Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ANALYTICAL DERIVATIVES OF EIGENFUNCTIONS, ENERGY INTEGRAL AND GROUP VELOCITY FOR P-SV WAVES

We present a fast and accurate analytical procedure to compute partial derivatives of energy integral and eigenfunctions with respect to the structural parameters. The method adopts the P-SV waves modal formalism for laterally homogeneous layered structure. In addition, we propose an asymptotic fast method to compute analytically the group velocity derivative with respect to structural parameters. These developments allow to develop an efficient algorithm for computing the differential seismograms, which can be used in waveform inversion. MIRAMARE TRIESTE October 1997
TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF LEVOBUPIVACAINE WITH FENTANYL FOR KNEE ARTHOSCOPY

Background: In recent years levobupivacaine, the pure s (-) stereoisomer of bupivacaine has emerged as safer alternative to bupivacaine. Fentanyl has been used commonly with bupivacaine for enhancement of analgesia without intensifying motor and sympathetic block in intrathecal anesthesia. In our study we compare the clinical efficacy and adverse effects of levobupivacaine alone and in combination with fentanyl in knee arthroscopy under intrathecal anesthesia. Materials and methods: In this prospective, randomized, double blind study, 60 patients undergoing knee arthroscopy under intrathecal anesthesia were randomized into two groups of 30 patients each. 2.8ml of 0.5% isobaric levobupivacaine (14mg) plus 0.2ml of normal saline in group a and 2.8ml of 0.5% isobaric levobupivacaine (14mg) plus 0.2ml fentanyl (10mcg) in group b were administered intrathecally. The efficacy was compared in terms of onset, duration and quality of sensory and motor block, hemodynamic changes and adverse effects. Results: The duration of sensory block was significantly prolonged in levobupivacaine plus fentanyl group (p < 0.05). Levobupivacaine plus fentanyl group also had significantly better degree of motor block compared to plain levobupivacaine group (p < 0.05). Hemodynamic changes were similar in both the groups. Conclusion: The study concludes that combination of fentanyl with levobupivacaine offered an advantage of improved degree of motor block and prolonged duration of sensory block with least side effects.
Haikal Anuar Adnan et al. (2014)

This study was carried out to identify the differences of emotional intelligence and religious orientation between students in government secondary schools and religious secondary schools. This study involved 224 respondents that were chosen via purposive sampling technique. The emotional intelligence questionnaire used in this study was based on BarOn’s emotional intelligence theory while religious orientation was measured using the Religion Orientation Scale. Data collected were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 19.0. T-test was used to observe the differences of emotional intelligence and religious orientation between students in government secondary schools and religious secondary schools. The results showed that there were differences in emotional intelligence but no difference was found in religious orientation between students from government secondary schools and religious secondary schools.
Covid CT Net: A Transfer Learning Approach for Identifying Corona Virus from CT Scans

The pandemic of COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading across the globe since it first surfaced in the Wuhan province of China. Several governments are forced to have nationwide lockdowns due to the progressive increase in a daily number of cases. The hospitals and other medical facilities are facing difficulties to cope with the overwhelming number of patients they can provide support due to the shortage in the number of required medical professionals and resources for meeting this demand. While the vaccine to cure this disease is still on the way, early diagnosis of patients and putting them in quarantine has become a cumbersome task too. In this study, we propose to build an artificial intelligence-based system for classifying patients as COVID-19 positive or negative within a few seconds by using their chest CT Scans. We use a transfer learning approach to build our classifier model using a dataset obtained from openly available sources. This work is meant to assist medical professionals in saving hours of their time for the diagnosis of the Coronavirus using chest radiographs and not intended to be the sole way of diagnosis.
Mobilization and Immobilization of Repository-Related Trace Elements in Granitic Rocks

3 1. THE PROJECT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GERMAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES 4 2. CONNECTIONS WITH SKB ACTIVITIES 5 3. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES 6 4. CHARACTERIZATION OF ÄSPÖ GRANITOIDS 8 4.1. Petrography and alteration stages 8 4.2 Classification of rock alteration 9 4.3 Volume distribution of the main granitoid types 10 4.4 Chemical redistributions in whole rocks 11 4.5 Magmatic versus hydrothermal chemical variations 12 5. CALCULATION OF GAIN AND LOSS 17 6. DETERMINATION OF EPIDOTE RETENTION CAPACITY 20 6.1 Epidote-fluid reactions 20 6.2 Determination of D-values 23 7. RETENTION CAPACITY OF THE GEOLOGICAL BARRIER GRANITE 25 7.1 Volume of heated rock (matrix volume) 25 7.2 Mass of underground water within the matrix volume 25
IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTORS (AMVS) ON THE ECMWF SYSTEM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER VAPOUR AMV OBSERVATION OPERATOR

