Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Heterogeneous Network Framework Architecture - A Survey

The objective of this paper is to analyze heterogeneous network framework for providing seamless connectivity and data transfer between various network technologies. This framework provides QoS seamless heterogeneous network architecture. Due to increasing popularity of mobile wireless network, we face the challenge of combining a diverse number of wireless networks. The heterogeneous network of wireless communication is expected to integrate potentially a large number of heterogeneous wireless technologies which could be considered a huge step forward towards a universal seamless access. One of the main challenges for seamless mobility is the availability of reliable horizontal (intra system) and vertical (inter system) handoff schemes. Efficient handoff schemes enhance quality of service and provide flawless mobility. The heterogeneous network is ubiquitous. It means that, the Ubiquitous data service has ability to provide access to information, voice and multimedia sessions everywhere, anytime, and anywhere.
SAMA Working Paper: Demand for Broad Money in the Saudi Arabian Economy

For policymakers, it is important to understand how money demand behaves in order to design the suitable monetary and fiscal policies. Observing the current literature on money demand indicates that there is an inadequate number of studies estimating the demand for money in Saudi Arabia. This in turn has encouraged us to fill out the gap in the literature by employing the most recent data, up to 2016, as well as relying on advanced econometric procedures to opt the most appropriate form of money demand function. To this end, we attempt to examine long-run relationship between money demand and its determinants as well as short-run dynamics among them in the Saudi economy. We employ the Johansen cointegration test with small sample bias correction in order to properly address the existence of long-run relationship between demand for money and its fundamentals. We find that there is a long-run relationship among broad money, income, price and interest rate. We also reveal out that both income and price homogeneity hypotheses hold for the Saudi money demand function. It is further found that growth rate of money demand is associated with error correction term as well as growth rates of income and price in the short run. Finally, we apply different structural break tests to our final ECM as it is important to know whether a given money demand relationship is stable over time. The tests’ results indicate that the estimated money demand relationship is stable over time. We conclude our research with some remarks and policy recommendations.
The Pointing Error Engineering Tool ( PEET ) : From Prototype to Release Version

PEET is a software tool which is dedicated to support systems and AOCS engineers in the setup and calculation of pointing and relative-positioning error budgets. It is based on standardized rules from the ECSS Control Performance Standard E-ST-60-10C [1] and the methodology described in the ESA Pointing Error Engineering Handbook [2]. The prototype software released in the end of 2012 (with several updates until 2015) is currently further developed into a final release version (available in mid 2016) which supersedes systematic restrictions in the evaluation of a budget. This paper briefly wraps up the underlying methodology and outlines the major features and updates of the tool.
Effect of Massage Therapy on Weight Gain and Hospital Stay for Premature Neonates

Background: Massage therapy is a non-invasive procedure that has positive effect on weight gain the study aimed to evaluate the effect of massage therapy on weight gain and hospital stay for premature neonates. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used Subjects and Settings: A convenient sample of forty four premature neonates were chosen from the (NICU) at Assiut University Children Hospital and Assiut General Hospital, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Tool: A structural questionnaire sheet was developed and divided into three parts: Part 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of premature neonates. Part IIClinical data of premature neonates which includes medical diagnosis and types of feeding . Part IIIAssessment of weight before intervention, after five days and on discharge. Results: The majority of premature neonates of the interventional group had weight gain after five days from application of massage therapy and on discharge compared to those in the control group. The premature neonates in the interventional group had a short period of hospitalization in comparison to the control group. Conclusion: Applying of massage therapy had a positive significant effect on premature neonates' weight gain in addition to decreasing their length of hospital stay. Recommendations: Massage therapy should be included in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as standard of care for stable premature neonates, training programs should be provided to health care professional , especially pediatric nurses.
Accelerated propagation modelling for indoor UWB applications

Asymptotic solutions which geometrically trace dominant energy paths in the form of rays are an established technique for efficiently modelling wireless propagation in large scale indoor and outdoor environments. A significant computational burden associated with existing frequency domain ray tracing simulators when applied to modelling an UltraWideband (UWB) channel of several Giga-Hertz is the necessity to model the channel at many frequency points. In this paper an acceleration algorithm is described that improves the efficiency of such simulators by approximating the frequency domain response of each individual ray in terms of an analytic rapidly varying portion and a portion which varies slowly with frequency and consequently needs only be computed at a reduced set of frequency points. Results show time savings up to 75% with a maximum relative error in the region of 0.8%.
Identifying users by network traffic metadata

