Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
IDENTIFIKASI IRIS MATA MENGGUNAKAN METODE ANALISIS KOMPONEN BEBAS (INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS ANALYSIS – ICA)

Biometrik merupakan suatu ilmu yang menitikberatkan pada metode-metode untuk mengidentifikasikan secara biologis, khususnya ciri unik yang dimiliki manusia. Pada penelitian ini, ciri unik yang dibahas adalah tekstur iris mata. Setiap iris memiliki tekstur detail dan unik, bahkan berbeda antara mata kanan dan kiri. Iris mata juga tidak dapat diubah serta permanen selama berpuluh-puluh tahun, sehingga dapat digunakan dalam sistem identifikasi dengan cara mengekstraksi ciri unik tersebut. Pada penelitian ini telah dikembangkan teknik pengenalan iris mata menggunakan metode Analisis Komponen Bebas (Independent Components Analysis ICA). Penelitian dimulai dengan merancang program simulasi komputer menggunakan bahasa pemrograman Matlab. Pada penelitian ini tahapan-tahapan yang dilakukan untuk identifikasi iris mata adalah akuisisi data, pengolahan awal, ekstraksi ciri, dan klasifikasi. Pengolahan awal meliputi ekualisasi histogram, downsampling, penapisan median, deteksi tepi Canny, dan pengubahan citra iris ke koordinat polar. Algoritma yang digunakan untuk ekstraksi ciri tekstur iris mata adalah algoritma FastICA. Sedangkan untuk mengklasifikasikan ciri dari tekstur iris mata digunakan perhitungan dengan jarak Euclidean rata-rata. Program simulasi pengenalan iris mata yang telah jadi kemudian diuji menggunakan 90 citra uji. Pengenalan ditentukan dengan mencari jarak Euclidean rata-rata terkecil antara komponen bebas citra iris mata yang diujikan dengan komponen bebas citra-citra iris yang ada dalam basis-data. Dari pengujian yang dilakukan, diperoleh persentase pengenalan terbaik adalah 97,5 % dari hasil pengujian dengan menggunakan enam citra latih. Untuk penggunaan jumlah citra latih dalam basis-data yang lebih kecil dari enam citra latih dan penggunaan komponen bebas yang lebih kecil dari 10 untuk setiap jenis mata, diperoleh tingkat persentase pengenalan yang menurun.
Understanding Standard of Living and Correlates in Slums: An Analysis Using Monetary versus Multidimensional Approaches in Three Indian Cities

Slum-dwellers in developing countries live under derogatory living conditions compared to the rest of the urban areas and are marginalised socially and economically. Urban policies towards improving the living conditions of the slum-dwellers require understanding the associated characteristics, which vary both within and across cities. In this paper, we use primary household survey data specifically designed and collected from three largest metro cities in India, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi, to study living conditions in slums as well as to explore how various characteristics are similarly or differently associated with household’s monetary vis-a-vis non-monetary living conditions across cities. To assess non-monetary living standard, we use a counting approach framework. We observe slum-dwellers in Mumbai fare much better both monetarily and non-monetarily than those in Delhi and Kolkata. We find a number of characteristics to be differently associated with monetary vis-a-vis non-monetary living standards both within and across cities. Decomposition of indicators reveals the sources of deprivation among households with different characteristics. Findings of our study should have useful policy implications.
EFFECT OF ACTIVATORS SOLUTION ON MOTILITY AND FERTILIZATION OF FROZEN BLACK SHARK, LABEO CHRYSOPHEKADION SPERMATOZOA

