Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Geographic Information System Using Active Database Systems

In recent years, the increasing popularity of mobile hosts and GPS equipments creates a great demand on location-aware geographic information systems (GIS). If information servers transmit geographic information with wireless communication equipments anywhere in the real world, a GIS running on a mobile computer can provide a high level service to users by integrating the information received from servers and the map information stored in the computer. To realize this kind of service, we proposed and implemented the ActiveGIS, a geographic information system based on the AMDS (Active Mobile Database System). The AMDS is a kernel system for data management in mobile computing environments such as integrating and using the data held by mobile host. ActiveGIS enables users to add their own functionalities by describing rules which express the prosesses for the events such as data arrival and user’s approach to a specific real-world situation.
Some Chemical Characteristics of White (Morus Alba L) and Black (Morus Nigra L) Mulberry Phenotypes in Tartus Syria

In this study, some chemical properties (Glucose, Fructose, Sucrose, titratable acidity, vitamin C, total solid contents) of 33 phenotypes of white (Morus alba L.) and black (Morus nigra L.) mulberries phenotypes fruits grown in Tartus of Syria were investigated. The glucose content of mulberry phenotypes varied between 14.69 % (KH-9, black) and 0.72% (B-7, white). The fructose content varied between 11.01 % (KH-9, black) and 0.05 % (KH-5, white). The sucrose content varied between 0.03% (DN-4, black) and 2.37% (KH-1, black). Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) was in the range from 2 mg/100 g fresh weight (B-11, KH-5, D-7, M-7) to 42 mg/100 g fresh weight (A-2, black). Total acidity varied between 0.06 % (D-6, white) to 2.21 % (KH-3, black). The total solid contents % were in the range from 19.45 % (KH-9, black) to 5.6 % (M-2, white). The results were analyzed by (GenStat Release 12.1). The results of this study revealed that there were big differences in juice fruits contains (sugars, TSS, Vitamin C and TA) regardless of the specie and the location. The study showed the highest fructose, glucose and sucrose concentrations were observed in some black phenotypes 25.7 % (KH9) followed by white mulberry phenotype 16.22 % (M7). Some white mulberry phenotypes had the highest concentration of sucrose was 1.47% (DA-4). Black mulberry phenotypes were also found to be higher than of the white ones in ascorbic acid and total acidity contents.
Defining the Characteristics of Digital Natives among Malaysian Technical University Networks’ Students

This research builds upon the discourse surrounding digital natives. Digital natives is generation of students, who was born between 1980 and 1994, has grown up with technology from a very young age. They are hypothesized to possess sophisticated knowledge and skills in using technology and are highly motivated to learn digitally. Thus, this implies a need to change the knowledge content and methods of delivery in universities to cater to the students’ needs. However, many studies have revealed that the ‘digital natives’ use of technology is neither extensive nor diverse. No substantial studies have been undertaken particularly among the Malaysian Technical University Network’s (MTUN) students to support or refute such claims. This study, undertaken only at one MTUN, used a questionnaire to investigate students’ patterns in using technology and perceptions on the factors that contribute to the use of technology. The findings revealed that even though students’ reception towards use of technology was very positive, there was a lack in diversity and sophistication.
Student Leadership: Necessary Research

Interest in student leadership or leadership by young people has always existed in school and community settings and while there are many programs devoted to leadership development and training, we believe that there is a need for focused research into what young people conceive leadership to be and in what circumstances they would see it being important. This article is speculative in nature. We ask and discuss questions about why there seems to be an upsurge in interest in student leadership and what some of the available literature is saying about student leadership before putting forward suggestions for the kind of research we feel is necessary if our understanding of student leadership, particularly in secondary schools, is to be enhanced.
Adaptive Stabilization Control for a Class of Complex Nonlinear Systems Based on T-S Fuzzy Bilinear Model

