Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Berbasis Kinect

Bahasa Inggris merupakan bahasa pengantar dunia yang sangat baik jika diajarkan kepada anak sejak usia dini karena pada usia ini mereka dengan mudah meniru dan melatih kemampuan berbahasa. Pada penelitian ini akan dibangun sebuah aplikasi pembelajaran bahasa Inggris dasar yang interaktif dari segi materi pembelajaran dan suasana belajar karena melibatkan gerakan melalui teknologi Kinect. Materi yang ditampilkan pada aplikasi ini berupa pengenalan alphabet, numbers, colors dan shapes. Aplikasi ini dirancang dengan pemodelan Unified Modelling Language (UML), dikembangkan menggunakan bahasa C# dan diujikan dengan metode blackbox, pre-test dan post-test serta kuisioner. Hasilnya terjadi peningkatan pemahaman terhadap materi dan waktu tercepat dalam pengerjaan latihan yang dapat dilihat dari nilai rata-rata latihan sesudah menggunakan aplikasi pembelajaran dengan nilai rata-rata latihan sebelum menggunakan aplikasi pembelajaran.
Implementation of Watershed Segmentation

: This paper focuses on marker based watershed segmentation algorithms. As marker based watershed segmentation algorithm causes over segmentation and cause noise in the image produced. So to reduce these problem different researchers has proposed different solutions, but the best solution is to use bilateral filter. The main objective of this paper is to find the gaps in existing literature. The different segmentation techniques are reviewed and found that marker based is best in most of cases because it marks the regions then segment them. But optimizing the marking regions is still an area of research.
Charged Dendrimers Revisited: Effective Charge and Surface Potential of Dendritic Polyglycerol Sulfate

We investigate key electrostatic features of charged dendrimers at hand of the biomedically important dendritic polyglycerol sulfate (dPGS) macromolecule using multiscale computer simulations and Zetasizer experiments. In our simulation study, we first develop an effective mesoscale Hamiltonian specific to dPGS based on input from all-atom, explicit-water simulations of dPGS of low generation. Employing this in coarse-grained, implicit-solvent/explicit-salt Langevin dynamics simulations, we then study dPGS structural and electrostatic properties up to the sixth generation. By systematically mapping then the calculated electrostatic potential onto the Debye–Huckel form—that serves as a basic defining equation for the effective charge—we determine well-defined effective net charges and corresponding radii, surface charge densities, and surface potentials of dPGS. The latter are found to be up to 1 order of magnitude smaller than the bare values and consistent with previously derived theories on charge renor.
MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR SMART GRID DATA ANALYTICS

Practical data analytics for the smart grid requires a software platform which enables the distribution companies to better correlate the projects, improve understating of system requirements and simplify system design by decomposing its complexity and large-scale data. This paper proposes the model-driven software design (MDSD) to managing and optimizing the smart grid data. It defines a language for visualizing, specifying, analyzing, and documenting the distributed object-oriented data. An MDSD experience is reported that employs three software environments interfaced with each other in order to create a chain of the desired methods for an energy efficiency program. The aim is to transform the data into actionable decisions accessible and understandable by distribution companies by taking software development into a higher level of abstraction. As a pilot project, a comprehensive data logging were performed for an MV/LV distribution system. Subsequently, the technical losses were studied using the developed software package. A Java-based GUI, MATLAB/Simulink, and an embedded C-based data management and calculation module are used in the proposed MDSD. (4 pages)
Impact of grazing from capelin (Mallotus villosus) on zooplankton: a case study in the northern Barents Sea in August 1985

The distribution of capelin was mapped in the area east of Hopen. Zooplankton was sampled with Juday net and 1 m2 MOCNESS sampler, and analysed with respect to hydrography and capelin abundance. The capelin “front” coincided more or less with the physical Polar Front, and this complicated the interpretation of the results. Strong indications for a grazing impact by capelin on zooplankton were nevertheless obtained. The zooplankton biomass was significantly lower in the area with high abundance of capelin than in the area with no capelin. This effect was due to a lower biomass of relatively large zooplankton (> 1 mm size fraction) and seen most clearly in data obtained with the MOCNESS. The biomass of zooplankton in the upper 100 m was very low where capelin was present, suggesting rapid depletion of the major prey items. The biomass (m ? 2) of capelin in the capelin front area was about three times higher than the biomass of zooplankton in areas without capelin. The capelin front would therefore have the potential to graze down the available prey in 3-4 days. Light seems to be an important factor for the predation impact by capelin, resulting in strong interactions between capelin predation and zooplankton vertical distribution.
The evaluation of asthma and COPD patients in emotional status: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction:Psychiatric comorbidities are prevalent in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. But, there is no clear evidence comparing asthma and COPD. The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the emotional status of patients with asthma and COPDMaterial and Methods:The study included 132 consecutive patients who were diagnosed with asthma (n=78) and COPD (n=54) who did not receive therapy for pshiciatric disorders. Emotional status were evaluated using the Beck and Hamilton surveys.Results:There was signifcant diﬀerence between patients asthma an COPD in terms of anxiety and depression level. The patients with COPD achieved signifcantly worse scores in emotional status. Anxiety and depression was signifcantly greater in patients with uncontrolled asthma. But, there was no signifcant correlation between GOLD stages and spirometric values and emotional disorders in COPD patients.Conclusions:It was concluded that anxiety and depression are prevalent in patients with COPD and particularly uncontrolled asthma, and patients with such chronic diseases; psychosocial support may be helpful, alongside the treatment of existing disease.
Beyond Epistemological Ambiguities : The Political Relevance of Elias Today