In freshwater teleost, the spermatozoa are immotile in the testis and seminal plasma. The difference in osmolality between seminal plasma and external water is an important regulatory factor of sperm motility in many fish species. The initiation of sperm motility is triggered by increasing osmolality in marine fish or by decreasing osmolality in freshwater fish. Modified extender +DMSO (10%) and MC+DMSO (15%) were used to cryopreserve black shark, Labeo chrysophekadion sperm. Five activators solution (Tap water, 17mM NaCl+5 mM Tris-HCl, 0.3% NaCl, 100 mM KCl+20 mM Tris-HCl and SAS (50 mM NaCl+30 mM KCl+30 mM Tris-HCl) were used to examine the feasibility of activations solution of frozen black shark sperm. The highest percentage of motility (74%) fertilization (50%) and has a long time motile spermatozoa 61 s (P<0.05) was resulting from 0.3% NaCl as activator. Which has a lower osmotic pressure (96 mOsm kg-1) than that of frozen spermatozoa of black shark (251 mOsm kg-1). The present study found that increasing osmolality in 100 mM KCl+20 mM Tris-HCl (230 mOsm kg-1) and SAS (191 mOsm kg-1) solutions were decreasing in motility and fertilization percentages of black shark frozen sperm.
HYBRIDIZING L2 LEARNING: AFFORDANCES OF THE INVERTED CLASS APPROACH WITH ONLINE TASKS

Based on the assumption that both knowledge of English and digital literacy are important to access information online (Finardi, Prebianca, & Momm, 2013), the present study investigated the impact of a hybrid approach to English as a foreign language teaching in an intact class in Brazil. Hybrid approaches have been described as the combination of face-to-face classes with online instruction, (Graham, 2005), and in this study it was operationalized as an inverted class approach, that is, the combination of face-to-face classes with computer-mediated activities performed in an online environment, outside the class. Twenty male participants were recruited in an intact class in the Brazilian Navy Academy Boarding School to participate in the study. Data includes class observation, questionnaires and interviews, analyzed qualitatively to evaluate the impact of online tasks in L2 learning, as well as in the development of students’ autonomy and digital literacy. Three tasks adapted from Finardi and Porcino (2013) using different sites on the internet were administered, followed by a questionnaire after each task. Overall results of the qualitative analysis of students’ perceptions of the tasks performed in the online environment revealed that the L2 hybrid approach used may contribute to the development of students’ autonomy, motivation, digital literacy and L2 development through extended contact with and in the target language.
Review of the sustainable built environment in 1998–2015

A city is a complex physical and social phenomenon that is under constant development and undergoes quantitative and qualitative changes. The welfare of the whole society depends on the sustainability of the built environment. The article presents a review of the literature on the sustainable built environment, which was made on the basis of the Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection database. The analysed articles were published between 1998 and 2015. The analysis of the number of publications was made according to years of publication, countries, research areas and the Web of Science categories. 31 article and review document type were selected for a detailed analysis by three key Web of Science categories: environmental science, environmental studies, and construction and building technology.
Study on the Transformation of Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Management

Since ancient times, accumulated rich ceramic culture with porcelain industry in Jingdezhen, known as the capital of porcelain. The Millennium kiln fire, like a Phoenix, the birth of a Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Management is brilliant. Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Management has a diversity of characteristics: there is a long history of porcelain, precious cultural relics, and the traditional porcelain technology, a large number of ceramic artists, rich ceramic products, and unique ceramic custom and so on. Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Management is the outstanding representative of Chinese culture, the history of its transformation and practical thinking is the current more popular research direction. From four perspectives of economic and political, cultural, social and ecological aspects, this paper discusses the background of the transformation of Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Management, and studies the practical value of the transformation of Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Management.
EVALUATING UNMANNED AERIAL PLATFORMS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE LARGE SCALE MAPPING

Abstract. When it comes to large scale mapping of limited areas especially for cultural heritage sites, things become critical. Optical and non-optical sensors are developed to such sizes and weights that can be lifted by such platforms, like e.g. LiDAR units. At the same time there is an increase in emphasis on solutions that enable users to get access to 3D information faster and cheaper. Considering the multitude of platforms, cameras and the advancement of algorithms in conjunction with the increase of available computing power this challenge should and indeed is further investigated. In this paper a short review of the UAS technologies today is attempted. A discussion follows as to their applicability and advantages, depending on their specifications, which vary immensely. The on-board cameras available are also compared and evaluated for large scale mapping. Furthermore a thorough analysis, review and experimentation with different software implementations of Structure from Motion and Multiple View Stereo algorithms, able to process such dense and mostly unordered sequence of digital images is also conducted and presented. As test data set, we use a rich optical and thermal data set from both fixed wing and multi-rotor platforms over an archaeological excavation with adverse height variations and using different cameras. Dense 3D point clouds, digital terrain models and orthophotos have been produced and evaluated for their radiometric as well as metric qualities.
Determination of Opening Prices of Equities of the Day