This paper proposes a stable adaptive fuzzy control scheme for a class of nonlinear systems with multiple inputs. The multiple inputs T-S fuzzy bilinear model is established to represent the unknown complex systems. A parallel distributed compensation (PDC) method is utilized to design the fuzzy controller without considering the error due to fuzzy modelling and the sufficient conditions of the closed-loop system stability with respect to decay rate are derived by linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Then the errors caused by fuzzy modelling are considered and the method of adaptive control is used to reduce the effect of the modelling errors, and dynamic performance of the closed-loop system is improved. By Lyapunov stability criterion, the resulting closed-loop system is proved to be asymptotically stable. The main contribution is to deal with the differences between the T-S fuzzy bilinear model and the real system; a global asymptotically stable adaptive control scheme is presented for real complex systems. Finally, illustrative examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the results proposed in this paper.
Identifying the Intellectual Structure of Patient Safety Studies

To explore the intellectual structure of patient safety research in the last decade, the most crucial publications, most influential scholars, as well as the correlations among the publications of these scholars were identified. In this study, bibliometric techniques (citation analysis and cocitation analysis) were used to investigate the intellectual pillars of the patient safety literature. By analyzing 123 080 citations of 2425 articles regarding patient safety, published from 2003 to 2012 and obtained from the Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index databases, a knowledge network of patient safety studies was mapped. The mapping results can be used to help identify the direction of patient safety research and provide a valuable tool for researchers to access the literature in this field.
The Effect of Audit Firm Size on Independent Auditor’s Opinion: Conceptual Framework

Independent auditor’s opinion enhances the confidence of investors in the reporting system and leads to an increased in capital markets efficiency. Thus, the effectiveness and quality of opinion developed by the auditor about the financial statements is significantly important, because financial statements should be reliable, useful and relevant for investors and creditors. A s ignificant issue frequently raised in the accounting literature is whether judgments of auditors from large firms vary substantially from those of auditors employed by other firms. Then past researchers attempted to find the relationship between the size of company and auditor’s opinion and its quality. Review on the literature revealed that the size of firm can not affect auditor’s opinion but this survey found that some factors such as experience, education, skills and employee competence may have influence on quality of auditors and their opinion. This paper has categorized these views under special category of capital known as human capital. Thus, the study anticipates improvement in the relationship between audit firm’s size and independent auditor’s opinion by introducing human capital as a mediator variable.
An integrated framework to map animal distributions in large and remote regions

In this paper we show how new technologies can be incorporated from the gathering of field data on wildlife distribution to the final stage of producing distribution maps. We describe an integrated framework for conducting wildlife censuses to obtain data to build predictive models of species distribution that when integrated in a GIS will produce a distribution map. Field data can be obtained with greater accuracy and at lower costs using a combination of Global Positioning System, Personal Digital Assistant, and specific wildlife recording software. Sampling design benefits from previous knowledge of environmental variability that can be obtained from free remote sensing data. Environmental predictors derived from this remote sensing information alone, combined with automatic procedures for predictor selection and model fitting, can render cost‐effective predictive distribution models for wildlife. We show an example with guanaco distribution in the Patagonian steppes of Santa Cruz province, Argentina.
Comonotonic Monte Carlo and its applications in option pricing and quantification of risk

Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is a technique that provides approximate solutions to a broad range of mathematical problems. A drawback of the method is its high computational cost, especially in a high-dimensional setting, such as estimating the Tail Value-at-Risk for large portfolios or pricing basket options and Asian options. For these types of problems, one can construct an upper bound in the convex order by replacing the copula by the comonotonic copula. This comonotonic upper bound can be computed very quickly, but it gives only a rough approximation. In this paper we introduce the Comonotonic Monte Carlo (CoMC) simulation, by using the comonotonic approximation as a control variate. The CoMC is of broad applicability and numerical results show a remarkable speed improvement. We illustrate the method for estimating Tail Value-at-Risk and pricing basket options and Asian options when the logreturns follow a Black-Scholes model or a variance gamma model.
WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

