Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A CNN Based Model for Fingerprint Cross Matching

Nowadays, images can acquired from different type of sensors. These sensors can be categorized into contact-based and contactless. Many application field of fingerprint recognition use various type of sensors. Due to the accuracy, hygiene and less deformation, emergence of contactless fingerprint sensors are increasing. So the cross matching of fingerprints from these two type of sensors are very important in various field. We proposes a new architecture for the cross comparison of contactless to contact-based fingerprints. The proposed architecture is based on convolutional neural network (CNN). This architecture use pre-processed fingerprint images for the feature extraction. Proposed architecture contain three subnets with Siamese CNN. Each subnet use ridge map as well as the minutia map as the input. Final score obtained from the each subnet is use to calculate the overall performance of the system. The evaluation is done on the publicly available dataset with contactless fingerprints corresponds to contact-based fingerprints. The experimental result shows that proposed method gives better performance when compared to traditional methods.
A DEPTH PRE-PROCESSI(cid:14)G DATA A(cid:14)ALYSIS FOR I(cid:14)TRUSIO(cid:14) DETECTIO(cid:14) SYSTEM USI(cid:14)G OUTLIER DETECTIO(cid:14) A(cid:14)D BOX-COX TRA(cid:14)SFORMATIO(cid:14) TECH(cid:14)IQUE

An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) seeks to identify unauthorized access to computer systems’ resources and data using a statistical approach. The scale on which a dataset variable is measured may not the most appropriate for statistical analysis or describing variation, and may even hide the basic characteristics of the data. This paper proposed a pre-processing analysis for detecting unusual observations that do not seem to belong to the pattern of variability produced by the other observations. The pre-processing analysis consists of outliers detection and Transformation. Outliers are best detected visually whenever this is possible. Usually, the original data sets are not normally distributed. If normality is not a viable assumption, one alternative is to make non-normal data look normal. This paper explains the steps for detecting outliers’ data and describes the Box-Cox power transformation method that transforms them to normality. The transformation obtained by maximizing lamda functions usually improves the approximation to normality
LIETUVOS SVEIKATOS MOKSLŲ UNIVERSITETAS GYVULININKYSTĖS INSTITUTAS LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES ANIMAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE

The effect of inoculated with BioStabil Mays whole crop maize silage on the feed intake and performance by beef cattle has been studied. Forty beef cattle were fed with inoculated and ordinary made maize silages and their productivity response was evaluated over a 100-days feeding period. Animals were assigned to two treatments (inoculated silage – B and ordinary made silage – C) in a randomized-block design experiment. Inoculant BioStabil Mays treatment increased the fermentation rate of whole crop maize silage, resulting in a significant (P < 0.01) pH drop, a significant (P < 0.05) increase of total organic acids concentration and a significant decrease (P < 0.01) of the concentrations of butyric acid, ethanol and ammonia-N compared with the control silage. For the BioStabil Mays treated silage, dry matter losses decreased by 3.0 percentage units (P < 0.01). The Biomin BioStabil Mays silage DM intake was higher by 6.14% and over the total experimental period the weight gain of animals fed the inoculated silage increased by 8.0% (P < 0.01) and the feed conversion rate was improved by 3.4%.
HIV/AIDS-related Stigma is not a Myth in Kerala, India

The stigma associated with HIV is the foremost barrier to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support (UNAIDS, 2014). It prevents people from seeking information and services related to HIV/AIDS. The stigma hinders the efforts to prevent new HIV infections, inhibits treatment adherence and access to care and support programmes. AIDS stigma results in economic and social marginalisation and the withholding of treatment or denial of services amounting to a violation of the human rights of people with HIV (UNAIDS, 2000). The state of Kerala has been recognised internationally since the 1970s for its achievements in the developments in the health sector. In many aspects, Kerala’s health status is on a par with that of developed countries. Alhough the state has a higher literacy status, the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS is widespread in Kerala. The present paper describes the extent of stigma and discrimination faced by the women living with HIV/AIDS (WLWHAs) in Kerala. This paper is based on a study conducted among 372 women living with HIV/ AIDS to explore the extent of HIV-related stigma in the form of enacted, vicarious, felt normative and internalised stigma experiences and to envisage the associated problems faced by them. The tool used to measure the same was ‘the HIV-related stigma scale’ and the study found that HIV/ AIDS-related stigma is still prevalent in Kerala, even among the health care workers. The study finds that the respondents experienced the enacted stigma and were asked to move out of their houses because of their HIV status. The vicarious stigma is also prevalent in Kerala and many of the
Multi-omics analyses of the molecular physiology and biotechnology of Escherichia coli and Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

