Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Exploring the continuous wavelet transform

1Laboratório Associado de Computação e Matemática Aplicada, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brasil 2Divisão de Geof́ısica Espacial, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brasil 3Instituto de Matemática e Estat́ıstica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro 4PIBIC-CNPq-INPE / Instituto de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná
A NON-PHOTOREALISTIC MODEL FOR PROCEDURAL PAINTERLY RENDERED TREES IN THE STYLE OF COROT A Thesis by MICHAEL LOSURE

A Non-Photorealistic Model for Procedural Painterly Rendered Trees in the Style of Corot. (August 2008) Michael Losure, B.A., Union College Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Donald H. House This thesis describes the development of a system for the procedural generation and painterly rendering of trees. Specifically, the rendered trees are modeled after those found in the oil landscape paintings of 19th century French painter Camille Corot. The rendering system, which is a combination of MEL-scripted Maya tools and Renderman shaders, facilitates the creation of still images that look convincingly painterly, as well as 3D animations with temporal coherence. Brush stroke properties are animated based on distance from the camera, so that traditional painting techniques for representing depth are incorporated into the computer-generated animations. During the development process, the system was generalized to apply to other structures, such as grass and rocks, and allows for the creation and rendering of entire landscapes. Several example animations were created with the system to demonstrate the ideas developed during the process and the quality of the results. iii
Effects of Video Club Participation on Teachers' Professional Vision

This study investigates mathematics teacher learning in a video-based professional development environment called video clubs. In particular, the authors explore whether teachers develop professional vision, the ability to notice and interpret significant features of classroom interactions, as they participate in a video club. Analysis for the study is based on data from two year-long video clubs in which teachers met monthly to watch and discuss video excerpts from each others' classrooms. Participating in a video club was found to influence the teachers' professional vision as exhibited in the video club meetings, in interviews outside of the video club meetings, and in the teachers' instructional practices. These results suggest that professional vision is a productive lens for investigating teacher learning via video. In addition, this article illustrates that video clubs have the potential to support teacher learning in ways that extend beyond the boundaries of the video club meetings themselves.
Clinical Decision Making Ability of Nursing Students in a Tertiary Hospital

Decision making in nursing is one of the most important skills nurses must apply and utilize in their nursing practice. The aim of this study was to determine the perception of clinical decision making ability among nursing students. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital. A total of 54 nursing students were recruited using a modified version of Clinical Decision Making in Nursing Scale (CDMNS) adapted from Jenkins (1985). The findings showed good CDMNS score with mean and standard deviation of (124.24±12.713). The four sub-scales of CDMNS were: searching for alternative (33.24±4.821), canvassing (28.74±3.514), evaluation and re-evaluation (31.43±3.922), searching for information (30.83±4.765). Nineteen (35%) of the participants chose nursing as their first choice, whereas 35 participants (65%) did not. Thirthy seven (69%) participants were satisfied with their nursing competency, 17 (31%) were unsatisfied. There were significant differences between searching for alternatives, evaluation and re-evaluation, and nursing as their first choice (p=<0.05). There were also significant differences between searching for alternatives and satisfaction with nursing competency (p=<0.05). There was significant difference between education level and searching for alternatives and information (p=<0.05). The nursing students possessed adequate clinical decision making ability. Although most of the nursing students did not choose nursing as their first choice, they sought for alternatives and evaluated-reevaluated during their decision making process. Nursing students’ satisfaction also contributed to appropriate clinical decision making in the critical care setting.
Validation of lean manufacturing measurement instrument

This study is intended to provide a valid and reliable measurement instrument for lean manufacturing practices.It is important as lack of consensus regarding the valid and comprehensive measure of lean manufacturing implementation was observed in lean manufacturing literature. 182 large and discrete process manufacturers in Indonesia were involved in this study.A structural equation modeling approach was applied to validate the instrument.The study led to the conclusion that the measurement instrument is valid and reliable.In addition, the study suggested that lean manufacturing practices should be implemented holistically and simultaneously because they are interdependent.
The Impact of Information and Communication Technology Availability on Economic Growth