In today’s competitive industry marketplace, the companies face growing demands to improve process efficiencies, comply with environmental regulations, and meet corporate financial objectives. Given the increasing age of many industrial systems and the dynamic industrial manufacturing market, intelligent and low-cost industrial automation systems are required to improve the productivity and efficiency of such systems. The collaborative nature of industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs) brings several advantages over traditional wired industrial monitoring and control systems, including self-organization, rapid deployment, flexibility, and inherent intelligent-processing capability. In this regard, IWSN plays a vital role in creating a highly reliable and self-healing industrial system that rapidly responds to real-time events with appropriate actions. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) provides information for data acquisition and data distribution. It is a network that consists of spatially distributed and automated wireless sensor nodes which are capable of monitoring several physical environmental fields such as air pressure, luminosity, vibration and temperature.
Strain improvement in Trichoderma viride through mutation for overexpression of cellulase and characterization of mutants using random amplified polymorphic DNA ( RAPD )

Cellulases are multi-enzymatic complex proteins that catalyze the conversion of cellulose to glucose. Indigenous strain of Trichoderma viride FCBP-142 was selected to develop over-producer of cellulases and subjected to mutagenesis with ultra violet (UV) and chemical ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS). Among 178 survivals after UV irradiation, bigger zones of clearing on agar plates appeared around 81 colonies of putative mutant strains of native fungus with maximum of 87 IU/ml by Tv-UV-5.6 strain in comparison to parental strain (53 IU/ml). For EMS treatment, the enzyme production by the most active mutant Tv-Ch-4.3 showed even higher-level of cellulase activity (122.66 IU/ml) in contrast to the UV and parental strains. Genetic relationships of stable mutants of T. viride were also analyzed with RAPDPCR. Results obtained from the comparison between genotypes of T. viride exhibited differences in sizes and numbers of amplified fragments per primer for each isolate. The dendrogram showed that the genotypes Tv-Ch-4.3 and Tv-Ch-5.5 were distinctly classified into one category, while the two isolates (Tv-UV-5.6 and Tv-UV-5.9) of T. viride FCBP-142 (parental) have the nearest genetic relationship. Moreover, the five isolates from T. viride genotypes shared an average of 75 percent bands.
A record of plankton on the echo-sounder

A number of records from echo-sounders have been loosely attributed to the presence of plankton. Only two records have been adequately identified as having been produced by plankton; first, the traces offish larvae, or shallow scattering layers (Burd & Lee, 1951); and secondly, the echo layer, at the depth of the temperature discontinuity or thermocline, which is sometimes associated with plankton animals or plants (Cushing, Lee & Richardson, in press). A third type of record, that from the ‘deep scattering layer', has been associated with the presence of euphausiids (Hersey & Moore, 1948; Moore, 1950; Boden, 1950): an equally plausible association with the presence of fish has been made by Marshall (1951), Tucker (1951) and Hersey & Backus (1954). A fourth type of echo record, a ‘noisy’ record, will be described and will show that it is probably attributable to plankton organisms, consisting, in one instance, of euphausiids.
Respiration Monitoring System of Lung Phantom Using Magnetic Sensor

Monitoring vital signs is substantial in healthcare to assist both diagnosis and treatment. This work proposes a means of telemonitoring system at initial stage to observe respiratory pattern on lung phantom. Magnetic sensor module LDC1000 is used to read inductance value of conductive material in relation to distance variation. Therefore, respiration pattern can be observed. In continuous mode, the inspiration inductance value is 8 uH, while expiration is 17 uH, with stoppage is 17 uH. For static measurement, the inspiration inductance value is 7.80 uH, while expiration is 16.46 uH and stoppage is 16.46 uH. Those values could be further referred for vital signs telemonitoring system design based on contactless and portable devices.
Folate surfqace density influence on gold nanoparticles cancer cell uptake and trafficking