The main aim of this thesis was to investigate the physiological response of bacteria responding to physiological- and engineered changes in their central carbon metabolism through the application of multi-omics analyses techniques. The level of the proteome, which is the key functional component of biological systems, and its relationship with its corresponding transcriptome, are the focus of this research. The results described in this thesis have revealed an additional significant layer of regulation of the Carbon Catabolite Repression (CCR) response (i.e. via small, regulatory RNAs) in Escherichia coli. In addition, a number of physiological- and stress responses, caused by overproduction of chemical commodities in Synechocystis cell factories, have been uncovered.
Effects of Intermittent Warming and Temperature Conditioning on the Postharvest Quality of `Oroblanco' Citrus Fruit Following Long-term Cold Storage

S UMMARY . ‘Oroblanco’ is an early-maturing pummelo-grapefruit hybrid ( Citrus grandis x C. paradisi ). The fruit of this cultivar are usually picked in October and are marketed while their peel color is still green. How-ever, during long-term storage, the fruit turns yellow, and loses much of their commercial value. In a previous study, we found that application of gibberellic acid and low storage temperatures of 2 ºC (35.6 ºF) markedly reduced the rate of degreening. However, ‘Oroblanco’ fruit are sensitive to chilling injuries, and thus could not be stored at 2 ºC for long periods. In the present study, we examined the possible application of intermittent warming (IW) and temperature conditioning (TC) treatments, in order to retain the green fruit color during long-term cold storage but without enhancing the development of chilling injuries. It was found, that following storage at 2 ºC, either with or without IW and TC, the fruit retained green color up to 16 weeks, whereas at 11 ºC (51.8 ºF) fruit turned yellow after 8 weeks. However, untreated fruit held at 2 ºC developed 40, 51, and 68% injuries after 8, 12, and 16 weeks, respectively. IW (storage at cycles of 3 weeks at 2 at the amount of injuries to only 5, 7 and 11% after the same periods of time, respectively. pre-storage for 7 days at 16 ºC (60.8 ºF) continuous storage at 2 ºC] the development of chilling injuries to only 5% 8 of storage, in after longer storage periods. Because to the
High Light Acclimated Developing Primary Leaves of Wheat Seedlings Generate Signal for Stress Adaptation through Super Oxide Dismutase

Wheat seedlings grown in petri dishes were acclimated to high light during their development and subsequently were subjected to osmotic stress by application of polyethylene glycol (PEG). The photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PS II) of the acclimated seedlings was found to be higher than that of non-acclimated ones under osmotic stress during senescence. The damage of the photosynthetic apparatus seems to be mediated by reactive oxygen species. The higher level of lutein (Lut) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in acclimated seedlings suggest their involvement in the protective mechanism. The senescing leaves, although in a deteriorating phase, exhibit tolerance to osmotic stress due to the adaptation potential acquired earlier during high light (HL) acclimation.
Critical Tourism Studies – Asia Pacific (CTS-AP) is an international network of scholars who share a vision of promoting social change in and through tourism

Critical Tourism Studies – Asia Pacific (CTS-AP) is an international network of scholars who share a vision of promoting social change in and through tourism practice, research and education (www.criticaltourismstudies.com). CTS seeks to find new ways of understanding and transforming travel and tourism by locating it in its wider political, economic, cultural and social contexts. CTS embodies “more than simply a way of knowing, an ontology, it is a way of being, a commitment to tourism inquiry which is pro-social justice, equality, and anti-oppression: it is an academy of hope’ (Ateljevic et al., 2007, p. 3).
Selection and characterization of endophytic bacteria as biocontrol agents of tomato bacterial wilt disease

Biological control of bacterial wilt pathogen (Ralstonia solanacearum) of tomato using endophytic bacteria is one of the alternative control methods to support sustainable agriculture. This study was conducted to select and characterize endophytic bacteria isolated from healthy tomato stems and to test their ability to promote plant growth and suppress bacterial wilt disease. Among 49 isolates successfully isolated, 41 were non-plant pathogenic. Green house test on six selected isolates based on antagonistic effect on R. solanacearum or ability to suppress R. solanacearum population in dual culture assays obtained BC4 and BL10 isolates as promising biocontrol agents. At six weeks after transplanting, plants treated with BC4 isolate showed significantly lower disease incidence (33%) than that of control (83%). Plants height was not significantly affected by endophytic bacterial treatments. Based on 16S rRNA sequence, BC4 isolate had 97% similarity with Staphylococcus epidermidis (accession number EU834240.1), while isolate BL10 had 98% similarity with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain JK-SD002 (accession number AB547229.1).
NON-SURGICAL NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: DEVELOPING A TARGETED INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN A LOW-COST SETTING