Though past influences the present state, every day is a new day in the stock market. Hence, five forms of distributed lag model are used for analyzing data relating to opening prices of equities of 10 major companies for one year in BSE. This includes the analysis of day of the week effect. Equities of companies are not equally positioned in the market. So behavior of equity prices of no company can be generalized. Lags of daily opening prices explain the days of the influence of expectation built within the day. Influence of expectations of the day may be exhausted within a day or it lasts longer. It depends on the strengthening or weakening of expectations in subsequent days after the particular day. The paper focuses on differences, attributed to non-synchronous trading, between closing prices of preceding and opening prices of next days. Non-synchronous trading makes the market imperfect and oligopolistic in nature. Results show the length of lags of opening prices of equities of 7 companies to be 2 and 1 for 3 companies. Closing price of preceding day decisively influences current dayâ€Ÿs opening price but day of the week effect is not significant. Opening prices display stability and convergence to equilibrium; oft repeated thesis of volatility is refuted. The time taken by the opening prices of different companies to move back into their band of stability differs between the companies.
Some Multicolor Ramsey Numbers Involving Cycles

Some Multicolor Ramsey Numbers Involving Cycles David E. Narvaez, M.S. Rochester Institute of Technology, 2015 Supervisor: Dr. Stanis law P. Radziszowski Establishing the values of Ramsey numbers is, in general, a difficult task from the computational point of view. Over the years, researchers have developed methods to tackle this problem exhaustively in ways that require intensive computations. These methods are often backed by theoretical results that allow us to cut the search space down to a size that is within the limits of current computing capacity. This thesis focuses on developing algorithms and applying them to generate Ramsey colorings avoiding cycles. It adds to a recent trend of interest in this particular area of finite Ramsey theory. Our main contributions are the enumeration of all (C5, C5, C5;n) Ramsey colorings and the study of the Ramsey numbers R (C4, C4, K4) and R4 (C5).
Real Time Pseudo-Range Correction Predicting by a Hybrid GASVM Model in Order to Improve RTDGPS Accuracy

Differential base station sometimes is not capable of sending correction information for minutes, due to radio interference or loss of signals. To overcome the degradation caused by the loss of Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) Pseudo- Range Correction (PRC), predictions of PRC is possible. In this paper, the Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Genetic Algorithms (GAs) will be incorporated for predicting DGPS PRC information. This study uses GAs to select parameters of SVMs. Online training for real-time prediction of the PRC enhances the continuity of service on the differential correction signals and therefore improves the positioning accuracy in Real Time DGPS. Given a set of data received from low cost GPS module, the GASVM can predict the PRC precisely when the PRC signal is lost for a short period of time. This method which is introduced for the first time to predict of PRC is compared to other recently published methods. The time step of the prediction was six second. The experiments show that the total RMS prediction error of GASVM is less than 0.186m for one step and 0.76m for 10 step ahead cases.
INVESTIGATING THE MOTIVATIONAL PREFERENCES OF CONSUMERS PARTICIPATING IN DIFFERENT SPORTS

One of the important issue facing sport researchers is understanding why people participate in sport programs. Most participation motivation studies conducted in different countries have identified a consistent set of motivational factors for participation. Also, it is important to compare sport participation motivation across multiple sports. Participants (N=421), involved in different sports, completed the modified version of the McDonald et al’s (2002) sport consumption motivation scale and Ko et al’s (2008) action sports motivation scale. In addition, demographic questions and some questions in relation to nutrition frequency, supplement consumption, smoking habits and sport expenditures were asked to the respondents. Confirmatory Factor Analyses showed a set of motivational factors fairly consistent with the research conducted in other countries. Significant differences were found among different sports in relation to motivation factors. Discussion and implications address how sport marketers might interpret the different motivation factors across multiple sports.
ECOTOXICOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF A SOIL POLLUTED BY HEAVY METALS AND URANIUM BEFORE AND AFTER ITS BIOREMEDIATION

