Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A computational interpretation of ”De re aedificatoria”: Translating Alberti’s column system into a shape grammar

Alberti’s ”De re aedificatoria” is considered one of the most influential treatises of architecture. Historic approaches aimed at tracing such an influence on European architecture have relied mainly on documental sources. The extent of such an influence, however, remains elusive. The research described in this paper is part of a larger project aimed at using the computational framework provided by shape grammars to determine the extension of such an influence on the architecture of the Portuguese empire in the counterreform period. The idea is to translate the treatise into a shape grammar and then determine the transformations required for the grammar to account for the generation of the buildings designed and built in this geographic region. The paper presents a grammar for the Albertian column system, focusing on the Doric order. Subsequent work will be concerned with identifying the transformations of this grammar in the Portuguese context.
The efficacy of alcohol-based hand sanitizers used in a series, modifying the ASTM E2755 method with a shorter hand sanitizer application time

Background: Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are becoming increasingly common in healthcare settings in an effort to control communicable bacteria, viruses and fungi of health significance. Much research has been done on the effectiveness of alcohol-based hand sanitizers but few studies look at the effectiveness when combined with more typical usage, such as varying application times and amounts. Methods: We looked at the efficacy of the microbial killing power of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when used in a series of 5 applications. ASTM E2755 was used with the modification of a shorter application time (8 seconds from the recommended 30 seconds) of the sanitizer to better reflect actual healthcare worker usage. Results: We found an increase in the amount of indicator bacteria on the gloved hands of the subjects after repeated applications. However the increase was not significant enough in that a 2-log reduction of indicator bacteria was still achieved. Using a One Sample T-Test we found a very low probability value (<0.00000), indicating that the results were statistically significant. Conclusions: There is an increase of bacteria on gloved hands after repeated use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers. The results show a decrease in their effectiveness, most likely due to a build up of various nonalcohol components in hand sanitizers. However even with the 8 second application time there was still a greater than two log reduction even after 5 serial contaminations and applications. This cautiously shows that there is significantly less danger posed by more common shorter application times than originally thought. These findings have a potential impact on hand hygiene education as other factors, such as frequency or sanitizer amounts can be safely emphasized over application times.
Performance of malolactic fermentation by inoculation of selected Lactobacillus plantarum and Oenococcus oeni strains isolated from Rioja red wines

Malolactic fermentations (MLF) of wines inoculated with selected lactic acid bacteria strains of the species Oenococcus oeni and Lactobacillus plantarum were studied and compared with spontaneous MLF. Bacterial populations were monitored along the whole process of MLF and bacteria identifications were carried out at species and strain level. Macrorestriction analysis with SfiI endonuclease and subsequent PFGE was carried out in order to identify O. oeni individual strains. L. plantarum active lyophila did not survive competing with the indigenous microbiota in a wine with 15.3 % (vol/vol) alcohol, whereas the selected O. oeni strains carried out wine MLF. The highest production of histamine took place during MLF in those wines that underwent spontaneous MLF with a mixed population of indigenous strains. The lowest levels of histamine were obtained with the selected commercial O. oeni strain that succeeded 100 % over the indigenous microbiota. Results indicate that development of MLF leaded by selected O. oeni active lyophila provides negligible histamine levels in red wines of quality that can be submitted to subsequent ageing in wood.
Instrumen kemahiran generik guru pelatih pendidikan jasmani dan kesihatan Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia

Guru seharusnya mempunyai segala kemahiran generik yang bersesuaian dengan keperluan pendidikan masa kini di samping ilmu pengetahuan berkaitan mata pelajaran yang diajar. Kemahiran dan pengetahuan yang wujud pada guru akan menjadikan mereka guru yang berkualiti yang dapat memastikan agenda kerajaan ke arah menjadi negara maju menjelang 2020 tercapai. Dalam dunia pendidikan yang semakin mencabar kini, pelatih guru termasuklah dalam bidang Pendidikan Jasmani dan Kesihatan (PJK) seharusnya dapat memastikan mereka telah bersedia untuk menghadapinya. Guru PJK yang ingin dilahirkan perlu mampu untuk berfikir secara kritis dan kreatif, berkemahiran menyelesaikan masalah, berkeupayaan mencipta peluang-peluang baru, mempunyai ketahanan serta kebolehan untuk berhadapan dengan persekitaran dunia global yang sering berubah-ubah. Walau bagaimanapun, dalam sistem latihan guru di Malaysia tidak terdapat instrumen untuk mengukur kemahiran generik guru PJK. Kajian ini bertujuan membina instrumen penilaian untuk mengetahui keupayaan kemahiran generik guru pelatih PJK dalam menghadapi cabaran dunia pendidikan. Kajian ini dijalankan kepada guru pelatih PJK di beberapa Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) Malaysia. Domain-domain berkaitan kemahiran generik yang perlu ada pada guru PJK di reka bentuk dalam borang soal selidik yang kemudiannya akan dianalisis dengan menggunakan Kaedah Analisis Faktor. Dapatan dalam kajian ini diharap dapat digunakan oleh IPG Malaysia untuk dijadikan instrumen dalam memilih guru pelatih PJK. Pihak IPG juga diharap dapat menggunakannya sebagai input untuk memperbaiki pendekatan dalam menjadikan para bakal guru PJK mempunyai tahap kemahiran generik yang lebih tinggi seterusnya lebih bersedia dan berkeyakinan menghadapi dunia pendidikan.
Invasion and Displacement of Experimental Populations of a Conventional Parasitoid by a Heteronomous Hyperparasitoid