Insider misuse is become a major threat to many organisations. This is due to the knowledge that might have about the organization's security infrastructure. Therefore, a wide range of technologies have been developed to detect/prevent the insider misuse. Beyond detecting, there is a need to investigate the misuse and identify the individual perpetrating the crime. From a networking perspective, the investigations currently rely upon analysing traffic based upon two approaches: packet-based-approach and flow-based approach. However, a serious limitation in these approaches is the use of IPs addresses to link the misuse to the individual. However, IPs addresses are often not reliable because of the mobile-nature of use (i.e. mobile devices are continually connecting and disconnecting to networks resulting in a device being given a multitude of different IP addresses over time). The presence of DCHP only serves to complicate this for wired environments. This makes it challenging to identify the individual or individuals responsible for the misuse. This paper aims to propose a novel approach that is able to identify using encrypted network traffic. A novel feature extraction process is proposed, that is based upon deriving user actions from network-based applications using packet metadata only. This information is subsequently used to develop biometric-based behavioural profiles. An experiment using 27 participants and 2 months worth of network data is undertaken and shows that users are identifiable with individual applications resulting in recognitions rates of up to 100%.
Signal Acquisition in Brain-Computer Interface

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a system that allows direct communication between brain and computer based on neural activity of the brain. It is radically different from existing interfaces, such as keyboard or eye-tracker, in which that it does not require any part of the body, but allows the user to use only their intent to control computer system. BCI holds a lot of potential because it is an interface that only relies on brain activity and does not require any muscle control from the patient. BCI could be used to create limb prosthesis that the patient can control only with their thoughts, or restore communication to patients who are completely paralyzed or ‘locked in’. In order to create a successful BCI, it is essential to capture signals of the brain activity in a form that can be interpreted by the computer. However, the current state of signal-acquisition in BCI still leaves much to be desired. The signal acquisition has to be accurate, efficient, in real-time and won’t put the patient in too much of health risk. There are two approaches to achieving this. Invasive BCI, which implants electrodes within the scull and acquire signals directly Author
Design and Detection Methods for Accurate Camera Calibration Targets

A new camera calibration target and its detection method are presented to improve the low accuracy of existing common checkerboard detection methods.The new calibration target uses gradient circle as its primitive element,and thus has easy to make,cheap and more accurate features compared with the checkerboard.It is easy and accurate to detect the new designed camera calibration target since the new calibration target contains more information than common checkerboard.A more accurate detection method is provided for the new calibration target.Experimental results and comparisons with the checkboard show that the new target with the detection method reduces the projection error by 20%.
GBE kompakt 3/2011 Diabetes mellitus in Germany

Diabetes mellitus – a metabolic disorder that is now common all over the world – is characterized by elevated blood sugar concentrations. There are different types of diabetes, which are caused by insulin deficiency or impaired insulin action. Insufficient control of the blood sugar level can cause serious damage to the blood vessels and peripheral nerves. The socio-economic importance of diabetes arises from the resultant severe long-term complications, the partial disability, the reduction in quality of life and life expectancy, and the need for medical treatment. The main complications of diabetes – which the St Vincent Declaration has targeted to reduce – are coronary heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and amputations of the lower limbs (WHO, IDF 1990). The following overview focuses on diabetes mellitus in adults, which in 80 % to 90 % of cases occurs as type 2 diabetes. This type of diabetes usually develops among older adults, but is increasingly being observed in younger age groups. It is based on an interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental factors (particularly lack of exercise, unfavourable dietary habits and overweight). In cases of type 2 diabetes the effect of insulin is impaired and may be combined with an insufficient insulin secretion. Type 1 diabetes, which is characterized by an autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing cells, occurs predominantly in childhood and adolescence. It can also be found in adults as what is known as »latent autoimmune diabetes in adults« (LADA). Other types of diabetes include gestational diabetes – which occurs for the first time in pregnancy and usually regresses after birth – and specific, very rare types caused by genetic defects or specific diseases (Kerner, Brückel 2010). The information provided below on the prevalence of diabetes in the German adult population is based on data from the »German Health Update« (GEDA), a telephone health survey conducted by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in 2009 (Kurth et al. 2009). The prevalence of diabetes complications is presented by including results from the RKI's 2003 telephone health survey »GSTel03«. The article also tracks the trend in prevalence of diabetes and its complications since the 1990s. Finally, aspects of diabetes care are examined using data from various other sources.
Proposal of a Screening Parameter for Preventive Nursing Care by Comparing Center-of-gravity Transfer Velocity during Sit-to-stand Movement between Healthy and Pre-frail Elderly 1

