirical data, how the estimated intra-individual variability derived from the proposed Bayesian analysis can be used to answer the following two questions: (1) is intra-individual variability in daily time-in-bed associated with subjective sleep quality? (2) does subjective sleep quality mediate the association between time-in-bed variability and depressive symptoms? We concluded with a discussion of methodological and practical considerations that can help guide researchers in choosing methods for evaluating intra-individual variability.
“It's Like Planet Holiday”–Women's Dressed Self-presentation on Holiday

Maura Banim is Principal Lecturer in Foundation Studies at Teesside University. Ali Guy is Assistant Dean at Teesside University. Kate Gillen is Director of Educational Development at County Durham & Tees Valley Workforce Development Directorate. The authors all contributed to Guy, Banim and Green (eds), Through the Wardrobe (Berg, 2001). “It’s Like Planet Holiday” – Women’s Dressed Self-presentation on Holiday
ScaLAPACK Users' Guide

Where you can find the scalapack users guide easily? Is it in the book store? On-line book store? are you sure? Keep in mind that you will find the book in this site. This book is very referred for you because it gives not only the experience but also lesson. The lessons are very valuable to serve for you, that's not about who are reading this scalapack users guide book. It is about this book that will give wellness for all people from many societies.
La cuestión generacional y la herencia Rawlsiana

En este articulo, el autor analiza el legado de Rawls en lo que respecta a la comprension de las cuestiones de justicia intergeneracional. Se abordan tres cuestiones. En primer lugar, ? cuales son las dificultades enfrentadas por Rawls en sus intentos de definir una posicion original capaz de arrojar luz sobre las cuestiones intergeneracionales? En segundo lugar, ? como debe evaluarse y entenderse el principio de Rawls de “ahorro justo”? Aqui, varias interpretaciones se enfrentan, incluyendo una maximin y una suficientista. En tercer lugar, ? Es en algo significativo que Rawls anada a la evaluacion filosofica “la tasa social de descuento”? El autor concluye haciendo hincapie tanto en la importancia de la obra de Rawls como en algunos elementos claves ausentes entorno a la justicia intergeneracional.
A Computer-Based System for Collecting and Analyzing Observational Data

Applied behavior analysis and other sciences based on data derived from direct observation are often interested in session summaries for each behavioral code of interest. In general, these data are obtained through time-sampling procedures, though they are occasionally obtained through electromechanical means that can preserve data in real time Such a record is an advantage as it offers the researcher additional options in analyzing behavior. This article describes such a system, based on the Epson HX-20, that we have been using for 5 years to collect data for various projects. The article includes examples of some of the programs developed, types of research questions asked, and data analyses conducted.
Improved radar sensitivity through limited sector scanning: The DCAS approach

Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing (DCAS) is being developed to provide solutions to many existing limitations of operational weather radar. DCAS makes use of large numbers of distributed short-range (30 km) radar to monitor the first 3 km of the Earth’s atmosphere. DCAS includes the ability to rapidly adjust individual radar operating parameters in a collaborative manner. Included in these parameters is the ability to adjust individual node volume coverage pattern (VCP) in accordance with meteorological events. By adjusting VCP to maximize time on target measurement precision may be improved (McLaughlin et al. 2005). DCAS radars are operated as a network and collaboratively make use of neighboring radar capabilities in order to improve data quality. In this paper we examine the expected theoretical improvement in reflectivity measurement by employing limited sector scanning. Operational radars employ VCPs that include full azimuth rotations as well as multiple tilts in elevation. During a storm event, targets of interest may be located in a limited sector of the full VCP. By limiting the scanning sector, time which would have been spent completing a full volume scan, including volume of limited data utility, is spent observing the targets of interest. By dynamically adjusting a DCAS radar’s VCP to the limited sector of interest, measurement precision may be increased by increasing dwell time. Sensitivity may be improved for a given measurement precision by decreasing the required signal to noise ratio. Dynamic adjustment of a radar’s VCP will require high speed beam scanning via high torque mechanical pedestals or electronic beam scanning. The initial DCAS testbed radars have the capability to scan in azimuth at 120 deg/s and elevation at 30 deg/s (Juyent et al. 2005). Such high scan systems will enable the interlacing of general full volume scans with higher precision limited sector scans. This paper will analyze the theoretical improvements from limited sector scanning in detail. A review of fading theory will be presented followed by both single and multiple node limited sector scanning.
Matière à territorialiser. Incursion dans un royaume africain contemporain

Cet article se propose d’analyser un royaume africain contemporain, en plein processus de revitalisation. Le corps du monarque de ce micro-Etat est un recipient des substances ancestrales (salive, souffle, sperme) qu’il dis­pense a son peuple et a ses epouses. Il est pourvu d’une enveloppe et d’ori­fices. Les techniques du corps du monarque s’etendent au corps du palais et a celui de la cite. Corps, palais et cite sont pourvus d’une enveloppe qui emmagasine les contenus, et d’orifices par ou ces contenus transitent. Le corps du roi et la culture materielle dont il s’entoure donnent donc matiere a territorialiser.