Aphelinid parasitoids have an outstand ing record of succes s in programmes of classica l biocont rol agains t white ̄ ies and scale insects . Heterono mous hyperpa rasitoid s are aphelini ds in which the sexes develop on or in differen t hosts . The female always develop s as a primary endoparasitoid of Homoptera . The male develop s as a seconda ry parasitoid (hyperp arasitoid) of his own or another species of homopteran endoparasitoid . Caged experiments were performed with the cabbag e white ̄ y, Aleyrode s proletel la , to examine the invasion of a populati on of a convent ional parasito id, Encarsia inaron (both sexes primary endopar asitoids ) by a hetero nomous hyperpa rasitoid , E. tricolor . In all cages the heteronomous hyperpa rasitoid successfully invaded an established populat ion of the convent ional parasitoid and the convent ional specie s populat ion decline d to very low levels within 8 weeks of the introduc tion of the heteronomous hyperpa rasitoid . The pattern s of invasio n were differen t in each cage . In two cages , high levels of male product ion by E. tricolor were observe d, indicating that hyperpa rasitism of the convent ional species was probably an importan t factor in causing the declin e in the E. inaron populat ion. In a reciprocal experiment in which E. inaron was introduced to an established populat ion of E. tricolor the conventional specie s failed to invade or persist . A survey of published references to complexes of parasito ids containing a heterono mous hyperparasitoid and one or more convent ional specie s indicate d that, in the majority of cases, the heteronomous hyperpa rasitoid was the most importan t specie s in the complex. There are clear implications for the use of these parasito ids in programmes of classica l biocontrol. This is because high competitive ability agains t other parasitoids is not necessa rily a good indicato r of the ability of a species to maintain high levels of pest control , especial ly when hyperpa rasitic behavio ur is involved .
ASYMMETRIC VALUE OF PRECONDITIONING PROGRAMS FOR FEEDER CATTLE

Preconditioning is not new but has received considerable attention in recent years. This research addresses two questions. Are buyers of preconditioned feeder calves paying a price premium close to the performance benefits expected from preconditioning? Is there information asymmetry in the value to the buyers compared with the premium they pay? Buyers paid a price premium but less than the expected performance gains. Thus, the hypothesis of asymmetry of information between buyers and sellers could not be confirmed.
Roman Roads to Prosperity: Persistence and Non-Persistence of Public Goods Provision

How persistent is public goods provision in a comparative perspective? We explore the link between infrastructure investments made during antiquity and the presence of infrastructure today, as well as the link between early infrastructure and economic activity both in the past and in the present, across the entire area under dominion of the Roman Empire at the zenith of its geographical extension. We find a remarkable pattern of persistence showing that greater Roman road density goes along with (a) greater modern road density, (b) greater settlement formation in 500 CE, and (c) greater economic activity in 2010. Interestingly, however, the degree of persistence in road density and the link between early road density and contemporary economic development is weakened to the point of insignificance in areas where the use of wheeled vehicles was abandoned from the first millennium CE until the late modern period. Taken at face value, our results suggest that infrastructure may be one important channel through which persistence in comparative development comes about.
Throughput analysis of two carousels

In this paper we consider a system with two carousels operated by one picker. The items to be picked are randomly located on the carousels and the pick times follow a phasetype distribution. The picker alternates between the two carousels, picking one item at a time. Important performance characteristics are the waiting time of the picker and the throughput of the two carousels. The waiting time of the picker satisfies an equation very similar to Lindley’s equation for the waiting time in the PH/U/1 queue. Although the latter equation has no simple solution, it appears that the one for the waiting time of the picker can be solved explicitly. Furthermore, it is well known that the mean waiting time in the PH/U/1 queue strongly depends on the coefficient of variation of the inter-arrival time. Numerical results show that, for the carousel system, the mean waiting time and throughput are not very sensitive to the coefficient of variation of the pick-time. AMS Subject Classification: Primary 60K25, Secondary 90B22. †EURANDOM, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. ‡Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. i
Design and Analysis of 28GHz Rectangular Microstrip Patch Array Antenna

