Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Preference Logic and Its Measurement-theoretic Semantics Loft 2008

How can we explain why we should ascribe some logical properties to an agent’s preferences, and why we should not ascribe others to them? Although this problem is very important, little attention has been given to it. We break this problem down into the three: Problem 1. When we attempt to ascribe some logical properties to the preferences of an agent, how can we explain this ascription? Problem 2. What logical properties must we ascribe to his preferences if and only if our solution to Problem 1 can be adopted? Problem 3. What logical properties should we ascribe to his preferences and what logical properties should not we ascribe to them? The aim of this paper is to propose a new version of sound and complete preference logic (PL) that can furnish a solution to each of these problems. We solve all of them by providing PL with a Domotor-type semantics that is a kind of measurement-theoretic and decision-theoretic one.
Application of Support Vector Machines in automatic human face recognition

This paper presents the possibilities of applying the Support Vector Machines (SVM) in the process of automatic human face recognition. It is described how the existing methods of face recognition can be improved by the SVM. Moreover, a new approach to the multi-method fusion utilising the SVM is proposed. Usefulness of all the methods described in the paper improving the face recognition effectiveness by the SVM is confirmed by the experimental results.
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Image displacement fields--optical flow fields, stereo disparity fields, normal flow fields--due to rigid motion possess a global geometric structure which is independent of the scene in view. Motion vectors of certain lengths and directions are constrained to lie on the imaging surface at particular loci whose location and form depends solely on the 3D motion parameters. If optical flow fields or stereo disparity fields are considered, then equal vectors are shown to lie on conic sections. Similarly, for normal motion fields, equal vectors lie within regions whose boundaries also constitute conics. By studying various properties of these curves and regions and their relationships, a characterization of the structure of rigid motion fields is given. The goal of this paper is to introduce a concept underlying the global structure of image displacement fields. This concept gives rise to various constraints that could form the basis of algorithms for the recovery of visual information from multiple views. ' 7 ' Thi3 documezi ics n ;ove f for publiT zezeand saic; ita distribution is uz-iimited. The support of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA Order No. 8459) and the U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center under Contract DACA76-92-C-0009, the National Science Foundation under Grant IRI-90-57934, and the Office of Naval Research under Contract N00014-93-1-0257, is gratefulh, "-'. ' ' I of Sandy German in preparing this paper. 94-32895
Principles for Macroprudential Regulation

The drafting of macroprudential regulation is largely being driven by the need by policy makers to meet timetables that have been agreed. The legislative drive is taking place without any clear theoretical framework to organise the objectives. In this article we propose two principles that any satisfactory framework ought to respect and then describe one specific model that embodies these principles. We explain the insights from this approach for regulatory design.
Relaciones entre los aspectos cognitivos y emocionales de la enseñanza

"Desde que Shulman (1986) propuso el concepto de conocimiento didactico de contenido (CDC) se han realizado una gran cantidad de investigaciones al respecto; algunas referentes a las ideas o conceptos que se deben incluir en el CDC, otras referentes a las relaciones con la materia y otras sobre como el profesor desarrolla su CDC. Sin embargo, a pesar de que muchos autores han senalado la importancia de las emociones en la ensenanza, poco o nada se ha hecho para estudiar si el CDC tiene un lado emocional. En este trabajo se estudian las relaciones entre ambos aspectos de la ensenanza universitaria en quimica; para ello se parte del modelo de CDC propuesto por Magnusson et al. (1999) y se proponen tres nuevos componentes relacionados con las emociones del docente hacia la materia, los estudiantes y hacia su propia ensenanza. "
CSF's, KPI's, Metrics, Outcomes and Benefits

In 1979, Rockart defined CSFs as the limited number of areas in which satisfactory results will ensure successful competitive performance for the individual, department or organization. CSFs are the few key areas where "things must go right' for the business to flourish and for a manager's goals to be attained. The official ITIL Glossary defines it as "Something that must happen if a Process, Project, Plan, or IT Service is to succeed"
Inpatient glycaemic variability and long-term mortality: a neglected diabetic parameter?

Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly common and important condition worldwide with an estimated growth to 366 million diagnoses by 2030. (1) The importance of optimal management of diabetes will be an increasing challenge over coming years. The deleterious effects of hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia are well reported. In hospital inpatients hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia have been extensively explored. A concept of increasing interest is that of glycaemic variability. (2) There have been few large scale studies examining inpatient glycaemic variability and long-term mortality outcomes.
Die Anwendung von Erkenntnissen der neurowissenschaftlichen Marktforschung in der Markenführung

Inhalt 1. Wie schmeckt eine Marke? 216 2. Das Coca-Cola-Testfiasko – Missverständnis über den Einfluss der Marke . 216 3. Neurowissenschaft verändert das Verständnis . 217 4. Die Grenzen klassischer Marktforschung . 218 5. Der Einfluss der Marke . 221 6. Das Aus für alte Überzeugungen in der Werbung . 223 7. Schon gewusst? Werbung wirkt auch unterbewusst . 224 8. Die Macht des Unterbewussten. 225 9. Der Wert einer Marke hat ein Gesicht . 226 10. Markenbelohnung – wer nicht belohnt, der nicht verkauft . 228 11. Werbung, die sich lohnt, belohnt . 229 11.1 Feststellungen zur Markenbelohnung . 229 11.2 Praxisbeispiel Odol-med3 . 229 11.3 Aufmerksamkeit über Emotion . 230 12. Die neuen Neuromarketeers . 230 Literatur . 231
Abstract— This Paper Presents a Multisource Speech Localization Method Based on the Generalized Cross-correlation (gcc) Method Weighted by the Phase Transform (phat) for Binaural Robot Audition. the Direction-of-arrival (doa) Estimation Based on the Gcc-phat Method Was Extended to Enable Simultaneou

This paper presents a multisource speech localization method based on the generalized cross-correlation (GCC) method weighted by the phase transform (PHAT) for binaural robot audition. The direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation based on the GCC-PHAT method was extended to enable simultaneous multiple DOA estimations with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)-based weighting function. The standard K-means clustering algorithm was improved for the purpose of multisource speech localization by adding two additional steps that increase the number of clusters automatically and eliminate clusters containing incorrect DOA estimations. Experiments conducted on the SIG-2 humanoid robot in real environments show that our method can localize multiple speech sources in real-time with localization error below 5.96°.
3D Integration: A Progress Report

3D integration schemes can be classified by their level of interconnect hierarchy at the global (package), intermediate (bond pad) and local (transistor) level. While schemes at the global level have been in production for some time using traditional methods of interconnect such as wire bond and flip chip, the next-generation of 3D integration proposes to incorporate through-silicon via (TSV) technology as the primary method of interconnect.
How Shanghai Does It: Insights and Lessons from the Highest-Ranking Education System in the World

This report, how Shanghai does it: insights and lessons from the highest-ranking education system in the world, presents an in-depth examination of how students in Shanghai achieved the highest scores in the areas of reading, science, and mathematics on a respected global assessment of 15-year-olds’ educational abilities. It documents and benchmarks key policies in Shanghai’s basic education, provides evidence on the extent to which these policies have been implemented in schools, and explores how these policies and their implementation have affected learning outcomes. The report uses the World Bank’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) as an organizing framework to organize and benchmark policies. School-based surveys and other existing research are employed to shed light on educational impact and implementation. Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 data are used to analyze the variations in Shanghai students’ achievement and to examine the extent to which school variables may be associated with variation after accounting for family and student background. Shanghai designs professional development activities to be collaborative and to focus on instructional improvement. School principals are responsible for creating targeted teacher training plans based on each teacher’s evaluation results. Professional development is often a substantial part of schools’ operational expenditure. The city pairs weak and inexperienced teachers with high performing and experienced ones. Important platforms for teacher professional development and performance evaluation, teaching-research groups and lesson observations, are also practiced universally in schools. Teachers are expected to be researchers who would evaluate and modify their own pedagogy in relation to student outcomes. The city requires new teachers to complete at least 360 hours of professional development in their first five years of service, and an additional 540 hours to be considered for a senior rank. Overall, Shanghai is characterized by a coherent and comprehensive system of teacher professional development that incorporates multiple layers of in-service training, school-based teacher research groups, evaluation of teacher performance, and a structured career ladder that provides both motivation and a mechanism for teachers to progress in their careers, which is key to Shanghai’s demonstrated excellence in education.
ROMANTİK İLİŞKİLERDE BAĞLANMA YARALANMALARINA YOL AÇAN OLAYLAR: NİTEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