This study studies the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) availability on economic growth in different countries and regions of the world. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship between growth rate of real GDP per capita and ICT access index (as measured by the fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants, mobile cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, international internet bandwidth per Internet user, proportion of households with a computer and proportion of households with Internet access at home) for 142 countries over the world. This study also finds that ICT access in the high income group has a higher effect on economic growth than other groups. This implies that if these countries seek to enhance their economic growth, they need to implement specific policies that facilitate ICT access.
A GWBEM method for high frequency acoustic scattering

This paper considers the problem of scattering of a time‐harmonic acoustic incident wave by a hard obstacle. The numerical solution to this problem is found using a Galerkin Wave Boundary Element Method (GWBEM) whereby the functional space is built as the product of conventional low order piecewise polynomials with a set of plane waves propagating in various directions. In this work we present strategies for finding the appropriate plane wave basis locally on each boundary element in order to deal efficiently with very irregularly meshed structures exhibiting both large smooth scattering surfaces as well as corners and small geometrical features. Numerical results clearly demonstrate that these improvements allow the handling of scatterers with complicated geometries while maintaining a low discretization level of 2.5 to 3 degrees of freedom per full wavelength.
Climate change and human moral enhancement

In this article I discuss a recent proposal according to which human beings are in need of moral enhancement by novel biomedical means in order to reduce the risk of catastrophes that could threaten the very possibility of continued human existence on this planet. I raise two objections to this proposal. The first objection claims that the idea that human beings could be morally enhanced by altering our emotional psychological inclinations, such as altruism, is misguided. In the line with Kantian understanding of morality I argue that our morality is based on rationality and not on inclinations. If we take this view of morality it becomes clear that the proposed enhancement by biomedical means cannot be moral enhancement. What is enhanced is emotional aspect of our character, not our morality. People enhanced in this way would not act on the basis of their deliberate choices but on basis of preprogramed psychological inclination. This would in turn undermine our basic moral concept of freedom and, thereby, of moral responsibility. The second objection to the proposal show how the idea that moral enhancement by biomedical means should be mandatory violates political freedom of citizens. Faced with the objection that moral enhancement by biomedical means could be necessary in order to prevent catastrophic destruction of environment, in the final part of this chapter I try to point to education and liberal democracy as the alternative and morally acceptable ways of changing our behaviour.
Membrane Systems for the Recovery of Hydrogen from Multicomponent Gas Mixtures Obtained in Biomass Gasification

This work first generally reviews possible membrane materials for the hydrogen enrichment of biomass gasification producer gas mixture. Subsequently two permeator arrangements (single stage and two-stage with sweep) equipped with a glassy membrane material are evaluated through numerical modelling. The evaluation of the permeator systems focuses on critical hydrogen upgrading parameters like achievable hydrogen purity, hydrogen recovery and compression energy requirement. It is shown that the two-stage arrangement with sweep allows production of hydrogen with relatively high purity (above 98 % v/v) and recovery.
Customer Value Management: An Overview and Research Agenda

Customer value management has become important in marketing practice and marketing science. In this article we provide an overview of the literature on customer value management. We specifically focus on literature exploring the determinants of customer retention, customer expansion and customer lifetime value. Our overview shows that some results are consistent throughout a number of studies and are hence more generalizable, such as that commitment can be considered as an important determinant of customer retention. However, our investigation also reveals some important research gaps. Based on this, a research agenda consisting of nine research areas is outlined. Important future research issues concern the relationship between brand- and customer value management, and the development of models for optimizing CLV.
Building Food Democracy: Exploring Civic Food Networks and Newly Emerging Forms of Food Citizenship