The higher frequency spectrum prevalence of the next generation of mobile communication, as well as other new service applications, will likely be dependent upon new advanced antenna technologies. In this regard, the narrow beam widths generally associated with antennas at higher frequencies has led to the study of using advanced multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) architecture as well as adaptive beam-forming. These antenna technologies may be among the key factors for overcoming some of the challenging propagation characteristics of mm-waves and could increase the spectrum efficiency, provide higher data rates, and adequate reasonable coverage for mobile broadband services. With the potential for higher frequencies as well as mm waves deployment, most 5G frequency bands are predicted to be in the range of 20-50GHz. More specifically, the frequency band of 5G is predicted to be extended from 28GHz to 38GHz. In this paper, our goal is to analyze the design of four elements 28GHz microstrip patch array antenna for future 5G mobile phone applications. The designed antenna can be implemented using low cost FR-4 substrates and can maintain good performance in terms of gain and efficiency. Additionally, the simulated results demonstrate that it has S11 response of less than -10 dB in the 22-34 GHz frequency range.
Statistical mechanics of interfaces Salvador Miracle-Sole

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Statistical mechanics of interfaces Salvador Miracle-Sole
Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter

In January 2016, a robust reversal of the Arctic Oscillation took place associated with a rapid tropospheric warming in the Arctic region; this was followed by the occurrence of a classic sudden stratospheric warming in March. The succession of these two distinct Arctic warming events provides a stimulating opportunity to examine their characteristics in terms of similarities and differences. Historical cases of these two types of Arctic warming were identified and validated based upon tropical linkages with the Madden‐Julian Oscillation and El Niño as documented in previous studies. The analysis indicates a recent and seemingly accelerated increase in the tropospheric warming type versus a flat trend in stratospheric warming type. The shorter duration and more rapid transition of tropospheric warming events may connect to the documented increase in midlatitude weather extremes, more so than the route of stratospheric warming type. Forced simulations with an atmospheric general circulation model suggest that the reduced Arctic sea ice contributes to the observed increase in the tropospheric warming events and associated remarkable strengthening of the cold Siberian high manifest in 2016.
Unified Selective Harmonic Elimination for Cascaded H-Bridge Asymmetric Multilevel Inverter

The unequal dc-link voltages in the cascaded H-bridge (CHB) asymmetric multilevel inverters (AMLIs) lead to asymmetry of the equations for selective harmonic elimination (SHE), which increases the difficulty in solving the switching angles. On the other hand, the unequal dc-link voltages provide a large amount of synthesized waveforms which can be used to optimize the performance of inverters. However, as most of the traditional SHE approaches are derived according to a given output waveform, it cannot handle multiple synthesized waveforms. In this paper, the unified SHE equations are derived for all the possible synthesized waveforms under a specific switching angles distribution among the cells. By using the polynomial homotopy continuation (PHC) algorithm, all the possible solutions of the unified SHE equations can be found without the selection of initial values. As the waveforms generated by H-bridge are limited to three levels, some of the solutions are not physically realizable and should be discarded, hence, the criterion is proposed to distinguish these specious solutions. The case of a CHB converter with two cells and six switching angles is studied; in total, there exist 86 groups of candidate solutions and 14 of them are physically realizable. Experiments are also shown to validate the correctness of this unified SHE approach for CHB AMLIs.
Non-conspecificity of Cylindrocladium quinqueseptatum and Calonectria quinqueseptata based on beta-tubulin gene phylogeny and morphology

Cylindrocladium quinqueseptatum Boedijn & Reitsma was originally described from leaf spots of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. from Indonesia. This fungus infects many host plants in Southeast Asia and causes severe leaf blight disease of eucalypts. Calonectria quinqueseptata Figueiredo & Namek. , which was described from leaf spots on Annona squamosa L. from Brazil, has been regarded as the teleomorph of Cy. quinqueseptatum. Based on morphology and on the phylogeny derived from the DNA sequence of a β-tubulin gene portion spanning several phylogenetically informative introns, the two respective ex-type cultures are shown to be distinct species. Furthermore, Calonectria reteaudii (Bugn.) C. Booth (anamorph Cy. reteaudii (Bugn.) Boesew. ), which was described on Smithia bequaertii De Wild. from Vietnam, is shown to be morphologically identical to a comprehensive selection of isolates of Cy. quinqueseptatum from Southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar. As Cy. reteaudii represents an older name for Cy. quinqueseptatum.
Behavioural loyalty towards store brands

