Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
English mediopassive constructions: A cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status

This book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction. On a more abstract level, it combines the corpus-based description of mediopassive constructions with cognitive linguistic models, drawing largely on notions such as ‘prototype’, ‘family resemblances’, ‘patch’ and ‘construction’. The theoretical modelling is largely based on data from real texts. These come from publicly available machine-readable corpora, text-databases and a single-register ‘corpus’ (American mail-order catalogues). The study combines the corpus-based approach with cognitive theories and is therefore of interest to both empirical and theoretical linguists.
Multisensor Instrumentation 6σ Design: Defined Accuracy Computer-Integrated Measurement Systems

Preface. 1. Process, Quantum, and Analytical Sensors. 1-0 Introduction. 1-1 Instrumentation Error Representation. 1-2 Temperature Sensors. 1-3 Mechanical Sensors. 1-4 Quantum Sensors. 1-5 Analytical Sensors. Bibliography. 2. Instrumentation Amplifiers and Parameter Errors. 2-0 Introduction. 2-1 Device Temperature Characteristics. 2-2 Differential Amplifiers. 2-3 Operational Amplifiers. 2-4 Instrumentation Amplifiers. 2-5 Amplifier Parameter Error Evaluation. Bibliography. 3. Active Filter Design with Nominal Error. 3-0 Introduction. 3-1 Lowpass Instrumentation Filters. 3-2 Active Filter Networks. 3-3 Filter Error Analysis. 3-4 Bandpass Instrumentation Filters. Bibliography. 4. Linear Signal Conditioning to Six-Sigma Confidence. 4-0 Introduction. 4-1 Signal Conditioning Input Considerations. 4-2 Signal Quality Evaluation and Improvement. 4-3 DC, Sinusoidal, and Harmonic Signal Conditioning. 4-4 Redundant Signal Conditioning and Diagnostics. Bibliography 5. Data Conversion Devices and Errors. 5-0 Introduction. 5-1 Analog Multiplexers. 5-2 Sample Holds. 5-3 Digital-to-Analog Converters. 5-4 Analog-to-Digital Converters. Bibliography. 6. Sampling and Reconstruction with Intersample Error. 6-0 Introduction. 6-1 Sampled Data Theory. 6-2 Aliasing of Signal and Noise. 6-3 Step-Interpolated Data Intersample Error. 6-4 Output Signal Interpolation, Oversampling, and Digital Conditioning. Bibliography. 7. Measurement and Control Instrumentation Error Analysis. 7-0 Introduction. 7-1 Low-Data-Rate Digital Control Instrumentation. 7-2 High-Data-Rate Video Acquisition. 7-3 Computer-Integrated Instrumentation Analysis Suite Bibliography 8. Multisensor Architectures and Error Propagation. 8-0 Introduction. 8-1 Multisensor Fusion, Integration, and Error. 8-2 Sequential Multisensor Architecture. 8-3 Homogeneous Multisensor Architecture. 8-4 Heterogeneous Multisensor Architecture. Bibliography. 9. Instrumentation System Integration and Interfaces. 9-0 Introduction. 9-1 System Integration and Interface Buses. 9-2 Instrument Serial Bus Interfaces. 9-3 Microwave Microscopy Virtual Instrument. 9-4 Analytical Instrumentation in Advanced Control. Bibliography. Index.
Essential Element for Viability of I.S. Education: Improving our Creativity

The halcyon years of IS education are gone. IS educational units are now faced not only with issues of declining students and resources but with the question of survival. Entirely new approaches must be developed to ensure the viability of IS academia. A framework for improvement is the 4-Ps model of creativity (person, process, product and press). For aid in process, research has shown that the use of creativity enhancement techniques has produced substantive improvements in IS organizations. Those same techniques need to be applied to the field of IS education. A proven methodology is available: creative problem solving. Twenty creativity techniques have been transported over from other disciplines to the IS field. Five of the these techniques are illustrated on the problem of ensuring the viability of IS Education. The CPS methodology, taught within the framework of the 4-Ps model, should be provided to IS students as well, to enable them to meet the continuing challenges of the IS profession.
Estimating a social accounting matrix using cross entropy methods