Nanoparticelle d'oro pegilate e rivestite con diverse densita di folato superficiale sono state sintetizzate e caratterizzate. La loro velocita di uptake da parte di cellule tumorali (KB) e risultata peoporzionale alla densita di folato superficiale e il meccanismo di endocitosi e stato osservato essere FLOT-I dipendente per le formulazioni con densita di folato piu alta, le quali hanno anche portato ad una downregulation del recettore del folato sulla membrana.
Computation of moving boundaries and interfaces and stabilization parameters

The interface‐tracking and interface‐capturing techniques we developed in recent years for computation of flow problems with moving boundaries and interfaces rely on stabilized formulations such as the streamline‐upwind/Petrov–Galerkin (SUPG) and pressure‐stabilizing/Petrov–Galerkin (PSPG) methods. The interface‐tracking techniques are based on the deforming‐spatial‐domain/stabilized space–time formulation, where the mesh moves to track the interface. The interface‐capturing techniques, typically used with non‐moving meshes, are based on a stabilized semi‐discrete formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations, combined with a stabilized formulation of the advection equation governing the time‐evolution of an interface function marking the interface location. We provide an overview of the interface‐tracking and interface‐capturing techniques, and highlight how we determine the stabilization parameters used in the stabilized formulations. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Biochemical Markers of Lymphocyte Maturation

KovafiU H. , F. KovafiU, A. Fi‰erova, P. Zelniakova, E. Matalova: Biochemical Markers of Lymphocyte Maturation. Acta Vet Brno 2002, 71: 503-508. We studied maturation-associated changes of cell membrane Na + , K + - and Mg 2+ -ATPase activities and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase activity (GGT) during prenatal and postnatal development of lymphocytes in pig thymus and lymph nodes, i.e. primary or secondary lymphoid organs. Furthermore, we analyzed the developmental changes in expression of alpha subunits (Gs, Gq/11) of membrane heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins. We demonstrated marked developmental decrease of both Na + , K + - and Mg 2+ -ATPase activities in thymus and lymph node lymphocytes. On the other hand, we found elevated membrane gammaglutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) activity as a function of age in lymph node lymphocytes in contrast to declined GGT in thymus. These findings are probably associated with antibody formation related to antigenic pressure during postnatal development. Finally, we assayed developmental changes of G alpha (s) and G alpha q/11 subunits in thymus and lymph nodes. There were ontogenetic specifities in expression of G alpha (s) or G alpha q/11 and appropriate effector enzyme systems generating of 2 nd messengers cAMP or 1,4,5 IP 3 , respectively, in cell signal transduction. The results of this study contribute to our understanding of the dynamic changes of both enzymes and G alpha subunit profiles at the level lymphocyte cell surface linked to maturation events in ontogenetic development. Pig, ontogeny, thymus, lymph nodes, lymphocytes, ATPases, gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein, G-protein It is generally accepted that T and B lymphocytes and their subpopulations are characterized by morphological and phenotypic markers, including surface antigens or receptors. Their cell surface enzyme equipment can be different as well. These enzymes belong to various groups, e.g. phosphatases, nucleotidases, kinases, peptidases and glycosidases with possible functions in cell activation, maturation, differentiation, molecules transducing cell signal and adhesive structures ( Naquet and P ierres 1991; Benrezzak et al. 1999).
Culture-independent-based analyses identified site-specificmicrobial in two oil-wells from Malaysia

