Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Font Creation Using Class Discriminative Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks

In this research, we attempt to generate fonts automatically using a modification of a Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network (DCGAN) by introducing class consideration. DCGANs are the application of generative adversarial networks (GAN) which make use of convolutional and deconvolutional layers to generate data through adversarial detection. The conventional GAN is comprised of two neural networks that work in series. Specifically, it approaches an unsupervised method of data generation with the use of a generative network whose output is fed into a second discriminative network. While DCGANs have been successful on natural images, we show its limited ability on font generation due to the high variation of fonts combined with the need of rigid structures of characters. We propose a class discriminative DCGAN which uses a classification network to work alongside the discriminative network to refine the generative network. This results of our experiment shows a dramatic improvement over the conventional DCGAN.
Multi-feature Joint Dictionary Learning for Face Recognition

Dictionary learning with sparse representation has been widely used for pattern classification tasks, where an input is classified to the category with the minimum reconstruction error. While most methods focus on singlefeature recognition problems, recent studies have proved the superiorities of exploiting multi-feature fusion classification. In this paper, we present a new multi-feature joint dictionary learning algorithm which can enhance correlations among different features via our designed classlevel similarity regularization. The proposed algorithm can fuse different information and correlate these dictionary atoms within the same pattern category. Besides, the distinctiveness of several features is weighted differently to reflect their discriminative abilities. Furthermore, a dictionary learning algorithm is used to reduce dictionary size. The proposed algorithm achieves comparable experimental results in several face recognition databases.
Stereo Vision and Its Application to Robotic Manipulation

A robot is expected to provide a service to us in our daily-life environment. Thus, it is easy to find robots that can achieve a task, such as home cleaning performed by the iRobot Roomba1 or entertainment provided by the Sony Aibo. Unlike the situation in a plant, the daily-life environment changes sequentially. Before performing a task, it is necessary to observe the environment. Since the motion and manipulation done by a robot occur in a 3D world, gathering 3D information and not 2D information is inevitable. For example, such information helps us achieve semi-automatic robot programming (Ikeuchi & Suehiro (1994); Kuniyoshi et al. (1994)). There are many kinds of devices to obtain 3D information. They are roughly classified into two types: active sensors and passive sensors. What distinguishes these two types is the capacity of the sensor to output energy (e.g., emit light) to the outer world. As an example of active sensors, a laser sensor measures the distance using the duration since the light is emitted until it captures the reflected light. Among the passive sensors, stereo vision is the simplest device to obtain 3D information. A stereo vision system employs at least two separate imaging devices, as in the case of human vision. Generally, the active sensors are better in accuracy than the passive sensors2. Although this may mean that human stereo vision suffers from inaccuracy of the obtained 3D information, we unconsciously employ prior knowledge to compensate for this. Les us consider estimation of a 6-DOF object trajectory, which is required in various kinds of robotic manipulation, such as pick-and-place and assembly. To reduce the inaccuracy in the estimation, some constraints about the trajectory are necessary. For example, if it is previously known that the trajectory is a straight line, we reduce the inaccuracy by minimally deforming the trajectory to align it to the line. We will introduce prior knowledge into an actual robot application. In this chapter, we will first present an overview of the stereo vision system and a method for localization using 3D data (Section 2). We will describe a method for using the contact relation (Section 3) as prior knowledge; in real world, rigid objects do not penetrate each other. Also,
A congestion control framework for BISDN using distributed source control

The authors develop a new congestion control framework for BISDN (broadband integrated services digital network) based on distributed source control. The proposed framework is applicable to virtual-circuit-based services as well as datagram-oriented services. The proposed congestion control strategy is a hybrid scheme that combines the advantages of circuit-switched networks (rate control) with the variable-bandwidth and soft-overload features of packet networks. The approach is simple, robust, easy to implement, scales as the delay-bandwidth product increases, and is compatible with the asynchronous mode of transport being proposed for BISDN. <<ETX>>
Pengaruh Kematangan Teknologi Informasi dan Kinerja Sistem Informasi terhadap Kemanfaatan Sistem Informasi Bagi Kelurahan-kelurahan di Kodia Semarang