OzBu calismanin amaci cift ve evlilik danismasi alaninda yeni bir kavram olan baglanma yaralanmalari kavramina yol acan olaylari belirlemektir. Bu dogrultuda calismanin yontemi nitel arastirma yontemlerinden olgubilimdir. Calisma icin veri toplamak amaciyla nitel arastirmalarda veri toplama yontemlerinden gorusme kullanilmistir. Gorusmelere gonullu ve romantik iliski yasamakta olan otuz cift katilmistir. Elde edilen veriler icerik analizi kullanilarak analiz edilmistir. Calisma sonucunda katilimcilarin cevaplari dogrultusunda baglanma yaralanmasina yol acabilecek 27 olay belirlenmistir. Katilimcilar tarafindan en cok ifade edilenin yalan soyleme; en az ifade edilenin ekonomik kisitlamalar ve alinganlik oldugu gorulmustur. Baglanma yaralanmalari yeni bir kavram oldugu icin, kavrami anlamaya yonelik nitel ve nicel arastirmalar yapilabilir.
Edge-based Automated Facial Blemish Removal Avisha Nessaiver, Master's in Engineering Edge-based Automated Facial Blemish Removal

Title of thesis: EDGE-BASED AUTOMATED FACIAL BLEMISH REMOVAL Avisha NessAiver, Master’s in Engineering Thesis directed by: Professor Rama Chellappa Chair, Department of Electrical and and Computer Engineering This thesis presents an end-to-end approach for taking a an image of a face and seamlessly isolating and filling in any blemishes contained therein. This consists of detecting the face within a larger image, building an accurate mask of the facial features so as not to mistake them as blemishes, detecting the blemishes themselves and painting over them with accurate skin tones. We devote the first part of the thesis to detailing our algorithm for extracting facial features. This is done by first improving the image through histogram equalization and illumination compensation followed by finding the features themselves from a computed edge map. Geometric knowledge of general feature positioning and blemish shapes is used to determine which edge clusters belong to corresponding facial features. Color and reflectance thresholding is then used to build a skin map. In the second part of the thesis we identify the blemishes themselves. A Laplacian of Gaussian blob detector is used to identify potential candidates. Thresholding and dilating operations are then performed to trim this candidate list down followed by the use of various morphological properties to reject regions likely to not be blemishes. Finally, in the third part, we examine four possible techniques for inpainting blemish regions once found. We settle on using a technique that fills in pixels based on finding a patch in the nearby image region with the most similar surrounding texture to the target pixel. Priority in the pixel fill-order is given to strong edges and contours. EDGE-BASED AUTOMATED FACIAL BLEMISH REMOVAL
An Experimental Approach for Recognizing Handwritten Arabic Words*@@@طريقة تجريبية للتعرف على الكلمات العربية المكتوبة بخط اليد

يناقش هذا البحث عملية تنفيذ منظومة للتعرف على الكلمات العربية المكتوبة بخط اليد. فحتى يتم التعرف على الكلمة لابد من التعرف على الحروف المكونة لتلك الكلمة، حيث يتم ذلك عن طريق عملية التقسيم. وفي هذا التطبيق تمر الحروف العربية من خلال مرحلة ما قبل المعالجة والتي تتبعها مرحلة المعالجة نفسها. فكل حرف يتم دراسته بغرض تحديد الصفات المميزة والمصاحبة لرقم النافذة التي تقع فيها تلك الصفات. كما يتم في البحث مناقشة الخطوات التي تم اتخاذها لتحديد تلك النوافذ والصفات المميزة. يلي ذلك، البحث في جدول لإيجاد اسم الحرف المطلوب التعرف عليه. وينتهي البحث بمناقشة النائج وما تعنيه، بالإضافة إلى القيام بمقارنة النتائج التي تم الحصول عليها في هذا البحث مع نتائج البحوث المشابهة له.
Japanese High-level Synthesis Tools for Fpga Hardware Acceleration *