There is a continuing need to use recent and consistent multisectoral economic data to support policy analysis and the development of economywide models. Updating and estimating input-output tables and social accounting matrices (SAMs), which provides the underlying data framework for this type of model and analysis, for a recent year is a difficult and a challenging problem. The traditional RAS approach requires that we start with a consistent SAM for a particular year and “update” it for a later year given new information on row and column sums. This paper extends the RAS method by proposing a flexible “cross entropy” approach to estimating a consistent SAM starting from inconsistent data estimated with error, a common experience in many countries. The method is flexible and powerful when dealing with scattered and inconsistent data. It allows incorporating errors in variables, inequality constraints, and prior knowledge about any part of the SAM (not just row and column sums). Since the input-output accounts are contained within the SAM framework, updating an input-output table is a special case of the general SAM estimation problem. The paper describes the RAS procedure and “cross entropy” method, and compares the underlying “information theory” and classical statistical approaches to parameter estimation. An example is presented applying the cross entropy approach to data from Mozambique. An appendix includes a listing of the computer code in the GAMS language used in the procedure.
Load Balance: Energy Efficient Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Network

Energy consumption is one of the major issue in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) which reduces the lifetime of the network. In this developed work an Cluster based Energy Efficient Routing Protocol (CBEERP) , which is gathering the sensor hubs in the system into clusters, in this manner it productively decreased the flooding traffic during discover the routing. The proposed CBEERP will balance the Energy in the Group by using some second order nodes. The reinforcement High effective hubs replace the cluster head after the cluster reaches to its threshold energy level. This CBEERP will help the effectiveness and lifetime of the system.
Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, & Capabilities

Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities, Fourth Edition, equips readers who are already familiar with computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web with a deeper understanding of the broad capabilities of technology. Becoming Skilled at Information Technology: Terms of Endearment: Defining Information Technology; What the Digerati Know: Exploring the HumanComputer Interface; Making the Connection: The Basics of Networking; Marking Up with HTML: A Hypertext Markup Language Primer; Searching for Truth: Locating Information on the WWW; Searching for Guinea Pig B: Case Study in Online Research. Algorithms and Digitizing Information: To Err Is Human: An Introduction to Debugging; Bits and the "Why" of Bytes: Representing Information Digitally; Following Instructions: Principles of Computer Operation; What's the Plan? Algorithmic Thinking; Light, Sound, Magic: Representing Multimedia Digitally. Data and Information: Computers in Polite Society: Social Implications of IT; Shhh, It's a Secret: Privacy and Digital Security; Fill-in-the-Blank Computing: Basics of Spreadsheets; What If Thinking Helps: Advanced Spreadsheets for Planning; A Table with a View: Database Queries; iDiary: A Case Study in Database Design. Problem Solving: Get with the Program: Fundamental Concepts Expressed in JavaScript; The Bean Counter: A JavaScript Program; Thinking Big: Programming Functions; Once Is Not Enough: Iteration Principles; The Smooth Motion: Case Study in Algorithmic Problem Solving; Computers Can Do Almost {Everything, Nothing}: Limits to Computation; A Fluency Summary: Click to Close. For readers interested in computers, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and a deeper understanding of technology.
Educational Resilience as a Quadripartite Responsibility: Indigenous Peoples Participating in Higher Education via Distance Education.