A sample of an alkaline soil heavily polluted with radionuclides (uranium and radium) and heavy metals (mainly copper, zinc, lead) was subjected to bioremediation under large-scale laboratory conditions. The treatment was connected with creation of conditions enhancing the solubilization of pollutants located in the soil horizon A to the soil solution. The leaching was dependent on the activity of the indigenous microflora and to chemical processes connected with solubilization of pollutants and formation of stable complexes with some organic compounds, chloride and hydrocarbonate ions. These processes were considerably enhanced by adding hay to the horizon A and irrigating the soil with water solutions containing the above-mentioned ions and some nutrients. The dissolved pollutants in the soil solutions were in concentrations highly toxic towards Daphnia magna. After 1.6-year treatment period, the total concentration and the bioavailable forms of above-mentioned pollutants in horizon A were considerably decreased which altered their toxicity towards tested species - oats (Avena sativa) and earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris).
State of the Art Study on Aging of Asphalt Mixtures and Use of Antioxidant Additives

The detrimental effects of hardening in asphalt pavements were first recognized by pioneering pavement engineers in the 1900s and have been studied extensively during the last 70 years. This hardening process, referred to as asphalt aging, is generally defined as change in the rheological properties of asphalt binders/mixtures due to changes in chemical composition during construction and its service life period. Aging causes the asphalt material to stiffen and embrittle, which affects the durability and leads to a high potential for cracking. This paper presents the state of the art on asphalt and asphalt mixture aging and use of antioxidant additives to retard the aging. A picture of complex molecular structure of asphalt and its changes due to atmospheric condition and various protocols used to simulate aging in laboratory environment are also discussed. Emphasis is given on recent studies on simulation of aging of asphalt mixtures as there has been limited research on mixtures compared to the asphalt binder. Finally, this paper presents the application of antiaging techniques and its mechanism, use of various types of antioxidant additives to retard aging of asphalt and, hence, improve the performance of asphalt pavements.
Web Appendix to The Effects of Peer Group Heterogeneity on the Production of Human Capital at West Point : A Structural Model of Peer Substitutability

Capital at West Point: A Structural Model of Peer Substitutability. David S. Lyle Section I. Roland Benabou (1996) presents an educational production model where peer influences are represented by a distribution of peer ability. His framework provides a tractable way of linking measures of dispersion in peer group distributions to the degree of substitutability between peer ability and educational outcomes. Based on the data and research design described in the main paper, I present a specific case of the Benabou model for educational attainment at West Point. Consider the following education production function for plebe-year math grades and plebe-year academic grade point averages (GPA):
The Theory and Practice of Case-in-Point Teaching of Organizational Leadership

Leadership Education and Development programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels are implemented with an overall objective to prepare students for the dynamic ‘complex global working’ environment. Case-In-Point teaching in leadership education is an emerging pedagogy that is gaining ascendancy and relevance both in theory and practice. The pedagogy is predicated on the conception that leadership is a function of self-awareness and knowing oneself, ability to articulate one’s vision, capacity to create a community of trust among colleagues, and the ability to take effective action to realize one’s own potential; and that linear epistemology as a dominant and prevailing epistemology in leadership education can no longer be the dominant epistemology. This paper discusses how Case-In-Point Pedagogy can be used in teaching organizational leadership. The discussions are based on Ron Heifetz’ Case-In-Point Pedagogy as situated in the realist ontological frameworks of teaching leadership outlined in Sharon Parks’ Leadership Can Be Taught. The paper takes a look at the epistemological and conceptual framework of the Case-In-Point Pedagogy, the theory and practice of Case-In-Point Teaching, and how it could be incorporated into leadership courses. The themes and issues related to the adoption and use of Case-In-Point are outlined.
Nutritional Management of Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia treatment has been a conundrum for clinicians and patients for decades. Understanding of the mechanisms of disease has been limited, and this has led to less than satisfactory options for therapies. Diminished levels of neurotransmitters that are involved in inhibition of pain signals may help to partially explain the symptoms associated with Fibromyalgia. Decreased concentrations of the amino acid precursors to these neurotransmitters suggest that a nutritional deficiency exists and provides potential nutritionally mediated therapeutic targets. Studies have also demonstrated increased oxidative stress and lower antioxidant levels in fibromyalgia patients. Further understanding of the causes of these deficiencies, be it malabsorption, increased turnover or impaired conversion will help to better define nutritionally based treatments.
Comparative Study on Regeneration Potentiality of Aromatic Indica Rice (Oryza sativa L.) of Bangaldesh