あらまし 近年,FPGA は家電製品,自動車,そして宇宙システムと幅広い用途に使用されている. しかし, 2000 年代前半まで,FPGA は ASIC と比較して性能が低く,試作,テスト,研究用途に用いられただけで,量 産品に対してはコストあたりの性能に秀でた ASICが多用されてきた. これが変わるのが 2000年代後半であり, FPGAは最先端のプロセスが利用できる数少ない集積回路の一つとなり,高性能な製品を生み出す主役の座に躍 り出た. その代表的なものの一つに FPGA を利用したハードウェア・アクセラレータがあり,その有効性につ いては,Microsoftが Bing検索に用いるデータセンターに対して FPGAを用いたサーバーを開発したり,Intel 社が Xeon プロセッサに FPGAを実装する等,もはや疑う余地がなくなったと言える. そして今日,FPGAベ ンダーは開発に多大な工数を要したハードウェア記述言語 (HDL) の代わりに,C++から FPGA への回路実装 が可能な汎用的な高位合成ツールの提供を開始している. このような皆高位合成ツール時代の FPGA開発におい て,各企業が他社との優位性を確保するためには,これら万人向けに作られた汎用高位合成ツールやベンダーか ら提供される HDL 開発環境等を活用するだけでなく,汎用ツールの弱点を補完でき,より高性能な製品をより 少ない工数で開発できる特定用途向けのツール群が必要になる. 本論文では既に広く有効性が認知された汎用的 な高位合成ツールではなく,まだ認知度が低いが日本で独自に開発が進められる「日の丸」ツール群を紹介する. キーワード フィールド・プログラマブル・ゲートアレイ,ハードウェア記述言語,高位合成
PROGRAMAR en la escuela

Enseñar a programar en la escuela es hoy una preocupación global. Numerosas actividades e iniciativas dan cuenta de ello. Hace unos años, se hablaba de brecha digital refiriéndose a aquellos que tenía acceso a las TICs de los que no. En un mundo interconectado, donde todos los objetos son susceptibles de ser programados y “adaptados”, la nueva “brecha digital” se refiere a quienes tienen competencias en “programación” y los que carecen de nociones básicas de este nuevo segundo lenguaje universal. En Argentina, existen numerosas iniciativas. Desde Program.AR impulsada por el gobierno nacional hasta otras más pequeñas llevadas a cabo por la motivación e interés de docentes particulares. En el LINTI, Facultad de Informática, se trabaja en esta línea desde hace 8 años. Luego de lograr afianzar el grupo y generar experiencias replicables, el planteo ahora es la formulación de estrategias y herramientas de evaluación que permita medir el impacto que la enseñanza de la programación tiene en otras áreas de conocimiento en los niños y jóvenes de escuelas primarias y secundarias.
Image Resolution Enhancement in Satellite Based On Discrete Wavelet Transform

Satellite images are being used in many fields of research. One of the major issues of these types of images is their resolution. In this project, I propose a new satellite image resolution enhancement technique based on the interpolation of the high-frequency sub bands obtained by discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and the input image. Resolution of an image has been always an important issue in many imageand videoprocessing applications, such as video resolution enhancement, feature extraction, and satellite image resolution enhancement. Interpolation in image processing is a method to increase the number of pixels in a digital image. Interpolation has been widely used in many image processing applications, such as facial reconstruction,. The DWT operation results in four decomposed sub band images referred to lowlow (LL), low-high (LH), high-low (HL), and high-high (HH). The frequency components of those sub bands cover the full frequency spectrum of the original image. The proposed resolution enhancement technique uses DWT to decompose the input image into different sub bands. Then, the high-frequency sub band images and the input low-resolution image have been interpolated, followed by combining all these images to generate a new resolution enhanced image by using inverse DWT. In order to achieve a sharper image, an intermediate stage for estimating the high frequency sub bands has been proposed.
Acquisition of Reaching Movement Based on Reinforcement Learning

A learning system with a neural network whose inputs are visual sensory signals and state of a manipulator, and whose outputs are joint torques, obtains the hand reaching movement by reinforcement learning. This paper shows some simulation results in the case of (1)variable link length and in the case of (2)external force which is loaded at the hand. In the former, a hidden neuron's representation is similar to the postcentral neurons of a monkey in Iriki's experiment. The neuron activates when the food is located at the place where the hand can reach it, and the range is extended to the range where a tool can reach when the monkey uses the tool. In the latter, it is shown that the system obtains inverse dynamics of its hand and environment. When it learns in the random force at every trial, the system becomes to use feedback control mainly to control its hand.
Spatio-semantic modelling of indoor environments for indoor navigation

