Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performance improvement of the wireless body area network (WBAN)

The introduction of the Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) grows significantly regarding its flexibility, accuracy, costs efficiency and mobility. It supports a huge range of innovative applications that improve the quality of life and enhance services. In the health care system, the majority of WBAN applications are responsible of handling critical data in order to monitor the patient health state and to save his live in many cases. That's why WBAN should efficiently deliver patient's vital signs to specialized medical entity (doctor, emergency, ‥). However, the particular architecture of WBAN and the movement patterns of the body part affect the communication quality. Moreover, the number of WBAN nodes increases the contention level to access to the shared wireless medium; this consequently produces packets collisions and the loss of critical data. We evaluated in this article the performance of the WBAN within different scenarios. We investigated different effects of the number of nodes as well as the different body state (standing, running) on the WBAN's reliability. We, finally, proposed a simple, no cost and convenient Adaptive Transmit Power Mechanism (ATPM) to improve the WBAN link quality without consuming unnecessary energy.
Assessment of the Methodology for Studying the Pricing Mechanism in the Transition Time of the Ukrainian Electricity Sector to the Free Market Principles

Electricity Market Act № 2019-VIII passed in 2017 by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine enacts in July 2019 and causes the transition of this segment of the economy to the free market principles. The implementation of this Act is perceived ambiguous. Many experts criticize this Act, which have numerous risks, especially pricing risks. In order to better understand the implications of the enactment of the adopted Act, a study was carried out on the methodology of the pricing mechanism in the retail segment of the electricity market based on the Demand Side Management (DSM) approach. In the study, one of the varieties of DSM models was used – a dynamic demand-supply model for describing the pricing mechanism and short-term forecast of retail prices. Test and comparative analysis were conducted. The last one based on possibilities of short-term forecasting of prices of DSM model with the well-known Holt-Winters method. For testing were set historical data on electricity prices in England and Wales, during the transition period from a model similar to the current model of the Ukrainian electricity market.
How trust in EU institutions is linked to trust in national institutions: Explaining confidence in EU governance among national-level public officials

This article analyzes the link between trust in national institutions and trust in European Union-level institutions among national public officials. Previous research has mainly looked at citizens; in contrast, little is known about the views national officials actually hold towards European Union-level institutions or how much confidence they place in them. Our study draws on a unique survey of 670 officials in 17 European Union member states who are involved in civil protection, a policy area which has recently emerged as one of the most important in the Union. Three mechanisms are explored: a ‘transference’ mechanism; a ‘trust syndrome’ mechanism and a ‘rational evaluation’ mechanism. Our findings confirm the existence of all three mechanisms and show that if European Union institutions are to be trusted to manage European Union-wide crises, then national institutions must be trusted too. This has far-reaching implications for the prospects of enhanced cooperation among civil-protection institutions in the European Union.
Pro-Poor Tourism: Critical Perspective and Implications for Future Research

Tourism is viewed as a medium to reduce poverty. The pro-poor tourism (PPT) approach has therefore emerged as the medium for tourism development to influence poverty reduction. The approach stresses on tourism development in ways to accrue net benefits to the poor through diverse strategies including those that generate employment opportunities, infrastructural development, and skills enhancement of locals in entrepreneurial activities. Also stressed is the inclusion of the poor in tourism decision making. While the pro-poor tourism approach has gained scholarly attention, much of these studies turned to assessed PPT impacts on poverty reduction in communities with limited discussion on products development. Yet, product development is considered to be the means by which tourism can contribute to local economic development and by extension, poverty reduction. This paper examines the PPT concept and argues for PPT works to examine how products are develop to influence poverty reduction with recommendations of making PPT work for the poor. This follows with implications for further research works on PPT and its development.
Political Uncertainty and Finance: A Survey

An emerging stream of literature investigates the impact of political uncertainty on financial markets. In this survey, we review this line of literature from four perspectives, namely, asset prices, corporate policies, financial intermediaries, and economy and households, suggesting that political uncertainty generally increases market friction and as a result changes corporate behavior and adversely affects the economy. At the end of the survey, we discuss a few future directions worth being explored in view of the relationship between political uncertainty and finance.
LISP Control Plane for Network Virtualization Overlays

The purpose of this draft is to analyze the mapping between the Network Virtualization over L3 (NVO3) requirements and the capabilities of the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) control plane. This information is provided as input to the NVO3 analysis of the suitability of existing IETF protocols to the NVO3 requirements.
The Niger Delta crisis: Issues, challenges and prospects

Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is not only home to the greater part of Africa’s largest mangrove forest, but also the source of Nigeria’s oil wealth. Here, in this amazing network of creeks, and an aquatic splendor comprising marine, brackish and freshwater ecosystems, lie the operational bases of a kaleidoscope of ethnic militia and insurgent organizations dedicated to the socio-economic emancipation of the Niger Delta peoples. These have culminated in the Niger Delta Crisis. Thus, the area has become a hot bed of violence, insurgency, kidnapping, hostage-taking, oil pipeline sabotage, crude oil theft, gang wars, internecine struggles and so much else by way of anarchy and chaos. Making use of library research and content analysis methodologies, the paper detailed in a systematic manner the real issues involved in the struggle, from the perspectives of the Nigerian State, the Niger Delta communities, and the oil Companies. The paper identified and analysed the major challenges posed by this crisis to the Nigerian State. It concluded that in spite of the continuing deterioration of the crisis into anarchy, terror and a revolving criminality, and the militarization of the region by the Nigerian state, the conflict can still be amicably resolved. It recommended among other things that the commitment of government to infrastructural development of the region and corporate social responsibility would bring enduring peace and stability. Key words: Niger Delta, oil wealth, ethnic militia, content analysis, corporate social responsibility.
The Influence of Personality Trait on Effective Leadership: The Role of Dopamine

Kisilik efektif liderligi etkilyen anahtar faktorlerden biridir. Kisilik cevre ve genetik faktorleri arasindaki iliskiden meydana gelir. Lider davranislarinin uzerindeki en onemli etkilerden biri kisiliktir. Kisilik davranislari icin onemli olan genetik faktorler, orta beyin dopamin noronlari iken, anahtar cevre faktorleri ise aile, egitim ve tecrube vs.dir. Dopamin ,ortabeyin noronlari tarafindan salgilanir, bireylerin dikkatten, motivasyona ve motor kontrolden destege kadar olan davranislarina etki eder. Bu calisma orta beyin noronlarinin ve cevre faktorlerinin liderlik davranislarina nasil etki ettigini inceler
Ubiquitous Positioning and Mobile Location-Based Services in Smart Phones

This chapter introduces the concept of Mobile Geographical Information Systems (Mobile GIS) as an evolution of conventional GIS to being available on wireless mobile devices such as smart phones. The evolution of the technology and its applications are charted in this chapter. The main elements of Mobile GIS are then discussed. This focuses on: GIS servers; wireless mobile telecommunication networks; wireless mobile devices; location-awareness technology; and gateway services. This is followed by a discussion of the main features in terms of the services and usage of Mobile GIS: mobility; real-time connectivity; location-awareness; broadened usage. Mobile Geographical Information Systems are an important facilitating technology for Location-Based Services (LBS). A range of applications of Mobile GIS for smart phones are described. The chapter closes with a discussion of the prospects and challenges for Mobile GIS. Challenges derive from four broad areas: limitations that derive from the technologies being used; areas of GIScience that still need to be adequately researched; users; and business models for a sustainable presence. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1827-5.ch009
The formal representation for Chinese characters

The formal representation of Chinese characters using ontology is an important research area,and advantageous to process Chinese language. This paper aims to describe the methodology of constructing the ontology of Chinese characters and its formal representation. The formal representation proposed herein includes the external structure and derivation of Chinese characters,semantic and phonetic symbols,internal structure,sense and derived words,the relations of variants,and the pronunciations. The semantic symbols and senses of characters are connected with IEEE Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) . This study uses the OWL (Web Ontology Language)-DL to describe the knowledge of Chinese characters and share with other ontology.
THE EFFECT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN INDONESIA

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of socio-cultural factors on the political participation of rural communities. The study was conducted in Ende District, East Nusa Tenggara. This study used qualitative methods with a case study approach. Data collection was done through observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of the study revealed that there were four social actions in political participation, namely instrumental rational, value-oriented rational, affective action, and traditional actions. There were five forms of political participation carried out by the community in the election, namely participation in exercising voting rights, participating in campaigns, participation in election committees, participation in inviting other parties and participation in the vote counting process.
Profil Kemampuan Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Pck) Mahasiswa Pendidikan Biologi FKIP Unsri