Penelitian ini ingin menguji pengaruh langsung maupun tidak langsung Kematangan TeknologiInformasi (TI) dan Kinerja Sistem Informasi (SI) terhadap Kemanfaatan Teknologi Informasi padaKelurahan-kelurahan di Kodia Semarang. Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan memberikan kontribusi bagikelurahan dalam penambahan investasi dalam bidang teknologi informasi. Responden penelitian ini adalahpengelola informasi pada masing-masing kelurahan di Semarang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metodesurvei dengan 104 sampel. Analisis yang digunakan adalah Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) dengantwo step approach. Pendekatan two step digunakan untuk mengatasi masalah tidak sebandingnya rasioantara jumlah butir instrumen yang digunakan dengan sampel yang tersedia (Hart Line dan ferrel, 1996)dan untuk menghindari interaksi model pengukuran dan model struktural (Hair, et al, 1988). Hasil analisismenunjukkan bahwa kematangan teknologi informasi tidak berpengaruh secara langsung (tidak signifikandan negatif) terhadap kemanfaatan TI (H1). Kinerja SI berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadapkemanfaatan TI (H2). Demikian pula pada kemanfaatan TI tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja sisteminformasi (H3).
An Actor's Craft: The Art and Technique of Acting (review)

Despite the lack of critical analyses of these interviews, Cantrell and Luckhurst’s three emergent themes are useful touchstones for the actor’s project. Although the themes certainly apply when playing any role, they take particular precedence when playing an actual person. The prospective actor might consider the research of the role, acting strategy, and relationship with the audience when portraying an actual person, using these themes as starting points if intimidated by the prospect.
Control techniques in Grid-Tie and AC Micro/Smart Grid

Power converters have an outstanding potential in micro and smart grid applications that require flexible and fast power control as well as rigid voltage regulation at the point of common coupling. Power converters are required to properly operate under several modes of operation such as grid-tie and micro-grid modes of operations. In addition, the control system should be designed to enable proper load sharing between several units. Several control techniques have been proposed in the literature to address most of the control requirements of the power converters under different operating modes mentioned above. However, references found in the literatures are usually centered on the analysis of the system under only one mode of operation and using a single control strategy. Comprehensive study that combines an in depth analysis of the power converters control under several modes are very scarce in the literature. In this book, a detailed survey and analysis of power converter control techniques in Grid-Tie and AC Micro/Smart Grid applications are introduced.
Prevalence of Visual Impairment Among People Aged 50 Years and Older and Related Factors in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan

Abdianwall, M. H. Prevalence of Visual Impairment among People Aged 50 Years and Older and Related Factors In Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan, Hacettepe Unıversity, Institute of Health Science, Epidemiology Program Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, Ankara, 2018. The study was aimed to determine the prevalence, main causes, and related factors of visual impairment among 50 years and over population in Jalalabad City and four surrounding districts, Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. The data of this population based cross-sectional study was gathered in the year 2015. The sample size was calculated as 1,353 and allocated to urban and rural strata using probability proportion to size method. Visual impairment was defined as presenting visual acuity of less than 6/18 and blindness as visual acuity less than 3/60 in the better eye by using Snellen chart only. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS 21.0 computer software program. At the end of the field study, 1,281 eligible completed the interview and eye examination. The prevalence of visual impairment was 22.6% (95% CI, 20–25) of which 13.9% (95% CI, 12–16) was low vision and 8.7% (95% CI, 7–10) was blindness. The most common causes of the visual impairment were cataract (52.8%), followed by refractive error (RE) (26.9%) and glaucoma (8.6%). Number one cause of the low vision was RE (42%), followed by cataract, glaucoma, age related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopaty (DR), while for blindness cataract (72%), other posterior segment disorders, glaucoma, RE and AMD. Illiteracy, bad economic status, hypertension and overweight were factors independently associated with both visual impairment and low vision, whereas, age, illiteracy, bad economic status, hypertension and using of sunglasses were independently associated with blindness. Cataract, RE, glaucoma, AMD and DR were the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness in the study area, which are avoidable mostly. For decreasing the burden of visual impairment and blindness, applying already developed policies concerning prevention of visual impairment and blindness is strongly recommended for the area as well as the whole country.
I beta-bloccanti nella terapia dello scompenso cardiaco: revisione della letteratura

