Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reputation Management System for Fostering Trust in Collaborative and Cohesive Disaster Management

The best management of a disaster requires knowledge, skills and other resources not only for relief and rehabilitation but also for recovery and mitigation of its effects. These multifaceted goals cannot be achieved by a single organization and require collaborative efforts in an agile manner. Blind trust cannot be applied while selecting collaborators/team members/partners therefore good reputation of a collaborator is mandatory. Currently, various Information and Communication Technology based artifacts, for collaborative disaster management, have been developed; however, they do not employ trust and reputation as their key factor. In this paper, a framework of reputation based trust management system is proposed for the support of disaster management. The key features of framework are Meta model, Reputation Indicator Matrix and Computational algorithm, deployed using Service Oriented Architecture. To evaluate the efficacy of the artifact, a prototype is implemented. Furthermore, an industrial survey is carried out to get the feedback on the proposed framework. The results support that the proposed reputation management system provides significant support in collaborative disaster management by assisting in agile and smart decision making in all phases of disaster management cycle.
Normes sociales et institutions dans les jugements sur l'opportunisme

Le diagnostic d'opportunisme, a propos d'un agent donne, comporte une nuance depreciative ou pejorative, du moins dans les usages du mot " opportunisme " qui ne l'identifient pas a une conduite absolument denuee de tout rapport aux regles, et relevant du choix au cas par cas . Le diagnostic d'opportunisme semble envelopper la reference a des principes, normes, maximes (et plans) ou regles d'action auxquels on reconnait une certaine validite pour les agents et les situations que l'on considere. A contrario, l'insense du Leviathan de Hobbes, par exemple, ne reconnait pas la pertinence d'un jugement normatif fonde sur la justice des lors que celle-ci ne coincide pas strictement avec la promotion de l'interet personnel ; en ce sens, il annule la reference a une norme que l'on pourrait supposer valide. Nous pensons qu'une reference normative de ce genre est toujours impliquee dans la nuance depreciative ou pejorative du vocable. Nous nous interessons justement, dans ce qui suit, aux rapports entre l'opportunisme et des references pour l'action auxquelles une certaine validite normative se trouve reconnue. Ce qu'il y a de serieux dans l'aspect depreciatif du jugement sur l'opportunisme peut etre revele par l'observation suivante : ceux qui approuvent l'inflexion constatee ne parleront pas d'opportunisme, mais d'autre chose. Par exemple, a propos d'un responsable politique de gauche qui entre dans un gouvernement de droite (d'une maniere qui rompt avec les habitudes les mieux documentees dans son parti), ceux qui ne desapprouvent pas cette conduite pourront evoquer le choix responsable d'une personnalite qui se donne les moyens de servir ses propres valeurs, ou qui est capable de s'adapter intelligemment aux circonstances de telle sorte que ses talents soient bien employes au service de l'interet general. Notre hypothese est donc que l'opportunisme, dans la plupart des contextes, ne renvoie pas seulement a une certaine maniere de prendre des decisions, qui se fierait a une appreciation au " cas par cas " plutot qu'a des regles. On parle en realite aussi d'" opportunisme " lorsque l'agent de la decision respecte habituellement des regles et si par ailleurs il devie de ces regles (fut-ce de maniere exceptionnelle). Ce qui est reellement vise est le fait que l'agent semble ne pas prendre au serieux des engagements qui sont les siens ou qui devraient etre les siens. Nous tâcherons d'etayer ce jugement par une analyse des principaux aspects de l'opportunisme et de l'implication d'une composante normative dans les jugements que l'on porte a ce propos. Puis nous prendrons appui sur cette analyse pour tenter de discerner le role possible des institutions, voire des traditions, dans la constitution du repertoire de regles qui conduisent a parler d'opportunisme.
Leaf Senescence and Starvation-Induced Chlorosis Are Accelerated by the Disruption of an Arabidopsis Autophagy Gene1