Pengembangan dan Pengemasan Perangkat Pembelajaran (P4) merupakan program pelatihan yang menerapkan berbagai pengetahuan, sikap, dan keterampilan mahasiswa dalam rangka pembentukan guru yang profesional. Salah satu kompetensi professional yang harus dimiliki adalah pengetahuan mengenai Pedagogical Content Knowlede (PCK). Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif yang bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan PCK calon guru biologi semester VII yang akan mengikuti program P4. Pengumpulan data melalui tes, angket, wawancara, observasi dan rekaman video. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik statistik deskripsi dan inferensial. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa Kemampuan PCK mahasiswa Pendidikan Biologi semester VII masih berada pada tahapan Pra-PCK. Temuan tersebut dapat dijadikan dasar untuk melakukan penelitian mengenai strategi untuk mengembangkan kemampuan PCK mahasiswa Pendidikan dan keguruan. Kata Kunci : Pendidikan Biologi, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Pra PCK
Investigating the Relationship Between TPACK and the ISTE Standards for Teachers

Technology is rapidly changing American classrooms. This has profound implications for teacher preparatory institutions seeking to ready pre-service teachers to thrive in technology-integrated environments. Two frameworks have been developed that aide teacher-educators in designing programs that help pre-service teachers integrate technology during their instruction. The first, titled, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Mishra & Koehler, 2006), primarily emphasizes what effective technology integrators know. The second, titled, the National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (International Society for Technology in Education, 2008), primarily emphasizes what effective technology integrators do. To this point, little progress has been made determining if relationships exist between these frameworks. This study explores the existence of a relationship between pre-service teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge levels and their technology proficiencies described by the National Education Technology Standards for Teachers. https://dx.doi. org/10.2458/azu_itet_v4i1_desantis
MySQL Database-based Optimization

Common means of optimization of MySQL database at the present stage are summarized.All occasions where the storage engine of MySQL database can be applied and the advantages and disadvantages of indexing mechanism are discussed.In addition,the superiority in the storage process and the importance of hardware performance are analyzed and discussed.On this basis,database segmentation techniques are introduced,and finally the basic method of database sharding and the cluster model is put forward.
Complexity Reduction for Calibration to American Options

American put options are among the most frequently traded single stock options, and their calibration is computationally challenging since no closed-form expression is available. Due to their higher flexibility compared with European options, the mathematical model involves additional constraints, and a variational inequality is obtained. We use the Heston stochastic volatility model to describe the price of a single stock option. In order to speed up the calibration process, we apply two model-reduction strategies. First, we introduce a reduced basis method. We thereby reduce the computational complexity of solving the parametric partial differential equation drastically, compared with a classical finite-element method, which makes applications of standard minimization algorithms for the calibration significantly faster. Second, we apply the so-called de-Americanization strategy. Here, the main idea is to reformulate the calibration problem for American options as a problem for European options and to exploit closed-form solutions. These reduction techniques are systematically compared and tested for both synthetic and market data sets. <br>
A System for Characterising Internet Background Radiation

Internet traffic sent to addresses where no device is set up to receive it is termed internet background radiation (IBR), and has been collected and studied by numerous parties since the early 2000s. This data has been shown to provide valuable insights into malicious activity on networks, and as all IBR is by nature unsolicited, there is no need to filter out legitimate traffic from the datasets before using it performing botnet and worm-related analysis. The primary aim of this project was to develop a set of tools for exploring and characterising this data, on an historic basis. The datasets used for this purpose were collected from five network telescopes operating at Rhodes University from late 2013 to early 2014. A secondary aim is to use this set of tools to perform analysis on the data and discover significant trends that can then feed into further development of the system. ACM Computing Classification System Classification Thesis classification under the ACM Computing Classification System (2012 version, valid through 2014) [16]: D.7. 7 [Network services]: Network monitoring D.7. 6 [Network services]: Network management General-Terms: Metrics, Experimentation
A Virtual Reality Visualization Ofan Analytical Solution Tomobile Robot Trajectory Generationin The Presence Of Moving Obstacles

Virtual visualization of mobile robot analytical trajectories while avoiding moving obstacles is presented in this thesis as a very helpful technique to properly display and communicate simulation results. Analytical solutions to the path planning problem of mobile robots in the presence of obstacles and a dynamically changing environment have been presented in the current robotics and controls literature. These techniques have been demonstrated using twodimensional graphical representation of simulation results. In this thesis, the analytical solution published by Dr. Zhihua Qu in December 2004 is used and simulated using a virtual visualization tool called VRML.
Explaining budget transparency through political factors