Background The feeding difficulties surrounding children with cerebral palsy are a well-documented occurrence. As advancements continue into perinatal and neonatal care, the prevalence of premature and low birth weight infants have increased over recent years. This trend is reflected in the current number of children who develop cerebral palsy in later years. In addition, the growing frustration surrounding mealtimes in both the child and caregiver is a significant factor which compounds each interaction. These difficulties frequently result in failure to thrive which complicates the global development of this population even further and often necessitates a surgical intervention.
REPLACING MAIZE WITH CASSAVA ROOT MEAL OR ITS MIXTURE WITH BREWERS YEAST SLURRY IN RABBIT DIETS

Three diets were evaluated for their effect on the performance, carcass yield and organ measurements of finisher rabbits. The control was maize-based (MC) while, in the other two diets, cassava root meal (CR) or its mixture with brewers yeast slurry (CYS) replaced the maize. Five approximately 9-week old crossbred (Chinchilla X California X New Zealand White) rabbits which averaged 930g liveweight, were allocated to each diet and fed individually for 70 days. The rabbits were then slaughtered and their dressed carcasses and organs weighed. At 70 days of feeding, the average liveweights of rabbits fed MC, CR and CVS were 2120g, 2026g and 2098g respectively. Average daily reed intake, average daily gain and feed conversion ratio were 66.8Og, 64.92g and 60.70g, 15.65g and 16.29g, and 3.92, 4.15 and 3.64 for the respective diets. Warm dressing % and organ weights as percent of empty carcass weight did not differ significantly (P > 0.05) among the diets. Kidney fat weight was lower (P< 0.05) for CYS than for MC and CR. Replacement of maize with CR in the diet lowered (P < 0.05) rabbit performance, while that with CYS allowed for more efficient utilization of the diet, and for leaner carcasses of rabbits. Keywords: Cassava, brewers yeast slurry, rabbits
Sensorimotor decision making and aﬀordance recognition

—This work focuses on the relevance of visual attention in affordance-inspired robotics. Among all approaches in robotics related to Gibson’s concept of affordances [1] the dealing with attention cues is only rudimentary. We are introducing this concept within the perception layer of our affordance-inspired robotic framework. In this context we present a high-performance visual attention system handling invariants in the optical array. This layer builds the base of higher-sophisticated tasks, like a “curiosity drive” that helps a robotic agent to explore its environment. Our attention system derived from VOCUS [2] utilizes the parallel design of the graphics processing unit (GPU) and reaches real-time performance for the processing of online video streams in VGA resolution on a single computer platform. GPU-VOCUS is currently the fastest known visual attention system running on standard personal computers.
Character Analysis Method based on the Value Type of the Human

This study is to suggest a new method of analyzing personality types of characters in narrative. First, we examined the history of the taxonomy of character types that existed in narrative theories so far. Until now, the classification of character types in narrative theory consisted largely of a formal classification based on roles in narrative, a content classification based on human internal qualities, and a complementary classification in which the two classification criteria are united. The problem with the existing character classification type is difficult to categorize it in spite of the usefulness of the content classification based on human internal qualities. On the other hand, the classification based on the role of the character in the narrative does not help as much as a practical analysis methodology because the classification is formal. In this study, we try to solve this problem by introducing Shalom Schwartz's human value type, and to make human character's value type and human role correlated with each other as a new character analysis methodology. Schwartz's study of value type is a very effective method to grasp the motivation of human behavior, and it seems to be very meaningful in analyzing the directivity of characters. ■ keyword :∣Character Analysis∣Value Type∣Motivation∣Narrative∣ 접수일자 : 2017년 05월 24일 수정일자 : 2017년 07월 10일 심사완료일 : 2017년 07월 10일 교신저자 : 송민호, e-mail : gomsemary@gmail.com 인간 가치 유형에 기반한 캐릭터 분석 방법론 제안 651
Teachers’ Opinions about the Effect of Chemistry Demonstrations on Students’ Interest and Chemistry Knowledge

Chemistry is an experimental discipline that uses experimentation as one of its most important research methods. Laboratory work and other practical work are therefore also essential in chemistry lessons. Chemistry demonstrations are used by teachers as an educational approach that can increase students’ interest in chemistry and motivate them to learn chemical concepts with understanding. However, if the students are actively involved in the chemistry demonstration, it can be just as effective as or even more effective than students’ learning through experiments. The purpose of this research is to examine teachers’ opinions about the impact of chemistry demonstrations on students’ interest and chemistry knowledge. Based on a quantitative research approach, 81 primary and secondary school teachers from different regions of Slovenia participated in this study. Participating teachers completed an online questionnaire on their perceptions of the impact of chemistry demonstrations on students’ interest and performance in chemistry classes and on the quality of students’ knowledge of chemistry. The results show that regardless of the years of teaching experience and the frequency of performing chemistry demonstrations, the participating teachers consider such demonstrations to have a positive effect on the motivation and performance of the students in chemistry and on the quality of the students’ knowledge of chemistry.
In Vitro And In Vivo Toxicological Study Of Selective Medicinal Plants