A series of Observing System Experiments show that the current 4D-Var operational system benefits from the assimilation of both satellite data and conventional observations. In particular AMVs show a small positive impact in the Northern Hemisphere but are essential component of the observation system for the Tropics. Up till now there has been no attempt to model the vertical structure of the model wind in the observation operator for Water Vapour Clear Sky AMVs. AMVs are considered as single level wind such are aircraft observation. Work to investigate the use of deep layer model winds for an observation operator will be discussed.
Forecasting Analysis of Indonesia’s Shrimp Export to Japan

Original Research Article Forecasting is attempted to predict future circumstances and events through testing the situation in the past. The purpose of this study was to analyze the best model to forecast Indonesia’s shrimp export to Japan. Data of Indonesia’s Shrimp exports are time series during 1989-2017. Moving Averages, Single Exponential Smoothing, Least Squares Trend, Quadratic Trend, and Box-Jenkins (ARIMA) models were used to predict the Indonesia’s shrimp export to Japan during 1989-2017 and to forecast export in 2018. Then, the forecast error analysis was analyzed by MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error), MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation), and MSE (Mean Square Error. Minitab 17 application and Microsoft Excel were used for data analysis. As a result, ARIMA was selected as the best model as forecasting model because it has the smallest forecasting errors evaluated by MAPE, MAD, and MSE and is able to predict more accurately than other forecasting models.
VIZInteraction: Visualizing Psychophysiological Responses to Colors

It is difficult to imagine a day without looking at a screen. From the smaller to the bigger ones, we look at and interact with interfaces every day. Technologies has filled the lives of people changing and shaping it. From mobile applications and websites to smart TVs the world is surrounded by interfaces either simple or sometimes even very complex. Every screen has different aspects that go into the development of the interface, going from the shape and size of the components to color, but there is no real way of understanding what the user desires and what attracts the user to an interface, the data is complex, vast and difficult to read. Information visualization has been used more and more to analyze and explore data. Every dataset could be placed through a process of visualization to be easier and faster to take results. However, visualizing data must be a well thought process and depends on the data that would like to be seen in a visual form. As beings that react better to visual cues visualization can help to have a better understanding of the data and discover hidden patterns. In this project it was studied if by creating a visualization tool there was a better understanding of what the user prefers to see in an interface regarding color. The data that will be visualized is the psychophysiological responses to color and the emotions users say the same color transmits. This project visualizes valence and arousal collected from a user questionnaire and from brain wave signals, from twelve different colors, in an interface with a dashboard approach. An idiom study was made as well as two distant types of evaluation to ensure the usability and utility of the interface. Taking from the evaluations that visualization can in fact help understand this complex data.
Some Effects of Oiling on Reproduction of Ducks

After ingestion of 2 gm/kg of a relatively nontoxic lubricating oil, one mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and two Pekins stopped laying for about 2 weeks. Very small quantities of oil coated on mallard eggs reduced their hatchability to 21 percent compared to 80 percent found for unoiled mallard eggs. Experimentally oiled mallards continued incubating their clutches, but their eggs did not hatch even though they continued incubation for longer than normal periods. It is abundantly clear that oil pollution presents a serious hazard to waterfowl. The extent of this problem has been reviewed by Erickson (1963). Previously, investigators reported the acute mortality of waterfowl affected by polluting oils. Since Hartung (1963), using isotopelabeled oils, had demonstrated experimentally that oiled ducks will ingest significant quantities of oil in preening their plumage, it was decided to test whether ingested oils could inhibit egg laying. The assistance rendered by Nathan P. Johnson, Department of Wildlife Management, The University of Michigan, is gratefully acknowledged. EFFECT OF INGESTED OIL ON LAYING A number of ducks were induced to lay eggs at almost daily intervals by exposing them to a photoperiod which was slowly advanced to correspond to 14 hours of daylight. Three experimental ducks, one mallard and two Pekins, were fed by stomach tube 2 grams of lubricating oil per kilogram of body weight. These three ducks ceased laying immediately, while two control ducks which were fed equivalent amounts of water by stomach tube continued laying. Among the experimental ducks, laying did not resume until 2 weeks later. During this time the ducks which had ingested oil displayed much less reproductive behavior than the unaffected controls. Previous studies (Hartung 1963) have shown that a dose of 2 grams of oil would be ingested in preening during the first 3 days after oiling by a duck which had been oiled with about 6 grams of polluting oil. These 6 grams of polluting oil present a slightly lower than average level of oiling under natural conditions (Hartung 1964: 30). EFFECT OF OILING EGGS ON HATCHABILITY Rittinghaus (1956) reported an incident in which numerous Cabot's terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) and other shorebirds became contaminated with oil which had been washed up on shore. Eggs which were subsequently oiled by the plumage of oiled females did not hatch even after 50 days of incubation. To test the effects of oiling on the hatchability of eggs quantitatively, a number of mallard eggs were incubated in a 50-egg incubator kept at 102 F. The eggs were turned twice daily and sprinkled regularly with water to maintain a high level of humidity. They were candled after 6 days, and the infertile ones were discarded. The fertile eggs were weighed to the nearest 1 This report is part of a study which was supported financially by the National Science Foundation, National Wildlife Federation, and the Department of Wildlife Management of The University of Michigan.
A Study of Different Energy Storage Devices Used in Electric Vehicles