In this study, two varieties of aromatic rice (Oryza sativa L.) BRRI Dhan 50 (Bangla Moti) and BRRI Dhan 34 (Khaskhani) were used to establish a suitable system for callus initiation and regeneration. MS (Murashige & Skoog, 1962) media supplemented with different concentrations i.e. (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 mg/L of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and combination with BAP (6-benzylaminopurine), (2.0 mg/L) were used for callus induction from mature dehusked rice seeds. MS medium supplemented with only 3.0 mg/L of 2,4-D, produced maximum percentage of callus that is 90% for BRRI Dhan 50 and 80% for BRRI Dhan 34. On the other hand, MS media with 3.0 and 4.0 mg/L of 2,4-D in combination with 2.0 mg/L BAP produced highest percentage of callus (80 %) for BRRI Dhan 50 and 70 % for BRRI Dhan 34. For plantlet regeneration, MS media with 1.0 mg/L NAA (1-Napthaleneacetic acid), 2.0 mg/L BA (6-benzyladenine) and various concentrations of Kinetin (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 mg/L) were employed. The maximum percentage of shoot regeneration was recorded at MS media supplemented with 4.0 mg/L of Kinetin +1.0 mg/L NAA and 2.0 mg/L BA for both varieties. These results will be very helpful to improve rice quality through somaclonal variation and genetic transformation.
El ajuste en el diseño organizativo como factor de éxito en los acuerdos de cooperación entre empresas

El proposito de este articulo es el de analizar en que medida el ajuste en el diseno organizativo afecta al exito de los acuerdos de cooperacion entre empresas. Para conseguir dicho proposito, se ha utilizado como referencia teorica el modelo de procesamiento de informacion. Este modelo fue propuesto originalmente por Galbraith para el analisis del diseno organizativo interno de una empresa, por lo que lo hemos adaptado a las caracteristicas especificas del diseno externo (o de los acuerdos de cooperacion) y relacionadas con las necesidades y las capacidades de procesamiento de informacion. Ademas, se han desarrollado y utilizado distintos enfoques para medir el constructo "ajuste". Los resultados obtenidos a partir de una muestra de acuerdos internacionales en I+D muestran que el ajuste entre las capacidades y las necesidades de informacion para llevar a cabo las tareas implicadas en el acuerdo tiene una influencia positiva en el exito cuando las necesidades de informacion exceden a las capacidades. Cuando se utiliza un enfoque de eficiencia, los resultados muestran una relacion opuesta entre ajuste y exito.
A reevaluation of the seismicity alert probabilities at Parkfield, California

For eight years, the US Geological Survey has used the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment scenario document to estimate the probability that earthquakes observed at Parkfield will turn out to be foreshocks and thus followed by the magnitude 6 mainshock. Much has been learned in that time about the seismic regime at Parkfield, the long-term probability of the Parkfield mainshock and about how to estimate these types of probabilities. The probabilities for potential foreshocks at Parkfield are reexamined and revised in light of these advances. Compared to the earlier assessment, the new estimates of the long-term probability of the Parkfield mainshock are lower, our estimate of the rate of background seismicity is higher and we find that the assumption that foreshocks at Parkfield occur in a unique way is not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. While the exact numbers can vary depending on the assumptions that are made, the new alert probabilities are lower than previously estimated. Due to the public policy issues associated with the Parkfield alert probabilities, we stress that the content of this paper represents our opinions and does not currently represent the official position of the USGS.