The incidence of medical malpractice litigation is increasing. Most of errors can be defined as “medication errors”, that is to say inappropriate use and prescription of drugs. For this reason it is essential that physicians, and especially those who practices as specialists, know in-depth the effects of drugs that they prescribe. In cardiology, one important field is the risk of inappropriate prescription of beta blockers in the treatment of heart failure. Aim of this paper is to review the status of beta blockers prescription, searching for information concerning their inappropriate use (underuse or misuse). The research was made searching the most well-known juridical and medical databases according to these keywords: “beta blockers”, “inappropriate use” and “heart failure”. The aim is to awake cardiologists in all the risks related to errors in this therapy, to meet the right standard of care and to avoid clinical risks.
Image Processing of Digitized Spectral Data

Every observatory has a library of old pictures taken by photographic cameras. These measurements are not as such high quality as those from modern CCD systems, but could contain important data about rare phenomena or source data for long-period investigations (e.g., concerning the solar cycle). This paper presents methods for converting photographic images, collected at the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope (Baikal Astrophysical Observatory) to digital images, similar to CCD pictures. Special algorithms were used for this task and have been implemented in the IDL environment. The results of processing real spectral data and a comparison of processed photographic images and images taken with a TEK CCD are presented.
Application and evaluation of the BASE/X framework in the healthcare domain

Disclaimer This document contains a student thesis (bachelor's or master's), as authored by a student at Eindhoven University of Technology. Student theses are made available in the TU/e repository upon obtaining the required degree. The grade received is not published on the document as presented in the repository. The required complexity or quality of research of student theses may vary by program, and the required minimum study period may vary in duration.
Excitability of the Heart

By CHANDLER MCC.BROOKS, Ph.D., BRIAN F. HOFFMAN, M.D., E. E. SUCKLING, M.Sc., M.E. E. and OSCAR ORIAS, M.D. PP. xiv + 373, with 86 diagrams. New York and London: Grune and Stratton Inc. I955. $6.50. Progress in research depends as much upon accurate measurement as it does upon keen observation and the evolution of hypotheses to explain natural phenomena. Using the instruments of modem biophysics, it has been possible to assess more accurately some of the physiological phenomena associated with the contraction of heart muscle. These more accurate measurements have yielded new information which promises to make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the excitability of heart muscle in the healthy and in the pathological state. The authors have described their experimental methods and their results, which are discussed in relation to those of other workers and in relation to current hypotheses concerning the mechanism of muscle contraction. The effects of changing temperature on the function of various organs are very important in modern surgery. The chapter devoted to the effects of heating and cooling on the physiology of heart muscle should therefore be of interest to the surgeon. The fundamental changes which occur in fibrillation of both the auricle and the ventricle have also been investigated, and the mechanism of action of anti-fibrillatory drugs and procedures is discussed. The book is directed at post-graduate students and all those who have any physiological or clinical interest in the excitability of heart muscle. There is a useful summary at the end of each chapter and a very full bibliography which makes the book an asset in any physiological research or teaching department. P.A. N.
Developing a new 'at risk' pressure ulcer assessment tool for cancer patients

Cancer treatments have moved on dramatically in the past 20 years but have we incorporated these new treatments into skin assessments when delivering fundamental care for prevention of skin damage? A prevalence report carried out in 2016 at the Christie Hospital in Manchester, highlighted the rate as 3.2% for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, which is higher than average for a hospital of similar size (Christie NHS FT, 2016). However, the report also found that targets for utilising risk assessment tools within a timely manner had been met and indeed exceeded the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) expectations. The report was carried out by the current pressure equipment provider in collaboration with the tissue viability team. This supported the notion that risk assessments were carried out in a timely manner and in conjunction with a pressure ulcer prevention strategy; however, patients still went on to develop pressure ulcers (Christie NHS FT, 2016).
An efficient transport scheme for multimedia transport over wireless Internet