Autophagy is an intracellular process for vacuolar bulk degradation of cytoplasmic components. The molecular machinery responsible for yeast and mammalian autophagy has recently begun to be elucidated at the cellular level, but the role that autophagy plays at the organismal level has yet to be determined. In this study, a genome-wide search revealed significant conservation between yeast and plant autophagy genes. Twenty-five plant genes that are homologous to 12 yeast genes essential for autophagy were discovered. We identified an Arabidopsis mutant carrying a T-DNA insertion withinAtAPG9, which is the only ortholog of yeast Apg9 in Arabidopsis (atapg9-1). AtAPG9 is transcribed in every wild-type organ tested but not in theatapg9-1 mutant. Under nitrogen or carbon-starvation conditions, chlorosis was observed earlier in atapg9-1cotyledons and rosette leaves compared with wild-type plants. Furthermore, atapg9-1 exhibited a reduction in seed set when nitrogen starved. Even under nutrient growth conditions, bolting and natural leaf senescence were accelerated in atapg9-1plants. Senescence-associated genes SEN1 andYSL4 were up-regulated in atapg9-1 before induction of senescence, unlike in wild type. All of these phenotypes were complemented by the expression of wild-type AtAPG9in atapg9-1 plants. These results imply that autophagy is required for maintenance of the cellular viability under nutrient-limited conditions and for efficient nutrient use as a whole plant.
Interferometric Technique With Nonredundant Sampling for Phaseless Inverse Scattering

A phaseless data acquisition applied on a reduced set of points is presented for inverse scattering problems. The setup is based on the Leith-Upatnieks holography with synthesized reference waves so that the phase of the reference wave can be adjusted to acquire the so-called “reduced field” instead of the regular field. Thus, nonregular sampling techniques can be applied resulting in strong reduction in the number of acquisition points. The technique is validated using simulation and measurement examples at microwave frequencies.
Theory of the superposition principle for randomized connectionist representations in neural networks

To understand cognitive reasoning in the brain, it has been proposed that symbols and compositions of symbols are represented by activity patterns (vectors) in a large population of neurons. Formal models implementing this idea [Plate 2003], [Kanerva 2009], [Gayler 2003], [Eliasmith 2012] include a reversible superposition operation for representing with a single vector an entire set of symbols or an ordered sequence of symbols. If the representation space is high-dimensional, large sets of symbols can be superposed and individually retrieved. However, crosstalk noise limits the accuracy of retrieval and information capacity. To understand information processing in the brain and to design artificial neural systems for cognitive reasoning, a theory of this superposition operation is essential. Here, such a theory is presented. The superposition operations in different existing models are mapped to linear neural networks with unitary recurrent matrices, in which retrieval accuracy can be analyzed by a single equation. We show that networks representing information in superposition can achieve a channel capacity of about half a bit per neuron, a significant fraction of the total available entropy. Going beyond existing models, superposition operations with recency effects are proposed that avoid catastrophic forgetting when representing the history of infinite data streams. These novel models correspond to recurrent networks with non-unitary matrices or with nonlinear neurons, and can be analyzed and optimized with an extension of our theory.
Sizing-designing procedure of the permanent magnet flux-switching machine based on a simplified analytical model

In the paper a sizing-designing procedure based on a simplified analytical model that has been developed for the permanent magnet flux-switching machine (PMFSM) with 12 stator poles and 10 rotor poles is presented. The performances of the PMFSM are calculated and checked against the ones obtained via two dimension finite element method (2D-FEM) analysis in order to evince the features and the weak points of the proposed PMFSM model and procedure.
The complexities of identifying the modern typewriter.