Considerations of educational resilience are often linked to student participation, retention, and outcomes in distance higher education, in spite of adversity, equity issues, or ‘invisible fences’ that students may face. This paper further develops the quadripartite model of educational resilience (Willems, 2010; Willems & Reupert, forthcoming); that is, educational resilience as the shared responsibility of students, educators, institutions, and communities—as a means to help assess and promote educational resilience and minimise student attrition in a specific cohort of distance learners, namely indigenous peoples. Through this lens the experiences of an online indigenous distance learner are explored.
Variabilidad clínica de la polimicrogiria: a propósito de 35 nuevos casos y revisión de la bibliografía

Introduccion. El estudio diagnostico de polimicrogiria mediante resonancia magnetica ha facilitado la publicacion de varias series de pacientes en las que las manifestaciones clinicas predominantes varian considerablemente. Objetivo. Conocer la variabilidad fenotipica de la polimicrogiria basandose en la serie de pacientes atendidos en nuestro servicio y la revision de la bibliografia. Pacientes y metodos. Estudio retrospectivo de los pacientes diagnosticados de polimicrogiria mediante resonancia magnetica y seguidos en consultas durante los anos 1989-2011. Resultados. De un total de 44 pacientes, nueve fueron excluidos por no cumplir los criterios diagnosticos radiologicos propuestos por Barkovich. La polimicrogiria fue bilateral en 22/35 pacientes (una frontal, 21 perisilvianas) y unilateral en 13/35 (dos frontales, el resto perisilvianas). Todos los pacientes con polimicrogiria bilateral tenian algun tipo de discapacidad intelectual, un 71% tenia retraso global del desarrollo, un 75% tenia trastorno oromotor y un 40% tenia epilepsia. Los pacientes con polimicrogiria unilateral presentaron discapacidad intelectual (65%), retraso global del desarrollo (55%), trastorno oromotor (55%) y epilepsia (55%), estando asintomaticos dos pacientes (2 anos de edad). La presentacion clinica de los pacientes dependia de la edad: en el periodo neonatal, el sintoma guia fue el trastorno oromotor; antes de los 2 anos, el retraso global del desarrollo; y partir de los 2 anos, la epilepsia. Conclusion. En este estudio, a diferencia de otras series, el sintoma mas prevalente fue la discapacidad intelectual (independientemente del tipo de polimicrogiria), seguido del trastorno oromotor y, en menor medida, la epilepsia.
Deep Learning-based Approach for Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings

Condition monitoring and fault detection of roller element bearings is of vital importance to ensuring safe and reliable operation of rotating machinery systems. Over the past few years, convolutional neural network (CNN) has been recognized as a useful tool for fault detection of roller element bearings. Unlike the traditional fault diagnosis approaches, CNN does not require manually extracting the fault-related features from the raw sensor data and most CNN-based fault diagnosis approaches feed the raw or shallowly pre-processed data as the training/testing inputs to a CNN model, thereby avoiding the need for manual feature extraction. As such, these approaches can be considered as purely data-driven. However, it has been proven that some well-established signal pre-processing techniques such as spectral kurtosis and envelope analysis can effectively clean and pre-process a raw signal to be a better representative of the health condition of a bearing without losing critical diagnostic information. This study proposes a new approach to bearing fault diagnosis, termed the SK-based multi-channel CNN (SCNN), that combines signal pre-processing techniques with a modified 1D CNN. The proposed SCNN approach involves two main steps: in the first step, each raw sensor signal acquired from a bearing is pre-processed to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio without losing critical diagnostic information carried by the signal; and in the second step, all pre-processed signals are fed into a 1D multi-channel CNN that classifies the health condition of the bearing. An experimental case study was carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach. In this case study, a machinery fault simulator was used to validate the performance of SCNN in the presence of faults unrelated to bearings such as shaft misalignment and rotor unbalance.
Adaptive averaging in higher order neural networks for invariant pattern recognition