A method of manufacturing connection-type ceramic packages for integrated circuits is disclosed. A plurality of green ceramic sheets are prepared and punched to form notches in each sheet and recesses defining cavities for accommodating an integrated circuit element therein at predetermined positions in given sheets. A plurality of lead array patterns each corresponding to terminal areas of the element are printed on each surface of the sheets with a metallizing ink. The printed sheets are laminated one upon another while aligning with the aid of the notches under hot pressed condition to form a laminated body. The laminated body is longitudinally cut into a plurality of green ceramic strips while providing transverse snap lines for obtaining individual ceramic package units. A pattern corresponding to the lead array pattern is printed on both sides of each of the strips with a metallizing ink. The printed strip is sintered to ceramic strip, which is then subjected to a usual plating treatment. Thereafter, lead members are attached to the plated ceramic strip to form connection-type ceramic packages capable of being divided into individual ceramic package units.
Implementation of RSA Cryptosystem for Next Generation RFID Tags

IV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . V TABLE OF CONTENTS . VI CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION. 1 1.1 OVERVIEW OF FIELD . 1 1.1.1 RFID Tag Security . 3 1.1.2 RFID Industrial Standards. 6 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT . 7 1.3 PRIOR ART . 8 1.4 CONTRIBUTIONS . 9 1.5 ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS . 11 1.6 THESIS OVERVIEW . 12 CHAPTER 2RFID SECURITY . 14 2.1 RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION . 14 2.1.1 Classes of RFID Tag . 15 2.1.2 Standards Associated with RFID Tag Operation . 17 2.1.3 Standards for Security . 19 2.2 SECURITY CONCERNS . 21 2.2.1 Security Vulnerabilities . 21 2.2.1.1 Eaves Dropping . 22 2.2.1.1.1 Countermeasures . 23 2.2.1.2 Man-in-the-Middle Attacks . 23 2.2.1.2.1 Countermeasures . 24 2.2.2 Generalized Countermeasure . 24 2.4 NEXT GENERATION RFID TAGS . 24 2.4.1 Capabilities of next-generation RFID tags . 24 2.4.2 Issues Arising from use of Symmetric Key Security Algorithms . 26 2.4.3 Public Key Algorithms: A Solution to Distributing Key Information . 27 2.4.4 Level of Security . 29 2.5 COMPLEXITY THEORY AND SECURITY . 30 2.5. 1 Perfectly Secure Systems . 30 2.5. 2 Modern Cryptographic Definitions . 31 2.5. 3 Integer Factoring . 32 2.5. 4 Semantic Security . 33 CHAPTER 3 – IMPLEMENTATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS . 35 3.1 RSA ALGORITHM . 35 3.1.1 Cyclic Groups . 36 3.1.2 Euler’s Totient Function . 37 3.1.3 RSA Algorithm Applied . 37 3.1.4 RSA Algorithm Semantic Security . 40 3.2 TRANSLATING THE RSA ALGORITHM INTO A REALIZABLE HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION . 41 vii 3.2.1 Time and area trade-off . 42 3.2.2 Parts of the RSA algorithm . 44 3.2.2.1 Modular Multiplication . 44 3.2.2.2 Montgomery Multiplication . 45 3.2.2.2.1 Seperated Operand Scanning (SOS)Method . 46 3.2.2.2.2 Coarsely Integrated Operand Scanning (CIOS) Method . 47 3.2.2.2. 3 Finely Integrated Operand Scanning (FIOS) Method . 48 3.2.2.2.4 Fast method for Montgomery’s modular multiplication . 48 3.2.2.2.5 Variations on the Montgomery Multiplication Algorithm . 48 3.2.2.2. 6 Serial Multiplication . 49 3.2.2.2. 7 Multiplication as a Series of Modular Additions . 50 3.2.2.2. 8 Modifications to Montgomery Multiplication Algorithm . 50 3.2. 3 Exponentiation . 51 3.3 DESIGN CONSTRAINTS ON CURRENT RFID TAG . 52 3.3.1 Physical Constraints . 53 3.3.1.1 Assumptions . 53 3.3.1.2 Maximum Distance of Operation . 53 3.3.1.3 Transistor Power . 59 3.3.1.3.1 Maximum number of gates . 59 3.3.1.4 Power and gate count . 60 3.3.2 Timing Constraints. 61 3.3.3 Logical Constraints . 62 CHAPTER 4 – PROPOSED ALGORITHM AND METHODOLOGY . 64 4.1 PROBLEM DESCRIPTION . 64 4.2 CONSIDERATIONS . 64 4.3 MONTGOMERY MULTIPLICATION APPLICATION . 65 4.4 MONTGOMERY MULTIPLICATION IMPLEMENTATION METHODS .
Interaction With Educational Games in Hybrid Virtual Worlds