The last fifteen or twenty years have seen the problems of typewriting identification become more and more complex. Formerly, the vast majority of problems involved the identification of either pica or elite typewriting prepared on a manual typewriter. Although even as early as 1900 these machines had been well built there were many elements of typewriter construction which brought about rapid individualization of a machine. In this country domestic typewriters produced by less than ten major companies were virtually the only ones encountered so that a qualified document examiner carried in his mind significant type design characteristics. With type design highly individualized he could recognize quickly the make and age model of a particular machine.
Strain produced by electrostatic forces in electrical trees and its relationship with the elastic modulus of the polymer matrix

In this work, the electrostatic forces exerted on electrical tree channels are investigated. The trees were grown in soft `gel-like' silicone polymers. In these materials, the electrical charges deposited on the tree channel walls give rise to a stretching force, which is high enough to produce a mechanical deformation of the tree structure and the surrounding polymer matrix in the direction of the electric field. The strain recovers when the applied voltage is removed. This effect was investigated at various degrees of crosslinking of the polymer matrix.
What's in a name? Dr. Lewey and the Lewy body

If background training is a predictor of future success, then by any measure Fritz Heinrich Lewy was destined to succeed. He received his medical degree from the University of Berlin in 1910 and trained in both clinical neurology and psychiatry under Oppenheim and Kraepelin. The trio of Nissl, Alzheimer, and Spielmeyer directed his training in neuropathology. Between the years 1912 and 1914, he was director of the Neuropsychiatric Laboratory at the University of Breslau Medical School. In his first year at Breslau, he described the distinctive eosinophilic inclusions1 that Tretiakoff, in 1919, named in his honor.2,3 During World War I, while in the German army, he was in charge of field hospitals in France, Russia, and Turkey. In 1934, with the flames of antisemitism spreading throughout Europe, he immigrated to the United States with …
Avaliando a Representação de Interfaces com o Usuário Utilizando Notações de Modelos de Características: Um Estudo Empírico

Modelos de caracteristicas sao considerados uma referencia na representacao de artefatos de Linha de Produto de Software (LPS). Existem varias notacoes para modelagem de caracteristicas as quais possuem diferentes niveis de abstracao e que estao focadas na representacao dos aspectos funcionais da LPS. Por outro lado, aspectos relacionados a representacao de interfaces com o usuario nao tem sido abordado pelas pesquisas tanto em LPS quanto em IHC. Neste sentido, este trabalho de conclusao visa avaliar uma proposta de extensao de uma notacao para modelagem de caracteristicas em LPS, incluindo a representacao de elementos de interface com o usuario. Assim, este Trabalho de Conclusao de Curso apresenta a analise comparativa de dois modelos de caracteristicas para verificar o impacto da inclusao destes elementos em LPS.
Providing Information Resilience Through Modularity-Based Caching in Perturbed Information-Centric Networks

In this paper, we investigate the provision of a new form of resilience, namely information resilience - targeting reliable communication of information under normal and adverse network conditions. We harness the power and flexibility of information-centric networking (ICN) paradigm where content are named and can be explicitly identified as opposed to the current host-centric Internet. Using ICN principles, a new modularity-based information caching approach is proposed that leverages the concept of modularity such that information reachability and persistency are enhanced especially under perturbed network scenarios, e.g., network failures due to natural disasters or network under malicious attacks. The main idea of our proposal is to exploit the better connectivity of nodes within certain community construct in a network to provide higher information diversity, and thus allow potential access to a higher number of information objects even under various network dynamics. We conduct extensive simulations based on both real and model network topologies and show that our proposal can significantly increase request satisfaction ratios under highly dynamic network scenarios (i.e., network under multiple perturbations) across different system parameters.
exige el realismo científico un compromiso con la teoría correspondentista de la verdad