In recent years new types of consumer-producer cooperation in food networks have emerged in which consumers play an active role in the operation and thereby clearly go beyond food provisioning as such. Examples include consumer co-ops and solidarity buying groups of local and organic food, communitysupported agriculture and collective urban gardening initiatives. These initiatives raise important new questions that cannot be adequately resolved within existing theoretical perspectives based on concepts such as 'alternative food networks', 'short food supply chains' or 'local food systems'. This article explores possible new analytical frameworks for the study of contemporary dynamics in food networks and develops the concept of 'civic food networks' as an overarching concept to explore contemporary dynamics and sources of innovation within agri-food networks. Building on the empirical diversity of initiatives, this introduction to the Special Issue argues that the role of civil society as a governance mechanism for agri-food networks has increased in significance compared to market and state actors. Moreover, expressions of 'food citizenship' are reshaping the relation between food practices and the market as well as with public institutions in ways that go beyond material and economic exchange and that contribute to a 'moralization' (or even 'civilization') of food economies
The Costs of Human Salmonellosis Attributable to Pork: A Stochastic Farm-to-Fork Analysis

Few farm-to-table analyses of the risk pathways for foodborne illnesses exist, and no such analysis exists for the case of salmonellosis and pork products. This paper presents a Monte Carlo simulation model of the US pork system and the transmission pathways of Salmonella. For the year 2000, we estimate the cost of illness attributable to porkborne Salmonella at $45.7 million, with an estimated 43,505 cases of salmonellosis attributable to pork occurring annually.
Made to Measure: Adapting Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy to Partners' Attachment Styles

This article summarizes the theory, practice, and empirical findings on emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT), now one of the best documented and validated approaches to repairing close relationships. EFT is based on an attachment perspective of adult intimacy. The article then considers how individual differences in attachment style have an impact on affect regulation, information processing, and communication in close relationships and how the practice of EFT is influenced by these differences.
Real-World Efficacy and Tolerability of Heme Iron Polypeptide in Non-Pregnant and Pregnant Women with Iron Deficiency Anemia

Background: Iron deficiency anemia is a common condition affecting the quality of life, as well as maternal and fetal outcomes in non-pregnant and pregnant women respectively. Oral iron supplementation represents the most convenient and cost-effective form of therapy. Conventional non-heme iron oral supplements are known to be associated with poor gastrointestinal tolerability, and therefore reduced compliance and efficacy. Oral Heme iron supplementation represents a better tolerated and more bioavailable option for oral iron therapy. Though evidence of its efficacy and tolerability are available through some randomized clinical trials, real world data from its regular use in pregnant and non-pregnant patients is lacking. Methodology: 378 non-pregnant and pregnant women visiting 56 gynecology clinics across India with an in-clinic diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia based on baseline laboratory evaluation of hemoglobin (Hb), along with ferritin, MCV and hematocrit, were treated with daily tablets of heme iron polypeptide (HIP) for an average duration of 3 months. Laboratory parameters assessed at baseline were repeated at final follow up and the patients’ tolerability to therapy was also recorded. Results: In non-pregnant women, the average rise in Hb was 1.17, 2.06 and 3.28 (g/dl), in groups with baseline mild, moderate, and severe anemia, while in pregnant women, the average Hb rise was 2.70 and 3.53 (g/dl) in groups with baseline moderate and severe anemia. The rise in Hb was highly significant in both pregnant and non-pregnant women with baseline moderate and severe anemia. There was also a significant decline in the number of patients with moderate and severe anemia, as well as in percentage patients with low ferritin, MCV and hematocrit values. The tolerability of HIP was satisfactory with a treatment adverse event related discontinuation rate of less than 0.8%. Conclusion: This study suggests that oral HIP therapy can be an effective treatment option in pregnant and non-pregnant women with iron deficiency due to its better gastrointestinal tolerability and efficacy in improving hematological parameters.
EVALUATION OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF CELTIS TIMORENSIS FOR ITS ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY

Article history Received 20 th Two classic animal behavior despair tests—the Forced Swimming Test (FST) and the Tail Suspension Test (TST) were used to evaluate the antidepressant activity of methanolic extract of Celtis timorensis mice. It was observed that of 200 and 400 mg/kg significantly reduced the immobility time in the FST and TST in mice 30 min after treatment. Immobility displayed in both of these behavioral despair models has been hypothesized to reflect behavioral despair which in turn may reflect depressive disorders in human. The probable mechanism of action may be MECT ability to increase levels of Ach and serotonergic transmission however the exact mechanisms have to be investigated further. The standard antidepressant used here is fluoxetine.
Built environment and travel behavior: Validation and application of a continuous-treatment propensity score stratification method

This article discusses the validation and implementation of a propensity score approach with continuous treatment to test the existence of a causal relationship between the built environment and travel behavior using cross-sectional data. The implemented methodology differs from previous applications in the planning literature in that it relaxes the binary treatment assumption, which polarizes the built environment into two extremes (e.g., urban vs suburban). The effectiveness of the proposed methodology in reducing bias was validated via Monte Carlo simulation. The proposed approach was shown to reduce self-selection bias against Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression in all but extreme levels of non-linearity. Empirical results suggest that an increase in urbanization has a negative effect on home-based maintenance car trip frequencies, and conversely, a positive effect on home-based maintenance non-motorized trip frequencies. Result estimates suggest the existence of a causal mode substitution mechanism between car and non-motorized modes given increases in the urbanization level at residential locations, thus providing some empirical support to the arguments put forth by compact city advocates.
TEOR DE NITRATO COMO INDICADOR COMPLEMENTAR DA DISPONIBILIDADE DE NITROGÊNIO... 731

Avanços na adubação nitrogenada em cobertura em milho poderão ser obtidos com a inclusão de características de solo como indicadores complementares da disponibilidade de N. Os objetivos deste estudo foram avaliar o potencial de uso, o nível crítico e o melhor estádio de desenvolvimento da cultura para determinação do teor de N-NO3 no solo, visando à predição da disponibilidade de N ao milho, e verificar se a determinação do teor de N-NH4, em adição ao teor de N-NO3 , aumenta a eficiência na avaliação da disponibilidade de N. Para isso, realizou-se um experimento por dois anos agrícolas (2002/03 e 2003/04) em Argissolo Vermelho da Depressão Central do RS, no qual se realizou a simulação de diferentes níveis de disponibilidade de N no solo a partir da utilização de cinco doses de N (0, 50, 100, 200 e 300 kg ha-1), parte na semeadura (20 %) e o restante em cobertura (estádio V3). O experimento seguiu o delineamento de blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições, e nos dois anos agrícolas foram avaliados os teores de N-NO3 , de N-NH4 e de N mineral (N-NO3 + N-NH4) no solo (0–30 cm), em diferentes estádios de desenvolvimento (V3, V6, V10 e espigamento), e o rendimento de grãos do milho. Em geral, os teores de N-NO3 no solo foram sensíveis às doses de N aplicadas, com destaque para o estádio V6, no qual se verificou também a melhor relação desse elemento com o rendimento de grãos do milho. O nível crítico de N-NO3 no solo, a partir do qual a resposta à aplicação de N é improvável, foi estimado em 20 mg kg-1 para o solo estudado. A avaliação do teor de N-NH4 do solo, em adição ao teor de
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF INSOLUBLE RAW FIBER CONCENTRATE ADDITION TO LAYER DIET