This research links learner engagement with interactions when Hybrid Virtual Learning models are used. Various aspects have been considered, such as learners’ prior experiences related to virtual worlds, their preconceptions regarding their use as a learning tool, and the impact that instructional designers’ choices have on enhancing the opportunities for interactions. In this article, the impact that educational and leisure games have on university students’ engagement is examined. The findings suggest that the use of game-like content can contribute positively to students’ engagement, without, however, having a spectacular impact on the learning process.
Personal Practice: Good care for people with cystic fibrosis

Abstract The improvement in the health and survival of people who have cystic fibrosis (CF) has been due to better treatment developed at major CF centres. The regimens for prevention, early treatment and later stabilization of chronic respiratory infection and for the maintenance of normal nutrition and growth are now largely established. Treatment is life-long, complex and expensive. It should be started early after a diagnosis made following neonatal screening, and before chronic respiratory infection and malnutrition are established. Regular monitoring and input from the expert staff of a CF centre is essential, either on a ‘full’ or ‘shared care’ basis; adults with CF should attend a major Adult CF unit. The details of the staff and facilities necessary to achieve good care for CF are discussed, including the details of clinic procedures and annual assessments.
Last Day on Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter

On Valentine’s Day 2008, Steve Kazmierczak killed five and wounded eighteen at Northern Illinois University, then killed himself. But he was an A student, a Deans’ Award winner. How could this happen? CNN could not get the story. The Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and all others came up empty because Steve’s friends and professors knew very little. He had reinvented himself in his final five years. But David Vann, investigating for Esquire, went back to Steve’s high school and junior high friends, found a life perfectly shaped for mass murder, and gained full access to the entire 1,500 pages of the police files. The result: the most complete portrait we have of any school shooter. But Vann doesn’t stop there. He recounts his own history with guns, contemplating a school shooting. This book is terrifying and true, a story you’ll never forget.
Mrs Woolf And The Servants

Loathing, anger, shame - and deep affection: Virginia Woolf's relationship with her servants was central to her life. Like thousands of her fellow Britons she relied on live-in domestics for the most intimate of daily tasks. Her cook and parlour maid relieved her of the burden of housework and without them she might never have become a writer. But unlike many of her contemporaries Virginia Woolf was frequently tormented by her dependence on servants. Uniquely, she explored her violent, often vicious, feelings in her diaries, novels and essays. What, the reader might well wonder, was it like for the servants to live with a mistress who so hated giving her orders, and who could be generous and hostile by turns? Through the prism of the writer's life and work, Alison Light explores the volatile, emotional territory which is the hidden history of domestic service. Compared to most employers in Britain between the wars, Leonard and Virginia Woolf were free and easy. Life in the Bloomsbury circle of writers and artists was often fun. Yet despite being liberal in outlook, these were also households where the differences in upbringing and education were acute: employers and servants were still 'us' and 'them'. The women who worked for the Woolfs, like other domestic servants, have usually been relegated to the margins of history, yet unearthing their lives reveals fascinating stories: of Sophie Farrell, the Victorian cook and 'family treasure', who ended her days in a London bed-sit; Lottie Hope, the parlour maid, a foundling, who'd been left on a doorstep like a parcel; and, Nellie Boxall, the Woolfs' cook, who was finally dismissed after sixteen years of rows and reconciliations, only to find herself a more glamorous job. "Mrs Woolf and the Servants" is a riveting and highly original study of one of Britain's greatest literary modernists. Ultimately, though, it is also a moving and eloquent testimony to the ways in which individual creativity always needs the support of others.