This study analyses various factors that can affect the level of budget transparency. It focuses on several political characteristics, investigating a pool of 95 countries for the years 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015. Findings from this study indicate that both governments’ characteristics and the characteristics of political and electoral systems affect the level of budget transparency. These results extend findings from previous literature on determinants of open budgets by using a more extended period and additional political and electoral features, and also by adopting an international comparative approach. Points for practitioners The findings show essential elements for a sustainable transparency policy, suggesting that to be successful, budget transparency requires certain characteristics of both governments and electoral/political systems. Therefore, politicians are advised that reforms affecting these systems can limit their intent for opaqueness; similarly, oversight bodies are encouraged to consider the political conditions that may exert pressure to make budgeting processes public. The findings highlight the importance of the relationship between budget transparency and public-sector reforms, especially those affecting the political characteristics of a government and the institutional rules guiding its behaviour. Budgeting is not only an essential management device, but also a crucial political medium to allocate powers and resources, and a pivotal accountability tool to boost citizens’ involvement and to increase its transparency.
TARIFF ELIMINATION UNDER THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AND ITS IMPACT ON INDONESIA’S TRADE BALANCE

Introduction: Indonesia has signed, and is in the process of signing, many bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Whether these trade agreements will benefit Indonesia on the economic front or not is still a matter for discussion. Background Problem: Signing TPP, raises many questions as to how this would affect the countries in Asian regions, including Indonesia. Novelty: Considering the criticism of CGE (Computer General Equilibrium) model, this paper uses the SMART simulation model, based on a partial equilibrium approach, to estimate the aggregate and commodity-level gains and losses for Indonesia with its partner countries during the post-tariff elimination period. Research Method: This study uses the World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) Database. This database contains trade data for all the countries under a different nomenclature viz. at the two-digit, four-digit, and six-digit level. We use the HS-classified nomenclature at the six-digit level in order to estimate the impact of the removal of tariffs on Indonesia’s trade, i.e. both exports and imports. Findings: The finding reveals that if Indonesia does not take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, it will still have a trade surplus of $1.6 billion with the Trans-Pacific countries but joining the bloc would result in a trade deficit of $19 million. Joining the bloc would increase the imports from Japan, followed by the United States and Australia as against an increase in exports to the United States, followed by Malaysia and Vietnam. The post Trans-Pacific Partnership period will have many implications for Indonesia, it may face difficulties exporting to the member countries, even with an existing trade agreement, while in the long run the Trans-Pacific Partnership bloc could limit Indonesia’s trade prospects with these Pacific Rim countries and it may limit Indonesia influencing WTO outcomes. Conclusion: Trade agreements seem to have benefited Indonesia’s economy and its people in many ways over the years, even though it has an important cost for some people.
Journal of Behavioral Finance in retrospect

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact and contribution of the Journal of Behavioral Finance (JBF). Design/methodology/approach It uses the metadata from 328 journal articles (2004–2017) extracted from Scopus and Web of Science. The data included 2,602 author-submitted keywords, 1,825 index keywords and 310 abstracts. Findings Results indicate that JBF is still a young journal with 196 academic articles cited by 372 documents. Most citations come from JBF itself and the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. Mesly and Seiler are the most published, University of Gothenberg has more contributions than any other institution while the USA, Australia and UK represent nearly half of those citations. Investment policy is the most used author keyword next to behavioural finance, while risk is the most used index keyword. The most commonly used words in abstracts are investor or investors. The implications of and for JBF are discussed. Originality/value It is a unique and novel approach to analysing almost the entire publication history of the journal by using citation analysis.
Research and Application of Teaching KB Based on Ontology

The knowledge representation of knowledge base is one of the first important problems that must be settled in intellectualized system.Because the traditional intelligence teaching system resources lacks the uniform knowledge representation framework,all the learning resources are difficult to operate and share each other in various teaching system.By introducing ontology to the modeling process of teaching KB,can erect conception of share mode and provide conception of semantic space.This not only solves the problems of sharing of knowledge and mutual operation of ITS,but also realizes semantic search based on ontologies easily.This can raise the precision and recall of information search system.
Methodologies for Genre Hybridisation

This article attempts to explore working methods for developing hybrid tendencies within electroacoustic music compositions. These working methods, such as the novel concept of reconstructive sampling, are each explored with musical examples given. The article opens by giving definitions of genre, and then explores hybridisation as a concept through ideas developed by Duff (2000), Waters (2000) and Frow (2015). While the article focuses on the musical output of the author, personal compositions are placed in a broader context through the discussion of other artists within the wider field of electronic music composition.