Scarcity of Fossil Fuels which leads to increase in cost of fuel, this is affecting the automotive industries very badly. This is the major concern, because of which major automotive companies are shifting towards new emerging technology. The new emerging technology is of Vehicles which are not using fossil fuels rather they are making use of electricity. Electricity is available in many different forms. In this paper, comparisons between various vehicles are carried out which are not using any kind of fossil fuels for their operation. Electrically operated vehicles such as Electric Vehicles (EVs), Electric Hybrid Vehicles (EHVs) and Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles (FCHVs) are discussed. The operation or performance of electricity operated vehicles vastly depends on it Energy Storage System (ESS) This paper also represents various energy storage techniques. After the detailed study of every electrically operated vehicle it is found that every vehicle is having some merits and demerits depending on the performances requirement and applications.
Open loop Nash games and positive systems – solvability conditions for non symmetric Riccati equations

In this paper we define positive games, which are based on the notion of positive systems. Especially, two player open loop Nash games on the infinite time horizon are studied. It is known (see e.g. [11] or [12]), that the existence of a unique Nash equilibrium is mainly related with the existence of a left-right stabilizing solution to the algebraic Nash Riccati equation. For the games proposed, such a solution can be constructed with the Newton method under rather mild conditions. This yields an effective algorithm to calculate the desired solution, if it exists. Finally, a numerical example is discussed.
On the prime ideal structure of tensor products of algebras

This paper is concerned with the prime spectrum of a tensor product of algebras over a 5eld. It seeks necessary and su8cient conditions for such a tensor product to have the S-property, strong S-property, and catenarity. Its main results lead to new examples of stably strong S-rings and universally catenarian rings. The work begins by investigating the minimal prime ideal structure. Throughout, several results on polynomial rings are recovered, and numerous examples are provided to illustrate the scope and sharpness of the results. c © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. MSC: 13C15; 13B24; 13F05
FIELD FLUCTUATIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF NOISE IN SINGLE AND DOUBLE NEGATIVE METAMATERIALS

We considered the fluctuations of electromagnetic field in a capacitor filled with wire mesh metamaterial with negative dielectric permittivity and in backward-wave (metamaterial-containing) transmission line. In both cases we utilized the possibility to represent the metamaterial structures with equivalent circuits and applied the fluctuation-dissipation theorem to calculate fluctuations of electric field/noise voltage. We obtained spectral dependences of mean square fluctuation of electric field and noise voltage. Our consideration may be of interest for the case of microwave transmission lines where wire mesh SNG are utilized for different practical purposes, but even more for the optical nanotransmission lines where the ranges of noise and carrier signal overlap and where the dissipative processes and the connected noise determine their ultimate performance.
Short-term forecasting of regional biospheric CO2 fluxes in Europe using a light-use-efficiency model (VPRM, MPI-BGC version 1.2)

Abstract. Forecasting atmospheric CO2 concentrations on synoptic timescales ( ∼ days) can benefit the planning of field campaigns by better predicting the location of important gradients. One aspect of this, accurately predicting the day-to-day variation in biospheric fluxes, poses a major challenge. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using a diagnostic light-use-efficiency model, the Vegetation Photosynthesis Respiration Model (VPRM), to forecast biospheric CO2 fluxes on the timescale of a few days. As input, the VPRM model requires downward shortwave radiation, 2 m temperature, and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) and land surface water index (LSWI), both of which are calculated from MODIS reflectance measurements. Flux forecasts were performed by extrapolating the model input into the future, i.e., using downward shortwave radiation and temperature from a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model, as well as extrapolating the MODIS indices to calculate future biospheric CO2 fluxes with VPRM. A hindcast for biospheric CO2 fluxes in Europe in 2014 has been done and compared to eddy covariance flux measurements to assess the uncertainty from different aspects of the forecasting system. In total the range-normalized mean absolute error (normalized) of the 5 d flux forecast at daily timescales is 7.1 %, while the error for the model itself is 15.9 %. The largest forecast error source comes from the meteorological data, in which error from shortwave radiation contributes slightly more than the error from air temperature. The error contribution from all error sources is similar at each flux observation site and is not significantly dependent on vegetation type.
Home Automation System Coordinator Replacement With One-Touch Network Recommissioning