This study aimed to examine the difference in center-of-gravity (CG) transfer velocity during sit-to-stand (STS) movements between healthy elderly (HE) and pre-frail elderly (PfE) females. Subjects were 24 HE females (age, 79.5 ± 4.9 years) and 24 PfE females (age, 79.5 ± 4.9 years) who were able to independently stand up from being seated in a chair. Peak and mean velocities (PV, MV, respectively) of CG transfer during STS movements were used as evaluation parameters. HE subjects were signifi cantly faster for both parameters (PV: PfE, 60.8 ± 18.8 cm/s; HE: 99.0 ± 14.3 cm/ s; MV: PfE, 29.6 ± 10.7 cm/s; HE, 52.3 ± 10.3 cm/s) and the differences were large (Cohen’s d = 2.29 and 2.17). Cutoff values between HE and PfE were 84.8 cm/s (sensitivity, 87.5%; specifi city, 95.8%) for PV and 40.1 cm/s (sensitivity, 87.5%; specifi city, 79.1%) for MV, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves was significantly large (0.953 and 0.927, respectively, for PV and MV). In conclusion, our results showed that CG transfer velocity during STS movements can be used for accurate evaluation of the physical function level of the elderly.
Artificial Intelligence and Human Dialogue

The complexity of the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems on society and on people’s lives calls for a dialogue between people with different expertises and different roles in society. In this article we discuss many facets of this dialogue, exploring specific issues that emerge in AI cross-disciplinary research, and showing how different approaches and methodologies can cooperate and produce new insights without losing their specificity. We also remark the significance of a dialogue between science and technology, and that between the research community and the society, which bring to light the different responsibilities involved in an ethical approach to artificial intelligence.
A Multiple Linear Regression Approach for the Analysis of Stress Factors of Faculty in Higher Educational Institutions

: One of the fast growing sectors in India and abroad is an education sector. This sector masses highly qualiﬁed and committed faculty to enhance the quality of education and also to equip the student to meet demand of the industry. In this process faculty has to face many challenges and diﬃculties to meet the requirements of the education sector. The objective of the present study is under taken to address the eﬀects of diﬀerent inducing stress factors on job stress of the faculty in higher educational institutions of chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. Instrument was used in order to get the responses from higher education institutions faculty to achieve the above stated objective. Multiple linear regression and ANOVA were used to analyze the data collected from 500 respondents. Diﬀerent models were suggested to diﬀerent categories of faculty members in higher educational institutions to measure their occupational stress and also identiﬁed highly contributed factors related to job stress to prevent professional burnout of faculty in higher education.
The Long Run Effects of Banking Crises on Investment

The literature on the effects of banking crises on the real economy has typically found that the effects are short-lived. We find that banking crises have a prolonged negative effect on investment. Using data for 150 countries from 1963 to 2007, we find that the investment to GDP ratio is on average about 1.5 percent lower during each of the 7 to 9 years following a banking crisis. We also find that this adverse effect is due largely to loss of confidence. Results show that experiencing repeated crises over time, which we argue reduces confidence in the system, may also reduce investment and partly account for the persistence of this effect. Furthermore, we find that in countries where the banking crises imposed significant negative costs on wide segments of the population, confidence in the banking system is reduced, leading to the prolonged decrease in investment. JEL Codes: G01, E22
Title GLP-1 receptor agonist attenuates endoplasmic reticulumstress-mediated β-cell damage in Akita mice

Aims/Introduction: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is one of the contributing factors in the development of type 2 diabetes. To investigate the cytoprotective effect of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) signaling in vivo, we examined the action of exendin-4 (Ex-4), a potent GLP-1R agonist, on b-cell apoptosis in Akita mice, an animal model of ER stress-mediated diabetes. Materials and Methods: Ex-4, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) or phlorizin were injected intraperitoneally twice a day from 3 to 5 weeks-of-age. We evaluated the changes in blood glucose levels, bodyweights, and pancreatic insulin-positive area and number of islets. The effect of Ex-4 on the numbers of C/EBP-homologous protein (CHOP)-, TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick-end labeling (TUNEL)or proliferating cell nuclear antigen-positive b-cells were also evaluated. Results: Ex-4 significantly reduced blood glucose levels and increased both the insulin-positive area and the number of islets compared with PBS-treated mice. In contrast, there was no significant difference in the insulin-positive area between PBS-treated mice and phlorizin-treated mice, in which blood glucose levels were controlled similarly to those in Ex-4-treated mice. Furthermore, treatment of Akita mice with Ex-4 resulted in a significant decrease in the number of CHOP-positive b-cells and TUNEL-positive b-cells, and in CHOP mRNA levels in b-cells, but there was no significant difference between the PBS-treated group and the phlorizin-treated group. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen staining showed no significant difference among the three groups in proliferation of b-cells. Conclusions: These data suggest that Ex-4 treatment can attenuate ER stress-mediated b-cell damage, mainly through a reduction of apoptotic cell death that is independent of lowered blood glucose levels. (J Diabetes Invest, doi: 10.1111/j.2040-1124.2010.00075.x, 2011)
Tool Virtualization and Spatial Augmented Reality