A total of 144 Dekalb layers (19 weeks of age) were used to determine the effects of insoluble raw fiber concentrate (IRFC) addition to layer diet on production performance, egg quality, segments of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and economic parameters. The layers were randomly assigned to standard layer diet (SLD) and SLD + 0.80% IRFC. Each diet had six replications with 12 layers per replication. Results of the study showed that feeding diet with IRFC significantly (P < 0.05) increased egg production by 3.43%, which was related to better efficiency of feed utilization (P < 0.05). Feeding diet with IRFC did not influence egg quality parameters and size and weight of the GIT. The net benefit analysis showed an advantage of PhP 9.72 per layer (for 16 weeks) fed diet with IRFC compared with those fed without IRFC. The findings show that IRFC is a potential feed additive for layers’ diet. Keywords: egg production, gastrointestinal tract, insoluble raw fiber concentrate, layers
Tectonic evolution of the Pacific margin of Antarctica 1. Late Cretaceous tectonic reconstructions

We present new Late Cretaceous tectonic reconstructions of the Pacific margin of Antarctica based on constraints from marine magnetic data and regional free-air gravity fields. Results from interpretation of new seismic reflection and gravity profiles collected in the Bellingshausen Sea are also incorporated in the reconstructions. The reconstructions show regional constraints on tectonic evolution of the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas following the breakup between New Zealand and West Antarctica. The breakup began at c. 90 Ma with the separation of Chatham Rise, probably accompanied by the opening of the Bounty Trough. Campbell Plateau separated from West Antarctica later, during chron 33r (83.0-79.1 Ma). A free-air gravity lineation northeast of Chatham Rise represents the trace of a triple junction that formed as a result of fragmentation of the Phoenix plate a few million years before Chatham Rise separated from West Antarctica. Remnants of the western fragment, the Charcot plate, are preserved in the Bellingshausen Sea. Subduction of the Charcot plate stopped before 83 Ma, and part of it became coupled to the Antarctic Peninsula across the stalled subduction zone. Subsequent convergence at the western margin of this captured ocean floor produced the structures that are the main cause of the Bellingshausen gravity anomaly. Part of a spreading ridge at the western boundary of the Phoenix plate (initially Charcot-Phoenix, evolving into Marie Byrd Land-Phoenix, and eventually Bellingshausen-Phoenix (BEL-PHO)) probably subducted obliquely beneath the southern Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Cretaceous. All of the Phoenix plate ocean floor subducted at the Antarctic Peninsula margin during the Late Cretaceous was probably <14 Myr old when it reached the trench. Several observations suggest that independent Bellingshausen plate motion began near the end of chron 33n (73.6 Ma). Reconstructions in which part of the West Antarctic continental margin, including Thurston Island, is assumed to have been within the Bellingshausen plate seem more plausible than ones in which the plate is assumed to have been entirely oceanic.
Whole-Body Vibration and Its Effects on Electromechanical Delay and Vertical Jump Performance

WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY AND VERTICAL JUMP PERFORMANCE Deja L. Stevenson Department of Exercise Sciences Master of Science The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of whole-body vibration on electromechanical delay and vertical jump performance. Twenty college aged subjects participated in 10 intervals of whole-body vibration (WBV) at a frequency of 26 Hz and amplitude of 5 mm. Each interval consisted of 60 s of WBV in a half-squat followed by 60 s of rest. After 5 intervals, subjects had 6 min of rest before the final 5 intervals. Each subject also participated in the control which included the same 10 intervals in a half-squat without the WBV. Tests were conducted to assess electromechanical delay (EMD) and vertical jump at baseline, during the 6 min rest period and immediately after the treatment and control. EMD was measured using tibial nerve stimulation and a force plate. EMD was recorded as the lag time between the initiation of gastrocnemeus stimulation and plantar flexion force production. Vertical jump was measured using a force plate and subjects’ flight time. The factorial ANOVA results showed no differences between groups, the control and WBV treatment, for both EMD (F (2, 38) = 1.385, p = 0.263) and vertical jump (F (2, 38) = 0.040, p < 0.96). The WBV treatment protocol chosen had no effect on vertical jump. These results suggest that WBV, using this protocol, is not effective for acute vertical jump or EMD enhancement. Also, since there was no effect on EMD, this suggests that the WBV treatment did not enhance muscle spindle sensitivity.