Store bran Behavioural loyalty towards store brands J.M. Labeaga, N. Lado, M. Martos Dpto. Análisis Económico II, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Office 2.26. Paseo Senda del Rey 11. 28040 Madrid, Spain Dpto. Economı́a de la Empresa, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Calle Madrid 126, 28903 Getafe (Madrid), Spain Dpto. Administración y Economı́a de la Empresa, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain FEDEA, Calle Jorge Juan 46, 28001 Madrid, Spain This paper applies a consumer brand choice model to measure store brand (SB) loyalty. The aim of this paper is to examine whether SB loyalty is different across categories, and we focus on risk perception as an explanatory variable. The model is estimated using ACNielsen Spanish household scanner panel data on two laundry detergent categories over a 2 year period for more than 1107 households. Loyalty, price, socio demographics and shopping behaviour variables are included. The discrete choice model formulation is the logit model.
Non-neutrality of Money , Preferences and Expectations in Laboratory New Keynesian Economics

This paper explores the effects of expansionary monetary policy in a laboratory New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium environment. Individual subject and market behavior are studied under semi-automated and entirely subject-driven economies. Policy occurs through a decrease in the nominal interest rate on borrowing and saving. Stationary repetition is introduced to facilitate learning. While experimental findings for the median session coincide with theoretical predictions, significant heterogeneity in behavior leads to a dispersion of outcomes. Output responses most consistently match theoretical predictions in the human firm (automated household) treatment. Individual household behavior significantly differs from predicted values. Households’ persistent oversupply of labor and under-consumption is attributed to debt aversion. Nearly half of households respond to decreases in the real interest rate and increases in the real wage by contracting their demand and labor supply. Subjects form expectations adaptively, relying heavily on past variables and forecasts in forming twosteps-ahead forecasts, but despite numerous repetitions, exhibit significant difficulty forming expectations on impact of the shock.
TOWARDS Z SPECIFICATION OF PLACE TRANSITION NETS

Petri net formalism has dynamics and it is well suited for distributed or concurrent systems. However, it has a graphical representation in the form of a bipartite graph through which the type of data cannot be identified. This paper presents the Z specification of the net structure of place transition nets to provide the data semantics of graphical structure. This paper further addresses the Z specification of special sub classes of Petri nets, which include state machine, marked graphs and free choice nets.
LoCuSS: Testing hydrostatic equilibrium in galaxy clusters

We test the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium in an X-ray luminosity selected sample of 50 galaxy clusters at $0.15<z<0.3$ from the Local Cluster Substructure Survey (LoCuSS). Our weak-lensing measurements of $M_{500}$ control systematic biases to sub-4 per cent, and our hydrostatic measurements of the same achieve excellent agreement between XMM-Newton and Chandra. The mean ratio of X-ray to lensing mass for these 50 clusters is $\beta_{\rm X}=0.95\pm0.05$, and for the 44 clusters also detected by Planck, the mean ratio of Planck mass estimate to LoCuSS lensing mass is $\beta_{\rm P}=0.95\pm0.04$. Based on a careful like-for-like analysis, we find that LoCuSS, the Canadian Cluster Comparison Project (CCCP), and Weighing the Giants (WtG) agree on $\beta_{\rm P}\simeq0.9-0.95$ at $0.15<z<0.3$. This small level of hydrostatic bias disagrees at $\sim5\sigma$ with the level required to reconcile Planck cosmology results from the cosmic microwave background and galaxy cluster counts.
Lean Implementation in Central Eastern European Health Care Based on Best Practices ( Full Paper Submission )

Emergency medical care (EMC), in particular emergency rooms (ER), also known as emergency department (ED) and accident & emergency (A&E) is one of the most widely publicized area of the health care system (Van der Vaart at al., 2011). Criticism and public debate can be especially strong when process failures (for instance excess time spent in waiting rooms or misdiagnoses) happen as hospital-based emergency and trauma care is critically important to the health and well-being of Americans (IOM, 2006).
Time discretization schemes for hyperbolic systems on networks by $\epsilon$-expansion

We consider partial differential equations on networks with a small parameter $\epsilon$, which are hyperbolic for $\epsilon>0$ and parabolic for $\epsilon=0$. With a combination of an $\epsilon$-expansion and Runge-Kutta schemes for constrained systems of parabolic type, we derive a new class of time discretization schemes for hyperbolic systems on networks, which are constrained due to interconnection conditions. For the analysis we consider the coupled system equations as partial differential-algebraic equations based on the variational formulation of the problem. We discuss well-posedness of the resulting systems and estimate the error caused by the $\epsilon$-expansion.
The Ecological Cycling of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter

Abstract : The prediction of water-leaving radiance in coastal waters is strongly dependent on a quantitative prediction of the depth-dependent distribution of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter [CDOM] in the water column. The goal of this project is to support and synthesize laboratory and field experiments conducted by the ONR Environmental Optics Program. Our part of this larger project is to develop a quantitative understanding of the physical, chemical, optical, and biological interactions impacting CDOM cycling, and to codify this understanding into a numerical simulation, EcoSim 2.0.