Microbial communities of two oil reservoirs from Malaysia, denoted as Platform Bo and Platform Pe were studied using culture-independent approach. Environmental DNA was extracted and the universal amplified ribosomal region (UARR) was target amplified for both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The amplified products were purified and cloned into pTZ57R/T vector to construct the 16S/18S rDNA library. Restriction endocucleases HhaI and MspI were used to screen the library. From that, 125 and 253 recombinant plasmid representative clones from Platform Bo and Platform Pe, respectively, were sent for DNA sequencing. Twenty-six operational taxonomic units (OTUs) consist of 20 genera detected at Platform Bo and 17 OTUs consist of 13 genera detected at Platform Pe. Marinobacter and Acinetobacter species co-occurred in both platforms whereas the rest are site-specific. Gammaproteobacteria accounted for 86.0% of the microbial community in Platform Bo, where OTUs affiliated to Marinobacter, Pseudomonas and Marinobacterium that were the most abundant. The major OTUs in the Platform Pe were with affinities to Achromobacter, followed by Stenotrophomonas and Serratia. The only archaeal isolates were detected in Platform Pe, which affiliated to Thermocladium. The singletons and doubletons accounted for about 50.0% of the OTU abundance in both platforms, which considerably significant despite their rare occurrence.
Developing an Energy Management System for Optimizing the Interaction of a Residential Building with the Electrical and Thermal Grids

The cost of locally installed renewable electrical and thermal systems in residential buildings is dropping rapidly and it has become increasingly common to invest in multiple-energy technologies such as PV, wind turbines and heat pumps. With the higher number of options, it is feasible to include more intelligent systems than basic low-level control in a residential building, especially with grid-connected local storage of heat and electricity. This article describes a proposed method and a prototype for an energy management system (EMS) for residential buildings. The energy management system applies a planning algorithm based on constrained nonlinear programming using a successive linear programming (SLP) approach. The EMS can be quite easily customized for different system configurations. The system behavior is encoded into optimization constraints as a simplified energy flow-based model, but is robust enough to represent multiple connections to a state-of-the-art stratified heat storage tank. Experiments of the energy management methodology using simulation models for three case studies have shown promising results. The EMS is able to consistently adapt the operation of the system to changes in the optimization criteria.
COHOMOLOGICAL FIELD THEORY CALCULATIONS

Cohomological field theories (CohFTs) were defined in the mid 1990s by Kontsevich and Manin to capture the formal properties of the virtual fundamental class in Gromov-Witten theory. A beautiful classification result for semisimple CohFTs (via the action of the Givental group) was proven by Teleman in 2012. The Givental-Teleman classification can be used to explicitly calculate the full CohFT in many interesting cases not approachable by earlier methods. My goal here is to present an introduction to these ideas together with a survey of the calculations of the CohFTs obtained from Witten's classes on the moduli spaces of r-spin curves, Chern characters of the Verlinde bundles on the moduli of curves, and Gromov-Witten classes of the Hilbert schemes of points of the plane. The subject is full of basic open questions.
Children's Perceptions of Friendliness Based on Physical Appearance in Humans and Canines

Physical appearance serves as a window to one's character. More specifically faces give us clues to an individual's emotional state personality and behavior. The present study aims to draw parallels between what existing literature reveals about the physical characteristics humans use to describe other humans and what physical characteristics children tend to use when characterizing canines. A sample of 105 children in grades pre-Kindergarten to third grade were asked to view photographs of 14 dogs differing in size color breed and other physical aspects. Participants rated the dogs on a scale from very friendly to very unfriendly based on physical attributes and were then asked to elaborate on the rating of each photograph. Similarities were found in the physical characteristics used by children to characterize humans according to existing literature and canines in the current study. Humans tend to utilize facial features when characterizing other humans and the results from the current study reveal that humans also use facial features particularly the eyes and mouth to characterize canines followed by the ears and tail. The results give insight into physical characteristics that may influence a child to approach an unfamiliar dog.
Studies on the properties of nuclear reactions induced by loosely bound nuclei

During the last one and a half decades, a large amount of experimental work has been done on reactions induced by loosely bound projectiles (Li, Li and Be) [1]. Having low breakup threshold energy (Li → He + H ; Eα= 1.48 MeV), these projectiles are easily susceptible to breakup. As a result these reactions display interesting features like fusion suppression. As the theoretical side is largely unexplored, hence, the present thesis embodies theoretical work carried on some important properties of these reactions.