“In einer ganz bestimmten Richtung. ” The sociology championed by Norbert Elias refers to a certain conception of social change. Considered in a very long-term perspective, unplanned social processes do not only seem to be structured but also “ordered”. Throughout centuries, these processes are more precisely to be seen as having followed in a definite way (in einer ganz bestimmten Richtung, in Elias 1939 II: 444) the undetermined logics of social interdependencies of different kinds, demographical, military, economic, cultural ones. If one considers for example the Western history, for the five last centuries these dynamics have given the “direction” (or “orientation”) for at least one aspect of the social and political development. Always increasing, growing and more and more complex, the interdependencies have led to always enlarging and more or less inner pacified social and political units (Elias 1939 II: 330-32) (.).
Pasar Terapung adalah satu tempat dan tradisi jual-beli yang sangat penting dan telah menjadi icon Kalimantan Selatan, sehingga dikenal dunia. Munculnya pasar terapung didorong oleh

This study aims to determine the work ethic and background of it which encourages the work ethic of female traders in Floating Market of Lok Baintan, Martapura River, Banjar. This study used qualitative method by interview, observation, and documentation. Data were analyzed using descriptive interpretative techniques. The results shows that the work ethic of female traders of Floating Market in Lok Baintan displayed their nature and characteristics in practicing their business, such as honesty, respect of time, hard work, and self-contained. Internal factors that influences their work ethic are education, their beliefs of God, culture which has existed from the past and the impact of hard work. While the external factor that inspires their work ethics are motivation among them and guidance from local government. The results of this study concludes that the female traders’ work ethic of Floating Market of Lok Baintan is very well as it meets the criteria of a high work ethic, as proposed by the experts, and their work ethic is also guided by the values and religious beliefs and noble culture.
The Transylvanian turtle, Kallokibotion, a primitive cryptodire of Cretaceous Age. American Museum novitates ; no. 3040

Repreparation and redescription of the Late Cretaceous turtle, Kallokibotion, from Sinpetru, Romania (Transylvania), allows a reassessment of its phylogenetic position. Kallokibotion is a cryptodire because it has the otic trochlea synapomorphy of cryptodires, and it is a member of the Selmacryptodira because it has a posterior pterygoid process under the middle ear. It lacks the posterior temporal emargination synapomorphic of the Daiocryptodira and lies outside that group. We interpret Kallokibotion as the sister group of all other Selmacryptodira. In Kallokibotion the foramen caroticum basisphenoidale is entirely formed by the basisphenoid and the division between the palatine artery and the internal carotid artery is neither embedded in nor covered by bone, both conditions primitive with respect to selmacryptodirans. As Kallokibotion is not a baenid, European records of baenids based on Kallokibotion or similar taxa, are invalid. Baenids are restricted to western North America.
Using Kriging regression to improve the stability and diversity in NSGA-II

Non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm version 2 (NSGA-II) is a multi-objective optimisation method. NSGA-II is often used to optimise the design of building. This paper details small improvements to this algorithm using ‘fitness approximation’ methods. Fitness approximation is used speed up the conversion of NSGA-II. Radial basis functions networks have been shown to be useful for this. Although there are many types of fitness approximation function that could be use for this purpose, Kriging methods have not yet been tested. In this paper, Kriging models are compared to standard NSGA-II. The results show that Kriging-based fitness approximation slightly improves upon standard NSGAII. More work is needed to test this method on different building types as well as more complex problems, such as those associated with HVAC design.
Geoid Anomalies in a Dynamic Earth