The present work was aimed to appraise the biological activities and toxic potential of medicinal plant extracts of Ricinus communis, Datura innoxia and Croton tiglium. Different parts of selected plants were extracted separately through different extraction techniques using methanol which were further fractionated using polarity base solvents. The methanolic extracts as well as fractions were assayed for antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic (hemolytic, brine shrimp) and mutagenic (Ames) studies. The identified compounds from different plant parts were analyzed through advanced techniques such as GC-MS, LC-MS and NMR. The proximate composition of whole plant was also studied and variations in parameter were recorded among selected plants. The qualitative and quantitative phytochemicals screening, were also performed that these medicinal plants were rich source of different phytoconstituent. The biological assays showed that selected medicinal plants exhibited considerable antioxidant potential and selected plants extracts were also showing promising antimicrobial potential. It was also depicted from current study that the plant extracts also have potential of DNA protective conducted on the pBR322 DNA induced by UV and H2O2. The plant extracts found to be cytotoxic as evident from hemolytic, brine shrimp lethality and mutagenic activity by Ames test at variable levels. From in vivo study it was proved that Datura innoxia and Croton tiglium showed significant toxicity and developed micronucleus and also proved cellular damage against vital organs like liver and kidney. Amino acids of selected plant seeds were also profiled in which isoleucine and tryptophan remains undetectable among essential amino acids. Chemical compounds of selected plants oils were identified by GC-MS which showed significant antimicrobial activity against the selected microbial species. In LC-MS of methanolic extracts analysis wide ranges of phenolic compounds were documented. Moreover, compounds were also purified from methanolic extracts through column chromatography and characterized by advanced spectroscopic techniques like 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, IR and ESI-MS, following compounds like apigenin, ursolic acid, rutin, chlorogenic acid and ferulic acid were first time reported from these plants. The current research study explored the selected medicinal plants in a very comprehensive fashion and presented their different biological aspects. In future these results may be used as foundation for large scale extraction and isolation of different bioactive compounds and their applications. Fur
RECOMMENDING A RELIABLE FRIEND IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK USING SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

: Online Social Network(OSN) is a platform, where users are able to share information among them easily and instantly. The sensitive information of an user can be misused by his/her friends or friends of friends due to the lack of Friend Request Acceptance (FRA) and Reliable FRA (also known as Reliable Decision Making), which is one of the key issues in OSNs. The existing FRA techniques are functioning based on Blind (method, where user used to accept friend requests without knowing information of friend-to-be), Manual Search (method, accept friend requests by complying identical attributes with friend-to-be or confirming by the timeline, if profile is public) and Prospect to become friend (method, considers the matching factor using the same attributes of the user and friend-to-be). Reliable Decision Making (RDM) is a function that determines the reliable friend based on the following parameters, such as security, flexibility, effectiveness and satisfaction. A approach is to bring down the misused information by filtering FRA and RDM using a reliable method to find out more information about the friend-to-be. This motivated us to propose a method for reliable decision making (RDM) of accepting friend request with added technical attributes to the algorithm in the existing system and also analyze the person’s social behaviour as positive, negative and neutral through semantic analysis. The objective of the proposed system is to recommend a reliable friend in Online Social Network considering the hobbies, qualification and their behaviour.
Can Investing Diaries be Hazardous to Your Financial Health?

Business writers and academics have suggested keeping an investing diary to avoid hindsight bias. In the diary, investors justify their predictions of future events, e.g., “This stock will go up because…” Eliminating hindsight bias should improve future returns. However, psychological research on the “explanation effect” suggests that justifying one’s predictions in writing induces overconfidence and, by consequence, reduces current returns. We test these propositions in a set of prediction markets populated by two types of traders: forecasters who completed a required investing diary task and non-forecasters who did not. The portfolios of forecasters were significantly over-invested in securities associated with the forecaster’s prediction. This is consistent with prior psychological research and a clear sign of investor over-confidence. We further find that forecasters with accurate predictions have higher returns than those with inaccurate predictions. However, the returns for forecasters with inaccurate predictions were generally no worse than the returns of the non-forecasters. Our results suggest that while keeping an investing diary may lead to biased portfolios, it does not have an overall negative effect on current returns. Therefore, contrary to expectations, there is not a trade-off between the long-term and short-term effects of an investing diary.