For the task of position-, scale-, and rotation-invariant pattern recognition higher order neural networks have shown good separation results for different object classes. However, their use is limited by the large number of monomials that have to be calculated to get the invariant features. Even with the application of methods like coarse coding to reduce the number of monomials the computational requirements are still large. Here a new method is proposed where the averaging of the monomials to form the invariant features is performed adaptively with a network architecture that uses coupled nodes. Thereby the features are adapted to a specific application. This reduces significantly the number and order of the monomials necessary for the invariant recognition of patterns. Moreover, the classification part of the network becomes superfluous since the output of the network is already one-dimensional and binary. The properties of the new method in comparison to higher order neural networks are shown for position and 90-degree-rotation invariance and for invariance with respect to different object backgrounds. The application to rotations of smaller angles is outlined.
Financial cryptography and data security : 15th International Conference, FC 2011, Gros Islet, St. Lucia, February 28-March 4, 2011 : revised selected papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2011, held in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, in February/March 2011. The 16 revised full papers and 10 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 initial submissions. The papers cover all aspects of securing transactions and systems and feature current research focusing on fundamental and applied real-world deployments on all aspects surrounding commerce security; as well as on systems security and inter-disciplinary efforts.
Aspects of cerebral blood flow in humans

The technique of transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) was used to assess cerebral blood flow (CBF) in humans. Studies were performed at rest and during dynamic submaximal exercise. In the resting experiments, TCD was combined with the technique of dynamic end-tidal forcing to study the dynamics of the CBF response to step changes in end-tidal (i.e. arterial) P C02 and P O2 In the resting and exercise experiments, the degree of consistency was examined between three indices of CBF that can be extracted from the TCD spectrum. Finally, the ventilatory and the CBF responses to acute isocapnic hypoxia were examined to try to quantify the possible reduction in ventilation that could be attributed to changes in CBF with hypoxia. In the studies performed at rest, during either hypoxia and/or hypercapnia (Chapter 2), the three indices of CBF extracted from the TCD spectrum were all consistent. However, during submaximal exercise (Chapter 5), the indices were less consistent and results suggest that the increase in CBF with exercise that has been reported with TCD needs to be treated with caution. The dynamic studies of the CBF response to step changes in end-tidal P C02 and P O2 in humans revealed that the CBF response to hypercapnia (Chapter 3) is characterised by a significant asymmetry, with a slower on-transient than off-transient, and also by a degree of undershoot following the relief of hypercapnia. The CBF response to hypocapnia (Chapter 4) is also characterised by a significant asymmetry, with a faster on-transient than off-transient. Furthermore, there is a slow progressive adaptation throughout the hypocapnic period. These studies show that the CBF responses to hypercapnia and hypocapnia are much faster than previously been thought. Finally, the work described in Chapter 6 attempts to quantify the possible reduction in ventilation that could be attributed to changes in CBF with hypoxia to determine whether it could be of sufficient magnitude to underlie hypoxic ventilatory decline (HVD). The results suggest that, in awake humans, changes in CBF during acute isocapnic hypoxia are quantitatively insufficient to underlie HVD.
Identifying patients at risk of progressive left ventricular dysfunction

Left ventricular remodelingis a strong predictor of cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction. Although transient, in only a few months this process will lead to heart failure. Recent improvementsintherapeutic strategieshave notled tothe abolitionof leftventricularremodeling,which remains a relatively frequent event after an initial acute myocardial infarction. Investigation of several approaches to the prevention and reversal of cardiac remodeling is needed, to reduce the number of patients progressing from myocardial infarction to endstage heart failure. The clinical setting of left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction lends itself to the use of global approaches in the search for circulating biomarkersof this progression, to help to identify patients who are at high risk of heart failure after myocardial infarction. Heart Metab. 2009;42:10-14.
Introducing hygiene elements into sanitation monitoring