In order to obtain a dynamically consistent relationship between the geoid and the earth's response to internal buoyancy forces, we have calculated potential and surface deformation Love numbers for internal loading. These quantities depend on the depth and harmonic degree of loading. They can be integrated as Green functions to obtain the dynamic response due to an arbitrary distribution of internal density contrasts. Spherically symmetric, self-gravitating flow models are constructed for a variety of radial Newtonian viscosity variations and flow configurations including both whole mantle and layered convection. We demonstrate that boundary deformation due to internal loading reaches its equilibrium value on the same time scale as postglacial rebound, much less than the time scale for significant change in the convective flow pattern, by calculating relaxation times for a series of spherically symmetric viscous earth models. For uniform mantle viscosity the geoid signature due to boundary deformations is larger than that due to internal loads, resulting in net negative geoid anomalies for positive density contrasts. Geoid anomalies from intermediate-wavelength density contrasts are amplified by up to an order of magnitude. Geoid anomalies are primarily the result of density contrasts in the interior of convecting layers; density contrasts near layer boundaries are almost completely compensated. Layered mantle convection results in smaller geoid anomalies than mantle-wide flow for a given density contrast. Viscosity stratification leads to more complicated spectral signatures. Because of the sensitivity of the dynamic response functions to model parameters, forward models for the geoid can be used to combine several sources of geophysical data (e.g., subducted slab locations, seismic velocity anomalies, surface topography) to constrain better the structure and viscosity of the mantle.
INFORMATION CRITERIA FOR MULTIPLE DATA SETS AND RESTRICTED PARAMETERS

In this paper, we extend information criteria for model selection to the case of K independent data sets corresponding to different true parameters θ1, . , θK and to situations where some of the models may have the same dimension and may include boundaries. New criteria are introduced: SBICR, which combines criteria from different data sets, and IBICR, which treats one data set at a time. We apply the criteria to a set of 2 × 2 contingency tables (mosquito data) and to some data on baseball players’ performance. Consistency results are given for the criteria under some assumptions. The best model will be the smallest one containing all the θi. A model mj is called competitive if the vector θ (K) of true parameters is in the closure of the set m (K) j of φ ’s where mj is the best model. We find that, under reasonable assumptions, for submodels of an exponential family, if for all competitive mj ,m (K) j is not too thin close to θ , the SBICR procedure is asymptotically close to Bayes procedures. This article extends results in Haughton (Ann. Statist. 1988, Sankhyā 1989) and Poskitt (J. Roy. Statist. Soc. Ser. B 1987).
Prevailing weather conditions and diet composition affect chick growth and survival in the black-legged kittiwake

To identify priorities for management of seabirds during the breeding season, it is important to understand the ecological mechanisms driving chick growth and survival. In this study, we examined the effects of diet and prevailing weather on the growth and survival of chicks of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla over a 10 yr period at Anda, a seabird colony in northern Norway. We show that across all years, there was a significant effect of diet composition delivered to chicks on their growth and survival. A higher proportion of sandeel Ammodytes spp. in the chick diet was associated with an increase in daily growth rates, a pattern that was especially pronounced for the youngest chick in 2-chick broods. A high proportion of mesopelagic fish in the chick diet was associated with a decrease in survival, again, especially for the youngest chick in 2-chick broods. Periods of strong southerly winds also led to reduced survival, probably linked to nests being washed down from the colony. Growth rates of kittiwake chicks were negatively affected by wind speed, likely due to adults having to work more in the exposed habitats in strong winds, causing a reduction in the amount of food supplied to the chicks. Our results emphasise the importance of conservation of specific marine habitats shown to be important foraging areas in ensuring the reproductive success of seabirds. This might prove increasingly important if future climate regimes make ecological conditions more challenging for seabirds.
A Comparative Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms for Synthesis of Scanned Linear Array of Mutually Coupled Parallel Dipole Antennas

This paper presents a comparative analysis of three evolutionary algorithms, namely, Backtracking Search Algorithm, Cuckoo Search Algorithm and Artificial Bee Colony Algorithms for synthesis of a scanned linear array of uniformly spaced parallel half wavelength dipole antennas. Here, antenna parameters, namely Side Lobe Level, reflection coefficient and wide null depth are taken into consideration for comparison between algorithms. In addition to it, statistical parameters, namely best fitness value, mean and standard deviation of the fitness values obtained from algorithms are compared. Mutual coupling that exists among the antenna elements is included in obtaining radiation patterns and the self-impedances along with the mutual impedances are calculated by induced Electro-Motive Force method. Two different examples are shown in this paper to validate the effectiveness of the utilized approach. Although, this approach is applied to a linear array of dipole antennas; this can be utilized for other array geometries as well.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Applications of scenarios in early embedded system design space exploration

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Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Its Sequelae

INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis is a specific granulomatous disease, caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. CT scan, particularly HRCT seems to be most useful imaging modality for tuberculous infection and its sequelae. CT is much more sensitive in identifying complications of tuberculosis than any other imaging modality. MATERIALS & METHODS: A total of ninety cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were included in the present study. A detailed history, clinical examination and routine laboratory examinations of all the cases were carried out for the confirmation of tuberculosis. All the cases had chest radiography postero-anterior view in erect position using 1000 mA digital X-ray machine of Shimadzu. In all the cases CT examination were performed using Siemens Somatom ARSP – a third generation spiral scanner, within a week of starting antituberculous therapy. OBSERVATION: The CT findings were divided into four groups, based on predominant pattern of involvement. These groups arepredominant parenchymal excluding military (57 cases), predominant miliary parenchymal (15 cases), plural effusion (9 cases), and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (9 cases). The predominant parenchymal lesions further consisted of three major patterns. These are nodular opacities (57 cases), confluent consolidation (21 cases) and consolidation with associated loss of volume (36 cases). CONCLUSION: CT showed three major patterns of parenchymal lesions. The nodular opacity pattern suggesting bronchogenic spread. Cavitations were most common with consolidation with associated loss of volume, lesions suggesting liquifactive necrosis of caseous focus.
Validation of three-dimensional total knee replacement kinematics measurement using single-plane fluoroscopy

Instability of the knee after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is today the number one reason for aseptic revision surgery. In vivo evaluation of knee kinematics using single-plane fluoroscopy has become an important method to investigate knee stability and compare dierent implant designs. A validation experiment was performed to assess the accuracy of this method. A total knee implant was installed on sawbones and a flexion extension movement was performed with the sagittal plane parallel to the detector panel of the fluoroscope. Simultaneously, the sawbones were tracked using a conventional motion tracking system and rigidly attached markers. That measurement can be seen as a golden standard and is therefore believed to represent the real positions. The results indicate that knee rotations can be measured with an accuracy of approximately 0.6 and sagittal plane translations can be measured with an accuracy of approximately 0.4 mm. These results prove that the method is sufficiently accurate for clinical use.
Effect of challenges of budget preparation and implementation on budget variance of non governmental organizations in Kenya: a case study of world vision international

v List of tables . ix List of figures . x List of figures . x List of abbreviation . xi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Background of the Study . 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem . 3 1.3 Objective of the Study . 5 1.4 Importance of the Study . 5 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW . 6 2.
AN OVERVIEW OF WASTES RECYCLING IN FIRED CLAY BRICKS

Brick is one of the most common masonry units as a building material due to its properties. Many attempts have been made to incorporate wastes into the production of bricks, for examples, rubber, limestone dust, wood sawdust, processed waste tea, fly ash, polystyrene and sludge. Recycling such wastes by incorporating them into building materials is a practical solution for pollution problem. This paper reviews the recycling of different wastes into fired clay bricks. A wide range of successfully recycled materials and their effects on the physical and mechanical properties of bricks have been discussed. Most manufactured bricks with different types of waste have shown positive effects on the properties of fired clay bricks.
SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH ON CRITICAL THINKING

he field of critical thinking is more vibrant than ever There is much research in progress on the meaning of critical thinking, on the transferabilits of critical thinking skills to a wide range of subject areas. and on methods of teaching critical thinking. A substantial bodv of knowledge exists in the area. and it is possible to suggest with confidence some research results to help teachers. In offering these suggestions I interpret research broadly to include not only empirical research, but also philosophical and policresearch
Spatial correlations in the Gaia astrometric solution

Accurate characterization of the astrometric errors in the forthcoming Gaia catalogue is essential for making optimal use of the data. Using small-scale numerical simulations of the astrometric solution, we investigate the expected spatial correlation between the astrometric errors of stars as function of their angular separation. Extrapolating to the full-scale solution for the final Gaia catalogue, we find that the expected correlations are generally very small, but could reach some fraction of a percent for angular separations smaller than about one degree. The spatial correlation length is related to the size of the field of view of Gaia, while the maximum correlation coefficient is related to the mean number of stars present in the field at any time. Our scalable simulation tool (AGISLab) makes it possible to characterize the astrometric errors and correlations, e.g., as functions of position and magnitude.
Spatial fluctuations of optical solitons due to long-range correlated dielectric perturbations in liquid crystals

Starting from the de Gennes theory of director fluctuations in nematics, we report on a model of the spatial fluctuations in nematicon propagation. We demonstrate that, when the long-range correlation that characterizes nematic liquid crystals is taken into account in the thermal noise, it is possible to account for the spatial oscillations and propagation losses experienced by nematicons. Increasing the power of the nematicon, the oscillation amplitudes increase and the propagation losses decrease. The nematicon is then more strongly confined and deviates more, but is less scattered by the thermally induced perturbations of the refractive index. All the results are in good agreement with the experimental observations.