Dieser Titel ist parallel zur Online-Version in gedruckter Form im Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munchen erschienen; Schriftenreihe: Deutsche Geodatische Kommission, Reihe C Heft Nr.727 ISBN 978-3-7696-5139-3
Even valuations on convex bodies

The notion of eveiL valuation is introduced as a natural generalization of volume on cornpact convex subsets of Euclidean space. A recent characterization theorem for volume leads in turn to a connection between even valuations on compact convex sets and continuous functions on Grassmannians. This connection can be described in part using generating distributions for symmetric compact convex sets. We also explore some consequences of these characterization results in convex and integral geometry. Recent interest in volume as a valuation on compact conlvex sets stems from Hilbert's Third Problem, which is actually an ancient problem recast in modern terms. Hilbert asked if two polytopes P and Q can be each cut into a finite number of pieces P.,. , Pn and Q ,. , Qm with each Pi congruent to Qi by a rigid Euclidean motion, provided that P and Q have the same volume [18]. This question was answered in the negative by Max Dehn [2, 4, 29], who found a functionlal on polytopes that is invariant under dissections over rigid motions, while varying in value among polytopes of equal volume. In other words, the Dehn invariant is a "simple rigid motion invariant valuation" on polytopes that is not equal to volume (under any normalization). Dehn's solution left open the question of exactly what conditions oil P and Q imply equidissectability over the group of rigid motions, although this problem was solved by Hadwiger in the case where only translations (and no rotations nor reflections) are permitted (see [2, 16, 17, 26, 29]). In the course of studying this and related problems, Hadwiger discovered a characterization of Euclidean volume as a continuous rigid motion invariant simple valuation on compact convex sets, that is, a continuous rigid motion invariant valuation that vanishes on convex sets of less than full dimension. This result led in turn to a complete characterization of all continuous rigid motion inivariant valuations on compact convex sets in 1R' as consisting of a real (n 4)-dimensional vector space spanned by the intrinsic volumes (or Quermassintegrals) [16] (also [20, 21, 31]). Since many standard functionals and integral operators can be interpreted as invariant valuations (such as intrinsic volumes, mean projections, Crofton and kinematic formulas), what came to be known as Hadwiger's chtracterization theorem proved to be a valuable tool for generating quick and effortless proofs of many formulas and equations in integral geometry. Unfortunately Hadwiger's original proof was long and difficult [161 While seeking a shorter proof of Hadwiger's volume characterization, the author discovered Received by the editors June 24, 1996 and, in revised form, September 29, 1997. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 52A22, 52A38, 52A39, 52B45. Research supported in part by NSF grants #DMS 9022140 to MSRI and #DMS 9626688 to the author. 1999 American Mathematical Society 71 This content downloaded from 207.46. 13.52 on Mon, 24 Oct 2016 04:15:57 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor. org/terms
English Language Acquisition by Speakers of Asian Languages

The specialist in second language acquisition and bilingualism must at the same time be a generalist. In understanding the process of becoming bilingual , the researcher must have a wide array of knowledge ranging from linguistics and cognitive psychology, on the one hand, to the theory and. measurement of human diversity, on the other. The natural rhythm of research fads tends to emphasize certain aspects of the second language learner more than others at any particular point in time, but ultimately a theory of second language acquisition will be no less ambitious than a theory of culture, language, thought, individual differences, and the result of the interactions of all their factorial combinations. It boggles the mind to imagine what the end result of our research endeavor would look like. Although this paper addresses, specifically, the acquisition of English by native speakers of various Asian languages, an understanding of some more general questions related to second language acquisition is a prerequisite to this endeavor. The questions that I have isolated for review are the following: 1. How do the structures of the native language and the target language constrain second language acquisition? 2. What cognitive variables account for the pattern of second language acquisition? 3. How does the interactional nature of language influence its acquisition? 4. Are there differences in second language acquisition at different ages, and if so, in what ways are they different? 5. How does bilingualism relate to individual differences in cognitive functioning?