The home automation systems (HASs) and products market has seen significant growth over the past decade. The current HAS architecture is based on a centralized network coordinator to form, manage, and supervise the network system. Each smart home device is typically manually on-boarded onto the network through the coordinator. If the network coordinator fails or a user wishes to change the technology provider, the HAS needs to be recommissioned. Recommissioning can be a tedious task, as it involves manual on-boarding of possibly a multitude of existing smart home devices onto the new network coordinator. This tight coupling between the devices and network coordinator is seen as a significant road-block for further expansion of the HAS market. Here, we present a HAS proxy that incorporates mechanisms to eliminate tight coupling between smart home devices and a centralized network coordinator. Our HAS proxy approach enables one-touch on-boarding of existing smart home devices onto any new network coordinator with devices being oblivious of the process rendering network recommissioning unnecessary. We evaluated the concept in a simulator for HAS along with our HAS proxy.
The Darmstadt International Relations Corpus (DIReC)

The Darmstadt International Relations Corpus (DIReC) compiles all articles of the three most influential journals in the field of International Relations – International Organization, World Politics and International Security – from 1974 to 2000. It enables both research in the conceptual history of political science and linguistic analysis of the specialised language. This paper presents the data structure, the user interface and some use cases of DIReC.
EFFECT OF FEEDING DIFFERENT DIETARY ENERGY LEVELS ON PRODUCTIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKS UNDER CAGE AND FLOOR HOUSING SYSTEMS

n experiment was conducted to determine and compare the differences in productive and physiological performance of broiler chicks fed three different dietary energy levels under two housing systems on floor pens and in cages. The model trial was conducted with 180 Hubbard broiler chicks from 0 to 5 weeks of age, chicks were distributed in a completely randomized design with 3(E) X 2 (R) factorial arrangement 3(E) ME levels: low, medium and high and 2(R) housing systems (floor pens and cages), resulting in a total of 6 treatments with 3 replicates of 10 chicks each. The results indicated that: Productive performance of broiler chicks: live body weight (LBW), daily weight gain (DWG), feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), performance index (PI) and production efficiency factor (PEF) were not affected by the (E) interaction between three energy levels and two housing systems, (E) energy levels and (R) housing system at whole experimental period. Blood plasma parameters were not affected by E interaction between energy levels and housing system except plasma albumin. Floor pens that raised broiler chicks had significantly (P≤0.05) lower plasma albumin than that those of the cage reared ones, being (2.01 vs. 3.03 g/dl). Carcass traits and relative weight of lymphoid organs were not affected by R * E interaction, except dressing to cook percentages. Feeding economical efficiency showed that, floor pens that raised broiler chicks had higher mean (REE) than those of the cages reared ones and REE was improved for broiler chicks only by feeding high energy level (floor pens) or low energy level (cages).
Combined control of codling moth Cydia pomonella L. and oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta Busck (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by mating disruption on pears in Australia.

Codling moth (CM) and oriental fruit moth (OFM) are both very important pests of pome fruit in Victoria, Australia. Successful control of OFM in stone fruit and CM in pome fruit has been achieved by the use of pheromone-mediated mating disruption in Victorian orchards. However, mating disruption can be costly for growers when applied at the full registered rates for both of these pests on pome fruit. Field trials conducted over three seasons consistently demonstrated that the effectiveness of the half rate of Isomate OFM Rosso for OFM control combined with the full rate of Isomate CTT for CM control was comparable with the full registered rates of both these dispensers applied in pears. During three consecutive seasons of the trial, both treatments reduced moth catches and fruit damage to a similar degree. The results suggest that the cost of controlling OFM and CM together in pears by mating disruption could be reduced by applying half the registered rate of Isomate OFM Rosso (one dispenser tree-1 or 250 dispensers hectare-1) combined with the full rate of Isomate CTT (two dispensers tree-1 or 500 dispensers hectare-1).
Nonparametric Robust Estimator for Slope Parameter in Linear Structural Relationship Model

Article history: Received 21-11-2018 Received in revised 15-12-2018 Accepted 30-12-2018 Available online 31-12-2018 In this study, the slope parameter of linear structural relationship model is determined by using the proposed robust nonparametric method based on trimmed mean. This method is an upgrade to the nonparametric method that was introduced by Al-Nasser et al. (2005) by employing trimmed mean for all likely paired slopes rather than median slopes. Simulation study and real data were used to compare the proposed method’s performance versus the traditional maximum likelihood method. In the simulation study, based on both methods’ mean square error, it was inferred that the MLE method break down due to the presence of outliers even though its elaborate was not affected when there was no outlier in the data set. Based on the real life examples, it can be concluded that the performance of our proposed method was better in determining the slope parameter and thus provides a good alternative to MLE method when outliers are present.