In this paper I intend to examine a thesis held by Devitt on the nature of scientific realism. In particular, I shall examine the thesis according to which no theory of truth is constitutive of realism, thus, a commitment with realism does not force us to subscribe to a correspondence theory of truth. If this thesis were right, all the antirealist attempts to refute the claims of scientific realism would be destined to fail since their objections suppose that one of the theories constitutive of realism is the correspondence theory of truth. My intuition is that it is not possible to emancipate scientific realism from its semantic commitments to a correspondence theory. In order to defend this point of view, I shall show how implausible is the thesis that a realist does not have to subscribe to a correspondence theory since he could adopt, instead, a redundancy theory of truth. My intuition is that if a realist subscribed to such theory he would not be able to successfully maintain the 'independence dimension' that according to Devitt is constitutive of Realism. Lastly, I shall show two undesirable results of maintaining a realism separate from semantics, among them that it is not clear how such a realist can respond to the problem of theory choice and that it is not possible to admit that there are causal relations between our minds and the world -like Devitt suggests- with no intrusions of semantics or without falling into antirealism.
A pleiotropic, posttherapy, enoxacin-resistant mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

An enoxacin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant (G49) isolated during patient therapy was characterized in detail. The G49 mutant was cross resistant to several classes of antibiotics including quinolones, beta-lactams, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline, but not imipenem or aminoglycosides. Compared with its paired pretherapy isolate G48, this mutant had several alterations in outer membrane proteins including a complete loss of the major porin protein OprF and a substantially altered lipopolysaccharide profile. Revertants were selected at a frequency of approximately 1% after enrichment for OprF+ cells on low-salt proteose peptone no. 2 medium. Ninety-seven of these OprF+ revertants were as susceptible to carbenicillin and norfloxacin as the pretherapy isolate. One of these revertants was characterized in more detail and shown to be indistinguishable in all properties from the pretherapy isolate. It is proposed that the multiple-antibiotic-resistance (Mar) phenotype of this mutant resulted from a single pleiotropic mutation.
The Interaction of Vpr with Uracil DNA Glycosylase Modulates the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 In Vivo Mutation Rate

ABSTRACT The Vpr protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) influences the in vivo mutation rate of the virus. Since Vpr interacts with a cellular protein implicated in the DNA repair process, uracil DNA glycosylase (UNG), we have explored the contribution of this interaction to the mutation rate of HIV-1. Single-amino-acid variants of Vpr were characterized for their differential UNG-binding properties and used to trans complement vpr null mutant HIV-1. A striking correlation was established between the abilities of Vpr to interact with UNG and to influence the HIV-1 mutation rate. We demonstrate that Vpr incorporation into virus particles is required to influence the in vivo mutation rate and to mediate virion packaging of the nuclear form of UNG. The recruitment of UNG into virions indicates a mechanism for how Vpr can influence reverse transcription accuracy. Our data suggest that distinct mechanisms evolved in primate and nonprimate lentiviruses to reconcile uracil misincorporation into lentiviral DNA.
Accurate, noninvasive continuous monitoring of cardiac output by whole-body electrical bioimpedance.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Cardiac output (CO) is measured but sparingly due to limitations in its measurement technique (ie, right-heart catheterization). Yet, in recent years it has been suggested that CO may be of value in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment titration of cardiac patients, especially those with congestive heart failure (CHF). We examine the use of a new noninvasive, continuous whole-body bioimpedance system (NICaS; NI Medical; Hod-Hasharon, Israel) for measuring CO. The aim of the present study was to test the validity of this noninvasive cardiac output system/monitor (NICO) in a cohort of cardiac patients. DESIGN Prospective, double-blind comparison of the NICO and thermodilution CO determinations. PATIENTS We enrolled 122 patients in three different groups: during cardiac catheterization (n = 40); before, during, and after coronary bypass surgery (n = 51); and while being treated for acute congestive heart failure (CHF) exacerbation (n = 31). MEASUREMENTS AND INTERVENTION: In all patients, CO measurements were obtained by two independent blinded operators. CO was measured by both techniques three times, and an average was determined for each time point. CO was measured at one time point in patients undergoing coronary catheterization; before, during, and after bypass surgery in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery; and before and during vasodilator treatment in patients treated for acute heart failure. RESULTS Overall, 418 paired CO measurements were obtained. The overall correlation between the NICO cardiac index (CI) and the thermodilution CI was r = 0.886, with a small bias (0.0009 +/- 0.684 L) [mean +/- 2 SD], and this finding was consistent within each group of patients. Thermodilution readings were 15% higher than NICO when CI was < 1.5 L/min/m(2), and 5% lower than NICO when CI was > 3 L/min/m(2). The NICO has also accurately detected CI changes during coronary bypass operation and vasodilator administration for acute CHF. CONCLUSION The results of the present study indicate that whole-body bioimpedance CO measurements obtained by the NICO are accurate in rapid, noninvasive measurement and the follow-up of CO in a wide range of cardiac clinical situations.
The Transition from Youth to Adult: Understanding the Age Pattern of Employment