With the 2015 Millenium Development Goal deadline approaching, discussion has turned to how to improve monitoring strategies post-2015. Key aims are to find ways to include hygiene behaviour in sanitation monitoring, evaluate the sustainability of improvements and encourage the formulation of pro-poor policy. However, at present, no robust indicator of hygiene (particularly hand-washing) has been found, and it is unclear whether current methods encourage sustainable, pro-poor interventions. This study compared various potential indicators using a dataset collected through household surveys in Kenya, with a view to testing the current approach’s predictive ability in hygiene and recommend indicators which could be used to monitor hygiene directly. The results suggested that the current approach does not reliably predict a good standard of hygiene, but that the presence of a hand-washing facility with soap could be used as a practical, global hand-washing indicator.
Advances in Tau-mediated neurodegeneration and Tau-focused drug for Alzhehimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease is the main form of dementia in today's ageing population.Aggregation of abnormally phosphorylated Tau in the form of tangs of paired helical filaments(PHFs) is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.In Alzheimer's disease,misfolded Tau is probably a key pathological agent.The recent failure of amyloid-β-targeted therapeutics in clinical trials suggests that it is timely and prudent to consider alternative drug discovery strategies.Here,we focus on advances in Tau-mediated neurodegeneration and Tau-focused drug for Alzhehimer's disease.
Klassifikation der Bandscheibendegeneration des Hundes in der nativen Computertomographie und der Hochfeld-Magnetresonanztomographie

Zusammenfassung Gegenstand und Ziel: Die Klassifikation der kaninen Bandscheibendegeneration in der Magnetresonanztomographie ist in der Literatur beschrieben, während für die computertomographische Untersuchung kaniner Bandscheibenveränderungen bisher kein etabliertes Klassifikationssystem existiert. Da die Computertomographie ein häufig genutztes bildgebendes Verfahren in der Tiermedizin darstellt, war Ziel dieser Studie, ein derartiges Klassifikationssystems zu erstellen und zu validieren. Als vergleichende Methode stand eine T2-gewichtete magnetresonanztomographische Untersuchung zur Verfügung. Material und Methoden: Die computertomographische und magnetresonanztomographische Untersuchung von 43 Hunden ergab Bilddatensätze von 144 Bandscheiben. Diese Datensätze wurden verblindet, randomisiert und jeweils zweimal von drei Gutachtern beurteilt. Der Bewertung computertomographischer Datensätze lag das selbst entwickelte Klassifikationssystem zugrunde, während für die magnetresonanztomographischen Datensätze das Klassifikationssystem nach Pfirrmann angewendet wurde. Die Intra-und Interobserver-Übereinstimmung wurde mittels Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) bestimmt. Ergebnisse: Die Intra-und Interobserver-Übereinstimmung des Klassifikationssystems nach Pfirrmann (D-Werte 0,58–0,77) und des selbst entwickelten Klassifikationssystems (D-Werte 0,60–0,81) waren überwiegend gut. Zwischen den beiden Klassifikationssystemen ergab sich eine geringe Übereinstimmung (D = 0,26–0,29). Schlussfolgerung undklinische Relevanz: Eine zuverlässige Bewertung der Bandscheibendegeneration in der Computertomographie ist mit dem selbst entwickelten Klassifikationssystem möglich. Somit lassen sich zusätzliche Informationen für Diagnose und Prognose gewinnen. Die Computertomographie erfasst degenerative Veränderungen allerdings erst in einem fortgeschritteneren Stadium als die Magnetresonanztomographie.
Multi-center phase II study of S-1 plus cisplatin in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma (AGC)

4024 Background: A Phase I study of S-1 (tegafur, oxonic acid, and CDHP) plus cisplatin performed in Western patients defined the MTD (S-1 50mg/m2/d taken orally on d 1–21 and cisplatin 75 mg/m2 given iv on d 1; q 28-d cycles) and led to this phase II study. Methods: Eligible patients had untreated AGC, histologic proof, KPS ≥70, adequate liver, kidney, and marrow functions, and written consent. Patients received S-1 plus cisplatin at the MTD. All reported responses were confirmed by the RECIST criteria and externally reviewed. Results: Target accrual of 41 evaluable patients has been achieved. Currently, safety data for 30 patients and efficacy data for 20 patients are available. There were 23 men; median age = 57 years; and median KPS: 80%). 50% had GEJ involvement. Median no. of cycles was 3.5. Overall RR was 65% (13 of 20 patients evaluated so far; 95% CI 41%–85%). Median duration of response in the 13 responders was 4.8 months. Median TTP was 4.8 months. Median survival was not reached. At least one .