This paper presents two continua for classifying and comparing virtual and augmented reality systems We are particularly interested in user interfaces consisting of physical-virtual tools. The Within System Tool Virtualization Continuum compares the level of task overloading for tools in a single application. Application designers can use this continuum to aid in developing the tools required for a system’s user interface. The Inter-System Tool Virtualization Continuum is used to compare the relative complexity of the user interfaces and tools between different systems. We have analyzed and placed several tools and systems from our previous work and from other researchers onto the continua to allow them to be compared.
Digital Media Affecting Society: Instruction and Learning

The proliferation of the use of digital media for learning and instruction continues to be investigated and pondered as the advance of a broad range of technologies eclipses currently available traditional text and face-to-face learning modalities for K-12 and higher education instruction. Digital media’s affect on educational processes and delivery, an analysis of existing research reviewing whether digital media is benefitting educational outcomes in instruction and learning, and recommendations for the future are the primary goals of this chapter. Investigation into each of the aforementioned topics separately reveals an intersection that is far from being maturely assessed. The topic of digital media affecting how people learn will elicit further research as education continues to call for an increased focus on high outcomes while also increasing the adoption of digital media resources for the transmission and acquisition of knowledge.
INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS: A DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE ‹NKLÜZYON C‹S‹MC‹KL‹ M‹YOZ‹T: YAfiLILARDA ZOR B‹R TANI

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is the most common inflammatory myopathy in patients older than 50 years, however, it is very rare amongst the inflammatory myopathies. It is characterised by slowly progressive, disabling muscle weakness and inclusion bodies visible on muscle biopsy. Due to the slow progression of the disease, histologic similarity with other myopathies and limited awareness of physicians, the diagnosis is frequently delayed or it is misdiagnosed as polymyositis. Furthermore, the co-morbidities of older people may render clinical diagnosis difficult. IBM should be a diagnostic consideration in the evaluation of progressive weakness in older patients. A high index of suspicion along with knowledge of the diagnostic criteria is essential to avoid misdiagnosis. In this article, we report a 63 year old man diagnosed with IBM 5 years after the initial presentation and review the literature.
Refracture of the Pediatric Forearm with Intramedullary Nails in situ

Introduction: There are few described cases in literature describing the management of refracture of both bone forearm fractures with elastic stable intramedullary nails (ESIN) in situ. We describe our experience and discuss it in the context of existing reports. Case Report: A 6-year-old girl presented to our unit with a refracture of her forearm with ESIN in situ following a trauma, 5 months post her index injury and ESIN procedure. She was managed with closed reduction under general anesthesia with a good outcome. Discussion: Treatment of this unusual injury is challenging given the paucity of evidence to inform management. Many existing case series fail to report this complication. We echo those studies that have employed similar strategies and note potential complications associated with this management including altered biomechanics of the ESIN. Conclusion: Closed reduction of a refracture of pediatric forearm with ESIN in situ is an acceptable approach to this unusual injury. Caution must be taken intraoperatively and postoperatively to account for any biomechanical deficiencies in the ESIN resulting from the forces applied to cause the refracture and forces applied to the in situ nails to achieve correction intraoperatively.
Subunit 4 Personality and Values Across Cultures Article 2 8-1-2002 Studying Personality Traits Across Cultures : Philippine Examples

Trait perspectives are dominant in the study of personality cross-culturally. We review the questions addressed by researchers who study personality traits across cultures, including, among others, whether traits are used in all cultures to understand persons and their behavior, the universality versus culture-specificity of traits, the validity of imported and indigenous measures of personality traits, and the meaningfulness of trait comparisons across cultures. We then summarize evidence relevant to these questions in one collectivistic culture, the Philippines. Overall, personality research in the Philippines supports the applicability of traits and trait theory as a basis for understanding persons and their behavior across cultures. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. This article is available in Online Readings in Psychology and Culture: https://scholarworks.gvsu. edu/orpc/vol4/iss4/2