This article examines the growth in probabilities of employment for American men between the ages of 16 and 29. A young man's probability of employment is strongly affected by his other roles, statuses, and activities, and a cohort's employment growth depends on its age distribution of these traits. This article considers two important activities in the lives of young men-school enrollment and enlistment in the armed forces-and examines mechanisms through which these affect employment. The mechanisms include the constraining effect of each activity on the others, the disruptive effects of leaving school or the armend forces-and examines mechanisms through which these affect employment. The mechanisms include the constraining effect of each activity on the others, the disruptive effects of leaving school or the armed forces on finding employment, and the selective retention of men with varying employment prospects by schools and the armed forces. A decomposition of changes in employment between ages 16 and 29-based on a multivariate model of employment, enrollment, and enlistment applied to Current Population Survey and Defense Department data-shows that approximately 80% of employment growth with age can be attributed to these mechanisms. The article discusses the relevance of this analysis to previous research on the early life cicle, to the problem of youth joblessness, and to intercohort changes in youth employment.
Homo ludens

Play and desire are intrinsically linked for the adult queer individual. Our desire to play and our attraction to each other are aspects of our identities that we are trained to repress. In Homo Ludens, I challenge the normative constraints that restrict us from participating in fun by creating a space where we can be free to play and be sexual beings without having to cordon off parts of our identities. I facilitate play in a queer sexual context by creating games that represent different kinds of sexual and relationship dynamics. Through constructing an alternate reality filled with color and plastic, I create a place of release where deviant acts can be seen and enjoyed as just another way to play. INDEX WORDS: Play, Queer, Sculpture, Installation, Sexuality, LARPing
Phonon wave-packet interference and phonon tunneling based energy transport across nanostructured thin films

The molecular dynamics based phonon wave-packet technique is used to study phonon transport across mass-mismatched fcc thin films. Transport behavior of normally incident longitudinal acoustic phonon wave packets with wave vectors ranging in magnitude from 2% to 50% of the ⟨100⟩ first Brillouin zone boundary is examined as a function of thin film thickness when the phonon mean free path exceeds film thickness. The results indicate that for thin film to bulk solid mass ratios up to a factor of 6, the transmission of energy through the thin film can be well described by treating the thin film as a bulk solid.
Microtubule Network Facilitates Nuclear Targeting of Human Cytomegalovirus Capsid

ABSTRACT We assessed the requirement of the host cytoskeleton for the intracytosolic transport of incoming human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) capsids. Treatments with microtubule (MT)-depolymerizing drugs nocodazole and colchicine led to a drastic decrease in levels of IE1 antigen, whereas cytochalasin B had no effect on the level of IE1 as determined by Western blot analyses. Sequential treatment including nocodazole washout and removal of cell surface virion revealed that HCMV entry into the cells occurred normally in the absence of the MT network. This finding was also supported by data obtained by monitoring pUL83 signals with an immunofluorescent assay (IFA). Furthermore, we demonstrated a close association of incoming HCMV capsids with MTs by IFA and ultrastructural analyses. In the absence of the MT network, the capsids which had entered the cytoplasm did not move to close proximity of the nucleus. These data suggest that HCMV capsids associate with the MT network to facilitate their own movement to the nucleus before the onset of immediate-early (IE) gene expression and that this association is required to start efficient IE gene expression.